When Yuan Shao learned that Cao Ang asked him for money and food again, he couldn't help but cursed.
"What do the Cao family and his son think of me? A granary and money storehouse? When there is a war, they ask me for money and food in the name of the court? I really want to go south first and destroy the Cao family and his son!"
When Jushou heard this, he agreed: "My lord, the land of Youzhou is narrow and sparsely populated, and Gongsun Zan is crouched there. It is really not a threat, so taking the opportunity to go south to destroy Cao is the best choice!"
Guo Tu on the side heard the words and jumped out: "Nonsense, our army has already rushed to the north to prepare for the decisive battle with Gongsun Zan, how can it go south again? This time, it will consume more food and grass, please lord Think twice!”
Seeing this, Ju Shou scolded Guo Tu: "What a woman's opinion! Originally, Cao Ang threatened the lord to hand over money and food to be used to conquer Yuan Shu, so why can't the money and food be used to mobilize the army?"
"What if Gongsun Zan from the north takes the opportunity to attack us?" Guo Tu said loudly: "You know, even if Cao Cao and Cao Ang are focusing on Yuan Shu, the total number of defenders in Qingzhou is five or six Ten thousand, and the Qingzhou Army’s combat effectiveness has always been very high.”
"In addition, the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou Army, Yu Jin, is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If we want to capture Qingzhou quickly, we need to mobilize the two generals Wen and Yan."
"The rear area will be empty by then. Gongsun Zan will take the opportunity to sneak attack. The lord will be in danger!"
Ju Shou retorted: "Aren't there two other generals, Zhang He and Gao Lan? They are enough to defend Gongsun Zan!"
Yuan Shao listened to the two people arguing and said helplessly: "Okay, stop arguing, it's making my head hurt!"
When Jushou and Tian Feng heard this, they both shut up.
Then, Yuan Shao made a decision: "If Cao Cao and Cao Ang ask for money and food, then give them some. This plan of attacking Gongsun Zan cannot be changed!"
Jushou wanted to say something after hearing this, but Yuan Shao waved his hand to indicate that he was tired, and then left directly.
"Alas!" Jushou could only sigh.
Guo Tu, on the other hand, took a good look at Jushou and left directly.
In fact, although Guo Tu is not good at making suggestions, he is good at guessing Yuan Shao's thoughts and can get it right every time. This makes Yuan Shao seem to like to adopt Guo Tu's strategies.
But in fact, these plans were all Yuan Shao's own thoughts, and they were just expressed through Guo Tu's mouth.
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In Youzhou, Gongsun Zan also received the imperial edict.
After Gongsun Zan read the edict, he was so angry that he threw the edict to the ground.
"This Cao Ah Man and Cao Ang are really greedy. They asked me for money and food once before when they attacked the Xiliang rebels. This time they want money again for their attack on Yuan Shu!"
"We, Youzhou, are at risk of being swallowed up by that Yuan Shao. He doesn't even ask for money and food all day long without asking for help! No, not a cent!"
Gongsun Zan angrily drove away the imperial envoys, saying that he would not give a penny of food to Cao Cao and Cao Ang.
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Jingzhou, Liu Biao.
Liu Qi returned to Jingzhou City with Cao Ang's handwriting and brought it to Liu Biao.
When Liu Biao saw Liu Qi, who had disappeared for so many days, he inevitably became angry with his eldest son.
After all, Ms. Cai has been saying bad things about Liu Qi in front of Liu Miao these days.
"You rebellious son, there is going to be a war ahead. You don't help your father solve his problems and do a good job in defense, but you go out to have fun and have fun?"
When Liu Qi saw that he had disappeared for so many days, and that his father did not care first, but blamed him first, his heart suddenly dropped.
But he didn't blame his father, because he knew that it was Cai's woman who was trying to sow discord between father and son.
Thinking of this, Liu Qi sighed, knelt in front of his father and explained: "Father, my son has indeed gone to solve his father's problems. Father, please look!"
As Liu Qi spoke, he took out Cao Ang's handwriting and handed it to Liu Biao.
"What is this?" Liu Biao took the handwritten note suspiciously. He thought it was a military manual or strategy that Liu Qi had obtained somewhere.
When I opened it, I found it was Cao Ang's handwriting.
Liu Biao once joined forces with Cao Ang and beat Yuan Shu together, so he was familiar with Cao Ang's handwriting, not to mention that it also had Cao Ang's exclusive hussar general seal on it.
"This is Cao Zixiu's handwriting. How did you get it?"
When Liu Qi heard this, he told him about his trip to Xuzhou and his meeting with Cao Ang.
"Okay, okay, kid, please get up quickly. My father has wrongly blamed you!" Liu Biao said, and helped Liu Qi up.
In fact, the reason Liu Biao only wanted to defend at first and did not send troops was because he was afraid that the territory he had conquered would be taken back by the imperial court at the expense of his troops, which would be a big loss.
But now, Cao Ang personally promised that as long as the territory Liu Biao conquered, it would be under his control!
How could Liu Biao not be moved by this?
After Liu Biao thought about it, he asked Cai Mao to lead the troops to attack Yuan Shu from Jiangxia, while he himself led the troops from Changsha to attack Yangzhou.
"Father, I also want to go to the battlefield to share my father's worries!" Liu Qi cupped his hands towards Liu Biao, indicating that he also wanted to go to the battlefield.
However, how could Liu Biao not do this in person when it came to opening up new territories?
I only saw Liu Biao patting Liu Qi on the shoulder and saying: "As my father leads the army, it is natural that someone will be left to manage this Jingzhou city. If you don't stay, are you going to hand it over to that woman?"
Liu Qi also knew that the woman Liu Biao was talking about was Cai.
This Jingzhou City is the inheritance of their father and son, and it is absolutely impossible to hand it over to a woman with a foreign surname.
So Liu Qi could only nod his head: "The child will congratulate his father in advance on his expansion of the territory. The child will definitely prepare a banquet in advance to welcome your father's triumphant return!"
Liu Biao was very pleased with this, as if he had defeated Yuan Shu and captured several counties in Yangzhou!
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Yuzhou, Geyang.
Cao Ang has returned to Yuzhou from Xuzhou and officially sent a letter of war to Yuan Shu, declaring war on him.
As soon as the declaration of war was issued, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu of Xuzhou responded one after another and each led their troops to attack Yangzhou.
At this time in Shouchun City, Yuan Shu did not panic at all after learning that he was besieged.
Because at this time, he already had 500,000 troops with Yangzhou's money and food.
Even if it's a multi-front battle, he can still fight this battle!
"Generals, Cao Ang, Tao Qian, and Liu Biao are attacking me in Dazhong in three directions. Who is willing to share my worries?"
Yuan Shu stood high above, looking at the generals below.
At this time, Yan Xiang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, this battle is not inevitable!"
(End of chapter)
