Now there is an accident in Feng Ying Emperor, and it is very likely that Cao Cao will take the lead. What makes Yuan Xi blame himself most for this incident is that he was too confident and underestimated Cao Cao after all.
Over the past year, the opponent seemed to be tied up in everything, and suffered in every aspect. Xuzhou failed to capture Xiapi, and Chen Liu failed to capture Zhang Miao. Yuan Xi once thought that Cao Cao had not found a direction yet, so he couldn't help but relax his vigilance.
However, the opponent now went straight to Hedong County to welcome the emperor with lightning speed, instead of Luoyang in later generations, and gave Yuan Xi a hard blow.
Only then did Yuan Xi understand that Cao Cao, like himself, had always been targeting the emperor and had already planned to please the emperor!
It's no wonder that although it was a year later for future generations to welcome the emperor, how could Cao Cao not plan in advance?
But Yuan Xi didn't understand what prompted Cao Cao to decide to take action in advance. Maybe it was the unfavorable situation in the war, or maybe it was pressure from many parties, but in any case, Cao Cao had already taken action first!
Not only did he reach a private agreement with Yuan Shang, he also launched his own hidden chess game in Huaicheng, which made Lu Bu exhausted and delayed the two parties' joint efforts to rush to Anyi!
In this way, if Huaicheng is in chaos, although Zhao Yun Jushou can act alone, without Lu Bu's support, it will be easy for Cao Cao to counterattack.
A man like Cao Cao plans his decisions and then acts. Yuan Xi will not be surprised by what he does now.
The problem before Yuan Xi now is that Cao Cao will definitely cause trouble in Huaicheng. In this way, how to break through the obstacles, quell the turmoil, and get to Anyi as soon as possible has become a problem for the coalition forces of Lu Bu and Yuan Xi.
Thinking of later generations when Cao Cao attacked Xia Pi, Lu Bu's generals rebelled and the city gate was breached, which was exactly the same as Yuan's loss of Ye City. Yuan Xi pinched his wrist unconsciously, as if there were Cao Cao's spies everywhere in the world. This information about the other party
The ability is too terrifying!
How many people did Cao Cao bribe?
Seeing that Yuan Xi seemed to be frustrated, Guo Jia said, "Young Master, there is no need to blame yourself, you have already done a good job."
"Cao Cao has deceived everyone. It can only be said that after Xi Zhicai died, he still had advisers under his command to plan and take charge of the overall situation. In this regard, I am not as good as him."
Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "This has nothing to do with you, sir. Cao Cao has many advisers, but I have to rely on you for everything. It's my fault for making you work so hard."
"Don't mention the past things. What should we do now to remedy the situation?"
After hearing this, Guo Jia said: "Of course I am competing with Cao Cao for speed."
"The Montenegrin Army actually no longer has enough elite troops to fight back. Even if it does, it will never be more than what could be mobilized in the previous battle."
"Besides, he still has to deal with Young Master Yuan now."
"If he has the courage at this time and risks all his wealth to attack us, it may be difficult for us with thousands of people to stop him, but it will be no problem to retreat to Beixin City."
"But it is unlikely that Zhang Yan would take such risks."
"Otherwise, if his offensive is blocked, he will be attacked from both front and back by us and Yuan Shang, and he will not be able to escape even if he wants to."
"If I were Zhang Yan, I would shrink to the west and give way to the Black Mountain Pass. If the war is unfavorable, I would go west out of the Black Mountain and enter Bingzhou to escape."
Yuan Xi heard this and said, "What do you mean, sir, that we don't need to worry about Yuan Shang?"
After hearing this, Guo Jia said: "We still have to talk about it."
"Although we have temporarily given up on seizing the Black Mountain Pass, we cannot let Mr. Yuan think that we gave it up on our own initiative."
"It is better to give up in front of him and get some benefits from it than to get nothing at all."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi hesitated and said, "Negotiate with Yuan Shang?"
"I can't believe him."
After hearing this, Guo Jia sneered: "Young Master may have misunderstood something."
"Young Master Yuan San, although he is troubled by his thoughts, he is not very decisive and forward-thinking in his actions. Such a person wants to save face, but he is easier to talk to."
"As long as the young master surrenders in front of him, it is unlikely that he will kill them all."
"With all due respect, in my mind, the eldest young master is much scarier than the third young master."
Yuan Xi's face darkened after hearing this.
Yuan Tan's behavior was indeed beyond his expectation.
The other party made those small moves in private in order to completely break up the relationship between himself and Yuan Shang, but the key point is that these methods were too cruel.
But thinking about Yuan Tan's behavior in later generations, it's not that he couldn't do it right.
After Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao, he died of grief and anger. Yuan Shang inherited the Yuan family, gave Yuan Tan very few troops, and sent Pang Ji to monitor him.
Yuan Tan killed Pang Ji in anger. When Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shang, he took the opportunity to attack Yecheng and started a fight with Yuan Shang.
Doing such a move at this time would obviously make the world laugh. Jizhou officials and even Liu Biao wrote to Yuan Tan to advise Yuan Tan not to fight against each other, but Yuan Tan insisted on his opinion and finally voted for Cao Cao.
When Yuan Xi read this piece of history, he couldn't help but sigh. It is true that Yuan Shang was the instigator of the brothers' rebellion, but Yuan Tan also had a large part of the responsibility for worsening the situation to an irreversible point.
First, he sneakily attacked his brother when a foreign enemy attacked, and then he took refuge with his father's enemy. From this point of view, what Yuan Tan did was worse than Lu Bu.
At first, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi joined forces to fight against Yuan Shang and each got what they needed. Now that Yuan Xi has passed away, Yuan Tan has plotted against him. This has made Yuan Xi truly understand the fact that in the face of interests, the former feelings
It's worthless.
Although the two of them have not broken up so far, Yuan Xi will be a fool if he continues to be unprepared.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi felt a little depressed. The three brothers of the Yuan family were all very high-spirited, and none of them was willing to succumb to others.
But even so, there should be some bottom line in acting. Now that everyone has a common foreign enemy, and this enemy has already been launched in advance, it is time for the Yuan brothers to put aside their hatred for the time being and deal with the outside world in unison.
Yuan Xi is worried about something else.
He said: "Since Yuan Shang can cover up for Cao Cao, the two must have reached a deal."
"What if Yuan Shang really can't think about it and helps Cao Cao deal with me?"
After hearing this, Guo Jia nodded and said, "What the young master said is not unreasonable."
"The Third Young Master really can't see the overall situation clearly, and he doesn't know what benefits Cao Cao promised him."
"So the young master has to show weakness to win sympathy."
"A man can bend and stretch. Of course, the young master is unwilling. We can think of another way."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "If you don't want to, if you can save a few soldiers from dying, let alone bow your head and submit, I can kneel down."
"I will send a letter to Yuan Shang now and make an appointment to meet him tomorrow."
At the junction of Yin and Hanoi in Henan, a cavalry army galloped on the mountain road, followed by tired infantry.
The leader of the cavalry was Cao Hong and Cao Chun, while the leader of the infantry was Lejin Yujin.
When Yu Jin saw that the tails of the horses in the front cavalry were no longer visible, he said, "Wen Qian, running like this will make the horses in front of us almost exhausted, but the people on our side are exhausted."
After hearing this, Le Jin sighed: "Wen Ze, Duke Ming has issued a death order. If you fail to meet the deadline, you will be beheaded."
Yu Jin said angrily: "Of course I know this, but when the time comes and the soldiers are exhausted, how can we still fight?"
After hearing this, Le Jin felt the same, but Cao Cao had already said that the emperor's carriage was related to the safety of the Cao family, and he must arrive before others at all costs.
Before setting off, Xun Yu had already explained the situation to everyone. Since Yuan Shu had already sent troops to rush to the vicinity of Luoyang, Cao Cao's army could not wait in Luoyang until the emperor drove back to Luoyang, which would inevitably lead to a conflict with Yuan Shu.
Therefore, the Cao family's plan to send troops this time was more than half a year earlier than before. Even Chen Liu ignored it. It was just to rush to Anyi and snatch the sky from Bai Bo's army. At the same time, he also had to guard against the eager Li Jue and Guo Si.
Get angry.
The four generals who set off as the vanguard were Cao Hong and Cao Chun, who were happy to advance beyond the ban.
In fact, there was another team at the beginning, which was Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan and Xun You who served as the supporter of the Chinese army.
However, after separating from Yuan Shang's army, the front army headed to the east of Hedong, while the Chinese army lurked in Hanoi and secretly headed towards Huaicheng.
The four generals of the front army were puzzled, but they knew that Cao Cao must have other arrangements, because no one knew which way the rear army, led by Cao Cao himself, took.
There were a lot of planning involved, so the Cao family almost came out in full force!
At this time, the Chinese army headed for Hanoi, led by Cao Ren, lurked in the mountains about a hundred miles away from Huaicheng.
Xia Houyuan sent out scouts and waited for a full day before the scouts reported that the area was safe.
The two of them discussed with Xun You, and Cao Ren said worriedly: "According to reports from spies, there was a Youzhou army stationed dozens of miles away from here a few days ago."
"The leaders are Zhao Yun and Jushou."
After hearing this, Xun You immediately said: "This is not normal."
"The Youzhou Army is not fighting the Black Mountain Army, so what are you doing here?"
Xia Houyuan said: "Perhaps the fierce tiger in Youzhou wants to join forces with Lu Bu, so he sent people here?"
Xun You shook his head, "No, Zhao Yun is a fierce general, and Ju Shou is a versatile civil and military general. These two people should have very high status in Youzhou, how could they be sent as envoys!"
He suddenly thought of something and lost his voice: "Do they also want to serve the emperor?"
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan were both shocked when Xun You asked: "How many people are there? Where have they gone now?"
Xia Houyuan said: "The spies reported that there are about a thousand people, and they should be stationed near Huaicheng."
"That's why Zixiao and I came here to ask for advice. Now their army and horses may affect our plan to capture Huaicheng."
"What if something unexpected happens in Huaicheng..."
Xun You said with a smile: "General, don't worry too much. What I'm most worried about is that they rush to greet the emperor first, encounter our front army, and restrain each other. This is the most troublesome."
"Now that they are in Huai City, it will be easier to handle."
"In this case, we can simply instigate Huaicheng Anqi to rebel and kill him and Lu Bu in one fell swoop!"
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan looked at each other, thinking that Xun You was too confident, the other party was Lu Bu!
Even Jushu is not easy to deal with. Where does Xun You's confidence come from?
Xun You guessed what they were thinking and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you two. I have sent letters to all the key people. I have been recharging my energy in the past few days, just waiting for changes in Huaicheng."
"If everything goes well, there will be chaos in Huaicheng. Then we can seize Huaicheng and clear the way back for the former army to welcome the emperor's car!"
At the same time, Yuan Shang, who led tens of thousands of troops, had already marched from Zhaojun in Jizhou into Heishan. The camp stretched for dozens of miles on the mountain.
He was feeling proud, but Yuan Xi still couldn't defeat the Black Mountain Army. Now that the fruit was picked off, he must feel very uncomfortable now, right?
He held Yuan Xi's letter in his hand, thinking that if Yuan Xi came to beg him in a low voice, he might not be able to give him a piece of the pie.
The chapter number of this chapter should be Chapter 344, sorry