Three Kingdoms: Salted Fish's son-in-law was overheard by Cao Cao

Cao Pi understood in his heart that Sima Fang meant to distance himself from himself, and he might have to rely more on the Xun family in the future.

Leaving Sima's house, Cao Pi wanted to go to Xun Yu's mansion to ask advice, but he thought of the school affairs mansion's stalking and finally gave up this idea.

A few days later, in the camp outside Xudu, Cao Cao and a group of generals swore an oath, and after reading the call to action, the army marched all the way north.

Just after crossing the Yellow River, before the vanguard of Cao Jun arrived in Yecheng, someone sent a letter to cooperate with Cao Jun.

Then these letters were sent to the pioneer camp one after another, and Dian Wei laughed from ear to ear when he read them.

By the time the Chinese army led by Cao Cao came to Yecheng, there were already more than a dozen letters of surrender.

Looking at the letters on the table, Cao Cao suddenly remembered the letters sent to Yuan Shao by those aristocratic families and Han officials in Xudu during the Battle of Guandu.

Presumably there should be more letters on Yuan Shao's desk than here.It's just that I don't know what Yuan Shao was thinking at that time.

Han Ze on the side looked at the letter, then looked at Cao Cao and probably guessed what he was thinking.

[Ham, what are you thinking about.During the last war, there were not so many letters on Yuan Shao's desk, so I intercepted them all. 】

amount……

Cao Cao was a little embarrassed, but no one knew about his mental activities, so he adjusted quickly.Pick up a letter and hand it to Han Ze.

"Taining has read the letter sent to Yuan Shao back then, let's see how this one is different from it."

【Depend on!Lao Cao is too narcissistic. 】

Cao Cao felt embarrassed again, but this time no one else knew.

Han Ze took the letter, looked at it for a while, then threw it aside, then picked up another letter and glanced at it.

"Most of them want to do PY transactions with you. It's useless without a city lord or county magistrate who voluntarily surrenders."

Although Cao Cao didn't know what a PY transaction was, he could still understand the general meaning.

These letters were similar to those Hanchens who stabbed him in the back. Most of them wanted some benefits, and he didn't have much strength, so he had to use the internal cooperation as an excuse to take the lead.

Among the dozens of letters, there was not a single city lord.

It seems that those people still have a fluke mentality, and they all want to see if Yuan Shao can give him a fatal blow.

In other words, those people are waiting for the replay of the battle of Guandu. If Cao Cao's previous operations cannot be reproduced, Yuan Shao will undoubtedly lose.

Cao Cao didn't expect much from those people with both ends of the head.

He came here with the general trend, and his subordinates are like clouds of strong counselors, and Han Ze is an outlier, so he is not afraid of siege battles.

Now as long as Yuan Shao's main force is defeated, those who wait and see will naturally make up their minds.

When Cao Cao was reading the letter, Yuan Shao was gathering his men to discuss countermeasures.

Now Yuan Shao's counselors, who were fooled by Xu You, were only three or two kittens, sitting sparsely in the Ji County Government Office.

"Everyone, now Cao Cao is coming south with 30 soldiers and horses. Our army only has 20, and some are newly recruited and training new troops. How should we respond at this time?"

After Yuan Shao's last spurt of blood, his health deteriorated, and sometimes he was unable to review government affairs for a long time. Now many government affairs have been handed over to Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.

At this moment, Yuan Tan was the first to speak out! : "Father, I think we should follow the example of Cao Cao's Guandu operation, cut off food and grass, and surround the points to fight for aid."

"Although I don't know how Cao Jun found out the news about our army's food and grass, we can spend a lot of money to bribe Nei Ying to provide our army with information."

Yuan Shao glanced at Yuan Tan, and once again sighed in his heart that Cao Cao gave birth to several good sons. Why are other people's sons so good? My son is so stupid.

Seeing that his father didn't speak, Yuan Tan thought Yuan Shao was thinking about his plan, so he added another sentence.

"Father doesn't have to worry about money. Once the land of Jizhou is taken back, we don't have much money."

"idiot!"

As soon as Yuan Tan finished speaking, Yuan Shao yelled at him.

Then Yuan Shao even wanted to stand up and point at his son's nose to scold, but his body was no longer strong enough to support such a vigorous activity, so he had to sit and scold instead.

"How did you come up with this idea, you idiot? You want me not to worry about money. You tell me where the money is going to be spent, and who is it for!"

Yuan Tan was a little confused by the scolding, and he hesitated and replied: "You can give some generals, and then let them inquire and verify each other."

"Bullshit! Haven't you ever escorted grain and grass yourself? Could it be that the time and route of transporting grain and grass will be so easy for you to find out! If it were so easy, every war in history, everyone would just have to burn each other's grain and grass first! Fight a fart battle!"

"me……"

Yuan Tan was speechless. He had never escorted grain and grass, so he was not clear about some details. He took it for granted that all those involved in the escort would know the information.

Yuan Shao also guessed about Yuan Tan's thoughts, saying that he was buying a traitor, but probably [-]% to [-]% of the money will go into Yuan Tan's pocket, no matter whether he wins or loses this battle, he has the means to stand up.

There were no idiots present, and everyone guessed it. While lamenting Yuan's loneliness in their hearts, they also lamented their own fate.

I don't know if there will be any fragrant cars and fine wine after this battle.

Whether it is to be pampered or to sit in prison and stand trial, so everyone has no intention to expose Yuan Tan.

But Yuan Xi was different, they were competitors, and when they saw Yuan Shao getting angry, he hurriedly added fire.

"Father, don't be angry. Eldest brother just didn't think carefully, and didn't intend to spend the army's food and pay."

"Humph!"

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and stopped looking at Yuan Tan.

Yuan Xi went on to say: "Most of Jizhou has fallen, and now we may have a glimmer of hope if we confront Cao Jun with a large army in Youzhou."

Yuan Shao naturally knew that retreating to Youzhou would buy him time, but his demise was only a matter of time.

The key is to let Cao Cao retreat, but he can't win by fighting.

"Hey... I don't know what you said, but how long can I stick to it?"

"Father, I have sent people to Yangzhou, hoping to unite with Sun Ce to fight against Cao Cao."

"Huh? There is an answer on the other side."

"Father, the letter has only been sent out for more than ten days, and I'm afraid it hasn't reached Yangzhou yet."

It's too late to pierce your ears and eyes just before you get on the sedan chair, and the matter hasn't even started yet. Just say it, my sons are really not as good as one of them.

At this moment a bearded general stood up.

"My lord, although our army does not have as many troops as Cao Cao, it is not without strength."

"Youzhou has a vast territory, but there are many mountains, rivers and ravines, and the army cannot be fully deployed. Therefore, we can drag Cao Cao here as long as we create a situation where more wins and fewer are on the local battlefield."

Speaking of which, Ju Yi took out a crude map from his pocket, handed it to Yuan Shao, and continued.

"This is the map I drew. Although it is rough, many key locations have been marked. Our army can occupy these places first, and when Cao's army arrives, we can fight more and win."