From a personal emotional point of view, Cao Cao is certainly angry, but it is undeniable that Cao Zhi is indeed capable. Cao Cao has always been a person who attaches importance to practical results, and Cao Cao is also the same on the issue of establishing a reserve. If one is a son he likes, and the other is a very capable son, Cao Cao will definitely choose the latter decisively in the end, and will not choose the former, he will only arrange a stable future for the former at most. Of course, under normal circumstances, I believe that the more capable people are, the more Cao Cao will like them. There should be no contradictions.

Therefore, just as Cao Zhi expected, after Cao Cao knew about Xu Du's matter, he didn't have any explanation at all, didn't stop it, and it was impossible to agree. Although it cannot be said that Cao Cao does not plan to do anything, at least he will not seriously consider this kind of issue until he returns from the expedition.

In short, at this moment, in Cao Cao's mind, the possibility of establishing Cao Zhi as the prince and letting Cao Zhi inherit his great cause has reached more than 50 percent, and Cao Pi is about 20 percent because he is the eldest son today, as for Cao Chong, because he is still young, he has not yet occupied much of a position in Cao Cao's heart

But it was said that Yuan Shang heard that Cao Jun crossed the Yellow River and went straight to Yecheng, and knew that Yuan Tan and Cao Cao were really united, and his eldest brother really recognized the thief as his father and surrendered to Cao Cao! For a while, no matter how angry Yuan Shang was, no matter how much he scolded his mother, he could only hurriedly return to Yecheng, and left the two generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to break off.

It can be seen that Yuan Shang does still have two brushes, and he is in a hurry but not chaotic. If you were an ordinary person, how could you take care of so much at this time? Even if it is Yuan Shang's father, Yuan Shao. It is estimated that he will not care about anything, and only focus on retreating to Yecheng. As a result, the army was chased by the enemy soldiers behind, and it was no longer possible to stop and hold on to it.

As a result, Yuan Tan belonged to the brainless type, as soon as he saw that Yuan Shang had withdrawn from the army, he was immediately overjoyed, and he chased after him directly, completely carried away by the "victory", and had no precautions at all. Thereupon. After traveling less than dozens of miles, suddenly a cannon rang out, and the two armies in front of the mountain came out together: Lu Kuang on the left, Lu Xiang on the right, and the two brothers intercepted Yuan Tan's way. Seriously, at this time, if it was not the two brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, but the Xiahou brothers, the Cao brothers, or the original Yan Liangwen Chou. Not to mention directly defeating Yuan Tan, the entire Plains County can also take the opportunity to take it. Who told Yuan Tan to be so reckless, and directly raised all the soldiers.

That's it. Yuan Tan was destroyed in an instant, and there was no more situation of uniting with Cao Cao, and Yuan Shang estimated that he would be able to resist Cao Cao's surprise attack. Because Cao Cao was improvising this time, he was not fully prepared. It definitely couldn't last long, and finally forced Cao Cao to withdraw without food. It may even be possible to recreate the glory of the Yuan family back then! The change of the entire battle situation, many times, may be in such an inadvertent moment.

It's a pity that Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang are not Yan Liang and Wen Chou, not only inferior in force, but also far inferior in terms of human beings! Obviously, with the advantage of this ambush, Yuan Tan can be defeated. But they don't have the courage to make persistent efforts and win the plains in an instant! Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang had already decided in their hearts that Yuan Shang would not be the opponent of Yuan Tan and Cao Cao's alliance, so they thought that even if they defeated Yuan Tan this time, the final result would still be the same. If that's the case, then why struggle for so much? You must know that on the battlefield, if you are not careful, it is still easy to die. Who wants to fight if they can?!

So, Yuan Tan just said tentatively,

"My father is in Japan, I didn't treat the second general slowly, why do I see my brother now?"

As a result, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang surrendered directly without saying a word, and even Yuan Tan didn't expect that there would be such a good effect.

But now, Yuan Tan has surrendered to Cao Cao after all, so even if he is pretending, he has to pretend to say,

"Don't descend to me, but to Prime Minister Cao."

Then, Cao Junzhi, Yuan Tan led Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to see Cao Cao, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and he wanted to marry Yuan Tan on the spot, marry his daughter to Yuan Tan, and make Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang as matchmakers. Sure enough, since ancient times, the only role of the women of these big families is to marry.

Yuan Tan asked Cao Cao to immediately attack Jizhou, and Cao Cao temporarily stationed troops in Liyang on the grounds of lack of grain and grass, and waited until the grain road was opened before marching. Then, Cao Cao led his troops to retreat, and gave the two brothers Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang, and brought the army to listen to it.

After Cao Cao left, Guo Tu immediately approached Yuan Tan and said,

"Cao Cao's promise to marry a woman is definitely not his true intention. Now he has rewarded Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang and brought them to the army, which is to cage the hearts of the people in Hebei. Woe to me after that. The lord can engrave two seals of the general, and secretly send them to Erlu, so that they can be used as internal responses. After Cao Cao broke Yuan Shang, he could take the opportunity to try it. ”

Guo Tu's idea was good, but he made a fatal mistake, and this mistake, Yuan Shangcai had just made it! Is that the two brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang reliable? Could it be that Yuan Tan really thought that Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang surrendered to him, not to the overall situation of the world today? ! Since Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang would choose to turn their backs on Yuan Shang before, why wouldn't they choose to turn their backs on you Yuan Tan now?

Sure enough, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang had just received the general seal secretly sent by Yuan Tan, and they immediately revealed Cao Cao. Cao Cao suddenly sneered, even if there was no such thing, Yuan Tan's thoughts, would he Cao Cao not know? So Cao Cao asked Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to pretend to agree to Yuan Tan, as a double agent, to secretly probe Yuan Tan's information.

In addition, Cao Cao later sent Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to recruit Hebei generals, it can be said that the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were most directly trapped in the two brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang. I don't know if there was a fortune teller back then who said that Lu was Keyuan.

In this way, Yuan Shang saw that Cao Cao did not advance, thinking that Cao Cao was really short of food and grass, and thought that he must solve Yuan Tan before Cao Cao was ready, so as to prevent the dilemma of being attacked on both sides. So Yuan Shang sent a trial to guard Yecheng, and sent people to stick to Cao Cao's way of transporting grain, and then he raised troops overnight, thinking of a surprise attack on Yuan Tan.

Seeing this, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and for a moment, there was still no shortage of food and grass. Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy. Cao Cao ignored Yuan Tan's urgent request for help, but directly led his troops to storm Yecheng in Jizhou, and let Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fight on the plains.

After a difficult but smooth onslaught, Cao Cao finally conquered Yecheng. On the day of the city's destruction, the judge was resentful of Xin Ping and others, thinking that they had ruined the Yuan family's business and killed Xin Ping's family in Yecheng, and Xin Bi, who was with the army, cried. In the end, Xin Bi obtained Cao Cao's consent and personally executed the trial.

On the other side, after Yuan Shang was defeated, Yuan Tan collected all his people, Yuan Shang had no intention of fighting again, and ran to Youzhou to defect to Yuan Xi, and Yuan Tan got Yuan Shang's soldiers, and really rebelled against Cao Cao. However, Yuan Tan thought that his wings were stiff, but in fact, how could he be Cao Cao's opponent. (To be continued......)