"Well? Zhou Cang's troops are heading towards Shanggu, Dai County is approaching?"

Yuan Shao rushed to the front of the case and reached out to spread the map. When he saw it, his face changed drastically. Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's two Mobei cavalry came over like two iron clamps, one left and one right clamps. If Yuan Shao could not react in time, these two cavalry would likely meet in Yanmen County and Zhongshan Country.

At that time, not only will the garrison be accumulated in Yanmen, but the food and supplies in Zhongshan will fall into Zhoucang, and Pei Yuanshao's hands, and even the Hebei army's way back to Jizhou from the north will be cut off by these two cavalry. If the Hebei army can no longer force the surrender of Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang, then Yuan Shao's 150,000 troops will become homeless and trapped in Bingzhou!

"Not good!" After understanding this, Yuan Shao said in a daze, "Ma Butcher Ma is very determined. He is trying to force the general's army to the dead! Yuan Hao, please quickly order Youzhou to stay in Qingzhou, and Jizhou to set up a large army to help. This general wants to fight Ma Butcher Ma in Bingzhou!"

"Lord, don't be impatient," Tian Feng said, "The situation has not been so bad, so the lord does not need to mobilize the remaining troops from Youzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou to participate in the war."

Yuan Shao said: "What does Yuan Hao mean?"

Tian Feng said: "Feng thought that the butcher Ma did not intend to fight our army to the death in Bingzhou. The reason why the butcher Ma mobilized Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao's troops from Mobei to Yanmen and Zhongshan approached was actually putting pressure on our army! Forcing our army to return to Yanmen and Zhongshan to protect the food road, that's all."

Yuan Shao said: "So, does the butcher Ma plan to fight our army in Bingzhou?"

"Of course." Tian Feng said, "If the butcher Ma planned to fight our army in Bingzhou, his main force of Liang army would have long gone from Caisangjin to Xihe County north. But in fact, the butcher Ma did not do this, but only sent two cavalrymen to the north to support Zhang Ji, which shows that the butcher Ma had no intention of fighting our army in Bingzhou?"

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Yuan Hao is sure?"

Tian Feng nodded and said, "I can be sure of it."

After two miscalculations, Tian Feng could basically confirm that the biggest enemy in Ma Butcher's heart was Cao Cao rather than Yuan Shao. Before Cao Cao fell, Ma Butcher would only try to avoid turning against Yuan Shao! It should be said that Yuan Shao's strength is far ten times stronger than Cao Cao. Yuan Shao should be the biggest threat to Ma Butcher, but in fact it is not.

Although Tian Feng was puzzled, he gradually realized this!

This is confirmed by the battle of Yuan Shao to attack Gongsun Zan. When Tian Feng strongly opposed Yuan Shao's northern attack on Gongsun Zan because he was worried that Ma Butcher would interfere. But the final result was that Ma Butcher and Yuan Shao joined forces to kill Gongsun Zan. This incident was greatly beyond Tian Feng's expectations and also shocked Tian Feng very deeply.

It was also in the prison that Tian Feng finally realized that the butcher Ma actually did not take Yuan Shao seriously. In the butcher Ma's heart, the biggest threat was always Cao Cao, not Yuan Shao, who was the fourth generation and the third generation. But Yuan Shao did not know this truth, and Tian Feng could not say this to Yuan Shao.

It is hard to imagine what would happen when Yuan Shao heard that Ma Butcher never took him seriously? With Yuan Shao's personality, he would be very angry and gathered all the troops to fight Hetao at all costs to fight to the death with Ma Butcher! This is what Tian Feng didn't want to see.

Since the Ma Butcher did not take Yuan Shao seriously, he only believed that Cao Cao in the south was his biggest threat, Tian Feng could take advantage of the Ma Butcher's mentality. The two sides worked together to destroy Cao Cao first, and then took advantage of the Ma Butcher's rule that he was resting and resting, and he was unable to make a big move. When he was conquering cities and plundering land, he raised troops to go south and seized the prefectures of Yan, Yu, Xu, Jing, and Yang. Finally, he gathered the power of Jiuzhou to fight Ma Butcher to the death.

Only in this way can Yuan Shao have a 50% chance of winning!

Yuan Shao said: "But Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao are approaching the border with nearly 100,000 cavalry troops, which is always a threat."

Tian Feng said: "The lord only needs to condemn the heavy troops stationed in Yanmen, Zhongshan, Zhoucang and Pei Yuanshao, and naturally retreated."

Yuan Shao said: "If we want to let Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao retreat when they see the difficulties, we need to send at least 100,000 troops to defend Yanmen County and Zhongshan Kingdom. In addition, Xihe County, Taiyuan County, and Xinxing County all need to divide their troops to guard the Bingzhou Army that fled south to Hedong and the Liangzhou Army that Ma Butcher needed to be strictly guarded. If we were to dispose of the troops everywhere, the troops going south to Shangdang County would be stretched. What if we do that?"

In fact, this is exactly what Ma Butcher is so powerful!

The horse butcher just asked Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao's 100,000 cavalrymen to come out to run, and killed Yuan Shao's ambition to attack Hetao in Yaolanli. This also made Tian Feng realize a serious fact. As Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao's two Mobei cavalry gradually became stronger, the horse butcher's strength was becoming more and more terrifying.

In fact, Tian Feng mistakenly estimated the threat from the two cavalrymen of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao! If Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao could adopt the strategy of fighting to support the war as they did with foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Xiongnu, Sanhan, etc., it would be as Tian Feng worried about. With these 100,000 cavalry, the horse butcher would be enough to sweep the Central Plains!

However, Ma Butcher thought further after all. He not only wanted to sweep the world, but also wanted to retain the vitality of the Han people as much as possible, so he would definitely not adopt the devastating strategy of fighting to conquer the Central Plains. Tian Feng did not know this, so he came to a wrong conclusion.

The threats of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao from the two cavalry were exaggerated, and Tian Feng felt even more urgency.

Under such circumstances, Tian Feng must do everything possible to speed up the process of Yuan Shao's unification of Hebei, and then promote the Hebei army to the Central Plains in the shortest time. Among them, Ma Butcher Ma has not yet regarded Yuan Shao as his biggest opponent, which is undoubtedly the most worthy opportunity to use.

Tian Feng said: "Why don't you borrow the lord to cooperate with the butcher?"

"Cooperate with the butcher horse?" Yuan Shao said in surprise, "Is this possible?"

"Of course it is possible!" Tian Feng said, "When Ma Butcher could cooperate with his lord to destroy Gongsun Zan, he could cooperate with his lord to destroy Zhang Yang today! Ma Butcher's strategic focus has always been in the Xuchang court south of the Yellow River, that is, Cao Cao. Before Cao Cao was finished, Ma Butcher would not easily become enemies with his lord."

"So that's how it is." Yuan Shao nodded, "Yuan Hao can send someone to Hedong to contact Ma Butcher Ma."

"Report~~" As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, his personal soldiers suddenly came into the tent and reported, "Lord, Liang Hou Ma Yue condemned the envoy to ask for a visit."

"The messenger of the Ma Butcher?" Yuan Shao and Tian Feng looked at each other and smiled, "I didn't expect that the Ma Butcher came to the door first. Haha, I'll send an order, please."

Almost at the same time, Li Su, as Ma Yue's envoy, quietly came to Huguan, Shangdang County.

When Li Su arrived at Huguan, Chunyu Qiong's army of 100,000 (actually 30,000, claimed to be 100,000) had already set up camps outside Huguan City. Zhang Yang was facing a great enemy and urgently dispatched troops from various counties to condemn the generals to gather at Huguan. However, in this way, the northern part of Shangdang County would be empty in defense. If Yuan Shao led his army south, Zhang Yang would be almost unable to resist.

Zhang Yang was forced to do nothing and was about to condemn others to ask Ma Yue for help, but Ma Yue's messenger came to him.

In the side hall of the government office, Zhang Yang asked Li Su with a faint expression: "I don't know why the envoy came?"
Chapter completed!