"Our army is stationed in Xia Cai's soldiers and horses, with a total of more than 50,000, which seems to be a lot, but we must prevent Cao's army from attacking Shouchun!" Frowning slightly, Pang Tong pondered for a moment before he said to Liu Wei: "Lu Wenhou led the army out of the division, and the soldiers and horses of Xia Cai were nearly half missing, if the Cao army sent troops to attack Shouchun at this time, would the army in Xia Cai City go out of the city to rescue, or would they not be able to defend it?" ”

Asked by Pang Tong like this, Liu Wei clenched his fist with his right hand, smashed it heavily into the palm of his left hand, and said with a look of annoyance: "This king has neglected these!" ”

"This king has given an order to Lu Bu to withdraw his troops!" Thinking that if Shouchun is lost again, it will be difficult to stabilize the place under Cai, Liu Wei said to Pang Tong: "I still hope that Shiyuan will make a plan to settle Cai!" ”

"The matter has come to this point, even if Lu Wenhou returns to the army, it will be too late!" Shaking his head, Pang Tong said to Liu Wei: "At present, the Cao army has not yet invaded Shouchun, His Royal Highness can order Zhang Liao to lead the army into the city, Shouchun and Xia Cai are at a wrestle, even if the Cao army attacks, it will be difficult to succeed!" ”

Nodding, Liu Wei almost didn't even think about it, so he shouted out the door: "Someone!" ”

A guard strode into the hall, clenched his fists and bowed, facing Liu Wei and waiting for orders.

"Immediately send people to Xia Cai, and order Zhang Liao to lead 10,000 troops and enter Shouchun!" Turning his head to look at the guard, Liu Wei gave him an order.

"No!" The guard answered, and walked backwards out of the antechamber before turning and speeding away.

Liu Wei ordered Zhang Liao to lead his army to Shouchun, and at this time in the city of Xu, Cao Cao and Guo Jia were also at the back garden of Cao's house, admiring the fish swimming freely in the pond.

In the sparkling pond, dozens of carp with big red tails swim in schools.

Cao Cao threw a handful of corn into the pond, and when the corn was thrown into the pond, a puff of ripples rippled.

Before the corn could sink a little, the carp, which was still not close to the edge of the pond, swam over quickly, scrambling to eat the yellow-orange-orange corn grains.

"Lu Bu led the army to attack Xudu, but he was intercepted by Xiahou Yuan and others!" Looking at the fish in the pond, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia with a very indifferent expression: "I don't know what plan Fengxiao has, so that the Qin army will not dare to covet Xu Capital in the future?" ”

"Take down Xia Cai and Shouchun!" Guo Jia had already calculated in his heart, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Lu Bu's army was intercepted by our army near Xudu, and the king of Qin must have thought that our army would capture Xia Cai, and he would definitely order Cai soldiers and horses to go to Shouchun to defend the city." Cao Gongdang took advantage of the fact that the Qin army had not yet received the order, and first ordered Xiahoudun to lead the army to seize Shouchun, and then intercepted and killed the Qin army halfway, and took advantage of the retreat of the Qin army to force Xia Cai, so as to take it in one fell swoop! ”

Still holding a small handful of unfed corn in his hand, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "If you have filial piety to help you, why worry about the world?" ”

"Someone!" Guo Jia received Cao Cao's praise, just hugged his fists and bowed to Cao Cao, before he could say thank you, Cao Cao had already shouted to the soldiers not far behind him: "Go to Xuzhou immediately, send an order to Xiahoudun, and lead the army into Shouchun!" Later, Feng Xiao will send him a detailed combat deployment! ”

"No!" The soldier responded, bowed with his fists and retreated two steps backwards, then turned around and left quickly.

"Ming Gong!" After the soldiers left, Guo Jia also raised his fists and said to Cao Cao: "The King of Qin must send scouts to Xia Cai, and if the Qin army scouts want to rush to Xia Cai, they will definitely pass under the rule of Ming Gong, and Ming Gong will intercept it in front of people!" ”

Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, Cao Cao groaned slightly, nodded and said: "Cao Hong was defeated in Shouchun earlier, and now he has been thinking about it behind closed doors since Xu Du, so this time he will go to intercept the Qin army scouts!" ”

"That's great!" Putting down his hands, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Zilian has been defeated since Shouchun, and he feels ashamed of Ming Gong all day long, if Ming Gong does not give him a chance to make meritorious contributions, he will definitely sink." This time, the Duke of Ming handed over the interception of the Qin army's scouts to Zilian, and Zilian was sure to be concerned! ”

Cao Cao had a smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't say yes, he didn't say no, and after a moment of silence, he asked Guo Jia again: "Hebei Yuan Shao, how is it now?" ”

"Yuan Shao's army thinks that it is already ready, and the Hebei scouts have sent back news that Yuan Shao is reorganizing his troops and horses at this time, and he is afraid that he will cross the Yellow River in a few days!" Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia also said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "When the Ming Duke captures Shouchun and Xia Cai, intercepts Xuanyuan Pass with the Qingzhou army, and blocks the eastward advance of the Qin army, the main force of our army can start a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in the Yellow River!" ”

Listening to Guo Jia's words, the smugness on Cao Cao's face became more and more heavy.

At first, when fighting with the Qin army, both sides won and lost each other, and Yuan Shao of Hebei had always been eyeing each other, if Yuan Shao had prepared his troops and horses at that time, once he went south, he would really be difficult to deal with.

Now the battle between the Qin army and the Cao army, although on the surface it is still attacking each other, Cao Cao can see that the Qin army's attack is no longer a successor, and Liu Wei obviously does not want to spend too much troops on him.

Yuan Shao's 300,000 army went south, and the main force of Cao's army was only 70,000, but Cao Cao was really not afraid of him.

After all, the strategists and generals under Cao Cao's command are everyone's intentions, while the strategists and generals in front of Yuan Shao's account have their own thoughts, and it is difficult to twist them into a rope.

In such a situation, although Yuan Shao's army was numerous, it was impossible to absolutely defeat Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao and Guo Jia planned to take Shouchun and Xia Cai, in Hebei, Yecheng, Yuan Shao was discussing with his advisers how to march against Cao Cao.

The decision to set Yecheng as the seat of governance was a decision made by Yuan Shao after governing Hebei for several years.

Yecheng is very close to Xudu, and it was also a city under Cao Cao's rule earlier, but it was only because of Yuan Shao's rapid expansion of power that it was finally incorporated into Yuan Shao's governance.

has always had the intention of attacking Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao used Yecheng as the seat of Hebei to make it easier to crusade against Cao Cao.

In the front hall of Yuan Shao's Mansion in Yecheng, a group of Hebei staff members sat on both sides, and their eyes all looked at Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the first place.

Looking around at the people in the hall, Yuan Shao's face was solemn, but from the solemn look on his face, he could see some faint pride.

"Everyone!" After a long while, Yuan Shao finally had a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to everyone in the hall: "Our army has been assembled properly, everyone thinks, can our army fight Cao Cao?" ”

"Yuan Gong!" As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, he stood up, bowed with his fists and bowed to Yuan Shao, and said to him: "Earlier, the army of King Qin and the army of Cao competed for Shouchun, and it was the time when our army went on the expedition, but Yuan Gong wanted to prepare grain and grass, and delayed the fighter. Now that the shape of Shouchun is clear, Yuan Gong is afraid that it is not wise to send troops at this time! ”

"Huh?" After listening to Fu Zhu's words, Yuan Shao's brows tightened, his eyes narrowed, his eyes revealed a touch of coldness, and his tone became a little cold, and he asked Fu Zhu: "What do you mean by this?" ”

From Yuan Shao's tone, Tian Feng, who was sitting on the side, heard some unkindness, quickly stood up, strode to Fu Zhi's side, hugged his fists and bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Yuan Gong, Gong is not bad from what he said!" This time to send troops, Yuan Gong should think twice! ”

"Think twice?" Tian Feng's words had just ended, and before Yuan Shao could speak, the judge who was originally sitting opposite him in the hall sneered, and said in a strange manner: "Right now, the Qin army is attacking the Cao army on both sides, and the momentum of the Cao army is not as good as before. 300,000 soldiers under the command of Yuan Gong, under the command of Cao Cao, except for 70,000 main elites, the rest are all Qingzhou Army, Qingzhou Army is born in the Yellow Turban, it can be defeated in a battle, Yuan Gong is out of the station at this time, it is timely! ”

"Yuan Gong!" Tian Feng frowned slightly, hugged his fists and bowed to Yuan Shao again, and said: "If the Qin army did not go to Xudu, Xia Cai and Shouchun would still be solid, but now Lu Bu led the army and Xiahou Yuan to confront each other near Xudu, and the two sides fought for several days, winning and losing each other, and the Qin army did not have too many advantages. Xiahou Xuan's Cao army is in Xuzhou, if the main force of the Cao army goes to Shouchun, Shouchun is an empty city, and a battle can be determined, and even if the Qin army sends troops to rescue, it will definitely be ambushed by the Cao army. ”

Tian Feng's analysis coincided with Guo Jia's strategy, but at this time, these words were in Yuan Shao's ears, but they made Yuan Shao feel unusually harsh.

Although he saw that Yuan Shao's face was getting worse and worse, Tian Feng at this time couldn't care about that much, and then said to Yuan Shao: "Although the Qingzhou army has no combat power, it is a large number, once the Cao army wins Shouchun and Xia Cai, the Qingzhou army only needs to hold the Xuanyuan Pass, even if the King of Qin has the heart to send troops to help, it is also difficult to pass the pass!" At that time, Yuan Gong should fight Cao Cao alone, and now Cao Cao has already prepared, but our army has no other preparations except food and grass, and even the soldiers are not single-minded, and the ministers have not used their lives, so how can they win against Cao Cao? ”

Tian Feng's words were sincere, and in Yuan Shao's ears, they were unusually piercing.

However, Yuan Shao didn't think much about it at this time, but when he looked at Tian Feng, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

Tian Feng had already said the words, and he no longer hid it, he hugged his fists and bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Although what Yuan Hao said is not in his ears, it is a pearl of words, and Yuan Gong must not check it!" ”

"Humph!" After frustrating the fire, Feng Ji stood up, clasped his fists and said to Yuan Shao: "Yuan Gong, what these two people say is completely unreasonable. So how strong is the Qin army, how can Cao Cao break it if he says it? Even if Shouchun and Xia Cai are lost, the army of King Qin will definitely be pressed on the whole line, so how can the Qingzhou army be the opponent of the Qin army? As for what Fang Cai Yuan Hao said, it was a satire that Yuan Gong did not understand how to rule, so that the ministers were two-minded, even if Hebei produced many heroes, only because Yuan Gong was ineffective in governance, Hebei had no strength to fight with Cao Cao! ”