Negotiations with Yuan Shao broke down, and Yuan Chang and Cao Cao did not continue to stay in Jizhou. Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, gathered grain and grass for the war, and Yuan Changzi returned to Youzhou with the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials.

Yecheng City House

As soon as Yuan Chang and Cao Cao left, Yuan Shao convened his subordinates to discuss the matter. Yuan Shao sat on the main seat, and the rest of the civil and military sat on both sides according to their positions, and after the people arrived, Yuan Shao did not have any extra nonsense, and said bluntly: "Everyone, now that Youzhou Mu and Yanzhou Mu are united, they want to attack my Jizhou, what do you think?"

Tian Feng stepped forward and asked puzzledly: "My lord, why did Youzhou Mu and Yanzhou Mu invade Jizhou for no reason?"

Yuan Shao said with some irritability: "The current situation is chaotic, all the forces are expanding forces, and the alliance between Youzhou Mu and Yanzhou Mu is just for the forces of Jizhou, why bother." ”

The real reason, Yuan Shao, who is now in control of his body, is a cowardly character, and naturally he will not say it. Although the civil and military forces under their command fought with each other, they were also divided into factions to support Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, who were favored by each other. However, these subordinates are also arrogant and individualistic people, if they know that there is a force in the world that is secretly manipulating the trend of the world, I am afraid that they will not agree, and they will inevitably resist. However, Yuan Shaozi, who is terrible and cowardly in the Shuntian League, does not want to conflict with them, and would rather do nothing and get by, and after he dies, where will he care about the flood. If it was Yuan Shao, who controlled his body, he would naturally choose to unite with Yuan Chang and Cao Cao. However, there is no rule in the time when the two personalities appear, sometimes one second is still this kind of personality, and the next second is a different personality.

"The lord forgives sins, but his subordinates are ignorant!"

Tian Feng didn't doubt him, he felt that he had asked a nonsense, if all forces are competing for territory and expanding their power today, what reason is needed to open the station. However, he still had some doubts, so he still asked: "My lord, it is understandable that Yanzhou Mu sent troops to Jizhou." However, Youzhou Mu is the younger brother of the lord, and he can serve as the Youzhou pastor or the lord to contribute. If the lord and Youzhou Mu are at war, I am afraid that the world will make fun of Yuan, thinking that there may be any misunderstanding, the lord can send an envoy to Youzhou to talk to Youzhou Mu, or the dispute can be waived. ”

"Enough!"

Yuan Shi roared in a low voice, his face was slightly gloomy, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Tian Yuanhao, I summoned you and others to come today to discuss countermeasures, not to discuss the reasons. ”

"The Lord forgives sins!"

Tian Feng apologized in a timely manner, and Yuan Shao didn't plan to pursue this issue, so he didn't say much. And Yuan Shao's reaction made Tian Feng understand in his heart that there might be some unknown secrets in the dispute between Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang and Cao Cao. However, whether there is any secret has nothing to do with him, as Yuan Shao's subordinate, what he has to do now is to discuss how to deal with the joint attack of Yuan Chang and Cao Cao, as Yuan Shao said.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Tian Feng spoke again: "My lord, my subordinates think that if Youzhou Mu and Yanzhou Mu want to invade Jizhou, they should first merge the state and Qingzhou. Otherwise, their soldiers and horses will go deep into Jizhou, and when the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and the soldiers and horses of Jizhou and our Jizhou form a tripartite encirclement, they can cut off their grain routes and retreats, making them difficult to care about, and they will definitely be defeated. Therefore, his subordinates thought that the lord could order the eldest prince and General Gao to strengthen the border defenses in case of emergency. ”

"Lord, my subordinates think Tian Yuanhao is very true!"

Immediately after Tian Feng, Fu Zhu stood up and agreed with Tian Feng's opinion.

It can be said that among all the strategists and generals under Yuan Shao, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu in the strategists, and Wen Chou and Yan Liang in the military generals, the four of them do not participate in factional battles at all, and are purely loyal to Yuan Shao. Therefore, the four of them were more trusted by Yuan Shao. Compared with Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, Wen Chou and Yan Liang are more valued by Yuan Shao. Why is this so, it is not because of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's guards, but mainly because Fu Zhu and Tian Feng are strategists, and they often have to give advice, and their personalities are relatively upright, they will offend Yuan Shao's face, and if they are any person in power, they will not be too happy to meet such subordinates, let alone a face-loving person like Yuan Shao.

However, no matter how angry Yuan Shao was with them, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu never changed their approach, perhaps, just to repay Yuan Shao's attention to them at the beginning. Sometimes, some people get a heavy responsibility when they are unwilling, and they will repay it with their lives or lives, and Tian Feng and Fu Zhi are such people.

After agreeing with Tian Feng's suggestion, Fu Zhu said again: "My lord, if Yuan Chang and Cao Cao are united, it must be Cao Cao who takes Qingzhou and Yuan Chang who merges the state. Let's talk about Qingzhou, if Cao Cao wants to capture Qingzhou, there are only two roads for troops to go out of Jinan or Qi, Pingyuan County has the Yellow River tributary Qi River Gongwei, Cao Cao has no water army under his command, and he will definitely not choose this road, so now Qingzhou has to guard against both Jinan and Qi. And bordering the state of Qi is Taishan County, although Cao Cao is the lord of Yanzhou, this Taishan County is not under his control, but in the hands of the Taishan thief Zangba. Zang Ba is arrogant and arrogant, and does not take any force in his eyes, Cao Cao has failed to convince Zang Ba many times, and because of the natural danger of Mount Tai to resist, Cao Cao has not been able to capture Zang Ba for a while. Therefore, the lord could attack from Zang Ba and cut off Cao Cao's route from Qi State. ”

"Oh, the plan will be released?"

Fu Zhu bowed and bowed, and said confidently: "Tarzan thieves make a living by plundering, as long as they have enough money, there is nothing they dare not do." Therefore, as long as the lord brings a generous gift to Zang Ba and asks him to harass Cao Cao's grain road when Cao Cao sends troops, then the road of Qi will inevitably collapse. ”

"Haha, this plan is very good, the public and the truth are my son's room. ”

Yuan Shao laughed and praised, in the face of such a terrible enemy as the Shuntian Alliance, the cowardly character who now controls the body does not have the courage to fight with the other party at all. However, fighting with Cao Cao and Yuan Chang, Yuan Shao did not have the slightest fear, with the power he now occupies three states, looking at the world, Yuan Shao is confident that no one is his opponent.

"My lord, look at the map!"

However, before he finished speaking, he pointed to the location on the map and said again: "The Qi country can make it difficult for Cao Cao to move an inch all the way, and the Jinan country bordering Yanzhou Jibei has a natural barrier in front of Dongpingling, and the lord only needs to let the eldest prince lay troops and horses in this mountain mausoleum, so that Cao Cao can return in vain." In this way, the situation in Qingzhou will be solved naturally. ”

"Good, good!"

After listening to the analysis of the frustrated professor, Yuan Shao suddenly exclaimed happily. He is also extremely proud in his heart, there is such a talent under his command, why should he be afraid of Cao Cao, when the time comes, he will definitely stand in front of Cao Cao with the attitude of a victor, and mock him well, even he Yuan Shao can't beat him, and how to fight with the Shuntian League, I don't know what to say.

"Lord, although the princess has a good plan with him, he has to guard against it!"

There is no one else who stood up on Yuan Shaoxing's head to remind him except Tian Feng, and it is not unreasonable for Tian Feng to be evaluated as "just committing a crime". This kind of time is the time when Yuan Shao is happy and proud, but you jump out and pour cold water, and no one will be happy. However, Tian Feng, as a subordinate, or his character, would not consider this, but expressed his opinion: "Taishan thieves are thieves, they have no faith at all, they will obey when the lord gives them benefits, and once Cao Cao gives them more benefits, it is inevitable that they will not be at both ends." ”

"Humph!"

Xing was poured a basin of cold water on his head, and Yuan Shao was naturally unhappy. However, he also knew that Tian Feng was thinking about himself, and before his anger value reached its peak, Yuan Shao naturally would not blame Tian Feng. And Tian Feng in history, until he was imprisoned by Yuan Shao on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, it was because of the accumulation of anger for many years that Yuan Shao would behave like that.

Therefore, Yuan Shao said disdainfully and coldly: "My Yuan family, the fourth and third dukes, how can I be compared to Cao Cao's eunuch, and the Taishan thief still dares to disobey me." If they dare to do so, I will let them know how powerful it is. Cao Cao's incompetence against them does not mean that his father can't do anything about them. Therefore, when sending envoys to Taishan County, we should show our attitude and let them stick to their duties, if they dare to disobey their father, when Cao Cao is solved, none of them will be able to escape. ”

"What the lord said is very true!"

Guo Tu listened to Yuan Shao's words, and immediately jumped out to pat himself on the back, and said: "The lord was born in the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes, and after Cao Cao's eunuchs, the Taishan thieves are not afraid of Cao Cao, do they dare to despise the lord." It is believed that when the prestige of the lord arrives, it will be the day when those Tarzan thieves bow down to their vassals. Tian Yuanhao, don't you want to worry about the sky, or do you question the prestige of the lord?"

"I will not question the prestige of the lord, and Guo Gong, you don't want to sow discord here. As a counselor, I should be worried about the Lord and make his actions more perfect. ”

Tian Feng glanced at Guo Tu and replied disdainfully.

Guo Tu and the others were divided into two factions to support Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang respectively, and Tian Feng did not participate, so he was naturally excluded and suppressed by the people of the two factions. However, Tian Feng will not be in the same stream because of this, the gentleman is frank, how can he compromise with villains like Guo Tu and them.

"Okay, Yuan Hao, Gong Ze, you don't need to quarrel!"

Yuan Shang waved his hand to stop the two of them, and said: "What the prince said is right, the prestige of this prince Taishan thief should be seen in his eyes; However, what Yuan Hao said is also right, not afraid of just in case, the Taishan thieves should also watch carefully, if they offend me, let Xian Sibing go out of Qingzhou, solve them, so that they can know that I Yuan Shao is not an incompetent person like Cao Cao, how can they be allowed to offend. ”

"The Lord is mighty!"

Yuan Shao finally listened to his advice, Tian Feng felt relieved in his heart, and said again: "Lord, Cao Cao has always been scheming, although Jinan has Dongping Mausoleum as a natural barrier to guard, but it also needs to be guarded against Cao Cao's tricks. Now that the eldest prince has no strategists by his side, he is afraid that he will fall for Cao Cao's treacherous scheme, give up the advantage of Dongpingling, and fight with Cao Cao's wilderness, I am afraid that there will be losses. Therefore, his subordinates thought that the lord should send a strategist to Qingzhou to give advice to the eldest prince. ”

Yuan Shao didn't refute this, what kind of character his son is Yuan Shao knows very well, he has some abilities, but sometimes he is impulsive, once he is provoked, he may give up the advantage of the Dongpingling checkpoint regardless of it, and fight with Cao Cao's soldiers and horses in the field.

"Yuan Hao's words are very good, everyone, who is willing to go to Qingzhou to help Xiansi help. ”

"Lord, my subordinates are willing to go!"

"Lord, my subordinates are willing to go!"

Before Yuan Shao's words fell, two people jumped out, one of whom was Xin Ping. Xin Ping and Guo Tu are the faction that supports Yuan Tan, and now they want to send strategists to Qingzhou to aid Yuan Tan, and Xin Ping is the only one to do. Guo Tu can be eloquent, he stayed in Yecheng, and he maintained a sense of existence in front of Yuan Shao for Yuan Tan, but the other person who stood up was Feng Ji, and those who didn't know the inside story felt nothing. However, those who know the inside story will be strange, Feng Ji and the trial match they supported Yuan Shang, and now they want to send an assistant to help Yuan Tan, Feng Ji will actually recommend himself?

The people present were all human spirits, and they quickly figured out Feng Ji's intentions.

Feng Ji's intentions are obvious, let Feng Ji go to Yuan Tan as an assistant, obviously he wants to take the opportunity to stumble on Yuan Tan, as long as Feng Ji makes a little move during this period and makes Yuan Tan make mistakes, then Yuan Tan will definitely lose Yuan Shao's attention. I have to say that this trick is a bit insidious.

Guo Tu naturally understood, and as soon as his mind turned, he immediately stood up and said: "Lord, my subordinates think that this battle against Cao Cao in Qingzhou is mainly to block Cao Cao's soldiers and horses outside Qingzhou, so that Cao Cao's army can not advance an inch. Xin Zhongzhi is calm and calm, and will not be easily provoked by Cao Cao; although Feng Yuantu has good intelligence, he is afraid that he is too impatient, and he is very easy to be provoked, and he is afraid that he is not suitable to go to Qingzhou to help the eldest son. Therefore, his subordinates thought that Xin Zhongzhi was the best candidate. ”

Yuan Shao knew about the open and secret battles between his subordinates, and it could be said that it was the result of his indulgence. It's just that Yuan Shao may overestimate his ability, and after causing such consequences, he can't control it. Now one faction supports Yuan Tan and the other supports Yuan Shang, both of them are their own sons, the palms and backs of their hands are meat, and he can't give up his cowardly character. Therefore, most of the time he can only turn a blind eye, anyway, as long as they support their son, it is still his own thing to rot in the pot, so he didn't pursue it too much. However, this time he is fighting Cao Cao after all, and Yuan Shao is still clear about Cao Cao's ability, and he will not take it lightly.

Therefore, after listening to Guo Tu's words, he said: "The public rule is very good, then Xin Zhongzhi will go to Qingzhou to help Xiansi." Remember, don't fall for Cao Cao's tricks, stick to the city, and keep Cao Cao out of Qingzhou, don't rush in. ”

"Yes, the lord commands, and the subordinates take it to heart!"

Guo Tu and Xin Ping glanced at each other, secretly rejoicing in their hearts.

"Cao Cao's problem is solved, so what about Yuan Chang?"