Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 468 Military Deterrence
"Yuan Shao actually dispatched troops to Neihuang and Lu counties?" Liu Xie was shocked as he took the battle report Diaochan handed him, his voice changed slightly.Obviously, the content contained in this piece of information is by no means as simple as a few words.

Li Yan immediately walked to the sand table simulation map, and his expression changed after only one glance: "Neihuang is adjacent to Fan County, and Lu County is close to Dong'a. Once Yuan Shao's troops move forward, General Xun and General Jia will be exposed to Yuan Shao's edge." Under it. Yuan Benchu ​​is really ambitious, so he doesn't even want the last bit of face?!"

Sima Yi carefully looked at the sand table simulation map, and suddenly looked back at Li Yan like a wolf, and said with a sneer, "Yuan Shao won't really mobilize troops, but he will make us think they dare to do it..."

Li Yan was not happy at the time, Sima Yi hadn't made any great achievements in the Han Dynasty yet, but Li Yan was a confidant who had followed Liu Xie since Nanyang, and he was extremely conceited. After the big think tank was dispatched abroad, he himself was the counselor next to Liu Xie.

For Sima Yi's unintentional acts of disrespect, he has already endured several times.But this time he couldn't bear it anymore, and he couldn't help but sneered: "Could it be that Yuan Shao was full of food and had nothing to do to mobilize [-] troops, and he used two famous Hebei generals, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, to scare General Xun and Jia. General?"

Who knew that Sima Yi was not annoyed when he heard this sentence, but instead gave Li Yan a meaningful look and said, "I never thought you were not that stupid."

"Little thief, tell me..." Li Yan was furious immediately. No matter how much he wanted to show a low-key side in front of Liu Xie, he would not allow Sima Yi and other yellow-mouthed children to bully him, and he was about to explode.

Liu Xie was also very angry at this time. In his opinion, the information network in this era is not so sound, and the movements of many enemy troops can only be guessed by the counselors with incredible insight and analysis capabilities. This will be seen in later generations. It is no different from talking on paper.But he has to admit that this kind of speculation is necessary in this era.

Moreover, whether the analysis is correct or not directly determines the direction of a major battle.And at such a critical moment, Li Yan broke out such an emotional dispute with Sima Yi, which made him even more upset.

But he still didn't get angry, as an emperor, he should have the demeanor of an emperor.He only glanced at Li Yan indifferently, and then repeated in a deep voice: "Yuan Shao will not send troops, and dispatching troops to these two places has already achieved all his intentions."

"Your Majesty?..." Li Yan could despise Sima Yi, but he didn't dare to despise Liu Xie at all.But he still didn't agree with Yuan Shao's actions with such obvious intentions, he was just bluffing, and he couldn't help but asked in doubt: "Why did your majesty make such a statement?"

"What do you think, under the current situation, if the Han Dynasty and Yuan Shao fight, what chance will Yuan Shao have?"

Li Yan didn't want to answer this question, but under Liu Xie's sharp eyes, he could only reply cautiously: "Yuan Benchu ​​has a [-]% chance of winning, right?"

"Thirty percent? Haha..." Liu Xie sneered mercilessly, and then said: "Now the Han Dynasty and Yuan Shao win or lose about five or five. However, even if Yuan Shao has half the winning percentage, do you think he would be stupid? When Gongsun Zan in the north is still in peace and the Black Mountain Army is still in ruins, will you provoke the Han Dynasty, a behemoth that is invulnerable in terms of orthodox status?"

"But Yuan Shao's move is obviously ready to move..."

"But he hasn't dispatched yet!" Liu Xie's words sounded like he hated iron and steel, but he quickly suppressed his anger and continued to explain: "If Yuan Shao really wanted to send troops, wouldn't he be so grandiose? Formation, so that Xun Gongda and Jia Wenhe are on guard? These two are not unknown people!"

When the truth came out, Li Yan understood it immediately, but he still couldn't jump out of his own logical circle in a hurry: "Then why Yuan Shao..."

"It's called military deterrence. Forget it, it's called an army that surrenders without fighting. You should understand it, right?" Finally, Liu Xie sighed deeply instead of feeling complacent when he said this.

At this time, Li Yan looked at the map again, and finally understood: Yuan Shao would not really send troops, his move was just like what Sima Yi said, to make the Han Dynasty think that they would send troops.As a result, he completely restrained Xun You and Jia Xu without a single shot, making the two surprise soldiers of the Han Dynasty who strangled Cao Cao's throat all of a sudden become a show.

After all, Yuan Shao's gesture made it very clear that he had already taken action to intervene in Yanzhou's affairs.If the Han Dynasty doesn't give him this face, then maybe he won't give the Han Dynasty any face either!

There is a prerequisite for not sending troops.And that premise is that the Han Dynasty should also not make any moves, so that Cao Cao and Lu Bu can have a real battle between male and female on the battlefield in Yanzhou.

It can be said that Yuan Shao's move has completely violated the principles of a courtier.It's just... who made him have thick arms and full confidence: Your Han Dynasty can rule the world, and I, Yuan Shao, can also do what I have to do in order to protect my interests!
This approach, in essence, is a bit shameless.Because both Liu Xie and Yuan Shao knew that now was not the time for their two families to start a war.Now that these two forces already have a vast space in depth and a lot of resources, once they fight, it will be impossible to decide the winner without exhausting the human and financial resources of both parties within three to five years.

At the same time, after a real fight, no matter whether the Han Dynasty wanted to maintain the legitimate status of orthodoxy, or Yuan Shao was forced to do nothing, they would all have to fight with scars.

But Yuan Shao just seized this point and threatened Liu Xie: Don't stretch your dirty claws so long under the banner of the world's peacekeeping forces. Although I, Yuan Shao, dare not fight with you, you also dare not fight with me. , I disgust you like this, let's see what you can do!
Then, Zhao Yun couldn't bear it any longer, and asked Liu Xie, "Your Majesty, what's the matter now?"

Liu Xie suddenly wanted to cry: Everyone else is a leader who doesn't know what to do, so ask his subordinates this sentence.It's good for you, instead, ask the leader what to do. Is there anyone like you who is a younger brother?

No way, Liu Xie could only spread the two letters of Xun You and Jia Xu in front of everyone, and replied angrily: "What else can I do? Let's eat cold salad, these two foxes have also said it, and now they can rewrite the whole letter." In terms of the battle situation, only my army in Xuzhou is left."

"Your Majesty absolutely must not, now that Xuzhou is not in peace, once I leave, Liu Bei..." As soon as Li Yan said this, he heard footsteps outside the hall, and the voice stopped immediately: He had already heard It turned out that it was none other than the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang who came outside.

Liu Bei came here full of joy, and after the ceremony, he said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, it is fortunate that you are sitting in Xuzhou, and you have found out about Zhao Yu's rebellion. I have already taken this opportunity to vigorously rectify Xuzhou's officials... "

Liu Bei's words were high-sounding, but to Liu Xie's ears, it became: nephew, you did a good job, catch Zhao Yu's grandson, and I will take advantage of your prestige to bring Xuzhou into my rule step by step up...

This news is good news for Liu Xie, but it is not worthy of his happiness.As a result, he asked directly: "Has Cao Bao, Prime Minister of Xiapi, settled it yet?"

Liu Bei didn't expect Liu Huihui to be so direct. Although he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was vaguely wrong as soon as he entered the hall, he didn't expect the matter to be so serious, so he replied truthfully: "Cao Bao shrank his head after learning about His Majesty's intentions at the New Year's banquet. Zangwei, he will no longer obey the orders issued by the ministers. The ministers really can't find anything against Cao Bao, and Zhao Yu has been dealt with this time. If Cao Bao is rashly attacked again, the situation in Xuzhou may be disadvantageous..."

"That is to say, you haven't fully grasped the military power in Xuzhou?" Liu Xie's words became more and more piercing, and his face became ugly.After all, this situation shows that he cannot leave Xuzhou for the time being, and has to be Liu Bei's nanny for a while.

"I'm incompetent, and I'm ashamed of your majesty's favor." Liu Bei really didn't know where Liu Xie's evil spirit came from today, so he had to pretend to be a grandson first.

But at this time, Li Yan suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, it is now the second year of Chuping, and the food and fodder in Guanzhong has already entered the country's money. The soldiers of the Northern Army have also been fighting hard for a long time. Why don't you send the Northern Army into Yanzhou to help General Xun?" And General Jia's help?"

Li Yan's proposal can be said to be very amazing, killing two birds with one stone.For one thing, military deterrence is all about arrogance. If Yuan Shao sends troops, I will increase them. Let's compete in Yanzhou whose arms are thicker.After all, you, Yuan Shao, have Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain Army to deal with.But my Han Dynasty is basically settled down in all directions, really playing fire, be careful that we don't have to fight, the two fires of Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain Army will burn on you first.

Secondly, it's time for Liu Xie to test Liu Bei.After all, he didn't help Liu Bei for free, and he still needed to know what kind of attitude Liu Bei would have at a critical moment for this uncle who had offered to serve Yuan Shao.Li Yan leaked this battle report to Liu Bei unintentionally. On the one hand, it can let Liu Bei see how powerful the intelligence of the Han Dynasty is. On the other hand, he wants to see Liu Bei's reaction at this time.

Sure enough, without even thinking about it, Liu Bei asked Zhao Yun what was going on.Then, as expected by Liu Xie, Liu Bei's expression became very ugly...

(End of this chapter)