Because Cao Cao had to rest in an emergency before, Guo Jia was able to live a safe and comfortable life in Juancheng for a few days. Due to Cao Cao's return, all the elite soldiers on the front line of Xuzhou returned. Could it be that these soldiers who were enough to defeat Xuzhou still could not quell the civil strife in Yanzhou? As a result, the morale of the army gradually stabilized, and the defense of Juancheng, Dong'a and Fan County became completely strengthened.

At the same time, Lu Bu knew that Cao Cao had returned and found that he could no longer take down Juancheng and other places as fast as before. So he temporarily retreated from the front line and stationed troops in Puyang to rest and rest, preparing to fight Cao Cao!

Since Cao Cao understood that rushing back to the army to rescue could stabilize the morale of the army, how could Chen Gong not understand that the various parts of Yanzhou that they had just obtained were not very heart-to-heart, except for Zhang Miao's Chenliu. People's hearts were shaken. It was impossible for Cao Cao to rebel immediately after he walked to the door. Therefore, while Cao Cao stabilized the morale of the army, they should also take the opportunity to stabilize the people's hearts within Yanzhou!

So Chen Gong suggested that they should take a defensive position at this time. Cao Cao had many soldiers and a broad general, and he was a victorious army who had just returned from Xuzhou. It was not a best strategy to directly face the Cao army. And if they stick to the defense, no matter how many soldiers and generals Cao Cao had, only Juancheng, Dong'a and Fan County were supported. Cao Cao would never last long. He did not have the foundation to fight a protracted war!

Therefore, they should be more stable now. Anyway, Yanzhou has basically won it. The most realistic thing is to tighten the things they have already taken.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu didn't listen to Chen Gong's words. Perhaps in terms of strategy, Lu Bu would definitely listen to Chen Gong. But in terms of this kind of decision, it is not certain. I really don't know if Chen Gong regrets it now? However, Chen Gong just came to Lu Bu's command, so it is understandable that this situation occurred.

Lu Bu believes that he is invincible in the world. Now he is also strong and has his own base. Therefore, he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao, so Lu Bu will directly fight with Cao Cao! Besides, Lu Bu is not a person with little ambition. If he stabilizes his internal defense now, he may be able to drag Cao Cao down, but when will it be? Half a year? One year?

And now, if Lu Bu can defeat Cao Cao directly, and then take advantage of the situation to advance eastward and advance into Xuzhou! Then, Xuzhou, which has not yet recovered, faces the world's No. 1 general Lu Bu, who is even more powerful than Cao Cao who beat them, will Xuzhou still have some resistance?

Therefore, in Lu Bu's eyes, it may be a little difficult to defeat Cao Cao now, but looking at it in the long run, it is still worth doing this! Moreover, Diao Chan has not won the Juancheng yet, so for him, Lu Bu, can Yanzhou be considered basically won?!

So, Lu Bu said: "I have other good plans when I stationed in Puyang. How could you know it?"

He didn't listen to Chen Gong and was preparing to fight Cao Cao in Puyang. He then sent a general named Xue Lan to guard the hinterland of Yanzhou.

After Cao Cao received Lu Bu's arrangement, he suddenly laughed.

"Lu Bu is really a brave but unscheming person! How could one Xue Lan stand Yanzhou? He thought that the two sides were in a siege. If I attacked Yanzhou, he would come from Puyang to support him. If I attacked Puyang, Xue Lan could attack me from the rear. But a small Xue Lan did not use too many troops, Cao Ren's army was enough!"

Cao Cao was naturally happy to see Lu Bu's willingness to fight directly. After all, under such circumstances, the more he stayed, the more he would be, the more he would be. And if Lu Bu could be defeated directly, the entire Yanzhou would be pacified.

Lu Bu planned to do his best in one battle, and Cao Cao also planned to do his best in one battle. Neither of them wanted to delay this issue.

So Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to the hinterland of Yanzhou to deal with Xue Lan, and he led a large army to Puyang to attack Lu Bu, which was exactly the same as when he was in Xuzhou. But this was good, at least everyone is familiar with it, so there should be no trouble.

only,

"Although Lu Bu is brave but not resourceful, he is at least brave, and he is not ordinary brave! Lu Bu believes that he can defeat us by himself, and his confidence is not without any basis!" Guo Jia couldn't help but remind.

"You are too proud of Lu Bu. Lu Bu is indeed powerful, but the courage of one person does not mean that the whole army is brave. Didn't Lu Bu also lose to Li Jue and Guo Si and escape from Chang'an? In the past few years, whether it is Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao's subordinates, have you seen Lu Bu do anything?" Cao Cao said with little care. If you want to be more confident, Cao Cao will definitely not be worse than Lu Bu.

Yes, if neither side can directly defeat the opponent's confidence, the upcoming battle in Puyang will not be able to fight.

Guo Jia smiled bitterly,

"Well, no matter what, we have to fight Puyang, and the sooner the better. Since we are bound to fight, it's useless to think so much."

In this way, after a few days of rest in Juancheng, Cao's army, who had just returned from the Xuzhou front line, was going to fight again. However, slightly different from the last time, attacking Xuzhou was to hit turtles. Although it was difficult to hit, the turtles would hardly come out to bite people; and this time, attacking Lu Bu was to hit tigers that would take the initiative to bite people!

"What?! You are going to go to war again?"

Cai Wenji and others, who knew that Guo Jia was leaving soon, couldn't help but scream, especially Cai Wenji, who had been staying in Yanzhou. Guo Jia had been away for a year before, and so many things happened outside. He was seriously injured and almost died several times. It was always worrying. Now that he has just returned for a few days, he is actually leaving again.

"There is no way, the war is tight, so you can't ignore it." Guo Jia said embarrassedly. He really felt a little ashamed of Cai Wenji and others. The women of this era are so pitiful.

"I really don't know what you think. If you are not good at being a good civil servant, you have to be a military officer. Isn't it good to stay in the city to deal with government affairs like Lord Xun?!" Cai Wenji couldn't help but complain.

Being a military officer is not only dangerous and tiring, but also unable to meet his family and wife for at least a few months or even years. It would be fine if he could only be a general like Guo Yuan, but Guo Jia himself is a civil servant with standard standards and is also good. He is not that he has no talent. He suddenly ran to be a military advisor with the army. This fact is incomprehensible!

Perhaps on the battlefield, it is easy to make meritorious contributions, to be promoted and wealth, and to achieve great success, but at the same time, not to mention danger, it is easy to make mistakes. Once you accidentally lose a key battle, be demoted, dismissed, or even beheaded! And the most important thing is that Guo Jia's original fame is already quite high, and he is a counselor in the first echelon under Cao Cao. In terms of hierarchy, Guo Jia has not improved much in the category of military officers.

In this peaceful period when literati ruled the world, most people's thoughts have not yet completely changed to "normal". Perhaps from being respected by literati to being equally important in civil and military affairs, but it is far from becoming respected by military officials.
Chapter completed!