Indecisive?

Perhaps!

But if anyone else, now in Yuan Shao's position, he doesn't dare to make a decision easily.

Because of the current intelligence, Yuan Shao made a decision, which was actually a gamble.

Yuan Shao now has three choices!

The first is to attack Zhao Hui's camp, which is the most risky choice and the highest return.

If Zhao Hui really died, Yuan Shao could swallow the 100,000 army in one bite, and then turn around and destroy Tai Shici and Xu Huang of Qingzhou.

He will dominate the four states of Hebei.

The second option, Yuan Shao doesn't do anything now, just waits.

The risk is moderate, he doesn't know Zhao Hui's plan, so he can't change everything.

Maybe you can get any benefits, maybe you can take a sip of soup when Zhao Hui's army retreats.

The third option is that he retreats with his men and horses now.

The risk is lower, but he will definitely have to give up a lot of benefits, and Yuan Shao will lose control of the few counties north of the boundary bridge.

Yuan Shao wanted to choose the first one the most.

Because the benefits are the greatest.

That's why I've been hesitant and can't make a choice.

Even if you know, many opportunities are lost in hesitation.

But the choice now is related to Yuan Shao's future path.

Choose the first one, if he succeeds, he can dominate the four states of Hebei in a short time.

But if you choose the latter two, it's just a process of slow death.

As Zhao Hui's strength became stronger and stronger, his strength became weaker and weaker.

Failure is almost the only outcome.

Yuan Shao was unwilling, very unwilling.

At the beginning, Yuan Shao was very decisive in everything he did.

When they Dong Zhuo, he could draw his sword and ask who had the sharpest sword.

When planning Jizhou, he was also unrelenting.

When ambushing Lu Bu, Yuan Shao also decided instantly.

In the past, Yuan Shao did not need to hesitate in these decisions.

Because it doesn't matter if he fails, he can start all over again.

But now, the first option is to fail.

He's going to have no way back.

Here in the boundary bridge, it is very likely that it is the place where Yuan Shao's bones are buried.

Seventy percent of the possibility, Yuan Shao still felt a little lower.

If there is ninety percent, Yuan Shao can make a decision now.

A day passes!

Yuan Shao failed to make a decision.

One night passed, and at dawn, Tian Feng interrogated a few people and came to Yuan Shao's handsome tent again.

It's just that it didn't take long for the Malay newspaper to be explored.

"My lord, the enemy army has drawn its camp and is ready to retreat."

Yuan Shaoteng stood up and said, "You read it right? ”

"Their tents have been put away."

Yuan Shao said: "The army is ready, follow me to attack." ”

Now that Zhao Hui's army is about to retreat.

Where would Yuan Shao still think about the news that Zhao Hui was dead.

Yesterday I was already 70% sure.

Today, Zhao Hui withdrew his troops, and Yuan Shao thought in his heart that Zhao Hui might be dead.

He needs to make a shot.

If this time the 100,000 troops are released and returned unharmed.

Although Yuan Shao survived this crisis, if he wanted to go north to Youzhou, it would take two or three years to restore the vitality of Jizhou first.

Three years have passed, and Yuan Shao doesn't know how far the Yuan technique in the south has developed.

Zhao Hui and Yuan Shao are now consuming each other.

The Yuan technique in the south has always been developing.

Liu Biao was obviously not Yuan Shu's opponent.

Now Yuan Shu occupies Nanyang in the north of Jingzhou, as well as Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

The original Yuan Shu was jointly attacked by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao.

First, Sun Jian, who relied on him, was killed by Liu Biao, and he himself was defeated by Cao Cao, lost Nanyang and Yuzhou, and retreated to Yangzhou.

After defeating Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao, occupy the northern part of Yangzhou.

Then he became emperor, first Sun Ce betrayed, and then the Seven Route Army, which was defeated by Lu Bu, who was supposed to be an ally.

This was Yuan Shu's original trajectory, but now it is different.

Although Sun Jian is dead, Yuan Shu is not defeated by Cao Cao now.

did not lose to Liu Bei and Lu Bu.

Yuan Shu's strength has been developing upward, and his strength has been steadily increasing.

Before, Yuan Shu, Zhao Hui, and Yuan Shao were the three major princes, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Liu Biao and others, and the strength was much weaker than the three of them.

And now Yuan Shao's strength has weakened at least twice as much as before.

Although Zhao Hui occupied Qingzhou again, in the past six months, the consumption has also been very large.

Originally, he thought that the grain and grass he had hoarded before would be enough to consume for two years.

But if a protracted war is really fought, Zhao Hui knows that no matter how much grain and grass there is, it will never be enough to consume.

In particular, Zhao Hui is now deep in the hinterland of Jizhou.

There are thousands of miles to transport grain from Youzhou to the front line.

It takes tens of thousands of people.

10,000 stone of grain and grass, transported to Jizhou and delivered to Zhao Hui, will consume at least 4,000 stones.

If you encounter bad weather and delay a little more on the road, there will only be 5,000 stone left.

For Zhao Hui, it is actually better to conquer Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou.

If it is a conquest of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, grain, grass and even troops, Zhao Hui can directly transport it by warship.

It can save a lot of time, as well as unnecessary consumption.

Zhao Hui and Yuan Shao held each other at the boundary bridge, and the consumption of grain and grass was very amazing.

And Yuan Shu is in the south, although there has always been friction with Liu Biao.

However, there are criss-crossing waterways, and the battle line in addition to Yuan Shu is not too long.

The consumption of grain and grass is far lower than that of Zhao Hui's side.

Now Yuan Shu can even sell the grain produced in Yangzhou to Zhao Hui at a parity price.

At present, the grain output in the south is much higher than that in the north.

There are a large number of displaced people in the north, all running to the south.

Although there is also a war in the south, it is not as fierce as in the north.

Moreover, the climate in the south is better, and now the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the grain yield per mu is also higher than that in the north.

Many people can't survive in the north anymore and want to come to the south to see.

Especially Jingzhou.

After Liu Biao became the pastor of Jingzhou, although Jingzhou did not expand outward.

However, Jingzhou is really more peaceful than other states, and it has only been nearly half a year, and there is a little friction with Yuan Shu, but most of them are separated by the river.

Many civilians in the Luoyang area of Chang'an came to Jingzhou for refuge.

It was Xu Shu's friend Cui Jun, who also took the whole family to Jingzhou for refuge.

Although the world is in turmoil, all states are at war.

However, in the past five years, Jingzhou's population has increased instead of decreasing, from the original more than 2 million to now close to 3 million.

When it is the first county of Nanyang controlled by Yuan Shu, it has a population of more than 200,000, which is comparable to the two counties in Qingzhou.

The population of the three counties in Yanzhou, which Cao Cao now occupies, is not as large as that of a single Nanyang county.

Yuan Shu is now for Zhao Hui, the only weakness is Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, and there is no elite of Zhao Hui's soldiers and horses.

The fierce generals in his hands are not as good as Dian Wei Zhaoyun.

In terms of strategists, Guo Jiajia and Xu Shu are all first-class talents.

The talents in Yuan Shu's hands are weaker than Zhao Hui in terms of ability.

But Yuan Shu now has a lot of money and food, and he is firmly in the position of the first prince in the south.