Faced with the topic of Ming Jian, the ministers began to discuss.

After a while, Tao Qian coughed a few times and said: "Your Majesty, now that the imperial court is initially stable, it is really impossible to use troops externally, otherwise, the imperial court will be in trouble, if it wins, it is fine, if it loses, I am afraid that it will be wasted, please think twice." ”

Ming Jian nodded, did not speak, and waited for the other ministers to speak.

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, now that we have so many sharp weapons, then we can crusade against the traitors in the world, and we can quickly unify the Han Dynasty and return the world to a prosperous world!" ”

Cao Cao's attitude was very different, he was a warmonger.

Ming Jian was also noncommittal about Cao Cao's attitude, and did not immediately express his opinion.

There are still many ministers, and there may be people who have a third opinion.

Sure enough, Liu Bei stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although the strength of the imperial court has recovered now, if there is a war with Yuan Shao's rebels, I am afraid that other rebels will take the opportunity to send troops, and then we may fall into the realm of embattled." However, if you don't do anything, it will be a waste, it is better to send a strong army to operate behind Yuan Shao's rebels, or in Youzhou, to plunder the population and resources, in this way, it will have an effect, and it can also deter the rebels! ”

After Liu Bei's words were finished, Ming Jian smiled and said, "What Uncle Huang said is very much in line with my intentions!" Message: Order Xiahou Yuan to send elite soldiers to pretend to be thieves to harass Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan! The rest of the ministries are not allowed to act without authorization, and whoever dares to disobey will be killed! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

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Qingzhou.

With this holy decree of the Ming Sword, Xiahou Yuan soon began to order troops.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the will of the imperial court is to let us attack like hungry wolves, so that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan will not be at peace! Li Dian listens to the order! ”

Xiahou Yuan gave an order, and the burly Li Dian came out in response and said, "The last general!" ”

"Order you to lead a thousand cavalry and attack the river! Everywhere you go, plunder people and goods, there must be no mistake! ”

Xiahou Yuan shouted.

Li Dian said: "The last general is ordered!" ”

Li Dian was overjoyed, he had just defected to the imperial court for less than a month, in fact, he didn't expect that he would be entrusted with a heavy task so soon.

During the usual exercises, Li Dian already knew the strength of the imperial cavalry, and although there were only 1,000 men and horses this time, Li Dian was very confident.

After Li Dian led the troops away, Xiahou Yuan said again: "Yu Ban listens to the order!" ”

Yu Ban, like Li Dian, defected to the imperial army not long ago.

Xiahou Yuan said: "Order you to lead five hundred cavalry, two hundred Modao Battalion, two hundred Divine Arrow Battalion, and then take over Li Dian's department, there must be no mistake!" ”

Yu Ban was slightly disappointed, but he still said quickly: "The last general is ordered!" ”

After saying that, after receiving the order, he went to lead his men and horses away.

"Listen to the order!" Xiahou Yuan shouted again in high spirits, now there are many elite soldiers and strong generals under him, and Le Jin is also a fierce general, and he is very valued by Xiahou Yuan.

Le in and out of the column: "The end will be!" ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "Order you to command two thousand cavalry, go straight to Youzhou out of Bohai, plunder the population and resources, and if you encounter iron ore, you must take back the ore!" ”

Le Jin said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Lejin also took the order and left.

"The rest of the main generals, although Ben Thorn Shi led the troops to coerce Yecheng, so that Yuan Shao did not dare to act rashly!"

Xiahou Yuan then said.

"Yes!"

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The imperial army set out from Qingzhou and launched an attack on its own target.

Because of the advanced weapons and equipment, coupled with the correct tactical guiding ideology, Xiahou Yuan's three-way troops repeatedly attacked, and repeatedly succeeded, disrupting Jizhou and Youzhou very embarrassed.

Li Dian and Yu Ban messed up the Hejian Mansion, there were not many garrisons here, where did Yuan Shao think that the army of the imperial court would suddenly attack this place?

And when Yuan Shao sent troops to reinforce him, Xiahou Yuan led a large group of men and horses to several cities and went straight to Yecheng.

In Yecheng, Yuan Shao has already slapped the table several times.

He calls himself a hero and wants to stand on behalf of Han, but who knows that things will not develop as he imagined.

Even if he won Jizhou, he still found that he had a lot of opponents.

Except for Gongsun Zan in the north, Zhang Yang, the surroundings of Jizhou are not peaceful. Needless to say, the threat of Qingzhou is needless to say, and on the side of Bingzhou, his son Yuan Tan has not made any progress, and the party is too shou Bao Xin doesn't know how to get it, but he suddenly rose up, and the leading troops and Yuan Jun fought inseparably.

Now Yuan Shao's army is very scattered, and there are no more than 50,000 people left in Yecheng.

"Xiahou Yuan'er, it's really too deceitful! Order, quickly ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to return to Yecheng and lead the troops to attack Xiahou Yuan! ”

Yuan Shao still ordered his two fierce generals to withdraw from the Youzhou battlefield and keep Yecheng.

"My lord, why do you need to let the two generals come back? The city of Yecheng is tall, so what are the nameless people of Xiahou Yuan? However, the war in the north has entered a critical stage, and further, it is possible to take Youzhou, and then the grand cause of the lord will be launched, please think twice! ”

The strategist Guo Tu spoke.

Now that the Northern War has fallen into a state of anxiety, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan partnered to bully Zhang Yang at the beginning, but he didn't expect Zhang Yang to partner with Gongsun Chan in turn, and agreed to deal with Yuan Shao together, and he invaded Jizhou one day and divided the territory equally.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's army's attack on Youzhou did not go well.

But the interests of Youzhou are obviously very large, Yuan Shao has always wanted to sit on the land of Youzhou, Jizhou, and Merge Prefecture, and he can try to plot the Central Plains when he enters and plot against the north, so that he can advance and retreat freely.

Therefore, Yuan Shao always put famous generals such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ju Yi, and Zhang Jaw on the battlefield in Youzhou.

"But what if Yecheng is lost?" Yuan Shao felt that Guo Tu's words were quite reasonable, but he didn't dare to be blindly arrogant and ignore Yecheng.

Seeing this, the strategist Xu You hurriedly interjected: "Lord, since Liu Xie can send troops to attack us, why don't you repair a letter and let Huainan Yuan Shu send troops to attack Xuzhou?" The imperial court now only has Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yangzhou, if Xuzhou is in an emergency, can Xiahou Yuanyan not return? ”

After listening to Xu You's words, Yuan Shao woke up like a dream, and he smiled and said: "Ziyuan's plan is very much in line with my wishes, but I don't know if Yuan Shu's arrogant and arrogant man will listen to me?" ”

Xu Yu hurriedly said: "Lord, sooner or later the world will be surnamed Yuan, the lord might as well use the country as bait to persuade Yuan Shu to send troops, and make it clear that whoever gets the Son of Heaven Liu Xie first will ascend the throne and be called the emperor, and the other person must obey, so that Yuan Shu will definitely send troops to attack Xuzhou!" ”

Yuan Shao nodded again and again, but he still asked again: "If Yuan Shu really broke through Xuzhou, then what?" Could it be that you really want to listen to him? ”

Xu You said with a smile: "Doesn't the lord know what Yuan Shu's ability is? ”

"Yes, my lord, Yuan Shu has empty ambitions, let him and the imperial army consume each other, this is the best policy, he will be defeated every day, the lord will send troops, he can win several states in one fell swoop, and the world will be in the hands of the lord!"

Another advisor spoke as well.

Yuan Shao has a lot of strategists, one is worse than the other, after listening to everyone's words, Yuan Shao laughed and said: "What you say is very much in line with my wishes!" The little emperor doesn't know the height of the sky, and he dares to take the initiative to attack, so don't blame General Ben for being polite! Ladies and gentlemen, who is willing to envoy Huainan? ”

Xu You preemptively said: "If the lord does not give up, I am willing to persuade Yuan Shu to send troops with his incorruptible tongue." ”

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Then there is Lao Zi who will go away, and the rest of the main generals will defend Yecheng with all their might, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Yes, my lord!"

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