As soon as Fa Zheng finished speaking, Meng Da continued: "In other words, Cao's army will return to the dilemma of being passively beaten and losing sight of one thing, while our army will be in absolute strategic initiative."

"No." Fa Zheng shook his head gently and said firmly, "Things cannot be so simple! With Cao Cao's treacherous and Guo Jia's wisdom, how can the Cao army be allowed to be in such a passive state of being beaten? Cao Cao and Guo Jia will definitely find a way to turn the situation around, which is unquestionable!"

Li Su couldn't help asking: "Cao's army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength and geographical conditions when facing the attacks between Yuan Shao and our army. Is there any way to turn the situation around?"

"Yes!" Fa Zheng said in a deep voice, "Cao army really has a way to turn the situation around!"

Li Su said horrifiedly: "What's the solution?"

"Divide troops to defend, resist step by step, you will definitely not be able to defend." Fa Zheng replied word by word, "So Cao's army can only take the initiative to attack instead of defending!"

"Take an initiative to attack instead of defending!" Li Su said in a lost voice, "Xiaozhi said that Cao's army dares to take the initiative to attack our army? Is this possible?"

Fa Zheng said: "This is the only opportunity for Cao's army and the last chance. Cao Cao will definitely send troops to attack, sure!"

Ma Yue couldn't help but look at Jia Xu. Jia Xu smiled and nodded gently, with a look of relief in his expression. Today, Fa Zheng's performance can be described in two words: stunning! Fa Zheng is no longer inferior to Jia Xu in his careful thinking and his thinking of the enemy generals.

In time, Fazheng is completely likely to be superior to his superiority (Fazheng once studied with Jia Xu). What is particularly important is that Fazheng is only in his early twenties, and the era of Fazheng has just begun.

Xuchang, Prime Minister’s Mansion.

The meeting was over, everyone had dispersed, and only Cao Cao and Xun Yu were left in the hall.

"Wenruo." Cao Cao asked Xun Yu worriedly, "What does the doctor say? What is the disease that Feng Xiaode has?"

Xun Yu sighed and said sadly: "The doctor said that worshiping filial piety is to indulge in alcohol and sex without restraint, resulting in kidney qi failure and blood loss. He is now terminally ill, so he can only stay in bed and rest, insist on treating medicine and stone, or there is still hope to save his life. If he goes to war with the army, he may..."

Xun Yu said this and looked at Cao Cao and didn't dare to say anything further.

Cao Cao was so confused that he was undecided. In his life, he had never made a choice as difficult as he is now. If Guo Jia was allowed to go to the war with the army, he would probably lose his most respected military advisor. But if Guo Jia was not allowed to go to the war with the army, the young Cao Zhen would not be the opponent of Ma Butcher!

Even if Xun You or Cheng Yu went to the battle with the army, he would not be the opponent of Ma Butcher and Jia Dushi. Guo Jia, only Guo Jia has the ability to deal with Ma Butcher and Jia Dushi, only Guo Jia can reassure Cao Cao, and Cao Cao dared to concentrate his efforts to go north to Guandu to fight Yuan Shao in a decisive battle.

Let Guo Jia go to the battle? Or not let Guo Jia go to the battle?

Cao Cao hesitated for a while, but still couldn't make up his mind. He couldn't help but turn around and ask Xun Yu, "Wenruo, what should I do?"

A trace of indescribable pain flashed across Xun Yu's face, and he immediately said with a solemn expression: "My lord should put the overall situation first!"

"Big situation? Big situation!" Cao Cao murmured twice, his face suddenly turned gray, and his whole body was also depressed. After a while, he said softly, "I understand, I know what to do."

Wancheng, Liang army camp.

The Liang army's military meeting has also ended. Except for Ma Yue, Ma Chao, Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, all the strategists and generals have left the central army's tent. Ma Yue is behind his hands and is paced back and forth in the tent. The expression on his face is also shady and shaking, as if a fierce ideological struggle is being carried out.

Ma Chao and Fa Zheng's eyes moved back and forth with Ma Yue's pace. The two of them felt both expectant and confused. It was obvious that Ma Yue and Jia Xu kept Ma Chao and Fa Zheng alone, which must have an important mission, and Ma Yue was reluctant to make up his mind, which shows how arduous and important this task was.

It was already late at night, and the tent was silent, only the sound of horses leaping footsteps and the piping of torches burning were clearly heard.

Finally, Ma Yue stopped and slowly raised his head, his eyes swept across Ma Chao and Fa Zheng's faces like a knife. Ma Chao quickly straightened his chest, and Fa Zheng couldn't help but straighten his clothes to hide his tension and expectation. Ma Yue's eyes finally froze on Jia Xu's face and said, "Wenhe, it's better for you and Meng Qi, Xiaozhi."

"Recipe the order." Jia Xu bowed and turned to Ma Chao, Fa Zhengdao, "Major General, Xiaozhi, the lord means to lead 800 iron cavalry, Qiao Zhuang horse bandits into the Central Plains, follow the example of the 800 bandits that year and entered the hinterland of Yan, Yu, and Xuzhou. He used the advantage of cavalry traveling like the wind, plundering thousands of miles to raid the Cao army's jurisdiction, burning the Cao army's food and grass, killing and poking the Cao army's soldiers, and in short, the more chaotic the rear hinterland of Cao army, the better!"

Ma Chao glanced at Ma Yue and asked Jia Xu: "Military advisor, since the eight hundred cavalry are horse thieves, will they still be subject to the military rules of Liangzhou?"

Jia Xu said: "Eight hundred cavalry can act cheaply, and no longer be subject to military rules. In Yan, Yu, and Xuzhou, you can let go of burning, killing, and robbing. This military advisor will never settle accounts after the fall and pursue the faults of the soldiers. However, the same will not calculate your achievements in winning the heads."

As Jia Xu finished speaking, Ma Yue added another sentence: "After that being said, you should try to kill as little as possible. As for the gentry and gentry in Guandong, you can do it yourself. I just say one thing, no matter what you did, even if you destroy the Cao family in Qiao County, you will not be investigated!"

Jia Xu said again: "You must be careful. The mission of the Eight Hundred Cavalry is to harass the rear of the Cao army, rather than fight head-on with the Cao army, nor to let you conquer the city and conquer the land! Eight Hundred Cavalry is a sharp knife that must be cut from the weakest point to dismember a strong cow."

"I understand!" Ma Chao clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Please rest assured by brother and military advisor, Chao will never be humiliated!"

Fa Zheng also clasped his fists and said, "If you make up your mind, you should do your best to assist the major general."

"Yeah!" Jia Xu nodded and said in a deep voice, "The lord has prepared eight hundred elite soldiers, two thousand Huns' ponies, outfits, and the various weapons needed. In addition, this military advisor has prepared three days of dry food for you. After three days, everything depends on you."

Ma Yue said: "Soldiers are more important than speed, so we will go to war tonight!"

"Abide by the order!"

"Abide by the order!"

Ma Chao and Fa Zheng clasped their fists at the same time and responded with a loud bang.

Liyang, Hebei Daying.

Tian Feng, Xu You, Zhang He, Chunyu Qiong and other strategists and generals had gathered together. Yuan Shao's central army tent was crowded with people and the popularity of his talents was full of talents. At that time, there was no other two in the world. Even Cao Cao, who was entrenched in the heart of the Central Plains, his team could not be compared with Yuan Shao.

"Everyone." Yuan Shao stood up, waved to everyone, and said loudly, "Be quiet."

The big tent suddenly became quiet. Xin Ping, who was in charge of the intelligence, then coughed lightly and went forward to Yuan Shao and said, "Lord, give me a detailed return. Cao Cao is gathering troops from various counties and is preparing to lead the troops to rescue Yanjin and Baima. Combining all aspects of intelligence, Cao Cao can only mobilize up to 30,000 troops this time, only one-tenth of ours!"

Tian Feng said: "Have the 30,000 elite Cao troops left behind in Luoyang and Yingchuan's front line ever changed?"

Xin Jing said: "No."

"It seems that Cao Cao is very afraid of the butcher Ma!" Yuan Shao said loudly, "But Cao Aman wants to block the 300,000 army of orphans with 300,000 soldiers."

Tian Feng said: "My lord, don't underestimate Cao Cao's 30,000 troops! At least 10,000 of these 30,000 troops are veterans who follow Cao Cao in the east and west and have experienced many battles. They can be said to be the elite among the elites. The remaining half are also elites selected from the Yangzhou surrendered army and the Xuzhou surrendered army. Their combat power cannot be underestimated!"

"What elite!" Yuan Shao said disapprovingly, "I was beaten by the butcher several times and was defeated and fled in a panic. I was just a group of mobs. How could I be the enemy of 300,000 Hebei heroes? Yuan Hao didn't have to be ambitious and destroy his own power."

Tian Feng sighed softly, no longer speaking, but a trace of haze flashed through his heart for no reason.

In this battle, the Hebei army had the advantage from all aspects, but there was only one thing that the Hebei army was far inferior to the Cao army, that is, the commanders of the two armies were not on the same level at all! Yuan Shao was very fond of meritorious deeds, stubborn, Cao Cao was treacherous and wise, and bold and decisive. In the main general, the Cao army could be said to have an absolute advantage.

Xin Ping continued: "In addition, Sun Jian is gathering a large army of water and land towards Lujiang and Chaisang, and Liu Biao is also gathering an army towards Jiangxia and Sanjiangkou. It seems that a war will break out between Sun Jian and Liu Biao. Therefore, in a short time, both Liu Biao and Sun Jian will have no time to take care of the war in the north."

Yuan Shao nodded and asked, "What are the horse butcher entrenched in the northwest? What are the actions?"

Xin Jing said: "Ma Butcher Ma has just pacified Hanzhong and has won 20,000 new Hanzhong surrendered troops. However, Guanzhong, Hetao, and Liangzhou are all calm and quiet. The Liang army shows no signs of large-scale assembly. It seems that Ma Butcher Ma only plans to use the 20,000 elite troops stationed in Nanyang to restrain Cao Cao."

"Go." Yuan Shao said coldly, "Gu didn't expect the Northwest Army to help. It would be better if the butcher Ma did not come to cause trouble, so as not to get the two armies to fight the generals because of their territory. The butcher Ma would poke Gu's backbone behind him, scold Gu Ben for his distrust and unilaterally tear down the armistice agreement."

"No!" Xu You said flatly, "The horse butcher will never stand by in this battle. I think the horse butcher will definitely send troops to attack Xuchang in order to seize the emperor. The lord should also send an elite soldier to redirect him to Xuchang's side and must rob the emperor to Hebei before the horse butcher."

Tian Feng suddenly looked moved after hearing this. Xu You's proposal was undoubtedly an excellent suggestion. If Yuan Shao could adopt it and send a surprise troops to redirect behind Cao's army to attack Xuchang while Cao Cao was leading the army to fight outside, it would be very likely that Cao's army would be caught off guard. Even if the sneak attack failed, he would definitely be able to kill Cao's army in a hurry.

If Cao's army loses one's eyes, it is likely that it will reveal flaws, thus giving the Hebei army a chance to win with one blow.
Chapter completed!