It can be said that without Xi Zhicai, he ran around, relying on his superhuman eloquence and personal charm to convince the leaders of the Xianbei tribes that Yuan Shaobiao's men and horses would never be able to cross the grassland.

And if Yuan Shao's army could not cross the grassland, Youzhou would not have fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao in such a short time.

For convincing the Xianbei people who have been friends with each other every day, it is not insignificant. Even Tian Feng, who was arrogant and boasted of his unparalleled eloquence, had to admit that if he was sent out of the fortress on this matter, the possibility of convincing the Xianbei people was less than 20%. But Mao Jue did it, not only did it, but also established a good relationship with the Xianbei people, and agreed with them to sell them a batch of Jizhou local wine that had been hoarded for a long time at a very considerable price.

It can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, the first credit of the Battle of Youzhou is attributed to Xi Zhicai, and it is well deserved.

In March of the fourth year of Shengyuan, Yuan Shao completely pacified Youzhou, opened a direct trade route to the outside of the Saiwai, and at the same time robbed a large number of Luan Yi's money, food, and ordnance to support Youzhou under Gongsun Zhan.

Yuan Shao's momentum is growing.

At this time, Luan Yi's war with Sun Ce and Cao Cao had lasted for more than a year. Lu Zhishui drowned Cai and defeated Sun Ce, and Luan Yizheng led the army to fight with Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and the war fell into anxiety.

It was a cold night. Tian Feng, who had suffered from stomach problems with the army for a long time, was taking medicine at home, and suddenly received a reliable news from the guests, saying that Cao Cao sent the general Xiahou Yuan to go deep behind enemy lines and burn down the Yutai warehouse where Luan Yi was hoarding military rations with a fire.

As soon as he heard this, Tian Feng slapped his thigh violently, "The opportunity has come!" Then he threw the medicine bowl aside, and desperately rushed to Yuan Shao's mansion with a crutch.

At this time, it was late at night, and the gate of Yuan's mansion was closed, so it stands to reason that Yuan Shao would not meet guests at this time. But Tian Feng has the privilege, as a veteran figure under Yuan Shao, he has made great contributions to Yuan Shao in the past, and he also saved Yuan Shao's life in the battle to capture the state. So Yuan Shao gave orders to all the doors in the house, "I will see Mr. Tian whenever he comes." ”

The closed door in the dark opened to Tian Feng.

After entering the hall and greeting Yuan Shao, Tian Feng smiled happily and said straight to the point: "Ming Gong, the opportunity to dismantle Luan Ziqi has come!" ”

Yuan Shao frowned, looking unimpressed, and said, "Yuan Hao (Tian Fengzi), you're not making fun of me!" ”

Tian Feng is a straight person. He was deeply immersed in excitement, and before he had time to taste the deep meaning in Yuan Shao's expression, he was full of interest and told the news he had just gotten. "Ming Gong, Luan Ziqi is fighting with Cao Mengde in Yanzhou at the moment. At this time, if the Ming Duke raised a large army to the south, crossed the river from Jibei, and went straight to Luokou Port in Jinan. Luan Ziqi's backyard caught fire, and if he couldn't take care of both the end and the end, he would be defeated. Henan without Luan Ziqi is a plate of loose sand, Cao Mengde, Yuan Xiuhe (Yuan Shu's son, Yuan Yao's cousin) are not Ming Gong's opponents, and it is easy to pacify the Central Plains. At that time, the lord occupies the land of You, He, Hebei, Yan, Qing, Xu, Henan, and Si Bazhou, so why worry about the big thing? ”

I have to say that the cake drawn by Tian Feng is not a big temptation for Yuan Shao. But when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel weak again. Who's on the other side of the river? That's Luan Ziqi! Luan Ziqi is not so easy to deal with.

He thought for a while and said to Tian Feng: "This matter ...... The stakes are high, and let me think about it again. ”

This answer was immediately like a basin of cold water, splashed on Tian Feng's head. Tian Feng hurriedly said: "Lord, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again!" Please make a quick decision. ”

"This ......" Yuan Shao's chest seemed to have thousands of ants crawling. He longed for the pacification of the Central Plains that Tian Feng said, and he was jealous of the powerful Luan Yi. I couldn't make up my mind for a while. "The stakes are high. Let's call everyone to discuss! ”

Yuan Shao wants to listen to other people's opinions, which is reasonable. Tian Feng could understand, so he didn't say anything more.

However, it stands to reason that since "the stakes are very high", it is only right that the civil and military forces should be called up overnight to discuss the matter. Yuan Shao didn't, he had to wait until the next day. In this regard, Tian Feng was very helpless, but he had no choice but to let it go.

The next day, Wenwu stood still in the hall. Yuan Shao threw Tian Feng's proposal out and asked everyone, "What does the lord think?" ”

General Zhang He was the first to express his support, saying: "Sun Ce first commanded the Jiangdong army to invade Xuzhou, and Cao Mengde led the Yuzhou soldiers to fight against Luan Ziqi and Jinan...... There are constant wars in various parts of Henan, and the troubled times have occurred one after another, and the losses are not small. On the other hand, after the Ming Dynasty captured Youzhou, Hebei was pacified, and our army won successive battles, and its morale was available. took this opportunity to go south in one fell swoop, and attacked Cao Mengde left and right, and Luan Ziqi was bound to die. Such a God-given opportunity, we must not let it go, please judge the Lord. ”

When Guo Tu heard this, his heart was excited. As the inner son of the church in Yuan Shao's influence, he didn't want Yuan Shao to send his army south at this juncture to send great trouble to the Holy Sect. Hurriedly came out of the queue to raise questions. He warned Yuan Shao and said: On the side of the Henan Holy Mother Sect, whether it is Luan Yi, Guo Jia, Xu Shu, or Mao Jue, they are all cautious people. When they confronted Cao Cao, would they be defenseless against the powerful lord in Hebei? Of course not. Perhaps, they are deliberately setting up suspicions and deliberately luring the lord to go south. Once we cross the river, there may be some kind of conspiracy waiting for us, and use this to inflict heavy damage on the lord.

Hearing this, Yuan Shao shuddered. Afraid of Luan Yi from the bottom of his heart, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Guo Tu said was reasonable. "Yes! Not to mention Luan Ziqi, only Guo Jia's shrewdness and cunning are impossible to show his back to himself. You know, that's what they call an economic, political, cultural, and religious center! It is by no means easy to capture. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon ......"

Yuan Shao suddenly sniffed out the smell of conspiracy, "If you don't mention it, I almost don't realize!" ”

Seeing Yuan Shao's idea of going south, Tian Feng was in a hurry, "Duke Ming, Luan Ziqi only has 112,000 horses. Now, Lu Zhi, Lu Bu Lingqing, and Xu Erzhou killed more than 40,000 people in Yuzhou, and Luan Yi led nearly 50,000 people in Jinan and Yanzhou to confront Cao Cao in Shanyang County, Yanzhou. In addition to the daily garrison of each county, there are at most 10,000 people left in Jinan. What tricks can 10,000 soldiers and horses play in my Hebei Xiongjun? ”

Tian Feng is based on numbers, and there is something to say. The grass on the wall in Yuan Shao's heart involuntarily floated again, he rubbed the crow's feet on his forehead, and said, "What Yuan Hao said is not unreasonable!" ”

Although Feng Ji didn't know the secret identity of Guo Tu's Holy Mother Sect, he was usually close to Guo Tu, so he always stood on Guo Tu's side on the court issue. At the same time, Tian Fengping Suri relied on his outstanding achievements under Yuan Shao's account, and acted very arrogantly, and did not take Guo Tu, Fengji, and judging them in his eyes at all. Feng Ji hated it deeply. This time, Tian Feng proposed to plan a strategy to go south, if he was defeated, it would be fine, if he really defeated Luan Ziqi, it would be a great achievement, and he would have to jump on his head and in the future. Even if he wants to have a comfortable life in the future, he can't let Tian Feng come out.

Out of this mentality, Feng Ji decisively came out to help Guo Tu refute Tian Feng. He said, "Ming Gong." Even as Tian Yuanhao said, there are not many garrisons in Jinan. However, there are large rivers and moats in the north of Jinan, and the surrounding area is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, in the past ten years, Luan Ziqi has buried a lot of fine works in Hebei. As long as there is any change in our army, Luan Ziqi will know immediately. and mobilized a large army to turn around and rush to help. Yanzhou is not far from Jinan, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can arrive in five days. Therefore, Tian Yuanhao's plan to attack Jinan in the south is not feasible. ”

As soon as he mentioned the meticulous work of the church lurking in Hebei, Yuan Shao's teeth itched with hatred. He couldn't help but think of mosquitoes at night, usually they can't be seen, and if they don't pay attention, they will jump out and bite you. After sucking blood, it runs up to your ear and snorts, trying to roll over and get up to catch it, but it doesn't know where it flies.

This is the case with the work of Our Lady. Hiding in the crowd, they may come out at that moment and put up all kinds of leaflets on the streets. As a result, the streets were full of insulting words about Yuan Shao early the next morning. The angry Yuan Shao blew his beard and glared, and ordered the whole city to be searched, but no one was caught.

A few days later, the limelight passed, and they jumped out again and put up leaflets again. No matter how caught Yuan Shao is, he still finds nothing......

In addition, these ecclesiastical works have also carried out a series of sabotage activities in Hebei.

It's a good bridge, and the next day it's broken. The plaque at the gate of the state and county government is not a problem if someone is soaked in the next day.

One day, Yuan Shao was horrified to find that a steel needle had been stuffed into his food ding. It was later found that the needle was poisonous and contaminated the food in the ding. The poison needle was thrown into the food from the window outside the kitchen of the Yuan Mansion. If Yuan Shao hadn't seen it, he would have been poisoned if he ate something.

Since then, Yuan Shaofang has known that the Holy Mother Sect on the border of Hebei Province has great magical powers.

So when he heard Feng Ji mention the church's meticulous work, Yuan Shao subconsciously shuddered. gasped, "Yuan Tu (Feng Ji Zi) didn't mention it, I almost forgot!" Combined with what Guo Tu and Feng Ji said, he finally made a final decision, "Since going south will inevitably be fruitless, don't go!" ”

Tian Feng, Zhang He, and Fu Zhu all begged, "I hope the lord will think twice!" ”

"I've made up my mind, I don't need to persuade again!"

"Ming Gong!" He also wanted to say a few words to persuade Yuan Shao. But at this moment, a domestic servant walked up to Yuan Shao from the back hall and whispered in his ear.

"What?" Listening to the words of the domestic servant, Yuan Shaoru was really stabbed, "Is it serious?" ”

The servant nodded.

"My son!" Yuan Shaoluo stood up from the main seat and was about to turn around and go back to the inner hall.

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao was leaving, so he hurriedly stopped, "Lord, the big matter has not yet been decided, where are you going?" ”

Yuan Shao said anxiously: "The dog Yuan Shang is still sick, I have to go and see." As for the matter of going south, the time is not yet ripe, so it will not be considered for the time being. After speaking, Yuan Shao no longer took care of Tian Feng, and strode away with his sleeves.