In this way, Ye Chen controlled the county town of Guangling, and the other counties of Guangling County, because he did not receive Zhang Chao's order, and they were not Ye Chen's opponents, so they did not send troops.

"My lord, Yuan Shao has gathered 100,000 troops, 70,000 are deployed in Qingzhou, and 30,000 are ready to intercept reinforcements from Liaodong." Guan Yu handed over the summarized information to Ye Chen and said.

Ye Chen thought quietly, and said for a while: "It's still not enough, I have to find a way to add fire to Yuan Shao." ”

"Second brother, this Yuan Shao has gathered more than 100,000 troops, although Qingzhou is very large, they must be dispersed, but it is still difficult for us to break through." Tai Shi Ci said.

Ye Chen shook his head, he didn't think about fighting with Yuan Shao at all.

"Although Yuan Shao is powerful, if he wants to intercept us, I'm afraid he made a mistake." Ye Chen continued: "He wants to seize Youzhou, he controls Jizhou, and now he owns Qingzhou, and then his goal is Youzhou, and Youzhou is also coveted by us, so this time we want to make Yuan Shao suffer heavy losses and let him know that it hurts." ”

"Yes, lord, I'm afraid of what Yuan Shao will do, his subordinates are all recruits, we should teach them how to train their soldiers." Xu Huang said very unconvinced.

"Send someone to write a letter to Empress Dowager He, asking him to issue an edict in the name of Liu Wei to abolish Yuan Shao's position as a general and take away all his positions and titles." Ye Chen said.

"Second brother, if you do this, will this Yuan Shao respect Liu Xie instead of Liu Wei." Zhao Yun said.

"No matter what he does, it will be a major blow to his reputation, maybe he will jump over the wall in a hurry and go north to attack Liu Yu, and then our pressure will drop sharply." Yuan Shao didn't dare to respect Liu Xie, that would shake the prestige of his alliance leader, and if he respected Liu Xie, he was also afraid that Dong Zhuo would hate him, and he would also order him to take everything.

Although there is no real harm, but in this way, it will do a lot of damage to his reputation, and his power will be unstable.

"In this way, Yuan Shao will definitely increase his troops in Qingzhou or Youzhou." Ye Chen thought to himself in his heart.

......

"Lord, Yuan Shao sent someone to ask us to attack Ye Chen." Yanzhou, Cao Cao's strategist Cheng Yu said.

"It's funny, who suggested that they would invite us." Cao Cao smiled very interestingly and said.

"It is said that it was from your friend Xu You, the lord." Cheng Yu replied.

"Haha, this Xu Ziyuan can come up with an idea." Cao Cao said with a smile.

"That's right, now Yuan Shao owns Jizhou, Qingzhou, and then Youzhou or our Yanzhou, and we have a cold relationship with Ye Chen, so it's ridiculous that Yuan Shao even invited us to deal with Ye Chen together." Cheng Yu said with a smile.

"What should we do according to Zhongde's meaning?" Cao Cao asked.

"My lord, there is something I don't dare to be sure about my subordinates." Cheng Yu said.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"This Ye Chen received the news early tomorrow, with their strength, before Yuan Shao finished arranging, they could easily break through Yuan Shao's obstruction and return to Liaodong, but why did they stay in Guangling and delay the timing, I heard that he got two stunning beauties and indulged in them all day long, which led to this, but his subordinates felt that this matter was not so simple."

Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "Of course it's not that simple, the best way for Ye Chen to go north back to Liaodong is to pass through Xuzhou and enter Qingzhou, and then take a boat back to Liaodong in Penglai, so that he can save most of the distance, he can also pass through our Yanzhou, enter Jizhou, and then enter Youzhou, so arranged, the distance is far away, and he has to pass through many forces, so we, including Yuan Shao, thought that Ye Chen would not take this route." ”

Cao Cao paused, sorted out his thoughts and said: "I have dealt with him for many years, and he never plays cards according to the routine, I am afraid that Yuan Shao's plan is going to fail." ”

"Lord, if this is the case, we should help Yuan Shao openly, but secretly help Ye Chen, if Ye Chen causes a major loss to Yuan Shao, with Yuan Shao's character, we must go to Youzhou first, when the pressure on us is reduced, we can take the opportunity to develop, and we can resist Yuan Shao's annexation in the future." Cheng Yu said.

"Okay, then let's pretend to send troops to help Yuan Shao, and then send a message to Ye Chen." Cao Cao finally said.

A few days later, Ye Chen was preparing to leave Guangling and go north to Xuzhou.

"Second brother, the latest news." Zhao Yun found Ye Chen and said.

"Okay, Zilong, please speak."

"We got the news that Kong Rong and Tao Qian remained neutral and did not respond to Yuan Shao's call, and Cao Cao did not refuse or agree, and his attitude is unclear."

"This is not unexpected, there is no interest now, who still wants to be the leader of the alliance, Tao Qian and Kong Rong don't have to be afraid of Yuan Shao, of course they won't do such a thankless thing." What Ye Chen didn't say was that Mi Zhu, the controller of Tao Qian's consortium, was still his brother-in-law, and Tao Qian didn't dare to support Yuan Shao, and Kong Rong's territory was within the attack range of Liaodong, so he would never do such a thing that harmed others and himself.

And Cao Cao is interesting, Ye Chen now wants to know Cao Cao's attitude the most.

"Okay, get ready, the army will leave tomorrow, and we will go to Xuzhou to meet Tao Qian."

Ye Chen's decision made several of his subordinates a little worried, but no one objected, and this northward entry into Xuzhou was closer to danger.

Now that the five states of Jiqing and Xu Yan have become very weird, Jizhou and Qingzhou can see people moving from time to time.

And Ye Chen, one of the important protagonists, was having an affair with two little beauties on the road, without the slightest tension before the war.

In fact, Ye Chen was also nervous in his heart, his plan was indeed not to go back from Qingzhou, he wanted to gather Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, if his plan really could not be implemented, it was a big deal to return to the south and take a boat back from the south, but it was such a toss, and he would not be able to return to Liaodong in half a year.

"Lord, one day, we will be able to reach Xuzhou Xiapi." Guan Yu said to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen nodded and ordered the army to be careful, although this Tao Qian rejected Yuan Shao's proposal, if it stimulated him, I don't know what else would happen.

In fact, Ye Chen had already sent someone to contact Mi Zhu a few days ago, Tao Qian had asked Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu was resolutely opposed to dealing with Ye Chen, and now Tao Qian was not confused, he also knew that it was no good to deal with Ye Chen.

However, Ye Chen didn't dare to be careless, he sent a large number of scouts to monitor all the movements around him.

Everything was normal, Tao Qian did not take any other actions except to strengthen the defense of Xiapi City, Ye Chen's reputation made all the princes afraid, and they were all afraid that Ye Chen would bring unpredictable disasters after entering the city.

"Stampede~"

Ye Chen There was a fast horse in front of them coming in the direction of Ye Chen, and the strange thing was that all the soldiers did not intercept her, so she went directly to the front of the team.

"Ning'er, why are you here?" Ye Chen saw that it was Zhang Ning, which made him very happy, and this difference was a long time.