Winter without war is always peaceful.

The Yuan family in Hebei recruited troops and almost every day new information came to Shouchun.

Winter is over soon, the grass sprouts and the weather gradually warms up.

In the study, Cao Shuo was flipping through the information sent from all over the country.

Pang Tong, Chen Gong, Tian Feng and Ju Su were divided into two rows and sat on his side.

The four of them all looked on Cao Shuo's face.

After reading the message in his hand, Cao Shu said: "Everywhere is ready to move. Liu Bei recruits troops in Xinye. Sun Quan is busy pacifying Jiangdong. Liu Biao in Jingzhou is also guarding against the attack on Jiangdong. The Yuan family in Hebei has recruited 70,000 troops and plans to decide the victory and defeat with my Cao family. With you, how should you deal with this time?"

"The Yuan family will be the first to take the blame when they go south again," Tian Feng said: "In the battle of Guandu, it can be said that the Yuan family was defeated by the young master. This time they go south, they should choose the Xuzhou front line and advance to Huainan. They try to defeat the young master and then seek Cao Gong."

"Which route will the Yuan family choose to advance to Xuzhou?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Please borrow the map of the young master." Tian Feng stood up and said.

Cao Shu took out the map from the side and spread it on the table.

Tian Feng walked to the table and looked down at the map.

Pang Tong and others also stood up and came to the side.

With his fingers wandering on the map, Tian Feng finally designated a place name: "If I expected it was good, the Yuan family should choose here to attack the young master."

"Cangting?" Cao Shuo said: "Cangting is in Qingzhou. When the Yuan family attacks here, the journey that the army has to go is much longer than crossing the river from Yanjin."

"The Yuan family tried to cross the river from Yanjin, but have they passed?" Tian Feng said: "If I failed once, if I were Yuan Gong, I would never use Yanjin as a breakthrough."

"I understand what Mr. Tian means." Cao Shuo looked at Pang Tong and others: "What do you think?"

"What Yuan Hao said makes sense." Ju Su said: "I also think that the Yuan family would send troops to cross the Yellow River from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, but it was not like Yuan Hao who divided the boundaries of the crossing of the river in Cangting."

"If the Yuan family sends troops, how can we think our army should be suitable?" Cao Shuo asked again.

"Apart from taking the initiative, there seems to be no other way before the young master." Chen Gong said: "Xuzhou is a place of several battles, and the war has continued for years, and the people are already in trouble. If the Yuan army crossed the Yellow River, although our army could take steps to surround the enemy and annihilate the enemy, Xuzhou would suffer a great disaster. I don't know how much money and food would be invested in revitalizing Xuzhou."

Holding his chin, Cao Shu said, "Mr. Chen is right. I can do anything, but two things can't do. One is to kill me and rule the people, and the other is to let me spend money. Since I want both people and money, the Yuan army has arrived, I can only send troops to fight."

"Young Master must be wary of the south." Tian Feng said: "Although the Sun family in Jiangdong and Liu Biao in Jingzhou are in trouble now, Liu Xuande has been recruiting troops all winter. The power in his hands has not reached the level of seizing Jingzhou. To strengthen his influence, his best way is to use troops to the Cao family."

"In other words, I may be attacked from both sides." Cao Shuo smiled slightly.

"Young Master, I am willing to lead troops to Lujiang to guard against Liu Xuande going north." Pang Tong clasped his fists and said, "It was my fault that I did not kill Zhuge Liang earlier, and I am willing to take all the responsibility."

"With Shi Yuan here, I'm not worried about Zhuge Kongming." Cao Shu smiled slightly: "The Shi Yuan people are called Feng Chu, and Zhuge Kongming is called Walong. In fact, I also want to know who is better when you two go to the battlefield."

"Shi Yuan should be better." Pang Tong did not say anything, but Tian Feng said from the side: "Shi Yuan's ability is to conquer the world, but Zhuge Kongming's ability is to control the world. If the world is stabilized, I am afraid that Shi Yuan is not as good as him. However, Zhuge Kongming should not be the opponent of Shi Yuan in the battle."

All famous scholars have heard of each other's reputation.

Although Zhuge Liang was in the wild in the past, Tian Feng and others had heard of him.

Especially he is also a friend of Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui.

Although Sima Hui was also in the wild, he was very close to many aides who were a hero from all walks of life and often recommended some talents.

Zhuge Liang refused to become an official in the past, but his reputation had long been abroad.

Since he is a famous scholar, people who know him a little will of course comment on it behind the scenes.

The evaluation that he is good at internal affairs but not at mafia has long been heard by Tian Feng and others.

"Since Mr. Tian said that, I'm probably relieved." Cao Shuo said to Pang Tong: "The Yuan family may march into Xuzhou, and I have to take all the 30,000 permanent troops away. All that can be left to you is the military household."

"Military households were once soldiers under the command of the prince. Most of them were the soldiers who retreated from the battlefield." Pang Tong replied: "With military households here, I am already 100% sure that I can defeat Liu Xuande."

Cao Shu was preparing for the pre-war in Huainan, and Cao Cao, who had already returned to Xudu, also received news that the Yuan family had recruited troops.

The Cao family's back house.

Cao Cao, Guo Jia and Xun You were walking on the small road.

It was just early spring that the grass leaves in the flowerbed in the back house only sprouted tender buds.

Walking along the path, Cao Cao looked at the scenery on both sides and asked Guo Jia: "When Fengxiao went to Huainan, he didn't get much benefit from Zirong. Could it be that he thought that the Yuan family might enter Xuzhou after the beginning of spring?"

"Have you seen that the Yuan family will attack Xuzhou?" Guo Jia asked.

"I have known Yuan Benchu ​​for many years. If I can't see through his plans, I will know him in vain." Cao Cao said: "In the battle of Guandu, the Yuan family suffered a great loss. With Yuan Benchu's temperament, he will definitely regroup and declare war on me. Last time he lost many benefits in Zirong's hands, so how could he not devote all his energy to Zirong? Because of his kindness, I expected that he would send troops to Qingzhou and cross the Yellow River from Qingzhou to Xuzhou."

"So the young master bargained with Cao Gong, so Cao Gong didn't say much." Xun You said on the side: "Young master also knows Cao Gong. Otherwise, he would never dare to get so many benefits from Cao Gong after the mistakes he made in the past."

"It's not easy for Zirong." Cao Cao said: "He has invested a lot from being devastated to being well organized in the future. Now the Yuan family may be using troops from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, and with his personality, he will definitely send troops to fight. I am still thinking about how many soldiers we will send to help."

"Mr. Cao doesn't have to help the young master at all." Xun You said: "The number of soldiers under the young master is far greater than that of the Yuan family, but the number of soldiers and horses is not as large as that of the Yuan family. The Yuan family will definitely return in vain when they attack the young master. What Cao Gong has to do is to take advantage of Yuan Shao being dragged by the young master to send troops to Hebei."
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