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Chapter 230 The plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves
"No matter how beautiful a poem is, it's not as beautiful as my concubine Yan Ran!" Feng Yao teased.

Cao Yanran has never heard such pleasant praise since she was a child. Although what Feng Yao said was very simple, in the ears of Cao Yanran, who admired Feng Yao very much, these words shook her heart. Defense destroyed!
"Husband!" Cao Yanran blushed, her eyes blurred.

Feng Yao hugged Cao Yanran tightly with both arms, bowed his head and kissed her... ([-] words omitted)...................!
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When he came out of the county mansion, Feng Yao was in a good mood. In order to take care of Yang Wu, Xu Chu and others, after returning to the mansion, he gave everyone a one-hour leave so that they could do what they wanted to do.

After Feng Yao came back, Gong Du presented a document, which detailed statistics of the money, food, servants, weapons and armor obtained in the past few days. Feng Yao glanced at these, but after seeing the number of newly added horses, Daxie said: "General Gong, are these 230 horses all war horses?"

"Yes, they are all war horses. Mules, horses, cattle and donkeys are included in the transportation category!" Gong Du looked at Feng Yao lovingly with a smile on his face.

Feng Yao hurriedly called Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, do you have any good suggestions for these more than 200 horses?"

Xu Shu didn't answer directly, but asked, "Don't you want to increase your cavalry, my lord?"

"No, two hundred cavalry is enough to achieve the purpose of the raid, besides, it is not easy to find enough soldiers to upgrade to cavalry!" Feng Yao shook his head.

He has already considered this issue. Although the iron cavalry is fierce, it also has certain limitations. First of all, it is not fast enough, and there are not many times when it can be used for battle. The main purpose of Feng Yao's use is to protect his own safety.

In addition, the full body armor of the iron cavalry weighs more than 100 kilograms, plus the nearly 300 kilograms of iron armor on the horse. Iron cavalry on horseback is also very easy to get tired!

Especially when the weather is hot, wearing a heavy armor, you don't need to move, you are already sweating, and then charge into the battle, the sweat is like rain!
Two hundred iron cavalry are sufficient, rushing out at a critical moment can play a decisive role!It can also form a coercion on the enemy psychologically!

Xu Shu nodded and said, "Why don't we wait for Commander Xu to come back? I think if we can select a group of soldiers from the Tiger Guards and form a cavalry, we may be able to play a greater role in the war horse!"

Hearing this, Feng Yao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he cupped his hands in praise: "Yuan Zhi, your method is really good! Just wait for Xu Chu to come back and ask!"

Taking advantage of free time, Feng Yao and Xu Shu discussed how to deal with Cao Cao next.

While discussing, Liu Shun came to report: "My lord, Cao Cao's main force has captured Pingyuan County, and the goal seems to be to annex Qingzhou! Moreover, according to detailed information, Cao Cao is shrinking his troops and is preparing to attack Juancheng, Juyeze, and Wenshui. For the border, divide Yanzhou with Lu Bu!"

Everyone was shocked by Liu Shun's information, and their gazes instantly focused on Feng Yao's side.

Feng Yao looked dignified, glanced around, and said: "It seems that we have to use extraordinary means!"

"Xu Ding, go and ask Governor Cao to come over to discuss matters in the study! Also, if you see your brother, uh..., let's wait for him to come back by himself!" Feng Yao called Xu Ding, who was standing in the tent, to order.

Xu Ding was ordered to resign.

In the study room, apart from ten personal attendants, there are also three book assistants, as well as the master Bo Mengjian, the school lieutenant Gong Du, the military advisor Xu Shu, and the scout leader Liu Shun.

Everyone fell silent, thinking about countermeasures, taking a sip of tea from time to time.

Less than half an hour later, Cao Bao, Xu Chu, and Yang Wu hurried over one after another.

"My lord! Why is it so urgent?" Xu Chu asked.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Feng Yao ordered Liu Shun to repeat the story of Cao Cao abandoning Puyang and attacking Qingzhou.

The three of Cao Bao were shocked, and Xu Chu said angrily: "My lord, it's better for me to lead the army and help Marquis Wen, first break Juancheng, and destroy Cao thief's lair!"

"Zhongkang, Cao Cao's east attack on Qingzhou has already saved his plan to give up Juancheng if he can't in the future, so Juancheng will be attacked by Marquis Wen sooner or later! I am worried that once Cao Cao gains a foothold in Qingzhou, plus Most of his subordinates are soldiers from Qingzhou, so they will definitely have a great influence in Qingzhou! At that time, it would be more difficult to attack Cao Cao than it is now to attack Yanzhou!" Feng Yao said.

When Xu Chu heard this, he patted his chubby belly, frowned and said, "Then what should we do? How about our army go all the way to Qingzhou! Drive Cao Cao directly into the sea to feed the fish!"

After all, Xu Chu suddenly felt that his idea was good, he laughed, and looked at the crowd, wanting to get approval from them.

Seeing Xu Xuan's appearance, Feng Yao wanted to laugh but couldn't, so he shook his head, looked at Xu Shu, and said, "Yuan Zhi, come and analyze Commander Xu's strategy!"

When Xu Chu heard that Xu Shu wanted to comment on his strategy, he smiled and said, "Military teacher, what do you think?"

Xu Shu nodded, bowed to Xu Chu, and said: "Commander Xu, in normal times, our army would certainly attack all the way to Qingzhou, so that the south of the Yellow River, the north of the Yangtze River, and between Funiu Mountain and Taishan Mountain, the whole It is our army's territory! But Qingzhou Mountain is high and the road is far away. In the Central Plains, there is Yuan Shao in the north, Liu Yao in the south, and Liu Biao in the west. If our army is far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, the enemy may attack Yuzhou with all their strength!"

Xu Chu was taken aback when he heard the words. Although Xu Chu was not good at stratagems, he immediately understood the advantages and disadvantages of it, nodded to Xu Shu and said, "It's better for the military commander to see farther!"

The generals were silent for another while, Feng Yao suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking of a person, maybe this person can stop Cao Cao from attacking Qingzhou.

"I have a plan, let's see if it works!" Feng Yao said loudly.

The generals immediately fell silent and stared at Feng Yao.

Feng Yaodao: "According to the information, Zang Ba has already gained control of the counties under the jurisdiction of Langya! Why don't I order him to attack Qingzhou, what do the generals think?"

Xu Shu's eyes lit up, and he said, "My lord, if Zang Ba is willing to obey my lord's orders, he will definitely be able to destroy Cao Cao's plan! It's just that my subordinates are worried that Zang Ba won't attack Kong Beihai!"

"That's right! Zang Ba is an extremely cautious person. His subordinates have dealt with him several times, and they know him well! If his teacher is famous, Zang Ba will attack. If he stands on the side of unrighteousness, Zang Ba is absolutely I will not bear the infamy of the world! Kong Beihai is well-known in Qingzhou, and he is a descendant of Confucius, and his subordinates believe that Zang Ba will not attack Qingzhou!" Cao Bao said.

Although Feng Yao had never met Zang Ba, he had heard some rumors and knew that what Cao Bao said was true. He smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to signal. The generals knew that Feng Yao had something to say, so they all stopped and looked at Feng Yao respectfully. .

"Nowadays there is great chaos in the court, there is no discipline, and all the heroes in the world want to take advantage of the situation, but it is just a name. I think we should use the name of the great Sima Li Jue to make Zang Ba the Qingzhou Shepherd and let him take over Qingzhou. Zang Ba must be moved! Even if Zang Ba doesn't want to attack Kong Rong, he will definitely send troops to attack Cao Cao to prevent Cao Cao from invading Qingzhou!" Feng Yao said slowly after thinking.

(End of this chapter)