Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As intelligence from Yi and Jing states continued to be transmitted back to Wu County, the war between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out.

The banner raised by Yizhou was to demand that Jingzhou hand over Liu Zhang and take the initiative to attack;
Jingzhou flatly denied kidnapping Liu Zhang and gathered troops for defense under the pretext of defending the territory and ensuring the safety of the people.

Under the influence of various public opinions, it was obviously difficult to distinguish right from wrong. The court controlled by Lu Bu also did not intervene to influence and stop the clan governors from attacking each other.

In other words, this was exactly the situation that Lu Bu wanted to see.

Moreover, Liu Yan and Liu Biao may not take the imperial court's orders seriously now.

However, before the war between Yi and Jing states actually started, the war north of the Yellow River broke out first.

Due to the distance, it takes at least half a month for the intelligence from Jizhou to be transmitted to Wujun.

So when Liu Bei and Li Ji learned about this, the war had already broken out!

Under the influence of Liu Bei and Li Ji, the relationship between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou may not be harmonious, but it is not bad either.

Han Fu, who took office as the governor of Jizhou, was unable to resist Yuan Shao's huge influence, so he had to bring Gongsun Zan, who had been appointed as the governor of Bohai County by the court, into Jizhou.

However, how could Yuan Shao be willing to give up the Bohai County, which he had managed for a long time?
More importantly, what Yuan Shao wanted was the entire Jizhou and Bingzhou.

Yuan Shao's strategy was to use Jizhou as a granary and Bingzhou as a horse-breeding land, raise powerful soldiers from all over the world and then march south to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains.

Therefore, in the absence of the possibility of reconciliation of the fundamental interests of the three parties, conflicts among the three parties are bound to break out.

After Li Ji carefully read the information sent back by Jizhou for a while, he couldn't help but look up at Liu Bei and sighed.

"The more adversity Yuan Benchu ​​faced, the more he showed his heroic spirit."

The chaotic situation of checks and balances among the three parties above the Yellow River was the work of Chen Gong, who tried to delay the unification of the area north of the Yellow River and buy time for Lu Bu to go east through Hulao Pass and sweep across Yan and Yu states.

In Jizhou, facing the hidden alliance between Han Fu and Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao was obviously inferior to the other side in terms of military strength and righteousness.

However, in the winter, Yuan Shao, who usually showed his arrogance, gradually began to show his goodwill to Han Fu. His words and deeds showed that he was willing to hand over Bohai County and leave Jizhou for Bingzhou to take office in exchange for some compensation.

This series of actions undoubtedly paralyzed Han Fu, who was originally a fool, and greatly satisfied Han Fu's vanity.

Han Fu thought that he had used a trick of driving a tiger to devour a wolf, and that he could lure both Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to serve him.

There was even one time when Han Fu spoke complacently in front of Yuan Shao's envoy.

"The former leader, today you can only follow my will, Han Wenjie. Am I also a hero?"

Despite this, Yuan Shao remained unannoyed. Instead, he sent Han Fu gifts repeatedly and even sent someone to deliver a message, saying that after the spring plowing season, he would go to Han Fu's governor's mansion to discuss matters with him in person.

All this undoubtedly completely confused Han Fu. In addition, Han Fu also sent people to monitor the troop movements of Bohai County from time to time, so there was no defense at all.

However, it was during the spring ploughing season that Han Fu felt most relaxed.

Qu Yi, who was originally sent by Han Fu to monitor the movements of Bohai County, rebelled, causing the Bohai County army to be about a hundred miles away from the capital Yecheng before Han Fu became aware of it.

In this battle, Yuan Shao not only mobilized 30,000 elite soldiers from Bohai County, but he even ignored the cities along the way. Yuan Shao personally led the troops without paying any attention to the retreat, and headed straight for Yecheng with the determination to fight to the death.

At that time, there were only 5,000 defenders in Yecheng. But as long as Han Fu could hold on for more than four days, Gongsun Zan, who would react quickly, would be able to completely cut off Yuan Shao's retreat and surround Yuan Shao, who had become an isolated army, and trap him to death in Yecheng.

However, Qu Yi's rebellion, Yuan Shao's personal expedition, and the 30,000-man army had already made Han Fu nervous. In addition, Han Fu was afraid of being disrespectful to Yuan Shao's envoys before, and was afraid of falling into Yuan Shao's hands.

To the extent that Han Fu actually abandoned the city and fled under the protection of five hundred personal guards.

The abandonment of Yecheng, the capital city, also caused Han Fu's prestige in Ji and Han, which was already low, to drop to the freezing point. Yuan Shao took the opportunity to control more than half of Jizhou with Yecheng and Bohai County as the center.

Listening to Li Ji's sigh, Liu Bei also said with approval.

"Yuan Benchu's move is dangerous. If he fails to capture Yecheng within four days after arriving, he will be dead without a burial place. But Han Wenjie is too timid. He relies on the strength of Yecheng and dares not defend the city with 5,000 soldiers. Otherwise, the outcome would be uncertain."

Li Ji hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"Han Fu was unpopular in Jizhou. Yuan Shao had befriended and wooed countless people over the years, either openly or secretly. Even Han Fu was a student and former official of Yuan's."

"The advisers under Yuan Benchu ​​are quite capable. Even if Yuan Benchu ​​has the guts to take such a risk, his advisers must have prepared a lot of backup plans."

"If my guess is correct, I'm afraid that the people in Ye City have also been infiltrated and won over by Yuan Shao, and Han Fu's ability to defend the city may mean that his subordinates will turn against him and open the city gates."

Liu Bei was a little confused when he heard this...

As they were both leaders of a certain region, Liu Bei really couldn't understand why there were so many traitors under Han Fu.

So is Liu Zhang.

Liu Bei had never experienced the meaning of "unpopularity".

"So, it was the right choice for Han Fu to abandon the city and flee?" Liu Bei said with a smack of surprise.

"That's not it."

Li Ji said helplessly.

"If Han Fu had even a third of the courage that Yuan Benchu ​​had in the face of adversity, he would have directly sealed the four gates of Ye City and waited for Gongsun Zan to cut off Yuan Benchu's retreat. Yuan Benchu ​​would have been doomed to defeat."

"It's a pity, it's a pity..."

At this point, Li Ji couldn't help but sigh and said, "The cage that Chen Gong painstakingly built for Yuan Shao has now been broken by Yuan Shao."

Liu Bei asked in confusion. "Zikun, even so, Yuan Benchu ​​only occupied half of Jizhou. Han Fu still has half of Jizhou in his hands, and with Bogui's help, Yuan Benchu ​​may not be a match for Han Fu and Bogui."

Li Ji shook his head and said.

"We can't just talk about the city, but after this battle, Yuan Benchu, who already had a very high reputation, showed his dominance, showing a tendency to dominate the south and the north with the lord."

"This will not only attract countless people with lofty ideals to join us, but will also make many aristocratic families who were originally hesitant to place further bets on Yuan Benchu."

"With so many helpers, how can Han Fu, who has lost his prestige and popularity, be a match for Yuan Benchu?"

Having said that, Li Ji paused and gave a pertinent comment.

"As for Gongsun Bogui, he is brave but lacks strategy. I am afraid he is no match for Yuan Benchu." (End of this chapter)