Zhao Long shook his head: "Piece the Black Mountain Army within one year, destroy Liu Bei and Liu Yu within three years, pacify Liaodong and Liaoxi within four years, and control the four states, otherwise it will be too late. Cao Cao and Chu Zimou south of the Yellow River will be defeated within four years."

It will definitely become a big problem."

When the governor of Taiyuan was merged with Taiyuan, the prefect Hu Ma expanded the army aggressively to provide as many soldiers as possible for Lian Po's army.

Lian Po's commander is very high, and the number of legions he can add is more than 100,000!

"The Hetao Plain is mine. With the Hetao Plain, a large amount of grain and war horses are produced every year. Who in the Eastern Han Dynasty can compete with me."

Lord Huma is preparing to march to Yanmen County to fight for the Hetao Plain.

The Hetao Plain is an important horse-producing area.

In Guanzicheng, western Liaoning, there was heavy snowfall. Gongsun Zan's army was trapped here by the Wuhuan tribe for more than 200 days. Most of the soldiers were killed or injured and the food was about to be exhausted.

There were at least 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry outside the city, and there were less than 10,000 soldiers in the city. Gongsun Zan's white horse Yicon also suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the Wuhuan cavalry was not good at attacking cities, so Gongsun Zan was able to persevere.

"Liu Xuande's original warning was right. He did not follow me to attack Wuhuan and escaped. If this continues, my entire army will be annihilated."

When Gongsun Zan saw the densely packed Wuhuan cavalry, he frowned. He had killed too many Wuhuan cavalry, and the Wuhuan tribe would not let him go. The food in the city could not sustain him for ten days, and his morale was on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, on the horizon, a group of cavalry troops under the banner of Prince Yan, Lord of Western Liaoning, appeared, numbering tens of thousands of people. Iron hooves rolled and dust rose!

The leading general put on a ferocious iron mask and led the mighty Han cavalry into the 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry. Holding a big sword in his hand, he killed a Wuhuan general from his horse!

"Is this... reinforcements?! All soldiers, prepare to follow me out of the city to kill all the Wuhuan people!"

As a strong border general, Gongsun Zan wanted to destroy Wuhuan quickly. When reinforcements arrived, he immediately encouraged the defenders in the city to fight to the death!

The defenders numbering less than 10,000 people rushed out. Gongsun Zan held a spear and led the white horse Yi Cong to attack first!

The White Horse Yi Cong was equipped with a white horse, holding a horn bow, galloping as fast as flying, and fired at the Wuhuan cavalry, who fell down in response to the string!

The Liaoxi cavalry led by Di Qing engaged Gongsun Zan's cavalry in a pincer attack. One hundred thousand Wuhuan cavalry were defeated and fled. Prince Yan and Gongsun Zan captured countless war horses, including many good horses that would arouse the jealousy of the lords within the pass.

With the support of Prince Yan, Gongsun Zan finally escaped from the siege and decided to become brothers with Prince Yan: "If my brother becomes the shepherd of Youzhou in the future, I will definitely make my brother the governor of Liaoxi."

Unknowingly, the princes in the area north of the Yellow River in the Eastern Han Dynasty began to form alliances in advance. Although there was still a large amount of territory that had not been digested, there was already a faint sense of competition among the various groups.

"Liu Bei has formed an alliance with Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou. Liu Yu ordered Liu Bei to guard against Yuan Shao, the Black Mountain Army, the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei!"

Two northern royal clans decided to join forces to fight against the surrounding forces.

"Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Zhao Long, the governor of Wei County, to counter Liu Bei, Liu Yu, and Gongsun Zan!"

"Prince Yan, the foreign lord, sent troops to help Gongsun Zan, who was besieged by the Wuhuan tribe, to rescue him. Gongsun Zan became sworn friends with him. The two joined forces, and everything in western Liaoning was peaceful, and Wuhuan fled!"

"Hu Ma, the governor of Taiyuan, is indifferent, but which camp he chooses to join may affect the pattern of the Hebei region!"

To the north of the Yellow River, the three major groups of Liu Bei-Liu Yu Group, Yuan Shao-Zhao Long Group, and Gongsun Zan-Prince Yan gradually took shape.

In addition to the three influential large groups, there are also major lords such as Mingguan and Huma who have not formed an alliance because they have absolute confidence in Chang Yuchun and Lian Po. Even if they do not rely on the power of the alliance, as independent lords

, you can also dominate Liaodong and Bingzhou.

"Military groups have appeared north of the Yellow River, but south of the Yellow River they are still fighting independently. No, Tao Qian and the others can be considered a military group..."

Chutian heard about the fierce competition north of the Yellow River one after another, and couldn't help but feel lucky that his territory was not north of the Yellow River, otherwise Chutian might have been besieged by three military groups.

With Chutian's current power, it is really impossible to stop the siege of the three major military groups.

Chutian would pay attention to the competition in the Eastern Han Dynasty from time to time, because the winner might be the enemy in the future, but he didn't know which force could survive the fierce battlefield north of the Yellow River.

During the separatist period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao finally annexed Gongsun Zan and became the overlord of the four states.

Now it seems that this may not be the case. Every force has the capital to compete with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao will never be as sharp as he was in history.

If necessary, Chu Tian will also consider forming an alliance to suppress Cao Cao.

However, it seems that few lords responded to Chu Tian, ​​because in the eyes of the Xuzhou lords, Chu Tian was more powerful than Cao Cao, so they would first suppress Chu Tian and then consider suppressing Cao Cao.

Chu Tian also participated in suppressing the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and Dong Zhuo who were developing too fast, so he was no stranger to the tactics of He Zong Lian Heng, or on the contrary, he was more familiar with them.

"Xuanling, Cao Mengde's development momentum is worrying. I want to cause some trouble for Cao Mengde. Do you have any good ideas?"

Chu Tian was worried that Cao Cao's power would grow too quickly with the support of players, so he wanted to cause trouble for Cao Cao.

He and Cao Cao were allies during the crusade against Dong Zhuo, so Chu Tian would not target Cao Cao, but after the campaign against Dong Zhuo ended, the two became competitors.

Chu Tian wanted to bring down Cao Cao and did not want to see Cao Cao develop.

Especially before Chutian unified Xuzhou, he did not want to see Cao Cao have unified Yanzhou.

After Cao Cao unified Yanzhou, the first thing he would do was attack Xuzhou.

This is not difficult to predict.

Each prince basically knows each other's strategy, and the key is to be one step faster than the opponent.

Almost a year, half a year, is enough to decide who is the winner.

Chu Tian knew that Fang Xuanling was willing to give in when using tricks, so he took the initiative to ask Fang Xuanling for his opinion.

Fang Xuanling said: "My lord can encourage the foreign lords of Yanzhou whom he knows, secretly support them to form an anti-Cao Cao alliance, with Gongzi Wen as the leader, and call on all the lords of Yanzhou to join forces to surround Cao Cao and divide his territory and generals. In this way, Cao Cao's

The situation is the same as that of my lord, and all my lord has to do is to defeat Tao Qian's coalition forces faster."

"Wonderful."

Chu Tian had a headache because of the Xuzhou lord's alliance. Fang Xuanling's simple strategy made Chu Tian feel a little better.

If you don't have a good time, then Cao Cao can't have a good time either. Let Cao Cao also experience the feeling of being targeted.

As long as the anti-Cao Cao alliance can successfully delay Cao Cao for a period of time and buy time for Chu Tian to unify Xuzhou, then it will already be a profit for Chu Tian.

Fang Xuanling continued: "In addition, the relationship between Cao Cao and the governor of Yanzhou Liu Dai, the pastor of Jizhou Yuan Shao, and the pastor of Yuzhou Yuan Shu can be provoked to turn them against each other. The Central Plains is a place of four wars, and Cao Cao will face siege from all directions.

If you don't have time to take care of yourself, then Cao Cao will not be able to unify Yanzhou with peace of mind."

"Drive the tiger to devour the wolf, causing both sides to suffer losses."

Chu Tian agreed with Fang Xuanling's strategy and sent people to contact Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, responsible for causing trouble for Cao Cao.

Facts have proved that Cao Cao later complained a lot about Chu Tian's tricks: Chu Zimou made it difficult for himself and also made others difficult. This was extremely bad.

"Is Hua Xiong willing to surrender now?"

Chu Tian asked about Hua Xiong. He still lacked a general to command the Xiliang cavalry.

"It will probably take less than three to five days before they surrender."

"Oh? What strategy did the military strategist use to make the stubborn Hua Xiong surrender?"

Chu Tian heard Hua Xiong say with his own ears that he would rather die than surrender, and thought he was a tough guy.

Fang Xuanling downplayed: "Actually, Hua Xiong had the idea of ​​​​surrendering, but it was just because of his face, especially in front of Xu Rong, and there was no way to go down. His subordinates have ordered him to be detained separately from Xu Rong, and ordered him to be executed after five days.

Presumably without Xu Rong present, Hua Xiong is greedy for life and afraid of death, so he will probably be shaken. When the time comes, I will personally go to supervise the execution, and if the lord shows up with someone to rescue Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong will definitely shed tears of gratitude and serve the Lord."

What an insidious strategy...

Sure enough, Hua Xiong's IQ was in front of Fang Xuanling, and he still had to help Fang Xuanling count the money after being sold.

Fang Xuanling wanted to make Hua Xiong feel good about Chu Tian and then surrender...

Chu Tian suspected that no matter who was caught in Xia Cheng, Fang Xuanling would be able to subdue him.

If I had known, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao would be captured...

Chu Tian felt a little regretful.

However, the crusade against Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and no one knew which of Dong Zhuo's generals could be captured.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao should try to catch him later.

With Fang Xuanling here, there are candidates for generals to command the Xiliang cavalry.

Hua Xiong can only be regarded as a second-rate heavy cavalry commander. The truly first-rate heavy cavalry commander depends on Ma Chao, Wanyan Zongbi (Iron Buddha) and others.

"I heard that you are looking for trouble with Cao Cao?"

Xia Liang, who was registering the account books at the side, heard that Chu Tian and Fang Xuanling were planning to frame Cao Cao and Hua Xiong. He held his chin with his right hand and intervened in the topic with interest.

"Do you have any other ways to slow down Cao Cao's development?"

"Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, fled to Langya Kingdom with a group of servants. If Cao Song can be placed under house arrest, it will surely cause some trouble for Cao Cao, right?"

"Cao Song is in Xiacheng?"

"Well, he brought a lot of servants and gold and silver, so he was easily noticed. Cao Song currently lives in Xiacheng and bought a mansion for 500 taels of silver."

Why did Cao Cao's father end up in Langya Kingdom?

Chu Tian carefully recalled that in history, Cao Song seemed to have escaped to Tao Qian's territory and was killed by Tao Qian's men, so Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and massacred the city in the name of avenging his father.

However, Chu Tian still felt a little strange about getting Cao Cao's father out of nowhere. What if Cao Cao asked him for his father one day?

"Cao Cao is a tycoon and will not compromise easily just because Cao Song is in our hands."

Chu Tian didn't quite believe that Cao Cao would surrender to Cao Song because he was in Langya Kingdom.

Xiang Yu captured Liu Bang's father and used it to threaten Liu Bang, but Liu Bang remained unmoved.

"My subordinate was negligent. But I think it might be useful to keep Cao Song around..."
To be continued...