After Yuan Shao finished this task, he began to order Qu Yi and Zhu Ling to lead an army of 20 to return to Bohai Sea and attack Le'an County, Qingzhou from Bohai Sea.

Ordered again!Order Jiaochu and Tian Chou to lead an army of 20 troops to the east county of Yanzhou!

He led Yan Liang and Ma Yan, and some other generals to guard Ganling County, and used 30 troops to stop Cao Cao's three parties.

After Tian Feng and Jushou's suggestions, Yuan Shao decided to stick to Ganling County and not go out to fight directly with Cao Cao's three parties. As long as he can hold Ganling County for a month, I am afraid that Cao Cao will be finished by then.

The 70 army was divided into three groups, and how could Cao Cao have never imagined that Yuan Shao would attack Le'an County and his own Yanzhou? Before he set off, he had ordered his son Cao Zhang to leave some soldiers in Shanyang County after he captured Shanyang County Just keep guard.

Then he directly led his troops to Dongjun County to guard against Yuan Shao's surprise attack, and waited until they met Kong Rong in Pingyuan County.

Cao Cao analyzed the matter to Kong Rong and Kong Ni again, and asked Kong Rong to send 20 troops to Le'an County to prevent Yuan Shao from mobilizing troops against Le'an County.

If Le'an County is destroyed, then they will be in danger. At that time, Yuan Shao will attack people like himself back and forth, and let himself be attacked from the back, and it will be over.

Kong Rong knew the seriousness of the matter, so he asked:

"Then if Yuan Shao didn't send troops to Le'an County, wouldn't we have lost 20 troops before the war started? Will there be any accidents?"

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard Kong Rong's words, and said:

"Prefect Kong don't have to worry. According to what I know about Yuan Shao, he would never have thought of attacking Qingzhou from Le'an County, but if one of the advisers around him suggested that he attack Le'an, he would send troops forward without hesitation. Go and attack Le'an."

After Kong Ni heard this, he was also worried that Yuan Shao didn't have as many soldiers on his side, and suddenly another 20 soldiers were dispatched. How can this battle be fought?So he asked:

"Brother Meng De, what if Yuan Shao hadn't gone to Le'an County? Wouldn't we have to face a whole 70 army?"

After Cao Cao heard this, he opened his mouth and said to the two:

"These two don't need to worry. Although Yuan Shao has a lot of soldiers and horses, none of them are capable of fighting. If Yuan Shao didn't divide his troops to attack Le'an County, we just need to stick to Pingyuan County."

"Just wait until tomorrow morning, let's send troops to test it first, and then we will know whether Yuan Shao has sent troops to Le'an County."

When Kong Rong and Kong Ni heard Cao Cao's words, they looked at Cao Cao with some doubts and asked:

"How to test?"

Cao Cao took a sip of his wine and said:

"As long as we send the army to call for battle, if Yuan Shao has the 70 army in his hands, he will personally lead the 70 army out of the city to meet us without us calling for the battle."

"If he doesn't go out of the city to fight, then he can be sure that this guy has sent out to attack Le'an and my East County in Yanzhou."

Kong Rong and Kong Ni both nodded when they heard Cao Cao's words. They knew that Cao Cao had been with Yuan Shao since they were young, and they knew Yuan Shao very well, so they were relieved.

Kong Rong directly dispatched 20 troops to guard Le'an County, and then went out of the city to test Yuan Shao the next morning.

It can be said that Cao Cao's scheming is definitely possible, he can see Yuan Shao very thoroughly, which is why Cao Cao dared to be an enemy of Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao, Kong Rong and Kong Ni were eating and discussing tomorrow's battle. It was late at night before the three of them went back to their rooms to rest.

In the early morning of the second day, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Li Dian to lead the troops to call for battle.

Kong Rong and Kong Ni were not idle either, and they also sent several generals to follow Cao Ren and others to call for battle.

When Cao Ren led his troops to less than ten miles outside the city of Ganling County, they stopped, and then Cao Ren sent a soldier under his command to call for battle under the city of Ganling County.

When Cao Ren came, he got Cao Cao's order. He told Cao Ren that if Yuan Shao led his troops to fight out directly, then he should not love to fight and just lead the army back.

They will no longer go out of the city, and directly defend Pingyuan County!If Yan Liang leads troops out to fight, and there are not many soldiers and horses, you can fight Yan Liang.

By doing this, Cao Cao will be able to find out Yuan Shao's true thoughts.

Under the guidance of Cao Cao, Cao Ren was already familiar with commanding soldiers and horses to fight, and he had many generals on his side, not only the generals from Yanzhou, but also the generals sent by Kong Rong and Kong Ni.

Cao Ren was confident that he would fight Yan Liang. After the soldiers had been shouting outside the city gate for half an hour, the city gate did not open.

Soldiers were calling for battle outside the city, while Yuan Shao had summoned all the generals and counselors in the county guard's mansion to discuss how to deal with Cao Cao's siege.

At this moment, Yan Liang took a step forward, cupped his hands at Yuan Shao, and said:

"My lord! The last general invites you to fight! I am willing to go out of the city and fight to the death with Cao Jun!"

Yuan Shao waved his hands when he heard Yan Liang's words, and said:

"Now we only have 30 soldiers and horses. If we open the city gates to meet the enemy, it is not intended to be an egg hitting a stone. Don't act recklessly!"

Yuan Shao was afraid that Yan Liang would be beheaded by General Cao Cao if he went out!His two generals, Wen Chou, had already been beheaded by Gao Chong of Liaodong. If he lost Yan Liang, then among the generals in Jizhou, there would be no one who could carry the banner.

Yuan Shao rejected Yan Liang's challenge, while Guo Tu stood up and said:

"My lord, if we can't bear to go out of the city to fight, it will definitely arouse Cao Cao's suspicion. If he sends troops back to defend, it will not be a good thing for our plan."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, Jushou and others felt that Guo Tu's words were right, but Yuan Shao didn't want Yan Liang to go out of the city to meet the enemy, so it was difficult.

When Yuan Shao was worried about this, Guo Tu said again:

"My lord, since the enemy army has come to call for battle, I suggest that it is better for General Yan Liang to lead his troops out of the city to meet the enemy."

When Yan Liang heard Guo Tu's words, he felt more fond of Guo Tu in his heart, so he said:

"Yes, my lord, the last general will invite you to fight again!"

When Yuan Shao heard what the two said, he began to hesitate a bit. Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao hesitated, and explained that his plan was feasible for his lord. Maybe he was afraid that General Yan Liang would have an accident, so he opened his mouth and said to Yuan Shao:

"My lord, let General Yan Liang lead his troops out of the city to meet the enemy this time. You don't have to let General Yan Liang order a charge and confront the enemy head-on. You just need to let General Yan Liang lead his troops out of the city. If something is wrong, the lord will order people to withdraw their troops on the city wall. That's it, let General Yan Liang lead his troops back to the city!"

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