24, the title of heaven is intimidating (1)

Just when Yan Xing led the army back and commanded the army to capture Ji County and Gongxian one by one, the Yu Yu urgent report from Chaoge also arrived in Yecheng.

Yecheng, the lobby of the General's Mansion.

After reading the emergency report, Yuan Shao's face was solemn. He stretched out his hand and motioned for the scholar next to him to come closer, and put himself on the case to report to the civil and military officials in the hall, while he sat in his seat, trying his best to control his inner emotions.

Yan Xingzhuzi dared to invade Gongxian, Jixian and other cities, Zhang He, Jiang Yiqu and others were all wine bags and rice pits, sitting on a large army, and they could also let a remnant of Luyi flee to Sanhe.

Although he was anxious in his heart, Yuan Shao still patiently waited until the civil and military affairs in the hall were all read, and then slowly said:

"Gentlemen, Yan Xing took advantage of the chaos to send troops, invaded my border, invaded my city, the generals retreated to Chaoge, sent envoys to report urgency, and the remnants of the army were also sheltered by Yan Xing and fled to Sanhe."

"Lu Yijiu has been a general in Hebei for a long time, and he knows that the army is false and real, and it will be a great trouble to surrender to the enemy, so he must be eliminated. Chao Ge is an important city in Hanoi, if the Chao Ge is lost, then Liyang, Dangyin, and Shaocheng are in danger, so they must not be saved. ”

"Lone intention, let Gao Lan return to the division of Yecheng, gather Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Zhang Yi, Ma Yan, and the recruited soldiers, and gather the soldiers and horses of Chaoge, a total of more than 60,000 horses, to conquer Hanoi in the west, and to mobilize troops and horses to attack the east of the river in one fell swoop, what do you think?"

As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, all the civil and military people in the seat did not change color.

The last time Yuan Shao personally conquered, it was in the second year of Xingping, and he led the army to conquer Zang Hong, who rebelled in the city, and gave a strong reputation to Cao Cao, who was busy quelling the rebellion in Dingzhou.

Now it is about to enter April, in this month, a large number of soldiers and horses, and then the west to conquer Sanhe, not only will it affect the next summer cultivation of the land of Ji, but also the use of troops in the summer, it is also easy to induce various diseases in the army, plus the recent tossing of Gongsun Chan in the north has not been solved······

From all aspects, Yuan Shao's intention to send troops is really not timely.

The first dissuasion in the hall was still put forward by Don't drive Tian Feng.

"Ming Gong, at this time, the west expedition to Sanhe, absolutely impossible. Gongsun Zhan in the north has not yet been pacified, and the damage caused by the Luyi Rebellion in Julu and Wei County has not yet recovered······

No matter when and where, Tian Feng can always list a series of reasons why it is not appropriate to use troops on a large scale at this time to dissuade himself, although Yuan Shao did not interrupt Tian Feng's dissuasion, but the hand hidden in his sleeve was tightly clenched, obviously enduring Tian Feng's chattering in his heart.

After Tian Feng gave a lecture and returned to his seat, Yuan Shao asked again:

"Tian Beijia's meaning, Gu already knows, the rest of the gentlemen, but what objections do you have?"

"There is an objection to the review!"

There was another person in the hall, and everyone looked at it, it was Yingchuan Xinping.

Xin commented on his appearance, and he said angrily:

"Commenting that at this time, the army can not crusade against Sanhe, but the song of the court must not be saved, and the righteousness of the koji must be removed, and the general has the heavy responsibility of supporting the Han family, and he is the body of a daughter, and it is not suitable to move lightly. It is advisable to choose a good general, pay a sharp pawn, rush to Chaoge, command the generals, recover the lost land such as Gongxian and Ji County, and force Yan Xing to hand over the rebel general Lu Yi! ”

He paused, then continued:

"Thinking that Yan Xing in the east of the river, he has been fighting endlessly with the generals of Kansai in recent years, and he has just won the land of Sanfu, and he still needs to garrison troops to stay. To the east of Cuihan, the land of the three rivers can only protect itself, where can it send many soldiers and horses to invade the neighboring territory. ”

"The loss of Gongxian and Ji County, firstly, is caused by the rebellion of Luyi, which disturbs the heart, and secondly, the generals defending the city are negligent in fighting for merit, so that they are taken advantage of by the enemy, this is not that the soldiers of Sanhe are stronger than Hebei, nor is it a crime of war."

"Knowing oneself and knowing the other, you can know that the soldiers of the three rivers are bluffing, Ming Gong only needs to send elite soldiers and good generals, with one or two messengers, both grace and power, Yan Xing will inevitably retreat, in order not to offend Hebei, in the future, he will naturally bring about his own trouble, and he will naturally offer the head of Lu Yi."

Xin Ping's judgment is relatively optimistic, not like Tian Feng's chattering and worried, but simply judging that Sanhe is more than self-retaining and enterprising, Yecheng is not unable to use troops on a large scale, but there is no need to use swords, just send a strong general, plus one or two messengers who can speak well, and under both soft and hard, they can easily achieve their own goals.

"Yuantu, what do you think?"

Yuan Shao didn't seem to be very satisfied with Xin Ping's suggestion, and turned his head to look at Feng Ji who was sitting on the side of the hall, he was an old man in Nanyang who had followed him for a long time, and he was also one of the outstanding advisers under his command.

Feng Ji, as an old man beside Yuan Shao, knows very well that Yuan Shao is not unaware of the bad consequences of "raising troops out of anger", but as the overlord of Hebei, when the civil strife has not been pacified, there are suddenly people outside who challenge his authority recklessly, which is the most intolerable thing for Yuan Shao.

Last time, it was Zang Hong, who rebelled in the city, and now the grass and trees on his grave are lush.

At the moment, of course, he can't resist public opinion, and alone instigate Yuan Shao to gather an army to kill Sanhe regardless of the internal situation, but if he can't say a new word that fits Yuan Shao's heart, then he, the old man of Nanyang who has been under his command for a long time, will lose his weight in Yuan Shao's heart.

Feng Ji respectfully got up and left his seat, and said:

"Ming Gong is wise and martial, Yan Xing is just a plague of ringworm, and the conquest of Sanhe should be decided in a battle. However, before that, I thought that Ming Gong still needed to do something! ”

"What's the matter?"

"The court condemned Yan Xingxi as a hussar general, not only arrogant and domineering, but also rebellious and invading neighbors. First let the imperial court send a messenger to scold Yan Xing, so that the other party is in the condemnation of the world, and then the Ming Duke will ask for orders to cut down the crime, and level the three rivers in one fell swoop, and the name is right, isn't it happy! ”

Yuan Shao listened to Feng Ji's words, thought about it, and reached out to stroke his thick beard.

Before, he had the opportunity to annex Sanhe, but he was forced into a dilemma by the reprimand of Kong Rong, the master craftsman, and the imperial court, so he had to hastily withdraw his troops and claim to be on the table, which resolved a verbal and written attack by the people of the world.

At present, it was Yan Xing who took the initiative to provoke the war, and also accepted his own defected generals, who were at the expense of the first, and happened to be on the imperial court, and the Xudu court sent an envoy to reprimand Yan Xing of Sanhe, so that he could also taste the dilemma of surging public opinion and endangering his reputation.

Seeing Yuan Shao's movements, Feng Ji immediately understood that he had just scratched the itch in Yuan Shao's heart, and he immediately added:

"Besides, Ming Gong has another advantage in doing this, you can take the opportunity to test Cao Mengde's attitude."

Previously, as a means of beating Cao Cao, Yuan Shao refused to accept the reward from the Xudu court, and also expressed his words and affairs, and forced Cao Cao to give up the position of general and retreat to the position of commonplace.

Cao Cao also repeatedly assured Xu You, the envoy sent by Yuan Shao, that he and Yuan Shao had been friends for many years, and they had always been of the same mind, and although he welcomed the Son of Heaven, he would never betray Yuan Shao, the lord of Guanguan who commanded the prefectures and counties.

However, Yuan Shao was faintly jealous of this old friend who was not at ease after owning Yan and Henan.

At this time, listening to Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao's heart was suddenly moved.

It would indeed be great if he could take this opportunity to test Cao Cao's true attitude when he learned that he was influenced by him.

Therefore, after consulting the opinions of all the advisers under his command, Yuan Shao finally decided not to send a large army to attack Sanhe for the time being, and only sent another 10,000 soldiers and horses to Chaoge, with Zhang He as the main general, and Jiang Yiqu, Han Meng, Zhao Rong and other generals under his command, on the basis of ensuring that Chaoge was not lost, he chose the opportunity to send troops to recover Gongxian and Jixian.

At the same time, he also immediately appealed to the Luoyang Imperial Court, and sharply condemned Yan Xing, who had already committed all kinds of crimes.

In this way, Hanoi County, which seemed to be full of troops and sabre-rattling, quickly immersed itself in a brief calm before the storm.

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Xudu, Sikong House.

Yuan Shao's letter, after a few days of delivery by the post post horse, was finally put on the table of Cao Cao's desk in Sikong Mansion.

Cao Cao, who is a commonplace, is now in the capital of Xuchang, and he has slowly stabilized his power to control the court.

Although Liu Xie, the young son of heaven, also took the opportunity to desperately build his own small forces in the court, after seeing the faces of Yuan Shao and Yan Xing, he now has to rely on Cao Cao, a powerful minister who is still loyal and righteous in comparison.

Cao Cao's small actions towards the Son of Heaven were also turned a blind eye for the time being, and he focused most of his energy outside the Xiao Wall.

After the capital of Xuchang, as the new capital of the foundation, there is no obvious threat to the north, east and west, and only Nanyang County, which is controlled by Liu Biao's army in the south, will also pose a certain threat to Xudu.

Therefore, after Cao Cao stabilized the imperial court and carried out various new decrees, the first thing he did this year was to seize the northern border of Nanyang.

As a large county with a population of more than 2 million in the Han Empire, Nanyang County is also one of the accompanying capitals.

Any powerful prince will covet him and blush.

Yuan Shu and Liu Biao once fought in the dark about the ownership of Nanyang County, and for this reason, Yuan Shu also folded Sun Jian, a fierce general.

And Cao Cao, whether it was for the benefit of external expansion or for the safety of the Xudu court, must squeeze Liu Biao's forces out of the northern border of Nanyang.

Since the beginning of spring, Cao Cao has been fighting with Liu Biao in Nanyang County.

Cao Cao was fortunate that because of his mistakes, he would not suffer another fiasco in history; Unfortunately, the gains and losses in the northern border of Nanyang are also extremely important to Liu Biao, who lives in Xiangyang, so this battle for the northern border of Nanyang, the two sides are bound to win, and they will not stop fighting soon.

And just when Cao Cao was fighting endlessly for the northern border of Nanyang, Yuan Shu of Huainan was called the emperor!

This is extremely bad news, and closely accompanied by Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor, there is also the arrival of Yuan Shao's table.