Sikong Manor.
When Zhuge Mu entered the meeting hall, he immediately sensed the heavy atmosphere in the room.
With just a glance, Zhuge Mu realized that the changes at the border might be more serious than he had imagined.
This was because he realized that not only were Cao Cao's five strategists, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, and Xun You all present, even Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Cao Chun, Yu Jin, and Li Dian were present.
The civil and military officials had all gathered, and all of them were showing the importance of the matter.
On the main seat, Cao Cao saw Zhuge Mu enter and nodded at him before ignoring him.
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but the war at the border was extremely urgent, and he couldn't afford to have a leisurely chat with Zhuge Mu.
Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and the others were just like Cao Cao.
They all stood in front of the map and discussed in low voices, thinking about how to deal with this crisis.
Compared to the strategists, the generals present were much more " leisurely ".
They couldn't participate in the strategic planning, so their attention was immediately attracted by Zhuge Mu who walked in.
When they saw that it was Zhuge Mu, even the generals who were not familiar with Zhuge Mu nodded slightly in greeting.
Among them, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Yuan forced a smile.
Fortunately, they were able to distinguish the priorities of the matter and did not get angry because of personal grudges when the enemy was in front of them.
At this moment, Zhang Liao, who was among the generals, waved at Zhuge Mu and whispered,""Shuzhi, here!"
Behind Zhang Liao, Li Dian and Yu Jin looked at Zhuge Mu, who was walking towards them. They took the initiative to take a step back, leaving the empty space for Zhuge Mu.
Seeing this scene, Zhuge Mu slightly cupped his hands towards the two of them.
"Thank you, Generals!"
"Shuzhi, you're being distant by saying this.”The one who spoke was Yu Jin.
Unlike Xiahou Dun and the others, who were on good terms with Xu Chu and had an old grudge with Zhuge Mu, Yu Jin and Li Dian did not take Zhuge Mu's beating to heart. Instead, they admired him.
In addition, Zhuge Mu was also a "general with a foreign surname" like them, so they had the intention to get close to him.
After greeting the two of them, Zhuge Mu immediately asked Zhang Liao who was in front of him,"Wen Yuan, what exactly happened in the Northern Territory?”
Zhang Liao's face was solemn. He took a deep breath and said,"Shu Zhi, the northern Xianbei are heading south!”
"Seven days ago, the leader of the Xianbei tribe, Bu Dugen, led two hundred thousand troops south across the Great Wall under the urging of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, the sons of Yuan Shao, and headed straight for Youzhou and Jizhou.”
"When General Zhang He, who was stationed in Jizhou, heard the news of the Xianbei going south, he immediately gathered 50,000 troops and arrived at Ping City. He was prepared to stop Bu Dugen from going south at Ping City, Dai County, and Yanmen.”
"At the same time, General Zhang He didn't forget to inform General Le Jin and General Cao Xiu, who are stationed in Youzhou, to prepare to join forces to fight against the Xianbei army.”
Zhuge Mu nodded in agreement when he heard Zhang Liao's response.
When a general is outside, he cannot accept the king's orders.
Given the dangerous situation at that time, Zhang He's response was not a problem.
Jizhou and Youzhou might not have as many soldiers as the Xianbei army, but they still had close to a hundred thousand soldiers.
One hundred thousand Han soldiers versus two hundred thousand Xianbei soldiers!
As long as Zhang He, Le Jin, and Cao Xiu were not stupid enough to fight the Xianbei cavalry on the grasslands, they would be able to hold on until the reinforcements from the Central Plains arrived.
However, the current situation meant that something unexpected had happened.
As expected, while Zhuge Mu was speculating…
Zhang Liao changed the topic and smiled bitterly.
"What I didn't expect was…"
"Just as General Le Jin and General Cao Xiu were preparing to reinforce Jizhou, the leader of the Xianbei tribe in the east, Kobineng, led an army of one hundred thousand to Yuyang Prefecture.”
"They're planning to take advantage of the emptiness in Youzhou to attack the Central Plains.”
"Under such circumstances, how could General Le Jin and Cao Xiu dare to act rashly? This also caused General Zhang He to send messengers to the south to seek help when he marched north alone into Ping City.”
"Counting the time the messenger spent on his journey, more than ten days have passed since the war. I wonder how the war at the border is going.”
Zhang Liao sighed softly.
Obviously, he was not optimistic about the current situation.
After listening to Zhang Liao's narration, Zhuge Mu's mood sank to rock bottom.
Fifty thousand Han soldiers against two hundred thousand non-humankind cavalry, even if they had a city to defend, was not an easy task.
Furthermore, there were still Yuan Shao's two sons, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, leading the Xianbei army.
If they contacted the Yuan family's old friends in Jizhou, then not to mention Zhang He leading 50,000 troops, even if he had 200,000 troops, they would be defeated by Bu Dugen from the inside.
When he thought about how the majority of the troops stationed in Jizhou were reorganized from the Yuan army, Zhuge Mu became even more worried.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Mu raised his head and looked at Cao Cao.
At this moment, he realized that Cao Cao had already finished his discussion with Guo Jia and the rest.
"Generals!"
"The Xianbei army is heading south. The war at the northern border is extremely urgent.”
Cao Cao looked around at the generals and shouted,""Xiahou Yuan, where is Cao Ren?"
"I'm here!"
"I'm here!"
Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren looked at each other and stepped forward.
"I order the two of you to gather 20,000 cavalrymen and immediately go to Yuyang Prefecture of Youzhou to assist General Le Jin and General Cao Xiu to fight against Kobineng.”
Then, Cao Cao looked past the crowd and at Zhang Liao.
After pausing for a moment on Zhang Liao, he slowly turned to Zhuge Mu and…
Zhang Xiu, the general of the Qiang Tribe, arrived for the first time in the meeting hall.
"Zhang Liao, Zhuge Mu, Zhang Xiu, listen up!”
"I'm here!"
"I'm here!"
"I'm here!"
Cao Cao looked at the three generals and said seriously,""Under my command, only the Bingliang cavalry under the three of you can be said to be peerless in riding and shooting.”
"The situation is critical now. Once we leave Sikong Manor, the three of you will immediately gather your troops to be the vanguard of the army and rush to the north.”
After saying that, Cao Cao suddenly pulled out the Green Melon Sword at his waist and chopped off a corner of the long table.
"Humph, Bu Dugen, since Ke Bineng wants to compete with me, how can I avoid fighting?”
"I don't mind exterminating the Xianbei before I take care of the Wuhuan.”
With a cold glint in his eyes, Cao Cao said to everyone,"Three days later, I will personally lead an army of 100,000 to the north and fight to the death with them.”
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