After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao felt that this plan was indeed feasible. He said:"Lu Bu and Yuan Shao, it would be really good if we could form an alliance with them. One of these two people is extremely powerful, and Bingzhou Langqi is also a rare elite in the world. The famous family has many soldiers and generals. With them working together to resist Liu Feng, great things can be expected."

Xi Zhicai said with a smile:"Forging an alliance with them is not only based on their ability and military strength, but more importantly, their Geographical location.

Now Lu Bu occupies one-third of the Sili, plus his original Bingzhou, which just blocks King Bingjian's westward route.

And Yuan Shao also occupies one-third of the Sili, plus his We just captured Yanzhou from Zhang Miao, which blocked Liu Feng's route to the southwest.

In addition, Xuzhou in our hands just blocked his route to the south.

Once our three forces unite, we can form a perfect The protective line made King Bingjian's forces completely unable to move south or west, trapping him in the northeast.

Even this protective line could notIt lasted too long, but it was enough to hold back King Bingjing's march southward and westward, allowing us to gain enough time for development.

And once this protective line is formed, it will not only be us who will benefit, but both Lu Bu and Yuan Shao will be able to gain more time to develop their respective forces.

Yuan Shao has men of unparalleled intelligence such as Ju Sue and Tian Feng, and Lu Bu also has Chen Gong to help him. I believe they can both understand the benefits of forming an alliance.

So forming this line of defense is not a problem. After hearing Xi

Zhicai's analysis, Cao Cao no longer hesitated and sent Xun You directly to the Sili area to meet Yuan Shao and Lu Bu and promote an alliance.

Xun You took the order and left. On the way, he kept thinking about how to persuade Lu Bu and Yuan Shao. , so that they can willingly form an alliance and obtain the greatest benefits for Cao Cao.

Through constant thinking, Xun You thought that Lu Bu was far away in Bingzhou before, and did not have much interaction with King Bingjian, and so far there has been no positive confrontation. Conflict.

Therefore, from Lu Bu's perspective, he may not have thought of the benefits of forming an alliance.

But Yuan Shao was different. The war between him and King Bingjian was earlier than Cao Cao. When the princes allied to attack Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao was Liu Feng usurped his position as leader and was very dissatisfied with Liu Feng.

Later, Yuan Shao clashed with Gongsun Zan and a war broke out. After several months of fighting, Yuan Shao lost a large number of troops and finally killed Gongsun Zan.

But the final result was But he was snatched away by Liu Feng.

Not only did he not get Gongsun Zan's territory in Youzhou from Youbei, but he also did not surrender Gongsun Zan's troops. It can be said that Yuan Shao lost his troops and lost his generals, but in the end he made Liu Feng's wedding dress.

Even so, Liu Feng was not only ungrateful, but also ordered Zhao Yun to attack Jizhou under the banner of revenge for Gongsun Zan. Moreover, Zhao Yun, with the assistance of Dian Wei and Long Wuzu, advanced all the way, forcing Yuan Shao to withdraw from Jizhou and go to Jizhou instead, just like Cao Cao did. Sizhou developed.

So far, the entire Jizhou has become Liu Feng's territory. Yuan Shao must have hated Liu Feng in his heart.

So Xun You decided to go to Hanoi County first to persuade Yuan Shao to form an alliance with him.

If Yuan Shao has agreed to form an alliance, here Basically, if he tried to persuade Lu Bu, the possibility of success would obviously be greater.

So Xun You rushed all the way to Hanoi, and went to the prefect's mansion to meet Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao and Xun You had known each other for a long time. When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty set up the new army in Xiyuan, Yuan Shao served as the lieutenant of the Central Military Academy in the court, and Xun You served as the Huangmen Minister under He Jin at that time.

In addition, Xun You was a descendant of the Xun family in Yingchuan, and his reputation was very famous among the aristocratic families in the world.

Therefore, Yuan Shao learned about his old friend When Xun You came to visit, he went to the door to greet him personally. At the same time, he knew that Xun You had already defected to Cao Cao, and he must have another purpose for coming here.

So while welcoming Xun You, Yuan Shao ordered people to go and invite Jushu to avoid Xun You making any requests. He couldn't make up his mind.

Not long after Xun You sat down, Ju Shou hurried over, and Yuan Shao introduced each other to the two.

Since time was tight, Xun You didn't say anything else and went straight to the topic.

He said to Yuan Shao:"Now the side by side king Liu Feng has already Becoming the undisputed strongest prince in the world, I believe that no matter which force fights against him alone, he will not be his opponent.

And Duke Yuan and my lord Cao Cao can be said to be his strongest enemies. Facing King Ping Jian, we lost more than we won. Even we were beaten by him and abandoned our original nest, and had to find new states and counties for development.

Now King Bingjian has controlled the three states of Youzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou, and his power is even stronger.

But these three places are all in the northeast.

Now in order to defeat the King of Side by Side, or to temporarily block him from continuing to move south or west, my lord has come up with a strategy to combine vertical and horizontal forces.

Now Lu Bu occupies Bingzhou and one-third of the Sili, and Yuan Shao occupies Yanzhou and one-third of the Sili. Together with my lord's Xuzhou, they can form a line of defense to block King Bingjian in the northeast.

This way we all get enough development time.

As long as we have time, we will be able to gain a firm foothold in this world and have the confidence to counterattack and stand shoulder to shoulder.

I wonder what Mr. Yuan thinks about this?"

When Yuan Shao heard Xun You's plan, he immediately felt that it was very feasible, but he still looked at Ju Shou and asked for the opinion of his own military advisor.

Ju Shou was obviously very optimistic about the strategy of Yuan, Cao, and Lu families forming an alliance to jointly resist King Bingjian, so he He nodded to Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao saw this, he no longer hesitated and said to Xun You:"Gongda's plan is very clever. If it can be successful, it will benefit all three of us.

Regardless of whether Lu Bu agrees or not, I, Yuan Shao, agree to form an alliance with Mengde."

Seeing this, Xun You thanked Yuan Shao and reached an agreement to jointly resist Liu Feng's offensive and defensive alliance. So he didn't stay any longer and went directly to Hedong County to lobby Lu Bu.

Lu Bu originally believed that he and Liu Feng had no grievances, so he He didn't want to help Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fight against Liu Feng and involve himself in the battle between the three major princes.

However, Chen Gong arrived in time and firmly persuaded Lu Bu with the truth of the matter. In the end, Lu Bu had no choice but to agree to the alliance.

Now that the alliance has been It was decided that Xuzhou was in danger at this time under the attack of Taishi Ci and Xu Shu.

So as allies, Yuan Shao and Lu Bu immediately sent an army to rescue Cao Cao's Xuzhou.

Among them, Yuan Shao sent general Yan Liang to lead an army to Xuzhou to join forces with Cheng Yu's Xuzhou The army jointly resisted Taishi Ci and Xu Shu.

At the same time, Lu Bu ordered Zhang Liao to lead 30,000 Bingzhou troops to attack Daijun in Youzhou.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like