Anyway, after Lao Cao stayed in Gan Ning's camp for more than an hour, Gan Ning accepted the task assigned to him by Lao Cao, although this task was extremely dangerous...
Outside the camp,
Gan Ning specially found Zhao Xue and explained to Zhao Xue the situation in which he accepted the task of harassing Yuan Jun's food road.
After listening to Gan Ning's words, Zhao Xue not only did not accept Cao Cao's mission because Gan Ning bypassed her, but also showed a faint smile on her face and said: "A man, you should carry a three-foot sword to establish an invincible empire."
Gong. You have outstanding abilities, and you shouldn't be nestled in my little shadow guard T-shaped shadow!"
Zhao Xue's smile made Gan Ning unable to look away.
This was the second time Gan Ning saw her smile. The first time was when Gan Ning followed Zhao Xue back to Chenliu and met Lu Yan and Guo Jia...
"Is it just to stand out? It seems that you haven't fully understood Gan's abilities!" Gan Ning crossed his arms in front of his chest, stared at Zhao Xue's cold face, and continued: "Some people love the country, but
There are also people who love beauty..."
Zhao Xue knew what Gan Ning was thinking, but she had never considered the matter of men and women before. In addition, Gan Ning came so directly, so Zhao Xue was caught off guard and dodged subconsciously.
But when it came to getting down to business, Zhao Xue immediately regained her composure and shrewdness, "Prime Minister Cao has assigned you an extremely important task..."
After a pause, Zhao Xue finally expressed her worries, "Your original 300 old troops plus the 500 elite cavalry assigned to you by the Prime Minister are only 800 people. This is far from enough..."
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Otherwise, I'll go talk to the gentleman now and ask him to add more people to you..."
Zhao Xue's words made Gan Ning happier the more he listened, and he said with joy, "You have begun to know how to care about me! My Gan Xingba's deep love for you is really not in vain!"
Zhao Xue seemed to have read Gan Ning's thoughts and couldn't help but say: "Let's get down to business, don't interrupt!"
"Okay! You continue!"
Zhao Xue continued: "I will go to your husband to ask for a favor and ask him to allocate another thousand cavalry to you. If General Zhao or General Xiahou can accompany you, that would be great."
After Zhao Xue finished speaking, she was about to turn around and look for Lu Yan, but unexpectedly, Gan Ning stretched out his hand and grabbed her forearm and said, "No, I have eight hundred fine cavalry, which is enough!"
Zhao Xue gently broke away from Gan Ning's 'devil's claws', her face even more worried, and said: "But Yuan Shao has hundreds of thousands of people!"
"Although Yuan Shao has many people, most of them are on the front line. How many guards can there be in the rear who are responsible for transporting food?"
"But eight hundred people are too few after all..."
Gan Ning suddenly grinned and said, "At least give me a chance to show off alone.
If I can successfully complete the task this time, I can use this great achievement to propose marriage to Lu Xiuqi and Guo Jijiu."
"Proposing marriage, what kind of marriage are you proposing..." Zhao Xue couldn't help but have a slight blush on her cold face, and said, "As you go, but remember to ensure the safety of yourself and the soldiers."
Recalling the shocking glimpse just now, Gan Ning couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and murmured: "It's really killing me!"
Seeing that Gan Ning was so frivolous, Zhao Xue turned around and left suddenly in embarrassment, no longer paying attention to Gan Ning.
Gan Ning, however, still kept his arms crossed, with a somewhat careless posture, quietly looking at Zhao Xue's back, and murmuring to himself: "You have a good figure, it's easy to have a child!"
When Gan Ning saw Zhao Xue walking away, he was about to turn around and leave to summon his former subordinates.
After Zhao Xue walked dozens of steps, she suddenly stopped, turned her back to Gan Ning and said, "The journey here is difficult and dangerous. Please take care of yourself along the way."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Xue left directly.
Gan Ning smiled and said to himself again: "What a cold-blooded bitch, I have a narrow escape from death!
Hey! I didn’t even mention giving a warm hug, I just said take care and dismissed it..."
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Let us say that Yuan Shao personally led the main force southward and attacked Xiahou Yuan's first camp.
The disparity in the strength of the two sides was too great, and Yuan Shao personally boosted the morale of the vanguard. Xia Houyuan, Huang Zhong, and Guan Yu were unable to withstand his strength and could only fight and retreat.
Yuan Shao's army defeated Xiahou Yuan's four camps in one day. Only then did they stop attacking because it was getting late.
Xiahou Yuan could not resist Yuan Shao's army, so he could only send a messenger overnight to report the situation he encountered to Cao Cao.
In the camp of Cao Jun.
Cao Cao handed the letter sent by Xia Houyuan to Lu Yan.
After Lu Yan read it, he handed it to Guo Jia. Everyone took turns to read the letter silently.
After learning that Yuan Shao led an army of 400,000 troops to attack Xiahou Yuan's four camps one after another, the atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent was unusually solemn.
After Cao Cao saw that everyone had read the letter, he asked aloud: "Yuan Shao is approaching 400,000 yuan, how should we defeat him?"
Win?
Everyone looked at each other in silence.
Cao Cao originally had much fewer soldiers than Yuan Shao, but later he divided his troops to capture Hanoi with 30,000 soldiers. Now all the soldiers in Yuanwu and Guandu combined are only a hundred thousand, while Yuan Shao's army on the opposite side has a full army of 400,000, and he can remain undefeated.
Even if you burn high incense, want to win? Easier said than done!
Everyone was silent, even Xi Zhicai and other counselors looked frowning at this moment.
In this atmosphere, Cao Cao felt a little less confident.
At this time, he responded, "In the face of absolute power, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain!"
Lu Yan's eyes drifted to everyone, and when he saw that no one dared to speak, he had no choice but to stand up and be the one who offered advice.
"Mr. Cao, Yuan Shao is powerful. It is not appropriate for us to divide our troops and give him every opportunity to defeat him." Lu Yan's words successfully attracted everyone's attention to him.
Seeing Cao Cao looking at him, Lu Yan continued: "Yuan Shao's army cannot withstand the long-term expenditure.
His goal is very clear, which is to break through Guandu as quickly as possible and take Chenliu and Xuchang directly.
Although Guandu is a plain, it is surrounded by dense water networks. Moreover, Guandu Port is surrounded by Guandu Water to the north, Zhongmou Ze to the east, and Putian Ze to the west. It is also surrounded by water on three sides.
In the middle, there is only a few miles wide and twenty miles long for Yuan's army to attack frontally. This kind of terrain is more conducive to our army's use of limited forces to deploy defenses, and in this way offsets Yuan's army's advantage of having more troops.
Therefore, I think we should station all our troops in Guandu and start a tug-of-war and protracted war with Yuan Shao in Guandu."
Lu Yan’s analysis almost described Guandu’s geographical advantages to the extreme.
Liu Bei raised his head slightly and looked at Lu Yan, thinking: "Listening to Mr. Analyze the battle situation, it is really a enlightening feeling!"
Lu Yan's words gradually made everyone feel calmer.
If we can still fight a protracted war with Yuan Shao, it means that we still have hope.
Just when Lu Yan finished speaking, Guo Jia also stood up, raised his hands and said: "My lord, maybe many people think that we cannot resist Yuan Shao.
However, my subordinates think that our army will win this battle!"
Guo Jia's words cheered up Cao Cao, and he quickly asked: "Fengxiao, what do you think?"
Lu Yan looked at Guo Jia's upright figure, his heart moved slightly, and said to himself: "The theory of ten wins and ten losses is coming?"