In Gaoyi, in Yuan Shao's mansion, civil servants and generals lined up in two rows, looking at the angry Yuan Shao.
The desk was not only kicked over, but also had a corner cut off. Fruits and wine were spilled on the ground, and a Han sword was thrown on the ground, making it very messy.
Yuan Shao was already angry when he received the news, but at this moment he summoned the wise men to discuss the matter, and said that the king's thieves suddenly raised an army to attack. More than 6,000 people attacked more than 10,000 people. Qu Yi and his army were unable to withstand the attack. The army was defeated, and the general Qu Yi was captured alive. Huang Zhong led the Xuanwu guards into Gaoyang County. The more he talked, the more angry he became. This broke out and there was such a mess.
After a moment of silence, General Yan Liang came out and said, "My lord, I would like to raise 20,000 elite soldiers to take Huang Zhong's head."
Yan Liang's words broke the silence, and the upright Tian Feng spoke: "Last year I heard that Lu Bu went out to Yanmen to surrender to the king's thieves. Is the general brave enough to defeat Lu Bu?"
"Hmph, everyone in the world knows that Lu Bu is brave, and even more so that the king's thief is braver than Xiang Ji, but he is not convinced. Whether he can be an enemy or not, we should judge the strong and weak in the battle formation, and decide life and death. Sir, just because of his name, he will feel fear in his heart, so he can't help but It is not the right way to embolden others' ambition, destroy one's own prestige, and be timid before fighting."
Hearing Tian Feng's words, Yan Liang snorted coldly and spoke very rudely. He was also a strong general who had fought hard, but he couldn't stand those braggarts, and he couldn't stand those weak counselors saying mean things.
But he didn't know that Guan Yu had to work with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to attack Lu Bu in a group, and this alone could make Lu Bu leave completely. And Guan Yu only needs one sword to kill him. To put it into perspective, Lu Bu's fight with Yan Liang is just a matter of one halberd.
Of course, this kind of fighting is actually in line with common sense. How can there be so many people who can fight with thunder and bang for more than ten minutes, fighting Lily, or riding a horse, which can take at least half an hour.
A serious battle is basically a face-to-face matter, and you will either die or be crippled.
The two generals were facing each other on horseback, both holding weapons more than four meters long. They were looking back and forth, adjusting their weapons, constantly analyzing where the other side was going to attack, and constantly thinking about how to attack themselves. Then the two of them collided. Let's see who is smarter together. A wrong body is a life. But in the past of this life, many lives have been won.
This is also a good explanation for the success of a general. A general who was killed by others, other generals and soldiers who were killed, to say the least...
Yuan Shao waved his hand: "The king's thief attacked without warning, and we must deal with it. You all are dedicated to serving the public, and you can speak freely, but there is no harm in saying it."
"Attack without telling" is a very good saying. It means that if Wang Yan wants to beat him, he must inform him first. There is definitely a problem with this statement, but in fact it is not a big problem. Because the Han Dynasty is still there, everyone is considered a minister of the same dynasty, and you have to find a reason to beat someone, no matter how far-fetched it is, this is called a teacher's reputation. It's just that Wang Yan is a big traitor with a stubborn forehead. He will hit you when he says he will, no matter what excuse he wants. If you must have it, you won't be able to survive.
Xu You cupped his hands and said: "The current war is unknown, and I don't know what the king's thieves are planning. If they come to attack in a large scale, Xushui, Baxian and Quanzhou will move together. Xushui is not far from Gaoyi, so news of the war should be received. Then Today there is only Ba County. Qu Yi was defeated and captured, and Huang Zhong's troops entered Gaoyang.
Watching the king's thieves act, there will be no war unless there is enough food and grass. Although it had been more than two years since he captured Youzhou, he expanded his army and recruited troops, captured Yanmen, fought against Zhangyang, and collected the refugees in Bingzhou. Sometimes there were Black Mountain bandits mixed in with them, and Bingzhou was impoverished, so its food consumption must be huge. If it intends to annex Jizhou, there will definitely be insufficient food and fodder.
Therefore, you think that this time the king's thieves come to attack, there is nothing to worry about, it is just to test. "
Xu You, courtesy name Ziyuan, was born in Nanyang. He was greedy and arrogant in nature, and he made friends with party members extensively. He had dealings with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in his early years. After Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo said, "My sword is not bad," Dong Zhuo made a false edict to make Yuan Shao the governor of Bohai. It was at that time that Xu You got involved with Yuan Shao. Later in the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao did not accept Xu You's plan to attack Xuchang and turned to Cao Cao. Xu You was the instigator of Lao Cao's surprise attack on Wuchao.
In the end, because of his achievements in Guandu and his early relationship with Cao Cao, he got carried away and was too arrogant, so he was beheaded by Xu Chu.
Regardless of whether he should be cut or not, Xu You is still capable. From the perspective of Xushui and Baxian, the analysis is not an all-out war. Based on Wang Yan's other military operations and territory expansion, it is believed that more than two years are not enough for him to accumulate too much food, which proves that Wang Yan does not have the ability to launch a war. Judging from this, Wang Yan's surprise attack was for the purpose of testing.
"Ziyuan might as well say it bluntly, why is the king thief testing, and what is his intention?" A counselor couldn't help but ask.
Glancing at the man proudly, Xu You said: "In the past two years, my lord has conquered Zhang Yan in the west and the Taishan bandits in the east, with 300,000 soldiers. The king's bandit raised an army to test the strength of our army. This is one of them." The second reason is that we can develop with peace of mind. There is no big war. Cao Cao and Yuan Shu have both accumulated strength. It would be too peaceful in the current big war. The king's thief's intention is to drive us to raise troops south. This thief is in the north. It’s a good way to catch fish and sharpen your ears.”
What Xu You said made sense. In fact, Xu You was not the only one who came to mind, but Xu You showed it this time. Except for the generals, all the people in this room are wise. After receiving the news of the war, they had already thought a lot.
Yuan Shao figured out the reason and couldn't help but clenched his fists. Because this is really humiliating. He has an army of 300,000 people, and Wang Yan actually wants to drive him south? But when I thought about the fact that Wang Yan had more than 6,000 soldiers and defeated him with more than 10,000 people, I felt a little more relaxed. After all, Qu Yi is also a general who can fight and is good at leading troops, otherwise he would not be sent to defend. This is an important task, but he was still defeated by Huang Zhong in one battle.
And he also understood that although it was a surprise attack, there was no night attack. Qu Yi also fought with his entire army, and they still fought based on the military camp. This is a serious field battle, a serious head-on confrontation, which represents the gap in the military's hard power.
Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry and silent, the judge below said: "My lord, for this plan, we must quickly send an army of troops to help Gaoyang. Watching the king's thieves use their troops, Gaoyang will definitely stay still to wait for my movements, so they abandoned it. Gaoyang, you can also defend outside Gaoyang City."
"What Zhengnan said is true. My lord, no matter what, I must send troops first to stop the enemy. If there is no way to stop them, they will march straight in to attack Gaoyi. My lord must make a decision whether to go north or south. The king's thieves want to force me to go south and make the princes We are fighting, if my lord does not move his troops, one will lose his spirit, and the other will not be able to guarantee that the king's thieves will not raise a large number of troops to attack me."
This was said by Ju Shou. During the time of Guandu, he repeatedly offered suggestions, but Yuan Shao refused to accept them and wanted to kill him. After the war in Guandu, he was beheaded by Lao Cao.
When Ju Shou's words came out, everything was in chaos. There are only two options: going north or going south, and a bunch of civil servants and generals are buzzing with their own opinions.
Some people think that with an army of 300,000 people in hand, the king's thieves also need to guard against the grassland and Han Sui, which involves part of the army. The army that can be mobilized here is only 70,000 or 80,000 people. Moreover, they can recruit Zhang Yang and tie up Kong Rong to fight together, and they can gather an army of 400,000. After such a comparison on paper, no matter how you look at it, they win.
The other group of people who prefer to go south naturally have their own opinions. The king's thief once fought five thousand against twenty thousand in the battles of Changli and Xuantu in Liaodong. In all the recorded battles, the king thief has never been defeated. After nine years of management in Liaodong, more than six years in the grassland, and more than two years in Youzhou, the population is three million, and the army is truly strong.
If there is a war, the king's thief can mobilize 60,000 to 70,000 troops to participate in the battle within one month, and another 50,000 troops can be mobilized in two months. After three months, the entire army will be mobilized, and there will be 300,000 troops. If the war drags on, there will be no chance of surrender. After all, Wang Yan's army has been recruited, and it is absolutely impossible to send these people back. They have to fight if they don't want to, and they will be finished by then.
Relatively speaking, the 300,000-strong army left 100,000 soldiers and horses to look after the country. Wang Yan was content with developing internal affairs and wanted to reap the benefits. He would definitely not go south. They sent 200,000 troops for action. First annex Qingzhou, and then plan for Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Fight all the way to the north of the Yangtze River, so that with stronger force, you can turn back and attack the king thief.
Obviously, in comparison, it seems that he followed the king's thief's wishes and went south, which looks better. You may not be able to do it now, and you may be able to do it later. Although it is the same, there is always a 'after'. If we do it now, the probability of not having it now is too high.
This is not the time of Guandu. Yuan Shao had five or six hundred thousand troops, while Cao Cao only had seven or eighty thousand. With an advantage, Yuan Shao would definitely catch Cao Cao and do it fiercely. Of course, this troop strength is also fictional. In the actual Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao had 100,000 troops, while Cao Cao only had 20,000.
It seems that there are fewer soldiers and horses, the writing is not awesome enough, and there is no passion. So, hey, General Wang can now pull out 300,000 troops...
And on the other hand, Wang Yan's knife is right there. It is a real killing for the wealthy family. They all know everything about each other and know everything about each other. No one can escape. Many of them are not actually afraid of death, but they are afraid that they will die if they are caught by Wang Yan. I heard that Gongsun Zan's bones are covered with porcelain. Especially Yuan Shao, if he had been defeated and if he had not run away, he would definitely end up like Gongsun Zan.
Medical matters are not a secret. Wang Yan even invited wealthy businessmen to go to the medical clinic. Someone also specially introduced who is this skeleton and who is the person who has been treated with strips of muscle tissue exposed? Quite arrogant, Wang Yan deliberately disgusted the wealthy family. They suppressed their nausea and had to do business with him.
On the other hand, there is a reason, because the king thief now intends to annex the state and has taken control of Yanmen Pass. There must be troops there. If they don't fight, the king's thieves will definitely plan to annex the state.
Everyone wants to delay, so we can understand Yuan Shao's attitude.
Yuan Shao patted the table. Just now, his subordinates had moved another table and set up additional food and drinks. After the buzzing crowd of sages calmed down, he ordered: "I have made up my mind, let's go south!"
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and slapped the table hard, ignoring the numb palms, which showed the huge shame in his heart at this moment.
He continued: "Zhang He and Gao Lan, you two will lead 30,000 troops to Gaoyang to resist the enemy. If Huang Zhong does not lead the army to advance, there is no need to fight. You can just resist each other as usual."
You have to stand upright when being beaten, and Yuan Shao stood upright. Since he was not prepared to fight, he simply gave up Gao Yang to the thief Wang.
After Zhang He and Gao Lan accepted the order, Yuan Shao continued to make arrangements: "Pay close attention to the movements of the king's thieves, and the generals will prepare for war. Send a letter to Kong Rong and ask him if he will submit. If he obeys, then attack him. If he doesn't, I will attack him. I personally wrote a letter to Cao Cao , causing him to attack Yuan Shu southward."
After some arrangements, everyone worked on their own, and Yuan Shao's men also became busy...
In fact, Cao Cao didn't need Yuan Shao to say anything. He was already fighting everywhere to expand his territory. He has no one to fight, including Yuan Shu, the Black Mountain Army, and Xuzhou. The original Montenegrin army still sandwiched the Southern Xiongnu, but since Wang Yan began to attack Bingzhou, the Southern Xiongnu ran away. Only a small part of them are in the Taihang Mountains, hanging out with the Black Mountain bandits, and most of them have migrated outside the Great Wall.
So Cao Cao himself acted on Yuan Shu, on the one hand to expand his own strength, and on the other hand to reassure Yuan Shao and express his feelings. After all, the current general environment of the Guandong princes is the confrontation between the Yuan brothers.
The most important thing is that although Lao Cao is not as powerful as Yuan Shao, he has not sent any troops to garrison the border area between Yan and Hebei states in order to make Yuan Shao relax his vigilance. He is very energetic. Fight south, then go back and deal with Yuan Shao.
On this point, the current Yuan Shao and Lao Cao coincide with each other, but Yuan Shao wants to fight south and attack Wang Yan later.
So after receiving Yuan Shao's letter, Lao Cao's reply was to the effect of, "Brother, don't worry about doing things."
Wang Yan received the news slower because no one sent him a message. He could only judge Yuan Shao's choice through the news from Huang Zhong and the movements from Taishi Ci and Zhou Cang.
"Report to the general, Yuan Shao added 20,000 troops and stationed them ten miles outside Gaoyang City. Later, the magistrate of Gaoyang County surrendered to the city. The Army Sima is acting in civil affairs." The Signal Corps reported the letter dutifully.
To put it another way, "acting in charge of civil affairs" means killing wealthy families and officials, even if they offer a city. Some blood must be shed to cheer up people everywhere and give them a new spirit.
Wang Yan nodded and ordered: "In return for Huang Zhong, lead the Xuanwu Guards to approach the enemy five miles away and set up camp. Recall three thousand militiamen. Promote Lu Bu to the rank of military prince. Let's go."
"Yes." The signal soldier knocked on his chest hard, turned around and ran out.
He also recruited personal guards. Wang Yan said: "Pass the order to recruit another 3,000 militiamen. They will be combined with the militiamen recruited this time. They will be named Bao Tao Guards. Zhang Wu will be appointed Bao Tao Guards and the whole army will be trained. Also send a letter to Guo Jia, Looking for opportunities to expand. Just go."
After Yuan Shao was convinced, of course he couldn't be idle here. It was important to steadily expand his territory and absorb the population for development.
Now his development in Bingzhou is actually very safe. It is far away from Liangzhou and not close to Chang'an. He was expanding bit by bit, and no one took him seriously. Although Han Sui was ignorant, he really couldn't fight in a short time.
But in fact, there is no need for him. It is now 193, and chaos will break out in Chang'an next year. Han Sui, Ma Teng, Li Jue, Guo Si, etc. will all be beaten out of their wits. After that, the brothers Han Sui and Ma Teng will The two would also have civil strife and fight each other back and forth.
Yuan Shao will also take action, leading the Kanto princes to start attacking and annexing each other. This time Wang Yan was satisfied. Although many people would die if the world was in chaos, it would be chaos sooner or later. No one could escape from such a world...
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