Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 223 The Butterfly Effect
In the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu got Yuan Shao's promise of 20 war horses, led an army of [-], claiming [-], and attacked Xuzhou.

For Yuan Shu, this time, old and new grudges will be settled together.The so-called old enmity, Yuan Shu and Zhang De have not been on good terms since the Yellow Turban Uprising, but the new enmity, most of Ji Ling's army was killed by an unknown Lu Su with fire and water a few days ago.

And this time Yuan Shao promised that if Yuan Shao obtained the entire territory of Youzhou, he would give Yuan Shu [-] war horses, which was a huge temptation for Yuan Shu.Although Huainan is rich, it does not produce war horses. Although Yuan Shu's men are well-equipped with fine soldiers and food, they have no cavalry.

When Zhang De heard that Yuan Shu was attacking, he secretly exclaimed that this Yuan Shu really didn't make him feel at ease.Immediately convene his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

In the end, Zhang De sent a magnificent lineup of Tai Shici, Zhao Yun and Li Rou to support Xuzhou.

Ever since Linzi was injured, Tai Shici had been recuperating in Beihai. In his free time, Tai Shici pondered that in terms of resourcefulness, he was inferior to Chen Gong and Li Rou; in terms of leading troops, he was inferior to Xu Rong and Zang Ba; In terms of kung fu, Huang Zhong is definitely better than himself, and the newcomer Zhao Yun is also better than himself.

Tai Shici deeply felt that he had many shortcomings, so when he was recuperating at home, he read even this military book hard, and studied the formations for a while. It can be said that Tai Shici has made great achievements in leading troops to fight. improvement.

As for Yuan Shu, Zhang De really didn't take it very seriously.Looking through the history of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shu seems to have done nothing since he got Huainan.

Although Yuan Shu occupies the land of Huainan, with a large population, rich products, and many soldiers under his command, he claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of generals. Speaking of which, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and even Zhang De do not have as many troops as Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's war potential was definitely one of the best among the princes at that time.

But thinking about it carefully, Yuan Shu didn't seem to have any capable people under his command.We must know that in the Three Kingdoms era, in addition to fighting for strength, there were also talents. Talents were very important in the Three Kingdoms era. For example, Liu Bei lived in exile for most of his life, and he was defeated repeatedly. However, after getting Zhuge Liang, he became the world within a few years. One of the three princes.

But looking at those people under Yuan Shu, almost all of them are crooked. Although there are many civil servants and military generals, none of them can be regarded as first-class.Needless to say with Cao Cao and Liu Bei.Compared with people like Sun Quan, even Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Liu Biao of Jingzhou can't compare.

Since Sun Ce left, there are only a few people under Yuan Shu who can lead troops, such as Ji Ling, Le Jiu, Zhang Xun, etc. Although they are called generals, they are really generals who can lead troops like Guan Yu and Xiahou brothers. In comparison, he can only be regarded as a second- and third-rate general.

Although Tai Shici and Zhao Yun were younger than brothers like Xiahou, with Li Rou around, they should have no problem resisting Yuan Shu.

Speaking of Li Roulai, Zhang De always felt that Li Rou's origin was unknown.Zhang De also asked about Li Rou's past many times, such as Li Rou's severed hand and the scars on Li Rou's face, but Li Rou's mouth was very tight, and she couldn't see through it at all.

Fortunately, since Li Rou came here, she has been planning for Zhang De wholeheartedly, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is not like people mentioned the past, so Zhang De stopped asking.

Li Rou is a person who knows how to fight, which is similar to Chen Gong, neither of them is the kind of counselor who only talks empty words.However, Chen Gong is not good at adapting to changes, while Li Rou is not good at seeing the overall situation, and the two can be regarded as complementary.

It was precisely because Li Rou was a man who knew soldiers that Zhang De was relieved that Li Rou would go to Xuzhou, and he specifically told Tai Shici and Zhao Yun to listen to Li Rou when they encountered problems.

After Yuan Shu's matter was resolved, Zhang De also heaved a sigh of relief. According to the history that Zhang De knew, Yuan Shu should proclaim himself emperor in the second year of Jian'an, that is, next year, and then the surrounding princes would unite to attack Yuan Shu.At that time, maybe I can still take advantage of it.

However, because of Zhang De's arrival, maybe history will change a bit, but now that Sun Ce has borrowed soldiers from Yuan Shu, Sun Ce must have given the jade seal to Yuan Shu.Then it will not be long before Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor.

But Zhang De knew that Yuan Shu's jade seal was fake, and the real Jade Seal of Chuanguo had been lost by Wang Yue long ago, and he had seen it in the teacher's school.But now the jade seal in Yuan Shu's hand is a counterfeit version.

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At the same time that Yuan Shu entered Xuzhou, Yuan Shao also raised an army to attack Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan newly acquired Youzhou, but his soldiers suffered heavy losses in the fight with Liu Yu.Food, grass and armaments were all in urgent need. I hoped to take this opportunity to recuperate, but I didn't expect Yuan Shao to attack so quickly.

Gongsun Zan knew that it was impossible for him to compete with Yuan Shao, so he immediately sent someone to Zhang De and Bingzhou Lu Bu for help.However, Zhang De's army was dragged to Xuzhou by Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu's troops were not many, neither of them had the ability to rescue Gongsun Zan.

When Zhang De saw Gongsun Zan's distress letter, he also yelled badly.My main force was in a stalemate with Yuan Shu in Xuzhou. At this time, I had no way to rescue Gongsun Zan, so I could only watch Gongsun Zan perish.

In history, Gongsun Zan's demise was not so fast. At that time, Yuan Shao first occupied Qingzhou and Bingzhou, and then accumulated strength to fight Gongsun Zan. It was precisely because of Zhang De's arrival that changed everything.

Because of the arrival of Zhang De, the fluttering of the butterfly's wings caused the Yuan family to suppress the eunuchs, so that Liu Bei became the Xianyang order inexplicably, and then Liu Bei entered Chang'an, and Lu Bu was defeated by Hetao, and then returned to Bingzhou, and also joined forces with Zhang Yan. , making Yuan Shao's hope of entering the army and annexing the state come to naught.

And it was precisely because of Zhang De that the governor of Qingzhou, Jiao He, died, Kong Rong did not become the prefect of Beihai, and Qingzhou was also managed by Zhang De so well that Yuan Shao was not able to occupy Qingzhou.

Qingzhou and Bingzhou are not in Yuan Shao's hands. Yuan Shao only has Jizhou in his hands, so Yuan Shao will destroy Gongsun Zan first. After all, Gongsun Zan who just fought against Liu Yu is a soft bone.

If Yuan Shao did not take Youzhou, then even if Yuan Shao wanted to march into Bingzhou, he would have to go through Huguan and cross Taihang Mountains.Huguan was guarded by Zhang Liao, and there were millions of bandits in Taihang Mountain. It was too difficult for Yuan Shao to attack safely and merge the prefecture.

Once Yuan Shao successfully occupies Youzhou, Youzhou can be used to directly enter Bingzhou on behalf of the prefecture. There will be no natural barriers at that time, and Bingzhou will fall into Yuan Shao's hands sooner or later.

It seems that the three prefectures of Hebei will fall into Yuan Shao's hands sooner or later!Unexpectedly, Lu Su really let Lu Su talk, and it was Er Yuan who caught him in the middle.It seems that it's time to talk to that brother-in-law!

(End of this chapter)