In this way, a pincer attack can be carried out from the north to the south. With Zang Ba's assistance and Cao Cao leading the army in the north, he can naturally cut off Yuan Shao's support to Xuzhou.
Such a move is equivalent to cutting off the main artery of Xuzhou.
Previously, when Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others were here, Yuan Shao would continuously transport reinforcements, grain and grass to Xuzhou through Yuan Tan.
But now, Cao Cao asked Cao Ren to control Xiaoguan and Zang Ba to control the Qingxu border.
This is equivalent to completely blocking Xuzhou's support. From then on, Xuzhou's military strength was locked, and one less person died.
Lu Ying and others did attack Xiaopei several times, but all failed.
Guo Ming himself is in Xiaopei, so there is no danger to speak of.
Even more tragic for them was what happened next.
Xiaopei could not be attacked for a long time, so Chen Deng suggested that they move their grain and grass to Xiapi first, so that it would be easier to dispatch.
Lu Ying, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou had no idea at all, so they could only do it this way.
Fake Chen Gong, who never showed up, escorted the grain and grass to Xiapi.
Then, Cao Cao came.
Although there is Xuzhou between the south and the north from Xiaoguan to Xiaopei, it is not that far in itself.
Cao Cao came at night and took Guo Jia with him, which made Guo Ming feel a little strange.
"Ming Gong, why are you here in the middle of the night?" Guo Ming quickly stepped forward and saluted.
Cao Cao waved his hand and sat down directly. Guo Jia took out a special letter and gave it to Guo Ming, asking him to take a good look at it.
This is actually a letter written by Chen Deng to Cao Cao!
There is a chain agent here that can help Cao Cao take Xuzhou and concentrate all the opponent's troops in Xiapi.
Guo Ming just looked at it briefly.
He knew that Chen Deng's plan was more powerful than history. It was a series of three good tricks that helped Cao Cao capture Xiaopei, capture Xuzhou, conquer Xiaoguan, and defeat Lu Bu, killing four birds with one stone.
Now it's just a matter of taking Xuzhou without any bloodshed. It's not a profound strategy.
It's just that Chen Yuanlong here wrote a bloody speech.
To say that he betrayed Cao Cao was because he was confused and had no choice but to say that Guo Ming had framed him and that he was about to rebel. However, when he was about to go to Xudu to defend himself, he was captured by Lu Ying and Zang Ba.
He had no choice but to help Yuan Shao on the surface, but in fact, he colluded with all the prominent families in Xuzhou who were leaning towards Cao Cao, making everyone dormant for the time being.
Now, the time has come, I hope Cao Cao can return to Xuzhou, and all the Xuzhou clans hope to return to Cao Cao's account.
Since Cao Cao has already forgiven Zang Ba, he should also be able to forgive him.
He asked for nothing but that he could exchange the whole of Xuzhou for his own life so that he could continue to serve Cao Cao!
"How can Fengde come and see you?" Cao Cao asked.
"If you say the strategy is appropriate and feasible, but if you say anything else, it's nonsense?" Guo Ming said directly.
Guo Jia also said the same thing: "Ming Gong, I agree with what I said. This and that faction are all nonsense. Ming Gong is so smart. If you form a clique in front of him for personal gain, wouldn't you be asking for death?"
"Yeah, what about the Yingchuan School, the Xuzhou School? Yingchuan can't eat the green onions produced in Xuzhou? Xuzhou can't read the books written by Yingchuan? I don't bother to defend myself."
Guo Ming simply lowered his hands and said helplessly.
Cao Cao looked at the two brothers and smiled.
"Then according to what you two said, what should it be like?"
"Use his strategies to reward his clan and let bygones be bygones." Guo Ming directly transformed into a little master of idioms.
"Okay, I'll do as you said. Fengde, you can clean up overnight and come with me tonight."
"I?"
Guo Ming never expected that Cao Cao came to come with him.
According to Chen Deng's plan, Cao Cao should enter Xuzhou tonight and send troops from Xiaopei.
Chen Denghui wanted to ask Lu Ying to go and suppress it in person on the grounds that the Xiaoguan rebels were planning to sacrifice the pass. After all, the person opposite is Cao Ren, and he is not easy to deal with.
Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to send Lu Ying from the north while he came from the south.
To do this, Xia Houyuan and Guo Ming must accompany them. Xia Houyuan was the vanguard, Guo Ming was the rear army, and Cao Cao himself led the country as the central army.
At first, this matter sounded like a fantasy, but when Xia Houyuan arrived at the city, Chen Deng actually asked the soldiers on the city to open the city gate and welcome Xia Houyuan in.
After Cao Cao entered, Chen Deng quickly ran down from the city gate tower and kowtowed to Cao Cao three times.
"Ming Gong, Chen Deng deserves to die! Today I can finally see Ming Gong, and Chen Deng can wash away his grievances."
"Yuanlong, why are you doing this? Get up quickly." Cao Cao laughed and helped Chen Deng up, and showed him the brochure on the spot conferring him official titles.
Chen Deng was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.
But when he got up and saw Guo Ming next to him, he was stunned.
Guo Ming smiled slightly and nodded in greeting. Chen Deng turned his head to the side and ignored Guo Ming.
Cao Cao laughed loudly: "You two, this is all a misunderstanding. Don't stay here. Let's go to the city and talk about it."
However, Guo Ming was about to walk in but was stopped by Guo Jia.
"Are you really planning to go in?"
"What's wrong?"
"You have seen Chen Deng's enthusiasm just now. I will inevitably accuse you in front of Ming Gong. You, hurry back to Xiaopei to avoid embarrassment. Chen Yuanlong, I will block it for you, but tonight, Lu Ying will definitely attack Xiaopei, you must guard Xiaopei."
"I……"
I can't even get through the Xuzhou gate!
Guo Ming raised his head, looked at the tall city gate, and left angrily.
Even if Cao Cao was right, even if Guo Jia was right, he still felt aggrieved.
Back to Xiaopei, he was still sulking.
By the way, Lu Ying was really busy this night.
After Chen Gong transferred the grain and grass to Xiapi, it was Yan Liang who looked after the grain and grass.
Wen Chou resisted Cao Ren in Xiaoguan, and Lu Ying herself was in Xuzhou. This was originally a trinity.
As a result, Chen Deng told Lu Ying that night that Wen Chou was in front of Bai Mi, causing the bandits who followed Chang Xi to plan to sacrifice Wen Chou to Cao Cao. Lu Ying had to go there in person to calm the matter down.
As soon as Lu Ying heard this, she was okay with it, and quickly led her troops to the Xiaoguan Camp.
After waiting all night, the news waiting to come was that Cao Cao had taken Xuzhou without bloodshed.
Wen Chou and Lu Ying were afraid that they would be alone, so they hurried to Xiapi.
However, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. The two of them came over and beat Xiao Pei again.
But in the end, they didn't fight. After all, Guo Ming, Bai Qi, and Xiang Yu were all guarding here.
No matter how hard they calculated, the two of them couldn't beat these three people, so they could only walk away in dismay.
In just one night, the entire Xuzhou fell into Cao Cao's hands, leaving only an isolated city in Xiapi in Lu Ying's hands.
