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Cheng Yu asked rhetorically: "How can the lord be depressed because of a momentary embarrassment?" Who Yuan Shao is, the lord should know better than anyone else. Once the lord and his family migrate to Yecheng, the lord will be controlled by others, and Yuan Shao is nominally a union, but in fact he wants to secretly engulf the lord. Why didn't the lord think about it carefully? ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, he lowered his voice and said to Cheng Yu: "You go on!" ”

"Yuan Shao is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, he is indecisive, he is talented but can't use it, he can't accept it, although he has the land of Yan and Zhao, and has the heart of annexing the world, but his wisdom can't help it. If the lord goes to Yecheng to unite with Yuan Shao, he will undoubtedly be under the fence, and he will definitely be squeezed out by Yuan Shao's old department. The lord has the power of a dragon and a tiger, how can he deign to be under Yuan Shao? Although Yanzhou is now dilapidated, there are still several cities to defend, and there are no less than 10,000 people who can fight. With the divine martial arts of the lord, coupled with the assistance of our others, we will definitely be able to retake Yanzhou with our liliang and defeat Lu Bu. Cheng Yu said impassionedly.

Xun Yu, Xun You, and Guo Jia stood up one after another, and said in unison: "We are willing to die to assist the lord and recapture Yanzhou." ”

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong, and Li Dian also echoed: "The last general and others are willing to serve with death, and they will definitely kill Lu Bu and quell the Yanzhou Rebellion!" ”

Cao Cao was also deeply touched when he heard such impassioned words from everyone, and immediately said: "I have known Yuan Shao since childhood, and I know best what kind of person Yuan Shao is. Yuan Shaozhi is talented, timid, and fearful, although the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the grain is sufficient, but after all, he is definitely not the master. Don't worry, I will never be stupid enough to move my family to Yecheng and be controlled by others. However, it is indeed difficult to maintain the current state of Yuan Shao's army, so you can use Yuan Shao to let him send troops to Yanzhou to help our army! ”

"The lord is wise!" Everyone said in unison.

Subsequently, Cao Cao replied to Yuan Shao's letter, very humble in words, euphemistically refused the invitation of the family to move to Yecheng, and asked Yuan Shao to lend him some food and grass for the sake of his former friends, and send reinforcements to help him quell the rebellion.

As soon as the letter was written, a personal soldier walked in from outside the hall, looking panicked, and after seeing Cao Cao, he hurriedly took out a letter and said loudly: "Enlighten the lord, the letter intercepted by our army scouts from the hands of Lu Bujun's scouts, please also ask the lord to look at it!" ”

"Bring it to me!"

Cao Cao took the letter, opened it and hurriedly skimmed it, his brows furrowed tightly, and his face became gloomy.

When everyone saw this, they all asked, "Lord, is something wrong?" ”

"Lu Bu was unable to confront our army, so he sent someone to invite the Xuzhou soldiers to come to help in the battle. This was a reply from Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan, who had already agreed to Lü Bu's request and sent troops to attack Yanzhou within a few days. Cao Cao said.

Whatever he was afraid of, once Lu Bu joined forces with Zhang Yan, with Cao's army's existing strength and grain and grass, it would not be enough to deal with it at all. After everyone heard this, they all had sad faces, and this news was undoubtedly bad news for them.

Guo Jia said: "If Lu Bu and Xuzhou soldiers join forces, with the current strength of our army, I am afraid that we will not be able to deal with it." I have a strategy to make Zhang Yan unable to send troops to Yanzhou to deal with our army with Lu Bu. ”

"Speak!" Cao Cao hurriedly said.

Guo Jiadao: "Yuan Shu occupies Huainan, with many generals, not only calling himself Yangzhou Mu, but also known as Xuzhou Bo, his ambition to occupy Xuzhou has already been revealed. Back then, in order to deal with the lord and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu once formed an alliance with Tao Qian, but later he and Tao Qian had constant friction, and the two were at odds with each other, and even broke up. If Yuan Shu still took care of the alliance with Tao Qian before, then now that Tao Qian has abdicated and Zhang Yan is in charge of Xuzhou, he no longer has to care so much. Why didn't the lord write a letter to Yuan Shu, Chen said the benefits, and asked him to send troops to attack Xuzhou? With Yuan Shu's greed and ambition, he will definitely not hesitate to send troops to attack Xuzhou, and at that time, Zhang Yan will definitely transfer the soldiers and horses arranged in Yanzhou, and go all out to resist Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, and the two armies will inevitably fight for Xuzhou, no matter who wins or loses, as long as Zhang Yan does not send troops to harass the lord, the lord can deal with Lu Bu wholeheartedly. ”

"This plan is very good, I will write a letter to Yuan Shu and ask him to send troops to attack Xuzhou." Cao Cao said excitedly.

……

Zhang Yan and Tai Shici together led the cavalry team after two days of galloping, and finally arrived at Renchengguo, where they were warmly welcomed by Mi Fang, the minister of Renchengguo and the captain of the thief school.

Zhang Yan stayed in Rencheng temporarily, and sent scouts to Changyi, Kangfu, Wuyan, Taishan, Luguo and other places respectively, and summoned Bao Xun, Chen Ying, Yu Ban, Zang Ba, and Lu Dai to Rencheng to discuss major matters.

In a day and a half, Bao Xun, Chen Ying, Yu Ban, Zang Ba, and Lu Dai all arrived in Rencheng one after another, sat in the meeting hall of Rencheng with Tai Shici and Mi Fang, and bowed to Zhang Yan, who was sitting in danger: "The last general will wait to see the lord!" ”

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said: "Let's be exempt, I called everyone here today, just to discuss the matter of sending troops to fight against Cao Cao, I don't know if everyone has any suggestions?" ”

Yu Ban took the lead and said: "Now that Cao Cao and Lu Bu have entered the stage of stalemate, Cao Cao has recaptured Dongjun, and all parts of Yanzhou are waiting, Lu Bu is coming, and he will surrender to Lu Bu, and Cao Cao is coming, he will surrender to Cao Cao, if our army can send troops to attack Cao Cao with Lu Bu at this time, the situation in Yanzhou will be turned upside down." Cao Cao has great talents, but if he is given a little respite, he will be able to come out of adversity. If Cao Cao is not completely eliminated, Yanzhou will never be peaceful! ”

Zang said domineeringly: "Lord, I think what Captain Yu said is very correct, Cao Cao has almost been forced to a dead end, if you don't take this opportunity to eliminate him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with in the future." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yan nodded again and again and asked, "Does everyone else mean this?" ”

Chen Ying said: "My lord, I also agree with Captain Yu's suggestion, we should send troops as soon as possible to eliminate Cao Cao and avenge the hundreds of thousands of people who died under his butcher's knife!" ”

"Master......" Suddenly, a loud voice came from outside the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, he immediately knelt on the ground, hugged his fists at Zhang Yan and said, "Master, it's a big deal...... Oh no......"

"What happened?" Zhang Yan hurriedly asked.

Xu Sheng said: "Yuan ...... Yuan Shu...... Yuan Shu personally led an army of 70,000 from Huainan to take Xuzhou, and the vanguard of the front had arrived in Xiangxian County of Peiguo......"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was amazed and discussed.

Zhang Yan sat there expressionlessly, and after thinking for a while, he said to Xu Sheng: "You go back to Pengcheng first, tell Chen Qun, and let him lead his troops to the Suishui area, collect all the ships on both sides of the strait, and then set fire to them, so that they can temporarily resist Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses for a while." In addition, let Chen Qun set up camp on the north bank of Suishui, and send soldiers to patrol the riverbank every day, but whenever he sees Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses crossing the river, he will attack them, and don't let Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses cross Suishui! ”

Xu Sheng nodded again and again, said "swoop", turned around and went back.

Zhang Yan said: "Those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come." Yuan Shu raised troops to attack at this time, and I, as a pastor of Xuzhou, could not sit idly by. Eliminating Cao Cao is important, but if we lose Xuzhou as a foundation, what will we do to eliminate Cao Cao? Listen to the generals! ”

Yu Ban, Zang Ba, Chen Ying, Bao Xun, Lu Dai, Mi Fang, Tai Shici and others all stood up one after another, and invariably hugged their fists towards Zhang Yan and said, "The end will be!" ”

"The generals lead their own troops and horses, and they are still stationed in place, guarding the city and passes, without my order, no one can act rashly, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

"Whoa!" The crowd replied in unison.

At this time, Yu Ban frowned and asked, "Lord, if Cao Cao is on the verge of extinction, won't our army attack?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "No matter what, you can't act rashly!" If Cao Cao leads the crowd to attack the city, you are not allowed to go out of the city to fight, but can only hold on to the city. Cao Cao has always been cunning, as long as he sticks to the city and refuses to fight, he will not be able to capture the city, and he will retreat. In addition, I have already sent a large amount of grain and grass from Tancheng, and in the past few days, Mi Fang will transport the grain and grass to your station one by one, which is enough for you to eat for a year, so you don't have to worry about the problem of grain and grass anymore. ”

"Whoa!"

After the order was issued, Zhang Yan asked Mi Fang to be responsible for entertaining the generals, and he returned to Pengcheng with Tai Shici and 3,000 cavalry.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan also wrote a letter and handed it to Bao Xun, asking Bao Xun to send someone to deliver the letter to Lu Bu. In the letter, Zhang Yan wrote clearly about Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou, and his own lack of skills, and took the initiative to send 50,000 stone of grain and grass to Lu Bu, enough for Lu Bu and others to eat for a year.

Zhang Yan knew very well what would happen next, and it was recorded in the history books that soon after, a huge locust plague would break out in Yanzhou, and the crops would not be harvested, which directly caused a great famine among the people of Yanzhou, and the situation of cannibalism often occurred.

It is precisely because Zhang Yan knows this very well that he will mobilize so much grain and grass from Tancheng in advance, at least to ensure that his army will not be affected by the locust plague.

He gave Lu Bu food, also for the future, although he could not enter Yanzhou, but he could borrow Lu Bu's shili to fight against Cao Cao, so no matter what, Lu Bu could not be defeated, otherwise, he would be alone and would have to face Cao Cao's threat alone.

After Zhang Yan made the arrangements, he took Tai Shici and others back to Pengcheng, and the group galloped non-stop for a night before rushing to Pengcheng the next day.

Chen Qun, the Taishou of Pengcheng, had just received Xu Sheng's order to come back, and before he had time to arrange, Zhang Yan led the cavalry back, so he took Xu Sheng and others to the city gate to greet him, and told Zhang Yan the latest situation of Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses.

When Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shu's vanguard had arrived in Guyang and was coming towards Pengcheng, he didn't have time to rest, so he immediately asked Chen Qun for a map.

The map was spread out on the spot, and under the reflection of the firelight, Zhang Yan hurriedly looked at the map, and suddenly stretched out his index finger, pointed to an inconspicuous place on the map and said, "Here!" I'm going to give Yuan Shu a color here! ”

Chen Qun glanced at the map, but saw that it was written in three small characters: "Daze Township......