Han Dao world

Chapter 415
Although Yuan Shao was annoyed by Tian Feng's face-to-face rebuttal, he still accepted some of Tian Feng's opinions.

Liu Bei's delay and refusal to concede a minister is inevitably suspicious.Reminiscent of Yuan Shu's claim to command Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce to fight, it made Yuan Shao worry that Liu Bei was cheating and made a deal with Yuan Shu.

After all, Liu Bei is also famous for his agility.If Yuan Shu or the imperial court are willing to invest capital, it is not impossible for Liu Bei to change his family.

Yuan Shao decided that his decision to conquer Huainan by himself remained unchanged. At the same time, he sent Chun Yuqiong to lead [-] horsemen to Tan County to join Chen Deng to force Liu Bei to make a decision.

If Liu Bei becomes a minister, he will coerce Liu Bei to attack Huainan together.

If Liu Bei refused to be a minister, he would be destroyed directly, and Chun Yuqiong would lead Xuzhou Mu, and then lead Xuzhou soldiers to attack Huainan.

An army of [-] inspectors and supervisors was sent to town Suiyang to prepare for Cao Cao.

As soon as this order was announced, the Ruying people headed by Chunyu Qiong rejoiced, but the Jizhou people sneered.

As expected, when he arrived in the Central Plains, Yuan Shao unscrupulously supported the Ruying people.

Tian Feng looked up to the sky and sighed. "To fight for world supremacy, one should fight from a distance and attack from a short distance. Now that the tiger is at your side, if you don't cut the grass and root out the roots, you will calm down the troubles of your elbows and armpits first, but you will mobilize your army out of anger and make an expedition to Huainan. How can you be undefeated?"

Yuan Shao was very angry when he heard this, and he couldn't listen to Tian Feng's suggestion.

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At the beginning of October, Yuan Shao commanded an army of [-], and went down the Huai River to kill Huainan.

When Cao Cao, who was waiting in battle, heard the news, he was so shocked that he couldn't believe his ears.After confirming that the message was correct, he rubbed his forehead and laughed.

"The fierce ghosts on this road not only rob people's property, but also rob people in danger. Very kind!"

Guo Jia also breathed a sigh of relief when he came to report the news. "In this way, our army has several months to prepare, and the cavalry has time to familiarize themselves with the stirrups, and their combat power has greatly increased."

Cao Cao smiled and nodded repeatedly. "It's a pity that there are still fewer vests. If there are a hundred armored cavalry, the chances of winning the battle will be increased by one point."

Guo Jia agreed.

The biggest role of armored cavalry is to charge the battle, and one armored cavalry can be two to three light cavalry.A hundred armored cavalry assembled and rushed into the formation, which was enough to tear apart most infantry formations.Especially when Yuan Shao has Hebei strong crossbowmen, armored cavalry is far more lethal than ordinary cavalry.

Cao Cao once asked the court for one hundred vests, but the court only gave thirty.

Compared with Yuan Shu, this is already good.

Yuan Shu sent his daughter to the palace, but the court only gave him the false title of Yangzhou Mu, without giving him any real help.

This can be understood as the imperial court is limited in strength and cannot produce more war horses and ordnance.It can also be understood that the imperial court felt that Yuan Shu was useless, and there was no point in giving it to Yuan Shu, and in the end they all became Yuan Shao's spoils of war.

"My lord, send some war horses to Liu Bei." Guo Jia suggested.

"Give it to him?" Cao Cao was quite puzzled.

Although the emperor sent someone to send two thousand horses, his horses were not rich, and he could only equip about a thousand horses.In contrast, Yuan Shao has at least three thousand cavalry, and possibly even more.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Liu Bei came from Youzhou, and he has the ability to ride. But he has lived in the Central Plains for a long time and has lost contact with Youzhou. I am afraid that the horses will be severely damaged and the cavalry's combat power will be greatly reduced. It will not be conducive to fighting Yuan Shao, so he will be forced to become a vassal. The possibility is very high. If my lord can send him some war horses to make up for his shortcomings, then Liu Bei may hesitate. With him in Xuzhou to contain Yuan Shao, my lord will have another chance."

Cao Cao thought it was reasonable, so he ordered people to pick two hundred war horses, plus two hundred war horses that had just been eliminated, and ordered them to give them to Liu Bei.

Considering that Yanzhou and Yuzhou had been occupied by Yuan Shao, it was extremely difficult to transport these war horses. Cao Cao first sent a letter to Liu Bei, asking him to send someone to meet them, so that these hard-won war horses would not fall into Yuan Shao's hands.

In other words, if Liu Bei refuses to come to pick him up, he can't blame others.

At the same time, Cao Cao ordered Guo Jia to arrange for people to spread the news. As soon as Liu Bei's reply came, he would disclose it to Yuan Shao, which would provoke a conflict between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, making it difficult for Yuan Shao to take care of both.

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Upon receiving the news of Yuan Shao's personal expedition to Huainan, Liu Bei was as surprised and delighted as Cao Cao, more than anything else.

Soon, he received the news that Chunyu Qiong had led his troops to come. Knowing that the visitor was not friendly, he hurriedly asked Chen Deng to meet him, and tested Chen Deng's intentions.

Chen Deng's complexion was not very good, and he restrained his unhappiness and said, "Has the Shijun changed his mind?"

Liu Bei let out a long sigh. "Yuanlong, I'm also in a dilemma. If Leader Yuan just wants to dominate Shandong, that's all. If he wants to go further in the future, how can I explain to my ancestors?"

Chen Deng's face changed slightly, he stroked his beard and remained silent.

He also has Liu Bei's worries, and he is no less serious than Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's clan can only bluff people, but the Xiapi Chen family is a real official of the great Han Dynasty, a rich family with two thousand stones in the world.

If the great Han Dynasty is about to perish, the Yuan family will prosper, and it doesn't matter if the Chen family in Xiapi switches to the Yuan family.It's a destiny to change dynasties.But if the big man still has a chance to rejuvenate, and Yuan Shi is just a wishful thinking like Wang Mang, then Chen Shi's choice today may be very wrong.

Those who followed Wang Mang's family back then were shameless to the world, and some of them still haven't caught their breath yet.

In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, the emperor is far stronger than Ru Ziying, but Yuan Shao may not be as good as Wang Mang.

At least Wang Mang revealed his incompetence after he proclaimed himself emperor, something is wrong with Yuan Shao now.Leaving Liu Bei and Cao Cao behind him, he actually led the army to attack Yuan Shu.

Even if the brothers turned against each other, they shouldn't be in such a hurry.

Chen Deng pondered for a long time and then sighed.

"It was the envoy's order to submit to Yuan Shao at the beginning, and I have followed the order. Now that Yuan Shao's envoy has arrived, the envoy has changed and wants to submit to the court. As a Han minister, I have no objection. I should be the envoy. Loyalty drums and shouts."

Liu Bei's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled a little forcedly.

Chen Deng went on to say: "It's just that one should have faith and not be capricious. I used to form an alliance with Yuan Shao as the envoy of the envoy, but now I can no longer confront Yuan Shao for the vanguard of the envoy. If the envoy wants to form an alliance, I can go to see him." Chen Lin. If you want to fight, please let me do it myself, and don't let me lose my trust."

Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't expect Chen Deng to fight Chunyu Qiong for him at all, as long as Chen Deng didn't object.Even if Chen Deng had a wait-and-see attitude, it would be better than turning his face now.

As long as Chen Deng doesn't lose his face, he can still use Xuzhou's manpower and material resources, so that he won't become a bereaved dog immediately.

"Then can Yuanlong guard Guangling to prevent Yuan Shu from committing crimes?"

Chen Deng bowed to salute. "Dare not to obey."

Liu Bei and Jian Yong exchanged a look, feeling relieved.

Sending Chen Dengzhi to Guangling in exchange for Zhang Fei is the only way they can think of now.

Chen Deng and his son have turned their faces against Yuan Shu, and the possibility of colluding with each other is unlikely.On the contrary, switching back to Zhang Fei and fighting Chunyu Qiong with all their strength is related to whether they should give up Xuzhou immediately, retreat to Mount Tai, and become bandits.

Whenever there is a slight chance, he doesn't want to go to that step.

Just after Chen Deng was sent away, Liu Bei received an imperial edict and a letter from Cao Cao.

Liu Bei was in the middle of his arms, and then ordered someone to pass on the message to Chen Lin.I have no intention of being an enemy of Leader Yuan, I just want to get a promise from Leader Yuan that he can dominate and not replace Han.If he can accept this condition, I will surrender immediately.If he refuses to accept, then I can only decline.

Before that, if Chunyuqiong stepped into the territory of Xuzhou, it would be deemed that Leader Yuan had rejected my request, and the war would begin immediately.I will fight to the end at all costs.

(End of this chapter)