"Report—"

"Report to the general, the thieves escaped!"

As soon as the soldiers finished speaking, with a "boom", more than ten people in the huge hall stood up with a loud bang, and Cao Cao was even more anxious to ask.

"Can we know where the bandits are going?"

"Return to the general, the thieves are running towards Xingyang."

Hearing the soldiers spoke like this, the more than ten princes breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Miao was particularly happy and looked at Cao Cao and laughed.

"Ha ha……"

"The thief fled in a panic, and Meng De should be the first to be the winner!"

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Miao laughed loudly, and everyone nodded in praise, but Yuan Shao frowned slightly, and he was a little disliked Zhang Miao's pride.

At this moment, a young player suddenly stood up.

"President Yuan, the thief fled in a panic. Can we take the opportunity to chase and kill?"

The young general looked quite heroic. It was Sun Ce, the little overlord who came to join the alliance on behalf of his father. Sun Ce spoke, and everyone looked at each other for a while, but Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao in the crowd with a smile on his face.

"Meng De made a brilliant plan. Today, the thief is indeed afraid to escape. Meng De, what do you think should you do now?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "What a clever plan? It's just a re-use of the old trick. It's just a plan that was originally used on Dong Zhuo's old thief. Dong Zhuo was afraid of the besieged by all the princes and fled westward. How could Dong Hu not be afraid of our 250,000 army today?"

Everyone bowed their heads and said, as Cao Cao said, Dong Zhuo originally besieged Luoyang in the eight passes of Luoyang, north, east and south. Today, Dong Hu ran east to Hulao Pass and also siege from three directions. The only difference is that the area has been reduced, and it is easier for all princes to cooperate with the siege.

"The people of Liangzhou are good at riding and shooting. If they cannot block it within Hulao Pass, everyone will be unable to sleep or eat! Cao thought - they could send troops to chase the enemy! But they could not give Dong Hu any opportunity to take advantage of! As we are in the camp step by step, press forward step by step!"

Cao Cao was much more cautious, and his words were recognized by everyone. He whispered to each other again...

"Kong thought it was safer. Dong Hu only had 30,000 to 40,000 troops, but we had 250,000 together. As long as we were not separated, the child would be helpless."

"That tiger baby is quite cunning, and Zhang also agrees to be more secure..."

"The Lintao child is really hateful. If I can't block him in Hulao Pass, I will not be able to sleep well..."

"Who said no..."

...

More than ten people quarreled for a while, and they all agreed with Cao Cao's words. Just as everyone was about to discuss the command of various troops, Cao Cao looked at the person behind Yuan Tan with a strange look on his face. It was not someone else, but Liu Sheng, who was the princes all the way.

"Brother Liu."

Everyone looked surprised and turned their heads together.

"Brother Liu is familiar with Dong Hu. From Brother Liu, which way can our army pursue it first?"

Liu Sheng had no fewer troops, but he was ranked last. Now... he didn't even have the right to sit and became a general behind Yuan Tan. Of course, the Qinghe Army was no longer the last, but sat next to Yuan Shao.

Although Yuan Shao deprived the throne of the princes, Liu Sheng was quite mighty at this time. He was wearing armor like Zhang Yi, pressing his sword on the left and right without looking at him...

"Liu Sheng!"

"Meng De asked you why he didn't speak?"

Liu Sheng glanced at Liu Dai, and seemed to be extremely disdainful of his anger.

Yuan Tan turned his head and looked at Cao Cao and Liu Dai without looking back.

"Liu Sheng, where can I pursue it first?"

Liu Sheng lowered his head like a trait, and there was a little flattering on his face.

"When I go back to the eldest son, I think that the way I am far away from the tiger's widow, and I can chase it first. But... the tiger's widow is the most cunning. If the eldest son leads his troops, it is best to be more cautious and not force him too much..."

"Damn it!"

Liu Dai said angrily: "If our army does not press forward step by step, how can the child escape in a panic?"

Liu Sheng suddenly straightened his body.

"Go back to the eldest son! Liu Dai's troops are elite and have many elite troops, so he can chase the enemy for the vanguard!"

"you……"

"snort!"

Liu Dai's face turned red and his neck was thick, but Liu Sheng snorted coldly and looked straight ahead, not even looking at the angry Yanzhou governor Liu Dai.

When everyone saw this scene, let alone others, even Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan and his son had a headache. After three or four months of alliance, they all understood each other's temperaments. Everyone knew that Liu Sheng was timid. No matter who was sitting, as long as he scolded him with a cold face, he would immediately bow his head and say nothing. But Liu Dai was an exception, and even the governor of the state could not let him bow his head.

Cao Cao failed to get the unexpected answer he wanted, so he had to give up in the end. The two sides quickly fell into a fierce quarrel, but Cao Cao seemed to attach great importance to Liu Sheng's words and felt that Sun Jian and Li Min should be the first to chase the enemy.

According to Liu Sheng's words, the farthest one was Sun Jian who was stationed in Changshe, followed by Li Min who was stationed in Weishi County, and then there were various princes of Chenliu County, and the closest one was Zhang He on the north bank of the Yellow River, Gaolan's troops, and only twenty miles away from Chenggao County, which could directly threaten Dong Hu's rear Land Rover Pass.

Zhang He and Gao Lan are the closest to each other. As long as you kill the Yellow River, you can only kill you at Hulao Pass in Chenggao County in just two hours, but you can't cross the river easily. It's not Zhang He, Gao Lan has no ships to cross the river, but only tens of thousands of soldiers. Once you cross the river to the south bank, once you fail to take down Chenggao County, Hulao Pass, the soldiers in Jizhou will be besieged by Dong Hu 30,000 to 40,000 elite troops. If the retreat route of the Yellow River is cut off, it is not uncommon for ten thousand soldiers to die.

Cao Cao was familiar with military tactics since he was a child and could hear some truth from Liu Sheng's words. Yuan Shao led 100,000 troops to the city of Chenliu, and Dong Hu did not retreat at all. He knew that Dong Hu was not afraid of more than 100,000 soldiers outside the city.

If you are not afraid of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, will you be afraid of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Solanzao County, and will you be afraid of the 40,000 soldiers and horses led by Sun Jian and Li Min?

No road was enough to make Dong Hu retreat. The one who could make him retreat was Zhang He. Gao Lan threatened his retreat, and the army of all walks of life was in danger of encircling and annihilation.

The farthest side moves first, and the troops from all sides will further squeeze the retreating Dong Hu at the same time, and tighten the bag hole at the same time. However, if the Jizhou army launches the first attack, the Jizhou army will be attacked first by Dong Hu, but the various troops will not be able to rescue them as soon as possible.

Everyone agreed to send troops together and further forced Dong Hu to retreat, but there was a big difference in the candidates for various troops and horse commanders, and the two sides went back and forth...

"Everyone-"

Cao Cao shouted loudly, and the buzzing sound suddenly became quiet. Yuan Tan, who was arguing with Zhang Chao, sat down with a cold face and all his eyes fell on Cao Cao.

"Killing Dong Hu is like cutting off one arm of Dong thief, but it is very difficult to kill him. Therefore, the most important thing for us at the moment is to drive him into Hulao Pass, and then we can kill him in one fell swoop."

"Therefore, Cao suggested that Sun Wentai and Prefect Li could lead the way to advance, and the two could join forces in Yuanling County, and then join forces with our army in Guancheng."

As he said that, Cao Cao came to the hall with a huge map hanging and pointed to the direction of Guancheng on the map.

"Guancheng is located in Xingyang, south of Chenggao, and there are 40,000 soldiers and horses in the four counties of Sourzao, Fengqiu, Junyi and Xiaohuang. In addition, the 10,000 soldiers and horses recruited by Brother Bao again, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses on the eastern front, so General Zhu can be commanded."

"One south and one east, 250,000 troops and horses are advancing towards Xingyang, and Dong Hu has only 30,000 to 40,000 troops and horses. Once he is defending Xingyang City, our army can completely seal him in the lonely city, and send another army with Jizhou soldiers to attack Hulao Pass. As long as our army takes Hulao Pass, Dong thieves can't even want to rescue Dong Hu."

"Then Dong Hu is not that stupid!"

"I will never hide in the lonely city stupidly!"

"Fuck! When our army continues to advance to Xingyang in the south and east, he will definitely retreat again and retreat into Hulao Pass! At that time, our army will still besiege 250,000 and 40,000 people. Our army only needs to attack the city day and night! We will never give him any breathing opportunity, our army will win in this battle!"

Everyone listened...

"Can!"

Yuan Shao felt extremely unwilling to become the commander of the Eastern Front of the Sour Zao, and he was more willing to let his cousin Yuan Yi be the commander. However, after seeing that everyone else nodded silently, he had to nod and agree.

...

Emergency letters were sent to Changshe, Weishi, Sourzao, Pinggao, and Yuan Shao in a intensive manner, and Dong Hu also sent letters to Xingyang, Chenggao, Luoyang, and Chang'an.

According to Dong Hu's arrangements for the people, honest and obedient people will be arranged in counties east of Hulao Pass. He will not easily give up the territory of Hulao Pass east of Hulao Pass, south of Oguchi Pass and Hanoi County under Henan Yin. He will never turn himself into a trapped beast in a cage.

The dispute over national destiny, the strategy is one after another... In fact, it is still the question of who has more active attack power. The military strategy says: It cannot be defended for a long time.

Once he hid in the Eight Passes of Luoyang, the princes of Guandong would fight to consume him in front of the narrow pass with his land, population and military strength, and this is something he could not afford to fight to consume no matter what. If his troops were infantry, there was no way, and he could only retreat and fight to consume him in front of the pass. However, his main force was elite cavalry. If the cavalry was tied up with his hooves, it would be no different from tying his hands and stretching his head to make people chop. He was not stupid enough to destroy his martial arts.

The Hanoi County north of Mengjin Pass, Hulao Pass, and Yin County in Henan outside of Dagu Pass were all bridgeheads for Dong Hu to attack. The bridgehead was in front of the enemy. If the people in the territory were facing the princes of Guandong, they would become the battle with others in front, but their butts were smoked. This was naturally not the scene he would like to see. The honest and obedient people became the best candidates for the civilians of the counties east of Hulao Pass. They were thrown into the eight passes of Luoyang, which was similar to the situation of the Sanfu in Chang'an. They were blocked from all directions. They used time to slowly transform the disobedient people into honest and obedient people, and their foundations would gradually be consolidated.

Originally, he was planning to disperse the honest people in counties east of Hulao Pass. He was extremely confident and confident that after he said those words to Zhang Yi, as long as Yuan Shao knew that he had the idea of ​​colluding with the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, a group of rebels would immediately become nervous, and naturally he would not dare to move around casually, and both sides would have the opportunity to sit down and talk.

Dong Hu wanted to use his power to suppress others, and wanted to use political means to obtain Hanoi County and Nanyang County and ensure the safety of Henan Yin territory. At least until the hidden worries of the Yellow Turban Army in each state were solved, the two sides would not really start a fight. With this time as a buffer, he could consolidate the foundations of Hanoi County, Henan Yin and Nanyang County.
Chapter completed!