Guo Jia couldn't help looking at Cao Cao, who also happened to look at Guo Jia.

A flash of light flashed in the eyes of both of them at the same time, and then they burst into laughter, everything was silent.

After Yuan Shao took over Luoyang, all the princes flocked to Luoyang, and the originally improved public security deteriorated. Faced with this situation, Yuan Shao was concerned and did not use tough measures to attack like the previous Northern Expedition Army. He had already won the hearts of the people, but soon passed away.

These days, Yuan Shao was very upset. The princes came to ask him for military pay, but to put it bluntly, they wanted to share the spoils. Yuan Shao was very stingy, so he was willing to give up the benefits he got! For the princes who came to ask for money, Yuan Shao's strategy was just one word. Which word was it? It was 'push'! Who would you push it? Yuan Shao had already thought of it at Xu You's suggestion. Yuan Shao said to the princes who came to ask for money, "The treasury was almost moved by Dong Zhuo. Before, Chen Chu almost emptied the rest, and there was no extra money to serve as military pay for everyone. If he didn't believe it, he would go to the treasury to see it himself."

The princes were not fools. After hearing what Yuan Shao said, he had long thought that Yuan Shao would transfer the money and grain that existed in Taicang. But no matter how noisy the princes made a fuss, Yuan Shao said this, showing the virtue of not being afraid of boiling water.

After a few days of trouble, there was no result. The princes could not stay in Luoyang for a long time, and their territory could not be lost for too long. Helplessly, the princes had to give up, plan to return, and plan to rob along the road. Otherwise, if they didn't get any benefits this time, it would be a loss.

The princes hated Yuan Shao, a subway rooster, to death. Although Yuan Shao pushed the money and grain to Dong Zhuo and Chen Chu, the princes did not think so. They thought it was just Yuan Shao's excuse. In fact, Yuan Shao did not completely lie at this point. Most of Taicang's reserves were indeed taken away by Chen Chu, but this kind of thing was not clear, especially after Chen Chu deliberately concealed it.

Among all the princes, Cao Cao was the first to leave Luoyang, and he was also the only prince who did not make noise about military pay to Yuan Shao.

When Cao Cao was in Luoyang, he only visited some familiar court officials, and then led his 50,000 troops to leave Luoyang.

At Guo Jia's suggestion, Cao Cao decided to send troops to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army that was revived on Mount Tai. This move can not only expand its strength but also win the hearts of the people, but also kill two birds with one stone.

The Yellow Turban Army of Mount Tai was only the first step. Next, we looked for an opportunity to annex the prefectures and counties around Mount Tai, and then we came to compete with Yuan Shao and Chen Chu after our strength grew.

In the plan formulated by Guo Jia for Cao Cao, competing with Chen Chu to become the last step toward the north of the Yangtze River. Guo Jia was at least 90% sure of the early plan to succeed, but Guo Jia had no idea about the final battle with Chen Chu.

If Cao Cao wins in the decisive battle with Chen Chu, then Cao Cao will occupy half of the country and will not be far from the goal of winning the world. But if he loses, then they will become the stepping stone for Chen Chu to win the world.

As the saying goes, the winner is the king and the prince loses the enemy. He either wins and becomes the king or loses and becomes the enemy. There is no third way to go.

Shortly after Cao Cao left Luoyang, all the princes also left one after another. When they left Luoyang, they tossed Luoyang for a long time. Needless to say, the small families were robbed, even many of the gentry were robbed.

The princes left, leaving only the disarray of Luoyang and the depressed Yuan Shao. Faced with the actions of the princes, Yuan Shao didn't want to care about it. Sometimes he wanted to kill all the princes! But Yuan Shao had never had any opinion. When he asked his subordinates for their opinions, the opinions of the counselors were inconsistent, which made Yuan Shao unsure what to do. Just when Yuan Shao was still hesitating, the princes had already tossed Luoyang and patted their butts and left. Fortunately, the princes were still a little sensible and did not set fire in Luoyang City, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Among all the princes, Liu Bei was the one who was most lost.

This big-eared thief who claimed to be a royal family member originally wanted to stir up a war between the princes and Chen Chu, and then reap profits. But he never expected that the situation would develop like this. Chen Chu, who had shown extremely strong performance before, would voluntarily give up Luoyang. There was no conflict between him and the princes in the east. Instead, the relationship between Yuan Shao and the princes is very unhappy. Liu Bei's wishful thinking has not been reached.

In addition, there was another thing that made Liu Bei both disappointed and worried. Chen Chu was just trying to communicate with him before the action. Obviously, Chen Chu did not trust his nominal subordinate. This made Liu Bei feel disappointed, and what made Liu Bei worried was that he didn't know if the matter he had discussed secretly with Yuan Shao had been told by Yuan Shao. If Chen Chu knew that he had betrayed him, would he let him go?

Liu Bei, who was worried, dared not wander around alone. He decided to find a strong enough backer. At present, no one except Yuan Shao could compete with Chen Chu, so Liu Bei did not leave like other princes, but chose to stay and surrender to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's support for Liu Bei's success, and there are also opponents. The opponents are mainly worried whether the relationship between the two families will be a ferocious because of Liu Bei.

However, Yuan Shao finally decided to keep Liu Bei. The reason is very simple, it was completely caused by vanity. The subordinates of Chen Chu, the general of the Northern Expedition, came to serve. How shameful is this!

"Brother Li, is it wrong for us to oppose Chen Chu staying in Luoyang before?"

"Ah! I don't know either! I remember how peaceful Luoyang was when Chen Chu's Northern Expedition Army was there! But now, ah!"

...

This is a conversation between two young men of the gentry.

"Uncle, when will the Northern Army be back?" A civilian boy asked the middle-aged man around him.

The middle-aged man frowned and shook his head, "I don't know."

The boy sighed, "Oh! It would be great if the Zhengbei Army was here! They will definitely avenge my sister! Uncle, why not go find the Zhengbei Army!"

When the middle-aged man heard this, his eyes lit up, and he showed a clear expression of intention.

On the tenth day after leaving Luoyang, Chen Chu led an army of 200,000 across the Yellow River and entered the territory of Hanoi County. This speed was relatively slow, mainly due to the drag of supplies.

All these supplies were brought out from Taicang, Luoyang. Dong Zhuo's army was in a hurry that day, and most of the money and grain stored in Taicang were taken away before they could be taken away. Dong Zhuo originally planned to burn the materials and grain, but fortunately, Chen Chu's army arrived in time and did not make Dong Zhuo's plan succeed.

When Chen Chu left Luoyang, he took at least 70% of the money, grain and materials in Taicang, and filled 6,000 large trucks. It was precisely because there were too many supplies that Chen Chu's army traveled more than 300 miles across the Yellow River.

When Wang Kuang's remaining troops were extremely anxious when he learned that the army of the North had arrived in Hanoi, he was worried that Chen Chu would take the opportunity to occupy Hanoi.

Fang Yue sent people to Luoyang to inform Wang Kuang, and at the same time organized the only 20,000 troops to deploy defense. Fang Yue gave up all counties and towns and gathered all the troops in the Hanoi County City. Fang Yue hoped that with the perfect defense facilities of the Hanoi County City could withstand some time.

Fang Yue closely paid attention to Chen Chu's movements, and his heart was in his throat.

As the saying goes, you will come if you are afraid of anything. Chen Chu's army stopped after crossing the Yellow River and entering Hanoi.

It's over! It's over! The 20,000 old and weak soldiers can't resist the other 200,000 elite soldiers who are like wolves and tigers! When Fang Yue learned that Chen Chu's army had actually stopped in Hanoi, he immediately thought that Chen Chu had set his sights on the fertile Hanoi County, and his heart was full of despair.

Fang Yue's nervousness infected everyone, and all the soldiers guarding the city were waiting nervously with pale faces, waiting for the emergence of the Northern Army.

"Old Zhang, do you think we can stop it?" A middle-aged soldier asked a soldier who was about the same age next to him with a gun in his arms with a nervous look on his face.

The middle-aged soldier called Lao Zhang spat lightly, "Don't resist! Just because of these materials, we are not worthy of putting gaps between the teeth of others! You can still resist! You must know that the Zhengbei Army is one of our Han people!" As he said that, Lao Zhang gave a thumbs up, "The Zhengbei Army first destroyed hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Thieves Army, and the one named Lu Bu killed 108 powerful generals in front of the formation! (Moving through time and through mysterious times) Tsk tsk, it's admirable to think about it! Then, the Zhengbei General Chen Chu led 200,000 elite troops to sweep Liucheng, and nearly 200,000 Wuwan barbarians were killed without leaving any armor!" Lao Zhang was propaganda for Chen Chu's Zhengbei Army with an intoxicated look on his face. If Fang Yue heard these words, he would definitely punish Lao Zhang for the crime of disrupting the morale of the army and beheaded Lao Zhang on the spot. Fortunately, there were soldiers who were familiar with Lao Zhang around him, and no one would go to inform him.

When the soldiers around him heard this, all their faces changed. A young soldier said tremblingly: "But, the Northern Army is coming to attack us now! Should we do this? According to Lao Zhang, we only have a dead end!"

Everyone was watching Lao Zhang to see what he said.

Lao Zhang glanced at everyone, then lowered his voice mysteriously and said, "It is actually very simple to survive. I believe everyone has heard that the Zhengbei Army is very kind and generous to our Han people. There are two ways to survive. One is to take off our military uniform and hide in the countryside. The Zhengbei Army will never harass ordinary people, but will take good care of it. The other is to secretly flee to the Zhengbei Army camp and surrender to them."

Everyone looked at each other, all showing a look of movement.

However, at this moment, a soldier suddenly objected: "How can this be done? Is it too unfaithful to do this?"

When everyone heard this, they showed a hesitant look.

Lao Zhang raised his eyes and asked strangely: "Why are we not loyal and righteous? The prefect and General Zhengbei are both Han people. What's wrong with us changing one!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and they all felt that what Lao Zhang said was reasonable. Just like a family, the boss and the second child fight. No matter whether the third child is helping the eldest child or the second child, you can't say that he is unfilial.

In fact, Lao Zhang's remarks were influenced by Chen Chu's thoughts. Remarks representing Chen Chu's thoughts have been widely circulated among the civilians with intention and without intention. Although the upper class of society criticized these remarks, the vast majority of civilians quickly accepted them. The reason is very simple, because Chen Chu's remarks are in line with the interests of the vast majority of the people. The view that the army should fight for the country and the people alone can make the people excited and burst into tears. You must know that before this, the army was no different from the private thugs in the hands of the emperor. Everyone naturally believed that the army was fighting for the emperor. Chen Chu's view was undoubtedly shocking.

Just as Fang Yue was nervously guarding against Chen Chu's Northern Expedition Army, something worsened to injury occurred.

According to the report of the trustees, deserters appeared in various military camps one after another, and it was becoming increasingly fierce. The morale of the soldiers was extremely depressed.

If this continues, there is no need to fight the Northern Army, and the defenders of Hanoi County will collapse.

Fang Yue understood the seriousness of the situation, so he made a quick decision to take iron-blooded measures. All deserters who were caught were executed without regard for the situation.

Fang Yue's iron-fisted methods quickly played a role, and the number of deserters in various military camps dropped rapidly. However, although Fang Yue controlled the situation, the soldiers hated him to the core.

Faced with the heavy pressure of the Northern Army, everyone was extremely nervous. But beyond everyone's expectations, the Northern Army did not advance to Hanoi County, but stationed 30 miles west of Hanoi County, and then divided a 50,000-strong infantry army from Guan Yu, who became famous in Sishui Pass to Ji Pass, which had been disrepaired. Then the Northern Army did not make any moves again.
Chapter completed!