The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 235: In the stalemate of the Guandu war, Xi Yu offered advice

It was also on this night that Yiqi came from the south, passed through Xuchang, and came to Guandu Camp, which brought Cao Cao the military sentiment of Xi Yu.

Now, Zhao Zilong leads 13 soldiers and horses to set up a camp in the east, and there is enough food and grass, he can compete with Ju Yi and Yuan Tan's [-] soldiers and horses in the plain for half a year. At this time, Xi Yu has ordered Zhao Yun to lead the troops, He personally led Dian Wei to the Guandu battlefield.

"Haha, that's great!"

After Cao Cao counted the trophies, he received this news as soon as he returned to the barracks, and he was immediately in a good mood.

Cao Cao didn't bother to wash his face, so he said to Xu Chu, "Once Dian Wei arrives, you and him are twice as strong as Yan Liang and Wen Chou. If you two go to Yuan Shao's army to call for battle, our morale will definitely increase. Haha, when Dian Wei arrives, the two of you will immediately give Yuan Shao a blow!"

Xu Chu smiled foolishly, patted his chest and said, "Hey, my lord, I'm honored, but as long as that thief Yan Liang doesn't use tricks and fights me in an upright manner, I will definitely be able to kill him within thirty rounds!"

Xu Chuben was about to kill Yan Liang yesterday, but Yan Liang turned the tide of the battle by resorting to tricks.

"Hehe, if people use tricks, you can do the same. Why don't you use it?" Cao Cao asked.

"A man should act in an open and aboveboard manner, I, Xu Chu, disdain this!" Xu Chu said proudly.

"Totally stupid!"

"In the past, Dian Wei was also so dull, brave and intrepid, and even more useless. At that time, he could beat Zhao Yun, but now, you see, Zhao Yun is not only superior in martial arts, but also has a lot of experience in fighting. With a deep strategy, he has been able to lead [-] soldiers and horses!"

"Look at you and Dian Wei, you still only know how to fight with brute force!!"

Xu Chu was quite dissatisfied, and said, "The master of the show only knows brute force?"

"Hehe, are you still not convinced? Compared with Feng Yi, you have his brute force?" Cao Cao gave Xu Chu a blank look, and then sighed, "It's good to rest tonight, Yuan Shao dare not come to attack again, tomorrow will dawn, and we will I want to kill some of his generals!"

"Okay!" Hearing this, Xu Chu touched his head happily, then turned and left.

……

At this moment, in Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao was sitting upright on a tiger skin bed, propping his head with one hand, closing his eyes and pretending to rest, but listening to the general's report on the military situation.

"This time in the surprise attack on Cao's army, our army suffered a total of 400 casualties, lost countless luggage, [-] shi of food and grass, many bows and crossbows, and nearly [-] brothers whose corpses are unknown. They probably flowed downstream."

"Forget it, Cao Aman really predicted things like a god." Yuan Shao opened his eyes and sighed helplessly, "After this defeat, the morale that Yan Liang earned for our army will also be exhausted. It's a pity."

At this moment, Yuan Shao's complexion was very ugly, and his mood was somewhat depressed.

He really never expected that the war would become so difficult. A Yellow River, the two banks fought every day, but it was difficult to tell the winner, and it was so stalemate.

If the stalemate continues like this, who will benefit the most from this situation.

Yuan Shao had to weigh the matter again.

"Ziyuan, Jujun, you all share your opinions."

Yuan Shao always likes counselors to express their opinions independently, if someone has a similar idea with him and chooses from each other, he will be able to get a more satisfactory strategy.

But at this moment, the counselors under Yuan Shao's command were all silent, as if they were dumb.

It's not that they have nothing to say, but they actually have a lot of words in their hearts, but they don't know how to say them, and they always feel that whatever they say is inappropriate.

In the end, Tian Feng couldn't bear it and said first, "My lord, in my opinion, Cao Cao's current strength can't last for a long time. After all, he has a lot of troubles himself."

Hearing Tian Feng's speech, Yuan Shao couldn't help feeling restless in his heart.

In the past few months, Yuan Shao has been a little annoyed by Tian Feng. This person's knowledge mainly lies in internal affairs, rather than marching and fighting, and this person is not a main fighter.

Yuan Shao knew that Tian Feng was better at promoting benevolent government than war.

Sure enough, Tian Feng's remarks at this time have not changed much from before.

Tian Feng continued, "In my opinion, now we should stick to Liyang and delay the war. When Cao Cao has civil strife, Jingzhou in the south may be able to help us."

"Also, Sun Ce, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao all have old grievances. Li Jue in Chang'an in the west is also eyeing him. The princes in Guanzhong will not let it go easily. Once these princes pose a threat to Cao Cao's southern city, our pressure will naturally decrease. .”

Yuan Shao sneered, "As you said, is it possible that even if a fighter opportunity appears, they will not attack?"

At this time, Xu You, who was on the side, also looked at Tian Feng, and suddenly laughed, "You only know that Cao Cao has old grievances with many princes, but did you know that Youzhou is in chaos, and the Wuhuan alien race has little relationship with us, and Now that Xi Yu is trying to seize the land of Pingyuan, how many of the gentry class in Pingyuan City really belong to him?"

"And the gentry in Qinghe County, really all support the lord?"

"When I followed the lord as a charioteer, I also had friendship with the lord, and I know the turmoil. Compared with Cao Cao, we don't have much chance of winning."

Tian Feng suddenly said displeased, "If I knew this earlier, why bother? Because of this, I didn't agree to start a war with Cao Cao too early. On the contrary, you, Xu Ziyuan, wanted to mislead the Lord to declare war with Cao Cao!"

Hearing Tian Feng's words, Xu You couldn't help laughing.

Xu You sat in the corner and didn't intend to get involved in the muddy water. Ju Shou and Guo Tu also watched the changes quietly and didn't say a word.

However, Xu You said something very reasonable, Jizhou indeed pursued a benevolent government, Yuan Shao won the hearts of the people, and the people recognized him as a Jizhou shepherd.

However, not all the nobles sincerely surrendered to Yuan Shao, and some still believed that Yuan Shao was not the master of the Ming Dynasty.

Jushou is the leader of the Qinghe gentry, he has made a lot of contributions and is worshiped by many people, so he has a high status under Yuan Shao's command.

At this moment, a group of counselors began to quarrel again, and Yuan Shao suddenly felt dizzy.

Every time they express their opinions, this is the scene, endless quarrels, but never see concerted efforts, united as one to the outside world.

But Yuan Shao could not unite and tolerate these counselors.

It was only because Yuan Shao was invited by these gentry at the beginning, relying on the reputation of the Yuan family and his personal reputation, to enter Jizhou and have his current status.

But it is not easy to hold on to the present opportunity, and Yuan Shao dare not easily offend every gentry force.

At this time, Xu You looked at Tian Feng and asked in a deep voice, "It's summer now, and the weather is about to get hotter. The hot sun will affect the combat effectiveness of cavalry and horses, and the wind direction and astronomical climate will also affect the trend of the battle. Excuse me, don't drive, with so many uncertain factors, how can it be delayed for a year or so?"

Tian Feng was speechless immediately.

Controversies among self-consultants have always been a trend of planning the future, and they are all things that have not happened, and there is no truth at all. Once the debates start, they will be endless, and it is difficult for anyone to convince anyone.

If you have to argue about the outcome, you don't know how long it will take.

Yuan Shao sat on the chair, ignored the noise, and began to think alone.

This land of Jizhou has a vast land and rich resources, but most of his troops are yellow scarves, and the Baibo and Heishan armies have tens of thousands of horses. These soldiers and horses are very wild and difficult to manage.

Furthermore, when Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou were acquired, it was too hasty and there was no time to adapt to local conditions, so the abilities of the leaders in various places vary.

At that time, he could only adopt the policy of nepotism, so as to hold important positions and territories in his own hands, so that many promises made at the beginning have not been fulfilled until now.

This matter made many gentry very dissatisfied.

These members of the gentry did not see the rabbits or scatter the eagles, and Yuan Shao's previous promises were not fulfilled for a long time. As a result, the rift between them and the gentry became more and more distant, and they became estranged from each other.

In addition, Xi Yu, the number one counselor under Cao Cao's command, has gained Cao Cao's trust and is in charge of Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

This person can almost take care of the political affairs of the two places on his own with a fake axe. A few days ago, he even borrowed sacrifices to heaven to suppress evil spirits and gained a great reputation. He is a strange person under Cao Cao's command.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Shao suddenly realized that the management of his territory was very chaotic, even more chaotic than Cao Cao's Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yangzhou North.

The source of this chaos mainly lies in the internal disputes among the various parties. Yuan Shao could neither appease all parties well, nor could he get rid of the gentry of all parties.

But on the other hand, Cao Cao and Xi Yu, who almost emptied the gentry in the territory from the very beginning, although they were very poor at the beginning, but fortunately they gradually became rich. Xi Yu, so the gentry class had to surrender sincerely.

But now, the situation in Jizhou is exactly the opposite of the situation in the territory of Cao Cao and Xi Yu.

But why did it become like this?
Yuan Shao suddenly thought of a very terrifying thing.

If he wanted to destroy Yanzhou, the gentry in Yanzhou would be closely connected with Cao Cao because of their own interests, so they had to do their best to help Cao Cao.

But if Cao Cao wants to destroy Jizhou, the gentry in Jizhou may have to weigh their interests, whether to stand on his side with Yuan Shao, if these gentry choose not to help him, they may secretly help Cao Cao in order to hug the gentry benefit.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao heaved a sigh of relief. He finally understood why Yuan Shu lost to Cao Cao in the first place. There are very complicated reasons for this.

At this moment, seeing that Yuan Shao had opened his eyes, a group of counselors even stood up from their chairs, none of the group of counselors dared to speak again.

In the current situation of the war, they are actually not that anxious, the most anxious are Yuan Shao and Xu You.

The reason why Xu You is also very anxious about the development of the battle situation is that he followed Yuan Shao very early and coexisted with Yuan Shao in honor and disgrace.

At this time, Yuan Shao walked up to Xu You, cupped his fists and bowed deeply, "Ziyuan, thank you for enlightening me, now I know what to make."

Yuan Shao turned around and glanced at the counselors, and then said, "Everyone, I have made up my mind. I will fight Cao Cao again tomorrow, so that Yan Liang and Wen Chou will take turns to fight, and kill their generals first to improve the morale of our army. Then, launch an attack and fight Cao's army!"

"After the victory in this battle, our army took advantage of the situation like a broken bamboo, and took advantage of the victory to take down the Guandu line in one fell swoop. Today, the army will go straight to Dongjun!"

"In this way, the crisis in our East County will naturally be resolved, and if Xi Yu learns that Cao Cao has been defeated, he will definitely panic. At that time, Jizhou will only need to defend and never let Cao Jun come over!"

"So, when I reach Xuchang, win the emperor, and then live in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, the northern land will naturally belong to me, Yuan Shao!"

After all, Yuan Shao straightened his back, such a decision is his only chance to win now, and it can only be decided quickly!

If you can take this opportunity to defeat Cao Cao at Guandu, this battle can also affect the entire battle situation.

At that time, even if Xi Yu had more prestige in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, he would eventually be deeply affected by the fact that Emperor Xuchang was acquired by Yuan Shao.

"My lord... My lord is wise!"

Hearing Yuan Shao's strategy, Xu You was very happy, with a smile on his face.

He already knew that Yuan Shao would be able to figure out these things: it is most taboo to procrastinate the current war.

Regardless of whether the development speed in the territory can be faster than that of Xi Yu and Cao Cao, the struggle between the gentry within the Yuan Shao Group alone is far greater than that of Xuzhou.

If the internal strife within the group continues for a long time, it will only disperse the hearts of the people inside and make it difficult to unify with the outside world. At that time, how can Jizhou, which has endless civil strife, drag on with Cao Jun, who is peaceful and united inside.

Furthermore, the money in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou can be used to increase at least tens of thousands of new recruits every year, and then train them into strong soldiers. They can grow into experienced veterans with only one battle.

In the long run, this source of troops is also where Yuan Shao cannot compare with Cao Cao.

Therefore, in the view of Xu You and Yuan Shao, for the current plan, a quick battle is the best strategy.

"My lord, this is very good."

Xu You's face was full of satisfaction, he bowed deeply to Yuan Shao, and said in his heart: Such a lord, I, Xu You, did not follow the wrong person, no matter the outcome, at least I can fight Cao Jun vigorously.

Today, Yuan Shao's food and horses are stored in Wuchao, and thousands of soldiers are stationed here. Even if Yuan Shao loses to Cao Cao in the decisive battle, at least the money and food are still there, and there is still a day to make a comeback.

Therefore, Wuchao's money and food are now the lifeblood of Yuan Shao's side, and there is nothing to lose.

……

Yuan Shao had just made up his mind to fight Cao Cao quickly, and Cao Cao's camp also ushered in new changes.

At the third watch, Cao Cao was woken up.

"My lord, my lord, Master Xi Yuxi personally led 300 troops to arrive, and the fierce general Dian Wei also came together."

In Cao's army, everyone knew that Dian Wei's strength could carry a tripod, and that this man's fighting power was not inferior to Xu Chu's. With such a fierce general coming, Cao's army was excited.

Xu Huang, Li Dian, Yu Jin and other generals breathed a sigh of relief. Before Yan Liang killed several generals, Cao Jun's generals felt a lot of pressure.

At this time, Cao Cao came out from the camp to welcome him. Seeing Xi Yu whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Cao Cao smiled. After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Cao Cao welcomed Xi Yu into the army tent.

Cao Cao ordered people to bring good wine and good food, sauced beef, a big bowl of rice, and melons and fruits.

Xi Yu and Dian Wei have been traveling day and night these days, they were already starving, and immediately started to gobble up, eating wildly, Lu Lingqi who was on the side was so shocked that he pretended not to know the two of them.

Cao Cao suddenly noticed Lu Lingqi, thinking that it was a female follower brought by Xi Yu, or perhaps Xinna's concubine.

However, after Cao Cao took a second look, he found that the woman was wearing feathers, and her facial features were very similar to Lu Bu's. Cao Cao immediately had a guess in his mind.

After the capture of Lu Bu City, Cao Cao handed over the finishing work to Xi Yu, and he rushed back to Yanzhou, so he didn't know much about what happened next.

But at this moment, Cao Cao saw that Lu Lingqi looked exactly like Lu Bu, and she was even more heroic. In this way, he added a mighty general?
But Lu Lingqi is a daughter after all, if she appears among many male generals, is it appropriate?

"Master, do you seem to be worried?" Xi Yu suddenly looked at Cao Cao and asked.

"No, Fengyi, I'm not worried about the war, but now Jingzhou in the south is eager to try, and Li Jue is also testing Zhong Yao in the west. If these two places can't be controlled, I'm afraid I will be attacked from all directions. I'm just thinking, how can I complete my meritorious service? In one battle."

"The current battle is very dangerous."

"Nevertheless, those Hebei fierce generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, especially Yan Liang, beheaded several of my soldiers in front of our formation, which lowered the morale of our army."

Cao Cao glanced at Xu Chu before continuing, "Feng Yi doesn't know something. Just recently, Xu Chu went to fight Yan Liang, but was injured by Yan Liang's tricks and was almost killed."

Hearing this, Xu Chu blushed for a while, but he didn't dare to show it too much in front of Xi Yu, so he smiled shyly.

"Brother, don't worry, Yan Liang will be invincible tomorrow." Xi Yu said confidently.

Xi Yu also wanted to end this war quickly.

He was very clear about the thoughts of the gentry in Jizhou, as long as Yuan Shao won, these gentry would naturally support Yuan Shao, and all parts of Jizhou would naturally be as stable as Mount Tai.

But if Yuan Shao is defeated in this battle, most of the gentry in Jizhou will definitely withdraw their support for Yuan Shao. At that time, Yuan Shao's internal affairs will be torn apart and rebellions will continue. thing.

As far as Cao Jun is concerned, if he wins this battle, General Yuan Tanding in the plain will be disturbed, and he may even be at odds with Ju Yi. In this way, Zilong will have an opportunity to take advantage of the plain.

Now, for Cao Cao, the battle is very difficult, but the key is to get rid of Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Xi Yu is very clear in his heart: if there is no second master Guan, no one can cut Yan Liangxiang's head in the battle.

In this case, he, Xi Yu, can only do it himself.

At this moment, Cao Cao heard Xi Yu's words, and suddenly asked, "What does Feng Yi mean by this? Could it be that you have a clever plan, if so, tell us quickly, and we can discuss it."

Xi Yu immediately took out a map from his pocket, but the map was old at first glance.

Xi Yu immediately unfolded the map. He pointed to the map and circled around the mountain, and then went out along a small path, and he was close to the hinterland of Yuan Shao's military camp. Apart from Liyang City, it was the place where grain was stored in the mountains.

"Brother, this place is called Wuchao." Xi Yu pointed to a place and said to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao saw the route clearly, he asked Xi Yu, "Feng Yi, when did you draw this map?"

"Three years ago." Xi Yu replied truthfully.

"What do you mean? There was this map three years ago?" Cao Cao said incredulously, "Three years ago, when did you draw it?"

"Three years ago, during the winter disaster." Xi Yu replied.

(End of this chapter)