In this world, Yuan Shao's strength is almost no different from history.

Take stock:

On the territory, Yuan Shao owns the plain counties of Bingzhou, Yizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Jinan; Historically, before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao sent Zang Ba and others, who had potential influence in Qingzhou, to invade Qingzhou and occupy Qi (now Linzi, Shandong), Beihai (southeast of Shouguang, Shandong) and other places to consolidate the right flank.

Therefore, in terms of territory, Yuan Shao has not shrunk much.

In terms of talents, there are many generals. "Hebei Siting Pillar and One Beam" Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Jaw, and Gao Ran are all alive; Even Koji Yoshiki is alive. There is no shortage of other Zhang Nan, Jiao Touch, Gao Gan, Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Lu Weihuang, Chun Yuqiong, Guo Yuan, Wei Yuanjin, Zhao Zhao, Su You, Yan Rou, Han Juzi, Wang Men, Han Meng, etc.

The famous Xiandeng camp of the princes of the world is still led by Koji Yi, and it can play 120% of the role at any time.

In terms of strategists, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, Xianbei, Feng Ji, Xu You, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, Cui Yan, Chen Lin and others are still loyal and dedicated to Yuan Shao.

In addition, the strategists also include Xun Chen, Dong Zhao, Chang Lin, Wang Xiu, Zhu Han, Geng Bao, Hua Yan, Kong Shun, Yin Kui, Xianrong, Han Heng, Zhang Jin, Yuan Mai, Zhang Jue, Hu Zhao, Linghu Shao, Han Fan, and Tao Sheng.

It can be said that Yuan Shao now has a vast territory and strong generals. Strategists are like clouds, fierce generals are like rain, and there are many talents.

In this era, Yuan Shao had the largest population: more than 10 million people; has the largest number of soldiers: claimed to be millions, in fact, there are always 500,000 or 600,000 soldiers; The most generals; The most strategists!

Yuan Shao is the first among the princes! The strongest! This is recognized by everyone, and even Gongsun Kang has to admit it.

Gongsun Kang's territory may be larger, but Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and after ten years of immigration, it has not exceeded 10 million people. Less than a third of the land area has been developed; The two counties of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and the newly acquired Yangzhou are completely burdensome! They were all smashed, and they were plagued by drought and locusts for many years; Not even self-sufficient.

As for Goguryeo, Samhan, and Wado, they were all slave societies that could not be integrated with civilized feudal societies without several generations. These three pieces of territory, it is okay to provide labor, and it is impossible to provide generals and strategists!

Jiaozhou is an enclave, and in the hearts of the princes, Gongsun Kang only rules Jiaozhou in name, and collects some ivory, pearls and other tributes every year.

This form can be seen clearly by all the princes, and Yuan Shao himself understands it. This is also an important reason why the princes of the world did not attack Gongsun Kangqun.

Since he has the strength to be the first in the world, Yuan Shao's ambition began to expand infinitely, he wants to unify the Central Plains, he wants to unify the world!

Speaking of territory, after the clearance was completed, Cao Cao and Gongsun Kang are now bordering him. If you want to fight, you can only fight these two people.

In fact, he still has a choice: to fight the Xiongnu and Xianbei people.

If Gongsun Kang's territory borders the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, he will definitely not say a word, and go to deal with the alien race first.

But Yuan Shao, don't count on it, where is he rich and fights. Poor steppes, he is not interested at all; He didn't even bother to recover the land of several counties that had been invaded by the Huns. Yuan Shao is a typical civil war insider, foreign war layman! The kind of person who is good at fighting in the nest!

Who to hit first? How to fight? This is a big problem, and Yuan Shao also has to ask for the opinions of his subordinates.

No one proposed to fight the Xiongnu and Xianbei, because after laying there, they would get nothing but slaves, cattle and sheep, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

So hit Cao Cao first or Gongsun Kang first, or two people at the same time? Yuan Shao's subordinate advisers began a big debate on this issue.

After listening to everyone's discussion for a long time before speaking, he pointed out sharply: "It's not a problem to hit anyone first. Cao Cao and Gongsun Kang had already become angry in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao sent assassins to assassinate Gongsun Kang, and the two had become enemies of life and death, and there was no possibility of reconciliation at all. There is not even a minimum of trust between them, and there is no possibility of an alliance. So no matter who hits first, the other side will definitely not help, and will even fall into the ground. ”

He has a strong view of the overall situation, has foresight and talent, and is talented, and even Cao Cao said: If I have to step early, the world will not worry about it, and it can be seen that he is talented. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement and accepted this view.

Since there is no need to worry about the alliance between Cao Cao and Gongsun Kanghui, the remaining question is: whether to unite the weak or eradicate the weak first.

Who is weak? Cao Cao! Among the three, Cao Cao's strength is undoubtedly the weakest.

Yuan Shao is the number one prince in the world, in his heart, Cao Cao has always been the little brother who needs his help and support, he really doesn't think that if he is facing Sun Kang, Cao Cao can give him much help, at most it will play a role in harassment, right?

As soon as Yuan Shao's idea was said, he was accustomed to sycophants and Feng Ji immediately agreed.

It should be said: Yuan Shao's four great strategists, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Judge and Feng Ji, are all really talented and learned. The difference is: Tian Feng and Frustration are more upright and committed; The trial and the discipline are more sleek and can be a man.

Feng Ji said humbly: "The lord is clever, what he said is very right. Cao Cao is of no great use! ”

The judge also took the opportunity to say: "Since Cao Cao is useless, there is no need for us to unite with him, just get rid of him first!" Clear the field before the decisive battle with Gongsun Kang, so as not to profit the fisherman. ”

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were in Qingzhou and were scared by Zhang Liao. Therefore, they were apprehensive about the combat power of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and they also agreed to kill Cao Cao first.

Guo Tu said: "Gongsun Kang's territory is vast, and it is not connected. It is difficult to remove the east and west in a short time. If you fight a snake, you won't die, but you will suffer from it! On the contrary, it is Cao Cao, his territory is exactly a mess, and we can fight it down in one go. ”

In this way, all the strategists agreed to fight Cao Cao, and now among the four major strategists, only Tian Feng did not speak. Yuan Shao looked at him.

Later generations listed Xu You among Yuan Shao's four major strategists, and looking at their historical performance, Xu You was far worse than Fu Zhi!

Tian Feng hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Xu You spoke first. Xu You, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao have been together since they were teenagers, and they are the three evils of Chang'an! They grew up together and had a deep relationship. Xu You said: "For Cao Mengde, it is best to persuade him to surrender and not to use swords. I am willing to be a messenger to persuade him. ”

Xu You is morally tainted, a rogue genius-style villain, and very greedy for money. He wanted to extort a large sum of money from Cao Cao.

Tian Feng originally wanted to advise Yuan Shao to recuperate, fight steadily, and it is best not to use swords in the near future. But Xu You volunteered so much, which made Tian Feng vigilant.

Tian Feng said: "Cao Cao is a recognized hero, and he will never surrender to the lord." The year before last, when Cao Cao lost most of Yanzhou, he did not defect to the lord, not to mention that he now has a stable foundation of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Hanoi. The soldiers are fast and confidential! Let's go straight to the attack! ”

In this way, Yuan Shao's strategists unified their minds and unanimously agreed to attack Cao Cao first.

He even said: "We can secretly inform Gongsun Kang of the news that we are going to attack Cao Cao." We don't form an alliance with him, but it is estimated that he will definitely send troops to attack Cao Cao as well, so that Cao Cao will be difficult to take care of! ”

Although Yuan Shao felt that there was no need to find others to help him fight Cao Cao. But since Fu Zhu suggested, it didn't matter, so he simply sent Fu Zhu to Liaodong to have a look, and persuaded Gongsun Kang to send troops together; The two looked at the military situation in Liaodong, made some preparations for the next attack on Gongsun Kang, and learned some information in advance.

Of course, what Yuan Shao never expected was that going to Liaodong would be like a meat bun beating a dog, and he would never come back! Gongsun Kang understands the talent of frustration, and now he has sent it to the door, and he can't let it go. It doesn't matter if he descends or not, he will be put under house arrest first!

(End of chapter)