.In the Guandu Cao army camp, Cao Cao's advisers stood alone outside the central army tent, or gathered together in groups of three or three to discuss, but everyone looked towards Wuchao from time to time.

I observed the positions of these people outside the tent with interest. From a psychological perspective, when a person is in a group, when he is free to choose, the position chosen by everyone unconsciously can often reflect the person's inner situation and the principles of dealing with people.

For example, Liu Ye and Jia Xu are standing outside, one west and one east, and they always keep an appropriate distance from the people inside, that is, they are not so far that they are particularly conspicuous at first sight, nor so close that they can take the initiative to talk to them. Interestingly, if the account door of the Central Army tent is used as the center point, three lines are connected to the center points Liu Ye and Jia Xu, which happens to be an equilateral triangle. This just fits the evaluation of later generations of the inner world. These two people are self-protection ministers who are self-restrained and selfless. But the two are still different. Jia Xu stood sideways, and Liu Ye faces everyone with slightly closed eyes. This seems to show that although Jia Xu is self-centered, he always pays attention to the movements of others; while Liu Ye is a focus that is deliberately leaving the center, but a line that is constantly pulled and cannot be torn to pull him, causing him to involuntarily circle around the center.

Xun You's position seemed to have no special meaning. He stood a little west in front of the tent, just on the line between Liu Ye and the center point. This does not seem to mean anything, because if Cao Cao was present, he would definitely stand at the center point. And the position where Xun You is standing now is exactly where he should stand in the situation where Cao Cao is present, without any deviation. But this just shows Xun You's character of being a person who is a regular person, neither crosses nor gives in, and also reflects Xun You's performance in front of others. In the words of the 21st century, it means that the leaders are not the same.

Xu You walked back and forth near Xun You. His walking posture was very strange, and the route he walked was also memorable. The hands he carried showed that this person was very confident in himself. The standard literati steps showed that he was proud of his identity and status. Xu You always walked from Xun You's left hand to the right hand, and then stopped at the place very close to the center point and rubbed his feet unconsciously on the ground twice, and then walked back to the starting position. From the current situation shown by Xu You, he was a person who yearned for the highest power center, but seemed to have some considerations. This was in sharp contrast to his actions of ignoring others every time he spared Xun You. It seemed that he was a person full of contradictions but was determined to be upright.

I was just watching others. I suddenly wanted to analyze myself. At this moment, I was in a sheltering place, sitting comfortably on a chair. In order to protect the cold, I was still covered with a blanket and holding a small teapot in my hand. What does this mean? I thought hard for a long time but couldn't come to a conclusion. I could only laugh in my heart: "It's not just doctors who don't treat themselves, but those who do psychological research can also analyze others, but they can't analyze themselves!"

Time moves forward every minute and second, but people who are waiting always feel that time passes very slowly. Finally! After waiting anxiously for most of the night, we saw that the direction of Wuchao was the sky with fire.

Jia Xu moved. After seeing the fire, he immediately turned around and walked into a tent next to the central army's tent, which was the location of the General Staff. Although it was very peaceful now, I believe that the war would start to be busy.

Liu Ye didn't move. He was not in military affairs tonight. Xun You didn't move. He finished all the things he should do. I didn't move either because I was too lazy to move. When Xu You moved, he walked a few steps with excitement before stopping. I noticed that the place where he was standing was where he just rubbed his feet.

As if he noticed that I was paying attention to him, Xu You looked at me sideways. There was a strange look in his eyes, and there seemed to be a lot of disdain in it.

Have I offended this person?

The autumn nights are always accompanied by a small amount of autumn wind. Unlike the southeast wind with moist airflow, the northwest wind in autumn is so dry on people's faces. In this season when the wind and things are dry, it is possible for fires to occur if you are not careful. However, someone is taking advantage of the dark moon and high winds to do evil.

In the Wuchao Yuan army stationed the grain, thousands of Cao soldiers were relaxing their hands and feet, scattering joy, and igniting the mountains of grain piles. Although the wind was not strong, it was enough to blow the fire. Not to mention that not only were people setting fires with their lives, but also people were chasing those who came to put out the fire.

He casually chopped over Yuan Bing who was burned by the fire. Dian Wei rode on the Red Rabbit and watched his soldiers play so happily.

But he wanted to make Feng very unhappy for these bastards. Suddenly, he saw piles of clay jars and immediately became happy.

He urged the horse to come to the clay jar and leaned over and grabbed one, then patted the mud seal. He sniffed it in front of his nose and then said, "Good wine! Good wine!" After that, he wanted to pour it into his mouth with the jar. "General!" The personal soldiers following him hurriedly reminded: "I will be scolded by the lord!"

Dian Wei heard the words of his personal soldiers and slapped hard into his stomach and sighed, "What a pity!" As he said that, he smashed the wine jar, and the flying wine jar fell on the pile of jars and smashed seven or eight jars. The rich aroma of wine immediately floated up. Dian Wei shouted, "Burn it for me!"

Looking at the surging flames, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel happy. It seemed that Xu You was right. All the food and grass transported from Yecheng were stored here. Once this fire was burned, Yuan Shao's million-dollar army would wait to drink the northwest wind!

Outside the camp, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu, who were rushing to rescue from nearby to report: "Lord! The Yuan army outside has been killed by us."

Cao Cao said happily: "It's very good!"

Yu Jin led his personal soldiers to carry a Yuan army general to Cao Cao's horse and said, "Lord! The Yuan army in the village has been killed and scattered for us, and has captured the lord Chunyu Qiong, please let the lord down."

Chunyu Qiong and Cao Cao were old acquaintances. They were both the Eighth Captains of the West Garden when He Jin was under him, so Cao Cao was very polite to him. He heard that his old friend was captured by his subordinates, Cao Cao jumped off his horse and came to Chunyu Qiong and said, "Zhong Jian! Are you okay?"

Chunyu Qiong was angry. After drinking a few jars of fine wine from behind, he was sleeping comfortably, but he was tied up in a big tent. Chunyu Qiong, who had not yet drunk enough, was even more dizzy when the wind outside blew. When he heard someone calling his name, he looked at him with a slanted eye and was very happy! He knew this person!

Chunyu Qiong said carelessly: "This...isn't this...isn't it Cao Jili? Strange...isn't it! Why did you... grow a beard? No...isn't it... that eunuchs don't grow a beard...? Oh...I forgot! Your grandfather is a eunuch... you are not eunuch... haha!"

Cao Cao was furious! When he was in Luoyang, Chunyu Qiong had repeatedly ridiculed the Cao family's low-class background, but he didn't expect that he would be so arrogant today! Especially in front of many subordinates, he was exposed and how could Cao Ren let out such anger. He immediately ordered the order to chop off Chunyu Qiong's head, but after thinking about it, Cao Cao smiled coldly and said, "You and I have been together for many years. This time I have been captured by someone. But when I think about the old love, I spared your life!" After that, he ordered someone to cut off the ears, noses and fingers of Chunyu Qiong and the captured soldiers of Yuan.

Yuan Bing's screams echoed over Wuchao with the crackling fire.

After doing these things, Dian Wei and the arson returned. Seeing that all the burnings had already burned, Cao Cao was going to send an order to return to his army.

Zhang Liao made a statement: "Lord! Should we take a detour?"

Cao Cao understood what Zhang Liao meant. When Yuan Shao saw Wuchao caught fire, he thought he would send heavy troops to rescue him. This time he came out to attack and only brought such a few people. He marched all the way to Wuchao and fought with the Yuan army one after another. The soldiers were already tired. If they encountered a large number of Yuan army on the way home, it would be dangerous.

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Liao with praise and said, "It's okay! Fengxiao has already made some arrangements. Yuan Shao should now do his best to attack our army's camp in Guandu. Even if he sends people to save Wuchao, there will not be too many people. We can just return from the same route."

What arrangement? It turns out that although I knew that Yuan Shao would not go to Wuchao to rescue, in order to be on the safe side, I still gave the generals responsible for the first line of defense to guard the first line of defense. When I saw the fire, I asked some soldiers outside Guandu camp to guard against Yuan Shao's camp to sing the order "Look at the opposite Yuan Shao" together.

Zhang He urgently mobilized his troops in the front army. After his suggestion was rejected by Yuan Shao, although Zhang He was not willing to do anything. Originally, Yuan Shao rarely asked military generals to participate in the discussions in the army. If it were not for Tian Feng, Ju Su was imprisoned and Xu You disappeared, Shen Pei returned to Yecheng, Chen Lin, Xun Kan, Feng Ji Zaiqing, You, and the three states to guard. At present, there was only one decent strategist left by Yuan Shao. If such military discussions were not discussed, Zhang He would express his opinions as a general.

As a general of Weizhen, Zhang He had his own opinion on the Cao army's sneak attack on Wuchao. In Zhang He's view, Cao's operation shows that Cao's army has reached the end of its reach and can only make a desperate bet. As long as it can survive this period, Cao's army will be defeated. The food and grass that Wuchao hoarded will not be burned in a short while. As long as it can send large troops to Wuchao, a lot of food and grass can be rescued. Even if there is not much food and grass, it should be enough to persevere to the rear before sending food and grass. Moreover, in addition to these benefits, it is also very likely to encounter Cao Cao. If he can attack him with heavy troops, it is not a delusion to capture Cao Cao alive.

Zhang He was sulking here, and it was not easy to spend Gaoling.

Gao Lan knew the importance of this attack on Cao's camp. Since the lord was determined not to save Wuchao but to take the Guandu Cao's camp, then as a general who implemented this plan, Gao Lan still wanted to win this battle. But he also knew that Cao's army should not be underestimated, and he also agreed with Zhang He's opinion that Cao's army must be guarded. But since things have been like this, it is better to find a way to complete the lord's order. As long as you can conquer Cao's camp, it is just around the corner.

He ordered several deputy generals to hurry up and gather the troops. Gao Lan came to the front and wanted to discuss with Zhang He.

When he arrived at the front and behind, Gao Lan quickly met Zhang He. When Zhang He saw Gao Lan coming, he asked, "Brother Gao is here, why is it?"

Gao Lan said: "Is there any good solution for you and I will be ordered to attack Cao's camp?"

Zhang He patted the horses under the cross with his hand and said, "The enemy's situation is unknown, how can we use the hasty army to get a good plan? Do our best!"

Gao Lan said: "Although the enemy situation is unknown, Cao's army will definitely not use the Thunderbolt chariot. Do you have a solution?"

Zhang He said: "Although the thunder chariot is powerful, it is not as accurate as the crossbow. As long as our army can quickly fight with Cao's army, the thunder chariot should be fine. I am going to attack Cao's army with 100,000 troops. What do you think?"

Zhang He's method was similar to what Gao Lan thought, so Gao Lan nodded repeatedly and said, "It's great, but in this way, the casualties will be very heavy. As I think, Cao's army will have ambushing on both sides. I also asked my brother to attack alone when he arrived at Cao's camp. He must wait until I bring people to come immediately before attacking."

Zhang Hehu's body was shocked and said, "Okay! When Brother Gao's men came soon, please divide the troops from both sides to attack from the left and right. I will lead the team to attack Cao Cao's central army directly. If there are ambushers, Brother Gao can divide and annihilate them. If there are no ambushers and you and I will attack Cao's camp together, there may be another battle.

After the two decided on the plan, the front army was also sorted out. Zhang He led 100,000 Yuan troops to go slowly to Guandu, and let the soldiers rest for a while every five miles. Gao Lan returned to the team and urged his subordinates to gather the team as soon as possible. The 300,000 troops dispatched this time can be said to be Yuan Shao's guardian troops. They are all veterans who have been through the battle formation, so although they were called up in the middle of the night, they could quickly complete the assembly according to the military order. Gao Lan checked and brought all the things he should bring, and then ordered the expedition.

After Yuan Shao ordered Zhang He and Gao Lan to attack Cao's camp, he waited for news in the central army's tent. Guo Tu and others were listening to him. From time to time, he would post horses to report the situation ahead to Guo Tu, and Guo Tu sorted it out and reported it to Yuan Shao.

Guo Tu was frowning and listening to the report of the horse probing. Zhang He and his men had already left the camp, but they were out of the camp, but the speed of the march was really unsatisfactory.

It seems to be too slow. Doesn’t Zhang He know what speed is about? Or is he deliberately delaying time?

At this time, Xin Ping, who was ordered to inspect military affairs in various battalions, walked in from outside. After looking around, he murmured to Guo Tu, "I just saw Gao Lan and Zhang He in the front army."

When Guo Tu heard this, the fire came up. No wonder the march was so slow. These two martial artists must have been unable to make plans in front of the lord just now and held a grudge against him. Zhang He was slow to march and would definitely not want to fight with Cao's army. So that the attack on Cao's camp he planned failed. Good, Gao Lan! Good, Zhang He! Guo Tu asked, "Have you heard what they talk about?"

Xin Ping shook his head and said, "It's too far away, I don't know what they are talking about."

Yuan Shao, who was irritated by the attack on Wuchao and had lost all the food and supplies, heard Guo Tu talking to others in the tent and asked, "But is there any military information coming to report?"

Guo Tu hurried into the tent and said, "It's military information, so I'm going to report to the Mass. Zhang He led the team out of the camp and walked ten miles half an hour."

He slapped the table hard, and Yuan Shao said angrily: "It took only half an hour to go ten miles. Is Zhang He afraid of war?"

Guo Tu said: "It's not because of fear of war. Just now, Zhang He once made a statement and wanted to rescue Wuchao, but the lord didn't agree. He was definitely dissatisfied, so he deliberately delayed."

Yuan Shao said angrily: "Zhang He's dare to do this?"

Guo Tu said: "Lord! If Cao's army knew that our army would definitely be prepared for attacking the camp, it would be difficult to win this battle. At that time, Zhang He would definitely say that the lord's decision was wrong, so he would be defeated."

Yuan Shao was so angry that he raised his legs and stomped the several cases in front of him and shouted: "Come here! I will pass our military orders and limit Zhang He to fight with Cao's army within half an hour. Xu Sheng is not allowed to be defeated, otherwise he will come to see him!"

The messenger left with the token. Guo Tu smiled as he watched the messenger running away.

Zhang He, who led the team slowly, bit his teeth after receiving Yuan Shao's orders, but he still took the military order and asked the messenger to reply that Yuan Shao would start attacking Cao's camp within half an hour. While ordering the entire army to accelerate its advance, Zhang He sent his trusted confidant back to tell Gao Lan about the current situation and asked Gao Lan to hurry up and try to catch up as soon as possible.

The rangers sent by Cao's army to explore the enemy situation near Yuan Shao's camp had long been eyeing Zhang He's team. Zhang He also knew the existence of these rangers, but there was no good way. These spies who were slippery than loaches were each equipped with two best war horses. They ran away quickly when there was a slight movement, and they ran faster than rabbits. It was too difficult to catch them.
Chapter completed!