"Third brother, let me ask you, since the spring, we and Yuan Shao have fought several battles, dozens of small battles, so what's the matter?"

"What else?" Zhang Feibao's eyes rolled and shouted without thinking: "Yuan Shao is shameless, first he united with Liu Yu to plot usurpation, and then he forcibly occupied Jizhou without the decree of the imperial court, so we, the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, naturally want to clean him up and clean him up!" ”

The righteousness he said was awe-inspiring, Wang Yu snickered in his stomach, Zhang Sanye really didn't really have no heart, otherwise he should say at this time: It's right to grab money, grain, and land.

"The third brother is right." Wang Yu nodded, and asked again: "Then in the opinion of the third brother, how can it be regarded as having cleaned up Yuan Shao?" ”

"Of course it's ......" Zhang Fei was about to drink when he picked up the wine bottle, and he was about to answer subconsciously, but when the words came to his mouth, his heart suddenly moved. Wang Yu's question seems simple and easy to answer, but if you think about it carefully, it is not like that at all.

Grabbing money and grain is easy to understand, and loading things into your own warehouse is even if you grab it, but this land grabbing is very knowledgeable. How can you grab a piece of land? In this regard, Zhang Fei really has no idea, there is no way, Liu Bei has never had such a valuable resource so far, how can Zhang Fei have practical experience.

For example, except for Yuan Shao's forcible seizure of Jizhou, without going through formal procedures, most of the other princes' territories were appointed by the imperial court and recognized by local tyrants, and the latter article was particularly important, so although Yuan Shao did not receive the imperial court's edict in advance, his ruling foundation in Jizhou was still very solid.

"Well, then Pengju, tell me, what kind of battle did we fight, and we won it completely?" Zhang Fei has always disliked complicated thinking, and he simply threw the question back to Wang Yu, the questioner.

"If you win completely, then you can only kill Yuan Shao. Or drive out of Jizhou completely. Wang Yu smiled, stretched out two fingers and shook it, "The previous one is relatively easy to achieve, but it was a little bit worse last time, but he didn't show up this time, if you want to kill him, you have to fight all the way to Yecheng, which is obviously not easy." ”

Of course, it's not easy, from Qinghe to Yecheng. On the way, it is all Yuan Shao's territory. Although the battle was lost in the front, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, but Yuan Shao's ruling foundation in several counties in the south of Jizhou did not waver, and if he wanted to take Yecheng, he could only fight all the way step by step.

"Intelligence shows. Yuan Shao set up heavy troops in Cangting and Guantao, and the person stationed in Guantao was Gao Lan, a Hebei general with the same name as Zhang Jaw...... "Wang Yu dipped his fingers in wine and drew a simple diagram on the table to show Yuan Shao's specific defense situation.

Yuan Shao is a hero after all, although he also has the weakness of the family, but after the initial panic. It quickly stabilized its position. For Wang Yu's victory, he built a strong defense line in Guangping and Yangping counties, from Cangting in the southernmost part to Guantao. Then to Ping'en, several strategic points sent famous generals to lead heavy troops to guard.

It is not easy to pass through this line of defense, and Gao Ran is a general who is as famous as Zhang Jaw. From the performance of the open jaw, you can deduce Gao Ran's ability.

"Conquer city by city. Even if you can win every battle, by the time you get to Yecheng, there are not a few soldiers left. If you leave them alone and bypass them, you will be alone in the depths, and you may be cut off at any time, or even besieged, and you will win or lose. ”

There are many examples of light soldiers sneaking up on the enemy's base camp and winning in one fell swoop, which is what Chengzu Zhu Di did when he was in trouble. But the specific situation has to be analyzed specifically, Zhu Di dared to do this because he had an internal response in Nanjing, and someone opened the city gate for him, but Wang Yu and Gongsun Zan did not have this convenience.

Whether it is Lu Yi or Zhang Jaw, the officials and generals in Jizhou, those who can look at the wind have already been lowered, and the rest are very firm. This is an era of advocating loyalty, no one will easily change the court, Jizhou has changed hands for less than a year, but if there is a little blood, it will not change the two masters within a year.

The current situation is different from the battle of Guandu in history, before the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao seized the military power granted by the frustration and put him and Tian Feng in prison together. Under internal and external troubles, Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran had no choice but to surrender.

Although the current battle situation in Jizhou is unfavorable, it has not yet reached the time of complete despair, and it is Lu Yi and Chun Yuqiong who have lost the battle, not Yuan Shao and Fu Zhu, which will not have a subversive impact on the hearts of the people of Jizhou.

And Jizhou also has soldiers and food, as long as they hold the defense line of Guangping and Yangping, they will not be wiped out by Wang Yu in one go.

The most important thing is that at present, Jizhou is quite stable internally, and the foreign faction has not been able to overwhelm the Jizhou faction, and most of the real power is in the hands of the Jizhou faction.

Therefore, Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran, these famous generals in Jizhou, all chose to fight to the death.

As for whether there will be unstable factors inside Yecheng, Wang Yu has no way of knowing. But he knew very well that the surprise attack on Yecheng was a big gamble, and the moment the soldiers came to the city, it was possible to give a great shock to the city, resulting in wavers and refugeers, as an internal response, to break the city in one fell swoop; But it is more likely that the labor division went on an expedition, went deep alone, and then stopped the army under the fortified city.

This is a veritable gamble, if it was just a moment after crossing, Wang Yu might have a fight, but now, his family business is not small, and he can't afford to fight for such a pitiful success rate.

Zhang Fei nodded while smashing his mouth, I don't know if he was smacking his tongue, or he felt sorry for the wine that Wang Yu brought to paint, and when Wang Yu finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Where is Zhang Yan?" The Black Mountain thieves dispatched an army of 100,000, and after capturing Handan, could Yuan Shao still be so calm? ”

"Don't mention him." Wang Yu pouted angrily: "What he launched is really too inopportune, if he hadn't done this, Yuan Shao wouldn't have set up this turtle formation at all, maybe he would have personally led the army to counterattack!" Now it's okay, they scared Yuan Shao, and they can't capture Handan, so it's better to stay in the mountains and leave some thoughts for everyone. ”

Zhang Yan's large-scale attack was not what Wang Yu expected at all. It's not that Wang Yu doesn't look down on Zhang Yan's force, he has an innate advantage in the Yellow Turban, Zhang Yan's subordinates have at least hundreds of thousands, so many people are huge wealth in themselves, how can Wang Yu dislike it?

However, it is indeed not the right time for Zhang Yan to launch, since his troops are also from the Yellow Turban, they have the same advantages and disadvantages. The Yellow Turban Army's ability to attack fortifications is not an ordinary scum.

Handan guard Yin Kai is not a famous general. But Handan City is the former capital of Zhao State, the walls are high and the pools are deep, and the city defense is very strong, as long as there are thousands of people who dare to fight, 100,000 yellow scarves will only sigh with hope.

The mobility of the Montenegrin Army is not good, the soldiers and civilians of the Yellow Turban Army are not separated, and when the army is dispatched, it is often to support the old and the young, and it is impossible to capture Handan City. If they can't guarantee the back road, they can only circle around Handan.

Therefore, Zhang Yan's powerful attack not only frightened Yuan Shao and nailed Yuan Shao to Yecheng. It didn't do anything, but instead destroyed Wang Yu's strategy to lure the snake out of the hole.

He divided his troops in many places, originally wanting to show the enemy weakness and lure Yuan Shao, who was eager to find face, to attack.

Wang Yu concluded: "So, unless other forces join the battle and break the situation, otherwise. Capturing the thief and capturing the king first will definitely not work. Now, we can only try to erode Yuan Shao's territory and squeeze out his power little by little. ”

Zhang Fei understood: "I see. Therefore you issued decrees in the three counties of the plains, and let the people come west to eat. Counted as conscription? It's kind of interesting. ”

Wang Yu laughed, raised his hand and pointed outward, and said, "Ninety percent of the fields outside are local heroes. Since they don't know the current affairs, they are ready to be loyal to Yuan Shao. So what else is there to be polite? Using their food to give to the hungry is the best punishment, haha! ”

At the end of the Han Dynasty, peasant uprisings rose one after another, and the root cause was that the gap between the rich and the poor was too large, and the powerful used power to frantically annex land, so that more and more peasants lost the land they relied on for survival and fell into abject poverty.

Jizhou and Yanzhou were the areas with the highest concentration of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and the suppression was also the most effective, indicating that the powerful forces here were relatively strong, and at the same time, there were more victims of land annexation.

The reason why they refused to surrender was not due to the influence of Wang Yu's new policy in Qingzhou.

Qingzhou's New Deal was a policy that tended to defend the weak, and there was a fundamental conflict with the traditional Chinese bureaucratic system, which had always pursued a different punishment from the doctors, the latter note

The most important thing is to safeguard the interests of the nobles.

Historically, before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's administration was quite similar to the Qingzhou New Deal, but after the war, in order to appease the Haoqiang of Jizhou, Cao Cao had to change course and restore the policy to the traditional model.

Wang Yu can actually take the same approach now, in order to change the internal affairs, in exchange for the support of Jizhou Haoqiang, and then consolidate the territory that has been occupied more quickly.

It's a pity that Wang Yu is not a politician in his bones, although he also knows how to listen to opinions and will not be stubborn because of things like face, but he will not make the slightest concession on principled things.

How to change the fate of China's centuries-old cycle of prosperity and decline?

Not to consume too much of the population in a civil war? Did it work?

You must know that the opportunity for the Five Hu Chaohua is not the Three Kingdoms, but the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty! In that internal strife, the leaders of the famous Sima family attacked each other, and those who lost refused to give up, and each led the invasion from outside, which led to the dark age of the following hundreds of years. Just by preserving the vitality of the Central Plains in the Three Kingdoms era, can you avoid infighting?

Even if he solves the problem of the Sima clan by himself, in the next one or two hundred years, he will not cause infighting between the royal family and the powerful faction. But as long as we continue to pursue the policy of respecting the traditional clan and despising the common people, after a few hundred years, the dynasty will follow in the footsteps of the Eastern Han Dynasty, just like the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties in later generations.

Therefore, Wang Yu intends to correct the direction of Chinese civilization from the roots.

Of course, it's hard, very hard! Cao Cao, who was eloquent and strategic, also failed to persevere to the end, and soon succumbed to the pressure of reality.

But Wang Yu still has to give it a try, he knows that his political strategy is countless times worse than Cao Cao's, but he also has his own advantages, he has crossed over, and he has two thousand years of knowledge!

His foresight made it easier for him to subdue famous generals, build up his team, and accept allies; You can also choose the most suitable base according to your own needs; To a certain extent, he can also predict the enemy's choices; It is much stronger than the other princes who are struggling in the troubled times and have a cloud of darkness in front of them.

In addition, his tactical methods ahead of the times also made it easier for him to win battles. Those advanced new technologies can not only bring equipment such as paper armor, but also bring him huge economic benefits.

With such a powerful golden finger, for even a hero like Cao Cao, the impossible task is in the hands of Wang Yu. But it may not be impossible to achieve it.

Wang Yu was originally not afraid of difficulties, let me ask, how could he be afraid of difficulties and retreat and go with the flow?

Since the heroes of Jizhou refused to give in, Wang Yu did not accommodate them, so he simply came to the bottom of the cauldron to draw salaries and buy the hearts of the people to the end. If Yuan Shao wanted to implement the turtle shrinkage strategy to the end, Wang Yu used this trick to advance step by step, encroaching on Yuan Shao's territory little by little.

Haoqiang is actually a landlord. Without land, they may be able to jump a few times in the short term, but after a long time, they are nothing. When the time comes, even if Wang Yu does not surrender. These people will also respectfully send them to the door to let Wang Yu slap his face.

"Of course, they will definitely resist for a while before they finally give in, such as going out of the city to attack while the people are harvesting."

Of course, Wang Yu would not explain so much to Zhang Fei, he just explained the effect of expelling people into the country, and then pointed to the map drawn with wine, and said with a smile: "So." Immediately there will be battles, many battles! If the third brother is interested, he may wish to choose a few places, and the younger brother Dai Bo Jue will be the master. Whoever fights the city is the one who is in charge, how? ”

"Really?" Zhang Fei raised his head suddenly, and his eyes full of drunkenness suddenly lit up. Wang Yu's move can be described as extremely clever. Let people know that there is a problem, but they will still be fooled. The success rate is extremely high.

The heroes hiding in the city knew that the coalition army was small, and the main force had to keep an eye on Zhang Jaw in Yan County, so it was impossible for them to watch the hungry people from outside grab their food, so they could only go out of the city to drive them away.

On Wang Yu's side, he can send a small number of elites to hide among the people, and as soon as the city gate is opened, he will launch a counterattack. In addition to Yan County, there are only some county soldiers in other cities in Qinghe County, and there are no generals, and the more than 1,000 remnants of his brother's soldiers are enough to capture a city, maybe he can also divide his troops with his second brother and capture the city at the same time!

Of course, Wang Yu's side will not be idle, it doesn't take too many people to keep an eye on Zhang Jaw, the initiative is in the hands of the besieging party, and it is impossible for Zhang Jaw to see a little wind and grass, so the whole army will go to battle.

If that's really the case, in addition to the foot soldiers, the Qingzhou army also has 200 mounted iron cavalry and 800 light cavalry, and the mobility is far above the defenders, and it will only be convenient for Wang Yu to pull out this nail as soon as possible.

As for the fact that some places are not well guarded, and Qinghe's powerful raid was successful, it doesn't matter, the hatred of the people will not come at Wang Yu, and the hatred will only be doubled to the heroes of Qinghe. The people's will will be more and more beneficial to Qingzhou, and if the time is long enough, Qinghe will completely become the territory of Qingzhou.

Wang Yu smiled slightly: "The military aircraft is a big thing, there is nothing to say. ”

"I see!" Zhang Fei tugged at his beard and said happily: "No wonder the second brother said that you have far-reaching plans and don't need to worry about it too much, but when I look at it today, it's really like this!" Okay, that's it, I'll go and tell the eldest brother and second brother to choose a location as soon as possible, and set off with the team today! ”

After saying that, he rolled out of the military tent like a gust of wind.

"This Third Brother Zhang is really an anxious person, and he won't wait for me to finish speaking......" Zhang Fei walked away too fast, and before Wang Yu could finish speaking, he shook his head and said: "Okay, anyway, Xuande Gong will definitely come again, and just tell him when the time comes." ”

"Lord, do you really give them such a big advantage?" Tai Shi Ci endured it for a long time, and his own family spent his troops to surround the most capable Zhang Jaw, and let the Youzhou army pick up the cheap, which was already very unfair, and now even Liu Bei, the general of the defeated army, has a cheap pick-up, which is really embarrassing.

"Anyway, it's someone else's thing, isn't it just right to give it away?" Wang Yu picked up the wine glass, shook it at the end of his nose, and said with a smile: "Winning first is not winning, and it is not that you can defend the city by beating it, I think ah, Yuan Shao is not so easy to solve." ”

"At this time, what else can he do?" Tai Shi Ci said disdainfully.

"It's hard to say." Wang Yu shook his head noncommittally.

In terms of strategy, he rarely underestimates the enemy, even Yuan Shu, the pure second ancestor, can be defeated and fought repeatedly by relying on the shroud of his family background, and there are more and more territories and troops, how can Yuan Shao, a hero who is several times stronger than Yuan Shu in history, be solved so easily?

"Therefore, this Yancheng, we must not attack it, and we must keep enough troops to deal with it."

"Could it be that Cao Cao will come to the rescue?" Tai Shi Ci crossed his fingers and counted them one by one: "Well, Zhang Yang in Hanoi is also the only one who is the first to look forward to Yuan Shao...... Liu Dai is a grass on the wall, but it is difficult to guarantee that he does not feel cold lips and teeth...... Not to mention, the current situation is really a bit tricky! ”

"How many ways are you? It's a lot of trouble! ”

Wang Yuyun smiled lightly: "So, the benefits should be given to Brother Bo Jue and them, the stronger they are, the more beneficial it will be to us, if Yuan Shao is not as strong as we think, it doesn't matter, when the time comes, send Zhang Ning to Montenegro for a trip, and then let people go to Hedong, won't our momentum rise immediately?" ”

"Makes sense!" Tai Shici's right hand clenched into a fist and smashed it on the palm of his left hand, making a crisp sound.

"It's best to be able to take Hebei, if you can't take it, it's not bad to occupy a Qinghe, even if you can't occupy Qinghe in the end, it doesn't matter, anyway, before spring ploughing next year, Qingzhou is safe, that's enough." Isn't it our original intention to take offense as defense and win time for the development of Qingzhou? ”

Wang Yu smiled and said: "Anping is a little far away, don't talk about him, the people of Qinghe and the three counties have gained such a great benefit from a certain hand, and when Yuan Shao makes a comeback, can they still have good fruits to eat?" What will they do then? What can be done? Therefore, as long as you survive this autumn, and then, even if you give up Qinghe, it doesn't matter. ”

Tai Shici's expression changed from indignation at the beginning, to amazement, and finally to a face of worship.

The lord was not carried away by the big victory, his thinking is still so clear, he is not greedy for small profits, and he has the backhand to control the situation, this ability to control emotions and send and receive freely is really incredible!