Pei Ji also smiled and said, "Driven by Chun Yuqiong, Guo Tu, who originally supported the arrival of Emperor Xian, suddenly changed and put forward similar views, which won Yuan Shao's approval. ”

Everyone laughed again, but Zhang Lu, who was in charge of intelligence, couldn't laugh.

Zhang Lu heard a lot of news through the Four Seas Merchant Gang, Jianghu, and Taoist friends, but it was not at all something he could handle at this level that Pei Jijie inquired about.

He sighed in his heart, "These scholars are really hand-eyed, and sometimes their lords are bloody, but these people still have their common words and make a group." ”

"But at other times, they obviously have the same interests, and there is no big difference in their positions, but they fight to the death and make the world pay attention."

At this time, Wei Qi analyzed, "We currently know that Cao Cao is our more formidable enemy, and Yuan Shao is the one who grasps the opportunity deviation, so in terms of thinking about breaking the game, we can also try it in this direction." ”

Tong Yuan's eyes lit up, and he listened to Wei Qi's way to break the situation.

Wei Qi didn't come up with a way to break the current situation at first, but when he heard everyone's analysis of Yuan and Cao's analysis of Emperor Xian, he faintly sensed a way to break the situation.

He analyzed, "Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, we should be more vigilant against Cao Cao and take a defensive posture against him, and to break the situation, we should break the situation from Yuan Shao's side." ”

Huang Yu interjected, "This is obvious, we were able to defeat Yuan Shao last time, if it weren't for Lu Bu being quite difficult, maybe the land of Hebei would have been ours a long time ago." Besides, that Zhang Yang also has it."

Xu Huang hurriedly said, "Brother Huang, don't discuss other topics first, let's listen to Bo Qi's analysis." ”

Huang Yu also realized that he almost missed his mouth, after all, the matter that Yang Chou next to Zhang Yang of the party was his own person, it was better not to mention it repeatedly, so that everyone would know about it.

Wei Qi continued, "This Yuan Shao is surrounded by Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, Wang Ze of the Taiyuan Yanmen clan, Guo Yi and others, the Daijun in the north is Xian Yufu, and Youzhou is Gongsun Zhan, Yan Rou, and the Wuhuan tribes led by Tadun. ”

"From the current point of view, Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan are our friendly forces, especially the Montenegrin Army has been connected with us and has a close relationship."

"Daijun Xian Yufu, Youzhou Yan Rou, and Wuhuan Tadun are on Yuan Shao's side, and the major clans in Taiyuan and Yanmen are in a state of not helping each other."

Everyone thinks that Yuan Shao is worthy of being the head of the princes in the world, and the power is still above Cao Cao, Han Sui, Sun Ce, etc.

"According to the current point of view, the relatively crude and simple way is for our army to cooperate with Zhang Yan to directly attack Yuan Shao and rescue Gongsun Zhan. However, the other side has been prepared for a long time, and the enemies of Shangdang and Hanoi are also threatening our flanks and subordinates at all times. ”

Qubei asked, "I didn't expect it to be so troublesome directly, remember that I don't have to worry about it last time." ”

Su Ze said, "This shows that the opponent, especially Cao Cao, is stronger than in the past, and has made special preparations." In this war, military supplies are very important, and if there are fewer people, they will be attacked by Cao Cao, and if a large number of soldiers and horses are arranged to guard the grain and grass, it will affect the frontline combat strength. ”

After the analysis of Wei Qi and Su Ze, everyone basically recognized the current situation that they could not directly attack Yuan Shao now, and they were more worried about the threat of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's further growth.

Wei Qi said, "This second way is to develop northward, take Hetao and northern Jin, and put pressure on Yuan Shaojun from multiple directions." ”

Yang Feng asked, "Will it be too difficult to take these two large areas at the same time?" ”

Wei Qi said: "The most critical point of this plan is here, as Vice General Yang said, it is very challenging to take these two areas at the same time. But only the north of Jin was taken, and the east, west, and north sides were all enemies, and this was another salient area. ”

Zhong Wenwu quieted down for a while, and found that what Wei Qi said was very consistent with Tong Yuan's analysis with everyone last year, and it seemed that if you want to break the situation, you need to continue to attack Hetao.

Tong Yuan said: "In my opinion, the two regions of Hetao and Jinbei need to attack from Hetao first. First of all, it is not impossible to go out in both directions, but we must stay behind to guard against Cao Cao. ”

"Secondly, imagine that we enter Taiyuan and Yanmen first, and then attack Shuofang and Wuyuan, then Yuan Shao will have enough time to prepare and respond."

"Therefore, we should first take an offensive against the Hetao, and then on the basis of superiority, through the imperial court to help annex Taiyuan, and then take the Hetao and northern Jin in one fell swoop, so as to recover and annex the state, and suppress the development of Yuan Shao's forces."

Tong Yuan is full of confidence, instead of being trapped in the current situation, it is better to boldly open up to the north, completely recover and merge the state, and then not worry about not being able to grasp the initiative in the north.

He added, "We have a good reason to attack the Hetao, and we have a moral advantage, and at the same time, we can hide our intentions against Yuan Shao to a certain extent." ”

Everyone deeply agreed, and considering that the Jieling Department and other tuntian engineers would repair the roads in the prefecture, the counties and townships and the naturalized tribes could support the supply of the army, and they would not have to worry about roads and supplies when marching to the Hetao.

After some arrangement, Tong Yuan found Zhang Lu alone and asked about the layout of the Four Seas Merchant Gang in the Northeast Region.

Zhang Lu introduced: "Through the relationship of General Xu Rong, our side has made contact with Gongsun Du of Liaodong and established an alliance. It's just that this Gongsun Du is very ambitious and powerful, and it is estimated that he will not completely fall to us like Zhang Yan. ”

Tong Yuan asked, "Oh? What's the show? ”

Zhang Lu said: "Since Gongsun Du became the ruler of Liaodong, on the one hand, he appeased the people and promoted development, and on the other hand, he severely punished the law, and adopted bloody measures against some powerful people to eliminate potential disobedient forces. He attacked Goguryeo in the east, Wuhuan in the west, Donglai in the south, and Xianbei in the north, and exerted grace and power on the surrounding tribal forces. Over the years, there has been a tendency to reign. ”

Tong Yuan said: "Haha, his methods are very powerful, they are really a way to shock the frontier." There is a chance to try to recover this man once and for all, and send him to other distant places to explore. ”

Seeing Tong Yuan's reaction, Zhang Lu asked with a little confusion: "Isn't the lord worried that this person is ambitious and will rebel in the future?" ”

Tong Yuan said: "If the person in control of him is incompetent, then naturally he has to worry about these things, but I don't think he can make waves under my hands." ”

Zhang Lu saw Tong Yuan's domineering and bearing again, and admired and admired him even more. In fact, Tong Yuan only knew that Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang, and others in Liaodong could not set off too much turmoil, but played a role in deterring the northeast border, so he came to this conclusion.

Tong Yuan asked again: "Everything in Liaodong has been decided, what about other places?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "In addition to the friendly areas, Yuanshi and Zhending of Changshan Kingdom, Shangquyang and Beiping of Zhongshan Kingdom, Taiyuan, Yanmen, Shanggu and Youbei have established branches in Pingping, promoted the circulation of various commodities, and established good relations with some heroes. ”

Tong Yuan asked, "What are the outstanding talents?" Is there a chance that they will work for us? ”