Chapter 52 Hopeless Hope
Cao Cao's temper is obviously not very good now. They know Cao Cao well. If he really gets angry, it is common for him to cut off his head with a knife.
So, after Cao Cao threw these words out, the whole room was completely silent, and no one dared to say anything.
"Ahem... Do you think our enemy now is Sun Ce from Jiangdong or Yuan Shao?"
Naturally, Guo Jia didn't want to make his colleagues lose their heads because of him, so when he opened his mouth again, his tone obviously began to slow down. After all, when the leader is in a meeting, giving face to his colleagues is also giving face to himself, right?
"Of course it's Yuan Shao. If we can really defeat Yuan Shao in this battle, who cares whether we have an emperor or not!"
Naturally, the person who said this was not the civil servant who was talking about logic, but Xia Houyuan who was standing behind and was eager to try. In fact, the generals obviously had more say in this battle. Since they solved the siege of BMW, they followed the instructions
Cao Cao's generals have been making arrangements in Guandu for more than a month. Their purpose is to resist Yuan Shao's attack and then seek opportunities to counterattack.
In Cao's army, no general wanted to withdraw because Liu Xie ran away. All they thought about was that they and their soldiers were capable of fighting Yuan Shao's army.
In fact, through the previous siege of White Horse, the morale and confidence of Cao Jun's officers and soldiers have been almost cultivated. They have figured out that Yuan Shao's army has no advantage except for its large number of people. It is inferior to them when fighting alone.
Quite a few, completely unable to fight a tough battle.
Under such circumstances, a larger victory with less and more early is no longer an unrealistic expectation, and what the situation in the Central Plains will be like after taking Yuan Shao's main force is motivating Cao Jun all the time.
every soldier.
If you give up this battle just because of the departure of an insignificant person, you will probably never have such an opportunity to win the Central Plains again. The hot-tempered and stubborn generals are naturally unwilling to do so.
"General Xiahou is right. No matter what news comes from Jiangdong, it is just news to us. They will not send troops rashly, but they want us to fight Yuan Shao and both sides will suffer! And in my opinion, Your Majesty has arrived.
Wu Jun did not announce the relocation of the capital immediately. He was probably observing the battle between us and Yuan Shao. If we fight to a critical moment, the news of relocating the capital will naturally come."
Guo Jia's analysis made everyone's eyes light up. If they didn't announce the move of the capital immediately, it really shouldn't be because something happened midway. If they announced it, they should be waiting for an opportunity. However, this is not Sun Ce's usual style.
"If the news of moving the capital comes when we are really anxious with Yuan Shao's army, Yuan Shao will definitely use this news to damage the morale of our army. Even if we can make arrangements in advance, by the time the situation changes, there may still be
It affects the outcome of this battle!"
This time it was Cao Cao who spoke. Cao Cao was brave enough, but this time he couldn't help but be careless. After all, this battle was almost a battle in which he had all his wealth on the line. If he won, he would fight for hegemony in the future.
I am the absolute seed player in the world. If I lose, the world will only become farther and farther away from me.
Cao Cao subconsciously touched his beard with one hand and tasted Guo Jia's words carefully. This time, he really couldn't give an order without thinking. He had to understand the cause and effect, otherwise once
Failure is a lifelong regret.
"So our plan has to change. It takes time for the news to reach Jiangdong, and it also takes time for the news spread by Jiangdong to reach the army. We have to chew Yuan Shao's bones quickly. After all, generals, it's better to
You are under even more pressure!”
"Huh! Fengxiao doesn't have to be like this. Just say a quick battle and a quick victory. Although our troops are not as good as Yuan Shao's, once Yuan Shao dares to attack, we will definitely make him pay the price!"
Xia Houyuan couldn't bear to hear such words. As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, he patted his chest and agreed.
However, Guo Jia still shook his head after hearing this.
"Sikong, General Xiahou, our current problem is that we have no chance of taking the initiative to attack and defeat the main force of Yuan Shao's army, so we can only wait for Yuan Shao to send troops, which naturally gives the people of Jiangdong the opportunity to observe secretly."
"Fengxiao means... we can't wait any longer?"
Cao Cao and many generals really didn't understand Guo Jia's words. They couldn't take the initiative and couldn't wait any longer. What on earth do you want us to do?
"We have to think of a way to get Yuan Shao to send troops quickly. As for whether we can achieve a quick victory after sending troops, it is not something that I, an adviser, can guess... Once Sikong can capture Yuan Shao's main force in this battle, Xuchang doesn't mind, Your Majesty.
It’s okay if you don’t want to! As long as they have enough land and soldiers, and they are willing to follow Sikong, it doesn’t matter whether Sikong represents a big man or not?”
After Guo Jia said this, the idea of this battle has become very clear.
Quickly defeating Yuan Shao and then declaring independence is the right way. The reason why Cao Cao wore the cloak of Hanchen before was just for his insignificant growth. When he is almost mature, this cloak can naturally be thrown away.
"Okay! Next, let's discuss strategies to lure the enemy!"
The gloomy expression on Cao Cao's face improved a lot at this moment, and he raised his head higher than before. These micro-expressions that he didn't pay much attention to made the advisers and generals below feel a lot more relaxed.
Cao Cao's men are definitely capable of coming up with good strategies. When things got to this point, Cao Cao knew that what he had to do was to race against time. Their only chance was to kill Yuan Shao's main force once the war started and before the news was passed around.
wipe out.
Yuan Shao naturally didn't know about Cao Cao's worries and calculations. At this time, he was actually not in a hurry. What he was thinking about was to attack with the entire army and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop, and then attack Xuchang directly, so that Cao Cao would completely lose the chance.
.
Such an attack obviously takes time, so Yuan Shao did not follow Ju Shou's advice at the beginning and use a long-term and slow-advance strategy to consume Cao's army, but thought of eating a fat man in one bite after being fully prepared.
Among Yuan Shao's advisers, Tian Feng was estranged from Yuan Shao due to the previous incident and stayed in his hometown. Jushou also proposed many strategies that Yuan Shao was not very satisfied with. Gradually in the past few months,
Alienated by Yuan Shao.
In addition to the two of them, Xu You, one of Yuan Shao's counselors, also proposed a plan to quickly send cavalry to attack the empty Xuchang, capture Liu Xie, and then turn around and kill Cao Cao as a national thief, but Yuan Shao rejected it.
Chapter completed!