Plans can't keep up with the changes.

Don't look at Cao Ang and Diao Chan's very good planning, they are ready to pick a good day and an auspicious day to officially admit Dong Bai into the mansion.

But before Diao Chan could make arrangements, a sudden change directly disrupted the rhythm of the entire Dingtao County and even the whole of Yanzhou.

From the northeast of Yanzhou, a monstrous disaster swept in, which made Cao Ang stay in the barracks for many days, and there was no time to do anything else.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out again!

Jiyin County Taishou Mansion.

Cao Cao sat on the main seat, Cao Ang sat down on his left hand, and Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Gong and other civil servants and strategists were seated on the left and right.

And he stood at the foot of the hall.

It is a messenger from Changyi County, Sanyang County.

The representative is Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou.

At this moment, facing this hall full of people in charge, the messenger looked anxious, and after bowing to everyone, he said in a hurried tone.

"Although the counties of Yanzhou are in a piece, the enemy is menacing this time, and they will never retreat contentedly after occupying a city and a place, so everyone will be prosperous and lose both."

"Under the so-called covered nest, there will be no eggs, if Shanyang County, Dongping Kingdom and other places are allowed to be broken by the thief army, then under the cold lips and teeth, the Jiyin County led by the envoy will probably not be lucky."

"Before leaving, Liu Fujun told me the benefits and harms, and asked me to tell you word for word, and please see the situation of the alliance to defeat Dong Zhuo at the beginning, no matter how you send troops to help!"

After the voice fell.

The envoy bowed to Cao Cao.

The request is significant.

Cao Cao and the others glanced at each other, but did not immediately reply.

The entire hall fell silent.

……

Although Liu Dai was appointed as the assassin of Yanzhou not long ago, his control over the counties in the state was extremely weak, but with the thousands of elite soldiers under his command, he would never be half a point weaker in the face of ordinary enemies.

It's really that the enemy who came this time is too strong!

300,000 Yellow Turban troops swept from Qingzhou, attacking the city and destroying the county all the way, and I don't know how many local officials abandoned their officials and fled along the way.

And as the Yellow Turban Army continues to be coerced like a snowball, at this time, with the elderly, weak, women and children, the total number may have exceeded one million.

This is an astronomical amount for the scale of the battlefield at the moment.

Although the Yellow Turban Army has always been disorganized, and its combat effectiveness is far from that of the regular army, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, which basically rely on ordinary people, form a swarm of bees, have no combat effectiveness at all.

But how many ants bite and kill elephants!

Even if there is no effective command, there is no tactics, tactics, or formations, siege equipment, just relying on flesh and blood to pile up, it is enough to rely on human lives to pile down one city after another.

In this case.

Liu Dai was naturally a little flustered.

Therefore, he sent envoys to ask for help from the Taishou of various counties, and Cao Cao, as a relatively outstanding figure in the Dong Alliance, Liu Dai was naturally more concerned, hoping that the Cao family father and son could help.

To be honest, Cao Cao wanted to agree.

After all, Yanzhou is his foundation, if these Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army are allowed to be ruined, then I am afraid that the entire Yanzhou will become as a mess as Qingzhou, and it is Cao Cao himself who suffers.

Plus, as the messenger said.

Everyone's lips are cold.

If the few in front of it, the county that served as a barrier is breached, then Jiyin County may not be able to hold alone.

After a moment's hesitation.

Cao Cao opened his mouth.

Just as he was about to respond to the messenger.

Cao Ang, who was on the side, suddenly spoke coldly.

"Dare to ask Your Excellency, Liu Fujun has told you how he is going to deal with these ant thieves."

"Do you hold on to the city, or do you plan to take the initiative to attack and destroy the enemy's main force in one go?"

……

As soon as this statement came out.

Cao Cao was not in a hurry to express his position.

but listened to the messenger's story.

After arching his hand at Cao Ang, the envoy elaborated: "Don't hide it from General Cao, Fu Jun intends to take the initiative to attack and find the enemy's main force of the Chinese army among the many chaotic armies. ”

"After all, there are many enemy soldiers at the moment, and it is really meaningless to entangle with those people with hoes and sickles, only by finding the main force of the Chinese army and completing their work in one battle, can they completely disperse the ant thieves."

"This time I invited all the Taishou to send troops to help, and I also planned to join forces to open up a battlefield and fight to the death with the enemy, and then the crisis could be resolved."

Hear that.

Cao Cao didn't react yet.

But Xun's uncle and nephew even took Chen Gong, but their eyes flickered at this moment.

And Cao Ang shook his head slightly.

"We already know your intentions, but the mobilization of troops and horses is a top priority, and it must be decided before moving, so it is necessary to discuss it, and please go into the guest room to rest for a while, and then we will have our own answer."

The messenger nodded.

After a round salute, he slowly retreated.

After this person is gone.

Cao Ang changed to a comfortable sitting position, and at the same time sneered and said: "This Liu Gongshan really doesn't know whether to live or die, the ant thief has 300,000 young soldiers, and he actually wants to find out the main force of the Chinese army from among the many thieves." ”

"This is not a strategy to break the enemy at all, but a way to send your life, and it is not such a way to die if you want to find death."

Speaking of which.

Cao Ang turned his gaze to Cao Cao and expressed his attitude bluntly: "Father, the child suggests that he find an excuse to refuse this matter later, and he must not send troops to help Liu Gongshan." ”

……

Cao Ang's resolute attitude made Cao Cao a little stunned, he didn't expect his son to refuse.

Cao Ang didn't say a word when the envoy made the request before, but since the envoy said that Liu Dai intended to take the initiative, his attitude changed.

Could it be that he is against taking the initiative?

Cao Cao couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Zixuan, why can't you send troops, could it be that you think there is something wrong with Liu Gongshan's plan?" ”

Cao Ang bowed slightly.

"If you defend the city, then as long as you prepare properly in advance, with the solid defense of the city, it is enough to drag down the ant thief."

"But if you think about it, with the weak soldiers in your hands and the enemy in a decisive battle, it is tantamount to a dead end!"

These words made Cao Cao frown slightly.

Still a little puzzled, he said: "The enemy army is very numerous, and if it is heavily surrounded, the ordinary city is simply not enough to defend." ”

"If you don't take the initiative to go out of the city, find the main force of the ant thieves, fight a decisive battle with them, and finish the battle, I'm afraid that if we fall into a stalemate, we will be the first to be unable to hold on!"

Cao Ang waved his hand.

I don't agree with Cao Cao's view.

"The enemy army is outnumbered, which means that the consumption of grain and grass will far exceed ours, as long as the wall is cleared, how can it be that we can't hold it first?"

"Besides, father, have you ever thought about finding the main force of the enemy, is it just based on our empty words, just think about it, and find it?"

"There is only one chance, if you blindly take the initiative to attack, but you do not find the main force of the enemy, then you will definitely fall into a heavy encirclement in the end, how to win?"

Cao Ang's words were straightforward.

Cao Cao couldn't help but be a little silent.

Leaning against the table, he fell into a long contemplation, and only after a long time did he hear him whisper.

"But I heard that Gongsun Zhan, the general of Fenwu, defeated the Yellow Turban Thieves at the county boundary of Dongguang County a few days ago, killing countless enemies, and he also took the initiative to attack."

……

When Cao Ang heard this, he was stunned.

After a long time, my father became so radical, it turned out that he was influenced by Gongsun Zhan.

It seems that Liu Dai is probably also one of the victims.

What Cao Cao said was a few days ago, the big event that shocked the north, and they only learned about it after they returned to Dingtao County.

More than 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves took advantage of the gap when Yuan Shao led his troops to defeat Dong Zhuo, and wanted to pass through Bohai County and enter Jizhou to join the Montenegrin army.

As a result, in Dongguang County, Bohai County, he ran head-on into Gongsun Zhan, who led his troops south.

Gongsun Zhan deserved to be the fierce man of the world, and personally led 20,000 soldiers to break the Yellow Turban Thieves, and beheaded more than 30,000 people in the first battle.

Later, in the process of the hasty retreat of the Yellow Turban Army, they attacked halfway across the river, killing tens of thousands of enemies, the river was stained red with blood, and even captured tens of thousands of enemy soldiers.

World War I became famous all over the world.

Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were beaten to the ground.

It's just that in Cao Ang's opinion, his father Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhan are not comparable for the time being.

It's not that people can't do it, but combat power can't do it.

How many troops do we have on hand, don't we have a number at all?

If we do not use means in advance to weaken the Yellow Turban Army, we will rely on the less than 10,000 troops at hand, and I am afraid that as soon as we put it in, we will be drowned in the vast sea in an instant, and we will not even be able to make a splash.

And there are other things that Cao Ang doesn't know.

But he was deeply impressed by Liu Dai's ending.

This guy was because he advocated taking the initiative to attack, but he fell into a heavy siege and was killed by the Yellow Turban thieves, and then there was Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others to welcome Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou.

And not only Liu Dai.

In this disaster set off by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, except for Gongsun Zhan, almost everyone else who took the initiative did not end well.

His father, Cao Cao, was one of them.

was also beaten on the head by the Yellow Turban Army.

Bao Xin died in this battle.

Such a big mistake, how could Cao Ang let Cao Cao make it, he would never agree to take the initiative.

……

So after considering the rhetoric for a while.

Cao Ang persuaded bitterly: "Youzhou is the northern border, the people are fierce, and the soldiers' combat ability is extremely strong, far better than ordinary soldiers. ”

"In addition, Youzhou was originally a production area for war horses, and there were many elite cavalry under General Gongsun, facing such a vast but loose enemy as the ant thief, it only took thousands of cavalry to charge back and forth, which could cause huge casualties and collapse the morale of the enemy at the same time."

"Even so, General Gongsun still carried more than 20,000 men and horses, and even took advantage of the convenience of Zhangshui, while our army is only more than 7,000 people at the moment."

"Forgive the offended, dare to ask the father, how can we follow the example of Gongsun Bogui?"

Cao Cao was completely speechless.

He really wanted to lead the troops to kill thieves like Gongsun Zhan, make a brilliant record, and then become famous all over the world.

But now the factual conditions lie ahead.

Whether it is the total number of troops or the combat capability of the army, he must admit that it is not as good as Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.

If you force it to fight.

It is likely that it will really end up in a not very good end, as his son said.

Cao Cao is not a stubborn donkey.

Whatever was useful and persuaded him, he was able to listen to it and make changes.

So after a long thought.

Cao Cao nodded heavily.

"Later, I will summon the messenger alone, and make an excuse to refuse the matter."

"It's just that Liu Gongshan is the assassin of Yanzhou after all, if I refuse to send troops to help him when he sends troops for help, won't it offend him fiercely, and when I meet him in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get along!"

Cao Cao was worried that Liu Dai would give him small shoes.

Although the local Taishou has a high degree of autonomy.

But if it is too stiff with the history of a state assassin, it will not look good on each other's faces, and some things will be hindered.

However, in the face of his father's concerns.

Cao Ang just shook his head with a smile on his face.

What is the future?

Let's talk about Liu Dai if he can live until then.

"Father don't have to worry, and if he refuses, he will see it every day."

Cao Ang is as steady as Mount Tai.

Cao Cao didn't say much.

…………

After a trip halfway.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao to return to the hall.

"I have already sent that person, I only said that our army has only returned from Luoyang not long ago, and now the men and horses are stuck, exhausted, and have no strength to fight, it is not easy to hold Jiyin County, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go forward to support."

Cao Cao actually used the excuse that the coalition forces were unwilling to continue to pursue Dong Zhuo and used it on Liu Dai, which can be regarded as a little black humor.

"But I also asked him to tell Liu Gongshan for me, remember not to take the initiative to attack, only defend the city, and will definitely make the enemy break up first, but whether you can listen to it or not, that is up to him."

Cao Cao did his best to be benevolent and righteous.

But good words can't convince damn ghosts.

Liu Dai will definitely not change his mind.

To put it mildly, something sinister.

If Liu Dai can really listen and change it, then his father Cao Cao wants to get the official position of Yanzhou Mu, maybe it will take more effort and hands.

After dealing with the matter of the envoy sent by Liu Dai, Cao Cao stood up and looked at the huge Yanzhou boundary map hanging behind him.

Hands behind the back.

Walk back and forth left and right.

From time to time, he pointed at it with his hand, and his expression was sometimes frowning, sometimes thoughtful, as if he was seriously thinking about something.

And so well after a while.

Cao Cao suddenly turned around.

With a somewhat solemn expression, he asked everyone present: "These ant thieves from Qingzhou are numerous and have no rules, so no matter whether Liu Gongshan can hold the front few lines of defense or not, we will be attacked by ant thieves here sooner or later." ”

"There are some things to prepare for, and the first thing to do is to think about what we should do when we face these thieves, and what kind of preparations we need to have before the war is on the verge of breaking out."

"According to the city, there must be a law-abiding, it is impossible to close the city gate, and sit back and relax."

"So I hope you can speak freely!"

……

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