(Thank you for the Alliance! Thank you Zhao Wuxiu 2014, ufgw, Tianmu Sanxian)

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In the middle of September of the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao captured all the Hanoi County and extended his power to the bottom of Ma Han's nose. Later, he sent Xun Chen to Luo to contribute silk and grain to the emperor, and claimed that he would "repel the Chou and quell the rebellion and restore the great Han Dynasty to the bright world."

It is obvious that Yuan Shao, who pacified the north and had no other opponents, was holding a lot of energy and had no place to use it, sharpened his knife and turned to Henan.

Yuan Shao swung his sword in Henan, and there were only two opponents: Ma Han and Cao Cao.

Can Yuan Shao fight the horse? The answer is no, because he has nowhere to talk.

There are only two borders between Ma Han and Yuan Shao: Youbeiping and Luoyang. Although there is still one Donglai, it can only be considered half-bordered across the Beihai.

Let’s talk about Youbeiping first. Yuan Shao can take this place at any time, but after taking it, it means completely tearing down the alliance and breaking the face with Ma Han. So what are the benefits of taking Youbeiping? There is no benefit, at least for the time being. This place as big as a palm requires money, no money, no grain, no people... The only purpose is that it can be regarded as a key place, which can be used as a springboard, invade western Liaoning, and then occupy Liaodong.

The question is, what did Yuan Shao want Liaodong? In the three kingdoms of the late Han Dynasty, from Gongsun Zan to Yuan Shao to Cao Cao, no one took the corner of Liaodong seriously. Otherwise, how could Gongsun and grandchildren be held king for half a century?

Unless Yuan Shao’s head was kicked by a donkey, he would put the fertile land of the Central Plains and fight against the wild land of Liaodong, where “birds do not shit”.

Let’s talk about Luoyang, let alone this. If Yuan Shao really dares to attack Luoyang, he will attract more people from all over the world than his younger brother who proclaimed himself emperor. Unless his head has been sat by an elephant, he will never dare to do such a big deal that can be a ruthless person in the world.

Finally, when it comes to Donglai. Donglai, or Beihai, it is actually the place that Yuan Shao and his eldest son Yuan Tan wanted to take the most. After destroying Gongsun Zan, someone in the Yuan shogunate proposed to take advantage of the situation to attack Beihai and force the Liaodong army to give up Donglai.

In response, Guo Tu persuaded: "If you attack Beihai, Donglai, Liaodong and Luoyang will all respond, and the court will be responsible for it, and the gains will not be worth the loss. Why do you attack Henan and control the rivers and waters in the north and south? Isolate Luoyang and Donglai (Beihai). At that time, whether it is Beihai or Donglai, you will definitely fall into your priest's bag."

Yuan Shao was praised as a great charity.

There is no need to fight Liaodong. If you dare not fight Luoyang, you cannot fight Donglai - the opponent Ma Han will be automatically ruled out.

Next, Yuan Shao was left with only one person to bully - Cao Cao.

Can Yuan Shao beat Cao Cao? The answer is, yes.

Yanzhou, a real hinterland in the Central Plains, will surely conquer Yanzhou and Cao Cao. The former horseman and his younger brother who had been with him for many years, had no support from Yuan. Just one Lu Bu was enough to knock him over to the ground and step on one foot. This time, Cao Cao's conquest for Xuzhou was even more severely injured and almost destroyed by Ma Han and Xuzhou forces. Well, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be easy to bully.

Taking up a fertile land, his master is a "soft persimmon". Unless Yuan Shao's head is stepped on by a dinosaur, how could he not beat Lao Cao? The most wonderful thing is that he was not able to turn against him directly due to many years of alliances. Now Cao Cao is not aware of his life or death, so he dares to reach out to Hanoi and give it to him for nothing. Now, the master has become famous.

In October, Yuan Shao began to gather troops, military forces, food, fodder, and materials in the four prefectures, and continuously gathered in Wei County. The Changge pointed out by himself.

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Cao Cao was anxious, really anxious, he was even more anxious than the misconduct of Xia Pi and Hanoi. Yuan Shao was not as good as Ma Han, who was a wolf, and he was specialized in biting people. As long as he was careful or avoided the key points, he still had a chance to escape. Yuan Shao was a beautiful tiger. When this big worm came over, it was an inevitable situation and would die. It can be said that this was his Cao Cao and his Yanzhou group faced an unprecedented crisis.

This is already miserable enough, but it is not over yet. What's even worse is that behind Cao Cao, there are enemies on both sides - Ma Han.

A tiger was enough for him to bear it, and there was a vicious wolf next to him staring at the green green. Now he was so dead that he could not die anymore.

Those who are so nervous that they are as determined as Cao Cao are also discouraged by it.

Cao Cao came to Xun Yu's bed again to ask for advice. Xun Yu asked back: "If the general leads his troops south, how will the Ming Duke respond?"

Cao Cao sighed and shook his head and smiled bitterly after a long time, "The land was narrow and the army was frowning, and the enemy was ten times more than me, and there was a strong enemy on his side... Cao was incompetent, and he could only surrender to the state..." Speaking of this, Cao Cao lowered his head deeply and felt guilty. Thinking about how powerful he was in the past, he was scattered in Yan, Yu, and three battles in Xuzhou. He was full of civil and military affairs, and was full of passion. He said that he finally broke out into a world in this troubled world and achieved something. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, those once alive comrades, either covered the soil, or fought hard, were almost defeated back to the original form of the first year of Xingping. Why is it so difficult to start a business in troubled times? Why is it so much trouble that God has put on me?

Cao Cao, who had the poet's feelings in his bones, thought that he was too sad to shed tears in the end.

Xun Yu pulled his sleeves and said helplessly: "Mr. Ming, please don't use my Shu brocade sleeve to wipe away tears?"

Cao Cao looked up, sniffed, looked at Xun Yu for a while, and suddenly broke his face and smiled: "If you have confidence in your mind, you will definitely teach me, speak quickly."

Cao Cao is worthy of being Xun Yu's confidant. Xun Yu has indeed made a decision. In order for his expensive sleeves to stop suffering, Xun Yu no longer kept him in a silence, and he pointed west with ease and simplicity: "Nothing else, dance with the wolf."

Cao Cao blinked his eyes twice, first shocked, then realized something, and finally slapped his feet: "No mistake! A tiger can swallow sheep, and can also eat wolf. If it is combined, it will benefit both. If it is fought, it will hurt both. This man has a talented person and there are many wise and strategic people around him. How could he not know? Haha, I guess he is waiting for us to offer a letter to make an appointment."

Cao Cao and Xun Yu were right. After Ma Han sent Longlang to defeat Cao Cao, he kept his troops still. He neither went east to Huzhu nor urged Gao Shun, Li Dian and Lu Qian to step up their attacks, but ordered the army to remain unmoved. What's even stranger was that he also dispatched six troops to form troops from Yingchuan to Henan, summoned three troops to Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian and Ren Jun to gather in Runan. This made Liu Biao in Jingzhou very nervous. He also sent troops to dispatch generals and sent envoys to inquire. Unfortunately, even the chief general Zhang Liao didn't know what was going on, so the envoys of Jingzhou naturally found nothing and returned in a bad mood.

Marhan's series of strange actions were only for one person. To be precise, it was prepared for the messenger sent by that person.

At the end of October, Ma Han's patience was achieved, and the person he was waiting for came. It was an old acquaintance, Xun Yan.

Xun Yan's trip was a secret envoy. There were only four people attending the meeting: Ma Han, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Xun You.

Although he is a nephew, he belongs to two camps at this time, each with his own masters. Xun You was very respectful to Xun Yan, but as soon as he entered the negotiations, he immediately sat upright. His eyes were sharp and even aggressive.

The reason given by Xun Yan was that his lips were lost and his teeth were cold; the request was to unite against Yuan.

Ma Han's "spokesman" Guo Jia flatly refused and did not even give a reason. Both of them understood each other for reasons, and it was a waste of saliva to say it out loud. However, Guo Jia also admitted that Cao Cao's demise was not good for his side. So the plan he proposed was secret assistance, and the plan was as follows:

First, Xuzhou will stop siege of Kangfu and Gaoping and withdraw Xiaopei; second, hand over no less than three thousand prisoners of Cao's army and some materials; third, provide information and food to Cao's army; fourth, if necessary, directly dispatch the Dragon Wolf Army to help. As for when it is "necessary", the right to explain belongs to Ma Han. However, Xun Yan knew it well that it should be the time to pick peaches...

The condition given by Ma Han is to "change Henan with Yan" - use Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

As long as Cao Cao resisted Yuan Shao's offensive until winter, Ma Han would hand over Yuzhou to Cao Cao, and Yanzhou would be handed over to him to compete with Yuan Shao.

"Yuan Shao is most likely to launch an attack next spring. As long as your army can hold on until next winter, when Yuan's army quits, Cao Gong will be the governor of Yuzhou." Ma Han didn't need a spokesperson and threw out the biggest bait directly.

This is completely a replica of the grain replacement with Yuan Shao.

Moreover, to show sincerity, Ma Han also gave two benefits: one was to return the proton Cao Ang. This person was used to coerce Cao Cao and prevent him from acting rashly, but the situation is reversed. Cao Cao was afraid that Ma Han would act rashly. Therefore, this son was useless, so it was good to hand over Cao Cao back to showing sincerity. In addition, Ma Han had given up some channels in Yuzhou, allowing Cao Cao to transfer the population and supplies to Yuzhou and pave the way for retreat.

Is it different from getting Yanzhou and Yuzhou? There is a big difference. You should know that after Ma Han seized Yuzhou, all the passages between Cao Cao and Yang and Shu had been completely cut off. Cao Cao was now sandwiched between Ma Han and Yuan Shao and had no way to go. If Ma Han wanted to kill Cao Cao, he didn't have to take action himself. He just had to send heavy troops to block a few passages leading to Jing and Yang, and Cao Cao could only sigh in his eyes.

Of course, Cao Cao could also choose to surrender to Yuan Shao. However, one time and another. When he was exposed to Lu Bu, he had almost no place to stand. Then he would surrender to Yuan Shao and his allies, and Yuan Shao would also take some sincerity. But now he surrendered is under pressure. It is completely different to the counterattack.

Moreover, everyone had a common enemy at that time: Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu. When the common enemy was no longer there, it was impossible to say whether it was surrendering or surrendering.

Will Cao Cao surrender? Of course not! He was only frustrated in front of Xun Yu. At that time, he was beaten by Lu Bu and only three counties were left, but he did not admit defeat. Now he still has half of Yanzhou, and tens of thousands of troops may not be able to fight. How could he give up easily? In the Battle of Guandu in history, the ratio of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's military strength was actually similar to that of Yuan Cao's current military strength. What Cao Cao really lost was the strategist and the general. This shortcoming was fatal.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that if he fought this battle, no matter whether he won or lost, he would only be cheaper. But there was no way. He had to make a choice between Yuan Shao's pseudo-prefecture governor and the real Yuzhou governor.

Is it the female Fu Yuan family or is it independent?

Ma Han gave the right to choose to Cao Cao. He believed that this person who could express the saying "An old horse is in the stable, with ambitions for thousands of miles, and a martyr is in his old age and has ambitions" would definitely make a choice that suits his nature.
Chapter completed!