Xun Yu is well-informed, has a wide range of friends, and is well-read and has a strong memory, and knows a little about the celebrities and people in various states and counties.

Seeing that Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and the others didn't know anything about Zhou Yu, Xun Yu continued: "Zhou Yu is twenty-one years old, the same age as Li Li of Xiliang, and in his early years, he followed Sun Jian's son Sun Ce to fight for more than a year, and was recruited by Yuan Shu as the head of the nest last year. I didn't think that he was now serving under Li Li, and when he first joined the Xiliang Army, he was quite used by Li Li, and led the army to the grassland alone, and won the battle, becoming famous in a battle. This move is really unexpected, and it is really fateful, amazing! ”

Cao Cao looked stunned and sighed lightly: "It turns out that this Zhou Yu is really the son of Zhou Yi, who was a child back then, and now he is a general who leads tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. It's really like a dream!

After sighing, Cao Cao was refreshed, and said: "This son skillfully used the terrain to use the fire ox array, and destroyed the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops in Yufu Luo in one fell swoop, and became famous in one battle, which shows that his talent is outstanding and extraordinary." But the most surprising thing to me is Li Thief, if I remember correctly, Li Thief was crowned in May last year, and now he is only twenty-two years old, but at such a young age, he can boldly let go of power, and use the same young Zhou Yu to lead the army, this open-mindedness is the most terrifying! ”

Yuan Shao frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Yu's erection is a big thing for me, and Li Thief is even more cunning and treacherous!" Previously, we sent a large number of meticulous efforts to monitor Li Thief's every move, in order to be able to grasp his whereabouts as soon as possible, so that the alliance would send troops in due course, but I didn't expect that we were finally deceived by Li Thief. This thief stayed in the camp all day, so that he mistakenly thought that the Xiliang army was not going well and was stalemate, but he didn't expect that this move was in the trick of the Li thief, and many details were kept in the dark and did not know it. By the time they found out they had been fooled, it was too late. The Northern Expedition of the Western Liang Army has been completely victorious, so that Li Thief can completely free up his hands to deal with the Central Plains War that we have been planning for a long time. Yu Fuluo, a stupid pig, wasted more than 200,000 stones of grain and grass in vain, and now all of it has been wasted. I'm mad at me! ”

Seeing that Yuan Shao was getting angrier and angrier the more he spoke, Cao Cao hurriedly comforted: "Brother Benchu is angry. The matter has come to this point, no matter how angry the original brother is, it will not help. Relying on the barbarians to contain the Xiliang army is not the right way after all, and I have also persuaded my first brother before, the barbarians have always been more than successful and more defeated. It's useless. Now the fact is just as I said before, the barbarian thief forgot his righteousness for profit, forgot about his original brother's attack strategy, and only knew how to burn, kill and plunder, and did not understand the overall situation at all. What is a strategy. Today's defeat is sudden, albeit sudden. In fact, it is inevitable. It is not a pity that the thief died. It's a pity that there are hundreds of thousands of war horses, if I can wait for this war horse, why be afraid of Li thief, why not be afraid of Xiliang Xiao's ride? ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao sighed, and his face was full of pity.

Truly. If the mounts of hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops appear on the land of the Central Plains, no matter which way the princes obtain, their strength will inevitably increase several times, and they will be able to compete head-on with the Xiliang army in time. Not afraid of the West Liang Iron Ride. It's a pity that this matter can only be thought about, but it will not become a reality.

After all, one side of the water and soil supports one side of the people, and the reason why the barbarians have repeatedly violated the realm and multiplied for hundreds of years without extinction is that the people they rely on are war horses. If the princes of the Central Plains had tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 war horses, the surrounding barbarian states would have perished long ago, and the Han border would have been pacified. Relatively speaking, the reason why the Xiliang army was strong in war was precisely because Xiliang had never really been calm, and the strong enemies around it forced the people of Xiliang to have to raise horses and practice riding and archery in preparation for war.

"Well, it's come to this, and it's useless to talk about it." After calming down, Yuan Shao finally let go of the anger in his heart, and said: "Time is not waiting, before we agreed to complete the assembly of the allied forces within half a month, now it seems that we must do our best to meet the alliance and form a powerful allied army, I will, all the allied forces will be assembled within ten days, and then take advantage of the fact that Li Thief is still in the grassland to launch an attack, and strive to capture Sili in one go, and go straight to Chang'an!" Do you have any objections? ”

Cao Cao shook his head slightly, indicating that he had no opinion, and then Lu Bu and Zhang Yang also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao stood up and said loudly: "Originally, we didn't expect the barbarian army to succeed, but now that the barbarian army has been wiped out, we simply let it go." After the other princes led their troops to join the alliance, the alliance army had more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, far more than the available soldiers in the hands of the Li thief. Therefore, we must not delay, return to the camp as soon as possible, and prepare as soon as possible, and lead the army to meet the alliance. ”

While talking, Yuan Shao walked towards the door, and then stood at the door and instructed Zhang Yang: "Uncle Zhi, please entrust you with the garrison camp tent and the altar of the alliance, be sure to complete the construction!" ”

"Don't worry, Duke Yuan, I started to prepare as early as a month ago, and now I am ready, just wait for the princes from all walks of life to come with their troops, and then the alliance can move in." Zhang Yang continued.

"That's very good. Ladies and gentlemen, Yuan took the lead and said goodbye! Yuan Shao patted Zhang Yang's arm to show his approval, and then bowed to Cao Cao and Lu Bu behind him, and then strode away with Xu You and Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who had already eaten and drunk.

Lu Bu followed Yuan Shao, took Chen Gong, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and others and left directly, and disappeared outside the courtyard gate in a blink of an eye.

Cao Cao and Zhang Yang have no deep friendship, so they don't say much to each other, and after Lu Bu left, Cao Cao and Xun Yu walked out of the courtyard gate and walked slowly without hurry.

Suddenly, Cao Cao stopped, turned his head to look at the East Chamber's courtyard behind him, and chuckled: "Zhang Yang's guy is quite scheming, and he chose the place where Li Thief once lived, and this move can't hide the eyes and ears of other princes, but it can avoid the careful work of the Xiliang army." This shows that Zhang Yang's mind is ingenious, no wonder he can lie dormant under the nose of Li Thief for so long! ”

Xun Yu nodded thoughtfully, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Yang was originally a brave general, but now he has become a person who tends to be inflammatory, and his blood and qi are exhausted, and it is difficult to become a big weapon. This time, Yuan Shao chose the place of the alliance in Hanoi County, which is undoubtedly very trusting and supportive. It's just that this matter has both advantages and disadvantages for Zhang Yang, and the blessings and disasters are unpredictable! ”

"Oh? Wen Ruo is worried that this time the Allies may repeat the mistakes of the former Chen Liuhui Alliance? Cao Cao was slightly stunned and asked casually.

Xun Yu nodded lightly, pondered and said: "Yuan Shao does have some ability, but it's a pity that he likes to go off the rails with swords, is suspicious and fickle, and is so happy." It's really not the best candidate for the alliance leader. This time, the Central Plains Alliance originally did not need to use conspiracy and trickery, but only needed to secretly contact the princes of all walks of life in advance, and then they could act openly and honestly, without concealment, because the alliance was very involved, and it was impossible to evade the eyes and ears of the Xiliang army. What's more, the Central Plains Alliance itself is an upright conspiracy, even if Li Li knows about it, what can he do, does he dare to take the lead in sending troops to intercept and kill all the princes? ”

After a pause in his tone, Xun Yu continued: "Tonight, only the lord and Yuan Shao and other princes of the four roads discussed secretly, and they raised 300,000 troops. A few more roads followed, and at that time the strength of our allied forces would increase by at least another hundred thousand. In this way, more than 400,000 allied troops jointly attacked Sili, and even if Li Li was on guard, he could not stop the advance of hundreds of thousands of allied troops. If we wait for a steady and steady fight. Advancing step by step, Li Li had nothing to do. In addition to a head-on battle with our allies. had to be blocked step by step and retreat slowly.

After the allies gain a firm foothold, they will be able to attack on a large scale, and they will be invincible. There were only two final results, one of which was the complete defeat of Li Li and his Xiliang army by our allies. Attack Chang'an in one fell swoop; The second, and worst result, was that the allies encountered stubborn resistance from the Xiliang army and were unable to break through the Hangu Pass. However, it was able to inflict heavy losses on the Xiliang army, which greatly damaged Li Li's vitality, and he was no longer able to send troops to the Central Plains within a few years. Either of these two results is the result that the allies hope to see, and it is already a winning game to achieve the expected goal of the Central Plains Alliance.

However, Yuan Shao was not satisfied with this, and colluded with barbarians to rob the border of our Han Dynasty without authorization, and as a result, stealing chickens and rice did not become a loss, and hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass were lost in vain, all of which were cheaper for the Xiliang army. If coupled with the capture of the Xiliang army in the grassland tribe, Yuan Shao's move is equivalent to not only failing to weaken the strength of the Xiliang army, but instead sending Li Li a great victory that boosts the morale of the whole army, and by the way, he also put in a large amount of grain and grass, which is really worth the loss! ”

"Well, Wen Ruo has a point." Cao Cao nodded in response, frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Although Jizhou has sufficient money and food, and Yuan Benchu is even more wealthy, but this time the allies have a large number of horses and horses, and the Fuluo barbarian army has consumed a large amount of grass. In this way, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will not be able to support a protracted war, and it is likely to be a battle in the end, and after the heavy damage to Li Thief, the allies will probably disperse. If this is the case, this battle is the same as the ending of the former Eighteenth Route Princes against Dong Zhuo, although it was victorious, it failed to expand the results, so that the strength of the Xiliang army still exists, and it will definitely make a comeback after regaining its vitality. ”

"Yes, my subordinates feel the same way." Xun Yu agreed, then sighed lightly, and said in a low voice: "Compared with the Chen Liuhui Alliance in the past, although the princes of the alliance this time are not as many as the Eighteen Roads, the number of soldiers and horses under the command of the princes of each road and the combat effectiveness are far stronger than when they fought against Dong Zhuo in the past.

I think that when Chen Liuhui was in the first place, the princes from all walks of life hastily raised troops to join the alliance, and many soldiers were newly recruited young and strong, and their combat effectiveness was extremely limited, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a group of rabble. Now, after the fighting and tempering in recent years, most of the soldiers are elite divisions who have seen blood and killed people, which is far from comparable to the Chen Liuhui League in the past. In addition, there are a number of brave and good generals under the princes of all walks of life, even if Li Li's generals are like clouds, they can't withstand many generals of our allied forces; If a single general is inferior, we will use the tactics of crowds to bully more and less, so that we will definitely win. It's a pity that our army is in a difficult situation at the moment, otherwise if the lord serves as the leader of the allied forces and commands hundreds of thousands of allied troops to fight, Li Li will definitely be defeated, and even die in the end without a place to be buried! ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his expression changed violently, and there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes. Immediately, he strengthened his mind and said in a low voice: "Wen Ruo has lost his temper." Just talk about this matter, don't mention it again in the future, if this matter reaches Yuan Shao's ears, our situation will become more and more difficult. Let's go, I'll rush back to Yanzhou at night and arrange a qiē in advance, so as not to mess up at that time! ”

After saying that, Cao Cao quickly stepped forward to take the reins handed by Cao Hong, turned over on his horse, and galloped on his horse. Xun Yu then followed, with Cao Hong, Cao Chun and dozens of personal soldiers to support Cao Cao, and quickly left the Xiuwu Pavilion Station.

At this time, the drizzle has long stopped, the bright moon is hanging in the sky, the autumn wind is gusting, and the cold moonlight is blowing on the pedestrians on the road.

Cao Cao, who was galloping on his horse, had a hideous look on his face, bared his teeth and grinned, looking extremely indignant. Obviously, Xun Yu's words just now touched him greatly. Five years ago, when Chen Liuhui League, his strength was not strong and he was subordinate to Yuan Shao, which caused the good situation that he had the opportunity to eliminate Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang army in one fell swoop, and it was in vain, so that Li Li is in great trouble today. After a lapse of five years, Cao Cao met again with the qualifications and strength to lead the group and command the alliance to completely defeat Li Li, but he did not think that he was attacked by Lu Bu a few months ago in Yanzhou's lair, so that he now only has three cities, and he can survive for a long time.

In such a scene, how could Cao Cao not be touched, how could he not be indignant?

In the past, it was subordinate to Yuan Shao, and it is the same today. What if he Cao manipulated the majestic strategy, fate played tricks, and the shape was stronger than people, forcing him to succumb to Yuan Shao, and the two alliances were a green leaf that accompanied the safflower.

As Xun Yu said when he lamented Zhou Yu's fame in the first battle, it is really fate, what can I do?

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