Chapter 205 Yuan Shao asks for help, Longshan army goes north
While Cao Cao was still planning how to unite with Yuan Shao to attack Dong Zhuo and seize the imperial power, Yuan Shao himself had already moved west along the Yellow River to the east.
The river level happened to be slow during this season, so it took us four days to reach Hedong County with the help of the east wind.
After Yuan Shao and others landed on land, they headed north to Anyi without stopping.
The Huns only gave them ten days, and Yuan Shao spent half of it just asking for help. The remaining time was just enough for Wei Cheng to send the city guards north for rescue.
Yuan Shao was not afraid that Wei Cheng would not send people to rescue his son, because among the people who accompanied Yuan Tan on the expedition, there were ten city guards. They were mainly to supervise Yuan Tan's efforts to suppress the Xiongnu tribes, and did not directly participate in the battle. This
Naturally, ten people were also captured.
Early morning on the fifth day.
Yuan Shao finally met Wei Qilin'er.
Facing Wei Cheng, Yuan Shao once again let out a sigh of defeat. Why are other people's sons so arrogant, but I gave birth to a useless dim sum?
Without going into too much detail, Yuan Shao only needs to take out the Facebook book given by the Huns, which is enough to prove everything.
Wei Qing did not expect that Yuan Tan, the eldest grandson of the Yuan family, would be so unreliable in his work. With 20,000 troops going north to attack the Hu, no matter how hard he pulled his hips, he would not be able to escape, right?
The most important thing is that it is fucked to involve one of your own people in being captured.
If Yuan Shao hadn't been sitting in front of him, Wei Qing would have almost said, "Mom, I'll sell it to this idiot Yuan Tan."
Time did not wait for us, Wei Cheng was too lazy to press Yuan Shaoduo, and immediately asked Xu Ding to call Xu Huang and others over.
City North Guards Station.
Looking at the exquisite sand table in front of him that almost restored the style of the grassland, Yuan Shao was stunned for a long time before he realized what he was doing.
He didn't know what a sandbox was, he only knew how to read a map, but that didn't stop him from saying wow in his heart.
Watching a man named Tian Feng pointing at the sand table, watching the city guards express their opinions, watching Wei Cheng calmly sitting on the main seat drinking fragrant tea soup, Yuan Shao felt sour on the spot.
ah.
Looking at others and then himself, Yuan Shao suddenly felt that he was a failure.
"Prefect Yuan, there is something unclear about Tian." Tian Feng raised his hands and looked at Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao did not dare to be careless and hurriedly responded with fists in his hands: "Mr. Tian, please speak."
Tian Feng nodded slightly, pointed to the sheepskin scroll placed aside, frowned and said: "The Huns clearly stated that 30,000 cattle and sheep can be exchanged for the captured people. With the abundant supplies in Jizhou, it should not be impossible to get 30,000 cattle."
Sheep?"
Yuan Shao was stunned.
Everyone who was still discussing the rescue plan just now looked at Yuan Shao curiously.
After Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment, he replied: "It's not that we can't get the 30,000 cattle and sheep together, but that Yuan knows that the Huns will take advantage of them. This time it's 30,000 cattle and sheep, and next time they may need 30,000 children."
Now that they have boys and girls, doesn’t Yuan have to raise 30,000 people to give them to them?”
Tian Feng frowned slightly. Although Yuan Shao's words were full of indignation and well-founded, he always felt that there must be fraud in it.
Yuan Shao was now the de facto leader of Jizhou, and Han Fu was almost ignored by him. Tian Feng, who was also born in Jizhou, knew that Jizhou's products were quite rich, and it was impossible that he could not pay the ransom.
The only explanation is that Yuan Shao would rather give up his son than offend those aristocratic families. In other words, he values his power more than his son's life... After all, if he gathers cattle and sheep, he will offend those families.
Killing someone would probably give Han Fu a chance to fight back.
Tian Feng chuckled, but did not reveal Yuan Shao's little thoughts. Instead, he looked at Wei Cheng aside, cupped his hands and said: "Master, saving people is more important now. Let Wen Ruo accompany you this time. With him here, everything will be safe."
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Tian Feng admired Xun Yu very much, and gradually assigned some of his responsibilities to Xun Yu. It was not that he wanted to give up the responsibility or avoid responsibilities, but that he knew people and made good use of them. He just simply felt that Xun Yu
Yu's talent is not weaker than his.
This can also show Tian Feng’s character. If this were left to future generations, which leader would give his subordinates a chance to succeed?
Wei Cheng only learned of Xun Yu's existence some time ago. However, after experiencing the defections of Xu Huang, Le Jin, Zhang Fei, Wen Chou and others, he was immune to the so-called celebrity effect and just let Tian Feng take care of him.
, after all, Xun Yu was still young at this time.
"Okay, let's have the Longshan Army as the vanguard, Xu Huang as the commander, Xun Yu as the military advisor, and two thousand city guards to accompany them. There is no need to recruit civilians this time. Military food and other supplies can be carried by the city guards.
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Wei Cheng looked at Xu Huang and said: "I just want to try out the quality of the new military rations. If there is anything that needs improvement, please give us your feedback in time so that I can make improvements in time."
Wei Cheng didn't like to think about things one by one. Since he thought about improving armaments, he would not ignore the most important aspect of the war, food and grass. This time he had people make a large amount of dried food, which not only reduced the weight, but also took into account
Nutritional balance.
As for the Longshan Army, all members of the Longshan Army used the military rations he purchased at a high price, which included not only compressed biscuits, but also beef, vegetables, grains, etc. When eating, just throw them into the helmet and add some water to heat them up.
At this time, Yuan Shao hesitantly asked: "Isn't this... just 2,500 people too risky?"
There are only five hundred Longshan troops. This is the news he heard on the way. Five hundred Longshan troops plus two thousand city guards are probably not enough for the Huns to fill their teeth, right?
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Yuan Shao with mocking expressions.
Zhang Fei said with contempt: "Prefect Yuan, don't you think that my young master is trying to deal with you?"
Yuan Shao was stunned, and quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, Yuan just thinks it's better to be careful. He can easily capture 20,000 soldiers and horses. The Huns have at least 50,000, 2,500, haha
, if it’s twenty-five thousand maybe…”
"Hahaha……"
Before Yuan Shao could finish speaking, he heard bursts of laughter ringing in his ears, and even Wei Cheng, who was sitting in the front seat, slightly raised his lips.
Tian Feng said with a smile: "Don't worry, Governor Yuan. Two thousand five hundred people are more than enough. If there are more, I'm worried that the Huns will think that we are bullying them, hahaha."
"Uh, this?" Yuan Shao was speechless. There must be a limit to arrogance.
"Okay, that's it. We still have ten brothers suffering in the enemy camp. We don't have time to make fun of you... Gongming, let's set off in the afternoon. It would be good to try to save the brothers from suffering for one day." Wei Cheng finally said
speak.
Xu Huang cupped his fists and saluted, "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely make the barbarians regret their mistakes."
"Great kindness!"
Wei Qing looked at Yuan Shao again and said with a smile: "If Governor Yuan is worried, you can go north with the army."
Yuan Shao smiled awkwardly, clasped his fists and said yes.
Nonsense, of course I have to go and have a look. If you can't save my precious son, I can still negotiate with the Huns. Moreover, Yuan Shao also wants to see where Wei Qing has the confidence to dare to pay twenty times the price.
The difference in numbers was enough to defeat tens of thousands of Huns' cavalry.