Chapter 282: The Locust Plague
As soon as Tian Feng opened his mouth, Xu You followed the opposite, Xu You's strategy is actually a bit conservative, and the burning of the black nest in history is also the only adventure in Xu You's life, but now he has not forced Xu You to that part.
Xu You naturally will not choose to take risks, the situation in the north is already obvious, and the position of overlord can only be produced among Zhang Xiang, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, and now Zhang Xiang and Cao Cao are fighting hotly.
Once Yuan Shao makes a move, not only out of morality or self-interest, Zhang Xiang will send troops to rescue, I don't know when Xu You is a little afraid of Zhang Xiang, I always feel that Zhang Xiang will do bad things, and Xu You will not betray Yuan Shao unless it is absolutely necessary.
But if Yuan Shao really fails, Xu You will not stay by Yuan Shao's side and wait for death, in order to avoid the arrival of this day, so Xu You will not agree to do it without being completely sure.
Xu You: "My lord, please think twice!" Zhang Xiang and Cao Cao's combined forces are not weak, we are completely in the upper hand, as long as we don't provoke them, they don't dare to provoke the lord, as long as we wait for the opportunity, why risk our lives like this? ”
Tian Feng: "It's just a joke, the old man has lived for half his life and has never heard that he can succeed if he waits, can you also offer advice like this?" Don't delay the great affairs of the lord. ”
Xu You: "Tian Feng, you haven't heard of it, you can only say that you are lonely and unheard, Jiang Ziya waited for three years before cutting down the merchants, and waited until the death of Bigan to destroy the Shang Dynasty in one sentence, and the king of Yue, Goujian, endured humiliation for eighteen years, before he killed Wu Wangfu and regained the foundation, these are all on the weak side, how can the lord not wait if he is in a strong position." ”
This sentence also deceived an indecisive person like Yuan Shao, Jiang Ziya or Gou Jian, if it wasn't a last resort, why wait? It's not forced by the situation, but Yuan Shao really eats Xu Yu's set.
Shallow knowledge is the most important reason for Yuan Shao's failure, Tian Feng left the main hall in a rage, this is an extremely rude move, Yuan Shao is naturally optimistic about Xu Yu who is only promising below.
Tian Feng has the ability to do it, but it's a pity that he can't be a man, and when he meets a good lord, he will naturally shine, but when he meets Yuan Shao, he will naturally only have a buried life, but Tian Feng is still a dead eye, and he goes all the way to the black.
can only find his own hardship, so in the end, Yuan Shao did not send troops to attack Cao Cao, Cao Cao also had a rare opportunity to recuperate, and Zhang Xiang also completely won over Cao Cao's ally through Liu Xie's death.
Although it is not very glorious, but at least it is very practical, as for whether Cao Cao will have a black hand behind his back, the answer is yes, if he does not have a black hand, it will not be Cao Cao, but Cao Cao will not make a move before Yuan Shao perishes.
The same is true for Zhang Xiang himself, if Yuan Shao really perishes, it will really be impossible to say who will do it first at that time, Zhang Xiang is still very confident in himself, and so far the north has ushered in a rare period of peace.
The north is calm and the south is a pot of porridge, Sun Ce invited his friend Zhou Yu, Jiangdong not only suffered the Shanyue Rebellion, but the cow ghosts and snake gods who had previously surrendered to Sun Jian also jumped out, and the land of Jiangdong also ignited the flames of war.
Liu Bei lost Yuzhou, so he could only keep the existing territory and compete with Yuan Shu for Yangzhou, and he didn't know what luck Liu Bei had taken, Xu Shu pretended to be Shan Fu and fell under Liu Bei's command in advance.
Liu Bei has many fierce generals, Ma Kui, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi, and Xu Shu's strategy is even more invincible, Liu Bei felt that fighting could be so easy for the first time, so he worshiped Shan Fu as a military advisor.
At this time, Xu Shu revealed his true identity, of course Liu Bei would not care, the name changed and his ability did not change, it was harmless at all, and Yuan Shu could only be forced to attack Jingzhou's territory from the new.
Jingzhou returned to the hands of the local clan, Liu Cong became the nominal master, and Yuan Shu attacked Jingzhou by land, and it stands to reason that the local family in Jingzhou would be difficult to resist the soldiers.
After all, the Cai family that Liu Cong relied on was famous for water fights, and there was nothing to do on land, but at this time, the local family in Jingzhou was helped by Zhang Xiu.
Since Zhang Xiu fled from Chang'an, he first returned to Liangzhou to recruit some Liangzhou warriors in the name of the king of guns, and when Zhang Xiang did not take Yongzhou, he took advantage of the situation to go south, Zhang Xiu felt that there was nothing big to do in Liangzhou.
When Zhang Xiang first entered the south, he ran into walls everywhere, and fought a battle with the Jiangdong army led by Sun Jian, and finally could only retreat in the mountains, and the southern mountains were full of hiding places.
This is also the reason why Shanyue is so difficult to deal with, as soon as Sun Jian died, the situation in Jingzhou suddenly changed, Zhang Xiu felt that his opportunity had come, Zhang Xiuhao at this time was relatively young, and he had the momentum of a young person.
At a critical time, he took refuge in the weak local family of Jingzhou to strengthen his own strength, Zhang Xiu was a fierce general, and only Ji Ling could be the enemy in Yuan Shu's army.
As for the ability between the soldiers and soldiers, not to mention that Zhang Xiu also has a group of Liangzhou warriors, among these local families in Jingzhou, there are many good horses, and an elite cavalry was immediately formed.
The terrain of the northern line of Jingzhou is more complicated, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, Zhang Xiu can only give up part of the territory, and now the local family in Jingzhou can only rely on Zhang Xiu's ability, so they will let it go.
In the end, Zhang Xiu also satisfied them, completely stabilized the situation in Jingzhou, although Yuan Shu got a part of Jingzhou, but also lost some soldiers and horses, and had to face a two-front battle.
This is something that Zhang Xiang tried to avoid, but Yuan Shu was really trying, if it weren't for the complex terrain of Yuan Shu's remaining territory, the location would have been unique, and it would have been swallowed by Liu Bei and Liu Cong.
Liu Cong's subordinates still have some wise and resourceful people, such as the Kuai family, the head of the Kuai family, Kuai Liang is a first-class strategist in the world, Kuai Liang feels that leaving Yuan Shu to block the greater threat Liu Bei is the best policy.
Therefore, the soldiers of Jingzhou stopped attacking, Yuan Shu was also able to free up his hands to deal with Liu Bei with all his might, Yuan Shu and Liu Bei fought in Yangzhou, Sun Ce rectified Jiangdong, and finally stopped Jingzhou for a while, and encountered Jiang Xiaman's rebellion, which was really leaky and rained overnight!
The situation in the north and the south is completely opposite, the north used to be in constant war, and the south is quiet, but now it has become quiet in the north and war in the south, and the population of the south is already quite large.
This time they all poured into the north again, Cao Cao's territory bore the brunt, but this time Cao Cao took a big advantage, Cao Cao would rather die than swallow these refugees, not a refugee.
The south is rich, so these people who fled the battlefield have some furniture on their bodies, so Cao Cao swallowed it a little more smoothly, and Cao Cao also completely stabilized the foundation because of the participation of these people.
Zhang Xiang and Yuan Shao coincided this time, and they did not watch Cao Cao take advantage, but both sent their own subordinates to collect the people fleeing from the south, but the effect was not as great as Cao Cao's.
As the intersection of the three major forces in the north, Sili is also a place where the three forces compete, after all, the Sili area is also a place where the people in the south gather, and in the past, Sili could only be regarded as an undercurrent.
Now it has become more lively, more lively than the time when Liu Xie died, and the soldiers of the three forces are constantly rubbing each other, but the three parties are all in control.
There is no trend of a big war, and the battle for people during this period has happened for several months, Zhang Xiang has changed from the original attention to numbness, and the big battle that is destined to be unfought.
The climate has also moved from the vibrant spring to the scorching summer, and in the northern proverb, it has entered the ambush, and the weather is unbearable, and the Si Li, who has been very lively, has also become subsident.
The soldiers of the three forces are all wearing armor, and in such a climate, they are covered in water even if they move, not to mention the friction of fighting, and the soldiers of the three parties have all withdrawn from the division.
No one wants to waste troops at this time, since the beginning of this year, the climate in the north is good, and the wheat seedlings in the fields are also dense, just when Zhang Xiang thought it was another good year.
But there was a locust plague all of a sudden, isn't this God looking uncomfortable? The three forces have all gathered some people in the south, and the locust plague at this time is meaninglessly worse.
The most difficult is Cao Cao, Cao Cao collected the most people, but he couldn't spit it out, if he spit it out, the foundation would be even more unstable, the easiest was Yuan Shao, the land was the most collected and the people were the least, enough for his army to be self-sufficient.
Zhang Xiang's situation is between the two, the biggest problem is that the land in Bingzhou is relatively barren, Yongzhou has not completely recovered, Zhang Xiang was counting on everything to be better this year.
I didn't expect God to make this kind of joke again, the reason why the Han Dynasty perished so quickly is also due to the fact that natural disasters do not continue, Zhang Xiang alone has experienced heavy rains, droughts and locust plagues in a hurry, and he has seen too many things.
Zhang Xiang sent all the soldiers and local county militia to garrison the fields, just to exterminate the locusts, Zhang Xiang ordered a fire to be set up between the fields, hoping to reduce the loss of food.
But the effect is not very good, this time the locust plague is a little different, the locusts are very large and all are flying locusts, come and go without a trace, can only hear the sound of wings fluttering in the distance.
In the end, Zhang Xiang had no choice but to mobilize the people of the whole territory to exterminate locusts, but the enthusiasm of the people was not very high, and it was said that many people had their own land, but Yongzhou was different, and most of the land was still in the hands of the big clans.
But Zhang Xiang is also counting on the grain of Yongzhou, how can he tolerate this kind of thing, and the big clans in Yongzhou are all subservient to Zhang Xiang because of Guo Jia's relationship, and Zhang Xiang can't do anything to them.
So Zhang Xiang can only find the reason from the people themselves, the people's interest in exterminating locusts is not high, because the harm of the locust plague has no reason with them, and it has nothing to do with themselves, this Zhang Xiang also understands, but Zhang Xiang understands that the people take food as the sky, locusts can be eaten and are delicious, and locusts are also considered game meat. (To be continued.) )