Chapter 240 Cao Cao is making progress step by step, and Yuan Shao’s decline is highlighted

Author: Tough Bronze

Chapter 240 Cao Cao is making progress step by step, and Yuan Shao’s decline is highlighted

Cao Cao looked at everyone and smiled, "Haha... Let's talk about it for a moment, how good it is to be righteous. Do you have any good ideas?"

Gao Shun shook his head and said: "My lord, there is nothing you can do. He just asked the lord to decide the strategy personally when the time comes. He said that only you know how to expand the benefits of this news, thus affecting the outcome of the entire battle of Guandu."

"I know?!"

Cao Cao was a little shocked, and then he thought about it carefully. After getting rid of all the bad emotions in his heart, his thoughts gradually became clear.

Cao Cao thought about it and realized that Yuan Shao must have known about Zhu Ling. This meant that the Liyang garrison must have received orders from Yuan Shao, so they built a defense line in the small town to defend it.

If this is the case, Cao Cao only needs to defeat Yuan Shao, and the soldiers and horses in Yuan Shao's camp will be confused.

Indeed.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up and he said to Cheng Yu, "Immediately send Zhu Ling's head and this letter to Liyang so that Yuan Shao can see it with his own eyes."

"At the same time, you immediately sent people to spread the news, especially among the refugees near Liyang, to spread rumors."

"Here!"

…

In the next few days, people in Liyang City knew about this matter, and everyone was shocked by it.

At the same time, after eight hundred miles of expedited travel, they arrived directly from Wei County to Yecheng, and Zhu Ling's head and letters were also delivered to Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao received the box containing Zhu Ling's head, it was so unbearable that he burst into tears!

"Zhu Ling, you lost your life for me in this matter, but why did it happen like this? Could it be that Cao Cao, the thief, has been guarding you, which is why you ended up like this?"

"Cao Mengde is a man who seems to be trustworthy when employing people, but secretly he is on guard against everyone. He will not truly trust anyone, and may even deceive himself.

Cao Cao used the strategy of employing people without suspicion and distrusting people with suspicion. At that time, the two of them were separated by the Yellow River. They were brothers, one went north and the other went south.

Yanzhou returned to Cao Cao, while Jizhou and Youzhou returned to Yuan Shao.

At that time, the relationship between the two was very good, and they helped each other. Yuan Shao often received news about Cao Cao's territory deployment, but he never thought that it was just a cover-up, as Cao Cao was a fickle person.

On the surface, those polite and virtuous corporals, who only use their talents, are all superficial.

Zhu Ling was killed this time. He was killed by Cao Cao after making the slightest move. This is the best proof that Cao Cao has no faith at all.

Cao Cao actually asked someone to deliver the letter to Yuan Shao, which made Yuan Shao very unhappy.

"It's over, there's no hope!"

Yuan Shao suddenly shouted loudly and overturned the table in front of him.

In this war, from the beginning of the year to now, Yuan Shao always felt that he was being led by others a lot of the time, and it was really unbearable for him.

"Hit me, hit me hard!"

Cao Cao was very angry and said to his second son Yuan Xi who was next to him.

Yuan Xi was originally in Youzhou. Recently, in order to support the southern battlefield, he not only brought 80,000 troops and horses, but also brought about 400,000 grain and grass.

"Since Cao Mengde won't make it easy for me, how can I make it easy for him? Now I can't hold on any longer! Pass my order, go south to Liyang, and fight to the death with Cao Mengde!"

Yuan Shao suddenly said in a deep voice.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was so angry, Tian Feng and Ben wanted to remonstrate, but it was useless. They looked at each other for a while, and after a long time, no one said anything.

From then on, the areas near Yecheng were constantly preparing military supplies every day, uniting forces, gathering troops and horses, and then headed south to support Liyang.

In this way, within a short period of time, Yuan Shao managed to recruit an army of 200,000. Together with the hundreds of thousands of defenders in Liyang, Yuan Shao now had an army of 300,000 and could once again fight to the death with Cao Cao.

If he wins this time, Yuan Shao can go south to Dongjun and then invade Yanzhou, directly threatening the land of Xuchang!

If Cao Cao can't resist, it will be a complete failure!

But if Yuan Shao loses to Cao Cao again in this battle, as far as Yuan Shao is concerned, he will be at the end of his rope with no way out.

…

Three days later, Yuan Shao was in high spirits and was preparing to raise his troops south to fight Cao Cao again. Now that Cao Cao had led his troops to attack Liyang for several months, his army was already exhausted. Yuan Shao firmly believed that he was just waiting for work this time, and he would definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao.

If he is defeated by Cao Cao again this time, Yuan Shao will die on his own to apologize.

Yuan Shao was planning now, but he ignored that Xi Yu in Leling County was waiting for Yuan Shao to go south.

This night, after dinner, Xi Yu, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong were playing mahjong leisurely. Xi Yu was the one who taught the other three people to play mahjong, but tonight he kept losing to these three people.

, which made him very ashamed.

Just when Xi Yu was extremely depressed, his soldiers reported to Xi Yu's camp that Yuan Shao was about to go south to Liyang.

Hearing the news, Xi Yu suddenly became excited.

"What good news!"

Xi Yu patted the document and said to Zhao Yun: "Okay, that's it for tonight's mahjong. Zilong, you and Han Sheng go to the military camp immediately and lead the black and white cavalry from Leling to the Bohai Sea and the Hejian."

"When I got there, I immediately ordered people to spread rumors: Yuan Shao was very shameless. After the assassination was discovered, he became so angry that he actually wanted to lead his troops to the south to die!"

"At the same time, all the nobles in Jizhou are notified that as long as they take the initiative to hand over letters to me, Xiyu, before the war, I promise to protect their original interests and status in the future, and ensure that the poor scholars and ordinary people will never seize the opportunity.

Take advantage of them!"

"Here!"

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong stood up immediately, but Huang Zhong added, "My lord, I have exactly the same color and seven pairs of dragons. You are going to let me go!"

"Old Huang, there's going to be a war now. How can you be so despondent with things? How can you be like this? It's really too much!"

Xi Yu suddenly said in a deep voice, "Give me an order. From today on, playing mahjong in the army is prohibited. Everyone should seize the time to complete various trainings immediately!"

"Ah, sir, you...are going too far!" Huang Zhong said with some dissatisfaction.

At this moment, he was in disbelief. If Xi Yu had fired this cannon at him, he would have earned at least twenty gold. But with just such a word from Xi Yu, the twenty gold would be completely gone?!

"Haha, General Huang, it's just a pair of dragons and seven pairs, it doesn't matter. If you kill a few more people on the battlefield, you can easily get back this little money." Dian Wei, who was eating big cakes next to him, smiled at Huang.

Zhong said.

"What's wrong with this? I clearly won this one!"

"Nonsense!" Xi Yu walked outside, "I haven't finished this fight yet, how did you win?"

"Wait until this war is over, and we will continue fighting when we come back!"

"Sir, you put it lightly. I'll fight you when you come back. When have I... ever been so wronged..."

Now Huang Zhong is considered old, and he has a son to raise at home. After several years of training, his son is now in particularly good health. His archery, swordsmanship, and even equestrian skills are now about to catch up with Huang Zhong's.

However, his son has not actually been on the battlefield yet and is still in Xuchang.

Huang Zhong had already planned to recruit his son after the northern war was over.

As a result, Huang Zhong is sometimes like an old money geek. He always thinks that more money in his hands is more secure.

After all, nowadays, the magic weapons of the Institute of Engineering and Craftsmen require a lot of money to buy. Even if they don't buy the finished products, they at least need to buy the raw materials to make these objects.

Xi Yu was very happy and walked in front, and immediately sent someone to go out and get the news about Yuan Shao.

From the day they entered Leling County, each step-by-step strategy could finally be implemented. As Cao Cao said at the beginning, the best plan for Xi Yu is to leave capital for the competition between Qinghe faction and Yingchuan faction, and

It also left room for the rest of the noble clans to surrender.

…

Just when Yuan Shao's 200,000 troops arrived in Liyang, there was huge turmoil in the rear of Jizhou.

People from the gentry class sent letters and tablets to Leling County one after another, expressing their willingness to surrender.

The territory of Qinghe, which is closest to Leling County, is also among them. All the noble families in Qinghe, large and small, sent letters expressing their willingness to make peace. This move made Yuan Shao's clan members clearly feel how eager these noble families were to surrender.

If this move is allowed to continue as it is, the entire Jizhou will soon be completely destroyed in a short period of time.

Such an unfavorable thing made Yuan Tan and Ju Yi in Pingyang immediately restless.

Nowadays, Pingyang City is filled with piles of official slips and various military intelligence reports, all of which are placed on Yuan Tan's papers.

At this moment, Yuan Tan's face was livid, and he was sitting in front of the papers. After several battles with Zhao Zilong these days, the hostility in young Yuan Tan's body was finally gone.

Over the past few days, Yuan Tan has restrained his temper a lot.

After several battles with Zhao Yun, Yuan Tan's most capable generals were all killed by Zhao Yun within a few rounds. This frightened them into not having the courage to fight.

Several sneak attacks were planned, but they all failed and suffered heavy losses. Such a difficult battle made Yuan Tan and his troops feel like they were being led around by others, and they also suffered heavy losses after stealing camps several times.

From the beginning of the war, Yuan Tan never fully grasped the initiative.

After all, under the teasing of Xi Yu and Zhao Zilong, Yuan Tan was in fear and uneasiness every day, and he even had to endure the blame and abuse from his father, Yuan Shao, who was at the rear.

"Ju Yi!"

At this moment, Yuan Tan said in a deep voice.

"Tonight, you and I will go out with our troops and fight with Xi Yu!"
To be continued...