"Well, it's reasonable to say filial piety."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and suddenly changed the topic to Xun You: "Apart from Huainan and Jiangxia, I haven't heard of Liu Bei for a long time. What news does Wen Ruo have? Zhang He was ordered to go to Wancheng to find out the truth and the truth, but no news was sent back.

?”

"Ah this."

Xun You hesitated and raised his hand to wipe his sweat. He received a letter from Xun Yu before Shi Huan returned to the camp, and was hesitating whether to report to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw Xun You's expression, he quickly frowned and confirmed to him.

"Kongda?"

"Report to Gong Ming, Xun Lingjun did have a letter delivered, but I haven't had time to read it yet."

Xun You wiped his sweat awkwardly again, and then took out the letter and submitted it to Cao Cao's case.

Cao Cao had a bad premonition, so he opened the letter in front of everyone to check, and his face quickly became ugly.

Xiahou Yuan guessed curiously: "Lord, what's wrong with him?"

"Xu is fine"

Cao Cao had a serious expression, paused slightly and said, "I asked Zhang He to test the truth of Wancheng. Who knew that he was not only defeated by Zhao Yun, but also Bo Wang and Du Yang were captured by Shiren, Yuan Jin and others."

"Shi Ren, Yuan Zhen?"

Xiahou Yuan was stunned and said incrediblely: "Can these native chickens and tile dogs also capture the city?"

Cao Cao frowned and replied, "Don't believe it, I can't believe it, but this matter has been verified by Yuan Rang. Xun Lingjun believes that there are experts in Wancheng."

Xiahou Yuan was speechless: "Master? How tall can he be? Except for Zhao Yun who can see, the other guards in Wancheng can also be considered as human beings?"

"Can it be Zhuge Liang?" Cao Hong gave his own opinion: "Isn't he the newly appointed military advisor of Liu Bei? Maybe he went to Wancheng secretly."

Xiahou Yuan shook his head straight: "The military advisor doesn't follow Liu Bei? Can he still let him take over Wancheng directly? It's not reasonable no matter how you look at it."

Xun You interrupted Xiahou Yuan and reminded: "Miaocai forgot that Liu Ziyang went to Wudang? Someone around Liu Bei gave advice. If Liu Bei was appointed as the military advisor of Zhuge Liang, he would be as powerful as Emperor Gao’s general Han Xin, and he might directly take over the defense of Wancheng."

Xiahou Yuan frowned and responded: "Mr. Da's words are so serious. Zhuge Liang is just weak. If he really has the ability of Han Xin, why don't Liu Biao use it himself? But he gave it to Liu Bei? In short, I don't believe it very much."

"I'm just analyzing"

Xun You shook his head slightly. He only proposed one possibility and did not recognize Zhuge Liang in his heart. After all, what can he do in his early twenties?

"The discussions were very intense."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and glanced around with relief, and said meaningfully: "This year is really interesting. Zhang Wenyuan killed Mei Cheng and defeated Taishi Ci, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Huang Zu. Liu Bei sent someone to seize two cities, but Zhang He

We don’t even know who our opponent is, but we seem to be incompetent.”

Xiahou Yuan followed up with a advice: "Lord, it's just that the army is free now, so why not move to Jingzhou?"

"Attack Jingzhou? The time is not right." Cao Cao shook his head and replied, "According to the information sent by Hebei, Yuan Shao has been holding his troops for the past two years. He was waiting for me to attack Jingzhou so that he could cross the river and take advantage of the situation to rob. This guy pretended to be dying from the outside.

But I don't believe it."

"Then we" Xiahou Yuan wanted to speak but stopped.

Cao Cao smiled slightly: "Yuan Shao is waiting for me to attack Jingzhou. As his old friend, I should satisfy his wish, after all, people are about to die."

"Ah? You know, lord."

Cao Hong swallowed his saliva. He remembered Cao Cao's personality and knew that the other party would not do this for no reason, so he stopped halfway through the conversation.

"Zixiao, you lead your troops first, and go to Ye County to bring Zhang He and regain the lost city. Zhuge Villager was said to be mysterious and help me test his skills."

As expected, Cao Cao had his own ideas.

When Cao Ren heard the order, he immediately stood up and folded his fists, and asked, "If Zhuge Liang's name is not true, he will only take back Bowang and block Yang?"

"Isn't the name worthy?" Cao Cao smiled sinisterly: "Then it's a big shot that Liu Bei asked to take down Wancheng directly for me, so that the big-eared thief had nothing."

"Vei." Cao Ren left with his fists.

Cao Cao then stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone will prepare, and then lead a battalion of troops to Nanyang with me."

"only"

"No, lord, a battalion?"

"Ah? Each general only brings one battalion?"

There were whispers in the military tent. At that time, there were only seven or eight generals in the tent. If each general only brought one battalion of troops, the total total was less than 10,000 people.

With just a few soldiers, how could he defeat Liu Bei without anything?

Cao Cao stroked his beard and explained with a smile: "The main forces of each department are still stationed in Guandu, and Zi Lian is still there, Gongda stays here, and the rest of them want to strengthen their feet and go to Nanyang."

"But why."

As soon as Xiahou Yuan said something questioned, he heard Guo Jia’s hearty laughter: “Mr. Ming deliberately tried to fight to Nanyang, is it for Yuan Shao to see?”

"It will be clear if you are filial."

Cao Cao pointed at Guo Jia and smiled, saying, "Our ships have suffered a lot in Huainan. Now Yuan Benchu ​​is setting up defenses on the north bank, and crossing the river front will inevitably have a lot of losses. He wants to see me attack Jingzhou so much, so he might as well make plans to satisfy his old friends.

As long as you lure the soldiers from Hebei across the river, the soldiers from Guandu will have a place to use their strength."

"Ming Gong used military force like this, why worry about Yuan Shao's failure?"

Guo Jia nodded and responded: "You can let all departments go lightly, and you can return to Guandu faster. When Ming Gong goes to Nanyang, not only should he make a big fuss, but Gong Da and his lord who stayed in Guandu also need to cooperate accordingly."

Xun You replied with a stroke of his beard: "I will cooperate with General Zi Lian's false bluffing, so that Hebei's detailed work mistakenly thinks we are guilty."

"What the two of you said is very consistent with my heart."

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that if Yuan Shao had such a harmonious atmosphere of aide, how could he be severely defeated by himself in Guandu?

The Guandu camp immediately moved. Cao Cao brought thousands of people to flicker. From a distance, he looked like a army of tens of thousands of people. They passed by Xu Du and went straight to Kunyang, southwest of Yingchuan.

The news came back to Xudu, which surprised the city officials.

At that time, many people advised Xun Yu, all thinking that this matter was inappropriate to attack Jingzhou.

Xun Yu said that Cao Cao had made up his mind and wanted to take advantage of the enemy on both sides of Jingzhou, defeat Liu Biao and then turn around to attack Hebei.

Hiding Xu Du's detailed works, officials close to Yuan Shao, and the sentry sent by Yuan Shao to Guandu, sent "good news" to Yecheng one after another.

Cao Cao wanted to go to Kunyang to exchange for Xiahou Dun, but his infantry and cavalry were not as fast as Cao Ren's pure cavalry, so the two sides were pulled apart for a few days to march.

In mid-August, Cao Cao had just arrived in Kunyang and received a report from Cao Ren.

Liu Bei's people abandoned the guards and blocked Yang, and now the two counties have been lost and regained.

Cao Cao was overjoyed after hearing the report, pointed at Xiahou Yuan and said to everyone: "It seems that Miaocai is right. Except for Zhao Yun who can see, the rest of Wancheng are all native chickens and tile dogs."

Guo Jia sighed: "It's a pity that Ming Gong wants to visit Hebei, otherwise we can fight to Xiangyang while Liu Bei's main force is not in Wancheng."

"It's okay, it's about time and time"

Cao Cao stroked his beard confidently.

While everyone was complimenting, Cao Ren's messenger arrived again outside the door.

"Could General Zixiao have broken Wancheng?"

"It's not surprising that Zixiao once defeated Liu Bei independently, and Zhao Yun was no problem."

Guo Jia's bold guesses shocked everyone, and Cao Cao actually spoke up to confirm his thoughts.
Chapter completed!