Chapter 4 Section 52 Tiger Shock

What is ridiculous is that Liu Bei increased his troops in Pingyin City, peeking at Yanzhou Dongjun and Jizhou Qinghe, hoping that the people who would intimidate were Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, however, it was Han Fu who was the first to feel scared.

When the thunder led by Gao Shun rode into Pingyin City, it was not long after Han Fu lost Zhongshan Kingdom, after that, Qingzhou soldiers continued to enter Pingyin City, from Guangrao City to Pingyin City on the avenue, the convoy of ordnance and materials was endless, and the long dragon of lights stretched for hundreds of miles, as long as you are not blind, you can feel that Liu Bei is murderous this time.

In the Central Plains War, the Kwantung princes formed a coalition army to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and the county guards in various places levied farmers to form an army, causing the fields to be barren in various places. Only Liu Bei used standing troops and regular troops, and only after Liu Bei's spring ploughing was over, he sent troops in a big way, so when the second year came, only Gongsun Zhan, who did not participate in the fight against Dong's coalition army, and Liu Bei of Qingzhou, who were capable of conducting a large-scale war.

The relationship between Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei is well known. Liu Bei established the country in western Liaoning at that time, and it all relied on Gongsun Zan to support Liu Bei in the Gongsun family, and when the contemporary head of the Gongsun family in Liaodong Gongsun Du sent troops to Qingzhou, Gongsun Zan was the only opponent in the Gongsun family. After Liu Bei retaliated and captured Liaodong, Gongsun Zhan, who was a side branch of the Gongsun family, applauded the destruction of the main branch of the Gongsun family. Now, Gongsun Chan is coming from the north, and Liu Bei suddenly increases his troops in the south, who can say whether the two of them will join forces.

Han Fu was trapped in the city of sorrow, and when he was at a loss for anything, his guests Xun Chen and Guo Tu suggested to him to lure Yuan Shao to resist Gongsun Zhan.

Xun Chen pretended to be worried and said: "Gongsun Zhan led the Yan Dynasty Jianshi, and went south by victory, and the front could not be controlled; Yuan Cheqi (Yuan Shao) also took this eastward direction (to avoid Liu Bei), not first or later, unpredictable. I'm worried about the general! ”

Han Fu was at a loss, frowned, and said, "So, what can I do?" ”

Xun Chen continued: "Yuan Shao is a masterpiece in the world, so that the king has repeatedly detained Yuan Che to ride grain and grass, how can the car ride be tolerated for a long time as a general?" If Gongsun Chan attacks the north, Liu Bei comes from the south, and Yuan Shao attacks the west, how can he resist the three-way army? ”

Guo Tu echoed: "Yes, yes." ”

Looking at the panicked Han Fu, Xun Chen added step by step: "However, Lord Jun is from the Yuan family, and has an alliance with Yuan Shao, and now the situation is critical, it is better to give way to the state and return to the Yuan family; Yuan's Jizhou will be grateful to the general for his virtue and favor and favor the general, what are you afraid of Gongsun Zhan? ”

Guo Tu echoed again: "Not bad, not bad." ”

Han Fu was cowardly by nature, so happy, courageless, and listened to Xun Chen's words, so he decided to accept Xun Chen's suggestion and sent an envoy to welcome Yuan Shao into Jizhou. After the news came out, Ji Governor Shi Gengwu, Don't Drive Guan Chun, Zhizhong Li Li, etc., were indignant and admonished: "Jizhou has a million armor, rich grain and grass reserves, and it is also regarded as a Xiongguo of Tianfu; Today, Yuan Shao is a lonely guest and a poor army, looking up to me and snorting, such as a baby, in the palm of his hand, he can be killed immediately if he is breastfeeding, so why not give way to the state?

Besides, are the children of the Yuan family people who miss the old? Dong Zhuo killed his entire family, and Yuan Shaoshang tormented Sun Jian and Liu Bei, who sent troops to avenge his family, so that Jun was not as close to Yuan Shao's family, and as brave as Sun Jian Liu Bei, and now he wants to give up to the Yuan family, so that Lord Jun wants Yuan Shao to treat you in the future? ”

Han Fu didn't enter the oil and salt, shook his head and sighed: "I am a former official of the Yuan family, and my talent is not as good as that of the original duke, let the virtuous abdicate the throne, the ancients are noble, why should you be suspicious?" ”

Geng Wu and the others sighed: "Liu Qingzhou (Liu Bei) is the first in the world, and it is better to let Yuan Shao than to let Xuande Gong." Kong Rong let the county, go to the Xuande Mansion every day to eat, drink and have fun, rampant on the streets of Guangrao, people can't help it; Bao Xinrang County, idle all day long, Liu Bei worries about everything, so unhappy. So that the county lord does not go south (let the state to Liu Bei), but to the east (let the state to Yuan Shao), I am afraid that the lord will die without a place to be buried. ”

Han Fu said angrily: "I have made up my mind, you wait for a long time." ”

Geng Wu, Guan Chun, Li Li and others sighed and had to leave in grief and anger. After returning home, after a little tidying, Geng Wu and Guan Chun crossed the river and crossed Dongjun to join Liu Bei, Li Li secretly ambushed his family at the gate of the city, waiting for Yuan Shao to enter the city.

Jizhou soldiers Cao engaged in Zhao Fu, Cheng Jian was still unwilling, and once again admonished: "Yuan Benchu's army has no grain and grass, and it is the spring ploughing season at this moment, the green and yellow are not accepted, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, we are willing to send troops to resist Yuan Shao first, Yuan Shao is tired, and within half a month, the Yuan army will definitely be annexed, so that the army can be on the bank of the Yellow River, build a fortress and defend it, and resist Liu Bei. What's the use of giving people the state? ”

Han Fu made up his mind, no one persuaded him, and he couldn't bear it for a moment, so he sent his son to Qinghe with the Jizhou Mu Yin Ribbon to welcome Yuan Shao into the city. As a sign of respect, he led his family to move out of the state pastoral mansion and moved to the former residence of Zhao Zhong, a former servant in the middle of the country.

Yuan Shao was triumphant, led his troops straight into Yecheng, at the gate of the city, Li Li took a thousand families to ambush Yuan Shao, the strength was weak, and he was killed by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and Liyi took the opportunity to take over the defense of Jizhou. Yuan Shao led the Jizhou pastor and made Han Fu a general of Fenwei, but he only gave him a false title and did not have any soldiers. All the old subordinates of Fu will be replaced. Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian were dismissed, fearing Yuan Shao's revenge, they went to Le'an, Qingzhou, and defected to Le'an to defend the country.

Han Fu was so powerless that he had no authority, but instead sent people under the fence, was supervised in everything, and regretted being sold by Xun Chen Guotu, quietly escaped from the state city, and went to Chen to stay too guarded by Zhang Miao. Later, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to Chenliu and whispered to Zhang Miao, Han Fu suspected that he was plotting to kill him, so he committed suicide in a panic.

Yuan Shao persecuted Han Fu so much, would his own fate be better than Han Fu's?

Just when Han Fu was afraid of Liu Bei, Yuan Shao was oppressed by Liu Bei and worried about a war on both sides, so he hurriedly replaced Pingyuan Taishou and his son Yuan Tan. However, Yuan Shao was unwilling to spit out the flesh to his mouth, and he newly appointed Zang Hongwei, who had generously read the oath in the Sour Jujube Alliance, hoping to take advantage of Zang Hong's more neutral position to ease Liu Bei's hostility, and Liu Bei did not tolerate it.

Just when Han Fu escaped from Yecheng, Cao Cao, Dong'a City, Dongjun, gathered his advisers and generals to prepare to reply to Liu Bei's request to cross the border.

Liu Bei's troops flattened the Yin City this time, and the edge was Dong'e City, Dong'e City, which was ruined by the war, and many generals of Cao's army had seen the tyranny of the fire melting the city when Liu Bei attacked the Tiger Prison Pass, and the short city walls of Dong'a City could not resist the hellish fire at all. However, Cao Cao, the tiger that Liu Bei wanted to intimidate the most, was the last to speak.

In the outer city of Dong'e City, Cao Cao mobilized all the young and strong people he could find, 120,000 troops and camped for more than 20 li (Hanli, equivalent to 4 kilometers), and in the face of Liu Bei's 40,000 army, Cao Cao was mixed.

"Wen Ze (Yu Ban), after a winter of training, do you think we can challenge Liu Bei?" Cao Cao asked cautiously.

Yu Ban snapped his fingers and said to Cao Cao: "In this battle, I am thirty percent sure that I can fight with Liu Bei." The strength of our army lies in the fact that the number of people is three times that of Liu Bei, and it is easy to supply in its own territory, which is the geographical and numerical advantage of our army. Liu Bei's most powerful 1st and 2nd armies did not participate in the battle, if our army can be well deployed in battle, relying on 3 times its number, a draw will not be a problem.

However, the variable of this battle lies in the Izumo general Gao Shun, Gao Shun's thunder cavalry, known as the world's first iron cavalry, it is said that Liu Bei once boasted that 'there is no battle formation in the world that his senior brother Gao Shun cannot penetrate.' 'Gao Shun entered the Central Plains last year, has not tasted a war, Lei Cai has been cultivated for a long time, if our army is its edge, I am really not sure, the new training sergeant can resist Gao Shun. ”

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes and said: "In a field battle, the thunder cavalry is unstoppable, if you rely on the fortified city, wear down the enemy cavalry, and seek a peace, it should not be difficult." Jizhou Han Fu is letting the state to Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao disagree, if he and our army can not hold on, the peace is a defeat for him, if the time is delayed too long, Yuan Shao sits firmly in Jizhou, Qingzhou reinforces a strong enemy, how dare he wait for autumn grain in Pingyin? When the time comes

As long as our army proposes peace, Liu Bei naturally does not dare to stay for a long time. ”

Xiahou Yuan burst out laughing: "When literati talk about soldiers, they always give people a feeling of being boundless, do you know how far Liu Bei's catapult can hit?" Do you know how far Liu Bei's divine arm bow can shoot? In the Tiger Prison, I have seen Liu Bei attack the city, his catapult in the range of the closed wooden bow, throw fire oil bombs, set fire to the wall, in the end, our army into the pass, the wall oil is hot, if Liu Bei is close to our army under the city, I am afraid that there is no living person on the city wall, so, how to talk about the city and Liu Bei? ”

Everyone in the tent pondered silently, and Xi Zhicai broke the silence again, and asked hesitantly: "The catapult is bulky and unbearable. It is difficult to move, I see General Wen Ze, the newly trained spear army phalanx, strong and thick, if you can resist the thunder cavalry for a while in the field, our army can mobilize troops, destroy Liu Bei's catapult, and then retreat into the city to hold on, and Liu Bei, or success. ”

Cao Cao was silent, and Yu Ban explained with a wry smile: "Although the spear phalanx is the thickest defensive phalanx, however, this phalanx was born from the formation that Liu Bei and Lu Bu put on during the battle at Tiger Prison Pass. Then it is difficult to say how long the spearmen will support in front of the thunder cavalry. In the event that the formation collapses and the soldiers flee, who can outrun the wolf riding chasing by light horses? ”

The tent fell into a suffocating silence again, Cao Cao glanced at everyone's eyes and fell on Xun You, who had not said a word, his heart was hot, and he asked, "Gongda, what is your opinion?" Gongda, you always have a surprise for me, what can you do to solve the current mystery? ”

Xun You lowered his head, stretched out his palm to stare in front of his eyes for a moment, and replied slowly: "Brother Zhicai, there is a sentence that inspired me just now, this battle, for Liu Bei, the tie is a failure, since our army alone is beyond Liu Bei's strength, then our army should seek to fight without a fight." ”

Fighting without a fight, when Xi Zhicai heard this word, he slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of this?" ”

Cao Cao stood up in surprise, walked a few steps, came to Xun You's side, took Xun You's hand and said, "Gongda, why do you teach me?" ”

Xun You gently broke free of Cao Cao's hand and said: "There is a weakness in Liu Bei's character, if Ming Gong makes good use of it, then this battle can be avoided, our army will get a respite, and even, our army can reintroduce the mutual market trade agreement and ask Liu Bei for weapons." ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, "There is such a clever plan? Gongda, come on. ”

Xun You and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and smiled, meaning in their hearts.

Xun You explained: "Liu Bei often boasts of loyalty, pays attention to faithfulness in life, and attracts the hearts of the people of the world at times, last year, the road is not quiet, the states can not pay tribute, Liu Bei Gong envoy from Xuzhou, through Jingzhou, detour to Chang'an to pay tribute, but also forced Tao Qian and Liu Biao along the way to send tribute envoys to the imperial court. Since Liu Bei boasted of his loyalty, we made a fuss about this loyalty.

Duke Ming can send an envoy to tell Liu Bei, you will lead the army westward and crusade against Dong Zhuo again, Liu Bei has the name of loyalty, and will never dare to attack the soldiers of King Qin, otherwise, his former reputation of loyalty and righteousness will be completely ruined, in front of his subordinates, Liu Bei has no faith at all, and the heart of the army and the people is lost. ”

Xi Zhicai then added: "Next, there are three moves to go, the best policy is to excuse the lack of ordnance and grain and grass, and ask Liu Bei for it, after the ordnance and grain and grass are in hand, we can send an army to Luoyang, after Dong Thief goes, Luoyang is empty, our army can not only spend military effort to Tuntian Luoyang, but also get Liu Bei's batch of ordnance grain and grass, this is the best policy;

The middle strategy is for our army to enter Jizhou, take advantage of the danger of the Yellow River, block Liu Bei, and at the same time, participate in the fight for Jizhou. Our army's strength is superior to Yuan Shao's, Liu Bei Ruo took our army to leave, and annexed our army's territory, and after he stabilized the three counties, our army had gained a firm foothold in Jizhou, just holding on to him. If he ignores the three counties and pursues our army closely, our army can join forces with Yuan Shao to fight against Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan. In this way, no matter whether he wins or loses, Liu Bei will not be able to smoothly annex the three counties.

The next strategy, the lord can show weakness, meet Liu Bei to attack Dong Zhuo, and even respect Liu Bei as the master, take the opportunity to take respite, accumulate money and food, and train the sergeants, in order to fight Liu Bei again. Liu Bei acts, showing justice everywhere, as long as the lord is willing to sit low and submit to softness for the time being, Liu Bei will not suffer too much.

Among these three strategies, the lord can choose one of them, and they can all achieve the effect of fighting without a fight. ”

Okay, Cao Cao happily thought that in such a critical situation, these two people could think of such a clever move to retreat into advance, and there were three strategies to deal with the mess in front of them, and they had such a ghostly and unpredictable talent, so that they could dominate the world, why worry about the injustice of the world?

"The next policy, too soft, Liu Bei's title is not as high as mine, his family background is not as thick as mine, and he forces me to obey with the power of a state, if I am soft, how can I compete with him in the future? I, Cao Cao, now occupy the three counties, can't I be above Liu Bei in time? Besides, this plan is too dependent on Liu Bei's faithfulness, and if life changes, there is no way out, so I don't choose this plan. ”

The generals in the tent echoed one after another, and Xun You said appreciatively: "I also think that this plan is too risky, so it is not suitable to use it unless it is absolutely necessary." What strategy does the lord want to choose among the remaining two strategies? ”

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