Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 337
Seeing that Yuan Shang was angry, the three court pillars in Hebei dared not speak, so Pang Ji came out to smooth things over and said: "The generals have tried their best, this city is really not easy to attack."

"Although Zang Hong didn't fight many battles, he was unexpectedly impeccable in defending the city. This is also Ji Zhi's miscalculation. I'm really ashamed."

Yuan Shang waved his hand, "Don't mention anything else, I just want to know, is there any good way to capture Dongwuyang now?"

Pang Ji pondered for a while, "Now it seems that we can only besiege him and wait for him to run out of food."

Yuan Shang said decisively: "How long will it take?"

"It's as little as three months, and as much as more than half a year," Pang Ji replied.

Yuan Shang stood up and walked back and forth in the tent, "No, it's too slow!"

"If this continues, Yuan Xi will completely occupy the Heishan Passage from Jizhou to Bingzhou!"

The Black Mountain Passage leading to Bingzhou is extremely important to Yuan Shang. This is related to Yuan Shang's plan to persuade Yuan Shao to send his own people to Bingzhou to occupy the territory and to coordinate with Jizhou.

Although Bingzhou looks poor, it has a fertile Hetao Plain and a large number of horses and cavalry. If he holds the Southern Huns in his hands, he can form a huge cavalry in a short time!

But if Yuan Xi was defeated, things would be different.

Even though they belonged to the Yuan family, Yuan Shang knew that he had offended Yuan Xi severely, and if the other party occupied Montenegro, he would definitely trip him up.

If Yuan Xi laid down the Hetao Plain in front of him, it was very likely that he would snatch those war horses away. If he couldn't take them away, according to the opponent's personality, he would probably kill them directly, and let his bamboo basket fetch water in vain.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shang became a little anxious. He once mentioned that Yuan Xi had a different heart in front of Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao told Yuan Shang not to mention it again, saying that it was groundless.

As Yuan Shang's counselor, Pang Ji naturally knew that Yuan Shang was troubled, and said: "If you really want to go to Heishan, my lord, it's okay. There is no need for so many people here."

"It is absolutely possible to leave a general here to sit here and divide the troops to attack the Black Bandits."

After Yuan Shang heard this, he hesitated, "Father asked me to capture Dongwu Yang, but now I retreat before the battle, what does Father think of me?"

"What's more, the Black Mountain Army is not easy to deal with. My father didn't wipe out it back then. Now I go there rashly. What should I do if I lose the battle?"

Pang Ji thought to himself that Yuan Shang's problem was that he was too foresight, he couldn't make up his mind, he wanted everything, but he couldn't get anything.

According to Pang Ji's thinking, Yuan Shang's biggest enemy is Yuan Tan when he inherits the patriarch, so he should focus on Yuan Tan with all his strength, why bother to make enemies everywhere?

He sighed and said, "My lord, don't miss this opportunity."

"Right now, Young Master Xianyi and the Black Mountain Army have fought so hard that no one can retreat. As long as Young Master joins, he will definitely be able to dominate the situation."

"Is there a better chance than this?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shang pondered for a while, finally made up his mind, and said, "I understand!"

He pointed to Gao Lan: "You" he paused, "responsible for besieging Dongwu Yang!"

Gao Lan hurriedly said: "The last general takes orders."

He murmured in his heart, this is, are you worried about yourself?

That's right, my wife is from the Zhen family, so it's strange that I don't get jealous.

It's good to stay here, lest Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and the other two conflict, and he can't deal with himself.

Yuan Shang pointed to Wen Chou and Zhang He, "The two generals rushed to Heishan with me, and entered through the pass of Wei County!"

When Wen Chou and Zhang He heard this, they all clasped their hands together and said, "Take orders!"

Pang Ji also wanted to suggest talking to Yuan Xitong first, but he was afraid that Yuan Shang would start to hesitate again after talking, so he thought to see the situation before talking.

After all, Montenegro is too critical, no matter what, occupying a part of it first and opening a safe passage to Bingzhou is the top priority.

And in Juancheng, the governor of Yanzhou, which belongs to the same Dongjun as Dongwuyang and is separated by the Yellow River, Cao Cao is also calling his advisers to discuss.

Everyone is not good-looking. Cao Jun is good at field mobile operations. Using speed and time to encircle and attack reinforcements is his strength, but it is mediocre for sieges.

Cao Jun’s military supplies and other siege supplies are far less than those of Jizhou’s rich and powerful, so most of the time they siege the city with their lives. Did not hit down.

Cao Cao said: "Now that the Yuan family is dragged in Heishan and Dongwuyang, it is a great time to welcome the emperor."

"Yuan Shu is also sending troops to Sili. It will be too late when the emperor returns to Luoyang!"

"But Chen Liu blocked the way to Hanoi, so what can I do?"

Xun Yu said: "Chen Liu is not enough, why don't you go around?"

Cheng Yu opened his mouth and said, "Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao also know about military matters. What if our main force passes through the border and they cut off our food supply?"

Xun You heard this, but said, "How about another way?"

After hearing this, everyone was puzzled, how to change it?
Xun You said slowly: "I heard that Yuan Shang is besieging Dongwuyang, and he is facing the same problem as us. The city cannot be defeated."

"However, I'm afraid that he can't bear it any longer. Yuan Xi recently defeated the former army of the Black Mountain Army and will soon break into the hinterland of the Black Mountain Army. Yuan Shang will not sit idly by, and will definitely divide his troops to Montenegro."

"Now we can show our kindness to him and promise a huge profit. If he agrees, we can send troops north from Juancheng, cross the Yellow River, and enter Hanoi from Weijun."

"In this case, with Yuan Shang's guarantee on our food road, we don't need to go through Chenliu, so there is no need to worry."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. The method Xun You said sounds feasible!

Cheng Yu pondered and said, "We don't have a good relationship with Jizhou now, I'm afraid Yuan Shang might not agree."

However, Xun You gave Cheng Yu a meaningful look, "As long as you step out, you will definitely succeed."

Cheng Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he wondered if Xun You guessed something?
He couldn't help looking at Cao Cao, but Cao Cao acted as if he hadn't noticed Cheng Yu, and said to everyone: "Now the Baibo bandits are holding the emperor hostage and plotting against him. Every time I think about it, I can't sleep or eat."

"No matter what we do, we must rush to Luoyang as soon as possible to welcome the emperor!"

"Before this matter, other things can be put aside."

"So I decided to send a letter to Yuan Shang immediately to make friends."

"In order to save the emperor from danger and help the Han family, everything is worth it!"

When Xun Yu heard this, tears welled up in his eyes, and he said: "Ming Gong is wise!"

Everyone bowed to Cao Cao one after another, but when Xun You looked at Xun Yu's kneeling figure, there was a hint of meaningful expression on his face.

After Cao Cao and the others left, they left a few counselors behind. After discussing for half the night, the secret letters were taken by messengers and sent to places one by one.

Dongbuyang, Hanoi, and even Montenegro.

The battle that took place in Montenegro caught the attention of the princes of the world for a while, and became a vortex of the situation.

As far as whirlpool is concerned, the eye of the storm is the calmest place. Now that Yuan Xi has advanced more than a hundred miles, he got stuck in the middle of the Black Mountain near the central pass, but he began to set up camp and never leave.

He knew that no matter how deep he went into the enemy's territory, the logistics supply route would be lengthened, and the Black Mountain Army would definitely try to target it.

At that time, as long as the Montenegrin Army sends a few troops over the mountains to harass the food roads, their side will be exhausted.

So he cautiously stopped at a place more than 200 miles away from the hinterland of Montenegro, and then began to cut trees eastward, cleared the mountain roads, and opened up a road leading to Jizhou.

In this way, the grain road in Youzhou can pass through the Heishan Passage when it came, but go south from Youzhou to Jizhou, and then turn west to Heishan, which undoubtedly improves the safety a lot.

Yuan Xi's move was beyond the expectation of the Montenegro army. Originally they thought that Yuan Xi would take advantage of the victory to go straight to the Montenegro base camp, and they had already reduced their troops to defend, but now the opponent stopped moving forward, which made the Montenegro army extremely uncomfortable.

Especially Zhang Yan, when he got the news, he thought that Jushou and Zhao Yun were going to steal the Black Mountain Army's back route, so he personally led troops to intercept them.

In the end, it was all in vain, and the soldiers and horses that Zhao Yunju awarded went around outside the Black Mountain, and then disappeared!

When Zhang Yan couldn't figure it out, the news came that the North Army was defeated by Yuan Xi, and almost the whole army was wiped out. Even Yang Feng's whereabouts were unknown!

Hearing this news, Zhang Yan was even more panicked, and hurriedly led his troops northward.

Over the years, he has suffered major defeats one after another, and he has long since lost the vigor of the past.

Moreover, these defeats were all given to him by the Yuan family. Whether it was Yuan Shao's revenge for the Black Mountain Army's attack on Yecheng, or his aid to Gongsun Zan's three-way repulsion, Zhang Yan was delayed a lot.

Especially the fierce tiger of the Yuan family made Zhang Yan gnash her teeth in anger.

The Northern Route Army was defeated by him twice!
As for the other groups, they were still able to escape unscathed, but those who attacked Beixincheng would always go and die every time. Even Yang Feng, who was no less skilled than himself in martial arts, was also defeated, and his whereabouts were unknown!

What Zhang Yan is most worried about now is that he cannot understand the real purpose of the Youzhou Army.

If Yuan Xi set up a stronghold in the north to open the way to fight a protracted war and slowly consume himself to death, where did the troops led by Jushou Zhao Yun go?

Thinking of the precedent of Wei Qinghuo Qubing thousands of miles to attack the court of the Xiongnu, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel lingering fear. Is the other party eyeing him?

He picked up a secret letter in his hand, read it carefully, and still couldn't make up his mind.

If it is true, as said in the letter, that he can help please the emperor, he will be able to make a comeback and gain greater power and territory.

But correspondingly, he may have to give up the base camp of the Black Mountain Army. If he loses the bet, he will have nothing.

And the risk of this matter is not small. The Black Mountain Army seems to be in the same spirit as the Baibo thief, but in fact they are taking two completely different paths in private.

Now that the Baibo army has controlled the emperor, can he really reap the benefits by going there by himself?
Heaven and man started fighting in his heart, but at this moment, a soldier came in and said, "Boss Yang is back!"

Zhang Yan was surprised when he heard that Yang Feng was still alive?

Previously, the former army of the Black Mountain Army was defeated by the Youzhou Army, and several leaders fled back with hundreds of remnants of the defeated generals. They said that Yang Feng went to kill the fierce tiger, but did not come back.

Yang Feng is one of the best experts in the Black Mountain Army, and Zhang Yan is entrusted by others to take care of her, if she dies
When he saw Yang Feng later, Zhang Yan couldn't believe his eyes in such a dire condition.

(End of this chapter)