Chapter 443: Letter from Youzhou
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Yuan Shao is chaotic here with two big heads, and the cabinet in Youzhou is even more of a group of heads, all of which are two big, and at this time there has been a lot of noise, the situation has changed again, and everyone's opinions are no longer unified.
Jinyiwei, an intelligence agency, under Xu Jie's careful construction and rectification, has eyeliners all over the world, and its efficiency is surprisingly high in this era when it does not pay attention to secrecy.
Especially at this critical time, Yuan Shao's every move was clearly investigated by the Jinyi guards sitting under Yuan Shao's nose.
Now the news that Jinyiwei urgently came over is that Yuan Shao is really desperate this time, in order to relieve the siege of Fanyang to break the deadlock, he once again collected 50,000 troops known as 100,000, led by the general Juyi, and slaughtered the Fanyang battlefield, so that the Lu family army that was attacking Fanyang City would suffer from the enemy.
In order to deal with the persecution and Pan Feng between the rivers, he not only transferred back Tian Ji under Renqiu City, but also transferred a part of the Qingzhou soldiers and horses, led by the general Gao Lan, to attack Pan Feng.
Yuan Shao is worthy of having deep roots, and at this time, he can also send out nearly 100,000 troops to join the war group. And now what about Youzhou? But the army has been exhausted, if it weren't for Lao Wang Zhi's single donkey to persuade Gongsun Du, Youzhou would be dangerous now.
What everyone in the cabinet is arguing is that this war has been fought so far, and their own side has exhausted its troops, and there is no longer a single soldier to send to the battlefield, so whether to end this war.
The way to end this war, in fact, is not impossible, that is, to give up Zhuojun, which has already been in hand, and urgently transfer the 45,000 soldiers in the hands of Xu Jie to Fanyang City, and then, the army forms a channel, and only besieges Fanyang and no longer attacks, and sends a part of the army south to Renqiu to relieve the siege.
Then he ordered Pan Feng to go north urgently, and implored his lord, under the protection of Zhao Yun's 20,000 cavalry, and under the support of Pan Feng's periphery, to abandon Renqiu and the people of Renqiu, and go north with all his strength to break through the siege and go north, and join the army under Fanyang City, and then the whole army withdrew to Youzhou to end this war that had become a mess.
However, such an ending is unacceptable in the hearts of some cabinet members, this war, almost mobilized all the strength of the entire Youzhou, the dead and wounded soldiers have exceeded 40,000, but the result is not an inch of land, which not only hit the confidence and morale of the Youzhou soldiers, but more importantly, enhance Yuan Shao's arrogance, in the future, Youzhou will be regarded as a soft bean bag, who wants to come up and take a bite is a bite.
And the most important thing is that the purpose set at the beginning of this war has not been achieved completely, there is no way to find a market for the money and grain in the treasury, and the population of 3 million is crowded on this small land, which is almost breathless.
If you fail this sortie and go out next time, you won't know if it's the Year of the Monkey, and everyone is really unwilling.
Due to Tian Feng's absence, the entire cabinet is now an even number, and it has voted by a show of hands many times, and each time it is equal, and according to the rules set at the beginning, decisions that are equal cannot be passed.
However, according to the rules set at the beginning, the cabinet voted three times in a row to be equal, and it must be submitted to the Lord for decision.
Okay, then hand over these two opinions to the lord, so that everyone feels relaxed.
The most elite squad of Jinyi Wei rushed to the outside of Renqiu City with these two opinions, and then looked for an opportunity to rush through the enemy's joint camp, send this plan into Renqiu City, and wait for Lu Peng's decision.
Renqiu has been besieged for almost half a month, although Lu Peng's soldiers have not suffered many casualties, but the grain and grass have also begun to have some crises, fortunately, Lu Peng also adopted the method of selling grassland in Renqiu, and collected a batch of grain and grass in the big households in Renqiu City, which made the people's morale stable.
On the night of this day, Lu Peng and Zhao Yun were patrolling the city, and suddenly found that three fires were suddenly burning on a mountain in the north, and then they were extinguished in a blink of an eye, but after an hour, these three fires appeared again, and then extinguished again.
Lu Peng immediately judged that this was his own people outside the city who wanted to contact him, so he could only use this method to attract the attention of the people in the city, hoping that he in the city could send someone out to answer him.
He was cut off from the outside news, and Lu Peng was also anxious to get information from the outside, so he immediately ordered Zhao Yun to take 3,000 cavalry out of the city.
The cavalry, which had long been suffocated, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, a fierce general, selected 3,000 warriors, rushed out of the city directly, and came to the north to step on the joint camp.
Sure enough, when the 3,000 men and horses penetrated the joint venture and ran to the foot of the hill where the fire once flashed, a small team of soldiers ran out of the mountain, and after confirming each other, Zhao Yun took 3,000 men and horses again to protect them and kill back to Renqiu.
For Zhao Yun, who strode into the lobby, Lu Peng did not rush to ask for the news of the messenger, but anxiously asked about the feeling of the horse stepping on the joint venture this time.
"How many of the 3,000 brothers went out and came back this time? What about the dead and wounded? Was the resistance severe? ”
Zhao Yun was very moved by Lu Peng's concern, and proudly reported to Lu Peng at that time: "Yuan Jun is under my 3,000 iron horses, but he is just a chicken and a dog, and it is not worth mentioning at all. Then he thought about it: "There are 3,000 soldiers who went out, and only a few dozen people were killed in the battle, and it is estimated that some of them were caused by the stumbling of horses." ”
Lu Peng nodded with satisfaction, and then asked the messenger a question. After almost a month of siege, Lu Peng is now seriously troubled by the communication of information. In this half month, he has decided to resume the method of transmitting pigeons, which had been in place during the Warring States period.
The carrier pigeon relay has been in the Warring States period, and the use is very mature, a carrier pigeon can fly at least 300 kilometers a day, that is, at least 600 kilometers a day, so that the transmission can not delay important military information. At least a few aspects can be made so that the message will not be blocked.
Although this does not carry much information, but after all, it is better than nothing, according to Lu Peng's meaning, it is really not good, just get him hundreds of carrier pigeons, I don't believe it, hundreds of carrier pigeons can't bring all the information needed?
Of course, this is pure nonsense.
Although the content conveyed is simpler, it is often just a simple message that can completely transform the overall situation. Think about Wan'er, who has nothing to do at home now, and I want her to do it. But then I thought about it, Wan'er is too playful, don't give me these pigeons to raise chickens, or leave this task to the wise Cai Wenji, well, I will definitely be able to do this very well.
But these are all afterwords, take the urgent documents handed by the messenger, unfold it to read, this messenger is Fan Yang who arrived first, and then collected Fan Yang's urgent information, and brought a big package here, bringing the situation of the entire battlefield now.
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