On the banks of the great river, the long wind hunted and swept by, and the land was desolate.

A horse-drawn carriage was parked on the official road not far from the river, and in addition to the driver of the car, there were several soldiers standing on the side, as if waiting for someone.

A fast horse came from the north, and when he arrived at the front of the chariot, he slowly slowed down, and on the horse, a rather majestic-looking armorer, turned over and dismounted, whispered a few words to a few people beside the chariot, and then raised his head and looked at the bank of the river.

“…… Bai Hong is the sun, and he has also suffered first. The thief holds the authority of the country, kills the lord and destroys the Yujing ......"

The whistling of the long wind was mixed with the sound of reciting poems. He shook his head, sighed, and walked in the direction the voice came from. He could not understand the deep meaning of the poem, but he could feel the sadness and desolation from the recitation, and he could also understand the feelings of the bard.

Standing on the riverside, with poetry is an extraordinary middle-aged man, the arrival of the soldier, this person is not seen, but there are rare tears on his face, the soldier saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to advise: "Lord, you have been out for a long time, it is windy here, or go into the car to avoid it, don't hurt your body." ”

"The state is ruined, the reputation is lost, even if the body is strong, what can it be? Zilian, do you know that I am distressed? ”

"Why should the lord be so self-hazardous? Although the battle of Chenggao was lost, since that Xu Rong went to war, who has ever bargained in his hands? You have fought hard after all, it is better than Liu Gongshan and Zhang Mengzhuo who fled when they heard the news, right? ”

Cao Hong looked left and right, and his voice was a little lower: "On that day, the frustrated prince and saw through Xu Rong's weakness of lack of food offered a plan to take advantage of Xu Rong's surprise attack on the Tiger Prison Pass to seize grain, and united with the state army to attack Luoyang. Even if you don't have a ** score, it's more than five points! Dong Thief was already a frightened bird at that time, Xu Rong had no food and grass, and it was difficult to continue, who would have thought that Yuan Bohai would be so timid......"

He sighed suddenly: "I only hate that Yuan Rang came back too late, my lord, you didn't have any soldiers in hand at that time, otherwise, with your prestige, if you follow the plan, you will be able to recover the decline, and maybe you can take advantage of the situation to subdue Lu Fengxian." Reinvigorate your troops! ”

"The deceased cannot be traced, the coming is still uncertain, what is the past to do?"

Cao Hong looked regretful, but Cao Cao's expression did not change at all, the past is only suitable for summing up lessons and lessons, rather than being entangled in the chest. If it weren't for the current complicated situation, he would have been defeated. has not been able to regroup, Cao Cao did not have the interest to come to the river to compose poems and sigh.

"Where is Yuan Rang now?"

Cao Hong replied: "I have arrived in Dongjun." Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will almost arrive. ”

"That's good, as soon as Yuan Rang arrives, no, just today, Ling Miaocai will set off immediately. Liu Gongshan killed Qiao Yuanwei, who was being attacked by Yanzhou celebrities, and asked Miaocai to find him on his behalf, which can be regarded as a charcoal in the snow, and Liu Gongshan should be generous. Then let Miaocai go to Danyang again......"

"Lord ......" Cao Hong looked embarrassed and became spitting.

"How?" Cao Cao's heart tightened.

"Yuan Rang's messenger also said one thing, after Wang Pengju raised his troops to the north, Sun Wentai also went out of Nanyang, conquered Kunyang City in one fell swoop, and then waved his army eastward, which was unstoppable! Counties and counties in Yuzhou. Now they are hesitating and arguing about the issue of surrendering the war, and the yellow turbans in various places have taken advantage of the situation to make chaos, and now Yuzhou is already in chaos. The path to Danyang has been cut off, unless you go to Xuzhou, but ......"

Sure enough, it was bad news, Cao Cao sighed gloomily.

In troubled times, reputation, strategy, and connections are all important, but the most basic thing is the army! Only with the army can we complete various strategies and achieve goals. Although the Cao family is rich, the previous 5,000 military horses have consumed most of the family's wealth, and even the ancestral house has been sold, so that his father Cao Song had to move to Langxi.

Although this relocation also has the meaning of avoiding the war in Chenliu, the root cause is to recruit soldiers.

As a result, there are thousands of soldiers, and the strategic work of the past few years has only achieved Xu Rong's prestige on the bank of the valley, so that he Cao Mengde can only be placed under others, depressed all day long, how can he be embarrassed?

If it weren't for the fact that Xiahou Chun had been delayed in recruiting troops in Danyang for a while and had not been able to arrive before the war, he wanted to turn over, and he really didn't know how long it would have been. But the good times didn't last long, and Sun Jian's Yuzhou strategy gave him another heavy blow.

"How many remnants has Wen Qian gathered?"

"There are already three thousand, but many of them are not our soldiers, but Zhang Mengzhuo and Liu Gongshan...... In the battle of Chenggao, the soldiers and horses of the Zhang and Liu families retreated the earliest and fastest, so ......"

"Hmm......" Cao Cao pondered for a moment, and said categorically: "Select Liu Gongshan's soldiers, let Miaocai send them to Dongjun, and Zhang Mengzhuo's soldiers will be reorganized and enlisted on the spot!" ”

"Are we going back to Chenliu?" Cao Hong's eyes lit up, rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "It should have been like this a long time ago, in this world, everything is fake, and there is still a piece of land that is the most down-to-earth!" Brother Zhang Mengzhuo ran to Jiyin, and now Chen is empty, just ......"

"Without the name of the imperial court, he went to grab territory with Zhang Mengzhuo? Zilian, what do you want! ”

Cao Cao sneered: "Even Wang Pengju's little boy can see the problem, but you are like that Sun Wentai, you can't see through it at all, you only know brute force." Didn't you see Sun Wentai's current situation? Koto Tigers? According to a certain point of view, it is almost the same as a fierce dog, except for biting people for Yuan Highway, what else can he do? ”

In fact, Wang Yu realized this truth after arriving in Nanyang, after he got to know Sun Jian, and then after Jia Xu and Hu Muban's mention. It turns out that his understanding of this aspect is similar to Cao Hong, in troubled times, a big fist can be the king and hegemon.

This principle is not wrong, as long as he has the ability to see a city, he will capture a city, and use cruel means such as slaughtering the city to deter people's hearts, and he can grab any piece of territory he wants.

However, the efficiency of such a campaign is obviously not as good as Yuan Shu's mode of transmission, and it will take a long time to gain people's hearts if you want to stabilize your base.

In this regard, Cao Cao is stronger than Wang Yu and Sun Jian combined, and of course he will not make this decision.

What's more, there is nothing to rob in Chenliu's place now, and the 100,000 army of sour jujube failed to hurt Dong Zhuo, but it has caused a mess in Chenliu's place. Isn't it stupid to grab such a quick place with a bad reputation?

"If you want to take it, you have to take the best!" Cao Cao raised his eyes to look eastward, and a smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

“…… East County? Cao Hong's eyes widened, "But ......"

Yanzhou's governance office is in Dongjun, which is also one of the reasons why Liu Dai has a bad relationship with Qiao Mao, after Qiao Mao's death, Liu Dai appointed Wang Qiu as the Taishou of Dongjun, and Dongjun has completely become Liu Dai's territory.

Through the handling of the rout, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao's friendship was a foregone conclusion. Xiang Liu Dai released his kindness, but he set his sights on Liu Dai's territory...... Cao Hong thought to himself that he was not too stupid, but the relationship was still a little too complicated, which made him dizzy.

"Zilian, if you're not good at this, don't think about it."

Cao Cao can understand his brother's troubles, but he doesn't mean to explain much, after all, this kind of thing requires talent. Explaining politics to a pure military general like Cao Hong is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow: "If it weren't for Wang Yu attracting Xu Rong's attention. This plan is not sure to be successful. By the way, is there any news in Luoyang? ”

"Well, some ......" Cao Hong sorted out his thoughts and reported: "The Taishan soldiers went north ten days ago, with great fanfare, preaching that they would fight back to Luoyang, and this slogan attracted many foolish people, who attached themselves to it, and now the team has expanded to more than 50,000. However, most of them are civilians with no combat effectiveness at all, and I don't know what his idea is......"

Cao Hong was puzzled by this, Cao Cao pondered for a moment, but he was also puzzled, and muttered: "This son is not ordinary, he shouldn't do meaningless things, maybe when he was in Luoyang." Let's find out what people don't know. However, in this way, his march speed will definitely not be fast, right? ”

"Exactly." Cao Hong shook his head and threw away the things he couldn't figure out. continued: "The daily journey of the Taishan army is only twenty miles, and the troops are dispatched for ten days, and now they have reached Liang County, and the defenders of Liang County have fled when they heard the news, and they have not delayed the trip of the Taishan army......"

"What about Luoyang?"

"Xu Gongqing has led the army south three days ago, with Hu Zhen as the deputy general, the grain and grass are sufficient, and now it has reached Yique Pass, if the two armies maintain the current speed close to each other, the decisive battle location should be in the area from Yangren to Xincheng!"

Cao Cao asked, "What about time?" ”

"About ten days later!"

"Ten days...... Well, it should be in time, Zilian, go, go to Ji County to see Brother Benchu. Cao Cao flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and left.

"What are you doing when you see Yuan Bohai?" Cao Hong was stunned.

"Fight!" Cao Cao replied without replying.

"To Luoyang?" Cao Hong asked again.

"Of course not, it's going to Chaoge!"

"Chaoge? Fight the Black Mountain Thieves? Cao Hong was dizzy again, he couldn't figure out at all, what was the connection between taking Dongjun, Wang Yu fighting Xu Rong, and the Black Mountain thieves?

Cao Cao didn't explain, of course these things are related, but if someone can't figure it out, even if he explains it to him, he still can't figure it out next time, so why waste that effort?

The peak duel between Wang Yu and Xu Rong touched the hearts of the entire Central Plains, isn't this an opportunity to make trouble in chaos?

Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are exchanging wind and rain in Yuzhou, and there is news that Liu Biao in Nanjun also seems to be brewing something.

On the Hedong side, Lu Bu seems to have grown a lot, and he did not start a fierce battle with the Baibo army at the first time, but was negotiating with the other party and trying to coexist peacefully. I think I have to wait and see, and wait for the battle between Wang and Xu to be divided before deciding to stop.

And Yuan Shao is busy hooking up with Han Fu and Liu Yu, his intention is nothing more than to bring a new emperor out and secretly plot against Jizhou, but poor Han Fu is also a character, but Yuan Shao colluded with the celebrities in Jizhou and played with him.

What about yourself? We must seize the opportunity to occupy a piece of land justifiably, and we can't get too close to Luoyang, so as not to be targeted by the winner of that battle!

To go to Dongjun, you have to borrow the momentum, and now, is there an external power that is easier to borrow than the Black Mountain thief?

Cao Cao sneered slightly, speaking of which, he still learned this trick from Wang Pengju, the other party borrowed Bai Bo, and he borrowed Black Mountain, but relatively speaking, his own harvest was real, unlike the other party, if he wanted to grab the results, he had to pass Xu Rong's natural danger first!

It's a pity that once his plan is launched, he won't have time to pay attention to this earth-shattering battle, and even if he successfully captures Dongjun, it will be difficult to make up for this regret.

Cao Cao looked back at the river for the last time, sighed, and then boarded the car without looking back.