To the north of Guandu, on the bank of the Yellow River, the Cao army camp.

The water of the Yellow River is like a lion with its head raised and its head is about to leap, rushing eastward.

As the poem says, the nine-curved Yellow River has thousands of miles of sand, and the waves wash away from the end of the world.

The yellow waves rolled up and countless white foam appeared. The Yellow River water seemed to extend eastward infinitely until the end of the world blended with the orange-yellow sunset scenery.

At first glance, the water and sky line can be distinguished where can we tell where water is and where sky is?

It’s like at this moment, the man who looked down on the world standing on the high stone beside the river bank had a state of mind, with a magnificent momentum, like a poem or a song.

The howling cold wind was mixed with the freshness and dust of the river, pushing waves and hitting the water and stones in the river. The splashing water swept across the man on the shore, and it felt a little cool.

Xu Chu strode and put a blouse on Cao Cao to resist the cold water.

"Zhongkang, how about the Yuan army chasing Baima Ferry?" Cao Cao wrapped his cloak, and seemed to be careless, but in fact he asked in deep awakening.

Xu Chu laughed and said cheerfully: "Our army divided into eight groups. All the generals led a group to attack Yuan's army. Yuan Shao's command could not resist the enemy, so he retreated in a hurry! Lord, this battle is a great victory!"

Cao Cao nodded after hearing this, with no joy at all, and suddenly said, "Great victory, great victory? Haha, Yuan Shao was defeated, our army was defeated, but this is not what I want."

Xu Chu was shocked when he heard this and said in surprise: "Master, are you...?"

Cao Cao picked up a stone at his feet and threw it into the river, saying, "Although Yuan's army retreated in a hurry, his vitality was not seriously injured... In this battle, I originally wanted to defeat the main troops in Hebei on all sides, making Yuan Shao unable to recover and it would be difficult to turn over again..."

Xu Chu blinked and said, "Lord, in the Battle of Wuchao, we thought we had burned all the food and fodder of Yuan's army, but we didn't expect that Yuan's army would still be retained. Although their morale was lost, the food and grass were not exhausted, and it would be a big defeat. But it would be too difficult to defeat his army...Ming Gong, all the generals have done their best."

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with the generals, it is my fault. No matter what, even if the Yuan army has not been completely destroyed in this battle, it has finally caused Benchu ​​to suffer. Within three or five years, I am afraid he will not dare to enter lightly."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao remembered something again, and suddenly Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Zhongkang, do you still remember the battle of Wuchao, the white-armored young general who used the tricks to postpone our army on the mountain?"

Xu Chu's face changed when he heard this. He raised his hand and subconsciously covered Houqiu. His face turned red and white, extremely ugly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and said strangely: "Zhongkang, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Chu's face turned slightly red, and hesitated for a while before he spoke depressedly: "The butt hurts..."

Cao Cao: "......"

After a long time, Cao Cao sighed and continued the topic just now: "Yuan Shao was not beaten by Gu this time. The reason was that in the Battle of Wuchao that night, the young white-armored general designed to save some of the food and fodder for him. Gu calculated it all the time, but he ignored such a small strange thing. Haha, he finally underestimated that friend that day, which was really hateful."

Xu Chu snorted heavily when he heard this, without any response.

Cao Cao didn't care and continued, "The day before yesterday, Xun Yu wrote that the general who was attacking Xu Du had already reported his name. Not only did he pretend to be surrounded by Xuchang, but he also smeared the dividing stone tablet north of Xu Du. His technique and strategy were so strange that it was quite consistent with the white-armored young general that day. As Gu expected, he must be alone, Zhongkang, guess who that person is?"

Xu Chu shook his head and said, "I am stupid, I can't think of it, and I don't want to know who he is."

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this and said to himself: "Haha, he didn't even believe me when he said it. The name of the young white-armored general was actually Yuan Shang, Zhongkang, the third son of Yuan Benchu. Is it strange or not?"

"The son of Yuan Shao?" Xu Chu was shocked when he heard this, and his butt hurt several times. He said in surprise: "The Yuan family is a famous family, with three masters of four generations. Yuan Shao himself is very proud of his face. How could he give birth to such a treacherous and shameless little beast?!"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "I can't figure it out, too. Gu just received a letter this morning. Xiahou Yuan had not heard Gu's words, so he led his troops eastward to pursue him. He went straight into Xuzhou, but he chased the boy."

Xu Chu's face seemed a little pale and said, "Didn't the lord not let him chase him? Why did General Miaocai violate the military orders?"

"Yes." Cao Cao's face turned cold and said, "It was precisely because of his light advance that the boy of the Yuan family changed his way back. He did not go to Xuzhou, which made Gu's heavy troops arranged in Xuzhou useless and meritorious! It was so annoying that Gu had already written a letter and deeply blamed Xiahou Yuan, and ordered him to lead his troops back to his territory, Yangdi, Yingchuan, and Cao Ren, to find the traces of the boy of the Yuan family."

"Lord, you punished General Xiahou for not respecting military orders, why did you let him return to Yingchuan to guard?"

At that time, Xiahou Yuan was the prefect of Yingchuan, and his capital was in Yangdi.

Cao Cao heard this and said, "If you ask him to go back, one is to give a warning and punishment, and the other is, I am afraid that the Yuan family will go to Yuzhou. If he joins the shares with Liu Bei, I am afraid that Cao Ren will not be able to resist it."

Xu Chu thought about it for a long time and said angrily: "Lord, I actually think that although General Miaocai violated the military order, he is still very willing to do so. After all, that little beast hates people too much. When he set up a trick in Wuchao, I set up a trick to plot, but I also shot with arrows............... Shoot my butt!! The battle on the battlefield for many years, but never suffered such insults. It would be better to kill me with one knife. Now, as long as I think about it, it will be...... Hiss, it hurts so much."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "I met Benchu ​​since I was a child. Based on my heart, I am not as good as me in terms of civil and military skills, military tactics and battle formations. I don't expect that this time, he gave birth to a good son to inherit his foundation. This is before me."

Xu Chu sneered and said unconvincedly: "My Duke Ming, what are you saying? Although that little beast is cunning and difficult, everything he does is not up to the table! Besides, he is not a legitimate son, so I, Xu Chu, can see how such a person can be the lord of Hebei!"

Cao Cao was silent for a long time after hearing this, and said, "You want to say that boy doesn't look like a king... right?"

Xu Chu nodded quickly when he heard this and said, "No, no, lord said this better than me... I don't look like a lord... Yes, that's what I mean!"

Cao Cao stroked the beard on his chin and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that most people in the world will think so when they see the boy from the Yuan family..."

Xu Chu said: "The mind is unstable, cunning, and young and rude. Of course, people in the world will think so!"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao shook his head and continued, "It's a pity that these are just appearances. If anyone takes these as real, he will suffer a lot."

Xu Chu was stunned when he heard this and said, "Master, don't you think so?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "By meeting him once, plus the content sent by Xun Yu's book script, I can see that the boy from the Yuan family is indeed cunning, cunning, eccentric, likes to be foolish, acts without demeanor, and has a bad attitude, but..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xu Chu and said seriously: "But if this is the case, why would even Zhang He and Gao Lan, a knowledgeable man, be willing to follow him to act randomly in the heart of the Central Plains?"

Xu Chu blinked his eyes and said blankly: "It's not because of Yuan Shao's order..."

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No, although I have only seen this boy once, I can see that although this boy has many shortcomings, what is strange is that these shortcomings will not make people hate him. On the contrary, Gu is very interested in him! This is called ten turbidities and one clear, which is a great noble appearance!"

When Xu Chu heard this, he couldn't help but murmur: "Ten turbidities and one clear? What is the appearance of great nobleness?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Yes, this son acts quite like an ancient man, and that man is not etiquette and does not follow the rules. He is a scoundrel, but he will eventually become a hegemony!"

"Who?" Xu Chu wondered, there are such people in the world?

Cao Cao smiled coldly and said lightly: "Gaozu Liu Bang."

Xu Chu was shocked when he heard this.

He gently turned his head to the south, Cao Cao seemed to be talking to Xu Chu, and he said to himself: "Zhongkang, when we meet in the future, we must not be careless. If someone despises the boy because he is not like a monarch's behavior..."

Xu Chu heard this and said, "How is it?"

"There will be a major disaster!"

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"Ah sneezing!" Liu Bei sneezed hard, then looked around in a daze.

It's not cold either? Why did you suddenly sneeze so hard?

Could anyone be cursing me and saying that I have a disaster, right?

While thinking, he saw Sun Qian, an employee, walked into the hall, bowed to Liu Bei, and said, "Report to the lord, the banquet has been arranged properly."

Liu Bei was excited when he heard this and said, "Okay! Very good, Gongyou, please come to the inn quickly and invite Mr. Yuan to come to the prefect's house to attend the banquet."
Chapter completed!