Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 370 Cao Cao defends Yanzhou, Zhao Yun rushes to help
After Guo Tu entered the city, Gongsun Zan was also polite and went straight to the point: "You are just Guo Tu, right?"

"That's right." Guo Tu cupped his hands towards Gongsun Zan, wanting to continue to express his intention.

But before Guo Tu could speak, Gongsun Zan waved his hand directly: "Okay, keep your things, you can take your people and get out."

At this time, Gongsun Zan hated Yuan Shaona to the extreme, so he didn't have a good look towards Yuan Shao's men.

When Guo Tu saw Gongsun Zan's appearance, he couldn't help complaining in his heart: You deserve to be beaten by my lord into the bear you are now. With your arrogant attitude, it's weird that you can win.

It's just a complaint, but Guo Tu can't say that.

"General Gongsun, can you please listen to what I have to say?"

Gongsun Zan snorted coldly when he heard this, and said nothing as acquiescence.

Guo Tu hurriedly spoke: "General Gongsun, my lord asked me to come here because he wants to have a temporary truce with you, General Gongsun."

"Truce?" Gongsun Zan frowned slightly: "Yuan Shao, what else is he planning?"

Then, he looked at Guo Tu: "If you can't explain why you came today, just stay."

Guo Tu was startled and hurriedly said the words he had prepared in advance: "Isn't the autumn harvest coming soon? My lord is considerate of the people's livelihood and the soldiers, and temporarily suspended the army to protect the people's livelihood!"

After hearing this explanation, Gongsun Zan frowned even deeper.

As Yuan Shao's old rival, he really understands him very well.

Who is Yuan Shao? He is the eldest son of the Yuan family, the head of a family of four generations and three princes.

Although he was not the legitimate son, he relied on the prestige of the Yuan family to build up a team.

As a descendant of an aristocratic family, what Yuan Shao didn't care about the most was the life and death of ordinary people.

As a result, Guo Tu now said that Yuan Shao wanted to have a temporary truce because he was considerate of the people's sentiments. Isn't this nonsense?

Soon, Gongsun Zan realized that Guo Tu's rhetoric was just an excuse for Yuan Shao.

As for the real reason for the truce, Gongsun Zan didn't know and couldn't figure it out.

So he could only agree to Yuan Shao first and then make plans.

"Then Yuan Benchu, do you really mean this? Are you going to tell me that after the truce, you will take advantage of my unpreparedness to mobilize the army to wipe out me in one fell swoop?"

Gongsun Zan stared at Guo Tu's eyes, trying to see some flaws in them.

It's just that Guo Tu's acting skills were excellent and he didn't give Gongsun Zan a chance at all: "General, you are overly worried. My lord will never do such a thing."

Gongsun Zan didn't see anything from Guo Tu, so he planned to agree to Guo Tu first.

After all, he had been suppressed and beaten by Yuan Shao for so long, so he needed a chance to breathe.

"Okay, I agree to the truce, and we will decide the date of the decisive battle after the autumn harvest!"

After the agreement was reached, Guo Tu left the gift and left Yuyang with his people.

Shortly after Guo Tu and others left, Gongsun Zan immediately asked people to follow Guo Tu to see where he was going. At the same time, he sent scouts to detect traces of Yuan Shao's army.

But after all the scouts returned, Gongsun Zan still had no news about Yuan Shao's army.

"I think Yuan Shao's army has left here, but where will he go? Is he really going back to harvest?"

Gongsun Zan couldn't understand it, so he simply gave it up. Now he still needed to quickly integrate his troops and horses to prepare for emergencies.

...On the other side, Yuan Shao led Yan Liang, Zhang He, Gao Lan and other generals, as well as Ju Shou and other counselors, and led an army of [-] southward, preparing to attack Yanzhou.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, had already arrived in Dongjun and personally commanded the army to meet the enemy.

It's just that at this time, Cao Cao didn't have the kind of generals who could lead troops alone, which led to Cao Cao having to do everything himself.

Moreover, the scouts sent by Cao Cao have also brought back the news of Yuan Shao's march south, so Cao Cao must deploy his defenses faster.

Just when Cao Cao was extremely busy, one of his men came to report: "Da Sima, Zhao Xianfeng is here!"

"Zhao Xianfeng? Which Zhao Xianfeng?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this.

At this time, Zhao Yun had not experienced any particularly big battles, nor had he left any heroic achievements.

Moreover, Zhao Yun has always been a low-key person. After being pried over by Cao Ang, he had no sense of presence on weekdays, so Cao Cao did not remember this young general.

At this time, Zhao Yun had arrived.

Zhao Yun bowed to Cao Cao and saluted: "Yun, I have met Da Sima and heard that Yuan Shao wants to go south to attack Yanzhou. The major general specially ordered Yun to come to Da Sima's aid."

It was only after Cao Cao saw Zhao Yun that he remembered such a great person.

So Cao Cao helped Zhao Yun up and asked, "General Zhao, how many troops did you bring to support this time?"

When Zhao Yun heard this, he replied without blushing and his heart not beating: "Only Yun is riding alone."

"Huh?" Cao Cao couldn't hold back when he heard this: "General, you only have one person and one horse?"

Zhao Yun nodded.

Cao Cao was completely confused now: "Did Zixiu ask you to come?"

"Yes, the major general has compiled a letter and sent it to General Wenyuan. General Mo will come to support." Zhao Yun responded.

"Then why are you alone here?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.

Zhao Yun glanced at Dian Wei, and then gave his own analysis: "The general thought that the young general was afraid that Da Sima, your general, would have no one available in front of the battle line, so he sent Yun to support him."

"There is no one to fight with? Do you think a certain family is a vegetarian?" Dian Wei said as he patted his chest, expressing his dissatisfaction with Zhao Yun's words.

Zhao Yun continued: "General Dian Wei needs to protect the safety of Da Sima. If you are asked to fight in front of the battle, who will be responsible for Da Sima's safety?"

Dian Wei couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. He had already heard about the reputation of Yan Liang and Wen Chou from Hebei Province and wanted to compete with them.

Moreover, he also felt that only transferring Zhao Yun, a young prospect who was only 20 years old, would be tantamount to giving away his life.

In fact, not only Dian Wei felt this way, but Cao Cao also felt that if Zhao Yun, a young general, was allowed to fight in front of the battle, wouldn't it be equivalent to asking Zhao Yun to die?

However, Cao Cao and Dian Wei were embarrassed to say these words openly, so as not to hurt the little general's heart.

……

Under Cao Cao's mobilization, Yanzhou freed up [-] troops and stationed them in Dongjun to resist Yuan Shao's [-] troops heading south.

Although there is a huge gap in military strength, for Cao Cao, he only needs to resist the city and defend it.

Because his original purpose was not to defeat Yuan Shao, but to delay time.

As long as Cao Ang defeats Yuan Shu and returns to the defense with an army of 30, then Yuan Shao will naturally be defeated!
(End of this chapter)