Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 348 Yuan Zhao ([-])

Three months later
The Spring of the Seventh Year of Xingping (200 Years)
A siege network against Cao Cao is being formed, and all the forces around Cao Cao are waiting for Cao Cao to go to the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, and take the opportunity to encroach on the territory bordering Cao Cao and himself.

Yuan Shao's troops scattered in various places are gathering towards Yecheng, preparing to go south to cross the Yellow River for a decisive battle.

Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Guanzhong were ready to take the opportunity to rebel and march eastward to capture Luoyang.

Liu Biao was busy suppressing Zhang Xian's rebel army, but at the same time, he also sent [-] cavalry to harass Cao Cao's rear area. From time to time, he found opportunities to burn some granaries in Cao Cao's farming area, adding logistical pressure to Cao Cao.

Sun Ce sent his younger brother Sun Quan to attack Hefei, while he himself was suppressing a group of Shanyue rebels led by Yan Baihu.

Only Zhang Xiu, under Jia Xu's suggestion, turned his fight with Cao Cao into a jade silk. Zhang Xiu forgave Cao Cao for insulting his aunt, and Cao Cao also forgave Zhang Xiu for killing his son Cao Ang and his beloved general Dian Wei.

Zhang Xiu was able to forgive because he had no moral burden and his character was relatively low. Cao Cao was able to forgive because of the situation. He already had enough enemies. If he did not forgive Zhang Xiu, he would have to have another enemy in Nanyang. The situation was even worse for him.

However, Jia Xu obviously wouldn't put all his eggs in one basket. He told Zhang Xiu to make two-handed preparations and take refuge with Cao Cao temporarily to prevent Cao Cao from continuing to smash Nanyang, and then sit and watch the decisive battle between Cao and Yuan.

If Cao Cao wins, help Cao Cao destroy Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao wins, help Yuan Shao destroy Cao Cao.

They will help whoever wins!

Yuan Shao was full of confidence, and he recruited more than 1 people from the captives of the Black Mountain Army and Gongsun Zan's soldiers. In addition to his own 11 troops, he now has [-] troops.

On the other hand, Cao Cao’s total force is only 5000, of which 2000 are guarding Xuchang, the base camp, 3000 are guarding against Sun Quan, and [-] are guarding against Ma Teng. Zhang Xiu, who has just joined him, is guarding against Liu Biao in Nanyang. In fact, only [-].

In any case, 11 beats [-], the advantage lies with me!
If all of this can be lost, then unless the sun comes out from the west.

Almost no one thinks that Cao Cao can win, because the strength gap between the two sides is too great.

Even though Yuan Shao is as big as Cao Cao, they are all four states.

But Yuan Shao's military strength is several times that of Cao Cao's, and just a rich Jizhou can match Cao Cao's four dilapidated states.

Even Cao Cao himself felt that he had a high probability of losing. He even started to write a suicide note in advance, and planned to beg Yuan Shao to kill Cao Cao alone and let Cao Cao's family be spared if he lost the battle.

In Cao Cao's camp, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Sima Yi, Liu Ye and other important counselors began to secretly write letters to the counselors in Yuan Shao's camp, hoping that after defeating Cao Cao, they could say something nice to Yuan Shao in front of Yuan Shao, and that Yuan Shao could take them in These bereaved dogs.

But when they wrote to Yuan Shao's counselors to make two-handed preparations, they still devoted themselves to helping Cao Cao manage the territory and making suggestions wholeheartedly.

Some people may not understand this kind of behavior. In fact, it is normal for these gentry to do so.

For example, Chen Deng in Xuzhou, while doing his best to assist Tao Qian, he hooked up with Liu Bei at the same time. This is not a conflict.

As your adviser, I will try my best to help you, but as a gentry, I also have to think about my own family, and I cannot let my family be buried with you. (The latter Zhang Zhao also persuaded Sun Quan to surrender out of the same mentality. It was not that he was weak, but that almost all the gentry did the same. Zhang Zhao was not an exception, but a common phenomenon. Although he persuaded Sun Quan to surrender, but He is sincerely loyal to Sun Quan and assists Sun Quan wholeheartedly, which does not conflict at all.)
It was the same with Wang Bian at the beginning. She was secretly preparing to surrender to Liu Xiu, but this did not prevent her from doing her best to help Zhang Bu cut off the food road for Liu Xiu's Han army.

Helping you to plan and fight is me, a subject, who is responsible to you, the monarch. I secretly contacted the hostile forces to prepare to surrender, and it is my family members who are responsible to my own family. There is no conflict in this.

Among Cao Cao's many advisers, only Xun Yu and Guo Jia firmly encouraged Cao Cao and told Cao Cao that you would definitely win.

It is very rare for Guo Jia to say this, because almost everyone is not optimistic about Cao Cao, but Guo Jia actually firmly said that Cao Cao will definitely win.

One of the important reasons Cao Cao was able to reuse Guo Jia was because Guo Jia was very loyal.

Among the many counselors who have followed Cao Cao, there are countless well-known counselors. Guo Jia's strategy can only be ranked in the middle, not as good as Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, these first-class counselors, and even less than Xun Yu and Sima Yi. Super class strategist.

But Cao Cao paid much more attention to him than Sima Yi and others, because Guo Jia was a counselor who was 100% loyal to Cao Cao, unlike Sima Yi, who would rebel at any time.

Guo Jia put forward the theory of ten victories and ten defeats. Although it seems that a lot of content is just arguing, the real purpose of doing so is to boost the morale of the soldiers, so that the soldiers will not be afraid of Yuan Jun before the fight.

Boosting morale, dispelling the fear of a decisive battle in the soldiers' hearts, and giving them the confidence to fight a big fight early are the main functions of the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, and the specific content in it is not important.

Tell the soldiers we can win because we can win!
Since ancient times, various problems have arisen on both sides of the decisive battle.

The main problem of the superior side is arrogance and arrogance, and the main problem of the disadvantaged side is the loss of troops.

The advantaged side is prone to waves to death, and the disadvantaged side is prone to six-point shots.

Guo Jia tantamount to helping Cao Cao solve the problem of six-point shooting, so that Cao Cao's soldiers had the confidence to keep fighting.

This kind of inspiring chicken soup for the soul is still very useful once in a while, but too many times will not be effective.

When both Yuan and Cao were actively preparing for a decisive battle, Liu Bei came to Yecheng.

It is worth noting that Liu Bei came with thousands of soldiers and horses, not alone. For Yuan Shao, it was of united front value.

Knowing that Liu Bei had brought thousands of soldiers and horses to join him, Yuan Shao went out of the city two hundred miles to meet him in person.

"I heard that Xuande is benevolent and righteous, and I will see you today. Disrespect and disrespect!" Yuan Shao smirked, if it wasn't for Liu Bei's thousands of soldiers, he would not bother to talk to such a small person like Liu Bei.

"The defeated general, but let the general greet him two hundred miles away, ashamed and ashamed!" Liu Bei has been around for so long, and he is also a good man. Naturally, he knows that Yuan Shao's doing this is just to win him over to attack Cao Cao, not by his Those so-called influences of benevolence and righteousness.

Liu Bei only took Zhang Fei and Jian Yong with him on this trip. As for his wife, daughter and Guan Yu, they were captured by Cao Jun while fleeing.

This was Liu Bei's most humiliating defeat.

Although he has lost countless battles in his life, he has never been like this time. He just heard that Cao Cao was coming, and he didn't even dare to defend the city. He just left his wife, concubine and daughter and ran away. Dare, there is quite a legacy of the great ancestor Liu Bang, it seems that they are genuine Han family clansmen.

Rebelling against Cao Cao and taking the opportunity to steal Xuzhou, I thought I could take advantage of the opportunity of Cao Cao's decisive battle with Yuan Shao to develop and grow.

As a result, Cao Cao didn't care about the Guandu front line at all, and rushed to Xuzhou at the fastest speed, fought a blitzkrieg, and rushed back to the Guandu front line after the fight, he is a master of time management.

Liu Bei didn't even have a decent resistance, but ran away when he heard the news of Cao Cao's personal conquest.

Among the crowd, a general in white who had surrendered to Yuan Shao looked at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also looked at the general in white.

Zhao Yun!Zhao Zilong!

Before, he followed Liu Bei to help Gongsun Zan attack Qingzhou. After Liu Bei went south to Xuzhou to develop, Zhao Yun returned to Gongsun Zan. After Gongsun Zan set himself on fire, Zhao Yun was forced to surrender to Yuan Shao. Now seeing Liu Bei coming, he has another feeling in his heart to follow Liu Bei away thoughts.

The two had been together for a period of time in the Qingzhou Plain, and they admired each other very much.

(End of this chapter)