At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty

Liu Yu decided to ignore the war in the south, but Cao Cao moved his mind.

For Cao Cao, isn't this a rare opportunity?At the beginning, he promised Liu Yu that he would regain Xuzhou.

Although Liu Yu didn't take it seriously and just let him recover Qingzhou, Cao Cao kept this matter in mind.

In charge of two states, although he has a slight shortage of soldiers and horses in his hands, but wealth and wealth are in danger, Cao Cao decided to give it a try.

After discussing this matter carefully with Guo Jia and others, Guo Jia made a battle plan for Cao Cao.

What Guo Jia meant was that since he decided to send troops to Xuzhou, he needed one word, hurry up!

To occupy most of Xuzhou before Yuan Shao completely defeated Sun Ce, it is best to drive Yuan Shao's troops and Liu Bei's remnants out of the north of Huai River.

At that time, when Yuan Shao brings his troops back to aid, half of Xuzhou will be lost.

On the other hand, Cao Cao used the Huai River as a line of defense, and confronted Yuan Shao from north to south across the Huai River.

But how to do it fast?The focus was on Huang Zhong.

Now, Huang Zhong is stationed in Xinzheng, and as long as he advances a few dozen miles, he will reach the boundary of Yingchuan, Yuzhou.

Send a letter to Huang Zhong, asking him to lead his troops into the territory of Yingchuan and wander around Yingchuan, which frightened Yuan Shu and sent the army to Yingchuan.

But now, although Huang Zhong could deter Yuan Shu, it was far from enough.

Yuan Shu has 10,000+ soldiers and horses, and can send out tens of thousands, taking advantage of the emptiness of Yanzhou, so as to take advantage of the vacancy.

But if Huang Zhong led troops into Yingchuan, it would be different. How dare he, Yuan Shu, make the slightest change?Unless he doesn't want to live anymore!

When Huang Zhong led his troops into the border of Yingchuan, Cao Cao exhausted the strength of the two states and divided his troops into two groups, one north and one west, and entered Xuzhou.

Although Xuzhou has [-] defenders, facing two attacks, if they don't want to be completely wiped out, they can only retreat south.

As for Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Guan Yu led troops to frighten them. The Zhenbei Army did not take the initiative to attack, but wandered around the border of Yingchuan, so naturally it would not arouse Liu Biao's strong counterattack.

This is Cao Cao's opportunity, he Yuan Shao can take advantage of this gap, so will he Cao Cao!

Guo Jia's proposal made Cao Cao nod his head continuously, so Cao Cao immediately sent someone to hurry up and send a letter to Liu Yu, and asked his master to send a letter to Huang Zhong for his cooperation.

On the other side, Cao Cao ordered Le Jin to lead the [-] cavalry from Yanzhou first.

From Taishan County in Yanzhou, enter Dong'an City in Xuzhou, and then go all the way north, blocking the back of the [-] Yuan Shaojun stationed in various counties.

Afterwards, Li Dian led [-] infantry and directly attacked the rear of the counties on the road opened by the cavalry.

As for Cao Cao, he entered Qingzhou and joined Chen Gong and Xiahou Dun.

Leading [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in Qingzhou, they attacked the counties head-on.

Attacking back and forth, the [-] defenders of the counties will surely be broken within a few days.

And Liu Yu, who was in Luoyang, agreed without hesitation after receiving Cao Cao's letter.

Since Cao Cao wanted to take a gamble, how could he, the master, not cooperate?

So he sent someone to send a letter to Huang Zhong, asking him to fully cooperate with Cao Cao.He also ordered Huang Xu to get the members of the film department to move.

Now that Cao Cao has surfaced, the information from the Shadow Department can naturally be shared without fear of being discovered.

In order to ensure that everything was safe, Liu Yu sent someone to hurry up and send a letter to Zhang Yun in Jizhou, asking him to lead [-] cavalry to station on the border of Yanzhou.

If this plan is successful, then more than half of Xuzhou north of the Huaihe River will fall into his hands.

At that time, I can use the Huaihe River as the dividing line between the north and the south. After Zhou Yu has trained the navy and formed a combat force, after expanding the scale, it will be the time for the Southern Expedition.

But all of this depends on Cao Cao's ability. If Cao Cao fails this time, then Liu Yu will wonder if he has encountered a fake Cao Cao.

However, with the passage of time, the results of the chaotic war in the south finally reached Liu Yu's ears half a month later.

The first to send was Yuan Shao's news. Just as Liu Yu expected, Sun Ce was defeated.

Yuan Shao's two groups of soldiers and horses attacked Shanyin together, and Sun Ce held on for seven days, but there was a huge difference in the strength of the troops.

In the end, Sun Ce, Han Dang, Huang Gai and others fought desperately to break out of the siege at night. Although they succeeded in breaking out of the siege, they lost most of their soldiers and horses.

But before they were happy, another group of troops came out halfway, and the general who led the army was none other than Wen Chou.

In order to create an opportunity for Sun Ce to escape, Cheng Pu led the remaining soldiers and horses to fight Wen Chou to the death.

The result is obvious. Although Cheng Pu has some courage, he was defeated by Wen Chou. After fighting with him for [-] rounds, he was killed by Wen Chou.

But Wen Chou did not let Sun Ce go because of this, but continued to lead his troops to pursue Sun Ce.

Wen Chou chased for hundreds of miles, but failed to catch up with Sun Ce. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly, and led his troops back to Shanyin City.

So far, the Battle of Yangzhou came to an end with Sun Ce being driven out of Kuaiji County.

And the second message Liu Yu received was Cao Cao's good news.

Due to Huang Zhong and Zhang Yun leading troops to deter, Yuan Shu also went as expected.

He stationed his army in Yingchuan to guard Yuzhou, not daring to make any changes at all.

And Cao Cao has no worries, so he can boldly execute the battle plan with confidence.

Two large armies surrounded Yuan Shao's army in the counties. Yuan Shao's [-] troops only guarded the counties for five days, and only a little over [-] were beaten.

At this time, the general Jiang Yiqu, the leader of Yuan Shao's army, was already thinking of retiring, and his military adviser Xun Chen had warned him.

If nothing can be done, abandon the counties, maintain vitality, and lead the troops to retreat to the south of the Huaihe River.

So, on the sixth day, before dawn, Jiang Yiqu led his troops and broke through the encirclement from the south gate.

I thought it was a tragic battle, but I didn't expect that the resistance of Cao Cao's army was not strong.

After only losing a few thousand soldiers, he managed to break out of the siege, which made Jiang Yiqu feel like he was in a dream.

What Jiang Yiqu didn't know was the reason why he was able to break out so easily.

It was Le Jin, who was in charge of attacking the south gate of Zhuxian County, who deliberately exposed his flaws and let him escape from Zhuxian County.

As for why Le Jin let him go on purpose, it was because in the south of the counties, there was still a big gift waiting for Yuan Shaojun.

That's right, it was the [-] Northern Army cavalry brought by Le Jin. At this time, the [-] Northern Army cavalry were waiting for them on the only way Jiang Yiqu fled south.

[-] infantry, fighting against [-] cavalry of the Northern Army, the result is self-evident.

The [-] Yuan Shao's army was wiped out, and Jiang Yiqu also died in the chaos.

Afterwards, Cao Cao immediately sent troops to capture the counties and counties north of the Huaihe River in Xuzhou with lightning speed.

Even Xiapi City, the seat of Xuzhou, was occupied by Cao Cao. The reason why Xiapi City was so easily occupied.

It was because Jian Yong had already given up Xiapi when he learned that Cao Cao's two armies were attacking the counties together.

Jian Yong ordered people to evacuate all the property and food in the city, and then fled to Guangling County in the south of Huaihe River.

Because in Guangling County, there were still Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, they cut down the suspension bridge and guarded by the river.

It is undoubtedly more difficult for Cao Cao to cross the river to attack Guangling County.

Chapter 429 Dirty Things

So far, the battle ended with Yuan Shao winning the whole of Yangzhou and Cao Cao winning most of Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao lost more than half of Xuzhou because of a Kuaiji County. For Yuan Shao, is it a loss?the answer is negative!

Xun Chen, Yuan Shao's counselor, had already predicted that the north of the Huaihe River would be lost!

Because the north of the Huaihe River is connected to Qingzhou in the north, Yanzhou in the west, and Cao Cao supported by Liu Yu, the plains north of the Huaihe River cannot be defended at all.

Therefore, it is better to use it to contain Cao Cao so that he can send troops to attack Sun Ce if he knows that he will lose the land.

In this way, a big problem can't help but be solved, and Kuaiji County, which is not much smaller than the whole Xuzhou, is obtained.

The only thing that made Yuan Shao heartbroken was that Jiang Yiqu's [-] soldiers and horses were completely annihilated.

Fortunately, Jiang Yiqu was killed in battle. If he managed to escape back to Yangzhou, he would probably be chopped down by the angry Yuan Shao.

And Cao Cao got most of Xuzhou, and he didn't lose many soldiers and horses. It can be said that both of them gained a lot.

The most embarrassing thing now is Yuan Shu, who is caught between Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Yu and Yuan Shao.

His soldiers and horses were restricted by Liu Yu, and there was no way for Yuan Shu to retreat in the four directions of southeast, north and south.

If Yuan Shu was smart, he would lead his troops to join his elder brother Yuan Shao.

But since he was a child, Yuan Shu has been suppressed by his elder brother, and Yuan Shu is very disgusted with Yuan Shao.

In his heart, he is the direct descendant of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao is just a concubine, and the one who picks the leader of the Yuan family can only be himself.

Now that Yuan Shu is in such a situation, even if he is in Runan, he doesn't have the slightest sense of security. He is afraid that Liu Yu will lead troops into Yuzhou one day.

However, when the chaotic war in the south gradually calmed down, Liu Yu did not move at all, which made Yuan Shu not only heave a sigh of relief.

He was thinking now that he could be safe for a while. If Liu Yu really led the army to attack, he would join Yuan Shao and Liu Biao.

If nothing can be done, then he can only lead the troops to join his clan brothers.

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Cao Cao had just pacified Xuzhou, and he was promoting new policies in a big way. While encouraging the people to open up wasteland and farm, he was very busy selecting officials.

But Liu Yu in Luoyang is much more relaxed than Cao Cao, because Liu Yu is the lord, and some trivial matters will naturally be handled by the people below.

All he needs to do is give orders, and now, the spring planting season has come, and half of all the arable land has been cultivated.

And the remaining half is also in the process of fervent cultivation, presumably in about half a month, all the cultivation will be completed.

In other states and counties, spring plowing has ended at this time, because Liu Yu has too much land on his site, so the plowing time will naturally be longer.

After the chaotic war in the south, I thought it would be peaceful for a while. After all, it takes time to digest a state and a county.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Yuan Shao, who had been silent for less than a month, actually took action again.

Although this action was considered secretive, it was discovered by members of the film department.

A member of the film department reported to Huang Xu that Yuan Shao had frequently sent people to and from Jingzhou recently.

At first, this matter did not attract the attention of the film department, but as time passed.

The traffic between Jingzhou and Yangzhou became more and more frequent, which aroused the vigilance of the film department.

Later, the manager of the Yangzhou Film Department sent someone to follow Yuan Shao's messenger.

They unexpectedly discovered that the envoy sent the letter not to Liu Biao's mansion, but to Liu Biao's mansion.

And the person who received the letter was not the guard of Liu Biao's mansion, but a servant girl.

Therefore, when the envoy sent by Yuan Shao returned, the member of the film department pretended to be a robber and knocked the envoy unconscious to the ground.

Afterwards, all the money on the messenger was searched, and finally, the letter was carefully opened.

I saw the beautiful handwriting on the letter, which was obviously written by a woman.

And the contents of the letter made the member of the film department dumbfounded.

After reading the letter with a red face, the member of the film department suddenly felt that he was no longer young. In this short period of time, he had gained a lot of knowledge.

I glued the letter carefully, and looked at it carefully, but there was no trace left.

Afterwards, the member of the film department bowed his waist and disappeared into the darkness.

And this news reached Huang Xu's ears a few days later. Huang Xu felt that something was wrong, so he reported it to Liu Yu.

After Liu Yu learned of this, he summoned his subordinate civil and martial arts to discuss the matter together.

It's not that Liu Yu made a big fuss, but that Yuan Shao couldn't have put a green hat on Liu Biao without any purpose.

When all the civil and military personnel came to the hall of the palace and sat down, Liu Yu asked Huang Xu to tell everyone about it.

After everyone listened, the generals didn't show any expression, they just listened to it as an anecdote.

After hearing this, all the civil servants and advisers under Liu Yu's command darkened their faces, and then they all lowered their heads and began to meditate.

After a while, Tian Feng stood up first, and said to Liu Yu with a heavy face.

"My lord, the reason why Yuan Shao did this must be to secretly win over the Cai family behind Mrs. Cai."

After seeing Liu Yu nodding, Tian Feng stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and said unhurriedly.

"After Yuan Shao got the support of the Cai family, he got the support of most of the gentry in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou would also fall into Yuan Shao's hands. This is Yuan Shao's ultimate goal!"

That's right, what Liu Yu thought of, just as Tian Feng said, of course Liu Yu would not choose to be indifferent to this.

Yuan Shao must not be allowed to take Jingzhou so easily. If Jingzhou falls into Yuan Shao's hands, then Yuan Shao's strength will definitely increase.