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In the afternoon, the cold wind rests for a while, and the sun is warm, shining warmly on people's bodies, which is really a rare and comfortable time in winter.

In the mountains and rivers exposed to the sun, the snow melts quickly and at a speed visible to the naked eye, moistening the land and nourishing all things.

On the top of the Dongling Absolute Stream, the two people sitting cross-legged were halfway through the wine, and the conversation was strong.

After raising the lamp to drink, Yuan Shao once again set his eyes on Hangu Pass, which was more than ten miles away, and after drinking it all, his brows frowned slightly, and he looked thoughtfully at the Xiongguan in the distant mountain stream cliff.

"There is one thing that I can't understand, I wonder if Meng De can solve my confusion?"

"The leader of the alliance, please say, Cao did his best, try to say. If the words are inappropriate, please bear with the alliance leader. ”

Yuan Shao smiled slightly when he heard this: "Meng De is too humble. I have already said before, you and I are like brothers, how can we divide each other. ”

Cao Cao nodded with a smile and bowed his hand to show his gratitude. But he knew very well in his heart that what Yuan Shao said was purely polite pomp and circumstance, and he must not be believed to be true, otherwise he would inevitably cause Yuan Shao to be unhappy.

This is the transcendent embodiment of the world's strong people, what they say is what they say, golden mouth, every word, there is no doubt at all. However, once he is unhappy or unhappy in his heart, a single thought can lead to death, which can be described as turning his hand into clouds and turning his hand into rain, and it is impermanent. If someone doesn't know how to lift, pampered and arrogant, he may be able to survive when he encounters a broad-minded overlord, but if he encounters a narrow-minded overlord. Surely a great calamity will come, and his life will not be guaranteed.

This is where everyone in the world wants to be strong, and the princes are lined up in troubled times. Because the strong are able to control their own destiny. A word and deed can determine the life and death of countless people, and with a wave of the hand, it can affect the situation in the world, stir up the changes in the world, and change the fate of countless people.

"If the leader of the alliance has any doubts, even if he asks, Cao must know everything and say everything."

"Hmm." Yuan Shao bowed slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed at Xiongguan in the distance: "Meng De has thought about it." In fact, when we were waiting for the army to cross the river, the Li thief could completely wave his troops to attack, or even attack halfway. If that's the case. The army of our princes must have suffered heavy losses, and it will not be possible to cross the river and land at all. But why did the thief Li not react from beginning to end, and watched us cross the river and set up camp, completely ignoring it. Turning a deaf ear? ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this. Looking up at Yuan Shao in surprise, a hint of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and there was a bit of appreciation. And Yuan Shao didn't pay attention to Cao Cao's expression at this time, and still looked at Hangu Pass, which stood proudly in the mountains and streams, stunned.

It is true that Yuan Shao's question surprised Cao Cao greatly, and even somewhat unexpected him. Because he has been thinking about this problem himself for the past few days, he has not been able to figure it out for several days. I really can't figure out why Li Li missed such a favorable fighter plane in vain and always stood still. Wait for the Allied forces to cross the river and set up camp, and then form a siege of Hangu Pass.

However, just as the heavy snow stopped yesterday evening, Cao Cao finally figured out what was going on. It was precisely because of this problem and guessing Li Li's true intentions that Cao Cao was very unoptimistic about the prospects of the Allied Battle of Hangu, and even very pessimistic. As a result, he also began to consider Cheng Yu's suggestion, and really paid attention to it, but he has not yet made up his mind, and he is still weighing the pros and cons, and he is hesitant.

Now that Yuan Shao suddenly brought up this issue, Cao Cao realized a hint of crisis, because Yuan Shao was far from being as simple as he imagined, and he was not a pure person of great joy. If you think about it, Yuan Shao can have such strength and status today, which in itself shows that he is not a mediocre person, and he did not simply rely on the Yu Yin of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family to develop and grow.

On the contrary, Yuan Shao is not only beautiful and magnificent, but also smart since he was a child, which makes several high-ranking elders of the Yuan family very loved, and then gave up Yuan Shu, who came out of his descendants, and devoted himself to cultivating Yuan Shao to become the helmsman of the Yuan family. This section alone is enough to show that Yuan Shao is extraordinary, and he is favored by the Yuan family, and he is able to control the Yuan family's many network resources and financial and material resources. Facts have proved that the vision of the Yuan family is very accurate, Yuan Shao is indeed stronger than Yuan Shu, and has become the world's leading princes and overlords in the current troubled times, and Yuan Shu is still in Yangzhou at this time, and has not yet completely occupied Yangzhou.

Looking back on Yuan Shao's rapid development and growth, Cao Cao clearly realized that he thought he knew Yuan Shao very well, but in fact he was too one-sided and biased, or that he had never really understood Yuan Shao.

Maybe Yuan Shao has some of the habits of arrogance and great joy that some of the sons and daughters of famous families have, and maybe he still has many defects of one kind or another, but there is no doubt about one thing, that is, Yuan Shao is very assertive when encountering major or difficult things, not confused at all, and even very wise. Just like what happened a few days ago, the princes of all walks of life speculated that the reason why Li Li did not take the initiative to attack when the Allied forces crossed the river or when their foothold was not stable was probably because of the heavy snowfall from the sky, and the heavy snow blocking the road was not conducive to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry Battle, so Li Li had to give up the half-crossing attack or take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Allied forces to attack the Allied camp.

There are not a few princes who have this kind of thought, even Cao Cao himself thought so before, and it wasn't until yesterday that he suddenly woke up and figured out Li Li's true intentions. But he never expected that Yuan Shao did not blindly echo the views of the princes from all walks of life, but had been thinking about this issue secretly, and now he was directly raising the question and asking him Cao Cao's opinion.

Suddenly, Cao Cao suddenly felt embarrassed and hesitated, and this question was always coiled in his mind: "Do you want to tell Yuan Shao the truth?" If you do, what's the benefit to yourself, and what if you don't say it? ”

"Mengde, Mengde, what are you thinking? Could it be that you can't think of a reason, or maybe the Li thief is afraid of my princes' army and doesn't dare to fight my allies head-on? Just as Cao Cao was weighing the gains and losses, Yuan Shao withdrew his gaze from the distance, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and asked in surprise.

Cao Cao woke up in shock when he heard the sound, and came back to his senses in amazement, seeing that Yuan Shao was no longer looking at Hanguguan, but staring at him with a look of surprise. The look of astonishment on Cao Cao's face quickly disappeared, and he smiled indifferently, got up slightly, and sat facing west, his eyes staring intently at Hangu Pass, which was facing him. At this moment, the hatred of the country and the family that he deliberately suppressed in the depths of his heart all came to his heart, prompting him to make a decision in an instant. In any case, Li Li's thieves cannot be allowed to win this war, otherwise the blood feud between the Cao family and the Xiahou family will be completely hopeless.

"Does the alliance leader know how many Xiliang troops are currently in Hangu Pass?" Now that he has decided to tell the truth, Cao Cao does not plan to beat around the bush. However, you should also pay attention to the method of speaking, and if you can't achieve the expected effect by explaining the original situation, it is better not to say it.

Now Cao Cao's predetermined goal is not only to explain the reason, but also to persuade Yuan Shao to deal a heavy blow to Li Thief according to his own strategy to break the enemy. Even if he can't defeat Li Thief and his Xiliang Army in one fell swoop, he will still inflict heavy losses on the Xiliang Army, so that Li Thief's vitality will be greatly damaged, and he will not be able to send troops to the Central Plains within a few years.

"How many Xiliang troops are there in Hangu Pass?" Yuan Shao groaned casually, and then looked at Cao Cao with a surprised face: "Why did Meng De ask knowingly? You and I both know that Li Thief gathered 250,000 infantry cavalry in Hangu Pass, including 130,000 war cavalry and 120,000 infantry troops, and his combat strength was very strong, only slightly inferior to our allies. Therefore, I have been thinking about how long it will take our army to conquer Hangu Pass for the past few days, and if it is delayed for a long time, we need to prepare for a long-term siege in advance. ”

As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, Cao Cao immediately shook his head, as if what Yuan Shao said was inaccurate and inconsistent with the situation he had.

"The alliance leader doesn't know. In order to deal with the battle of Sili, Li Thief did mobilize more than 200,000 foot cavalry to participate in the battle, including 100,000 soldiers in the Anyi battalion and 160,000 soldiers in Hanguguan. Perhaps the alliance leader didn't know that Li Thief originally wanted to have a big battle with our allied army in Anyi City, so as to test the combat effectiveness of our allied army and the strength of our generals, but unexpectedly, I Cao Cao burned down the granary, forcing him to abandon his original plan and retreat to Hangu Pass.

After the first battle of Feiyundu, Li Thief sent tens of thousands of troops to search and hunt for Cao day and night, and it seemed that he would not give up if he did not kill Cao. It's a pity that Li Thief never imagined that I, Cao Cao, didn't flee far away at all, but sneaked into the Feiyundu mountain stream again before dawn with enough dry food, and hid under the rocky cliff on the top of the mountain where Li Thief appeared that night. As a result, the Xiliang Army walked around in front of my eyes every day, but never noticed that I was hiding under their noses; After seven days, I discovered the strength of the Xiliang Army and the strategic intention of Li Thief to lure the enemy into depth. ”

"Imaginary troops, strategic intentions?" Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, and his face was full of horror: "What Meng De means is that there are no 250,000 Xiliang troops in Hangu Pass, and the reason why Li Thief did not take the initiative to prevent our army from crossing the river is that he intends to let our army cross the river. Is this a plan set up by Li Thief to lure the enemy into depth? ”

"In the words of the alliance leader, this is exactly the case!" Cao Cao nodded in affirmation.

"How is this possible? If it is really as Meng De said, there are no 250,000 Xiliang troops in Hangu Pass, then how can a mere 100,000 Xiliang troops resist my army of 360,000 princes? Since then, instead of luring the enemy into the depths, Li Thief's move has become a lure of wolves into the house, which is purely self-defeating! ”

"The alliance leader's words are wrong!" Hearing that Yuan Shao was so confident in the combat effectiveness of the princes' allies, Cao Cao finally couldn't help but regain his sharp nature.

"To be honest, Cao has roughly figured out the distribution of Li Thief's troops. Li Thief gathered 160,000 troops in Hangu Pass, of which less than 60,000 infantry troops, and the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses were all Xiliang iron cavalry, trying to gather our allies in front of Hangu Pass and annihilate them. In addition, in the name of chasing and killing my Cao Cao, Li Thief sent Xu Rong to lead 40,000 infantry troops into Xingyang, and there were originally 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers defending the city in Xingyang and Luoyang Baguan. That is to say, Li Thief deployed nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses behind our army long before the Allied army crossed the river, relying on the advantages of the city and the pass, blocking more than 300,000 of our allied troops in front of the Hangu Pass, completely cutting off our army's retreat. ”

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