Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 378 Good time
A group of counselors have been with Yuan Shao for a long time. Seeing Yuan Shao's expression, they knew that he had moved.

Because the timing of this troop dispatch is very good from all aspects!

But no one took the lead in expressing their views, because the risks are also great.

Xun Chen said: "Young Master Xian Yi's proposal sounds really good. If we can take this opportunity to defeat Yuan Shu, it will weaken a lot of his strength."

"But the premise is that the information provided by Mr. Xianyi is true, and Jizhou sends troops now, and there is still time to catch up."

"If you send troops now and the war is over, or Mr. Xian Yi got false information, the other party's target is not in Huaicheng, but my soldiers from Jizhou who are going to reinforce, and thus set a trap, then it will be troublesome."

When Xun Chen said these words, everyone was puzzled. These words seemed to be watertight, but the intention behind them was against sending troops!
After hearing this, Yuan Shao said, "Then according to You Ruo's opinion, shouldn't you send troops to Hanoi?"

Xun Chen hesitated for a moment, "It's not that it shouldn't be, but most of the troops in Jizhou have been taken away by Mr. Xianfu, and the rest of the troops are still besieging and attacking Dongwuyang."

"If troops are recruited again at this time, Yecheng's defense will inevitably be empty. If some real forces take the opportunity to make chaos, I'm afraid it will repeat the crisis of Yecheng's chaos a few years ago."

When it comes to the chaos in Yecheng, everyone has a look of fear on their faces. The most important thing in the battle ahead is that the base camp will be copied. If Yecheng is exhausted, the defense will inevitably be weak and it will indeed leave a big hole.

In normal times, troops could be transferred from other places, but Yuan Xi's letter came so urgently that most of Yuan Shao's allies, or Yuan's forces, were too far away.

For example, Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou are willing to send troops, but sending a letter to notify them immediately will take at least half a month, and it must be too late.

Calculated in this way, only by sending troops from Yecheng, or directly pulling part of the army that attacked Heishan, can they rush to Huaicheng in time.

Yecheng needs to keep people, so the fastest way is to divide the troops from Yuan Shang's attacking Heishan army to Huaicheng.

This is a problem to face. Is such a result what Yuan's enemies want to see?
Because in this way, Yuan Shang's military strength will be weakened a lot, and the Black Mountain Army will have a chance to breathe. If they take the opportunity to counterattack and defeat Yuan Shang...

All the counselors thought of this possibility, and they were all silent. None of them could guarantee that the worst situation would not happen.

The atmosphere fell into silence for a while, and a thought rose in everyone's mind.

It would be great if he didn't beat Zang Hong!

Originally, after the Battle of Yijing, Jizhou had to rest for a period of time, but the situation in the world suddenly changed, and the princes around the Tianzi convoy were ready to move.

However, Zang Hong's untimely rebellion made Yuan Shao furious and ordered Yuan Shang to lead troops to attack, requisitioning a considerable part of Jizhou's troops.

And compared to Cao Cao, who was facing similar problems, he gave up attacking Chenliu without hesitation, leaving only a small number of troops to restrain him, and all the main forces went to Hedong.

As far as Yuan Shao, who is good at face, will never let go of Zang Hong who betrayed him, from this point of view alone, he is not as decisive as Cao Cao.

The situation of Zang Hong's betrayal is also different from that of Lu Bu. Lu Bu violated the military discipline of Jizhou that day, and Yuan Shao used this as an excuse to attack, but at that time Lu Bu himself had no intention of betraying Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Yuan Shao did not resist Yuan Xi and Lu Bu joining forces.

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao was struggling, and said, "I have a plan."

"Why don't you send a letter to Liu Bei in Xuzhou, promising his benefits, and ordering him to help besiege and attack Zang Hong."

"I heard that Liu Bei has expanded rapidly recently, and this move can weaken some of his strength."

"Then transfer back the soldiers who besieged Dongwuyang, and transfer some to Montenegro to reinforce Mr. Xianfu."

"At the same time, a troop of General Zhang He was dispatched and went directly south to Hanoi for reinforcements."

"In this way, the problem of troop mobilization can be solved."

After hearing this, the judge said, "Yuan Hao's plan is very clever!"

"If Liu Bei can capture Dongwuyang, it is better to take advantage of the situation and give him the city and let him send generals to station there."

"Liu Bei and Cao Cao didn't deal with it in the first place. If he is in Dongwuyang, he can stop Cao Cao's changes for us!"

"In this way, he will not be able to expand, and he will be honest for a few years for the time being."

After hearing this, everyone felt that Tian Feng's plan was indeed feasible.

If some counselors said that Cao Cao had no different intentions before, Cao Cao's actions now make people dare not defend him anymore.

From sneaking across the Yellow River during the Yijing War, to expanding to Yuzhou Sili without Yuan Shao's permission, to catering to the emperor now, it all shows that he has the heart to break away from the Yuan family!

Especially the matter of catering to the emperor has made Yuan Shao and his counselors realize that what Jizhou does not want to do, other people may not want to do it. At least at present, there are still many benefits to catering to the emperor!

In particular, many officials of the emperor Liu Xiefeng had conflicts with the appointment of officials from various princes, which often turned into an opportunity to attack each other, causing the princes quite a headache.

It is meaningless to discuss whether to flatter the emperor right now. Yuan Shao's counselors are not stupid. They understand that although flattering the emperor is very tasteless to them, if Cao Cao can do it, it will be a big trouble!

Another reason is that Yuan Xi did not hesitate to risk himself to do such a thing, and he expressed his attitude and prediction.

In the past few years, Yuan Xi's influence within the Yuan family has been far greater than he imagined, because he participated in the decision-making, and finally proved that Yuan Xi's ideas were correct.

In addition, Yuan Xi has been writing letters to Yuan Shao non-stop in the past two years, influencing Yuan Shao's thinking by insinuating, and finally let Yuan Shao understand that the matter of Hanoi's catering to the emperor is extremely important.

The last and most important reason is that the location of Hanoi County is extremely critical, which involves the Yuan family's route to unify the world.

Nowadays, the lords of the world are fighting for hegemony, in fact, it is mainly the two Yuans who are fighting for hegemony, and Yuan Shao wants to defeat Yuan Shu, so he has to find the best route across the Yellow River.

Hanoi County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, and there are several southbound ferries. If Hanoi is controlled, it will be difficult to go northward on the south bank of the Yellow River. On the other hand, Yuan Shao can cross the river and go down the river at any time.

The next suitable place to cross the river can only be hundreds of miles east of Hanoi, from Yecheng to Liyang in the south, cross the river to Baima on the south bank of the Yellow River, go south for more than a hundred miles to Wuchao, then go to Guandu, and then go south to Xudu. Only then can they enter Yuzhou from Yanzhou and attack Yuan Shu's base camp.

Now this passage is controlled by Cao Cao, and it is not easy for Yecheng to send troops.

Then the next suitable place to go south can only be Xuzhou, because it is not so easy to deploy troops because it is blocked by the big river swamp.

And if Yuan Shao controls Hanoi County now, he can go south to Sili, open up the road to Jingzhou, and then enter the western part of Yuzhou. This route is the safest and most feasible one among the southward routes.

So when Yuan Xi and Lu Bu joined forces, Yuan Shao not only didn't get angry, but found an opportunity to attack Yuan Shu.

Although Yuan Shao sometimes has a good face, he is not the one who puts his interests behind him for this reason. Now Yuan Xi has shown him a new possibility. Although it is risky, it is worth a try!
After Yuan Shao finished his thoughts, all the counselors and relatives present agreed with him, but they couldn't think of any reason to oppose it.

The judge said with a smile: "I don't know if it's a coincidence, but now we have three routes to attack Yuan Gonglu. Except for the one at Guandu which is in the hands of Cao Mengde, the other two are in the hands of Mr. Xianyi."

After everyone heard this, they came to their senses, and it was true!

Not to mention the Huaicheng occupied by Yuan Xi, the Guandu occupied by Cao Cao, and the route in Xuzhou, which is to enter Yangzhou from Guangling, or enter Jiujiang County from Xiapi, which are jointly controlled by Yuan Xi and Liu Bei.

Everyone pondered, is this a coincidence, or premeditated?
If it's the latter, Young Master Xian Yi, or the strategists behind him, are too scary!
This is because the closer you are to Yuan Shu, the more benefits you can get after defeating Yuan Shu in the future.

Several counselors couldn't help thinking that it would be great if Yuan Xi was the eldest son!

Yuan Shao saw that there was no objection from the crowd, and his heart was really rare. Usually, there is an argument between the two sides, why is it so smooth this time?

He suddenly realized that only three of the Eight Great Advisors had come, and the rest of the subordinates were not qualified to interrupt.

With fewer people, naturally there will be fewer disputes. Even if there are different opinions, it is easy to see clearly the position. After several discussions, it will become clear.

Yuan Shao was a little depressed. There were fewer people doing things, but he was more efficient than when there were more people. So what's the point of finding so many counselors?

After the plan was decided, Yuan Shao ordered people to send letters to Liu Bei and Yuan Shang, and everyone dispersed.

Xun Chen followed and walked on the road alone, looking at the sky and sighing.

As the mastermind, because Cao Cao gradually revealed his ambition, he became less and less popular within the Yuan family, so he was always cautious in his words and deeds, just like what happened today, he said a lot less out of concerns.

Because the children of the Xun family, Xun You and Xun Yu were all reused by Cao Cao, and Xun Chen was also jealous because of this.

Of course, there are also people with malicious intentions among them who are staring at his position as the mastermind, but Xun Chen cannot prove himself for this matter.

He is very embarrassed now, and he has his own problems, so he took refuge in Yuan Tan in private, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world, I am afraid that Yuan Shao already knew about this, so he doubted Xun Chen's first mouse, and naturally his trust was much less.

Therefore, Xun Chen can see his own prospects at a glance. As a mastermind who is not reused, even if Yuan's achievements are great in the future, he can only occupy an idle position.

This is already the best situation. You can't go to Cao Cao. Even if the opponent can defeat Yuan Shi in the end, can your position surpass Xun Yu and Xun You?
Xun Chen felt a little disappointed. Although he was living comfortably with the Yuan family, as a counselor, who wouldn't want his strategy to be adopted by the lord and change the general trend of the world with his own power?
Thinking of this, he was extremely puzzled that Yuan Xi did not show any intention of soliciting him that day.

I heard that Guo Jia, who was taken care of by him later, had a poor family background, so why was he favored by him alone?

Xun Chen guessed right, in Yuan Xi's small notebook, his name was not at the top.

And the person in the front line said helplessly to Yuan Xi who was stubborn and stubborn: "The envoy has been visiting for several days in a row, and Shun also knows what the envoy wants."

"I have no intention of changing the sect, so please send me back."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Brother Gao, there are no absolutes in this world."

(End of this chapter)