"I hope so, my lord, the lower officials have something to ask for, and I ask the lord to grant permission." He knew that things would never go so smoothly, since he couldn't change Yuan Shao's decision, since he was useless here, it was better to take a step back and take care of the rear for Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao would have a way back in the future, especially to prevent Cao Cao, he had a relationship with Cao Cao before, but he knew that this old friend was by no means easy to match, he was now gathering heavy troops in Pinggao County, but he had never helped his side fight a battle, not even waving his flag and shouting, This is obviously abnormal, maybe what Cao Cao really cares about is not that Yuan Shao can win, but may hope that Yuan Shao will lose, because in this way, Cao Cao may take advantage of the victory to launch an attack on Jizhou, and at that time I am afraid that the whole of Hanoi will not be owned by Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Fu Zhi decided to take the opportunity to stabilize the rear, at least leaving him a way back when Yuan Shao was defeated and retreated.

Of course, although he had decided to do so, he would not directly explain his purpose, but used Yuan Shao as an excuse to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and for him, such an excuse would not arouse Yuan Shao's disgust, and might be able to contribute to his own success.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao agreed with almost no hesitation after listening to Frustration's request, because in Yuan Shao's opinion, this Frustration dangling in front of him was not only useless, but would affect his mood, so it was better to throw him to the rear, so as not to be laughed at by others for being ungrateful.

Guo Tu did not object to this, because for Guo Tu, as long as he could maintain his favored situation in front of the lord Yuan Shao, it was enough, as for the things that ordinary officers were unwilling to do, what did it matter if they were given to the frustrated ministers?

Seeing that the result was really satisfactory, he didn't say anything anymore, and immediately took his headquarters to Wude County to take office.

The departure of the frustrated professor suddenly made Yuan Shao and Guo Tu breathe a sigh of relief, and the pressure on them was suddenly gone, and from then on, they could deal with Pei Qing as they wanted, and no one would obstruct it anymore.

Therefore, not a few days after he left, it was estimated that Pei Qing was already in internal and external difficulties, and his own side had already occupied a great advantage, so in this situation, he naturally had to take the initiative to attack and make himself and his army famous.

After some planning, Yuan Shao decided to launch a surprise attack on Yewang City at dawn two days later, and at the same time induce the defenders in the city to surrender voluntarily with the advantage of military rations, or even turn against each other.

Regarding the decision made by Yuan Shao, no one in the strategists objected at all, not even a trace of objection, and they all became echo worms.

So at dawn two days later, Yuan Shao personally led the army to Yewang City, according to the previous battle plan, preparing to capture Yewang City, and at the same time inducing the defenders to give up resistance and directly choose to surrender with their own food and material advantages.

However, what was particularly surprising was that when Yuan Shao's army had just left the county seat of Huai, it was ambushed by Pei Qing's soldiers on a mountain beam.

Because they did not have any vigilance against the appearance of the enemy, at the beginning of the ambush, the soldiers under Yuan Shao's command began to fall into panic, and they could no longer care about military discipline with each other, and fled in all directions, in order to get a way to survive, they killed each other and trampled on no less than 10,000 people.

"Ahhhh How is this possible? There is no food in Pei Qing's army, why do the soldiers under his command still have such combat power? One by one, they are like tigers descending from the mountain, is this like running out of food? Guo Gongze, explain to me, what is going on? This is what you said that the enemy army has run out of food? ”

Yuan Shao roared loudly, this battle completely destroyed his self-confidence, making him extremely troubled and regretful, if he knew that there would be such a scene, even if he was killed, he would not take the initiative to attack.

"It seems that I misunderstood the public, I still underestimated Pei Qing, this kid really laid a treacherous plan, but it's a pity that I didn't see through his treacherous plan, which caused our army to cause such losses, alas, this is the result of underestimating the enemy's rash advance, this is the consequence of not listening to the wise man's direct words, Guo Tu mistook me, Guo Tu misunderstood me!"

Yuan Shao sighed constantly, he was still mistaken by Guo Tu after all, and finally caused such a result.

This time the ambush caused Yuan Shao to lose more than 10,000 men and horses, and the blow to the morale of the army was very serious, Yuan Shao immediately reprimanded Guo Tu after returning to the barracks, but Guo Tu shifted the responsibility to Han Meng, the general who was specifically responsible for arresting Xizuo, saying that this Han Meng did not investigate in detail when he arrested people, and he hastily drew conclusions during the interrogation, so he misled himself.

Yuan Shao was a person who didn't pay attention, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately reprimanded Han Meng, deducted Han Meng's two months' salary, and punished Han Meng for his crimes and meritorious service, so as to observe the after-effects.

Then Yuan Shao decided to transfer the frustration back, but Guo Tujin said that the position of the frustration was very important, and no one could replace it, and Yuan Shao had no choice but to continue to leave the frustration in Wude County to stabilize the rear for him.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao convened the generals to discuss the next countermeasures, some of the strategists under his command suggested that they withdraw their troops, some suggested continuing to attack, some advocated a decisive battle with Pei Qing, and some persuaded Cao Cao or the Xiongnu to send troops together.

Later, in order to make up for the merits, Guo Tu thought hard for a night, and suggested to Yuan Shao to concentrate superior forces to fight a decisive battle with Pei Qing, as long as he could defeat Pei Qing in the decisive battle, he would be able to complete his work in one battle and quickly realize the plan he had made before.

Although Pei Qing still seems to be in the momentum of the offensive, and his military food problem has not yet been exposed, I believe that it will not last too long, no matter how frugal he is, it is estimated that he can only last for half a month to a month at most.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao felt that it made sense, so he immediately gathered all the generals under his command and decided to start a decisive battle with Pei Qing.

This time, Yuan Shao learned the lesson of the last time, with Yan Liang asking the left army, Wen Chou as the right army, and Liyi as the middle army, and the three-way army maintaining a good formation and advancing in unison, so as to avoid the situation of being attacked by the enemy when the formation was not stable like the last time.

I have to say that Guo Tu, a strategist who seems to be a meticulous strategist planted by the enemy army in Yuan's army, made a very clever suggestion this time, because this is the only feasible way for Yuan Shao at present, which is to give full play to his own advantages, and at the same time avoid letting Pei Qing take advantage.

"I really didn't expect this Guo Tu to have an intellectual explosion, but so what? Whether I fight or not, and not Yuan Shao, he thinks that my military rations are not enough to support him, but my military rations are too much to drag him to death. ”

Pei Qing secretly sneered after receiving the letter sent by Yuan Shao's envoy, he ignored Yuan Shao's request for a decisive battle between the two sides, and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Trouble replied to Yuan Benchu, our army had no intention of fighting, but Yuan Benchu was aggressive, and our army had to rise up to defend itself, as for the words he proposed for a decisive battle, I can't accept it." ”

"What? Pei Qingxiaoer actually refused? This little thief is really hateful! Yuan Shao was so angry after hearing the news, he originally expected to be able to save face through a dignified victory, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was in exchange for Pei Qing's categorical refusal.

But seeing Guo Tu stepped forward and said: "Actually, this is not impossible, since Pei Qing refuses, we can take the opportunity to besiege Yewang City, and then set up a camp to defend instead of attacking, in this way, it is equivalent to attacking and defending, there are many of us, plus defense, as long as we are careful, there is absolutely no mistake, as long as Pei Qing runs out of food for a while, that is our opportunity." ”

Yuan Shao felt that it made sense when he heard this, so he personally led the army out of Huaixian County, came to Yewang City, besieged Yewang City, built dozens of camps overnight, and built a deep ditch and high base there, posing a posture of holding on, this intention is very obvious, wanting to consume Pei Qing's strength by fighting positional warfare and attrition war, and finally succeeded in dragging Pei Qing to death.

However, what Yuan Shao didn't know was that Pei Qing was indifferent to this at all, and he didn't look worried at all, first of all, he had Hao Zhao, who was the best at defense in the city, in charge of defense matters, and it was impossible to give the other party the slightest chance, and on the other hand, Pei Qing was very confident in the military rations in the army, and he believed that Yuan Shao might not be able to consume him in the final result, especially in the case of mental arithmetic, Yuan Shao was unlikely to take advantage.

So the two sides continued to confront each other in almost peace, and half a month passed in a flash, but Pei Qing's army was still calm, without the slightest sign of turmoil, which made Yuan Shao a little surprised, he really couldn't understand why Pei Qing had been so calm until now.

However, a few days later, the news that Yuan Shao felt excited came, and that night, just when Yuan Shao was secretly wondering about Pei Qing in his heart, he suddenly heard a report from his own soldiers, saying that Wang Ling and Guo Huai, who were from Taiyuan, had come to ask for a meeting.

"Haha, sure enough, someone came, it looks like Pei Qing can't hold on." Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately greeted him in person.

"I have heard of Corporal Yuan Gonglixian for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." Wang Ling and Guo Huai were immediately full of admiration after seeing Yuan Shao, and said respectfully to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's face was also full of humble expressions, and he said humbly to the two: "The two gentlemen have won the award, I don't know if the two gentlemen came here all night, do you have any advice?" ”

"Yuan Gong is really polite, what do you instruct, how will you be in the end? The last general, Wang Ling, was originally the nephew of the former Situ Wang Yun, and Wang Situ and Yuan Gong were officials in the same dynasty back then, and they were friends with their peers, so if it is calculated in this way, the last general is still the younger generation of Yuan Gong, in front of the seniors, how dare the last general make such a mistake? ”

Wang Ling saluted Yuan Shao respectfully, and then said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Yuan Gong, the reason why the last general is here is really a little presumptuous to ask Yuan Gong for help, although it seems to be calm in Yewang City now, but in fact the situation is not calm now, the food in the army has run out, the soldiers will sweep the food roots together, and have a full meal, but from tomorrow morning they will starve for a day, in this case, it will not take a few days, it will cause a comprehensive panic, and the end will be regarded as a rainy day, in order to avoid being starved to death, So if you want to take refuge in Yuan Gong's account, as long as Yuan Gong is willing to enjoy food, the last general's life will be Yuan Gong's from now on, in fact, to tell the truth, Pei Gong is still good to the last general, if it is only the last general himself, even if he starves to death, he is not willing to embark on this road, but there are many generals under the command of the last general, and there are many family members, the last general can not watch them die in vain, in order for them to have a way to live, the last general is cheeky to ask for Yuan Gong's door, hoping that Yuan Gong can accommodate it. ”

Yuan Shao suddenly sighed lightly when he heard this: "This Pei Qing is really brainless, his nest is in Chang'an, not in Hanoi, if he directly leads his troops to retreat, how can I really ask for his life?" My purpose was not Pei Qing's life, but for the territory of Hanoi and Hedong, Pei Qing had more of these territories but a waste of food and troops, and it was not worth guarding at all, if he figured this out and gave these territories directly to me, not only would I not worry about my life, but I would also be grateful to him, in this case, wouldn't it be good for you and me to work together? It's a pity that my kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, so you and I have been in trouble with each other, and so far I have not been at peace, which is really regrettable, and I can understand Mr. Wang's words, Pei Qing because of his own face, or on the other hand, for his own ambition and did not hesitate to put the whole city in danger, such behavior is really despicable, but fortunately, there are wise and benevolent people like Mr. who can think about the problem from the position of the majority of the military and the people, so he is willing to submit to me, from this point of view, Sir, you are the real wise and benevolent person, only with such a mind can Mr. ensure that the soldiers and civilians in the city can avoid a catastrophe of swords. ”

"How can this last man be overcome? The last general just felt that he couldn't bear to give up these brothers and family members in the army who were with him day and night, so he came to see Yuan Gong with the attitude of giving it a try, and now seeing Yuan Gong so accommodating, the last general felt very relieved in his heart, and Yuan Gong's kindness could make hundreds of thousands of residents survive. I really don't know how we repay this kindness? ”

"Haha, when Mr. Wang said this, Shao felt a little embarrassed, I, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, tired of eating Hanlu, and learning to be a man of literature and martial arts, naturally I have to report to Jun En and Fu Li Min, so as to live up to the manly husband who came to this world to walk once,"

Yuan Shao is also saying all kinds of nice words now, of course, on the one hand, to be able to flaunt his loyalty to the Han, and at the same time, to show his posture as a corporal of courtesy in front of Wang Ling, so that he can leave a good impression in front of the other party, which is conducive to the other party's further loyalty to him.