Chapter 112: Meeting the opponent

The battle between Yuan and Cao remained in a stalemate in the summer. Yuan Shao took the camp step by step, and the camps were widened across the cross-section, as if they wanted to stretch the two wings to form a double-team to encircle Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the initiative to retreat south of the Yellow River, giving Yuan Shao's army space to cross the Yellow River. The purpose was very simple, to drag down Yuan Shao's supply line.

Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops were transported from Hebei to the Central Plains. The loss on the road alone was astronomical, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of troops to support. You can imagine how heavy the daily consumption and burden were.

The battle between the two armies is often a coincidence of strange and correctness. The frontal battlefield is the main force, while the partial division opens up a second battlefield. Although the surprise troops are not as strong as the main force, as long as the main general responsible for the surprise troops can take on a major task, there will be miraculous results and is a crucial decisive factor for victory.

Yuan Shao could not fight in front of the battlefield, so he began to attack Cao Cao's rear and instigated Liu Biao, Sun Ce, and Cao Cao's potential supporters.

Yuan Shao is the main attacker, Cao Cao is the main defense. The casualties of the offense and defense are obviously even more severe, but Yuan Shao has strong capital and confidence. He loses 100,000 yuan and consumes 30,000 yuan. If this continues, the victory will be Yuan Shao.

Both families facing Guandu are gritting their teeth and insisting to see who will fall first.

Cao Cao had few troops and was a defensive strategy, and his morale was getting lower and lower day by day, and his food and grass consumption was gradually unsustainable.

The scorching sun was in the sky, and three gates on the south side of Chang'an City were wide open. The soldiers standing in the middle of the road were full of energy. Outside the central city gate were two distinct types of people, civil officials and military generals.

The official road was far away, and smoke gradually appeared wherever your eyes could reach, and then there was the sound of horse hooves. Looking from afar, a touch of red reflected the outline in the horizon, gradually becoming clearer.

The generals who were standing in a solemn manner suddenly smiled at the gate of the city, and the bright light in their eyes seemed to contain a magnificent fighting spirit.

"Zhongkang, the lord is here."

Dian Wei looked at the south with his head held high and his chest tightly on the man wearing a dark red brocade robe on the Fiery Horse.

Xu Chu suppressed his excitement and excitement, as if gritting his teeth and saying, "I can finally stop watching the show, hehe."

Gao Shun, Wu Yi, Meng Da, Yan Yan and the other four took a deep breath, as if they wanted to suppress the already surging excitement.

The battle between Yuan and Cao in Kanto was stalemate, and these people were eager to see Guo Jia.

The battle between Yuan and Cao is a good opportunity for God to sweep the Central Plains!

A lifetime, no, maybe it is never seen in a thousand years!

Xu Shu, Fa Zheng and Pang Tong seemed relatively calm, and they often thought of them farther than the generals.

Opportunities are often accompanied by risks. If you seize the right one, it is a god-given opportunity. If you catch the wrong ones slowly, it is a disaster for you to kill yourself.

Guo Jia went north to Guanzhong, with light cavalry and fast horses, and there were only thousands of cavalry guards around him.

After the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, the hazy figure gradually came into view.

"Meet the lord!"

The civil and military movements were consistent in saluting Guo Jia on the horse, but Guo Jia smiled, patted the dust on his body, then turned over and got off the horse and said, "How many times have you said it? Well? No need to be polite, just enter the city."

Just after taking two steps, Guo Jia suddenly turned his head and saw two not surprising characters at the end of the general's line.

The Jinma is still very charming and imposing. Although she is standing at the end, she still looks at Guo Jia with a bit arrogant look.

"Meng Qi has arrived, haha, Yuan Zhi didn't notify me either. If there is a place where there is a bad hospitality, I hope Meng Qi will forgive me."

Guo Jia's attitude towards Ma Chao was very kind, and even a bit like the kindness of the elders caring for the younger generation.

As the person involved, Ma Chao couldn't understand this closeness, because since Ma Teng left Xiliang, he was Ma Teng's representative in Xiliang. After Ma Teng's death, Ma Chao officially took over the position of the leader. His side and his subordinates were respectful to him. It was normal for someone to be friendly to him.

Guo Jia's friendly attitude and the one who deeply understands the deepest is Pang De beside Ma Chao.

As a bystander, Pang De knew Ma Chao's strength and more or less Guo Jia's energy today. When Guo Jia faced Ma Chao, the situation should have been Ma Chao took the initiative to show his goodwill, but now it has turned around. Pang De deeply sighed at Guo Jia's aura.

"Thank you for your care. I wonder when you plan to send troops to attack Cao's thieves?"

Ma Chao looked at Guo Jia with a slightly aggressive tone.

From afar, Ma Chao led his army out in full swing, but he still did not have the ability to speak to Guo Jia in such a tone.

Xu Chu couldn't help it, as if he wanted to scold Ma Chao a few words, but was secretly pulled by Dian Wei. Dian Wei shook his head slightly at him, and Xu Chu suppressed his anger before giving up.

Guo Jia smiled casually, and faced Ma Chao's sharp posture, Feng Qingyun said indifferently: "Why should Meng Qi be anxious for a moment? Within two months, I will definitely lead the army out of seclusion. Is Meng Qi satisfied?"

From being intimate to being indifferent, Guo Jia's attitude made Ma Chao wake up at this moment.

Although he is not living under someone else's roof, he still has to rely on others' breath.

If Guo Jia doesn't lend him the way, he will not be able to pass Guanzhong.

He angered Guo Jia, and what he would face would be a catastrophe.

At Guo Jia's current height and status, it is no longer possible to be arrogant or domineering. If he wants to destroy Ma Chao, he can do so in a blink of an eye. Naturally, there is no need for him to show off his power in front of Ma Chao, trying to suppress the other party with his momentum.

If you don't know the current situation, you will bear the consequences at your own risk.

Giving you a good look does not mean that you can tolerate your arrogant attitude.

Ma Chao, who had a firm and resolute expression, barely showing a smile, as if he wanted to ease his abruptness before, and said, "I feel relieved if there is a entourage saying this."

Guo Jia smiled at him gently, patted his shoulder and walked straight to Chang'an City.

Ma Chao was relieved or not, and Guo Jia didn't care at all.

When he arrived at the idle mansion in Chang'an City, Guo Jia didn't care about washing away the dust. While walking towards the main seat, he untied the cloak. Zhang Ren, who followed him to Chang'an, walked forward and took the cloak and retreated to the side.

"First talk about the recent battle situation in Guandong. It took some time to delay the road. Who is Yuan Shao and Cao Cao now has the upper hand?"

Guo Jia knelt in the main seat with a faint expression. When it comes to business, he will never show people laughing and casually.

Civil and military officials were lined up on both sides, and Ma Chao and Pang De were also standing at the end of the general.

Fa Zheng left the line and frowned and said, "The Yuan and Cao families are still in a stalemate, and neither of them has the upper hand. Yuan Shao sent someone to send a letter a few days ago. The letter stated that he hoped that the lord could remove the naval army that threatened Jingzhou so that Liu Biao could support him to attack Cao Cao from the rear."

Although Yuan Shao issued a proclamation to fight against the thieves before the war, calling on all the heroes from all over the world to attack Cao Cao, at that time he felt that he could definitely defeat Cao Cao with his own strength alone, but he did not expect such a stalemate to be formed in Guandu, so he instigated Liu Biao and Sun Ce. As for Guo Jia, Yuan Shao was afraid that once he invited Guo Jia to help, the situation would become strange and unpredictable after Guo Jia sent troops from Hangu Pass, especially if Guo Jia joined forces with Cao Cao, his situation would be in danger.

If Liu Biao wants to respond to Yuan Shao, he must at least make sure that he can rest assured. However, Jingzhou is now facing Guo Jia's 100,000 naval archers eyeing him. Even if Liu Biao really supports Yuan Shao, he is powerless.

So Yuan Shao hopes that Guo Jia will not beat Liu Biao here, and he can't even threaten him.

"Hmph, Yuan Benchu ​​naturally hopes that I will watch the wall, neither joining his decisive battle with Cao Cao, nor coveting Jingzhou. If I defeat Jingzhou, he will not be able to sleep even if Cao Cao defeats."

Guo Jia sneered.

Yuan Shao led his army to go south by hundreds of thousands. Even if he killed Cao Cao today, he would not be able to directly take over all of Cao Cao's territory tomorrow, and he would recover his vitality from the consumption of the decisive battle. At this time, how Guo Jia took over Jingzhou, Yuan Shao's ambition to unify would probably be far away.

Guo Jia will attack Jingzhou, but not now.

"Since Yuan Shao sent a letter to his lord, he must have sent someone to contact Sun Ce and Liu Biao. But at present, neither of them took any action. On the contrary, there was a problem within Cao Cao. The Yellow Turban General Liu Pi rebelled in Runan to respond to Yuan Shao. Most of the Cao camp officials in the surrounding counties were indifferent to Liu Pi's rebellion, and a small number of them joined Liu Pi. It seems that most of the officials under Cao Cao's rule were devoted to Yuan Shao."

As soon as Fa Zheng finished speaking, Guo Jia sneered: "It's just a clown who jumped into the beam."

If a small official can cause heavy damage to Cao Cao, then Cao Cao is not a traitor in troubled times.

Sure enough, Fa Zheng sighed: "Liu Pi rebelled, Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to support him with a few troops. As a result, Cao Cao sent the general Cao Ren to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to quickly extinguish the rebellion. Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou, Cao Ren led the cavalry back to Guandu, and then Cao Cao sent him to lead a small group of cavalry to Yuan Shao's rear to harass Yuan Shao's grain transport troops, and achieved great results."

After a long silence in the hall, Guo Jia sighed and said, "The blessings of the world are Cao Zixiao!"

Who doesn’t want Cao Ren, a general who is both loyal and able to take great responsibilities and leads cavalry to achieve great achievements? Who doesn’t want it? Who is not jealous?

The strange and correct way is to match Cao Ren's cavalry is Cao Cao's strange trick to defeat the enemy, and it has been tried and done many times.

"What is the situation in Guandu? Yuan Shao cannot just rely on outsiders to help, and his army is not a decoration."

Guo Jia closed his eyes and asked. Before he carefully imagined the trend of Guandu, he had to figure out the current situation.

Fa Zheng said, "The two armies faced each other and suffered casualties. Cao Cao took the initiative to attack, but returned slightly. Since then, he has been strictly guarded. Yuan Shao wanted to use the method of dealing with Gongsun Zan to defeat Cao Cao. His army dug tunnels to go straight to Cao's camp. Cao Cao saw the move and dug a deep trench several meters deep in front of the camp. Yuan Shao's tunnel was only dug into the trench and was easily broken by Cao Cao. Then Yuan Shao built a large-scale well railing. Archers shot down the soldiers of Cao's camp from a high point, and once forced the soldiers of Cao's camp to hold shields to protect their heads when they walked around the camp. This situation did not last long. Cao Cao used a catapult to break all the well railings of Yuan Shao's in the camp, and the two sides were in a stalemate again."
Chapter completed!