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A few days later, Cao Jun camped.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao was sitting leisurely, holding Yuan Fang's autographed letter in his hand, looking through it calmly.
In front of the tent, Sun Qian stood with his hands down, looking calm and calm.
After reading the letter, Cao Cao slapped the table and shouted: "What a Yuan Fang. He betrayed me and is really a traitor. He dared to send people to persuade me to retreat. Come here, drag this Sun Qian out for me." Behead him and offer his head to Yuan Benchu."
Cao Cao fell out when he said he would, and actually wanted to kill Sun Qian on the spot.
The soldiers from Cao Jun's Tiger Guard on the left and right swarmed up and tried to drag Sun Qian away on the spot.
Sun Qian was shocked. He was really shocked. He never expected that Cao Cao would kill him, the envoy.
Although he was afraid in his heart, Sun Qian plucked up his courage. Instead of begging for mercy, he burst into laughter.
When Sun Qian smiled like this, Cao Cao stopped his murderous intention and asked curiously: "You are already on the verge of death, what else is so funny?"
"I'm laughing at my lord, who has no ability to recognize people. He didn't realize that the Cao Mengde he admired turned out to be a follower. I, Sun Qian, really didn't deserve to die." Sun Qian laughed at himself.
His words were obviously self-deprecating, but in fact they were satirizing Cao Cao, following the trend and succumbing to Yuan Shao's power.
Beside Cao Cao, Dian Weihu, who was as strong as an ox, stared at him and became furious. He wanted to rush up on the spot and tear Sun Qian into pieces with his bare hands.
Sun Qian, however, was fearless and looked like he was going to die generously.
At this time, Cao Cao, who was originally furious, suddenly smiled and laughed loudly.
Dian Wei and others on the left and right saw that Cao Cao was not angry but laughed, and they were all at a loss and did not know what he meant.
The laughter subsided, Cao Cao waved his hand to ward off the sergeant, stroking his short beard and praised: "If you can choose a courageous person like you to be the envoy, how can you say that Yuan Xianzheng has no ability to recognize people? Mr. Sun, there is no need to be excited, I am just making a comment. Just a little joke."
Sun Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that his guess was right. Cao Cao actually had no murderous intention towards him, he was just threatening and testing him.
Sun Qian put aside his impassioned words and smiled faintly: "Mr. Cao is really very elegant. He clearly knows that Yuan Shao wants to take this opportunity to weaken your strength, Gong Cao. But he is still in the mood to joke."
Cao Cao sneered: "You don't need to provoke me. How could I, Cao Cao, not notice what Yuan Benchu ??is thinking? Go back and tell your lord that Cao Cao is just pretending and will never launch an attack on Gaotang. You let me He can fight to the death with his father without fear."
"Mr. Cao, if you don't retreat, my Gaotang garrison cannot be mobilized. How can our lord fight Yuan Shao with all his strength?" Sun Qian asked in return.
Of course Yuan Fang knew that Cao Cao would not take action, but what Yuan Fang wanted was for Cao Cao to retreat so that he could send Guo Huai's five thousand troops to the plains for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.
However, Cao Cao looked helpless and sighed: "Yuan Benzhu is my best friend and the leader of the alliance. I have to show off. It is absolutely impossible to withdraw my troops."
Cao Cao's answer was decisive, but Sun Qian didn't look angry, as if he had expected it.
After listening to Cao Cao's words, Sun Qian said calmly: "My lord has said that if you, Duke Cao, withdraw your troops, our two families will be in trouble. If Cao Cao insists on submitting to Yuan Shao, even if he is forced to withdraw his troops in the future, this Liangzi will also be considered. Don¡¯t regret it, Mr. Cao.¡±
Hearing this, Cao Cao sneered: "I, Cao Cao, never know what regret is, so what if we end this relationship? Go back and tell Yuan Xianzheng that he should first think about how to resist Yuan Benchu's 50,000 army. Maybe, after I retreat, That will be the day when your Qingzhou falls."
With Cao Cao¡¯s tone, he was obviously concerned about the war between the Yuan family and his son. Have greater confidence in Yuan Shao.
Sun Qian didn't say much. Yuan Fang's words had been brought to him and he left.
As soon as the people left, a person came out from behind the screen, it was Xun Yu.
"Wen Ruo, did you hear that Yuan Fang has such a crazy tone? He plans to deal with Yuan Shao before dealing with me." Cao Cao stroked his short beard with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
Xun Yu said lightly: "Yuan Fang was able to single-handedly defeat Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian, and conquer Qingzhou. He is indeed extraordinary. But as the Lord said, he is indeed a little crazy. Although Yuan Benchu ??is good at planning, Wujuan, but his strength is there, Yuan Fang may not be able to recover this time. "
Cao Cao nodded and sneered: "This kid is really crazy. He can't even protect himself, but he still has the guts to threaten me, saying that I am forced to withdraw my troops, so I just put my troops here to see what you can do to force me to do so." withdraw troops."
Cao Cao then made the decision to station troops in Chi County, eyeing Gaotang and holding his troops back.
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?Sun Qian left Cao Cao's camp and rushed back to the plains without stopping. Cao Cao refused to retreat and returned his troops, bringing him back.
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After hearing the news, all the generals were extremely angry. They were very angry that Cao Cao had succumbed to Yuan Shao's power and that his seven thousand troops were unable to fight Yuan Shao with all their strength.
"Cao Cao is also a tycoon. Sooner or later he will break with Yuan Shao, but he is also very smart and knows how much he has at the moment. It is expected that he will submit to Yuan Shao."
Yuan Fang was calm and mentally prepared for Cao Cao's answer.
The reason why he sent Sun Qian as an envoy was because he still had a glimmer of hope and wanted to try to persuade Cao Cao to retreat. After all, the best strategy for Cao Cao, a very potential gangster, was to avoid making enemies and form alliances.
It¡¯s a pity that Cao Cao chose Yuan Shao and formed a relationship with him Yuan Fang without hesitation.
"If Cao Cao does not retreat, Gaotang's five thousand troops will not be able to be mobilized. This is really a headache." Guo Jia sipped his wine and said thoughtfully.
Yuan Fang smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, I don't expect how long it will take before Cao Cao retreats on his own."
Everyone in the civil and military circles were shocked by Yuan Fang's words.
Even Guo Jia, a ghostly strategist, choked on his wine and looked at Yuan Fang in surprise, with a look of doubt on his face.
Cao Cao Yanzhou was already seated securely. Looking around, he saw that Yuan Shu's attack to the south had just been driven away by him, and Tao Qian to the east was still licking his wounds. There was basically no threat from foreign enemies.
In this case, how could Cao Cao retreat without reason, unless Yuan Fang defeated Yuan Shao.
"We defeated Yuan Shao, of course Cao Cao will retreat on his own." Guo Jia wiped the wine stains and said, thinking that Yuan Fang meant this.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Fang smiled secretly: "There is no need to wait so long. I believe that Cao Cao will retreat before we defeat Yuan Shao."
Yuan Fang's words made even Guo Jia feel confused. He couldn't figure out where Yuan Fang got his confidence. He expected that Cao Cao would retreat on his own when Yuan Shao was undefeated.
Everyone in the hall was suspicious and couldn't figure out Yuan Fang's mystery.
Yuan Fang did not criticize him. He only ordered his generals to prepare for war and prepare for Yuan Shao's army to conquer.
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Just as Yuan Fang expected, Cao Cao came with great momentum under the banner of attack, but the thunder was loud and the rain was light, and he did not launch a substantive attack for ten days in a row.
Cao Cao kept his troops stationary, but Yuan Shao, who was stationed in Guantao, couldn't sit still.
Ten days later, Yuan Shao finally couldn't hold himself back anymore and no longer looked to Cao Cao. The 50,000-strong army marched towards Pingyuan City in a mighty manner.
Although Yuan Shao was powerful, he did not want to drag out the war against the traitor for too long.
Because according to the intelligence sent back from the north, Gongsun Zan, who had fled back to Youzhou, had regained his strength and defeated Liu Yu's 100,000-strong army. Liu Yu rushed all the way to Daijun.
Gongsun Zan showed no mercy to his boss who stabbed him in the back. He pursued him relentlessly and wanted to kill Liu Yu.
Gongsun Zan¡¯s trend of annexing Youzhou is unstoppable.
Once Gongsun Zan takes full control of Youzhou, his next goal will be to turn his troops south to herd horses, and the situation in Hebei will fall into chaos again.
Yuan Fang is least afraid of chaos. The more chaotic the situation, the better. Only then can he win in chaos.
Yuan Shao didn't want to see Gongsun Zan come to disrupt the situation, so he couldn't wait for Cao Cao to send troops, so he was anxious to kill Yuan Fang so that he could free up his hands for a decisive battle with Gongsun Zan.
In Yuan Shao¡¯s eyes, Gongsun Zan is the real enemy.
On this day, an urgent document from Xu Sheng came from Qian County and arrived in front of Yuan Jianyang.
Xu Sheng said in an urgent report that Yuan Shao, with Yuan Shang as the vanguard, led an army of 10,000 infantry and cavalry, and rushed toward the county of Qian with great force.
To the west of the plain, there is a long and narrow mud ditch running from north to south. It was originally the course of the Yellow River. After the Yellow River changed its course, a mud ditch hundreds of miles long was left, which is called Gudu.
The water in Gudu is not very large, but it is quite muddy due to the accumulation of a large amount of silt. Only between Pingyuan and Xian County, there is a relatively flat area of ??more than 20 miles wide, which can be used for east-west travel.
If Yuan Shao's army wants to take the plains, they will definitely pass through this area of ??more than 20 miles to facilitate their march and logistics transportation.
Yuan Conveniently took advantage of this terrain to build forts and reinforce fortifications in this twenty-mile wide area, hoping to take advantage of the narrow terrain and weaken Yuan Shao's advantage of having more soldiers as much as possible.
E County is located directly to the west of Gudu and at the west end of the Twenty Mile Passage. Yuan Shao wanted to break through Yuan Fang's Gudu barrier and set off on his own.?We must first capture the outpost of Qixian County.
Facing the menacing enemy, Yuan Fang sneered and said: "Yuan Tan lost one of his arms to me and is now half a cripple. Yuan Shang wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make achievements and overwhelm his elder brother. Hmm, he really knows how to choose the right time. "
"Xu Sheng has only 700 soldiers and horses under his command. It is difficult to defend the county. It is better to order a retreat quickly and let Xu Sheng retreat to the camp east of Gudu before being surrounded." Hao Zhao added.
"Yuan Shang just expected that we would not dare to defend Yan County, so he dared to attack with force. The more so, the more our lord should give him a head-on blow and further weaken Yuan Shao's army." Guo Jia, however, was filled with murderous intent and tried his best to lead the battle.
Yuan Fang¡¯s eyebrows narrowed, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his boiling blood was ignited by Guo Jia¡¯s words.
Which of the three brothers of the Yuan family has not oppressed him for many years? Even if Yuan Shang had helped him before, they wanted to use him to check and balance Yuan Tan. Now that Yuan Fang is powerful and threatening him, they immediately colluded with Yuan Tan and wished to destroy Yuan Tan. Fang Yu died.
How could Yuan Fang not avenge this grudge?
With a cold snort, Yuan Fang said sternly: "Come here, tell me to send Ju Yi to come and meet you."