The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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"It really embarrassed the Yuan family! Victory and defeat are common affairs in military affairs, and defeat does not matter, but he died in a ditch and was harmed by thieves!"

Yuan Shao had an expression of extreme disappointment on his face. He threw the military newspaper in his hand onto the case, raised his face, and said to the officials in the hall.

But it was Yuan Shao who had just received an emergency military report from Hanoi County.

The military newspaper reported that Xun Zhen had captured Wanxian a few days ago, and Guo Si had surrendered Liu Biao.

In addition to these two incidents, there was also a rumor in the military newspaper that had something to do with Yuan Shu.

Shi Nai: On the night of the city's destruction, Yuan Shu tried to break out of the siege, but Xun Zhen's troops had already entered the city through the west gate of the city, and the city was in chaos. The slaves and soldiers who broke through the siege were separated. After dawn, his body was found in a dirty and smelly ditch by the street. He was naked, and all valuables such as clothes and accessories were snatched away. It is speculated that he may have died in a robbery army. Or in the hands of light chivalrous and evil youths.

Ju Shou, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xu You, etc. were all present in the hall, and everyone did not know the content of the military report.

Guo Tu asked Yuan Shao and said, "Dare to ask Duke Ming, what are the words in the military report? But what has changed in the battle of Xun Zhen's attack on Nanyang?"

"It's not that there has been any change, but the outcome of this battle in Nanyang has been decided, and Wanxian has been defeated by Xun Zhenzhi! ... Guo Si has subordinated Liu Jingsheng again. This Nanyang County is already in the possession of Xun Zhenzhi and Liu Jingsheng. ."

Guo Tu, Ju Shu and others suspected that they had heard it wrong.

Feng Ji was surprised and said: "The previous Japanese army newspaper reported that Xun Zhenzhi had just laid down Bowang, and the troops and horses have not yet reached Wanxian County? Wanxian County is a strong city, and the left general's army is guarding more than ten thousand soldiers, and there is enough food, but what? . . . Could it be an error in the military report?"

"How dare you make a mistake in the military report on such a big event? Not only that Wan County has been occupied by Xun Zhenzhi, even my younger brother, the Zuo general you mentioned, is dead!" Yuan Shao asked the official to report the military report. When I showed it to Fengji and others, I was heartbroken and couldn't help but say it again, "It's really a shame for my Yuan family! I died in a ditch and was harmed by thieves!"

- Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are half-brothers, but Yuan Shao was adopted by Yuan Cheng, so legally speaking, he and Yuan Shu are no longer brothers, but brothers.

Feng Ji, Ju Shou, Guo Tu, Xu You and others read this military report one by one, all of them were shocked, looked at each other in dismay, and were speechless for a while.

Yuan Shao paused for a while, then said, "Meng De just led his troops to Ye a few days ago, and I just finished mobilizing the troops to attack Henan Yin, so I will use troops to cross the river to threaten Yingchuan, and Wanxian has been lost!" After filming a few cases, his disappointment with Yuan Shu was beyond words, but Wanxian was lost, and it was useless to say the least. He turned around and asked Ju Shu and the others, "What do you think, how should I deal with this change?"

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Speaking of which, more than half a month ago, Xun Zhen personally led his troops and attacked Liu Biao from the north and south, and the news of the attack on Nanyang County reached Ye County.

That day, Yuan Shao, who received the military report, immediately summoned Ju Shou, Guo Tu and others for a meeting.

At the meeting that day, Ju Shou and Guo Tu had a rare unanimous opinion. Both of them suggested to Yuan Shao without hesitation that they should immediately dispatch troops and cross the river to attack Luoyang, so as to threaten Yingchuan County and relieve Nanyang. Sleepy.

In short, he suggested Yuan Shao to help Yuan Shu.

The reason for helping Yuan Shu is very simple, it is still those four words, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

Ju Shou said to Yuan Shao at that time, "Duke Ming, the chariots and cavalry already possess the three states, the troops are strong and the horses are strong, and they rely on the emperor to enter and exit the king's life. To the south of the Dahe, there is only the left general who does not give in to the chariots and cavalry! If Nanyang is attacked again. If the chariots are occupied, then south of the river, I am afraid that there will be no one who dares to compete with the chariots, and the Jing and Yang states will have the chariots! And if the Jing and Yang states are the chariots, the chariot The trend of riding is uncontrollable! This is the stupid opinion of the following officials, and no matter what, they cannot sit back and see Nanyang as a result of chariots and riders! For today's plan, Duke Ming should immediately choose the elite soldiers, cross the river south, attack Luoyang, and threaten Yingchuan County. Thus forcing the chariots to return to the division, in order to relieve the danger of the left general."

The Yellow River flows from west to east, and after reaching Hanoi and Dongjun, it turns northward, dividing northern China into two large chunks, northwest and southeast.

Hedong, Hanoi, Bingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou are on the north and west sides of the Yellow River. Hongnong, Henan Yin, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou are on the south and east of the Yellow River. Jingzhou and Yangzhou are more south of Yu and Xu, so they can also be said to be south of the Yellow River.

Today, the east and south of the Yellow River have not been completely occupied by Xunzhen, only Jingzhou and Yangzhou are left, and within these two states, now they dare to fight against Xunzhen, not afraid of Xunzhen's military strength, dare Yuan Shu was the only one who did not obey the orders of the imperial court, and also had a high reputation and great strength.

- No matter if this is not afraid and not obeying is because of arrogance, but at least he dares to challenge Xun Zhen.

Then, if Yuan Shu is eliminated by Xun Zhen again, as Ju Shou said, even if the two states of Jing and Yang cannot be destroyed by Xun immediately.

Zhen has all the possessions, but within these two prefectures, it is indeed difficult for anyone who dares to confront Xun Zhen again. In this way, with the imperial court in hand, Xun Zhen can slowly To incorporate these two states into the court, or in other words, into his effective rule. And if we wait until that time, Xun Zhen's power will obviously be stronger than Yuan Shao.

Xunzhen currently controls three prefectures, namely Xu, Qing, and Yan. In previous years, when there was peace, these three prefectures were all prosperous places. Although they have gone through wars now, they are still prosperous compared to other places, especially Xuzhou. Xuzhou was the first to be pacified by Xun Zhen. Except for the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the battle against Tao Qian many years ago, Xuzhou has basically not experienced any wars in the past few years. Today, Xuzhou has actually become Xun Zhen's granary.

This is already a very powerful strength. If he gets the Jing and Yang states, and then adds Yuzhou and the six states, how can Yuan Shao resist? Even if Yuan Shao had completely occupied Youzhou and Bingzhou at that time, nine times out of ten, he would be unstoppable.

Ji, You, and Bianzhou have strong and simple people, and they all send out elite troops and produce good horses. In You, and the north, there are Hu soldiers from Xianbei, Wuhuan and other clans available. If they can fully acquire the military strength of these three prefectures, Yuan Shao It may not be inferior to Xunzhen, and may even be stronger than Xunzhen. He can fight, not only with military strength, but also with financial and civil power. Compared with the wealth and sufficient civil power of the six states in the east and south of the Yellow River, The war potential of Ji, You, and Bingzhou is obviously inferior.

Even if the confrontation with Xun Zhen in the early stage can be evenly divided, or even have the upper hand, as time goes on, with the continuous population and output of Xun Zhen, Yuan Shao will definitely fall into the disadvantage, and it is very likely In the end, Xun Zhen was eliminated.

- This is still under the condition that the superiority of Xun Zhen's "righteousness" that the court is controlled by Xun Zhen is not included in it.

Therefore, even though Yuan Shu was in a daze, and he only occupied Nanyang County, it seemed that he was far inferior to Xun Zhen and Yuan Shao, and he was not the next-level prince today, but he was still very important to Yuan Shao. of usefulness.

Guo Tu, who was against Ju Shou in almost everything, agreed with Ju Shou this time.

He said to Yuan Shao: "Duke Ming, the subordinate officials have recently obtained several letters from the Yangzhai people and the subordinate officials' old friends in Yingchuan in the past years. These letters all say that Xunzhen was in Xuxian's farmland. Because the people in Yingchuan did not need to supply military rations, the people in Yingchuan actually praised Xunzhen quite a bit today, and said that the sage has a lot of credit for him now, although there are still Taiwei Yang Gong and others who have not been deceived by Xunzhen. I am still wary of him, but if things go on like this, I am really afraid that Xun Zhenzhi will gain a firm foothold in the court!"

Disappointed at the fact that Yingchuan scholars were blinded by Xun Zhen and Liu Xie's ignorance of being loyal and traitor because of "Xiaohui", Guo Tu continued after speaking sourly, "If Nanyang gains for it again, Taking this power to overcome victory, according to Yingchuan as the foundation, the north controls Yan and Qing, the east raises Yu and Xu, and the south manages Jing and Yang. It is possible for Jingzhou and Yangzhou to annex them! This situation must not be ignored. It appeared! The officials also thought that Nanyang must be rescued, and General Zuo must be rescued! This is a strategy of supervising the army, and Duke Ming may wish to adopt it.”

Compared with his political ability, Yuan Shao is stronger than Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shao was not like Yuan Shu, who was at a critical juncture and refused to ask Yuan Shao for help because of his face, but after listening to the opinions of Ju Shou and Guo Tu, he made a decisive decision and temporarily put aside the long-standing disagreement with Yuan Shu. He immediately made a decision to aid Yuan Shu and make sure that Nanyang would not be for Xun Zhen's gain.

Only when it comes to deploying troops, that is, which troops should be deployed to attack Yinshang in Henan, Yuan Shao was in trouble.

He frowned and said to Ju Shou and Guo Tu, "What the two of you said is very true, but because of the military reports I received a few days ago, I just sent more troops and horses to the east of Jizhou to strengthen the defense, but now I The available troops under the tent are somewhat stretched, if they cross the river south and attack Yin in Henan, where will the troops be dispatched?"

"The few military reports a few days ago" refers to several urgent reports sent to Yuan Shao by the counties in eastern Jizhou a while ago. The Dongjun commanded horses and fierce troops, and Yuejin led the main force of Yanzhou to settle in Jiyin County from the west, and Xun Cheng also led Qingzhou troops to Jinan County from the west.

- But after learning about the changes in Xun Zhen's troops, Ju Shou and Guo Tu each told Yuan Shao their guesses.

What Guo Tu guessed at the time was whether Xun Zhen wanted to interfere in Yuan Shao's fight against Gongsun Zan?

At that time, Ju Shou guessed that Xun Zhen wanted to use troops against Nanyang? For this reason, Yuan Shao sent reinforcements to the east of Jizhou and sent scouts to pay attention to the situation in Xunzhen and Nanyang County. But it was really guessed by Ju Shou. It is also because of the fact that Yuan Shao's side was informed of the news in time when Xun Zhen's side attacked Nanyang.

It is true that Yuan Shao's current forces are not sufficient.

However, the main reason for the insufficiency was not that he had sent more reinforcements to the eastern part of Jizhou, but that most of the main forces under his account had already

He was transferred to the area around Yi County in the north of Jizhou, and he was already involved in the upcoming general attack on Gongsun Zan.

Yuan Shao's attitude towards the people in the government is similar to Yuan Shu's attitude towards the people of Nanyang. He is also aggressive and repressive. In addition, he has always faced two powerful enemies, Gongsun Zan and the Heishan Army. Therefore, he and Yuan Shu are also in the area of ​​forced recruitment. It's very similar, but also has a lot of levies. He now has about 50,000 to 60,000 paces of rides. With the territory of one state, the soldiers raised are hardly inferior to Xun Zhen.

However, in terms of logistical supply, Yuan Shao cannot be compared with Xun Zhen. Although he is aggressive and aggressive, on the one hand, in a prefecture that has been war-torn and withered inhabitants, it is difficult to maintain such a long-term success. A considerable part of the food and wealth that arrived fell into the pockets of the civil and military officials under his account, so when the supply was tight, his generals and men would have mulberries to satisfy their hunger every day.

- Yuan Shao's life as a soldier has been so hard, and what kind of life the people of Jizhou are living today can be imagined.

In the winter of the previous year, the reason why Chunyu Qiong slaughtered the Heishan troops in succession was that he seldom left prisoners, including Yuan Shao who had personally ordered and killed many prisoners in the previous battle with the Montenegrin army. Because of the traitor, there is another reason, in fact, it is precisely because Yuan Shao does not have so much rations to raise prisoners again.

There is no need to say more about these, but in terms of military strength, although Yuan Shao has 50,000 to 60,000 troops, most of the main force has been led by Chunyu Qiong and others to the north to Yi, and then he sent more troops to the east of Jizhou when he went. After a thousand soldiers and horses, the mobile troops he can use now are fully calculated, and there are only four or five thousand people in total.

With these four or five thousand people, it would be enough to harass Henan Yin, but in the context of the news that Xi Zhicai led Dong Cheng, Guan Yu, Xu Ding and other ministries to Luoyang to sit in person, they wanted to harass Luoyang, It is far from enough to pose a real threat to Yingchuan.

According to Yuan Shao's estimation, in order to achieve the goal of threatening Yingchuan County, at least 10,000 to 20,000 troops must be used.

In other words, he still has a gap of more than 10,000 soldiers.

Where do these soldiers come from?

Ju Shou said: "Ming Gong, the officials have a stupid opinion, but you can ask Zhang Yang to send troops to help you."

Hearing Zhang Yang's name, Yuan Shao, who was anxious about Xun Zhen's attack on Nanyang's attackers, was even more anxious, and suddenly became angry.

Since Xun Zhen welcomed the court to Xu County, Zhang Yang and Xun Zhen had been in constant private contact. To be honest, Yuan Shao had put up with him for a long time. If it was for the overall situation, he would have sent troops to crusade this repeated martial artist. Little man!

Despite his anxiety and anger, Yuan Shao was able to maintain his demeanor, and he didn't have any seizures. He just said with a slight anger, "Zhang Yang is not trustworthy! I used Ziyuan to supervise the army before and ordered him and Zhang He to attack Luoyang side by side. Since Xun Zhenzhi took the imperial court to Xuxian, he and Xun Zhenzhi have been flirting with each other? Then I ordered him to send troops, and at most he would only return as before, yang and yin will not be heard."

This is true.

The last time we played in Luoyang, Zhang Yang was not able to work hard. Now not only has Xun Zhen's influence strengthened in Henan Yin, but Zhang Yang's relationship with Xun Zhen has also become closer than before. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Even if Zhang Yang didn't dare to disobey his orders, it was predictable that he would not really work for Yuan Shao. It is estimated that the biggest possibility would be the same as last time, only taking orders and not working.

Guo Tu said: "Ming Gong, publicity is not available, but Bingzhou is available."

"Bingzhou?"

"Xihe White Wave and Yellow Turbans have been set, and Bingzhou has no internal troubles or foreign enemies. Why doesn't Duke Ming entreat Cao Mengde and ask him to bring troops to help?"

Yuan Shao pondered and said, "Have Meng De come to help me?"

"Yes, Duke Ming."

Yuan Shao said, "But Taiyuan is a little far away. If I ask Meng De to help me, I'm afraid I will have to wait for him for a long time."

"Duke Ming, Zuo General's army has 20,000 to 30,000 troops, and there are Guo Si and Lü Bu to help, so as to predict that Xun Zhen's offense in Nanyang will not succeed even if Liu Biao is there to help him. Although it is a little far, half a month is enough time for Cao Mengde to go to Ye County, and waiting for him for half a month is nothing to do with my humble opinion."

Yuan Shao thought about it for a while, and then he followed Guo Tu's suggestion, that is, Chuanxu called Cao Cao to lead troops to help, and out of Ju Shu's re-advising that "Zhang Yang is not credible, but his troops can also be powerful", he also sent him to Zhang Yang. He ordered him to order troops and horses on the whole, and prepare to attack Henan Yin, and also gave orders to the thousands of mobile troops that could be called, ordering them to gather in Ye County.

And so on, no need to go into details.

It was only said that the Japanese military discussed that day. Ju Shou and others said goodbye and left, while Guo Tu stayed.

He said to Yuan Shao: "Duke Ming, the reason why Tu made a proposal to Duke Ming and called Cao Mengde to help is not just to use his troops to make up for the lack of our troops at the moment, but also for another purpose. This is to kill two birds with one stone. strategy."