Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 478 The relationship is broken
After hearing Sun Ce's words, Zhou Yu was also very speechless.

Qiao Rui issued an edict on behalf of the emperor, and persuaded Sun Ce. Afterwards, Sun Ce secretly wrote a letter to the Han court, agreeing to take refuge in the Han court. After receiving Sun Ce's letter, Liu Xie was overjoyed, and sent someone to choose a woman of the right age from the clan to marry Sun Ce. .

But Sun Ce was quite loyal, and out of various concerns, he wrote a letter to Yuan Shu, persuading Yuan Shu not to stand on his own.

Of course, Sun Ce wrote this letter not only for Yuan Shu's sake, but also for his own consideration. After all, his current relationship with Yuan Shu is not simple.

Sun Jian was attached to Yuan Shu at the beginning, and the two were similar to the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, while Sun Ce inherited Sun Jian's legacy and continued to rely on Yuan Shu, which is actually very similar to Yuan Shu's adopted son.

Of course, the adopted son's situation was very embarrassing. Yuan Shu had his own son and son-in-law, and Sun Ce would never be able to integrate into the inner circle. Yuan Shu had laid a lot of territory for nothing, but the actual benefits were not much.

Moreover, the more capable Sun Ce was, the more Yuan Shu had to guard against him, so as not to lose his tail.

So Sun Ce couldn't help being dissatisfied, and now he finally took the opportunity to seize Jiangdong, so that Yuan Xi could no longer control him.

However, Sun Ce had to have an upright excuse to break away from Yuan Shu and draw a clear relationship with him, and now this good opportunity was in front of him.

Yuan Shu became self-reliant, and the Han court wooed him.

To Sun Ce, this was like dozing off to give a pillow, but in order not to fall into the trap, Sun Ce still asked Ling Zhang Hong to write a letter to Yuan Shu.

Zhang Hong, courtesy name Zigang, was born in Guangling, Xuzhou. Together with Zhang Zhao, they were collectively called "Two Zhangs".

Before Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he personally visited the door many times to invite Zhang Hong. Feeling his wishes, he became an official.

Sun Ce had long wanted to be self-reliant. When he asked Zhang Hong for advice, he proposed to "collect the diaspora, occupy the Wuhui in the east, avenge the shame, and become a foreign vassal for the court." , It is all based on the strategy of the Yangtze River defense line, which is also the strategy that Soochow has consistently pursued in later generations.

For the princes from all over the world, Jingzhou is an extremely important place, and no one wants to take it as their own.

It's just that Liu Biao relied on the Cai family and other local clans to manage Jingzhou very well, and Jingzhou itself is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Yuan Shu's attacks were repeatedly frustrated, and Sun Jian was killed because of this.

Sun Ce's letter to Yuan Shu was the idea of ​​his advisers. This not only maintained his reputation for defending Yuan Shu, but also expressed his loyalty to the Han Dynasty. It can be regarded as the utmost benevolence.

After the letter was written, Qiao Rui volunteered to deliver the letter. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu persuaded him, "Mr. Qiao, Yuan Shu was planning to use you to make a name for himself. Now going back, wouldn't it be self-inflicted?"

Qiao Rui listened and sighed: "Of course I know, but when the news comes, Yuan Shu is ready to take my family members under the knife. If I don't go back, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will kill me."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Forgive me, if Duke Qiao goes back, he will only be lost with his family."

"I remember Mrs. Qiao died early. There are only two daughters in the family, and there is no male yet?"

"As long as the green hills are here, I'm not afraid that there will be no firewood for burning. I'm afraid that the family members of Mr. Qiao will be in danger, but with Mr. Qiao here, the Qiao family will have hope."

"Now that Mr. Qiao is going back, if the whole family is killed together, wouldn't it be all over?"

After hearing this, Qiao Rui gritted his teeth after a long time and said, "It is true that there are only two daughters, but they were entrusted to me by my wife on her deathbed."

"If I give up on them, how can I treat Madam?"

"So after much deliberation, I plan to find an opportunity to send him to Wancheng for refuge after returning to Shouchun."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Sun Ce said, "Since that's the case, if Duke Qiao is killed, I will avenge him in the future."

After hearing his thanks, Qiao Rui got up and went.

After Qiao Rui left, Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Those who achieve great things don't care about small details, Mr. Qiao is only afraid that bad luck will come."

Sun Ce's expression was complicated. For some reason, he remembered his missing biological mother, Mrs. Wu, and said in a daze, "Everyone has his own ambitions, but I can understand."

"If he is killed, we can only find an opportunity to rescue his family."

Afterwards, Qiao Rui returned to Shouchun and brought Sun Ce's letter with him. Yuan Shu was furious when he read it. In addition, someone accused Qiao Rui of being a prisoner, so Yuan Shu immediately sent Qiao Rui to prison.

Originally, Yuan Shu wanted to kill Qiao Rui as a warning to others, but many ministers persuaded him, saying that Yuan Shu was self-reliant at this time, and it was ominous to kill people, and Qiao Rui, as a general of Yuan Shu, had done a lot of meritorious service over the years. I'm afraid it will also chill everyone's hearts.

Moreover, Qiao Rui is delivering the letter on behalf of Sun Ce this time. If he is severely punished, won't this force Sun Ce to turn his face even more?

Finally, after many considerations, Qiao Rui was released back home, but the mansion was surrounded by soldiers, just like a prison, no different from a prisoner.

After Sun Ce heard the news, there was nothing he could do for the time being. After all, Yuan Shu was so powerful now that Sun Ce himself could not openly tear himself apart with Yuan Shu.

But now Sun Ce received the imperial edict, which openly asked Cao Cao, Sun Ce and others to crusade against Yuan Shu!
While scolding Han Ting for being unethical, Sun Ce also understood that this was actually a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

The one who is close to Yuan Shu's base camp, besides Liu Bei in Xiapi, is Sun Ce in Wu County, which means that it is more convenient for him to seize the territory in Yuan Shu's hands as a foundation for future hegemony!

Besides, now that Yuan Shu is being discussed by all parties, the pressure on Sun Ce is undoubtedly much less, and with the justifiable excuse of the emperor's edict, he can justifiably turn against Yuan Shu!

When he was discussing with Zhou Yu, he saw Lu Su walking in.

Lu Su, courtesy name Zijing, was born in Linhuai Dongcheng. He was a powerful local landlord and was widely praised for his kindness and generosity.

When Zhou Yu was the head of the nest, he came to Lu Su's house to borrow food, and Lu Su directly sent out the half-stocked food of the family with three thousand dendrobium. Since then, the two have become friends. Later, Zhou Yu defected to Sun Ce and recommended Lu Su, and Sun Ce called him. For the genus.

Lu Su hurried in, bowed to the two, and said, "There is an urgent letter from the Han court."

Sun Ce took the bamboo slips from Lu Su's hand, unfolded them, and said with a smile, "This is a good time." After speaking, he handed it to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu took a look, but it was the Han court who sent Yilang Wang Yu to bring the canonization of Han Xiandi The imperial edict is here.

Zhou Yu looked at it, and smiled, "The Han court came in such a hurry, it's obvious that they wanted Bofu."

"In this case, we can talk to him about the conditions."

Sun Ce laughed and said, "That's right!"

Youzhou Jicheng.

Yuan Xi's mansion was already in full swing, because with the spread of the Han court's edict to Youzhou, everyone knew that Yuan Xi was about to leave again.

It was the same in the city, and it was the same in the barracks outside the city. Inside a tent, Zhang Fang was explaining the mission of the trip to the other four.

Although they formed a team of five and formed the smallest unit, no one dared to underestimate them.

Not only because they are all personal guards of Yuan Xi, but also made a lot of military exploits. It was only because the five of them refused to be separated that they insisted not to be promoted to the military rank, and they still fought together to kill the enemy.

Zhang Fang held a simple linen map in his hand, squatted on the ground, took a branch in his hand, and wrote and drew on the land in front of him.

When he wrote the word Guangling, he accidentally wrote the word "Ling" wrong. He reacted and quickly erased and rewritten it. When the other four saw it, they suddenly burst into laughter, "Boss, you are wrong about this word." Several times!"

Zhang Fang blushed, "You all know how to hold me!"

"After a while, I will finish the marching route and location, and you will write them down one by one!"

"If the writing is not good, the number of words written silently will double in the next few days!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately complained, "Boss, this is too cruel!"

Zhang Fang didn't care about them, and explained to everyone, from the target location of the march, to the possible routes, and the time spent, there have been accidents, and the regrouping location, he explained everything clearly.

This is an important link before the departure of the Youzhou Army. As long as it is not a secret operation, all plans for dispatching troops, no matter how big or small, must be implemented in the lowest level of the army, so that every soldier can know what to do.

At the beginning, the generals and counselors of the first army gathered all the people above the chief of the army to explain and give orders. After the chief of the army returned, he conveyed to the ranks where he was, so that everyone could understand the purpose of sending troops. and intent.

This was also one of Yuan Xi's pioneering initiatives. At first, Jushou Lu Xun and others were quite puzzled, thinking that it was unnecessary, as long as soldiers went to the battlefield to obey orders, they were considered qualified. Why do these superfluous things?
Yuan Xi didn't explain too much, but in the subsequent field drills, two parties with equal strength, one who knew the tactical layout, and the other who didn't know about it, were able to carry out battles under different terrains and unexpected situations. confrontation.

Jushou and Lu Xun were surprised to find that if they fought head-on on the battlefield, the two sides were indeed similar, but when encountering unexpected situations such as surprise attacks, plan changes, and temporary changes in combat objectives, the situation of the latter was far stronger than that of the latter.

Not only can they gather together after being dispersed and continue to march towards the goal, but they can also come up with targeted solutions, or avoid the enemy, or change a faster route, in order to complete the final goal.

The latter, on the other hand, could only scurry around like headless chickens because they couldn't understand the details of the battle plan. Even if they could gather together, there would be many differences, resulting in a greatly reduced combat power.

While Jushou and Lu Xun were amazed, they also understood that this approach actually had very high requirements for each soldier.

The first is that everyone has the most basic tactical literacy, and the second is that everyone can read and write. It is extremely difficult to achieve these two points alone.

But Yuan Xi's soldiers, under the continuous and purposeful guidance for two years, can almost do it. Anyone who is randomly pulled out of them, under the command of other princes, has at least the qualification of a centurion or above!

Only then did Jushou and Lu Xun understand why Yuan Xi controlled his elite soldiers to a few thousand. No matter how many people there were, Youzhou couldn't do it.

Even so, the two of them understood how terrible this approach was. If Yuan Xi could pull out a team of tens of thousands of soldiers, these thousands of soldiers could immediately serve as mid-level officers, and they would be able to form a good combat power in a short period of time!
Moreover, this method of military training can also maintain military discipline. When there is no war on weekdays, soldiers can reunite with their families at night, but they need to enter the camp during the day to practice Dianmao, and then learn written tactics. During wartime, soldiers train during the day and talk at night. Soldiers leave time for trouble.

While Ju Shou and Lu Xun perfected the military training method, they gradually understood the profoundness of it, and their admiration for Yuan Xi who was able to create this method increased a little.

This time, Yuan Xi took Jushou and Lu Xun with him, and left Guo Jia, who was good at politics, in Youzhou.

At this time, Guo Jia went to Beixincheng with Hetian Yu to inspect the labor education situation of the prisoners of war of the Black Mountain Army in the past six months.

(End of this chapter)