Yecheng, Jizhou

Yuan Shao discussed various matters with his subordinate Wu, and now Yuan Shao has jurisdiction over Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bingzhou, and there was originally a place in Youzhou in history, which can be said to be the largest warlord force in the late Han Dynasty and before the Three Kingdoms. Of course, although Yuan Chang has now taken the land of Youzhou, Yuan Shao, who owns the land of Sanzhou, is still the largest force at present. Yuan Shao in history can be said to have lost very unjustly, and his defeat was unreasonable. There are many strategists under his command, and the generals are also like carps crossing the river, and there are countless of them. After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he recovered a large number of them. Otherwise, just relying on the few men and horses under Cao Cao's own command, how could he pacify the land of Sizhou. Moreover, at the time of the battle, Yuan Shao's generals were killed a lot, and there were many who refused to surrender to Cao Cao, which shows that Cao Cao's command is really a good general.

Moreover, if you count the power of Yuan Shu, the Yuan family is undoubtedly the largest force in the late Han Dynasty and before the Three Kingdoms. It's just that the Yuan family, which has such a large territory and a large number of people under its command, failed to dominate the world in the end, I have to say that it is really a great irony.

"Lord, there are spies from Youzhou who have come to report that Youzhou Mu has led the army to Goguryeo. ”

"Hmm!"

Yuan Shao nodded indifferently, and did not react much to Yuan Chang's military behavior. Since learning that his sixth brother had a lot of ambitions, Yuan Shao arranged for someone to investigate Yuan Chang's actions in Youzhou. Goguryeo is just a barren land, just like a wild place, and there is nothing worth Yuan Shao's attention to spend too much attention on, as for why Yuan Chang wants to attack Goguryeo, Yuan Shao doesn't care too much.

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao didn't take it to heart, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord, throughout the ages, people who have fought against foreign races are all people with a heart for the world. Now that Youzhou Mu conquered Goguryeo, he must first pacify the northern foreign border, and when he solves his worries, he can go south to Jizhou, west to Liangzhou, and Merge Zhou, which hinders the great cause of the lord. The subordinates thought that the lord should take advantage of the fact that Youzhou Mu had not yet risen, and suppress it with the general power of the family, so that he would be subordinate to the lord, if he did not obey, the lord could use this as an excuse to send troops to Youzhou, and then the lord would take the elite of the four states, and the world would not be fully in the lord's pocket. ”

Since the rise of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the family began to move to the stage, until the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian was destroyed, only a little lingering, until the Song Dynasty, the family was regarded as a real withdrawal from the stage, replaced by Confucianism in power, of course, in essence, it is still a change of soup and not a change of medicine. Nowadays, the family is the foundation of everything, and if a person does not have a family, there is nowhere to redress his grievances if he is bullied. Moreover, if a person leaves the family, the people of the world will not say whether the family is not, but will only say whether the person is virtuous or not, so he will be driven out by the family, this is the general trend of the world, and no one can reverse it. Because the existence of the family is the foundation of the rule of the scholar class, they will not allow anyone to destroy this foundation. Therefore, Tian Feng asked Yuan Shao to let Yuan Chang belong in the name of the family, which can be said to be a stable eater of Yuan Chang. Yuan Chang doesn't resist in the end, if he resists, then don't worry, under the general trend of the world, Yuan Chang can't accept it. As Yuan Shao's strategist, Tian Feng naturally proceeded from Yuan Shao's interests and would not have the slightest uneasiness.

"Lord, Tian Feng's words are to trap the lord in an unkind and unrighteous place, and his subordinates think it is impossible. However, as soon as Tian Feng's words fell, Guo Tu jumped out to object.

There were many strategists under Yuan Shao's command, and everyone was divided into several factions. Who let Yuan Shao have four sons, of which Yuan Tan is the eldest son, who followed Yuan Shao's southern expedition to the north and made great contributions in Yuan Shao's entrepreneurial process, and according to the current primogeniture system, Yuan Shao's future family must be handed over to Yuan Tan. It's just that Yuan Shao's brother Yuan Ji has no children, and Yuan Shao succeeded Yuan Tan to Yuan Ji as a son. Although it is said that Yuan Tan still has Yuan Shao's blood flowing in his body, from the perspective of the family, Yuan Tan is no longer Yuan Shao's son, but Yuan Ji's son. Of course, whether to leave the family to Yuan Tan ultimately depends on Yuan Shao's own wishes.

However, Yuan Shao seems to have changed, since Yuan Tan passed to Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao began to dot on his other two sons, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

Yuan Xi in history doesn't have much pen and ink, but he just knows that he has a wife with the title of Luoshen, of course, it is no longer his, with Yuan Chang intervening, I am afraid that Zhen Mi has nothing to do with Yuan Xi anymore. followed by the third son Yuan Shang, who is Yuan Shao's favorite son, Yuan Shao's many actions reveal a meaning, the future successor is Yuan Shang. Therefore, the civil and military forces under Yuan Shao are basically divided into two factions, one faction supports Yuan Tan, such as Guo Tu, Xin Ping and others, and the other faction supports Yuan Shao, such as trial matching, Feng Ji, etc., while Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xu You and others did not stand in line, but just kept to their own things and did their own thing. Although Yuan Shao favored Yuan Shang more, Yuan Tan followed him in the early days, and Yuan Tan was also quite popular in the army, so it was not easy for Yuan Shao to make a decision for a while. Perhaps, it was precisely because of Yuan Shao's procrastination that he did not make up his mind as soon as possible that he was defeated in the battle of Guandu, and failed to set up an heir after his death due to illness, which eventually caused the huge family business to fall apart. Otherwise, the battle of Guandu will be defeated, and the Yuan family will still have the land of the four states, and there will still be the capital to fight for hegemony.

"Guo Tu, everything I say is for the sake of the lord, how can you say that I have trapped the lord in an unkind and unrighteous place, if it is unreasonable, I will not rest!" Tian Feng saw Guo Tu's objection, and snorted coldly and shouted angrily.

Guo Tu was not in a hurry when he heard this, and saluted Yuan Shao at the top, and then looked at Tian Feng and said: " Although the lord lost the land of Youzhou, however, Yuan Chang also paid a lot in the battle of Gongsun Zhan, and promised the lord to help the lord fight for the world in the future, if he regrets it, wouldn't it make the people of the world think that the lord is unkind; Youzhou Mu Yuan Chang is the sixth brother of the lord, and the lord is now seizing his territory for no reason, without the brother's affection, doesn't it make people think that the lord is unjust. If the people of the world regard the lord as an unkind and unrighteous person, what help will it do to the lord's great cause, compared to the lord's reputation, what harm will it do to give up the land of seclusion to Yuan Chang?"

Yuan Shao likes fame the most, and those who are familiar with Yuan Shao know it. Therefore, Guo Tu's words can be said to have completely entered Yuan Shao's heart, even if Tian Feng wants to refute, he is afraid that Yuan Shao will not agree. Because Tian Feng considered it from the perspective of Yuan Shao's interests, for Yuan Shao, who valued reputation more, it seemed to be more inferior.

"What the public rule says is very true, Youzhou is handed over to the sixth brother to govern, and its rule is also in good order, the road is not left behind, the night is not closed, the people live and work in peace and contentment, if I take its territory for no reason, it will be shameful for the people of the world, this is not my wish. In addition, there are six younger brothers guarding Youzhou, and they can also resist the alien races in the north, so that I can avoid the suffering of foreign invasion under my rule. If you take back Youzhou, you still need to spend time defending the border, which is not beneficial to the great cause. ”

Yuan Shao laid down the strategic policy of treating Yuan Chang with one sentence, and although Tian Feng was dissatisfied, he was helpless. Moreover, Tian Feng just felt that Yuan Chang's control of Youzhou in Yuan Shao's rear would be a little unfavorable to development, but he didn't feel that there was much of an obstacle. Therefore, Tian Feng did not continue to persuade.

"Now, in Chang'an City, Li Dao and Guo Yan are fighting, and Your Majesty is suffering from the hardships of the two, what do you think?"

When Tian Feng heard this, he stepped forward and suggested: "My lord, now that Your Majesty is being held hostage by these two thieves, it is difficult to get out of Chang'an City, and the Lord should wave Chang'an to save Your Majesty from fire and water." At that time, the lord will be able to work the king's work, control the general situation, and command the princes. ”

"Lord, my subordinates think it's impossible!"

Guo Tu stood up against it, ignoring Tian Feng's anger, and said unhurriedly: "Lord, if you welcome back Your Majesty, if Your Majesty asks your Lord to hand over the military power, will the Lord agree or oppose it at that time? If he agrees, then the Lord will only be able to be a rich man at that time, and he will not be able to live in fear; if the Lord does not agree, then the people of the world will be ashamed, and the Lord will be considered to be a disloyal and unfilial person." Welcoming back Your Majesty, there is no good help in the great cause of the lord, since this is the case, why not wait and see the changes and wait for the time to move. ”

"Well, very good!"

……

Yanzhou East County

"Well, Yuan Chang is actually raising troops in Goguryeo, I do what I want!"

Hearing the news reported by the spies, Cao Cao looked emotional, raising troops from different races and conquering outside the Saiwai, which can be said to be Cao Cao's heart's will. Now that he heard that Yuan Chang was already doing this, Cao Cao was naturally leisurely fascinated. However, Cao Cao, who now occupies Yanzhou, is powerless against foreign races. In the north, there is Jizhou Yuan Shao's tiger eye, and in the east, there is Xuzhou's big-eared thief lying on the couch. As for Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an in the west, there is nothing to be afraid of the problem of scabies, and Cao Cao will not care about Yuan Shu in Yuzhou in the south. As for looking down on Yuan Shao, in fact, it's just nonsense from those who write history.

Yuan Shao relied on his family background and was young as a lang, Yuan Shao was less than 20 years old and had become the magistrate of Puyang County, with a reputation for being honest and capable. Later, he served as a lieutenant of the Central Military Academy and a lieutenant of Sili, and once commanded the killing of eunuchs. When Dong Zhuo was plagued by the world, he opposed Dong Zhuo and was elected as the leader of the Kwantung Coalition Army. At that time, Cao Cao was just a last-class prince, and Liu Bei was not taken seriously by Yuan Shao, this is the gap brought about by status. Moreover, Yuan Shao had the spirit of "king and tyrant", and in the early days, his subordinates had Ju Yi, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, etc., and Wen had Tian Feng, Xu You, Judge, Feng Ji, and Fu Zhu, etc.; hundreds of thousands of soldiers with armor, and the people under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the first prince in the world lived and died. In terms of strength alone, where did Cao Cao get the capital to look down on Yuan Shao? It's just that Yuan Shao began to degenerate in the later period. In other words, this is a common problem for most people, who begin to degenerate after old age, with few exceptions, perhaps, because they are older, their minds are not clear, and they begin to be mediocre.

Cao Cao occupies Yanzhou, and there are still many Yellow Turban forces in the territory, waiting for Cao Cao to clean up. Therefore, now that Cao Cao is still too busy to take care of himself, where does he have the heart to conquer the foreign races, he can only imagine. As for Yuan Chang's expedition to Goguryeo, Cao Cao roughly understood Yuan Chang's thoughts, as a hero in troubled times, Cao Cao still had a vision, and he had already seen that Yuan Chang was an ambitious person. Now it swept Goguryeo, deterred the surrounding foreign races, and lifted the threat of the border of Youzhou. At that time, once there is a change in the Central Plains, Yuan Chang can safely send troops to the south, advance and retreat, and it can be said that there is no worries.

The emotion was only instantaneous, and soon Cao Cao recovered, his face showed a resolute look, and he said sharply: "Now that the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Yanzhou have been pacified, if the rest can surrender, they will surrender, if they are not willing to surrender, they will be attacked, we can't spend too much time on these thieves." I heard that the two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan were fighting in Chang'an City, what do you think?"

As Cao Cao's chief strategist, Xi Zhicai took the lead and said: "My lord, the two thieves, Li Dao and Guo Yan, are just reckless, so they should not be afraid. However, the soldiers and horses under his command are Xiliang soldiers who can fight well, and they are naturally fearless and can win with the power of the main attack. However, if the general trend is unclear today, if the lord fights with these two thieves, he will lose too much, which will not be conducive to future development. Therefore, the subordinates thought that they should wait and watch the two thieves fight, and when the time comes, the lord can raise troops to get rid of the two thieves, welcome back His Majesty, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which can help the lord and the great cause. ”

"What the military advisor said is very good!"

"Subordinates think it's feasible!"

"Haha, what the military advisor said is very much in line with me. I, Cao Cao, have the help of military advisors, so why worry about the world not being able to get it. Cao Cao laughed loudly, and his heroic posture was undoubted.

……

In Zhen'an City, in the city guard's mansion, Yuan Chang convened his subordinates and the generals of the Five Nations Alliance to gather for discussion.

"Everyone, take a day off today, and tomorrow the army will send troops to the pill capital, I don't know what is the best plan?" Yuan Chang's calm gaze swept around, and asked lightly.

"Youzhou Mu, now Goguryeo is already frightened by us, tomorrow only needs a large army to attack, with the city wall of Marudu, it can be taken in one battle, so why spend too much thought. Yehnaratonna said proudly, perhaps the previous battle was too easy, and it had already made him arrogant. As the predecessor of the Jurchens, arrogance may be a common disease buried in their bones.

The Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible. This sentence is the capital of the Jurchens' arrogance, but they never thought about it, if it were not for the uprisings in various places at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses were decadent, how could the Jurchens defeat the Ming Dynasty. Of course, history is written by the victors, and the Jurchens are the victors, and it is understandable that they dare to say so. It's just that if it weren't for their arrogance, perhaps, the Central Plains would not have had so much tragic history.

Yuan Chang glanced at Yehenaratonna and said lightly: "Since General Yehenala is so brave, then tomorrow's first battle will be led by the warriors of Hao, I believe that the warriors of Yehenara will not disappoint the Honzhou Mu, what does General Yehenara think?"

"Since Youzhou Mu has an order, I will not let Youzhou Mu down!"

Yehenara naturally had 10,000 grass and mud horses floating in his heart, but the big words had already been spoken, and what else could he say except to agree, he could only blame him for being in the limelight.