"What do the rest of my dear friends think?" Yuan Shu continued to ask lazily.
"Your Majesty, this battle is feasible!" Jiang Xiaobai thought for a moment and finally firmed up his thoughts.
Although Jiang Xiaobai instinctively felt that there must be something behind this, and it was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. However, he and Wang Mang were the most determined militants among Yuan Shu's forces, and being able to expand was in line with their ideas.
It's the same reason, it's precisely because Yuan Shu's power is not strong enough now, so everyone needs to get together and hug together to keep warm.
Otherwise, if Yuan Shu's power was really strong enough, he and Wang Mang would have joined forces to attack Yuan Shu long ago. Why bother to work so hard for Yuan Shu like now?
With Yuan Shu's current territory, even if he and Wang Mang can successfully join forces to rebel, even if we don't take into account Li Shui, who doesn't know his purpose for the time being, how can one person stand alone in the hands of the princes of the world if they each have a territory of about two counties?
Save.
If they can really capture the entire Xuzhou, then maybe they can start thinking about how to break away from Yuan Shu!
"Your Majesty, Xuzhou is a large state in the Central Plains. With its large population and wealth of money and food, it should belong to your Majesty!" Yuan Wei agreed. Flattery has always been one of his specialties. He will listen to whatever his boss wants to hear.
What will he say?
Of course, Yuan Wei also said that there was nothing wrong with Xuzhou. Xuzhou had not yet been ravaged by Lao Cao. Apart from being easy to attack and difficult to defend, the conditions in Xuzhou were good in all aspects.
In the last summons and balance, two people were implanted into the Yuan family of the fourth and third generations. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu happened to be one each. Yuan Xi, the counselor of the fifth generation, belonged to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Wei, the prime minister of Qingci, belonged to Yuan Shu.
Although Yuan Wei has some shortcomings of arrogance and flattery, he still has talents. He is one of the few people in the Ming Dynasty who can be called a "child prodigy". The most rare thing is that this person has a pair of discerning eyes.
During the Jiajing period, Yuan Wei served as the examiner of the joint examination. He had a keen eye for talents and selected the top three candidates Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Yu Youding. They were both outstanding men for a while. Later, they were promoted to cabinet ministers and became famous names in the Wanli Dynasty.
It was extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty for ministers, first and third, to serve as prime minister and assistant minister at the same time. This shows Yuan Wei's talent in recognizing people and his virtue in selecting people.
"Your Majesty, I am training my troops and horses every day. As long as I give your order, I will conquer the world for you!" Pang Juan, the leader of Yuan Shu's generals, also expressed his opinion.
For these generals, only by going into battle can they have a chance to make meritorious deeds. Therefore, they have no reason to object.
Li Mi looked at the situation on the field and did not express his own suggestions. Since Li Chunfang has made a good start and the situation is developing in the direction they want, it doesn't matter whether Li Mi intervenes at this time.
Got it!
Today's incident was originally caused by Li Xiang secretly ordering Li Mi and Li Chunfang to find a way to make the situation in the Central Plains chaotic again.
If you want to make the situation in the Central Plains chaotic, the simplest way is to let Yuan Shu find an opponent to do crazy damage.
Pei Xingjian is currently leading the army to guard against Zhao Kuangyin in Xuzhou. Judging from this convenient condition, wouldn't it be easy to secretly create some friction and give them a reason to send troops?
After several years of rest and recuperation, Li Xiang has completely digested the results of the Yongliang War. The food and grass accumulated in the past few years are enough to support several wars. After being quiet and restless, Li Xiang also feels that it is time for him to take the next step.
It's time.
However, in the past year or so since the Jingyang Qingyou War ended, the entire world seemed to have settled down, making it difficult for Li Xiang to find opportunities. In this case, Li Xiang could only find ways to create opportunities for himself.
Moreover, the world has been stable for more than a year, and it is impossible for Li Xiang to let him continue to be stable, especially in Jingbei. After several battles, he was seriously injured. If the world continues to be stable,
It would be bad if the opponent regained his strength.
"Okay, I'm very happy that you have some ambitions!" Yuan Shu said cheerfully. It's rare that the opinions of his group of people are so unified today. Yuan Shu has long wanted to send troops to teach Zhao Kuangyin a lesson.
"Who do you think should go on the expedition?" Yuan Shu asked again.
"Your Majesty, General Xian Zhen is a famous general in our dynasty. General Xian Zhen can lead the expedition, and General Pei Xingjian and General Wang Mang will assist him!" Li Shui could not remain silent at this time and took the initiative to recommend.
Regarding Yuan Shu's many talented people, who needed commanders and strong generals, Li Shui was also very jealous and tried to see if it was possible to deceive some of them back for the Jin army.
But after some probing, it was suddenly discovered that these people secretly had various connections with Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang. The rest were only Pang Juan, Pang Nuan, Xian Zhen, Yan Xiang and a few others.
Originally, Li Shui had set his target on Pang Juan at the beginning, but after a simple conversation, Li Shui had already judged that this man, like Yan Xiang, was a die-hard member of Yuan Shu.
That kind of thing.
However, Xian Zhen still has some hope. Although this person will not betray his master, if Yuan Shu disappears one day, he will not be loyal to him to death.
Therefore, Li Shui didn't mind creating some opportunities for Xian Zhen and Pei Xingjian to stay together, so that Pei Xingjian and Xian Zhen could deepen their relationship, which might be used in the future!
"Your Majesty, Cao Cao in the north and Liu Xiu in the north of Jing must be on guard. General Pang Juan is the number one general in our dynasty, and General Jiang is resourceful. General Pang and General Jiang can guard the two places, and the two thieves Cao and Liu will not dare to invade!" Li Shui
He spoke again.
Li Shui really considered this for Yuan Shu. In fact, for Yuan Shu, Li Shui was definitely a loyal minister. Without Li Shui scheming everywhere, Yuan Shu's life would not be as good as it is now.
Moisturize.
Liu Xiu of Jingbei was a clan member of the Han Dynasty with strong roots in Miaohong. For Yuan Shu, who was proclaimed emperor, they were absolutely incompatible with each other.
There is also Cao Cao, who is located to the north of Yuan Shu. Among the princes around Cao Cao, Jin King Li Xiang is powerful. If Cao Cao is the only one, he would not dare to touch the tiger's beard of the Jin army.
Yuan Shao, who is located in Jizhou, is Cao Cao's big brother for the time being. Cao Cao still relies on Yuan Shao in many places. At present, Cao Cao can only provide for Yuan Shao and cannot fall out.
The rest, if Cao Cao wants to expand further, there will only be two princes bordering him, Chi You and Yuan Shu.
Therefore, when attacking Zhao Kuangyin, Liu Xiu and Cao Cao must be on guard. At this stage, Yuan Shu is still of great use to Li Xiang, so use is use, but he must also be protected.