"General Wang, you have said so much, but you have never mentioned how to weaken Yuan Shao!"

"Hehehe!" When Wang Chao heard this, he laughed three times, and did not answer his question directly, but asked a rhetorical question tentatively: "Mr. Zhang, listening to what you mean by asking this, it seems that the grudge between you and Yuan Shao is not small!" ”

When Mr. Zhang heard this, his face froze, and he immediately lowered his head, not daring to intervene again.

The other people present obviously also saw Mr. Zhang's strange performance, but among these leaders of the Black Mountain Army, who had no grudge against Yuan Shao? Therefore, even if Zhang Yan saw it, she didn't take it to heart.

"General Zhang Zhonglang, in addition to these two points, the next thing is how to weaken Yuan Shao. However, before that, Wang wants to ask you a question, in this troubled era, is the people important, or the territory important? Wang Chao did not continue to ask Mr. Zhang, who was obviously problematic, but diverted the topic and asked Zhang Yan and the others present a question.

This time, it was the Zhang Baiqi who replied first: "Of course, the territory is important." In this troubled era, the bigger the territory that anyone grabs, the more people will naturally be, and in this way, the stronger the strength. The surname Wang, is it possible that your son-in-law has any shocking and unusual ideas? ”

"Hehehe, Boss Zhang, this time, you really have to be right. My son-in-law's view has always been different. For Zhang Baiqi, who always provoked him, Wang Dynasty not only did not get angry, but smiled accordingly, and finally, he also asked everyone a very tricky question: "Looking at everyone's appearance, it seems that they all agree with Zhang Tou's remarks."

Well, Wang will ask you, in your impression, the territory of the entire Hebei, Youzhou, Jizhou and part of Qingzhou combined, can it be as big as Jingzhou, Yizhou or Yangzhou? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Yan and the others have not been to the three southern states, and the maps of the Han Dynasty are not delicate and detailed, judging from the maps they seized from the local government offices, it is not possible to compare in detail who is bigger in the three states of Hebei and the three states in the south.

"General Wang, do you mean that the three southern states are vast and sparsely populated, while the northern states are small but densely populated. Isn't that the truth? Mr. Zhang suddenly realized at this time, and he explained to everyone for the dynasty.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang is not wrong at all. That's what my son-in-law meant. General Zhang Zhonglang, I am afraid that you want to weigh it, my son-in-law has an idea, not only to weaken Yuan Shao, but also to preserve your own strength as much as possible. Actually, you don't have to worry so much, my son-in-law's advice to you is really simple.

Yuan Shao, isn't he a big territory? After the warm snow melts in spring next year, Yuan Shao will inevitably send troops to attack Gongsun Zhan, taking advantage of this opportunity, perhaps the last chance, Zhang Zhonglang will send you to one side to surprise attack Liaoxi County, and you yourself will lead the main force to attack Hanoi County.

As for Jizhou, it is possible to appoint some small leaders and order them to lead their subordinates to the townships of various counties and counties in Jizhou. There is no need to spend a lot of effort to attack the county seat or the county seat, just concentrate on attacking some family estates close to the Taihang Mountain area, and then forcibly move as many people as possible from the townships in the western regions of the four counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao and Wei to the cottages in the Taihang Mountain.

Once you take Hanoi, you're moving these people to Hanoi. Of course, if the timing is right, you can also send a leader of the Montenegrin army with strong ability to lead troops to take the opportunity to break through one or two cities in the four counties. When the time comes, you can not only get grain from the city or the family manor, but also capture a large number of people from Yuan Shao's rule.

In this way, General Zhang Zhonglang, you only need to send troops to close the mountain road from Hanoi County to Jizhou, and Yuan Shao will have nothing to do with you even if he takes the power of Gongsun Zhan to eliminate it. What's more, Jizhou is in such a mess, Gongsun Chan will be more powerful, and next year, Yuan Shao may not be able to eliminate Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop. If this is the case, the situation will be even better for you and Gongsun Zhan, as well as Wenhou Lu Bu.

After that, if Yuan Shao raises troops to attack Gongsun Zan again, you can continue to send troops from Taihang Mountain to Jizhou or Youzhou, and capture the local people. Of course, if Yuan Shao chooses to give up attacking Gongsun Chan and instead concentrate on attacking Hanoi County, Zhang Zhonglang will be able to send you to Wenhou as a player, and second, my son-in-law can also lead the generals to Hanoi County to help you defend.

Of course, when the troops are divided into the central and western regions of the four counties to capture the people, it will not only cause great harm to the local people, but at the same time, Zhang Zhonglang's subordinates will inevitably encounter some county chiefs under Yuan Shao's command who are not very famous now, but are extremely capable, and many leaders will die at the hands of these unknown capable people.

However, ladies and gentlemen, once this plan is all successfully successful, let me ask you, under Yuan Shao's rule, especially in the central and western regions of the four counties, all of them will become empty, but there are no people. By that time, there was no more vacant land for Yuan Shao to cultivate land, pay taxes for him, and serve him in the conscription and military service.

In this situation, will Yuan Shao's strength be weakened?

Hehehe, Zhang Zhonglang, say a thousand things and ten thousand, my son-in-law is just giving you a more reasonable suggestion. How you should choose, it all depends on Zhang Zhonglang's opinions on you and your leaders! After saying that, the dynasty showed that he didn't care.

In fact, it is.

This time, Jin Jue sent the dynasty to meet Zhang Yan, it was really just an idle move, and his real purpose was really just to capture a few talents from Yuan Shao.

Among them are Tian Yu and Sun Li.

However, what Wang Chao didn't expect was that after Zhang Yan listened, he asked a question that surprised everyone present, and said, "Oh, so to speak, once General Ben is willing to adopt the suggestion of the second prince of Jin, is he willing to send a general to serve under me?" ”

"Hehehe, General Zhang Zhonglang, I can't talk about the word effectiveness. My son-in-law and you are in an alliance at most, and the prince sent generals to Hanoi to temporarily help you stabilize the situation here. Not only my son-in-law, in fact, Liu Yuanjun can also send one of his subordinates to help you. Moreover, this general may still be an old acquaintance of yours. Hearing this, Wang Chao replied with a smile.

"Oh! Then I don't know, can the second son of Jin temporarily cut his love and leave General Wang with General Ben? Zhang Yan said something that surprised everyone even more.