I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 504, Zhang Fei's Proposal
Jingzhou, Xiangyang City, Yuan Ji's mansion!
As soon as Yuan Ji came down to court, the housekeeper reported to him that someone from his hometown had come!Yuan Ji asked the housekeeper to bring people to the hall!

"Father, hundreds of thousands of troops from Hebei are attacking Yuzhou again. Now the Yuan family is in danger. Only father can save the Yuan family!" Yuan Shang cried when he saw Yuan Ji.

Yuan Shao was captured by Xu Wei ahead of time, the only good news for the Yuan family is that they don't have to go through the process of dismantling the elders and making the younger ones. Yuan Shang is only thirteen years old this year, so he can't compete with Yuan Tan at all.

Of course, no one in the Yuan family wants to fight for anything in the current situation. Just looking at Yuan Tan's ability to hand over the entire Sili to his second brother, it can be seen that for all parties in the Yuan family, saving their lives is the most important thing at this stage. matter.

Yuzhou is the real lair of Yuan Shao's forces. Yuan Clan's family is here, Guo Tu's family is here, and Xun Kan's family is also here. Five of Yuan Shao's eight counselors were from Yuzhou. Home is gone.

It can be said that the war between them and Lei Gong is not a war of the upper lords fighting for hegemony. Even if their lord is defeated in the war of lords fighting for hegemony, their family and even individuals will not be implicated, and they will still be reused if the lord is changed.

But their war with Lei Gong is a life-and-death war with no retreat, and the loser will never recover.

What made them even more helpless was that they were the weak side this time, even if they wanted to surrender with Lei Gong, Lei Gong would not accept it!So now the forces of the Yuan Clan are extremely united!

Yuan Ji was surprised and said: "What's the matter? The summer harvest has just ended, and Lei Gong actually used troops. Why didn't the court receive any news?"

At this time, Yuan Pang, who was following Yuan Shang, began to say: "This year's grain harvest in Hebei has been bumper, and the grain output in Hebei's summer harvest has more than doubled. I'm afraid that because of this, Lei Gong didn't want to give us a chance to breathe. He wanted to take advantage of Yuzhou's return. Destroy us before we regain our strength!"

Then Yuan Pang told Yuan Ji the news of their investigation into Hebei!
After listening to it, Yuan Ji thought for a long time and said: "Hundreds of thousands of troops go to battle, and the logistics are not so easy to solve. If Lei Gong really had such an idea during the summer harvest, I am afraid that this war may not be fought this year. You stay first. In my mansion, I will discuss with the general before making a decision!"

Then Yuan Ji went to the General's Mansion to find Liu Bei, and told Liu Bei about the current situation in Yuzhou.

Liu Bei was taken aback and said, "Hebei has recovered so quickly? The Central Plains War has only passed for more than half a year, and Lei Gong has the strength to launch another war that will not lose to the Central Plains War?"

The frequency of wars in this era is very slow. Cao Cao won the battle of Guandu back then, but it took eight years to completely wipe out Yuan Shao's power!
Jizhou alone was fought for several years. In the end, Cao Cao slaughtered the city again and flooded the city with water. Only then did he completely occupy Jizhou.But now Hebei's actions have obviously broken the laws of war in this era.

Yuan Jidao: "No matter how powerful Hebei is, it is impossible to launch another war on the scale of the Central Plains in half a year. The subordinates feel that this is Lei Gong who is preparing to consume Yuzhou's strength, so that he can launch a war next year. This year, Hebei has a good summer harvest. Presumably there will be a bumper harvest in autumn.

These two good harvests obviously made Lei Gong quicken his pace of attacking the big man. If Lei Gong spends half a year preparing food, grass and weapons, then next year after the spring plowing is over, Lei Gong will attack Yuzhou.And Lei Gong's current actions are not only to prepare for war, but also to consume our strength! "

"Yuzhou and Sili now only have a population of 10 million, but Xiansi has recruited 1 troops, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians is almost [-]:[-]. This will definitely affect the autumn harvest of Yuzhou and Sili."

Liu Bei thought it made sense. There were [-] million troops in Hebei, and tens of millions of large animals to help with farming. Hebei's financial resources could sustain the consumption of these hundreds of thousands of troops.

But Yuan Tan can't sustain the consumption of [-] troops. If this confrontation lasts for a year or so, Yuan Tan's rule in Yuzhou will definitely collapse!
Thinking of this, Liu Bei felt a headache for a while. This was Lei Gong's conspiracy, and there was no way to resolve it. They could only fight Lei Gong to consume it.Hebei's financial resources are several times that of theirs, and they simply can't fight to consume them.

Liu Bei could only call his confidants to discuss Hebei's current trends, and told them his guesses.

After Zhang Fei and the others heard it, they felt helpless. If this was really Lei Gong's idea, they really couldn't fight it. The three major princes of the Han Dynasty were not as large as Hebei in terms of population, food and money, and even the army in their hands couldn't beat them. This is really a desperate opponent who makes people want to surrender.

If Lei Gong did not accept their surrender at all, I am afraid that few people in the Xiangyang court are willing to stand on Liu Bei's side and resist the millions of lions in Hebei.

"Brother, the strength of our army has not yet recovered, and we don't even have any cavalry. If we rashly go to the Central Plains to support Yuan Tan, I am afraid that the entire army will be wiped out. Although it is a bit disloyal, my younger brother feels that the Central Plains is not worth it at all." Suitable for fighting against Lei Gong, we can only rely on the geographical advantage in the south of the Yangtze River to resist Lei Gong."

"As far as Yuan Tan is concerned, he should give up the territory in the Central Plains that is suitable for cavalry, and arrange the army in Funiu Mountain and Sili Yiyi, relying on the advantages of the terrain to consume Lei Gong's strength. In this way, Yuan Tan's army is also close to us. Jingzhou, it is convenient for us to support them!"

"Yuzhou gave up all the territory in the plain, and the people moved to our Jingzhou. Jingzhou has no shortage of wasteland, which is enough to feed these millions of people. We gave up the plain land, and the advantage of the Hebei cavalry was abolished. In this way, we have The possibility of defeating Hebei! His Yuan family has been greatly favored by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and now it is their turn to pay."

Zhang Fei wanted to turn Yuan Tan into guarding the gate of Jingzhou for them!
But Jian Yong and the others nodded in agreement with Zhang Fei's proposal. As far as the current stage is concerned, this opinion is most suitable for the current big man.

Move Yuan Tan's hundreds of thousands of troops to Funiu Mountain. They can raise these soldiers in Jingzhou. Yuan Tan and the others can delay for a few more years, and their strength in Jingzhou will be stronger. Now, a large number of Nanman come down the mountain every day to become big men. people.Hebei attacked Jingzhou one day later, and their strength was stronger.

The advantage of the Dagan Cavalry Field Army is too great. Fighting with Lei Gong in the Central Plains is a dead end. This year's Central Plains War has caused them to lose hundreds of thousands of troops, and their strength has not yet recovered.

This is the elite veterans they have accumulated for several years. Most of the southern countries who followed Liu Bei in the southern and northern wars died in vain on the land of the Central Plains. Zhang Fei and the others did not want to continue fighting Lei Gong's cavalry in the Central Plains!
(End of this chapter)