I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 350 The strategy against Liu Jian is here again

The major events that happened in the first half of Chuping and Siping, except for the rebellion in Youzhou and the relocation of Luoyang Dong Zhuo's capital... On the Kanto side, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others finally turned against each other and started fighting.

First, Yuan Shao united his forces in Yanzhou and Yuzhou to attack Yuan Shu in Huainan.

On the other hand, Yuan Shu took the initiative to join forces with Tao Qian in Xuzhou to counter Yuan Shao.

Logically speaking, Yuan Benchu, as the leader of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, is also a role model for the world. Among the princes of the Guandong, there should be more people on his side.

However, Yuan Shu's reputation in Luoyang was not good in the past, and he was also notorious as "Yuan Gonglu, the fierce ghost in the middle of the land". Compared with his two elder brothers, his prestige is really average, so most people should rely on Yuan Shaona. side.

However, there is always a slight gap between reality and speculation.

This time between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, except for Yuan Shao's hardcore Cao Cao and Zhou Angken who sent troops to help, the other younger brothers who had been on good terms with Yuan Shao on weekdays and followed Yuan Shao's lead were all silent.

Especially those people that Yuan Shao deployed in Yanzhou in the past, such as Zhang Miao, Bao Xin, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, etc., all stood still, or in other words, their soldiers and horses were all busy with their own affairs.

Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, simply took Yuan Shu's side and opposed Yuan Shao.

As for the reason, it is very simple, because of this war, everyone is not too supportive of Yuan Shao.

Even Yuan Yi, who confronted Liu Yan in Yizhou, pretended to be stupid and did not respond to Yuan Shao.

We must know that if Yuan Yi wants to gain a foothold in Yizhou, he must need Yuan Shao as a foreign aid.

Even he didn't support Yuan Shao, which shows that the letter Yuan Shu put out against Yuan Shao played some subtle effects.

Although Yuan Shao was still the same Yuan Shao with the same reputation, everyone more or less remembered the fact that he used his troops to secretly hurt Yuan Ji.

Although it didn't show on the surface, the respect people in the world have for Yuan Shao has somewhat changed.

Sure enough, as Liu Jian expected, although it was not very obvious, the golden body of Yuan Shao's role model in the world has been broken.

But even so, Yuan Shao still has ironclad support for him.

Such as Cao Cao, such as Zhou Ang, such as Sun Jian.

These people directly stood up to fight Yuan Shu on behalf of Yuan Shao.

However, although there was a conflict between the two Yuans, they both gave each other some face and did not kill each other.

Because they have no reason to kill them yet.

The key to the current dispute between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao is that Yuan Shu wants to compete for the resources of his family in Yuzhou.

After all, Yuzhou is the hometown of the Yuan family, and its geographical location is important, which plays a decisive role in the development of any member of the Yuan family.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Yuan Shao's share of Yuzhou's own resources far exceeds Yuan Shu's.

This is something Yuan Shu firmly cannot allow.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to confront Yuan Shao head-on and insert his hand into the territory of Yuzhou.

Since the two sides are not enmity between life and death, they still have to care about the brotherhood between them to some extent, so in this war, the two sides also tested each other more.

Yuan Shao has always had a small thought in his heart, he does not want Yuan Shu to stay in Yangzhou, but hopes to replace Yuan Shu with Cao Cao... But Yuan Shao has no particularly good way to exercise this matter.

He just didn't want to get too stiff with Yuan Shu and plunge himself into a quagmire.

At present, Yuan Shao's main strategic goal is still on the court's side.

In addition, Yuan Shao was concerned about the situation in the northern Central Plains.

Because recently, those younger brothers who he had arranged in Yanzhou before have begun to secretly accumulate strength with each other.

On the surface, they seemed to still listen to Yuan Shao's words, but in fact they no longer acted according to Yuan Shao's orders.

According to Yuan Shao's vision, he wanted Liu Dai, Bao Xin, Qiao Mao, and Cao Cao to form a tight line of defense in the Central Plains - blocking Liu Jian in the north and resisting Dong Zhuo in the west.

Originally, Yuan Shao's design was quite good, but the problem is that these people have started to have their own ambitions.

In the Central Plains, they no longer just stick to the territory Yuan Shao assigned to them at the beginning, but also began to conflict with each other.

Especially between Qiao Mao and Liu Dai, the relationship between the two has become worse and worse. If there is no accident, it is very likely that there will be a fight in a short time.

Yuan Shao now has to work with Yuan Shu, but at the same time he has to worry about the situation in the Central Plains.

To be honest, he was very upset.

His losses in the past six months are meaningless.

But there is no way, no matter if they are kissed or done, these little brothers are really disobedient and worry too much.

Yuan Shao was really exhausted physically and mentally.

At this time, the little brother Yuan Shao can trust is Cao Cao.

In this battle with Yuan Shu, Cao Cao once again sent troops from Shanyang County to help Yuan Shao, showing his brotherly loyalty.

So Yuan Shao went to the front line in the east again to meet Cao Cao and tell his pain.

In the barracks, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sat opposite each other and had a drink.

Yuan Shao raised his head and swallowed all the bitter wine in the wine jue.

Then I saw him put down the wine bar with a dull expression on his face.

"Since beating Yuan Gonglu and taking out the letter to slander me last year, Yuan has not had a good time in the past half a year. It can be said that everything is not going well."

Cao Cao sighed: "The current situation is different, everyone's hearts are wild, and they are no longer the people who respected you before, and each of them has started to plan their own ideas."

Yuan Shao sighed and said: "Meng De, to be honest, I actually intend to let you go to Jiangdong to replace Yuan Gonglu, but now the time has not come, and I can only let you stay with these insects in this land of Yanzhou! I'm sorry."

Cao Cao said indifferently: "It's all for the country, it's harmless, but you still need to change your strategy in the first place."

Yuan Shao scratched his head in distress.

"I also want to change my strategy, but Yuan Gonglu is not giving an inch now and insists on extending his hand to Yuzhou, but I can't stop him."

Cao Cao poured wine for Yuan Shao and himself at the same time.

"In the current situation, why not take a step back and give up half of Yuzhou to let Yuan Gonglu enter. At first, you can put down your dignity and make peace with him."

"what?!"

After Yuan Shao heard this, he was shocked and angry.

"Meng De, what are you talking about? The foundation I created in Jingyu was not easy, so why should I give it up to Yuan Gonggong? Besides, I also know Yuan Shu's heart. If I back down, he must be If I press every step of the way and never hold back, if I do this, won’t I be complacent and cut off my own future?”

Cao Cao comforted him with a smile and said, "At the beginning, if you really understood the road, you would know that what you gave him today can be completely taken back in a short time."

Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard the words.

"what for?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "After all, you are all members of Yuan's family. You have broken your bones, but you still have tendons connected. If you beat a family to death, your face will be dull, and everyone in the world will follow the joke. This makes sense, Yuan said. He knows the road."

"What I mean is to ask the elders of the Yuan family in Runan, the family, to come forward and testify, to turn the land of Yuzhou into east and west, so that Yuan Gonglu can enter the east of Yuzhou and share the resources of the Yuan family in Yuzhou with you. The elders of the Yuan family have come forward to mediate, and everyone in the world will be watching, no matter how arrogant Yuan Gonglu is, he will be ashamed to go to the west of Yuzhou to seize your territory in the future."

Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

"And then what?"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Then? Originally, according to your understanding of the road, what do you think he will become after that?"

Yuan Shao was silent for a while, and then said: "Complacent, act recklessly."

Cao Cao nodded, "Yes, even you offered to give way to Yuan Gonggong, how could he not be complacent?"

"If he is still the same Yuan Gonglu, after he won half of Yuzhou, he would not march to the west of Yuzhou in consideration of his family's face, but he will definitely continue to expand his power to the Central Plains."

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said, "I've been laying out the land of the Central Plains for a long time, why did I let Yuan Gonglu enter?"

Cao Cao shook his head: "At the beginning, have you forgotten? Didn't you just say that the friends in the Central Plains are now at odds with you—they no longer obey your orders, and they are all minding their own affairs. Allowing Yuan Gonglu's forces to enter the Central Plains just happened to teach them a lesson."

"And don't forget that Liu Jian is to the north of the Central Plains. The former Yang Biao sent a letter from the capital. Although Liu Jian did not hand over King Chen Liu, he is willing to unite and abolish the establishment. We can take this opportunity to Reached a short-term alliance with Liu Jian, as for Yuan Gonglu, in the Central Plains, with his nature and temper, it is not difficult for him to compete with Liu Jian."

"As for Mr. Cao, he is willing to help Benchu ​​and take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to gain benefits for Jingzhou. How to stir up the situation in the middle, you just leave it to me."

Yuan Shao nodded suddenly: "So, it's feasible! If Yuan Gonglu can really compete with Liu Jian, if Gonglu wins, we will take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains and crush Liu Jian to death."

"If the highway loses power, then the land of Yangzhou can also be taken back from him by this opportunity."

Cao Cao said: "This is easier said than done, but Cao is willing to give it a try."

Yuan Shaodao: "It's just that Liu Jian has a deep opinion of me. I'm afraid it won't be easy to reach a settlement with him?"

Cao Cao said: "Although Liu Jian is a hero, I remembered that Yuan Shiji gave him seven daughters in the past, and he accepted them graciously, and later took the most beautiful of them as his concubine, which shows that this man is a womanizer. Maybe we can learn from this aspect." Let's do it."

Yuan Shaoqi said: "Liu Jian is lustful? When I was in Luoyang, I never noticed it."

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this.

"Liu Jian's favorite female sex is different from ordinary people. She can't be attracted by her good looks. Cao has to choose carefully what kind of woman to send."

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao blankly.

"Could it be... that Liu Jian has the same vision as you?"

"Haha, almost, almost."

(End of this chapter)