Early the next morning, Guo Yun had yet to wake up when she heard hurried footsteps.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Cao Cao squeezing in with Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu.
"My lord, did you see something you shouldn't have seen?”
Why are your eyes so red?"
"Are you peeping at the female soldiers bathing?!”
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, call me next time!”
Cao Cao said,"Convex",
Guo Jia said,"(o) Convex",
Jia Xu said,"(▽) Pi",
Xun Yu said,"U *U"
. After they had planned their strategy, Cao Cao and the others could not sleep at night. They crossed the Yellow River and killed Li Yang. It was easy to say, but it was not easy to actually implement it.
Especially when the army of Yuan Shao could react, the army had to completely cross it.
Otherwise, they would suffer losses if they were blocked.
To put it bluntly.
He, Cao Cao, still had too few soldiers and couldn't afford to lose.
After a bloody battle, apart from the casualties, there were nearly 20,000 wounded soldiers. The number of soldiers that could be used was only 100,000.
As for the female soldiers, they were most likely a burden on the battlefield.
"Mystic Immortal, if you can think of a way to let the army cross the river, I promise to let you stay!”
"Otherwise, we will escort the prisoners back to Xuchang today!”
Guo Jia was also a ruthless person, but he couldn't do anything about Guo Yun's idea.
He had no choice.
To the west of Guandu were Zhang's 30,000 troops, and to the east were Gao Lan's troops. It was obvious that Yuan Shao's strategists had considered the possibility of Cao Cao taking advantage of the victory to pursue them.
Cao Cao gathered a large number of strategists and thought hard for an entire night, but they still couldn't come up with a good idea.
In the end, Guo Jia considered using this method to force Guo Yun back to Xuchang, or to think of a plan to cross the river!
Xun Yu and Jia Xu's eyes were bloodshot as they glared at Guo Yun.
They were in so much pain.
After suffering for more than ten days, they finally obtained a victory. They did not have the time to rest before they were captured by Cao Cao and forced to stay up all night.
My body can't take it anymore.
"Xuan immortal, we thought about it for a night and couldn't think of a way to cross the river unscathed. If you can't think of a good way, we will return to Xuchang.”
Jia Xu looked helpless."Gao Lan has 10,000 archers stationed on the high slope in the east. If our army crosses the river on a large scale, I'm afraid we'll suffer heavy casualties if three rounds of arrows come down!"”
If they crossed the river in a large area, they did not need to aim at all. They just needed to shoot to the death.
"If we cross the river in a small area, with Zhang He's thirty thousand cavalry stationed on the west side, I'm afraid the soldiers crossing the river will suffer heavy losses in just a few rounds of attacks!”
Hearing this, Guo Yun was startled."Yuan Shao has already been beaten to the point of throwing away his helmet and armor. How can there still be such an arrangement?"”
"It was arranged by Yuan Shao's strategist Xu You.”
Guo Jia added,"The scouts have reported that Yuan Shao sent Zhang He to defend Whiterun City, and Gao Lan to guard Yanjin. Yuan Shao did run back to Liyang, but the army was not in chaos. Xu You was the commander."”
"Xu Ziyuan once and I are classmates, ability is not weak."”
Cao Cao said with certainty,"Among Yuan Shao's strategists, only he, Ju Shou, and Tian Feng have some ability. The others are just wine and rice bags."”
"Xu You?"
He was familiar with this name!
That was not right.
"Xu You is one of Yuan Shao's top three military strategists. How could he be demoted to the front line?" Guo Yun asked doubtfully.”
In Cao Cao's lineup, it was Xun Yu and Jia Xu.
Such strategists were usually by the lord's side.
The other military aides should be a level below Yang Xiu.
One had to know that Xu You's plan to burn Wuchao was beaten up by Yuan Shao and only surrendered after being demoted.
"According to the detailed report, Xu You had strongly advised Yuan Shao before the battle of Guandu. Yuan Shao was furious and was beaten thirty times.”
Jia Xu recalled the intelligence and said,"But I didn't expect Xu You to be so loyal."”
So that was how it was!
Guo Yun recalled the entire process. The course of history might have changed, but human nature should not have changed too much.
No one would feel comfortable after suffering thirty strokes of the stick for nothing.
"During the battle the day before yesterday, did Zhang He's troops make any movements?”
Guo Yun asked. Seeing Jia Xu shake his head, a smile immediately appeared on his face."My lord, you can go back to sleep now. In a few days, there might be changes.”
Zhang He had 30,000 cavalrymen. If they rushed to the battlefield immediately, they might be able to gain some variables.
After all, the attack from the west would not be affected by the sunlight.
However, Zhang He's troops didn't move.
It probably had something to do with Xu You.
Whether it was Zhang He or Xu You, they were both players who surrendered to Cao Cao in history.
Zhang He didn't know, but Xu You was probably watching.
After the first battle, he believed that Xu You's thoughts would be even more intense.
It was not that Guo Yun wanted to pin his hopes on others, but there was indeed no better way to cross the river at the moment. He could not fly over, right?
There was a method to create a flying object in his encyclopedia, but time didn't allow it.
"Wait a few days?"
Cao Cao was stunned, his face full of question marks.
What kind of method was this?
"Could it be that there's a surprise attack from the heavens?!”
Xun Yu also asked in confusion,""Xuan immortal, don't keep me in suspense.”
They all knew that Guo Yun often had unexpected methods. Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at each other and shook their heads, not knowing where to start.
"I don't dare to say anything about a surprise army descending from the heavens, but if this person can come, crossing the river will be easy.”
Guo Yun didn't explain in detail. After all, he wasn't sure if Xu You would surrender or not.
Just as everyone was looking at each other.
"My lord!"
"Great news!"
Xun You rushed in hurriedly.""Yuan Shao sent a letter to invite my lord to Liyang to discuss peace!”
[What?]
Cao Cao and the others widened their eyes in disbelief.
How, how was this possible?
"Too scary?!"
"Xuan immortal, you actually knew in advance that Yuan Shao wanted to negotiate?!”
"Isn't this too unbelievable?”
Jia Xu was so shocked that he was incoherent."Or could it be that the spy arranged by the lord to Yuan Shao's side is already so high up that he can influence Yuan Shao's thoughts?”
I know nothing!
Not to mention Jia Xu and the others, even Guo Yun was dumbfounded.
This was simply giving him a pillow to sleep on!
"Which strategist came up with the plan to kill Yuan Shao?”
Xun You couldn't wait to know who this man was.
Guo Jia thought about it seriously. An ordinary strategist would not be able to think of such a brainless plan."My guess is that it's most likely Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang!”
"My lord, did you arrange for Yuan Shang to be banished?”
Cao Cao: "???!"
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