【Tian Feng renegotiate】

In history, Yuan Shao was not the only one in the camp who held the view of protracted war, and Tian Feng also supported this, so he raised this opinion to Yuan Shao again after being frustrated, but was instead thrown into prison by Yuan Shao.

At the beginning, Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao to stand in Cao Cao's crusade against Liu Bei, and took the opportunity to send troops to attack Xuchang, but Yuan Shao did not listen, but waited until Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei, Liu Bei fled to the north, and Cao Cao also returned to Guandu, so Yuan Shao was ready to send troops.

At this time, Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao: "Since Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei, then Xu Du is no longer empty. Moreover, Cao Cao is good at using soldiers, with endless changes, although there are few soldiers and horses, they cannot be underestimated. Now, it is better to stand still and hold on to him for a long time. The general guarded the mountains and rivers, owned the people of the four states, united heroes and heroes on the outside, and practiced agriculture on the inside to prepare for war.

Then select elite soldiers, divide them to form surprise troops, and frequently attack the enemy's weak points, which are used to harass the south of the Yellow River. When the enemy comes to the aid of the right, we attack the left; When the enemy comes to the aid of the left, we attack the right, so that the enemy is exhausted and the people cannot produce with peace of mind, and if we do not toil, the enemy army is already in trouble, and in less than three years we can sit back and wait for victory. Now give up the strategy of victory, and use a battle to decide success or failure, in case you can't get your wish, it's too late to regret it. ”

But at that time, Yuan Shao already had an opinion on Tian Feng, so he didn't listen to him, and Tian Feng tried his best to dissuade him, offending Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao thought that he had ruined the morale of the army and was frustrated with his gang, so he put a torture instrument on him and locked Tian Feng up.

In this regard, no one dared to object, and Yuan Shao immediately sent troops to attack Cao Cao.

[Is it slow or urgent]

Fu Zhu and Tian Feng were the slow-down faction in Yuan Shao's army, and preferred to fight a protracted war with Cao Cao rather than a single battle, but one of the two was reduced by Yuan Shao's power, and the other was thrown into prison.

So at that time, for Yuan Shao, which strategy was more correct? Is it a quick fix or a slow one? Perhaps a review of the situation before the battle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shaojie Bridge would be more helpful to this issue.

At that time, Gongsun Zhan's situation was very similar to the situation that Yuan Shao was facing now, when Yuan Shao had just won Jizhou, his foothold was not stable, but he had great development potential, and although Gongsun Chan currently had a strong military strength, the follow-up development potential was not as big as Yuan Shao, if he sat back and watched Yuan Shao's development, he would inevitably be surpassed by Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao was the leader of the anti-Dong coalition at that time, with a high reputation, and his strength was not weak after he occupied Jizhou, although Gongsun Zan was strong, he was basically a prince of the same grade as Yuan Shao.

At that time, Gongsun Chan also faced Yuan Shao's current situation, and made the same choice as Yuan Shao, and the battle that year was the Battle of Jieqiao, and then Gongsun Chan lost, and then the situation reversed, and then Gongsun Chan never got up again, and was suppressed by Yuan Shao.

It can be said that there were similar examples in history before the decisive battle of Guandu, but Yuan Shao obviously failed to cite history as a warning.

Fu Zhi and Tian Feng both understand the risk of a direct decisive battle with Cao Cao if they win it is indeed very cool but if they lose then the situation will be reversed after all yuan shao is generally better than

Cao Cao's strength is limited, the two sides are a level of princes, Cao Cao's potential is greater than Yuan Shao, after losing the decisive battle, Yuan Shao will not only lose a lot of military strength, its momentum will also be interrupted, will not be able to suppress Cao Cao again, Cao Cao, who occupies the righteousness of the Son of Heaven, will come from behind, just like Yuan Shao turned to suppress Gongsun Zan and then suppressed Yuan Shao.

But in comparison, Yuan Shao's situation is still much better than Gongsun Zhan, after all, Gongsun Chan still has Liu Yu's restrictions, and he may not be able to make decisions about many things, but Yuan Shao has no problems in this regard, so Gongsun Chan has no way to finish the battle.

But Yuan Shao is not Gongsun Zhan, he is the real lord of the four northern states, and there is no Liu Yu above. So Yuan Shao can slowly clean up Cao Cao.

At that time, Yuan Shao crusaded against Cao Cao, and the first thing he had to face was the name of righteousness, after all, Cao Cao controlled the Son of Heaven, and righteousness was on Cao Cao's side, and Yuan Shao's direct crusade against Cao Cao basically tore his face with the court, in a sense, it was a rebellion, and this kind of behavior could not be recognized by others.

Therefore, Fu Zhu proposed to Yuan Shao that he should first obtain a suitable name for crusading against Cao Cao, and be a righteous teacher, rather than doing whatever he wants just by virtue of his strength.

And although Yuan Shao's internal situation is better than Cao Cao's, but in essence, the situation on Cao Cao's side is too bad, not how good the situation is really on Yuan Shao's side, Yuan Shao's Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Qingzhou have all experienced the destruction of many wars, and Yuan Shao's army is also in a state of perennial combat.

At this time, a large-scale crusade against Cao Cao would bring the Yuan Shao group close to a tipping point, which was not a safe idea.

At that time, Yuan Shao needed to restrict Cao Cao, but he did not necessarily have to eliminate Cao Cao, so Fu Zhu and Tian Feng both thought that they should be conservative, first gradually restore their own strength, be invincible, and then frequently invade the south with the advantage of the northern cavalry, so that Cao Cao's territory could not be restored enough, and Cao Cao was in the Central Plains and needed to deal with the princes in various places, and Yuan Shao was located in the north, so he could concentrate his forces, and in the long run, the result would inevitably be that Cao Cao could not hold on.

Frustration and Tian Feng's idea was a complete strategy, but unfortunately Yuan Shao just couldn't listen to it.

And another core problem is that Yuan Shao can completely win Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu, but why is he not optimistic about it? It's very simple, play cards

It's useless to have a good hand, and you won't be able to win if your opponent is not bad.

In history, as early as the second year of Xingping (195), when Emperor Xian was exiled to Hedong, he persuaded Yuan Shao to hurry up to welcome the Son of Heaven, but Yuan Shao gave up and finally let the Son of Heaven be robbed by Cao Cao, which was also the beginning of Cao Cao's greatness; Later, because Yuan Shao liked his third son Yuan Shang, he was ready to send his eldest son Yuan Tan out, but he did not make it clear who would succeed him, and he also informed Yuan Shao of the risks of doing so in time, Yuan Shao not only did not listen, but also let the rest of the sons and nephews Gao Gan all receive a state; After Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes, Yuan Shao began to regret it, Tian Feng asked Yuan Shao to take advantage of Cao Cao's crusade against Zhang Xiu to recapture the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao hesitated, Cao Cao knew about this but faced the combined forces of Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao and forcibly returned to Xuchang; After Yuan Shao eliminated Gongsun Zhan, he was already preparing to go south, when Cao Cao left the front line to crusade against Liu Bei in Xuzhou, Tian Feng asked Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to send troops, but Yuan Shao waited until Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei on the grounds that his son was sick.

So how could he have confidence in Yuan Shao!