After Zhao Yun left, Gongsun Zhan named Xiahou Lan as the captain of Wuhuan and ordered him to lead 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry troops, and immediately rush to the aid of Jixian County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Gongsun Chan didn't expect that the first thing Xia Houlan did after receiving the order was to disobey the order.

Xiahou Lan accepted the appointment of Captain Hu Wuhuan, but opposed the immediate dispatch of troops. The reason is very clear, Ju Yi's first camp is especially good at strong crossbows, and the range is long and powerful. The current Youzhou cavalry is mainly light armor, and they can't defend against crossbow arrows at all, and the defeat of Jieqiao is the best example. If the infantry is facing each other, our infantry is not well trained, and in the face of the enemy's crossbow arrows, there will be no more, as long as the battle damage reaches 20%, the whole army will collapse without a fight. In order to deal with the first battalion, the best way is to train sword and shield hands, rehearse formations, and use regular soldiers against regular soldiers, relying on discipline and strict training, so that they can have the strength to fight. Otherwise, if you go, you will die, and if you don't go, you can't go.

Gongsun Zhan's character is really not a person who can listen to other people's opinions, but this time, he also knows how powerful Ju Yi is, and feels that Xia Houlan's words are not unreasonable. But training is okay, but Shiji County's request for help is like a time, and now it is not a time of peace, where is there so much time for training. "I wonder how long it will take General Xiahou to train sword and shield hands?" Gongsun Chan asked.

"If it is usual, it will take at least half a year, and now the matter is urgent, I think it will be at least a month before I can fight with the first camp, and as for the victory or defeat, the last general will not dare to say anything." Xia Houlan said seriously.

Gongsun Zhan thought to himself, for a month, he was afraid that Jixian County would have been broken early, and he would no longer discuss with Xiahoulan, so he directly ordered, "That's it, this marshal will give you ten days to train sword and shield hands, and after ten days, he will immediately send troops to aid Jixian, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

After the military order, Xia Houlan had no choice, and then took the military order. Begin training the sword and shield hands.

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Put down Xiahoulan's training sword and shield hand, not to mention, just to talk about Jizhou Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was born in the Yuan clan of Runan. The Yuan family is known as the "Four Worlds and Three Princes", and their protégés are all over the world. Yuan Shaosheng's handsome and mighty, coupled with the birth of a family, was a young man, and he was Puyang Chang before he was twenty years old. He Jin was in power, and later served as the captain of the Chinese military at the head of the eight captains of the West Garden. After Dong Zhuo usurped power, Yuan Shao became the Taishou of the Bohai Sea, and the heroes of the Kwantung region crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the Eighteen Road princes. It can be said that Yuan Shao has always been an outstanding figure among his peers.

The contradiction between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan has been a long time, Yuan Shao is the Taishou of Bohai, preparing to attack Jizhou Mu Hanfu, and Gongsun Chan secretly meet to plan Jizhou. As a result, he borrowed the momentum of Gongsun Zhan, but forced Han Fu to give way to himself, and won a large piece of Jizhou for nothing, but let Gongsun Chan be busy in vain. Yuan Shao and his younger brother Yuan Shu have always been at odds, and Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Yuan Shu's Yangcheng. Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Sun Yue was in Yuan Shu's army, and returned to Yangcheng with Sun Jian, but was shot dead by Yuan Shao's troops with bows and arrows. Gongsun Chan was furious, raised troops to attack Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was defeated and retreated, in order to please Gongsun Zhan, appointed his younger brother Gongsun Fan as the Bohai Taishou, hoping that the two sides would reconcile. Unexpectedly, Gongsun Fan immediately defected when he arrived in Bohai, and Gongsun Zhan's power was even stronger. The two sides fought endlessly, and it was not until Yuan Shao reused Han Fu's old general Ju Yi from Liangzhou that he finally defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao, and the situation changed completely.

The Jizhou army turned from offensive to defensive, Yuan Shao wanted to completely defeat Gongsun Zhan, a powerful opponent, but God didn't seem to help, just when Yuan Shao was preparing to go north to defeat Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop, there was a mutiny in Wei County, the rebels and the Black Mountain Army converged, occupied Yecheng, and a total of more than ten Yellow Turban remnants in the entire Youzhou resurged, causing chaos everywhere. At this time, Yuan Shao panicked, and discharged all his generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Jaw, Gao Ran and others to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turban. I don't have time to take care of Gongsun Zhan's affairs.

At this time, Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, the son of Youzhou Mu, went to Jizhou to meet Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao could lead his troops to welcome the Son of Heaven. Yuan Shao was so anxious at this time that he really didn't have the heart to pay attention to Liu He, so he offered him good food and drink, saying that once Jizhou was pacified, it would not be too late to discuss the matter of welcoming the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Shao didn't expect that when he was in chaos in Jizhou, Gongsun Zhan's life was not much better, first Yan Rou and others raised troops in Yuyang under the banner of avenging Liu Yu to oppose Gongsun Zhan; Then, the leader of Wuhuan in Liaoxi was ambitious and wanted to get involved in Youzhou. At this time, Liu He, who was originally useless, suddenly became useful. According to the strategy of the strategist, Yuan Shao borrowed the name of Liu He, and raised troops in northern Hebei under the banner of avenging Liu Yu. A total of 50,000 soldiers and horses were provided, led by Ju Yi. At first, he just wanted to find trouble for Gongsun Zhan, making it difficult for him to balance both; Of course, there is also the idea of fishing in troubled waters once Gongsun Zhan's army is defeated.

However, Yuan Shao didn't expect that it was obviously an idle move, and he didn't expect Ju Yi to seize the opportunity, detour to Shanggu, and surround Jixian County, Yan Rou also won the battle of Yuyang and the battle of Luhe, and now he is smoothly going south to join Ju Yi. In addition, the counties of Youzhou have long been dissatisfied with Gongsun Zhan, and they have responded with cavalry. Now Gongsun Chan has retreated to Yijing, in addition to Yijing's 20,000 soldiers and horses, there is only a dangerous city in Jixian County. Gongsun Zhan, who used to think that he was unbeatable, was defeated all at once, and he was defeated. For Yuan Shao, victory came too quickly and suddenly.

What he was thinking about now was that if Ju Yi attacked Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou, then the entire Youzhou would be completely defeated in name. I hope Ju Yi doesn't attack too quickly, otherwise he doesn't know if he can catch up with the surrender of the city. Yuan Shao looked at the battle report sent by Ju Yi and the information sent back by various scouts, and his joy was overflowing.

However, there are still sober people under Yuan Shao, such as the strategist Tian Feng. Tian Feng stepped forward and said, "Lord, although Ju Yi made a detour to Shanggu and trapped Jixian County, Jixian County is an important border town. Since the founding of the country, it has been renovated many times. The city is 100 feet high, and the walls are more than a foot thick. In addition, Liu Yu has been operating for a long time back then, and there is plenty of grain and grass in the city. As long as there are 5,000 defenders in the city, Juyi's 20,000 army will be difficult to capture even if they are afraid for half a year. At that time, there will be no grain and grass, the old soldiers of the division will be tired, and if Gongsun Zhan sends troops from Yijing, Ju Yi will be defeated. I also asked the lord to move his army north as soon as possible, and the soldiers were trapped in Yijing, thinking that it would echo, and then ordering people to transport grain, grass and equipment and go north, which is a long-lasting solution. ”

"This ...... Reasonable. It's just that now all the generals are leading their troops outside to exterminate the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, how can there be so many soldiers going north. Yuan Shao hesitated.

"Don't listen to Tian Feng's alarmist words, don't you hear that Yan Rou has already led his troops south, so Juyi's soldiers and horses are stronger, and all counties and counties in Youzhou have killed the chief officials caused by Gongsun Zan to welcome the lord. I think that the lord should go to the imperial court, ask himself to be the pastor of Youzhou, and then order someone to seal the officials of these counties and counties, and let them supply grain and grass for General Juyi. Once Jixian County is laid, the lonely city of Yijing will be broken day by day, what is the lord worried about? It was Xu Yu who spoke.

At this time, he spoke, "My lord, I think what Yuan Hao (Tian Fengzi) and Ziyuan (Xu Youzi) said makes sense. Looking down, although the Youzhou army was defeated, it was not injured at all, and its vitality was not lost. Once we are not careful, we will force Gongsun Zhan to jump over the wall in a hurry, and our army will inevitably have to suffer great losses. If the lord just wants to achieve the goal of disturbing Youzhou, then Ju Yi has succeeded, and he can ask him to act with his camera, try to kill and injure Gongsun Zhan's soldiers, destroy his production, and quickly withdraw to Jizhou in case of danger, in order to fight again in the future. If the lord wants to finish his work in one battle and defeat Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop, he must decisively give up part of the territory in the south of Jizhou, and only leave Zhang Jaw Gaolan to monitor the Montenegrin Army, so as not to let it become bigger, and the remaining troops and generals all go north to besiege Yijing. Concentrate 100,000 troops in Jizhou and prepare to conquer Youzhou in two years. The reward that Ziyuan said is also very important. It's just that it doesn't seem appropriate for the lord to lead the Youzhou pastor now, and most of the governors of these counties and counties that oppose Gongsun Zan are the old subordinates of Liu Yu, the former Youzhou pastor, or the people who miss Liu Yu. If the lord plays the banner of avenging Liu Yu, or helps Liu He, it will be easy to unite these people. When the overall situation of Youzhou is decided, please appoint the pastor of Youzhou before it is too late. ”

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Now the debate between you and me, all the strategists, has begun. Yuan Shao's biggest problem is not that there are no strategists, but that there are too many strategists. He is also an indecisive and not good at making decisions, so the people below are red-faced, and he can neither make a decision nor a good way, so he has to announce, "This matter will be discussed tomorrow, let me think about it" and went to the back hall to rest. ”

After Yuan Shao left, the strategists dispersed unhappily. Everyone walked cleanly, and Guo Tu was alone. After Guo Tu saw that everyone was leaving, he quietly walked to the back hall, and a small guy told Yuan Shao that Guo Tu had something important to meet.

The little guy went in, and came out after a while to invite Guo Tu in. Yuan Shao saw Guo Tu and asked, "Mr. Guo, I didn't see Mr. Guo speaking in the hall today, can I have a good plan to teach me now?" ”

Guo Tugang hurriedly said, "My lord, I have also analyzed the current situation, and the most important thing at present is neither to increase troops nor to reward them, do you know anything?" Guo Tu deliberately adjusted Yuan Shao's appetite, "It's a ...... alone"

"Alone?" Yuan Shao was also stunned for a moment after hearing this. "What does the gentleman mean, you might as well say it bluntly."

Guo Tu glanced at Yuan Shao meaningfully, and the lord thought, "If Jixian County is captured now, who will be the biggest beneficiary?" ”

"Naturally, it's me...... Finish. Although Yuan Shao replied like this, he was not very confident.

"Don't hide it from the lord, the one who benefits the most - I'm afraid it's Liu He. The lord must know that Yan Rou and their troops are fighting under the banner of avenging Liu Yu, once Jixian is breached, then Yan Rou and others will definitely welcome Liu He as the lord of Youzhou. If the lord doesn't look at this time, Liu He came alone, and relied on the Jizhou army to defeat Gongsun Zhan, but outsiders didn't know. In order to prevent Gongsun Zhan from saying that our army had signed an armistice agreement, the lord immediately broke the contract, so he raised troops in the name of Liu He, and now he has fulfilled Liu He's reputation. Most of the people who oppose Gongsun Zan in the counties of Youzhou are people who have their hearts set on Liu Yu, and Liu He is the lord of Youzhou, and they are naturally willing. At that time, Liu He became the lord of Youzhou, but he ignored the lord, so wouldn't he become a wedding dress for others? After Guo Tu finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Shao's expression, and he knew that he had spoken Yuan Shao's heart this time.

"This Liu He may be controlled?" Yuan Shao said slowly.

"If you can now, you won't be able to in the future. Moreover, there is no room for assumptions in such matters. Guo Tu said.

"Then what do you mean......" Yuan Shao didn't say, but there was a murderous intent in his eyes.

"Yes, Liu He must be removed, but he must fake the hand of Gongsun Zhan. The lord can order Ju Yi to abandon Jixian County, go south to trap Yicheng, and then let Liu He lead 30,000 horses to the north to join Ju Yi. The lord can order my prison army to go north with Liu He. When the time comes, Ju Yi and I secretly discussed and let Liu He attack the city and die under the arrows of the Youzhou army. As soon as Liu He died, Yan Rou and the others will definitely have their hearts set on the lord, and when the time comes, Yijing will be defeated, and Gongsun Zan will die, then Jixian will fall sooner or later. Guo Tu said.

"Sir, good plan! It can just make up for the problem of our army's lack of military strength, and it can also remove a potential crisis, and it is also convenient for the army to be trapped in Yijing, and it is also convenient for the lonely north to surrender. It's really a good plan for three birds at a time. Yuan Shao smiled, "Then without further ado, I will order someone to draft a military order to urge Liu He to go north." Mr. can take Lone's military order to Jixian tomorrow, and order Ju Yi to immediately abandon the siege and go south to Yijing. ”