Chapter 226: Wanluo's Change
is also from a pseudonym, Xu Shu's reason is not the same as Tian Feng's.
Tian Feng is to avoid involving the family, Qingzhou and Jizhou are in a state of hostility, the Julu Tian family business is not small, and Yuan Shao's mind is not too broad, so he naturally has to be careful.
Xu Shu's reason is much simpler, his real name is Xu Fu, and he changed his name to Xu Shu after he reported the grievances of the Yingchuan gang and absconded with murder. It doesn't matter to him what his name is, as long as no one settles accounts with him.
Therefore, after being called by Wang Yu to break the name of Xu Shu, he was only surprised for a moment, and then returned to normal, and changed from being kind to showing people in the name of Xu Shu.
He has not been in the army for a long time, and apart from providing Tai Shici with a handle, he has not caused any other problems. On the contrary, with the assistance of Jia Xu, he sorted out the intelligence work in an orderly manner, and when he saw it, he entered the formality.
For Wang Yu, this meant that he could rest assured that he could delegate some trivial matters again.
In the eyes of Jia Xu and others, this is the potential of his master who does not doubt and suspects people, but in fact it is just a concrete embodiment of his concept of professional division of labor.
"On the Guanzhong side, after recovering a little and confirming the movement of our army, Dong Zhuo began to move, and the Xiliang army was divided into three routes, with Li Dao and Guo Biantun Huayin, out of Puban to oppress Hedong; Dong Yuetun Pond, into the Hangu Pass; Zhang Ji went out of Wuguan, attacked Nanyang, and the soldiers had reached Danshui, and the area around Xixian ......"
The Qingzhou War was fought one after another, and the other princes were not idle, and the biggest movement was Dong Zhuo.
After getting the news of Qingzhou, Dong Fatzi's heart finally fell to the ground, and his spirit suddenly recovered. Now that Wang Yu has begun to make a big splash in Tuntian, it is obvious that he is about to take root in Qingzhou.
With a base, Wang Yu will return to the sea like a dragon, which will definitely be more terrifying than before, but that is in the future, as long as he is sure that Wang Yu will not appear in front of him, Dong Zhuo will be fearless.
What's more, he lost money in Luoyang, and returned to Guanzhong empty-handed, if he didn't get some money and food as soon as possible, in terms of the composition of the Xiliang army, he could only wait for it to fall apart.
The directions in which he can use his troops are none other than these three. Xiliang is poorer than Guanzhong, and if the rebels over there don't come to grab Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo is already happy, of course it is impossible to poke the hornet's nest by himself.
Otherwise, it is Hanzhong and even Xishu, if you take a long-term view, this strategy is not a strategy for the country, but where can Dong Zhuo wait? He was waiting for the rice to be put into the pot.
"On the Hedong side, Bai Bo took advantage of the geographical advantage, waited for work at ease, and could not defend steadily, although Li and Guo attacked fiercely, but they could not help it, and now it is a situation that cannot be held together. From the perspective of Shu, as long as Bai Bo does not change his course, even if the battle is unfavorable, he can also retreat to Xie County, build a thick wall, and wait for Li Dao to retreat. β
"In the direction of Luoyang, Lu Bu took Zhang Liao as the main general, Gao Shun as his deputy, led 5,000 troops to garrison Hangu Pass, Dong Yue lightly advanced the enemy, and was raided by Gao Shun in Xin'an, and went to one of the three stops, and retreated until Shaanxi County to stop the rout, and now it is no longer able to pose an effective threat to Luoyang."
"Only the battle situation in Nanyang is relatively smooth, Zhang Ji is steady with his troops, and there is a nephew Zhang Xiu who is not a good man, plus the highway general divides his troops into two roads, both of which are attacking outside, Nanyang is empty, but he was caught off guard."
In line with the principle of first far and then near, Xu Shu first introduced the Central Plains battle situation.
"Yuan Zhi, how do you think the situation in Wanluo will evolve next?"
The situation in Sili Prefecture is not directly related to Qingzhou, but it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with it at all. To a certain extent, Bai Bo should be regarded as a subsidiary force of Qingzhou, and Yuan Shu is an ally with a common enemy.
Wang Yu had the heart to see Xu Shu's ability, so he asked.
"The highway general has no long-term plan, and the advantage of relying on the lord in advance has been lost. If he withdraws from Nanjun as soon as possible, there is still hope to keep Nanyang and make a comeback in the future. However, judging from Shu, I am afraid that he will not give up so easily, and it is likely that he will make a big mistake in Jingzhou and be driven away in the end. β
That's the terrible thing about the Land of the Four Wars.
Before Wang Yu left Luoyang, Yuan Shu swept Yuzhou, and Jingzhou seemed to be in a blink of an eye, and the situation was very good. But after that, the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.
First, the attack on Nanjun was unsuccessful, and the army was under the fortified city; Then Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, and after withdrawing his hand, he quickly dispatched troops to reinforce Zhou Ang, and the situation in Yuzhou suddenly reversed and became precarious; Without waiting for Yuan Shu to think about how to deal with it, Zhang Ji stabbed out again, completely disrupting Yuan Shu's position.
The enemies on three sides were very sharp, but Yuan Shu's own reaction was very slow, he adopted the method of dividing the army, and as a result, Gongsun Yue was defeated in Yuzhou, and Wuguan was lost in the west, and the strategy of Xiangyang City was still far away. Now, he is already a grasshopper after autumn, and he has been jumping for a few days when he sees it.
Xu Shu's deduction was very accurate, and Wang Yu knew very well that Yuan Shu would soon suffer a big loss under Xiangyang City, losing the general Sun Jian, and in desperation, he completely gave up Nanyang and retracted back to Yuzhou.
"Hedong Battle ......"
Xu Shu said with certainty: "Dong Zhuo will soon find out that his previous arrangement was wrong, and he is likely to give up Luoyang and attack Baibo with all his might, after all, Baibo is rich and Hedong is remote, and if he captures it, it will not cause hostility and siege from the princes of the Central Plains." Shu thought that Dong Zhuo might send reinforcements to attack Baibo from the two directions of Shaanxi County and Puban, and the battle would expand. β
"The result?" Wang Yu asked.
"If you only consider the battle situation in Hedong, Bai Bo shouldn't be able to last long. Now that Bai Bo is divided into two, Guo Tai and Yang Feng and other four generals have been centrifuged, since the beginning of the war in Hedong, he not only did not reinforce, but also took the opportunity to seize Wenxi City. It is conceivable that when the battle is at its most intense, General Yang Fengzhu is likely to be attacked on three sides, unless ......"
"Unless?"
"Lu Bu's behavior is a bit strange." Xu Shu nodded, "Luoyang is surrounded by soldiers, and there are few soldiers and horses in the state, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are his right-hand men, he let these two generals lead the infantry under his command to garrison Hangu Pass, and leave the cavalry in Luoyang, which seems to be seeking stability, but Shu thinks that he seems to be interested in moving westward." β
"Westward?" Xu Shu did not have a good reputation in the Taishan army, and Rao is Tian Feng had done his homework in advance, and he didn't know about his existence. At this time, seeing Xu Shu talking eloquently and analyzing incisively, Tian Feng was also surprised.
"Could it be that he intends to join forces with the generals of Hedong? and the state of the soldiers, the number is small, and the grain and grass are scarce; There are many people in Baibo, few elites, but a lot of money and food, if you can join forces against the enemy, it is the best policy. β
"What Mr. Yuan Hao said is reasonable," Xu Shu smiled, and then changed his words: "However, Shu guesses that Lu Bu may not just be thinking about self-preservation. β
"Not just thinking about self-preservation? Could it be that he wants to attack Guanzhong? "Tian Feng is good at internal affairs, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand strategy, Lu Bu is in Luoyang, and the best direction for expansion is actually Nanyang, not Guanzhong.
If LΓΌ Bu also joined, Yuan Shu would be attacked on all sides, and there would be no way to parry, LΓΌ Bu could take the opportunity to encroach on the land in the north of Nanyang, and according to the specific situation, decide whether to attack Yingchuan or go south to Jingzhou.
In the direction of Guanzhong, the strength of the Xiliang Army still exists, and it is impossible to do anything with the little troops in Lu Bu's hands. It was a good idea to take the opportunity of the alliance to annex Bai Bo, but Tian Feng was very skeptical that Lu Bu had that kind of strategy.
"Normally, of course, no, but it's hard to say right now. Dong Zhuo divided his troops and sent all the troops out to fight, and now only the Flying Bear Army is left in Chang'an City. On the same day, the lord released nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Yongzhou army, and now these soldiers have returned to Chang'an and have been collected into an army. β
"You mean to ......" Tian Feng raised his head with a shocked expression.
Subverting this kind of thing from the inside, Wang Yu has already done it once before, and when he was reminded of this part, he couldn't think of anything, was it still Tian Feng?
Xu Shu nodded heavily at him.
"Yuan Zhi, if as you expected, there is a change in the pass, how should our army deal with it, so that we can take advantage of the change to reap the greatest benefits?" Wang Yu's interest became stronger and stronger.
In addition to Jizhou and Jingzhou, the history that Wang Yu knows has changed too much, especially in Guan. Wang Yun died, Lu Bu defected, Jia Xu was poached by himself, several of the most critical figures in the Chang'an Revolution in history disappeared, and Wang Yu couldn't decide how the situation in Guanzhong would evolve.
Now Xu Shu suddenly put forward the possibility of changes in Guanzhong, and there are two major think tanks to refer to it together, just study it together to determine Qingzhou's next strategy.
Xu Shu arched his hand to Wang Yu and said with a smile: "I think that our army does not need to use a single soldier, only one pastime, and just go to Wanluo and Hedong." First, it can appease Yang Feng's generals, teach him face-to-face, and save this friendly army; In addition, you can show grace to Yuan and Lu to facilitate future strategies. β
"The huge Luoyang City has not been able to change to the word 'thanks', and you can be gracious in the vernacular?"
When he was in Luoyang, Wang Yu's biggest wrongful was to take the Bingzhou Army under his banner, and the beginning was quite smooth, and he and Lu Bu had a bit of sympathy. But later, because of Diao Chan's trouble, that bit of goodwill collapsed instantly, and before leaving, he sent such a big favor, but he couldn't impress Lu Bu a little, Wang Yu deeply regretted this.
Xu Shu said confidently: "It may not be useful at that time, when the reminder happens, even if Lu and Yuan don't think so, they will definitely be amazed by the foresight of the lord in their hearts, and next time there is a similar situation, they will seriously consider it." β
Seeing that Wang Yu was still thinking, Xu Shu added: "The lord should still remember that before the Qingzhou Yellow Turban broke through Linzi, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and others in Bingzhou publicly threatened that if the lord could win this battle, they would come forward to persuade Wen Hou to merge the whole army under your command?" β
Wang Yu nodded: "That's the case, what happened later?" β
"When the news of Taishan's victory reached Luoyang, Lu Bu personally tied up the two generals and beat them with forty sticks in public."
"......" Wang Yu glanced at Xu Shu, and then at the two major think tanks, and found that the three of them were all smiling, he was a little puzzled, "Is this a good thing?" β
"The lord is really wise and confused for a while," Jia Xu liked this kind of topic the most, and he continued: "If Wen Hou really didn't take the lord to heart, why did he make such a big fuss?" Obviously, not only did the lord's intention to win over the state generals see it, but Wen Hou himself was also worried, so he acted like this to make his position clear. β
"I see." Wang Yu suddenly realized, looking at it this way, is there still hope? "So, Yuan Zhi, what do you want to do to show favor to Wen Hou?"
Xu Shu smiled slightly and said, "Remind him not to go out easily, otherwise he will be attacked by someone." β