Chapter 491: Jin Shan
Yuan Yao captured Yuan Shang here, and sent Feng Li over there, Feng Li was Yuan Yao's backhand, in order to be afraid that he would not be able to hold Yuan Shang, so that Yuan Shang would run away, Yuan Yao's strategy to Feng Li was also very simple, that is, to let Feng Li pretend to be an iron cavalry from Jizhou to go to the camp of the Hebei Army to ask for help.
Originally, Feng Li may have been exposed, so Yuan Yaocai said to Feng Li that this might be a matter of nine deaths, but who made Yuan Shang panic at that time, and sent several pairs of cavalry back to ask for help, one group of judges and Feng Ji may not believe it, but what about the three, four, five, or six groups?
Then this Feng Ji has to believe it.
Soon, Feng Ji and the trial matched the soldiers and horses to support the place where Yuan Shang and the others left before, and Feng Li and the others were arranged to rest.
It also happened to give Feng Li room to exert himself, and found the place where the grain and grass of Yuan Shang's army existed, and through the fire of the night, it was called a wang, not only the grain and grass were lit, but also brought out with the camp.
Looking at the firelight in the sky, our General Yuan Yao didn't know whether it was better to cry or laugh.
Let's laugh, now that he is Yuan Shang, as long as Yuan Shang is there, those Hebei troops will not dare to move at all, and those grains, grasses and ordnance are all money, you say cry, Feng Li made such a move, Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses were completely broken by Yuan Yaojun.
Zhang Xun in the city looked at the firelight outside the city and led his men to kill for a while, among which Yuan Shangjun suffered countless losses.
It can be said that except for the soldiers and horses that were brought out to rescue Yuan Shang by the trial, the rest of the soldiers and horses have already been defeated and died.
He Yuan Yao hated, why did you say Yuan Shang, why did you surrender? You said that it is not good for you to surrender early, and it is not good to surrender late, so you have to surrender at this time?
If you surrender early, he, Yuan Yao, will have time to inform Feng Li not to make any moves, and if you surrender later, he Yuan Yao won't regret it so much.
If Yuan Shang can complain, he will definitely blame me?
Yuan Shang was shot while lying down, do you think he Yuan Shang is willing to surrender, but there is no way who will make him a prisoner of Yuan Yaojun now, he can only close his eyes, the baby is wronged, but the baby does not say.
Halfway through, he learned that the Chinese army camp had been burned and Yuan Shang had been captured, so he could only retreat to Qingzhou with the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses.
"Young General, Young General, I tell you to be cautious, don't be rash, why do you want to be like this! Blame me, blame me, blame me for not being by your side! As he spoke, a mouthful of blood spit out of his mouth.
"Mr. Jeongnam, Mr. Jeongnam!" A group of civil and military officers of Yuan Shang's Third Son's Party hurriedly gathered around the trial, looking at the trial with concern, now that Yuan Shang has been captured, this trial is all their backers.
"Quick, quickly inform the lord that you must save the young general!" After saying that, he passed out.
In Kaiyang City, Xuzhou, Yuan Yao was very enthusiastic about Yuan Shang, if it weren't for the fact that everyone present knew Yuan Yao very well, they would still think that this was a deep brotherhood.
"Come on, Brother Yuan Shang, come and try the dishes made in this Xuzhou cupboard!" Yuan Yao said very earnestly to Yuan Shang over there.
"Huh?!" Yuan Shang was a little stubborn and still looked like he didn't like to answer, but he was surprised by Yuan Yao, he was a prisoner now, why was this Yuan Yao so good to him.
Yuan Yao is really good to him Yuan Shang, you must know that the current Yuan Shang is a meat ticket, in his Yuan Yao's opinion, this Yuan Shang is no longer a person, but gold Caicai's gold, ah no, it is more valuable than gold, he is a gold mountain.
If this Jinshan has a stubborn temper, if a soldier can be killed and humiliated, he bites his tongue and commits suicide, or he Yuan Yao gives him Yuan Shang's treatment a little worse, and he is not accustomed to the water and soil, then it will be a waste of money.
Yuan Yao had already thought of many possibilities, what if he used his third brother Yuan Shang to exchange the desert with his cheap uncle? Gold? Although Yuan Yao lacks this thing, he also knows that gold can't buy anything even if he is rich now, the entire Central Plains and Hebei are in a big war, it can be said that most of the world is at war, this price is getting higher and higher day by day, where are there still many princes selling things, they are only allowed to enter and not to go out, even if they want to buy it, it is expensive to die.
So it's not cost-effective to exchange it for gold now.
"Then the grain!" Yuan Yao has just sold a batch of 200,000 grains and grass, he Yuan Yao is very distressed, but the grain is also denied by Yuan Yao, because although Yuan Yao's own family is not much, but two or three hundred thousand grains can still be taken out, and now it is about to spring ploughing, he Yuan Yao has Huainan alone is enough to feed his soldiers and horses, plus the newly harvested Xuzhou, he Yuan Yao can expand the army by another 50,000, if it is not for the fear that there are more soldiers and horses, 100,000 can be had.
"Then change to a war horse!" Although Yuan Yao obtained the war horses of the Jizhou Iron Cavalry and the Karasuma Cavalry in the previous battle, many of the war horses either ran to death, or they were so tired that the horses' hooves were worn.
These Hebei Army and Huainan Army are different, the war horses of the Huainan Army all have horseshoes, but the Hebei Army does not, so the war horses lost very seriously on the previous pursuit, Yuan Yao only got 5,000 war horses that could be used, and the rest were either slaughtered as meat to eat, or could only be used as pack horses.
Yuan Yaojun's war horses are all disposable, and they will be gone when they are used up, and Huainan and Xuzhou are not suitable places for horse farms.
Therefore, Yuan Yao needed to stock up on more war horses for backup.
Yuan Shang's whole person was not good, and his face was completely pale, because Yuan Yao didn't shy away from him when discussing this matter.
He finally understood why Yuan Yao was so good to him now, and he thought that he was wrong to blame Yuan Yao.
"Oh, it turns out that Brother Yuan Shang, you are also here, it is my brother who is rude, come on, send Brother Yuan Shang back to rest! Good life is waiting! Yuan Yao said to the people under him.
The people under his hands all wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, this lord obviously did it on purpose, which humiliated Yuan Shang very much, and gave Yuan Shang an idea that I could live, after all, he Yuan Yao just wanted money but didn't want to die.
Waiting for Yuan Shang to leave, Yuan Yao once again told his thoughts to the civil and military people in Kaiyang City.
In his absence, Yuan Yao only had Tian Feng, Sun Qian, Chen Deng and others around him.
The generals around Yuan Yao all agreed with Yuan Yao's idea, and even Sun Qian was among those who supported it.
However, there is one person who is resolutely opposed, that is, Tian Feng, "Lord, although Yuan Shang is a strange commodity to live in, he can't really trade it as a carousel!" "Tian Feng has been in Hebei for so many years, if he doesn't even know what kind of character Yuan Shao is, then he has been in vain for so many years.
If he, Yuan Yao, dared to claim that he had captured Yuan Shang alive and wanted to bargain with Yuan Shao, then what he got must not be any war horse food or anything like that, but what he got must be Yuan Shao's complete tearing face.
Not only that, even if Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and gave it, a battle between Yuan Yao and Yuan Shao could not be avoided, not to mention that Yuan Tan was making trouble on the side, Yuan Yao caught Yuan Shang, and the last thing he wanted Yuan Shang to go back was probably Yuan Tan.
"The lord is new to Xuzhou, you must not use the blade with Yuan Shao again, if you start a war again, it will only become Cao Cao's sword in Cao Cao's hand!" Cao Cao wished that Yuan Yao would come to share the pressure with him, why not be happy to get a Xuzhou army that could not only get 200,000 grain and grass, but also get free Huainan army.
"The lord had better return Yuan Shang, so that he can mend the misunderstanding with Yuan Shaojun before! So that Yuan Shaojun can deal with Cao Cao in Yanzhou with peace of mind! Chen Deng suggested to Yuan Yao that their Chen family was so good to Cao Cao, but they were cheated by Cao Cao, and Chen Deng had already had an opinion on Cao Cao.
Yuan Yao nodded, he Yuan Yao didn't do such a stupid thing as making knives for people, if it weren't for Huang Yi's stupid speed before and gave the 200,000 grains and grass to Cao Cao, he Xuzhou wouldn't be very willing to come.
Without that idiot, is he Yuan Yao going to war with Yuan Shangjun now? After this fight, Yuan Shang was captured alive, and he still had to worry about whether to change Yuan Shang back.
Yuan Yao was complaining about Huang Yi's idiot here, and he heard this loud voice over there, "I heard that you caught Yuan Shang, what about Yuan Shang?" Where is Yuan Shang's little white face? β
As soon as they heard this voice, everyone's faces changed, because this person was none other than our General Huang Yi and Huang.
This is why Huang Yi and General Huang heard the sound before they arrived.
"General Huang Yi, you can't go in, the Lord is discussing important matters!" Outside the door, Yuan Yao's personal guards were quite dedicated and knew that they wanted to block Huang Yi and prevent Huang Yi from entering.
"It's against you, don't you know who General Ben is? I am the brother-in-law of your father-in-law, brother-in-law, do you know? Huang Yi said proudly outside the door.
"Get him in!" Yuan Yao waved his hand at Chen Zhi on the side, let him lose the goods at home, don't publicize it anymore.
Chen Zhi quickly brought Huang Yi in, and saw that Huang Yi and all the military generals were greeting Huang Yi.
"Yo, it's all here!" Huang Yi ran in and said, "Lord, I heard that you caught Yuan Shang's little white face?" Huang Yi looked at Yuan Yao over there flatteringly.
"Yes!" Yuan Yao even struggled to say a word more to Huang Yi.
"Catch it well, catch it well, that little white face didn't offend Lao Tzu when he was in Luoyang, and he dared to rob Fang'er with Lao Tzu, and then he was in Hebei and repeatedly taught him to almost take Uncle Ben's life, now it's okay, it's in the hands of Uncle Ben! Brother Yao, you wait for me, I'll kill that little white face! Huang Yi said that he was about to go out to find Yuan Shang.
"Give me back!" Yuan Yao's face was stunned, joking, if Yuan Shang was killed by Huang Yi, then this fun would be really big, not to mention anything else, this 50,000 army of judges will suddenly be able to become a mourning army, and if you don't do it, you will be able to play a fish to death.
"Brother Yao'er, what are you still thinking, we and this Yuan Shang's little white face have long been incompatible, if you don't kill him now, next time he will get us, don't you tell me to cut the grass to get rid of the roots?" Huang Yi is bent on killing this rival.
"Killing him will only make Yuan Shao and us completely turn their faces!"
"Let him go back and not turn his face?" The rare Huang Yi and Yuan Yao's necks argued: "Brother Yao, even if you let go of this little white face, this little white face will not be grateful to you, if you let it out with your front foot, he will be able to fight back with soldiers and horses with his back foot, do you believe it or not?" β
Huang Yi's words made some people start to support him.
Yuan Yao shook his head, he knew that it was impossible for Yuan Shang to have a good face for them, but this Yuan Shang had to let go, "Do you know how capable my cheap uncle is?" Mr. Tian Feng, tell them about it! β
"Yes! Tian Feng nodded and spoke to everyone, "Yuan Shao, Hebei, sits on the land of Sizhou, except for Gongsun Zhan, there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers and horses in his hands, if he is assembled, two or three hundred thousand is not a problem, there are countless grains and grasses, although the specific value is not clear, but it is enough for Hebei not to work for more than three years!" "If you don't work and eat and drink for three years without worrying, this is really not a small number, and if Yuan Yaojun or Cao Cao Jun don't farm for a year, then wait to drink the northwest wind.
"On top of the reputation, there is no need to say much about the fourth world and the third duke!" Although Yuan Yao is from the Yuan family like Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao is Yuan Yao's elder after all, not to mention that Yuan Shao has been famous for a long time.
Listening to Tian Feng's words, Huainan Wenwu, who was present, also stopped talking.
People who can easily have an army of 300,000, people who have people on four continents, and people who have protΓ©gΓ©s all over the world.
Such an opponent is truly terrifying.
"You say, Cao Cao is now facing off against my uncle in Guandu, who can win?" Yuan Yao threw out another question.
After this question was asked, a group of Huai'an's civil and military officers began to discuss, some said that Cao Cao would win, after all, Cao Cao had already won once, and some people said that Yuan Shao would win, because Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were strong.
No one could convince anyone, so they could only look at Yuan Yao over there, "In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao may win, but he is not an opponent after all!" β
On the battlefield, it was the elite at the beginning, but it slowly became a capital. γ
How much capital does Cao Cao have? In its heyday, it was Xuzhou Yanzhou, plus a Zhili and half of Yuzhou, which was about to be destroyed.
And Yuan Shao is a land of four continents, Jizhou is Yuan Shao's base camp, it was Han Fu who gave it away, he didn't experience many battles at all, and Bingzhou soon joined Yuan Shao's troops, Youzhou has a Gongsun Zhan, but when the war reached the later stage, Gongsun Chan had already shrunk in the city, so the battlefield was fought around Beiping, Youzhou was also almost intact, although Qingzhou was a little close, but it also gave Yuan Shao a lot of support before, and most of the population of Qingzhou either became the Yellow Turban Army, Either they went to Hebei and brought enough soldiers to Yuan Shao.
In this way, the judgment will be high and low.
Cao Cao can't play with capital at all, even if he can win for a while, he can't win forever, unless, unless Cao Cao can take off Yuan Shaojun's command in such a pot as Yuan Yao is doing now, that is, to capture Yuan Shao and add Yuan Tan.
In this way, you can win, otherwise you will be directly defeated and you can choose a path.
But where is it so easy to serve everyone in the Yuan family in one pot.
How is the Battle of Guandu written in history: The Battle of Guandu, after more than a year of confrontation, ended with Cao Cao's complete victory. With a force of about 20,000, Cao Cao won a surprising victory and defeated Yuan's army of 100,000. This battle has become a typical example in Chinese history of defeating the strong with the weak and winning more with less. Cao Cao, with his extraordinary intellect and courage, wrote the most glorious page of his military career.
just wrote a brilliant page, the real reason why Cao Cao won was that Yuan Shao died, died of illness, Yuan Shaojun's two unfilial sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi began to make trouble at this time, so as to give Cao Cao the possibility of turning the tables, otherwise relying on Cao Cao's little capital, he would have been crushed to death by Yuan Shao.
"Send Yuan Shang back, you must send Yuan Shang back intact!" Yuan Yao said solemnly, this is not how good Yuan Yao is to send Yuan Shang back, but he knows that only by sending Yuan Shang back, he Yuan Yao can go further and further in the battle for hegemony in the future.
If Yuan Shang is dead, then the overall situation of Hebei has been decided, and the heir must be Yuan Tan, Yuan Shao's Hebei army will be twisted into a rope, so that Cao Cao cannot be an opponent at all, and he Yuan Yao is not much better than Cao Cao, as soon as Lao Cao hangs, he will be next.
As for marching into the southeast of the river? He Yuan Yao has not yet been able to fully form the water army, so he doesn't consider it at all.
Even if he couldn't get anything from Yuan Shang's hands, Yuan Yao would have to send Yuan Shang back.
"Brother Yao, you don't have a fever, did you just send Yuan Shang back? Even if he doesn't pay to redeem him, he will take himself out! Huang Yi said babblingly.
"What did you say?" Yuan Yao suddenly shouted to Huang Yi.
"Huh?" Huang Yi thought that this was Yuan Yao's dissatisfaction with him, and couldn't help but underestimate it in a low voice, "I said that you can't send him back empty-handed, I want to get something." β
"Let Yuan Shang give us money!" Yuan Yao's eyes lit up, he couldn't use Yuan Shang to bargain with Yuan Shao, but he could talk to Yuan Shang himself.
Look at how much money Yuan Shang himself is willing to pay to buy a small life of his own.
"Yes, I'll send someone to talk to Yuan Shang immediately!" Yuan Yao didn't want to let Yuan Shang leave for free, this goose was also plucked, he Yuan Yao didn't want to let Yuan Shang go for nothing.
"Slow!" Tian Feng over there shouted to Yuan Yao, "Lord, now you go directly to talk to Yuan Shang, what do you expect Yuan Shang to give you?" "To be precise, Yuan Shang himself doesn't know how much he is worth.
If there is more, Yuan Shang can't take it out, if it is less, it will be a loss for Yuan Yao.
"Then according to Mr. Tian Feng's meaning?" Yuan Yao asked Tian Feng over there.
"Go find someone and you'll know how much our third son Yuan is worth!"
"Who?" Yuan Yao asked.
Tian Feng smiled and wrote two words: "Yuan Tan!" β