Chapter 158: Xiliang Strategist
Wei Zhongdao persuaded Yuan Shao to send troops to Hanguguan, but he himself did not accompany the army and went to Yangzhou alone. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]
Wei Zhongdao understood very well that Yuan Shao was sending troops now just because he saw that it was profitable, but once Yuan Shao lost the battle, he would immediately withdraw his troops and defend Tongguan. Judging from the previous confrontation between the two sides, Wei Zhongdao is really not optimistic that Yuan Shao will win.
But Wei Zhongdao still persuaded Yuan Shao to send troops, because he knew that his goals were different from Yuan Shao's. The fourth and third dukes of Yuan Shao's family, at this time, the soldiers gathered in Xiliang, and what they wanted was to dominate the world. If you want to win the world, what Yuan Shao has to do is to recuperate.
What's more, Ma Chao is still eyeing Shuchuan, at this time, not only have the soldiers not been rested, but there is no tacit understanding between the recruits and the veterans. More importantly, it is very likely to be attacked from both sides by Ma Chao and the imperial court.
However, Wei Zhongdao's goal was different, when Wei Zhongdao initially threw himself at Dong Zhuo, it was to be able to defeat the Ye family and let the Wei family win in this battle. But what Wei Zhongdao didn't expect was that the Ye family actually destroyed the Wei family, and this revenge was not avenged, how could Wei Zhongdao swallow this breath in his heart?
Therefore, Wei Zhongdao gambled all of Yuan Shao's gamble in order to avenge the Wei family. Worried that Yuan Shao would not go all out, Wei Zhongdao took the initiative to persuade Yuan Shu in Yangzhou to send troops together.
After listening to Wei Zhongdao's persuasion, Yuan Shao couldn't have directly agreed to Wei Zhongdao's dispatch of troops, just to take care of Wei Zhongdao's face, so he pretended to agree. But as soon as he turned around, Yuan Shu went to ask Li Ru's opinion.
Yuan Shao couldn't believe Wei Zhongdao a little, there was a reason for this matter. Outside the Tiger Pass, after the defeat of the coalition forces, Xu You offered a plan to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao would approve his plan, and that plan was that Xu You wanted to pretend that he did not want to escape, so that he was captured by Ye Mo, and then passed the news to Yuan Shao on Ye Mo's side.
At that time, Yuan Shao considered that Xu You was his first strategist, and he had made many contributions, for the sake of Xu You's safety, Yuan Shao did not agree to Xu You's plan. At that time, Wei Zhongdao happened to hear Xu You's strategy next to him, and thought that Xu You's strategy would definitely not be seen through by Lu Bu, who was locked in the tiger's prison, so he persuaded Yuan Shao to agree to Xu You's strategy.
After that, things are much simpler. When Dong Zhuo was not dead, when Yuan Shao and the others had not yet withdrawn to Xiliang, the Yuan family heard about Xu You's death. From then on, Yuan Shao believed that Wei Zhongdao was the first strategist who killed him, and it was from then that Yuan Shao no longer trusted Wei Zhongdao.
The reason why Yuan Shao still keeps Wei Zhongdao is because Dong Zhuo took Yuan Shao's hand and said into Yuan Shao's ear before Dong Zhuo temporarily: Wei Zhongdao is a talented person and must be reused. Therefore, Yuan Shaocai did not directly chop Wei Zhongdao and feed it to the dogs, but he never used any of Wei Zhongdao's schemes, and Yuan Shao had to discuss with Li Ru before making a decision.
"Scholar Wen, what do you think of this plan?" Yuan Shao first re-told Li Ru what Wei Zhongdao said to him, and then asked.
After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Li Ru thought for a while. To tell the truth, Li Ru does not approve of the use of troops now, even if the people of Hangu Pass are not strictly guarded now, but considering the current weather, even if Hangu Pass is defeated, then his own losses must be great.
But think about it from another angle, if you don't seize the opportunity now, after the beginning of spring, I am afraid that there will be no chance to recapture Hangu Pass. He had seen the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, and he still didn't know who the strategist from the imperial court was, but it was said that someone had seen Xi Zhicai in the Tiger Prison Pass.
Xi Zhicai is an outstanding talent of the Yingchuan faction, but because of his background, he has not been reused by others, so he has been unknown. And those friends of Xi Zhicai also went to defect when Cao Cao entered Qingzhou this year. In other words, it is very likely that Xi Zhicai was the strategist in the Tiger Prison at that time.
Now Dong Zhuo's original intelligence network has not found Xi Zhicai's figure in Luoyang, that is to say, as long as Yuan Shao's speed is fast enough, he can capture Hangu Pass before Xi Zhicai brings reinforcements to Hangu Pass.
"This plan is feasible, but it is important to ensure that the whereabouts of the army are not detected by the guards of Hangu Pass." After thinking about it carefully, Li Ru still felt that this plan was feasible. After all, this kind of weather is not without benefits, that is, the speed of the transmission of military information from Hangu Pass to Luoyang will definitely be much slower, and Luoyang wants to send reinforcements, which is also affected by this bad weather.
"Since Wen Xiansheng thinks it is feasible, then General Ben will go down and arrange it." As soon as Yuan Shao heard Li Ru, he felt that this plan was feasible, so he could carry out this plan with confidence.
"General, please wait a moment, since Mr. Wei Zhongdao went to Yangzhou to persuade Yuan Highway to send troops together, then why don't we send one person to Jizhou and invite Han Jizhou to use troops together?" Just as Yuan Shao turned to leave, Li Ru stopped Yuan Shao and spoke.
As soon as Yuan Shao heard it, if Han Fu sent troops and Wei Zhongdao persuaded Yuan Shu again, wouldn't it mean that there were three armies attacking Luoyang, and he would be able to win the world at that time. "That's a wonderful statement, but I don't know who the candidate for the first student is Wen?"
"The subordinates are not talented, and the original relatives went to Jizhou to persuade Han Jizhou to send troops." Li Ru was also relieved to see that Yuan Shao had accepted his own Jian, he was afraid that Yuan Shao would not intend to accept this Jianyi because he thought of the unhappiness of the previous Tiger Prison Pass.
Yuan Shao did accept Li Ru's proposal, but when he heard that Li Ru was going to make a trip to Jizhou in person, Yuan Shao's brows furrowed tightly. "If Mr. goes, then who can give advice to General Ben in Hangu Pass?"
"The law is upright, the law is filial, and although this person is young, he is quite resourceful. Moreover, this person had stayed in Hangu Pass for a period of time, knew the topography of Hangu Pass, and used him to take Hangu Pass. Li Ru lowered his head, but he didn't see Yuan Shao's frowning, so he just thought that Yuan Shao really asked him who was available, so he recommended Fazheng.
Hearing Li Ru's recommendation of Fazheng, Yuan Shao's brows furrowed even tighter. Although it was finally found out that Fa Zheng did not collude with foreign enemies, but Fa Zheng's friend Meng Da voted for the imperial court, but Yuan Shao still couldn't believe Fa Zheng. If it weren't for the sparse talent in Yuan Shao's hands now, how could Yuan Shao leave Fazheng?
"Fazheng Xiao'er, I lost Hangu Pass before, how can I recapture Hangu Pass now. Or let Fa Zheng go to Jizhou to persuade Han Fu, and Wen Xiansheng stayed to help General Ben. Yuan Shao unceremoniously rejected Li Ru's Jianyì, and made a decision on the spot to let Fa Zheng go to Jizhou.
Li Ru raised his head and looked at Yuan Shao in surprise, he lost the Hangu Pass because of Duan Xuan, but Yuan Shao actually pushed this matter to Fa Zheng's body regardless of black and white. A master, but can't treat his subordinates fairly, and only treats his subordinates based on likes and dislikes, how can this make his subordinates die for the lord?
"General, do you want to discuss this matter again?" Li Ru looked at Yuan Shao and said carefully.
"I've made up my mind, there's no need to discuss this matter anymore, just do it!" When Yuan Shao heard that Li Ru dared to disagree with him, his face suddenly became a little unsightly. His eyes glared at Li Ru, Yuan Shao's tone was full of anger, and he almost roared and said to Li Ru.
"Yes, my subordinates obey." Li Ru sighed secretly in his heart and retreated.
It is true that Fa Zheng is resourceful, but at this time, Fa Zheng is the age of blood and strength, and when he arrives in Jizhou, if he is humiliated, how can he swallow that breath? In Li Ru's heart, as long as Fa Zheng studies for another two or three years, he will have the confidence to make Fa Zheng a first-class strategist, but looking at Yuan Shao like this...... Li Ru could only sigh helplessly.
After finding Fa Zheng, Li Ru said to Fa Zheng: "Fa Xiaozhi, the general has a heavy task entrusted to you, do you dare to do it?" β
Fa Zheng was bored in Xiliang at this time, and when he heard Li Ru say that Yuan Shao had important things for him to do, the whole person suddenly became lively. "Is that true? What is there for me? β
Seeing that Fa Zheng was like this, Li Ru was even more upset for Fa Zheng in his heart. Fa Zheng wholeheartedly assisted Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao treated Fa Zheng like that. It's just that although Li Ru was unhappy for Fa Zheng in his heart, he said on his lips: "If the general wants to use troops against Hangu Pass, he needs to go to Jizhou with filial piety and persuade Han Jizhou to send troops together." β
Hearing Li Ru's words, Fa Zheng immediately smiled and said, "What is the difficult thing for me to do, it's just to persuade Han Fu to send troops, it's a trivial matter." β
Seeing that Fa Zheng didn't take this matter to heart, Li Ru frowned and said, "Filial piety, don't think that this matter is simple. You must know that whether Han Fu sends troops or not is related to the lord's plan, and he can't be sloppy. β
Fa Zheng also knew the importance of this matter, and he said it lightly just to let Li Ru understand that he would definitely handle this matter properly. But seeing that Li Ru was so nervous, Fa Zheng felt that Yuan Shao would entrust him with such an important matter. "Sir, rest assured, Fazheng will definitely get this matter done."
Looking at the law with a serious face, Li Ru suddenly thought of Jia Xu.
Once under Dong Zhuo's command, only Jia Xu made Li Ru feel the right appetite, and only Li Ru himself and Jia Xu could be regarded as strategists, even if Jia Xu would not make any plans. However, Li Ru was able to talk to Jia Xu, even Jia Xu never thought that Dong Zhuo was his lord.
But now, Fa Zheng is too young and has too little experience, and although he is quite resourceful, he does not understand human feelings and is too young. As for Wei Zhongdao, this person is too insidious in his heart to have a deep friendship. Although Jia Xu is known as a "poisoner", at least Jia Xu is open in his heart.
At this time, Li Ru couldn't help but feel a little desolate. Looking at the western coolness, there is no one who can communicate with each other. xh118