The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 549 Allies?

In the first year of Chuping (190), August [-]th.

In the Liyang Yuan Army camp, red flags are flying everywhere.

There are a total of [-] soldiers of Yuan Shaojun stationed here, and it is the base camp of Yuan Shaojun's Liyang defense line.

The atmosphere in Yuan Jun's camp was more than a little bit more relaxed than usual, all because the situation on the battlefield had changed.

News has come that Dong Zhuo's army has captured the two passes in the south of Luoyang and re-occupied Luoyang.

At this point in the war, it was no longer Yuan Shao who was surrounded by two sides in Jizhou.

Gongsun Zan suffered a major defeat in the battle of Jieqiao, and had completely lost his opportunity to make progress. Even the Pingyuan County and Le'an Kingdom that he had captured might not be able to survive.

The rebellion of Zang Ba and Sun Guan in Xuzhou, as well as the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army of Sizhou who entered Taishan County, made Qingzhou Mujiaohe no worries.

Now Jiao He is preparing his troops, ordering his generals to lead the Qingzhou Army to advance northward, intending to recover Pingyuan and Le'an. Now one-third of Le'an has been captured by the Qingzhou Army.

Gongsun Zan already had no time to spare, so how could he cooperate with Sun Jian to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou?

The trend of offense and defense has actually been reversed in just ten months. Now it is no longer Yuan Shao in Jizhou who is surrounded, but the court of Chendu who occupies the three states of Henan, Yan, and Yang!
In the north there is Yuan Shao staring at the tiger, in the west there is Dong Zhuo's army showing his fangs, in the east there is the Yellow Turban Army of Mount Tai, who is waiting for death, and in the south there are even a group of bandits such as Yan Baihu.

It would not even be an exaggeration to say that he was besieged on all sides, but compared to Xiang Yu who was desperate at the time, the current Chendu court is far from reaching the end of its rope.

It's just that the Northern Expedition is destined to be anticlimactic, and it will stop at Puyang City in Yanzhou.

Sun Jian must withdraw his troops and return to Chendu to guard against the attack of Dong Zhuo's army. At the same time, he must not relax Yanzhou's defense.

Although the Chen Du court has great potential for war, it is at the top of the list among the three major forces.

However, the military strength of the Chendu court is too weak after all. The real elite is only the [-] Yuzhou soldiers under Sun Jian who have experienced the Taigu War. The rest of the soldiers are recruits who have just been recruited. It is unusable in field battles and can only be used to defend the city.

Looking through the gate, among the layers of military tents, there is a huge green curtain military tent between the pieces of guns and spears. Soldiers holding big halberds are guarding outside it. Scanning the surroundings, a large azure blue banner stood outside the tent.

This is where the central army tent of the Jizhou Army is located.

In the big tent, all the generals were seated, Yuan Shao sat at the head, Tian Feng, Jushou, Shenpei, Fengji, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu sat in the tent.

"Zhonglang generals Dong Yue and Hua Xiong have already entered Luoyang. Sun Jian has not continued to cross the river these days, but has contracted his defenses. He can't hold it anymore and is about to retreat."

Feng Ji was Li Yang's army supervisor. Before Yuan Shao arrived, Feng Ji dispatched troops to cooperate with Han Meng and Chun Yuqiong to successfully resist Sun Jian's first attack, so he knew Sun Jian's movements very well.

"Sun Jian seems to have no choice but to be threatened on all sides, southeast, northwest, and can only divide his troops into four directions, without the strength to advance."

Guo Tu sneered and said disdainfully.

Xin Ping's eyes turned slightly, and he remonstrated: "Since Dong Zhuo's army came out of Luoyang and threatened Yuzhou, and Sun Jian wanted to go back to the army for rescue, why not take advantage of this opportunity and send Jingqi to cross the river from Yanjin, Baima and other places to harass Sun Jian. For the rear army, advancing can delay time and consume Sun Jian's army, retreating can also return to the north bank, and if the battle results are rich, they can also attack Yanzhou in one fell swoop and recapture the city!"

"Since Sun Jian's army has retreated, our army will come to Yanzhou again. It is not difficult to retake Yanzhou. Chen Du is threatened by Dong Zhuo's army. It should not be a problem for the army to retake Dongjun and the northern areas of Jiyin and Chenliu."

Yuan Shao was not only a little moved when he heard Xin Ping's words, but he was not in a hurry to affirm, but continued to wait for the other people in the tent to speak.

"ridiculous."

The judge glanced sideways at Xin Ping and sneered.

"Zhongzhi made a good plan and came up with a good idea. Our army continued to attack Yanzhou with [-] tired troops. After suffering heavy losses, we captured the land of Yanzhou, and then let Sun Jian spend ten days to defeat it."

"Sun Jian still has four thousand fine cavalry left by Gongsun Yue under his command. My Jizhou Army now has only four thousand cavalry in total. Do you think Sun Jian will be as talented as you and will not leave any behind?"

"you!"

Xin Ping's complexion changed, and he glared at the judge. He wanted to get angry, but Yuan Shao was there, so he was not easy to get angry.

"Not to mention only recovering these three prefectures, so what if we recover Yanzhou?"

The judge gave a contemptuous smile, directly ignoring Xin Ping's anger.

"The eight passes of Luoyang are all powerful passes in the world, and it is difficult to stop Sun Wentai. How can the city of Yanzhou be useful?"

"Yanzhou has no geographical advantages. It is located in the place of the Four Wars. Now Sun Wentai occupies Yanzhou. In the east, there is the threat of the Yellow Turban of Mount Tai. In the west, Dong Zhuo's army is watching. .”

Xin Ping was about to refute, but the judge did not give him a chance to speak.

"Rely on the Yellow River and build defenses, so as to minimize the pressure on our army on the southern front. Our army should first recover Jizhou, break through Pingyuan and Le'an, connect Qingzhou, and then take Youzhou to the north to prevent being attacked This is the right way to attack from the north and the south."

Yuan Shao's eyes narrowed slightly, although the trial and match's words were sarcasm, but it has to be said that the trial and match's strategy should be correct.

Yanzhou fell too quickly, which also made Yuan Shao not very optimistic about Yanzhou.

Even if the land of Yanzhou is collected, a lot of soldiers can be recruited, but it is really difficult for those soldiers to resist the invasion of Sun Jian's army.

Moreover, to regain Yanzhou, to regain Yanzhou, which is now on guard, I am afraid that there will be a lot of price to pay.

The current governor of Yanzhou, Chen Qun, is not a mediocre person. As a famous general, Sun Jian would never leave Yanzhou without making any preparations.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly quite difficult to capture Yanzhou, and casualties are bound to be inevitable along the way.

Ju Shou nodded slightly, and also said: "My opinion is consistent with that of Shen Zhengnan. I think that although Sun Jian retreats, he must be prepared. Now that Gongsun Zan has been defeated, most of the elite have been lost at Jieqiao. It is our army who is taking advantage of the victory. When driving north."

"In the past, King Wuhuan Qiao went all the way to the south to attack the city and pull out the village. Many cities in Bohai County were destroyed and the city defenses were weak. In addition, Gongsun Zan's elite were mostly cavalry soldiers. If he defended the city, he would undoubtedly lose his arm. He would definitely fight our army in the field. It is the time when the momentum is high, if we can defeat Gongsun Zan again in Bohai County, regaining Bohai County will be like an overthrow."

"Since Bohai County is broken, Pingyuan and Le'an have become enclaves. Only the southern part of Pingyuan County is bordered by Yanzhou and Jibei Kingdom. However, the Chendu court itself is difficult to save. How can there be reinforcements to help Pingyuan and Le'an?"

"Since Pingyuan and Le'an are under attack, our army will be integrated with Qingzhou, and they will attack and defend each other, which can be used as a reinforcement."

Yuan Shao's fingers tapped lightly on the map on the desk. Although what Ju Shou said was reasonable, he still had some concerns and couldn't make a decision.

"What does Yuan Hao think?"

Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng who had been silent all the time, and asked.

During the battle of Jieqiao, Tian Feng made many strategies, Jieqiao won a big victory, and Tian Feng contributed a lot.

When Tian Feng heard Yuan Shao's question, he first bowed his hands to show respect, then glanced at Jushou with a smile, and said.

"My opinion is also consistent with Juzheng and Shenzhengnan. Attacking Yanzhou will do more harm than good. Our army should take Bohai Sea first, connect Qingzhou, and then seek Youzhou."

"Although Dong Zhuojun has reached an accomplice with our army, there should not be much disturbance in the short term. At most, he will reoccupy it. Using this as a base, reconsider getting involved in the Kanto region. It is extremely inappropriate for our army to occupy Yanzhou at this time. .”

"Fighting on two fronts is really a taboo for military strategists, so our army should attack one side first. Youzhou is obviously weaker than Dongting, so naturally we should take Youzhou first."

Yuan Shao carefully reviewed the maps on the case table, and finally decided not to accept Xin Ping's advice, but to follow the advice of the judge, first recover Bohai County, and then go north to attack Youzhou.

At the end of the military discussion, everyone left their seats and left the Chinese military tent.

Xin Ping let out a cold snort, and walked out of the big tent with Guo Tu, then Shenpei and Jushou also walked out of the middle tent, and Tian Feng walked with Feng Ji.

Yuan Shao watched a group of counselors under his command walk out of the big tent, he naturally noticed these details, but he didn't say much.

The advisers under his command have factions, but it is easier to control them, and it will not become a dominant force, which will weaken his power.

Yuan Shao lowered his head again, examining the geomancy map on the desk, but at this moment a pair of feet appeared in his peripheral vision.

"Yuan Hao?"

Yuan Shao was a little puzzled, the person who came was none other than Biejia Tianfeng.

Tian Feng walked to Yuan Shao's desk, knelt down and sat down, saying: "Just now everyone was in the tent, some things are really hard to say clearly, I wonder if we can talk with Ming Gong in private now."

Yuan Shao waved his hand, and turned away from the left and right. As Tian Feng was his second-in-command, he naturally had a lot of trust in him.

Seeing that both left and right were retreating, Tian Feng said in a low voice.

"I remember that Minggong said before that there was news from the monsters that a large number of unknown items seemed to be shipped from the Taihang Mountain defense area to Yanmen County. It seemed that they were going to be transported beyond the grasslands. Shrinking, it seems that there will be no action against us in Jizhou in a short time."

Yuan Shao nodded, he didn't hide the spooky matter from Tian Feng and Ju Shou, the main counselors.

The sprites are just not on the table. After all, most powerful families are extremely disgusted with the Embroidered Clothes Messenger. If you want to gain their support, you can't put this kind of spy agency in the open.

However, placing it on the dark side also has the advantage of being on the dark side. Now the sprites have basically not received much interference, and even the embroidered emissaries of the court in Chendu seem to have not noticed the existence of sprites.

On the contrary, the eagle wolf guards in Bingzhou seemed to have discovered some clues, but the ghosts did a good job of hiding and passed on more information.

Yuan Shao's expression darkened, and he said: "Xu An's actions seem to be preparing to attack Youzhou or Liangzhou."

"This is a bit tricky."

Yuan Shao's face was a little embarrassed.

"Could it be that Xu An is waiting for our army to attack Youzhou, and then take advantage of the opportunity?"

Tian Feng's eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice.

"There is such a possibility, but at present, it seems that the probability of Xu An attacking Liangzhou is much higher than that of Youzhou. Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou fell into a fight, and their strength was weakened a lot. We have been training new troops, although Wuhuan of the Three Counties is not as powerful as before, but his strength should not be underestimated, it will not be easy for Xu An to take down Youzhou."

"However, the first goal of our army must be to take the three counties of Bohai County, Pingyuan County, and Le'an State first. It will take three or four months to capture these three places, even if it goes well. Difficult to deal with, although Gongsun Zan is newly defeated, he can still gather nearly [-] people under his command."

"Xu An is transporting things to the grassland now, it's too early."

Yuan Shao pondered for a while and said: "But even so, this possibility cannot be completely ruled out."

Tian Feng's guess is good, but Xu An still has a certain possibility of attacking Youzhou.

If Xu An really took advantage of the opportunity to collect the fruits of victory when they attacked Youzhou, it would be very difficult.

At that time, Xu An only needs to send partial divisions in Changshan and Zhongshan to contain most of his troops.

"This Wang Fen is so stupid that he can't be any more stupid."

Yuan Shao snorted coldly. At the beginning, Xu An had no more than a thousand soldiers, and Wang Fen, the former governor of Jizhou, allowed Xu An to grow up on Taihang Mountain. It was outrageous.

In the previous military meeting, no one mentioned the Yellow Turban Army, but now that Tian Feng mentioned it, it made Yuan Shao feel uncomfortable. The threat of the Yellow Turban Army to Jizhou is really too great.

The Yellow Turban Army has the Eight Stars of the Taihang in their hands, which means they have mastered the initiative in the war. They can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat.

"The matter has come to this point, even scolding Wang Fen a thousand times will not solve the problem."

Tian Feng was more calm than Yuan Shao.

"Actually, Duke Ming's situation is not as bad as Duke Ming imagined."

Tian Feng put his hand on the map on the desk, clicked on the location of Jizhou, and finally put his hand on Bingzhou.

"Xu An, as a great virtuous teacher of Taiping Dao, prefers to see a divided Han court rather than a strong and prosperous Han court. Now that Duke Ming supports Liu Bian, and Sun Jian supports Liu Xie, he can only be in a stalemate. Bingzhou is safe and sound."

Tian Feng's breasts are successful.

"Xu An is a smart man, he must also know that if Sun Jian defeats Duke Ming and Dong Zhuo, what will happen to the world, when everyone will submit, then how can he be alone, the best way is for us to fight with each other , consume each other's strength, he develops slowly, and then takes advantage of the opportunity."

"In a way, Duke Ming and Xu An are not enemies."

Tian Feng lowered his voice and said in a low voice.

"Dong Zhuo once transported food and grass, gave Xu An money, and made a secret alliance with Xu An. Xu An also kept his promise and invaded Zhongshan and Changshan..."

Tian Feng clenched his fist and placed it on Yuan Shao's desk.

"Dong Zhuo is now an alliance with Duke Ming, but the alliance between Dong Zhuo and Xu An is still unresolved, so in this way, Duke Ming and Xu An are actually still allies."

"You mean..."

Yuan Shao raised his head to look at Tian Feng, he saw the danger in Tian Feng's eyes.

"Although we have no way to figure out whether Xu An is going to attack Youzhou or Liangzhou, we can make Xu An make up his mind to attack Liangzhou, and then seize Youzhou while he is attacking Liangzhou..."

(End of this chapter)