Chapter 521

"Bring it up and let me see."

"Understood!"

Soon, everyone had read it, and their expressions were not very good!

It looked like the situation was excellent before.

After being analyzed by Guo Fengxiao, they were on a long-distance expedition, supplies were not smooth, public grievances were boiling, the soldiers were unfavorable, and there might even be uprisings at home...

Everyone pondered and felt that Guo Fengxiao's reasoning was sound, and there was no way to refute it!

Yuan Shao's expression was also not good. Am I ambitious but incompetent? Am I jealous of talent? And I even affected Cao Aman's performance?

There's no such way to insult people!

He secretly made up his mind that if he caught Guo Fengxiao, he must destroy him!

Cao Cao looked around and found that everyone's expressions were not good, and he laughed loudly.

"Gentlemen, no need to worry. This is all Liu Bei's sophistry. If he were really that powerful, why wouldn't he come to Hulao Pass to fight us?"

"He abandoned Luoyang and Emperor Hongnong, and also abandoned the area south of Mount Zhongtiao in Hedong, shrinking back to defend, yet he still talks big. Ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Once everyone heard this, their morale recovered quite a bit. They had almost three times the troops of Liu Bei; three against one, they would surely beat Liu Bei to a pulp.

Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.

"Mengde, Liu Bei and Guo Fengxiao hold you in high esteem; this time, you should be the alliance leader."

Cao Cao cursed inwardly. If he really became the alliance leader, Yuan Shao wouldn't just throw in the towel and leave!

Yuan Shao still had the most troops dispatched this time. With his own strength alone, it was impossible to chew through Liu Bei.

Cao Cao cupped his hands.

"Brother Benchu, this is Liu Bei and Guo Fengxiao's strategy of alienation. Brother Benchu is the hope of the world, with a spirit that swallows ten thousand miles like a tiger. You led us to defeat Dong Zhuo back then; this time, the alliance leader is definitely the one everyone expects!"

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and laughed loudly.

"Mengde is too kind!"

Cao Cao indicated that he definitely hadn't exaggerated.

Xu You curled his lips and thought to himself.

"This Cao Aman is indeed treacherous; he can endure what ordinary people cannot!"

The expressions of Cao Cao's generals were also somewhat poor. Their lord occupied the land of three provinces, and the population and troops were only slightly inferior, yet he was licking Yuan Shao's boots like this, which was indeed somewhat unpleasant.

The US live broadcast room also exploded.

"Cao Cao is too cowardly!"

"The one above knows nothing. This is taking the big picture into account. My Boss Cao has sacrificed too much."

"Liu Daer is too insidious, alienating the relationship between Cao and Yuan."

"My Boss Cao has broken his heart for the alliance."

"It seems now that the alliance is indeed not as united as Liu Daer's side."

"Your Cao Cao is just a lackey for my Sakura Country's Alliance Leader Yuan!" The dwarf country was shouting there, and was naturally sprayed by everyone!

"Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are both old. My Jiangdong Little Overlord Sun Ce can win in the end; youth is capital," a Russian netizen said.

A few more days passed.

Sun Ce finally led his troops to the Suanzao camp.

He was very unhappy as soon as he arrived. He hadn't even come yet, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had already decided on the position of alliance leader!

Although he indeed didn't have the strength to be the alliance leader, this was looking down on people too much.

Fortunately, Cao Cao comforted him.

"Nephew, you are even more valiant than Wentai. A tiger father has no dog sons; the blue comes from the indigo but is better than the indigo!"

Sun Ce cupped his hands.

"Mengde is too kind!"

He looked at the two tower-like strong men behind Cao Cao.

"Are these Dian Wei and Xu Zhongkang? I wonder how many moves it would take for me to defeat the two of them combined."

Xu Zhongkang saw Sun Ce looking over and also looked over provocatively!

If Cao Cao hadn't glared at him, he might have fought Sun Ce.

Cao Cao looked at Zhou Gongjin again.

"Is this the Zhou Lang who is a hero of the world and a handsome man of Jiangzuo? Truly a beautiful appearance and extraordinary martial spirit."

Zhou Gongjin cupped his hands.

"Mengde is too kind."

Everyone entered the tent, and naturally, it was a time for drinking and bragging!

Yuan Shao seemed to have returned to the era of the eighteen-route warlords crusading against Dong, sighing.

"The great waves wash away the sand; of the eighteen-route warlords of that year, only a few remain now."

Cao Cao laughed.

"What is the same is that this time we will also crush Liu Bei, and the coalition will win a great victory!"

"Good, Mengde said it well!"

All three parties had arrived, and everyone swore an oath with blood and began to discuss strategies to deal with the enemy.

Cao Cao introduced the situation to everyone.

"Gentlemen, Liu Bei has abandoned the defense of fortified cities and intends to fight a decisive battle with us in the area south of Mount Zhongtiao in Hedong. Scouts report that his one hundred and fifty thousand troops have already arrived and are busy building camps!"

Sun Ce frowned.

"Then what about Tongguan? Who did he send to garrison it?"

"Lu Xun, the grand-nephew of the former Administrator of Lujiang, Lu Kang, nineteen years old this year!"

Sun Ce was greatly shocked.

"Liu Bei is actually this arrogant!"

Yuan Shao also said.

"Lu Xun has been responsible for farming in Emperor Hongnong in recent years, just suppressing bandits, and has no combat experience at all. Liu Bei giving the heavy responsibility of Tongguan to a child is really..."

Cao Cao, however, had a different opinion.

"Liu Bei has a unique eye. Guo Fengxiao, Gao Shun, and Zhao Zilong were not prominent back then, but now... and there's that Zhuge village rustic, who took command in Xinye and crushed our army."

"This Lu Xun might not be a figure like Zhuge Kongming. He also has the fierce general Xu Sheng to assist him. Tongguan is a natural barrier; it will definitely be very difficult for our army to take it."

Sun Ce? This Lu Xun will become the next Zhuge village rustic?

However, he hadn't thought about recruiting Lu Xun. Dozens of people in Lu Kang's family died because of him; it can be said that there is a blood feud.

How could he recruit him? Is he going to marry his daughter to Lu Xun?

Historically,

After Sun Ce died, it was only after Sun Quan deliberately made friends that the twenty-one-year-old Lu Xun became Sun Quan's advisor, and the relationship between the Jiangdong clans and the Sun family eased.

Some people, however, didn't think so, feeling that Lu Xun was just a young boy and definitely wouldn't be much.

Gao Gan cupped his hands.

"My lord, I am willing to lead troops to break Tongguan, take the dangerous pass for you, and clear the obstacles for advancing to Changancheng!"

He had attacked Huguan, guarded by Hao Zhao, twice and suffered heavy losses. This time he also wanted to regain his face and change to attack a majestic pass!

Failure is the mother of success; Gao Gan felt that having the lesson of failure was also experience!

If Hao Zhao were guarding Tongguan, he really wouldn't dare to attack, but Lu Xun!

Yuan Shao stood up tall.

"Good! Gao Gan, Jiang Yiqu, hear my orders!"

"Your subordinates are here."

"Order you two to lead sixty thousand troops to attack Tongguan. You must kill the child Lu Xun and occupy Tongguan!"

"Understood!"

Yuan Shao also had his own little schemes. By occupying Tongguan, he could be the first to take Changancheng. In this alliance, Cao Cao and Sun Ce would just be working for him.

Cao Cao pointed to Wuguan on the map.

"Alliance Leader, Liu Bei intends to maintain a stalemate with us in Hedong. Our army should attack at multiple points, break Wuguan, and the road to Guanzhong will be flat."

"As long as our army breaks Wuguan, Liu Bei will definitely not dare to hold Hedong firmly. Our army will follow and kill them, and we will definitely win a great victory!"

Yuan Shao frowned and looked at Wuguan. ===== CHAPTER 522 =====