Jizhou Hejian Guole Cheng County.

This place is the seat of governance of the Trans Kingdom.

Located in the northwest of Nanpi County, Bohai County, the distance difference between the two is only about 130 miles, and there is a Zhangshui that can flow directly into the Bohai Sea in the middle, and it can connect Youzhou to the north.

It is easily accessible and densely populated.

With the above many convenient conditions, Lecheng County will naturally not be a deserted place, and it can be regarded as a small prosperity in the past.

It's just that since a few days ago, after an army was stationed here, Lecheng County fell into an atmosphere of solemnity.

Martial law was imposed throughout the city at different times.

Entering and exiting the city requires strict checks, and there is even a curfew at night.

At this moment, in the county office that was temporarily requisitioned in the city, Yuan Shaozheng was carrying his hands behind his back, his face was full of anxiety, and he was pacing back and forth.

Until the sound of the guards came from outside the door.

Yuan Shaocai suddenly turned around and was liberated from the circular path of brushing steps.

"Mr. Fu, Mr. Youruo asks to see you!"

"Quick, invite him in!"

As soon as the words of the guards here were finished, Yuan Shao couldn't wait to ask him to invite someone in.

Then he even simply walked down the steps and took the initiative to greet the visitor in the center of the hall.

It's not too late.

With the sound of hurried footsteps.

A young scribe who looked to be less than thirty years old appeared in front of Yuan Shao like the wind.

This person is an extremely important advisor under Yuan Shao, Xun Chen Xun Youruo, who was born in the Yingchuan Xun clan.

and Xun Yu, the chief minister under Cao Ang, is a brotherly relationship.

……

"Youruo, what's the situation, what important information did you send back from Tan Marco ahead?"

"Gongsun Zhan, did he move?!"

Even if he had already seen the right-hand man under his hands, the anxiety in Yuan Shao's heart had not decreased, but there was an increasingly fierce posture.

It stands to reason that with Yuan Shao's calm personality shown in the past, he should not be in such a hurry as he is now.

It's just that the things planned this time are too important, and there is quite a posture that affects the whole body, and the control of various details will determine success or failure.

Therefore, Yuan Shao also had to completely forget the so-called concept of meditation and calmness, and became troubled by it.

At this moment, I heard Yuan Shao's inquiry.

Xun Chen showed a little hesitation on his face, but after a breath, he still chose to smile bitterly, and immediately told all the information that came back from the front.

"Back to the palace, Gongsun Chan has moved!"

As Xun Chen gave an affirmative answer, Yuan Shao immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the whole person seemed to be bathed in a refreshing cool breeze in the hot summer.

Just before he could say anything.

I had already heard Xun Chen continue to state.

"It's just that the direction in which Gongsun Zhan's troops marched was diametrically opposed to what we expected, not only did he not continue to set off towards Gaoyi County."

"On the contrary, he also mobilized troops and horses to come east."

"Its goal seems to be directly aimed at Nanpi County, where our army is based!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was immediately confused.

……

"Why is this happening?"

"This Gongsun Bogui must have committed some illness, originally he stopped in Anping County and was stationed for several days in a row, and this matter is already very abnormal."

"Now he even gave up Han Fu, who was at his fingertips, and instead pointed the finger at us, isn't this a big joke that is easy to ask for difficulties and slide the world?"

Yuan Shao was really a little puzzled.

The reason why he appeared in Lecheng County in Hejian Country at this moment was to follow Gongsun Zhan behind his back to pick up leaks.

Originally, Gongsun Zan set out from Youzhou and led a large army to attack Han Fu, but this incident was instigated by Yuan Shao, so that the trip was made.

And Yuan Shao's strategic plan.

It's been hanging far behind Gongsun Zhan, not too close, but not too far away.

When Gongsun Chan was about to arrive in Gaoyi County, Han Fu felt the general pressure of Mount Tai falling.

He took the opportunity to send someone to see Han Fu in front of Gongsun Zhan, and then persuaded Han Fu to take the initiative to give Jizhou to him.

That's when the opportunity came.

Yuan Shao could immediately lead the army to jump out and directly take over the identity of Jizhou pastor.

By the way, you can also absorb Han Fu's power.

Instantaneously occupy the heights both nominally and practically.

under the umbrella.

Gongsun Chan definitely can't do anything about him, after all, the Youzhou soldiers are coming from afar, and if they can't fight for a long time, there will be problems in the supply of grain and grass.

And Yuan Shao, who won the name of Jizhou pastor, was able to smoothly turn Jizhou into his home field.

Besides.

Even if Gongsun Chan really wants to fight with him, it's not a big deal.

The agreement signed with Cao Cao's father and son was not signed in vain, and Cao Ang could be summoned when necessary to lead the army north to support.

In short, as long as you plan it right, everything will go well.

Then Jizhou is at your fingertips!

But now everything has changed.

Gongsun Zhan not only did not put pressure on Han Fu as he expected, but turned the spearhead around, and had a great posture of fighting with the Yuan family.

This directly smashed Yuan Shao's overall plan, making him a little at a loss for a while.

……

And Xun Chen's side, after silently listening to Yuan Shao's output.

But he can still stay calm.

After thinking for a while, he reported a possibility that he had considered along the way.

"Fujun, although this Gongsun Bogui is arrogant, he is not reckless and incompetent, and he will not change the purpose of the attack before the battle."

"According to his subordinates, the reason why he did this is probably because he noticed the movements of our army, and even guessed our plan!"

As soon as this statement came out.

Yuan Shao sighed in his heart, and an ominous premonition came to his heart.

He felt that what Xun Chen said made sense.

Saying that Gongsun Chan was sick was just an insult under the anger in his heart, in fact, the white horse general's strategic vision was high, but it was an indisputable fact.

And on such a premise.

There is only one possibility of making a very different move, and that is to find something wrong.

Come to think of it.

Yuan Shao was a little depressed in his heart.

I don't know what's going on, I always feel that since the return of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, many things along the way don't seem to be going well.

Now, even such a brilliant plan, which he had managed to come up with, had little hope of succeeding because the enemy had noticed the clues.

It's really evil!

Could it be that I have been angry in the past few years?

……

Of course, discouragement is discouragement.

After all, there has to be a solution.

Therefore, after calming down a little, Yuan Shao turned to Xun Chen and asked.

"Youruo, for the sake of today, what do you think we should do?"

"Since Gongsun Chan has discovered our intentions, it is almost impossible to do this peach picking thing again, why don't you go back to Nanpi County?"

However, Yuan Shao's voice just fell.

Xun Chen shook his head decisively.

At the same time, his tone was full of categorical veto: "The prince of the government must not, this matter must not be!" ”

"Once we choose to retreat to Nanpi County, we will let Gongsun Chan know our reality and think that we are afraid of his soldiers, thus fueling his arrogance."

"As the saying goes, if I take one step back, the enemy will take ten steps, as long as we retreat to Nanpi County, the original skirmish is likely to evolve into a desperate fight!"

"Therefore, the subordinates said that this matter is not advisable!"

Yuan Shao, who listened to these words, nodded again and again.

At this moment, there is only Xun Chen, a strategist, and the fewer people there are, the clearer Yuan Shao's mind becomes.

Therefore, as soon as Xun Chen said this, he understood.

……

His eyes flickered for a while.

Yuan Shao suddenly clenched his right hand into a fist.

Then he swung down in the air.

Then he said in a tone full of heroism and majesty: "Since this is the case, then we will do the opposite, and immediately order the army to continue to march eastward. ”

"Compete with Gongsun Chan a little bit, let him know that we are not easy to mess with, or simply don't get Jizhou!"

However, Xun Chen still shook his head.

There was a bit of helplessness on his face.

"Fujun, you can't either/or, it's unwise to retreat to Nanpi County, but you can take the initiative to send troops to fight Gongsun Zhan, which is not the best policy!"

"With Gongsun Boguina's temperament, let's take the initiative to send troops, can he hold it?"

"Then when it comes to the end, after all, it is inevitable that there will be a big battle between the two sides, if there are only two forces in Jizhou, but there are still the rest of the people eyeing the tiger, you don't want to become one of the sandpipers, right?"

Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Neither is it advancing or retreating.

So what's going to be?

Yuan Shao didn't bother to analyze and plan anymore, so he simply threw the question to Xun Chen.

"Youruo, don't sell it anymore, if you have any good ideas, just give it quickly!"

……

Listening to Yuan Shao's slightly impatient inquiry.

Xun Chen was not only not anxious, but showed a mysterious smile.

Stretched out a finger, pointed to his feet, and said leisurely in a tone: "In the opinion of our subordinates, we won't go anywhere, just stay in this Lecheng County!" ”

Yuan Shao blinked.

Following the direction of Xun Chen's finger, he looked at his feet, and then stroked his beard with understanding.

"You mean, wait for the time to move?"

Xun Chen immediately nodded happily.

With a smile on his face, he agreed: "As the prince said, it is just to wait for the time to move!" ”

"There is no need to retreat and fear, nor do you need to rush forward, our army can wait for Gongsun Chan to arrive here."

"If he wants to fight, then our army will be well organized and defend the city, and we will not be afraid of him at all. On the contrary, if he has no other action and chooses to continue to plot to seize Jizhou, then we will follow him according to the original plan! ”

"Just throw this dilemma directly to Gongsun Chan and let him make a difficulty!"

The analysis is simple and easy to understand.

And after a rough deduction, you can see that the feasibility is extremely high, so it fell with Xun Chen's voice.

Yuan Shao immediately burst out laughing.

"If it really deserves to be Xun Youruo, who is as wise as the sea, this plan is very feasible, then according to what you said, our army will continue to be stationed in Lecheng County."

But after a loud compliment.

Yuan Shao still gave an extra advice.

"Youruo, after you go down later, you will pass two military orders to the army for me."

"One is to order the garrison, from today onwards must be on higher alert, sentry and reconnaissance horses are indispensable, and there must be no slackness!"

"The second is the grain route from Nanpi County to Lecheng County, and heavy troops must be dispatched to protect it, so as to prevent Gongsun Chan from using cavalry to cut off our army's grain route first."

"If these two points are done well, you can wait for it!"

…………

Three days later.

Located in Wusui County, at the junction of Anping and Hejian Kingdom, he led the army to gallop all the way from Anping County to Gongsun Zhan.

At this moment, he was frowning, listening to the report of the soldiers in the hall, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

As a young man, he was once appreciated by Zhuojun Taishou because of his handsome appearance, loud voice, and tall and majestic figure, and recruited as a son-in-law.

Even if you are now middle-aged.

Gongsun Zhan, who is dressed in armor, is still demeanor, and his heroism is even stronger than before.

It's just that General Gongsun was in a bad mood at this time, especially after hearing the details of the soldier's report, his face was even more cloudy.

"Do you mean that Yuan Shao and his army arrived in Lecheng County at least ten days ago and were stationed there?"

The company of soldiers under the hall claimed to be.

"Don't dare to deceive the general, the villain took the brothers and walked around the surroundings of Lecheng County, but the county seat is now strict in and out, and it is difficult for us and other outsiders to get mixed in."

"Therefore, I could only arrest a few people who came out of the city and ask them, only to learn that the time was ten days ago, and the number of troops was more than 10,000."

"As for the exact number, and whether Yuan Shao himself is personally there, please forgive the villain for being incompetent, these news are really impossible to find."

Gongsun Chan nodded.

He did not blame his soldiers.

He just waved his hand and motioned for him to go down.

……

After the soldiers retreated.

Gongsun Zhan snorted coldly, and said to the left and right Han: "It took three days to arrive here from Anping County this time, and I stayed in Anping County for a few days before. ”

"In this way, ten days ago, our army should have just crossed Gaoyang County in the northwest of Hejian Country."

"And since that time, Yuan Shao has already led troops into Lecheng County, and there are tens of thousands of people in one move, so without warning, if you want to say that this is just a coincidence, I don't believe it anyway!"

Speaking of which.

Gongsun Zhan's eyes suddenly widened.

Then he slapped it on the table.

"As the teacher expected, Yuan Benchu was a thief with ill intentions, trying to take advantage of the time when I led my troops to attack Han Fu to be a fisherman and profit from it."

"What a sinister and cunning thief, if it weren't for the teacher's letter to tell me, I would have almost been deceived by him, which is really hateful!"

Gongsun Chan is now both annoyed and happy.

Annoyed, naturally resentful that Yuan Shao was not a good person, he was the one who invited him to send troops, and he was the one who hid in the dark and wanted to pick peaches.

Isn't this just using him to fight Han Fu and then win the fruits of victory?

As for rejoicing.

There is no doubt that he is glad that he has a good teacher.

……

At first, when Gongsun Chan was in Anping County, when he received the letter sent to him by his teacher Lu Zhi, he was a little skeptical of the above words.

After all, the teacher has been estranged from him for a long time.

How could it be possible to send him such a letter for no reason, and think about him wholeheartedly?

But for the sake of prudence.

Gongsun Chan still chose to send scout horses all the way to Nanpi County, taking advantage of the high mobility of the cavalry to explore the situation of several cities along the way.

At the same time, the army was mobilized to march eastward, and Yuan Shao, who was located in Bohai County, was slightly tested.

As a result, this one is done.

That's where the problem comes in.

Gongsun Chan is extremely glad now that he chose to give it a try, instead of ignoring the teacher's words and ignoring them.

Come to think of it.

Gongsun Chan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The teacher really deserves to be a great Confucian who is written in faith and righteousness all over the world, has a broad mind and is tolerant.

For students like themselves who are unfamiliar and remote, they will always pay attention to them, and wake up at critical moments to provide the most sincere help.

Compared with.

As a student, I am too incompetent and violates the friendship between master and apprentice!

……

After sighing for a while.

Gongsun Chan temporarily put down the emotions in his heart.

Instead, he began to think about how he should take Yuan Shao's move and give the most effective countermeasures.

Speaking of which.

I have to talk about a shortcoming of Gongsun Zhan's forces, that is, there is really a bit of scarcity in terms of Wenchen strategists.

Those who can fight, grab a handful.

Those who can engage in strategy can count them on their fingers.

Compared with the two, he is even inferior to Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Group, after all, under Dong Zhuo's command, there is also Li Ru, the chief strategist, and Jia Wenhe, who is clumsy and guarding.

Therefore, in terms of strategy and tactics, Gongsun Chan can still find someone to discuss together.

And this kind of scheming and strategizing thing, he has no other way than to think about it himself.

But Gongsun Chan is not good at this.

So I thought about it for a while.

His mind was still in turmoil.

Think about it.

There is only one stupid way to deal with it.

"Ah Yue, I will allocate 5,000 cavalry to you, and tomorrow you and my brother will go their separate ways."

"I will continue to march towards Gaoyi County, strive to take Han Fu as quickly as possible, and seize Jizhou before Yuan Shao makes a move, and not leave him a chance."

"And your task is to keep harassing Yuan Shao, and you don't have to fight to the death with him, you just need to keep harassing him, disrupting his marching pace, and buying me time!"

With Gongsun Zhan's order.

A young man sitting on the side immediately got up and came out, it was Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Yue.

"Brother, don't worry, my Youzhou iron horse comes and goes like the wind, the world is invincible, and it will definitely make Yuan Shao tired of running for his life, and he is powerless to stop his brother's footsteps!"

…………

Regarding Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, the violent friction between these two behemoths, Cao Ang got the news, it was already a few days later.

"Hahahaha!"

It is located in the county capital of Wei County in Yecheng.

There was a hearty burst of laughter from the study, and everyone who was guarding the door looked at each other.

What kind of news did the general get, he was so happy, he had never seen a general with such a gaffe in the past, even if he was happy, he just stroked his palm and chuckled.

Only if they could go inside and take a look.

You can clearly find it.

Not only Cao Ang was laughing loudly, but Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xun You and others sitting in the study were also full of smiles on their faces, looking like they couldn't support it.

"Okay!"

"A good Yuan Benchu, he really deserves to be the third prince of the fourth world, after the famous family, he can always surprise me, this chess hand is really good!"

As soon as Cao Ang's comments came out.

Even Dian Wei, who is serious and serious on weekdays, can't hold back the expression on his face a little at this moment.

Half an hour ago, Gaine sent an urgent message from the front to Cao Ang.

The letter roughly elaborated on the many movements of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan in the past half a month.

And at the end of the letter, he emphasized one thing.

"Gongsun Yue, the younger brother of Gongsun Zhan, led the cavalry to attack Yuan Shao's army, and succeeded several times during the period.

"The more victorious he is, the more arrogant he is, he carelessly underestimates the enemy, so he is caught in an ambush, and when the army is in a melee, he dies in the middle of a fire."

"Zan was so angry that he immediately led the army back and vowed to destroy Yuan Shao to avenge the killing of his brother!"

……

That's such a message.

Cao Ang was so happy.

Before he left in Dongjun, he asked Lu Zhi to send a letter to Gongsun Zhan, laying a foreshadowing.

The purpose is to expose Yuan Shao's plan, so as to make the two parties pinch each other and drag Gongsun Zhan's footsteps.

But he really didn't expect it to work so well!

Yuan Shao was also a little too powerful, and directly hammered Gongsun Zhan's little brother to death, and the two sides escalated from the original friction of interests to the stage of blood feud.

If Gongsun Chan doesn't split the victory or defeat with Yuan Shao now, or if he does a real fight, it will be difficult for him to explain to his own people.

In this way, Cao Ang can be stable for a long time, and such a dramatic evolution between the two sides has left him a lot of time to prepare.

And even after this war.

Whether it is Yuan Shao or Gongsun Zhan, their strength will be weakened to a certain extent, which is to enhance themselves in disguise.

It's just beautiful!

And all this is thanks to Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu.

Uncle Ben Chu is still a loyal man!

Of course, in fact, Cao Ang knew that Yuan Shao probably didn't want to kill Gongsun Yue.

He only thought of defeating Gongsun Yue and scattering the cavalry he led, so as to save his army from being harassed.

It's just that sometimes it's like this on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and a random arrow can take the life of a general, who can reason with this?

……

After laughing for a while.

Cao Ang and the others finally turned their minds back on track, God gave the Cao family such a good opportunity, it would be a pity if they didn't hold it firmly.

"Gongda, you will write a letter later, send someone to Gaoyi County, tell Han Fu, and put aside the transfer of troops and horses for the time being."

"At the moment when the two forces are fighting, the most important thing for us to do is to hibernate quietly, and it is best that no one notices our existence, let them fight happily, and fight you to the death."

"When their battle is over, we, as the host of Jizhou, will stand up for justice and be a peacemaker."

"That's the best choice!"

This matter is naturally the right thing to do.

There is no need for Cao Ang to say, Xun You has actually thought of this.

Therefore, listen to Cao Ang's advice.

He nodded with a gentle smile on his face.

And after giving instructions to Xun You.

Cao Ang said to Cao Ren again: "Zixiao, I have something that you need to do, gather a group of craftsmen and build a good thing day and night." ”

"This thing will be of great use in the future!"

……

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