In early December of the fifth year of Jian'an, Xuchang was the meeting hall of the Prime Minister's Office.

Cao Cao walked from the back hall into the meeting hall with steady and powerful steps and came to sit down in the main seat of the hall. The military generals and civil officials who had already been waiting in the hall quickly stood up and bowed to Cao Cao.

"See Prime Minister!"

"You guys are exempted from gifts, sit down!" Cao Cao waved his right hand gently and said loudly. Not long ago, defeating Yuan Shao's army in Guandu, which made Cao Cao look energetic.

After everyone sat down, Cao Cao first asked: "Wenhe, what are the trends in Hebei in recent days?"

The fifth civil servant on the left was in his 50s. He had an ordinary appearance, but a pair of confucian scholars with a glimmer flashed from time to time in his thin eyes stood up and bowed to Cao Cao. He replied in a calm but clear tone: "Report to the Prime Minister, Yuan Shao has recovered a few days ago and has recovered from the director. Now Yuan Shao is ordering his son Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, and his nephew Gao Gan to recruit new recruits from Ji, You and the three states, and has obtained 200,000 people." This person is Zheng Jinwu, who participated in the Sikong Military Affairs Office Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe, and he is responsible for the intelligence collection work in Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Benchu ​​has not given up yet, hahaha..." After a pause, Cao Cao said with great enthusiasm: "Yuan Benchu ​​has talent but cannot be used, but I can get the help of all the masters. Even if Yuan Shao has a million troops, what are I afraid of?"

When the civil and military officials in the hall heard Cao Cao's words so loudly, they were excited. They stood up under Xiahou Dun's leadership and shouted in unison: "The Prime Minister is talented and powerful! It is just around the corner to wipe out Hebei!"

Cao Cao laughed and nodded, signaled everyone to sit down, and then continued to ask Jia Xu: "Except Hebei, what's the movement of Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Ma Teng in Xiliang, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou?"

"Ma Teng and Liu Biao are not different. After Sun Quan of Jiangdong succeeded to Sun Ce, he is now recruiting talents and resting. It seems that he has a great ambition." Cao Cao nodded slightly, and Jia Xu continued: "Compared to these three people, the movements of another person are worthy of the attention of the Chief!"

"who?"

"Liu Bei! Wen He has made many inquiries and finally grasped Liu Bei's movements recently! A month ago, Liu Bei had led his army to conquer Liu Pi, the Yellow Turban bandit in Runan, and now he has occupied Runan, and has obtained tens of thousands of troops. Over the past month, he has been preparing for war every day, as if he has made some plans."

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Cao Cao's expression changed slightly, his brows frowned, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Liu Bei is the dragon among the people, and his harm is even better than Yuan Shao. Today he gets Runan. If he takes time, he will definitely be a big trouble. I want to conquer Runan in person, but I don't know what the officials think?"

Cao Ren, who was the second general on the right, suddenly stood up, bowed his fists, and said loudly: "Although Yuan Shao from Hebei was defeated by our army, he still looked at Xudu in a covetous manner. The prime minister could not move lightly. As for the conquest of Liu Bei, please ask the Prime Minister to hand over to Cao Ren! If you get ten thousand elite soldiers, I will defeat Runan and return."

Cao Ren was a general of Cao Cao's relatives. He had both courage and strategy and outstanding military achievements. Cao Cao trusted him very much. He was second only to Xiahou Dun in the Cao army and served as General Zhennan.

When Cao Cao saw Cao Ren asking for a fight, he did not agree easily. He raised his eyes to Guo Jia, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes. Guo Jia saw Cao Cao looking at him, and knew that he was going to ask for his own opinions. Guo Jia didn't say anything, but just shook his head gently.

Cao Cao understood and was about to reject Cao Ren. However, he did not expect that Cao Ren had already come to Cao Cao's case, knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and said with a high voice: "I beg the Prime Minister to allow Cao Ren to fight. Ren is willing to make a military order. If Liu Bei is not defeated and Runan cannot be pacified, I will come to see you!"

Seeing that Cao Ren was so earnest about asking for battle, Cao Cao shrank back when he spoke. After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, he was already calculating in his heart. He suddenly looked up and looked directly at Cao Ren and said loudly, "Cao Ren obeys the order!"

"The last one will be here!"

"I order you to lead 30,000 elite troops to Runan to fight against Liu Bei!"

"The last general will receive the order!"

After a pause, Cao Cao's eyes were patrolling the military generals again, and then his eyes flashed with a flash of light and he shouted: "

"Yu Jin, Xu Huang! Order you and the two of you to be Deputy General Cao Ren to fight against Liu Bei together!"

Two more powerful generals stood up and stepped out of the line, knelt behind Cao Ren, and replied with a loud voice: "Yu Jin (Xu Huang) receives the order!"

"You wait for the three of you to order the army, horses, food and grass, and go to war in two days. At that time, I will lead all the civil and military officials to give you a farewell."

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

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Runan, outside the city schoolyard.

"Kill!" Neat shouts of killing sounded from time to time. The soldiers in the school ground were in unison under the leadership of the captains of each battalion to conduct offensive and defensive training. Although it was already winter, the soldiers were sweating profusely in their training, and their heavy cotton coats were thrown aside, wearing only single clothes.

My second brother and I were inspecting the soldiers' training together. Seeing the soldiers' hard training, my second brother showed a faint smile on his face and turned to me and said, "Third brother, if this situation continues, in two or three months, these 10th battalions of new troops will have the power to fight against the Cao army."

I nodded and responded with a smile: "Yes!"

But there is something I didn't say. Will Cao Cao really give us two or three months?

While inspecting, a personal soldier from my eldest brother's mansion rushed towards me and my second brother, came to us, and knelt down and said, "General Guan, General Zhang, urgent military information. Please ask the two generals to come to the mansion to discuss matters."

If nothing unexpected happens, Cao Cao's army is coming. I can't help but sigh in my heart, what should come will come eventually!

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In the meeting hall of the Runan County Magistrate's Office, seeing that the generals and Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others in the army had arrived, the eldest brother looked calm and said calmly: "Everyone, I have just made a petty horse return. The thief Cao has sent a large army to Runan to kill the generals. The troops have passed Cai County, less than 100 miles away from Runan! I wonder what strategies do you have to retreat to the enemy?"

When the first day of Chu, everyone in the hall was quite panicked when they heard the news that Cao Cao's army was coming. After all, the Cao army defeated more than 500,000 Yuan Shao's army not long ago, which shows how powerful its combat power is. With the newly trained army of our army, and most of the soldiers have never experienced how to defeat these tiger and wolf troops. However, when they saw the eldest brother's calm expression, everyone's panic gradually calmed down and calmed down to think about strategies to retreat to the enemy.

When I heard my elder brother say "Cao Cao has sent a large army", I was immediately confused. Could it be that Cao Cao was leading the army in person? With this question, I asked my elder brother: "Brother, is it not that Cao Pirate personally led the army in person this time?"

The eldest brother nodded and said, "That's right. According to the report of the whistleblower, the leaders of Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Xu Huang came this time. The troops were unknown, but they would not be less than 20,000."

While Cao Cao did not lead the army in person, I felt relieved, and I was also a little regretful. It is a pity that I could not confront a strong opponent like Cao Cao.

However, Cao Ren! Yu Jin! Xu Huang! These three are not ordinary people, and they should even be said to be the most famous generals in Cao Cao's army. Yu Jin and Xu Huang are among the "five good generals" of Cao Wei, and Cao Ren was once called "unstoppable" by his elder brother in the original historical trajectory. With them leading the army, plus tens of thousands of elite Cao's army, it is difficult to deal with. I lowered my head and silently thought about countermeasures.

When my elder brother saw me falling into deep thought, he did not disturb me, but just quietly inspected the people in the hall with his eyes.

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence in the hall, and Liu Pi said excitedly: "Since Cao's army comes, our army will go out to fight to face the enemy too! Lord, I am willing to lead the army to repel Cao's army, I hope the lord will be grateful!"

"Lord, the enemy situation is not yet fully understood. Having arbitrary battles are not a good idea! We still need to make more conspiracy!" Zhao Yun, who was in the next head, spoke out and dissuaded.

The eldest brother nodded, expressed his agreement with Zhao Yun's words, turned to Liu Pi and said, "Zi Cai (Liu Pi's name), don't worry! There is a chance for you to fight."

I lowered my head and closed my eyes, teased my brain, and couldn't help thinking about countermeasures. The Cao army's troops in hundreds of battles may also be better than our army. Our army fights with weak against strong, and fights hard only to destroy itself. We defeat the strong with weak against strong... What should we do?

Looking back at the example of a weak defeating the strong, there are roughly the following situations: First, the enemy generals are incompetent and implicated the three armies, such as the famous Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period. The incompetent Zhao Kuo talked about war on paper and ruined the army of 400,000. However, Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Xu Huang, the generals of Cao's army, were both wise and brave, not Zhao Kuo; second, although the enemy is numerous and mixed, the morale of the army is unstable, it is not worth worrying about the number of such an army, such as the Battle of Feishui in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that defeated the Former Qin Dynasty. However, Cao's army's military orders were unified and the soldiers had experienced many battles, so it was also worth it.

The victorious army...; thirdly, cut off the enemy's food and grass. If there is no food, the enemy will be defeated in chaos, such as the Guandu Battle that just ended. However, robbing the enemy's food and grass is a common trick by Cao's army, so how could he not be prepared for it? Fourthly, use the power of water and fire to destroy the enemy, such as the Battle of Red Cliff, which made the second brother flood the seven armies of Fancheng, which shocked China. But now it is the dead of winter, and it is the dry season, and the weather is cold and the water attack is not working at all. Although fire attack is feasible, will famous generals like Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Xu Huang be so easy to attack?

Famous general! Fire attack! Famous general! Fire attack!…………

Suddenly, a light of inspiration appeared in my mind.

With it!!! Since simple fire attacks are easy to see through, I will give them a series of fire attack strategies!
Chapter completed!