"I ordered the 20,000 imperial guards in the capital of Kyoto, Yulin, Qimen to be divided into two. Ten thousand people cast out the emperor's flag and went to Pang De's place. Let outsiders think that I am governing the army."

"Issuing an edict to Pang De, ordering him to secretly supervise 300,000 troops to go south to the Yellow River to attack Guandu."

"I led 10,000 guards from the three armies and went to Jibei County with Fan Chou, gathering more than 100,000 troops to attack Zang Ba, the governor of Qingzhou."

"Eliminate the Central Plains."

Finally, Zhang Xiu stood up by pressing his sword, looked at Zhang Pengzu, and said, "The Prime Minister, the Zhili Captain Li Ru, Henan Yin Shi Guangyuan, etc., assist the prince in supervising the country."

The ministers were not too surprised, everything was in the plan.

"promise."

They all looked serious and bowed their promise.

Only Zhang Pengzu looked surprised and pointed at himself with a chubby finger, opening his mouth to speak.

"Responsible? This is my first time responsible."

"Don't be afraid." Zhang Xiu saw Zhang Pengzu's nervousness and patted the back of his head with a smile.

With the order from Emperor Liang, he gave the order.

At the end of the autumn of the sixth year of Hongwu, in the early winter, the Liang army came out in full bloom and divided into two. Zhang Xiu secretly governed more than 100,000 people, as a side army to attack Zang Ba, the governor of Qingzhou.

Pang De actually commanded more than 300,000 troops, and rushed straight to Guandu and confronted Cao's army.

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Dongjun, Puyang City.

Cao Mansion, in the study.

Cao Cao sat in the main seat with a serious face, and below were Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Zhong Yao and others.

"News came from the north. Zhang Xiu appointed his eldest son, General Anliang, Zhang Yong, as the commander, and the commander was more than 100,000 troops. He stationed in Jibei County, with the target of Qingzhou. Zhang Xiu himself led more than 300,000 troops to camp along the river in Guandu, with people and horses everywhere."

"Zhang Liao, Hu Cheer, Xu Rong, Wu Kuang and others led tens of thousands of elite soldiers and were eyeing Hulao Pass."

"What do you think?"

At the end, Cao Cao turned his head, looked around at the civil servant present, and asked in a deep voice.

He thought he had already been a gold that he had experienced, but in fact, when it was time to fight, he was also very nervous inside.

Success or failure is here.

No. If you don’t say that you will defeat Zhang Xiu and defend the Central Plains, you will be a great victory.

"Lord. I have done everything I should do. No doubt." Xun Yu took a deep breath and bowed to Cao Cao.

"Please give the order." The others also cheered up and cheered Cao Cao.

They had already foreseeed how Zhang Xiu sent troops and had countermeasures when he sent troops. There were no plans yet, and the Liang army had almost no weaknesses.

They can only fight head-on.

"Okay. Get up and whip. Send someone to General Sun's office for help. Please send General Sun to send troops from Jingzhou to attack Nanyang County."

"The troops from Yangzhou are stationed in Shouchun, ready to go north to Xuzhou and Qingzhou at any time."

"I led a large army of 200,000 and camped in Guandu to confront Zhang Xiu."

"I ordered Zang Ba, Liu Bei and others to be on strict vigilance."

Cao Cao was inspired, and his face showed a decisive look. He stood up with his sword and said in a deep voice.

"promise."

Everyone agreed and bowed down.

A day later, Cao Cao personally led a few soldiers to Guandu. They had already prepared, and more than 100,000 soldiers were waiting in Guandu.

When Cao Cao arrived at the Guandu camp, because the generals of each army had to guard their respective camps, only Cao Ren led a few personal soldiers to welcome Cao Cao.

"What's the situation now?" Cao Cao first entered the camp with Cao Ren, Xu Chu and civil officials, and came to the central army's tent to sit down, looked up and asked Cao Ren.

"Lord. Zhang Xiu just went down the village along the river to train the navy. He did not make much move at the moment. Only General Hengjiang is bullied and provoked from time to time. I sent the navy to fight, with more defeats and less victory."

Cao Ren's expression was a little awkward and he bowed his hand and replied.

Cao Cao was not surprised. Zhang Xiu's Hengjiang General Zhu Gu had been training the navy for many years, but the navy here had not been built for a few years.

When these two sides fight, they naturally suffer more defeats and fewer defeats.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we guard the Yellow River and prevent the Liang army from going south. The real powerful thing about the Liang army is the infantry and cavalry."

Cao Cao nodded and comforted.

"promise."

Cao Ren replied, his face calming down slightly.

Afterwards, Cao Cao led Xu Chu without stopping, interspersed among the camps of Cao's army, meeting with the leading generals to inspire morale.

For a moment.

Guandu north and south, on both sides of the Yellow River.
Chapter completed!