Chapter 438 Cao Cao catches the snake seven inches, Yuan Shao's circle is really messed up
Yuan Shao and a team of knights rode on horseback and reached the bank of the Yellow River. Everyone stopped.
Listening to the sound of slapping on the banks of the Yellow River.
At this moment...numerous Yuan troops crossed the Yellow River for the second time.
Different from the last time, this time... Yuan Shao's three sons have arrived and want to help his father!
The eldest son Yuan Tan transferred 100,000 troops from Qingzhou;
The second son Yuan Xi transferred 50,000 troops from Youzhou;
The youngest son Yuan Shang was not willing to be outdone, and also mobilized 50,000 troops from Jizhou to help his father!
Standing on the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the three sons, the extra 200,000 new forces.
This time... the number of troops under Yuan Shao's command has increased sharply to 600,000!
Yuan Shao's confidence became more abundant again.
The morale of the soldiers of the three armies who fell to the bottom was also excited to a certain extent because of these reinforcements.
In addition to Guo Tu and Feng Ji's flattery, Yuan Shao was in a good mood. This time, he planned to learn from his lessons and fight with Cao's army!
But... the man who sang the opposite tune is here again...
Jushu!
That's right, it's just that he has made correct opinions all the time before, but his honest advice is unpleasant... Ju Su, who was disliked by Yuan Shao again and again, came again.
His will is very firm.
He thought... Mr. Yuan Shao should be able to understand some of the situation after his previous major defeats?
"Mr. Yuan opened his eyes and went to see where!"
"Previously, in Yanjin, in Nanshang, in the battle of White Horse, our army suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses of soldiers and generals... What does this mean? It means that our army is not as good as Cao's army in terms of strategy or deployment of troops..."
"Even now, there are 600,000 soldiers and horses...it seems to be a large number of people, but in fact, the combat power of soldiers and horses is no longer on the same level. This time... Lu Yu did not send troops to occupy Yanjin, Baima, and Nanban, this is to lure Yuan.
The public advances, one is to divide the troops, and the other is to lengthen the supply line of our army, and choose to fight our army at Guandu... Guandu, our army is too unfamiliar with this terrain... If you accidentally, you will step into the Yanjin City again.
The followers of the 450,000 army... How bad is it!”
Having said this, Ju Shu grabbed Yuan Shao's arm...
He was hoarse in persuasion.
If you don’t persuade them, these hundreds of thousands of people...the entire north will be over.
"Lord, although the strategy of Cao's army is stronger than our army, their food and grass are not as large as that of Yuan Gong, and the logistics supply is far different. In my opinion... neither Cao Cao nor Lu Yu, they cannot afford to delay it.
, I want to win in a short, flat and fast way!”
"Our army is backed by a large area of land in Hebei, and its supply is endless. If you have food in your hands, you are not panicked... You can fight a protracted battle with the Cao army, and be patient! As long as you carry it, the combat power of Cao army and Lu Yu's strategy will be used.
If it doesn't work, it will consume Cao's army in the end! Mr. Yuan, Mr. Yuan may as well... may as well follow..."
Before Ju Su could finish his words.
Yuan Shao no longer has the patience.
He pointed to Ju Su's nose and cursed: "Every time you sent troops, you had to sing a counter-tune. Hum... I said, how could our army be defeated in the years and be defeated one after another? It turns out that... the culprit of the defeat was you Ju Su!"
"You retreat quickly, otherwise... military law will deal with it!"
Yuan Shao was most reluctant to be exposed to the scars. Besides... the last time he was flooded by water, the pot had not been thrown out yet. This time... Ju Su mentioned that it was undoubtedly a sprinkling of salt on his wound.
Of course...
This is already a familiar recipe and a familiar taste!
Yuan Shao will always turn a deaf ear to Ju Su’s proposal! You know, Yuan Shao has to wash away the shame of the last time!
What's even more sad is that Yuan Shao has a lot of counselors and warriors, but none of them support Ju Shu.
lonely…
Ju Shu's situation is really lonely!
At the same time, Yuan Shao’s three sons rushed to the front line this time. The purpose... is to make contributions? It is to seize credit and occupy a favorable position in the competition for the position of prince!
In this way, how could you retreat from Hebei by fighting a protracted war?
ridiculous…
ridiculous…
"Father, Ju Shu is so ambitious and destroys his own might. It's time to cut off the flag of sacrifice!"
Yuan Tan said coldly...
Yuan Xi nodded. "Yes, father... such a rat, what's the use of keeping it?"
Only Yuan Shang shook his head, "Father, the battle is imminent... It is not easy to kill the strategist, and he will be in trouble!"
The three sons...were you and I... argued.
However, at this moment, Yuan Shao's eyes narrowed and his heart tightened!
Because... compared to his son's argument, the person in his eyes... made him suddenly become nervous.
That's right...
Just on the bank of the Yellow River, not far away... A young man with a white robe and a hat stood on the stone steps hit by the Yellow River!
His eyes looked ahead, but he was holding a "plum blossom" in his hand!
It is precisely this touch of plum blossom that makes him look particularly beautiful and lively!
Others can't recognize him? But... Yuan Shao could tell who he was at a glance?
"My son! Yuan Fang!"
Yuan Shao subconsciously chanted a sentence...
Ah…The three sons next to him didn’t hear it clearly, Yuan Tan asked, “What did my father say?”
Yuan Shao came to his senses and waved his hand as if he was covering something!
"nothing…"
He turned around and walked towards the Central Army. While walking, he did not forget to whisper the Zhang He beside him. "General Zhang, quietly invite the young man in white-clothed and hat on the bank of the Yellow River! Good hospitality, and... tell him, tonight
I will go and talk to him!"
this…
Zhang He raised his eyes and saw the young man with white robe and straw hat on the bank.
Of course, this doesn't matter...
What’s important is that there are not many people who can make Mr. Yuan so serious and invite each other carefully!
This young man with white robe and straw hat?
Who is it?
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…
Xudu City, the gate of the East City a hundred feet high is extremely majestic and magnificent.
Xu Ducheng among the mountains is like a dragon lying on the land, despising the world's momentum, as solid as a soup...
At this moment, a hundred thousand troops were walking out of the city and stepping on the official road. They had just bid farewell to their little family and were about to rush to Guandu to fight on the battlefield.
In sharp contrast to the passionate blood on the front line battlefield, there is the bustling traffic in the city, peace and joy.
But... from the serious cheeks of the soldiers walking out of the city gate, it can be seen that this battle is not as simple as imagined!
As Yuan Shao said, Cao and Yuan’s decisive battle will determine the historical journey in the next five hundred years.
"An'er, for you, only three thousand old and weak have left you to guard Xudu City. Can you defend it?"
Cao Cao stepped on and asked Cao Ang beside him.
Cao Ang nodded heavily. "Don't worry, my father, I will definitely be able to hold on!"
He is full of energy and looks extremely confident.
Cao Cao stopped, turned his head, and looked at Cao Ang with a smile. "Why, it sounds like I'm very confident!"
Cao Ang replied: "It seems that my father has more than three thousand soldiers!"
"Why?" Cao Cao asked back...
Cao Ang was so confident that he was beyond his expectations.
"President Lu mentioned three points before!" Cao Ang reported truthfully. "First, Yuan Shao went south to compete with his father for the world, and his father's elite soldiers gathered at Guandu. Yuan Shao couldn't get it, and he had no time to take care of it."
"Secondly, Xu Ducheng is empty, but... this will make Yuan Shao suspicious. With his indecisive nature, seeing his father's army of 100,000 to Xu Ducheng, he will inevitably suspect that Xu Ducheng's emptiness is for him. With his indecisive nature, he will definitely suspect that Xu Ducheng's emptiness is for him.
It's an ambush, and I dare not send troops to attack! Third..."
Speaking of this, Cao Ang paused and looked around. In addition to Xun Yu, there were also a group of Tai students standing beside him, including Xiahou Yuan's sons Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Heng;
There is Huang Zhong’s son Huang Xu;
There are also Dian Wei's son Dian Man, Xu Chu's son Xu Yi, etc. Many people...
It seems that these people gave Cao Ang more confidence. "The child is not alone in guarding the city, Xun Lingjun is also there, many masters of my Imperial Academy are also there, and there are so many fellow disciples. We will unite as one to make Xu Ducheng."
Nothing will happen."
Hey…
Don't say it.
Cao Ang's words made Cao Cao feel relieved.
Cao Cao looked at the group of Tai students in front of him. These were Yu'er's disciples... Whenever he thought of this, Cao Cao had gained more confidence.
"Okay, you have to learn more from Xun Lingjun and from all the masters of the Taixue School. This is the one that Xu Ducheng will be left to you!"
Cao Cao finally patted Cao Ang on the shoulder... and signaled that he didn't have to send him away, so he walked towards Jueying Horse.
"Cao Sikong..."
When Cao Cao was walking, Xun Yu seemed to have something to say, so he immediately called to stop Cao Cao.
"Lingjun? Do you have any instructions?"
"Cao Sikong..." Xun Yu's eyes became serious. "Yuan Shao raised 600,000 troops to go south this time, and it was... With Lu Situ here, Yuan Shao's troops would not be so terrible!"
"But, the soldiers are not scary, but his food and grass are extremely terrible! I heard that Yuan Shao mobilized two million stones of food and grass from the rear to transport it across the Yellow River... This is to build a large granary north of the Yellow River, so that the grain channels will be shortened.
...But, the food on Cao Gong’s side..."
When talking about grain, Cao Cao reached out to signal Xun Yu not to say anything more.
During this period, Yu'er was on the front line... The logistics supply has been handled by Cao Cao and a group of officials from Shangshutai.
Xun Yu was right, there was not much food anymore, conservatively... I'm afraid I can't hold on for half a year.
In this way, we must fight quickly and decide quickly, and we must never delay the time!
"Oh..." Cao Cao sighed, his eyebrows couldn't help but gather, and he whispered: "Everyone who fights in Huihui must be subject to this food and grass!"
yes…
I am always subject to food and grass...
Cao Cao would think of the subversive reform that Yuer mentioned!
Spread the dime into the acres!
That's right, the implementation of military and civilian camps is to find a chance to breathe from the land monopolized by the aristocratic families. However, if we want to completely solve the fundamental problem of grain supply, it depends on Yu'er's "spending acres"
!
But this is too big!
What is shaken is the interests of the entire aristocratic family, and what is shaken is the current situation of the monopoly of land in the entire aristocratic family!
This is a move that moves the whole body!
Can…
Ifon...Ifon...
Cao Cao muttered in his heart, if he could wipe out Yuan Shao and pacify the northern border.
Then...even if it is a huge difficulty, Cao Cao will inevitably implement this "spreading the minus" and cannot always restrain the grain. It can be regarded as solving this big problem once and for all for the future Yuer!
call…
Cao Cao breathed out, and then his eyes looked at Xun Yu. "This battle must be ended within half a year!"
Xun Yu nodded and added in time. "Cao Sikong, there is another way to break the situation..."
"Hmm?" Cao Cao looked up.
Xun Yu's tone was even more meticulous. "Yuan Shao transported two million stones of grain across the Yellow River, and he had another 600,000 troops under his command. Then... this place where the grain was stored was his life gate!"
Speaking of this, Xun Yu stretched out his right hand. "Cao Sikong, where should I catch a snake?!"
Huo…
Cao Cao's eyes were tightly condensed!
Xun Yu was right. Catching snakes and grabbing seven inches, these two million stones of grain and grass are Yuan Shao’s life gate and the key to destroying Yuan Shao.
Then...a new question is here!
Where would Yuan Shao hide these two million stones of grain? Where?
Cao Cao's eyes were already narrowed.
He didn't know about this question...
However, this is a problem that he must solve within half a year!
"Let's go!" Cao Cao shook his long sleeves and turned his horse over... "Lingjun, Xu Ducheng is in trouble!"
"Don't worry, Cao Sikong!" Xun Yu bowed.
Dada dada...
The sound of horse hooves resounded.
Looking at Jueying's war horse moving away, Xun Yu "sniffed" a breath of turbid air.
But he murmured even more.
"Grain, grain! If Cao Sikong wants to win, he will definitely have to deal with Yuan Shao's two million stones of grain!"
"This is food that can kill human life!"
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North of the Yellow River, the place where Wuchao!
This room is located between Yanjin and Guandu…
The empty mountains are silent, the cold moon is like a hook, and the cold stars are floating above the sky, like spots of light, like chess.
The Wuchao Valley in the night is desolate and cold!
But because of the spring vibe, there are many flowers and lush trees! It can be said that Wuchao is an extremely secretive and extremely ethereal valley.
Just then...
“Wow wow wow wow…”
At the end of the horizon, countless birds flew in endless streams.
Below the flock of birds, among the countless elliptical men, a middle-aged man and a young man in white robe faced the valley of Wuchao. Neither of them spoke, and they were silent in such a tacit understanding.
finally…
It was still the middle-aged man who took the lead in breaking the silence here. He took the lead in shutting down all the supramen, and there were only two of them left in this place.
The middle-aged man spoke just now.
"Are you willing to come back?"
Under the cold moon, the middle-aged man's cheeks were clearly visible, but who else could be there if he wasn't Yuan Shao.
But...it seems that when facing the young man in white robe beside him, he suddenly grew older twenty years old, and his whole cheeks became lonely and heavy!
There is no place where he looked arrogant and arrogant in the past.
"I won't talk about this!" The young man in white robe was naturally Yuan Fang. He waved his hand, as if he was unwilling to discuss some topics with Yuan Shao.
"Your mother..."
"Don't mention my mother..." Yuan Fang's eyes suddenly became cold. "My birth is contrary to etiquette and law... isn't it?"
It is true that Yuan Fang is Yuan Shao's illegitimate son, but his mother is Yuan Shao's sister-in-law!
You should know that in the first year of Chuping... because Yuan Shao escaped from Luoyang, he called on the eighteen princes to attack Dong Zhuo...
Therefore, Dong Zhuo was furious and killed the Yuan family's entire family in Luoyang...
Including his sister-in-law, and his good brother Yuan Ji with a green grassland on his head!
As the top wealthy Yuan clan of this era...
The chaos in your circle is something that ordinary people cannot understand.
"Are you here to help your father?" Yuan Shao asked...
"Just think it's right!" Yuan Fang replied coldly. "But I think my father is not favored by Guo Tu and a villain like Feng Ji, it's better to listen to Ju Su and Tian Feng more about many things, theirs.
The knowledge is broader and more correct!”
this…
If someone else said this, Yuan Shao wouldn't have slapped him directly, but Yuan Fang... this illegitimate son made him feel too much guilt!
Even, because of Yuan Fang's words, Yuan Shao would subconsciously re-examine Tian Feng and Ju Su's proposals again.
"What do you mean? Should we fight a protracted war? Shouldn't we go south?"
Yuan Shao asked openly.
"Yes, not!" Yuan Fang nodded and shook his head again.
"how?"
"Because of Yin Lin, my father is not Cao Cao's opponent in the strategic level! Yin Lin's overall layout also introduces his father to Guandu and lengthens the supply line! In order to find a chance to win."
Yuan Fang said, "However, the situation is different now. I didn't expect that my father would transport two million stones of grain across the Yellow River. With such courage, the supply line and the food route were greatly shortened! And the balance of victory
He is more inclined to his father.”
Hmm...
Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes.
"The balance of victory? What does this mean?"
"The protracted war is still the protracted war proposed by Ju Su. Of course... the protracted war may not be separated from the south and north of the Yellow River. My father might as well station the camp outside Guandu!"
Yuan Fang suggested.
"In this way, neither Yin Lin nor Cao Cao's actions could escape his father's eyes!"
"And when we are in a stalemate with Cao's army, as long as we can hold it up, we will win! As long as we are unbeaten, we will win!"
"My father is afraid he doesn't know it yet. Cao Cao doesn't have much food and grass. If he persists for half a year, it will be enough for Cao's army to collapse without fighting. At that time... even if there is Yinlin, it will be a good cook who can't cook without rice!"
call…
Yuan Fang's words made Yuan Shao's eyes condense, and he was extremely surprised.
He knew that his son had always been cautious and would never be groundless. Since he mentioned that Cao Cao didn't have much food, it was really not much!
So this way...
This information is extremely beneficial to Yuan Shao!
You must know...
He had two million stones of grain, not to mention half a year, even one year and a half, he could hold on, but Cao Cao... Haha, after all, Cao Cao was defeated by the grain and grass, and defeated those aristocratic families.
Monopolized land, fertile land!
Yuan Shao's mouth raised...
It seemed that Yuan Fang's words made him smell the breath of victory for the first time and allowed him to see the dawn of victory.
For a moment, Yuan Shao was about to be proud!
However, Yuan Fang's next words were like a basin of ice water.
"My father brought me to Wuchao, and he planned to stock up on two million stones of grain here!"
Yuan Fang's eyes were cold...
His words add a little colder.
"If this is the case, then my father will not only lose this battle, but also lose extremely miserably!"
"Wuchao Valley, if used well, it is indeed an excellent place to store grain. It is not good to use, but it is also a funeral place for my father to have 600,000 soldiers!"
"Father, don't make a mistake a thing that will bring eternal regret!"