On the eighth day of May, good news from all sides began to gather like snow flakes towards Chen Mo's camp outside Suiyang. The main force of Cao's army withdrew to Qingzhou, and the remaining troops that could be assembled were now concentrated in Suiyang City.

There were not many troops to defend the county, and Cao Cao was already defeated. After the battle, wherever the Guanzhong army went, it almost fell.

"Yingchuan, Chenliu, Runan, Chenguo, and Qiaojun have all been captured by our army. In addition, our army has captured Jiujiang County as far as Shouchun. General Han Qiong led the siege, but it has not yet been broken."

In Chen Mo's camp, a clerk was reporting on the current battle situation.

These counties are all large counties in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. The population of these counties is the most dense in the Central Plains. In the later period, Yuan Shu only had one Runan, but his comprehensive strength still surpassed Liu Bei who occupied the entire Xuzhou.

"Who is Shouchun Shouchun?" Chen Mo suddenly asked.

"It's Liu Fu, a famous scholar from Huainan."

"Liu Fu?" Chen Mo turned to look at Xu Shu. He had some impression of the capable generals among Cao Cao's subordinates, but he had never heard of this Liu Fu.

"Liu Fu is a well-known scholar in the Xiang County of Pei State. During the war between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, he persuaded Yuan Shu's generals Qi Ji and Qin Yi to lead their troops to defect to Cao Cao. From then on, he joined Cao Cao's command. Later, Yan Xiang, the governor of Yangzhou, became the prefect of Lujiang, Li Shu.

After the attack, this man took over as the governor of Yangzhou." Xu Shu talked about Liu Fu's life in general. As for what this man was capable of, there is not much useful information here at the moment.

"Maybe surrender?" Chen Mo asked.

"You can give it a try." Xu Shu nodded. At this time, there were only three options left for Liu Fu, either to surrender to Chen Mo, to surrender to Jiangdong, or to fight to the death.

There is no need to fight to the death, and there is no personal grudge between him and Chen Mo. What he needs to worry about now is that the other party surrendered to Jiang Dong first. If Shouchun is captured by Jiang Dong, it will not be a good thing for Chen Mo.

"Then let someone give it a try." Chen Mo nodded and did not pay much attention to this matter. Although Shouchun is important, it is only difficult to defeat. Right now, the most important thing for Chen Mo is to completely eradicate Cao Cao.

, you can put everything else aside first.

"Lord, a man came from outside the camp and said he wanted to see the lord." At this moment, a personal guard came in and saluted Chen Mo.

"Oh? Who?" Chen Mo was a little surprised. Who would come to see him at this time? Could it be that someone wants to intercede?

"The person who came here calls himself Sima Yi, and says he is here to help the Lord defeat Cao Cao." The guard bowed and said.

"Sima Yi? Sima Fang's second son?" Chen Mo smiled when he heard this. He could probably guess why the other party came. He just wanted to make a contribution to save Sima Fang. Now Sima Fang is still imprisoned in the sky prison.

He nodded immediately and said: "Since he is here, let him come in."

Instead of building connections in Luoyang, he came here directly. Chen Mo wanted to see what the other party had to say.

"Here!"

After a while, the bodyguard returned with a young man. The young man was younger than Chen Mo, but the difference should not be big, and his appearance was decent. He paid homage to Chen Mo in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. Logically speaking, it is easy to create such an image.

It should make people feel good, but for some reason, Chen Mo felt an indescribable feeling of disgust. There was no reason for it, it was just a feeling.

Chen Mo has met many people in his life, but he has never felt this way. This made Chen Mo have a deep understanding of the young man in front of him.

Fate: Wolf Gu 36

Luck: 28

From the perspective of luck, it is not a person with great luck, who is quite consistent with the opponent's current status and situation, but based on past experience, there is absolutely no one who can condense the destiny, and this Wolf Gu destiny,

It's obviously quite different from what we've encountered before.

"Sima Yi pays homage to the general!" Seeing Chen Mo staring at him for a long time, Sima Yi became a little frightened, so he bowed down again and said.

"Well." Chen Mo finally withdrew his gaze and asked calmly: "I have also heard of Zhongda's name. Why did Zhongda come to this battlefield when he is not in Luoyang?"

"Go back to the general." Sima Yi bowed and said, "Yi heard that the fighting on the front line was tense and worried about national affairs, so he came here to help."

"Oh?" Chen Mo smiled when he heard this: "I wonder if Zhongda has a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"General, now that our army is on the verge of victory, the only one that makes General General trapped now is Suiyang City." Sima Yi said with a smile.

"Indeed." Chen Mo nodded. If the nail in Suiyang City is not removed, there will be no victory.

"Although Suiyang is strong, the defeat of Cao Cao's thieves has been determined, and the people in the city must be in panic. Yi believes that if we want to break Suiyang, attacking the city is the next best option. We should break it with a strategy of attacking the heart." Sima Yi bowed and said.

"How to attack the heart?" Chen Mo looked at Sima Yi and had to say that this Sima Yi did have some talents. Chen Mo was just stationed here but did not attack the city for a long time. He really wanted to attack the city. What Sima Yi said was different from what Chen Mo thought.

Conspiring together.

"In fact, the method of attacking the heart has existed in ancient and modern times. It is to use arrows to inform the counties in the city that they have been defeated and to give up resistance. Then drive the people from all over to come here to persuade the defenders on the city to surrender. Although Cao's army has withdrawn many soldiers, the families of the soldiers cannot be saved.

They are all in the city. As long as 10% of the family members of the defenders can come forward to persuade them to surrender, the fighting spirit of the defenders can be broken. In addition, when the general's army gathers at this time, the method of surrounding three towers can be adopted." Sima Yi talked eloquently.

In fact, these are the strategies to attack the heart.

Chen Mo looked at Sima Yi, nodded and said, "Zhongda is quite knowledgeable in the art of war."

"Yi has only read a few volumes of military books and strategies, but has never participated in a war. He dare not discuss military affairs in front of the general." Sima Yi said with a humble face.

"Okay, since I'm here, I will temporarily serve as the army's grain officer and go down to rest first." Chen Mo nodded and signaled to Sima Yi that he could leave.

"Here! Yi retreats." Sima Yi bowed and retreated slowly.

"Yuan Zhi, what do you think of this person?" Looking at the direction Sima Yi left, Chen Mo suddenly looked at Xu Shu and said.

"Sima Yi is quite talented, but he is quite humble, but..." Xu Shu looked at Chen Mo in confusion: "My lord seems to be wary of this person?"

After all, Xu Shu has been with Chen Mo for many years. Others may not see anything, but Xu Shu noticed that Chen Mo was a little unhappy with Sima Yi in the previous brief exchange.

"I can't say for sure." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "Let's see, the Sima family has always been arrogant. In the past, Sima Yi refused to join the official position after several recruitments, but now he comes uninvited and treats it as his father's business.

Come."

Although I feel a little disgusted, you can't blame a sinner just because of his appearance, right? This doesn't make sense.

Xu Shu nodded. The Sima family indeed valued family status. This was also the reason why Chen Mo had recruited talents several times before. Apart from Sima Fang, there was only one Sima Lang who was willing to become an official. The Sima family looked down upon Chen Mo's background.

, even Sima Fang, it was the Emperor who surrendered, not Chen Mo.

"Strategy to attack the heart...sigh~" Chen Mo shook his head and sighed.

Xu Shu didn't say anything. Sima Yixian's strategy was indeed the most suitable for the moment. There was no need to attack by force, but driving the people to attack the city was obviously not accepted by Chen Mo. It seemed right to say that it was a woman's kindness, but Chen Mo's bottom line was

Here, if we don't use this strategy, it will indeed take a lot of effort to defeat Suiyang. If we try to persuade him, Xu Shu can't say anything, so he can only remain silent.

"Judging from Cao Cao's layout now, it is obvious that he still wants to use the remaining city as a chessboard for another battle with me. But now the general situation has become and people's minds are determined that he is destined to lose in this game of chess. Now he is just thinking

This is just to delay time." Chen Mo obviously had no intention of letting Xu Shu answer, and sat on his knees on his seat, silently thinking about how to defeat the enemy at the minimum cost.

"Lord." Xu Shu suddenly smiled and said: "Since this place cannot be broken quickly, why not open up the road so that Cao Cao can communicate with Qingzhou."

"You mean..." Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu: "Qingzhou?"

"Yes, if Qingzhou is threatened, Cao Cao may have to retreat. However, our army currently has troops under the command of two generals, Wu Yi and Gao Lan, in the plain area. Why not send more troops here? If Qingzhou is lost,

, I’m afraid Cao Cao doesn’t want to stay here anymore.”

Although most of Cao Cao's generals have retreated to Qingzhou, after all, Cao Cao is not in charge. If Chen Mo launches an attack on Qingzhou, will Cao Cao retreat or not?

"Wonderful!" Chen Mo said with a smile, stroking his palms: "I remember that the person in charge of the battle on the plain battlefield was Zang Ba."

"Exactly." Xu Shu nodded: "This man served as a captain under Tao Qian in his early years. Later, he seemed dissatisfied with Tao Qian and went to Mount Tai to gather people as bandits. Although he was called a Taishan bandit, there were many people under his command.

Shaoqiang, this time I fought with General Wu Yi in the plains. Although it is a partial force, its fighting strength is no less brave than the elite division of Cao's army."

"Let Gao Gao try to see if he can surrender this person." Chen Mo nodded. Although Zang Ba's Taishan Army obeyed Cao Cao, it was relatively independent. It was obvious that it had not completely surrendered. It was a local force entrenched in the local area similar to Chen's.

, if his brother hadn't died early, Xuzhou would probably be easier to collect than it is now.

"That's what I meant." Xu Shu nodded and smiled.

"I wonder if Brother Meng De will refund this time or not!" Chen Mo stood up, looked in the direction outside the tent and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, please go and have a rest. There are a lot of things these days, don't tire yourself out.

."

"I'll take my leave." Xu Shu bowed to Chen Mo and bowed to leave.

Chen Mo and Dian Wei began to inspect the military camp. The decisive battle with Cao Cao has come to an end. All the arrangements have been completed. Next, it depends on who has higher means.

With Xu Shu's method, although it would take some time, Chen Mo believed that Cao Cao would not be able to capture Qingzhou by himself. What Chen Mo was thinking about now was where Cao Cao would retreat from. If possible, Chen Mo still wanted to leave Cao Cao behind completely.
Chapter completed!