In August of the fifth year of Jian'an, the war in Guandu gradually became fierce.

Yuan Shao adopted Jushu's strategy, built towers and piled up soil to form mountains, and ordered archers to stand on high places and shoot down Cao's camp. Cao's army suppressed Yuan's army, and many Cao soldiers even held shields on their heads when they went out to prevent attacks by Yuan's archers. Fortunately, Cao's army modified the stone chariot, invented the thunder chariot, and destroyed the tower sloping made by Yuan's army, and finally got a game back. Seeing that the plan to pile soil into mountains failed, Yuan Shao immediately dug out tunnels and wanted to attack Cao Cao. Fortunately, Xun You discovered in time and ordered people to dig long trenches in the camp to defend, and once again cracked Yuan Shao's strategy. Since July, the two sides have collided fiercely in Guandu. Strange and wonderful plans have emerged one after another, and the casualties of both sides have also increased. In contrast, Cao Cao, who was attacked from three sides, felt a little unable to hold on!

Sun Ce's killing finally solved Cao Cao's big concern.

After Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan immediately withdrew his troops and stationed him, and sent people to Xudu to apologize to Cao Cao.

There was no way, as soon as Sun Ce died, turmoil began to occur in Jiangdong. You know, although the Sun family was a wealthy family, there was still a big gap compared to those famous families. Previously, Sun Ce used Sun Jian's reputation and the courage of the overlord to shock the Jiangdong gentry. But as soon as Sun Ce died, the Jiangdong gentry was ready to move. If Sun Ce had not killed too hard before and weakened the power of the Jiangdong gentry, the entire Jiangdong would have fallen into chaos.

After all, Sun Quan is young and has insufficient reputation.

If it weren't for the support of veterans such as Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, and with the strong help of Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, he would not even be able to take over Sun Ce's position.

In this way, it became empty talk to go north.

In desperation, Sun Quan sent someone to ask Cao Cao for peace, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun to go to Liaodong to try to solve the troubles in Jiaozhou.

Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as Sun Ce died, he had no worries!

Although there was another Liu Bei, there was a big fuss in Runan.

But in Cao Cao's opinion, Liu Bei was not enough to affect the overall situation and didn't care about him.

Facing Yuan Shao's fierce offensive, Cao Cao also felt tremendous pressure.

Although the threat from Jiangdong has been lifted, Cao's army had few soldiers and shortage of food and was tired of soldiers. Cao Cao even lost confidence to stick to it for a while.

For this reason, he wrote a letter to Xun Yu, wanting to retreat to Xudu.

Xun Yu immediately replied: Yuan Shao gathered his main force in Guandu, hoping to decide the outcome with the public.

The Duke should be the strongest, and if he cannot control it, he must take advantage of it. This is the key to determining the general trend of the world. In the dispute between Chu and Han, no one in Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were willing to retreat first, thinking that if they retreat first, they would be defeated. The Duke should be one to ten, and he would be able to rush forward. The situation is gradually becoming clearer and there is no room for maneuver. Now Youzhou is in turmoil, and Liu Zhengbei is storming the army to sweep Youzhou, and Yuan Shao will inevitably panic.

I believe that there will inevitably be a major change in the near future. This is the time to win by surprise, so you must not miss it.”

This letter finally made Cao Cao calm.

That’s right. It has been half a year since the Battle of White Horse... I have been persisting for so long, so why bother to give up easily?

No matter what kind of attitude Cao Cao had towards Liu Chuang, Liu Chuang's troops were now entering Youbeiping. The fierce battle in Yuyang has caused chaos in Youzhou. Yuan Shao could not have noticed this. That is why he launched such a fierce offensive, which was to end the battle of Guandu as soon as possible, and then return to Youzhou to confront Liu Chuang. In contrast, the more anxious Yuan Shao was, the more calm Cao Cao had to be.

After discussing with Guo Jiaxun You and Jia Xu, Cao Cao ordered Ren Jun, the general responsible for supply, to adopt a ten-way method to shorten the distance of the grain route and adopt two arrays, that is, to restore the formation and strengthen protection to prevent Yuan Shao from sneak attacking the grain route; on the other hand, Cao Cao continued to look for fighter jets and ordered Xu Huang and Cao Hong to attack from Henoi to intercept the Yuan army's grain route to increase the supply difficulties of the Yuan army.

"Fengxiao, do you think you should send an envoy to Youzhou to contact Na Chuang'er and ask him to increase his efforts?"

"Lord, don't worry. The lord has provoked turmoil in western Liaoning before, which made Chuang'er feel resentful, but it will not affect his cooperation with the lord.

Now the battle of Guandu is the best time for Chuang'er.

I believe he will speed up the conquest of Youzhou... The lord will inevitably fall into a inferior position and gain the upper hand for him. In the current situation, if he beat him, the lord will continue to stick here. At this time, the lord should not be the lord, but Yuan Shao."

Guo Jia's words calmed down Cao Cao.

"In this way, I will follow what Xiao Xiao said!"

Time quietly enters September without realizing it.

With the two-month fierce battle, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both felt a little tired, the war gradually leveled, and entered a stalemate...

On this day, Cao Cao was discussing matters with Xun You, but saw Jia Xu hurried into the tent.

"Wenhe, why are you so panicked?"

Looking at Jia Xu's panting appearance, Cao Cao couldn't help but ask with a smile.

In his impression, Jia Xu always looked calm and composed. Now he has never seen such panic.

"Lord, just got the news that General Zhengbei suddenly entered Guangyang three days ago and besieged Changping?"

"Siege Changping?"

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this and quickly ordered someone to bring the Youzhou map.

This Changping was established as early as the Western Han Dynasty and was the gateway to Jixian.

At this time, Liu Chuang suddenly entered Guangyang County and besieged Changping County, which surprised Cao Cao. Because Yuyang had not yet been fully pacified, there were Wuwan people in the north and Zhang He, Gaolan, stationed troops in Gushui in the south, so he besieged Changping at this time, which was a little hurry.

"Gongda, what do you think about Chuang'er?"

Xun You looked at the map, pondered for a while, and said softly: "If my guess is good, I'm afraid General Zhengbei wants to speed up the end of the Youzhou war."

"oh?"

"Changping is the gateway to the north of Youzhou. It seems inconspicuous, but it connects to Zhuo County, Shanggu and Dai County.

The General of the North had planned to make steady progress, but now it seems that he might want to speed up his pace and completely take over Youzhou before the end of the Guandu war. Once Changping is lost, the connection between Zhuo County and Shanggu will be cut off. In this way, Yuan Xi will inevitably mobilize the two Wuwans of the Nakamoto Di and Nanlou... But if this happens, the troops of Shanggu and Dai County will be empty. If you raise troops in Wuyuan at this time, you will be able to capture the clouds..."

After Xun You finished speaking, he looked at Cao Cao, and the meaning was expressed more clearly.

Liu Chuang, this is to stir up the turmoil between You and You!

Cao Cao then remembered that Liu Chuang also had a father-in-law stationed in Wuyuan, Xun Chen!

Previously, in order to avoid Xun Chen colluding with Liu Chuang in Bohai County, Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao send Xun Chen to Wuyuan. At that time, Liu Chuang had not yet captured western Liaoning and was busy with the war in Liaodong. I am afraid Tian Feng did not expect that the war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would be stalemate for half a year.

In this way, Liu Chuang was given enough opportunity to go out to western Liaoning to capture Youzhou...

Something wrong was wrong. Cao Cao looked at the map, but Guo Jia's words suddenly echoed in his mind: Chuang'er has such luck!

Lucky?

Cao Cao couldn't help but feel nervous.

I missed him for half his life and finally got his current foundation.

But he didn't expect that Liu Chuang would rise so quickly and become a prince in a blink of an eye.

Could it be that Liu Chuang has great luck?

Cao Cao felt extremely entangled in his heart. He couldn't help but frown...

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In September of the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang ordered Xu Sheng and Huang Zhong's troops to split into two groups, advance to Guangyang, and besiege Changping.

Yuan Xi couldn't help but feel panicked. He hurriedly ordered Qianzhao to gather troops and stationed in Liangxiang. At the same time, he even dispatched troops and generals, asking Hanlou and Nengchen Di to send troops from Daijun and Shanggu to rescue Changping. He also sent envoys to Gushui, hoping that Zhang He and Gaolan could send troops.

Gushui. Yuan’s army camp.

Zhang He and Gao Lan and the other two were also having a headache.

In the past two months, the two have attacked Yongnu several times, but were defeated by the Han army one after another.

Tian Yu and Zhao Yun divided into two divisions, Tian Yu guarded Yongnu, while Zhao Yun led a thousand five flying bear cavalry to station in the east of Yongnu.

Tian Yu was originally from Yongnu and was more famous in Yongnu.

He quickly summoned three thousand troops and defended Yongnu's county to death... When Zhang He Gaolan sent troops to attack Yongnu, Zhao Yun would lead the cavalry from the rear to attack him. If Zhang He Gaolan wanted to encircle Zhao Yun, Tian Yu would lead his troops out of the city and restrain Yuan's army.

This also gave Zhang He and Gao Lan and the others a headache.

Tian Yu is good at guarding, and Zhao Yun is good at attacking.

With this attack and defense, Zhang He Gaolan's troops were blocked outside Yongnu's city and could not move forward a little.

As Liaodong County continues to strengthen its troops in Yuyang, Zhang He and Gao Lan and the others have already felt tremendous pressure...

When Yuan Xi's order arrived at the Yuan army camp of Gushui, Zhang He and Gao Lan were also shocked.

"This General Zhengbei is so brave!"

Gao Lan couldn't help but be furious, "He clearly didn't take you and me seriously, and actually advanced into Guangyang.

Junyi, please temporarily guard the Gushui camp, and I will command our troops and rush to help Changping... If we can defeat the Liaodong army in Changping, Yongnu will definitely be depressed. At that time, you and I will join forces and conquer it in one fell swoop."

Zhang He frowned, revealing a hint of suspicion.

"Uncle Liu was extremely safe to use troops before.

Why did the troops suddenly enter Guangyang and besiege Changping? Although Changping is a small county, the city walls are strong and easy to defend and difficult to attack. What's more, his troops are trapped in Changping, how could the second young master abandon it? At that time, he will be surrounded by enemies from both sides and will inevitably be defeated. This is a taboo in military strategists, why did Uncle Liu advance so aggressively?”

Gao Lan was stunned and then laughed again.

"I heard that the lord had the upper hand in Guandu, and this Uncle Liu thought he was afraid that the lord would win, so he sent troops to advance."

Think about it, it seems to make some sense.

Although Zhang He was a little uneasy, since Yuan Xi ordered him to come over, he could not have done anything.

"Guanzhi, I will still rush to Changping to help this time.

You lead your troops to station in Gushui and wait for news."

Gao Lan was a little reluctant, but seeing that Zhang He was determined, he had to agree.

At that moment, Zhang He ordered three thousand troops and horses to come out of the Gushui camp overnight. After crossing the Gushui camp, he advanced rapidly towards Changping.

From Gushui Daying to Changping, it is necessary to pass through Anshi.

Zhang He stayed in Anci for a day and replenished his food, grass and supplies. Then he received news that the capable minister Di led 8,000 Wuwan people to attack from Dai County and were rushing to Changping for assistance.

Zhang He was a little anxious!

If the siege of Changping was lifted by the capable minister Di or Nanlou, it would undoubtedly be a very shameless thing for Zhang He, one of the four pillars of Hebei. So, after a day of rest, Zhang He immediately led his troops to come to Changping...
To be continued...