In the Central Plains, in the Guandu Cao army camp, Cao Cao received news of Yuan Shao's defeat in the shortest time, and immediately summoned all the civil and military personnel under his command to discuss the next march strategy together.

Now the three counties in northern Jizhou have fallen into Ao Lie's hands. It can be said that two-thirds of Jizhou have fallen into Ao Lie's hands. Cao Cao began to get a little anxious. He didn't want to get the last benefit, so he let Ao Lie occupy the entire Jizhou. Although under Ao Lie's restraint, Cao Cao had already seized half of Qingzhou from Yuan Shao, and also seized food from Liu Bei and Sun Ce, and won the Shangyong and other three counties in northern Jingzhou. However, Cao Cao still wanted to get a share of Jizhou. After all, Jizhou is the largest state in the Central Plains, and every county in Jizhou has amazing wealth.

Cao Cao expressed his meaning obscurely and expressed his desire to fight. Everyone can understand Cao Cao's mood. After all, Cao's army and Ao Lie's Yan army are nominally allies. If Ao Lie occupied the entire Jizhou in the end, but Cao Cao failed to occupy even a county in Jizhou, it would be a bit of a decline. People would say that Cao Cao was not as good as Ao Lie. Sometimes, language can kill people, and everyone can make money. Cao Cao doesn't want to bear the reputation of being a coward, otherwise it will have a far-reaching negative impact on his future ambitions.

But wishes are one thing, but reality is another. Shen Pei, the chief general of Yuan army stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River and confronting Cao's army, was rigorous by nature. He arranged a large formation at the North Ferry of Guandu, blocking all the ports that Cao's army could cross the river. If he wanted to kill to Jizhou to conquer the city and stole the land, Shen Pei was a roadblock that needed to be solved urgently. Although Shen Pei did not have extraordinary martial arts, he had amazing courage and extraordinary wisdom.

After breaking through Shenpei's blockade, it seems that only by fighting head-on and defeating Shenpei's troops in one battle can Cao Cao extend his tentacles to Jizhou. When the troops are almost the same, even slightly inferior, Cao Cao knows that whoever crosses the river first will be at a disadvantage. Half-crossing can make Shenpei defeat his army very easily. This is the crux of Cao Cao's eagerness to advance but feels that there is nowhere to start.

After a brief silence, Guo Jia, who was praised as a genius by Cao Cao, stood up and said, "Lord, Shen Pei's contraction defense and key defense. It is like a solid turtle shell, which is difficult for our army to bite it. But the stronger the fortress, the easier it is to collapse from the inside. We should find a way to defeat this fortress from within the Yuan army and chew off the Yuan army's turtle shell."

The affairs of the three counties of Jingzhou were temporarily handed over to Xiahou Dun for the management. Cao Ren, who returned to Cao Cao, asked: "We are not gods, how can we make internal problems with Yuan Jun? Can you just blow away the 130,000 Yuan Jun on the north bank with just one breath?"

Another great counselor of Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, spoke, "Zi Xiao (Cao Ren's name is General, Feng Xiao does not mean that. Judging from Zhong (Xi Zhicai is named Zhong), Feng Xiao should refer to Yuan Tan's second-generation ancestor. Perhaps, he can become a key to our army's victory."

After listening to Xi Zhicai's explanation, Cao Ren seemed even more confused. He asked in confusion: "Yuan Tan is Yuan Shao's eldest son. How could he turn his elbow out and send the 130,000 Yuan troops on the north bank into dire straits?"

Cao Cao suddenly laughed and said, "Zi Xiao, you, your mind is like a javelin, straight and unflexible. On the battlefield, the two armies can charge forward when they are in a battle. The ability to kill generals and kill enemies, arrange troops and grasp fighter opportunities is not bad. But when it comes to strategizing, you are far worse than Feng Xiao and Zhi. Their minds are simply like the winding Yellow River that can throw you out of eighteen streets. You should ask them for advice in the future."

Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Fengxiao, are you confident?" Guo Jia smiled and said confidently: "Lord. Yuan Tan, like his younger brothers, is a famous playboy. It is not difficult to fool such a playboy. The lord only needs to send five dead soldiers to Jia, and Jia can make Yuan Tan frightened. Go past Shen Pei and withdraw Yuan's army arranged on various defense lines. Maybe, he can also use this to provoke the conflict between Yuan Tan and Shen Pei and put the command of Shen Pei." Speaking of this, Guo Jia suddenly fell silent for a moment, and the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a firm look, and continued seriously: "Don't worry, this time, Jia will never mess up the matter again."

Guo Jia's last words made the civil and military officials under Cao Cao feel very puzzled. I don't know what Guo Jia, who has always been a clever trick, messed up. Others don't know, but Cao Cao is very clear. Guo Jia has been blaming himself for failing to successfully assassinate Sun Ce. However, this matter is limited to Cao Cao and Guo Jia, who knows it, so Guo Jia didn't say it out. If such words are spread, it might immediately trigger the breakdown of Ao Cao's coalition. Don't forget that Sun Ce is Ao Lie's chief disciple. In the Yan army, Sun Ce's military governor Zhou Yu led 30,000 troops to help in the battle. The relationship between Ao Lie and Sun Ce is obviously very solid. Once the alliance breaks down, Cao Cao really can't get a little benefit in Jizhou. He will also establish a strong enemy like Ao Lie, which is really not worth the loss.

Cao Cao, who now holds four and a half states and has more than 300,000 troops under his command, is still quite afraid of Ao Lie. Cao Cao knew clearly that there would be a battle between him and Ao Lie sooner or later. The winner would be the new spokesperson of the Han Dynasty, and the loser, needless to say, must have been to pay his life and life together. Before he was fully prepared, Cao Cao did not want to start a war with Ao Lie.

He nodded to Guo Jia tacitly. Cao Cao didn't mention the assassination of Sun Ce at all, but asked, "How sure are you?" Guo Jia calculated carefully, and then replied, "At least 60%.

Hearing Guo Jia's answer, Cao Cao laughed and said, "The two armies can do everything they want to fight against each other. Not to mention that they are 60% sure of this plan of disarmament, even if they are 10%, you can try it. Ao Mohan often said that wealth and honor are in danger, and this risk is worth taking. Zixiao, selected five vanguards from the Tiger Guard Army with skillful martial arts and cleverness, and handed them to Fengxiao to arrange and arrange them."

Knowing that at this moment, Cao Ren understood the intention of Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai. It turned out that they wanted to assassinate Yuan Tan, to shock the tiger, arouse Yuan Tan's inner fear, and then withdraw the Yuan army, who was deployed at each ferry, and strengthen their protection. Once the Yuan army, who was deployed, withdraw only two or three ferry forces, will cause loopholes in the solid defense line arranged by Shenpai, and at that time, he will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After awakening, Cao Ren quickly agreed, and then gave Yan Liang and Wen Chou a color. The three bowed to Cao Cao and walked out of the central army tent side by side. It is true that Cao Ren was the chief general of the central army, but Yan Liang and Wen Chou were the chief and deputy commanders of the Tiger Guard. As an elite Cao army unit as famous as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Tiger Guard Army also shouldered the important task of protecting Cao Cao's safety and belonged to Cao Cao's personal guards. Therefore, even if Cao Ren went to the Tiger Guard Army to select elite soldiers, Yan Liang and Wen Chou could only be implemented.

That night, five elite dead soldiers of the Tiger Guard took advantage of the night to put on Yuan Jun's armor and quietly touched the Yuan Jun's rear camp. Yuan Tan was a genuine second-generation ancestor. He was a good player in terms of showing off, robbing credit, and fighting wine and lust. But if he was leading troops to fight, he would become a completely coward. Therefore, Yuan Tan chose the rear camp farthest from the front line as his temporary comfort zone. The Shenpeng, who commanded the three armies, could only turn a blind eye to this. Without Yuan Tan's trouble, he even wanted to do so.

Because of Yuan Tan's relationship, the entire Yuan army's back camp did not feel nervous about a battle, but instead seemed to be out for fun, a scene of singing and dancing. Even in the middle of the night, there was still the sound of silk and bamboo and the laughter of the singer, conveying from the back camp. The loose defense gave the five Cao army dead soldiers an excellent opportunity. They sneaked into Yuan Tan's tent. They pulled out a short knife and slashed and killed more than a dozen singers and musicians in a row. Blood was splattered, but no one really slashed on Yuan Tan. Even so, Yuan Tan, who was frightened, still let out a howl like a pig-killing sound, as if he had suffered thousands of swords on his body. Finally, he fainted in excessive fright.

When Yuan Tan woke up from his coma and saw the mess in his tent, he couldn't help but scream again, which was not like a human, and he didn't faint for the second time. With the comfort of a group of personal guards, Yuan Tan woke up completely. As soon as he woke up, Yuan Tan shouted loudly: "I was almost killed by an assassin! How did Shen Pei do it? Is he protecting his master like this? Go, take my master's token and go to the front line to draw 30,000 elite soldiers. My master's life is very precious." In Yuan Tan's tone, Shen Pei, as the commander of the three armies, was just a slave of his Yuan family.

He stood up pretending to be calm. Yuan Tan pulled out the steel knife from the waist of his guard and slashed at the five Cao troops who had already died. He wanted to chop the five people who were thrown into meat sauce, completely ignoring the five dead bodies that were already dead and could not die. The distorted and perverted mentality made Yuan Tan fall into boundless madness. In the end, even the guards who had been accustomed to Yuan Tan's various bizarre behaviors could not bear to look at his whipping behavior, and turned their eyes and looked elsewhere.

The next day, just dawned, three 10,000 troops sent by Shen Pei to the North Bank Ferry appeared in Yuan Tan's rear camp. There was no way. Although Shen Pei was the chief general and repeatedly emphasized that without his orders, no one would be allowed to leave his post without his orders. However, the general order of Shen Pei was not as big as Yuan Tan's token. Among the Yuan army, who didn't know that Yuan Shao was the most doting child? After offending Yuan Tan, did they still expect good results? It would be considered light to destroy the future, and maybe Yuan Shao would be beheaded directly.

Yuan Tan's absurd behavior immediately aroused different reactions from the two people. Cao Cao on the south bank was very happy about this and immediately used the Yuan army to withdraw defense. Before the subsequent troops could do a second time to make the defense, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai stayed in the camp, and personally led 50,000 troops as the main force, Cao Ren led 10,000 troops as the left wing, and Lu Qian led 10,000 troops as the right wing, and crossed the river at the same time. The goal was to occupy the three north bank ferries abandoned by Yuan Tan.

While Cao Cao was happy, Shen Pei was almost crazy! In order not to let Yuan Tan cause trouble for him, he specially arranged for Yuan Tan to stay in the back camp, and ignored Yuan Tan's behavior of singing and disturbing military discipline every night. Unexpectedly, Yuan Tan still caused such a big trouble for himself! It is easy to remove the defense, but it is not so simple to re-arrange the defense? Not to mention that mobilizing troops requires a process, just from the time analysis, Shen Pei knew that it was too late. He did not believe that Cao Cao would miss such an excellent opportunity. Maybe those assassins were sent by Cao Cao.

As the sky gradually became brighter, very unfavorable news came one after another. First, the three empty ferries on the north bank had been occupied by Cao's army; secondly, after gaining a foothold, Cao Cao led his troops to march straight in, and together with the troops on the left and right wings, he successively broke the defenses of the other three ferries. Then, the news that the entire line of the ferry on the north bank was lost came over, causing Shen Pei to work hard to build the defense line of the building to collapse instantly; this was not counting, what made Shen Pei feel most desperate was that Cao, who was well versed in military arts.

Cao, without any post-war rectification, led his army to speed up and conquered Hua County, the southernmost Wei County of Jizhou. Losing a county is nothing to the huge Jizhou, but this is not a problem of losing a county. Cao Cao took Hua County into his hands, which was equivalent to having a stable base in Jizhou. At the same time, it was equivalent to having a nail on the back of Shenpai's army, so he could join forces on the South Bank to launch a clamp attack on the army led by Shenpai at any time.

By the time Shen Pei rectified the troops that were preparing to repair the defense, the situation had become irreversible. He silently glanced at the 30,000 troops in front of him. Shen Pei waved weakly and disbanded the 30,000 troops that had just assembled. Shen Pei knew that the defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River had been declared abortion, and he had lost the natural danger of the Yellow River and had no more barriers to rely on. Next, he could only shrink the defense line and withdraw all the troops to the Guandu camp. Just as Cao Cao nailed a nail behind him, Shen Pei could only treat himself as a nail, firmly nailed the throats of Cao Cao and the troops on the south bank of the Yellow River, waiting for Yuan Shao to send reinforcements.

Now, Shen Pei can only pray silently, hoping that he would not be beaten to death by Cao's army, or he would not be able to be dispersed too much, otherwise he would not even be qualified to be a nail.

PS: PS: Dakun had an accident during the football match today. His teammate accidentally kicked the child in the stands and injured him. So Dakun came back a little late and updated it a little late. Sorry, I gave him a 4,000-word chapter to make up for it. By the way, because I was going to play in the league again, Dakun’s Q number was borrowed by the organizers of the Football Association to recruit new players, so Dakun cannot discuss it in the group for the time being. Please forgive me.
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