Hearing that Yuan Shao had already formed more than 100,000 troops to go south to attack Xudu, the court was in a state of shock and everyone was in danger.

When Cao Cao failed to fight for Zhang Xiu in the southern expedition, Yuan Shao wrote a letter to him to humiliate him verbally, and reminded Cao Cao from another perspective that he should surrender.

Cao Cao was angry but helpless. At this time, Xun Yu made an encouraging remark to him, "four victories and four defeats", which clarified the differences between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, thus strengthening Cao Cao's confidence to a large extent, and strongly advised Cao Cao to fight Lu Bu in the east to seek the land of Xuzhou as a way to consolidate his strength to fight against Yuan Shao in the future.

Since then, Cao Cao has been secretly preparing for the battle against Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao's speed of unifying Hebei exceeded Cao Cao's expectations. At this time, his military strength and strategic situation did not have any advantage compared to Yuan Shao. This is not only him, but many ministers in the court also had this idea, so they discussed the meetings and debated the war and major plans.

Seeing that the situation was beginning to become unstable, Xun Yu keenly noticed the very dangerous signal that people's minds changed, and he said to Guo Jia:

"At this time, everyone can have the intention to get along with Yuan Shao, but the lord cannot have it, because once he has this idea, even if it is a little bit, all the favorable factors will turn to Yuan Shao. The court that has finally stabilized will have another surging wave, and all our previous efforts will be in vain."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Teacher, have you analyzed to Cao Cao a long time ago the argument of victory and defeat between him and Yuan Shao? Why should you worry?"

Xun Yu shook his head: "One time and another time, Yuan Shao did not make any move at that time. Today, the 100,000 army has already started. In addition, the lord is not fully prepared for strategic reasons, those who only know how to protect themselves will definitely promote peace in front of him. Miao Ce must propose a more loud and shocking policy and appease the lord."

At this time, Guo Jia was holding the "Four Wins and Four Losses" manuscript proposed by Xun Yu before, and he said to Xun Yu:

"It's not difficult, but I need to make some modifications based on yours. I hope you don't mind the teacher."

At the same time, Sima Yi, who had lived in the bamboo forest hut in Yangdi for a long time, was sitting on the bamboo and wood bridge watching the bamboo leaves floating on the stream water float past him. He held the bamboo slips in his right hand and placed his left hand on the bridge's handrail looking down at the stream water in a daze.

"The news just came from Xu County." Hu Zhao's voice came from the other end of the bridge:

"Yuan Shao is already mobilizing his troops to prepare to go south."

After hearing this, Sima Yi continued to maintain a fixed posture and looked at the flowing water and fallen leaves, and replied lightly:

"The war is about to start..."

Hu Zhao asked Sima Yi: "The war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao means that the fate of the Han Dynasty will undergo a fundamental turning point. Do you think the final result between them is Cao Cao who defeats the strong by defeating the strong, or does Yuan Shao defeat Xu Du with one horse?"

At this time, Sima Yi raised his hand on the armrest: "I have never seen Yuan Shao, and I am not very familiar with Cao Cao, but judging from their past political decisions, Yuan Shao is at a disadvantage compared to Cao Cao in the ten aspects of Taoism, righteousness, governance, governance, planning, virtue, benevolence, wisdom, literature and martial arts. The only thing he is stronger than Cao Cao is the chassis he occupied and the military strength in his hands, but these are not enough to ensure that he can win in the end, and it may be useless."

"Ten aspects? Let's talk about it in detail..." Hu Zhao was obviously interested in Sima Yi's words.

"The so-called Tao is natural. Yuan Shao has too much red tape, which has become an invisible barrier between his subordinates; while Cao Cao abandoned these and became a group of subordinates, so he could often truly win the respect of civil and military officials under the tent. This is the so-called Taoist victory;

The so-called righteousness is the foundation of justice. Yuan Shao’s army was not known. In the eyes of the world, he led only some rebellious troops. If he launched a frontal attack on Xu Du, where the emperor was, it would be a ruthless person. Regardless of whether Cao Cao was sincerely loyal to the Han Dynasty, at least he had the emperor in his hand, and the kingly way was in his control. This was righteousness;

The so-called rulers must be both hard and soft. Yuan Shao only knows that he can use lenient control to manage lenient things. Over time, the rigor of the rules will be greatly weakened. Once the situation reaches an uncontrollable point, he will be at a loss. Cao Cao's political rigor is much stronger than Yuan Shao, and his laws are strict, which has a decisive consolidation effect on the unity of the government and orders, and this is the victory of the governance;

The so-called "superiors should be consistent in their appearance. Yuan Shao treats his ministers well on the surface, which reflects his magnanimous attitude. In fact, he is very suspicious of his ministers in his heart. This can be seen from the fact that he has no bottom line to place his nephew at the top of his official position. Although Cao Cao also attaches importance to the relatives of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, his policy of using talents is very different from Yuan Shao. Cao Zhen, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and the Xiahou brothers are all able to fight and are brave and resourceful. In addition, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Jin, and even Zhang Liao, Zang Ba and others who have just surrendered, Cao Cao all entrusted important tasks. Compared with Yuan Shao's unrealistic elevation of Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, and high-ranking officials, they will eventually suffer the bitter fruit. This is the biggest difference between the two and the military essence.

The so-called planners need to make a quick decision to support them. Yuan Shao's many planners had many ideas, and some were even good strategies. However, once they encountered different opinions or two factions were fighting each other, it would be difficult for him to make a decision. By the time he made up his mind, the opportunity was often missed. Cao Cao decisively marched eastward to Xuzhou when it was not very favorable on the surface, and dared to take a surprise victory. He obtained the vast land of Xuzhou, which was very beneficial to infiltrating Qingzhou in the future and threatening Yuan Shao's right wing. This was to win."

Coincidentally, Guo Jia, who was far away in Xudu, just said almost the same thing as Sima Yi in Cao Cao's military discussion, which won Cao Cao's great appreciation. He continued to analyze:

"Yuan Shao focused on material things and fame and fortune, which led to people who were greedy, boasting, and even flashy. You treat others sincerely and never tempt talents with fame and fortune, but respect the virtuous and honest to recruit talents with practical talents. This is virtue victory;

Whenever Yuan Shao saw poor people, he would be worried, but he could not really consider these issues, nor would he really solve them. However, he was different. Whenever something big happened, he would deal with the problems from a macro perspective and give the people a practical gift. Even if he couldn't see them, he could think about them in time and make appropriate treatments as soon as possible, thus winning fame. This word "Ren" was beyond Yuan Shao's reach;

Although Yuan Shao had many counselors under his tent, he had many factions because of the establishment of a crown prince. He fought for power and power, slandered each other and could not achieve the unity of the monarch and ministers. However, you had good morals to restrain the civil and military affairs under the tent, so that the military orders and government orders were unified. You could not see the bad phenomenon of fighting between officials for fame and fortune and personal grudges. This was a clear victory;

When facing right and wrong, Yuan Shao often cannot distinguish it in time. Even if he can distinguish it, he rarely deals with them correctly. And you use reason to recommend profit and punish bad things with law, and you are also very ahead of him in terms of civil governance;

Although Yuan Shao won all the battles in Hebei, he also relied on the merits of wise generals such as Zhang He and Gao Lan. He himself did not understand military affairs at all, but only won the less. You are good at defeating the more with less, dispatching the more with a proper means, using troops like a god. The soldiers are convinced by you, and naturally they are united and invincible, so that the enemy can be scared. This is Wu Sheng."

After Guo Jia analyzed, Xun Yu nodded frequently. He did not expect that Guo Jia had expanded so much content based on his original basis. He was really a veritable genius.

"To sum up, although Yuan Shao has many soldiers and generals, since ancient times, all those who have virtue have been virtuous, such as King Wen Ji Fa and Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. There are many examples of defeating the majority with few and defeating the masses with few. Your kindness and wisdom are not inferior to them, and it is not difficult to defeat Yuan Shao."

In fact, Cao Cao had no intention of accomplicating Yuan Shao at all. He was just looking for a way to calm down the troubles of his ministers. Guo Jia's words were powerful, reasonable and concise, enough to achieve the effect he wanted in his heart.

Cao Cao stood up, pulled out the sharp sword from his waist and stabbed it heavily into the ground. The people who were trying to talk lowered their heads and dared not speak. Cao Cao said loudly: "Transfer my order, the three armies will enter a state of combat readiness and prepare to fight Yuan Shao to the death!"

The Ji River flows into the Yellow River through Wen County, irrigating tens of millions of fertile land in Wen County.

Because Guan Gu was expelled, this place was controlled by Cao Cao. In addition, Cao Cao had decided to decide to fight Yuan Shao for life and death at any cost. Hanoi and Jizhou directly bordered, and war would break out at any time, and the situation here became extremely tense.

What is incompatible with this scene is that the man in the hat is completely uninfluenced by the outside world and sits on the bank of the river and erects a boom and fishes.

Guo Huai walked over from behind with a sword in his arms: "The things in the jade seal have been obtained by Liu Bei, what should we do next?"

The man in the hat sat still, holding the end of the boom hidden by his wide sleeves. The hat still covered almost all his expression, revealing only the corner of his mouth that was slightly raised:
Chapter completed!