Cao Cao couldn't wait to unfold the letter, wanting to see what strategy Guo Jia had made for him.

The letter reads: "My lord, the situation in Hanoi is now complicated, and it is not easy to conquer the Ye Wang, but it is actually easy to defeat the Ye Wang Edong, but it is difficult to defend it. If the lord wants to capture it, it is not impossible, but it cannot be defended anyway. The subordinate advises the lord to give these territories to Yuan Shao. In this way, Yuan Shao and Pei Qing will gradually cause conflicts due to the Hanoi issue. At that time, as long as we instigate them, the conflict between them will become deeper and deeper. At that time, the lord and Yuan Shao will unite to deal with Pei Qing together, so the world can be determined."

After reading the letter, Cao Cao thought carefully and was surprised. He thought to himself: "What a trick to kill someone by using a knife. I will see how Pei Qing cracks down on this move? I will unite with Yuan Benchu. Both sides have more troops than Pei Qing. I can still secretly join forces with Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others to encircle and suppress Pei Qing. Pei Qing has always been arrogant and offended countless heroes in the world. I want to see if he has any support under the siege of the heroes? But before this, I must find a way to eradicate Lu Bu. As long as his power is present, my Yanzhou will not be able to guarantee safety. If I repeat the incident in Yanzhou again, I will be crazy."

However, even if we attack Lu Bu, we must successfully create a conflict between Pei Qing and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao decided to retreat immediately. Then, in the name of attacking the Black Mountain bandits, he ordered his general Shi Huan to lead 5,000 people to attack Shanyang Kingdom, and Le Jin led 5,000 people to attack Huai County, the original county seat of Hanoi County. He personally led his army to station in prefectures and counties not far from Ye Wang to prevent Xu Huang's army from advancing eastward.

This move is indeed very vicious, because Xu Huang has just occupied Yewang County and must find a way to calm the people and govern the government, reward meritoriously, stabilize order, and cannot get rid of others to recover the other counties. If Cao Cao's army is not there, it would be fine, because with the deterrence of his army, all counties will sooner or later force them to surrender. However, Cao Cao's attempt to get involved in such a strife will completely ruin his hope.

So after hearing the news, Xu Huang could only sigh helplessly, and could only let Cao Cao seize other counties and countries, and then wait until his strength accumulates before finding ways to compete slowly. After all, Cao Cao's base camp is in Luoyang, and there is a Yellow River in the middle, so supplies are naturally not that convenient. Cao Cao cannot be here forever. Once his main force leaves, he will have an absolute advantage. It is not difficult to recover other counties and countries.

However, Jia Xu was full of worry and said to Xu Huang: "General, don't underestimate this Cao Cao. It may be more meaningful for him to do this."

"Oh? I don't know what sir is referring to?" Xu Huang also felt nervous when he saw Jia Xu speak so seriously, because in his impression, Jia Xu always looked calm and unhurried. Now that he looks like this, it proves that there must be trouble, which naturally makes him nervous.

Jia Xu said slowly, "I guess this Cao Cao might have to use a knife to kill people and give the occupied Hanoi to Yuan Shao. In this way, we can only have conflicts with Yuan Shao because of the battle for Hanoi. In this case, Cao Cao joined forces with Yuan Shao to deal with our army, which is a big trouble for our army."

"What? Cao Cao was willing to give Yuan Shao the territory he had worked hard to occupy?" Xu Huang was surprised, but then he thought that Cao Cao might really be willing to give it, because there is gain. Cao Cao deeply understood this truth. Anyway, even if the counties and countries in the eastern region could not defend it, so it would be better to give it to Yuan Shao, so that he could have more friends and Pei Qing had more opponents.

"Then, what should we do?" Xu Huang suddenly lost his mind when he heard this. He naturally knew that Yuan Shao was very strong now. He joined forces with Liu Yu from Youzhou to defeat his old rival Gongsun Zan and fled back to Yijing. He defeated the Heishan Army many times and occupied the entire Qingzhou. Now Yuan Shao is in the two states of Qingji, with more than 100,000 soldiers under his command. Cao Cao was already very powerful. If he joined Yuan Shao again, it would be difficult for the computer room to defend Henoi, and even Hedong might be lost. Hedong is a barrier in Guanzhong and is also the place for the Han and the Huns. Once this place is captured, their losses will be too great. This ending is really terrible.

Jia Xu thought silently and finally sighed: "This matter can only be made by the lord. The general will report Cao Cao's actions. Everything depends on how the lord decides."

"That's all that." Xu Huang sighed. He was about to report the detailed news of the battle for Hanoi to Pei Qing. Now that he heard Jia Xu say this, he emphasized Cao Cao's movements after the report and asked Pei Qing about his ideas.

Xu Huang's report soon arrived at Pei Qing's desk. After reading the news, Pei Qing laughed proudly: "This Xu Gongming did not disappoint me. He captured Hanoi in such a short time. Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat back to Luoyang in a mess, right? Should we write him a thank you letter?"

But Hu Zhao shook his head and said, "Things may not be as simple as the lord said. Cao Cao has always been profitable and cannot get up early. In Xuzhou, although he did not conquer Xia Pi, he still extorted a lot of compensation from Tao Qian. This time he did not conquer the Yewang. Will he plot against those counties and countries east of the Yewang?"

Pei Qing smiled faintly when he heard this and said disapprovingly: "Even if he occupied those places, he wouldn't be able to defend it, right? What's the use of Cao Cao occupying this place? He is not stupid, he won't do such thankless things, right?"

But Hu Zhao shook his head and said, "Things may not be as simple as the lord imagined."

"Oh? Mr. Kongming, what do you think Cao Cao will do? Could it be that he would hand over the land he had occupied through hardship to others... Well? No!" Pei Qing's expression changed drastically when he thought of this, and then said with a wry smile: "It seems that Mr. Kongming is right, and I really got my word just now."

While Pei Qing was speaking, he continued to look at the letter. He had just sworn that Cao Cao could not continue to possess Hanoi's apprentice, but then he saw the news of Cao Cao's continued troops on Xu Huang's report. His face suddenly changed and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that Cao Cao really wants to hand over the counties in the east of Hanoi to others. Isn't he afraid of playing with fire and burning himself?"

Hu Zhao said lightly: "In Cao Cao's hands, the lord is his number one enemy. He is not afraid of anyone except the lord, so in order to deal with the lord, he can give up everything."
Chapter completed!