There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Speaking of this, Yuan Yao turned his fingers to Gong Du and Zhou Cang while he was drinking, and said: "You two, it's the same! Both of you worship the general!"

Liu Pi and Gong both showed joy when they heard the words, and kept getting up to thank Yuan Yao—although it was pretending.

Zhou Cang let out a soft snort from his nose, although he disdained, but the potter's plan was there, and he had to follow it, so he also got up to express his gratitude to Yuan Yao.

Seeing that Yuan Yao was drunk, Liu Xun was a little forgetful, so he didn't know his surname, so he hurriedly reminded him: "My lord, we have not passed the crisis now, and we have to discuss how to go north in the future!"

Yuan Yao laughed, pointed at Liu Pi and said, "With General Liu and General Gong here, we want to go to Hebei, so it's hard to think about it."

"Go to Hebei?" Liu Pi understood in his heart, but pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and said, "My lord wants to go to Hebei to join Yuan Shao?"

"No!" Yuan Yao waved his hands drunkenly at Liu Pi, and said, "It's not defection... it's temporary residence! Temporary residence there, do you understand?"

Liu Pi is obviously not very understanding.

It's not all about begging!

But for him right now, it doesn't matter how bragging Yuan Yao is, his main purpose right now is to lure Yuan Yao to Xuzhou.

"My lord, it's not impossible for you to go to Hebei to live temporarily, but I don't know which route the lord intends to take?"

Yuan Yao chuckled, pointed at Liu Xun, and said, "Mr. Liu wants me to go straight to Yingchuan from Runan County, and then go to Hanoi to Hebei... What does General Liu think?"

Liu Pi frowned, showing a look of embarrassment.

"General Liu's remonstrance is not bad, but if you cross the territory of Runan and Yingchuan, you must pass through Cao Cao's territory. You must know that Cao Cao has transferred his heavy troops to Xu County. If he intervenes, I'm afraid that none of our troops are enough for someone surnamed Cao to get between his teeth, so we have to explain all of them... You need to know that Cao Cao has a large number of troops under his command, second only to Duke Yuan of Hebei."

Yuan Yao frowned upon hearing this.

Is Cao Cao so powerful?

After thinking carefully for a while, he saw him and said, "Then according to General Liu's opinion, which way should we go to Hebei?"

Liu Pi hastily remonstrated: "According to a certain family, the Lord might as well take the Wu County and Chaoqiu County in the west of Xuzhou, go north through these two counties and go straight to the Taishan Army, and merge into Qingzhou. This road should be safer. .”

Yuan Yao hiccupped when he heard the words, nodded suddenly and said: "Oh! This way...is very good, very good."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Liu Xun anxious, and hurriedly got up and said, "My lord, this road must not be taken! Nawu County and Chaoqiu are located in Xuzhou. My lord is afraid of encountering Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Is it possible that you will not be afraid?" Can the potters block the way? You need to know that Tao and our Yuan family in Huainan have a deep hatred!"

Hearing this, Liu Pi laughed and said: "The general's words are a little petty. Last year, the pottery merchant and the later general competed for Yuzhang. Although there was a fight, the later general's death was not caused by the pottery merchant. He is not under Cao Cao, but he has the reputation of a gentleman after all, and he has many constraints in his actions."

Yuan Yao seemed to understand but half understood: "Go ahead."

Liu Pi continued: "And now that the potters have just taken over Xuzhou from Tao Qian, I am afraid that they may not have the energy to put pressure on our army. Instead, Cao Cao in the Central Plains took Yanzhou first, then Yuzhou, and the former took Liuzhou. An, the west is still constantly encroaching on the territory of Guanzhong. The territory of Qiu is just the border to the west of Xuzhou, if you go to Yingchuan, it is in the hinterland of Cao Cao's territory!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Pi bowed deeply to Yuan Yao again, and said, "Comparing the two, which one is more dangerous, my lord should be able to see clearly."

Yuan Yao didn't understand military affairs, but the words "border" and "hinterland" were more or less understandable.

He nodded heavily, and said: "Yes, General Liu's words are very kind... You have lived in Runan for a long time, and you must understand Tao and Cao's strength and deployment of troops better than us Huainan people."

Liu Xun anxiously scratched his head.

If he really followed Liu Pi's words, Cao Cao would not be able to wait for anyone in Yingchuan later, so wouldn't all his plans be in vain?

I am still waiting for Yuan Yao to give Cao Cao a meeting gift.

Just as Liu Xun wanted to persuade Yuan Yao a few more words, he suddenly felt someone beside him gently tug on his sleeve.

Turning around to look, it was Liu Ye who had been sitting next to him and hadn't said a word from the beginning to the end.

Although he didn't understand what it meant, Liu Xun knew that when it came to resourcefulness and strategy, Liu Ye was far above him.

Ever since, Liu Xun swallowed his words.

Seeing that Liu Xun no longer raised objections, Yuan Yao immediately made a final decision.

"Okay! Then, according to General Liu Pi's words, let's go to Hebei on the western border of Xuzhou!"

……

Liang Guo, Xiao County.

Yan Xing's [-] elite troops have been stationed here for a long time.

For no other reason, he was ordered to station here and waited for Cao Cao's military order at all times. When the military order arrived, he immediately sent troops to hijack Huainan people on the western front of Xuzhou.

In fact, Yan Xing didn't understand very much. If it were him, if he went north to the land of Hebei, he would definitely choose to go to the land of three rivers... But Cao Cao insisted on arranging himself in Xiao County, which is far from the west line of Xuzhou. I don't know what to say here?

When Yan Xing left Xuchang, he once heard from an insider of the Sikong Mansion that the use of troops this time was a strategy secretly laid out for Cao Cao by Jia Xu, the head of the Eagle and Snake Mansion who rarely showed his face on weekdays.

Yan Xing is not very familiar with this Jia Xu...or it should be said that all the generals in the entire Cao Ying are not familiar with this humble chief.

Why did Sikong listen to him like that?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Yan Xing still followed Cao Cao's military order.

He is a soldier, and it is his bounden duty to obey military orders, not to mention Cao Cao's kindness to him.

Back then in Jincheng, Han Sui thought highly of himself, and even threatened to marry his daughter to him in the future, but he never carried it out.

Moreover, Han Suijun came from a bandit army, and he paid attention to seniority. With Yan Xingna's age in Han Suijun's army, it would take at least ten years to get ahead in Han Suijun's army.

However, after Cao Cao accepted Yan Xing's surrender, he used his talents according to his ability and made an exception for promotion. He directly appointed Yan Xing as a school lieutenant, and after he was appointed as Sikong, he even promoted Yan Xing to a partial general.

As a general, this promotion speed is no different from riding a rocket.

This kindness and this kindness, the young Yan Xing naturally could not forget it.

No matter which way the Huainan army took this time, Yan Xing had already made up his mind, and he had to share Cao Cao's worries in whatever he said.

But the news from the Huainan Army hadn't arrived yet, but Cao Cao's letter had arrived from Xuchang.

Yan Xing couldn't believe the contents of the letter.

He wondered if Cao Cao made a mistake...

Although he didn't know why Cao Cao did this, Yan Xing still decided to obey the general's order.

Besides, Cao Cao can leave such a private matter to himself - Yan Xing thinks that Cao Cao has already regarded him as a confidant.

Yan Xing felt a little excited in his heart.

A few days later, Zhang Ji was ordered to lead the troops to Yan Xing's tent to listen to the order.

Zhang Ji is a famous general in Wuwei County of Liangzhou, and he became famous very early. Although Yan Xing was also born in Jincheng of Liangzhou, compared with Zhang Ji's reputation, he is really far behind.

If so, the generals must not be violated. Zhang Ji's reputation in Liangzhou is five times higher than Yan Xing's, and now he has to listen to Yan Xing's orders.