The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 317
When Li Yuan learned that Cao Cao had defeated Yuan Shao, he immediately summoned all the civil servants and generals to discuss the matter.

In the conference hall, Xi Zhicai reported the intelligence obtained by the spies to everyone. After hearing this, everyone was greatly surprised. They did not expect that Cao Cao could defeat Yuan Shao with fewer victories and more victories. Very scary.

Xi Zhicai looked at Li Yuan with a little more admiration, because he remembered that Li Yuan had predicted that Cao Cao would defeat Yuan Shao, but he did not expect it to be true. He really couldn't understand why Li Yuan could guess every time. So accurate.

When Xi Zhicai finished speaking, Jia Xu glanced at Ma Xian intentionally or unintentionally, seeing Ma Xian's expressionless face and not being happy because of Cao Cao's victory, he thought that this man was really not showing his emotions.

"Everyone, now Cao Cao has defeated Yuan Shao with fewer victories and more. Although he has not officially sent troops to attack Hebei, Yuan Shao lost so many troops and food in the battle of Guandu. The most important thing is the blow to morale. Cao Cao threatened him, and all the Four Court Columns in Hebei were captured alive by Cao Cao. I heard that Zhang Yun and Gao Lan have surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao's strength has been further improved, and he will become a strong enemy of our army in the future."

Li Yuan reminded everyone because he knew that many people thought that Yuan Shao was the winner of the Yuan-Cao battle, but the situation is different now, so they must pay attention to Cao Cao.

Li Yuan remembered that Yan Liang and Wen Chou in "history" died in the Battle of White Horse and Yanjin respectively. Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu, and Wen Chou was killed by rebels. Cao Cao was captured, and "history" changed again.

"My lord, why don't we attack Jiangdong in advance, otherwise Cao Cao will be able to pacify Hebei, and his strength will increase greatly, and he may go south. It will be very difficult for our army to face Sun Ce and Cao Cao at the same time." Gao Shun suggested.

Li Yuan shook his head and denied: "No, attacking Jiangdong requires a large number of naval forces. Lujiang's naval forces have not yet finished training, and Jingbei is only new for one year. It is not stable enough. The fastest will be to send troops next year."

Xi Zhicai agreed: "My lord is absolutely right. It will take at least one to two years for Cao Cao to completely conquer Hebei. He can't go south immediately after he has just conquered Hebei. It also needs time to recover, so we still have a lot of time." , don’t worry about it.”

At this time, the soldiers outside the door came in and said that Ju Shou asked to see him.

"Please!" Li Yuan was a little surprised to hear that it was Jushou, because in his impression Jushou died after the Battle of Guandu, was captured by Cao Cao and refused to surrender, and was eventually killed.

After Jushou came in, he saluted Li Yuan and said, "Jushou has seen General Li."

Li Yuan glanced at Jushou, and saw that Jushou was unkempt, with ragged clothes, like a beggar. It seemed that the journey was also very miserable. He asked, "Jushou, why did you appear in Xiapi? I heard that Yuan Shao was killed by Cao Cao in Guandu." Defeat, did you escape?"

"Alas!" Ju Shou sighed, "I am ashamed to say that my lord was defeated by Cao Cao at Guandu, and my lord fled back to Hebei in a hurry. I had no time to cross the river, so I had to flee to Xuzhou. I wanted to find a chance to escape back to Hebei by boat, but Cao Cao I can't cross the river after controlling all the ports, so I can only stay in Xiapi."

In fact, Jushou is a very strategic talent, but because of Yuan Shao's distrust, he has not been reused.

When he marched into Liyang, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to attack the white horse. At that time, Jushou told Yuan Shao that Yan Liang had a narrow personality. Although he was brave, he could not be appointed alone. , In the end Yan Liang was defeated and died.

Before Yuan Shao crossed the river, Jushou thought that Yuan Jun should stay in Yanjin and divide his troops to attack Guandu. If they won the victory, it would not be too late to send more troops to Guandu, otherwise the soldiers could evacuate safely. , Yuan Shao hated him because of this, and handed over the troops under Jushou to Guo Tu.

Before the start of the Battle of Guandu, Jushou also said that Hebei had more soldiers and more food and grass, and Cao Cao could use protracted warfare to consume Cao Cao's troops and food, but Yuan Shao refused to listen and insisted that the whole army cross the river to attack.

Jushou offered clever strategies several times, but Yuan Shao refused, and was finally defeated at Guandu. It is hard to say who will win if Jushou is reused.After Jushou's death, Cao Cao was also quite sorry, saying, "If you get together early and alone, the world has nothing to worry about." In this way, it can be seen that Jushou has extraordinary talents, but Yuan Shao can't know how to use them.

"Then why are you looking for me?" Li Yuan asked.

"I also ask General Li to send troops to help my lord deal with Cao Cao. Now that my lord is defeated by Cao Cao at Guandu, Cao Cao will definitely take the opportunity to attack Hebei. Our army has lost more than 7 people. Many generals such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc. have been captured by Cao Cao. It is difficult to resist Cao Cao's attack, so I hope General Li can help us!"

"Ju Shou, although I know that you are difficult to defeat Cao Cao, Yuan Shao already told me not to intervene in the struggle between them when he attacked Cao Cao. If I attack Cao Cao now, wouldn't it be a rebellion?" Li Yuan refused without hesitation, let alone them Now he is still recuperating, ready to deal with Sun Ce with all his strength, and it is even more impossible to deal with Cao Cao, lest he be attacked by both sides.

"General Li, I know it's not good to go back on your word, but my lord is in danger. If you make a move, we will form an alliance forever and divide the world equally. If we join forces with our strength, no one in the world will be our opponent." Ju Shou still do not give up.

"I know that your heart is in the Lord, but it is impossible for me to send troops, not to mention that there will be no permanent alliance in this world, only eternal interests. How fragile the so-called alliance is in the face of interests."

"But, General Li..." Ju Shou wanted to continue talking.

"Okay, you don't need to waste your words anymore. I won't send troops. It's not easy for you to come to Xiapi. Go down and rest first. As long as you stay with me, I can guarantee your safety." Li Yuan no longer gave Jushou a chance to speak.

"Alas..." Ju Shou looked up to the sky and sighed, and retreated.

"Everyone, we don't need to intervene in the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Now our army needs to train urgently and prepare to go south to deal with Sun Ce. Let's go." Li Yuan waved his hand.

"It's the lord!" Everyone retreated.

Half an hour later, Li Yuan went to Jushou's room. He arranged Jushou in the guest room of the governor's mansion. In fact, he wanted to keep Jushou, because Jushou was a man of great resourcefulness, but he was straightforward and not tactful in his actions. He offended people everywhere and couldn't be reused by Yuan Shao, so he couldn't display his talent, so Li Yuan wanted to keep him, and Yuan Shao wouldn't use such a talent just because it was cheaper for him.

(End of this chapter)