Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 677 Yuan Shao's Tactic of Playing with Fire

"Your Majesty, this is nothing more than Yuan Benchu's suspicion." Xun You, the number one military staff officer of Liu Xie, saw Liu Xie's action, and the smile on his face was as sharp as a knife: "Yuan Tanruo As a wolf, Cao Mengde is a fierce tiger in the world. Since ancient times, he only has the strategy of driving tigers and devouring wolves. How can there be such a thing as driving wolves away? If Yuan Benchu ​​doesn't even know what kind of stuff his own son is, then he is too No. 1 in Hebei. It's a waste of fame."

After Xun You finished speaking, Lu Su on the side was unwilling to be lonely: "Your Majesty, in a few days it will be October, the first year of Qin Dynasty. After October, the weather is freezing, and the soldiers of Yanzhao's crossbow can't pull the hard string. The cavalry who came from Youzhou were short of fodder. Sending troops in winter has always been a big taboo for military strategists, and Yuan Benchu ​​couldn’t understand it. The reason for such a move is probably because of drunkenness.”

Liu Xie nodded, and just when he was about to praise Lu Su for his ability to learn and apply the phrase "the drunkard's heart is not in wine", Chen Gong couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the Qingxu area is a smooth road. Taishan County is a majestic mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Yuan Tan sends troops to Xuzhou, he must attack Mount Tai first. The mountain road is rugged and difficult to enter, and it will be a great test for the transportation of luggage. If Yuan Benchu ​​didn't have any clever strategies, it was just for conquest Cao Mengde, really stupid."

"My minister also agrees." Zhong Yao frowned, thinking about it: "Your Majesty, although Yuan Benchu ​​is quite ambitious, he is also a deep and magnanimous person. He also comes from a distinguished family of four generations and three princes. Everyone is opening and closing. If he is really angry with Cao Mengde, the most normal way should be to wait for the situation in Hebei to calm down and the army is well prepared, and then fight Cao Mengde with the momentum of Mount Tai. Small disturbances are probably Yuan Benchu's way of blinding his eyes."

It can be said that the current analysis of these few people is no different from talking on paper, but in fact, their analysis is not unreasonable.To be a king, you don't have to be resourceful, but you must be good at making decisions, and you must be able to gather the strengths of others and use them for yourself.

Liu Xie quietly listened to his confidants analyze the matter thoroughly, and couldn't help but secretly nodded in his heart.In fact, when he first got the news, he just intuitively felt that this matter was not that simple.But after these counselors analyzed it with unbelievable insight, he had a clearer understanding of this matter: this guy Yuan Shao is definitely up to something.Maybe there is Dong Bai, that little demon girl behind this.

Therefore, Liu Xie took a noncommittal attitude towards the analysis of these people, and then moved the terracotta warriors from Jiangxia Huangzu in Jingzhou to Yangzhou: "If you add Jingzhou Liu Biao ordered Huang Zu to move troops to garrison Sanjiangkou What do you guys think about this news?"

Dong Zhao half-closed his eyes, quite like Jia Xu's old fox, and asked, "I don't know why Liu Biao in Jingzhou borrowed this time?"

"Beware of Jiangdong Sun Ce's feud." Liu Xie's smile at this time was a little more lonely.

He had to admit that the combination of the Jiangdong Shuangbi was no less than Liu Bei's winning Zhuge Liang.During the more than three months of peace in the Han Dynasty, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu once again shined in the south.

After the Lujiang banquet, Sun Ce's wild ambitions suddenly increased after receiving a lot of money and food supplements, and Zhou Yu beside him pointed to the right place for Sun Ce's wild ambitions: Sun Ce's southern Kuaiji County is in the hands of Wang Lang, Yan Baihu and other tycoons Still resisting.

Sun Ce, who swept Jiangdong, already had an army of more than [-] at this time, and there were even more than [-] cavalry.There is also the orthodox banner of the Ming and Han generals of the Han Dynasty, and there are others sleeping soundly in the place where they are not angry.Facing the grassroots bandits like Yan Baihu, Sun Ce just pointed his gun and said immediately: "Yan Baihu and other gangsters have no ambitions, they are like birds." Afterwards, Sun Ce led his troops across Zhejiang, and Tu Dongye, the iron-blooded wrists are serious. It made him defeat Yan Baihu and others like attacking chickens.

In August of the same year, Sun Ce led his troops across the Qiantang River and approached Kuaiji.Kuaiji Gong Cao Yufan persuaded the prefect Wang Lang to temporarily avoid Sun Ce's attack, but Wang Lang refused to listen and sent to block Sun Ce in Guling.Sun Ce launched attacks from the water several times, but all failed.Sun Ce's uncle, Sun Jing, offered a strategy, suggesting to attack from east to west, and attack from Chadu, and attack them by surprise.

According to Sun Ce's plan, he lit torches everywhere at night to confuse and restrain the enemy in front, and at the same time dispatched troops and horses to attack quietly from Chadu.Surprised by an accident, Wang Lang was shocked and sent Zhou Xin to lead his troops to fight in a hurry. Sun Ce beheaded Zhou Xin and drove straight in.Wang Lang was defeated and fled to Dongye with Yu Fan by boat.Sun Ce pursued bravely, but Wang Lang and Yu Fan surrendered.

So far, Sun Ce's army has flourished.Afterwards, his ambition not only walked into the bleak late autumn like the seasons, but was full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm.Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Ce should give up the difficulty of advancing and go west to Jingzhou, in the name of avenging his father, by way of Yuzhang County, because there was little production in the south of Kuaiji County, miasma was rampant, and the Shanyue Tu people were difficult to accept Wang Hua.

Subsequent events deviated from the established trajectory of history.At this time, Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, had died of illness, and Sun Ce had no rivals in Yangzhou.However, Tai Shici, who was supposed to be Liu Yao's old army who rebelled against Sun Ce, under Liu Xie's instruction, instead of stopping Sun Ce's westward advance, sent a letter to Zhuge Xuan, the outgoing governor of Yuzhang.

And the three people here in Yuzhang County gave the green light to Sun Ce's fake way to attack Guo.Because of these three people, one is Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan, one is Zhuge Liang's elder brother Zhuge Jin, and the other is the soon-to-be successor Yuzhang prefect Hua Xin.

These three people have general knowledge about the use of troops and military strategy, but they have a very clear view of the general trend of the world.The three clearly saw that the Han Dynasty wanted to support Sun Ce in Jiangdong, so after discussing, they arranged their clothes to welcome him.Sun Ce also knew that the three of them had the talents of mastering the world, so he treated them as honored guests—but no matter how harmonious the two parties got along, the matter of the magpie's nest and the dove's occupation was a foregone conclusion.

For such a result, Liu Xie said he had nothing to say.There is no doubt that the Han Dynasty probably lost three outstanding talents because of this, but just as politics has always been the art of compromise, Liu Xie had to make such a compromise in order to speed up the unification of the Han Dynasty.

As a result, when the chill of late autumn finally enveloped Xingping for three years, Sun Ce in the south had already become a prince sitting in Wujun, Kuaiji, and Yuzhang.Such a force naturally made Liu Biao, who had a vengeance with Sun Ce for killing his father, uneasy, so he made the move of Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu to move his troops to garrison.

"If you look at it in a general way, Liu Biao's actions are just a normal response, and there is nothing wrong with them." After listening to Liu Xie's explanation, Dong Zhao stretched out his white fingers from the wide sleeves, Pointing to the Sanjiangkou Ferry, he said: "However, Sanjiangkou is strategically important because it strangles the Lujiang River in the north and controls Yuzhang in the south. Now that Lujiang River belongs to the Han Dynasty and Yuzhang belongs to the grandson, Liu Biao said this was a precautionary measure. Sun Ce, but he has to say that he has no other intentions..."

What Liu Xie likes the most are people like Jia Xu and Dong Zhao, who never speak half of what they say.This kind of conversation is like an intellectual game that fascinates people. However, none of the counselors present here are mediocre. Although Dong Zhao's words were not clear, they all understood what Dong Zhao meant at the same time.

It is true that Liu Biao and Sun Ce have a feud, but the battle across the river is not yet a foregone conclusion.The covenant between Liu Biao and Yuan Shao is no less than that of Yuan Cao, and compared to Cao Cao's rebellion, Liu Biao is still more obedient.This time, if he ordered Huang Zu to send heavy troops to Sanjiangkou, such a sensitive strategic location, if he said that it was just to defend against Sun Ce, and not to have a conspiracy against the Han Dynasty after listening to Yuan Shao's words, no one present would believe it.

However, Liu Biao's move seems subtle, but it is actually tasteless.Don't say that Liu Biao is still surrendering to the Han Dynasty on the surface, even if he really has the courage to take the opportunity to attack the newly returned Lujiang area, then the brave Sun Ce raised by Liu Xie's family will definitely not do nothing.Therefore, Liu Biao's actions this time are basically the same as Yuan Shao's ordering Yuan Tan to attack Cao Cao.

But one bad strategy can be said to be a miscalculation, but two consecutive ones cannot be a coincidence.Yuan Shao tried so hard to divert the attention of the Han Dynasty, it seems that he really wanted to make a big move in the spring season next year.When contacted that Zhen Mi had infiltrated into the Han Dynasty again at this time, Liu Xie felt that Yuan Shao's plot was not small.

"Since Yuan Shao is so unwilling to be lonely, how should we deal with it?" Thinking about Yuan Shao's tossing about with a hammer and a hammer, Liu Xie suddenly felt a little headache.After all, it is so tiring to compete with a behemoth. If you are not careful, it may be the time for the enemy to strike fiercely.

But Xun You seemed calm about this matter, and Fu Xu asked Liu Xie, "Your Majesty, do you think there are any loopholes in the deployment of the Han Dynasty?"

"Not found yet."

"Then Your Majesty thinks that once Yuan Shao makes a move, the Han Dynasty will have no power to fight back?"

"Of course not."

"If that's the case, why did your Majesty mess up the situation first?" Xun You finally laughed again, pointing to Yuan Shao's two schemes and said: "In my opinion, this move may be the result of Yuan Shao's indifference to the Han Dynasty. There is no other way, just a few suspicious clouds on a whim. It seems that there is a plan for everything, but it is useless everywhere, and there is even a suspicion of playing with fire. Your Majesty, you must know that it is better to be quiet..."

After being explained by Xun You in this way, Liu Xie suddenly felt clear in his mind, and looking at Yuan Shao's two tricks, he really felt that he was jumping over the wall in a hurry.And when he looked back at the Xuzhou area again, he couldn't even help laughing.

"That's right, Yuan Shao seems to have a well-thought-out plan, but he is also too arrogant. Although these two actions have attracted the attention of the Han Dynasty, they are more likely to make some people feel threatened. I don't think I need to wait until next year. There will also be new changes. When Yuan Shao burns himself, I would like to see if his tricks can turn the whole situation around..."

(End of this chapter)