In Xuzhou, Cao Cao looked at the letter handed over by Yuan Shao's messenger and couldn't help laughing.

"Fengxiao, Wenruo, Gongda, we are about to raise troops to fight for Yuzhou, but we don't want Yuan Benchu to be impatient and want to give up Yuzhou."

When Guo Jia, Xun You, and Xun Yu heard this, their faces also showed joy.

Over the years, Cao Cao has been entrenched in Qing and Xu Prefectures, and there has been no major action, which has led many people to automatically ignore Cao Cao and initiate the initiation of the princes to discuss Dong.

Several years of accumulation have made Cao Cao's territory have sufficient grain and grass, excellent armor, and elite soldiers.

Now is a world of great contention, the princes are trying their best to expand their strength, Cao Cao, as a generation of heroes, how can he always lie dormant silently?

Of the several princes adjacent to Cao Cao, only Liu Bei was the weakest, and Cao Cao often had the intention of annexing the entire Yuzhou.

It's just that he knows that Yuan Shao has always had the intention of seizing Yuzhou, and Liu Bei's backer is Chen Wenzhao. Therefore, Cao Cao has always been vigorous and did not act rashly.

Some time ago, Cao Cao learned that the Guanzhong soldiers had invaded Youzhong and Hebei Prefectures, and he knew that his opportunity had come. Cao Cao was originally prepared to immediately send troops to occupy the entire Yuzhou after Yuan Shao withdrew his troops.

What he didn't expect, Yuan Shao would actually write a letter to him and ask him to capture the land of Yuzhou.

Xun You stroked his beard, and said with some sighs: "There is no shortage of resourceful people under Yuan Benchu's command, he gave Yuzhou to the lord, not only can he return to Jizhou safely, but he no longer has to worry about Liu Bei waving his troops north." ”

"This move can sell a lot of favor and the lord, it's really a good calculation!"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "It's a pity that Yuan's original courage was insufficient, and now only Runan Weike is left in Yuzhou, as long as he fights in a battle, he may not be able to quickly occupy the entire Yuzhou." ”

"At that time, it was not too late to withdraw troops."

Cao Cao also bowed slightly when he heard this, if he encountered this situation, although he would also worry about the loss of his base camp, it was very likely that he would make a desperate bet and break Runan first and then return to his division.

It's just like when Yanzhou rebelled, Cao Cao directly gave up the entire Yanzhou, and took advantage of the situation to seize Qing and Xuzhou. If it were someone else, it would definitely not be possible to have such a strong courage.

Out of prudence, there is nothing wrong with Yuan Shao's choice, but compared to Cao Cao, it is still inferior after all.

Cao Cao read the letter several times, and then he said excitedly: "If you don't take it, you will be blamed for it." I want to use my army to invade Yuzhou, who wants to be the vanguard? ”

As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, he saw a big man step forward and said: "Please invite 10,000 elite soldiers, enter Yuzhou to capture Liu Bei, and dedicate it to the lord's account." ”

Cao Cao hurriedly looked at it, only to find that the person who spoke was the fierce general Xu Chu is also.

Xu Chu is a native of Peiguo County, and Cao Cao is a fellow villager. Xu Chu was born in a big clan in Qian County, and there are countless children of the clan and strong men.

When Xu Chu was young, although the troubled times had not yet appeared, thieves had already swarmed. At that time, Xu Chu gathered thousands of strong men and clansmen to jointly build defenses against the invasion of thieves.

At that time, Runan Ge Pi led more than 10,000 thieves to attack Xu Chu's clan. Xu Chu was outnumbered, exhausted from the battle, and ran out of arrows, so he ordered both men and women to go to Dashi to defend against the enemy.

When the enemy soldiers rushed up, Xu Chu retreated with flying stones, so the thieves did not dare to approach.

Until the grain was about to run out, Xu Chu pretended to make peace with the thief and discussed exchanging cattle for food. After Xu Chu got the grain, he saw that the thief was pulling the cow forward, so he chased after him and pulled the cow's tail, pulling the cow upside down for more than 100 steps.

When the thief saw Xu Chu so brave, he was immediately shocked, and he didn't dare to ask Xu Chu for cattle again, so he ran away. Since then, the people of Huai, Ru, Chen, and Liang have been terrified when they hear Xu Chu's name.

At that time, Yuan Shu's soldiers were defeated and died, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei carved up Yuan Shu's territory, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to seize Lu and Pei in Yuzhou.

Peiguo is Cao Cao's hometown, so he naturally wants to return to Qian County to recruit soldiers.

At that time, after he heard about Xu Chu's reputation, he took a few generals under his command and wanted to see Xu Chu's bravery.

At first, Xu Chu thought that Cao Cao was preparing to attack his clan, and immediately gathered young people to fight against Cao Cao. Cao Cao's generals fought with Xu Chu, but neither of them was Xu Chu's opponent.

Later, Cao Cao was defeated, so Xu Chu was captured, and Xu Chu surrendered.

Although Xu Chu surrendered to Cao Cao for a long time, he has not made any military achievements at all over the years, so after hearing that Cao Cao was going to send troops to Yuzhou, he immediately asked for battle.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw Xu Chu asking for battle, so he made Xu Chu the vanguard and led the army to attack Liang. As for Cao Cao himself, he personally led the army westward.

Yangzhou, Jiujiang County, Liyang.

Due to the appearance of Wen Zhao, history has already changed a lot, and the time when Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong was also much earlier than in history.

Sun Ce is brave and good at fighting, successful in planning, and has great ambitions, and often has the ambition to go north to the Central Plains and compete in the world. Therefore, after pacifying Yangzhou, Sun Ce once again changed the Yangzhou administrative office to Liyang.

Liyang is located in the northwest of Yangzhou, bordering Xuzhou and Yuzhou respectively.

Liyang is the key point of the Jianghuai water and land, the Yangtze River on the left, the Zhaoguan on the right, the east of Liangshan, and the north of Haochu, which is the guarantee of 'Huainan's domain' and 'Jiangbiao'.

Since ancient times, Liyang has been a battleground for soldiers.

Sun Ce dared to set the ruling place in Liyang, not only because he had the ambition of the Beizhuo Central Plains, but also because he had extraordinary courage.

In the state minister's mansion, the Jiangdong Tent and the lower Wu gathered together.

Sun Ce took out the letter handed over by Yuan Shao and said, "Yuan Benchu made an appointment with me to attack Liu Bei, I don't know what you think?" ”

Zhang Zhao said: "I heard that Chen Wenzhao sent troops to attack Youzhou and Hebei Prefecture, this must be because Yuan Benchu was afraid that the foundation would be lost, so he wanted to withdraw the army and let the lord contain Liu Xuande for him." ”

"If the lord moves, how can Liu Biao sit idly by? It is foolish to think that it is not advisable to send troops to Runan. ”

Zhou Yu said: "Although Zibu's words are good, but now that Liu Bei is weak and Runan is empty, it is a good time for us to wave our troops north and chase the Central Plains." ”

"How can you let go of this opportunity because you are afraid of Liu Biao?"

"There is no time to lose. The lord should do his best to fight for Yuzhou while Liu Xuande has not yet recovered! ”

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce's eyes showed excitement. He was not a person who was content with the status quo in the first place, and he had long wanted to seize Runan.

Especially after the southern expedition to Shanyue and the capture of many people, Sun Ce was extremely concerned about the expansion of his power in the Northern Expedition.

He said sharply: "If there is a big chaos today, and the princes rise together, if you don't fight bravely, sooner or later you will be eliminated by this era." ”

"Gong Jin's words are very good, I want to use my army to attack Runan, and I will say anything else!"