The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Yuan Shu said: "There is another advantage, what are you talking about in Deye?"

Yang Hong said: "Duke Ming, the so-called time and place are favorable to people, and another greater advantage is the location. Since the beginning of the investigation of Dong in the Chuping years, our army has been stationed in Nanyang, and it has been four or five years now. The counties and important places are now occupied by our army, and if you are familiar with the geographical mountains and rivers of Nanyang, you can’t even reach Duke Ming’s chariots.

Yuan Shu's eyes lit up, he couldn't help himself, he patted his thigh and said, "Deye, what you said is very true! ... What's more, I have been running Nanyang for four or five years. During these four or five years, I have been extremely fond of Shiliu in the counties of Nanyang. It's a favor, and it's people and me too!"

However, in terms of geographical advantage, Xun Zhen was definitely not as good as Yuan Shu.

As Yang Hong said, Yuan Shu had already entered Nanyang during the Chuping period, and it has been four or five years since then. Not only the counties and strategic locations in Nanyang are under the control of Yuan Shu, but also the The geographical mountains and rivers, Yuan Shu's generals are also familiar with, the geographical advantage is well-deserved.

It's just that to say "renren", Yuan Shu, "I am very kind to the scholars in Nanyang counties, and they are also with me."

Yuan Shu was arrogant and extravagant in his tyranny and tyranny in Nanyang. First of all, the ordinary people had absolutely no support for him. Otherwise, in the past few years, more and more people would not have fled into the mountains. It is "a tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger"; another, although some scholars in Nanyang counties actively rely on Yuan Shu, they are more dissatisfied with Yuan Shu, not to mention other things, such as Han Ji, who was in Yuan Shu's expedition in his early years. He would rather escape into the mountains than accept his expedition, so the scholars and clansmen in Nanyang did not actually support Yuan Shu. The wise people among them had already seen that Yuan Shu was a man with no family stature. That's all, it must not be someone who can make it happen, and now, Xun Zhen has welcomed Liu Xie and the court to Xu County, and has the righteousness of the court in hand. Although the war has not yet started, it can be said that most of the scholars in Nanyang will actually be inclined towards Xun Zhen.

It's just that Yuan Shu thought he had treated Nanyang's scholars well in recent years, so he said this.

Compared to the common people, Yuan Shu's attitude towards Nanyang scholars was much better.

In Yuan Shu's eyes, the common people were not of the same kind as him at all, they were sluts, so he exploited as much as he wanted, but compared to the gentry he regarded as the same kind, he was much more tolerant and happy. When the time comes, they are not generous.

Because it doesn't matter what other people think, Yuan Shu himself felt that he could get the support of the scholars in Nanyang, and thought that he still had the benefit of the people.

Yang Hong said: "Yes, what Duke Ming said is! Duke Ming, our army has already been crowded with chariots and cavalry, and Duke Ming has the advantage of location and people. For fear, even if you win, it is not impossible!"

"Is it still possible to win? How to win? What is the wise strategy of the long history?"

Yang Hong said: "Duke Ming, Hongzhi's strategy can be summed up in six words."

"Which six characters?"

Yang Hong said: "Severity, urgency, and horns are six characters."

"Long history, please elaborate."

Yang Hong said: "Chicai is here to commit the crime. Although there is no Chaoyang Army report yet, Liu Jingsheng is very likely to respond to Xiangyang. Compared with the strength of the Cheqi and Liu Jingsheng, it is obvious that the cavalry department is stronger, and Liu Jingsheng's department is strong. Weak, so in Hongzhi's humble opinion, this battle should be dominated by resistance to chariots and cavalry, supplemented by resistance to Liu Jingsheng, this is also 'severity'."

"Yes, yes, the long history analysis is reasonable, ... what is the priority?"

Yang Hong said: "It is urgent, the military newspaper said that in two or three days at most, the cavalry and cavalry will arrive in Luyang and other counties. It not only supplemented the defensive strength of Luyang and other counties, but also stabilized the people of the counties, and then used the time of Luyang counties to block the chariot and cavalry fronts, and then strengthened the city defense of Bowang counties, and transferred the main force of our army to concentrate on. Wan, prepare for a decisive battle with the cavalry department at any time. This 'priority' is also true."

Bowang and other counties are located between Luyang and Wan County, which can be regarded as the second line of defense against Xun Zhen's troops attacking Wan County.

Yuan Shu nodded frequently and said, "Qing Yan is very true!"

First urgently deploy troops and horses to help Luyang and other counties, in order to do an early defense, in order to arrange a second line of defense, and at the same time mobilize the main force to Wanxian to prepare for the war to buy time; if it is urgent to help Luyang, then arrange a second line of defense. The defense line and the mobilization of the main force are slow. Yuan Shu's troops are not many in Wanxian now, and it will take time to transfer all of them to Wanxian, and it must be slowed down.

Focusing on fighting against Xunzhen, first stabilize Luyang and other counties, Yang Hong's countermeasures so far can indeed be said to be appropriate and the priority is appropriate.

To be able to come up with such an overall defense plan in a relatively short period of time, Yang Hong is also considered a talented person.

And Yang Hong thought of more than that, he then said to Yuan Shu: "Ming Gong, in addition to the 'severity' and 'priorities', if you want to defend Nanyang and finally defeat the allied forces of Che Qi and Liu Jingsheng, you must have Two things to do."

Yuan Shu asked, "Which two are they?"

Yang Hong said, "This first piece is a horn."

"'The horns', your meaning is that I should station another army outside Wanxian County, and form a horn with Wanxian County?"

Yang Hong said: "Ming Gong Yingming and Hong are exactly what they meant. However, there is no need to send another army to station outside Wan. In fact, this trend of horns is already there."

Yuan Shu quickly understood what Yang Hong meant, and said, "Are you talking about Guo Si's department in Liguo County?"

Liguo County is in the west of Wan County, bordering Wan County, and the two county towns are hundreds of miles apart. Guo Si's Ministry was stationed in this area.

Yang Hong said: "Yes, Duke Ming, this is exactly what Hong means. Duke Ming can immediately pass on the letter, and make Guo Si concentrate his main force and gather in Liguo County; in this way, Duke Ming personally sits in Wan County, and Guo Si's department is the leader. With the assistance of Wanxian, even if Luyang falls, even if Bowang is lost, and as long as Guo Si echoes with Duke Ming in Liguo County, with the strength of Wanxian and the abundance of grain stored in the city, Wanxian will be indestructible. There is no danger of being lost.”

Yang Hong said these words, and when Yuan Shu heard it, Yuan Shu felt that something was wrong.

He pondered for a while, and thought of where this was wrong.

According to Yang Hong's precautionary strategy just now, the words he said to him were "defeat" and "decisive battle". They should have been full of confidence. Conquered, but Wan County is still indestructible?

This is clearly a performance of lack of confidence in defending Lu Yang and the second line of defense.

His expression changed slightly, he looked at Yang Hong, and said, "Changshi means that Luyang, Bowang and other counties may not be able to stop Xun Zhen's department?"

Yang Hong hesitated for a while, but he also knew that he could not lie about Yuan Shu in such a major military situation. Guo Sizhi is strong, but he is still defeated by the chariots. Because of Hong's humble opinion, it would be a little difficult to expect counties such as Luyang and Bowang to block the troops of the chariots. Duke Ming, Luyang, Bowang, etc. County, in Hong's view, may only play a role in delaying the speed of the advance of the chariot division, and ultimately it will have to fight in Wanxian."

Yuan Shu was greatly disappointed, and said, "De Ye, what you said, Wan County will eventually be surrounded by Xun Zhenzhi!"

Yang Hong said, "Besides the horns, there is another matter that Duke Ming has to do right away."

Yuan Shu said, "What's the matter?"

Yang Hong responded and said: "Ming Gong, the importance is the overall arrangement, the priority is the strategy for the battle, and the horns are to ensure that after the loss of Luyang, Bowang and other counties, my Wan County is still safe, but I want to win this battle... He paused for a moment and said, "The other thing that Duke Ming needs to do right away is to send an envoy to Ye County."

Yuan Shu immediately changed his color and said, "Go to Ye County? Deye, do you want me to ask Yuan Shao's child for help?"

Yang Hong got up and left the seat, went down to the hall, and said: "Ming Gong, now is not the time to be angry with the right general! If there is no right general to help, Nanyang will not be safe; and if there is a right general to help, Ming Gong will not only Nanyang can be preserved, and Che Qi and Liu Jingsheng can also be defeated!”

Yuan Shu angrily said, "How can you defeat it? By Yuan Shao's child?"

"If you don't rely on the right general, Yuan Shu can defeat him."

"How can I defeat myself?"

Yang Hong said: "Duke Ming, the chariots and cavalry have not been able to attack Wanxian County for a long time, and they are already exhausted. At this time, the right general's troops attacked Yingchuan, and the chariots and cavalry will have to withdraw their troops to rescue them at that time. The army is chasing after him, why can't he defeat him? I can't say, but he can also take advantage of the situation to win the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan in one fell swoop! Duke Ming, at this moment, if you join forces with the right general, there will be great benefits. If Duke Ming does not follow this policy, Nanyang is afraid that he will lose! What choice should be made, I only ask Duke Ming to decide."

Everyone in the hall was silent, waiting for Yuan Shu to make a decision.

Yuan Shu was silent for a long time, and then he said, "How about I order Lu Bu to attack Runan and threaten Yingchuan?"

"Duke Ming, Sun Ce has a heavy defense in Runan, and Lu Bu has few troops, so he might succeed."

Yuan Shu looked at Li Ye and asked, "Ziwu, what are your countermeasures?"

When Yang Hong was only offering advice to Yuan Shu, Li Ye never spoke up. After all this time, he had come up with a countermeasure. He replied: "Duke Ming, the foolishness of industry and the long-standing strategy cannot be adopted."

Yuan Shu asked, "Why can't it be adopted?"

Li Ye said: "Changshi himself said that the two defense lines of Luyang and Bowang are probably unable to stop Xun Zhen's troops, so Wan County will be surrounded sooner or later; and Ruowan County will be surrounded by Even if there are Guo Si's horns outside, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold. As for General Ruoyou, not to mention going from Wanxian to Yexian, the distance in the middle is quite long, and it takes a lot of time. I don't say whether the right general is willing to help Duke Ming, but only that the general right is willing to help Duke Ming after receiving the request from Duke Ming, but does he still need to mobilize troops and raise food? In the future, will he have to attack Henan Yin first? Henan Yin has Xun Zhenzhi's troops stationed there, and will the right general not be able to capture Henan Yin soon, thus threatening Yingchuan County and forcing Xun Zhen to have to Returning to Yingchuan? In my humble opinion, there are too many problems, so this strategy cannot be adopted by the long history."

Yuan Shu asked, "If this strategy cannot be used by the long history, what should I do now, in the opinion of the minister?"

"Ming Gong, the foolish opinion of the industry, the best policy now is to leave Wan County immediately and enter Guanzhong in the west!"

These words were as shocking as the sky, not only Yang Hong's complexion changed greatly, but many civil and military officials in the hall were also shocked.

He stood up and bowed down again, and said vigorously: "Duke Ming, Li Ye's strategy must not be used! The chariots have personally led their troops to Nanyang. If they are to leave Wanxian here, the chariots will send their troops. If you follow him, our army will be wiped out. Duke Ming, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Li Ye's strategy is to trap Duke Ming in the place of death, so it is absolutely impossible to use it!"

Li Ye said: "Ming Gong, if we start from Wanxian to Chang'an now, there is still time, as long as we leave enough troops and horses to hold Luyang and stop Xunzhen's army from heading south! But Ru obeys. Yang Hongzhi's strategy, if he insists on sticking to Nanyang, then he will be too late to regret it when Wan County is besieged."

Yang Hong and Li Ye have been fighting each other for a long time. At this critical juncture, the two of them have torn their faces. When they talk about each other, they start to name each other. The opinions of the two of them were tit-for-tat, one wanted to guard, the other wanted to flee, and the swords were drawn for a while.

Li Ye also went down to worship.

Yang Hong insisted: "Duke Ming, the only countermeasure today is what Hong Fangcai offered!"

Li Ye said: "Duke Ming, the best policy is now. The only way is to enter Chang'an. It's not too late. Please make an immediate decision."

If you stay behind, you have to ask Yuan Shao for help, and Li Ye is right, even if Yuan Shu is willing to ask Yuan Shao to help him, will Yuan Shao agree to help him? And even if he agrees, can he break through the line of defense set up by Xun Zhen in Henan Yin, capture Henan Yin, threaten Yingchuan County, and force Xun Zhen to return to Yingchuan? It's really somewhere in between.

However, if Li Ye's strategy is adopted, what Yang Hong said also makes sense. When Xun Zhen's soldiers and horses are still two days away from reaching the northern boundary of Nanyang County, they do not guard Nanyang and enter Chang'an in the west. Zhen followed and chased after him. At that time, as Yang Hong said, he would fall into a state of death, and the entire army would only be destroyed.

How to choose between the two strategies? At this time, Yuan Shu made a move that no one expected.