Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 221 Two birds with one stone

Here at the Hanting Camp in Hedong, there is both joy and a little bit of worry, but generally speaking, the joy here is greater than the sorrow.But Yuan Shu in Runan was more worried than happy, so angry that he almost threw his glass and bowl.

Yuan Shu, who was sitting high in the hall, looked about 35 or [-] years old, with a tall and tall body, and a dark and pale face, which gave him a hint of violence in his heroism.He was dressed in iron armor and drank wine by himself.Advisers and generals on both sides are lined up, and there are many soldiers.Especially these armored soldiers standing by their sabers, all of them stared and opened their eyes, serious and orderly, they are the soldiers from the Northern Army of the Great Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shu shook the iron armor on his body lightly, looked coldly at the civil servants and generals below, a look of embarrassment could not help appearing on his gloomy face.This action undoubtedly made his eyes look more stern, and made the civil and military officers in the hall feel anxious.

After all, everyone present knew that their master was a famous road warrior in Luoyang when he was young.It's always a common thing for people to turn their faces and deny people after they come to the fore.Don't think about how many things you have done for him, in Yuan Shu's eyes, they are all taken for granted!
At this time, what Yuan Shu was thinking about was almost exactly these.

Miss Yuan Gonglu, he is the son of former Sikong Yuan Feng!In the early years, he was famous for his chivalry in Kyoto. On the eve of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the young emperor, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo had a big dispute in the court over the matter of abolishing the establishment.Dong Zhuo was afraid of Yuanmen's intertwined power in the ruling and opposition parties, so instead of punishing him, he was appointed as the prefect of Bohai Sea, and at the same time he promoted Yuan Shu as the rear general.

After fleeing to Nanyang to avoid misfortune, Yuan Shu waited until the Kwantung heroes challenged Dong, and he was already the highest official among all the heroes.

After the defeat of Dong was over, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the anti-Dong alliance, controlled important places such as Hanoi, Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou through his allies, and became the leader of the northern heroes.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Shu was not to be outdone. He formed many cronies and led Jingzhou Nanyang with himself. He successively appointed Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou and Chen Yu as the governor of Yangzhou. In this way, he controlled Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou in a disguised form, and became the leader of the southern heroes. At the same time, he also contacted Gongsun Zan in Youzhou to threaten Yuan Shao's back and forth.Since then, the two Yuans have fought against each other, forming a pattern of hegemony between the two camps in the Kanto region.

In the third year of Chuping, he sent Sun Jian to defeat Dong Zhuo and Zhou Ang, the governor of Yuzhou appointed by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Yi, the governor of Yangzhou appointed by Yuan Shao.What a glorious time he was, but it was a pity that general Sun Jian died early when he attacked Liu Biao in Jingzhou, which dealt him a major blow.

Regarding Sun Jian's death, Yuan Shu was somewhat sentimental.However, his sadness did not come from Sun Jian himself, but because of Sun Jian's bravery and his role.However, as Sun Jian became more and more famous, Yuan Shu no longer felt so sad.

He didn't want the world to think that Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu only relied on Sun Jian to get what they are today.

Although Sun Jian was dead, in Yuan Shu's view, he had a large number of generals, including more than 37 well-known generals such as Ji Ling, Lei Bo, Zhang Xun, and Qiao Rui, and more than 50 elite soldiers.As for Nanyang, it has 240 cities, [-] households, and a total population of more than [-] million.

This county, whether it is agriculture, handicrafts or commerce, is very developed, and it is the largest county in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.Nanyang County is adjacent to Runan County in Yuzhou. It also has 37 cities, with 40 households and a population of 210 million. It is the second largest county after Nanyang.

Not to mention, Runan happened to be the hometown of the Yuan family, and it undoubtedly became his strong backing.With such power, what he wants to do can't be done?
but!

After more than half a year of painstaking planning, he designed a set of strategies against Yuan Shao's siege, but he found that there were so many unsatisfactory things in the implementation process.

First of all, Cao Cao in Yanzhou rose invisibly and became his stumbling block.

It doesn't matter, Yuan Shu is happy to do the dog-beating demonstration.In his plan, he planned to defeat Cao Cao and slap Yuan Shao heavily.But what surprised him the most was that the precarious Han Dynasty unexpectedly challenged his own authority with all his might!

Moreover, this hateful emperor of the Han Dynasty, like Cao Cao, doesn't take himself seriously at all!
In Yuan Shu's design, the entire encirclement against Yuan Shao was an airtight deadlock.And Yuan Shao's alliance with Cao Cao is just a turtle in a urn.Even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fight back desperately, he can still gain an advantage in any breakthrough.However, what he didn't expect was that the faction of the Han Dynasty, which was not in his eyes at all, even got involved.

The army of the Han Dynasty sent troops outside the pass. As a result, there was a loophole on the west side of Yuan Shu's large siege against Yuan Shao.The combination of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, the Han Dynasty, and Liu Biao is equivalent to giving him a strategic encirclement of Yuan Shu.In such a stalemate encirclement, what has to be fought is which route can open up the situation first, and then severely strangle the opponent in the bud.

At this point in the battle, Yuan Shu was already excited.After all, although it was slightly different from his design, he finally used his power to provoke the biggest and most dazzling battle in the four years of Chuping.This is what he, Yuan Shu, is most proud of, because he wants to let the world know how much resourcefulness he Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu have to bloom in this troubled world.

However, just as he was about to personally direct this epic battle, he found that things were gradually getting out of his control.First of all, Cao Cao in Yanzhou ignored the [-] troops led by his general Liu Xiang, and went north to Mount Tai to join forces with Yuan Shao's general Zhu Ling and beat Tao Qian hard.

Yuan Shu intentionally asked Liu Xiang to send troops to help, but the Han Dynasty suddenly sent troops to two routes, one to Luoyang and the other to Wuguan.This kind of movement made Yuan Shu not sure what the Han Dynasty wanted to do.After Cao Cao had already defeated Tao Qian, he, Yuan Shu, received an informant that the Han Dynasty actually mobilized troops from Wuguan to attack Dong Zhuo's remnants in the north!

For what he did, it was as if Han Shi and Cao Cao slapped Yuan Shu heavily on the left and right, and slapped him in the face.This makes Yuan Shu, who has always been proud and arrogant, how can he swallow this useless gas?
"Send an order to let Liu Xiang, who is stationed in Fengqiu, start a decisive battle with Cao Cao as soon as possible!" After thinking about all this, Yuan Shu angrily threw the wine bottle in his hand on the main hall, and suddenly got up: "Tell him, this general will not be here soon!" Then I will lead the army to join him, don't let him lose face to my Yuan family!"

"General," Chang Shi Yang Hong rushed out of the line, organized his words carefully, "General, if you make a move of this chess, you will be shocked, and no one dares to do it. However, the current situation is chaotic, and the general will do his best. If the front line Damage, this important land of Nanyang, how should we do it?"

Yuan Shu's face softened slightly after hearing Yang Hongqian's words.Then I heard Yang Hong's last sentence, and it seemed unfathomable: "The way to use troops is to resolve doubts first. Because the situation is unclear at this time, we will take the initiative to attack and poke a piece of sky. I know your Worrying, isn't it because you are afraid that the army of the Han court will attack Nanyang when it is empty?"

"This is what this subordinate intends." Yang Hong hurriedly used another move of using softness to overcome rigidity, listening to Yuan Shu's wise opinion.

"This general is not a fool. Although I will do my best in this move, I will not go out in full force. I have ordered general Ji Ling to lead his men to guard Wancheng, to fortify the walls and clear the fields. With Ji Ling's ability, even if the army of the Han court comes, It might not be a good deal.”

Yang Hong nodded silently. Ji Ling was the most capable general under Yuan Shu after Sun Jian.With a 65-jin three-pointed and two-edged knife in hand, it is invincible.And he is also stable and peaceful, and he is familiar with the law of defending the city.

The only bitter thing about this move is the people of Nanyang. The hard walls and clear fields will cut off the people's way of life.However, Yang Hong didn't have such worries in his heart. Isn't it a matter of course and right to sacrifice those assholes for the sake of great cause?

Therefore, as soon as Yuan Shu finished speaking, there was no objection in the hall.Only Yuan Huan, an upright man at the side, was furious, and suddenly stood up: "The general's move is wrong. To defend a city and harm the people of the whole county, this is the way of heaven. General Wanwang thinks about it!"

"This general is the Antai of the great man, how can he care about trifles? Anyone who speaks nonsense will be shot!" Yuan Shu was furious, turned around and pulled out the sword around his waist, pointing at Yuan Huan violently.

But Yuan Huan is not the person who is greedy for life and afraid of death at all. He was about to remonstrate with death, and Xu Miao, who was friendly with him, quickly stood up and stopped Yuan Huan from explaining to Yuan Shu: "The general misunderstood Yao Qing's words, Yao Qing's words It means that the Han Dynasty is orthodox in the world after all. When the army came to Nanyang, if they didn’t sympathize with the general’s heart for the Han, they would go all out to Nanyang. How could General Ji dare to risk the world’s shame and declare war on the emperor? How many more months can it last?"

What made Yuan Shu most angry was this.In any case, although the overall situation in this troubled world has been settled, the Han Dynasty is orthodox after all. He, Yuan Shu, had been waiting for information before, precisely because he could not take the initiative to attack and stop the army of the Son of Heaven in the pass.As soon as Xu Miao said this, he was helpless and very angry.

However, at this moment, Chang Shi Yang Hong suddenly sneered, walked slowly into the main hall, and said vigorously: "General, we can't make a move, but someone can do it?"

"Who is it?" Yuan Shu was overjoyed and asked immediately.

"General Fenwu, Lu Bu!" Yang Hong said the name in a dark tone, showing contempt in his tone: "This man is unruly and unruly. If we don’t use him now, when will we wait?”

"Mister's brilliant plan!" Yuan Shu laughed loudly, full of pride: "This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone!"

(End of this chapter)