After Cao Cao finished speaking, his eyes stared at Guo Jia's face.

Yuan Shao's move buried most of the originally powerful Dong coalition army, and the rest were Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and the inconspicuous Sun Ce.

Under such circumstances, can you continue to discuss Dong?

Guo Jia was calm and said with a smile: "Yuan Shao didn't expect the general to disobey his orders, and he refused to break the queen, and his strength was preserved. According to my guess, Yuan Shao probably still wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. He now has enough food and grass and will not withdraw from the army for the time being. ”

Cao Cao sneered and said, "I really underestimated him!" ”

Guo Jia nodded, and said with a contemplative face: "Yuan Shao's move can be regarded as far-sighted. What I'm worried about now is that Yuan Shao will also take the opportunity to impeach the general to the imperial court and push this defeat on the general. The reaction in the imperial court is a big crisis for the general. ”

Cao Cao's reputation in the court has always been very bad, and I don't know how many people want to put him to death.

If Yuan Shao reported the news of this defeat to the imperial court, coupled with the support of all the princes, the imperial court would almost be ironclad.

Cao Cao had already thought of it, and took a deep breath, as if he was about to spit out all the suppressed stuffiness in his chest, and then said: "I'm not worried about the imperial court, now that the coalition army has lost half of it, its momentum is declining...... Feng Xiao, can you continue to ask Dong? Kill Dong Zhuo? ”

Guo Jia met Cao Cao's hopeful eyes, his face suddenly darkened, and said with a smile: "General, wasn't it arranged a long time ago?" Although Yuan Shao has branches, it does not have much impact on the overall situation. ”

Cao Cao sat up violently and said, "Can you really continue?" ”

Guo Jia took a sip of wine and said leisurely: "I expect that Dong Zhuo will definitely withdraw his troops!" I have taken a closer look at Lu Bu, but if you are a reckless man, you can't deal with it with a little agitation. At that time, if the bottle and pot are not there, the general can drive straight into Xiangxian County! As long as Dong Zhuo's defeat is certain, the internal will definitely fall apart, and the general will recruit him carelessly, and there will be countless descendants, and Yu and Xu Er will be calm, all of which are between the general's backhand! ”

Listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao's inner frustration dissipated, and he got out of bed directly, put on his shoes and said: "Come on, pass on my order!" Cao Ang is the vanguard, and immediately sent troops to rescue the allied forces that were attacked! Xiahoudun, Le Jin led 10,000 troops to attack Lu Bu! Cao Ren, Cao Ang led 20,000 troops, staring at the bottle and pot! The others, with me, escort the general! ”

Guo Jia saw that Cao Cao was in high spirits again, and nodded secretly.

Cao Cao's psychological quality of becoming more and more courageous is a must for those who achieve great things!

Cao Cao quickly ordered troops and personally went to 'rescue' Yuan Shao.

Just now, he was so angry that he fainted, but now regardless of himself and the danger, Cao Cao's move really dared to move countless soldiers.

Sun Ce naturally followed behind, Cheng Pu looked at Cao Cao's back with a vigilant face, and said in a low voice: "Eldest prince, do you see it?" Yuan Shao's ambition is vicious, and he will become a beetle in the future! And this Cao Cao is also sinister and needs to be careful. ”

Sun Ce watched coldly, saw it very clearly, and didn't need Cheng Puduo to say it at all.

He pulled the reins, raised his head and said: "I have long seen that the so-called coalition forces all have different minds and aspirations, and they are not here to suppress bandits at all!" ”

Cheng Pu nodded, and said worriedly: "The eldest prince is here for meritorious service and attack, from the current point of view, Yuan Shao is the most dangerous, we follow Cao Cao, we are also in danger, one is not good, I don't know how to die, it is better to leave as soon as possible, and then think of other ways." ”

If it weren't for the fact that Sun Ce had been following Cao Cao in the imperial court camp in order to attack the lord, he had escaped this catastrophe by mistake, otherwise he would have been able to save his life now.

Sun Ce looked up, the shouting and killing in the distance was gradually subsiding, his expression was firm, and he said: "This is the best opportunity, when I return to Wu County, I don't know what year and month it will be, and the foundation left by my father must not be handed over to others!" ”

Sun Jian walked out of Wucheng, fought all the way, and only had this foundation for more than 20 years, if Sun Ce could not make meritorious service and complete the attack on the lord, the court would send a Wu County Taishou at random, unless Sun Ce rebelled, he could only condescend to the people and give all the foundation laid by Sun Jian to others.

"What is the eldest prince going to do?" Cheng Pu's words were full of worry. Yuan Shao is a big beetle, and Cao Cao is not a good person, it is too dangerous to maneuver between these two!

Sun Ce's gaze turned to Cao Cao and said, "Compared to Yuan Shao's ruthlessness, Cao Cao's actions will not be too out of line. And he wants to suppress Dong, we are a help for him, and he will not give up easily. Besides, his uncle is in the imperial court, and Cao Cao should have some scruples. ”

Cheng Pu was noncommittal to Sun Ce's words, but the reality is that Sun Ce really needs enough military merit to be able to attack the lord, and only 'Marquis of Wucheng', Sun Ce can rightfully inherit Sun Jian's foundation, so that Wu County is convinced and has nothing to say.

When Cao Cao and Sun Ce went to rescue Yuan Shao 'slowly', Cao Ang took the first step to kill, but Dong Jun accepted it when he saw it and had already begun to retreat.

Cao Ang pretended to pursue for a while, and then began to collect the soldiers and horses of the princes who were ambushed by the Dong army and scattered by Lu Bu.

When Cao Cao arrived, Cao Ang stepped forward with a sad and indignant face and reported: "General Qiyu, collect 20,000 remnants, Liu Yuanjun, Zhuge Xuan, Liu Miao and others have not been found, and the whereabouts of Zang Hong and others are unknown." ”

The so-called 'unfounded' and 'unaccounted for' either escaped and hidden, or died in the body and were not found.

When Cao Cao heard this, he became even more resentful, turned to the direction of the Bottle and Pot Pass, and said angrily: "Dong Thief deceived my coalition army too much, and passed on my general orders: First, report to the Hou General, and second, all the soldiers and soldiers, go to Bottle and Pot Pass with me, fight to the death with Dong Thief, report to the court, and live up to the death of my comrades!" ”

"The last general commands!" The soldiers around Cao Cao answered loudly, and their voices were full of anger and murderous anger.

With an order, Cao Cao didn't care about Yuan Shao, who was hiding far away, turned the army and went straight to the bottle and pot pass.

This scene, Sun Ce, who watched it, was stunned and stunned.

The coalition army was defeated, losing nearly half of it, and its morale fell to the bottom, Dong Zhuo was completely opposite, winning a big victory, and his morale was soaring, and there was a suspicious Yuan Shao behind him, how could Cao Cao dare to go to the bottle pot again?

Cheng Pu's expression was solemn, and he whispered to Sun Ce: "General, Cao Cao's behavior along the way is very abnormal, he should have planned a long time ago, we must be careful." ”

Sun Ce felt unprecedented pressure, and even had the heart to escape.

Yuan Shao had already bared his fangs, but Cao Cao's actions were more like eating people without spitting out bones!

On the other side, Yuan Shao, who had been staring at Cao Cao, was also puzzled.

A bunch of staff stood behind him, watching Cao Cao's soldiers and horses turn eastward, and once again towards the bottle and pot pass, looking at each other one by one, surprised and puzzled.

Yuan Shao raised his head and said to himself, "What is Cao Cao doing here?" ”

Director Zhang, Fu Zhu and others also couldn't understand it, and they couldn't answer for a while.

It stands to reason that Cao Cao should retreat again, away from the bottle and pot off, and away from Yuan Shao.

But he went to the bottle pot again, and put the army between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo!

This position is no different from the death of the whole army, it is too stupid!

Would Cao Cao do stupid things?

No!

Then there must be a picture.

is so fearless, is he really not afraid of Yuan Shao's attack from behind? Aren't you afraid that Dong Zhuo will send troops to attack again?

Xu You was no longer standing at the front, glanced at Tian Feng on the side, coughed lightly, and said, "What does Master Tian think?" ”

His words made everyone's eyes instantly turn to Tian Feng.

Tian Feng was well known as a man of the imperial court, he had been marginalized in Yuan Shao's army, and was a symbol of Yuan Shao's 'loyalty to the imperial court'.

Did Cao Cao and Tian Feng secretly collude?

Cao Cao's abnormal behavior, did Tian Feng know in advance?

Yuan Shao raised his head slightly, his eyes were indifferent.

Facing everyone's eyes, especially Yuan Shao, Tian Feng's face did not change, he shook his head, and said, "The incident happened suddenly, and I can't guess it. ”

Tian Feng clicked a 'sudden', and everyone looked at each other, but they also agreed.

It happened really suddenly, and Tian Feng shouldn't have time to collude with Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao's expression softened a little and said, "What do you think?" ”

'It happened suddenly', and it was difficult for everyone to deduce anything from it, but no one answered Yuan Shao.

Xu You may be a kind of 'bystander Qing', but he can think calmly, and when he saw that no one answered, he sneered and disdained in his heart, raised his hand, and said: "General, judging from the following officers, Cao Apu gathered tens of thousands of remnants of the army, not only was it useless, but the pressure on grain and grass increased greatly, and he could not advance or retreat. Looking at it now, Cao Apu either jumped over the wall in a hurry, or set a trap for the general. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't subdue the soldiers and horses of the princes from all walks of life, so he simply used Dong Zhuo to cut them off, and the pressure on grain and grass was greatly reduced; And Cao Cao gathered those remnants, and the pressure on grain and grass doubled instantly.

Yuan Shao's face was steep, and he said, "You mean, he is beating my idea of grain and grass?" ”

When Director Zhang heard this, he hurriedly answered: "General, it's possible!" Cao Cao's move was too abnormal and he had to be careful. ”

Fu Zhu looked indifferent and said: "No matter what, Cao Cao is in a desperate situation, even if we don't do anything, with Cao Cao's grain and grass, we won't be able to last for five days!" ”

The others chimed in and said, "General, this is a good opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!" ”

"Let's not move for the time being, sit back and watch Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo fight!"

"Yes, no matter what conspiracy Cao Cao has, as long as it drags on for five days, Cao Cao will collapse without a fight!"

Yuan Shao listened to their words, nodded secretly, and said: "What you still have to do, order someone to pass the word to Cao Cao, the old man will support him at any time, and order the senior cadres to lead five thousand soldiers, and put them on Cao Cao's ...... Ten, twenty miles. ”

Twenty miles, this position is not far or close, faintly forming a deterrent to Cao Cao.

Tian Feng's heart was heavy, and Yuan Shao said this in front of him, once Cao Cao was defeated, it was time for him to die.

'Cao Cao, what are you calculating? Tian Feng was not afraid of death, he was just thinking about Cao Cao's plan and how this chaos against Dong would develop if Cao Cao was defeated!

Yuan Shao made a countermeasure in confusion, and the bottle was closed, still in confusion.

Hu Zhen strode up and said excitedly: "Qi Ming Gong, the last general will behead more than 10,000 people, defeat the coalition army, and come to restore his life!" ”

Dong Zhuo already knew, and said with a laugh: "Okay...... Come on! ”

Dong Zhuo was just about to praise Hu Zhen, when he saw Lu Bu carrying a halberd, and then came, he immediately shouted with a smile on his face.

Lu Bu was dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's concealment of his ambush, his face was not leaking, and he saluted: "I don't disgrace my mission, it's a pity that I let the three brothers of Liu Bei run away." ”

Dong Zhuo held his stomach and said with a smile: "My son is invincible, what if he runs away!?" ”

Lu Bu got up, and Gong Jin was proud again.

In the first battle of Bottle and Huguan, Lu Bu established an invincible reputation, and the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang were undefeated in the siege, and no second person in the world could do it!

Seeing that Dong Zhuo was ignoring him, Hu Zhen glanced at Lu Bu beside him, and hatred flashed in his eyes.

Lu Bu was just picking up ready-made, and most of the coalition forces were defeated by him, Dong Zhuo actually turned to Lu Bu without finishing his words of appreciation!

Li Ru saw that their greetings were almost over, so he stepped forward and said: "Duke Ming, then Cao Cao put tens of thousands of troops under the bottle and pot, I am afraid that there is a conspiracy, and I have to guard against it." ”

Dong Zhuo put his hands behind his back hard, held his big belly, and said solemnly: "The old man is also guessing like this, can Wen Ru have a way to deal with it?" ”

Li Ru couldn't guess what trick Cao Cao was playing, but he knew very well that if Cao Cao didn't have a backhand, then it was the road to death.

"Ming Gong, respond to all changes with the same!"

Li Ru said in a deep voice: "No matter what Cao Cao or Yuan Shao has to hide, as long as we stick to the bottle and pot pass, and wait for them to run out of grain and grass or enter winter, it will be the time when our army will win!" ”

Dong Zhuo was silent for a while, and he missed Jia Xu a little in his heart.

Jia Xu's strategy has always been seamless, dripping without leakage, which can make the enemy unconsciously fooled, as easy as drinking water.

However, Li Ru is right, 'sticking' is the best countermeasure at the moment.

"Good!" Dong Zhuolang laughed and said: "Today's defeat of the coalition army, reward everyone!" ”

Hearing the 'heavy reward', Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, Guo Yan, including Li Ru, were all overjoyed.

Not far from the arrival of the bottle and pot pass, Cao Cao ordered to set up camp while setting up a formation.

Cao Cao was very busy, busy and cautiously dealing with the reaction of Yuan Shao in front of him and behind him, and at the same time to collect and rectify the remnants of the princes from all walks of life, and to search for those heads and brains who were scattered and fled.

It wasn't until evening that Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo did not react.

Guo Jia accompanied Cao Cao on the inspection, drank wine, and said with a smile: "The general's move is really clever, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are afraid that they will be frightened, and they have not figured out the general's true intentions, and they are afraid that no one will dare to move." ”

Cao Cao held his sword, looked at the remnants of the soldiers not far away, shook his head, and said, "Our grain and grass can only last for four days at most, if Dong Zhuo does not withdraw his troops, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Guo Jiahu turned his head and said to Xu Chu, who was standing like a god, and said, "Captain Xu, how long can you fight with Na Lu Bu?" ”

Xu Chu was silent for a moment and said, "Undefeated in a hundred moves." ”

This was inferred from the fact that he had fought against Guan Yu, and then inferred from the results of Guan Yu's battle with Lu Bu.

Guo Jia nodded, turned to Cao Cao and said, "General, the drama has to be done enough." ”

Cao Cao instantly understood and said, "Okay." Then I'll do enough to drag Dong Zhuo to the bottle and pot! So how did Yuan Shao deal with it? ”

Guo Jia raised his head to the north, looked at the dark sky, and said, "Five days is enough for the imperial court to react." ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "What does Fengxiao mean?" ”

Guo Jia took a sip and said: "I told the general before that the imperial court will not allow the failure of the court, Yuan Shao's hand, I can't hide it from the court, and I can't hide it from Your Majesty, for many days, the imperial court has been silent, and with my inference, the imperial court will soon have a big move!" ”

(End of chapter)