Pan Feng's words made Qu Yi and Deng Long look unbelievable.

Nowadays, there are large armies blocking the north and south. How did the Xiliang army in the middle threaten Han Fu, who is far away in Gaoyi?

Besides, there are still 40,000 troops stationed on Gaoyi. With the small amount of troops in Zhang Liao's hands, it may be possible to restrain Gaoyi's army, but it is absolutely impossible to defeat him. Gaoyi City is tall and thick, and Zhang Liao's 40,000 Xiliang army may not be able to get up to the wall after all the 40,000 Xiliang army has been defeated.

What's more, the 20,000 army in Zhang Liao's hands has come toward Hanoi, and his troops are only about 20,000, so it's even more impossible to take Gaoyi.

"General, Mo General thinks that the target of the Xiliang Army should not be the lord. Not only can they not reach Jizhou, but their troops cannot pose a threat to Gaoyi. Mo General thinks that there must be other conspiracies here." Qu Yi said.

"No, what Zihe said may be the purpose of the Western Liang Army." Guo Jia next to him suddenly spoke.

"This..." Qu Yi was puzzled.

Guo Jia looked at Pan Feng with bright eyes. Pan Feng's words just now solved the problem that he had been confused about.

He had thought the actions of the Western Liang Army this time were very strange, and he inferred through clues that there were probably detailed works of the Western Liang Army in the Jizhou Army, but he did not know what the ultimate goal of the Western Liang Army was until Pan Feng revealed it.

"This time, the Western Liang army suddenly gave up Han Sui and Ma Teng, who were about to eat, obviously had greater interests waiting for them. Zhang Liao, who had not moved for more than a month in Shangdang, suddenly moved. How could the place where he planned was just a small Hanoi?"

"No matter how rich Hanoi is, can it be comparable to that of Xiliang state? What's more, the difficulty of seizing Hanoi is not to defeat Ma Teng's remnants. There is no need for Lu Bu and Li Ru to make enemies from both sides, so the Xiliang army is the most normal choice to target the lord or Jizhou."

"The lord is the lord of Jizhou. Once the lord has an accident, there will be chaos in Jizhou. At that time, Lu Bu will be able to take advantage of the situation and go to various parts of Jizhou."

"But... I can't imagine any other troops from the Western Liang army that can attack Jizhou and how to deal with the 40,000 troops outside Gaoyi City. Do you have any ideas?" Guo Jia looked at Pan Feng.

Since there are detailed works of the Xiliang Army in the Jizhou army, the Xiliang Army must also know the news that there is a 40,000 army outside Gaoyi City. In this way, the Xiliang Army can pose a threat to the 40,000 army will be the troops carried by Lu Bu, who is missing.

Judging from the current situation, Lu Bu will not carry many soldiers, otherwise it would be almost impossible for him to hide his whereabouts. In order to find out Lu Bu's location, hundreds of whistle riders in Hanoi are investigating various situations almost every day. Once Lu Bu approaches the Hanoi area, he will definitely be discovered as soon as possible.

As for getting close to Jizhou, it is even more impossible. If Lu Bu appears in Jizhou, then Pan Feng will not be able to receive the news soon. Then there is no need to worry about Lu Bu making trouble in the dark.

However, now they don’t know Lu Bu’s whereabouts, so Pan Feng and Guo Jia dare not make any guesses. Even if they know that the soldier sent by Zhang Liao to the south is likely to be suspicious of the soldiers.

When Pan Feng heard Guo Jia’s question, he was silent.

Although he had just reached his intelligence value and had a lot of flexibility in his thinking, the situation is now complicated and it is still difficult to sort it out for a while.

However, as time went by, the information in Pan Feng's mind became clearer and clearer, and he suddenly realized that he had forgotten a very important person!

Cao Cao in Yanzhou!

Before Pan Feng went to Youzhou, he had the idea to take advantage of the death of the Yanzhou governor Liu Dai, but Cao Cao was faster than Pan Feng. When the news of Liu Dai's death came, Cao Cao's people began to invite him to fight the entire Yanzhou. When Pan Feng and Gongsun Zan were in a confrontation, Cao Cao had already taken all Yanzhou and he had already submitted a request to the court to get the corresponding edict.

At that time, Cao Cao recruited soldiers and horses to quickly expand his strength because Yuan Shu was eyeing him. According to the detailed news in recent days, the number of soldiers and horses under Cao Cao had approached 100,000. At this time, Cao Cao had already had the power to fight even if he faced Yuan Shu.

However, Cao Cao, who became more powerful, did not say a word like a good baby when the Shangdang changed suddenly. There was no trace of military mobilization in his Yanzhou territory, as if he had not noticed the Shangdang incident.

At first, Pan Feng thought Cao Cao was watching the fire from the other side of the river and trying to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now he thought that Cao Cao's behavior was somewhat suspicious of being 300 taels of silver here.

According to information obtained by Pan Feng, Tao Qian, who was far away in Xuzhou, began to mobilize troops in the state because of what happened in Jizhou to prevent Cao Cao and Yuan Shu from raiding Xuzhou when Jizhou had no time to take care of it.

In this case, is it normal for Cao Cao not to mobilize one army and one soldier?

It's definitely not normal!

To be honest, even if Cao Cao wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, he could have the excuse to mobilize his troops to the northwest of Yanzhou under the name of preventing the Western Liang army. In this way, even if Han Fu and Pan Fengxin had doubts, they could not accuse him. After all, this is what a normal prince should do when he is in peace.

But Cao Cao did not do this.

Considering Cao Cao's previous "pragmatic" behavior, Pan Feng was almost certain that Cao Cao was holding on to bad things in his heart. Pan Feng couldn't guess what kind of bad things were. After all, he was not the worm in Cao Cao's belly.

"Fengxiao, have you ever wondered why Cao Cao is still standing still, and will he have something to do with this incident?" Guo Jia has a talent for insight into the hearts. Pan Feng felt that if Guo Jia thought about it, he might get some clues.

Hearing Pan Feng's words, Guo Jia frowned, and the scene of meeting Cao Cao in Hongnong Land Area appeared in his mind.

To be honest, Cao Cao gave Guo Jia one word: ambitious!

Cao Cao's ambitions were almost filled with his words and deeds. Whether it was pulling the sick Xi Zhicai to continue marching or licking his face to Chang'an to try to steal the emperor, these were all manifestations of Cao Cao's ambitions.

For his ambition, Cao Cao could ignore the life and death of his advisers, and the life and death of his soldiers.

It is difficult for Guo Jia to pay attention to such a person.

However, in the end, Cao Cao suffered a great loss in Chang'an, which made Guo Jia move in and withdraw his attention from him. Now that Pan Feng has mentioned it again, Guo Jia immediately thought of Cao Cao's ambitions.

Indeed, with Cao Cao's ambition, he would almost never miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if Cao Cao was afraid of Jizhou's strength and did not dare to plot against Jizhou, he would definitely expand his territory when Jizhou could not pull it away. The Xuzhou next to him was the one who could expand Cao Cao's territory.

That's why Tao Qian from Xuzhou mobilized all his troops and guarded against the border.

It is really suspicious that Cao Cao does nothing!

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and made a bold guess.

"This Cao Cao may have joined forces with the Xiliang Army to plan to plot against our Jizhou!"

"What!"

Qu Yi and Deng Long exclaimed one after another, even Pan Feng's face changed slightly.

Qu Yi and Deng Long were shocked that once Cao Cao joined forces with the Xiliang Army, they would be attacked on both sides of the Hanoi, and even their ties with Jizhou might be ruthlessly cut off. In this way, Hanoi would be in danger!

As for Pan Feng, he lamented more about the changes in Cao Cao.

The alliance against Dong failed in just a few years. Has the once passionate young man Cao Mengde turned into a cunning Cao thief?

If it were in the past, Cao Cao would not have been able to form an alliance with a rebel force like the Western Liang army, but it is not difficult to see from Guo Jia's speculation and analysis of facts that Cao Cao is likely to have joined forces with Lu Bu.

It seems that human heart is indeed the hardest thing to guess.

Pan Feng could actually figure it out that Cao Cao might join forces with the Xiliang Army.

Nowadays, almost all Hebei areas are in the hands of Jizhou, even most of Bingzhou is still in the hands of Lu Bu, but the richest and most popular Shangdang, both of Taiyuan are under the control of Jizhou. In this way, Cao Cao, a neighbor of Jizhou, will naturally worry that Jizhou will set his next goal in Yanzhou.

With Cao Cao's character, it is impossible to sit and wait for death. In history, he dared to fight against Yuan Shao even when facing the mighty Yuan Shao, not to mention that Jizhou is much worse than Yuan Shao in history.

Cao Cao must have wanted to take advantage of the lack of unstable foothold in Jizhou. If Lu Bu throws an olive branch to him at this time, how could Cao Cao refuse?

Although Cao Cao suffered a great loss in Chang'an before, there were only eternal interests among the princes and no eternal enemies. In the face of the giant Jizhou, Cao Cao could not pretend to be noble and reject Lu Bu's kindness.

Cao Cao was waiting for an opportunity to hold his troops in a while.

"If Cao Cao also ended, the situation in our army would not be optimistic." Guo Jia said.

Pan Feng pondered for a moment, then made a bold decision.

"Since the situation is so unclear, it is better to withdraw the army from Hanoi to Wei County. In this way, no matter what means Cao Cao has, we have the ability to keep him out of Jizhou." Pan Feng said.

"This...is not bad either." Guo Jia nodded and moved.

Although it hurts to evacuate from Hanoi, compared to the danger of being surrounded by Cao Cao and Xiliang Legion, evacuation at this time is undoubtedly the best choice for the Jizhou Army.

As for how the people in Hanoi County are resettled, Pan Feng and others are not worried. Whether it is Cao Cao or the Xiliang army, they seized the territory, to a large extent, for resources, and the people are the best resources in the territory.

Not to mention that Cao Cao would not massacre the people of Hanoi County, even the Xiliang army that was pushed down now would not attack the people of Hanoi at will.

The reason why there are so many refugees going south to Henoi is that on the one hand, the butcher knife of the Xiliang army going south is too terrifying, and on the other hand, it is because the Xiliang army intends to stop. In addition to the indiscriminate massacre at the beginning, the Xiliang army rarely has such large-scale killings after leaving the scope of Shangdang City, because the fleeing people have scared away everyone along the way.

So as long as Pan Feng is willing to give up the land in Hanoi, he doesn't have to worry about the people inside being massacred.

only...

"If our army retreats to Jizhou, then Hanoi will fall into the hands of the bandits. What should the lord blames him when he blames him?" Qu Yi said.

As generals, they cannot withdraw their troops at will. After all, withdrawing troops means giving Han Fu's territory to others. Such crimes can be dismissed at the worst and beheaded at the worst. Even veterans like Qu Yi cannot bear it.

Pan Feng knew that such things could not be the first, otherwise the army's fighting will be severely hit in the future, but the current situation is indeed the best choice to withdraw from Jizhou.

Helplessly, he could only hope that Cao Cao would not act so rush.

"Zicheng, immediately send a fast horse to the lord for advice, and at the same time, let the scouts increase their efforts in Yanzhou to investigate. Once they find traces of troops mobilization in Yanzhou, they must report it as soon as possible." Pan Feng said.

"promise!"

"By the way, I'll add another sentence to the letter, let the lord be careful of the direction of the Taihang Mountains. Although the mountains in winter are difficult to march, I'm afraid that the Xiliang army will directly attack Gaoyi at all costs!"

Qu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then responded again.

After Qu Yi left, Guo Jia couldn't help but walk closer to Pan Feng's eyes and stared at Pan Feng's face and looked left and right.

"Fengxiao, what are you doing?" Pan Feng felt a little uncomfortable when he saw it, and asked after taking a step back.

Guo Jia exclaimed strangely, then said, "It's not much change in your appearance. Why do I feel that your brain has been much better? Your speculations have not been that detailed in the past."

As he said that, Guo Jia raised his hand and pinched Pan Feng's arm.

"It's you, are you practicing your body and your head open up?" Guo Jia said seriously.

Pan Feng smiled coldly when he heard this: "It's really done by practicing your body. I think you haven't exercised for a long time. Why don't I practice it for you tomorrow?"

Guo Jia's expression froze: "Let's forget it."

......

Changyi, Yanzhou.

Since Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou and received the transfer edict from Chang'an, he moved his team to Changyi, so that Cao Cao had his own territory and capital.

Of course, Cao Cao, who had the strength, also began to expand his ambitions. He began to fear Han Fu in Jizhou and began to worry about whether Han Fu's next target would be his Yanzhou, so he had to take the initiative to do something.

There were only a few people in the entire Changyi City who knew that Cao Cao had secretly sent messengers to Chang'an a few months ago. Since then, merchants from Chang'an have been constantly entering Changyi, and several of the merchant leaders were directly arranged by Cao Cao in the inn.

Nowadays, news from Jizhou is coming day by day, and the number of times Cao Cao goes to the inn is gradually increasing.

On that day, after receiving a secret letter, Cao Cao came to a villa in the inn as usual.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the other yard, they heard the laughter of a man and a coquettish woman coming from the yard. Before Cao Cao could knock on the door, the voices of the two began to be described.

There was no way, Cao Cao rolled his eyes and could only wait outside the door.

After a long time, with a sound of excitement in the courtyard, the movement inside gradually subsided.

Cao Cao stood outside the door for about half a quarter of an hour before he stepped forward and knocked on the gate of the courtyard.
Chapter completed!