"The scout reported that Yuan Jun went south a few days ago and forced Chen Liu, what do you think?" Looking around at the people in the hall, Liu Wei asked them, "Is there a way to defend against the enemy?" ”

"Cao Gong!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Guo Jia stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to him and said: "The Yuan army sent troops in winter, just because it was difficult to collect food and grass for our army, and it was inconvenient for the army to march. Advancing to Chenliu, if our army goes to help, the Yuan army will definitely besiege the city and send reinforcements, if the army is on its back, it will attack head-on! With the combat strength of our army, and the Yuan army will fight in array, the Yuan army must not be an opponent! ”

As soon as Guo Jia's words were finished, Xun You stood up, clasped his fists and said to Cao Cao: "What Feng Xiao said is true, Yuan Jun is forcing Chen Liu, just to break Chen Liu first, and then to force Xu Du." Once the Yuan army approaches Xudu, this place will become an isolated city, and our army will be passive everywhere! Why don't you go north and meet Yuan's army! ”

Nodding, Cao Cao turned his gaze to the others in the room and asked everyone, "What do you think?" ”

In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan's 300,000 army with only 70,000 people, and the advisers and generals under his command were already full of confidence.

Hearing his question, everyone stood up one after another, clasped their fists in unison and said, "I thought that the army should go north to meet it!" ”

"That being the case!" Cao Cao stood up, waved his hand to everyone and said, "Pass the order, the army is ready, and the sun will go out!" ”

"Obey Cao Gongjun's orders!" After Cao Cao gave the order to go on the expedition, everyone in the hall responded in unison again.

Two days later, a large army was opened in the city of Xudu, and it was Cao Cao, who was determined to fight a decisive battle with Yuan's army.

Led the army out of Xudu, Cao Cao went all the way north, bypassed the boundary of Daqin and crossed the Yellow River, and went straight to the Yuan army that was heading south.

The two armies marched in opposite directions, but after a few days, the two sides met at Cangting.

After the battle of Guandu, the loss of soldiers and horses under Cao Cao's command was also quite strict, but the number of soldiers in battle was only more than 40,000, which was nearly half less than the newly recruited Yuan army.

Yuan Tan, who led an army of 70,000 all the way south, learned that the Cao army took the initiative to meet the attack, and he also hurriedly ordered the army to camp on the spot and confront the Cao army from afar.

The Yuan army, which set up camp, did not immediately attack Cao's army with a large number of people as in the Battle of Guandu.

With his hand on the hilt of the sword, standing outside the barracks, looking at the direction in which the Cao army was stationed, Yuan Tan's brows were always tightly wrung up.

Beside him, stood Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, who accompanied him on the expedition.

Competing for the position of the lord of Hebei, the relationship between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang was already very tense, but in the face of Cao Jun, who had already crossed the Yellow River, the two did not dare to turn against each other in front of the battle.

"Brother, Cao Jun has already arrived at Cangting!" Standing on Yuan Tan's left hand, Yuan Xi's face was also full of solemnity, and he asked him, "How does my brother plan?" ”

"Cao Cao's army is in a hurry, it is nothing more than to fight a decisive battle with our army!" Looking ahead, although he couldn't see Cao Jun's camp, Yuan Tan, who had already received the scout's report, knew that Cao Jun was in that direction, his brows were tightly locked, and he said to Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang: "Brother Wei thinks that the soldiers of our army are negligent in training, and although the number of Cao troops is small, if you want to fight in formation, our army may not be an enemy!" ”

"Brother means ......" Yuan Xi nodded on the side, but Yuan Shang asked, "Our army doesn't attack the Cao army?" ”

"Exactly!" He had already made a calculation in his heart, Yuan Tan looked ahead and said: "Our army is a battalion step by step, advancing a little every day, forcing the Cao army to retreat to the bank of the Yellow River, and then launch a fierce attack. ”

"Brother is wise!" was ordered by Yuan Shao to assist Yuan Tan, and after Yuan Tan said the plan, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang both clasped their fists and praised it.

Yuan Xi's praise may still be sincere, but when Yuan Shang was clenching his fists and praising him, there was a strange look in his eyes.

In the Cao army camp that confronted Yuan Jun, Cao Cao was also standing outside the barracks, looking at the direction where the scouts reported Yuan Jun to station, his face was solemn.

"Cao Gong!" Looking at the direction where Yuan's army was stationed, Cao Cao heard a voice behind him, turned his head to look back, and what he saw was Cheng Yu, who was on the march with the army, walking towards him.

"Zhongde!" When Cheng Yu clasped his fists and saluted him, Cao Cao smiled slightly and asked him, "Why are you here?" ”

"The subordinates are watching the soldiers set up camp tents, and seeing that Cao Gong seems to be thinking about this, let's take a look!" Putting down the fists he had picked up, Cheng Yu asked Cao Cao, "I wonder what Gong Cao is thinking?" ”

"Our army went north to intercept the Yuan army, but the Yuan army was unwilling to attack, how to fight a decisive battle?" Looking at the direction where Yuan's army was stationed again, the expression on Cao Cao's face became solemn, and he said to Cheng Yu: "If our army attacks, the number is not as good as Yuan's army, and it is definitely difficult to break it......"

"Cao Gong is not in a hurry!" With an indifferent smile on his face, Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao: "In the first battle of Guandu, the Yuan army lost 300,000 people, how dare you attack lightly?" He will adopt a step-by-step approach to his tactics and advance on our army every day! ”

"If this is the case, the Yuan army is tightly arrayed, and it will be difficult for our army to break it!" Cheng Yu's words just expressed Cao Cao's worries, and he sighed lightly and said: "If it goes on for a long time, my army is afraid that it will not be able to take the lead!" ”

"Especially King Qin!" Cheng Yu did not respond to Cao Cao immediately, but Cao Cao continued: "Although the Qingzhou army in Xuanyuan Pass intercepted it, I am still worried that the Qin army will enter Xudu in a big way. At that time, if Ye City cannot be broken, Xu Du will be broken by the Qin army again......"

"The Qin army is strong, and the battle of Guandu did not break the Qingzhou army, I am afraid that the king of Qin deliberately did it!" Brushing the goatee on his chin, Cheng Yu also frowned tightly, and said to Cao Cao: "In this way, our army should defeat Yuan's army as soon as possible!" ”

"Does Zhongde have a good plan?" Turning his head to look at Cheng Yu, Cao Cao's face showed a hint of expectation.

Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Cheng Yu couldn't bear to disappoint him, and after a little thought, he said: "Our army has crossed the Yellow River, and if we move forward now, we will definitely fight with Yuan's army, and even if we win under the strong attack, it may only be a miserable victory!" ”

Nodding, Cao Cao was speechless.

What Cheng Yu said was exactly what he was worried about.

In the battle with the Yuan army, if the loss of troops is too great, once the Qin army attacks, he will have no power to fight back.

Tightly frowning, staring at Cheng Yu, Cao Cao waited for him to continue.

Looking at Cao Cao, Cheng Yu continued: "The reason why the Yuan army is not in a hurry to attack is nothing more than to force our army to retreat to the bank of the Yellow River, and Cao Gong will follow them!" ”

Hearing Cheng Yu say this, Cao Cao frowned slightly, and asked him: "In a battle against the water, our army has no way to retreat, what should we do if the morale of the soldiers is low?" ”

"In a battle against the water, the soldiers have no way to retreat, so they have to fight forward!" Smiling slightly, Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao: "And our army retreated to the bank of the Yellow River, not a lone retreat, Cao Gong should divide his troops into ten roads, and ambush Yuan Jun on ten sides behind him, completely blocking his back road!" ”

"Divide the troops into ten ways!" As soon as Cheng Yu finished speaking, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then he was immediately overjoyed, slapped him on the arm and said: "Zhongde is really a good plan, so let Xiahoudun and others lead the army to set up an ambush!" ”

"The ambush can be set up first!" Cao Cao was just about to order the guards behind him to summon Xiahoudun and other generals, but Cheng Yu hurriedly stopped: "As for the retreat of the army, delay it for a few days!" ”

Looking at Cheng Yu, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately understood why he had to slow down a few points, nodded and said: "What Zhong De said is true, if our army withdraws too quickly, then Yuan Shao's third son is not stupid, and he can definitely see the intentions of our army!" ”

"Someone!" Adopting Cheng Yu's suggestion, Cao Cao turned his head and shouted to the guards behind him: "Invite all the generals to a certain commander's tent, and a certain person will ask for something!" ”

"No!" After one of the guards bowed down with his fists in response, he turned around and ran quickly to convey Cao Cao's order to the generals.

After the guards left, Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde is also here, this plan is offered by Zhongde, who will be placed where, Zhongde should have a decision!" ”

"No!" Clenched his fists and bowed to Cao Cao, and Cheng Yu followed him and went to the handsome tent together.

Only two days after Cao's army went north, three large armies were opened in Luoyang City, one of which was an army of 30,000 people, led by Lu Bu, and rushed straight towards Xuanyuan Pass.

accompanied Lu Bu on the expedition, in addition to Jia Xu, there were also Zhang Liao and Tai Shici.

The other two armies, one is the Tiger Benwei led by Zhao Yun, and the other is the Yulin Wei led by Gao Shun.

Hu Benwei went out of Luoyang and marched all the way to the northeast, and the direction they advanced in was actually the Cangting where Yuan Jun and Cao Jun were going to confront.

The Yulinwei led by Gao Shun went out of Luoyang, and fell far behind Lu Bu's army, and the direction of progress was also Xuanyuan Pass.

Among the generals who led the army to the battle, Lu Bu was the most proud.

Since the last time he seized Xuanyuan Pass, Liu Wei removed his military power and called him back to Luoyang, for many days, he has been thinking behind closed doors in the mansion.

Although the door was closed, Lu Bu didn't really think about it, but felt that Liu Wei was somewhat unfair to him.

risked death to capture Xuanyuan Pass, but he didn't have any military exploits, and he was actually ordered not to go out, let alone contact with the generals and staff of the Qin army, which really made him feel angry.

Just when Lu Bu was full of anger, Liu Wei suddenly ordered him to lead an army of 30,000 through Xuanyuan Pass, defeat the Qingzhou army, and approach Xu Du.

With such a great achievement in front of Lu Bu's eyes, how could he give it up and not take it? hurriedly thanked Liu, ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and took the lead out of Luoyang City.

Riding the red rabbit horse recaptured from Guan Yu's hands, carrying the Fang Tian painting halberd, out of Luoyang City, Lu Bu said to Jia Xu and others beside him with pride: "If His Royal Highness used a certain earlier, don't say that Xuanyuan Pass, even the Qingzhou army is afraid that a certain has already been broken, and Xu Du has already fallen into the hands of our army, why is there so much trouble?" ”