Yuan Shao's idea is very good, now they can indeed make any deployment according to the situation, all of this is naturally due to the fact that Liu Lan is still confronting the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu with Yuzhou, from another point of view, all this is due to their defeat in Langya County, which allows Liu Lan to deal with Cao Cao with peace of mind, but once there is a large-scale troop movement on their side, such as entering Qingzhou, it is likely that Liu Lan will hurry up to solve the trouble of the coalition army, or on the premise that Cao Cao cannot be easily defeated, Deploy defenses against them in advance.

Therefore, the idea that the lord wants to send the vanguard into Qingzhou first is feasible, but the premise is that it must be secretive, as long as Liu Lan is not aware of it, then he can be caught off guard, and when Liu Lan reacts, it will be too late to transfer troops.

However, there is one thing that must be noted, that is, how long can Cao Cao hold out, if there is a sudden accident when everything is ready, then they will lose their due significance when they go south this time, and when the time comes, this battle will cost the people and money, should they fight or withdraw?

So Yuan Shao's focus is really important, it is related to the overall situation, as long as they are in Qingzhou now, then no matter what the battle situation of Liu Lan and Cao Cao is in Yuzhou, they can gain and grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and as for how to grasp the fighter, of course, it is a matter for him and Gao Ran, but there is one point, they will never take such an opportunity, and they will inevitably annihilate the Langya army.

Once the vanguard and Yuan Tan in Qingzhou and the trial round, the two are confident that the first battle will be successful, then Liu Lan at that time will inevitably fall into a dilemma, whether it is withdrawal or a battle, they have already grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and all the previous losses will become worthless because of this battle, so Wen Chou and Yan Liang immediately assured Yuan Shao that within three days, Gao Ran led the lead of 30,000 troops to cross the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, this time, I hope you don't let me down." ”

This time, after Gao Ran arrived in Qingzhou, the troops in Qingzhou will be directly in charge of Gao Lan, Yuan Tan will return to Linzi and be in charge of state affairs, and the trial will be required to return directly to Yecheng, of course, the two of them don't know this news, but with the defeat of Langya, in fact, the two of them have been prepared in their hearts, but they are not very clear about how the main guild will deal with them.

But according to the past, the generals after the defeat were severely punished, as for the likes of Wen Chou and Gao Ran, including Yuan Tan, although they were not severely punished, but after the defeat, they all lost the right to continue to lead the troops, which was more serious for them than any punishment.

And Yuan Tan is the most worried one in his heart, he has been dormant in Jizhou for so long, and finally waited for another opportunity to lead the troops, but he encountered such a fiasco, he really wanted to cry without tears, but he had no choice but to accept his fate, fortunately, he didn't know that this time Yuan Shao opened up the net to the two people who were alive, although the military power was taken away, but Yuan Tan still stayed in Qingzhou, and when the battle was over, everything in Qingzhou was his final say, and the military power was still his.

However, Yuan Shao's biggest concern now is the war in Yuzhou, after all, there can be no accidents there, although Cao Cao is far from being a good partner who obeyed his words back then, and he was rude to him after welcoming the emperor, but he is still afraid of himself, otherwise he will not let the general out, although this is completely because of the last resort in strength, but at least he knows that Cao Cao will never dare to have any dissent when his strength is far inferior to his own.

So this battle, Cao Cao still needs to cooperate with him, although it is difficult to command him to fight with Liu Lan desperately, but at least let him not affect the overall situation of his strategy of Xuzhou, otherwise he will withdraw his troops at the most critical time, his southward movement, isn't it equivalent to giving them a coalition to relieve the siege, even if he takes Xuzhou at that time, it will be thankless, and even heavy losses, this kind of uneconomical thing, he will not do it.

And with his understanding of Cao Cao, it is entirely possible that he can take advantage of the opportunity to profit and strengthen himself regardless of whether he and Liu Lan are at war, or even wish that the two of them had a big fight.

Yuan Shao understands better than anyone else in his heart, Zhang Miao is not the result of his indulgence, do you say that Yuan Shao should blame him or blame himself for being soft-hearted, if the trouble is solved earlier, Yanzhou may still be him Cao Cao?

Therefore, the change in Yanzhou, it seems that Cao Cao has suffered a lot of losses, but in the end, it is Cao Cao himself who gains the most benefits, if it were not for Lu Bu, Cao Cao could successfully control Yanzhou?

All this is an indisputable fact, no matter who says it's just a coincidence, he won't believe it or listen to it, others may think it's a coincidence, but he who knows Cao Cao doesn't believe that it will be a coincidence, and even he thinks that this may be the result why Cao Cao will keep letting it go.

The relationship between him and Zhang Miao is indeed very good, but no matter how good it is, it has not reached the point where he disobeyed his orders to get rid of him several times for Zhang Miao, and even did not hesitate to tear his face with himself for this, Cao Cao protected him so much, isn't it strange, at that time, he didn't have any confidence at all, he was completely in the stage of relying on his own snort, and whoever dies must be submissive and obedient, so he has been thinking about the changes in Yanzhou over the years, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels the strangeness of Cao Cao at that time, It's as if everything was carefully designed by him.

And at this time, Cao's father was killed, he raised troops to attack Xu, and used this as an excuse to use his soldiers and grain in Jizhou, and finally not only failed to capture Xuzhou, but also made his Jizhou army lose a lot, and Zhang Miao also took the opportunity to rebel, isn't it a coincidence?

Anyway, if Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao before, he was a little brother who was no threat, then after this battle, Cao Cao completely became a prince who really dominated one side, and even had the ability to threaten him, and these, Yuan Shao preferred to use Cao Cao through a series of means.

Regardless of the truth, at least Yuan Shao was convinced. And under the circumstances at that time, so many ministers who interceded for Cao Cao suddenly appeared, all this made him even more suspicious, if he hadn't thought it clearly later and knew it in his heart, he was afraid that he would continue to be kept in the dark by Cao Cao, and these people who interceded for him, Yuan Shao naturally silently remembered it in his heart.

Although they will not be touched for the time being, as long as these people are involved in Cao Cao's problems, then Yuan Shao is bound to contradict them, although they have not obtained accurate information, these people secretly colluded with Cao Cao or accepted benefits to betray the interests of Jizhou, but Yuan Shao could not help but guard against it.

"By the way, my lord, I heard that Liu Lan sent General Yan Liang's body back." Wen Chou said suddenly, this news came from Yuan Tan, and he only learned about it recently, but he believed that the lord already knew, but he didn't know what the lord had arranged.

"Yes, after receiving the news, I have already ordered Yuan Tan to send Yan Liang's body back, compared to the fact that it is almost by the Yellow River now, it will arrive in a few days."

"It seems that Liu Lan is still unwilling to tear his face with us, otherwise he would not have returned the corpse, but would have sent a human head to show ridicule, which also shows Liu Lan's mentality now, he does not have the confidence to have a full-scale duel with us, in fact, the lord can now use the identity of a bystander to test the pressure on Liu Lan and Cao Cao, so that they don't act rashly."

Gao Ran's sudden words made Yuan Shao stunned: "What do you mean?" At this time, he wished that the two families were at war, and now he came forward to mediate, isn't this asking for his own suffering?

"Cao Cao is afraid of Liu Lan, and it is precisely because he is afraid that he does not dare to withdraw now, because he is afraid that Liu Lan will take the opportunity to attack Yuzhou or even Yanzhou, but if the news of the lord's intention to mediate reaches Fengxian and Liu Lan's ears, then what will be the first reaction of the two?"

Gao Ran sold a pass, but it immediately made Yuan Shao's eyes light up, as if the night sky saw a star, Cao Cao must hope that the mediation will succeed, and the two sides will strike the army, and Liu Lan may also hope to destroy Cao Cao's main force, but under our threat, we have to give in, so we can confuse the opponent, of course, this matter can not be too early, too early will promote the two strikes, to be just right, so that when the two families are waiting for the moment of the truce, our army suddenly attacked, and then it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

And Cao Cao's side, I will believe that as long as the lord makes a move, then he will never miss such a rare opportunity, but he will never take the initiative to send troops, he will wait and see the form, as long as Liu Lan transfers the main force back, then Cao Cao will inevitably attack Liu Lan again, and Liu Lan will definitely know this, so he will inevitably leave troops to defend Cao Cao, for us, this is already the biggest contribution that Cao Cao can make to us, far more realistic than letting him involve more Xuzhou troops.

"I know about it." Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to agree, but he was not in a hurry to refuse, like such an important matter, he felt that it was more appropriate to discuss it with Fu Zhi before making a decision, fortunately, even if this matter was to be carried out, it would be after the vanguard arrived in Qingzhou, so he had enough time.

After sending the two away, a subtle sneer appeared on the corner of Yuan Shao's mouth, and he said to Fu Zhu, "Do you think this matter is feasible?" ”

"I think that the lord can give it a try, and now Cao Cao is short of soldiers and food in his hands, so it is unlikely that he will take the initiative to attack Liu Lan, but if there is a chance for him to appear, then even if we don't ask for it, he will definitely mix it up."

"Okay." Yuan Shao made up his mind, and the reorganization of the vanguard team was far faster than Yuan Shao expected, Wen Chou and Gao Ran assured that it would take three days to complete the assembly, but it only took less than two days, the troops had been assembled, and even the baggage troops escorting grain and grass had begun to march towards Qingzhou one after another when Yuan Shao summoned the two on the same day.

Early in the morning of the third day, Gao Ran led the main force to set off, and the large army of 30,000 people began to set off south.

"It seems that Liu Lan is still unwilling to tear his face with us, otherwise he would not have returned the corpse, but would have sent a human head to show ridicule, which also shows Liu Lan's mentality now, he does not have the confidence to have a full-scale duel with us, in fact, the lord can now use the identity of a bystander to test the pressure on Liu Lan and Cao Cao, so that they don't act rashly."

Gao Ran's sudden words made Yuan Shao stunned: "What do you mean?" At this time, he wished that the two families were at war, and now he came forward to mediate, isn't this asking for his own suffering?

"Cao Cao is afraid of Liu Lan, and it is precisely because he is afraid that he does not dare to withdraw now, because he is afraid that Liu Lan will take the opportunity to attack Yuzhou or even Yanzhou, but if the news of the lord's intention to mediate reaches Fengxian and Liu Lan's ears, then what will be the first reaction of the two?"

Gao Ran sold a pass, but it immediately made Yuan Shao's eyes light up, as if the night sky saw a star, Cao Cao must hope that the mediation will succeed, and the two sides will strike the army, and Liu Lan may also hope to destroy Cao Cao's main force, but under our threat, we have to give in, so we can confuse the opponent, of course, this matter can not be too early, too early will promote the two strikes, to be just right, so that when the two families are waiting for the moment of the truce, our army suddenly attacked, and then it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

And Cao Cao's side, I will believe that as long as the lord makes a move, then he will never miss such a rare opportunity, but he will never take the initiative to send troops, he will wait and see the form, as long as Liu Lan transfers the main force back, then Cao Cao will inevitably attack Liu Lan again, and Liu Lan will definitely know this, so he will inevitably leave troops to defend Cao Cao, for us, this is already the biggest contribution that Cao Cao can make to us, far more realistic than letting him involve more Xuzhou troops.

"I know about it." Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to agree, but he was not in a hurry to refuse, like such an important matter, he felt that it was more appropriate to discuss it with Fu Zhi before making a decision, fortunately, even if this matter was to be carried out, it would be after the vanguard arrived in Qingzhou, so he had enough time.

After sending the two away, a subtle sneer appeared on the corner of Yuan Shao's mouth, and he said to Fu Zhu, "Do you think this matter is feasible?" ”

"I think that the lord can give it a try, and now Cao Cao is short of soldiers and food in his hands, so it is unlikely that he will take the initiative to attack Liu Lan, but if there is a chance for him to appear, then even if we don't ask for it, he will definitely mix it up."

"Okay." Yuan Shao made up his mind, and the reorganization of the vanguard team was far faster than Yuan Shao expected, Wen Chou and Gao Ran assured that it would take three days to complete the assembly, but it only took less than two days, the troops had been assembled, and even the baggage troops escorting grain and grass had begun to march towards Qingzhou one after another when Yuan Shao summoned the two on the same day.

Early in the morning of the third day, Gao Ran led the main force to set off, and the large army of 30,000 people began to set off south.