Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 762 What is the last sentence?

"What?! Cao Mengde beheaded Yuan Tan, and spread the news to Yecheng!" Liu Xie suddenly heard the news, and his whole mind went blank for a moment.Immediately afterwards, endless anger rose suddenly, making Liu Xie's face extremely ferocious, and he slapped the case hard: "Cao Cao, he is so courageous!"

When Chen Gong, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, Du Ji and the others heard the words, their faces became serious instantly.Especially Sima Yi and Pang Tong rushed to the front of the sand table and quickly projected the impact of this incident to the changes in the entire situation.As they moved the terracotta warriors anxiously and anxiously, the faces of the two became more ugly.Finally, when the two moved Cao Jun's terracotta warriors to the three counties east of Jizhou, they saw that Cao Jun's soldiers were like a barrier, which happened to block the division and advance of the Han army.

At this moment, even the two who had always been cunning and evasive couldn't help gnashing their teeth: "Cao Mengde's actions are truly a crime that cannot be punished!"

After Liu Xie heard the news, he realized Cao Cao's intentions, but when he saw the change of the flag of the terracotta warriors on the sand table, he hated Cao Cao's wolf ambition even more: "I still underestimated him, Cao Mengde. After Guandu, not only was I determined to win Hebei, but he, Cao Cao, was still not satisfied after I tacitly agreed to get Qingzhou, and dared to prevent our Han soldiers from recovering Hebei, coveting this rich land!"

For a time, the civil and military staff were filled with righteous indignation.After all, the extremely fast sand table simulation just now made everyone understand the next situation.

The [-] Han army besieged Yecheng, which was a stable guarantee for the other four armies to regain the land of Hebei.The other four armies devoured Hebei, and the [-] army had the confidence to break through Yecheng. The two complemented each other, and it was a seamless plan.

Especially after Yuan Shang's willful and reckless behavior, it objectively accelerated the process of the Han Dynasty's recovery of Hebei.After all, the current advantage of the Han army over Yuan Jun is that Yuan Shang's position is not correct, which makes the hearts of Tian Feng, Jushou and Shenpei in the city resentful, and they have not yet made every effort to fight against the Han army.But Cao Cao stepped in at this time and spread the news of Yuan Tan's death to Yecheng, leaving Tian Feng, Jushou and those loyal to the Yuan family in Yecheng with no choice but to assist Yuan Shang wholeheartedly.

Cao Cao disrupted all the deployment of the Han army with only one small move in Jibei!
With Tian Feng and Ju's ability, Liu Xie knew without imagining that these two people would inevitably lead the soldiers of Yecheng into mourning soldiers.The mourning soldier, in the era of cold weapons, is an almost invincible soldier.Because the mourning soldier knew that he had no way out, and would only fight bloodily towards a ray of dawn.At that time, they were firmly defending Yecheng. Even if the Han army attacked day and night with [-] troops, it would be extremely difficult to capture.

I have to admit that the human heart is a very mysterious and easy to change thing.Although Yuan Tan didn't do any good for the land of Hebei at all, and he might even kill a lot of people indiscriminately.But in the feudal era of etiquette and law at the end of the Han Dynasty, the heir of a big family of four generations and three princes died in battle, but it was always touching.

Liu Xie, who has manipulated or incited the hearts of the people many times, can even figure out how those strategists in Yecheng will complete the transformation from fearful soldiers to mourning soldiers.

First of all, there will be a grand funeral in Yecheng. At this time, Yuan Shang, a scheming guy, should let the soldiers and common people see that their Yuan family is so brotherly.And a group of civil and military people will take this opportunity to instill the belief in the survival of Yecheng into Yecheng by means of oath or invitation to fight.

No matter how militaristic the Yuan family was in Hebei, under the whitewashing of the literati, they will undoubtedly gather some people who are loyal to the Yuan family and ignorant.Then, naturally, they needed an enemy—a channel through which to vent their grief.

And right now, what could be more suitable for this candidate than the Han army who besieged Yecheng heavily and wantonly attacked the land of Hebei?

At this point, mourning soldiers will be completed.

Don't say how crude this strategy is, in fact, there is never a distinction between subtle and crude strategies, only two situations that work or don't work.Using Yuan Tan's death to incite the common people is a strategy that really won't make much sense, but the frightening thing is that it does work.

That's right, now that the [-] troops of the Han Dynasty are besieging Yecheng, even if the less than [-] soldiers in Yecheng are all mourners, it is impossible to break through the siege of the Han army.But what Cao Cao needs is not Yuan Shang's escape, but only needs Yuan Jun to be here to contain the Han army for a while.

With these days, Cao Jun is like a dragon out of trouble, and he is driven to occupy the fertile land of Jizhou.And the various armies of the Han Dynasty will inevitably race against Cao Jun on the track of time-Liu Xie absolutely does not want to see such a situation.

Because, Cao Cao, who has already won the land of the three states, undoubtedly has a tendency to become more and more wings.After the Han Dynasty removed Yuan Shao, the biggest obstacle to unification, they never hoped for a new powerful enemy to emerge.

"Your Majesty, with Cao Mengde's poisonous plan, we may also order Yuan Xi to be the heir of the Yuan family, so as to stir up internal strife in Yecheng again, and make the people of Yecheng see clearly the ugly face of Yuan Shang in order to seize power." Du Ji hesitated for a moment, and said such a countermeasure.

But Liu Xie waved his hand dejectedly: "Although this plan is feasible, it will take some time to achieve initial results. What I need is to break through the city of Ye within three to five days, and then lead the troops eastward, knocking mountains and shaking tigers, Only then can Cao Mengde not dare to act rashly."

At this moment, the corner of Chen Gong's mouth couldn't help holding a trace of bitterness, and he said the strategy that everyone knew but didn't want to say: "If your Majesty wants to complete his work in one battle, the only thing left is to pour water into the city of Ye. It hurts the harmony of heaven, and it will greatly lose the hearts of the people..."

Liu Xie's face was tangled, and he couldn't help stretching out his hands in front of his eyes, as if he was weighing something: on one side, it was the benevolence and righteousness of the Han Dynasty; on the other side, it was the interests of the Han Dynasty.Such a choice does not seem to be a problem for him.However, when he had to make a decision, he still hesitated.

After all, at this time, he is no longer the traveler who treated this time and space as a game.And this situation is very different from when he instructed Chen Gong to burn Tai'an: At that time, there were no people in the city, and what was burned was only an empty city.But there are [-] Li Shu in Ye City, once the embankment breaks and floods Ye City, the people in the city will inevitably fall into a swamp, and the loss will be immeasurable.

"Your Majesty, the three armies of the Han Dynasty marched straight in, and their morale was like a rainbow. It might be possible to occupy Jizhou before Cao Jun." Li Yan's hand holding the spear was already sweating. He himself was not quite sure when he said this.

After all, it was not a simple war for the Han army to regain the land of Hebei.Liu Xie's order to these generals is to put their minds to rest, unless they encounter a stubborn city, they must not attack the city.And this kind of heart-warming battle, the time and energy consumed are naturally much more cumbersome than ordinary battles.Coupled with the fact that the Yuan family did not die, although the progress of the three-way army far exceeded the expectations of the Han Dynasty, it was still extremely difficult to catch up with Cao Cao's brutal conquest of Jizhou.

Naturally, Liu Xie can also order to change the battle of Shuxin into a rapid invasion, but this kind of approach is the same as flooding Yecheng, and it is a big loss of popular support-the reason why Cao Cao took hold of the Han Dynasty is because he did not want to It needs the hearts of the people in Jizhou, but the Han Dynasty needs it.

"Your Majesty, the benevolence and righteousness of the Han Dynasty must not be lost, but the city of Ye must also be taken down. As a minister, the king's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor. The last general is not talented. I dare to ask your majesty to lead the elite soldiers to stop Cao's army. The last general will attack Ye here. City!" Xu Rong, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up and said to Liu Xie.

At this moment, everyone understood Xu Rong's intentions: he didn't want Liu Xie to be involved in the crime of flooding Yecheng, and he wanted to bear it alone!
All the generals felt remorseful, not to be outdone, they stepped forward one after another to beg for orders: "Although the last general is not talented, I don't want General Xu to focus on the excellence of the former, and break the great feat of Yecheng, please leave it to your Majesty!"

But Liu Xie didn't answer for a long time, but seemed to be immersed in Xu Rong's words just now: "General Xu, what did you just say?"

"Your Majesty, please stay here and attack Yecheng!" Xu Rong clasped his fists and begged for orders again.

But Liu Xie waved his hand and said, "Not this one, but the previous one."

"As a minister, eating the king's salary should be a matter of loyalty to the king?" Xu Rong saw Liu Xie's strangeness at this time, and he couldn't help hesitating in his tone.

"No..." Liu Xie still waved his hands, and then when everyone looked at each other, he suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Lead elite soldiers to stop Cao Jun! Haha, General Xu, you really awakened the dreamer with one sentence! Cao Mengde thought that Yecheng Sending soldiers all over the city can ruin my plan, but I don't know that he has brought me a good opportunity..."

Liu Xie was overjoyed, his eyes were full of excitement that swept away the stereotypes.At the side, Sima Yi and Pang Tong looked at each other, and suddenly realized: "Your Majesty, to deal with the mourners, this kind of strategy is the most appropriate one!"

(End of this chapter)