袁绍与公孙瓒之间的战事如火如茶，也引来了天下豪杰的瞩目。这么说多少有些夸张，考虑到这个时代的通信能力，真正能够得到这个情况的，顶多也就是北方的几个诸侯。剩下的如刘表、刘璋或是交州那边的诸侯，压根连点消息都不清楚。
距离，决定了一切。
不过那几个清楚这件事的诸侯，几乎都将注意力集中在了这件事上，还有冀州与青州的交界处。
袁绍在北上之前，已经派人和曹操通过气，所以对眼下的情况曹操也算是心知肚明。
几乎是袁绍的人刚刚抵达兖州没多久，曹操已经开始起了准备工作。到不是说他有心去讨伐青州，帮袁绍一把，和严绍一块去过一趟洛阳之后，他对严绍这个人多少也算有些了解，清楚严绍也算是个习惯藏着后招的人，既然严绍敢去找袁绍的麻烦，必然不会没有一点防备。
“吕布...”徘徊在屋子里，曹操长叹一声。“早知今日如此棘手，我就该在濮阳将他留下...”
“事已至此，主公又何必叹息...”一个面容俊美，身材却又稍显瘦弱的年轻男子从旁边走了出来。和常人不同，此人英俊不假，可是面色上却总是泛出一丝丝的青色来。“濮阳之战，主公的损失也不算小，放过吕布也是权衡之后的正确选择，至于之后的事情却是谁也无法判断的，和主公又有什么责任？”
“奉孝说的不错，眼下追悔没有任何意义，最重要的还是如何处理乱局...”又站出一个人来，年约近三十的样子，看上去就是一个方正的君子，却是曹操麾下的谋士荀彧。
原来就在不久之前，曹操帐下的谋士戏志才病逝。
这时的曹操帐下谋士还算较多，但是有水平的没几个，一个荀彧一个荀攸再加上一个刘晔，本来再加上一个戏志才，也能算得上是四大天王的阵容了。可是现在戏志才病逝，曹操的谋士阵容少了一角，而且戏志才有负俗之讥，能力不凡，也是曹操非常倚重的一个谋士。
他这一死，曹操也愁的很。
毕竟大业才刚刚开始，自己最重要的臂膀就少了一个，换谁也要发愁，因此不得不找了自己同样重要的谋士荀彧，希望他能再给自己推荐一个。
会找荀彧也不奇怪，荀家也许比不上袁家的赫赫威名，可是荀家八龙那是真的出了名的。而且在颍川这个地方，荀家很有些影响力，颍川又是个人才辈出的地方，让荀彧出面要方便的多。
而荀彧在思索了良久之后，给曹操推荐的就是郭嘉郭奉孝。
（“先是时，颍川戏志才，筹画士也，太祖甚器之。早卒。太祖与荀彧书曰：“自志才亡后，莫可与计事者。汝、颍固多奇士，谁可以继之？”彧荐嘉。召见，论天下事。太祖曰：“使孤成大业者，必此人也。”嘉出，亦喜曰：“真吾主也。”——《三国志·魏书·郭嘉传》）
“文若说的是，只是眼下的局势着实有些麻烦，袁本初北上，严绍得到机会必定攻打冀州，要是袁本初这次没能击败公孙瓒，抢先回师，就要陷入两面受敌的窘境。我和袁本初也算是盟友，倒是肯定是要出手相助的，可是我若是出手，吕布也肯定会出手，他算是严绍在徐州安排的一个棋子，专门用来牵制我的，可我要是不出手，就这么按兵不动，要是严绍击败了袁本初，接下来麻烦的就该是我了...”说到这里，曹操显得十分苦恼。眼下他算是陷入了一个困局，出兵，旁边的吕布肯定会来找他的麻烦，不出兵，要是严绍和袁绍两败俱伤还好，不然他就要有大麻烦了...
曹操身边的几个文武都有些跟着发愁，不清楚该怎么解决眼下的情况，到是刚刚来到曹操麾下的郭嘉闻言显得有些惊奇。
“主公为何发愁？这不是天大的好事吗？”
嗯嗯，不好意思，后面的一定尽快补上！！！
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