The big man is on the run

Chapter 125 Vicious plan, the unwilling Yuan Shao

In the first month of the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao in Yecheng was in a very bad mood.

"So, the imperial court already regards me as the main enemy?" Yuan Shao asked a little depressed.

The several silk scripts on the case table have clearly and unmistakably stated the imperial court's position.

Not only repeatedly reprimanded the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu as thieves, and repeatedly expressed the meaning that "the Han thieves are not at odds with each other, and the king's industry is not partial to peace", but also called on the righteous people who are loyal to the Han Dynasty to oppose Yuan Shao.

It has to be said that when Liu Yi put forward the deafening political slogan of "reconstructing the great man", Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were erected as targets, really became very difficult in the political environment in an instant.

The Han Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for 400 years, which is really not a boast.

"I'm afraid it is, my lord. The imperial court's intention is now very clear. Let Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Bei of Xuzhou, and Liu Yao of Yangzhou contain Yuan Shu together. The imperial court will attack us after recovering its strength. I am afraid that the battlefield will be Bingzhou at that time." Guo Tu said helplessly.

"I've already guessed this, but there is no movement at Jushou in Shangdang County? Could it be that he really doesn't care about Jizhou's life?" Yuan Shao asked angrily.

No wonder he was angry. Jushou led Yan Liangwen Chou and several Hebei generals from Shangdang County as the forward base, and the attack on Hedong was repulsed by Wang Yi, Yang Feng, the Southern Huns, and Baibo Army. They have a good home court advantage. , There are still many people, understandable.

But in the face of Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army, he led his troops to leave the Taihang Mountains, and Jushou couldn't beat him, which made Yuan Shao a little angry.

Moreover, not only is the political environment harsh, but the military environment Yuan Shao is now facing has also begun to subtly turn in a direction that is not quite right.

Qu Yi was in Yijing and Gongsun Zan, who was retreating to Youzhou, were facing each other across Yishui. The stalemate lasted for half a year. In the confrontation, Qu Yi's army also began to relax its vigilance. As a result, Gongsun Zan used the remnants of the White Horse Yi Cong as the vanguard, and was defeated in a surprise attack, and retreated back to Bohai County in embarrassment.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, who was finally suppressed, took a deep breath at the end of this winter, thinking that in spring, he would be able to recruit some brave Youzhou cavalrymen again.

The current Yuan Shao is not the heyday Yuan Shao that Liu Yi recognized during the Battle of Guandu in history.

Now Yuan Shao only has two complete prefectures in his hands, Jizhou and Qingzhou. hand.

If we talk about fighting on the plains, neither the Baibo Army nor the Black Mountain Army is Yuan Shao's opponent, but in places like Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain, and Zhongtiao Mountain, Yuan Shao's army is really not as good as these messy Yellow Turban remnants and green forest heroes.

Yuan Shao knew that he had become the main target of the court, but Yuan Shao's current strength in Jizhou can only be described as emptiness.

Now Yuan Shao's situation is very embarrassing, he has insufficient soldiers and horses, and the loss during this period is also great.

The army was still led by Jushou in Shangdang County and did not come back. The supply of soldiers in Jizhou is very tense now. A large number of people even became refugees and poured into the territory of the Black Mountain Army through Jingxing in order to escape the corvee. People under Yuan Shao's rule are already in panic. .

At this time, Yuan Shao had no choice. In this winter, Yuan Shao had to suspend his strategic attack on Youzhou. With Yishui as the boundary, he actually formed a truce with Gongsun Zan.

His main strategic goal turned to a steady and steady march to Bingzhou in the west. At the same time, he also set his sights on the Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army.

Yuan Shao always believed that these mobs were just that he was unwilling to deal with them. As long as the two biggest obstacles, the Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army, were eliminated, the Southern Huns, Hedong Wangyi, and Hanoi Zhangyang would not be afraid.

Now Yuan Shao's actual control area in Bingzhou is only Shangdang County. Now that the imperial court's influence in Bingzhou is getting stronger and stronger, Yuan Shao has no way to seize other counties through non-military means.

"My lord, you should also know that the imperial court is currently preparing food and grass to support Hedong, but it is not in a hurry to send troops. The imperial court must have other plans, but what this plan is is not yet clear." Guo Tu shook his head and said.

"Hmph, Jushou's gang is just a group of people who live on nothing. The imperial court just finished fighting Li Jue and Guo Si. How could there be too many troops to support Hedong? Thank God for stabilizing Guanzhong. Even so, Jushou still can't defeat Hedong County. "Yuan Shao said very dissatisfied.

"My lord, don't be impatient. Now the Baibo Army, the Black Mountain Army, and the Southern Huns are all united. Although they outnumber us, we still have the upper hand. This time, the Black Mountain Army can be said to be coming out in full force. I heard that Zhang Yan now has [-] infantry under his command, but we still have potential allies." Guo Tu persuaded.

"Who?"

"Xianbei people!"

"Well, if that's the case, that's a good idea. Let's send someone to discuss with Shanyu from Xianbei now to see if we can cooperate." Yuan Shao nodded, very satisfied with this, after all, this is It is related to his Yuan family's life and death.

It’s really not an exaggeration. Gongsun Zan is hard to defeat in a short period of time now. No matter how he can’t make progress in Bingzhou, when the imperial court recovers its strength, it will definitely intervene in Bingzhou. At that time, Liu Yi’s sword will be placed in his on the neck.

After all, after leaving Huguan and Jingxing, it is only a hundred miles away from Yecheng, his old nest!
Of course, this is just Yuan Shao's wishful thinking. In fact, Xianbei is unlikely to cooperate with Yuan Shao.

There are two reasons. First, the Xianbei people are now engaged in fierce internal struggles and do not want to devote their troops to the war in Bingzhou. The Xianbei nobles will think that it is not worthwhile to help Yuan Shao fight against the local forces in Bingzhou. of.

Second, the combination of Yuan Shao and Xianbei can indeed gain a little advantage in strength on paper, but for Yuan Shao, there is no fundamental change at all, because whether he can defeat Bingzhou depends on his own strength.

"My lord, there is another plan." Xin Ping said suddenly.

"Oh? Tell me quickly."

Xin Ping said: "No matter what happens to the Xianbei people, we can use the channel to contact Ma Teng and instigate Ma Teng to rebel against the imperial court. In this way, the imperial court's energy will be involved and it will have no time to look around."

"You mean?"

"That's right, Ma Teng's subordinates are all Qiang people, and they have a good relationship with the Xianbei people. We can pull the flag of the Xianbei people and say that Xianbei has joined us. Longshan is rebellious, and we can contain most of the imperial court's troops." Xin Ping said.

"Hehe, I forgot, not bad!"

"My lord, as long as we can provoke Ma Teng, Ma Teng will definitely ask Han Sui for help if he is moved. Once the imperial court knows that Ma Teng is joining forces with us, they will definitely strike first. When the time comes, the imperial court will definitely fight. If we don’t have the strength to support Hedong, we can annihilate the Wangyi and Baibo army in Hedong in one fell swoop, and then, my lord, you can collect Bingzhou and achieve dominance!” Guo Tujian said with a smile.

"Haha, this is a good idea. As long as I master Bingzhou, my territory will expand a circle, and I will attack Gongsun Zan from both sides. At that time, even my brother Yuan Shu will only be inferior to me. Become my subordinate." Yuan Shao laughed.

"My lord is wise, I'm going to arrange for people to go west through the grasslands of Xianbei to contact Ma Teng and deal with the imperial court together."

"Well, you go, bring a generous gift. Anyway, we still need Ma Teng's help." Yuan Shao said.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Guo Jia asked after Xin Ping left.

"The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation in Shangdang County. We don't want to easily capture Hedong, we just need to stabilize the situation there." Yuan Shao ordered.

"Here."

"Well, you can also step back and rest."

Soon after, Yuan Shao's envoy came to Shangdang County.

"What, does my lord really want to cooperate with Xianbei?" Ju Shou asked in surprise.

"It should be." Tian Feng frowned and said. "This is really strange. I heard that Xianbei and Wuhuan are both of the same kind. Are they worthy of cooperation?"

"Hehe, my lord is not an idiot, of course he knows how to use Xianbei people, we just wait and see how he gets better." Ju Shou laughed.

Tian Feng's brows were still frowned, he glanced at Jushou, and sighed: "My lord's thoughts. Hey, you can do it yourself."

"My lord's thoughts, I know, let's not worry about it, let's concentrate on training our soldiers, and wait for the weather to be warmer before attacking Hedong." Jushou said calmly.

Tian Feng shook his head helplessly, Yuan Shao sent envoys over and over again, his worries about Ju Shou who was leading a large army were increasing day by day.

After Tian Feng left, Ju Shouku sat where he was, not understanding.

"Hey! Is Xin Ping's head broken? Why did he make such a suggestion? Doesn't he know how low the probability of this idea will come true?"

Ju Shou was not ignorant of Yuan Shao's suspicion of him, but he just smiled wryly because he had nothing to do.

He is the supervisor of the army, even if he leads the army outside, he still executes it with the supervisory authority given by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is the lord, can he stop what the lord is going to do?Of course he can't.

Jushou could only convey his thoughts to Yuan Shao as much as possible, as for how much Yuan Shao could understand, it all depended on him.

Even if Yuan Shao couldn't understand, there was nothing he could do.

Jushou's life in Shangdang County was not comfortable, because Jushou was always worried about Yuan Shao's doubts about him. He was worried that Yuan Shao would doubt his loyalty at any time, and he was also worried that Yuan Shao would not believe in his ability. He has no freedom at all, and can only obey Yuan Shao's orders from Yecheng hundreds of miles away like a puppet.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's orders were not given to him alone, but to Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals respectively. Ju Shou didn't know what was in the orders given to others.

He didn't even dare to think about it.

(End of this chapter)