The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 343 Changes in the situation
Not long after the Yangping battle between Cao Cao and Dongfang Sheng ended, a shocking news came that Yuan Shao died of illness.

This news marked the fall of a generation of heroes, and Cao Cao was already preparing to deal with Yuan Shao's three sons.

Of course, this is also an excellent opportunity for Dongfang Sheng. Yuan Shao's territory is so large, and Dongfang Sheng doesn't want Cao Cao to occupy it all by himself.

The most failed thing Yuan Shao did was to establish a reserve. He put his eldest son Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, his second son Yuan Xi in Youzhou, his nephew Gao Gan in Bingzhou, and his youngest son Yuan Shang by his side.

Although doing so can exercise the abilities of several successors, it also makes the advisers under his command not understand his intentions, which eventually leads to the disintegration of the Yuan Group.

In September of the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao finally launched the battle to destroy Yuan. The first to bear the brunt was Li Yang, which was the throat of Yuan's area.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang reached an agreement temporarily, Yuan Tan would defend Liyang, and Yuan Shang would station Yecheng as his backup.

Dongfang Sheng happened to meet Fazheng who had withdrawn from Yangzhou in Xiapi New City. Sun Ce had basically stabilized Jiangdong's territory, so naturally he would not lose Dongfangsheng's territory.

The agreement that was made at the beginning, of course, was immediately voided.

However, when Fazheng came over, he brought a piece of news that Sun Ce was critically ill.

The cause of the incident was nothing more than what happened in history. Sun Ce adopted some radical measures in order to unify Jiangdong as soon as possible.

However, these gentry are entangled in Jiangdong, and it is not so easy to get rid of, so Sun Ce encountered an assassin when he went out once. Although he did not die on the spot, he also lost half his life after returning. These days, Huaisi in the Jiangdong area The army has been staring at the people coming in from the outside, in order to prevent other princes from taking the opportunity to invade.

As soon as Fazheng shared the news, everyone immediately clamored to flatten Jiangdong, trying to win Jiangdong when Cao Cao and the Yuan family were fighting for supremacy.

Dongfang Sheng looked at Zhao Yun and the others without saying a word, discussing how to attack the Jiangdong area Yunyun, but Fa Zhengzheng, who came from Jiangdong, hugged his hands together and watched silently.

"Xiao Zhi, what's your opinion?" Dongfang Sheng asked.

When Dongfang Sheng asked, all eyes were on Fazheng. Fazheng looked around and said, "Do you all think that now is the best time to attack Jiangdong?"

"Don't you think that instead of attacking Jiangdong at this time, you are going to attack the Yuan family?" Yu Hong asked rhetorically. "Do you know that although Yuan Shao is dead, he still has three sons and a nephew, and there are quite a few soldiers under their command."

"Who did Yuan Shao appoint as his successor before Yuan Shao died? Could it be that the three brothers were really in harmony? I heard that Yuan Shao's advisers pushed each other out, so that the adviser Xu You defected at the last moment, causing Wuchao's army rations to be burned , Yuan Jun was defeated." Fazheng's rhetorical questions immediately silenced Yu Hong.

It is an open fact that Yuan Shao's three sons are at odds, and everyone knows it.Yuan Shao has not established a heir for a long time. The reason is that he likes his youngest son Yuan Shang, but because his advisers want to establish his eldest son Yuan Tan, he can only delay it.

Establishing a crown prince has always been the biggest headache for the families of emperors and princes. If it is not handled properly, it will lead to the destruction of the entire family. There are countless examples in history.

Yuan Shao did not establish a reserve until his death, which directly planted the root of disaster. Of course, it is inevitable that his advisers have different intentions.

"According to what I have learned in Jiangdong these days, Sun Ce's younger brother, Sun Quan, is definitely not an easy-going lamp. If he can't win Jiangdong while he is in danger, it will affect the reputation of the lord." Fazheng Without the slightest panic, he said that he has matured a lot compared to the previous few years.

As soon as Fazheng finished speaking, Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Isn't attacking the three Yuan brothers considered taking advantage of someone's danger? If it fails, it won't affect the reputation of the lord?"

Zhao Yun's words resonated immediately, and Fazheng couldn't answer for a while.

Just when Fazheng was a little embarrassed, Dongfang Sheng said, "I think Xiaozhi is right."

Hearing Dongfang Sheng's affirmation of himself, Fazheng breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest of the people looked at Dongfang Sheng with puzzled eyes. They couldn't understand why they didn't occupy the good Jiangdong, but insisted on gnawing a difficult bone with Cao Cao?
Although Yuan Shao was defeated, Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao was also due to a sliver of luck. In everyone's mind, Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao was an accident, and no one thought that this accident could be replicated at will.

"Listen to me, that's right." Dongfang Sheng just said one sentence, without any other explanation. "Get ready, I will leave 2 people to stay in Xuzhou, and I will take the other 5 people directly to attack the Yuan brothers. The north is destined to be an important place."

Those who can unify the Han must first unify the North. Cao Cao also launched the Battle of Chibi after unifying the North and wanted to unify the Han. However, due to bad luck and constraints from the rear, he failed to fulfill his wish in the end.

What Dongfang Sheng thought in his heart was to occupy as many places as possible before Cao Cao took the north, and plan for the future.

Although the north is a place of bitter cold, it has also made the peasants here tough. Most of the elite soldiers come from here. The infantry and cavalry are stronger than the south, but of course the corresponding water battles are inferior to the south.

In fact, the place Dongfang Sheng wants to seize the most is Youzhou, which is the Beijing of later generations. Of course, the current Youzhou is still a place of bitter cold, and the population is not particularly large.

After hearing Dongfang Sheng's words, everyone left to prepare. Dongfang Sheng was rarely so arbitrary, but once he made a decision, no one could defy him.

After everyone left, a person suddenly appeared in the military tent, and Dongfang Sheng said without raising his head, "Put the things on the table, thank you for your hard work."

After the man put down a bamboo cylinder, he got up and left. There was no extra movement or sound during the whole process.

Dongfang Sheng picked up the wax on the cylinder with a knife, then took out a piece of letter paper from inside, read it carefully, and burned it with fire.

"I didn't expect them to have time to fight among themselves at this time? But this Yuan Shang has some brains." Dongfang Sheng said to himself after watching the letter paper burnt to ashes.

The scout camp has begun to take shape. Basically, there are spies from the scout camp in several major states now. Shi Qian even travels around as a merchant to recruit talents and develop strongholds, which makes Dongfang Sheng Can get news that others don't know faster.

(End of this chapter)