Chapter 36: Yuan Shao's Character

In the Battle of White Horse, Cao's army won a great victory and beheaded Yan Liangwen and Chou, which indeed won them the opportunity to resist Yuan Shao in Guandu.

This battle swept through the entire Han territory at the fastest speed, and for a while, many princes began to re-examine this battle.

Those who thought that Yuan Shao would unify the north in a very short period of time began to really feel that Yuan Shao was not good, because when they formed an alliance to fight against Dong Zhuo before, Yuan Shao was not only the leader of the alliance, but also several generals such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou were also characters who were often talked about by him, but now it seems that they are just some characters who sell dog meat with sheep's heads.

His defeat, many of the princes who had waved their flags and shouted for Yuan Shao before obviously began to be silent, standing in line is a very delicate thing, and the princes who are not strong enough want to survive among the big forces, they can only ensure that they have an accurate judgment of the current situation.

After Wen Chou's remnants were defeated and retreated, Yuan Shao was stunned.

"Xuande, tell me, our army is almost ten times larger than Cao's army in this battle, why did it lose?"

In the lobby of Yuan Shao's Shuaifu, the atmosphere was unusually cold, and when Yuan Shao asked this sentence, his eyes looked at Liu Bei slantedly, and he had the meaning of doing it if he didn't agree.

Behind Liu Bei, Zhang Fei had already secretly clenched his fists, he knew in his heart that Liu Bei's coming here was just an expedient measure, if there was a danger of dying here at any time, then this place would not stay.

"This battle is all defeated by Cao Cao's insidious strategy! If it weren't for the fact that they had discarded all the heavy grain and grass on the road, and General Wen Chou could not control the soldiers, our army would definitely not have suffered this defeat! Bei begged Yuan Gong, give me a team, I will definitely avenge General Wen Chou! ”

Liu Bei swore what he said, which made Yuan Shao have no idea for a while, and he knew in his heart that now was definitely not the time to fight back immediately, but he also believed that Liu Bei should not have played a too bad role in this defeat.

"What do you think, sir?"

Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment, then turned around and began to ask the frustrated professor who was standing behind him.

Fu Zhu raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Shao, then at Liu Bei, and said with a chuckle: "The morale of our army is at a low time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to send troops!" ”

After saying this, Fu Zhu stopped speaking, and looked directly down at his toes.

Fu Zhu is one of the best advisers under Yuan Shao, in fact, he and Tian Feng and other advisers, to say that they can surpass Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, Xun Yu and Xun Yu are a bit exaggerated, but after all, they are not too bad.

But they obviously didn't have a master like Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, although he had a lot of names when he was a teenager, and the Yuan family was also a famous family with five three dukes in the fourth generation, but his shortcomings in character were too obvious, that is, hesitation and rigidity, and he didn't want to hear it at all when he met ideas that were different from his own.

With such a character, he can naturally win when he encounters enemies who are not as good as him, and he has indeed relied on his own stubbornness to get to where he is today.

But whether it is frustrated or the more experienced Tian Feng, they all understand that such a Yuan Shao can't do Cao Cao.

So Tian Feng tried his best to persuade Yuan Shao to raid Xuchang, but after Yuan Shao refused on the pretext that his son was sick, Tian Feng was already getting farther and farther away from Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Shao's other advisers, Guo Tu and others, were not thinking about how to help Yuan Shao win the battle, but thinking about how to take all the powers vacated by Tian Feng into their own pockets.

In fact, when he learned that Wen Chou died in the chaos of the army, and only Liu Bei was left with some remnants of the army, he once said to Yuan Shao: "Although our Hebei soldiers are numerous, they are not as brave as the Henan soldiers, and Cao Cao's disadvantage is that the money and food are less than Hebei; Although Cao Cao seems to want to hold on to Guandu, he actually wants to fight quickly, so we should fight slowly and drag out the war. ”

Although Cao Cao looked like he was preparing to hold on to Guandu and fight a protracted battle with Yuan Shao, anyone with a discerning eye could see that if it was a protracted war, Cao Cao would have to let Yuan Shao die sooner or later.

But Yuan Shao didn't think so, he didn't put Cao Cao's ability on the same level as himself at all, in other words, he looked down on Cao Cao quite a lot.

Even if he lost Wen Chou and Yan Liang, Yuan Shao still felt that Cao Cao's victory in these two battles was just opportunistic, and his own grain and military strength did not suffer too much loss.

Frustrated Professor was already very disappointed with Yuan Shao's previous actions, and this time he ignored his suggestions, so now Frustrated Professor has no intention of giving advice to Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shao is still willing to ask him anything, but the answer he gives now is also full of perfunctory.

"Xuande, let's go down and rest first, let's think about attacking Cao Cao in the long run."

From the long-term perspective, these words are the words that Yuan Shao utters quite frequently.

"Don't worry, Duke Yuan, the next time I fight with Cao Cao, I will do my best! Dedicate the head of Cao Cao's national thief to Duke Yuan! ”

Liu Bei scolded Cao Cao eloquently, and at the same time gave Yuan Shao a few big gifts, Yuan Shao regarded Liu Bei as his little brother again, and Yuan Shao did not mention the death of Wen Chou in the chaos of the army for many years.

Frustrated Zhu looked at Yuan Shao's figure that was still walking in a dragon's step, and shook his head slightly behind his back, he understood that if this battle continued like this, Yuan Shao's chances of winning could only get smaller and smaller, and what Yuan Shao would do next, he had already understood, facing Cao Cao, who was already ready for a protracted battle in Guandu, Yuan Shao would definitely be self-righteous and didn't want to fight a protracted war with Cao Cao, he would launch a fierce attack on Guandu, and then wear out his chances of victory little by little......

They naturally didn't know Cao Cao's biggest reliance and backing at this time, Liu Xie, who could add many spiritual attributes to him, was no longer in Xuchang, and how much impact this change could have on this battle may only be guessed by Liu Xie.

At this time, Liu Xie had basically galloped out of Cao Cao's control.

Along the way, whether it is for Sun Ce or Zhang Hong, Liu Xie's favorability has risen to a higher level, because although he arranged his own escape in a hurry this time, and he also put himself in danger more or less, but Jiangdong's backhand is really quite a lot.