Yuan Shao ordered Zhongshenpei to take charge of Yecheng, and Yu Dunqiu gathered 120,000 troops to attack Cao Cao in the south.

Yan Liang led 30,000 people as the first route, Wen Chou led 30,000 people as the second route, Yuan Shang led 30,000 people as the third route, personally led Han Meng, Su You, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and other military generals, and led Fengji, Xu You, Ju Su, Chen Lin, Chen Zhen, Xu Chen and other staff led 30,000 people as the rear guard. Four armies went south along Dunqiu, leaving Wei County in a mighty manner, and rushed to Puyang, and the Central Plains were shocked.

In addition to the 120,000 troops that set out from Jizhou, the Yuan army also had two side-winged men and horses coming out to echo each other.

The left wing was led by Gao Lan and commanded the 25,000 troops from Qingzhou and Youzhou to support the two places, attacking the Dong'a and Fan County areas, with the troops heading directly to Yanzhou. The right wing was led by Zhang He, 17,000 troops from the headquarters, plus 10,000 people under Gao Shun of Bingzhou, went out of Liyang, crossed the Yellow River, attacked Yan County, and shocked Chenliu.

The six armies, totaling 170,000 people, were vast and vast, with flags covering the sky and dust covering the sun, winding southward.

The people fled to the wind, helped the elderly and the young, and went south to avoid this unprecedented tragic war. There was no one on both sides of the Yellow River for a while, and no creatures were seen.

Cao Cao from Xuchang received the probe and decided to fight. He assembled 90,000 troops and advanced northward, preparing to give Yuan's army a headache.

Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang led 20,000 troops as the vanguard troops, Yu Jin and Le Jin led 20,000 troops and then personally led Xu Chu, Li Dian, Cao Chun, Li Tong, Cao Xiu, Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao and other military generals, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and other advisers, and led 50,000 troops behind the palace, totaling 90,000 troops. After leaving Xuchang, he entered the East County to fight against Yuan's army.

While preparing to fight, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren, who was guarding Puyang, to consolidate his defense and stand firm in Puyang, waiting for support. At the same time, he ordered the surrendered generals Zang Ba and Chen Deng to send troops from Xuzhou and plunder Qingzhou to the north as a counterattack against Yuan Shao.

Just when Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin's two troops left Xuchang, and Cao Cao was about to lead the third troops to the north personally. A scout came to report. Liu Bei from Huainan secretly dispatched troops and generals. His actions were suspicious. Please beware of the guard.

Before Cao Cao had time to leave Xuchang, he received the report and immediately summoned his civil and military staff to discuss countermeasures.

"Everyone, I just regret letting Liu Da'er go. I didn't expect that he would actually capture Huainan and Lujiang counties, which became a climate. This time, while our army was confronting Yuan Shao, we secretly dispatched troops and generals with a distorted intention. What are your opinions?" Cao Cao sat in the magnificent convention hall and asked his aides for their opinions.

Jia Xu went out and said: "Duke Cao, in his opinion, Liu Bei's move may be to "fight against cranes and clams, fishermen gain profits". He wanted to take advantage of the decisive battle between our army and Yuan Shao to attack Runan, and send a general to Runan to take charge in order to prevent Liu Bei from invading the territory!"

Cao Cao nodded and praised it. In his heart, he also thought that Liu Bei's move was intended in Runan. He asked loudly: "Who dares to go to Runan to stay in charge and beware of Liu Bei?"

"Hongyuan goes!"

Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Yu Jin were no longer there, and Cao Hong counted in terms of qualifications. This 7-foot-eight-inch general came out.

"Liu Bei is related to it, two powerful generals Zhang assisted, Zi Lian goes alone, I'm not relieved!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and said in a deep thought, and the two standing under his fingers, "You two can go with Zi Lian and attack Liu Bei together!"

The two people Cao Cao pointed at were Man Chong and Zhang Xiu. They went out together and bowed to take the order: "Abide by the order of Cao Gong!"

After choosing the general, Cao Cao distributed 10,000 troops to these three people and ordered them to lead their troops to set off immediately, head south to Runan, make good defense, and beware of Liu Bei taking advantage of the situation and stabbing the knife in the back.

After Cao Hong and others left, Guo Jia stepped out and said, "Duke Cao, it is better to take advantage of other good strategies to restrain Liu Bei, so that he could not take care of each other from the beginning and end, so that he would not dare to covet Runan again, so that he could maintain peace in the south!"

"What are the good strategies for filial piety?" Cao Cao nodded slightly to Guo Jia and asked.

"Sun Ce in Jiangdong has occupied Kuaiji and Danyang counties, and is plundering Yuzhang, Luling and other places. It is unstoppable all the way. It is expected that the southwest of Yangzhou will be pacified in half a month. In this way, there is only Wu County left in Jiangdong. I expect that the mobs such as Yan Baihu will be unable to resist. If nothing unexpected happens, Sun Ce will be able to pacify Jiangdong in less than a month. Cao Gong should grant Liu Bei the title of Yangzhou as the governor of Yangzhou in the name of the emperor, and Sun Ce will be the governor of Yangzhou, so that the two tigers will fight each other, so that the siege of Runan can be lifted... Cough cough, cough cough!"

Guo Jia's health was getting worse and worse. After a long discussion, his throat felt a little uncomfortable and he covered his mouth and coughed several times.

Jia Xu stroked his hands and praised: "It's a great idea to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf, and to be filial to the filial piety! Sun Ce is young and energetic, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. After Liu Bei occupied Huainan and Lujiang two counties, Sun Ce's development was curbed, as if he was strangled to the neck. Sun Ce naturally would not be willing to sit in Jiangdong. If Sun Ce wanted to expand externally, Sun Ce had no choice but to take Lujiang and Huainan counties. If Cao Gong appointed Liu Bei as the governor of the prefecture and Sun Ce was the governor of the prefecture, the competitive Sun Ce would naturally not be willing to stay under Liu Bei and would definitely covet Lujiang and Huainan. If the two competed, Runan would be able to rest assured!"

Cao Cao followed Guo Jia and Jia Xu's plan and ordered people to draft an edict, which in the name of the emperor, conferred Liu Bei as the governor of Yangzhou and Sun Ce as the governor of Yangzhou, hoping that the two would break out of conflicts and relieve the pressure from Runan.

After solving the problem in Runan, Cao Cao left his eldest son Cao Pi, Xun Yu, Ren Jun and others to take charge of Xuchang, and personally led 40,000 troops to set off to Puyang, and face Yuan's army.

Before leaving the city, Guo Jia once again suggested to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong, Yuan's army is powerful, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are both powerful generals. Should we bring Lu Bu with us? Let him serve our army on the battlefield?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Lu Bu is a tiger and wolf. If he makes great contributions, he will be arrogant and arrogant. Please put him in a cage for the time being. It will not be too late to let him out when necessary!"

The horns roared for a long time, and forty thousand Cao troops left Xuchang, winding like a long dragon, heading north along the post road and marched towards Puyang, the capital of the East County.

Yuan Shao's vanguard general Yan Liang led his troops out of Liyang and was fiercely resisted by Cao Ren in the Baimajin area. Yan Liang's army attacked fiercely. The two sides fought for several days and nights, with countless casualties. Just as the Cao army's defense line was about to collapse, reinforcements led by Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang rushed to Baimajin to reinforce, helping Cao Ren reverse his disadvantages, and the two sides entered a stalemate.

It was July, and the weather entered the rainy season. After several consecutive days of heavy rain, the Yuan and Cao armies set up camps twenty miles apart under the Baima slope, facing each other.

The capital of Hanoi County, Huai County, and the General's Mansion in Pingxi.

Yuan Mai stood at the entrance of the study, staring up at the sky, and saw heavy rain pouring down, which had been falling for three days and three nights. The Yellow River was flooded, and although the dam had not broken, many places had already overflowed the riverbed and poured into the crops. In another month, the autumn harvest would be reached, and it was inevitable that the yield would be reduced.

"Damn it, I was short of food, but now I'm in flooding. It's really a great thing to be in the snow!" Looking at the heavy rain in the sky, Yuan Mai punched the door panel hard, cursing the thief.

"Young Master... Is it a waste of fire when drinking a bowl of honey water?"

Zhen Mi brought a bowl of freshly soaked honey water and paper umbrellas, and braved the heavy rain, from the backyard to Yuan Mai's study.

Yuan Mai was anxious to get angry, his mouth was dry, and he was not polite at the moment. He took it and poured it into his abdomen in one breath. He felt it was sweet and refreshing, fragrant and pleasant, and it was very refreshing after drinking it.

He smiled and thanked him: "Ami, you are so rainy, you are still thinking about me, I am so grateful!"

It has been more than half a month since Zhen Mi was snatched back from Yecheng, but due to the situation, Yuan Mai could not give Zhen Mi an open wedding, so he could only let Zhen Mi be a black householder for the time being. Fortunately, Zhen Mi was well-educated and had always served Yuan Mai gently and carefully, and had no complaints about this.

When the two of them had a deep love, they naturally had to hug and chew and touch them; but Zhen Mi was very sensible and could stick to the bottom line every time, not let Yuan Mai cross the line, and could touch and kiss him, but he would never let him complete the last step.

Yuan Mai couldn't give Zhen Mi a wedding, and felt guilty. In addition, Helan was with him at night, so he wanted to try it out and could go to Cai Yan. He was not worried about not having a woman to accompany him, so he did not use his strength to Zhen Mi. The two have always maintained an unmarried couple relationship.

The two were whispering to each other in the study. Tian Chou came to the general's mansion with an umbrella and a straw raincoat in the rain. After seeing Yuan Mai, he sighed: "Young Master, more than 1,000 acres of land in Wen County have been flooded by the overflowing water from the Yellow River. It is estimated that Wen County will reduce its production by two-thirds, and this year the entire Hanoi will reduce its production by more than half!"

Although Yuan Mai was also bored, Anjian Tianchou still pretended to be calm: "Zi Tai should not blame himself. Disasters from heaven cannot be resisted by human power, so they can only leave it to fate!"

After a meal, he asked again, "By the way, how much food is left in the granary?"

Tian Chou took the towel handed by Zhen Mi, thanked him, and thought for a moment: "There was 20,000 stones of grain in Hanoi. When General Zhao Zilong led his troops south, he escorted 50,000 stones of grain from Jinyang. After these days of consumption, there were only 30,000 stones of grain left in the whole of Hanoi, and it could barely be supplied for more than 40 days. If you don't think of a way to solve it, the situation may worsen!"

Yuan Mai frowned and nodded, "I understand. I will find a way to solve the problem of food and grass. You will continue to be responsible for disaster relief, mobilize more people, strengthen defense along the Yellow River, and avoid the evil of breaking the dam. If the Yellow River opens, the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Hanoi will be threatened!"

"No!" Tian Chou bowed and took the order, "The defense of the Yellow River will be left to Chou. As long as I am alive, I will never let the Yellow River break the dam happen!"

After the Tianchou left, the rain weakened and turned into sporadic light rain.

Yuan Mai leaned against the door in a daze, thinking hard about how to solve the problem of food and grass. At this moment, he started to make food in the woodshed in the backyard. Smokes of cooking were floating in the drizzle, like a dream and a illusion.

"Haha... With that, maybe this method can be tried!"

Yuan Mai had an idea and suddenly thought of a way to get food and grass. Although he didn't know if it was OK, he should at least try it! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!