At this time, Yuan Shao was leading his civil and military officials five miles out of the city, but they only wanted to welcome one person, Lian Po, who had come thousands of miles to seek refuge.
Yuan Shao and Han Fu have been entangled in Jizhou for many years. With the general situation, they have an absolute advantage, but they are repeatedly defeated by Han Xin on the battlefield. They lose more than they win. They are really afraid of being defeated by Han Xin.
Yuan Shao also knew that the civil and military forces under his command were not weaker than those under Han Fu, but were actually much stronger. It was just that he lacked a top-notch commander, so he was always defeated by Han Xin.
There was really no commander under Yuan Shao who could match Han Xin. In desperation, he chose to take a different approach and sent assassins to assassinate Han Xin.
Yuan Shao sent out most of his masters, and was led by the most trusted Yuan Tiangang. However, when Yuan Tiangang sneaked into Yecheng, he was warned by Han Xin's master, the military strategist Wei Liaozi.
Although the presence of military strategists among hundreds of strategists is not high, the cohesion within the military strategists is not high, and the organization is extremely loose, it does not mean that the military strategists are weak.
Yuan Shao also just found out that Han Xin was Wei Liao's disciple. He was certainly not ignorant. Now that the military strategists had intervened, it proved that there was someone behind Han Xin's back.
If Han Xin is forcibly assassinated and the tacit understanding created by the Baijia is broken, the entire Baijia will naturally be completely offended. The situation that Zhao will face will probably be even worse, so Yuan Shao asked Yuan Tiangang to give up the task of assassinating Han Xin.
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Seeing that Han Xin could not be defeated in a fight, and could not be killed by assassination, Yuan Shao had no choice but to search for talents everywhere, hoping to find a general who could match him.
It's just that the commander-in-chief of an army is different from ordinary talents, because any commander who has some ability is constantly tempered on the battlefield, and the prestige gained bit by bit is destined to fail to become a famous general on paper, so there are few real generals.
Famous marshals will hide among the people and not serve in official positions.
Yuan Shao's quest for a general was naturally a failure, but Han Xin, who was a god in military use, was stuck in his throat. He could not unify Jizhou unless he solved it. At this moment, Lian Po came into Yuan Shao's sight.
His younger brother Yuan Shu was defeated and died, and the entire Henan army completely disappeared. As the elder brother, Yuan Shao felt a little sad. After all, Yuan Shu was his biological brother.
Of course, Yuan Shao still complained more in his heart. He complained that his brother Yuan Shu obviously had a good hand, but when he had the support of most of the resources of the Yuan family at the beginning, not only did he not succeed, but he lost all his family wealth.
Use these resources to support your strategy in Jizhou.
Although Yuan Shu is dead, the ownership of his subordinates has not yet been determined, and the one Yuan Shao covets the most is Lian Po, who is known as the Yuan family's number one general.
Lian Po was not recruited by Yuan Shu, but was cultivated bit by bit by the Yuan family. However, Yuan Shu was his legitimate son, so Lian Po deserved to serve Yuan Shu.
In Yuan Shao's view, Lian Po is no worse than Han Xin. If Lian Po comes to deal with Han Xin, he does not need to defeat him. He only needs to contain him. Yuan Shao is sure to destroy Han Fu.
His younger brother Yuan was assisted by famous generals such as Lian Po. After winning many battles in the Central Plains, not only did he not dominate the Central Plains, but his territory became smaller and smaller until he was finally wiped out. It can be said that he was extremely incompetent.
Yuan Shao is confident that he is much stronger than Yuan Shu. Once Yuan Shu dies, the Yuan family will naturally belong to him. If he gets Lian Po, not to mention becoming king and hegemon, he will never end up like his younger brother.
"Yuanmen's guilty minister Lian Po, please see Duke Zhao."
"My nephew Yuan Yao, meet my uncle."
After seeing Yuan Shao, Lian Po and Yuan Yao hurriedly saluted, while Yuan Shao supported him and said: "My dear nephew, General Lian Po, please get up quickly. The general has worked hard and made great achievements, so what crime can he be guilty of?"
Lian Po and Yuan Yao looked at each other and felt slightly relieved. Yuan Shao's attitude made them feel more at ease.
On the way back to the city, Yuan Shao had various problems with Lian Po, and the relationship between the two was silently drawn closer.
"General Lian Po, if you lead the army, how confident is the general that you can defeat Han Xin?" Yuan Shao asked seriously.
Lian Po did not arrogantly say that he would win. Instead, after thinking carefully for a while, he replied: "The last general has actually studied Han Xin. This person has no rules in his military use. If he has the conditions, he can win the battle.
You can still win the battle even if you create conditions without conditions.
If we face Han Xin, to be honest, I am not sure of winning, but I am sure that I will not be defeated by him."
Lian Po is undoubtedly a proud man, and even he admires Han Xin so much without ever fighting against him, which shows how powerful Han Xin is.
When Yuan Shao heard what Lian Po said, he was not only not disappointed, but also very satisfied. He had been defeated by Han Xin so many times, so he naturally knew how terrible Han Xin was. Lian Po was sure that he would be undefeated against Han Xin. From Yuan Shao's perspective,
It's already pretty awesome.
"Okay, with these words from the general, I can rest assured."
Yuan Shao laughed loudly, and then ordered seriously: "Lian Po, I have appointed you to be the Commander-in-Chief of our State of Zhao. Do you dare to take on this important task?"
Lian Po couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard this. He had just signed up to join him, and before he had made any achievements, Yuan Shao appointed him as the governor. This cannot be described as trust.
"Zhao, no, my lord, Lian Po takes the order."
Lian Po said with great emotion, and his address to Yuan Shao changed from Zhao Gong to Lord.
"well."
Yuan Shao laughed again, and with Lian Po's help, he would naturally be more confident in his plan to deal with Han Fu.
"Report...to my lord, important information has been sent from Taihang. Emperor Ming agreed to King Qin's marriage proposal."
"What?"
Yuan Shao's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Is that woman Zhang Sheng crazy?"
Regarding Qin Hao's proposal to marry Emperor Ming, basically all the princes believed that this was Qin Hao's strategy. They did not believe that Qin Hao dared to marry Emperor Ming, nor did they believe that Emperor Ming would agree to marry Qin Hao, so they basically had a mentality of watching a show.
Waiting for the next article.
"However, Emperor Ming put forward a condition, requiring King Qin to go to Taihang in person to propose marriage before agreeing to marry."
Hearing this, Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if Qin and Ming really get married, Huguan will naturally fall into the hands of Qin Hao. Then hundreds of thousands of Ming troops can attack Jizhou at any time, and he and Zhao
The country will also be exposed to the iron hoof of the Qin army.
"I'm just telling you that Qin Hao's request for marriage was a conspiracy. Emperor Ming would only agree to it." Yuan Shao said with a smile.
"That's right."
Lian Po nodded in agreement: "It seems that Emperor Ming agreed to propose marriage, but the conditions he proposed are simply impossible to fulfill. There is no way King Qin would go to Taihang to propose marriage in person, unless he is also crazy."
At the same time, most of the other princes also received the news, and they naturally believed that Emperor Ming was trying to make things difficult for him, and it was impossible for Qin King Qin Hao to go to Taihang Mountain to propose marriage in person.