Chapter 212 Discuss the Yuan Emperor and Uncle Xing's troops, and take Jizhou Zhuge to use the strategy

The emperor's uncle Liu Bei Liu Xuande was newly promoted to the general of the chariot cavalry, led the Marquis of Xuzhou, and became the last and only marquis of the late Han Dynasty, which was enough to be called the king.

The Son of Heaven issued a holy decree and asked the emperor's uncle to send troops to attack Yuan Shao.

After arranging everything, Uncle Huang waved his army north and led an army of 150,000 into Jizhou.

On the battlefield of Jizhou, Xu Shu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Shun, Tuoba Kun and others pulled out Yuan Shao several cities in succession, and had forced Yuan Shao to retreat to Wei County.

In the book, Xu Shu led the order of the emperor's uncle Liu Bei, with Yan Liang and Wen Chou as generals, responsible for attacking Muye.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou besieged Muye for many days, but they did not attack for a long time because of the guilt of Yuan Shao. When Liu Bei led his troops to attack Xuchang, Xu Shu, as a lieutenant general in the military division, led the two. They had the intention of attacking Makino.

Xu Shu sent a letter to Gao Shun of the sour jujube, and asked him to attack Yecheng with all the sour jujube soldiers and horses. Once Yecheng was lost, Yuan Shao in the pasture was cut off.

Knowing that Gao Shun was attacking Yecheng, Yuan Shao immediately sent his generals Tao Sheng and Gao Xiang to guard Muye, and personally led soldiers and horses to rescue Yecheng.

As soon as his army left the city, Xu Shu waved his army to attack Makino.

Tao Sheng and Gao Xiang were originally Yan Liang's generals, but later because of their military exploits, they were appointed by Yuan Shao and led an army by themselves, becoming generals slightly lower than Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Ran and others.

Seeing that Yan Liang was fighting outside the city, Tao Sheng and Gao Xiang had to go out of the city to meet him.

Under the persuasion of Yan Liang, Tao Sheng and Gao Xiang raised the city to surrender.

Yuan Shao, who rescued Yecheng halfway, was furious when he heard the news, and actually raised troops to attack Muye.

Xu Shu made Yan Liang and Wen Chou set up an ambush on the way, and made Tao Sheng and Gao Xiang lead the soldiers and horses in the city to meet the attack and attack Yuan Shao. Gao Shun, outside Yecheng, learned that Yuan Shao had retreated, and immediately sent his subordinates to chase Wei Xu with 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Yuan Shao was defeated in this battle, and he himself was shot by Wei Xu, who had caught up, when he fled, and almost died.

Fortunately, Yuan Tan and Gao Gan of Yecheng came out and saved him in a moment of crisis.

However, because Yuan Tan and Gao Gan led troops and horses out of Yecheng, Yecheng was occupied by Gao Shun.

Yuan Tan and Gao Gan had no choice but to protect Yuan Shao and retreat to Wei County. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang of Liyang learned that their father and brother were defeated, so they had to give up Liyang and retreat to Puyang.

Outside the city of Wei County, Xu Shu built a camp and blocked the south gate of Wei County.

Yuan Shao was blocked in the city, running around repeatedly, and being injured by an arrow shot by Wei Xu when fleeing for his life, which made his health deteriorate day by day.

Today's Yuan valve is not as good as in the past, and internal and external troubles are continuous.

Especially this time, Yuan Shao was injured and sick, which made Guo Tu, Xianbei, Feng Ji and others fight each other for their own interests, and pushed Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers to the forefront.

Yuan Shao's entanglement, and the disunity of his strategists, became a weakness for his opponents to exploit, and also a fatal flaw for those honest strategists under his command to worry about.

Looking at the soldiers and horses of Xu Shu blocking the city gate outside the city, the strategist Guo Tu admonished Yuan Shao: "Yan Liang and Wen Chou soldiers and horses are blocking the south gate, and the lord's health is deteriorating, please make plans to establish a prince as soon as possible!" ”

Because Yuan Tan was rude and not liked by his father, in contrast, the third son, Yuan Shang, was gentle and strategic, and was deeply loved by Yuan Shao. Therefore, Yuan Shao especially wanted to set up a third son, Yuan Shang.

Now seeing Guo Tu mention this matter, Yuan Shao knows that he is afraid that he will establish Yuan Shang. After all, Guo Tu is Yuan Tan's teacher, and he has a lot of enmity with Master Yuan Shang and Master Yuan Xi on weekdays!

"Yes! It's time to think about it! Yuan Shao nodded and muttered.

Originally, Yuan Shao became very suspicious in his later years. So when Guo Tu mentioned this, he thought that Yuan Tan had sent him to test him.

After this incident, he became even more distrustful of Yuan Tan, afraid that he would attack his brother after he took over. Instead, brothers killed each other, caused a disaster, and wasted the foundation of their own life in vain.

After all, Puyang is not a place to defend for a long time, and Yuan Xi took the first step to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to return to Fanyang, Youzhou, his own garrison. Seeing that the second brother had withdrawn, Yuan Shang made the generals Feng Li and Yin Kui stay in Puyang, and then led the troops and horses back to Xindu.

The trial suggested to Yuan Shang: "The letter newspaper rumors: the lord is seriously ill, and Guo Tu is forcing the palace again and again. Why don't you hurry up and ask Madame to send someone to pick up the lord! ”

Yuan Shang followed his words and begged to see his mother.

Knowing that her husband was seriously ill, Yuan Shao's wife Liu hurriedly sent someone to Wei County to pick up Yuan Shao's reply to the capital.

When Yuan was in chaos, the emperor's uncle Liu Bei just obeyed the holy decree and waved a large army to attack Wei County.

Yuan Shao, who got the news, was furious, and angrily scolded Cao Cao for being a despicable villain.

His eldest son, Yuan Tan, asked for war, but was stopped by his father.

Yuan Shao thought that his two sons were in Liyang, so he asked Yuan Tan to contact them to bring in troops.

Yuan Tan comforted his father and rested, then left his father's room and discussed countermeasures with Guo Tu.

Knowing Yuan Shao's opinion, Guo Tu took the opportunity to say to Yuan Tan: "Now the second son and the third son have abandoned Puyang and each led troops back to the territory. Why didn't Childe take the opportunity to make it clear to the Lord? ”

"Doesn't this make my father distrust me even more?" At this time, Yuan Tan seemed to be much more sober, "Liu Xuande has led troops here, and only we can fight him!" Please also ask the teacher to help! ”

Guo Tu looked at him helplessly and said, "Okay, the teacher can help you!" Now the only one who can help you is Yuancai! Thou shalt go to the Yuan Cai to discuss! ”

At this time, the people sent by Mrs. Liu arrived.

They went directly into Yuan Shao's mansion, carried Yuan Shao into the carriage, and took Xindu back.

Yuan Shao, who returned to Xindu, learned of a farce between his two sons, and became extremely cold, and swallowed his last breath in a fit of anger.

Under the operation of Feng Ji, trial and others, Yuan Shang took over the title of his father Yuan Shao, established himself as a hussar general, controlled the soldiers and horses in Jizhou, and also got the refuge of his second brother Yuan Xi.

Yuan Tan, who was far away in Wei County, was furious when he heard the news and was furious in the county government.

Gao Gan comforted on the side: "Xiansi, don't be impulsive, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run!" ”

Guo Tu also said: "Now that our army is here to deal with Liu Xuande, why not temporarily obey him and ask him for reinforcements!?" ”

Under the persuasion of the two, Yuan Tan slowly calmed down, and then said: "Yuancai, you quickly send someone to ask Xianfu for soldiers and food!" ”

The chaos inside Yuan Valve has long been clearly understood by Liu Bei's secret sentry on the horse.

In Liu Bei's camp, the generals Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu of the military division, and the generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, Huang Zhong, Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Wei Yan, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Tao Sheng, Gao Xiang, Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Shi Jian and others stood on both sides.

Liu Bei sat on the chair of the Taishi in the middle, looked at everyone, and said: "Yuan Benchu was a hero, but in the end, he ended up like this, it's really sad!" I have been commanded against him, but I don't know what to do next? ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Isn't the chaos within Yuan Valve a great opportunity for our army?" As long as the layout is in place, Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou are just around the corner! ”

Zhuge Liang said that Liu Bei already had a certain number in his heart. But how do you lay it out? The previous Zhuge Liang's layout greatly overshadowed Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, making himself take advantage of the first battle of Guandu.

But what kind of layout does he have this time?

He smiled slightly and said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, what is the layout in your heart?" ”

"Yuan Benchu was huge, but he was suffering from internal and external troubles. In his later years, he doted on his concubine Liu, and after his wife died, he became a wife, so he also loved Liu's son Yuan Shang very much! So he has always wanted to make Yuan Shang the prince. Moreover, Yuan Benchu's strategists and Feng Ji have always been proud and luxurious, which disliked their eldest son Yuan Tan, so they often belittled Yuan Tan in front of Yuan Benchu and praised Yuan Shang. Gradually, two interest groups formed on Yuan Benchu's side. Zhuge Liang said slowly.

"Kong Ming, you already know Yuan Benchu's situation well! The next step is how to provoke their brothers to fight! Xu Shu interjected.

"Let their brothers kill each other?" Liu Bei asked. To be honest, if it was really the Yuan Tan brothers who killed each other, Liu Bei felt a little unbearable in his heart.

Zhuge Liang saw a trace of unbearability on Liu Bei's face, and said thoughtfully: "Yuan Dagongzi and cousin Gao Gan are guarding in Wei County, while Yuan Shang is hiding in Xindu and inherited everything from his father. What will Yuan Tan do? What will happen to the senior cadres? In addition to not killing each other, maybe there is another way to go?! ”

"Could it be that Kong Ming wants to persuade Yuan Tan to surrender to the lord?" Xu Shu asked.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I know that the lord and Yuan Tan have a friendship with each other, and I can't bear to meet Yuan Tan Bingrong!" Now is the time to take this opportunity to ......"

Without waiting for Zhuge Liang to finish speaking, Liu Bei smiled slightly and said to everyone: "If you go to the army to fight and plot, if you don't use the sword and break the soldiers, why bother to waste money and soldiers?" Gongji, you quickly led the troops out of the city, talked to Yuan Tan in front of the battle, persuaded him, and saw if he had any regrets! ”

"No!" Yan Liang agreed, turned around and left.

Yan Liang ordered thousands of soldiers and horses, came to the front of Wei County City, and asked Yuan Tan to meet him by name.

Knowing that Yan Liang was fighting, Yuan Tan's anger that had just calmed down rose again, and he was neatly dressed, so he waved out and came to the front of the two armies.

When he came to the front of the two armies, Yuan Tan didn't speak, shouted, and slashed at Yan Liang with a swing of his knife.

Yan Liang swung his knife and said in a deep voice: "Xiansi, don't be impulsive!" In his later years, the lord pampered his children, was suspicious, and kept dissuading, dishonoring the loyal and good, and making the traitors in power! If not, who can break through Hebei's military defense, and who can defeat Hebei's military soul? ”

Yuan Tan shouted angrily: "For the sake of their own glory, you and Wen Bujun took refuge in Liu Xuande, the general of Wei, who was in full swing, causing our army to be defeated repeatedly!" What is your explanation? ”

"Humph! Your father listened wholeheartedly to the words of Guo Tu and the people of the trial, and ignored Xu You's advice! The grain and grass that was obtained by Cao Jun was a crucial step in the first battle of Guandu! And when Zhang Junyi and Shi Zhaiqing attacked Cao Cao's camp, it was Guo Tu and Juan Pei who pushed the two to General Wei in order to cover up their mistakes! Yan Liang's words deeply touched Yuan Tan's heart.