"Zhang Yan, meet my lord!"
Zhang Yan came to Cao Cao, bowed her hands and bowed deeply.
After entering the city, Zhang Yan knew that he was right to surrender. He saw that Cao Cao's men had many soldiers and generals, and strict military discipline. In terms of military appearance alone, they were far better than Yuan Shao's.
The advantage that Yuan Shao relies on is just the reputation and heritage accumulated by the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince.
Now that these are no match for Cao Cao, how can Yuan Shao fight against Cao Cao?
Surrendering to a powerful person who can see hope is a hundred times better than continuing to be a bandit in the Black Mountains. Surrendering is the right choice.
At least by following Cao Cao, he can deal with his old enemy Yuan Shao. If Cao Cao wants to replace the Han in the future, they are all the founding heroes. Zhang Yan will feel very excited just thinking about it.
Chen Zhou was also sizing up Zhang Yan, thinking that there was a reason why the leader of the Black Mountain Army was able to survive repeatedly in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty.
In addition to the natural barrier of Montenegro, it is also because he knows how to assess the situation.
To put it simply, he has a good eye.
He recognized his master as soon as he arrived and directly called Cao Cao his lord. It was obvious that Cao Cao was very strong and could even fight Yuan Shao. It was much better to hang out with such a lord than to be a mountain bandit himself.
After hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and said: "General Zhang, you're welcome. Please pass on the order and hold a banquet to welcome General Zhang. When you return to Xudu, I will ask for credit for you in front of Your Majesty."
Zhang Yan said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord!"
After saying this, they went down.
Cao Cao didn't even need to hear the results of Zhang Yan and the others. If he came back at this time, he probably couldn't do anything to Yuan Shao.
If nothing is done to Yuan Shao, he may not come back.
Instead, Jia Xu will definitely send someone to send a message back, and then guide Cao Cao across the river and take advantage of the momentum to attack Yecheng.
Yecheng will be much easier to fight without Yuan Shao.
"Wenhe, how's it going?"
Cao Cao didn't ask, but Chen Zhou asked anyway.
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "The quality of the Black Mountain Army is too low to kill Yuan Shao. If it were one of ours, Yuan Shao would die!"
"That's it for the rabble."
Liu Ye said: "Let Yuan Shao live for one more year. He will die by this time next year!"
Jia Xu asked: "Aren't we going to cross the river?"
After asking, he understood why he didn't cross the river.
There is no condition to cross the river now. The most important condition is lack of food. Jia Xu knows this. If he hadn't snatched more than two thousand carts of food from Yuan Shao and seized a lot of supplies in Yuan Shao's camp, now Already starting to worry about the lack of food.
"It's time to fight again next year."
Jia Xu said again.
Xun You said: "Let's go down too! The master is holding a celebration banquet, not to welcome Zhang Yan's arrival."
Zhang Yan's arrival was just by the way.
Winning against Yuan Shao is a great joy.
It is appropriate to have a banquet to celebrate.
Guo Jia looked forward to it: "There should be wine at the banquet. I can finally drink. In order not to delay important events during this period, I almost gave up drinking."
Hearing this, they all laughed.
Guo Jia, an old drunkard, is really addicted to alcohol.
But they couldn't help but remind Guo Jia in various ways that after all, Xi Zhong's death happened at the end of last year, and they didn't want something to happen to Guo Jia too.
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Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng.
At this time, his face was gloomy.
There was an urge to kill, so Ju Shou and Tian Feng died and were unfortunately killed.
Guo Tu and the others stood in front of Yuan Shao, not daring to say anything. They were trembling because they were sure that they had the upper hand in this battle, but they were still defeated in the end, and Yuan Shao lost all his face.
How can Yuan Shao raise his head in front of the princes of the world?
Even Zhang Yan from Black Mountain dared to jump out and join forces with Cao Cao.
"What do you think we should do?"
Yuan Shao asked coldly.
They were silent at first. Even Guo Tu and the three of them, who understood Yuan Shao's thoughts so well, didn't know what to say at this time to make Yuan Shao happy.
Ju Yi was still stubborn and said bravely: "I think we are worse than Cao Cao. One is strategy and the other is weapons. Under the order of the lord, the blacksmiths from the four northern states have gathered in Yecheng. I believe we We can also improve the forging method and restore this advantage. As for strategy..."
At this point, he stopped.
In terms of strategy, it is not a problem for their generals.
In fact, Ju Yi was very upset. Guo Tu and others excluded Ju Shou Tian Feng, and Yuan Shao even killed him.
In fact, according to Ju Shuo's plan, if they continue to fight with Cao Cao, it will definitely be Cao Cao who collapses in the end. However, Yuan Shao prefers to listen to Guo Tu and the others.
"What does General Ju mean by this?"
Shen Pei couldn't help but asked.
Ju Yi continued not to say anything else, just as if you have a problem.
But all the generals believed that apart from their weapons being inferior to Cao's army, the rest was that their strategies could not keep up. This was a problem with their counselors.
"enough!"
Yuan Shao said angrily: "I didn't bring you here to let you shirk your responsibilities. I ask you, what should you do?"
They shut up again at the same time and fell silent.
"Lord."
Still Shen Pei said: "My subordinates believe that Cao Cao won this battle, but he will never fight across the river again. Once he crosses the river, if Cao Cao cannot defeat Yecheng, he will not gain the advantage. Cao Cao does not have us." He has a deep foundation and must not have the ability to attack Yecheng."
Yuan Shao also agreed with this point.
He could tell some of Cao Cao's background. If he had the ability to cross the river and continue fighting, he would have received news from the scouts about Cao Cao's army crossing the river by now.
Cao Cao did not cross the river, so they speculated that there was not enough food and grass to support the crossing.
"After this battle, we can judge that Cao Cao is not that simple, and he will definitely fight again."
"Then we can use this time to make all preparations. When it comes to forging weapons and strategies, we will discuss and make changes."
"Please don't worry, my lord, as long as Cao Cao dares to come again."
"We must have a way to prevent him from coming back!"
Shen Pei solemnly promised.
Yuan Shao's expression improved a little, and he could finally find some comfort. He had a reason to explain that the failure had nothing to do with him, but that his weapons were not strong enough and his counselors were not good enough.
"next year……"
Yuan Shao's voice dropped as he spoke, and he warned: "You'd better do what you promised now next year, otherwise... I won't kill Cao Cao, but I will use your heads to satisfy my hatred first. Do you understand?"
Everyone felt the coldness coming from Yuan Shao.
They judged the Yuan family's strength and found that it was actually far better than Cao Cao. As long as they are ready next year, it would be no problem to block Cao Cao, so they promised together: "I understand!"
At this point, Yuan Shao felt a little better.
But when I thought that Cao Cao, who was an eunuch, could defeat him who had four generations and three princes, I felt like I couldn't swallow my breath, and I didn't know how uncomfortable it was.
"next year."
"I want Cao Aman to know who is the strongest prince in the Han Dynasty."
"I want everyone in the world to truly see my strength!"
Yuan Shao was roaring in his heart, his face full of unwillingness.
