In Gaoyi, Yuan Shao kicked over the table in front of him again.
"The thief king has gone too far to bully others. How dare you humiliate me so much?"
The deputy general in charge of communications was standing in the middle of the scene. Even though the drink poured into his face, he did not move at all. The civil servants and generals sitting on both sides did a little hiding.
It was also his fault that he came at the wrong time, just in time for the morning meeting. Of course, the main reason is that he worked hard and rushed to deliver the letter personally after receiving the news. He set out yesterday and traveled all night to deliver it this morning.
After breathing heavily for a while and calming down his excited little heart, Yuan Shao waved his hand impatiently: "Go down and have a good rest."
After sending the lieutenant who personally delivered the message, Yuan Shao asked Ji Qunxian: "Gentlemen, is the current situation going to be war or peace?"
Seeing that no one answered, it was Tian Feng who spoke first. He was more reckless and said whatever he wanted.
"My lord, the former king ordered Huang Zhong to take Gaoyang and force us to the south, so that the princes would attack each other and cause chaos in the Central Plains. He took the opportunity to drive out the Xiongnu and Xianbei from the grasslands, and took half of the land in Bingzhou, plowing the fields deeply, and accumulating grain and millet. The lord took Qingzhou and entered Yanzhou, where it also developed. However, the king's thieves had the ability to govern the world, and there were many skilled craftsmen and countless soldiers under his rule. Although his fighting force was small, he widely practiced the system of militia, and children as young as six years old began to learn martial arts. No matter how long it is, we will practice more battle formations.
Moreover, its people are tough and martial, their soldiers are brave and their generals are brave, and their fighting power is strong. Fan Quyi was defeated and captured, and his flesh was cut into human bones. Then he knew that the army under the king's thief was good at fighting. Quyi's army was twice as large as Huang Zhong's Xuanwu Guard, but they could not defeat him. Similar to the army of Xuanwu Guards, there are Xingwu, Yingwu, Xiongwu, Zhenwu, Weiwu, Guangwu, Shenwu and Baotao, with a total of nine guards and 70,000 troops.
There are also seven thousand heroic cavalry camps, led by Liao Hua. They are all light-armored cavalry, each riding two horses. They are skilled in bow and horse, and can conquer and fight well. He first conquered Wuhuan in Liaodong, then entered the grasslands and Bingzhou, driving away the barbarians two thousand miles away. This spring, Cao Cao's army was powerful in Xuzhou. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who had jointly attacked Lu Bu, had served under Liao Hua's tent and destroyed Cao Cao's food routes many times. Liu Bei was able to resist Cao Cao's 150,000 troops with 50,000 troops. The merits of these two generals Mo Dayan.
There are also 1,200 mysterious armor battalions, with men and horses equipped with heavy armor. Once they charge in formation, they will be invincible in the world. Among the rebellious troops, even if there is Lu Bu's bravery, he will die without a burial place.
There are millions of people in Youzhou. If a war begins, an army of 100,000 can be raised. Although the lord has an army of 500,000, the soldiers are not in battle formation and their fighting strength is insufficient. If the king's thief only fights with an army of 100,000 people, we may be able to fight. If the king's thief sends an army of 200,000, we will definitely be defeated.
What's more, Cao Cao is in the south. If I raise all my troops to attack the king's thieves, he will take advantage of my emptiness and recapture Yanzhou. Moreover, I don’t have enough food and fodder to support an army of 500,000 people…”
Yuan Shao listened to what he said for a long time, waved his hand, interrupted Tian Feng's words, and asked: "Yuan Hao thinks it is better to seek peace with 500,000 people and 200 miles of land?"
"No." Tian Feng shook his head and said, "The power of the king's thief has been established. If today we ask for peace with 500,000 people and 200 miles of land, the power will be even greater two years later. At that time, the king's thief demanded millions of people. The land is five hundred miles away, what should I do? Although I am not invincible now, I still have fighting strength. If I am invincible at that time, it may be difficult to resist, so I can only kill him with my neck. Therefore, I must fight against the king and the thief now, and I can only fight with my life to the death. Tomorrow. If we don’t fight now, we will be dead within five years, and my lord must do it quickly."
At this time, Guo Tu stood up. His name was Gongze, a native of Yingchuan. During the time of Guandu, Wuchao was attacked. He advocated attacking Guandu, while Zhang He advocated saving Wuchao. Yuan Shao divided his troops and sent light cavalry to support Wuchao. He also sent Zhang He and Gao Lan to attack Guandu. As a result, Wuchao could not be rescued due to insufficient troops, and suffered serious casualties. Guandu was not captured.
Guo Tu was afraid that Zhang He would come back and attack him as a hindrance, so when Zhang He was attacking Guandu, he told Yuan Shao that Zhang He and Gao Lan had long wanted to surrender to Cao, but he did not send troops to rescue him. In the end, Zhang He and Gao Lan had no choice but to surrender. Also have to vote.
"You said that Cao Cao is in the south and wants to regain Yanzhou. The king's thieves are so powerful that they can't be defeated even if they try their best. How can they be stopped if they don't try their best?"
He said, "In my opinion, this time my lord should sacrifice 500,000 people and 200 miles of territory, and then mobilize all his troops to attack Cao Cao in the south, attack Yuan Shu across the river, capture Jingzhou in the west, and then advance to Yizhou and Hanzhong. Hold the Yangtze River , to resist the king's thieves. Even if we are unable to defeat the enemy, we can retreat from the dangers of Yizhou, or retreat south to Jiaozhi. Although it is wild and remote, our survival is not in danger, and we may not be unable to revive the Central Plains in the future."
Although he is a surrender faction, Guo Tu also explained his grand strategy: first draw the river and conquer it. If he still can't resist the attack of the king's thieves, he will run to the land of Bashu. If that doesn't work, he will run to the south. The south is mountainous anyway. , there are many dangerous places, you can use this to fight against Wang Yan. Moreover, these people have saved their lives and will not be killed by Wang Yan. They will be made into skeletons and can continue to dominate.
The key thing is that they are now at war with Wang Yan. If they lose, there will really be nothing. Who can take in Zhang Yang, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Liu Yan, and even Li Jue, Guo Si, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others from Chang'an? Even if he can be taken in, who can take the defeated general seriously? What's more, Yuan Shao himself has charisma and can be called the largest prince today. Who can feel at ease with such a person under his command?
On the other hand, Yuan Shao is now the most powerful. If he wants to cross Zhangjiang and settle down, defeating Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, it seems there is no big problem. On the contrary, it is impossible to kill Wang Yan in one battle and complete his achievements in one battle.
Comparing the two, it would definitely be better to surrender and then attack southward. But Yuan Shao was a little unhappy this time. He had never been beaten before. If he was scared once, could he be scared again and again?
He didn't fight Wang Yan before because he wanted to accumulate strength. Now he has captured Qingzhou and Yanzhou. He has the power of three states, but he still has to be robbed by Wang Yan. He still has to take the initiative to send half a million people and two hundred miles. Land, in order to achieve short-term peace, what the hell is this? Of course Yuan Shao also has a temper...
At this time, Jushu came out and spoke: "My lord, Cao Cao is a loyal minister and has made an alliance with thieves today. You can tell the world about Cao Cao's faults and his intention to get rid of thieves. At that time, Cao Cao will fight with the king's thieves. Bound by fame and righteousness, I dare not take the opportunity to raise troops to invade."
This is also a method. Nowadays, everyone has the same name, so it’s okay for Lao Cao to do dirty things in private. But if Yuan Shao exposes it and everyone knows about it, then Cao Cao will most likely not dare to do it, because then It will lose its righteousness, which is absolutely correct.
King Yuan Shaoqian said that it was a major matter for the family and the country, and it was also a major matter for the world's powerful families. All the wealthy families in the world have a consensus on Wang Yan's harm. They don't just look at the one-third of an acre of land in front of them. They all have a long-term vision for their own personal interests and for the longevity of their family. So forget it if you don’t help, they will most likely not hold you back.
But there are still many people who object to Ju Shou's words, because today is already a troubled time, and it is too unfair to place their hopes on Cao Cao because of a vain reputation and so-called righteousness, so he gives up his interests and does not attack Yanzhou when they are at war with Wang Yan. Reliable.
A group of people were making noises. Generally speaking, the surrender faction had the upper hand, but the voice of the main fighting faction was not quiet. At least the generals such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou supported the fighting.
In fact, more than a year ago, when Huang Zhongbing entered Gaoyang County, the voice of the main war faction was not quiet. But all things considered at the time, the paper strength was indeed a bit lacking. But now that they have controlled the three states, they are more powerful than before. Under such circumstances, they naturally shouted louder.
Yuan Shao thought the same way. Before, there was only Jizhou, so he was afraid of the king's thieves. Now that there are three states, how can he still be afraid of Wang Yan? Didn't Qingzhou and Yanzhou get it in vain?
Of course, the most important thing is that the two sides have never had a serious fight. Only when Yuan Shao came back with Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao was in Bohai County, and the scouts of both sides fought some battles every day. Then more than a year ago, Huang Zhong defeated Qu Yi easily in a battle, and there had never been a large-scale battle.
All day long, Yuan Shao listened to his subordinates consolidate the information from the caravan's business trip under Wang Yan's rule. They talked about how powerful Wang Yan was, and Yuan Shao's ears almost became calluses. How strong could he be?
Although Wang Yan can be regarded as having three states, Liaodong, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Grassland, although the Northeast is a place where people have overlooked and have not discovered that there are countless fertile fields, Wang Yan's population is insufficient. And the Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou he occupied were places with concentrated populations. Although they were not as good as the Guanzhong area, they were not much worse.
On the other hand, Wang Yan is too kind to his subordinates, and he will definitely not be able to sustain himself in a big battle. There was not enough food and grass here, so he didn't believe how much Wang Yan's food and grass could be. There will definitely be consequences if he can't hold on, but it's not that big of a problem. It's just that some people died, so it's not a big deal. But if Wang Yan cannot hold on, it will be different, because it will shake the foundation of Wang Yan's rule. Who asked him to make promises to the people?
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Wang Yan will definitely be defeated when the time comes. As long as there is no Wang Yan, Liaodong and Youzhou will definitely be unable to resist. After all, Wang Yan was involved in all major military and political affairs. As long as Wang Yan's prestige was shaken, it would basically have a comprehensive impact on the people under his rule, leading to the collapse of the prosperous situation.
So even if he may not be able to defeat Wang Yan in terms of hard power, as long as he can defeat Wang Yan's logistics, it will be victory.
To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao had never actually fought with Wang Yan, so he still refused to accept it. It does make sense. Their territory is not small, their population is larger, they have many ministers and generals under their command, and they have the support of wealthy families. Now looking at the paper strength, there is no reason why we can't do it.
So Yuan Shao couldn't think about it...
He patted the table, waited for the civil and military parties to quiet down, and said loudly: "Let the world know that I want to attack the king's thief in the north. I have written a letter to Mengde. If the king's thief is defeated, he should return to Yanzhou and let him be treated peacefully. He will not fight with me. Fight.
Pass on my military order, after the autumn harvest, an army of 400,000 from Ji, Qing, and Yanzhou will be raised to attack the king's thief.
On the 15th, the thief Wang and I can falsely spread the news, saying that after the autumn harvest, the people will be relocated and the land will be delivered. Take advantage of this two-month opportunity to mobilize your troops and generals to attack them unprepared.
Whether the function is successful or not depends on this battle. Don't say more, I have made up my mind, you all can go about your business. "
It was rare for Yuan Shao to act decisively, but it was also mixed with personal sentiment. In the final analysis, Wang Yan put too much pressure on him, and he did not have a clear idea if he did not fight with real swords and guns.
In fact, rulers do not consider the people, because they always weigh the overall and personal pros and cons. Yuan Shao said that he wanted to do something to Wang. He didn't know how many people were busy because of this, and he didn't know how many people died under the sword in the end. Of course Yuan Shao will consider these things, but what he considers is not the loss of the people, but the reduction of soldiers and income as the leader of a force.
Wang Yan is of course different. After all, he is truly people-oriented, which is why he does not launch a large-scale war. After all, in such an era of material scarcity, even if the war is won, there will be no immediate tangible benefits. There will only be population and land, and land will need population. After a certain period of time, it will be developed. Only then will there be a harvest.
This is a real and huge harm to the livelihood of the original people.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu with great force, but the people of the Han Dynasty lived a really bad life. This is of course appropriate. After all, the Xiongnu threatens the survival of the Han nation. Of course, the Xiongnu must be killed, but the cost is high. But there was nothing we could do about it. After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't know anything about political economy or various industrial knowledge. He had done the best he could.
If Wang Yan were to take the position of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he would still want to fight the Huns, but the difference is that the people's lives might be better. This is a gap of two thousand years, not because of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After all, none of the emperors who can be named are given for free. They are all wise and outstanding people. They have been fighting all their lives...
After waiting for fifteen days, Wang Yan met Zhang He again.
It was still the same as the last meeting, Wang Yan took Tai Shici, and Zhang He took two lieutenants. The difference was that this time, Zhang He sent someone to inform them first.
Zhang He cupped his hands and said, "General, my lord has agreed to your request. After the autumn harvest, the people will be relocated and the land will be handed over. The general will just treat you well."
Wang Yan nodded with a smile and asked: "Now half a month has passed, I wonder how Jun Yi will make a decision?"
"The general is very kind to me, and I am deeply grateful. However, my lord treats me with kindness and kindness, and I really don't dare to leave."
"Don't you hear that a wise minister chooses his master and a good bird chooses a tree to roost?" Wang Yan shook his head and smiled. He took two steps closer to the horse. In Zhang He's puzzled eyes, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled him over.
Zhang He didn't have any precautions. Wang Yan was laughing a second ago, as if the horse had lost control and was running forward. Who would have thought of taking action directly? So Zhang He didn't expect to be picked up by Wang Yan and thrown to the ground.
Taishi Ci also took action at the same time, knocking off the two guarding lieutenants with just a few moves.
At this time, Zhang He's sergeants who were guarding from a distance had already reacted and rushed over with howls. Similarly, Wang Yan's personal guards and Xuanwu Guards sergeants who followed Wang Yan also rushed towards the opposite side, and the war began in such a sudden way.
"General, why is this? Why is this?" Zhang He looked at the sudden change of situation and couldn't understand why Wang Yan did this.
Wang Yan looked him up and down and saw that he still hadn't drawn his sword so far. He jumped off his horse with great satisfaction and went over to pat the dirt on Zhang He's armor.
"On the 15th, Yuan Shao and I were considering whether to fight or make peace. Gaoyang was only five hundred miles away from Gaoyi. We rode hard and fast. It only took one day and night, and the trip back and forth only took three days. Yuan Shao had many famous men under his command, and they all had good plans. We would fight as soon as possible. Hehe, why do you need to reply on the 15th? In my opinion, if you don't reply for seven days, it means that Yuan Shao wants to raise an army to attack me. Your letter today is just a delaying and confusing strategy, making me careless and surprise in the autumn. .
Judging from your expression, I think everything I said is true. Yuan Shao really has the courage to raise an army to attack me. In this case, I should strike first to gain the upper hand. This is the 'why' you asked. Junyi, do you like each other? "
Looking at the smiling face of General Wang, and then looking at the army that has launched the charge, yes, it is the army. Xuanwuwei's entire army was dispatched without stopping at all. The cavalry was already shouting and killing towards their camp.
If this is the case here, it must be the same elsewhere.
Zhang He was stunned for a moment. He saw one of his men being sent flying by a brave halberd-wielding knight. Without saying a word, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Zhang He meets the general."
"No courtesy. You should be clear about the rules of my administration. So I will serve as a pawn with the Xuanwu Guards. It will coincide with the attack on Yuan Shao. Depending on your ability, sooner or later you will be able to lead the guard by yourself." Wang Yan clasped his hands behind his back and smiled. Satisfied, I collected another general, which was very good.
"General, Gao Lan has a good relationship with a certain person. He is brave and brave. You can tell him to come and surrender, so as not to resist stubbornly and hurt the general's sergeants."
"Lead my bodyguard and go quickly."
Zhang He responded, took fifty personal guards, jumped on his horse and galloped away. This personal guard was not to prevent Zhang He from running away, but to identify Zhang He. Now is the time for war. Without proof, Zhang He's fight will be in vain. In the end, he will die and lose the lives of several of his soldiers. Zhang He obviously understood this truth, so there was no nonsense.
However, Wang Yan was still very satisfied with Zhang He's initiative to recruit Gao Lan. Gao Lan's combat effectiveness is quite good, and he can even compete with Xu Chu. On a year-on-year basis, he can also compete with Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others, even though Gao Lan was defeated by Zhao Yun Stabbed to death with one shot.
Now under the command of General Wang, there are eight generals: Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, and Tai Shi Ci, each one more powerful than the other. Of course, Lu Bu is not a general yet. After more than a year, he has only been promoted to a captain. When there is no war, this is already fast. Dian Wei was promoted to the position of captain of the Xuanjia Camp, and he rose up through sheer force.
Looking at it this way, Wang Yan also has many talents under his command, and each one is more powerful than the other, and each one is more powerful than the next...
Just as he said to Zhang He, it was war or peace, it was a very simple matter, and it didn't take that long to think about it. He stayed for half a month to judge Yuan Shao's thoughts. I told Zhang He that seven days was conservative. After all, for such a big matter, a decision should be made early. If we really want to seek peace, we must spread the news as early as possible. We are afraid that there will be any misunderstandings as time goes by. This situation can last more than five days.
So after seven days and still no response, Wang Yan has already issued an order. Not only Gaoyang, but also Xushui and Quanzhou will start fighting this afternoon.
At the same time, the recruitment of militiamen has also begun. This time, 30,000 Youzhou soldiers, 15,000 Northeast soldiers, and 10,000 grassland soldiers were recruited. Another 10,000 grassland soldiers were recruited to defend the grassland, because this time Liao Hua's Xiaoqi battalion was recalled.
In addition, the Xuanjia Battalion has also been transferred back. The battlefields here are all plains, which is suitable for fighting.
Since the first strike is the strongest, then it is natural to strike strong. The 55,000 soldiers and horses recruited in the early stage, combined with the existing army here, have reached 100,000. This force is enough to deal with Yuan Shao.
The army cannot be pulled out in one day, but must be deployed step by step. The early battles were not fierce because Wang Yan had the upper hand and there was almost no resistance. Yuan Shao's response next is the key...
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