Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 803 Try your best

For Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan was more harmful than Cao Cao in some aspects. Because of other small actions in private, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were tied up in sending troops, and their plan to jointly deal with Cao Cao was not implemented smoothly.

This makes Yuan Xi unable to exert his full strength no matter what he does. Without Yuan Tan, the Yuan family's situation would not be so embarrassing.

It was not that Yuan Xi had not thought about reconciling the relationship between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, but Yuan Tan turned a deaf ear to Yuan Xi's letter requesting peace talks, and insisted on marrying Cao Cao, closing the door to return to the Yuan family with his own hands.

When Zhuge Liang defected to Yuan Xi, he had a deep conversation with Yuan Xi. He finally said: "Yuan Tan is attacking everywhere in Qingzhou, and there are many wars in my lord's territory. If my lord does not get rid of Yuan Tan's harm, I'm afraid he will be burdened by him in the future."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Of course I know."

"His two attacks on the East China Sea, maybe in his heart, I am still the concubine of the Yuan family, so the gap is so big now, just like Yuan Shu's mental imbalance when facing his father."

"He thought that I would be concerned about his identity as the eldest son of Yuan Dynasty and would not dare to fall out with him. I don't know whether it was because he couldn't see the situation clearly or because he was overconfident."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Maybe he didn't expect that Yuan Shang made things difficult for the young master several times, but the two sides were still able to reconcile. If he took more advantage of the master, I'm afraid the hostility could turn into friendship in the end."

Yuan Xi sneered and said: "Then he thought wrong. At that time, Yuan Shang was someone who was stirring up dissension. Moreover, he was young at that time and was more stupid than bad."

"But as the eldest son of the Yuan family, Yuan Tan allowed the Cao family's influence to infiltrate the Yuan family. His father died before his death, and he turned against the Yuan family's enemies to cause civil strife. This was an act of self-destruction of the Great Wall."

"It's not that he doesn't understand the consequences of the Yuan family's infighting, but he still marries Cao Cao. If I don't regard him as an enemy, will I still wait for him to destroy the Yuan family?"

"I haven't taken action yet because Yuan Tan is very smart. He knew that I was busy dealing with Cao Cao and couldn't spare any time, so he took the opportunity to attack the city and seize the land of Xuzhou and Jizhou. When Yuan Shang and I had the intention to counterattack, he retreated to the defense. .”

"I hope the military advisor can help me figure out how to catch his flaw."

After listening to Yuan Xi's words, Zhuge Liang went back at that time. A few days later, he came to Yuan Xi and said, "I have a plan. Maybe I can deceive Yuan Tan."

This was a plan to use the three parties of Jingzhou and Jiangdong to hide the truth. After Zhuge Liang proposed it and Guo Jia perfected it, Yuan Xi sent an urgent letter to mobilize troops to various places.

He had made preparations before and consciously moved his troops to the vicinity of Qingzhou. He could launch them at any time with an order!

When Zhang Zhao arrived, the time was completely ripe. Yuan Xi immediately took the soldiers who were ready to go as quickly as possible and headed straight from Huai River to Haixi. The goal was Langya County in Xuzhou, which was occupied by Yuan Tan!

The troops in Xuzhou and Youzhou have already been mobilized. On the Xuzhou side are the Xuzhou soldiers recruited by Chen Deng, and on the Youzhou side are Tian Yu Gaoshun Yan Rou who is waiting near Yuyang. As soon as they receive orders from Yuan Xi, they will advance by land and water. Jizhou Bohai invaded the plains of Qingzhou!

This time, except for Zhao Yun who was holding back the Zhong Yao and Ma Teng coalition forces in Montenegro, almost all of Yuan Xi's generals went into battle. This was the largest military operation under Yuan Xi's command in the past few years. It was the first time that Yuan Xi recruited more than 50,000 soldiers. , can be said to be a big gamble.

Yuan Xi sighed in his heart. He didn't want to hit Yuan Tan instead of Cao Cao with all his strength. However, Yuan Tan has been exacting levies and expropriations in Qingzhou in the past few years and wants to follow Cao Cao's path. If he is allowed to continue like this , which will be extremely harmful in the future.

Although the farming system is to exhaust the lake, its advantage is that it can mobilize a large number of soldiers in a short period of time. If Yuan Tan turns Qingzhou into a huge military camp and throws human lives into the battlefield against Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang regardless of the consequences, the longer it is delayed, the more likely it will be. The price will be much greater than it is now, and it is hard to say how many people will be left alive in Qingzhou by then.

Therefore, long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain. Yuan Xi made the decision to mobilize all his accumulation and use the greatest strength to give Yuan Tan a fatal blow and completely eliminate this hidden danger!

Yuan Xi stood at the bow of the boat, worried about gains and losses. If he couldn't win a quick victory this time and was dragged into the quagmire by Yuan Tan, Cao Cao would definitely take advantage of the situation. Then his territory would completely collapse and he might return to his original state overnight. The state when we started.

Seeing that the fleet was about to arrive at the Haixi port, a messenger ship was coming. It was Lu Xun who asked Yuan Xi if he wanted to enter the port at Haixi and take a rest. Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment and said flatly: "No, send him a message to continue along the coast." Go north and attack the towns along Langya."

"I will leave someone to arrange for the Xuzhou soldiers to cross the Huai River to serve as the rear army!"

The messenger ship followed the order and left. Lu Lingqi beside her said leisurely: "My husband is also cruel, why don't you go and see them?"

Yuan Xi knew that Lu Lingqi was talking about Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Du, and sighed: "Forget it, if we arrive a few hours earlier, maybe a lot of people will die less. I can't miss the military situation for my personal affairs."

Lu Lingqi watched the fleet pass by Haixi City, thinking that even so, the girl from the Mi family was a little pitiful. How long had it been since she last saw her husband?

Speaking of which, the two of them haven't seen each other very often in the past few years, right?

On the small floor of the Haixicheng mansion, Mrs. Du held her baby in her arms and sat side by side with Mi Zhen in front of the window. She looked at the Huai River in the distance. Ships like crucian carp crossing the river did not stop at all and sailed away from the Huai River at full speed. Enter the sea, then turn around and head north.

Mrs. Du sighed: "Your Majesty is a bit cruel..."

Mi Zhen felt a dull pain in her heart, but she still forced a smile on her face and said: "What he does is related to the people of the world, how can he delay the business."

"It's true that Mrs. Du has given birth to a child, but she didn't have time to tell him this time."

Mrs. Du naturally felt a sense of loss in her heart. She forced a smile and said: "The king is invincible. Maybe this time he will be victorious and return to Hisense."

Mi Zhen sighed: "So I am already very satisfied. At least I can stay in the city and have food and clothing safe. Your Majesty has been experiencing life and death on the battlefield."

"I heard that in these wars, I... personally went into battle several times and narrowly escaped death. It was quite difficult."

Mrs. Du's heart was also lifted, and she said aloud: "How about we go to worship the gods and pray for the envoy's safety?" While she was talking, a maid hurried over, holding two bamboo slips in her hand, saying that it was Yuan Yuan. Although Xi did not get off the ship, he still brought a handwritten letter to the two women.

The two women held the bamboo slips in their hands, their pretty faces blushed slightly, and Mi Zhen said, "It's a bit late today, shall we go and worship again tomorrow?"

Mrs. Du knew that Mi Zhen couldn't wait to read the letter, and each letter written by Yuan Xi was extremely long, at least thousands of words. This time, judging from the size of the bamboo tube between the two of them, there would be more than before. She also wanted to read it right away. After hearing the letter, the two women went back to their rooms separately.

The next day, 10,000 Xuzhou soldiers from Haixi City crossed the river under the leadership of Xu Huang and went to meet up with Zang Hong who was confronting Zang Ba in Qu City. When they arrived at the place, Zang Hong left the camp first and faced Zang Ba on horseback. Xu Huang said: "I have met the general."

Seeing that Xu Huang had brought so many soldiers from Jiangdong this time, he was afraid that Yuan Xi had sent him to lead the attack on Zang Ba, so he stepped forward and paid homage: "Zang Hong has five thousand soldiers. Please listen to the general's orders."

Xu Huang turned over and dismounted, supported Zang Hong and said: "General, don't say that. My lord sent Huang here to help the general. In the war in Qucheng, the general is still in charge."

After speaking, he took out the seal and ribbon document, handed it to Zang Hong, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the general on your promotion."

Zang Hong took it and found that it was the appointment document of Yuan Xi's founding of the government. He was now the governor of Donghai and the general of the bandits, and he was at the same level as Xu Huang in terms of rank.

He quickly thanked him, received the order from the clerk, welcomed Xu Huang into the camp, and said: "Now Zang Ba leads more than 20,000 people to confront each other outside the city. I can only defend the city to protect myself. Now that the general is here, does the lord have any orders?"

Xu Huang said: "It is true, but my lord said that before that, I would like to ask Zang Ba what his position is?"

"General, you must tell the truth, because the Lord said that it would be best if Zang Ba can be conquered, otherwise if there is a war in Langya, only the people will suffer."

Zang Hong smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "I hope the general knows that I do have some tacit understanding with Zang Ba, but we have only talked about being relatives, and apart from that, we have not had any private connections."

"Over the past few days, I have discovered that Zang Ba is probably just pretending, but even if he attacks with all his strength, I think I can still hold on."

Xu Huang knew that Zang Hong was famous for defending the city, so he nodded immediately and said: "That's it. I have brought the envoy's handwritten letter here. The general can send a messenger to his camp."

"The envoy said in his letter that as long as Zang Ba is willing to come over and there are no weapons on both sides, the envoy will treat him favorably."

Zang Hong immediately accepted the order and left immediately, and then said worriedly: "Zang Ba is very ambitious, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to surrender without a fight."

Xu Huang smiled and said: "My lord will naturally respond. When the time comes, we will just have to obey orders."

"And the envoy did not give Zang Ba much time. The situation will be resolved soon."

On the coast of Langya County, Yuan Xi's fleet has already arrived near Langya Sea, and the soldiers have disembarked and headed east.

What they wanted to do was to insert themselves into Zang Ba's rear and force him to submit.

Yuan Xi didn't think that the other party could surrender based on just a letter. Zang Ba was not an ordinary person, and he was afraid that he would test Yuan Xijun's quality. If he couldn't convince him, he would probably cause trouble again in the future, so he wanted to make a contribution in one battle. Beat the opponent into submission.

Zhuge Liang rode behind Yuan Xi. He had learned to ride a horse not long ago and had not yet fully adapted to the bumps. However, he had a high level of understanding and was already riding well.

Yuan Xi turned around and saw that Zhuge Liang was thinking deeply, and said, "What worries the military advisor about the current situation?"

"Do you feel that starting a war in Langya County won't be able to use your skills at all?"

Zhuge Liang came back to his senses and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have made a clear distinction and already have a countermeasure."

"Liang is worried about Shouchun. I always feel that the master is too relieved about Shouchun."

"Although the Huang family is related to me, is the Huang Zu mentioned by my lord really that reliable?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. There is no perfect solution for anything in this world."

"The reason why I talked with Liu Biao was because of his and my father's face, but in fact, Jingzhou can threaten me. Nanyang is blocked by Liu Xuande, and the remaining Jiangxia is the key."

"As long as Huang Zu doesn't take action against me, Liu Jingsheng won't be able to hit me even if he wants to."

"But the night is long and the dream is long. When we fight Yuan Tan this time, our focus is speed. When the whole world cannot react, everything will be settled."

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly. Yuan Xi initially gave such a short time to conquer Qingzhou, which made Guo Jia, Lu Xun, Zhuge Liang and the others find it incredible.

But after hearing Yuan Xi's idea, the three of them were even more shocked. This strategy was completely absent from military books. Is it really feasible?

(End of this chapter)