Yuan Shao was still in Liyang, waiting for an opportunity to fully cross the river.
The original plan was to take the White Horse and then lead the army southward. However, Cao Cao was too abominable and used a trick to kill Yan Liang, causing his plan to cross the river to fail, so he had to move to Yanjin.
He also sent another general, Wen Chou, across the Yellow River to attack Yanjin.
With Wen Chou taking action, Yuan Shao was confident that there would be no problem.
However, before the good news came back, the bad news came.
Not long ago, Wen Chou died in battle. Of the 20,000 people who led the river crossing, only a few hundred were left to escape. Now they stood tremblingly in front of Yuan Shao. The change in the situation was beyond Yuan Shao's expectation.
He fought several battles with Cao Cao in a row, but he always ended in defeat.
Yuan Shao even doubted life a little, wondering if Cao Cao was really that powerful?
Could it be said that Ju Shou and Tian Feng's plan is correct?
"Lord!"
At this time, Guo Tu could see Yuan Shao's hesitation, and thinking of Tian Feng's plan, he was afraid that Yuan Shao would release Tian Feng and he quickly said: "Cao Cao can defeat us several times in a row. I think there are two reasons. .”
"First, Cao Cao used a trick to frame General Yan and General Wen. He must have many advisers around him, so he succeeded."
"Secondly, there is a fierce general Dian Wei beside Cao Cao. It is said that he can fight as well as Lu Bu. This man's strength is probably far superior to the two generals."
"only……"
At this point, he paused for a moment and then said: "No matter how strong the counselors and generals are, they are only superficial and cannot represent the strength of the entire army. In the face of our absolute strength, everything else is empty."
At this time, Yuan Shao was furious.
While shocked by Cao Cao's power, he was also angry because of the death of Wen and Chou in the battle. He was even more angry that Cao Cao's little brother did not give any face to his big brother.
After hearing the reasons Guo Tu found for him, Yuan Shao's expression softened and he asked: "What should we do next?"
Guo Tu was silent.
Feng Ji said: "Back to my lord, my subordinates believe that after Cao Cao killed General Wen, he led the people in the northeastern part of the river to move south in a hurry, mainly because he was afraid of my lord and did not dare to face him, so he strengthened his walls and cleared the country."
Hearing this, Yuan Shao's expression softened a lot.
Shen Pei echoed: "The lord's army is approaching, and Cao Cao can only use some tricks to resist it, but the tricks can only be used for a moment, not for a long time, and they will be gone after they are used up. How can he not be afraid of the lord?"
Yuan Shao thought this sentence was correct and he liked hearing it very much.
Cao Cao was afraid of himself, so he went through so much trouble. Yan Liang, Wen Chou fell into Cao Cao's trick because he had no advisers with him. Yuan Shao was very angry when Yan Liang Wen Chou died, but there were two generals, Zhang He and Gao Lan, beside him.
Seeing that Yuan Shao's expression softened a lot, the judge and the others knew it and put the words into Yuan Shao's heart.
With their current overall strength, there is really no need to be afraid of Cao Cao. The defeat just now was considered to be an underestimation of the enemy. If they take it seriously next, wouldn't they be able to defeat Cao Cao and escape.
"Lord, don't forget, we still have Uncle Liu Huang in Runan, and there are many people in Xudu City who are willing to cater to us."
"As long as he breaks through the Guandu defense line, Cao Cao can only escape back to Xudu."
"At that time, the people in Xudu City will provide internal support for us, and it will be easy to open Xudu City."
Shen Pei said again.
yes!
Thinking of Liu Bei, the internal agents in Xudu City who were willing to cooperate, and his own strong strength, Yuan Shao temporarily put aside all his worries.
It's not that Cao Cao can't be defeated, the defeat is only temporary.
When he calms down and changes his strategy, Cao Cao will tremble!
"Okay, here's the order..."
When Yuan Shao was about to give the order for a full-scale counterattack, he saw Xu You hurriedly came in from the outside and interrupted: "My lord, please wait a moment!"
"Ziyuan, what's wrong?"
Yuan Shao looked very unhappy when he was suddenly interrupted.
Xu You bowed and said, "I just got the news that Liu Bei was in Runan and his entire army was wiped out. Only a few hundred people escaped."
"What?"
As soon as these words came out, their eyes fell on Xu You at the same time.
Xu You continued: "Liu Bei's second battlefield has failed."
Just received the news of Wen Chou's defeat, and now even Liu Bei has lost, Yuan Shao's anger surged up again, and he said angrily: "Liu Bei is also a waste, even a surprise attack can fail, he is a waste!"
Xu You said: "My lord, now that the situation has changed, the plan should also be changed appropriately. Cao's army has few soldiers and concentrated his troops to resist our army in Guandu. Xu Du's defense must be weak. If he can send a team of surprise soldiers to move forward lightly and bypass Crossing Guandu, raiding Xudu, and attacking from both sides, we will surely be able to capture Cao Cao. Even if we fail to capture Cao Cao, we will still be able to make him unable to take care of both ends. I don’t know what to do."
The judges and matchmakers all agreed with this plan and nodded after hearing it.
Since the second battlefield in Runan cannot be opened, then directly open the second battlefield in Xudu, steal Cao Cao's home, and take over Cao Cao's base camp.
However, Yuan Shao's expression was uncertain.
He didn't seem to care much about Xu You's plan.
"I don't believe it. I can't defeat Cao Cao on a frontal battlefield."
"If I want to officially defeat Cao Cao, I must capture him first. Send me my order. Starting tomorrow, the entire army will quickly cross the river and attack Guandu!"
Yuan Shao did not adopt Xu You's advice. He was a bit arrogant and looked down on Cao Cao's eunuch.
What he wants is to truly defeat Cao Cao.
Hearing this, everyone was silent.
They knew how to figure out Yuan Shao's thoughts and understood that they should not talk anymore at this time.
However, Xu You had one more urgent matter. He didn't notice Yuan Shao's expression and said, "My Lord, I have family members who were caught committing crimes in Yecheng. Could you please give me an order to go back and bring my family members back?" Let go?"
Yuan Shao raised his eyes and said coldly: "Xu Ziyuan, now is the critical moment to conquer the world. How dare you mention your relatives who committed crimes and were imprisoned in front of me? Get out of here immediately. If you dare to mention it again, I will kill you." Lock him up too!”
"I……"
Xu You's face was full of astonishment, and he wanted to explain something, but seeing that Yuan Shao was serious, he was afraid that he would really be locked up, so he had no choice but to retreat.
After walking far away, the more Xu You thought about it, the more worried he became about his relatives.
He murmured in his heart that he would wait until the war situation improved before offering Yuan Shao some help.
Yuan Shao said loudly: "The whole army is preparing to cross the river. I don't believe it. Even the descendants of the eunuch can't defeat him."
The sergeants under Yuan Shao were busy preparing to cross the river in full force.
Now that the white horse Yanjin has no one to defend it, it is much easier than expected for Yuan Shao to lead his army across the other side.
After crossing the river, Yuan Jun sent scouts everywhere, including to the south, to inquire about Cao Cao's movements, and then made strategic arrangements, ready to attack Guandu at any time.
Cao Cao, upon receiving news of Yuan Shao's crossing of the river, immediately put up a tight defense in Guandu.
