Cao Cao's spies soon received the exact news from Liaodong. It was indeed that our King of Shu, Liu Mang, had traveled thousands of miles from Yangzhou to support friendly forces and transported the weapons, armor, and food to Liaodong. Our King of Liaodong, Gongsun Du, acted as the second dealer.

As for the so-called title of King of Liaodong that Cao Cao sent to Gongsun Du of Liaodong, Gongsun Du was also put aside by Gongsun Du, because no matter how good the title was, it was still empty and it was not as easy as this gold.

The Yuan brothers are indeed rich people. In the blink of an eye, the transaction with Yangzhou reached a quota of 2 million yuan, and Gongsun Du also received nearly 300,000 yuan in it.

These are real benefits. The white gold is just a letter of appointment. Why do I have to help you with my life? If you help you with this money, will you still have the money lost in your business? You Lao Cao will give it to me.

However, Gongsun Du from Liaodong is also a good person. Although he is doing business with the Yuan brothers, he did not directly reject Cao Cao, and put Cao Cao's envoy aside to entertain him happily. He even brought him to his mansion from time to time to attend dinner, but he never mentioned Cao Cao's brushing of him.

Cao Cao was so angry that he even followed Guo Jia's advice to see if he could buy some new armor and weapons from the King of Liaodong Gongsun Du. The price he gave was even higher than that of the Yuan brothers. After all, Cao Cao is now a rich man. Cao Cao's price really made Gongsun Du excited. Unfortunately, our envoy of His Royal Highness Shu King also thought of this and warned our King of Liaodong that if he found any large-scale weapon and armor that Cao Cao used on the battlefield on the battlefield, he would directly cut off the sea transaction with Liaodong. In this way, Gongsun Du still gave up this plan to lose his money. After all, Shu King Liu Mang is the supplier.

If Liu Mang canceled the trade in anger, then who would he ask Gongsun Du to cry?

So Gongsun Du didn't sell any weapons and armor to Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao so angry that he was itchy.

The Yuan brothers' arms sold by the Yangzhou army actually blocked several attacks by Cao Cao, making Cao Cao's face turn pale, and the gentry in Hebei of Jizhou also began to make small moves.

At Cao Cao's army camp, Cao Cao's seat was reporting.

Listening to the reports of the people under his command, Cao Cao almost pulled out the sword in his hand.

This is the fifth family. Someone from Jizhou actually transported food, grass and money from Jizhou to Youzhou in order to support the Yuan brothers. How could Cao Cao endure it?

"Damn it, damn it!" Cao Cao shouted in a furious voice, "I want to kill them and kill them."

Cao Cao is not stupid. Those who are under the banner of caravans are just transporting supplies to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. "Come on, take all these five families down and put them in prison for me!"

"Lord, it's not the time yet!" Guo Jia stood by the side and stopped Cao Cao. Guo Jia also wanted to help Cao Cao destroy these gentry members, because these individuals no longer have the concept of family and country. It can even be said that if foreigners give them more, they would be able to rebel against Cao Cao immediately. Guo Jia was also angry, but he also knew that these individuals could not be killed now, and it was easy to take action. However, the result of this was that the entire Jizhou and Cao Cao were disunited. At that time, more people would support the Yuan brothers.

"This cannot be killed, that cannot be killed, so what should I do!" Cao Cao was angry and didn't even look good.

"General Zhang He, you are familiar with the terrain of Youzhou. Please send the elliptical soldiers out to act as a scout to block all the caravans passing by Youzhou from Jizhou." Guo Jia was about to disperse Zhang He's heavy-armored cavalry and act as a scout to block those caravans in Jizhou.

"Yes!" Zhang He left with his fists. His elves were indeed a generation familiar with Youzhou.

"Even if Zhang He's elliptical can catch how many elliptical soldiers can?" Cao Cao said angrily, there is a thousand miles of land in Youzhou and Jizhou, and there are only five thousand elliptical soldiers. How can it be impossible to keep water? Guo Jia's method is just to do his best.

"How great would it be if Ziyuan was still there!" Cao Cao even had this idea, that is, if Xu You did not die, it would be, because Xu You suppressed the gentry in Jizhou, those gentry would not be so rampant. One of the reasons why they jumped out now is that Xu You died. They were guilty and were afraid that Cao Cao would settle the score with them in the future. Look, even Cao Cao's childhood friend like Xu You was killed by Cao Cao. Those who used to be against Cao would have a good end, so it would be better to take the risk to find their former master.

Guo Jia was not angry when he heard Cao Cao's words, but instead smiled, "Lord, Ziyuan lives first, naturally, the benefits of Mr. Ziyuan, and he will have the benefits of death even if he dies."

"Yeah!" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia in confusion.

When Xu You and Xu Ziyuan were killed, no one dared to challenge Cao Cao's dignity, allowing Cao Cao to rise from an ordinary person to a god's perspective, just like an emperor, an emperor, is approachable once or twice, but if he is often approachable, it will naturally give everyone an illusion, that is, the emperor is also an ordinary person, and gradually evolves into it. Since the emperor is an ordinary person, why can't we do it?

Now Xu You is destroying the rhythm of making Cao Cao transform into a god. How could Guo Jia let him go? Xu You died and some personal awe of Cao Cao came back. Naturally, they dare not make any abnormal movements. For example, some people in Xu Du, Yanzhou Zhili became more stable, and the disadvantages brought by some personal abnormal movements in Jizhou.

Guo Jia saw Cao Cao still thinking about the pros and cons, and another sentence completely dispelled Cao Cao's consideration. "Lord, this war in Hebei is like this, all industries are waiting to be developed. If you want to become the prosperous northern granary again, the money you need is not a little bit."

Guo Jia's words made Cao Cao feel a little moved.

"And now that these people come out, we have money." Guo Jia said calmly. It turned out that our Guo Jia and Guo priests had already begun to make plans for the future livelihood of Hebei. He was in war for a long time, and the Yuan brothers plundered him again when they left Bingzhou, Jizhou. It can be said that the granary in the north had now become an extremely desolate place. To restore the glory of the past, a large amount of money must be invested. Cao Cao pacified the north and still needed to rush his army to go south. A large amount of money must be invested in the army. Where can there be extra money to develop Hebei?

Now these Jizhou gentry jumped out and it was different. Guo Jia originally planned to use the money of these Jizhou gentry to develop Hebei, but he had been suffering and had no excuses.

But now, this excuse and this handle has been sent to Cao Cao by them. These five families must be liquidated after the war. If these five families of gentry are destroyed, and if they kill the chickens to warn the monkeys, the other Jizhou gentry can only pay with their noses. Then they are afraid that they will not have money.

"Ziyuan, you are really my loyal minister." Cao Cao said to Xu You, who had already been reincarnated.

Cao Cao's army began to attack the city again. Although the Yuan brothers had new weapons and armor, they were not equipped by the entire army after all. Cao Cao had a total of 300,000 troops under him, and there were too many places for the Yuan brothers to defend.

The front line was pulled down, and wars were everywhere in Youzhou.

On the other side, the Yuan family army used new weapons and armor to annihilate a team of 10,000 people in Cao Cao. Soon Cao fought back and annihilate a camp of the Yuan family army by relying on the advantage of numerical power.

"Cough cough!" Guo Jia stood in the cold wind and kept coughing, which made Cao Cao next to him very worried.

Guo Jia looked at the city over there. Cao Cao's army had been fighting for more than a month, but he had only captured the five cities in Youzhou, all of which were small counties. If Youzhou was really captured, it would take until when would Cao Cao's army lose 30,000 to 40,000. This would not work.

"Brothers of Yuan family, Gongsun Du, Shu King Liu Mang!" Guo Jia was thinking about these three forces in his mind.

That's right, the Cao army is not fighting with one person at all, but playing games with these three forces. Liu Mang, Yangzhou, sells weapons and armor, and Gongsun Du sells food and grass. With the support of these two forces, the Yuan brothers can persist to this level.

"Fengxiao, you'd better go back, it's windy outside!" Cao Cao stepped forward and said to Guo Jia with concern, and even took off the sable fur on his body and put it on Guo Jia's body.

"Thank you, lord, for your concern!" Guo Jia smiled at Cao Cao, "It doesn't matter Jia."

"The centipede insect will die without being stiff. I didn't expect that my second son of Benchu ​​brother was such a talent!" Cao Cao also sighed. Originally, Yuan Shao's two sons Cao Cao didn't take it seriously at all. They only knew what the use of the things in the nest was? If it weren't for Cao Cao, I'm afraid these two brothers would be able to kill themselves.

But what Cao Cao didn't expect was that Yuan Xi, the second son of Yuan Shao, who had been silent, suddenly shone brightly.

It can be said that Yuan Xi is definitely a talented person who can defeat the Youzhou defense battle like this. You have to know that Yuan Xi is facing Cao Cao's top strategist Guo Jia and others.

"If the heir appointed by Brother Benchu ​​was Yuan Xi, I'm afraid I, Cao Cao, wouldn't have been today!" Cao Cao also smiled. Who knew that things are impermanent? Just like when Cao Cao was in the Battle of Guandu, who would have thought that Cao Cao would win?

"Master, what did you say just now?" Guo Jia suddenly grabbed the message in Cao Cao's words.

"I said things in the world are impermanent?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.

"Not this!" Guo Jia shook his head.

"Brother Benchu's heir was Yuan Xi!" Cao Cao repeated it.

"Yes, that's the sentence!" Guo Jia's eyes lit up.

'What's wrong?' Cao Cao asked in confusion.

"Lord, who is the commander of the army opposite now?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao with a smile.

"The commander of the army? Of course it is Yuan Xi." Cao Cao and the Yuan family army have been fighting for so long, so I wonder who the commander of the army is.

"No!" Guo Jia shook his head and rejected Cao Cao's words, "This commander is not Yuan Xi."

"Not Yuan Xi, who is that?"

"To be precise, this commander is a compromise between Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.

Yuan Xi's strength is the weakest among the three brothers. No wonder Yuan Tan is Yuan Shao's eldest son, and Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's favorite youngest son. These two sons naturally occupy 80% of Yuan Shao's strength, and Yuan Xi can get 10% of the inheritance rights at most.

So the main strength of the Yuan family army is still the soldiers of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. Yuan Xi was able to be regarded as the commander because neither Yuan Shang nor Yuan Tan obeyed each other. Only by compromising Yuan Xi was allowed to become the commander.

"Lord, your orders in our army must be implemented firmly, but our commander Yuan Xi is not like this." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, "Lord still remembers the first time he forced Youzhou?" Guo Jia reminded Cao Cao, "Obviously, the Yuan family army can bite Xu You's army and escape from the middle of the mouth, and use the smallest price to exchange for the greatest benefit. However, the Yuan family army suddenly became confused and rushed out, rushing out. Only then was General Zhang He and General Xu Rong seized the opportunity to defeat a part of the enemy!"

"You mean that Yuan Xi's orders in the Yuan family army are different?" The Yuan family army is not a single piece of iron. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang both subconsciously regard each other as enemies, so how can they be a single piece of iron?

If the Yuan family army turned their fists and truly united, then Cao Cao, the Youzhou, could not be taken down, but now it is not certain.

"What we have to do is to let the Yuan family army split again!" Guo Jia looked at the city wall over there with a sneer.

"Where is General Xu Huang's troops?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao next to him.

"Xu Huang is in Zhuo County!" Cao Cao pointed to Guo Jia at the position on the map.

"Who is the garrison of Zhuo County?"

"Cen Bi!" This person is a general under Yuan Tan, and his strength is about the first-class. He has 10,000 elite troops and 30,000 auxiliary troops. He is stationed in Zhuo County. Xu Huang's command is already considered the first-class main station troops of Cao Cao's army. It is precisely because Cen Bi is relatively strong that Cao Cao sent Xu Huang out to restrain this person.

"Cen Bi!" Guo Jia thought for a long time, "Yuan Tan's subordinate." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, "Master, you can issue an order, let General Xu Huang come back. Let General Xiahou Ba and General Xu Huang change defense."

"Let Zhongquan fight Cen Bi?" Cao Cao stared at Guo Jia with wide eyes and confusion. Who is Xiahou Ba? That is Xiahou Yuan's second son, and his mother is the sister of the Ding family of Cao Cao's wife, and it can be said that he is Cao Cao's son and nephew.

Although he is capable, he is still young after all. This time he came out, he could be said to have followed Cao Cao to see the world.

Therefore, Cao Cao gave him not much official position. The wing guard captain was actually the leader of a group of auxiliary soldiers responsible for logistics. He had a lot of soldiers and horses under his command, with a total of 30,000, but his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. If he encountered the local elite soldiers, five thousand elite soldiers could defeat and annihilate them in the wild. This made Xiahou Ba fight against Cen Bi, haha, this was a tragic death.

"Although General Xiahou Ba only has 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, if the lord and 30,000 people protect the camp, it should be fine if he persists for ten days and half a month." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao with a smile. He knew that Cao Cao was worried about his little nephew. After all, Xiahou Ba Cao Cao had great expectations for him. If there were any losses, Cao Cao would not explain to the Xiahou family.

"Defense camp?" Cao Cao even more confused. They are attacking Youzhou now, and Zhuo County is a must-have place. Only after taking him down can Cao Cao break into the hinterland of Youzhou with confidence.

"If we let Yuan Tan's troops go and attack Yuan Shang with all our might, lord, what do you think Yuan Shang will think?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao.

"Let Yuan Tan attack Yuan Shang with all his might?" The more Cao Cao thought about it, the brighter his eyes would be. The world would not be worried about the inequality. If Cao Cao let Yuan Tan go but mainly attack Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang would inevitably feel resentful when he lost a lot of troops' strength. The great resentment depends on Cao Cao and the others. At that time, the friendship between the two brothers would not be certain.

Guo Jia's idea was to let Cao Cao put his second-line troops and those auxiliary soldiers outside Yuan Tan's defense line, so that Yuan Tan could not tell the truth. In this way, Yuan Tan would not dare to send troops back to aid. After that, Cao Cao would put all his elite troops into the fierce attack on Yuan Shang's defense, so as to intervene in the Yuan brothers.

"Okay!" Cao Cao immediately made a decision. "Let Zhongquan and Xu Huang change their defense tomorrow."

"No, you have to act now!" Guo Jia shook his head and said to Cao Cao.

"Let them go all night?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.

"Yes, lord, time is not waiting for anyone." Guo Jia explained to Cao Cao, "If time goes on, then Yuan Xi's position as the commander of the commander will really be solid." Guo Jia said a little worried.

Indeed, after Yuan Xi became the commander in Youzhou, the Yuan brothers have always been defeated, but now they have won, and there are still a series of victories. Even if they cannot win, they will basically not suffer any losses.

It is precisely because of this that Yuan Xi has accumulated a lot of reputation among the Yuan family army. All the generals of the Yuan family army like to hear Yuan Xi's command. Even the Yuan brothers' counselors and generals were also saying good things about Yuan Xi. Once it took a long time, it would be impossible to say that a group of soldiers and soldiers of the Yuan family army really had to change their families, because a reliable lord could lead them to victory. Who would have wanted the two nonsense second-generation ancestors to be together?

"Second brother is really Sun Wu alive, he is using troops like a god!" Yuan Shang was not stingy with his praise at all. His eyes were also smiling, because it was very good to watch Cao Cao's army get defeated by Yuan Xi's hands.

"Yes, with my second brother here, why don't we worry about the Cao thief not retreating." Yuan Tan was also very content. He only made a profit when fighting with Cao Cao's army. When Cao Cao's army retreated, they could counterattack. Yuan Tan had already been alone in this Youzhou.

The civil and military officials around were also fighting against Yuan Xi's Jiaokou City

"Where, where!" Yuan Xi said modestly, only Shen Pei and Guo Tu and others at the side did not say much. They wanted to remind their lord that the reputation of this second son might be getting bigger and bigger, but they didn't know what to say. You must know that it is already the critical moment of life and death, otherwise they would not be able to unite, and the blood feud between the two sides is not small.

If the entire alliance was broken because of their words, there would really be no place for them in this world.

Another reason is that they can win with Yuan Xi. If they were given the commander Yuan Tan or the commander Yuan Shang, they would probably have been driven out of the Yalu River by Cao Cao. So they pretended not to know anything, as long as they didn't give Yuan Tan (Yuan Shang) the advantage.

"Third brother, how many new armor and weapons are there?" Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shang beside him, making Yuan Shang beware for a while. Could this second brother want his own weapon armor? It makes people feel a little funny. Yuan Xi's prestige in his army is growing. He doesn't want to eliminate the influence, but instead is wary of these small money.

"There are less than a thousand pieces!" Yuan Shang brought out a number.

"Huh?" Yuan Xi frowned. The third brother didn't tell the truth. "Third brother, it's not that the second brother wants your weapons and armor, but that the second brother needs to know the numbers of a big question that need to be planned in a coordinated manner."
To be continued...