After returning from the military camp to the Governor's Mansion, Liu Lan began to rest, this night he had a strange dream, startled a cold sweat, but after waking up, he found that the situation in the dream was completely unrememberable, but in the dark he remembered that the terrible nightmare was related to the battle of Xuzhou.

He thought left and right, and never had any clue, so he had to let Zhao Yu find Huainanzi, Liu Lan has been looking at Huainanzi for a while, the main reason is that there is almost no free time now, unlike before, he has enough time to read hundreds of books, but Huainanzi has been reading for almost two years.

But the page had just been opened, and he didn't read a word, Liu Lan suddenly stood up, not that he thought of the content of the nightmare, but suddenly felt that Cao Cao's retreat this time was not ordinary, if he was happy from the bottom of his heart before, but at this moment, he couldn't laugh, maybe this is an intuition, and suddenly an idea came to mind, that is, Cao Cao held back to give him a fatal blow.

Although he also asked Zhao Yun and Chen Gong to investigate Cao Cao's movements, don't forget, at this time, it was only to determine Cao Cao's movements, whether he had retreated, and now he suspected that Cao Cao was a choice to retreat, and he planned to move from the front of the stage to the back of the scenes, and to give a fatal blow at the right time.

After Liu Lan stood up, he went out of the house directly, went to the front yard of the Governor's Mansion to find Xu Shu, who was in the office, and asked him to let Chen Gong reply as soon as possible, Guan Yu Cao Cao's news, he needed to determine where Cao Cao had withdrawn. Liu Lan still knows a little about Cao Cao, this is because they have known each other for a long time, but in addition, there are records about Cao Cao in later generations, and a heroic figure like Cao Cao would retreat so headlessly?

And at such an important time when Yuan Shao was about to attack Xuzhou, would he really withdraw because Yuan Shu withdrew his troops?

If it was someone else, it was possible, but Cao Cao was absolutely impossible.

Liu Lan walked into the public house where Xu Shu was, and after sitting down, Liu Lan said his thoughts 1510, and asked him to send the news to Pei County now, after the letter was written, Xu Shu passed the letter out, and after returning, he saw Liu Lan sitting in the position and was distracted, although Liu Lan's speculation is very likely, but in the end, it is necessary to confirm it with intelligence, how it is, it will be able to prove it soon.

But Liu Lan didn't think like this, he was pondering at the moment, completely empathizing with Cao Cao's identity, thinking about Cao Cao, what did he think?

He and Cao Cao, to be honest, there is no similarity, Liu Lan wants to look at the problem from his point of view, it is still a little difficult, but the reason why Liu Lan still looks at the problem from Cao Cao's point of view, the most critical factor is that he is an experienced general, he knows what he wants to get, and what Cao Cao wants to get, since as long as the goal is, can he directly skip the process?

If you can, then the problem becomes simple, first of all, if he is Cao Cao, he will not be unaware of the grim situation that Xuzhou is facing now, and his own difficulties are also seen in his eyes, compared with the two, so that he can achieve the greatest benefit by solving his own difficulties?

Staying, the difficulties will not be solved, but may still attract Liu Lan's attack, and in the end there may even be a danger of annihilation, and retreating, it is entirely possible to resolve the crisis, and when Liu Lan and Yuan Shao fight, they will be involved. Isn't the reason why Peixian failed to take down Peixian this time is about the sudden return to the division, then next time, when Guan Yu and Yuan Shao are suitable to fight, then they can solve all the troubles?

Liu Lan sat without saying a word, completely entering Cao Cao's state at this moment, and even his deployment had forced Liu Lan into a desperate situation step by step, his thoughts were surging, and when he woke up, he was scared when he thought of the thoughts that came to him just now.

Is this likely to happen?

It is absolutely possible, and there is a mysterious Xiahoudun who has never shown up.

Xiahoudun feels like Guan Yu, just like at the beginning of the Third Battle of Xuzhou, Liu Lan appeared in Guangling with his troops, no one cares, because your whereabouts have been detected, but Guan Yu will make everyone worry and fear, they will guess where Guan Yu is, because they are afraid that Guan Yu will suddenly come out and give him a fatal blow.

And this principle is also useful to Liu Lan, because Xiahoudun is his Guan Yu, Cao Cao is dangerous, but he only has to where he is, but Xiahoudun doesn't know, where is he and what is he going to do? That's the real scary point, because you don't know when he's going to pop up or what form he's going to pop up.

I have to say that because Liu Lan looked at the problem from Cao Cao's point of view, as soon as he said Cao Cao's various possibilities at this time, he really admired Xu Shu, or Liu Lan's cautiousness really shocked him, although Liu Lan has always been like this, but every time he can make him feel like he is on the ground.

While the two were talking, suddenly an internal guard reported outside the door: "Qi Yu lord, military advisor, General Zhao sent a military report from Pei County." ”

"So fast?" Liu Lan's first reaction was Guan Yu Cao Cao's news, but he soon vetoed this possibility, because the latest document had only been transmitted for less than a quarter of an hour, not to mention carrier pigeons, even if it was estimated that the missile had just arrived, so Zhao Yun's military report was most likely sent a few hours ago.

took the military report from Xu Shu's hand, and sure enough, it was the news of Cao Cao's withdrawal, in fact, it had been several days since he was asked to investigate Cao Cao's withdrawal, and the letter just now was more of a reminder, but I didn't expect that Zhao Yun had already sent the news, but the time was not in a hurry.

In the news, it was indicated that Cao Cao had only retreated to Feng County, but whether he would continue to go west, there was no movement to set off for the time being, so Zhao Yun suspected that Cao Cao was a fake retreat, and of course it was impossible to just stay in Feng County to recuperate, so further observation was needed.

Zhao Yun didn't dare to jump to conclusions, but Liu Lan dared, he had to let the dragoons be prepared for this matter, let Zhao Yun handle it carefully, and never give Cao Cao a chance to take advantage of it.

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With two letters in a row, the first one is negligible, but the second one allows Zhao Yun to follow Cao Cao closely, and he has to send scouts to keep an eye on him, and he can't make any mistakes, as long as Cao Cao has another move to commit Pei County, the dragoons can fight, and if they can't fight, they will cover the evacuation of the defenders of Pei County.

This time, Liu Lan no longer allowed Chen Deng to go to Shoupei County, if he couldn't hold it, he might suffer a fatal blow at that time, and there was a possibility of being completely annihilated, so he couldn't take this risk.

Chen Gong did not react to Liu Lan's order, and Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng were both in the same way, Zhang Liao certainly did not want his troops to be lost in Pei County, and Xu Sheng did not want Pei County to fall into the hands of Cao Cao, but Liu Lan's order had no room for compromise at all, and they could not do anything.

As long as Cao Cao returns again, they will have to retreat, of course, the two of them are still hoping that such a thing will not happen, but Chen Gong will not have such considerations, because he knows too well what the situation is, and from the moment he found out that Cao Cao retreated to Pei County, he had already guessed what Cao Cao planned to do.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the most basic point, not to mention that he knows Cao Cao so well.

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The Dupu Duyi brothers are now regarded as beautiful figures in the Xuzhou army, and now the two of them are one leading the guards to follow Huang Zhong to guard Langya, and the other has been following Liu Lan's side, compared to his brother Du Yi, Dupu is undoubtedly deeply trusted by Liu Lan, of course, in addition to his character, the key is his outstanding ability.

In fact, Dupu has been able to be sent to the army as a unit or even a captain, and he is completely competent with his ability, and he has also won countless military achievements, but he has never had a good opportunity, or Liu Lan actually hopes that Dupu can be in Tai Shici's troops.

First of all, Tai Shici's troops are all his Moling private songs, and it is more appropriate for Du Pu to go over, and more importantly, seeing that as long as the battle of Xuzhou is over, his center of gravity will move south, because Yuan Shu will no longer pose too much threat to him, and the use of troops to the south will be an imminent military action.

And once the troops are used to the south, Guan Yu's Seshan battalion cannot be the main force, first of all, there is no too large-scale battle there, and secondly, because of the special environmental factors such as Wujun Huiji, there is a greater need for troops like Tai Shici, as well as the troops under Zhang Jaw's account composed of pure Danyang troops.

They will be the main force of Liu Lan's southward movement, and of course they will not send Guan Zhang to bring tens of thousands of people to the south when the time comes, but this is not the key, the key is whether to install Dupu in Zhangjaw's army or Taishi Ci's army, but in the past, because of the occurrence of the Battle of Xuzhou, it has not been able to make the trip.

If it weren't for the Battle of Xuzhou, after the Battle of Jiujiang, Du Pu had already reported to Zhang Jaw and even Tai Shi Ci's account, with Du Pu's ability, he would definitely be able to be reused under the account of the two, after all, this was his chosen deputy commander of the guards, think about the officers from the guards to the armies over the years, that one is not the best among the armies.

Whether it is Yan Zhi and Zhang Fei in the early stage or Zhang Ping and Zong Kou in the middle period, these are typical representatives, they are all following Liu Lan for a period of time, from the Guards to various troops, although Liu Lan is really comfortable with them, but just to protect himself, just like Zhao Yun Chen in history, how much chance can he show himself, Liu Lan does not want to bury these talents.

After all, in addition to discovering famous figures in the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Lan actually has a lot of ideas, that is, to be able to cultivate a character who did not leave a name in this period in his own hands, and he wants to turn his army into a cradle for cultivating talents.

This is his greatest wish, of course, in the guard camp, there may be only one person who will not leave, that is Xu Chu, with his ability, it is probably no problem to be a general, but if he is allowed to lead an army alone, his ability is really limited, and the main general can't be the general, but with his current qualifications, it is obviously impossible for him to be a deputy general for other generals, so Xu Chu can only honestly give him this guard commander.

However, this guard commander seems to be easy to do, but the things he can worry about are actually more trivial, he has to be responsible for all things big and small, inside and out, even including the safety of the wives and concubines in Liu Lan's mansion when they go out, this is his scope of responsibility, let Zhang Fei pick up the embroidery needle to embroider, this kind of thing must be someone who will feel that Xu Chu is still a real test.

In fact, Xu Chu, who is the village chief in Xuwu, has to deal with trivial things every day, but it is no less than now, he can deal with these things calmly, to put it bluntly, it is because of this experience back then that he can be handy at the moment.

They will be the main force of Liu Lan's southward movement, and of course they will not send Guan Zhang to bring tens of thousands of people to the south when the time comes, but this is not the key, the key is whether to install Dupu in Zhangjaw's army or Taishi Ci's army, but in the past, because of the occurrence of the Battle of Xuzhou, it has not been able to make the trip.

If it weren't for the Battle of Xuzhou, after the Battle of Jiujiang, Du Pu had already reported to Zhang Jaw and even Tai Shi Ci's account, with Du Pu's ability, he would definitely be able to be reused under the account of the two, after all, this was his chosen deputy commander of the guards, think about the officers from the guards to the armies over the years, that one is not the best among the armies.

Whether it is Yan Zhi and Zhang Fei in the early stage or Zhang Ping and Zong Kou in the middle period, these are typical representatives, they are all following Liu Lan for a period of time, from the Guards to various troops, although Liu Lan is really comfortable with them, but just to protect himself, just like Zhao Yun Chen in history, how much chance can he show himself, Liu Lan does not want to bury these talents.

After all, in addition to discovering famous figures in the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Lan actually has a lot of ideas, that is, to be able to cultivate a character who did not leave a name in this period in his own hands, and he wants to turn his army into a cradle for cultivating talents.

This is his greatest wish, of course, in the guard camp, there may be only one person who will not leave, that is Xu Chu, with his ability, it is probably no problem to be a general, but if he is allowed to lead an army alone, his ability is really limited, and the main general can't be the general, but with his current qualifications, it is obviously impossible for him to be a deputy general for other generals, so Xu Chu can only honestly give him this guard commander.

However, this guard commander seems to be easy to do, but the things he can worry about are actually more trivial, he has to be responsible for all things big and small, inside and out, even including the safety of the wives and concubines in Liu Lan's mansion when they go out, this is his scope of responsibility, let Zhang Fei pick up the embroidery needle to embroider, this kind of thing must be someone who will feel that Xu Chu is still a real test.

In fact, Xu Chu, who is the village chief in Xuwu, has to deal with trivial things every day, but it is no less than now, he can deal with these things calmly, to put it bluntly, it is because of this experience back then that he can be handy at the moment.