Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 708 Believe in yourself
The reason why Cao Cao had a clear advantage in terms of food, fodder and soldiers was that on the one hand, he had proper military tactics and reasonable deployment of soldiers; on the other hand, his farming system was similar to slavery, which squeezed out local manpower and material resources to the maximum extent. potential.

Although this method of fishing from the lake has great consequences, causing Cao Wei to be on the verge of economic collapse in later generations, as long as the battle can be won, these hidden dangers can be suppressed.

But the objective laws cannot be changed. In this life, Cao Cao launched a surprise attack on Yecheng, which actually cost him a lot of cards and savings.

In other words, with Cao Cao's current situation, he will not be able to launch another war within two or three years.

In fact, after Cao Cao's army was pushed back to the Yellow River, Yuan Xi and even Yuan Shang could see that if Jizhou launched an all-out counterattack, Cao Cao would probably not be able to defend Yanzhou.

The bad thing is that Yuan Tan is determined to stand with Cao Cao, which makes Yuan Xi hate it, but sometimes it is like this, time will not go back, and there is no if in the world, we can only find other solutions.

So he put forward his own ideas to Guo Jia based on the historical trend of his previous life.

Cao Cao's vitality was severely damaged at this time, so he would definitely find a way to regain his strength as soon as possible, and the fastest way was to recruit Zhang Xiu to surrender and capture Nanyang.

This is an act that can serve many purposes. It will not only get Zhang Xiu's help, but also open up the door to Jingzhou. If he can seize Jingzhou, which has hardly suffered from war, Cao Cao will have a large granary. It is possible that in a year and a half Recover within.

After thinking about it, Guo Jia said that Yuan Xi's idea was probably right, and if it was Cao Cao, he would have sent troops as soon as possible in the spring to prevent long nights and nightmares.

Later, news from spies near the South Pass of Heishan also confirmed this, saying that Cao Jun and Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops in Huaicheng were setting up defenses near the South Pass.

This undoubtedly shows that Yuan Xi guessed it right. If Cao Ying hadn't taken action, why would he have taken such strict precautions?

But guessing it is the most basic premise, but doing it is another matter.

How could Yuan Xi's Youzhou Army break through the encirclement, cross Sili, and rush to Nanyang?

Guo Jia and Jushu discussed this problem for several days, but they could not come up with a good solution. After all, if they made a public breakthrough and alerted the enemy, Cao Cao might change his plan.

But Yuan Xi wanted to try it no matter what.

After all, Cao Cao's defeat in Nanyang was a rare defeat in his life. If Yuan Xi missed it, who knows if there will be such an opportunity in the future?

Although judging from the history of later generations, Cao Cao forced the Zou family to sleep and forced Zhang Xiu to rebel, resulting in the killing of the three sages. Yuan Xi might sit still and Cao Cao would still suffer a big loss, but Yuan Xi did not sit back and wait. The one who drops the fruits of victory from the sky.

Whether these things will happen in this life is another question. If not, wouldn't Yuan Xi just watch and lose a great opportunity?
Moreover, even if Cao Cao escaped in later generations, his vitality was actually not much damaged. He quickly went back to fight Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, but Zhang Xiu was so cowardly that he did not even dare to fight back. He waited for Cao Cao to turn around and deal with him after the Battle of Guandu, and then surrendered again. .

When later generations of Yuan Xi read this history, they once wondered whether Zhang Xiu was possessed by Liu Biao. Was he so afraid of leaving Jingzhou?

So what Yuan Xi has to do now is to add fuel to the flames. If Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu fail to fight, he will find a way to get the two to fight.

Not counting fighting, he still had to add insult to injury and find a way to kill a few more generals of Cao's army and deceive more soldiers of Cao's army, so that he could gain an advantage in the subsequent confrontation.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi scolded Yuan Tan in his heart. If it hadn't been for this bad guy, why would he be so uncomfortable!

Yuan Xi looked at the map and thought hard, what other forces could he use?
Liu Bei in Xinye must be one. Wancheng Xinye is the two gates of Nanyang. Yuan Xi is very sure that after Cao Cao surrenders Zhang Xiu, he will immediately attack Xinye and eliminate Liu Bei. In this way, the road south to Jingzhou will be unobstructed.

So no matter which position he was in, Yuan Xi had to join forces with Liu Bei. He didn't know whether Liu Bei was alert to Cao Jun's movements, so Yuan Xi sent people south to deliver a message to Liu Bei.

But apart from Liu Bei, there are not many forces that can be used.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang have been constraining each other at the border of Jizhou and Qingzhou. Yuan Shang seems to have sensed the feeling that Pang Ji was killed, and has begun to have the intention of sending troops to the border of Qingzhou. It seems that he plans to settle matters with Yuan Tan before attacking Yanzhou. account.

In this way, the two Yuan brothers cannot rely on each other.

The rest is Koto.

Sun Ce is critically ill. Although Mrs. Wu returns, Yuan Xi doesn't know what the situation will become. However, during this period, Jiangdong should not easily mobilize troops. It is unrealistic to expect his help, but at least he will not delay himself. Legs?

Yuan Xi looked at Sili. The two large circles on the top were Ma Teng and Yuan Shu, and the small circle was the Hongnong Yang family. Among them, Yang Biao was Yuan Shu's son-in-law, and it didn't look like he could use it for himself.

Thinking of Yuan Shu, Yuan Xi was also depressed. When Shouchun was captured, Yuan Shu actually escaped early. Thinking about it now, he might not have listened to Cao Cao's words.

Because only if Cao Cao attacks Yecheng and attracts Yuan Xi to come back for reinforcements, will he have no time to pursue Yuan Shu.

Oh shit!

Yuan Xi cursed secretly, this bitch Yuan Shu has no ambition. You just said that Yuan Tan recognized a thief as his father. You, who used to be the dignified head of the Yuan family, are now treating Cao Cao like a dog. Don't you feel embarrassed?

Now Yuan Xi is determined to take action. What he is doing is passing through the Black Mountain Pass, hiding his whereabouts, and moving his troops south to the vicinity of Huaicheng.

The coordination in Heishan was barely smooth, but there were many trails that would have been faster if Yang Feng was there, but the other party went to Hongnong to hang out!

Thinking of the letter sent by Yang Feng earlier, Yuan Xi knew a lot about the inside story of the Hongnong Yang family. He intuitively felt that there might be a key breakthrough in this battle, but he couldn't figure out how to operate it for a while.

After thinking about it, he asked Guo Jia to be invited over and talked about the Yang family in Hongnong. Finally, he said: "Sir, do you think it is possible to break through from Hongnong?" Guo Jia pondered and said hesitantly: "From destroying Ma Ma Are you planning to marry the Yang family?"

Yuan Xi asked: "How to destroy it?"

Guo Jia replied: "The most direct way is, of course, to kill the Yang girl directly."

Yuan Xi smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it won't work. Yang Feng said in her letter that she was fostered in this branch and has a close relationship with the Yang family. How could she take action."

"It's okay if we send dead soldiers, but if the truth is discovered, it will not only cause Yang Feng to break up with us, but also fail to achieve the goal. The Yang family has many women, so we can just choose one to marry."

Guo Jia smiled and nodded, "That's true. Master, don't you think clearly? Why bother asking me."

"The key to destroying the marriage between two families is to completely break up the two families, otherwise it will be meaningless."

"However, under the current circumstances, do you think it is possible, Master?"

Only then did Yuan Xi understand what Guo Jia meant, and couldn't help but said helplessly: "If I follow Mr.'s wishes, this matter won't be possible?"

Guo Jia smiled and said: "There are ways, but they are all underhanded methods that the young master cannot accept."

"And Yang Feng is not strictly a subordinate of the young master. She is close to the Yang family, so she will be in the way."

"I understand her intention in writing this letter. On the one hand, she wants to return the favor to the young master, and on the other hand, she also wants the young master to find the best of both worlds to preserve the branch of the Yin Yang family. How is this possible!"

"According to me, you don't need to pay attention to her, and you don't need to ask her to return the favor. You just hang around like this. What a stupid woman. With this kind of mentality, you still participate in the fight for the world and treat everyone else as a fool?"

Yuan Xi was ashamed. It seemed that Guo Jia had a strong opinion against Yang Feng. The existence of Yang Feng made the whole thing more complicated. It was true that Guo Jia was unable to do anything.

He coughed dryly and said, "Looking at it now, in a month at most, Cao Cao may enter Yingchuan, recruit Zhang Xiu to surrender, and attack Liu Bei."

"The only ones who can respond to Liu Bei are the Lu Xun troops I sent to Shouchun in advance. They have already deployed defenses along the Huai River."

"But the naval force alone cannot do anything to Cao Cao. If you want to give Cao Cao a critical blow, you also need an infantry army."

"So troops must be sent to the Black Mountain Pass."

Guo Jia nodded and said: "That's right, any conspiracy or trick will be meaningless if the enemy cannot be defeated on the battlefield in the end."

"Young Master's determination, I have already seen it from the mobilization of Youzhou's money, food and soldiers."

"But if this battle cannot be won, or even fails, Youzhou may not be able to recover for ten years."

"Master, are you prepared for this worst outcome?"

Yuan Xi was silent. He stretched out his fingers to the map in front of him and drew circles on several key locations.

His eyes became confused, and scenes since his rebirth flashed before his eyes.

The faces of the enemies killed with their own hands, the shouts of the two armies fighting against each other, the smiles of the people harvesting crops, the rough wheat rice rubbing their mouths, the endless fighting, the silence of the town at night, and.

There are bones everywhere in the place where the war has passed, the empty eyes of the corpses, villages and towns with no people for hundreds of miles, and the wails of people kneeling beside their dead relatives.

He raised his head, his eyes firm.

"Sir, I want to try to end this troubled world as soon as possible."

"This time I may shamelessly kill tens of thousands of people, and there may be more in the future."

"I shouldn't have sent them to the battlefield so quickly, but the world is in chaos, and the longer it drags on, the more people will die."

"Although my responsibility as the Lord of Youzhou is to let the people live and work in peace and contentment instead of falling into wars for years. I am not qualified to let so many soldiers die, but this time, I want to take on this responsibility and sin, just to let This will save the world from death."

"Although this is unfair to the people I sent to the battlefield, peace in the world belongs to everyone in the world, and no one can be alone."

“If there is any sin, lay it upon me alone.”

"Also ask sir to help me."

After hearing this, Guo Jia showed a smile on his face, "Okay."

"I was absent from the previous three battles at Yecheng in Shouchun, Xuzhou. This time I will accompany the young master to go south and have a good fight with Cao Cao!"

(End of this chapter)