Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 564
Everyone looked at one point at the same time.

Jingzhou Nanyang.

Jushou smiled and said, "Bo Yan is really easy to understand."

"This is his only retreat."

"Moreover, Yanzhou and Yuzhou were hit by locusts, but Jingzhou was the only one not affected. Now that there are so many mouths, where else but Jingzhou can feed them?"

"If Yuan Shu really gathers an army and makes a desperate move to invade Jingzhou, I'm afraid Liu Biao won't be able to resist it. What's more, Jiangxia to the south of him is being attacked by Sun Ce. If he loses sight of one thing and loses another, the loss of Jingzhou will become a foregone conclusion."

"What's even better is that Yuan Shu has seen that the relationship between Sun Ce and himself has not completely broken down. Sun Ce has learned from Marquis Wen's mistakes and does not dare to openly oppose Yuan Shu, who he once worshiped as his adoptive father."

"So Sun Ce's attack on Jingzhou and Jiangxia this time is probably to make a wedding dress for Yuan Shao. It seems that there are some sensible people among Yuan Shu's subordinates."

Yuan Xi said in disbelief: "Yuan Shu is really willing to give up Shouchun?"

"That is his independent capital, and there are countless people in it who need his protection!"

Jushou smiled and said: "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. Those who do not achieve their goals will use any means. Except for their own safety, they can abandon everything outside themselves. Just look at Gaozu and you will know."

"When the two brothers Yuan Benchu ​​fled Luoyang and formed a coalition to fight against Dong, didn't they also not take into account the Yuan clan members in Luoyang?"

After he took refuge with Yuan Xi, he became less taboo about the matter and spoke out directly.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi sighed: "But it would still be difficult for me to do such a thing."

Jushou and Lu Xun looked at each other, and Jushou said, "This is what makes the young master unique."

"Young Master seems to have a small structure, but what you win is people's hearts, not temporary gains and losses. At this point, Young Master's structure is very big."

"That's good. As counselors, aren't we here to solve problems for our lord?"

Yuan Xi laughed, "Thanks to Mr. Miao Zan, I am very scared."

"What are we going to do now?"

Jushou thought for a while and said, "Shou Chun still needs to fight."

"Yuan Shu is afraid that he will run away at any time and move his base camp to Jingzhou."

"The officials and generals who stayed behind in Shouchun should have clearly understood that they had been abandoned, and they must be resentful."

"If you catch them and treat them with courtesy, you will definitely gain their trust."

Yuan Xi nodded slightly, "What's the time?"

Jushu said: "Instead of entering the city, it is better to wait for them to come out."

"If the Yuan family fled to Jingzhou, Cao Cao and Yuan Tan from the north would definitely advance towards Shouchun. There would be chaos in the city and they would seek a breakout. After all, Cao Cao had a precedent of massacring the city."

"At this time, as long as the young master opens a few openings south of Shouchun, the people in the city will definitely choose to escape south, and then they can lead you into an urn."

"Of course, when Yuan Shu's army escapes, although we are unable to defeat them, we can follow and pursue them and take advantage of them."

Yuan Xi and Lu Xun both laughed after hearing this, "Mr. Gong and Mr. You have a good plan."

Yuan Xi thought for a while, "I don't have enough troops. Will Cao Cao give Shouchun to me so easily?"

Jushou stroked his beard and said, "It's time for Liu Yuzhou to take action."

A few days later, in the camp outside Hefei City, Liu Bei called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into the camp and said that Yuan Xi had just sent a secret envoy from the army and told them the next plan.

When Zhang Fei heard that he would attack Shouchun in the future, Yuan Xi arranged for Liu Bei's army to go around to the north of Shouchun to intercept Cao Cao's army. Although it looked unsightly, he rarely raised any objection.

Because he also wanted to have a big battle with Cao Jun to avenge Cao Cao's sneak attack in Xuzhou!
He spoke out: "It's okay to fight Cao Cao, but isn't there Yuan Tan who is suspected of colluding with Cao Cao?"

Liu Bei said: "It was with this in mind that Yuan Shijun arranged for me to block the north."

"After all, I am the leader of Yuan Tan. If he openly breaks up with me, he will definitely be criticized by the world. This is a critical period for him to compete for the head of the Yuan family. It should be unlikely that any complications will arise."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "Yuan Shijun's arrangement is indeed the most suitable. To the north of Shouchun is the Huai River. The naval force I trained can be used in many ways."

"But in this case, I want to transfer the navy from Chaohu to the Yangtze River, and then go north from Hangou into the Huai River. I still need Yuan Shijun's token along the way."

Liu Bei spoke up: "Yuan Shijun also took this into consideration and said that the token he gave to his second brother last time is still usable. As long as he shows it, no one can stop him along the way."

"And when the time comes, he will also send a naval force to cooperate with his second brother."

Guan Yu was startled after hearing this, and then sighed: "Master Xian Yi is not an ordinary person."

"If it is not absolutely necessary, we'd better not make an enemy of him. I have a gut feeling that this person may be more troublesome than Cao Cao."

Zhang Fei had always believed in Guan Yu, so when he heard this, he muttered, "I didn't give him a good face before, so I won't offend him, right?" After hearing this, Liu Bei waved his hands and said, "Third brother, you are worrying too much."

"Yuan Shijun is currently focusing on princes like Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. You still can't get into his eyes."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei said happily: "Brother is right, I thought too much!"

He immediately felt extremely awkward. Why did his elder brother's words sound a little heart-wrenching?
As the battles in Shouchun became more frequent, soldiers and horses from all walks of life gradually approached, and the situation became increasingly tense. Sometimes, several large and small battles would break out in one day.

Although Yuan Shujun's generals tried their best, they were still retreating steadily. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that they could no longer hold on.

Now, almost all of Yuan Shu's army has retreated to the north of Huai River and south of Ruyin, relying on Zhongli, Ping'a, Xiacai, and Yangquan to establish defense lines, while blocking Cao Cao's army and Yuan Tan's army.

It is not that Cao Cao and Yuan Tan have not considered building boats on the Huaihe River to cross the river, but no matter how unfavorable Yuan Shu's army is, he still has a much better-trained navy. Under his harassment and attack, Cao Cao and Yuan Tan's fleet of temporary troops cannot fight at all. However, all the ships built by Yuan Shujun were destroyed and they had to focus on attacking the cities north of the Huai River.

In Shouchun City, Yuan Yao looked sultry and said to Yuan Yin: "I think Cao Cao and Yuan Tan are nothing more than this!"

"Maybe we can turn defeat into victory this time, or at least keep them north of the Huai River!"

Yuan Yin sighed, "Your Highness, we are almost out of food."

"Besides, we are not the only navy on the Huai River."

Yuan Yao looked unhappy, "Uncle, are you saying that Yuan Xi will take the opportunity to attack us?"

Yuan Yin sighed, "Your Highness, isn't this obvious?"

"This person has the reputation of being a ferocious tiger. He has not lost a single game in the past few years. Moreover, if he doesn't do something, he will be so violent that no one has time to deal with it."

"If Your Highness hadn't responded early, I'm afraid someone would have taken advantage of him. I'm afraid Shouchun would have been lost before Zhonggong conquered Nanyang."

Yuan Yao's face became even more ugly, "But I have no confidence at all when facing him!"

A trace of relief appeared on Yuan Yin's face, "His Highness can realize this and is already better than many people."

"What His Highness has to do now is how to deal with it."

"Should we delay, should we fight with all our strength, should we make friends with the fierce tiger, or should we make the worst choice?"

Yuan Yao's eyes flashed, "Please ask uncle for advice."

Jingzhou Nanyang.

Zhuge Liang packed his bags, looked at the thatched cottage where he had lived for less than two years, and let out a long sigh.

I thought I could live a stable life for at least a few years, but I didn't expect that the war would burn directly to Nanyang!
It was not that he had not thought about the possibility of Yuan Shu attacking Jingzhou, but he did not expect that the situation would develop so quickly. Yuan Shu turned around and attacked Jingzhou. He had already reached the Anle Xinye area to the west of Nanyang and started fighting with Zhang Xiujun.

The war began to spread in Nanyang, and even Zhuge Liang's plan to travel to Jingzhou came to nothing.

And Huang Chengyan, who had been here several times before, had not come over these days. Zhuge Liang thought that he might have left Nanyang and returned to Jiangling because he was afraid of the war.

After all, Jingzhou is now being attacked by Yuan Shu's army on land, and Jiangxia by water is being attacked by Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce and Huang Zu are guarding both sides respectively, no one knows whether they can stop them.

The scholars in Jingzhou were now panic-stricken, and they all ran to the big cities on the riverside, so that if there were changes ahead, they could board boats and escape along the waterway to Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang took a look at the linen map hanging on the wall of the thatched cottage. It was densely marked with many marks, which were all calculated based on the news from all parties.

Of course, what can be spread to Nanyang are major events that shocked the world, or wars related to Jingzhou. Although other things that happened in various states and counties may be the key to affecting the general trend of the world, it is difficult to spread them to Zhuge Liang. middle.

Zhuge Liang stepped forward, took down the numb map, stared at it for a long time, and shook his head. The art of stargazing he had learned was still not perfect enough, and many conditions were missing, which led to changes in the world, some of which were not expected by him. Counting.

In particular, the Yuan family's ferocious actions were always unexpected, but looking back in hindsight, many of their actions seemed to have anticipated the enemy's plans.

Thinking that the fierce tiger has a capable person who is good at stargazing, Zhuge Liang not only feels itchy, but if he can find that expert and ask for advice, he will surely be able to better understand the art of stargazing!

While he was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door of Chaifei. Zhuge Liang came out of the thatched cottage and saw Huang Chengyan riding a donkey. He was carrying a wooden stick on his shoulder, and a jar of wine was hung on the end of the wooden stick with a hemp rope. , followed by this little book boy.

When Huang Chengyan saw Zhuge Liang coming out, he shouted: "Little friend, I'm here to have a drink with you today!"

Zhuge Liang opened the door, invited Huang Chengyan in, and said with a wry smile: "It's no coincidence that I'm here, I plan to leave today."

Huang Chengyan's eyes flashed and he unconsciously looked at the little book boy behind him, "My little friend, you want to leave? Where to go?"

Huang Chengyan had been here several times before, always with the little book boy beside him who had a dark complexion and a somewhat feminine appearance. Now that the little book boy saw Huang Chengyan looking at him, it was as if he hadn't seen him.

Seeing Huang Chengyan's expression and behavior, Zhuge Liang became suspicious and just replied: "I'm afraid there will be a war in Nanyang in the near future. Of course, I want to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."

After hearing this, Huang Chengyan unconsciously showed a trace of anxiety on his face.

(End of this chapter)