Yanbei was rerouted halfway to talk to Ma in Jizhou, and Henan's army was passively caught in a race against time. The reason why Yuan's army is slightly weaker is not because of the weakness of Qingzhou's soldiers, but because after Yan Liangwen and Yu Qiong, Yuan's lack of talent to be a general who can take charge of himself, and Yuan Shao's own war talent is not as good as his talent in governing the government. But the two states of Yanyu are different, because their leader is Cao Cao, who fought hard in the land of the four wars.

Cao Cao experienced all the wars in the Central Plains since the great turmoil in the Zhongping period. In the disputes of victory or defeat, the art of war accumulated in the early years has been completely grown, and he has become the world's leading famous general.

In this regard, Cao Cao was decisively different from Yuan Shao of Yanbei. Although the three of them started as generals in the past, whether they were court captains or rebel leaders, Yuan Shao was burdened by his reputation, and people had the impression that he was a scheming superhuman staff and adviser; After Yanbei ruled Liaodong, the identity of the generals was gradually obscured by the aura of the generals under his command, and he became a complete political symbol and the ruler of the north. But Cao Cao, in the eyes of the people at that time, what Dongjun Taishou and Yanzhou Mu were far inferior to the name of General Fenwu, and the victories in the east and west became his merit book.

The war of the Yan clan in the north was extremely difficult for Cao Cao. Regardless of whether it was from the heart or the situation between the enemy and the enemy, Cao Cao did not want to have a war with Yanbei, and even in the possible wars with the Yan clan in the past, there was only one that had not yet happened but was very likely to worry Cao Cao...... But just the cold lips and teeth forced him to prepare for the war with the Yan clan.

In private relationships, Cao Cao's impression of Yanbei is not bad, when they were still young, they once joined hands to fight Dong Zhuo; Later, he also fought against the wall, and even when Yanbei didn't know it, he remembered the kindness of 8,000 soldiers and horses to fund the army, and Cao Cao made concessions to the north many times.

Because in all fairness, Cao Cao did not think that the Yan clan's pacification of the world was a bad thing, at least the people on the north bank of the Yellow River were doing well, which was beneficial to the world.

But after all, it's time to divide life and death, and when the Yan clan calms down Qingxu, the next step is Yanyu, Yanbei can tolerate Yang Feng and Lu Bu, but may not be able to tolerate him Cao Cao. Cao Cao can honestly say that he loves the world, and he can also honestly say that he loves himself...... Between the people of the world and the Yuan family, he can choose the people of the world; But between the people of the world and himself, he can't choose the Yan clan.

War, inevitable.

"Heroes create the times, and the Yan clan is the first." Cao Cao looked to the north in the starry night, where there used to be thousands of lights in Dongjun, but now he only saw the dotted military campfires, and the man holding the lance had a fierce look, he thought: "If this battle is won, Cao Mou will also be able to create the current situation." ”

How much he wants to create the current situation, although his former wish was to be the general of the Han Dynasty, but since the Tiger Prison was closed for a while, the four-character official title of the general of Zhengxi became a shame for him Cao Mengde, and he never mentioned it.

Cao Mengde can be the general of the expedition to the west, but it can't be you Yan Zhongqing said that Cao can only be the general of the expedition to the west!

If this battle is won, when Cao Mengde is mentioned to future generations, it will be said that his current situation started in Xiaqiu.

When the night wind raised the military flag, Cao Cao gathered his robe, looked at the dark clouds in the north, and the last one entered the Chinese military tent, and the generals got up one after another.

"The Yan army is all in Dongjun, Hu Cai is scattered in the wilderness to be the eyes and ears, 40,000 Zhao troops are all in Dong'e, and its vanguard Zhang Liao has sent troops to the territory of Fan County. The forces are gathered and they want to fight quickly. Cao Cao pointed to the case with his sword, and hung behind him was a topographic map of the north of Yanzhou, referring to Fan County, which is the first county on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Fan County, which is adjacent to Jiyin County and Xiaqiu in the southwest, and said: "The strength of the army is far superior to me, but the so-called three talents, the time and place are all in me, don't worry, the Yan clan has lost half of this battle!" ”

When the army was like a rainbow, 60,000 troops gathered from the south to the north of Yuyan, claiming that 100,000 had the potential to attack all the invincible, and the Yuan army formed an alliance with the four states and rose up, at that time, all the generals and schools were excited. But perhaps the morale was too high at the beginning, and after receiving the defeat of the Yuan army in Qingzhou, the morale of the generals on the march was suffocated, and then I heard that Yanbei was in the north and the Han and Hu army of 100,000 went south, and the banners stretched for hundreds of miles, and there was a great tendency to swallow the sky, and anyone who heard it would die down...... If it weren't for Xiahou Yuan's galloping attack on the Yan Clan's front army stationed in Cangting and achieving a small victory, this battle would not have had to be fought again.

Before the morale starts, the morale is going to collapse, and it's a fart!

Therefore, Cao Cao's words to strengthen morale did not usher in much reflection in the Chinese military tent, and only a few stupid and bold people such as Le Jin slapped the armor loudly, and made a military order loudly: "The lord ordered, go to the army to get Zhang Liao's head!" ”

"Why, don't you believe me?" Cao Cao squinted his narrow eyes and praised Le Jin's courage, and then smiled and asked the generals who were speechless, and saw Xiahou Yuan pulling Le Jin, so he said: "Wen Qian, don't talk nonsense, Zhang Wenyuan is not so easy to deal with. ”

Xiahou Yuan had good intentions, but how could he help Lejin is fiery temper, and pouted to himself: "Miaocai lost Fan County after retiring from Cangting, I will take Fan County back for you!" ”

Xiahou Yuan glanced at Le Jin and stopped talking, unhappy in his heart. Le Jin joined the Cao clan late, and he didn't know how powerful Zhang Liao was when he was in Luoyang, and later when he attacked Dongjun from Lu Bu, he was also a brave general...... At that time, if he was not worried that Zhang Liao would trap him, he would not have retreated and lost Fanxian.

He withdrew from the army because he knew that the morale of the Cao army was low and he couldn't afford any defeat, but when he arrived at Lejin, it seemed that he was afraid of Zhang Liao.

Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "If you don't believe it, forget it, Miaocai's withdrawal is what I mean, Wen Qian don't talk nonsense, we can't afford any failure, Miaocai led the army to travel five hundred miles, and it is difficult to confront Zhang Wenyuan." Needless to say, the princes of Dongjun are familiar with the geographical advantages of our army, as for the time of day...... I think that Li Mancheng led the headquarters and Wen Qian to march into Fan County together, occupy the city, and guard the road that the Yan army must pass through to the south, Wen Ze and Miaocai led the army to enter Dongping Kingdom by Liangshan South Road, and Wen attacked Yang Valley and Gucheng. ”

Liangshan is the ancient name of Liangshan.

Cao Cao said and waved his hand to the generals: "Then there is Zixiao to lead the headquarters and the people to fill the army of 60,000, enter Puyang and look east of the city, and lead the Yan army to attack Puyang." The rest of them attacked Cangting from Cao, and ten days later, Yuefan County attacked Cangting, and several troops went together to swallow Zhang Wenyuan's army! ”

The generals looked worried, you look at me, I look at you, no one wants to touch Cao Cao's excitement, and in the end, only Xiahou said: "Meng De, the soldiers are very fast, and the Yan army will cross the river after ten days, but I am afraid that it is not my several troops who swallow Zhang Wenyuan, but the Yan army!" ”

"The main force of the Yan army is still in Wei County, and it will take two hundred miles to travel, while our army Miao Caiwen will have to travel four hundred miles to reach Gucheng, but it must be faster than the Yan army! The time of day is in me. Cao Cao smiled and said quietly: "The rainy season in Jizhou has arrived, and the land on both sides of the Yellow River is muddy...... Two hundred miles away, Yan Zhongqing is only afraid that he will have to walk for a month! ”