The stolen grain and grass and the documents bought by Yuan were quickly sent to Yecheng, and Yuan Shao was furious when he saw it, and immediately convened a civil and military staff council.

"The traitor Zhang Yan, deceive me too much! Surrendered to him again and again, but turned a deaf ear. If you stay on Taihang Mountain, it would be okay, but you will attack our army, use the terrain of Taihang Mountain to rob me of grain and grass, and kill my soldiers, is it tolerable? If it spreads, won't it make the princes of the world laugh? ”

Yuan Shao slapped the table and roared, and after venting, he shouted: "Where is Yan Liang?" ”

Yan Liang, who was nine feet tall and not angry and arrogant, strode out of the ranks, hugged his wrists and saluted: "The last general, please give orders from the lord?" ”

"Immediately gather an army of 100,000 to sweep Taihang, kill all the Black Mountain thieves at all costs, and show Zhang Yanxiao's head to the public, in order to vent the hatred in my heart!" Yuan Shao hatefully dropped an arrow and ordered.

"The lord must not!"

The judge hurriedly came out to advise, "Gongsun in the north has not been destroyed, although he is at the end of his rope, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and Gongsun Chan still occupies three counties, and there are seventy or eighty thousand elites under him, how can he go all out to conquer Zhang Yan?" Moreover, Cao Ying's power is growing, with more than 100,000 elites, although he claims to be in alliance with our army, his heart is unpredictable. Xiliang Ma Teng, often entering Kou Chang'an, is more likely to enter Kou and Zhou through the land of Qiang and Hu, and it is impossible not to guard against it. Don't make a big splash for the sake of a thief! Even if you want to crusade against Zhang Yan, you should wait until Gongsun Chan is destroyed. ”

"Judging the south is wrong!"

After hearing this, he also retorted: "If you are outside, you must first settle inside, Zhang Yan will not be removed, and it will be difficult for Hebei and Erzhou to be safe." How many merchants did not dare to go to Taihang because of the robbery of the Black Mountain thieves, and turned to the Central Plains, so that we lost a large amount of commercial taxes; How many fertile fields have been plundered, and we have lost a lot of grain and grass; How many civilians have been slaughtered, and we have lost a large number of soldiers; Zhang Yan is immortal, how can he fight for domination in the world? ”

Feng Ji came out to support the point of view of the trial: "The meaning of Zhengnan is not that he will not crusade against Zhang Yan, but the time is not yet ripe, and it is not too late to kill Gongsun Zan first, and then clean up Zhang Yan." As soon as Gongsun Chan died, Zhang Yan had no foreign aid, and he was not a livestock trapped in a cage, and he had to kill or scrape, and it was not a matter of the lord's words! ”

Fu Zhu argued: "Feng Yuantu's words are wrong, now is the best time to kill Zhang Yan. Although Gongsun has not been destroyed, he is at the end of his rope, and he is afraid of self-preservation, how dare he take the initiative to attack? Now is the best time to destroy Zhang Yan, mobilize the army to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves, and by the time Gongsun Chan reacts, we have already destroyed Zhang Yan! ”

Frustrated, he knelt on the ground and cried and suggested: "According to the meaning of the two adults, after the destruction of Gongsun Zhan, there is indeed no worries, but at that time, I am afraid that Cao Ying has also swept away Lu Bu, occupied the four prefectures of Si, Yu, Yan, and Xu, and formed a confrontation with our army." At that time, if our army wants to recruit Zhang Yan on a large scale, can Cao Ying hold his troops still? When the time comes, the belly and back will be attacked, and it will be too late to regret it! The lord listened to me, sent a large army early, swept away the rebellion in Montenegro, and then destroyed the grandson, so that he could compete with Cao Ying for the world and be invincible! ”

"You mean, if the lord doesn't listen to you, he won't be able to dominate the world?" Feng Ji grabbed the handle in his frustrated words and asked viciously.

"You...... Grant a piece of kindness, where is the word of Feng Yuantu? Frustrated with angry eyes, what the hell is this colleague, it's just a mad dog? The reason can't tell you, so you start biting.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao's IQ can still distinguish right from wrong, and reprimanded Feng Jidao: "Don't mess around with Feng Yuantu, discuss a solution to this matter first!" ”

The judge also admonished: "Even if there is some truth in what Fu Zhu said, but I only know one and I don't know the other, our army destroyed Zhang Yan first, although we can fight with Cao Thief with all our might, but if we want to destroy Zhang Yan, how much price do we have to pay?" ”

After listening to what the judge said, Yuan Shao was silent. Zhang Yan's awesomeness, he has already understood. Last time, he gathered 70,000 horses and horses to personally recruit the Black Mountain thieves, although he killed tens of thousands of thieves, but he also lost 10,000 people in this regard, and in the end the victory was not divided, and it was over.

Seeing that the lord was shaken, the judge continued to advise: "Zhang Yan is not an ordinary thief, and his subordinates have sixty or seventy thousand strong thieves. Coupled with the thieves from all walks of life who are attached to him, there are more than 100,000 people who can go into battle, and there are hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children on the mountain. Even if a large army is dispatched, an all-out crusade is made, and the Black Mountain thieves are finally destroyed, it will inevitably be a situation where 10,000 enemies are killed and 8,000 are lost. Maybe our army's combat strength will be damaged, but it will delay the first priority of destroying Gongsun Zhan, so that Gongsun will be resurrected, and it will be too late to regret it! According to the match, subdue Zhang Yan, and slowly persuade him to surrender with Huairou's plan. If Zhang Yan can lead 100,000 Montenegrin troops to join the lord, the world can be decided! ”

"Lord, you must first settle inside, this is a good time to kill Zhang Yan, Lord, think twice!" Frustrated, he knelt down and pleaded.

"Lord, don't listen to the words of frustration, you should persuade Zhang Yan with Huairou tactics, it is the best policy!" The trial and the discipline speak together.

After listening to the argument of the think tank, Yuan Shao couldn't pay attention for a while, and asked the others: "In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Xu Yu said: "What the three of them said is reasonable, if it is a strong attack, Taihang Mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will inevitably kill 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000." And let Zhang Yan loot 100,000 stones of grain and grass in our Jizhou, our army ignored it, and it was inevitably laughed at when it was spread. According to the situation, when both rigidity and softness are used, on the one hand, he sent people to persuade Zhang Yan to surrender, and on the other hand, he sent a general to lead tens of thousands of horses to the foot of Taihang Mountain to intimidate Zhang Yan, so that he would not dare to run rampant! ”

Yuan Shao thought for a moment, nodded and said: "According to Xu Ziyuan's words, use both rigidity and softness, send a person who can speak well to go up the mountain with my letter to persuade him to surrender, and send another team of men and horses to the foot of Taihang Mountain to feint and intimidate the Black Mountain thieves!" ”

Yuan Shao made up his mind, so he no longer listened to anyone's words, summoned the brothers Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang, and ordered them to ask Yuan Shang for 30,000 soldiers and horses, and swept north along the southern foot of Taihang Mountain, feigning an attack, but in fact intimidating the Montenegrin army.

Yuan Shang said: "Father, the total strength of Yecheng is 80,000, and 10,000 have been allocated to Xianyong before, and 30,000 are allocated to the Lu brothers this time, and only 40,000 troops are left, and the defense is empty. According to the children, they should give orders to the states and counties, recruit troops, send soldiers to Yecheng, and strengthen the strength of our army in preparation for the decisive battle with Gongsun Chan next year! ”

Yuan Shao nodded and agreed, and instructed Chen Lin to immediately send a message to all states and counties, order each county to be guarded, and the ministers of various countries to recruit troops, and then send the recruited recruits to Yecheng and hand them over to Yuan Shang, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou for training. A total of 50,000 recruits will be recruited this time, and they will be strictly allocated to the quota targets in various places.

After the discussion of the important matter, Yuan Shao sent another letter to the Liyi army, blaming him for having no way to use his troops, so that the grain and grass were robbed, and the soldiers were damaged, and ordered him to prepare grain and grass by himself, and the task of attacking Daijun remained unchanged and could not be delayed.

He also said to the staff: "Xiao'er Yuan Mai, after the first battle, made meritorious achievements. He led more than 3,000 people under the command of Hao Zhao and Wang Shuang, broke 10,000 people in the Dahong Department of the 'Moth Thief', and beheaded the thief Dahong, deterred the Black Mountain thieves, and raised the prestige of our army. My son Yuan Mai did not fall into the prestige of my Yuan family, and I decided to grant Xianyong the title of 'Rebellious General', do you have any objections? ”

Everyone knows that Yuan Shao is famous for protecting children, even if his son is no longer successful, he can scold himself, if you slander a few words, it will inevitably provoke the lord to be furious. Even the two sworn friends of Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang and Feng Ji, knew that Yuan Mai's higher and higher official position would be detrimental to Yuan Shang, but they did not dare to come out and touch Yuan Shao's rebellion at this time.

Everyone echoed and said: "Buy the son of the boy with a good way of using the army, and break the black mountain thief, he should be rewarded for his merits and canonized as a general, which is justified!" I dare not object! ”

So, Yuan Shao ordered the lord Bo to draft the document again, Jiang Yuanmai was promoted from the position of partial general to "rebellious general", Tian Chou contributed food and sacrificed his pawns, and was named Sima of other departments, Wang Shuang and Hao Zhao were added to the rank of knight, and they must be good to assist the "rebellious general", enter Koudai County, and harass Gongsun Zhan, so that he is not at peace.

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