Yuan Shao's words clearly set aside Chen Gong and asked Lu Bu directly, and his words were full of excitement.

From this, it is not difficult to see that Yuan Shao knew the situation in Yanzhou well, and he could tell the truth of the strength of Lü Bu's army in just a few words, which shows that he knew the battle between Lü Bu and Cao Cao very well.

"Huh?" Lu Bu's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, his face was gloomy, and then he turned his head to look at Chen Gong, his eyes were full of anger and questioning.

Chen Gong shook his head slightly, signaling Lu Bu to be calm and calm, and then he raised his eyes to look at Cao Cao opposite, and asked in a deep voice, "I don't know how General Cao is going to send troops?" If our army pours out, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving Yanzhou to General Cao? ”

"I'm worried about the public station." Seeing Chen Gong's angry face, Cao Cao shook his head slightly with a calm expression, and grinned: "Gongtai is worried that my Cao Cao will sneak attack Yanzhou, this is human nature, it is understandable. However, this time the alliance and the attack on Taiwan are a bit of a villain's heart, and they are too worried. As early as a few years ago, when Chen Liuhui Alliance, my Cao Cao fought with the Xiliang army many times, even if he knew that he was invincible, he would not retreat, which must have been well known to General Fengxian. I think that I escaped from the halberd of General Fengxian at the beginning, otherwise my Cao Cao would have been dead for a long time. ”

Hearing Cao Cao mention the Battle of Xingyang a few years ago, Lu Bu couldn't help but blush, quite complacent. Indeed, if it weren't for Cao Cao's cunning in the Battle of Xingyang in the past, Cao Hong would have died to stop him, and Cao Cao would have died tragically.

At this moment, Cao Cao's old matter was brought up again, and Lu Bu subconsciously nodded in agreement, "That's right, Meng De and the Xiliang Army have a deep grudge, which Lu has witnessed with his own eyes. ”

"Well, Feng Xian is bright and fair, which makes Cao admire." Speaking of the fiasco of the year. Cao Cao didn't have any shame on his face, he still looked as usual, faced it calmly, and praised Lu Bu by the way. This made Lu Bu quite useful, and he immediately smiled and was complacent.

After a pause in his voice, Cao Cao's words changed sharply, squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Let's not say that I Cao Cao has an old grudge with the Xiliang Army, just talking about the death of my two brothers of the same clan, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, makes Cao Cao hate Li Thief to the core." Li thief killed my flesh and blood brother. This revenge does not share the sky, and if I do not avenge this revenge, what face will I stand between heaven and earth! ”

When he said this, Cao Cao's face was full of anger, and his sharp little eyes were full of murderous aura. It seems that the hatred for Li Li is as deep as the sea, and he is eager to get rid of him quickly.

Immediately, Cao Cao's expression eased slightly. Forcibly calm the mind. He said in a deep voice: "What is the difference between the land of the six counties of Yanzhou and the feud of brothers? Now our army is defeated by General Fengxian, purely because of inferior skills, and it is not ashamed to lose on the frontal battlefield, and my Cao Cao is convinced. Before that, I did think about retaking Yanzhou, and with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in my hands, I was fully capable of retaking Yanzhou. But now there is a good opportunity to hit Li Li's thief hard. I definitely can't miss it, as long as I can defeat Li Thief, even if I give up Yanzhou! Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is hard to come by, and this opportunity is missed. None of us are a match for the Lee. Therefore, Gongtai does not have to worry about me Cao Cao deliberately preserving his strength to sneak attack Yanzhou, it is not a secret, for this alliance, I have secretly dispatched 80,000 soldiers and horses to the border of Henan County, just wait for the princes from all walks of life to arrive, I will lead my troops to come to make an alliance with you and attack Sili! ”

"Okay, Meng Dezhuang!" Before Cao Cao's words fell, Yuan Shao applauded and said with a smile: "Meng De has always understood the general situation, took into account the overall situation, and did not care about personal gains and losses, which was an indisputable fact that Chen Liuhui was in the alliance as early as a few years ago. Therefore, I believe that Meng De is not a despicable villain who sneaks up on people behind his back, not to mention that Meng De sent 80,000 troops this time, almost all of your existing soldiers and horses. Such a righteous act is indeed a model for us, and it should be emulated! ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao solemnly said: "In the past few months, I have successively dispatched soldiers and horses from various counties and counties to practice day and night, and now the 150,000 soldiers and horses under my command have completed training, and the army is ready to go to Sili and all the princes to join the alliance at any time to jointly send troops to attack Li Thief!" ”

"Brother Ben is mighty, and he dispatched an army of 150,000 in one fell swoop, which makes us ashamed!" Cao Cao bowed in shock.

Yuan Shao got up lightly and walked to the hall, and said in a deep voice with an indignant expression: "Li Thief has no way, perverse, oppresses the scholars, imprisons the Son of Heaven, his evil deeds are too numerous to mention, and his actions are outrageous!" Today's Li thief is far more hateful and hateful than Dong Zhuo in the past, acting recklessly, unscrupulously, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, in a vain attempt to subvert the 400-year-old foundation of our Han Dynasty. However, Li Thief is powerful, and there are more than 400,000 Xiliang troops under his command, and his momentum is monstrous, and there are few defeats in battles over the years. Therefore, if we do not do our best to form an unprecedentedly powerful alliance, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat Li Thief and his Xiliang Army, and we will eventually be defeated, completely allowing Li Thief's wolf ambition to succeed. It is because we can no longer have reservations, we should have money to contribute and make a strong contribution, cooperate sincerely, unite as one, and vow to defeat the Li thief! ”

Yuan Shao's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and everyone was impassioned and enthusiastic. Immediately, Lu Bu ignored Chen Gong's eyes and tugging, stood up impressively, and said loudly: "What the general of the chariot cavalry said is extremely true. Chen Gong's words were just jokes, but they were not the original intention. Now that Meng De has sent 80,000 troops, General Che Cai has sent 150,000 troops, and even Uncle Zhi has sent 25,000 soldiers and horses, how can I, Lu Bu, be left behind? I decided to send 50,000 troops, of which 20,000 wolf cavalry troops were all drawn out and all of them participated in the alliance! ”

"Feng Xian's words are true, isn't it a word of will?" Yuan Shao was slightly stunned, then strode up to Lu Bu and asked urgently.

"I, Lu Bu, have always done what I say, how can I break my word and get fat, and go back on my word?" Lu Bu said with a proud expression.

"Hahaha! Good, good, good! Yuan Shao applauded when he heard this, and then looked at Cao Cao and smiled. Then he said with a smile: "After Feng Xian's 50,000 soldiers and horses participate in the alliance, the four people sitting here alone have an army of 300,000, which is enough to compete with Li Thief!" ”

Cao Cao echoed with a smile on his face: "What Brother Ben said is very true. Feng Xian gave up his selfishness and took care of the righteousness, dispatched 50,000 elite infantry to participate in the battle, and then he will be able to make new achievements, reproduce the style of the tiger prison in the past, and will definitely be famous as the Son of Heaven! ”

Lu Bu laughed heartily when he heard this, and said to Yuan Shao: "There is still a matter to ask for, please ask the general of the chariot to agree." ”

"Feng Xian has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak, why be so formal?" Yuan Shao nodded with a smile and said.

Lu Bu's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he immediately said loudly: "Since this is the case, I will tell you bluntly." He also asked the general of the Che Cavalry to let me Lu Bu serve as the vanguard officer. Open the way for the army, fight with the Li thief array, and never die. I implore General Yuan to fulfill it! ”

"Pioneer? Good, good, so good! Yuan Shao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then praised: "After we wait for the alliance, we need a brave and warlike general like Feng Xian to charge into battle, kill the enemy for our army, and boost the morale of the whole army." Therefore, as requested by Feng Xian, I can now make it clear that after the Allied forces are assembled, Feng Xian will be the vanguard general of the Allied forces! Hahaha———! ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this. immediately bowed down and thanked: "Thank you to the alliance leader for your success, Lu Bu is very grateful!" ”

This voice of the alliance leader came into Yuan Shao's ears, which was really extremely useful, making him feel comfortable all over his body and smile more and more brightly. Laughter filled the main hall and reverberated around the beams.

"Humph!" Some people rejoice, some people are sad. Just as Lu Bu was happy and Yuan Shao was laughing. Cao Hong, who was standing behind Cao Cao, couldn't help but snort coldly with an angry expression. Immediately, when he was about to open his mouth to object, he was blocked by Cao Cao, so that when his words came to his mouth, he had to swallow them back, and his cheeks were red, so uncomfortable!

Then Cao Cao turned his head and whispered to Cao Hong: "Lu Bu invited himself to be the vanguard of the allies, this is a good thing, and I can't ask for it." Why the obstruction? ”

Cao Hongwen replied in a loud voice: "Although Lu Bu is brave, he is arrogant, I can't get used to his villainous face!" What's more, we have a great enemy, and we are bound to kill the Li thief generals. Avenging the dead Xiahou brother, and the vanguard general is a great opportunity to kill the enemy, how can he give it to Lu Bu? ”

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this, waved his hand to signal Cao Hong not to be impatient, got up and walked to the hall, waved his hand to Lu Bu, and said with a smile: "Looking at the heroes of the world, General Fengxian is a natural vanguard general, killing the enemy in front of the battle, attacking the city and pulling out the village behind, Fang Tian painted the halberd and pointed out, invincible. The prestige of General Fengxian is well known, the heavenly halberd in his hand, the red rabbit horse under the crotch, and the single horse that blocked the eighteen princes in the past was not allowed to enter, which was terrifying. Today, Feng Xian is the pioneer of the Allied forces, and he will be able to reproduce the majestic posture of the tiger prison in the past, and he will lose his armor and return with a miserable defeat. Therefore, Cao Mou agreed that General Fengxian should serve as the vanguard general of the Allied Forces, which is a wise move. ”

Cao Cao's words made Lu Bu's eyebrows flutter, and in an instant, the scene in front of the former tiger prison was presented in front of him, which made him surging and full of pride.

Suddenly, Lu Bu greatly changed his opinion of Cao Cao, and faintly felt a sense of sympathy for each other, and he was introduced as a confidant. It's a pity that he is now friends and foes with Cao Cao, and has seized Yanzhou, the foundation of Cao Cao, and the two sides have deep grievances, and it is really difficult to give up. Fortunately, this time the alliance came with a common purpose, and they were safe for the time being, and they were still enemies after the alliance ended.

This feeling made Lu Bu very uncomfortable, but he had to face it. At the moment, he will definitely not return the Yanzhou that he has already grabbed to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is not a subordinate of the people, so he will definitely not lead his troops to surrender to him. The contradictions between the two sides are irreconcilable, and only when one side dies or leaves Yanzhou can the dispute be settled. Fortunately, Cao Cao had promised him that after the end of the alliance, he would immediately lead his troops to leave Yanzhou and find another place to settle.

It was Lu Bu who was now able to talk to Cao Cao calmly, without the slightest fear that Cao Cao would break his word and go back on his word. Because Cao Jun is now on the verge of a desperate situation, if Yuan Shao had not provided a batch of grain and grass relief, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of Cao Jun would have already run out of grain and grass, and they would be scattered and fleeing for their lives, so there was nothing to fear at all.

Seeing that Cao Cao and Lu Bu had released their previous suspicions and had a good conversation, Yuan Shao was slightly stunned and laughed happily.

"Hahaha! Meng De and Feng Xian were able to put aside their previous suspicions and let go of grievances, which is really a blessing for our allies, so good! After laughing, Yuan Shao instructed Zhang Yang to put on a feast, so that the generals standing in the hall sat down and drank happily.

Then Zhang Yang led the way, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu moved to the back hall, followed by Xu You, Xun Yu and other henchmen and strategists followed in, secretly discussing the specific dispatch of troops and the strategy of breaking the enemy. That's the crux of this secret discussion.

However, unexpectedly, Chen Gong, who came with Lu Bu, was not allowed to participate in the secret discussion, and still stayed in the lobby to drink with the generals. And Lu Bu did not object to this, acquiesced to the facts, and waved his hand to signal Chen Gong to stay in the lobby.

Obviously, the fact that Chen Gong's sister Chen Yu is Li Li's wife has long been known by all the princes. Therefore, in order to ensure that this secret discussion was foolproof and that half of the score was not leaked, Yuan Shao and others coincidentally chose to act cautiously and did not let Chen Gong participate in the secret decision-making. At the same time, this move must have been approved by Lu Bu in advance, but he never revealed it to Chen Gong. It wasn't until everyone went to the back hall to discuss the matter that they told Chen Gong the truth.

This move was really chilling, and it showed that he did not trust Chen Gong, so he was excluded from the secret discussion.

It can be seen from this that this Central Plains meeting alliance is of great significance, and it is related to the vital interests of Yuan Shao and other princes of the four routes. After all, the territory of the four of them is under the front of the Xiliang Army, and once the Xiliang Army sends troops to the Central Plains, the four of them will bear the brunt of the threat and directly face the threat of the Xiliang Iron Hoof. Comparatively speaking, other princes even came to join the alliance. and will not do their best to help; Because their territory is far away from Xiliang, they have not yet experienced the strength and might of the Xiliang army, and they are far from having such a strong sense of crisis as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others.

It's none of your business. This time, the Central Plains Alliance is far more than the current four princes, and several princes have also clearly replied to Yuan Shao, and they will soon lead troops to the alliance. It's just that the number of troops sent by the princes of those roads is somewhat unsatisfactory. obviously has reservations, and it is far from being comparable to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and others. The reason why these people agreed to send troops. Most of them have the intention of coming to join in the fun. By the way, let's see if there is anything cheap to be gained, but it is really a group of snobs who only take advantage of the advantages and do not make efforts. However, Liao is better than nothing, as long as these princes can come, the subsequent things will not be up to them, whether they can pick up the cheap, it depends on whether they have the ability to make a bargain.

In light of this. It is very necessary for Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Zhang Yang to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy in advance before the alliance, and to be prepared for any trouble, and then make a decision. After all, they did almost all their best this time, except for the necessary garrison. Mobilize all the mobile forces at your disposal to join the alliance. With such a huge investment, how could they not do their best, how could they sit idly by and watch the success or failure of the Allies?

So the four of them agreed on countermeasures in advance, and after all the allied forces were assembled, the four of them would lead the battle, lead the allied forces of the princes to attack in an orderly manner, and finally achieve the strategic goal of defeating Li Li and his Xiliang army.

Therefore, this alliance is different from the previous Chenliu alliance, although the princes are still inevitably intrigued, each with their own ghosts, but their purpose of sending troops is unprecedentedly the same. If you can attack Chang'an in one fell swoop, everyone will be happy; If they can't completely destroy the Xiliang army, they will also vow to hit the Xiliang army hard, so as to win their own living space and time to develop and grow.

"Hoo ———!"

In the inner room of the back hall, the secret discussion lasted for more than an hour, until an agreement was finally reached and the strategy to defeat the enemy was officially finalized. After the decision was decided, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Zhang Yang couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, looking exhausted. Just now, the four of them and the strategists had a fierce argument, and many of them were controversial, so that they blushed and almost fought with each other. Now that the dust has settled, they are finally able to completely relax and sit down to drink tea and soothe their minds.

"Feng Xian, the matter we discussed this time must not be leaked half a point, once Li Thief knows about our plan, the big thing will be suspended!" In addition to relaxing, Yuan Shao did not forget to remind Lu Bu to beware of Chen Gong and not to leak half a sentence.

As soon as Yuan Shao's words came out, Cao Cao, Zhang Yang, Xu You, Xun Yu and others nodded happily. Obviously, they also had this thought, and they were very distrustful of Chen Gong and doubtful that Lu Bu could keep secrets.

"Well, don't worry, Lu will be tight-lipped and won't reveal a word to anyone!" Lu Buruo nodded thoughtfully and said.

Cao Cao continued: "Feng Xian understands the righteousness, this is the luck of the allies, Cao Mou thanked Feng Xian on behalf of the allied princes." The fewer people we know about what we discussed just now, the better, so that we can ensure that nothing goes wrong and finally defeat Li Li in one fell swoop. As for the public station, we don't distrust him, but we just have concerns, so for the sake of insurance, we have to let him not participate in this matter. It's really a last resort, and I hope Feng Xian can understand that Yaliang Haihan is. ”

"Well, what Meng De said is very true." Yuan Shao happily bowed his head and said: "Chen Gongtai is resourceful, and he is the humeral arm that Fengxian relies on. But it is an indisputable fact that he and Li Thief are in-laws, so I have to be cautious and cautious. This time, we will do our best to send troops to the alliance, and we must be cautious in any link, and we must not allow the slightest mistake, otherwise we will give up all our efforts. Therefore, Chen Gong still needs to be appeased first, and must not be affected by big things such as small things! ”

"Please rest assured that Lord Yuan is a military general, but he also knows the priorities. This secret discussion is related to the overall situation, and Lu should keep it a secret and go all out. Lu Bu looked slightly displeased, but he still nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll be relieved." Yuan Shao bowed slightly, and turned to everyone and said: "Right now, Li Thief is fighting the barbarian army in Beidi County, and he has no time to take care of him, so it is a good time for me to send troops to attack Si Li." I intend that the allied army will assemble in Hanoi County within half a month, and then send troops to capture the camp of Anyi, and after the destruction of the Anyi Tun army, they will cross the river with their divisions, take Hangu Pass, and attack Chang'an. In this way, we don't need to attack the city and pull out the fortress one city and one place, and advance slowly, and we can completely concentrate superior forces, directly take Chang'an, and recapture the Son of Heaven! I don't know what you think? ”

"Brother Ben Gao, Cao seconded the proposal." Cao Cao's expression moved, and he immediately agreed.

Xu You, Xun Yu and Lu Bu nodded in agreement, but Zhang Yang's voice changed, and he stopped talking, worried.

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