The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 289 Yuan Shao’s True Purpose

Yuan Shao nodded. Although he had lost some soldiers and his fighting spirit was dampened, he did not take Qin Shou seriously. After all, he had more soldiers and generals, as well as abundant money and food. Qin Shou's strength was inferior to that of the other party, even if the other party took Xuzhou.

"Those people in the court are waiting for our action, but they themselves don't know how to take action. They are just a bunch of people who only know how to talk."

Yuan Shao suddenly thought of something and snorted coldly.

"Zhong Yao and Xu Rong are in charge of Guanzhong. Those ministers have no soldiers and even their private soldiers are only a few dozen. My lord, you should not place your hopes on them."

Guo Tu shook his head.

As Yuan Shao's army marched south, the whole world was shaken. After all, the power of an army of 500,000 could still intimidate many people, especially in Chang'an City where many people opposed Qin Shou.

So these people contacted Yuan Shao and attempted to cooperate with him from inside and outside.

Unfortunately, with the few men they had, they could not do anything to Qin Shou, nor could they shake Qin Shou's rule in Guanzhong. So until now, they could only talk nonsense, write a few letters, and keep in touch with each other.

This made Yuan Shao very depressed.

"What do you think if I send all these letters to Qin Shou?"

Yuan Shao suddenly said.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and immediately understood that the other party wanted to force those people in Chang'an to take action, destroy Qin Shou's rear, and force Qin Shou to divide his troops.

Not to mention whether this would succeed, even if it did, I'm afraid people all over the world would curse Yuan Shao and would not cooperate with him.

"My lord, if this is the case, I'm afraid no one in the world will submit to us." Ju Su said quickly.

Yuan Shao just smiled and threw some letters aside.

"All the civil and military officials in the court are on our side. What can Qin Shou use to fight us?" Yuan Shao said disdainfully.

"My lord, the only reason Qin Shou has been able to hold on until now is because of food and grass. If we can cut off his food supply, Qin Shou will surely be defeated." Guo Tu said.

"How to cut off their food supply?"

Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "The enemy's defense is tight, and it will be very difficult to cut off their food supply."

"My lord, it is naturally difficult for us to send out troops, but if we let those powerful people come forward, it will be much more convenient. Under the command of the Cavalry Army, the local powerful people have been suppressed one after another, and the good farmland in their hands has been greatly reduced."

"These people are very dissatisfied with Qin Shou. You can send someone to contact them and promise them that as long as they help you destroy the food supply route of the Cavalry Army, their interests will not be harmed in the future. I believe these aristocratic families and local tyrants will definitely support you."

Guo Tu said again.

Yuan Shao nodded after hearing this.

He himself is from an aristocratic family, so he naturally knows the situation here. The aristocratic families and local tyrants need benefits. Apart from benefits, they don't care who rules the world.

As for whether supporting these people in annexing land would have any impact, Yuan Shao didn't care. As long as he had seized the country, everything else would be a matter for the future, and he would just have to slowly weaken them.

"Let Xu You handle this matter. I believe he has many friends and will definitely succeed."

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and agreed without hesitation.

In order to solve the problem at hand, Yuan Shao tried every possible means and made many compromises.

"Yes." Guo Tu was very happy to see that Yuan Shao agreed to his suggestion. He also glanced at Ju Su with pride.

After hearing this, Ju Su just sighed.

On the surface, Guo Tu's strategy was feasible, and he definitely underestimated Qin Shou's determination.

Qin Shou didn't take these aristocratic families seriously. What if they were powerful? Could they be bigger than the Cavalry? What if they had strong soldiers and horses?
Are the troops under your command as powerful as the Cavalry?
Once these people attacked the grain route, they would be greeted with endless slaughter. Perhaps Qin Shou had long wanted to get rid of these people, but he just had no excuse.

Now after Yuan Shao's manipulation, the reason came. Ju Su seemed to have seen the bloody storm in the Central Plains, and he didn't know how many people would die in this storm.

But he didn't dare to say these words. Tian Feng was still in prison, and no one dared to plead for him with Yuan Shao.

Because everything in front of him seemed to be just as Tian Feng had said at the beginning, Yuan Shao's army suffered heavy losses.

If we had followed Tian Feng's advice, the losses would never have been so great.

Tian Feng’s experience has made Yuan Shao’s subordinates afraid to step forward to persuade him, for fear that they will end up like Tian Feng.

"Although it will affect the reputation of the Lord, as long as Qin Shou is defeated, everything else will be a matter for the future. By then, it won't be too late to restore the reputation. Now everything is based on defeating Qin Shou."

Ju Su thought about it and could only comfort himself.

The pressure brought by Qin Shou was too great, especially with the fall of Xuzhou, which allowed Qin Shou's troops to attack from all sides and gain success everywhere on the long front.

Easily find Yuan Shao's weakness and then break through his defense line.

It would be great if we could find the Cavalry's loophole behind enemy lines.

As for those aristocratic families?

Ju Su's expression suddenly changed. In that instant, he seemed to have thought of something and looked deeply at Yuan Shao on the side.

Didn’t Yuan Shao see the problem here?
It is absolutely impossible.

Ju Su looked at Yuan Shao with a smile on his face, and felt a chill on his back and his whole body.

The wealthy and powerful families should be killed.

As a member of a noble family, Yuan Shao also knew the general trend of the world. Wasn't the world today destroyed by those noble families? Otherwise, there would be no such thing as people living in misery.

The land annexation by the wealthy and powerful families caused the common people to lose their land. Coupled with natural disasters, the people who lost their land had no choice but to rise up in rebellion and sweep across the country.

All the noble families know this truth.

Yuan Shao planned to let the aristocratic families in the Central Plains act as his internal support. It would be better if they could destroy the food supply route of the Cavalry Army. If not, he would force Qin Shou to kill these aristocratic families.

This intensified the conflict between the Cavalry and the aristocratic families.

There is another more important factor, which is that it is prepared for the aristocratic families who followed Yuan Shao.

There must be some rewards for following Yuan Shao!

Where do these rewards come from? Aren’t they obtained from the noble families who were killed in the Central Plains?
Once the Central Plains are invaded, the lands of the destroyed aristocratic families will become Yuan Shao's, and can then be rewarded to his loyal ministers.

"It's pitiful, hateful, and lamentable."

When Ju Shou thought of this, he immediately sighed and couldn't say anything else.

If he opposed it, he would probably offend not only Yuan Shao, but also the civil and military officials in the tent, all of whom wanted to gain benefits.

Even I am one of them.

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(End of this chapter)