Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 528 Yuan Shao's Choice Difficulty

Seeing Cao Ren and others leaving the city to fight against the youthful Chaoge City, Huang Zhong was helpless for a while.

Forced attack is definitely not enough, the city's coach is Cao Ren, not a waste like Xin Pi, and the people's hearts are managed quite well, so our own side will suffer heavy losses, and we can't break the city yet.

Moreover, Huang Zhong's ten thousand soldiers and horses were not enough to attack the city.

"Retreat!" Although he was unwilling, Huang Zhong could only order to withdraw the troops at this moment, and returned to the camp to discuss countermeasures with Xu Huang. However, facing a city like Chaoge, the two of them thought for a long time, and the conclusion was that the water would be cut off. Liang, they don't have enough troops at this time, and it's not easy to divide their troops to do these things. They can only send people to survey the terrain, wait for the Chu Nan army to come, and then think of a way.

The next day, Chu Nan's army arrived at Chaoge, and Chu Nan was not surprised to hear that.

"Cao Ren is a general of the Cao family, and Cao Cao relies heavily on him. He is skilled in military tactics and has a strong city to rely on. It is really difficult to defeat him in one battle." Chu Nan motioned Huang Zhong to sit down, looked at the generals and laughed. : "There is no need to worry right now. Although the battle on the front line is not going well, we are now fighting the number one prince in the world. It is rare that Yuan Shao is now forced to take a defensive position and dare not take the lead. Moreover, the longer this battle drags on, the greater the impact on our army. The more advantageous it is, so General Han Sheng doesn't have to care about the length of this time, as long as we don't make big mistakes, the final winner of this battle will be our army!"

Chu Nan said this not just to comfort people's hearts. Unless the enemy can be taken away in one wave, just like when the Chen family was destroyed. Although the fight was fierce, it actually took more than two months.

Now they are fighting against Yuan Shao, who occupies the land of the four states. Before the war, some people, including those inside Chu Nan, were not very confident, thinking that they could not defeat Yuan Shao.

The winner cannot be decided in a short time. The battle between the two armies is not only the frontline soldiers, but also the logistics. In this regard, the first season of grain in the Central Plains has been harvested, and there will be a second and third season after that. season, fourth season!

Not to mention food storage, normal tax revenue alone is enough to supply the army for combat.

Of course, the war has also had a great impact on Chu Nan’s side. When marching and fighting, civilian labor is still required to deliver grain and grass. In this battle, Chu Nan mobilized 110,000 troops on the frontal battlefield, but there were nearly 300,000 civilian men in charge of transporting grain and grass. , This is because Liu Ye dug the canal, saving a lot of manpower, otherwise the conscripts would be as high as 500,000.

These 500,000 are all important laborers. They should have been farming in the countryside, but now they are used to transport grain and grass, which still has an impact on the grain in various places.

Going to the counties in the Central Plains now, many of the people farming in the fields are women, old people and young children.

However, with the promotion of concepts, the productivity of the people has exploded since last year. This year's war only delayed the outbreak, but according to the estimates of Chu Nan and others, the grain production should not be worse than last year. It's just that the consumption of food and grass is a little bigger.

But the grain produced in the Central Plains, the taxes alone are enough for the 110,000 frontline soldiers plus Lu Bu’s partial teachers, as well as the grain and grass accumulated in the treasury for the past two years. He can afford it all year.

But can Yuan Shao afford it?

That's right, the current Yuan Shao is indeed rich in money and food, and the accumulated food is definitely more than that of Chu Nan, but the impact of the war on the land of Hebei must be greater than that of Chu Nan, and Yuan Shao's side is heavily taxed, and the food and grass collected every year It may not be as good as Chu Nan's side.

Not to mention the victory or defeat of the frontline war, but only to talk about food and grass, Yuan Shao is sitting on the mountain, and Chu Nan’s newly harvested food and grass every year is enough to supply the army and there may be a surplus. The longer it takes, the more the balance of victory will tilt to Chu Nan’s side .

Of course, the premise of all this is that other princes will not intervene. Sun Quan and Liu Biao may intervene in the Central Plains battle at any time, and in Xuchang City, I don’t know how many people are waiting for the news of Chu Nan’s defeat.

But Chu Nan has a backup, so he doesn't worry about it for the time being. As long as the other princes don't intervene, the longer the time, the greater the advantage over Chu Nan.

Now Chu Nan is very fortunate to have beheaded Sun Ce in Guangling. If Sun Ce is now in charge of Jiang Dong instead of Sun Quan, then Jiang Dong is probably already preparing to attack Chu Nan's rear at this moment.

And the current situation is good. According to Chu Nan and Liu Ye's previous thinking, they have nothing to do with Cao Ren, and Yuan Shao can free up his hands to fight Lu Bu in the rear.

Of course, the city still needs to be attacked, not only to attack, but also to go all out. If Yuan Shao is not allowed to see hope, how can Yuan Shao lead the elite to leave Yecheng so easily?

After discussing the situation with the generals, Chu Nan rested in the camp for a day, and then launched a fierce attack on Chaoge City the next day.

A large number of siege equipment was continuously sent to the battlefield from the rear to attack Chaoge.

However, Cao Ren was said to be sticking to his defense, and with the help of the city's youthful spirit, he blocked Chu Nan's tide-like attacks time and time again. The two sides fought in Chaoge City for half a month, but Chu Nan still couldn't take Chaoge City.

This was a rare situation in Chu Nan's war career. Cao Ren was too steady, and Chu Nan had no chance to shake the hearts of the people in Chaoge City.

Jizhou, Yecheng!

The bags under Yuan Shao's eyes were a bit swollen, and the circles under his eyes had completely turned black and blue. Looking at the battle report from the front, Yuan Shao was not satisfied. Although Cao Ren defended Chaoge, he always adopted the strategy of only defending and not attacking. What Yuan Shao wanted was Can defeat Chu Nan.

Li Yang is also in the same situation, but Xia Houyuan is defensive and offensive with Zhang Liao here. Cao Xiu and Cao Ang also made a lot of contributions on the battlefield. Bian Xiahouyuan took the offensive, while Zhang Liao tried to protect the three cities of Lihu.

On Gao Shun's side, because there were not enough strong generals to rival Gao Shun, almost the entire territory of Pingyuan was taken by Gao Shun.

"Boom~" The bamboo slips were slapped heavily on the table by Yuan Shao. Looking at the civil and military personnel under the tent, Yuan Shao took a deep breath and said, "The battle of Chaoge and Liyang was not bad, but the whole territory of Pingyuan fell. The road to Qingzhou is almost cut off! In the long run, wouldn't Gao Shun want to drive straight in and take Yecheng?"

"Also, Lu Bu is now in Bingzhou, and George, Gao Gan, and Guo Yuanjin all died in battle. You and the others have been discussing for half a month, have you thought about how to defeat the enemy?"

There is no one in Gaoshun's side, he is too brave to be trapped in the camp, and Ji Ling is also a rare general. With the cooperation of the two, the defenders of Pingyuan have no power to fight back. Now that the whole territory of Pingyuan has been captured, no matter Gao It is unacceptable for Yuan Shao to attack Qingzhou in the south, Hejian, Bohai and other places in the north, or attack Yecheng directly.

It's not that Yuan Shao doesn't have a fierce general who can fight against him, but he just waits for Lu Bu to appear and dare not move lightly.

Now that Lu Bu appeared, he went to Bingzhou, killed his nephew, and the counselor Xin Pi, how could Yuan Shao feel better?
What made him feel even more distressed was that Lu Bu had been in Bingzhou for half a month, but the group of civil and military officials under him still couldn't come up with a countermeasure!
"My lord, Lu Bu appeared in Bingzhou. It was beyond our expectations. It is not difficult to defeat Lu Bu, but if our elite troops go to deal with Lu Bu, the frontline battle will be left unattended! Once there is a change, it will be difficult for our army to make timely decisions. Deal with it!" Tian Feng smiled wryly.

Chu Nan's arrangement was exactly what everyone expected.

It's not just as simple as using Lu Bu as a partial division instead of the main force they expected.

Yuan Shao's overall strategy revolves around Lu Bu on the frontal battlefield, kill Lu Bu first, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and then gather elites to deal with Chu Nan.

However, Lu Bu did not appear on the frontal battlefield, but appeared in Bingzhou. Even if he led a motley army, Bingzhou was not the home field they were preparing for. It would be difficult to kill Lu Bu if they deployed there.

Siege and kill Lu Bu is not an easy job, Lu Bu is not only brave in the world, but also has a red rabbit horse, even if he can't beat him, it will be very difficult to stop Lu Bu if he wants to leave, so if you want to siege and kill Lu Bu, you must have a careful plan.

And the burial places they arranged for Lu Bu were all in Jizhou. Now Lu Bu has gone to Bingzhou, and it seems that he intends to call from Youzhou. Change deployment.

But if this arrangement is moved, it is likely to cause loopholes, and it is not easy for Chu Nan to deal with it.

Otherwise, even if Lu Bu can be killed, Chu Nan may swallow Jizhou directly. How can this change?
The biggest impact of the loss of Bingzhou on Yuan Shao was neither the territory nor the population. Bingzhou has been suffering from wars all year round. The real embarrassment is the location.

Once Bingzhou is lost, Yuan Shao will have no land to speak of. Don't forget, the Black Mountain Army is still in the hands of Chu Nan.

Chu Nan obviously anticipated their plan, so he took the lead and transferred Lu Bu to Bingzhou, which led to the current situation.

Now Yuan Shaojun is in a dilemma, should he concentrate on dealing with Lu Bu, or should he ignore Bingzhou first, concentrate his efforts to defeat Chunan, ignore Bingzhou, and go directly to attack the Central Plains?

This is what Yuan Shao is arguing about now.

Tian Feng, Jushou and others felt that the roads in Bingzhou were difficult and the food and grass were scarce, so Lu Bu went to Bingzhou, which was like a tiger trapped. As long as they implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness in Youzhou, and stick to the city, Lu Bu's road will be abolished.

They took this opportunity to attack Chu Nan with all their strength, defeated Chu Nan, and seized the Central Plains. By then, it would be too late for Lu Bu to return to the army, and they could concentrate all their strength to deal with Lu Bu.

But Xu You, Guo Tu and others felt that Lv Bu's order at this time was the best time to deal with Lv Bu.

Bingzhou's food road is difficult, as long as Lu Bu dares to send troops to Youzhou, it will be the time when they join forces to capture and kill Lu Bu. As long as Lu Bu is killed, not only Bingzhou can be recovered, but also Chunan's greatest support will be gone. It will be easier to fight Chunan again a lot of.

The two sides have been entangled in this issue for many days, and they still can't reach an agreement. However, Yuan Shao feels that both sides are reasonable, and it is difficult to decide which strategy to use for a while.

"My lord, I recently got a piece of news that may be useful to our army!" Xu You bowed to Yuan Shao confidently.

(End of this chapter)