After hearing Yuan Shao's words, the strategists contacted Yuan Shao back and forth about what he had just done, and they all knew it one by one.

Someone once said: As the master of a person, you can know and correct your mistakes, but you can't admit your mistakes.

Because the lord needs to have his own majesty to intimidate his subordinates.

It is enough to know and correct mistakes and only need to be responsible for yourself; But admitting mistakes requires admitting mistakes and being responsible for others.

Therefore, few people take the initiative to admit their mistakes, because they will lower their majesty.

According to this person's statement, Yuan Shao is even more powerful, because Yuan Shao knows his mistakes, does not correct his mistakes, and does not admit his mistakes.

The release of Tian Feng from the prison in Yecheng really showed Yuan Shao's attitude of knowing his mistakes.

However, the act of withdrawing troops is not an act of correcting mistakes.

It is because after a night attack by the cavalry of the Fenwu Army, the morale of Yuan Shaojun's soldiers was completely lost, and Yuan Shao, as the 'boss', had to withdraw his troops to the point where he had to withdraw his troops, and it had nothing to do with whether Yuan Shao changed his mistakes or not.

As for what Yuan Shao once said: This defeat is all his responsibility.

Everyone knows it, just listen to it, this is mainly Yuan Shao to find a reason for his son Yuan Shang to shirk.

It's like admitting a mistake, but it's just about the word 'like'.

According to this calculation, Yuan Shao's misdeeds are not sincere, and can be described in four words - forced by the situation.

Because a true human lord would never deal with this matter in this way.

Since you know your mistakes, you must correct them generously.

Instead of quietly ordering a soldier to release the talented man Tian Feng from the prison, and then directly take him into the state governor's mansion.

It seems that people are good to serve, but in fact, isn't it just that Tian Feng is worried that Tian Feng will go out and talk nonsense and find an excuse to put him under house arrest?

This is not a correction exercise.

As for admitting mistakes, it's just a matter of thinking.

Yuan Shaojun was attacked by the Fenwu army at night.

This is not the fault of Ju Yi, the commander of the unified army, but the way Ju Yi handled it is impeccable.

If you look at it carefully, Yuan Shang of Zhao County knew about it and did not report it, and the responsibility for delaying the fighter plane was greater.

Yuan Shang's mistakes cannot be erased because of Yuan Shao's preference.

Taking a step back, even if he is reluctant to dispose of Yuan Shang, he at least has an attitude to let the people under him know that Yuan Shao is rewarded and punished clearly, not cronyism.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao doesn't have these.

Because for Yuan Shao, being able to know mistakes is already very good, as for correcting mistakes, it mainly depends on the mood; Admitting mistakes, that's nonsense.

The strategists also breathed a sigh of relief, at least now they could speak without continuing to be silent.

For a time, all the strategists unanimously agreed with Yuan Shao's plan to kill the 10,000 Fenwu troops who burned grain and grass in Jizhou.

The quick-witted Xu You sorted out his words in a few breaths, and took the lead in saying, "We can send heavy troops to surround Black Duck Mountain."

Within a month, the food for these more than 10,000 soldiers will be exhausted.

When the time comes, these more than 10,000 people will be like fish on the chopping board, at our disposal. ”

Xu You's 'old rival' Xin Ping was surprisingly quiet and did not raise any objections.

This is also the first time that Yuan Shao's subordinates calmly solved the plan to send troops.

In the early morning of the second day, Yuan Shao ordered Ju Yi to return to Zhuo County in Youzhou to garrison, Zhang Nan led 30,000 troops to garrison the county seat on the west side of Julu County, and Gao Ran led 30,000 troops to garrison the county seat on the south side of Zhongshan County.

And the three of them gave strict military orders: they must not go out of the city to fight, they must be strictly guarded, and they must not let the army of the Fenwu Army cross the defense line one step.

After the three of them received this strict military order, they knew: Yuan Shao was going to make up his mind to kill the 10,000 martial arts army that attacked the grain and grass.

At the same time, Yuan Shao also led an army of 40,000 and went straight to Black Duck Mountain.

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The council hall in the county town of Shangai, Changshan County

Han Cheng asked many of his strategists and generals to gather here first, preparing to study the next strategic plan together.

Among them, Sima Yi looked sullen.

Sima Yi's plan can be said to be seamless, but the result is not the same as Sima Yi imagined.

This is Sima Yi's first time to make suggestions after completing his studies.

I thought it could be like what is said in the war book: my own army sneaked up on the enemy army at night, causing the enemy army to be confused, and then our army won a complete victory, killing as many enemy soldiers as possible, and the enemy leader only led a few thousand or a few hundred people to escape back to his base camp, and then collapsed from then on.

The strategists who came up with this plan also became famous, and since then, they have been famous in history.

But in fact, our own army did take advantage of the night to sneak attack the enemy army, and it did cause confusion among the enemy army, and then our army did win a great victory.

The previous approach is the same, and when it comes to killing the enemy, it is discounted.

After some hard fighting, only about one-tenth of Yuan Shao's military force was eliminated.

Why is it different, is it written wrong in the book?

No, the reason for this result is because of two reasons: one is Yuan Shaojun's reaction.

'Ascending the camp first' is worthy of being a first-class elite army in Yuan Shao's army, and the reaction is too fast.

Although the 'Xiandeng Battalion' was finally annihilated by the Xuanwu Army, they blocked the entrance of the camp, which did delay a lot of time, and failed to allow the cavalry of the Fenwu Army to quickly rush into the camp and launch an attack surface.

As a result, when all the cavalry of the Fenwu Army entered Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao's southern and eastern camps had stabilized the chaotic situation.

Second, because of the huge disparity in power between the two sides, the gap between the two is too large.

30,000 and 110,000, but the difference is four times.

Even if more than 30,000 people in the western camp were killed, Yuan Shao still had more than 80,000 troops in his hands, and there was still a threefold gap between the two sides.

If you don't see any good, you will accept it and retreat in time, and the cavalry that will charge the camp will be surrounded and annihilated by Yuan Shao's army, which has settled down.

Fu Zhu was a person who came over, and understood Sima Yi's thoughts at this time, so he took the initiative to come to Sima Yi's side, patted Sima Yi's shoulder, and persuaded him: "Zhongda, this battle has achieved this level, it is already perfect. ”

After a pause, he began to say earnestly: "War, there is never a wish, and most of the results are counterproductive.

The only thing we can do as strategists is to think as much as we can, to reduce the casualties of our own soldiers, and to win this battle at the lowest cost. ”

After Sima Yi listened to the words of Fu Zhu, in just a few breaths, he suddenly realized, and said respectfully to Fu Zhu: "Master Xie Changshi's teachings, Zhong Da has been taught. ”

Seeing that Sima Yi understood the meaning of what he said in such a short period of time, he couldn't help but praise in his heart: "This person is so smart and sensible, and his future achievements are limitless!" ”

About a tea time later, the lord Han Cheng came.

Seeing that everyone had already arrived, Han Cheng sat down unceremoniously, and then said lightly: "This battle can achieve such great achievements, Sima Yi is a well-deserved first hero.

In addition, Zhao Yun and other generals also have a lot of credit.

Please rest assured, the promotion that should be promoted, the reward that should be rewarded, I, Han Cheng, will not be stingy. ”

Everyone was also infected by Han Cheng's relaxed mood, and they all saluted and shouted, "Thank you, lord!" ”

Han Cheng continued: "Don't worry, this battle is not over yet.

If what I expected is true, after this battle, Yuan Shao will inevitably choose to retreat, and will step down at the junction of our two territories. Then send a large army to encircle and suppress the 10,000 horses led by General Zhao Fu. ”

Han Cheng stopped when he said this.

Because the following kind of advice is the job of the strategists.

As a frustrated professor of a long history, he has long been in his chest.

Sima Yi's strategy was really good, and in that situation at that time, it should be said to be the best solution.

Just according to Sima Yi's strategy, there will inevitably be a situation where Yuan Shao will be defeated, and then lead a large army to surround Zhao Fu.

It's not frustrating to be able to pinch and calculate, to know in advance; Rather, it was because of the rich combat experience and the deduction.

But at that time, it could not be said that because things did not develop to this point, there were many variables.

The second reason is that when he said this, he had to consider the feelings of Sima Yi and the lord Han Cheng.

But now it's okay, because the lord has already set the pattern for the frustration.

Fu Zhi saluted Han Cheng, and then said: "There are two pieces of news from the intelligence battalion just now, and the bad news is: Yuan Shao, this person, face is more important than everything, and after being defeated by our hands, he led the army straight to Black Duck Mountain.

These 10,000 soldiers are all meritorious people, and we must rescue them.

The good news is that the 10,000 soldiers have chosen a strategic location and prepared enough food and water for a month. We still have a lot of time.

Julu County, located in the center of Jizhou, is surrounded by Yuan Shao's sphere of influence.

If we force an attack, we will not only suffer heavy losses, but it will also be difficult to attack the foot of Black Duck Mountain within a month and save these 10,000 soldiers.

It's better to adopt the method of striking at the west. ”

After hearing this, Han Cheng asked puzzledly, "Why do you make a sound about the east and the west?"

Fu Zhu replied: "Yuan Shao marched this time, and the person who stayed in Yecheng was Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's third son, brave and unscrupulous, but handsome, so Yuan Shao likes him very much.

and wanted him to inherit the unification, which caused many people under Yuan Shao to be dissatisfied with it.

In this battle, because Yuan Shang missed the fighter in Zhaojun, there were even more dissatisfied people.

If we can make a group of men and horses feint to attack Julu County, but secretly order a group of elite troops to march quickly and quickly attack the city of Ye in Wei County.

It would be a fatal blow to Yuan Shang's prestige.

At the same time, it is also conducive to the aggravation of the contradictions between Yuan Shao's subordinates who do not agree with Yuan Shang's succession to the unification and Yuan Shang.

The most important thing is that if Yuan Shang can be taken down, Yuan Shao will inevitably throw a mouse trap and let General Zhao Fu and others go, or exchange the life of General Zhao Fu and others for Yuan Shang's life.

Even if we fail to take Yuan Shang, we can go north to Julu County from the occupied Wei County territory, so as to save General Zhao Fu under the Black Duck Mountain. ”

After hearing this, Sima Yi admired in his heart: "This is a complete plan, and all the situations have been analyzed. The plan that I am proud of seems a little thin in front of this plan! ”