The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 543 Xun Yu

"In addition to recruiting troops, Yuan Shao has also recruited a lot of bravery from the countryside. These bravery are not good for field battles, but they are more than enough to defend the city. If you want to defeat Yuan Shao, I am afraid that you will lose a lot in the way of attacking the city and looting land. General, if the main force of Yuan Shao's army waits for work, it will be hard to know the outcome..."

Liu Chong's face was full of worry, Zhong Zhong, they were not the Yellow Turban Army, and there was no "thunderbolt chariot" in the army that could throw stone bullets a hundred steps away and destroy the walls of the city. city ​​equipment.

In fact, the cities in the mainland have certain restrictions on city defense, and they are not allowed to be built too tall.

But today is different, because of the threat of the Yellow Turban Army and Dong Zhuo Army, cities in Jizhou, Yanzhou and other places have strengthened their defenses, and these cities are now much more defensive than before.

Attacking cities by force will only cause a lot of loss of generals. There are thirty or forty cities in Guanzhong, but as long as Chang'an is broken and several major cities along the way, Dong Zhuo can be defeated.

But if he wanted to completely defeat Yuan Shao, he would have to capture at least a dozen cities to achieve his goal.

Moreover, Yuan Shao had many counsellors, and the number of generals and schools was like a cloud. The suspense of victory and defeat was extremely high. Whether it was Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, or Liu Chong, they were not sure of victory.

The atmosphere in the lobby became more and more dull. Sun Jian knew that this atmosphere could not be allowed to continue. If they didn't even have the confidence, what would the soldiers and officials below think?

"Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, and Jiaohe occupy the three prefectures of Ji, Yan, and Qing respectively. They seem to be powerful, but in fact they are only externally strong and middle-ranking. In the past, Yuan Shao and others stationed troops in Suanzao and Huai counties, with tens of thousands of troops, but only Cao Cao, Bao Xin and the others dared to march westward."

Sun Jian saluted Liu Chong with both hands in his arms, his voice was cold and full of strong confidence.

"Yuan Shao now has a heart of disobedience, but he misjudged the situation and thought he could win."

"Shaohao is vain, he doesn't know what is important for soldiers, he is lenient outside and taboo inside, he is suspicious of people when he employs people, and he is only relatives and children.

"The subordinates are only gathered under him because of their power and power. It only takes one defeat to make the world know their face and strength. At that time, the followers will definitely disperse and no longer attach themselves."

"The Wentai army is slightly superior to others, but I misunderstood the key point."

Liu Chong's face softened a little. Although he had a reputation for bravery, he didn't have much experience in battle. At this moment, he heard Sun Jian's words, and then he realized that marching and fighting are not data on paper.

"However, although the Northern Expedition is important, the national treasury is now empty, and it has always been barely maintained by the taxes in Yuzhou and Yangzhou. Now that there are bandits in many places in Yangzhou, the tax that can be recovered has also been greatly reduced. This matter It has to be dealt with.

Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, was ignorant of military affairs, and the soldiers lacked training, but were suppressed by bandit soldiers instead, which is really too shameful.

Yan Baihu plundered the prefectures and counties, fought with powerful forces, and won successive battles. However, many generals in Yangzhou had nothing to do with him, and they did not dare to go out to fight against him, so they could only stick to the city.

Due to the influence of Yan Baihu, the taxes collected in Yangzhou have been reduced a lot. The financial problems of the Chendu court have always been a problem. Now that Yangzhou, which is a tax-heavy place, has problems again, Liu Chong is really a little bit worried now. Desperate.

"I don't know what you can do to deal with it?"

Liu Chong glanced at the people in the hall and asked.

Sun Jian frowned slightly, he looked up at Liu Chong, and wanted to say something, but at this moment, Sun Jing, who was sitting by the side, silently gestured to him to silence him.

Although Sun Jian didn't understand why, he still didn't speak in the end.

Some people in the hall made several suggestions, but in the end they still couldn't solve the current predicament in Yangzhou.

Liu Chong glanced at the silent Sun Jian, his heart settled down, and finally he turned his attention to a handsome young scribe with an extraordinary bearing, and asked a question.

"I don't know if Wen Ruo has a good strategy to stabilize Yangzhou?"

Sun Jian followed Liu Chong's gaze. Sun Jian recognized the young scholar.

His surname is Xun, his name is Yu (xún yù), and his character is Wenruo. He is a descendant of the Xun family in Yingchuan County.

In the first year of Yonghan (189), he was promoted to Xiaolian and served as the guard of the palace. He was in charge of pens, inks, paper and other items for the emperor.

Later, Dong Zhuo abolished Liu Xie as the king of Chenliu, and made Liu Bian, the king of Hongnong, the emperor. Xun Yu was angry with Dong Zhuo's behavior and abandoned his official position to return to his hometown.

Dong Zhuo's reckless behavior made Xun Yu feel threatened and wanted to persuade the clan to relocate. After hearing about it, Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, expressed his willingness to send someone to help him, but when Xun Yu was ready, he heard that Liu Xie had actually arrived. Chen Du.

Before Liu Xie ascended the throne as emperor, Xun Yu had already asked for an audience, and then Xun Yu was reappointed as the palace guard.

After Liu Chong served as the general of chariots, he had a brief conversation with Xun Yu, which also allowed Liu Chong to discover Xun Yu's talent, so he recruited Xun Yu to be the Sima in the general's mansion, with a rank of a thousand stones.

When Xun Yu heard Liu Chong's question, he bowed first, thought for a while, and then answered cautiously.

"I do have some ideas in my mind, but I don't know if it is feasible, and I am still thinking about it. Since the general asked a question, it is not good for me to make more excuses."

"The situation in Yangzhou is complicated. Yan Baihu is quite cunning. He occupies a dangerous location and unites with bandits from all over the country to form a disaster county. He links up with powerful people and thinks it is the eyes and ears. Only relying on the strength of Yangzhou's own state, I am afraid it will be difficult to calm down in a short time."

Xun Yu paused, looked at Sun Jian, and continued.

"I think that if you want to pacify Yangzhou in a short time, I'm afraid you have to rely on General Sun."

"Wentai is brave, if you lead troops to Yangzhou, then the Northern Expedition, wouldn't it be..."

Liu Chong frowned slightly, he was a little disappointed, he had seen Xun Yu calm and thought that he had some good plan, but he didn't expect that Xun Yu put his hope on Sun Jian.

Needless to say, Xun Yu also knew that if Sun Jian sent troops to the south to put down the rebellion, it would not take long for the Yangzhou Rebellion to be put down.

But under the current situation, Sun Jian must not be able to go to Yangzhou. Sun Jian still needs to be responsible for the affairs of the Northern Expedition. Only Sun Jian can resist Daren.

"Why do you need a sledgehammer to cut a chicken?"

Xun Yu heard Liu Chong's disappointed tone, but it didn't affect his mood, he just smiled and said calmly.

"What I mean by relying on General Sun does not mean that General Sun will go south with the army to suppress the rebellion. Yan Baihu and his ilk are nothing but scabies [jiè xuǎn]
The disease, why put it between the teeth? "

As soon as Xun Yu said this, everyone in the hall focused their eyes on Xun Yu.

　Xun Yu did not take refuge in Cao Cao, and the current history has changed beyond recognition. Readers can guess who else will join the court of Chendu

　　
　
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