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Guo Jia is Cao Ang's best friend.
Guo Jia also admired Cao Ang very much.
The two hadn't seen each other for many days, and it was inevitable that they had a chat.
However, the daily topic did not last long, and the three talked to the north.
Cao Jun recharged his energy and had enough food and grass. With Huainan as the rear barrier, Cao Ren's defense was sufficient to resist the invasion of Liu Biao and Sun Ce. The biggest defensive loophole, Wancheng, was now guarded by Xiahou Jing, and it was already very stable.
It can be said.
Cao Jun.
All preparations are almost perfect.
Yu Jin led [-] elite troops stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to keep an eye on the Yuan army at all times.
Zhang Liao has led his troops to occupy Hanoi County, and his troops have guarded several important crossings of the Yellow River to prevent them from being secretly pretended by Aishao.
Except for military preparations.
Folk fishing reels are under control.
Now Xu Lu is the center and anti-Yuan sentiment is running high.
Yuan Shao had just returned to Yecheng from Youzhou recently. Although the morale was relatively high because of the defeat of Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, the troops were exhausted after a long battle.
Ai Shao soldiers.
A lot indeed.
If directly compared.
It can be about five times that of Cao Cao.
However, it is impossible for the hundreds of thousands of troops to be dispatched.
Yuan Shao still needed to be heavily guarded in Youzhou and other areas.
Therefore, the scale of troops used against Henan will not exceed 20.
At most, he can choose elite 10,000+, although the threat is still great, but with the current situation, it is not unstoppable.
Also.
Ye Ye City returned the latest news.
When Cao Cao and Cao Ang learned that Tian Feng offered advice to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao not only did not accept it, but locked him up instead, which greatly increased his confidence.
"Hahaha, if Yuan Shao adopts Tian Feng's strategy, although he may not be able to defeat our army, at least it is not easy to lose, and it is enough to cause great trouble to our army. Now abandoning Tian Feng and not using it is God's help!"
This is indeed good news.
Chapter 173 Differentiation
However, Cao Ang also had to remind: "Liu Bei brought more than [-] remnants of soldiers, and now they are under Yuan Shao's account. Yuan Shaozhi has great talent, lenient outside and taboo inside, unclear rewards and punishments, and chaotic command: but if he gets Liu Bei's assistance, he will still be a big threat."
Little butterfly fanned like wings.
Even history is always changing.
Cao Ang cannot be completely superstitious about historical trends.
In another time and space, it will take at least half a year before the full-scale battle of Guandu breaks out, and now it is just one or two months away.
Secondly, in another time and space, even though Liu Bei attached himself to Yuan Shao for a short time, he did not bring more than [-] remnants of soldiers to join him, nor was Ai Shao paid too much attention to him. Now these things have changed.
The struggle between Cao Yuan.
One more Liu Bei.
There is another fierce general, Zhang Fei.
That's enough to make a big difference.
The history books give a very low evaluation of this person.
In fact, it is not very fair, because objectively speaking, Yuan Shao does have many shortcomings, and he also has his own abilities and talents, otherwise it would be impossible to establish the current family business.
Ai Shao's official ferry.
Cao Cao's Red Cliff.
There are numerous similarities.
There are both inevitable and accidental.
After Yuan Shao lost the Battle of Guandu, his overall strength was still higher than Cao Cao's. Later, he was completely wiped out by Tai Cao purely because he died of illness, which caused the two sons to split up.
This can be seen.
The Yuan family is too rich!
Cao Cao is not Yuan Shao.
Naturally not careless.
Cao Ang continued: "Yuan Shao will definitely win over the heroes of Guanzhong, as well as Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others, and incite a collective rebellion against the imperial court. We must strengthen our preparations in this regard.
Guo Jia smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Prime Minister has been taking precautions since Zixiu reminded him on Yuanxi. Now that the heroes in Guanzhong must remain neutral, Liu Biao and Sun Ce are blocked by Wancheng and Huainan, and other forces are out of reach, so there will be no worries. .”
Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others.
A lot of work has been done behind the scenes.
The Cao family's preparations are far better than another time and space, and far beyond Cao Ang's expectations.
After careful understanding,
Cao Ang was very satisfied with this.
The fateful showdown has begun.
Boss Cao and Boss Yuan sat at the gambling table.
Each has its own advantages.
Each has its length.