Central Yanzhou.

Dingtao City.

At this moment, more than tens of thousands of Cao soldiers were tightly stalked in the camp outside the eastern suburbs of the city, and the troops were training in battle. The sound of fighting was extremely loud, as if it was shaking the sky.

A sharp aura emanated from all around, as if he was overwhelming the mighty sky.

The Cao army troops stationed here had a total of about 30,000 soldiers. They were soldiers carefully selected by Cao Cao from more than one million Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and after reorganization, they were trained in high-intensity.

After this period of training, these more than 30,000 people have almost achieved remarkable combat power and have become the main professional legion under Cao Cao.

But now, there is a very strong and depressing momentum over Dingtao City, which is "black clouds pressing against the city and want to destroy it".

The morale of the soldiers also rose again.

Because, according to military orders, they will set out again soon to fight in Xuzhou east.

As soon as he thought of the military achievements that were within his reach, the soldiers of the Cao army could not help but find it difficult to suppress their emotions.

...

Inside the city.

Military Palace.

At this time, the body of Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, who was less than seven feet tall, was above the main position, but he exuded a sharp aura, which invisibly made everyone in the mansion convince.

Only when everyone was gathering to discuss the eastern expedition to Xuzhou, the spy sent the war reports from Jiang and Huai.

Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but spread out the silk book and carefully checked it. Then his expression changed slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Brother, what happened? Why did you suddenly show this look on your face?"

On the left side, there is a middle-aged general who is over 20 years old, with a strong and sharp body, a helmet, eight feet long, burly and majestic, and a serious face.

As soon as he noticed that Cao Cao's expression had changed slightly, he couldn't help but ask.

This general is Cao Ren, a relative of the Cao clan.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao smiled a few times, and then showed the silk book to everyone to see it, and then said: "This is the information found by the spies planted in our army south of Yuzhou."

"From the intelligence, after the Yuan army migrated south, they organized a large number of troops to cross the Huai River and conquer the Jiang and Huai areas."

After saying that, he paused and couldn't help but sigh: "This is Yuan Yao's son, should not be underestimated!"

"Now Fang is a young man who is not as good as the champion. He can conquer the entire Jiujiang area in a short time and kill Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou. This person has such outstanding abilities. If he continues to grow, he may be an extremely strong opponent in the future."

At this moment, even Cao Cao, who had always been extremely confident and stable, could not help but show his concerns about the number of shares.

It's really...

The various achievements made by Yuan Yao are too prominent.

It made him feel fearful.

What's more, Cao's army also suffered a great loss at Yuan Yao's hands.

In the Jishui battle, if Yuan Yao had not emerged from behind with reinforcements at the critical moment, the main force of Yuan Shu's army would have been defeated long ago, so how could there have been a subsequent retreat to Runan without any harm?

In the pursuit battle along the way, he still designed to defeat the strong formation to kill Cao Chun, the general in the army.

Thinking of these, Cao Cao's heart twitched and felt extremely uncomfortable.

After all, before the great cause was completed, we would first win a royal family and start with a bad start!

Now seeing Yuan Yao winning consecutive victories in Huainan, he couldn't help but feel more and more worried.

After a long time, Cao Cao couldn't help but show his compassionate sorrow and murmured: "Alas, when I was recruiting troops in Yangzhou, I had received the kindness of Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, but I never thought that he would be harmed by the thief before he could repay his kindness."

"It's really hateful!"

After saying that, Cao Cao punched him on the desk, but the desk seemed to be trembling.

At this moment, Cao Ren on one side also showed indignation and asked for a fight with his fist: "Brother, please give me a soldier. Ren is willing to take the lead in the Huainan and strangle the little thief Yuan Yao on the spot."

As soon as these words came out, Cao Ren felt endless anger all over his body.

He had long hated Yuan Yao.

Because Cao Chun, who was beheaded by Yuan Yao, was his clan brother.

When he first heard the news, Cao Ren was so sad that he was furious that he threatened to raise troops to kill Yuan Yao to avenge his brother, but in the end he endured it because the overall situation was the most important.

Now that he heard that Yuan Yao's reputation became more and more prosperous, his anger was also accumulating, and his hatred for him became heavier and he became heavier.

Therefore, I can't suppress my hatred in my heart and shouted loudly to ask for a fight.

Looking at Cao Ren's indignation, Cao Cao immediately comforted him: "Zi Xiao, don't be impatient. Zihe is a child of the Cao family. He was assassinated, and we are all sad for him."

"But now that Yuan's army is entrenched in Runan County, he has gained the entire territory of Jiujiang. It is the time when the power is stable and strong. Even if our army attacks with all its strength, it may not be able to win."

After saying that, Cao Cao stood up and stepped forward to Cao Ren, reached out and patted his arm, and made a sincere promise: "Don't worry, son is filial, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

"After our army's power grows, we will soon promote the masses to the south to Huainan for the first time, and condemn the soul of Zihe in heaven by capturing Yuan Shu and his son."

"I hope..."

Cao Cao was also showing sadness at this moment. Although he was extremely angry about Cao Chun's murder, he had been preparing for the eastern expedition to Xuzhou for nearly several months.

Now there is enough food and fodder, and the troops are in a very strong way.

If the opportunity for the Eastern Expedition is lost at this moment, the situation will become more and more difficult in the future.

Now, Cao Cao respects Yuan Shao's orders and successively fights with the Jingxiang and Liu Biao alliance to fight against the alliance formed by Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian and other troops.

only.

Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, and the enemy situation is extremely complex.

The east, south, northwest and west are almost all hostile relations.

Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian repeatedly invaded Mount Tai from Langya County, and harassed it within Rencheng Kingdom, which was unpredictable.

What's more, there are still Xiliang troops under the command of Hongnong, Luoyang, and Hedong, with Li Jue and Guo Si, who have split and rebelled against Zhang Ji and Duan Wei.

As Yuan gave up Nanyang County to Lu Bu in the south, not only greatly reduced the defensive pressure under his command, but also entered the honeymoon period with Lu Bu.

All these situations made Cao Cao, who was in Yanzhou and occupied half of Yuzhou, extremely uncomfortable.

Cao Cao was also very clear that if he wanted to break the deadlock, he had to break the current deadlock and firmly grasp the initiative in order to get rid of this dilemma.

After consultation with the civil and military staff under his command, Xun Yu firmly offered advice and suggested that he gathered the army to launch a large-scale expedition to destroy Tao Qian and incorporate Xuzhou into his rule, all the situation would completely improve.
Chapter completed!