The generals were frightened. Cao Cao didn't know what he thought of and looked silently towards Xingyang...

"Then Liu Sheng's words are right. We shouldn't provoke Dong Hu too much. He had the ability to kill all of us at the beginning, but everyone ignored it. I also noticed the danger from Qinghejun."

"Qinghe Army?" Xu Chu looked puzzled.

Cao Cao said: "To be precise, it is the Yellow Turban Army, which is more than 100,000 Heishan Army hiding in Jizhou, and the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingyan, Yuxu!"

Everyone was shocked, and they finally realized the strong sense of crisis.

"As long as we join forces with the Black Mountain Army and the Yellow Turban Thiefs, he will continue to fight with us in front. The Black Mountain Army and the Yellow Turban Thiefs are attacking various counties and counties everywhere in Jizhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou. How can we be invincible?"

"He is in Danhan Mountain, Yanmen County, Taiyuan County, and Shangdang County. If he joins forces with the Heishan Army, Jizhou will be in danger. If Liu Yu of Youzhou wants to go south to help Jizhou, Dai County, and Wuwan people from Shanggu County will go south to enter Youzhou... In this way, everyone in Hebei will be in danger."

"These are just the time when our army has not yet been defeated. Today, our army is in a crushing defeat. At this time... If he personally leads tens of thousands of elite cavalry to kill into Yanzhou, how can we stop our army, which is less than 50,000? Once he recruits the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingyanzhou, we will all die, and the entire Yanzhou will be taken away by him."

Everyone stared at Luoyang and Chang'an, staring at Dong Zhuo, the enemy who was close to Dong Hu, but did not notice the crisis behind him, and did not notice the special relationship between Dong Hu and the Yellow Turban Army. Until the Qinghe Army was in Kaifeng City, the various military camps rebelled, Cao Cao suddenly realized why Liu Sheng repeatedly opposed the attack to the west.

If Dong Zhuo was just alone, Dong Zhuo would have no way to surrender Zhang Yan of the Heishan Army, but Dong Hu had this ability. When Gongsun Zan attacked the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in the Three Kingdoms, it was because the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army wanted to cross the entire Jizhou and join forces with the Heishan Army in the Taihang Mountains. Although Dong Hu didn't know if the Heishan Army had any connection with the remnants of the Qing, Yan, Yu, and Xu Huang Turban Army, since the Qingzhou Army ignored its own danger and wanted to cross the entire Jizhou from east to west and join forces with Zhang Yan, the two must have some internal connection. That is to say, as long as Zhang Yan is willing to cooperate with Dong Hu, Qing, Yan, Yu, and Xu Huang Turban Army, there is no reason to refuse to cooperate.

There was a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. Under the attack from inside and outside, Dong Buyi Cong and the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army jointly cooperated, the total strength was more than the soldiers recruited by the princes. Even if the combat power of the Yellow Turban Army was a little worse, as long as Dong Hu could restrain the main soldiers of the princes, Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Yuan Yi, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Wang Kuang and others would die!

Cao Cao has been familiar with military strategy since he was a child. As long as he noticed the threat from the Yellow Turban Army, he could see the final result.

The generals' hearts were beating wildly, and at the same time they were puzzled. Cao Hong frowned and said, "If it is true as my eldest brother said, why didn't Dong Hu join forces with the Black Mountain Army and the Yellow Turban Thief?"

Cao Cao said solemnly: "This is the terrible thing about Dong Hu. If he feels that he is not able to deal with us, he will definitely contact Zhang Yan. But if he thinks he can defeat us, it will be meaningless to recruit the Yellow Turban Thief. Instead, after killing us, a big yellow Turban Thief will appear."

"hehe……"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly.

"Dong Hu has not been afraid of our 200,000 to 300,000 people since the beginning. Whether we besieged Luoyang in the north and southeast, or several troops besieged Kaifeng, he was not afraid. The reason why he did not connect with the Yellow Turban thieves was because he had enough confidence and could defeat us alone."

If his side was not defeated, Cao Cao could still use a few words of "arrogance and arrogance" to disdain, but less than 200,000 soldiers were beaten to less than 50,000. Even if he wanted to belittle him, he could not disdain...

"Kill Beigong Boyu, burn the old king, Bian Zhang, the kingdom, and Han Sui, and Ma Teng dominate the country. If we kill us, Ji Qingyan Yu Xu will fall into the hands of the Yellow Turban thief. Why should he be so troubled?"

Xi Zhicai solemnly clasped his fists and said, "What the lord said is right. Dong Hu ran from Liangzhou to Bingzhou because he knew that Han Sui would rebel. The purpose was to let the court fight with more than 100,000 thieves in Liangzhou fight with each other. It was not until last year that he led his troops to attack Han Sui and Ma Teng, who had weak morale, and regained the entire Liangzhou in one battle."

"Lord, that Dong Hu is very smart and must not be underestimated!"

Seeing Xi Zhicai's solemnity, Cao Cao smiled bitterly. It would be fine to hurt that boy in front of all the princes, but how could he really underestimate him?

"How dare I look down on the fool who could speak the three strategies of the country that day, "upper, middle, and low"? But I still didn't expect... I didn't expect that the boy regarded me as a thief in Liangzhou..."

"hehe……"

"It's true! When he led 5,000 troops from Lintao to Didao, he first defeated the thief general Yan Xing and captured half of the Qiang soldiers. In just over ten days, he led more than 10,000 troops to Yuzhong. The warriors and Jincheng confronted 100,000 thieves, but the 100,000 thieves did not dare to fight him with all his might..."

“Why?”

"Isn't it because the leaders of all walks of life are uneven and have ulterior motives? And now? Are the princes of all walks of life a person with unity?"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and sighed. His plan failed, Sun Jian was defeated, and he was defeated miserably. As long as Dong Hu stopped, he would do the Liangzhou thing again, as long as he lie down honestly, the princes from all walks of life would definitely beat each other together. Isn’t it another Liangzhou that fights each other?

Everyone understood completely, Xu Chu widened his eyes and was very angry.

"Why is that tiger baby so cunning? He must not let his evil plan succeed. The lord should inform Yuan Shao as soon as possible!"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter whether you sue or not. As long as General Zhu is defeated, Yuan Shao and others hope that Dong Hu will stop. Even if they pay some price, they will agree to stop. After that, they will clear out the Yellow Turban thieves in their respective territory and fight for their own territory."

Xi Zhicai agreed: "What the lord said is right. Once the princes of all walks of life notice the hidden worries behind them, they will definitely deal with the Yellow Turban thieves as soon as possible, and then they will join forces to attack Luoyang again."

Cao Cao looked solemn and nodded, "Dong Zhuo entered the court for too short time, and almost all the people of Luoyang moved to Guanzhong. Dong Hu was not comparable to that of Yanmen County. He would definitely try to stabilize his position. Therefore, after this battle, he would probably stop. First, he would let the princes fight with the Yellow Turban thieves, and then sit and watch the princes fight with each other... But as Zhicai said, once Dong Hu wanted to cross the line and enter Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Yuzhou, he would inevitably force the princes to join forces again."

"so……"

"We can only return to our hometown, train some soldiers and horses honestly, and wait for the battle between the princes. Once others are weak... For example, when Mr. Zhang encounters danger, we can take advantage of the situation. But if we stay in Chenliu City... it will only make others think that we want to occupy the nest."

Who is Cao Cao? A capable minister in governing the world and a hero in troubled times! As long as he notices a little trace, he can guess it even if he is almost the same. Since all the princes will inevitably fight each other, there will definitely be defeated. If the weak people are defeated, they will definitely need external help, and he can take the opportunity to enter the field.

After looking at each other, all the generals nodded silently to recognize Cao Cao's words.

Cao Ren frowned and said, "Are we going back to our hometown now?"

Cao Cao patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't be anxious or not. It's not too late to return home after the matter is settled, but you cannot cause trouble. You should make friends with the generals under the names of all princes. Just make friends with each other and don't make each prince suspicious."

Cao Ren nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, brothers, you know how to do it."

"Um."

Cao Cao smiled and nodded, then looked towards the direction of Xingyang City in the west...

"Then Dong Hu has tens of thousands of Liang and elite troops in his hands. The march must be fast. General Zhu would be careful and hesitated..."

"It will definitely be defeated!"

"If General Zhu is defeated, even though all the troops will still encircle from the north, east and south, the troops will be frightened and will not dare to go further. Dong Hu will be able to live in Luoyang to recuperate, but you should also know that how could the old thief Dong Zhuo be willing to sit in Guanzhong?"

"When I lived in Yanmen County, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Even if the court had the will, it was powerless. Today, two evil tigers lived next to each other. How could they be kind to each other?"

"hehe……"

"It's unknown who will win the destiny!"

...

Cao Cao looked towards Xingyang and chuckled softly, but his eyes were full of worry. He hoped that Zhu Ye could be cautious and decisively led 50,000 troops to evacuate. Whether it was crossing the Yellow River and joining Zhang He, Gaoling, or retreating to the Xinzao County, the result was not too bad, but if he was defeated again...

They were worried, but they were powerless. Neither Cao Cao nor Yuan Shao could bypass the defense line set up by Dong Hu. The road from Kaifeng to Xingyang had been completely blocked, and they could only take the roundabout road from Chenliu - Sourzao - Yuanwu - Xingyang, which was incomparable to the straight line from Kaifeng to Xingyang.

Cao Cao was worried and could only hope that Zhu Yan would be cautious, but he didn't know that Zhu Yan's spies could not cross Guancheng between Kaifeng and Xingyang, and could not find out the specific situation of the Kaifeng war.

Guancheng...that is, Zhengzhou in later generations, it is the center of the eleven counties east of Hulao Pass and the midpoint from Xingyang to Kaifeng. According to the plans of various princes, Guancheng is the place where Yuan Shao, Sun Jian and Li Min meet.

According to the plan of the coalition forces, Sun Jian crossed the border from Changshe County to Xinzheng County, and Li Min crossed the border from Weishi County. The two sides would meet in Yuanling County, and then go north to Guancheng, and once again met with Yuan Shao's coalition forces in Guancheng, threatening Dong Hu, who retreated to Xingyang, again to 200,000 troops on the southern front.

Zhang He and Gao Lan were in Pinggao, the north bank of the Yellow River, and led 10,000 troops to cross the Yellow River at any time to attack Hulao Pass (Chenggao), cut off Xingyang's retreat at any time, posed a threat to Xingyang's northern line, and seriously threatened Dong Hu's retreat.

Zhu Jun and Yuan Yi led 50,000 troops to cross the border from the direction of the sour jujube, threatening life and death in Xingyang from the east; after Yuan Shao and Sun Jian and Li Min met, they gathered 200,000 troops from the south to threaten Xingyang.

A total of 260,000 troops were threatening Xingyang from the north, east and south. Dong Hu either retreated from Xingyang again, retreated westward into Hulao Pass, or retreated to Gong County, or disrupted the pressing plan of the princes of Guandong.
Chapter completed!