Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 524 Agreed
Yuan Xi quickly organized his army and set off, leaving Haixi and heading south from Hanhe to Guangling.

The news of his departure was learned by spy Yuan Tan, who quickly sent the information to Langya.

After Yuan Tan got the information, his previous distrust of Yang Di was completely dispelled, and he went to the attendants and said: "Xianyi really went to Guangling."

"Now Yuan Shu's army is strong and he has driven Cao Cao out of Tancheng. Now they are bordering our territory in the East China Sea."

"It is said that they have tens of thousands of troops in the west of Xuzhou and are already attacking Cao's army in Pengcheng. Now with their momentum, it seems that they are bound to win Xuzhou and Yanzhou."

"I want to ask you, what should we do next?"

After hearing this, Guo Tu said decisively: "Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"I don't hesitate to fall out with Mr. Xian Yi, but I also want to occupy the East China Sea. Isn't it just to expand the territory and get a chance to fight Yuan Shu?"

"Now that Cao Cao has forced Liu Bei away, and Yuan Shu's army has forced Cao Cao away, we finally have an opportunity to go to war with Yuan Shu!"

"As long as we can defeat Yuan Shu and occupy Xiapi, we can take advantage of the situation to invade Jiujiang and capture Shouchun!"

Everyone was excited after hearing this. The current battle in the world is a battle between the two Yuan Dynasties. If Yuan Tan can really defeat Yuan Shu, he will have achieved the greatest achievement within the Yuan family so far. He will definitely be able to gain from merit. Suppress Yuan Shang with all his might.

Not only that, capturing half of Xuzhou and even Yuzhou, where Yuan Shu is located, can greatly enhance Yuan Tan's own strength, making him no longer just look at Yuan Shao's face.

In the future, if Yuan Shao insists on making Yuan Shang his heir, Yuan Tan can also rely on Xuzhou to increase his strength and compete with Yuan Shang.

What everyone in the hall doesn't know yet is that Yuan Tan has learned from extremely secret channels that Yuan Shang will most likely not have any heirs within a few years!
In this case, at the critical moment of the battle for the head of the family, Yuan Tan can use it as a key trump card to deliver a fatal blow to Yuan Shang!
He looked at the people below, feeling satisfied, but when he saw Xin Ping was silent, he said, "Does Zhongzhi have any ideas?"

Xin Ping said: "I always feel that the current situation is a little too smooth for us."

"Almost all the forces previously predicted seemed to have given way to us, as if they were happy to see us fighting Yuan Shu's army."

After hearing this, Guo Tu smiled and said: "I thought Zhongzhi had some great ideas. Isn't the situation great, but he feels a little uneasy?"

"Previously, Yuan Xi and Cao Cao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shujun actually fought to the death of tens of thousands of people!"

"If it's acting, why would you risk half of your strength in it?"

"Furthermore, according to intelligence, the Youzhou Army led by Zhao Yun has not been able to regain the lost territory and is still resisting Yuan Shu's army at the border of Guangling. It is obviously beyond its capabilities."

"Otherwise they would have attacked Xiapi!"

"We must not miss the opportunity now. Cao's army in Houqiu, north of Tancheng, does not have many troops. As long as we seize the opportunity to occupy it, we can confront Yuan Shu's army!"

"The most important thing is that everyone has received the news. There is a locust plague in Yanzhou and Yuzhou!"

"The food supplies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu cannot support the army for two months. They are at their weakest now!"

"Now that we have accumulated three years of strength in Qingzhou, we can finally use it to make the final decision!"

Yuan Tan listened and nodded repeatedly. His strength has now expanded to the limit. There are nearly [-] soldiers and civilians.

The consumption of maintaining this population is extremely huge. For this reason, he has increased a lot of taxes in Qingzhou, which has caused public resentment. However, this is not a long-term solution. He cannot always feed so many mouths.

Now is the time to make these numbers work. If the tens of thousands of Yuan Shu's troops can be exhausted, and then he can recruit Yuan Shu's troops, form tens of thousands of elite troops, and eliminate the soldiers with poor combat effectiveness, it will be the best result.

After all, soldiers are used to die. What use is a soldier who does not fight?

He turned to Yang Xi: "Did Xian Yi really not say much when the doctor left?"

Yang Xi hurriedly said: "My subordinates have brought Mr. Xian Yi's letter. As for private matters, I and I don't have much to say."

Guo Tu said with a smile: "Now Mr. Xianyi's strength in Xuzhou is far from being comparable to that of Shijun. He can mobilize nearly ten thousand soldiers from Youzhou to Xuzhou, which is already the limit. I heard that foreign tribes in the North have been harassing the border, so that Youzhou The state is also quite unstable.”

"Master Xianyi doesn't have the confidence to fall out with Shijun at the moment. Now he and Cao Cao and Yuan Shu have fallen out. If he doesn't rely on the Yuan family, does he really think he can fight against the whole world?"

"So after the big battle with Cao Cao, he should have only this little strength left to defend himself, and he could only swallow this breath in the end."

All the subordinates agreed, and Yuan Tan sighed: "But I did feel sorry for him for what happened before. At worst, I will give him some compensation after I capture Yuzhou."

Guo Tu said with a smile: "Since you are benevolent and righteous, the top priority is to send troops immediately, otherwise if all parties regain their strength, we will have nothing to do with it!"

Seeing that everyone was eager to try, Yuan Tan stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand and said: "Okay!" "Now that all parties are tired, it is the best time for us to end!"

"Immediately mobilize all troops from Qingzhou to go south to Langya and enter the East China Sea!"

"Now we mobilize Langya troops to attack Houqiu, repel Cao's army, wait for an opportunity to attack Xiapi, and move south to Shouchun!"

After hearing this, everyone suddenly accepted the order.

Yuan Tanzhi was very proud. His two brothers were indeed strong competitors, but one had been disabled, and the other had no route south to Shouchun in Jizhou. The only one who could pick peaches now was himself!

Yuan Tan did not expect that at this time in Yecheng, Yuan Shao was also convening everyone to discuss Yuan Shang's request.

Jizhou has heard about the battle between Cao Cao's army and Yuan Shu's army in Chen State, and it is said that Yuan Shu's army was beaten and retreated steadily!

After Yuan Shang learned about it, he immediately came to see Yuan Shao and asked to send troops south from the South Pass of Heishan Mountain, cut between Jingzhou and Yuzhou, march east from Yingchuan, and attack Shouchun!

When Yuan Shao saw it, he knew that such a radical plan to dispatch troops was not proposed by Yuan Shang, but was most likely the work of Shen Pei and Pang Ji.

And Yuan Shao could also see his thoughts. Of course, he wanted to seize the first opportunity to defeat Yuan Shu.

Now Yuan Shu has three armies. On the west, Qiannu led more than ten thousand people to resist Lu Bu. On the east, tens of thousands of people occupied Xia Pi Tan City. The middle route went north to attack Dongjun, but Cao Cao saw through it.

These three groups have already exhausted most of Yuan Shu's troops. In other words, as long as the Jizhou army mobilizes tens of thousands of elites and goes deep into Yuzhou, it is impossible for Yuan Shu to resist with the number of soldiers left behind in Shouchun!
Yuan Shao was very pleased. Yuan Shang seemed to be much more mature than before. This plan was not without risks, but the benefits were also huge.

The fly in the ointment is that if something goes wrong, tens of thousands of Jizhou soldiers will be killed. After all, deep into enemy territory and isolated without help, it is easy for someone to cut off the food route.

Moreover, Yuan Shao could also see Yuan Shang's selfish motives, because Yuan Tan had already sent troops to Langya and obviously wanted to attack Shouchun.

Although Yuan Shao also admitted that Yuan Tan's timing was good, he was still unhappy because Yuan Tan had not informed Yuan Shao of everything he had done in Xuzhou so far.

Yuan Shao naturally understands what Yuan Tan is thinking. The children of the Yuan family are all arrogant people, including Yuan Xi. None of them are willing to be inferior to others. This is a good thing and a bad thing. It can promote competition, but if you let it go too far, It may cause the situation to get out of control.

At present, everyone in the hall is arguing endlessly. No one is very opposed to sending troops. The focus of the debate is how to send troops.

Some people advocated joining forces with Cao's army to attack Yuan Shu's army. This is Xun Chen.

Some people advocated bypassing Cao's army and cutting off Yuan Shu's retreat, allowing him to fight to the death with Cao's army. This was Tian Feng.

The remaining Shenpei and Pangji all agreed to adopt light and simple movements, gradually occupy Yingchuan and Runan, break through the city all the way to Jiujiang, and establish supply lines at the same time.

Although this method is slow, it is sure and has gained everyone's approval in no time.

At this time, Tian Feng saw that his proposal was not accepted, and felt that he had lost another opportunity to kill Cao Cao. He couldn't help but said: "Since we are going south from Yingchuan, why not assist Wenhou first and defeat Yuan Shu and Changnu's army?" Wouldn’t the Western Army be more secure?”

"Now that Marquis Wen and the Yuan family are married, they should be reliable enough, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Shang's expression changed slightly. Lu Bu was Yuan Xi's father-in-law, not his!

At any rate, Yuan Xi couldn't think about it, and fought with Cao Cao to lose both sides, and withdrew from the competition to defeat Yuan Shu. Now what if he uses Lu Bujun to steal his first victory?
Thinking of this, he winked at Pang Ji, who understood and said, "If we get too entangled with Yuan Shu's army, I'm afraid we will be overtaken by Cao's army in the middle."

"It is said that Yuan Shu's army has already suffered a defeat. If Cao's army rushes forward with the momentum of victory, I'm afraid we will only be able to watch behind it and sigh."

As soon as these words came out, all the counselors agreed. After all, the families behind everyone present did not deal with Lu Bu very well, and no one was willing to speak for him.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao said: "Xianfu led 2 troops from the Black Mountains south to Yuzhou. When responding to military affairs outside, he can act arbitrarily!"

After hearing this, Yuan Shang quickly accepted the order with great joy.

Yecheng began to get busy, the lights were on all night long, and people and horses kept neighing.

Because of Yuan Shu's self-reliance, when the whole world around Yuzhou was in motion, the only one that remained motionless was Jingzhou.

Zhuge Liang looked at the starry sky outside and let out a long sigh. Liu Jingsheng was too conservative. He didn't even take advantage of such a good opportunity. Could it be that he just waited for the world to be settled?
Even if the world is finally unified, I'm afraid there will be a change of dynasty, right?
Zhuge Liang secretly thought, among the princes surnamed Liu, Liu Yao died of illness, Liu Chong died, Liu Zhang was trapped, Liu Biao had no ambition, Liu Bei was said to be missing, and there was only Liu Xie, the emperor who embraced the city, what could be done?

He looked at the map. Could it be that he had misjudged the stars and that Xuzhou was not the key point?
However, what no one in the world guessed was that Yuan Xi, who was considered to be out of the game early, had secretly come to Ling County to meet someone.

He looked at Liu Bei, who was still injured all over his body and had many areas bandaged. He saluted and said, "If Mr. Xuande survived the catastrophe, he will be blessed later."

(End of this chapter)