When Liu Bei and his three parties responded.
Cao Cao has gathered his troops and officially declared war on Yuan Shu.
Chen Zhou followed the army to fight, and soon arrived at Qixian County in Qiao County. The army was temporarily stationed in Qixian County, waiting to meet up with Liu Bei who was heading south from Xiaopei. However, this rendezvous was only temporary, and Liu Bei would soon be driven back by Lu Bu. Xiaopei.
At the same time, Cao Cao began to act according to Chen Zhou's plan, killing all the scouts and spies sent by Lu Bu who wanted to get close to Liu Bei, and temporarily blocking all news about Xiapi.
Their plan was for Liu Bei to leave Xiaopei first, and Lu Bu to fight later.
"According to our information, Liu Bei led his troops south three days ago, and Lu Bu also left Xiapi one day ago."
"Liu Bei will arrive in Qixian in about one day."
"Sun Ce raised troops in Kuaiji and rebelled against Chen Yu. With the support of the four surnames in Wu County, he raised troops south of Yuan Shu."
"For a time, Yuan Shu had a tendency to be surrounded."
Guo Jia briefly read the latest news.
This is the fate of being an emperor now. It is easy to be beaten by a group of people, and there are also betrayals from within.
Cao Cao said: "When can we start the plan to cross the border?"
"There's no rush yet!"
"The first person to fight Yuan Shu, if I guessed correctly, was Lu Bu."
"We will make plans after Lu Bu and Yuan Shu fight, and we will meet up with Liu Bei."
"At this time, Lu Bu must advance towards Huainan with all his strength. The army is further away from Xiapi. Suddenly he learned that Xiapi may be in danger, so he rushed back even more anxiously to attack Xiaopei first."
Chen Zhou said confidently and calmly.
"Then continue according to Watanabe's plan."
Without thinking, Cao Cao agreed directly and said, "I have ordered Xu Gongming and Li Mancheng to lead troops from Xiao County on the south side of Pei County, bypassing Pengcheng and approaching Xiapi. Do we need to engage Lu Bu in close combat?"
"Better have a fight."
Chen Zhou thought for a while and then continued: "But don't fight too deep and pretend to be defeated and retreat. If there is still time, make some military flags of Liu Bei's side and hang them in our army to confuse the judgment of Lu Bu and others."
"So good!"
Cao Cao said and asked: "How can we fight Yuan Shu?"
Guo Jia analyzed: "According to Du Zhi's idea, the main focus of fighting Yuan Shu is to pull and fight for a long time, right?"
"Those who know me are filial piety!"
Chen Zhou laughed and continued: "Our focus in this battle will be on Xuzhou first, and then on Shouchun. When fighting Yuan Shu, we should not go too deep into it, as long as we can contain Yuan Shu's troops. If I am not wrong, , then Yuan Shu will ask his subordinates Li Feng, Liang Gang and Le to go north to fight against the lord. The three of them are not generals or generals, nor are they commanders with ten thousand enemies. It is quite easy to contain them. They will not Influence us to win Xuzhou."
With his foresight of history, it was easy to deal with this battle.
"good!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao lost all worries and was no longer impatient. He stayed in Qixian and waited.
With Chen Zhou here, he is as stable as Mount Tai.
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Yuan Shu was a little uneasy.
Less than half a month after becoming emperor, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Liu Bei successively sent troops to approach Huainan.
Sun Ce surrendered to him, raised troops from Kuaiji, and received support from the family.
Although Liu Biao did not openly send troops, he cut off all contact with him and did not even allow trade. The area at the junction of Jingzhou and Yangzhou was on alert, and he seemed to have the intention of attacking directly into Huainan.
In an instant, Yuan Shu was ambushed from three sides.
Even if he owned half of the Yuan family, facing such a scene, he would inevitably feel a little flustered and regretted not listening to Yan Xiang's persuasion.
Now is indeed not the time to ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor.
But the matter of becoming emperor cannot be undone.
Once you make the beginning, you have no choice but to keep going and figure out how to deal with the current situation.
Not only Yuan Shu felt uneasy, but so did the rest of his men.
Their Zhong dynasty, not long after its establishment, was on the verge of being destroyed at any time.
"For what?"
Yuan Shu gathered the counselors around him and raised this urgent question in the palace where he was the emperor.
"I think we should first settle down inside."
Yan Xiang was the quickest to think of a way to deal with it. In addition, Yuan Shu had already proclaimed himself emperor, and his title changed accordingly. He continued: "Sun Ce's support is Danyang Bingye! Although the four surnames in Wu County and other aristocratic families can give him a lot Help, but the main force around him is still the people left by Sun Jian and the Danyang soldiers. I think we can start from Danyang first."
Yuan Shu quickly asked: "How to start?"
"The biggest Shanyue leader in Danyang is Zulang, the commander-in-chief of the Danyang clan. As long as your majesty asks someone to bring jewelry and property, and then promises to appoint an official and instigate rebellion against Zulang, Sun Ce's Danyang army can be cut off."
Yan Xiang analyzed: "In addition, using Zu Lang to suppress Sun Ce can also guard against Liu Biao in Jingzhou. If we can temporarily stabilize our internal situation, we can fight externally. Only then can we concentrate our main force to fight Lu Bu and Cao Cao!"
When Yan Xiang finished speaking, Yuan Huan and Yang Hong nodded, both thinking that Yan Xiang's words were good.
"Immediately arrange for someone to contact Zu Lang. Don't be stingy and give him more money."
Yuan Shu directly adopted Yan Xiang's suggestion and said loudly: "In addition, Li Feng, Liang Gang and Lejiu, you three will lead 30,000 troops and go north to deal with Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun and Ji Ling, you will lead We have 30,000 soldiers. Go to Xiapi first and strike first to gain strength and defeat Lu Bu."
"I accept your order!"
Everyone responded in unison.
They don't want to fight this battle.
At this point, I can’t even fight if I don’t want to.
Within Shouchun, food, grass, and troops were quickly mobilized.
Yang Hong received the order and went to Danyang to meet Zu Lang, the leader of Shanyue.
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Chen Zhou could not do much in Cao Jun.
It is probably to give Cao Cao advice and correct the direction. There is no need to fight the war, just wait for the result of the war.
For this reason, he specifically asked Cao Cao for a post in the army.
Regarding the affairs of the former army and all kinds of intelligence in the army, with Guo Jia here, he can fish in an open and honest manner.
As soon as he arrived at the rear army camp, someone came to greet him.
"Are you called Wang Jie?"
Chen Zhou looked at the other party and asked.
Wang Jie asked in shock: "Sir, do you know me?"
It's really him!
The person who said "I will take care of your wife by myself, don't worry about it" just appeared in front of Chen Zhou.
However, according to the current situation in Cao Ying, Wang Jie should not die. There is no shortage of food now. The gold and jewelry dug out of King Ai's tomb in Zhongshan have not been used up yet, and the food bought is still piled up.
"Guess!"
After hearing Wang Jie's doubts, Chen Zhou replied casually.
Next, he stayed temporarily in the rear army camp.
But early the next morning, Wang Jie came to tell him that Liu Bei had finally arrived.
Liu Bei arrived faster than Chen Zhou expected.
