System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

Only when the Jizhou soldiers return to their side in the future can the military power be slowly taken back.

"Report!"

"My lord, Yuan Shu claims to avenge his brother Yuan Shao and has sent General Zhang Xun with 200,000 troops north. They are currently marching towards Qiao County."

At this moment, a soldier came running and reported the latest military intelligence to Cao Cao.

"Hahaha!"

"Two hundred thousand troops!"

"Where did the 200,000-strong army come from?"

"What a joke! What a joke!"

"Everyone knows that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao have a bad relationship."

"Yuan Shu is so astonished that he could come up with such a crude excuse."

Cao Cao laughed in anger and spoke sarcastically.

"Why did Yuan Shu really send troops?"

"The excuse may be crude, but it works."

"This way, Yuan Shu will have a reason to send troops."

"This is going to be troublesome."

The generals looked at each other, obviously a little panicked.

The situation in Yanzhou was already chaotic enough, and Yuan Shu still wanted to interfere.

"I'm afraid of nothing. I'm willing to lead my troops to fight against Yuan Shu."

Just as the generals looked worried, Qu Yi bowed and asked for orders.

Now Qu Yi and the Yuan family are at war to the death.

Of course, the same is true for Guo Tu, Xu You and others.

"well said!"

"General Qu is truly a brave and valiant general. Yuan Shu is but a mere corpse in a grave. Why should I be afraid of him?"

Seeing Qu Yi's heroic spirit, Cao Cao immediately echoed him loudly.

What Cao's army needed most at this time was morale.

Qu Yi's words undoubtedly greatly boosted the fighting spirit of the generals.

"Aman, Liu Bei is currently being placed in Xiaopei by Tao Qian."

"Why not win over this man to contain Yuan Shu in the south?"

Xu You stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"..."

And you called me Aman again.

If he was not still useful now, Cao Cao would definitely burn Xu You to death on Qingming Festival.

"My lord, Ziyuan's plan is very good."

"Not long ago, my lord gave Liu Bei a favor. Now, as long as my lord asks, Liu Bei will have to repay the favor even if he doesn't want to."

Xi Zhicai agreed repeatedly and laughed at the side.

"When have I ever given Liu Bei face?"

Cao Cao asked in some confusion.

"Haha, didn't Liu Bei once write a letter to the lord?"

"Although it was because of the rebellion in Yanzhou that the lord was forced to withdraw his troops."

"But the Xuzhou side thought it was Liu Bei's face."

"And by virtue of this, Liu Bei's prestige in Xuzhou was greatly enhanced."

Xi Zhicai had a big smile on his face, but the smile was a little cold.

"Wonderful, wonderful, very wonderful."

"Zhicai is truly my Zifang!"

Cao Cao thought about it carefully, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"My lord, thank you for your compliment. It's just a humble idea."

"I just hope that my lord can get out of this predicament as soon as possible."

"Only in this way can we have the foundation to achieve hegemony."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said modestly.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Cao Cao had to say that if Liu Bei hadn't intervened, his capture of Xuzhou would have been much smoother.

Now Xi Zhicai's plan can just avenge the grudge from years ago.

Aren’t you, Liu Bei, a righteous man?

Aren't you nosy?

Okay, this time I invite you to fight against Yuan Shu, will you help?

If you don't help, fine, you will be labeled as ungrateful.

By then your reputation in Xuzhou will plummet.

Help, that's better.

I, Cao Cao, have just massacred so many civilians and soldiers in Xuzhou.

As a result, if you come to help me fight Yuan Shu now, your reputation in Xuzhou will also plummet.

It has to be said that Xi Zhicai was definitely Cao Cao's most capable adviser in his early years.

Because of his poor background, Xi Zhicai always had no scruples in his strategies. He didn't care about his own reputation at all and always took Cao Cao's interests as his starting point.

This is almost identical to what happened to Guo Jia later.

This is also the reason why Boss Cao likes Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia so much.

Who wouldn't like someone who is wholeheartedly planning for himself?

Yuzhou·Pei State

Yuan Shu's army had been on the march for ten days.

The army was said to have 200,000 soldiers, but in fact there were only more than 50,000 soldiers who could actually fight.

The rest were civilians, auxiliary soldiers, craftsmen, etc. who served as auxiliary forces in the army.

But even so, a team of 200,000 was extremely terrifying. From a distance, the long dragon formed by the army stretched for dozens of miles.

"Zi Yang, I feel much more at ease knowing you are accompanying the army as a military advisor this time."

Zhang Xun was riding on his horse, looking at Liu Ye on his left, and said with a smile.

"The general is joking."

"My wisdom is limited, and none of the plans I offered were adopted by the lord."

Liu Ye smiled bitterly and said helplessly.

"Shhh."

"Zi Yang, please don't say that."

"If this gets to the Lord's ears, there will be disaster."

Zhang Xun's face changed and he quickly reminded him.

"hehe."

"General, we don't have much food this time. What are you going to do?"

Liu Ye chuckled and didn't care much. Instead, he asked about the food and grass.

"Alas... Given the lord's temperament, we can only rob our food supplies."

Zhang Xun sighed and said with a bitter expression.

Yuan Shu was not good at governing, and he allowed his soldiers to plunder almost constantly.

It is said that disasters are frequent in Yanzhou, so how much better are the other provinces and counties?

It’s just that Cao Cao was still willing to cultivate land, so there are often records of no harvest.

People like Yuan Shu, who rely on looting to support their troops, don't bother to spend time farming.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ye became more determined to leave.