"Kettle off?"

Yuan Shao read along the position pointed by Fu Zhu, his face was a little puzzled, he looked at Fu Zhu and asked, "Gonghe, what's so strange about this pot pass?"

"Back to the Lord"

Fu Zhi bowed and bowed, and explained in detail: "This time Yuan Chang and Cao Cao jointly invaded our Jizhou, if it is according to their agreement, the situation is a little unfavorable for Yuan Chang. However, if you look at it from the point of view of the kettle, there is no problem. Lord, if you look at the location on the map, the distance from Huguan to Yecheng is comparable to the distance from Dongjun to Yecheng. Then, if Yuan Chang wants to close the gap with Cao Cao, he must be planning to focus on Huguan. Moreover, it can also be seen from the news that although there are only two soldiers and horses that invaded the state, the number of troops is 20,000 more than the three-way soldiers and horses in the other direction, which shows that Huguan is the key point of the battle of Bingzhou, as long as the Huguan is held, the lord is equivalent to retreating to Yuan Chang's side to attack, and he only needs to deal with Cao Cao with all his might. ”

"My lord, the prince is very true!"

Tian Feng also stepped forward and agreed: "Although there are still tens of thousands of Youzhou soldiers and horses at the junction of Jizhou and Youzhou, as long as the lord orders the counties and counties along the way to close their doors and defend the fields, they will definitely not dare to venture easily. Otherwise, there will be a risk of being flanked by our Jizhou soldiers, and if the other party's commander dares to do so, the lord does not need to worry about such an unwise opponent. In terms of Huguan, the lord can order the state pastor to send elite troops to sit in the town, in addition, the lord can also send the general to lead the troops to be stationed outside Huguan, just in case. Even if Yuan Chang wins Huguan, he can rely on this army to trap the soldiers and horses of Youzhou in Huguan. ”

"Hah, that's good!"

Yuan Shao saw that Yuan Chang's threat was lifted in a few words, and his face was excited and happy, and he said loudly: "Since this is the case, let General Wen Chou lead the elite troops to garrison outside Huguan, with General Wen Chou here, Ren Yuan Chang has thousands of troops and thousands of horses and wants to get close to Yecheng in the slightest." ”

"Lord, kill chickens with a knife, why do you need General Wenchou to go out!"

Guo Tu's eyes rolled, how could he let Fu Zhu and Tian Feng be beautiful in front of Yuan Shao, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Lord, there are no generals with superb martial arts in Youzhou, wouldn't it be a waste of General Wenchou's ability to let General Wen Chou go to garrison it?" On the other hand, it is Cao Cao's side, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and other Cao Cao's relatives and generals are all strong in martial arts, and General Wen Chou and General Yan Liang should be able to deal with it, so the subordinates think that the matter of Huguan should be sent to another general. ”

Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Tai Shici and other generals are not famous now, and Guo Tu naturally does not think that the generals under Yuan Chang have any talent. On the other hand, Cao Cao, the reputation of Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan and others has already been played, and strong generals like Wen Chou and Yan Liang are needed to deal with it.

Tai Shi Ci was the first to become famous, or he rode alone to fight Sun Ce, and Sun Ce has always had the title of Little Overlord, Tai Shi Ci was able to fight Sun Ce alone, so he was naturally famous. Of course, at this time, his reputation only spread in a small area, and it was not until he joined Sun Ce and sat on one side that his reputation gradually became louder, and not everyone knew about it. The reason why future generations know Tai Shici's toughness, but it is the same as picking up the predecessors' teeth Hui Dian Wei, Dian Wei as Cao Cao's guard in history, although the strength is strong, without commanding an army, the reputation is not as good as Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, if it is not for the people who have fought with Dian Wei, they don't know the strength of Dian Wei, just like Chen Zhi, as the commander of Liu Bei's Bai Yu army, if it is not recorded, who in later generations will know that Chen Zhi is such a number one person? And Zhao Yun is not to mention, in history, it was in Changbanpo, seven in and seven out to become famous, and Cao Cao gave him publicity, and his reputation rose rapidly.

In fact, looking at the military generals of the Three Kingdoms period, their strength is no worse than Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Guan Yu and others, many people just lack a chance, otherwise, they may have already become famous. Just like Liu Biao's Wenpin, just because Liu Biao was satisfied with Jingzhou and became a master of success, Wenpin's martial arts could not be demonstrated, and it was not until Cao Cao went south that it began to be revealed, but there was not much room for play, which made people cry out in vain.

Of course, Guo Tu's suggestion is that on the one hand, he doesn't know that Zhao Yun and Dian Wei are strong, and on the other hand, he is also selling Wen Chou well.

Why?

Obviously, as a general, especially a self-proclaimed strong man like Wen Chou, he wants to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, rather than as a reserve army, facing possible battles. Therefore, Wen Chou also had the intention to refuse, but he would never disobey Yuan Shao's orders, and he knew Yuan Shao's temperament very well, so he didn't stand up, thinking that he would discuss with Yuan Shao privately after the meeting. didn't want him to speak, but Guo Tu helped him solve this problem, which made Wen Chou have a little good impression of Guo Tu.

"Hmm"

Yuan Shao groaned, feeling that it was indeed a waste to throw a strong general like Wen Chou as a reserve army in Huguan, and asked: "Since the public rule thinks it is inappropriate, who do you think can take on this heavy responsibility?"

"My lord, my subordinates thought that they could choose one of the two generals, General Zhang Jaw and General Gao Lan. These two generals are slightly inferior in martial arts to General Wenchou and General Yan Liang, and it is enough to deal with the matter of Huguan, and this time they are stationed outside Huguan, not to fight with Youzhou soldiers and horses, General Gao Ran is a stable person, and it is more suitable to come. ”

The four people of Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Wen Chou, and Yan Liang are called the four court pillars of Hebei, what are the court pillars? The beams and pillars of the court can be said to be extremely important, and it can be seen that the status of the four people under Yuan Shao's command. And Guo Tu said this, praising Wen Chou and Yan Liang, belittling Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran are worse than the former, and at the same time, saying that Gao Ran is stable, but also saying that Zhang Jaw is not stable enough, and hit Zhang Jaw Shun in front of Yuan Shao to give Zhang Jaw eye medicine, which can be regarded as killing several birds with one stone.

And the reason why Guo Tu did this was because he privately persuaded Gao Ran and Zhang Jaw to work for Yuan Tan, but they were refused. Gao Ran was more taciturn, and his refusal was more tactful, but Zhang Jaw lost his temper, and bluntly reprimanded Guo Tu for being greedy and despising villains, and dividing the relationship between Yuan Shao's son, which made Guo Tu extremely angry. Therefore, he was angry with Zhang Jaw in his heart, so he took this opportunity to declare his personal vendetta and give Zhang Jaw a basin of fresh ** dirty water. Of course, Guo Tu also persuaded Wen Chou and Yan Liang at the beginning, but Wen Chou and Yan Liang were deeply valued by Yuan Shao, and they were even more trusted than their sons, and they might be scolded by Yuan Shao if they splashed sewage, so they could only target Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran.

If Yuan Chang knew Guo Tu's recommendation, he would definitely be unable to help but praise Guo Tu.

Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran, as one of the four court pillars in Hebei, are naturally not as strong as Guo Tu said, inferior to Wen Chou and Yan Liang. In terms of martial arts, the strength of the four is comparable. You must know that Gao Ran is a strong general who can fight with Zhang Fei without distinguishing between victory and defeat, so how can such strength be low? In this way, Gao Ran is on par with Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei is also on par with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei is also on par with Zhao Yun, why was Gao Ran stabbed to death by Zhao Yun with a shot, and Wen Chou and Yan Liang were also killed by Guan Yu with a knife? Of course, martial arts are quite the same thing, but when fighting, it is not purely about martial arts, if this is the case, wouldn't Lu Bu be invincible? However, even if he is as strong as Lu Bu, he will sometimes be afraid of Zhang Fei. Therefore, Gao Lan, Wen Chou and Yan Liang died so aggrieved, and it is in the past.

In terms of martial arts, the four of them are equal, and in terms of their ability to command troops, Wen Chou and Yan Liang are deeply valued by Yuan Shao, on the one hand, it is the reason for the emotional plus, and on the other hand, their ability is naturally not bad, but they are too aggrieved to die, and it is unknown what their ability is, and the same is true of Gao Ran. However, judging from the merits of Zhang Jaw, it is obviously not bad.

Because Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran were framed by Guo Tu, they reluctantly took refuge in Cao Cao's camp. At that time, Cao Cao learned that Zhang Jaw came to take refuge in himself, and happily praised Zhang Jaw as "Han Xin returned to Han", Han Xin was one of the three major heroes of Liu Bang's establishment of the Han Dynasty, if there was no Han Xin, maybe Liu Bang would have been destroyed by Xiang Yu a long time ago, which shows Zhang Jaw's status in Cao Cao's eyes. Moreover, what Zhang Jaw did later did not disappoint Cao Cao's praise for him, which could not only contend with Liu Shu, but also strike at Eastern Wu, which made Zhuge Liang very jealous. During the battle of Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan was killed and ran away from Zhang Jaw, Liu Bei also sighed that there was a hammer to kill Xiahou Yuan, and the person who really wanted to kill should be Zhang Jaw, which shows the prestige of Zhang Jaw. Later, if it weren't for Sima Yi to let Zhang Jaw pursue the retreating Shu army and let Zhuge Liang ambush him, the situation of Shu would have been more difficult. Moreover, Sima Yi asked Zhang Jaw to pursue Zhuge Liang's retreat, and there was no lack of conspiracy, as for the facts, there is no way to know.

However, in all respects, there is no doubt about the ability to open the jaw. Moreover, Zhang Jaw is clever in commanding troops and good at lining up camps, and he is also good at using the terrain to deal with the enemy. Huguan will be difficult and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be arranged in Huguan, even if there are millions of soldiers and horses, it may not be easy to take. And if there is a general like Zhang Jaw who is good at using the terrain, I am afraid that the difficulty will increase several times. However, with Guo Tujin's words, Zhang Jaw has no chance to show his strengths, otherwise, Zhao Yun and their side can capture Huguan and not to mention, even if they do, they will suffer heavy losses in the future, and they will not be able to send troops to Yecheng at all. Therefore, if Yuan Chang knew that Guo Tu had such a play, he would definitely have to thank Guo Tu.

"That being the case, then General Gao Ran led 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison outside Huguan. ”

"Whoa!"

Gao Liang shouted to receive the order, and there was no objection. As the pillars of the four courts in Hebei, Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran were naturally in the meeting. said that the two of them were present, and Guo Tu belittled the two of them like this, but his heart was quite big. Of course, Guo Tu and Zhang Jaw have already torn their faces, so they naturally don't mind splashing dirty water on the two of them, and what can Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran do to him? Wufu is a martial artist after all, and he is not playing with him between applause, this time he is not obediently obeying orders, he won them over at the beginning, but they don't know what to do, and now they are just hors d'oeuvres, and in the future, they will be good-looking.

Gao Ran has a weak personality and doesn't like to care about these, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to Guo Tu and Zhang Jaw is also too lazy to pay attention to Guo Tu, he deeply understands that gold will always shine, his ability is in himself, and sooner or later he can play it Of course, Guo Tu's belittling and framing of him also remembers it in his heart, and sooner or later he will find an opportunity to "return" Guo Tu, and now he will bear it for the time being.

"Yuan Chang's side is already worry-free, what about Cao Cao?"

After discussing the coping method of Youzhou soldiers and horses, the next step is naturally the response strategy of Yanzhou soldiers and horses.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "If the Yanzhou soldiers and horses want to invade my Jizhou, they have to cross the Yellow River. Puyang and other cities along the Yellow River set up spies, beacon towers are set up along the road, once the Yanzhou soldiers and horses attack, they can be hit by archers along the coast, so that the Yanzhou soldiers and horses are difficult to cross the river, Cao Cao wants to forcibly cross the river, since it is a heavy loss, this is a Cao Cao invaded Jizhou before, when the first to conquer Qingzhou, although Qingzhou has Yuan Tan Gongzi stationed, however, Yuan Tan Gongzi is young after all, inexperienced in dealing with the enemy, in the face of Cao Cao such a long-term battlefield people, I am afraid that Cao Cao will fall into Cao Cao's treacherous scheme. Therefore, on the side of Qingzhou, the lord should send strategists and generals to help each other to ensure that Qingzhou is not lost, and after a long time, Cao Cao will retreat by himself due to lack of food. As long as Qingzhou is kept, Cao Cao does not dare to easily invade Jizhou, first, the Yellow River has already been deployed, Cao Cao can not easily cross the Yellow River, second, if Cao Cao abandons Qingzhou and turns to Jizhou, the lord can make Yuan Tan Gongzi attack Cao Cao's rear, so that Cao Cao is in a dilemma, the lord may take the opportunity to defeat Cao Cao, capture Yanzhou, and when the time is ripe in the future, Yanzhou can be used as a bridgehead, all the way south, and achieve great causes. ”

"It's wonderful, the public and the truth are my son's room, I have the public and the help, why worry about the big thing, hahaha!"

After listening to the analysis of the frustrated professor, Yuan Shao almost jumped up excitedly. Compared to Yuan Chang, Yuan Shao valued his old friend and old rival Cao Cao more, and what he wanted to see more was Cao Cao's reaction when he became his prisoner. Therefore, when analyzing Youzhou's strategy just now, Yuan Shao was not so excited.

"Gonghe, who do you think should be sent to Qingzhou to help?"

Fu Zhu frowned and pondered for a moment, then returned: "Lord, don't be excellent in driving and matching, known as a strange plan, you can plan General Zhang Jaw to command the troops skillfully, good at arranging the camp, this time the reinforcement of Qingzhou is mainly for defense, General Zhang Jaw is just right." ”

"Hmm"

"Lord, my subordinates think there is something wrong with these two people!"

Naturally, it was Guo Tu who jumped out, and it was the best time to stop Yuan Shao when he hadn't agreed. If Yuan Shao agrees, and then jumps out to oppose it, it will only make Yuan Shao unhappy, Guo Tu, who knows Yuan Shao quite well, knows that interrupting Yuan Shao at this time will not make Yuan Shao too dissatisfied.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao was interrupted by Guo Tu, his brows frowned slightly, but he still didn't get angry, but just asked lightly: "Gongzhi, why do you say that the two of you are not suitable for reinforcing Qingzhou?" ”

Although Yuan Shao's expression was flat, Guo Tu knew that if he couldn't give a suitable reason, he would definitely cause Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction.

Guo Tu's back was slightly wet, and his mind was running rapidly.