In Xuchang City, on the Golden Palace of the Imperial Palace, Cao Cao, wearing court clothes, stood at the head of the hundred officials with a sword at his waist.

There is no way, the sword is on the temple, praise and worship, Cao Cao's privilege.

Liu Xie on the dragon chair looked at Cao Cao after accepting the worship of the hundred officials, his face was solemn, "Cao Aiqing, I heard that Yuan Shao actually sent 20,000 troops to attack White Horse City, and there are only 4,000 defenders in the city, how is this good?" ”

He was very uncomfortable, at least he looked very uncomfortable, but he was happy in his heart.

Yuan Shao's ancestor is the fourth and third duke, and the Yuan family is also well-fed, so he is naturally loyal, and he wishes that the Northern Army would fight to Xuchang tomorrow and kill Cao Cao.

As soon as Liu Xie said this, a burst of whispers immediately broke out in the Golden Palace.

Originally, they were not optimistic about this battle, but the ministers who were forced to compromise because of Cao Cao's power were very frightened, and the imperial party led by Dong Cheng was silent on their faces, and they were all watching Cao Cao's jokes in their hearts.

They are all willing to believe that except for Cao Cao, they are all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, people who can't help Cao Cao on the bright side like to see him deflated.

Cao Cao didn't say anything, his face sank like water, and he listened quietly to the ministers talking to each other, and he didn't even answer Liu Xie's questions.

He was waiting, waiting for the scout to show up at about the same time.

"White Horse City, six hundred miles urgent!" Outside the Golden Palace, a shout attracted everyone's attention, except for Guo Jia and Cao Cao, because of this battle report, they had already read it last night.

After the scout ran in, Liu Xie, who had always been autistic, also moved his buttocks, looking at him expectantly, hoping to hear the news he wanted.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Shao's 20,000 pioneers have been defeated, the main general Yan Liang has been captured alive, 1,800 war horses have been captured, 50,000 stones of grain and grass have been captured, and the prisoners of war have all been killed on the spot, and our army has won a complete victory!"

After the scout finished speaking, the needles in the golden hall could be heard.

Dong Cheng and the others only felt that their hearts were twisted, how could this be, Yan Liang's 20,000 army was actually defeated by 4,000 soldiers, and they would fight?

Of course, more courtiers were relieved and applauded.

After all, they have invested too much in Cao Cao, and they still hope that he can win in their hearts.

Liu Xie's nails were about to dig into the flesh, showing a white color, but his face showed the same excited expression as most courtiers, after all, he had been a puppet for many years, and his acting skills were still online.

He looked at Cao Cao who was in Gujing Wubo, and soon guessed that he should have known the news a long time ago, so he asked with a smile: "How did Cao Aiqing win more with less?" ”

Cao Cao then threw off his clothes and walked to the middle of the Golden Palace, bowed to Liu Xie, and said loudly: "It's very simple, a month ago, Weichen had already ordered Cao Ren, the general of the Broken Captivity, to take Xu Chu and Dian Wei into White Horse City. ”

Hiss~

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that Sikong had already prepared, no wonder he looked calm just now, Yuan Shao was calculated.

I don't know how Cao Sikong was unpredictable, and he was able to arrange it a month in advance, which is incredible.

According to the normal procedure, someone will soon ask Cao Cao how he did it, obviously Cao Cao did not intend to give them such an opportunity, Guo Jia stepped forward and asked: "Since Cao Sikong has already made arrangements, why didn't he tell me early, so that I could wait for peace of mind." ”

"Because there is a secret communication with Yuan Shao in this court, if I say it early, can I still have such a big victory?" Cao Cao turned around and looked around at the hundred officials.

Just one glance made half of them lower their heads, and they all felt that what Cao Cao was talking about should be themselves, if it weren't for the qi cultivation technique that had been infiltrated by the court for many years, they were afraid that they would not be able to restrain themselves from trembling.

"I don't know who Cao Sikong is talking about?" Dong Cheng sneered and glanced at Cao Cao.

He can be considered to have figured it out, how can there be any crisis in White Horse City, obviously Cao Cao has known all this for a long time, and today he is deliberately playing tricks on me.

Cao Cao raised his right hand, put his index finger and middle finger together, and pointed around the court, and finally landed directly on Liu Xie's body, which scared him a lot.

After all, he still put down his right hand and said with a smug smile: "After all, the palace is a minister, and I will not turn over the old accounts in the past, as long as I do my best to serve His Majesty in the future, this thing should not have happened." ”

Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief, and squeezed out a smile with difficulty, "Cao Aiqing is really loyal, and he is really a model for hundreds of officials." ”

The emperor said so, and the hundred officials immediately followed, touting it, what cleared the universe, Kuang Jun assisted the country, and picked out the good ones, all of them had the illusion of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

"Your Majesty, the minister must first ask for the crime of bullying the king."

"Why did Aiqing say this?" Knowing that Cao Cao was talking nonsense, Liu Xie could only try his best to cooperate with him in the performance.

"Your Majesty, because the minister has a clever plan to defeat the enemy, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of Yuan Shao are like powder, but at the moment, he does not dare to tell the truth, hoping that Yuan Zhixun can make a contribution."

Cao Cao said very sincerely, Liu Xie could only nod his head, and said forcefully: "Okay, I forgive you for your innocence, Aiqing can let it go." ”

He didn't know if what Cao Cao said was true or not, but he hoped that Cao Cao would lose.

When he heard that Yuan Shao had an army of 700,000, he was so happy that he didn't sleep for a few days and nights, just waiting to see Cao Cao's dog head hanging on the city wall of Xuchang.

With the big victory of White Horse City, coupled with this rhetoric now, Liu Xie's confidence has been shaken a little.

The emperor is still like this, not to mention the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the careful thinking of currying favor with Yuan Shao in the past has been reined in, and he regrets that he did not advocate war at the beginning.

It's okay, it's too late to regret it now, and he said that he won't settle accounts after the fall.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Cao Cao no longer struggled on this topic, and began to throw out his unspeakable secrets, which is nothing more than that I will definitely be able to defeat Yuan Shao this time, but the grain and grass, ordnance, and troops, it would be nice if I could add a little more.

The people who can stand in this court are human spirits, and they immediately understood what Cao Cao meant, so they were waiting here.

It would be nice if they could have done it without opposing before, but direct support is impossible, and who would want to go up the drain.

But after the episode just now, no one knew what tricks Cao Cao had chosen, and he still wanted to make up for the safety of the stakes, and they all expressed their intention to go back to their hometowns to raise food and grass for the imperial court and supervise the ordnance.

"Your Majesty, the hundred officials are so united, why worry about Yuan Shao being undefeated?" Cao Cao's heart was dark, this is much better than ten wins and ten defeats.

"This is all due to Aiqing." Liu Xie said weakly.

No, no, no, Your Majesty was wrong, and this is Yunwen's work. Cao Cao hadn't been so happy for a long time, and after dealing with a few words, he waited to retreat.

After the court meeting, Cheng Yu, Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and others all surrounded Cao Cao, and they were about to get to the bottom of why Cao Cao could anticipate the enemy's opportunity first, and guessed the danger of White Horse City a month ago.

What can Cao Cao do? took out Lin Mo's letter and said, "Oh, look, it was Lu Bu's son-in-law who taught me?"

Okay, you want to be faced.

Only Guo Jia knows about this, and it is enough for him to know alone.

In the end, I can only credit Guo Jia for this credit.

Cao Ying's strategists didn't seem surprised that Guo Jia could anticipate the enemy first, but he still couldn't imagine that the two armies bordered a territory of more than 800 miles, how Guo Jia could judge that the other party would take White Horse City.

Guo Jia, who was surrounded by the crowd, seemed a little anxious, he was in a bad mood, because he didn't understand this matter.

Although White Horse City can be directly approached by Xuchang, there is definitely more than one choice for the same position.

Because of Cao Cao's face, this matter can't be broken, so he can only excuse that because Yan Liang has been stationed in Liyang, as a general of the northern country, he appeared in Liyang, and White Horse City is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

This statement reluctantly persuaded everyone, and they left satisfied, leaving only Guo Jia messy.

Cao Cao, who returned to Sikong Mansion, sat under the pavilion and looked at the lake in a daze, and kept kneading the sachet that Lin Mo had returned.

He knew that Lin Moqian's letter was sent to help the battle for the balance of the overall situation, but he still couldn't help but think in his heart, how good it would be if this kid was with me.

Yan Liang, that's Yan Liang, Yuan Shao's general, the Great Emperor of the Northern Kingdom, he was captured alive, Cao Cao knows too well how much impact this matter will have on the Northern Army, it is definitely a turmoil among the three armies.

With this big victory, there should be few people in Xuchang City who secretly communicate with Yuan Shao, plus the grain, grass, ordnance and government soldiers provided by all parties

Just after simply calculating the harvest this time, Cao Cao felt that his heart was agitated, amazing, this one person is better than 100,000 male soldiers.

But the more Lin Mo behaved, the more uneasy Cao Cao became, because the alliance would end one day, and such a person, as an enemy, was a little more terrifying.

He Lin Mo, it was originally mine, hateful Zhang Wang, if I am defeated because of this, the ten Sima families will not be able to protect you!

Cao Cao still hopes that one day he can recruit Lin Mo to his command again, although such a chance is very slim, but it is not completely impossible, and the battle of Xiao Guan is the best example.

Looking back, I was still too stupid at the beginning, and I would rather give up Xiao Guan than find him Lin Yunwen.

The skull hurts, and Cao Cao couldn't help but knead his temples when he thought of it.

At the end of Pengcheng, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun took 10,000 troops to Linqu first.

It is reported that Yuan Tan's 200,000-strong army was divided into three divisions and began to enter Guangxian, and a major war was about to break out.

This time, it was still Zhang Liao, Yu Ban and Xu Sheng who stayed in Guangling, but the difference was that Zang Ba and Sun Guan were transferred to Lujiang to take over the defense that originally belonged to Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and Song Xian.

Among the eight strong generals under Lu Bu, except for Zhang Liao, who was in charge alone, and Hao Meng, who had died in battle, the remaining six were all involved in the front line.

This point was deliberately requested by Lu Bu, firstly, to give them a chance to brush up on their military exploits, and secondly, to ensure the stability of this army.

After the matter of self-appointed vanguard and deputy general, this group of veterans has always had a lot of complaints about Lin Mo, Lu Bu is a little helpless, the prestige and appeal of these few people in the army are not weak, if they deviate from morality, they will lose themselves in the end.

Therefore, such a choice can be regarded as a compromise to a certain extent.

Lin Mo didn't mind, after all, an army of sixty or seventy thousand people also needed generals, and the only requirement was that the things in the council hall were not allowed to be staged last time.

In fact, in this group of people, Wei Xu is more jumpy, after all, he is a relative of Lu Bu, Lin Mo still has to call his uncle, there is a little bit of relying on the old and selling the old.

Especially in the last few days, after hearing that Cao Cao Sheng captured Yan Liang, after 4,000 to 20,000 of them, they were looking for teeth all over the ground, good guys, all of them shouted that they wanted to take the initiative to find trouble with Yuan Tan.

Because in their opinion, Cao Cao's elite can be beaten by his own people and can't find the north, but the northern army was defeated by Cao's army for thousands of miles, so the gap is not too big.

It's really a big drama singing on the Wangxiang stage, a group of ghosts who don't know whether they are dead or alive.

"Wei Xu doesn't have to deal with that head, if he dares to take the lead in stirring up trouble again, I will personally clean him up!"

The old father-in-law's words were conclusive, and without waiting for Lin Mo to say yes, he added with a sneer: "But in this way, you also have to mobilize them in this war, don't you always say that the army needs rain and dew, it's not appropriate to let them eat idle meals." ”

"I agree with this, then it depends on what military affairs are, if you are small, you will dislike it, and if you are big, you can't afford it."

Lin Mo shook his head helplessly, but seeing that the old father-in-law seemed to be very embarrassed by this, as a son-in-law, he didn't want to be entangled, so he comforted: "Don't worry, Lord Yue, I will try my best to arrange it properly." ”

If you want to say that the arrangement of these people is really not simple, robbing the camp and charging, breaking the enemy army, you can't play it; Escorting grain and grass, receiving reinforcements, and feeling that there is no merit.

Go back, you have to rectify this group of people.

The army traveled for seven days and finally arrived at the Linqu front.

Fortunately, the front line was very peaceful during these days, and according to Gao Shun, Yuan Jun had always sent people to watch them from afar, but there was no further action, and the several ambushes according to Lin Mo's request did not come in handy at all.

"It seems that Yuan Tan is smarter than we thought." Lin Mo thought it was quite interesting, the 200,000 army, the forward army had at least 30,000 people, and it was indifferent to 10,000 people in the wilderness.

"There are many handsome people in the northern country, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others are all resourceful and difficult to deal with, and Yuan Tan must have a master behind him." Jia Xu also has some knowledge of the northern country.

Lin Mo smiled and didn't answer, Yuan Tan could listen to other people's opinions, and this alone proved that he was very smart.

I'm afraid this battle will be more difficult than I imagined.

Lin Mo walked into the camp, and the Chinese military tent had already prepared a topographic sand table and sheepskin drawings.

The camp with a capacity of 70,000 people was very large, about the size of a small county town, which meant that the fortifications along the border would be weaker, and in many places there was only one piece of wood as a guardrail, and the antlers were only located near the four gates, so there was no way to cover a large area.

However, after the arrival of the army, these can be slowly improved when the people are well prepared.

It is worth mentioning that this is the location of the village that Lin Mo, Chen Gong and Jia Xu chose after several discussions, and the main consideration is the terrain.

The camp stands in the wilderness, and to the west is the continuous mountains, Qi Mountain; It faces the huge ocean water in the east; Qishan and Juyangshui are separated by ten miles, and there is only one passage in the middle, Yuan Tan can't do it if he wants to stud the army of 200,000 at once, and the army can't spread it all.

The disadvantage is that it is too far away from Linqu City, and the grain and grass can only be placed in the Yanmai Tun of Qishan Mountain.

However, the land of grain storage is a valley mouth, and there is only one road in and out, so the safety is relatively high.

On the sand table of the Chinese military tent, Gao Shun has already intimately marked the Yuan army camp, which is similar to the previous prediction, thirty miles away from his own camp, where there is an open field, suitable for the army to spread out and give full play to the advantages of troops.

The army of 200,000 has built a total of three villages, and the distance between the two is only about three miles, which can be a good response to each other.

However, the terrain belongs to the terrain, what should be seen is still to see it with your own eyes, Lin Mo called the old father-in-law, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning to prepare to go to Qishan and look down on Yuan Tan's military village.

With them here, there is no need to worry about security.

(End of chapter)