Chapter [239] Xu You Voted For Cao
Chapter [239] Xu You Voted For Cao
"Xu You, you bastard! How dare you betray me?!" Yuan Shao was furious.
Yuan Shang's letter about Xu You's corruption was sent to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was a little angry after reading it, but thought of suppressing the matter for the time being.
After all, Xu You was only corrupt. Although the amount of corruption was a bit alarming, it did not cause any serious consequences.
In the eyes of superiors, corruption is not terrible, as long as they are loyal and capable, such as He Shen.
In Yuan Shao's eyes, Xu You, as his confidant, has made great achievements many times, even if he is greedy, it doesn't matter.
And now is the critical moment of the war, and Xu You is the mastermind brought out by this trip, Yuan Shao thought that he would make a fuss first and pretend that nothing happened.
After taking down Cao Cao, he will deal with it when he returns to Yecheng. At most, his property will be confiscated, and his merits and demerits will be offset.
After all, finding out that Xu You has a lot of money in his family can only prove that Xu You is corrupt, but not Xu You's rebellion, and it is even more impossible to associate Xu You as a spy because of some property.
The master Xu You ran away, and Zhen Yan, who joined Xu You, had already arrived in Guanzhong.
Xu You's relatives were only responsible for keeping the property, and they didn't know anything at all, and they couldn't interrogate anything.
Therefore, from Yuan Shao's perspective, he didn't know that Xu You was a spy of Lu Bu, and Xu You was charged with corruption.
But Xu You didn't know Yuan Shao's thoughts, and Xu You had done so many bad things to Yuan Shao, he had ghosts in his heart, and whenever there was trouble, he thought that the matter had been exposed, and ran away directly.
When Yuan Shao found out that Xu You had escaped, he was really angry.
"My lord, is there any news about the pursued soldiers? Xu You knows a lot of our secrets." Ju Shou interjected: "If Xu You defected to Cao Cao's side, it would be very bad for us."
"It's okay, that dog Xu You is very shrewd. The soldiers who pursued him said that Xu You headed west, escaped into Hangu Pass without accident, and went to Lu Bu~`
"The dog knows that Cao Cao is not my opponent, even if he flees to Cao Cao, he will still be caught after I defeat Cao Cao, so he simply runs to Lu Bu.
"He often deals with Lu Bu, so it's only natural for him to go to Lu Bu." Yuan Shao said slowly.
Ju Shou nodded slowly when he heard the words, "That's not a big problem. Anyway, Lu Bu won't send troops this time. Even if Xu You tells Lu Bu about the general plan, it won't matter. We don't need to make adjustments or changes to the deployment."
"Well, Xu You ran away, you have to work hard in the future." Yuan Shao told Jushou.
Originally, there were only two counselors around, but now there is only one left, so the task on Ju Shou will naturally become heavier.
Both Yuan Shao and Ju Shou believed in the fact that Lu Bu would not send troops.
One, that is, Lu Bu had already obtained Bingzhou and beheaded Cheng Yu, which largely won Yuan Shao's trust.
Second, it is due to the weather. It is already mid-winter.
At the moment without a cotton coat, Lu Bu could not go out of Hangu Pass at all.
Marching on Lu Bu's own territory, there is no problem. The army marched for one day and entered the city for warmth at night.
Once they leave their own territory, there is no city to rest at night, and the soldiers can't bear it at all, and they will freeze to death on a large scale.
This was the case including Yuan Shao, who came to the south bank after the Yellow River froze, and then relied on a strong force to gnaw down a small county town, and then shrank in the city without moving, and had to wait until the weather warmed up before leaving.
Therefore, Yuan Shao firmly believed that Lu Bu would not send troops, because he could not march in such weather.
And when he sent troops in the spring, Yuan Shao was confident that after the spring, he would be able to take down Cao Cao before Lu Bu came.
After all, Yuan Shao has already crossed the Yellow River at this moment, and Yuan Shao has overcome the biggest obstacle to taking down Cao Cao.
And Lu Bu is still in Hangu Pass at this moment, in terms of time, Lu Bu sent troops to intervene in the war in the early spring, and he also needed to march out of the pass to come here, and the time was completely too late.
Before Lu Bu's army came, Yuan Shao was confident that he would finish off Cao Cao, and then firmly occupy the Central Plains.
As for Lu Bu going to Bingzhou after the beginning of spring and directly attacking the hinterland of Hebei, Yuan Shao hadn't thought about it.
Yecheng still has Yuan Shang and some troops sitting in the town, and Youzhou in the north also has Yuan Xi, and the troops to guard against the Hu people can also be drawn back, and Yecheng will not be captured in a short time.
Even if Lu Bu really sends troops to attack Hebei, Yuan Shao can take the Central Plains and return to the army to rescue.
Of course, these are the worst scenarios Yuan Shao imagined. In Yuan Shao's view, since Lu Bu did not intervene in the war at the beginning, he will definitely not intervene in the future.
"When I take down Cao Cao, Lu Bu is no match!"
Cao Ying.
Cao Cao did not choose to station in the city, but built a camp against the cold wind.
The location of the camp is the famous Guandu.
Cao Cao's forces are located in the Central Plains, and there is no danger to defend, but Guandu is barely a place that can be resisted, and it is on the only way to Xu County
In the big tent, Cao Cao spread his hands to warm the fire, looking at the flickering flames in front of him, his eyes were empty, apparently in a daze.
A rope was tightly tied on his forehead to relieve Cao Cao's headache. Yuan Shao's 500,000 troops gave Cao Cao a headache.
Yuan Shao took advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River, and the 500,000 troops easily crossed the Yellow River, which made Cao Cao very passive.
The gap in troop strength was too great, which made Cao Cao unable to think of any good solution for a while.
In the face of absolute strength, any tricks and bells and whistles seem so pale.
Especially fighting on the plains is very simple and straightforward. Cao Cao couldn't find a suitable place to ambush even if he wanted to ambush.
"`~!"
A voice brought Cao Cao, who was out of his mind, back to his senses, his eyes gradually focused, and he asked: (Yes) "What is it?"
"My lord, there is a man from outside the camp who claims to be your old friend, and his name is Xu You."
"Who?" Cao Cao didn't realize it for a while, thinking he heard it wrong.
"Xu You is thin and not tall." The guard described in detail.
As soon as the guard's words fell, Cao Cao's figure flashed past him.
When the guards came back to their senses, they saw Cao Cao running barefoot in the snow, laughing loudly while running.
Xu You was waiting in front of the door, when he suddenly saw something rushing towards him, he backed away five times in fright.
"Haha! It really is Brother Ziyuan!" Cao Cao rushed to Xu You, holding Xu You's arm tightly, for fear that Xu You would run away.
Xu You only felt that his arm was pinched, which shows how excited Cao Cao was.
What Cao Cao saw in his eyes was not Xu You at all, but a turning point to turn defeat into victory!.
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