Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 312 Action in advance
Zhang Yan is in a bad mood recently.

Recently, the hearts of the Montenegrin soldiers have been fluctuating, and they have reached the point where they are almost out of control!
The beginning of the incident was the wave of refugees more than a month ago.

In the past few years, Montenegro suffered from frequent famines. After the natural disasters, Montenegro launched several wars, but they all returned without success, and even suffered a big loss.

Failure is the most fatal, because it means that sending troops will not get any benefits, it is a pure loss-making business.

The peak of the Black Mountain Army was when Yu Duhushou and others attacked Yecheng and almost copied Yuan Shao's old nest. However, this move completely angered Yuan Shao. He personally led the army for dozens of battles and fought to the hinterland of Montenegro , beheaded many generals.

At that time, Zhang Yan personally led the troops, but he couldn't resist the attack of Lu Bu, who was the forward of Yuan Shao's army. He was at a disadvantage for more than ten consecutive days, and finally retreated to the hinterland of Montenegro.

In all fairness, Zhang Yan himself is a well-known fierce general in the world, and his nickname Feiyan refers to his galloping horse on the battlefield, his speed is extremely fast, and it is difficult for ordinary people to keep up with his pace.

However, what he met was Lu Bu, who was more powerful than him, and the Black Mountain Army was beaten to the core. Since then, under Yuan's targeting, they have fallen into a long-term disadvantage.

Different from the rich and prosperous Jizhou, the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains where Heishan is located has complex terrain and many isolated places. Dozens of Heishan generals each have their own hills. activity area.

Under the ideology of these generals who put more emphasis on soldiers than agriculture, the people's lives are quite difficult. Coupled with successive years of natural disasters, it has become a luxury to have enough food.

It's all just like this, if you practice for a few years, you may not be able to get better, but at this time, Yuan Shao raised his army from Jizhou to attack Yijing.

As Gongsun Zan's ally, Zhang Yan naturally couldn't wait to die, not to mention that there were millions of hu grains in Yijing City. If Yuan Shao was repelled, the Black Mountain Army would also get a lot of benefits from Gongsun Zan.

But the result was beyond Zhang Yan's expectations. He personally led the Chinese army and attacked in three groups. In the last three groups, Yuan Shao's three sons repelled him without even seeing the city wall of Yi Jing.

Among the three routes, the Northern Route Army was the worst, tens of thousands of people were almost wiped out, Bai Rao, Li Damu, Zhang Baiqi and others died.

But even though Zhang Yan was angry at the time, she didn't care too much. These people died as soon as they died, and they could give up some territory and less mouths to eat. In another sense, the burden on Montenegro was reduced.

In the past few years of fighting Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan has already reached the point where he is stretched.

Because the consumption of the two sides is really unequal, the Black Mountain Army has only a few 10 soldiers leading the people, and mobilizing 10 troops to send troops is equivalent to eating away the savings of several years.

And his opponent Yuan Shao, backed by Jizhou with millions of people, will have much less loss in mobilizing an army of [-].

What made Zhang Yan even more disgusted was that the governor of Youzhou, Yuan Xi, was standing in the north of Montenegro. There were thousands of soldiers and horses back and forth in the battle, but they were all elites who were extremely difficult to deal with. Not to mention the small losses in the battle, the loss of food and grass several times.

Zhang Yan found that no matter if it was Youzhou or Jizhou, he couldn't say anything.

So after hearing the news of Gongsun Zan's defeat and death, Zhang Yan, who was confronting Yuan Tan, retreated decisively. If the fight continued, he would be dragged down sooner or later.

He thought very clearly that this time the troops were dispatched, and he needed to cultivate his voice. Fortunately, many people died, which could alleviate the food shortage crisis a little bit.

As long as they can't afford military affairs and go back to plant food for a year or two, the Black Mountain Army will be able to recover!
However, Yuan's boy with the reputation of a fierce tiger did not give himself this opportunity, but took the opportunity to use various despicable tricks to spread rumors in Montenegro and encourage the people to flee.

After the New Year, Youzhou has offered a price. The refugees who escaped from Heishan will be resettled by Youzhou, and they will be responsible for re-registering their household registration.

If there is someone in the family who volunteers to join the army, he will get more land. Of course, if he is unwilling to join the army, he can also be an apprentice craftsman and make tools, which can also offset part of the corvee.

This is the most attractive thing for the war-torn Montenegrin people. Is there such a thing as not forcing young men to serve as soldiers?
You must know that in the past dynasties, when various forces fought wars, they would use the young and strong in the territory as soldiers. As long as they went to the battlefield, life and death would be unpredictable, and it was common for families and wives to be separated.

This is why it is said that it is better to be a dog of peace than to be a person in troubled times.

Zhang Yan didn't pay too much attention to such rumors at first, after all, in his opinion, Youzhou is full and can accommodate so many mouths to eat, so he is not afraid of dragging himself down?

But the development of things afterwards was beyond his expectation. Youzhou seemed to have used all the previous accumulation, and even some aristocratic families in Youzhou gave all they had to accept the refugees and fulfill their promises.

As the first batch of refugees were resettled and the news of their full meals came back to Montenegro, most people couldn't sit still.

Originally, Montenegro didn't even have the seeds for spring plowing, and the higher-ups didn't care about it, and they had to pay rent at that time, and if there was another war, they would be arrested!
In contrast, no matter what the purpose is in Youzhou, at least there is food for now, and death is the worst result of running away, and the worst result of running away is to die after eating for half a year. How to choose is self-evident.

So a large-scale fleeing began. Every day, countless people carried their meager property on their backs, dragged their children and children, and fled across the mountains to Youzhou. Some villages even ran away in one night.

By the time Zhang Yan came to his senses, the most important spring plowing in Montenegro was already in a mess.

Everyone has run away, who will still farm?
Only then did Zhang Yan realize that the other party didn't want to give him a chance at all!
Youzhou spends all its resources to accept the refugees. In fact, there is no way out. Its purpose is very clear, it is to bring down Montenegro, and the decisive battle is this year!

When Zhang Yan figured it out, he couldn't help laughing angrily, "Yuan Shao is fine, you are a son of the Yuan family, and with several counties in Youzhou, you dare to wrestle with me openly!"

Even Yuan Shao can't defeat me, where does your confidence come from!
Zhang Yan felt ruthless in his heart, didn't you want to start a war with me, then I will turn all the people into soldiers and support war with war!
When you harvest in summer and autumn, I will come out with all my nest to plunder and harvest food on your land!
At that time, I will grab food for the winter, but you have to raise a large number of refugees in Montenegro, but there is no harvest. At that time, just wait for the backyard to catch fire and rebel everywhere!

In Jicheng, Yuan Xi had already gathered all the people together, and after hearing Liu He's talk about resettling the refugees in the city, he said, "My previous plan was to wait until the summer harvest was over, and then raise all my troops and attack the hinterland of Montenegro. "

"Now it seems that the plan is going to change."

"I want you to talk about the feasibility of sending troops in advance."

After hearing this, everyone became thoughtful. At this time, there are still two or three months before the first batch of grain harvest in summer, so they can prepare military rations.

The resettlement of refugees in Guangyang Zhuojun and other places has already used up a lot of food reserves. Now that troops are dispatched, it is actually quite difficult to prepare military food.

Zhao Yun, Tianyu and others estimated that if thousands of troops were mobilized, the grain and grass stored in Youzhou at this time might only last for two months.

But Yuan Xi sent troops ahead of time at this time, there must be a reason.

Yuan Xi glanced at Guo Jia, Guo Jia understood, nodded, and said: "Indeed, it is difficult for us to prepare military rations now, so why not the Black Mountain Army?"

"According to the news, they have almost no spring plowing, and in half a year, there will be a large-scale famine."

"If Zhang Yan is not stupid, they will definitely find a way."

"Either go around to ask for help and borrow food, or go to loot."

"If you want help, you can only go to the Southern Xiongnu in Bingzhou and Zhang Yang Lu Bu in Hanoi, but the other party has also suffered a natural disaster, so there may not be any food to lend him, not to mention whether Lu Bu is on good terms with Zhang Yan, I can't say."

"So Zhang Yan can only attack Jizhou and Youzhou, which is to plunder, but Zhang Yan has suffered a lot before, so he should carefully choose who to send troops to."

"If he chooses the weak, he will choose Youzhou. Most likely, he will take advantage of the summer and autumn harvests to rob food. This is also the style of the Black Mountain Army."

"If we wait for the summer harvest before dispatching troops, we will be passive. The Black Mountain Army still has 10,000+ troops. Although most of them are weak, they are still alive."

"With so many people pouring out of Montenegro, with our current strength in Youzhou, we can't stop them. It will be a disaster if we miss tens of thousands of people."

"So the best choice at the moment is to immediately send troops into the Montenegro passage, capture the key pass of the Montenegro army, and build a camp for defense."

"In this way, they can block their route into Youzhou, and at the same time use the camp as a base to attack the hinterland of the Black Mountain Army."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, all the generals nodded. Indeed, the way to win a war is to take the initiative in advance and not wait passively.

Now it is a coup to send troops ahead of time. Although Youzhou is not well prepared, the Black Mountain Army is even more hasty!

Ju Shou praised: "The Shijun and Fengxiao are so thoughtful, I really amazed the old man."

Guo Jiaqian said: "Jia only knows how to use some small schemes, but in battles and military affairs, it is a matter of class and axe. It is still necessary for the public and sir to take charge of the overall situation."

After hearing this, Ju Shou smiled and looked at Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi saw it, and said decisively: "Now I have made up my mind, I will personally serve as the commander-in-chief, and take Beixin City as the first stop for dispatching troops."

"Mr. Gong and as the supervisor of the army, brother Liu is in Jicheng to support, the general of Zilong, brother Yan of the state, will rectify the army within three days, station in Beixincheng, and then divide into three groups to occupy the pass of Heishan!"

After hearing this, everyone suddenly accepted the order.

The news of Yuan Xi's dispatch of troops soon spread to Jizhou.

Yuan Shao said to Yuan Shang and his advisers, "Xianyi sent troops to attack the Heishan bandits, what do you think?"

The judge said: "Using weapons without warning is an act of arbitrariness, regardless of the overall situation."

Tian Feng said coldly: "How can this be regarded as sending troops without authorization? Didn't Youzhou send a letter to Jizhou earlier?"

Everyone thought that who would have thought of this, the letter was written in an understatement, and everyone was still arguing, because at this time the spring plowing had just ended, Youzhou had just experienced a battle with Gongsun Zan, and it was also a food pawn, so it was not a good time to send troops.

Who knew that Yuan Xi didn't wait for Jizhou's reply, but he did it himself first!
Yuan Shang stood up and said, "I'm afraid Xianyi wants to annex the state alone?"

Guo Tu sneered and said, "How is it possible? I heard that with a few thousand troops dispatched this time, they can really defeat hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain troops?"

Everyone agrees in their hearts, there are a lot of weak people who beat the strong, but the manpower gap between the two sides is too big, right?

Everyone fought with Yuan Shao and the Black Mountain Army, and knew that the Black Mountain Army was definitely not a soft persimmon. At that time, the Yuan family raised all the soldiers in Jizhou, but they did not wipe out the Black Mountain Army. How could Yuan Xi's thousands of people be possible?

Unless there is a huge change, these 10 people let thousands of people stand up and kill them, I'm afraid they won't be able to kill them all, right?
(End of this chapter)