Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 117 Invitation to Battle 1
As Gongsun Xu's reputation grew, now, not only in frontier areas like Bingzhou, but also in the hinterland of the Central Plains, Gongsun Xu's heroic deeds were being recited. Even in areas with underdeveloped transportation like Bashu, there are more and more Many people commented on Gongsun Xu.The name of Youzhou Qianjiao has been remembered by people all over the world.

No way, Gongsun Xu has done too many famous things. Just the few years he followed Gongsun Zan to fight outside the Great Wall was enough to make the world sigh. At that time, Gongsun Xu was just a child, but his courage , but not necessarily for adults.

Gongsun Xu was so showy, Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, and Cao Cao, the founder of the alliance, couldn't bear it. The discord between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Xu was obvious. Cao Cao's patience was good, but it was only on the surface. , Cao Cao has been trying to grab the limelight.

Cao Cao, who has experienced so many things, is no longer the stunned young man who was only dedicated to the world of the Han family. He has established his own army and has his own power. Although the territory is a little smaller now, this It can't stop Cao Cao's inner ambitions, Cao Cao also has his own ambitions.

This time, Cao Cao finally decided to join forces with Yuan Shao. In any case, the existence of Gongsun Xu has threatened Cao Cao's development. With Yuan Shao, he was determined to overwhelm Gongsun Xu.

Cao Cao's current power is still relatively laughing, he needs to develop and grow, which requires talents to continue to rely on him, but Cao Cao now only has the reputation of assassinating Dong Zhuo, other than that, Cao Cao has no deeds and can only sing praises .Let alone let the world spread it.Now that there are people like Gongsun Xu, Cao Cao's reputation is even worse.

Ever since Gongsun Xu returned from a great victory, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have been getting closer. They have been discussing together for many days, and they have been trying to lure Dong Zhuo into a battle. Some of Yuan Shao's methods, Cao Cao is confident that he has a way to raise his prestige to a height that is insurmountable by others.

Now, the most important thing is, how can we beat Dong Zhuo in one match?Or, it doesn't need to be a big victory, even a slight advantage or a draw with Dong Zhuo will do.However, considering the current forces and capabilities of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, it is impossible for them to storm Hulao Pass.Therefore, leading Dong Zhuo out of the battle became the only way out.

Hulao Pass has high walls and strong walls. Yuan Shao has tried several times to attack by force. However, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army is there. At home, the Xiliang Army has the advantage of Hulao Pass. Yuan Shao now understands a truth and fights hard. Just wasting the lives of his men.

After Sun Jian's matter calmed down a bit, Cao Cao discussed with Yuan Shao again about making an appointment to fight Dong Zhuo.Although Cao Cao sent people to shout or scold people in Hulao every day, Dong Zhuo seemed to be determined to be scolded. No matter how fierce or vicious Cao Cao scolded, Dong Zhuo didn't respond at all.

This time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's officers and counselors failed to come up with any new ideas, and Yuan Shao became more and more impatient, so he had to order: "Send people to scold the battle as usual, I don't believe that this old thief Dong Zhuo can do it all his life." the shrinking turtle."

Gao Lan took orders to arrange for his soldiers to go to work, but Yuan Shao's anger was still there. Both Dong Zhuo and Gongsun Xu became thorns in Yuan Shao's eyes, thorns in his flesh, but Yuan Shao had nothing to do with them now. Yuan Shao's anger, then It's really big.

Cao Cao watched coldly, and basically handed over the task of how to lure Dong Zhuo to fight to Yuan Shao.Cao Cao only cared about how to defeat Dong Zhuo once.These days, Cao Cao has been studying the combat characteristics of Xiliang Army and Youzhou Army, hoping to find inspiration from them.In any case, both the Xiliang Army and the Youzhou Army have large groups of cavalry, and there must be many similarities between the two.Cao Cao hoped that he could find a breakthrough in this similarity.

Yuan Shao also complained a lot about his subordinates not being able to think of a way to lure Dong Zhuo to fight.It's been a few days, and Yuan Shao doubts whether he has raised a group of idiots.In fact, Yuan Shao would blame others when he became impatient, and it was the fault of others that he hadn't figured out a solution until now. He never felt that there was anything wrong with him.

"When Gongsun Xu goes to Hedong, he can attract thousands of Xiliang troops and five thousand Xiongnu troops." Yuan Shao stared at his advisers and shouted: "But you have been thinking about it for so many days, why haven't you thought of letting go?" Dong Zhuo's method of sending troops, do you really take my words seriously?"

Everyone was silent, Yuan Shao's roar just now made many people on Cao Cao's side unhappy.Even Guo Tu, who always liked to flatter Yuan Shao, muttered in his mouth: "Gongsun Xu took risks himself to attract Dong Zhuo to send troops to kill them. If you do the same, my lord, Dong Zhuo will definitely send troops."

Guo Tu's voice was very low, but Yuan Shao and Cao Cao could still hear clearly.However, their reactions were different.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and then fell into deep thought, but Yuan Shao was furious instead, staring at Guo Tu viciously, if it wasn't for Guo Tu's usual behavior, Yuan Shao would have killed him now.

"Guo Tu, you are always clever, this time, you have to come up with a way to say anything." Yuan Shao said coldly.

When Guo Tu heard Yuan Shao's cold voice, he felt something was wrong in his heart.My lord, who is notoriously small-bellied, is usually fine, but if he is angry, Yuan Shao will definitely not let it go.Guo Tu now has the urge to slap himself twice.

Yuan Shao's character, Guo Tu is very clear, if Yuan Shao sends it seriously now, I am afraid Guo Tu will not have good fruit to eat.

However, Yuan Shao's order had already been issued, and it was too late for Guo Tu to refuse now.When Guo Tu was thinking about it, and he kept condolences to the eighteenth generation of Dong Zhuo's ancestors, Yuan Shao suddenly slammed the table and shouted: "Guo Tu, didn't you hear what I said?"

Guo Tu was frightened and knelt on the ground at once. Now it seems that Yuan Shao was really angry.The remorse in Guo Tu's heart is really hard to express in words.

In desperation, Guo Tu said tremblingly: "It's really impossible. Why don't we send people to Xiliang to dig Dong Zhuo's ancestral grave? Although Dong Zhuo is cruel, he is famous in Xiliang for his filial piety. If Dong Zhuo's ancestral grave is dug up , Dong Zhuo will definitely be furious, and will definitely go out to fight us at that time.

Now, Dong Zhuo’s villainous old lady is still alive, and that old blind man also values ​​those graves in his hometown. Dong Zhuo fears and respects this old blind man the most. If we release news that we are going to dig Dong Zhuo’s ancestral grave, Dong Zhuo will The old lady will definitely not be able to sit still, so Dong Zhuo will not be so stable. "

After hearing Guo Tu's answer, everyone in the tent couldn't help but look at Guo Tu with contempt and disgust.

"Digging someone's ancestral grave, this Guo Tu is really sinister. If Dong Zhuo knows that such a person is plotting against his ancestors, Guo Tu's good life may end here." Everyone couldn't help thinking this way.

Guo Tu is at odds with most of the counselors and generals around Yuan Shao. The reason for this must come from Guo Tu himself. Now that Guo Tu has made such a move in a hurry, he really offended everyone invisibly. ah.

In the eyes of everyone, this Guo Tu really deserves to die early and be reborn early. Although he belongs to the same camp, Guo Tu's insidiousness really makes everyone hate him.

However, this idea is so insidious in the eyes of others, but in Yuan Shao's view, this idea cannot be better.

Dong Zhuo sent troops to kill Yuan Shao's clan. Yuan Shao had been trying to find ways to take revenge. Now that Guo Tu proposed such a method, it was because Yuan Shao had his eyes on him.Yuan Shaoxi looked at Guo Tu with a smile and said, "Yes, this method is good, this method is good."

After hearing Yuan Shao's answer, Cao Cao just raised his head to look at Yuan Shao, then lowered his head to study the map.If Yuan Shao was careful enough, he would definitely be able to see the meaning of contempt and ridicule from Cao Cao's seriousness.

It seems that the friendship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is no longer as good as it was when they were teenagers. At least, at this moment, in Cao Cao's eyes, Yuan Shao is a bit like a crazy vicious dog, who wants to bite anyone he catches.

Guo Tu stood up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and at the same time looked at Yuan Shao from time to time, as if he just met Yuan Shao for the first time today.Just when everyone was still worrying about how to lure Dong Zhuo to fight, an orderly shouted: "Report,,,,,,"

Gao Lan went out to bring in the messenger, and the messenger came in and knelt down and said, "I would like to report to the lord, before the half-pillar of incense, close the tiger prison and shoot down a letter of challenge."

Yuan Shao stood up immediately after hearing this, Gao Lan immediately brought the letter of challenge from the messenger to Yuan Shao's desk, and Cao Cao immediately surrounded him to open the letter.After looking at it carefully, the two looked at each other suspiciously.

It wasn't that Dong Zhuo had put forward some physical requirements. In this gauntlet, it actually contained the questions that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had been thinking about.Dong Zhuo actually came to make an appointment.

Dong Zhuo really made an appointment, and it was set for tomorrow.Just now everyone was still worrying about how to lure Dong Zhuo, but now, Dong Zhuo came to him by himself, and, by the looks of it, Dong Zhuo was going to have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao excitedly and asked, "Meng De, what do you think?"

Cao Cao clenched his fists and said coldly: "Soldiers will block you, water will cover you. As long as we plan well, Dong Zhuo will be defeated."

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Okay, this time, we will use all our strength to see if Dong Zhuo is qualified to fight with us. Hmph. Gongsun Xu, you are not the only hero in the world."

The Hulao was closed, and Dong Zhuo was summoning his generals.Li Ru was sitting on Dong Zhuo's left, eyes half-closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

After a while, all the people will come together.Dong Zhuo looked at the generals under his command who were arguing a lot, and seeing their different expressions, Dong Zhuo also understood in his heart that some of them had already doubted their own ability and authority. In fact, Dong Zhuo had come to Hulaoguan as early as Thought of this before.

(End of this chapter)