Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

In fact, after learning the news of Jizhou's change of ownership, Cao Cao was already nervous.

While scolding Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao for being stupid, and being wiped out by Hua Yu so quickly, Yuan Shao had to separate part of his troops from the southern line, and Chen Bing was in an important border town between Jizhou and Yanzhou.

Yanzhou's troops were already tense, with a total of only [-] troops.

Of course, Cao Cao would definitely be able to get 10,000+ troops from Yanzhou if he resorted to military force.

However, Cao Cao has always pursued the concept of focusing on the quality of soldiers and not too many, and only trained these [-] soldiers and horses.

The effect is naturally great. Cao Cao's 10,000 soldiers and horses are definitely elite, which is worth [-]+ Yuan Jun.

This is why in the Battle of Guandu in history, why Cao Cao could win with fewer soldiers, but Yuan Shao could not win with more soldiers.

In fact, when Cao Cao led his army to attack Wuchao, the strength of the two sides was very different.

However, Cao Cao's army was so powerful that it withstood the attack of Chunyuqiong's army, and ignited all the food and grass in Wuchao.

This time, Cao Cao was a little nervous.

The troops were divided into north and south, with [-] Chen soldiers on the northern line and [-] Chen soldiers on the southern line.

In the land of Yanzhou, the various cities inside have almost no troops, and they are all hollow.

Even Cao Cao couldn't care less about the western and eastern fronts.

The western front was fine, because Cao Cao deployed [-] reserve troops on the border with the Sili area, and the combat effectiveness was much worse.

And the east line is Xuzhou.

Because he was an ally with Liu Bei, Cao Cao did not deploy troops on the border between Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

As soon as there was any movement on Hua Yu's side, Cao Cao heard the news. He couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly called Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu over to discuss countermeasures.

The three of them were also taken aback when they heard Cao Cao's words.

Guo Jia frowned and sighed: "Hua Ziyi's intention is clearly to besiege Yanzhou from three sides."

"Once Xuzhou falls into the hands of Huayu, I, Yanzhou, will be in danger."

Cheng Yu also sighed and said: "Hua Ziyi's plan is very big, and the two attacks are to prevent our army from rescuing Xuzhou."

"Right now, Guan Yu is captured by Hua Yu, and Chen Dao surrenders. There is only Guan Ping in Xuzhou, and he is bound to be alone."

"But Zhou Yu is a resourceful man, Guan Ping must not be his opponent, then Xuzhou is in danger."

Everyone understands that Huayu occupies eight and a half states, while Cao Cao only occupies one and a half states. The strength difference between the two sides is too great.

If Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are still there, it is estimated that there will be a battle between the two sides.

But now, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were destroyed one after another, Hua Yu got the three northern states of the Kanto, and the remaining Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were just lingering.

Especially that Yuan Shu.

Once he was instigated by Hua Yu, Cao Cao was surrounded on all sides.

Cao Cao looked at the four major advisers under his command, all of them were frowning, as if they couldn't think of a solution, and couldn't help but hate Hua Yu to the bone.

Chinese thief, you took my jade, my ring, and my zhang. I haven't asked you for revenge.

Now, you come to take my Yanzhou again, how can I let you succeed.

No matter what method I use, I will never give up Yanzhou to you, just wait.

After a while, Guo Jia frowned and said, "Master, for the current plan, there is only one way to resolve Hua Yu's two-way southward plan."

Cao Cao's heart was lifted immediately, and he asked immediately: "Feng Xiao has a clever plan, so let's talk about it quickly."

Guo Jia sighed slightly: "For the present plan, we have to find a way to persuade Yuan Shu to send troops to Xuzhou and help Guan Ping defend Xuzhou."

Let Yuan Shu send troops?
Cao Cao's eyes lit up immediately, yes, this is indeed a trick to save the country.

Right now, Yuan Shu's territory and Hua Yu's territory are not connected yet.

Moreover, no matter whether Yanzhou was occupied by Hua Yu or Xuzhou was occupied by Hua Yu, Yuan Shu would definitely have to be bordered by Hua Yu's territory, which was definitely something Yuan Shu didn't want to see.

Besides, Yuan Shu's land in Huainan has three armies of 10,000+.

Yuan Shu only needs to deploy 10,000 to [-] soldiers and horses at will, plus the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, it will be [-]+ soldiers and horses.

10,000+ soldiers and horses, all Chen Bing is in the junction of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, only defending but not attacking, Cao Cao absolutely believes that even if Zhou Yu has the ability to reach the sky, it will never be possible to get involved in Xuzhou.

"Okay, let's follow this plan." Cao Cao was overjoyed and said with a smile, "I will give Mao Jie an order to make him work hard and go to Shouchun."

"No matter what means we use, we must persuade Yuan Shu to send troops to Xuzhou."

Guo Jia said again: "My lord, besides Huainan, my lord must send someone to Taihang Mountain."

"The Yellow Turban Army has a deep blood feud with the imperial court, but the imperial court is in the hands of Hua Ziyi. Maybe we can win over Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army."

"Once the Qin army and our army are in a stalemate, and the Black Mountain army suddenly sends troops to attack the Qin army on both sides with our army, the Qin army will undoubtedly be defeated."

"Hahaha..." Cao Cao was so overjoyed that he couldn't help laughing, "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful."

"I have filial piety, why should I be afraid that there are many soldiers in Qin Dynasty?"

"Okay, I will send Man Chong to Taihang Mountain to form an alliance with Zhang Yan."

"Although Hua Ziyi is both civil and military, and his command is prosperous and martial, he is too impatient."

"The Taihang thieves have not yet been eliminated, and they are in a hurry to attack Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Hey, this time I want Hua Ziyi to taste what it feels like to be defeated."

So, after the discussion was completed, Cao Cao immediately sent someone to call Mao Jie and Man Chong, and arranged tasks for them respectively.

Mao Jie and Man Chong received the task, went home to clean up briefly, and then one went north and the other went south.

In Taihang Mountains, Zhang Ning hadn't made a final decision yet, leaving aside the matter of Man Chong's mission, let's just say that Mao Jie was going south.

Yanzhou bordered Huainan, and with the Qin army pressing down on the border, Mao Jie and others rushed all the way to Shouchun at the fastest speed.

At this time, Yuan Shu had long since lost any ambition.

Gongsun Zan set himself on fire, Yuan Shao swung his sword and killed himself, and none of the previous princes, Han Sui, Ma Teng, Liu Biao, etc., survived.

There are only three people left in the alliance of the Kanto princes.

Yuan Shu is not stupid, of course he understands that with just the three of them, such a small area will sooner or later be unable to withstand Hua Yu's army.

Once one of Cao Cao and Liu Bei is finished, the next person must be him.

So, Yuan Shu was already prepared. Once Huayu's army came under pressure, he would immediately surrender Huainan.

Liu Zhang surrendered, Hua Yu not only did not kill him, but gave him a fortune and wealth, this is the result Yuan Shu wanted in the future.

Taking advantage of being the emperor of Dazhong, Yuan Shu was ready to enjoy it.

Therefore, Yuan Shu basically stopped paying attention to the government and handed everything over to Yuan Manlai and Shu Shao.

Among them, Yuan Manlai was in charge of military affairs, and Shu Shao was in charge of political affairs.

With Yuan Shu delegating power in this way, the land of Huainan has improved a lot under Shu Shao's governance.