Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1570 The Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao ends four

"Sun Bofu!" Yuan Shao jumped up.

He expected that Jiangdong would join hands with Zhongyuan, but he really didn't expect Jiangdong to do this.

Wu Jun went north, but he had to take risks.

Once Cao Cao had bad intentions and blocked their retreat in Xuzhou, then this part of the Wu army would be directly trapped to death in Qingzhou.

It takes trust to dare to go from Jiangdong to Qingzhou to fight.

Is Sun Ce stupid, or is he really so courageous that he dared to hand over his back to Cao Mengde, which really surprised Yuan Shao.

"Your Majesty, the Wu army is too powerful, and the general Tai Shici is a brave general. Although the eldest son secretly won over some wealthy families in Qingzhou, he was directly disrupted by them!"

Feng Ji cupped his hands and reported: "Now the Eldest Prince's army has not been able to gather, but he was directly defeated by Tai Shici. If he wants to retake Qingzhou, I am afraid it will be very difficult!"

"Retaliation?"

Yuan Shao stood up, paced back and forth, his mood was obviously gloomy, and said with a sneer: "Whether he can save his life now is the question!"

It's not that he doesn't believe Yuan Tan.

But Tai Shici had heard a little bit about it. Jiangdong's titans are by no means simple. Although Yuan Tan has some talents, it is far from enough to compete with Jiangdong's top titans.

"My lord, do you want to order the eldest son to withdraw?"

The judge suddenly suggested.

"Withdraw?"

Yuan Shao shook his head: "If we withdraw at this time, all previous efforts will be wasted, and the pressure on the frontal battlefield will be doubled. Once Qingzhou loses control, then the Jiangdong Wu army will enter from the flank, and we will face even greater pressure!"

It's not that he doesn't want to think about the eldest son, but the overall situation is the most important thing now.

"Order Yuan Tan!" Yuan Shao thought for a while, and said, "Containment is the main thing, don't fight head-on. When our army solves the problem, we will send troops to reinforce it!"

The meaning is obvious, don't fight head-on, but you must be nailed to Qingzhou like a nail, and you can't let the Jiangdong Wu army in Qingzhou reinforce Guandu.

"promise!"

Shenpei and Fengji looked at each other, and bowed their hands to accept the order.

No matter whether it's a trial match or a meeting, neither the eldest son Yuan Tan likes it, so he has always supported the third son Yuan Shang.

This is also this time, the reason why Yuan Shao said that they went out together was that he hoped that they would assist Yuan Shang and establish dignity in the army.

They gladly accepted this task. After all, they had the same position as Yuan Shang. It was much better to support Yuan Shang than to support Yuan Tan.

Now that Yuan Tan is nailed to Qingzhou, once he can't hold on, Yuan Tan will bear the brunt of it, and he will be captured if he is not dead. In this way, Yuan Shang has no worries.

So they naturally agree with Yuan Shao's decision this time, and it is the best choice for both public and private affairs.

"But it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. If he doesn't have soldiers, he can't sustain the battle in Qingzhou. Once Qingzhou loses, it will be difficult for him to sustain the battle at Guandu!" Yuan Shao still felt sorry for the eldest son, and he couldn't let him withdraw. , but we should give them some support. He thought for a while and said: "Immediately order Bohai and Qinghe to recruit five thousand young men to fight in Qingzhou!"

Such a military order is undoubtedly already militaristic.

Before this, Yuan Shao had vigorously recruited county soldiers and county soldiers from all counties in Jizhou in order to replenish his troops. Now it has reached the point where even the young and strong are recruited, which shows that Jizhou is at the end of its rope.

But Yuan Shao couldn't care less about the situation of fighting to the death.

If he wants to fight this battle, he would rather exhaust the war potential of the entire Jizhou. As long as he wins, he must win to have a chance to stand up.

"Yes!"

The trial match Fengji handed over his command.

After the two left, Yuan Shao pinched the bridge of his nose, and there was a trace of fatigue in his expression. The current situation made him more and more depressed.

At this point in the war, his hope became more and more slim.

but……

It is impossible for him to surrender.

Similarly, he also knew Cao Cao, and Cao Cao would not allow himself to surrender. Between him and Cao Cao, they were doomed to die from the moment they parted ways.

Either him or Cao Cao.

Otherwise, there will always be no way for the Han princes to cooperate, because the two of them are unwilling to lag behind and cannot compromise. Even if the calm on the surface is maintained, it is just an undercurrent.

Only when one party perishes is the best explanation for the Han court.

a day later.

Battle report came.

"Your Majesty!"

Yuan Shang was a little ashamed, stood under the tent, and said: "The last general is not good in the battle, please punish him!"

"He got shot back, didn't he?"

Yuan Shao seemed to have known early on that when Wei Jun was withdrawing his troops, he would kill a carbine and come back.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

Just like Cao Cao knew himself, why didn't he know Cao Cao? Set up camp on the south bank of the Yellow River.

"Father already knew?" Yuan Shang's eyes widened, and he was so anxious that he couldn't remember the rules.

"Xianfu, don't be too surprised by everything!"

Yuan Shao said calmly: "On the battlefield, there are very few accidents. As long as you count some people correctly, many things will become inevitable. Cao Mengde is a person who will take revenge. He suffered a loss. If he doesn't come back , then it’s not Cao Mengde, so it’s no surprise that he will come back with a shot, being a father!”

"Then father still let us go after it?"

Yuan Shang didn't understand.

"It's not because of the father that you want to pursue it, but you want to pursue it!" Yuan Shao replied calmly: "If you want to fight, I will let you fight. You must find out the strength of the Wei army!"

He asked: "In this battle, how do you feel the fighting power of the Wei army is?"

"The only thing I can feel is that Lu Fengxian is really ferocious. He almost dismounted General Ju Yi from his horse. With a broken halberd, he ascended to seventeen warriors first, forcing General Ju Yi to change his formation to deal with it!"

Yuan Shang's eyes were filled with this inconceivable light.

"Very good!" Yuan Shao smiled.

"We lost the battle, why is father still laughing!" Yuan Shang became more and more confused about what his father was thinking.

"Sometimes it's a good thing to lose a battle!"

Yuan Shao didn't intend to explain it too clearly to his son, he asked, "Is Ju Yi injured?"

"Going to the camp first suffered a lot of losses, but General Ju Yi was not injured. Although Lu Bu came back, it was only a confrontation, so he withdrew again!"

Yuan Shangdao.

"Yeah!" Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Then, you can continue to learn from Ju Yi in the camp. Ju Yi is the best general in Hebei, so you can't be negligent!"

"promise!"

Although Yuan Shang couldn't figure out his father's thoughts, he didn't discount his father's military order at all. Since his father asked him to go to Juyi Camp, there must be a reason.

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Two days later, Baima City.

Ju Yi's army had already rested, and tens of thousands of troops were stationed. On the school field, there were bursts of shouts, and they were training in full swing.

"General, Your Majesty ordered us to take a rest and march south, stationed in Pushui, and take Wuchao as our camp!" A school captain flew over to deliver the order.

"As ordered!"

Ju Yi surrendered and took the lead.

After the captain was ordered to leave, the young man Yuan Shang came up and bowed his hands in salute: "General, is there anything wrong with your order?"

"There is nothing wrong with it!" Ju Yi smiled and said: "Our army wants to break the vanguard, and we have to enter Wuchao. The closer we are to Guandu, the closer the battle will be!"

"But……"

Yuan Shang narrowed his eyes slightly, he always felt that something was wrong.

"Third Young Master, let the scouts go first and ask for news along the way. There is a Wei army camping on the Pushui line. Don't let us run into it. If the main force of the Wei army is suddenly killed, we will suffer a loss!"

Ju Yi said in a low voice.

"Yes!"

Yuan Shang was not too coquettish, and went directly to accept orders.

Looking at his back, Ju Yi showed a look of regret, and said to himself naturally: "It's hard to be a master!"

Yuan Shao is a great man.

However, none of his three sons can take on important responsibilities.

Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, let alone being compared with the proud son of heaven, the most outstanding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Jing, can't be compared with the little overlord of Jiangdong, the king of Wu, Sun Ce, even Cao Ang, the son of the king of Wei. The three goods are far inferior.

Internal fights are good, and external ones count as ones, and they are all worthless.

However, compared to Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang is still better, but he is good at women's hands, he is a little obedient and loses his courage.

"General, do you still need to think about it?"

At some point, a young scribe had appeared beside Ju Yi.

"He is ruthless, but I can't make up my mind after all!"

Ju Yi sighed.

"With the wisdom of the king, you should see clearly that there is no hope for Hebei now!" The scribe said in a low voice: "If you don't make a decision, you will only be destroyed!"

"Even if I want to, Yuan Benchu ​​is not a person who can trust people easily!"

Ju Yi closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and finally opened his eyes slowly. The decision had already been made, but he just couldn't bear it all the time.

At this point, he was unwilling to follow Yuan Shao to perish.

Yuan Shao betrayed his trust.

Be afraid of his military strength.

It is no longer a matter of a day or two.

He was so prestigious in Hebei that he had already threatened Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao had deprived him of his military power several times and even wanted to kill him. His loyalty was useless.

That being the case, he had to find a way for himself.

"There is an opportunity in front of us!"

The scholar looked at Yuan Shang's back, with a calm smile on his lips: "As long as your army is on the battlefield and your troops are exhausted, Yuan Benchu ​​will minimize his suspicions about you, and then you will be a helpless one." Minister!"

"Must it be so?"

Ju Yi is unwilling.

"I tried my best to steal your troops, but sacrifices are inevitable!" The scribe said, "You know very well that if your troops are still there, Yuan Shao will never trust you. Impossible forever!"

The scribes reminded: "To do great things, sacrifices are necessary. As long as you can assist the emperor to seize Hebei, you will be able to revive the prestige of the first dead men in the future!"

"I hope you will keep your promise!"

Ju Yi gritted his teeth: "I will take the initiative to invite the battle in a few days. In the battle of Guandu, I will be the vanguard. As for the battlefield, I will put it in Wuchao. I will try to replace the elite when the time comes, and you will be responsible for the rest! "

"General Ju Yi is righteous, and the emperor's uncle will be able to accept the favor!"

The scribe bowed his hands respectfully and saluted.

"No need to compliment me, if it wasn't for being desperate, how could this be the case, this battle, I'm sorry guys!" Ju Yi, a heroic general on the battlefield, is a bit short of heroic at this moment.

Under the current situation, personal strength is too weak. Today's Hebei is not only suffering from foreign troubles, but also internal troubles. If the king does not trust his ministers, and the handsome does not trust his generals, how can he fight.

In this battle, he could not see any hope from the very beginning.

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Yecheng.

At this moment, the capital of the Zhou Kingdom is not as prosperous as it used to be, and there is more restlessness, the restlessness of the common people, and the restlessness of some big families, including aristocratic families, gentry and wealthy families, are all in chaos.

At this moment, Zhou Guo seems to have fallen into a circle of encirclement. Above the northern line, Hejian County and Zhongshan County have been covered by the iron hooves of the Yan Army.

And on the southern line.

The Zhou army was not as invested as the main force, but no one dared to say whether there was any hope for the battle of Guandu. Even in the hearts of many people, this seemed to be a war of trapped animals.

There are already many wealthy families in many places who are looking for a way out, and some even started to contact the Central Plains and people in the northern border.

Confidence in Hebei, including the most basic people, is not much.

Although Jushou suppressed Zhou's government and stabilized Yecheng with an iron fist, his control over the people's hearts was already very weak.

The only thing he can do now is to ensure that the city of Ye is not chaotic, and that the army has no worries about future troubles. As for the undercurrents under the surface, he has nothing to do.

But at this moment in Yecheng, too many people with ulterior motives have poured in, like a powder barrel, as if it would explode at any time.

In the south of the city, there is a cloth shop that operates Jiangdong Suzhou Embroidery.

But the shopkeeper is indeed a middle-aged man with a Central Plains accent.

On this day, the cloth shop closed for half a day on the grounds of stocking in.

And no one knows that there is a passage hidden under the warehouse of Buzhuang, which leads directly to a courtyard on the left. From the layout of this courtyard, it seems to be sandwiched in the middle, but it has nothing to do with the southeast, northwest, but the overall There are no flaws in the layout, unless someone jumps on it, they will find that there is an extra courtyard here.

It's quiet here.

A young man sat cross-legged, surrounded by more than a dozen black-clothed soldiers guarding him.

The young man was flipping through the files, which were just sent back, and he was looking for some news he wanted.

"The last general pays his respects to Commander!"

The treasurer of the cloth village came to meet him through the secret passage, and immediately bowed his hands and saluted very respectfully.

"sit!"

Without raising his head, the young man spoke calmly.

"Yes!"

The shopkeeper sat down cautiously.

"Have you found any news?" the young man asked.

"Not yet!"

The shopkeeper replied: "But I found a news that is not news!"

"Say!"

"Zhang Yan!"

(End of this chapter)