"Zhang Zhonglang will let Ming Gong attack Hedong in the south?"

"Hmm. However, the public holds the opposite view. He said that a hundred miles and fight for profit is the general, at the moment it should be the army to stay in Taiyuan to attack Jinyang City, only send a partial division south to attack Hedong County, if you give up the way of winning step by step, greedy for merit, only afraid that the army will suffer defeat. ”

Yuan Shaoping retreated from the others, leaving Feng Ji to talk softly with him on the watchtower.

At that time, the quarrel between Zhang and Guo was not intense, Zhang He said that he wanted to avoid the real and fight the false, Guo Tu refuted his greed for merit, Guo Tu said that Hedong County was the foundation of Yan Xing's entrepreneurship, the people's hearts were attached, and the city was solid.

But Zhang He also immediately ridiculed each other, saying that Hedong is rich, the army can be on the enemy's food, although the people's hearts are attached to Yan Xing, but there are no loyal and brave people among the people who are committed to Ming Gong, and Yan Xing's army has rushed to Henan to rescue Luoyang, and it will definitely not be able to distinguish the victory from Cao's army in the short term, and the army is about to take this opportunity to seize the land of Sanhe.

Although Yuan Shao showed that he was obedient most of the time and was able to listen to the different opinions of the civil and military around him, he often lost his wisdom and foresight when it came to the controversy in these critical periods, which required a decision as soon as possible.

He could only get another henchman who was not there, Feng Ji, to analyze it carefully for himself, and then make a decision.

After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Feng Ji thought for a long time, and finally said slowly:

"Ming Gong, in fact, Zhang and Guo Erjun's suggestions have their own advantages and disadvantages, in the minister's opinion, if it is for short-term benefits, then you might as well listen to Zhang Zhonglang's enterprising strategy, if you value long-term benefits, then you can use Guo Gongzhi's strategy."

"Oh?"

Yuan Shao was silent, Feng Ji glanced at him, and suddenly asked:

"Dare to ask Ming Gong, what you want to fight for this time is the merger of states, Sanhe, or the whole world?"

Suddenly hearing this, Rao is his confidant and adviser, and there is no third person present at this moment, but Yuan Shao still can't help but open his eyes wide, and his gaze is sharp.

"Yuantu, what do you mean by that?"

Although because of the episodes of Yan and Cao Mou Yuan, Yuan Shao, whose strength was damaged, was not overly carried away, and the people who tried to climb the dragon and the phoenix such as Geng Bao, the chief bookkeeper, did not dare to blatantly persuade them, but Feng Ji and others, who were confidants and advisers, knew that the great general who was dominant in Hebei and looked down on the world not only wanted the fifth and third princes in his heart, but also wanted to become a high-skilled person and seize the fat deer that had long been lost from the hands of the Han Emperor.

It's just that I know in my heart that it's completely different from saying it to my face.

If it weren't for the fact that there were only Yuan Shao and himself at this time, Tian Feng and other old ministers were not present, Feng Ji would never dare to say this rashly just now.

But now, although Feng Ji was a little frightened under Yuan Shao's gaze, he still explained the words in his heart clearly.

"Ming Gong, now that Yuan and Cao have joined forces to attack Yan Xing again, even if the soldiers and horses in Guanxi are elite, they are bound to be difficult to defeat the strength of the two families, and the Yan clan will either overthrow the army and kill the generals, fall apart, or block the mountains and rivers, and retire to Guanzhong, under the great loss of strength, it is difficult to have the opportunity to go east to fight for the world."

"But the strength of Cao Cao, the capital of Xudu, still exists, and he controls the court of the Son of Heaven, and has the heart to compete with Hebei, as evidenced by the sneak attack on Yecheng by the Cao army. Cao Cao is cunning, quite able to use soldiers, simple wrestling, although Hebei can win, but I am afraid that it will take more twists and turns. ”

"In this case, it is better to take this opportunity to besiege Jinyang, sit and watch Yan Xing rescue Luoyang, and Cao Jun have a duel, the two males will fight, there will be casualties, when the Ming Gong is convenient, Yan Sheng will destroy Yan, Cao Sheng will attack Cao, Dingding Central Plains, sweep Guanxi, sweep away the heroes, there is no opponent in the sea, the world can be transported in the palm of your hand!"

After Feng Ji finished speaking, he endured the anxiety in his heart and waited for Yuan Shao's next words, but although Yuan Shao's breathing, which was close at hand, became heavier and let out a whirring breath, he didn't respond half-loudly, as if he didn't understand just now.

When Feng Ji, who couldn't hold back, couldn't help but want to speak again, Yuan Shao finally spoke:

"Let this matter be thought of alone, and not announced in the ears of others."

"Your Ministers will obey."

Feng Ji hurriedly agreed, and at this time, the call from the downstairs interrupted many thoughts of the monarch and the minister, Yuan Shao looked down, and saw that Xu You, who didn't need to be on duty tonight, hurried over, and was looking up and calling under the watchtower.

"Let's go down first."

Yuan Shao frowned, the night emergency report, most likely will not be a good thing, he is concerned about the military situation, and took the lead in walking down the watchtower, and Feng Ji is also busy following closely.

"Ziyuan, what's wrong?"

Yuan Shao's face was a little ugly, and he stared at Xu You and asked.

"Ming Gong, a secret report from Hedong, ten days ago, a large number of soldiers and horses from Guanxi crossed the river into Hedong, and their whereabouts are unknown."

"There is such a thing!" Yuan Shao suddenly realized that something was wrong, if according to the previous military report, Yan Xing wanted to go out to rescue Luoyang and fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun, it must be to take the nearest Cuihan Road, instead of taking a detour to Hedong and taking more detours.

Obviously, those soldiers and horses who entered the territory of Hedong must have other plans.

"The enemy situation of more than ten days, why did you only come to report it now?"

"Ming Gong, the laws and regulations in Hedong are strict, and most of the hidden shadows have been captured, and at this time, the two armies are fighting, and the travel is cut off, and being able to get this secret report is already sent by the people over there at any cost, breaking through all difficulties."

Xu You faced Yuan Shao's questioning and said bitterly.

Yuan Shao's face softened slightly, but he quickly became solemn again, he glanced at Feng Ji who came with him, and said slowly:

"The soldiers and horses of Guanxi entered the east of the river without going through the Kui Han, could it be that they attacked the east and the west, not to meet the Cao army, but to raise the crowd to fight a decisive battle with Lone under Jinyang City?"

"It's also possible that he passed through Hedong and went to Hanoi!"

Feng Ji didn't wait to speak, Xu Yu had already analyzed for Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao heard this, his face changed again.

"Although Yan Liang is brave, he is not the opponent of the Yan thief, before he also sent good news, he said that he would attack the entire territory of Hanoi before the winter moon, if he was greedy and rash and unprepared for a while, he was afraid that he would fall into the trap of the Yan thief!"

"The minister will send an envoy to General Yan's army and let him hold heavy troops."

Feng Ji has always known Yuan Shao's intentions, and he hurriedly said.

"Go quickly, take the lonely talisman letter!"

With anxiety in his tone, Yuan Shao watched Feng Ji hurriedly take the order to leave, and at this time, he suddenly remembered Feng Ji's words just now, his mind moved, and he turned his head to look at Xu You and asked:

"Ziyuan, you just said that the soldiers and horses of Kansai are going to Yan Liang in Hanoi?"

"Well, even if you don't win twice, you won't lose either. If the soldiers go out of the border and the battle is not scheduled for ten days, one side will break the army and kill the general. But before the two armies fought, there was a long period of confrontation attrition, and now the Yan thieves were attacked in the north and south, and it was urgent to break the situation, if it was not to take the road to Kunhan, then it was possible to go to General Yan in Hanoi, after all, the terrain in Hanoi was flat, which was conducive to giving full play to the infantry and cavalry advantages of Kansai, which was the place where the soldiers and horses under the command of Yan thieves were used. ”

Yuan Shao listened to Xu You's words, his face was solemn, and after a long time, he said again:

"If Yan Liang is unfortunately defeated, will the rampant Yan thief lead his army into the annex and fight Lone to the death?"

"It's hard to say." Xu You shook his head, "If the Yan thief wins, he may go north to compete with our army, or he may still go to the Cao army besieging Luoyang." ”

Yuan Shao let out a long breath when he heard this, looked up at the night sky, his mind was complicated, and he was silent.

···

Jinyang City, on the city tower.

"Mr. Xu, I'm really grateful to you!"

Cao Yuan also took Gongsun Xu and other generals to inspect the city defense, and finally turned to the city tower, and saw that Xu Shu had just finished blowing a song with a team of sergeants, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him.

This staff member has a strategic mind, but he has helped him a lot.

Gongsun Xu is the eldest son of Gongsun Zhan, after the fall of Yijing, he also defected to the Yan army that captured the state after contacting reinforcements abroad, and was then used as a general by Cao Yuan, who was guarding Taiyuan.

At this time, they also echoed Cao Yuan and praised Xu Shu's great talent.

Xu Shu smiled slightly, put away the flute in his hand, and saluted Cao Yuan and said:

"Shu is just doing his best, the general is guarding Jinyang, outnumbered, and the prime minister's military aircraft is the real fatigue."

Although Cao Yuan knew that the other party was a courtesy kind reciprocation, he still smiled. Holding on to the railing of the city tower, looking at the boundless enemy company camp outside the city, Cao Yuan couldn't help but sigh for a while:

"Lai commanded the military princes to use their lives, although the enemy army claimed to have 100,000 people, across the Taihang, surging forward, but still by our army relying on the strong city to block the city, if this battle can repel the strong enemy, it is the work of the civil and military monarchs."

"If there is no general's planning and scheduling, how can we have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions."

Gongsun Xu and the others hurriedly replied.

Cao Yuan smiled when she heard this, but there was still a trace of worry in her eyes.

The people stationed under the city are, after all, the Hebei army led by Yuan Shao.

Although Jinyang City is known as a fortified city with high walls and deep ravines, and there are bed crossbows, stone throwers, urn cities and other garrison ordnance and fortifications in the city, but in the face of the 100,000 people in Hebei, Cao Yuan, who was outnumbered, still could not erase the heavy worries in his heart.

At present, Jinyang City has been surrounded by Yuan Shao's Hebei army, and Cao Yuan's contact with the outside world has inevitably been cut off.

I don't know if Yang Chou, Zheng Gu and other generals held the sentence note, I don't know if Niu Song, Hao Zhao and other generals held the Bird Mouse Valley, whether Pei Juan arrived at the Xianbei Kebineng tribe, whether Xu Kun and Meng Tu were able to lead the Hun cavalry to come, I don't know what the situation is in Shangdang, Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan counties, and I don't know when the Kansai army of the hussar general will be able to lift the heavy encirclement of the Hebei army······

Cao Yuan, who had been trapped in Jinyang for nearly two months, was like a black cloth in front of him, and he could no longer see any changes between the enemy and us.

And waiting and confusion are precisely the ones that can most drain a person's fighting spirit and courage.

Cao Yuan is afraid of these things in his heart, and he also knows that others are more afraid than him, so he must constantly boost morale and reassure people.

Because he knew that if the guards in the city were discouraged and he was shaken in holding the city, it would really not be far from the day when Jinyang City would fall.