Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 157 Chapter 156

What happened in the hall seemed like a headache to ordinary people, because several strategists had already broken away from their own responsibilities and participated in a battle without gunpowder. disposal.

But Yuan Shao chose to turn a deaf ear to this.

At least, the attitude shown on the surface is to let it ferment.

But in fact, Yuan Shao knew better than anyone else what happened just now, and his choice was not to ignore it, but to deal with it coldly.

It can even be said that everything just happened under his behest, because he needed to confirm some things.

As a group of interests with many powerful families and various families under his command, Yuan Shao has long been accustomed to the friction and rift between them. He did not deal with it immediately but let it ferment. He just wanted to see what happened to Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan. Who are the people behind it.

This point is still extremely important to him.

In all honesty, Yuan Tan is the eldest son and has military merits, so his prestige in the army is definitely not comparable to that of Yuan Shang.

It can be seen from the participation of the generals just now that almost all the generals who supported Yuan Tan were generals with military exploits, while those who supported Yuan Shang were mostly the younger generation of powerful school lieutenants.

Yuan Shao, who was hiding in his study, wrote the names of the two parties on two silk cloths respectively, looking at the list with wandering eyes.

Yuan Shao has long been proficient in the art of balance to deal with internal conflicts in a force formed by aristocratic families like the Northern Kingdom, but this time, it will be different from before.

The detection of the supporters behind the two parties will directly affect the future of the Yuan family.

In the future, no matter whether Yuan Shang or Yuan Tan is in power, these people will have to deal with them before they come to power. Only in this way can a civil strife be avoided.

As far as his heart is concerned, he wants to know more about the supporters behind Yuan Tan, especially the supporters of the military. If he has a choice, he still hopes that Yuan Shang will take the position. Those who oppose it will help to eliminate them in the future.

There will be many people who will be demoted.

Bang bang~ There was a knocking sound outside the door, "Father."

"Come in." Yuan Shao restrained the seriousness on his face, and restored his displeased expression.

After Yuan Tan came in, he turned around and closed the door, walked up to Yuan Shao and said, "Father called the child here for the Qingzhou war?"

"How many soldiers and horses do you need?"

Yuan Shao's straightforward question made Yuan Tan a little confused, did he make up his mind so quickly?
How did he know that Yuan Shao had already made up his mind before discussing the army, and everything was just his intention.

"According to Xuzhou's detailed investigation reports, Lu Bu's army must be around [-]. Excluding the cloth soldiers in the Jianghuai area, the number of people he can use should be around [-]. He only needs [-] elite troops to defeat Lu Bu! "

"I'll give you 20 million!"

Happiness came so suddenly, Yuan Tan couldn't react, and stared blankly at Yuan Shao, father, are you kidding me?

He walked up to Yuan Tan, with his hands behind his back, condescending, "Not only that, but father will also give you Wen Chou, general of the three armies, five hundred halberd soldiers, eight hundred chariots, and eight hundred first to enter the camp!"

Yuan Tanru was shocked by the electric shock and his body went numb. What did his father mean?

Who is Wen Chou? That is Hebei's four court pillars, the banner of the brave champion of the three armies, and he was sent to me?
Not to mention the euphorbia soldiers. After all, the whole army is 800, and it is reasonable to divide it into [-], but there are only [-] people in the camp first, and they are all allocated to me.
For a moment, he thought he was hallucinating.

Seeing the doubts in Yuan Tan's heart, Yuan Shao sighed, and said earnestly: "Tan'er, now Cao Lu is close to each other, even if I make you stick to the dangerous pass, Lu Bu will definitely find a way to force you out of the city, because He can't just sit back and watch Cao Cao's defeat, if that's the case, why don't you give you enough troops so that you can fight without hesitation."

"Thank you father, my son will not let father down!" Yuan Tan was overjoyed, it seemed that he could take the credit for winning Xuzhou alone, and defeating Lu Bu head-on would definitely boost his reputation. Steady.

"Tell me about how you plan to deal with Lu Bu." Yuan Shao crossed his arms, expecting Yuan Tan's answer.

After a short thought, Yuan Tan cupped his hands and said: "If there is no confrontation right now, it is meaningless to talk nonsense, but after the boy leads the troops back, he plans to go south to attack Linqu first, seize the upper hand, and wait for work."

Yes, I can't hear any strategic answers from these few sentences, but I can be sure that Yuan Tan is not overjoyed and supercilious.

He patted Yuan Tan's shoulder, frowning slightly, "Tan'er, two things must be kept in mind."

"Father please show me!"

"First, don't divide the troops easily, and use our army's superiority as much as possible; my father has carefully read the battle reports of Anfeng and Xiaoguan. opportunity.

Second, be careful of Lin Mo. What Ju Shou said is that Lin Mo is too wise to be close to demons. It is not alarmist. There are even rumors in the Central Plains that Lin Mo will drive away ghosts and gods. It can be seen that he is by no means in vain. He is your biggest The enemy, not Lu Bu. "

In the hall, he dismissed Lin Mo, and called Huangkou Xiaoer directly. It was for others to see. In fact, Yuan Shao knew very well that Lu Bu relied on this enchanting young man.

It is also because of this that he will choose to allocate 20 troops to dispatch Wen Chou, Euphorbia soldiers, first board the camp and chariots to Yuan Tan.

In Yuan Shao's perception, if Qingzhou still only brought the [-] troops to stay behind like before, Lv Bu, who was in a hurry, would probably attack the city directly, and with the help of Lin Mo's wise plan, Qingzhou would become precarious.

At that stage of the field, do the soldiers in front still have the heart to conquer Cao Cao?
"Father's teaching, the child must remember it day and night!" At this point, Yuan Tan finally understood Yuan Shao's good intentions, thinking that he was still competing with his third brother, and the situation was so small that he felt guilty.

"This is the military roster, you can take away all the generals according to the list above." Yuan Shao handed over the silk cloth prepared in advance to Yuan Tan.

Most of the above records are people who supported Yuan Tan in the main hall, and they did so with intentions. These people will wholeheartedly assist Yuan Tan and kill the enemy desperately. At the same time, there will be no conflicts in the army due to party issues. Condition.

It can be said that Yuan Shao was indifferent to this battle, even the most subtle points have been considered by Yuan Tan.

"Let's get ready, baby!" After taking the silk cloth, Yuan Tan bowed three times and strode away.

"Tan'er!" Yuan Shao stopped him when he reached the door, his eyes were a little dazed.

"Father, what else do you want?"

Yuan Shao's mouth moved, he hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing. He stepped forward and pulled Yuan Tan's somewhat messy cloak.

For a long time, Yuan Tan has been leading troops to garrison Qingzhou, and it has not been a matter of a few years. He occasionally comes back to supervise the management of food, grass and military equipment, and father and son rarely have time to talk heart-to-heart. It was due to some inexplicable reasons, in short, at this moment, Yuan Shao's heart was in a mess.

"Although Tian Feng is too upright, and sometimes his words are not pleasant, but he has some talents, you can listen to his opinions more."

Yuan Shao finally supported the sword on Fuyuan Tan's waist, forced out a smile, "Go, see you, father and son, Henan (south of the Yellow River) in a year's time."

"Father, take care!" Yuan Tan sensed Yuan Shao's strangeness, and after walking out the door, he turned and knelt on the ground, kowtowing farewell.

There will be quarrels over how to use troops and how to deploy them in the north, but the situation in Xuchang is not so friendly.

Originally, Cao Cao forcibly launched the Battle of Xiaoguan. After the defeat, although he brought back a letter of invitation from Lu Bu, he only reluctantly appeased these people.

Now, Yuan Shao has asked Chen Lin to write a new call for thieves. The so-called 70 army has scared the great sages from Yan and Yu prefectures to tremble. Many people have secretly written to Yuan Shao to show their loyalty. up.

Even the patrols on the periphery have caught the messenger, but Cao Cao did not have an attack. It is understandable that the 70 army, his own is only 10 horses, and the family that never puts eggs in one basket can still live with you To die together?
However, he needs to appease these panic-stricken powerful families as quickly as possible, because this is a life-and-death battle that cannot be retreated. Whether it is food, ordnance, or soldiers, they need their support. Otherwise, Yuan Shao will not have to fight. You can also drag yourself to death.

The question is, how to appease?

Like the old way, let Xun Yu take Zhong Yao and Du Xigan back to his hometown, and Cheng Yu and the others go to Dongjun?Even if you think with your toes, you know it won't work, because even Du Xi and the others are quite frightened.

"I have a way, maybe you can try it." Guo Jia, who was leaning on the couch with a pillow on his back, said softly with a pale face.

Since the weather got warmer, Guo Jia's health has improved a lot. In addition, during this period of time, Cao Cao strictly controlled him from drinking and courting daughters. Although he was still lying on the bed, he was actually almost recovered.

Sitting next to Guo Jia on the couch, Cao Cao tilted his head, frowned and said, "Let's talk about filial piety."

After whispering, the gloom between Cao Cao's brows dissipated instantly, and he couldn't help laughing loudly.

"Good good!"

After saying good-bye three times in a row, he shook Guo Jia's hand and said excitedly, "This is indeed more useful than visiting people one by one. Take care of your health and call for a council tomorrow."

In fact, some days have passed since Yuan Shao issued the call to action against thieves, but Cao Cao has not discussed his troops in the middle, and he just doesn't know how to stop the mouths of his subordinates and generals seeking peace.

Sure enough, the deliberation had just started, and the wind was blowing in the expected direction.

"Sikong, Yuan Shao is powerful, his troops are vigorous, and he is invincible. I suggest sending envoys to the Northern Kingdom to ask for peace!"

"Sikong, Yuan Shaoxin annexed the four prefectures, with thousands of generals and 70 armored soldiers. The momentum is overwhelming. On the other hand, our army has lost one after another and is exhausted. We urgently need to rest and recuperate. Let's make peace first."

"Sikong, I also suggest avoiding his sharp edge and attacking others from the back!"

Just when the military debate started, more than a dozen people from the ranks of civil servants stood up to express their opinions.

The sound was so loud that even the generals were shaken by many people, but it was not yet time for them to speak.

Cao Cao sneered inwardly, please make peace?

It sounds so nice, please make peace is not to ask for peace, not to ask for peace is to surrender.

After they had expressed their opinions, Guo Jia stood up unhurriedly, cupped his hands and said, "I recommend going north to meet the enemy, and fight quickly!"

"Why, the advice of the great sages just now sounds reasonable to me." Cao Cao shook his sleeves and turned to look at Guo Jia.

"Yuan Shao's proclamation said that he had 70 armors, but he has not seen it yet, and he hastened to make a decision without knowing whether it is true or false. !"

Guo Jia held his head high, took a step forward and looked around at the puzzled faces of the crowd, pouring out the ten victories and ten defeats theory that he had prepared in a loud voice.

"Yuan Shao has these ten defeats, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it is in vain; Sikong has these ten victories, he will definitely be able to defeat the strong with the weak, and win the many with the few!"

Guo Jia listed ten aspects including Dao, righteousness, governance, degree, strategy, virtue, benevolence, Ming, Wen and Wu, and every word and sentence was well-founded and targeted, which not only blocked the mouths of many people, but also made people feel that they were not. The fearful generals were full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm.

Immediately afterwards, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Cao Hong, Xia Houdun and others came out to ask for a fight. In an instant, the theme of the council hall changed from peace invitation to strategic discussion.

"I've made up my mind, I'm going north, and anyone who wants to make peace with me will be killed!"

The time was almost up, Cao Cao stood up, walked to the side of the soldiers and respectfully took down the Tianzi Sword with both hands, and held it high.

"Must win! Definitely win! Definitely win!" Not only the generals, but even civil servants followed suit.

At this point, the loose and timid military spirit was stabilized, and then Cao Cao bowed to everyone in the hall, "Next, please prepare the army for war, gentlemen, go back and help me prepare food, grass and weapons, please." !"

"As ordered!"

Just when everyone bowed to receive the order and turned to leave, a sergeant ran in quickly, "Sikong, hurry up and send me a letter from Xuzhou."

Xuzhou?

Don't say it's all civil and military in the hall, even Cao Cao seemed a little surprised.

Although they joined forces to fight against Yuan this time, they had already agreed to fight each other without interfering with each other. Why did Lu Bu write this letter?

Cao Cao waved his scouts and sent the letter over, along with a kit with the smell of angelica on it.

Isn't this the tip I gave Lin Yunwen back then?
Cao Cao ignored these and opened the letter first. The content on it made him frowned a little.

Seeing the expectant expressions on the faces of the crowd, Cao Cao did not intend to make this matter public. After all, this matter is not suitable for discussion. He hesitated for a while, and immediately had an idea. :

"Look, Lu Bu has written a letter. He said that he has recruited 13 new recruits from the two prefectures. Including the original trilogy, the total number is no less than [-]. He is going to go north to Qingzhou on his own initiative!"

When everyone heard this, they all showed pleasant expressions. After many battles, Lu Bu was able to recruit so many people. His methods are very good. It seems that his son-in-law must be helping.

In the past, they were annoyed at Lu Bu, thinking that the slaves of the three surnames were not worthy of being in the land of two states, but now, they suddenly felt that Lu Bu was really a good person, and they drank tea together when they had time.

Everyone understands the truth, after all, Lu Bu is an ally now, the more troops he has, Yuan Shao will have to allocate more troops to contain them, and may even use Qingzhou as the main battlefield.

Thinking about it this way, the morale that was originally excited after Guo Jia's ten victories and ten defeats became even higher, and everyone's faces were filled with urgency.

"Everyone, hurry up and get ready to go. This time it will be an earth-shattering battle that will be famous in history. You and I can enjoy a high reputation!"

"Here!"

After everyone left one after another, when only Guo Jia and Cao Cao were left in the council hall, he passed the silk cloth in his hand, "You can take a look too, can you believe it?"

(End of this chapter)