[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Cao Cao scanned the letter sent by Xuzhou, and the content was as expected.

Ever since he saw through that Guo Jia's mention of Xuzhou's recuperation was for the southern front of the battlefield, he knew that Guo Jia would definitely not stay in Xuzhou.Both he and Guo Jia could see clearly that there were only two dangers on the southern front. One was Yuan Shao's possible division of troops, and the other was Jiangdong. The former was beyond the reach of Guo Jia alone, and the latter...

The cunning in Guo Jia's eyes at that time did not reveal any specific plans, but when Cao Cao thought about it, he still couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly.

Forget it, anyway, this season, the south has turned warm, and the house in Wancheng was also purchased for health preservation.Although he didn't know exactly what Guo Jia planned to do, but since he wanted to, let Guo Jia go.

"On the day that Duke Ming sees Jia again, Jia must be in good health and in good spirits, and he can drink a thousand altars of celebration wine with Duke Ming without getting drunk."

When the person comes back, he just remembers to accept this promise.

When Xun You stepped into the tent with the military newspaper, he happened to see the smile on Cao Cao's lips, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows.If he didn't know the inside story, he would really mistakenly think that they have the upper hand now, so the Lord can't help but be overjoyed;

"Gongda? But did the information from Yuan Shao come back?" Hearing footsteps behind him, Cao Cao turned his head and greeted.

Watching the smile on Cao Cao's lips fade away, Xun You suppressed the slander and said back to Cao Cao, "Yes, the army led by Yuan Shao has arrived at Liyangjin, and the southward journey is imperative."

"Brother Ben Chu arrived at Liyangjin so quickly, and his arrival was not as 'slow' as his counselor said." Before this battle, both Yuan and Cao used various excuses to clean up a detailed operation, but even so, in Manchong Under the deployment of Tian Feng, Yuan Shao still failed to find out all the dormant octopuses. Because of this, Cao Cao could still receive a lot of information from Yuan Shao. Tian Feng advised Yuan Shao to send troops, but Yuan Shao entrusted him with the child's illness and refused. As a result, the fact that Tian Feng scolded him as a "Zhuzi" naturally reached Cao Cao's ears.For his "best friend" for many years, Cao Cao thinks he understands much better than others. Yuan Shao didn't use Tian Feng's words, not so much because of the child's illness, but because Tian Feng was in Jizhou, where Yuan Shao was full of wariness. person.The reason for the courtesy and respect is not for these people's schemes, but for the hearts of Jizhou without Han Fu.

Of course, his brother Benchu ​​is not really stupid, and he naturally knows the truth of "hitting a city without defense is always victorious", so he justified his reasons, but in fact he did not slow down in dispatching troops.In the end, they were still one step behind, not because of Yuan Shao, but because Cao Cao's conquest of Xuzhou was really too fast, so fast that it exceeded all possibilities that Yuan Shao expected.

After all, Guo Fengxiao is the only madman in this world who knows that failure is the end of his life and wants to gamble heavily, and he has already embraced him.

"cough."

Seeing that Cao Cao was silent for a while, and the smile on the corners of his lips seemed to be raised again, Xun You, who was as calm as he was, had no choice but to cough lightly, bringing Cao Cao's thoughts back to business.Cao Cao came back to his senses in an instant, and his expression became more serious. He looked at the military newspaper in Xun You's hand and asked, "Li Yangjin...is the white horse the one that bears the brunt?"

Xun You nodded, and the General's report was handed over to Cao Cao, and he explained the key points of the General's report: "Yuan Shao led the army in the rear, and sent more than [-] forward troops to cross the river. Their goal must be the white horse." Pause , he lowered his voice, and asked slowly, "There are only a thousand Liu Yan's infantry in Baima City, and Yan Liang's attack is embarrassing. Do you want to save Baima, my lord?"

The battlefield is no different than other places. Every city and every general are pawns arranged for the overall victory. Whether to keep or give up is only a difference in strategy and has nothing to do with emotion.So knowing that if they don't save the white horse now, Liu Yan and the thousands of infantry will be decapitated, Xun You asked this question without hesitation, and then planned the next step according to Cao Cao's choice.

"Save! Of course!" Cao Cao affirmed, "There are far fewer lonely soldiers than Yuan Shao. If you keep closed and defend yourself, you will only become a turtle in the urn. It is better to take the initiative to attack and defeat them first!"

"Since this is the case, you have a strategy, which may solve the siege of the white horse." Knowing Cao Cao's answer, Xun You continued according to Cao Cao's choice, "The enemy army in Baima City has more than ten thousand people, and the soldiers will definitely outperform us. Army, a strong attack will definitely fail, and it is necessary to divide the enemy's strength. In Yuan Shao's army, two generals, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, led the vanguard. They crossed the river and succeeded in Baima City. The generals used must be one of these two. Yan Liang made a good contribution , Wen Chou is impatient and unprepared, no matter who it is, he can take advantage of this opportunity."

Cao Cao watched Xun You move his gaze to Yanjin west of Baima on the map, and vaguely guessed Xun You's strategy.Then, he heard Xun You continue to say: "My lord, it is better to lead the troops to Yanjin first, and make the illusion of crossing the river to attack Yuan Shao's rear, and Yuan Shao will definitely respond. After Yuan Shao advances, the lord will go to the white horse with light troops to cover up his surprise. The siege can be solved."

"It's a good move to 'strike the east and hit the west'!" Although Cao Cao vaguely guessed it before Xun You said it, he still couldn't help admiring when Xun You told the whole plan.If this strategy is used properly, not only can the danger of the white horse be solved, but it can also deal a severe blow to Yuan Jun, who is heading southward in arrogance, and lower his morale.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this strategy was feasible, so Cao Cao immediately strode out of the camp to gather the soldiers who followed him into the north.Since it is necessary to attack the east and the west, the rapid movement of the army must be a prerequisite. If you want to pick out these elite soldiers, it will take a lot of time.The white horse is at stake, and Cao Cao must race against the clock.

"Master," Xun You suddenly said at this moment.Cao Cao turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw that Xun You, like the rest of the Xun family, had always been soft in his eyes, with a hint of intelligence hidden in his eyes,

"The siege of the white horse, rush to break the general, kill two birds with one stone, the master must use one person."

Li Yangjin.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two famous generals in Hebei, Yuan Shao finally dispatched Yan Liang, an incomparably brave forward general.He, Ma Yan, the captain of the infantry, and Han Ding, Sima Han Ding of the Yueqi Biebu, led 2000 people across the river to Baimajin and attacked Baima City.

Yan Liang has ten thousand people, but the white horse has no more than one thousand people, with ten blows to one, the victory is sure.The reason why the white horse Liu Yan lingered for so long was because the whole city of the white horse was the bait thrown by Yuan Shao.

If they are rescued, they must be rescued by Cao Cao's own emergency soldiers. The emergency soldiers are exhausted and have little food, and it is very easy to break them, and the leader can be captured in a single battle. If we take advantage of the victory to pursue Zhencheng and Yanzhou is in danger, Cao Cao's eastern defense line will completely collapse.

Yuan Shao, who has sufficient food and an absolutely superior military force, is more willing to have a conspiracy with his young friend than to cover up the false tactics of war.Seeing Cao Cao's dilemma, he felt that this war, which was sure to win, was more fun.

And Guo Tu, who offered this scheming strategy for Yuan Shao, had the same thoughts in his mind as Yuan Shao, but he just wanted to see his fellow clan Guo Jia as the object of the joke.

At this time, a new military report came: Cao Jun went north as expected, but instead of rescuing the white horse, he led troops to Yanjin.

Hit the stone with an egg.

Guo Tu snorted secretly, flicked his robe sleeves, and went out to salute Yuan Shao: "My lord, when Cao Jun arrived in Yanjin, he must be encircling Wei and saving Zhao. He wanted to cross the army and attack the rear of our army in the north. Our army should immediately send a general to lead the army." Go to Yanjin to prevent Cao Jun from crossing the river, and we will definitely win a big victory."

"What Gongze said is true. Guzheng has such intentions." Yuan Shao nodded in agreement, and then shouted at General Lie, "Wen Chou!"

"Here!" Cavalry forward Wen Chou stepped out of the line, clasping his fists in response.

"I will give you ten thousand people alone. As the vanguard of the army, rush to Yanjin and attack Cao Cao first. Maybe it will be the enemy?!"

"My lord, don't worry, the ugly will fulfill its mission!"

Wen Chou went out to order troops, Yuan Shao thought about it, and finally decided to lead the army himself, giving Cao Cao a head-on blow.In order to make this little Fa Xiao who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth clear up, who owns this world.

Liu Bei, who was riding with Wen Chou in the forward department, had a slight glint in his eyes, but he still didn't speak in the end.He was forced by Cao Cao to abandon his wife and son, so he and his third younger brother led a dozen Qingqi to break out of the siege, and went north to Yuan Tan, and took this opportunity to join Yuan Shao's army.During the past few months of getting along, Liu Bei also noticed that although Yuan Shao was polite to him on the surface, in fact he only regarded him as a desperate dog.Yuan Shao still didn't listen to the advice given by a counselor like the supervising army, and Yuan Shao certainly couldn't listen to the advice of his family dog, so he obviously doubted Cao Cao's purpose of leading troops to Yanjin, but in the end he remained hidden among the generals as in the past In, silent.

What's more, Cao Cao is not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shao is even less. He should stay out of the dispute between chaotic officials and thieves.

This was Zhang Fei's words of persuasion to him before. Seeing Yuan Shao's pride in underestimating the enemy today, Liu Bei took it even more seriously.

However, perhaps at this time, Liu Bei was really out of luck.He made up his mind to stay out of the matter and look for an opportunity to lead the troops to escape, and he was immediately sucked into the whirlpool:

The vanguard general Yan Liang died in battle.It is said in the military newspaper that the good beheaded man has a beautiful beard and long beard, and he is brave enough to win the three armies.

This will be, Hanshouting Hou Guan Yu Guan Yunchang!

"The victory in this battle is all due to Yun Chang's contribution! Yun Chang's martial arts skills are truly admirable!"

As soon as the battle outside Baima City ended, Cao Cao couldn't help but praise Guan Yu for returning with his horse.Although Yan Liang was unprepared for the first battle, his strength was no less than that of the light cavalry brought by Cao Cao. If he was delayed for a moment, the two armies might be in a stalemate.And just when Yuan Jun, who was chaotic by Cao Cao's Qingqi, had just begun to reorganize the battle formation, Guan Yu, riding a horse and holding a knife, rushed towards Yan Liang, who was guarded by many soldiers. Before everyone could react, Guan Yu had already raised his arms , blood splattered everywhere, a human head flew up from the neck, and Guan Yu firmly grabbed it in his hand.

Then, Guan Yu turned his horse's head abruptly, and rushed towards other places where Yuan Jun gathered.Seeing that the general who commanded them to attack the city calmly just now, Guan Yu's bloody head was left in the blink of an eye. Who was not frightened by Guan Yu's horses? But after a stick of incense, Yuan Jun outside Baima City had surrendered.

Brave and yet strategic, such a strong general makes Cao Cao love him even more.

However, facing Cao Cao's only praise, Guan Yu only saluted with blood-stained hands, and returned to the army without saying a word.Although Cao Cao had expected such an attitude, he was still a little embarrassed for a while.

But this emotionally useless embarrassment disappeared in an instant.Because at this time, Xun You had already rode to Cao Cao's side.

"Baima Chengbao, Gongda thinks the next step, what should I do alone?"

"The city guards should return to the army, and my lord should immediately order Liu Yan to take stock of everything in the city and take care of the people, so that nothing can be left behind."

"If, as Qing said, the marching speed will be slower than before, it will be very easy for Yuan Jun to chase me, so what should I do?"

"When the speed of our army is slower, the enemy will be able to catch up if it is slower. When the enemy arrives, it will be the time for our army to win."