I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 649 The meaning of the drunkard
Cao Cao did not send troops to respond to Yuan Shao.

Because in his current situation, he really doesn't have time to respond to Yuan Shao. What he needs to do now is to consolidate Jiangdong and at the same time stabilize the Yangtze River's defense line, and then slowly develop.

He, Yuan Shao and Yuan Yi will form a tripartite force in the future, and will stalemate Liu Jian from the north to the south. This is the long-term way.

This is not to say that Cao Cao is timid and fearful, but that he has a strong strategic vision and foresight.

With the rapid growth of Liu Jian's power, Cao Cao already knew that it was inevitable for Liu Jian to occupy the right time and the right people.

Forcibly going north to compete with them will only continue to weaken our own strength.

Only by stabilizing the front line and waiting until Liu Jian goes south, taking advantage of the opponent's carelessness or relying on our own geographical convenience in the south to inflict heavy setbacks on the opponent, can we have a chance to counterattack to the north.

But Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao would not listen to these words now.

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Cao Cao had already made up his mind, but now Yuan Shao began to hesitate again.

His old habits started to happen again at this critical moment.

Because he had lost two major battles to Liu Jian before, a large number of people in Yuan Shao's camp began to oppose Yuan Shao's continued march to Chang'an and a more fierce collision with Liu Jian.

They hoped that Yuan Shao could withdraw to Nanyang County, adopt a conservative strategy, and wait and see the situation in the north.

These people include Xiang Zheng from Jingzhou, He Qia from Runan, Han Ji from Nanyang, etc.

In addition, famous scholars Zhao Yan, Fan Qin, Ying Rong and others also agreed that Yuan Shao should retreat and not fight Liu Jian.

However, Xu You, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang brothers, and Pang Ji from Nanjun advocated going north to continue fighting Liu Jian.

Xu You said: "Lord, we have experienced two wars before. Although we failed, in terms of military strength, we are not less than Liu Jian. On the contrary, the south has a large population over the years and can recruit more troops. Based on the number of people alone, we Definitely not inferior to Hebei, why can't we compete with him?"

Fan Qin looked at Xu You with a sneer: "Zi Yuan's words are wrong. Is war just about the number of people?"

"With Yuan Gong's reputation and Jingzhou's wealth, it is true that we can recruit more people to participate in this war, but Liu Jian also has a large population in Hebei. He can also recruit more people to go south, but this Does it make sense?”

"An elite soldier can slaughter more than eight or nine ordinary people. If the war in this world can be won just by who has the greater number of people, it will be much simpler."

"Besides, what's the use of having more people? Not counting the people we lost in the previous two defeats, this has a huge impact on morale."

"Not to mention anything else, the officers and soldiers of the three armies have no fighting spirit now."

"Ziyuan, is there any way to improve the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the three armies?"

Xu You's face showed extreme anger.

"Our army is here to allow Duke Yuan to enter the court, assist the emperor, and control the government."

"If we retreat at this time, our previous investment and the sacrifices of the soldiers who died in the two wars will be in vain. Is your advice to Mr. Yuan worthy of the souls of those fallen soldiers in heaven?"

When Fan Qin heard what Xu You said, he burst out laughing on the spot.

"Xu Ziyuan, how can there be such a shameless person like you in the world?"

"What do you mean by being worthy of the soldiers of the three armies? Are you standing here alive now worthy of the fallen soldiers of the three armies and worthy of Sun Wentai?"

When Fan Qin talked about Sun Jian, Xu You's face suddenly turned red.

"You, what are you talking nonsense about?!"

Fan Qin looked at Xu You with contempt and said, "You and Sun Wentai both had the right to lead the army and led the troops to fight Xu Rong. However, Sun Wentai died on the battlefield, but you came back safe and sound."

"Moreover, it seems that you, Ziyuan, did not come back with his defeated troops, but came back secretly. Could it be that when Sun Wentai was fighting on the front line, you saw that the situation was not right and took the opportunity to slip away? Did you do what you did to run away from the battle? Coward?"

What Fan Qin said was actually absolutely correct, Xu You did indeed do this.

Seeing that the situation was not good at that time, he fled through a small road and left Sun Jian behind. He never lived or died with the soldiers of the three armies.

But later he pretended to be a refugee and returned to Yuan Shao's command.

Xu You didn't want people to point their noses at him and say that to him.

"How dare you slander me with these words!"

Xu You's hands were shaking a little with anger. He raised his finger and pointed at Fan Qin, as if he wanted to find some reason to refute him, but Fan Qin's words were a bit too sudden, and Xu You didn't know what to do. response.

Immediately afterwards, Xu You glanced sideways at Yuan Shao, who was in charge, but the moment he saw Yuan Shao's expression, Xu You's heart suddenly froze.

I saw Yuan Shao sitting there stroking his beard, thinking carefully about something. He did not reprimand Fan Qin for Xu You, but instead looked at Xu You suspiciously.

Xu You and Yuan Shao have been close friends for many years. Xu You knows very well what Yuan Shao's expression represents.

Yuan Shao really began to doubt himself.

If he felt annoyed, he would never look at himself like this.

At this moment, Kuai Yue stood up.

"Mr. Yuan's top priority is to ignore what happened before and discuss whether to send troops or not. According to Kuai, we still need to rush north to enter Chang'an. That's business."

Xu You looked at Kuai Yue in surprise. He never expected that it would be this person who stood up to save his son.

It's a pity that Xu You made some miscalculations.

Kuai Yue didn't stand up to help Xu You at all.

He is now anxious to assist Yuan Shao enter Chang'an.

I think back then, Kuai Yue single-handedly prompted Xu You to go to Sun Jian's camp just for today.

Kuai Yue is a smart man. He has already seen that Xu You will gradually lose Yuan Shao's trust, and today is just the beginning.

For a person who will gradually be ignored and dissatisfied by Yuan Shao, why should Kuai Yue waste more of his precious energy?
Yuan Shao was also pulled back by Kuai Yue's words.

"Xiandu also thinks we should march into Chang'an?"

"Of course, if Gong Ruo dominates the world and dominates the states, it is only today! This is the moment when Yuan Gong and Liu Jian will decide life and death. No matter how difficult it is, Yuan Gong must hold on. He must not be easily defeated in this moment. It’s time to quit.”

"Those who advise the public not to join the army are just fools and short-sighted people!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he suddenly became energetic. He reached out and patted the table hard, and said with emotion: "If there is a foreigner supporting Yuan, this matter will definitely happen. Let's send troops to Chang'an now to fight Liu Jian. "

"No!"

Du Xi said: "My lord, the soldiers of the three armies have no fighting spirit, how can they decide the outcome with the Hebei army?"

"Besides, before Li Jue died, he had pointed out that Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others were the culprits who collaborated with him to rebel against the court. Liu Jian is now at the peak of his military power."

"If the Duke leads his troops into Chang'an now, wouldn't he be in the same league as Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others? What will Liu Jian do when he puts the title of rebel on Duke Yuan's head?"

Kuai Yue looked at He Qia angrily.

"In this time of crisis, what else do you think about reputation? As long as we occupy Chang'an and support the emperor, we will be credited with all the great righteousness in the future. Why should we care about this moment?"

He Qia sneered: "What if things don't work out? Isn't there even no way out?"

"you!?"

After hearing He Xia's words, Yuan Shao hesitated again.

That's how he is. Although he has great ambitions, his ears are too soft.

Especially when you meet these outstanding people under your command, if you express different opinions one by one, it will disturb his thinking and make him indecisive.

Kuai Yue saw that Yuan Shao was showing his hesitant attitude again, and felt very anxious. He bowed to Yuan Shao and shouted: "My lord, at this critical moment, my lord must not hesitate. This matter concerns my lord." The Lord must not make rash decisions about life and death from now on."

He Qia said coldly on the side: "It is precisely because the life and death of the lord is at stake that we cannot make rash decisions. By talking like this, aren't you forcing the lord to make a quick decision?"

After hearing this, Kuai Yue was immediately speechless.

Because what He Qia said does make some sense.

Then Yuan Shao waved to everyone present and said,
: "Everyone, please don't argue about this matter. Let Yuan think about it carefully. When the thinking is clear, we can make a decision. How about it?"

When everyone heard what Yuan Shao said, they were helpless.

Kuai Yue, Xu You and others were all anxious. After all, every day of delay would make Liu Jian one step closer to Chang'an. If Liu Jian really entered Chang'an first, it would be over.

The princes of the world may have no choice but to defend blindly.The more Yuan Shao thinks about it for a day, the more beneficial it will be to Liu Jian.

The problem is that everyone has mistaken Yuan Shao and Liu Jian.

Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to march troops to Chang'an, and Liu Jian was not in a hurry to march troops to Chang'an.

After issuing the slogan "Qing Jun Side", Liu Jian's army marched towards Chang'an with great momentum and high spirits.

Now everyone in the world knows that Liu Jian's target is Yang Biao, Wang Yun and others. He wants to enter Chang'an and capture and behead all these rebellious thieves.

But no one expected that Liu Jian secretly transferred his troops on the way and suddenly attacked Yuan Shao's location.

This is something no one thought of.

It turned out that the Qing army that Liu Jian had attacked earlier and the property of the Yang family in Hongnong were all confiscated. These things were nothing more than a cover-up.

In fact, his real purpose has always been Yuan Shao.

On November [-]th, the seventh year of Xingping, Liu Jian's army suddenly arrived. He attacked Yuan Shao's Dazhai at an unexpected speed.

The timing of this attack was so sudden that Yuan Shao was caught off guard.

Liu Jian divided his troops into three groups, attacking east, west, and north respectively, and launched a fierce attack on Yuan Shao with lightning speed.

There are still a lot of soldiers in Yuan's army, especially the defeated soldiers who are returning to Yuan Shao's camp one after another, but their morale is not enough.

Facing the powerful Hebei Army, Yuan Jun's soldiers instinctively felt fear in their hearts.

A big battle broke out between the two sides inside and outside the camp. Liu Jian's cavalry was not put to great use this time, but his infantry also showed amazing combat effectiveness when attacking the camp.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. Before leaving Hongnong, Liu Jian once feasted on the three armies to boost their morale. He also used a large amount of property from the Yang family of Hongnong to reward the soldiers and raise their morale to the top. .

Everyone felt that Liu Jian did this to allow the Hebei soldiers to enter Chang'an with the highest morale and condition.

But the facts proved that Liu Jian's purpose of boosting the morale of the three armies was not for Chang'an at all.

The slogan of "Qingjun Side" that he had spent so much time on was actually just to confuse the people of the world.

Everything is for today's battle.

All of this is to give Yuan Shao a heavy blow today and drive Yuan Shao completely out of Guanzhong.

At this moment, I saw rockets all over the sky shooting into Yuan Shao's camp like migratory locusts!

The tents were burned, the grain carts were burned, the firewood piles were burned, and the war horses were frightened by the burning flames, running around and neighing.

Although the weather has gradually turned cooler now, it is not yet to the point where it is impossible to start a fire.

On the contrary, the autumn wind blew and the evening wind fanned the fire, causing Yuan Shao's camp to burn even faster.

After Yuan Shao learned that Liu Jian was coming to attack his camp, he rushed out of his commander's tent, half-clad in armor, barefoot and holding a long sword.

Yuan Shao's handsome face glanced back and forth at the scene, and an unprecedented sense of anger and shame surged into his heart.

"Liu Deran, you traitor! How dare you harm me like this? Yuan and you are incompatible! We will fight until death!"

After Yuan Shao finished shouting angrily, he immediately pulled out the long sword from the scabbard.

"Come here, get my war horse, get my war horse."

"I will personally call on the soldiers to fight back, and I will personally chop off Liu Deran's head."

Yuan Shao said this out of anger.

Although the soldiers in his camp have not completely collapsed, they are all fighting independently and cannot yet form a unified and effective counterattack mechanism.

The soldiers were just under the command of the generals, relying on the camp's position to barely maintain their position, preventing Liu Jian from completely overturning their camp.

Jiang Qin rode up to Yuan Shao's side.
He reached out and pulled Yuan Shao onto his horse, and then placed the spear across his chest.

"My lord, this is not the time to fight. I will protect your lord and retreat. As long as you are fine, Mr. Yuan, the soldiers of the three armies will not be easily defeated by Liu Jian!"

"As the commander-in-chief, Mr. Yuan must not act on impulse!"

Yuan Shao bit his lip tightly, blood dripping down the corners of his mouth.

He stared at the battlefield in front of him with red eyes, and his heart was filled with unbearable anger.

"Yuan is the overlord of the south. Unexpectedly, he was defeated at the hands of that thief Liu Deran several times."

"It's a shame that all the wise men of the Four Generations and Three Dukes have been corrupted by me."

Jiang Qin is just a local hero, and he has no time to persuade Yuan Shao now.

All he can do now is protect Yuan Shao and fight his way out of this place!

Then Jiang Qin was seen waving the spear in his hand and leading Yuan Shao on horseback, followed by a group of warriors who had been following him in battles for a long time.

As they clashed toward the east, they shouted loudly: "Get out of my way, get out of my way, anyone who stands in my way will die!"

Jiang Qin's journey was full of difficulties. Hebei sergeants kept rushing up to harass him, harvesting the lives of his escorts.

The guards around the general continued to fall, but other soldiers always rushed up to protect Yuan Shao.

In this way, Jiang Qin can still hold on.

"Yuan Shaoxiu leaves, leaving the dog's head behind."

With a roar, Gongsun Fang, the younger brother of Gongsun Zan of the Liaoxi Gongsun clan, led a group of soldiers and horses and rushed towards Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin gritted his teeth and led his troops to fight Gongsun Fang.

Gongsun Fang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Yuan Shao behind Jiang Qin.

He fought hard with Jiang Qin, secretly thinking that if he could take Yuan Shao's head, his clan brother Gongsun Zan would not be able to match his achievements in the future.

However, Gongsun Fang underestimated the strength of Yuan Shao's generals.

Yes, Sun Jian was killed by Xu Rong, Xu Huang, Zhang He and others, and Liu Jian led the Hebei army to defeat Yuan Shao for a while. The morale of the Hebei soldiers was high, but at the same time, they also had a sense of contempt for the Jingzhou officers and soldiers. .

They felt that the Confederate army was just a bunch of chickens and dogs.

But this time, as the battle lasted longer, he found that the Confederate army's combat power was no weaker than he thought.

Although the Southern Army is indeed unable to compare with the Hebei Army in terms of morale and equipment, some of the Southern Army generals are indeed very good at fighting, which is a headache.

And this general who protected Yuan Shao left Gongsun Fang a little helpless.

"what!"

With a roar, Jiang Qin suddenly exerted force and thrust a spear, directly penetrating Gongsun Fang's chest.

Gongsun Fang vomited blood from his mouth. He looked at the southern general in front of him in disbelief. He really didn't expect that he was roaming the land of Youyan and was eventually killed by a southerner.

It's just that he underestimated the enemy too much, also because he was greedy for success and rushed forward.

Jiang Qin was exhausted. He threw Gongsun Fang's body away with a spear. Not daring to delay, he protected Yuan Shao and continued to rush to the east, because there was a road from the east camp to the rear camp, and at the same time, his own side was there. The heavy troops can protect Yuan Shao's safety.

Jiang Qin and others broke through the siege and headed east.

But at this moment, two evil spirits caught up from behind.

Hearing that Sima Gongsun Fang, another member of the Hebei Army, had died in battle, Yan Liang and Wen Chou both dispatched in unison.

Their two generals led the elite cavalry, like two tigers, heading straight towards Jiang Qin to kill.

"Yuan Shao is a thief, Yan Liang is here!"

"Thief Yuan is willing to sacrifice his life, but does he recognize your eldest father Wen Chou?!"

Hearing that the two evil spirits behind him were actually Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Yuan Shao felt cold all over and felt dizzy.

"My life is over!"

(End of this chapter)