Xu Shu is probably the least confident member of the entire Qingzhou Group. Of course he was not like this before. Ever since he faced Xi Zhicai and Zang Ba's Taishan thieves, his mood has started to decline.
Xi Zhicai was already well-known in Yingchuan, far beyond the comparison of Xu Shu, a underachiever. But he was not the main reason for Xu Shu's troubles. He became stronger when he encountered a strong one. Although Xu Shu did not deal with Taishi Ci very well, when he encountered a strong enemy, he
He is still very energetic. When he was in Xuzhou, he had already defeated this powerful enemy.
The problem now is that the opponent came to the venue and was fully prepared. The Taishan battlefield is nominally Xu Shu's home court, but since the war started, Xu Shu has not been able to get enough support from the local area. On the contrary, Xi Zhicai is more like fighting at home.
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Zang Ba, who had always been quiet, had unexpectedly strong potential in Mount Tai. Coupled with Yi Zhicai's clever strategies, for a while, Xu Shu had the illusion that he was unable to compete with these rivals.
"Yuan Zhi, you don't need to be so worried." Tian Feng was originally as worried as Xu Shu, but Xu Shu was already very anxious. As an elder, he couldn't add fuel to the fire.
"Before I came, my lord made it very clear. Zang Ba has been preparing for a long time and has talent to help. You don't need to confront him head-on. Mount Tai is a buffer area. As long as you can take advantage of this opportunity, let the restless
If everyone jumps out, that's enough."
"Even so," Xu Shushun stared at the map without blinking, as if the secret to defeating the enemy was hidden on it, "The Lord has entrusted the defense of the base camp to me. All my colleagues are opening up territories, but I am the only one who has lost troops and lost territory.
, one day everyone will return in triumph, and you will have the honor to go see your lord?"
"Yuan Zhi, you think too much..." Tian Feng shook his head and smiled bitterly. He finally discovered that the reason why Xu Shu and Tai Shi Ci didn't get along well from the beginning was because they were the same kind of people. On the surface, they were the same type of people.
His modesty could not hide his inner pride, and inevitably he lost a bit of tact.
But thinking about himself, Tian Feng felt that he didn't seem to have any position to speak against Xu Shu. People always have to be persistent. Even Guo Tu, Fengji and those people seemed to only fight for power and profit, but they were not against Yuan Shaoyi.
What about loyalty?
There had been several similar conversations before. At that time, Tian Feng used words of comfort such as being outnumbered and outnumbered. However, after seeing the stubbornness of his younger colleagues several times, Tian Feng gave up. It was not that he was not good at eloquence, it was just that
The generals of Qingzhou will never talk about the enemy being outnumbered and the enemy being outnumbered. Who let everyone face a lord who always plays the game of defeating more with less in every battle?
However, this time, he believed that Xu Shu would eventually give up because the situation was too unfavorable.
It is said that the enemy is outnumbered, but in fact, the two of them have no soldiers at all. In addition to Xu Shu's 300 special forces, there are only some veterans and disabled wounded soldiers who come to help in the battle, which adds up to only 700 to 800 soldiers.
people.
On Zang Ba's side, there are eight thousand Taishan bandits from Zang Ba's headquarters alone. Adding in the Sun Guan brothers, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Xi and other giant bandits, the bandits' strength has exceeded 30,000!
Although they are not well-trained elite troops with strict orders, there are many ruthless bandits who are accustomed to fighting and kill many people. Not to mention that Xu Shu only has so few troops on hand. Even if the entire Qingzhou Army before the Hebei War is here, it will not be possible for him to do so.
Such a group of enemies will also have to go through a tough battle to win.
Most of the local powerful people's attitudes were ambiguous on the surface and secretly supported Zang Ba.
The Taishan bandits had already completed their mobilization, and as soon as the news of Wang Yu's northward journey came, Zang Ba had already led his troops to leave Kaiyang and invade the territory of Mount Tai.
In three days, the main force of Qingzhou completed tactical actions such as marching north, crossing the Yellow River at night, and surprise attack on Yuan's camp; while Zang Ba also captured Fei and Hua 2 counties in three days, captured Nanwuyang without any blood, crossed Mengshan, and forcibly
Pingyang City was captured with extremely sharp force.
The reason for this is of course that the Taishan bandits are accustomed to traveling on mountain roads and their marching speed is not affected by the terrain. But if no one provided supplies along the way and opened the city gate to welcome the bandits, Zang Ba's march would not have been so fast.
Except for the Wang family, Hu's mother's family and other relatives, Tian Feng really couldn't find any powerful people in Taishan that he could trust.
Xu Shu had tried it before, repeating his old tricks and implementing beheading tactics.
But Xi Zhi suffered a loss just once. This time he took targeted precautions early. In addition, the Taishan bandits are mountain bandits in the first place. They are very good at ambush and sneak attacks based on terrain. However, the sneak attack failed and the damage was damaged.
Few manpower.
Tian Feng believed that this was one of the main reasons for Xu Shu's reluctance.
In fact, even if Xu Shu did not have these obsessions, the current situation is not optimistic. Zang Ba's advance is too fast.
Pingyang City, where the Taishan bandits are now, is only eighty miles away from Mou County in the north, and Mou County and Ying County are right on the main road connecting Laiwu and Fenggao.
Once Mou County is captured, with the strength of the Taishan bandits, they can divide their forces to fight, heading northeast, passing through Laiwu, and going straight to Linzi, the seat of Qingzhou!
The shogunate, the administrative agencies of the governor's office, and the families of the generals are all in Linzi. If there is a mistake, the consequences will be disastrous. Even if the attack cannot be taken, this shock will be enough to disturb the emotions of the soldiers at the front.
The intelligence of Tian Feng and the two men was still after the night attack. They only knew that the Huns were invading in large numbers. The date of the decisive battle and even the victory or defeat had not yet been transmitted. For them, this was a very severe test.
Tian Feng's opinion was to seek stability. Since he couldn't defend Mount Tai, he simply gave up and retreated to Qi State in large strides. He concentrated his efforts on defending Linzi and waited for the winner to be determined on the main battlefield before returning for rescue.
Although there are not many regular troops in Qingzhou, retired county soldiers and civilians can be used to defend the city. With the special forces as the backbone, it may not be easy to defeat the invaders, but it is still no problem to defend Linzi.
"Brother Yuan Hao, although your method is sound, it is not without loopholes..." Xu Shu expressed different opinions on this.
"Why?" Tian Feng was not annoyed when his opinion was rejected. His strengths were in government affairs, not military strategy. Wang Yu asked him to help because of coordination and organizational considerations.
Qingzhou's new policy already included the promotion of martial arts. The time had not yet matured before, but Taishi Ci made such a fuss in Qinghe that this item was put on the agenda. According to Wang Yu's vision, Qingzhou's military and political affairs council will unswervingly move forward.
The line of elite troops should be adopted, but martial arts should be promoted among the people. In the future, a military structure should be formed in which offense relies on the regular army and defense relies on the militia.
Therefore, he specially sent Tian Feng back.
"If I were Xi Zhicai, I would definitely not attack Linzi. I am not sure and there is no need..."
Xu Shu accurately pointed to the location of Linzi, and then drew a circle on the map: "It is enough to deploy the troops, block the roads, and expand the scope of panic. It is said that Cao Cao also attaches great importance to building an intelligence network. While the siege is completed here,
As long as he sends some detailed operations and spreads rumors in the plains, it will be enough to shake the morale of our army."
"Yeah." Tian Feng responded in a low tone, frowning, this game is really difficult to break.
It has to be said that Xi Zhicai has a very good grasp of fighter opportunities. He originally thought that he attacked Taishan just to retreat and seek second place, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a two-pronged strategy that can advance and attack and retreat and defend.
It's a dilemma for me.
Since Tian Feng was unable to do anything, Xu Shu knew that it would be difficult to solve the problem in a relatively safe way. But Xu Shu did not feel disappointed. Instead, he said with relief: "There is no other way, we can only take dangerous measures."
"Where does the plan come from?" Tian Feng was surprised. Xu Shu, who even resorted to assassination, said that he wanted to use dangerous tactics. How dangerous is that?
Xu Shu raised his head with a smile and reminded: "Mr. Yuan Hao, please don't forget that my lord has already ambushed an army of soldiers and horses in Mount Tai. It is said that raising an army for a thousand days and using it for one moment, isn't this the time to use the army?"
"You mean..."
"Just as Brother Yuan Hao thought." Xu Shu smiled and nodded, raised his wrist and clicked on the map. A name caught Tian Feng's eyes, making him gasp.
Xu Shu actually set his sights on Ju Ping's troops. This was not just a risk, but the wolves in front might not retreat, but the tigers would be summoned from the back door!
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Due to the existence of Mount Tai, the city of Juping is like the west gate of Taishan County. From here along the Wenshui River, it only takes a day or two to reach Fenggao City, which is a strategically important location.
After Wang Yuquan captured Qingzhou, he appointed the Yellow Turban Commander Xu He to lead his old troops to garrison Juping. This not only kept his troops intact, but also allocated a large area of land for him to use as a military garrison, but he did not provide military pay.
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This arrangement has certainly caused a lot of criticism, but Taishan County has not been included in the New Deal. It is just a buffer zone and is not very important. With Wang Yu's prestige in the military, once the decision has been made, no one will
Go against him.
As a result, Xu He became the first general of the Qingzhou Group who had the actual status of a warlord but not the name of a warlord. Of course, it is still unclear whether Xu He is considered a part of the Qingzhou Army. When the strength of the Qingzhou Army is complete,
No one would notice him, but when the main force in Qingzhou left the country and invaded in large numbers from other places, Xu He's troops became a force that could not be ignored.
At this moment, a debate was going on in the Juping City Guards House.
"Let me tell you, the conditions for Zang Xuan's opening are pretty good. Xu Shuai, you can't miss this opportunity!" A strong man with a scar on his face said excitedly.
"Yes! What Brother Lu said is to capture Fenggao and take back Qingzhou!" His speech won the approval of many people.
"Lu Shan, has your conscience been eaten by a dog? When the police came to Jibei, had a brawl, were defeated, and were desperate, they came to Qingzhou. Who took you in and gave you food?
Now that Qingzhou is in trouble, you want to add insult to injury. You have really disgraced the great sage!" But there were more people with different opinions. A young man pointed at Scarface and refuted loudly.
"Who took me in? Of course it was Xu Shuai who took me in!"
The scar-faced man rolled his eyes and said with disdain: "Wang Yu's son tricked us out of Qingzhou, and then asked Brother Xu to guard Juping, just to let us fight in the nest. Fortunately, Xu Shuai didn't believe him.
Xie opened the door and took in the brothers. When he realized something was wrong and wanted to find Xu Shuai's fault, Hebei started fighting again. Why, why don't you find a way out now and wait for him to come back to settle the score? "
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Am I talking nonsense? Well, Yi Hui, please tell me, why did Wang Yu throw Xu Shuai to a place like Juping where no one can shit?"
"I……"
"Okay, shut up!" Xu He, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly shouted loudly, his voice was extremely loud, like spring thunder exploding on the ground, shaking the roof beams and making them fall.
There is less dust and it looks particularly eye-catching under the setting sun.
"Lu Shan, I know that you have a good relationship with Chang Xi. He may have stolen a lot from you in private. But you have to understand that I, Xu He, am the head of the Juping family. No matter what I decide, it is all for the sake of my brothers."
A good future, not for your ambition! Do you understand?"
"Ming...understand." Lu Shan, who was so aggressive a moment ago, could only be submissive at this moment.
"Yi Hui, so are you. Wang Junhou did not break us up, but took us in Juping. I don't know what he was thinking. But again, since he gave me a chance to choose, I have to
According to my charter, my charter is to find a way for my brothers to survive!" Xu He's attitude was impartial.
"Now Wang Junhou is fighting fiercely in Hebei. There are endless enemies and the situation of the battle is extremely uncertain. If Zang Ba successfully captures Mount Tai and even Linzi, then Wang Junhou's eight achievements will not be preserved. Zang Ba and Cao Cao have a close relationship. We are in Juping
, it is a situation where we are attacked from two sides. Although Wang Junhou is kind to us, we can't let our brothers just take the path of death, right?"
"That's what the commander said." Yi Hui lowered his head and said yes. After a moment, he raised his head again and asked hesitantly: "Then let's just watch?"
Since ancient times, two-sided enemies have been the most unpopular. Although safe, life and death are completely in the hands of the winning party.
"Of course not." Xu He gave an answer that surprised everyone: "I said that we should find a way for our brothers to survive. I have already seen Zang Xuangao's envoy. The news just now is that Xu Yuanzhi from Qingzhou
He has already entered the city, I will see him later. Which side to join in order to survive depends on whether he can convince me."
Everyone was stunned.
Xu Shu fought wits and courage with Xi Zhicai in Xuzhou and gained a great reputation. Unexpectedly, he unexpectedly came to Juping. It is not yet known what his ability is, but his courage is not ordinary. (To be continued.
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