Those who are far-sighted have the troubles of those who are far-sighted, and those who are short-sighted also have the troubles of short-sighted people.
Liu Pi did not need to worry about the gains and losses of the strategy of secretly crossing the three passes like Yuan Shao, but he did have to be frightened by the fall of Yangkou Wall in front of him.
With the fall of the Yangkou wall, Yuan Shao's arrow has reached the throat of Taipingdao, and Taipingdao's situation has become increasingly dangerous.
At the same time, Yuan Shao adopted an alternative method of attacking the mountain.
While Xinpi was attacking Yangkoubi, the generals of the Yuan Army's battalions were also attacking other peaks in the Tongbai Mountains. Their common strategy was to surround the mountain on three sides and leave the side leading to Taiping Peak alone.
When the Yellow Turban Army in the mountain could not withstand the combined suppression of Yuan Army, they could only passively gather towards Taiping Peak.
In this way, as the surrounding peaks of Tongbai Mountain fell, the remaining Yellow Turbans at the foot of Taiping Peak became more and more numerous, almost overflowing.
It is also natural that the reserves of the Yellow Turban Army are depleted faster and faster. First, the salt consumption is over, and then the firewood. Only corn is still enough.
However, in order to achieve these, Yuan Jun did not pay a heavy price.
During his expedition against Tongshan, Lieutenant Colonel Huan Dian was ambushed by mountain lairs and suffered heavy casualties. Although Huan Dian relied on his numerical superiority to complete the planned military strategy, he was still uneasy despite the heavy casualties.
He took the initiative to plead guilty in the military report to Yuan Shao, but who knew that Yuan Shao did not mention the punishment at all in his reply to him, but he greatly appreciated Huan Dian's victory over Tongshan, and even comforted Huan Dian himself.
Don't worry about it.
Yuan Shao said that these deaths were inevitable in war and unavoidable in ancient and modern times. He said that he was a general who knew that people could not die, so he did not need to worry and feel sad.
It is said that after Huan Dian received this letter, he burst into tears and faced Yuan Shao in the direction of Yuan Shao, vowing to die for the Yuan family.
It can be seen that Yuan Shaode was a man.
You must know that Huan Dian is not an ordinary person. He is a typical figure of the Han family who has become a general and a prime minister. He can run the army when he is on the horse, and he can teach scriptures when he is off the horse.
He was a native of Longkang in the state of Pei. His grandfather was Taiwei Huanyan. When he was twelve years old, his parents died and he was raised by his aunt. After that, he served his aunt as if he were his parents, which can be described as pure filial piety.
Later, Wang Ji, the Prime Minister of the State of Pei, appointed Xiao Lian as Lang Guan. This Wang Ji was none other than the adopted son of the great eunuch Wang Fu. He was cruel and violent and killed many people. Later, he and his father were killed by Yang Bat.
After Wang Ji died, no one dared to bury him, but Huan Dian did it. He gave up his official position to bury Wang Ji, and also mourned him for three years, built a tomb, built an ancestral hall, and performed the courtesy of his people.
Just left.
And what is this? This is loyalty.
Such a loyal and filial figure was naturally a model for the Han family. Then he was replaced by Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Wei and appointed as the imperial censor. At that time, the Yuan family was at its peak.
As soon as Huan Dian entered Kyoto, he immediately became the core of Yuan's party. He often rode a green Cong horse, and was revered as the Censor of Cong Horse because of his failure to enforce the law.
After the Jiawu Blood Palace, the Yuan family collapsed, and Yuan Shao fled to Runan. Huan Dian lived up to his reputation of loyalty and abandoned his official position again and came to Runan to follow him.
After that, Yuan Shao rose again and worshiped him as a school captain. He often led troops in expeditions and made many military exploits.
But now Yuan Shao made him burst into tears with just a few words, which shows that Yuan Shao treats his own people really well. But when Yuan Shao doesn't care about the life and death of his soldiers, how can those below care about military merit?
Later, the captain Sima Lang led a thousand men of Lang's party to defeat the Queshan people, burned the mountain city, and captured 3,000 people. The price was hundreds of casualties among Sima Lang's men. He could no longer fight, so he asked Yuan Shao for permission to leave Queshan.
To absorb the music from the crowd.
Yuan Shao did not refuse, not only agreed, but also directly increased his troop strength by another five hundred.
Speaking of which, Yuan Shao still felt very sorry for Sima Lang. He knew this young man. He used to be an outstanding young man among the boys.
Afterwards, he broke away from his family ties and joined Huangfu Song's army as a Knight of Hanoi. Then he disappeared.
From then on, there was no romantic figure in the circles of Kyoto. Not only them, but also people in their family thought that Sima Lang died in the war.
But they don't know that although the young man in the past has disappeared, there is now a breeding man buried in his plump body.
After Sima Lang was captured by hunters near Yingyang, he has been exploited in the past few years.
But after all, Sima Lang was the top figure in the gentry circle, and his ability and charm were infinitely better than those of the hunter clan.
Originally, he had been imprisoned, and only the women would secretly hand him some food. But soon Sima Lang's opportunity came, and chaos began in the Central Plains.
The competition among the heroes naturally brings a bumper harvest to the hunters, but the risks are also greatly increased.
During a hunt, they offended the tribe of Yingchuan Prefect Kong Ni, and their doom came.
After being surrounded and suppressed several times in succession, this hunter team could no longer sustain itself and was about to collapse.
At this time, Sima Lang stood up and led the team to win several battles, so everyone returned to their hearts. After that, Sima Lang continued to annex similar hunting teams and gradually strengthened his own arms.
Later, when Yuan Shao rose up in Runan and sent troops to attack Yingchuan, Sima Lang took thousands of his troops to join the army and was directly appointed as a school captain.
This is the reason why Sima Lang has stayed in this hunting team. He had several opportunities to escape, but he took a fancy to this armed force.
He is smart and understands that with the advent of troubled times, the status of the family has become useless, and whoever has a tribe can have a future.