Chapter 35
Yuan Shao's rise in Hebei, without Zhang Yan's black mountain thieves repeatedly harassed and attacked, his road to prosperity can be described as unimpeded, Gongsun Zhan's fall is imminent, Yuan Shao alone occupies the four states of the world, worthy of the name of the world's first princes, now he, the soldiers are pointed, no one is afraid, the spring breeze is proud, although Yuan Shao is over forty years old, but at this time more than ever to be high-spirited, looking at the four seas.
Guo Tu and Xu You are both in favor of fighting Guo Jia, the military generals, Yan Liangwen Chou, Zhang Jaw Liyi, Chun Yuqiong Gaolan, etc., did not make a clear statement, but one or two of them are gearing up, and the military generals want to become famous, and they can only stand on the stage of war.
When Yuan Shao saw this situation, his heart was also moved.
It is undeniable that there is a panic in his own heart.
Now the family is big, and the Yuan family is monstrous.
Winning the world is not out of reach.
But he Yuan Shao is already over forty years old.
How many years will it take to calm the world and calm the four seas?
The emperor's throne, does he have the destiny to sit on it?
If he is twenty or thirty years old, he may be able to wait, his eagerness for quick success and his desire for quick success are not groundless.
"Okay, I ...... will"
Yuan Shao was so successful that he had decided to send troops to attack Guanzhong.
But at this time, there was a person in the hall who shouted: "Lord, slow down." ”
Tian Feng came out of the queue and stopped Yuan Shao from giving the order.
The civil and military affairs in the hall all knew that Yuan Shao was greedy for fame and fortune and cared about face, if Yuan Shao said the order, it would be difficult for him to regret it at that time, and even get into trouble.
Tian Feng, who had been thinking silently just now, did not express his opinion, but at the moment when Yuan Shao made a decision, he suddenly woke up and spoke to stop him.
"Yuan Hao, what is your opinion?"
Yuan Shao was interrupted by Tian Feng, somewhat unhappy.
Tian Feng frowned, didn't look at Yuan Shao's ugly face, and said in a deep voice: "The lord wants to fight Guanzhong, and he agrees that Guanzhong is fertile for thousands of miles, plus Liangzhou is turbulent, if he can defeat Guanzhong, he can be connected with Bingzhou, Sizhou, and Liangzhou, and after three or five years, no one in the world will be able to stop the pace of the lord's unification." However, if it is the lord himself who wants to fight Guanzhong today, he will strongly approve of it, but the idea of attacking Guanzhong was mentioned by Cao Ying, will Cao Ying turn a blind eye to the strength of the lord? ”
"Hmph, although Cao Apu coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but he has two territories in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and the soldiers and horses are only in their early 100,000s, does he still want to point fingers at me?"
Yuan Shao snorted coldly a few times in a sullen manner.
His jealousy of Cao Ying's coercion of the princes of the Son of Heaven was unimaginable, as early as the beginning of the army, he thought of promoting Liu Yu as the new emperor so that he could control it, and the purpose was the same as that of the princes of the Son of Heaven.
After so many years, Cao Ying has instead done what he dreamed of, which can definitely make him jealous and hateful.
Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao was only angry, but he didn't think deeply, and he was anxious to speak.
"Lord, you must know that no matter how many soldiers and horses Cao Ying has and how many territories he has now, he will be the enemy who will stop you from going south in the future. As long as Gongsun Chan is defeated, the lord can clear Hebei, at that time, the lord wants to continue to expand, he can only cross the river to the south, Cao Ying is your first enemy at that time! Can't Cao Ying see this situation? With his resourcefulness, he must also know that sooner or later there will be a life-and-death battle with you! And the result of this battle is even to determine the belonging of the world! ”
The hall was full of silence, and many people showed shocked faces.
"Tian Feng, don't be alarmist. Cao Apu is now suffering from the enemy on his back, Lu Bu in the east, and Yuan Shu in the south, but they all hate him to the core, Cao Ying can protect himself is already a great luck, he fights with the lord for the world? Nonsense. ”
Guo Tu first refuted Tian Feng a few words, and then bowed his hand to Yuan Shao, and said loudly: "The lord is now prosperous, and it is difficult for the world to have a strong enemy to stop, just wait for Gongsun Zan to be defeated, at that time, the lord can wave his army to the south, and if Cao Ying surrenders, give him a high-ranking official Houlu, and let him enjoy the glory of a lifetime, which can also be regarded as a reward for his knowledge of current affairs." If Cao Ying doesn't descend, hehe, Gongsun Chan is the best example. Brother Yuan Hao is right about one thing, the lord said that going south is indeed to decide where the world belongs. ”
After Guo Tu finished speaking, he turned his gaze, turned to the general's side, and then said loudly: "The soldiers and horses under the lord's command are several times that of Cao Ying, and all the generals are also rare fierce generals in the world. Generals, Cao Ying is only 100,000 soldiers and horses, maybe you wait for two or three to lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and you can wipe out Cao Ying's entire army, right? ”
After saying this, not only Yuan Shao suddenly became complacent, but the generals also held their heads high and were full of confidence.
Guo Tu's words were very morale-boosting, but the timing was not right.
The frustrated onlooker sneered: Can Gongsun Chan be compared to Cao Ying? Cao Ying was beaten by Lu Bu and never surrendered when he was left in three counties!
At this point, Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao could not be persuaded by it, and he had the heart to persuade again, but in the end it turned into a sigh.
However, he came out at the right time, and said calmly to Yuan Shao: "Lord, please think about it, how Liu Bei's Xuzhou was lost." ”
Yuan Shao, who was smiling and complacent, suddenly froze.
If Liu Bei's Xuzhou City was lost by Lu Bu's sneak attack, it can be regarded as a direct reason.
But to investigate the root cause, it was Liu Bei's attack on Yuan Shu that gave Lu Buke an opportunity.
Yuan Shu took the initiative to beat Liu Biao, fought Cao Ying, but did not take the initiative to provoke a war in Xuzhou, he just called himself a "Xuzhou Bo", was used by Cao Ying to say that he secretly did not surrender, Liu Bei was the initiator of this war, resulting in two consequences, lost Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu formed a mortal enemy, now, Yuan Shu did everything possible to provoke the relationship between Lu Bu and Liu Bei, intending to put Liu Bei to death.
Liu Bei lost Xuzhou City, although Cao Ying did not make a profit, it does not mean that he did not have the original intention of trying to reap the profits.
Maybe in Cao Ying's mind, Lu Butun soldiers Xiaopei, Liu Bei stuck to Xuzhou City, if this corner of the momentum is not broken, he will have a thousand difficulties in plotting Xuzhou.
It's just that Liu Bei was surprisingly able to endure Lu Bu's sneak attack, and moved with Lu Bu's host and guest.
According to normal people's ideas, after the sneak attack behind Lu Bu succeeded, Liu Bei and Lu Bu must be endless, as long as the two fight, Cao Ying will have a chance to take Xuzhou, but unfortunately, Liu Bei is very human and acts unexpectedly.
After a little frustration, most of the flame of pride in Yuan Shao's heart was extinguished.
Cao Ying instigated him to beat Guo Jia, did he want to stab him in the back?
Yuan Shao is not stupid, he can be sure that Cao Ying has no strength to wade through the Yellow River Northern Expedition.
"Frustrated, tell me, what does Cao Apo think?"
Yuan Shao, who had calmed down, looked at Fu Zhu calmly and waited for the following.
He didn't despise Cao Ying in his heart, and always thought that Cao Ying was a man with both wits and resourcefulness.
He thought of the strategy of coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven a long time ago, but the person who finally realized this strategy was not his lord, but Cao Ying.
Judging from the fact that Cao Ying rushed to meet the Son of Heaven after getting the news that the Son of Heaven was in Luoyang, Cao Ying's decisive ability was definitely better than Yuan Shao's.
And Cao Ying will never regard Yuan Shao as an ally.
In the days after the Kwantung Army attacked Dong, Yuan Shao of Bohai and Cao Ying of Dongjun did help each other, and even Cao Ying was somewhat dependent on Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao rose faster than Cao Ying, and his political appeal was ten million times stronger than Cao Ying.
In the past, compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Ying was more fireflies than Haoyue, and it was difficult to compete for glory, but now? Cao Ying's coercion of the Son of Heaven ordered the princes to be politically higher than Yuan Shao, and even Yuan Shao's current official position was given to Yuan Shao by Cao Ying's fake Son of Heaven.
At present, Cao Ying is only difficult to compete with Yuan Shao in terms of military strength, but if Cao Ying is given time to develop, it is really difficult to say who will die.
Cao Ying, not to be underestimated!
"Lord, Cao Apu's letter said that if the lord forces Guo Jia back to Yizhou, he will ask the Son of Heaven to move to Yecheng, this condition, please don't take it to heart, you must understand that unless you send Cao Ying into the realm of no return, he will not give the Son of Heaven away."
Frustrated, pour a basin of cold water first.
Yuan Shao is not the kind of lord who doesn't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, as long as he thinks it's profitable, maybe he will put it into practice, as for whether he has reaped benefits in the end, he hopes to judge by the results, not guess.
"Hmph, I knew he wasn't at ease."
Yuan Shao thought about Cao Ying's personality, and now he understands that Cao Ying's empty promises cannot be trusted.
"If Cao Ying dares to break his word, then the lord can raise an army to attack him!"
Guo Tu has a high-minded attitude, with Yuan Shao's strength at this time, even as a strategist, he can raise his eyebrows.
This sounds reasonable.
Frustrated smile, slightly sarcastic.
"In this matter, we think that the lord can force Guo Jia back to Yizhou, at that time, Cao Ying used the reason that the Son of Heaven was unwilling to move Yecheng, what should we do? Could it be that I, waiting for Hanchen, are qualified to call and drink to the Son of Heaven? In this case, what reason does the lord have to start a war against Cao Ying? Even if he didn't care about anything else and just raised troops to fight, how could the lord be sure that he would be able to defeat Cao Ying? ”
"The lord has hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, and the soldiers are strong, and it is easy to exterminate Cao Ying. Frustrated, do you dare to question the strength of the lord? ”
Guo Tu frowned coldly, he heard the ridicule of frustration, and his anger was born from his heart, and he couldn't hold it back.
Yuan Shao is actually not happy, he is now the first prince in the world, he has 400,000 soldiers and horses, if he can't even beat Cao Ying's 100,000 soldiers and horses, then what is there to talk about sweeping the world and dominating the world?
"Guo Tu, listen to the frustration first, don't interrupt him."
Guo Tu retreated, with a gloating smile on the corner of his mouth.
He could already hear the anger hidden in Yuan Shao's indifferent voice.
Clearly, he said something he shouldn't have said.
In this regard, Fu Zhu also understood and knew that he had angered Yuan Shao.
However, there were some things that he had to say as a strategist.
Good advice can be hard to swallow.
(To be continued)