Fan Ju's simple words are definitely not alarmist, and they are also pure truth.
Those alarmists are fine if they want to fool other people, but if they want to fool two counselors who are at the top of their game, it is definitely impossible!
On the contrary, it is a kind of truth. It is precisely because of these truths that it is even more cruel to these counselors.
After all, the reality in the other party's truth is very cruel.
In particular, they can also judge that what the other party said is definitely true and may happen!
It was this truth that forced Cui Hao and Yuan Xi to swallow what they were about to say.
Apart from the method, the other methods they have are indeed not as effective and simple as this method.
Once before Li Jing's reinforcements arrived. If Luoyang City is not captured, then it is basically impossible for them to capture Luoyang City again in this battle! It is even bluntly said that their purpose of sending the coalition forces this time has been considered a failure!
Although this time the princes from all over the world formed a coalition to fight, they also caused considerable losses to the Jin army. For example, the two counties of Jiangxia and Nanjun in northern Jingbei fell into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, and half of Nanyang also fell into the hands of the princes of the Central Plains.
Another example is that half of Hanoi fell into the hands of Yuan Shao. Another example is that the Eight Passes of Luoyang were forced. Now the army of the northern princes has entered Sizhou.
These are all real losses to the Jin army!
However, although these losses were large, they were not worth looking at compared to the Jin army's gains in Yizhou. Yizhou was not only a gain in land and population, but also paved the way for the Jin army to wipe out the world in the next step. and strategic planning, the entire southern land fell under the guns of the Jin army.
Therefore, the best way to change this decline is to overthrow the Jin army's base camp of Luoyang, so that the Jin army can suffer unbearable losses.
And if Luoyang can be captured, although there will be invisible benefits for the princes in the world, the biggest benefit will definitely be on Yuan Shao's side, at least the most practical benefit will be taken by him.
After all, judging from the geographical location of the princes, after winning this territory, only Yuan Shao is qualified to take over it. Apart from him, if the other three remaining northern princes take it, this place will become an enclave that cannot be defended even if it is defended.
Therefore, although Fan Ju's plan is suspected of tricking Yuan Shao, compared to the benefits behind it, Cui Hao and Yuan Xi can only endure it at this time.
Of course, although Fan Ju wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to plot against Yuan Shao, he did so under the premise that they could capture Luoyang.
Although Yuan Shaobai was given so many benefits for no reason, he would definitely be unhappy. However, it is better to let Yuan Shaobai get some benefits than to let the Jin army completely lose control and let the Jin army start to deal with them one by one until they dominate the world.
After this strategy of driving the people to attack the city is implemented, the people of Sizhou will definitely suffer heavy casualties. The reputation of the Northern Alliance Army is completely bad here, just like the reputation of the current Alliance Army in the Central Plains. For a long time, they should not expect any public support here.
Of course, the Qin army who proposed this strategy may be more serious. However, it is not the Qin army who may occupy this territory next, so they do not need to worry about this problem.
If Luoyang is truly captured, it will be Yuan Shao who should have a headache!
And if they really capture Luoyang, even if Yuan Shao occupies it, Yuan Shao will definitely face the Jin army's counterattack for a long time.
In addition, the missing people's hearts are not with Yuan, Fan Ju and the others don't have to worry about how much Yuan Shao may expand due to his strength!
Therefore, when Fan Ju came up with this strategy, it was already clearly arranged by Yuan Shao.
Although Cui Hao and Yuan Xi can see the calculation behind this, sometimes they have to suffer the consequences of being dumb! Although it is a sour grape, it is better to have something than nothing! Those who say the grapes are sour are just envy and jealousy!
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south!
After Zhu Yuanzhang experienced the last great defeat, he suffered heavy losses. Apart from sending many of his good ministers and generals to the Central Plains to help the Central Plains princes in their battles, he had never done anything superfluous. Instead, he was ready to fully recuperate.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang was not too anxious to eat Liu Xiu's piece of meat that was already in his mouth!
Today is different from the past. Liu Xiu was still able to help Zhu Yuanzhang fight against the Jin army. After all, after the Battle of Jingbei, although Liu Xiu suffered a complete defeat, he did not lose all his good ministers and generals, but retained a considerable part of them. It was this group of people that Zhu Yuanzhang was interested in at that time.
However, as Zhu Yuanzhang successively captured Jiangxia and Nanjun in this battle, Liu Xiu, who was in Jingnan, was completely surrounded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Liu Xiu's power was no longer even comparable to that of the Jin army. Once the border is reached, naturally it is of no use to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Xiu has always understood this very clearly. He knew very well that it would not be long before Zhu Yuanzhang attacked him.
However, in the previous battle, Liu Xiu was also a loser, even worse than Zhu Yuanzhang. The difference in eyesight between the two is like a world of difference. With such a huge gap, no matter how powerful Liu Xiu is, he can't think of any way to break the situation. Nowadays, it seems that Liu Xiu can only passively choose to wait for death.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has not rushed to attack Liu Xiu at this time is because on the one hand, the princes in the world are all joining forces to resist the Jin Dynasty, and they are ready to wait until this battle is over.
On the other hand, because most of his strong generals have been sent by him to support the princes of the Central Plains, it is not appropriate to make extraneous matters at this time.
In addition, to Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Xiu was almost a piece of meat that he could eat whenever he wanted.
But no one expected that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was ready to recuperate and accumulate strength, would be hit on the head by a huge pie at this moment.
Most of Jiaozhou was given to him for nothing, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to make up for the losses in the previous war.
It also means that from then on, Zhu Yuanzhang officially became the second largest prince in the world after Li Xiang. The entire Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, plus the land of Jingnan that was about to be unified, two of the four counties of Jingbei, and The two counties in Yuzhou are now under Zhu Yuanzhang's control.
(End of chapter)
