Chapter 470: Desperate Scheme
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Now that the readjustment of the army and personnel has been completed, it is time to begin to discuss the current situation and the plan for the next step.
So the intelligence leader Xu Jie stood up with Shi Shiran, and in front of everyone, he unfolded a huge map of Youzhou and the surrounding terrain.
This is a very detailed and rigorous map, which is the result of the joint efforts of countless Jinyiwei and businessmen from all over Youzhou. This map has become the most top-secret document of Youzhou Mansion, only high-level can be stored, and each one must be registered, if anyone loses it, he has the responsibility to lose his head, because in this era, a detailed map is absolutely priceless.
Xu Jie held a stick and stood under this huge map to explain the surrounding situation to everyone present.
"We are in the northern grassland, there have been major families entering one after another, and they are no longer a threat to us, not only that, but this huge grassland has become an unbreakable part of our Youzhou, and they will provide us with a steady stream of wealth, the main thing is to provide us with a steady stream of war horses and cattle, which is very important."
There are no worries, and there is a steady stream of war horses and cattle to the Central Plains, this time, all the civil and military admired Lu Peng at the beginning, regardless of your opposition, and resolutely sent troops to the grassland to destroy Wuhuan's far-sighted decision.
"And in our east, due to the lobbying of Mr. Wang Zhi, Gongsun Du has launched an attack on the Goryeo people in the south with all his might, although his war is developing smoothly now, but if you want to completely conquer Goryeo, there is no one that is absolutely impossible to achieve in one or two years, this is according to what our lord said, his Gongsun Du has completely fallen into the sea of people's war of the Goryeo people, and it is difficult to get out, and if Gongsun Du wants to conquer Goryeo, he also needs the help of our Youzhou, so that our back will also be very safe."
All the people looked at Wang Zhi, who was smug with his beard, and his eyes were full of deep admiration, he really didn't expect that this shriveled old man would solve the worries of Youzhou and achieve results that 100,000 troops could not achieve, and let him join the cabinet, which is definitely deserved.
"To the west and southwest of us is our biggest enemy now, Yuan Shao, who still holds Bingzhou and Yizhou. This battle, although he annihilated his 200,000 army and consumed almost all of his accumulated grain, grass and goods, if Yuan Shao is allowed to develop with such peace of mind, he will become our biggest rival again in less than three years. β
At the same time, in order to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains, Yuan Shao will never rest assured that Youzhou will develop steadily behind his back, and his own Youzhou, if he wants to dominate the Central Plains, he must also move away from Yuan Shao, a big war between the two sides will inevitably happen again, but now everyone is forbearing.
"In the south, we and Cao Cao have carved up the Bohai Sea let out by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao also got the benefit of this war and took Qingzhou, so that Cao Cao already has two states, and not long ago, Cao Cao quickly returned to the army, extinguished Lu Bu's attack, and now in the name of chasing Lu Bu, murderously preparing to seize Xuzhou, if he succeeds, Cao Cao will hold the land of three states, his men will be like clouds, and the strategists will be like rain, which will surely become our biggest potential enemy in the future."
None of them are outsiders here, so what Xu Jie said is straightforward, and everyone here knows it, so everyone is not surprised.
"This is the environment we are in now, with a heavy responsibility on our shoulders and strong enemies looking around, you must not slack off." Lu Peng summarized Xu Jie's report and asserted solemnly.
Tian Chou stood up, bowed to Lu Peng, and then turned around and saluted his colleagues: "What should we do next?" After day and night deliberations by the Cabinet, we have tentatively formulated a general policy. β
All the civil and military officers listened solemnly together, for fear of missing any details of future development.
"After the unified discussion of our cabinet and the approval of the lord, we will implement the plan set by Mr. Tian Feng within three years, accumulate grain, build a high wall, not be the king, no longer carry out a big war with foreign countries, steadily accumulate strength, and prepare to launch a thunderous blow to Yuan Shao after three years, and then stabilize the north of the Yellow River, become our foundation, and then compete with the heroes of the world."
At this time, Tian Feng stood up again, saluted Lu Peng respectfully, and then said to his colleagues: "In this war, Yuan Shao lost 200,000 soldiers at once, and there are countless money, grains and goods, and he is now under the attack of Cao Cao and us on both sides, the situation is very bad, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and he still has the ability to fight with us, so when we develop, we can't let it develop, and constantly eat away at his strength, which is the foundation of our actions. Therefore, I propose to the lord here that we take out two of our 60,000 men as a maneuver, and then take out two of them to be stationed in Daijun, and two of them to be stationed in Renqiu, and the cavalry group of the four generals to swim between these two groups. β
Lu Peng listened to Tian Feng's plan with interest, and he knew that Tian Feng would come up with a strategy that would definitely be a classic of economic warfare in later generations.
"And these two infantry groups, the north attack is guarded in the south, and the south attack is guarded in the north, so that Yuan Shao's troops are mobilized, constantly going back and forth to rescue, tired of running, just in the north and south, when one side attracts Yuan Shao's main force, the cavalry of the four generals is divided into small units, and they kill into Yuan Shao's heart during spring sowing, so that Yuan Shao can not be at ease in spring sowing production. And at the time of the autumn harvest, we entered Yuan Shao's hinterland again, burned their crops, and caused them to famine, and between the two phases, our strength was increasing, and the enemy's strength was decreasing, and when we fought a decisive battle, it would be much easier. β
When the civil and military forces present heard this, they all gasped, because this strategy was too bad.
Lu Peng applauded this yin strategy, because others didn't know, but as a latecomer, Lu Peng clearly knew that Tian Feng gave Yuan Shao this strategy to deal with Cao Cao, but was denied by the anxious Yuan Shao, and hurriedly launched the battle of Guandu, but this battle was used by a person to conquer a country, and that person was called Xue Rengui.
During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo three times and returned with three defeats, which directly led to the collapse of a powerful dynasty, and Tang Taizong also organized an army of 100,000 troops to attack Goryeo twice, but he also returned with a feather, making a gray end.
At this time, Xue Rengui, a generation of war gods, stood up, and he asked Li Shimin that as long as he was given 30,000 horses and three years, he would definitely let Goryeo personally write a descending book.
Tang Taizong let him do it.
As a result, this Xue Rengui implemented the strategy of Tian Feng now, and every time it was time for spring sowing, Xue Rengui crossed the Yalu River and launched an attack on Goryeo with great fanfare.
The Koreans had to mobilize the whole country and began to strictly guard the city's main roads, which delayed spring planting.
When the spring sowing season ended, Xue Rengui gathered his soldiers and returned to the Tang Dynasty to recuperate. Then at the time of the autumn harvest, Xue Rengui again led 30,000 cavalry and rushed into Goryeo with a roar, either to kill people, but to burn down the crops and houses they harvested.
In this way, in the third year, Goguryeo finally broke out in the whole country due to poor harvests year after year, and the king of Goryeo found that at this time, let alone fighting, even mixed gruel was difficult, so in this case, he had to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
The originator of this desperate plan is this Tian Feng, looking at this upright old man, the dark side of his psychology is so big, Xu Jie's kid should be willing to bow down.
So the Mandal Tang Dynasty civil and military applauded and cheered after a burst of cold air, which is definitely a good way to both train and harvest.
Lu Peng happily accepted this suggestion, immediately dispatched people and horses, and implemented it according to Tian Feng's strategy, and then did not forget to ridicule Zhao Yun: "This time you can act without permission, but let's say okay, you can only guerrilla everywhere, and you can't seize any territory, or I will definitely not be able to save you this time, just because of saving you, I let Mr. Tian have a concussion, and he is still dizzy." β
Zhao Yun lowered his head in shame, and a kind laugh sounded around him.
For Tian Feng's desperate plan, Lu Peng expressed great agreement, and made a decision on the spot, and this thing was done.
"Lord, our strategic goal from now on is to destroy Yuan Shao's production, not to conquer the city, of course, if Yuan Shao is forced to attack the two of us, we can rely on the strong city to consume his vitality more, which is what we can't ask for." Tian Feng made the final report summary.
"What should I do with Cao Cao?" This is what Lu Peng is concerned about now, Cao Cao is the biggest hero in the Three Kingdoms, the biggest enemy in the future, although there is a Yuan Shao between the two people now, but there is Bohai County connected, he does not want Cao Cao to be able to develop there steadily, it is still necessary to stumble and stab the knife.
The judge stood up and admonished: "Now we have just recovered the four counties in Youzhou, and at the same time have Renqiu and half of the Bohai Sea in our pockets, but these five and a half counties, when Yuan Shao retreated, were almost all relocated, and we need to recuperate well, so we can't make too many enemies strategically, pull Cao Cao, fight a dozen Yuan Shao, this can't be changed at all, but since the lord doesn't want Cao Cao to stop, his subordinates have an immature strategy, and I hope the lord will decide." β
As soon as he attached himself, he had to give advice for himself, and Lu Peng was quite optimistic about the trial, so he humbly asked for advice.
"My plan is to ruin his reputation as Cao Cao and make him the target of the world." As soon as these words came out, everyone felt that there was a mist in the clouds, and the bad guy was famous, which seemed to be a bit damaged, and it seemed a little difficult to make him the target of the public.
The trial said confidently: "Now Emperor Han Xian is poor and weak, trapped in Luoyang, in the first two months, he once sent the imperial historian Wang Kuang to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao can take him to Yuan Shao's place to settle down, how can Yuan Shao worry too much, refused this request, then why not repair a book, ask Cao Cao to take the emperor over, and achieve his good thing of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes." β
As soon as this strategy came out, everyone was in an uproar at that time, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and occupied the so-called political righteousness, which was very beneficial to Cao Cao, didn't you judge this idea to help outsiders?
Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, the judge explained with a smile: "Cao Cao controls the emperor in his hands, implements the chivalrous son of heaven, orders the princes' policies, and Cao Cao's nature, he will definitely control the emperor very well, and he will not be set aside by the emperor at all, nor will he be swayed by those original ministers, so there will be a fatal problem here." β
looked playfully at the colleagues present, and a wicked smile appeared on his face.
"Although the emperor is young, I heard that the emperor dared to talk eloquently in front of Dong Zhuo, smart and strong, known to the world, now he is in a predicament, he has no strength, and he can't live in fear. But the right thing is definitely quite tempting, and at the same time, with the character of the emperor's ability, once it is stable, how can it be willing to be held hostage by others? Over time, there will be a heart of resistance. And those former old ministers, one by one, are also used to being in a high position, how can they be willing to let Cao Cao dictate alone? In this way, if the emperor is willing and the ministers are unwilling, the contradiction between Cao Cao and the court will inevitably intensify, and some dirty things will inevitably happen. β
This analysis is quite thorough and absolutely reasonable.
Tian Feng asked, "Then how should we deal with ourselves?" What he meant was that at that point, should his group turn toward the emperor or toward his ally Cao Cao?
The judge smiled slightly, but gave his own purpose: "If Cao Cao really coerced the Son of Heaven, it would be better, even if he really became a loyal minister of the Han family, we can also say to the world, Cao Cao, named Han Xiangshi is a Han thief, coercing the royal family, causing trouble in the harem, anyway, how to come, the three of them become tigers, and everyone is gold, I think some people in the world who are really loyal to the royal family, as well as those who want to take advantage of the water, will definitely flock to it, and when the time comes, Cao Cao will be overwhelmed." Then he raised his hands and imagined Cao Cao's embarrassment: "He wants to develop with peace of mind?" He wanted to go. β
Lu Peng laughed and quacked, this is really a bad thing if there are many villains, you look at him, this was originally a good thing, but under the drumming of these villains, it has become a big bad thing, this is really a villain is difficult to prevent, in this way, Wang Zhi, who dug a pit for Gongsun Du to jump, is it worse than the other, where is this a dignified gentleman, is this clearly a gloomy villain's nest, but I like it.
As for Liu Bei, that unlucky guy will continue to be unlucky, so I won't care about him for the time being.
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