Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 370 Chaos in Anyi
Outside the city of Anyi, the two Cao armies, one in front and one behind, have joined forces.

Inside Cao Jun's big tent, Cao Renxia Houyuan looked ashamed and knelt on the ground on one knee, not daring to raise his head.

The one sitting first was actually Cao Cao!

No one expected that he personally took the risk and led the army to travel hundreds of miles from Yanzhou to Hedong, just to personally preside over the overall situation!

Behind Cao Cao, on one left and one on the right, stood two young men.

Eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin.

These are the two most respected members of the Cao family's younger generation. In order to train them, Cao Cao has brought them with him whenever there were wars in the past few years, and taught them carefully.

The next ones are Xun You and the generals of Cao Ying. Because Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan did not take down Huaicheng, he wanted to plead guilty after he first came to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was still bitter about not taking Huaicheng, which meant that he had cut off his retreat. Even if he won the emperor, if someone blocked him, he would be in a real dilemma.

But he knew that this is not the time to pursue the matter, and the most important thing right now is to please the emperor, so he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's an accident, it's not a crime of war, you should get up first."

After hearing this, Xia Houyuan heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up, but Cao Ren was keenly aware of the first word in the words, and thought to himself that Duke Ming was still brooding.

Thinking about it, Huaicheng has not been captured, and our own army is already alone. Even if we welcome the emperor, we have to fight a new way back. This way is not easy.

With Li Jue and Guo Si in the west, Yuan Shu in the south, the Heishan Army in the north, and Lu Bu in the east, no matter how you think about it, they are surrounded by heavy siege.

He didn't dare to speak, he lowered his head and stepped aside with Xia Houyuan.

Cao Ren's guess was right. Cao Cao pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, but in fact he was extremely aggrieved.

It's not that he didn't leave a way out for himself, the Montenegro army was just playing a dark game.

Even if Cao Ren did not take Huaicheng, if Cao Jun captured the Son of Heaven, they could go north and enter from the border of the Black Mountain Army, then come out of Jizhou and go south, and then return to Yanzhou, avoiding Yuan Shu and Lu Bu in the south.

Although the Black Mountain Army fought with Yuan Shang, they were all concentrated in the central pass of Heishan in Zhao County and the southern pass in Wei County, so they could still go.

But the bad thing is that the Youzhou Army sent two troops south one after another, and one was commanded by Zhao Yunju, which destroyed Cao Renxiahouyuan's plot to seize Huaicheng.

The other one was actually led by the fierce tiger of the Yuan family, which coincidentally blocked the South Pass, and the news came that this fierce tiger actually killed Yang Chou, the dark chess piece he had planted!
Yang Chou is actually very important to Cao Cao. He is not only Zhang Yang's subordinate, but also has a close relationship with the Black Mountain Army. As long as he is alive, he can report to the back of the Black Mountain Army, and can even be used to drive a wedge between Zhang Yang and Lu Bu.

As long as there are rumors about Yang Chou's contrived things, Lu Bu will be suspicious, and he will inevitably become suspicious of Zhang Yang. When there is chaos in Huaicheng, Cao Jun will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

But after the fierce tiger killed Yang Chou, he joined forces with Lu Bu to occupy Huaicheng and repelled the Heishan army at the southern pass of Heishan. This is very troublesome!

Cao Cao felt that he couldn't see through the fierce tiger of the Yuan family. Did the other party block the path he had to pass on purpose, or was it a coincidence?

Could it be that the other party was prepared for what he did?
Thinking of what this fierce tiger has done in the past two years, he has secretly restrained his plans, and has already let himself fail several times. Thinking of this, Cao Cao was terrified.

Is it true that as Cao Chun said, there are his traitors among his subordinates?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
He scanned the crowd slowly, as if to find someone with an unnatural expression.

Seeing that Cao Cao had a sullen face and did not speak, everyone dared not take a breath, and lowered their heads one after another.

Cao Cao looked at the generals under his tent, Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Le Jin Yujin, most of his generals were present.

Then there was the big man standing at the door of the tent.

Huge back and waist, with knotted muscles, eight feet tall and weighing more than 200 kilograms, like an iron tower, the two short halberds in his hand, although they are made of ordinary iron, they have a special feature.

weight!
The double halberd weighs 39 catties in total, 41 catties in the left hand and [-] catties in the right hand. There are almost no weapons of this weight in foot combat or even immediately!

You must know that if the weapon weighs more than [-] catties, it has almost no actual combat value just because the swing speed is greatly reduced.

The weight of these halberds is already the same as the stone locks used by generals to practice martial arts in the martial arts field. It can be used to exercise strength, but how can it be used to cut people?
The pair of short halberds used by Lu Lingqi did not weigh more than ten catties in total. She also tried to increase the weight of the weapon, but found that it was inconvenient to swing. Although the lethality was higher, the swing speed was greatly reduced.

Now Dian Wei is holding this short halberd weighing forty catties in his hand and shaking it lightly, as if he is holding an extremely light plaything.

He also keeps using the double halberds to enhance his arm strength, he is worthy of being a well-known martial idiot in Cao Ying!
Cao Cao retracted his gaze. None of the people present were likely to betray him. Even if there was a traitor, would he not do anything?

Moreover, Cao Cao was sure that among his subordinates, there were no fierce spies, not to mention, but there must be Yuan Shao, but whether to guard against the obvious or not, it depends on the strength in the end.

The reason why Yuan Shao let himself go was because he felt that his strength was still weak, otherwise how could he have a chance to please the emperor in his turn?

Cao Cao felt that in the past two years, although his expansion of power was not as good as expected, he had accumulated a lot of cards, and the next two years were his best chances.

After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, although it looked like a big victory, Gongsun Zan was not a mediocre person. In fact, the last battle had already hurt Yuan Shao's vitality a lot, not to mention the death of many elite soldiers. Without the Jizhou grain depot, the grain obtained from Yijing is far from being able to fill the shortfall.

Xun You, Cheng Yu and others estimate that it will take at least two to three years for Jizhou to fully recover.

This is why Jizhou hesitated when planning to send troops to Montenegro, even if it was afraid of being dragged into a war of attrition, Jizhou could not support it.

Compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao has more headaches, but the fierce tiger of the Yuan family!
They seem to be militaristic. They have been fighting for the past two years, but in fact they don't use many troops. Most of the time they are suppressed by thousands of people, and they often defend the city to reduce losses.

The several battles of the Youzhou Army under his command, from the Battle of Qingzhou to the Battle of Yijing, and then to the Battle of Xuzhou, all used others as the main force, but the Youzhou Army itself did not have much loss. Gradually grow louder.

This time Youzhou dispatched troops, they also used Yuan Shangjun and Lu Bujun!

Thinking of this, Cao Cao became more vigilant, this son is too troublesome, if possible, it is best to get rid of it as soon as possible!
He looked around at the crowd and said, "Today, the son is in Anyi city, and the city is controlled by the Baibo army."

"Ten miles to the west of Anyi is the Liangzhou army of Li Jue and Guo Si, and possibly Zhang Ji."

"Yuan Shujun from the south is coming from Luoyang."

"After a few days to the east, Lu Bu and the Youzhou army will arrive."

"Now that we haven't received the emperor's edict, we didn't enter the city just now in order to let the Baibo thieves in the city relax their vigilance, but we can't go on like this forever."

"We have to find ways to get into the city. I want to hear your opinions."

"Is it war or peace?"

"Who to fight with, and who to fight?"

After hearing this, the generals began to discuss. They all felt that the Baibo bandits were inferior to Cao's army, but if the Baibo bandits refused to defend the city of Anyi, Cao's army would suffer great losses if they attacked the city.

At this time Xun You said leisurely: "You have a word."

"Most of the Baibo thieves are peasant bandits in the mountains. Their military discipline is lax and they are vulnerable."

"However, if he threatens the emperor to make us use the mouse, it will not be easy to handle."

"Even if we can defeat them, we cannot retain sufficient strength to deal with the other enemies."

"But don't delay it any longer. We must solve it quickly, otherwise our food and grass will also be a problem."

Cao Chun said: "I would like to break into the city at night and kill all the Baibo thieves!"

Cao Ren objected: "The Baibo thieves are not idiots. They can repel Li Jue and Guo Si, so they won't be stolen so easily."

Cao Chun had nothing to say, but Cao Ren's words seemed strange?

Xun You said, "Now is the time to plan."

"If we can make the white wave thieves internally strife, or attack other people, our chances of success will be greatly increased."

"Moreover, we must learn from a famous teacher and obtain the emperor's order to calm the chaos, so that the world can be convinced."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Gongda's words are very suitable for me!"

He waved the crowd to retreat, let Xun You stay behind, and asked, "I don't know who is the best to fight with whom?"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "Of course it's the biggest one next to the emperor."

"The emperor is already afraid of him. If he has no other way out, he will definitely ask us for help. Now we just need to give him a push."

So on the same day, several secret letters were sent from Cao Ying, brought into the city by spies, and handed over to several people.

That night, the ministers and ministers in Anyi City, and even among the common people, began to spread rumors faintly that Dong Cheng secretly colluded with others and wanted to kill Yang Fenghanxian!

The news soon reached Yang Feng and Hanxian, and they couldn't sit still. Dong Cheng was the most powerful person around the emperor Liu Xie. He not only had the support of many ministers, but also his own soldiers. If the thief wants to kill, people like himself will be in danger!
Get started first!
As for whether the rumor was true or not, they didn't bother to verify it, so what if it was false?
Sooner or later, the Baibo thief will break with Dong Cheng, and now they just need an excuse!

It's a real doze, and someone brings a pillow!

Yang Feng Hanxian immediately mobilized the Baibo thieves in the city to attack Dong Cheng's barracks. Dong Cheng was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. While resisting desperately, he ran to Liu Xie and cried.

Now he still has some soldiers, but they were scattered for a while, and he couldn't make an effective counterattack at all, so he could only pin his hopes on Liu Xie.

He knelt on the ground, with snot and tears, he said: "Your Majesty! Please save the old minister's life!"

Liu Xie looked at Dong Cheng on the ground, and felt a little happy in his heart, you also have today?

But Liu Xie understands that Dong Cheng cannot die, otherwise no one around him can fight against the Baibo bandits, and he will be completely reduced to a puppet at the mercy of others.

Liu Xie said immediately: "Don't worry, I will mediate for you."

Liu Xie asked the palace servants to bring a message to the Baibo bandit to mediate, but the correct response was that Dong Cheng bewitched the emperor, he deserved death, and the Baibo bandit only killed one of them.

When Dong Cheng heard this, his face was ashen, and he kowtowed desperately. When Dong Guiren saw it, he also knelt down and burst into tears.

Liu Xie thought in his heart that I don't have any soldiers now, so what else can I do?
At this time, one person walked out, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Baibo bandits are becoming more and more unscrupulous. If this continues, it will cause trouble sooner or later. They should be eradicated as soon as possible."

Liu Xie took a look, and it was Zhong Yao who spoke.

(End of this chapter)