What was Chen Qun's purpose in coming to Gongsun Zan here? Chen Qun's purpose was to convince Gongsun Zan to join forces with Cao Cao. At present, when Cao Cao was at a natural disadvantage, Chen Qun obviously could not forcefully ask Gongsun Zan to send troops first.

Except for the expert behind Gongsun Zan's back, this kid was not so easy to deal with, Chen Qun obviously had no choice.

However, regardless of whether to send troops first or later, Gongsun Zan finally agreed to send troops, but the alliance was finally formed. This was undoubtedly a good thing for Cao Cao, because now he finally has allies and is no longer fighting alone.

Of course, for Cao Cao, the best ally is Li Chen. If Li Chen sent troops head-on, then Yuan Shao and his so-called coalition forces would definitely be vulnerable under the joint efforts of Li Chen and Cao Cao.

However, Li Chen's current target is Jiangdong. He has no intention of plotting into the Central Plains, and Cao Cao cannot force it. He can only settle for the second best and form an alliance with Gongsun Zan.

After a banquet, Chen Qun left Peiping Prefecture overnight and went back to report the news like King Cao Cao of Wei.

Xu Du, the Wei Palace.

When Cao Cao heard this news, he felt a little regretful. Since Gongsun Zan was unwilling to send troops first, they could only resist head-on. I hope that when Gongsun Zan sneaked into Yuan Shao, he would give some strength.

After learning that Gongsun Zan would not send troops first, the pressure would all come to Cao Cao's side. Cao Cao knew in his heart that if he was not careful, they might not be defeated if they could not wait for Gongsun Zan to send troops.

Cao Cao stood in front of the military map and could not speak for a long time.

At this time, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu had already moved. Yuan Shu's army of 100,000 went straight to Yingchuan, and Yuan Shao was also ready to move these days.

"Fengxiao, how should we fight this battle?" Cao Cao looked at the military map, then looked at Guo Jia, and asked with a sad face.

Guo Jia also looked at Cao Cao and the map again. He was not as relaxed as our Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

What is Cao Cao’s biggest problem now? The biggest problem is the shortage of troops. Nowadays, there are enemies and defense everywhere. Guo Jia is a strategist, not a magician, and he cannot create hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air. In this marching and fighting, he cooks with the chef, and he doesn’t have much ingredients in his hand. How can he make a table of good dishes?

Guo Jia looked at the map for a long time, then slowly spoke: "Lord, it's better to break one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers. We have to pick up the soft persimmons. My plan is to ignore Yuan Shao first and beat Yuan Shu first."

Yuan Shu is not capable, and he is very self-aware. He is very self-destructive and does not know how to use people. The people who Yuan Shu value is so important, he must be at least seven or eight of the ten people who are treacherous ministers. It is hard to say whether the remaining two or three loyal ministers are really capable.

You should know that Yuan Shao was born in a gangster, and Yuan Shu was born in a legitimate family. In this era, he was very particular about his background. When Yuan was supporting his power, he mainly devoted his resources to Yuan Shu. But gradually, the people of Yuan found that Yuan Shu was really useless, and he was far inferior to Yuan Shao. It was precisely because of this that Yuan slowly adjusted the angle of inclination and gave a large number of resources to Yuan Shao.

This time, Yuan Shu brought his troops to the general under Yuan Shu, and he was also Yuan Shu's right-hand man, General Ji Ling.

The 50-pound three-pointed two-edged sword used by Ji Ling was extremely brave and proficient in military use. He was the only general under Yuan Shu who could fight, and he was the only seed of Yuan Shu.

Ji Ling followed Yuan Shu's order and led his deputy general Lei Bo, Chen Lan and a hundred thousand troops to Yingchuan. The area of ​​Yingchuan is the important place for Cao Cao. Once Yingchuan is lost, it can be said that a nail was buried in Cao Cao's heart.

Ji Ling, the general of Yuan Shu, was not a good person. The most important point is that Yuan Shu had a naval army, although he was not as powerful as the naval army in Jiangdong. However, in the Central Plains, Yuan Shu was the only one with a naval army.

Yuan Shu had a naval army, but Cao Cao did not have a naval army, which means that Yuan Shu could completely use waterways to replenish supplies. In this case, Yuan Shu did not need to care about the dangers of the food route.

In fact, this is true. Ji Ling is not a simple person. He used his own uses to transport military rations with ships. What is he most afraid of when marching and fighting? What he fears most is that his food road is robbed by others. The food road is the most reassuring for Ji Ling.

In a blink of an eye, it was a few more days.

At this time, Ji Ling's army was not far from Yingchuan. Now the prefect of Yingchuan has sent several letters to request support. At this time, in the Yingchuan County, the county soldiers of each county were built together, and there were only a few thousand people. With these thousands of people trying to block Ji Ling's 100,000 army, this martial art is a dream.

It is precisely because of this that the prefect of Yingchuan County wrote it very clearly in the letter of help. For the safety of Yingchuan County, for the sake of Yingchuan County, and for the people of Yingchuan County. If Ji Ling arrived at the city of Yingchuan first, he could only order the city gate to surrender.

After Cao Cao received the half-request and half-threatening letter of help, the fire that had been in his heart for a few days suddenly came up. What was the words in the letter? If someone arrived at your Yingchuan city first, he would surrender without a single arrow.

After Cao Cao was so angry that he cursed "My Lam" a few times, he immediately ordered someone to beat drums and raise his tents and summoned his subordinates to discuss matters.

Yingchuan County is an important place. If Yingchuan County is really lost, it will inevitably involve the deployment of the entire Cao army. Once Cao Cao's deployment is messed up, the winning rate for Cao Cao will be even lower.

Xuchang, Wei Wang Mansion, conference hall.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao to gather in this convention hall.

These civil officials and military generals gathered together in groups of three or three, and everyone discussed how they should fight if they were allowed to fight. If they resisted Ma Teng, how they should fight. If they were allowed to fight with Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao.

There are many generals under Cao Cao. In addition to Cao Ren who has already sent out, there is another Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun is no worse than Cao Ren. The most important thing is that Xiahou Dun is much more cruel than Cao Ren when he uses troops.

The generals under Cao Cao were mainly divided into two types. One was the generals of foreign surnames such as Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Yu Jin, Le Jin, Li Dian, etc. The other was the generals of clans. The so-called clan generals mean those with the surname Xiahou and generals with the surname Cao, such as Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, etc.
Chapter completed!