Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 347 Yuan Zhao ([-])

another two months later

Yi Jing
"follow me!"

The gate of the city was opened by the inner ghost, and Wang Jue, who had been promoted to a military marquis, rushed into the city with seven people, Lu Bu, Lu Lingqi, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Tai Shici, Gongsun Du, and Xu Rong.

This is what he specifically requested, and only these seven people are qualified to be his soldiers.

Inside Yijing City, Gongsun Zan's soldiers looked numbly at Wang Jue and the others who rushed into the city. They had lost their will to fight and were unwilling to hold on.

When facing desperation, some people will choose to fight to the end, but most people will choose to give up.

Zhaxing Pavilion

A high platform built by Gongsun Zan. At this moment, he is standing on the roof of the pavilion, looking down at all the living beings in the city.

After being ambushed by Gao Lan, he returned to the city and was betrayed by his general. The general wanted to assassinate him and use his head to find Yuan Shao in exchange for a reward.

Although he escaped a catastrophe, he has been hiding on the high platform of the pavilion since then, refusing to meet anyone. He only waited for the city to be destroyed before he set himself on fire and ascended to heaven, learning from King Zhou of Shang.

"God will kill me, Gongsun Zan!"

"Although I die today, I am still... General White Horse!"

Losers always like to blame the reasons for their failures on God. This is the case with King Zhou, Xiang Yu, Wang Mang, and future generations.

crackle crackle crackle!

The pavilion was ignited, and the fire soared into the sky. Gongsun Zan laughed wildly on the top of the pavilion: "Yuan Shao, I will wait for your company in Huangquan! Hahahaha!"

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ten days later

Yecheng
clang--

"Brother Ziye, you arrive so late every day."

"Ashamed ashamed."

Everyone greeted each other, and then entered the hall one after another.

After another courteous conversation, Yuan Shao asked, "Now that Gongsun Zan is gone, I intend to go south to the Central Plains. What's your intention?"

The Qianghu in Bingzhou and the Southern Xiongnu in Yanshan were willing to submit to Yuan Shao. Wang Kuan, the governor of Qingzhou, took the initiative to give up the position of governor to Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan. Jizhou was Yuan Shao's stronghold. The four states have tens of millions of people, [-] soldiers, [-] armored troops, and [-] tiger and leopard cavalry, the number one elite in the Central Plains.

On the other hand, Cao Cao in the south had no more than [-] soldiers and no more than [-] armored troops. Although his territory was also in four states, Yanyu and Xusi, Yanzhou Yuzhou was ravaged by the Yellow Turban Army, Sili was ravaged by the Xiliang Army, and Xuzhou It was a disaster for him, Cao Cao, all four states were severely destroyed by the war, and it took a long time for post-war reconstruction.

Moreover, Liu Bei suddenly rebelled against Cao Cao, Xuzhou has now been occupied by Cao Cao's "general" Liu Bei, and it will take time to recover Xuzhou.

The first thing Liu Bei did after stealing Xuzhou was to send envoys to form an alliance with Yuan Shao, requesting that he could flank Cao Cao with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao agreed to the alliance request, but regarding sending troops, he called a meeting with his advisers and generals to discuss it.

"Now that we have just finished fighting Gongsun Zan, many places still need to recuperate, and the soldiers also need to rest. Therefore, I think it is better to slow down and let the soldiers recuperate for two or three years. After two or three years, they will go south to attack Cao Cao. During this period, We continued to send small groups of cavalry troops to fight guerrillas on Cao Cao's territory, harass Cao Cao's rear, and burn down the granaries in Cao Cao's farmland and reclamation areas from time to time to prevent Cao Cao from recuperating. After two or three years, Duke Ming led an elite army to attack Cao Cao's How can a tired teacher be invincible?" Tian Feng suggested like this, and his suggestion was very reasonable.

Yuan Shao felt reasonable after listening to it, but Tian Feng's answer was not what he wanted.

He is a bit old now, and may die of illness at any time. If he cannot unify the world and proclaim himself emperor in a short period of time, then the Yuan family may never have this chance in their entire lives.

But the judge retorted: "Now Minggong has [-] soldiers, but Cao Cao's soldiers are only [-], and my soldiers in Jizhou are only exhausted by those who attacked Yijing. If you don’t need to rest and recuperate, you will rest and recuperate. Wouldn’t Cao Cao not be able to rest and recuperate? Now that Liu Bei is rebelling, Cao Cao’s soldiers are very tired after years of fighting. If you don’t take advantage of this opportunity and go south to destroy Cao Cao, when will you wait? Do you have to wait for Cao Cao to destroy Liu Bei? , After Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Xiliang, Yizhou, Western Regions, Qianghu, and Xianbei are destroyed, shall we fight Cao Cao again? At that time, we could still beat Cao Cao Is it? So I think it is necessary to rush forward and kill Cao Cao in the cradle."

"Our soldiers have not been rested yet. If they advance aggressively, they will suffer a disastrous defeat!" Tian Feng's companion, Ju Shou, reprimanded loudly.

"We didn't get a rest, did Cao Cao get a rest? Our soldiers are exhausted, aren't Cao Cao's soldiers exhausted? They are all tired troops, why do you think we are bound to lose?" Guo Tu retorted.

"Duke Ming, you must advance quickly, otherwise once Cao Cao grows up, he will become a serious problem!" Guo Tushen and Pang Ji Xinping unanimously opposed slow progress, and they all demanded rapid progress.

"Duke Ming, you must advance slowly, otherwise our army will suffer a disastrous defeat. I hope you will think twice!" Ju Shou Tian Feng's voice was eloquent, and they sincerely advised him.

Xun Chen and Wang Xiao did not dare to speak at this time, and did not take sides.

But Xu You stood up at this critical moment and said: "The ancients said that before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first. Whether it is slow or rapid, it takes time to make various preparations. During this preparation period, Liu Bei happened to die. Knock Cao Cao, let Liu Bei consume part of Cao Cao's strength, then we will have a greater advantage over Cao Cao."

Xu You's words can be regarded as reaching Yuan Shao's heart. In fact, he still prefers to be aggressive, but he can't be too hasty. Under the framework of aggressiveness, specific matters can be carried out slowly.

"Since that's the case, let's perform their duties, mobilize troops, horses, money and food, and wait for the opportunity to go south!" Yuan Shao finally said.

Yuan Shao neither fully followed the advice of Tian Fengjushou nor Guo Tupangji, the judge and assistant, but followed the suggestion of Xu You, a centrist, which disconvinced both the radicals and the slow progressives.

The plan of the radical group is not safe enough and does not suit Yuan Shao's temperament, and the plan of the slow progress group is too time-consuming. Yuan Shao is afraid that he will not live that long, so only the suggestion of the centrist Xu You can satisfy Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Xu You was also highly regarded by Yuan Shao.

This is nothing at all. The suggestions put forward were adopted, so they were reused. This is normal. This is a reward mechanism for the counselors, to prevent the counselors from paddling.

However, the judges don't think so.

We are fighting for Ming Gong's cause, but Ming Gong does not reuse us, but instead reuses Xu You, a villain who only knows about corruption, it is simply unreasonable!
Xu You is indeed talented, but his character is really not good. Xu Ziyuan is talented but not virtuous. Many people despise him because of his character.

(End of this chapter)