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Cao Cao was hesitating, but others would not wait for Cao Cao to figure everything out before taking action.

Fang Zhiwen was not interested in continuing to cultivate under the city of Dang County. When Cao Cao was busy attacking Jingzhou, Fang Zhiwen was naturally happy to relieve the pressure for Cao Cao a little, so Yan Liang's troops were attacking under the city of Dang County. Fang Zhiwen wandered around every day, calling it harassing the enemy's logistics.

Huang Xu and Xu Huang are also making soy sauce. Xu Huang is a little better. Huainan is large, and Xu Huang always gets something to do when he wanders around. However, Huang Xu was strictly ordered not to go deep into Qiao County. As a result, he could only wander around Fuli and Shansang. This was the first area to clear the walls and clear the wilderness. Hundreds of miles were deserted, which made Huang Xu so depressed.

When Cao Cao successfully captured the eastern part of Jingzhou, Fang Zhiwen thought Cao Cao would speed up the evacuation of Qiao County and Huainan. Who knew that Cao Cao would suddenly go against the rules and slow down the evacuation speed. Even the court that should have moved to Xiangyang immediately suddenly stopped and stayed in Qiao County.

"Husband, didn't you say that if Cao Cao got Jingzhou, he would definitely go to Jingzhou District to recuperate and lick the wounds of the war? Why did Cao Cao seem to be reluctant to leave?"

Taishi Zhaorong definitely did it on purpose. Fang Zhiwen looked at the smiling Taishi Zhaorong awkwardly, and hated her a little bit of annoyance. Unfortunately, it was not at night, otherwise he would have been rectified directly on the spot! He dared to laugh at his husband, and he was really unforgivable.

"Uh... this...humans are strange animals. Sometimes they will be confused, and Cao Cao can do it. It is even more terrible for smart people to be confused."

"Why!" Taishi Zhaorong smiled and watched her husband cover up her guesswork.

"Because he is smart, he will find all kinds of reasonable excuses for himself to cover up his mistakes, and even feel that the people around him are not as smart as him, so how can he listen to other people's advice? Therefore, it is terrible for smart people to be confused!"

"Just like my husband now? Hehe."

"Don't be good! I'll punish you well tonight. Well, I've decided!"

Taishi Zhaorong's cheeks suddenly turned red like a little girl, and she lowered her head in a slight manner. She glanced around her eyes and said with a coquettish resentment in her mouth: "Husband!"

Fang Zhiwen felt itchy, but now it was broad daylight and he was in the marching. He couldn't do anything he wanted!

Clearing his throat. Fang Zhiwen drove away the strange desire in his heart and corrected the spirit and said, "Cao Cao's idea may have changed with the acquisition of Jingzhou. He may think that Jingzhou was too easy to succeed and the loss was not big. Liu Bei was surprisingly weak. On the other hand, our indulgence also made him have an illusion that we would be happy to see him hit Yuan Shao again."

"Severely hit Yuan Shao. How to hit Yuan Shao hard? Could it be that he wanted to lead Yuan Shao to attack Qiao County, but why did he think our army would not assist Yuan Shao?"

"We really won't help Yuan Shao attack Qiao County. Because we cannot take the initiative to attack the imperial court. Before, it can be said that we were retaliating against Cao's army's harassment and directly attacking the imperial court would be rebellious!"

"Yuan Shao doesn't care, do we still care?"

Fang Zhiwen nodded and said, "We do care, because that is a kind of righteousness. We cannot easily step across that line. We are people who abide by the rules. This must be followed from beginning to end, not for others, but for the people of Youzhou, so that they can have confidence in the reputation of Youzhou's government."

"Oh... I don't understand very much. In short, we cannot do things that go against morality to avoid negatively affecting the reputation of the government, right?"

"That's true. Now everyone still respects the imperial power. The Liu family is still a legal royal family, representing the upright image of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, we cannot easily trample on the dignity of the royal family. Of course, if it is done by others, we will turn a blind eye, and the people of Youzhou do not care."

"Uh...hehe, the people are so easy to cheat!"

"No, the people are not easy to deceive. They are all very smart. They know that imperial power is a symbol. Appropriate respect for imperial power is also a respect for rules and a protection for themselves. However, when they ask them to give real interests to help protect the interests of imperial power, they need to consider carefully. Moreover, this imperial power is just a symbolic meaning. As long as we don't go too far, they will not be dissatisfied."

Taishi Zhaorong frowned and thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "It's so complicated. I don't understand. It's enough for these husbands to think about it. So what should we do now? Do you really let Cao Cao hurt Yuan Shao severely?"

"Of course not. Yuan Shao has lost nearly 150,000 elite troops so far. It's almost the same. In the future, the Central Plains are so big, and Yuan Shao's troops are not enough, but he will be bullied by Cao Cao."

"Then we can go to the outside of Qiao County to help, but the logistics is a bit more troublesome."

"No, I don't want to be led by Cao Cao. Since he is so greedy, how can he not pay a price!"

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Cao Cao looked at the battle report in his hand, and his expression on his face was quite rich, unwilling, humiliation, ashamed and angry, etc. The battle report in his hand was from the battle report in Li Jin of Ruyang.

Fang Zhiwen's two cavalry suddenly appeared near Ruyang. According to the banner, they should be Fang Zhiwen's troops and Huang Xu's troops. Unexpectedly, these two cavalry were really bold enough to penetrate thousands of miles into the enemy's territory and carry out large-scale attacks. Aren't they worried about their logistics?

Or, what method does Fang Zhiwen have to solve the logistics problems?

Also, what made Cao Cao feel even more uncomfortable was that Xi Zhicai once again accurately guessed Fang Zhiwen's actions, but he was wrong. Could it be that he was really not as good as Xi Zhicai? Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

After pondering for a while, Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Come here, please come and see the true face."

Xi Zhicai arrived in a hurry on the order. Cao Cao was buried in the map. When he heard the sound, Cao Cao raised his head.

"I have seen the lord, and the lord urgently calls his subordinates. But something unexpected happens!"

"Well, look at this. Fang Zhiwen rushed to attack Ruyang for thousands of miles. Now Li Jin is in a bad situation. You guessed it right again this time!"

Xi Zhicai took the battle report from Cao Cao and glanced at Cao Cao, but his face was not lustful. It is unknown whether he had any in his heart.

"Lord, Fang Zhiwen's 40,000 cavalry took advantage of our army's contraction of defense and actually drove straight in. It can be said that it was extremely bold, but this choice was not as dangerous as I imagined. Ruyang is indeed the main road to Yingchuan and Jingzhou, but it is not the only road. Our army can also enter Jingzhou by going to Chenxian, Changping, or Xinyang on the southern line."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "No, because of this, our army did not arrange heavy troops in Ruyang. Now that Fang Zhiwen is here, if we mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress them."

"They won't stay there and wait. Lord, we gathered infantry to encircle the cavalry, and they turned around and ran away. What should we do in Qiao County? And... it is also in the south of Jingzhou..."

Xi Zhicai did not say it clearly, but Cao Cao naturally knew what Xi Zhicai wanted to say. After Xi Zhicai reminded Cao Cao last time, Cao Cao had stepped up his intelligence work in the southwestern Jingzhou. According to the latest information, Liu Bei was indeed actively mobilizing troops to prepare, especially Zhang Fei's troops, which were not seriously damaged, seemed to have already fought against Xiahou Dun.

But Cao Cao was still a little unwilling to do it and wanted to work harder to see if he could turn the situation in the Central Plains over.

"If...we deliberately give up Ruyang and then surround Fang Zhiwen, we might be able to annihilate it in one fell swoop!"

Xi Zhicai remained silent. He didn't know how to persuade Cao Cao. This idea was so unrestrained, but Cao Cao also planned it seriously. Could it be that Fang Zhiwen was so stupid that he wanted to defend Ruyang? From Fang Zhiwen's usual tactics, he could easily see that Fang Zhiwen pursued mobile warfare the most and never cared about the gains and losses of a city and a place, but focused on eliminating the enemy's vitality. Cao Cao's idea was too naive.

Cao Cao didn't say anything when he saw Xi Zhicai, and he felt secretly angry and embarrassed. This disdainful refutation seemed to be a kind of contempt for Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao even more embarrassed than speaking out directly.

"Hmph! Could it be that Zhicai thinks this strategy is not working?"

"This... Fang Zhiwen has always advocated mobile warfare and does not care about the gains and losses of a city and a place. This matter is known to everyone in the world, lord..."

"Is this the original appearance alone? Is it so stupid? Zhicai is ridiculing the original appearance?"

"I dare not, my subordinates have no intention of this. I just think Fang Zhiwen will not stay in Ruyang honestly and let our army besieged."

"Zhicai, you are very smart, but you still know very little about people's hearts! Why did Fang Zhiwen attack Ruyang?"

Xi Zhicai said, "Isn't that you want to warn you to quickly clean up and leave the Central Plains, but Xi Zhicai dare not say this!" Xi Zhicai suddenly felt sad. When did he start to worry too much in front of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao seemed to be becoming more and more stubborn. Is this caused by authority?

"My subordinates think... they may want to restrain our army's strength from the side and prevent our army from encircling and annihilation of Yuan Shao in Qiao County!"

"That's true. If I take the initiative to give up Ruyang, Fang Zhiwen will definitely occupy Ruyang. Then I will send troops to reinforce Ruyang with the intention of regaining the most important road to Jingzhou. Is this just in line with Fang Zhiwen's intention? If our army can be moved from Qiao County, would Fang Zhiwen deliberately not leave in Ruyang? Then he ordered Yuan Shao to turn around and form a battle situation near Ruyang, and a center of cooperation with the inside and outside will bloom!"

"This...is indeed possible!"

"It's not possible, but a considerable possibility. It's just that this possibility is based on trust in Yuan Shao, but will Yuan Shao really cooperate with Fang Zhiwen? Doesn't he have the idea of ​​a fisherman fighting for the snipe and clam to benefit?! This is human nature. As long as we make good use of this, we have the opportunity to annihilate Fang Zhiwen first, and then turn back to destroy Yuan Shao, and reverse the situation in the Central Plains in one fell swoop!"

Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao in surprise and moved his lips. This possibility does exist, but it is just a possibility. But Xi Zhicai said that this possibility does not exist?! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!