Just when Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers were fighting for Yuzhou, Dong Shouye had already embarked on the road back to Chang'an with the victorious army.

Originally, Dong Shouye didn't expect that the two brothers of the Yuan family would be so eager to turn against each other, although Dong Shouye knew that the Yuan brothers would fight sooner or later by virtue of his identity as a traverser, he didn't know the specific details, after all, what was recorded in the history books could only be approximate, not very detailed, and he didn't know how many people would tamper with.

Dong Shouye's original plan was to force Sun Jian out of Luoyang, and let the general Li Meng take over Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's grain transit base - Yangcheng, this plan is also a tacit understanding between the two sides in the compromise between Dong Shouye and Sun Jian, after all, after Sun Jian withdrew from Luoyang, it is difficult to regroup in the short term, rather than defending Yangcheng to stimulate Dong Shouye, it is better to give Yangcheng to Dong Shouye on a downhill donkey.

But what both sides didn't expect was that it was a halfway way to bite the gold, Yuan Shao sent the Zhou brothers and Cao Cao to stir up the peace, Dong Shouye was suddenly a little unhappy, but there was nothing to do, since it had been decided to lead the army to leave Luoyang and return to Chang'an, it was impossible to return to Luoyang to continue to compete with the Yuan brothers, and there was not so much grain and grass. If Li Meng's 5,000 men and horses want to pick up cheap among the Yuan brothers, it is not realistic, and they have no intention of taking chestnuts in the fire and snatching food.

Dong Shouye's original intention was to let Li Meng lead his men and horses into Yangcheng, and maintain a certain amount of coercion on Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, and at the same time guard the southern gate of Luoyang, so that Yuan Shu and Sun Jian would not dare to go north.

Now that things have come to this point, Dong Shouye will not let Li Meng take risks, so he ordered Li Meng to temporarily preside over the defense of the three passes of Yiyun Pass, Xuanyuan Pass, and Dagu Pass on the south side of Luoyang, especially Yiyun Pass, without loss.

The three passes on the south side of Luoyang, especially the Yiyun Pass is the most important, the Yiyun Pass is also known as the Longmen Pass after the Three Kingdoms, there was a saying that "the Dragon Gate is lost, Luoyang is not guaranteed", in Dong Shouye's view, as long as the Yiyun Pass is not lost, and then wait for the opportunity to obtain Yangcheng, there is no need to rush for a while.

As for Sun Jian, he will not scruple about the tacit understanding he reached with Dong Shouye before, since he left Luoyang, Sun Jian wants to stay away from Dong Shouye, and there will be no more intersections, as for Yangcheng, as long as Yuan Shu has no opinion, he Sun Jian will not care. Now that Yuan Shu agreed to Sun Jian's retreat from Yangcheng, it couldn't have been better.

But the current situation is that Yuan Shao sent people to fight for Yangcheng, Sun Jian couldn't help but be a little annoyed, Yuan Shao's behavior made Sun Jian very cold, but at this time Sun Jian was not willing to do anything in the battle between the Yuan brothers, so he did a battle with the Zhou brothers and the men and horses led by Cao Cao in Yangcheng, and after repelling the other party, he persuaded Yuan Shu to return to the base camp Luyang.

In Sun Jian's opinion, after he left Yangcheng, his belonging had nothing to do with him, whether it was occupied by Yuan Shao or Dong Shouye, it was better for both sides to fight to the death.

However, Sun Jian's desire to see the fight between the two sides did not appear, because the men and horses led by Li Meng were very restrained in the pass and never came out.

There are few generals from the Xiliang Army who are not hot-tempered, although Li Meng also feels that he can get out of the customs and see the needles between the Yuan brothers and take advantage of the chaos to take Yangcheng. Although the other side had more soldiers and horses, the successive victories made Li Meng feel that the so-called Kwantung princes were nothing more than Erer, and they were not as good as a finger of his own son.

But wanting Dong Shouye to have a conversation with himself before leaving, Li Meng still gave up this idea.

At that time, Li Meng asked Dong Shouye: "Son, our army is strong, although the number is only 5,000, but there is still a lot to be done in the maneuver between the two sides, why not watch the two Yuan sandpiper and clam fight, but I am a good fisherman?" ”

Dong Shouye smiled at the time and said to Li Meng: "At present, our army has been fighting in Luoyang for many days, and the strategic goals set when sending troops have been achieved, and the war in Luoyang is basically over. Moreover, at present, the main task of our army is to keep Luoyang and defend its north, east, and south sides, and the best situation is that Luoyang is calm and war-free, which is in line with the overall interests of our army. Sending troops to Yangcheng, even if there are gains, it is just a gain or loss of a city and a place, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation, on the contrary, if you make a rash move, it will stimulate Er Yuan, thinking that our army has the intention of advancing eastward, so that it will stop fighting and fight against our army together. Dong Shouye paused, sighed, and continued: "Our army is running out of grain and grass now, and it is not enough to be aggressive. ”

Li Meng still didn't give up, and continued to ask: "Childe, some time ago, our army won a lot of several great victories, can't we spare some to supply five thousand men and horses." ”

Dong Shouye didn't answer, and looked at Jia Xu next to him.

Seeing this, Jia Xu said: "Captain Li, now that the situation in Luoyang has just stabilized, many prisoners of war need to be settled, and the Tuntian matter is also being carried out in an orderly manner, and these things need a lot of grain and grass to support. I know that Captain Li is eager to make meritorious contributions, but he still needs to come out of the overall situation, so why care about temporary gains and losses. As long as you follow Childe, are you afraid that you won't be able to make credit in the future? After speaking, he looked at Li Meng with a smile.

After listening to this, Li Meng clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Li Meng remembers the teachings of his son and the military advisor, and will never go into battle without authorization!" ”

After listening to Li Meng's determination, Dong Shouye walked a few steps forward, looked at a forest in the distance, and then said: "The two Yuan have been at odds since childhood, and it is a matter of time before they fight each other, I didn't want the two Yuan to attack each other so eagerly, originally my son let Sun Jian go south, wanting to take advantage of the situation to recapture Yangcheng and grasp the southern gateway of Luoyang." Now that they have fought, it is also a good thing, if they can unite as one, it will be the big trouble of our army, and these Kwantung rats will be broken by our army one by one sooner or later. ”

When Li Meng heard this, he immediately felt his blood surge, and he couldn't help but be infected by Dong Shouye's confidence, and after a while, he asked, "May I ask Gongzi, what will be the outcome of the battle between Eryuan?" ”

Dong Shouye laughed and said: "Yuan Shao just won Jizhou, and his confidence skyrocketed, thinking that the world was not enough, he stretched out his big hand to Yuzhou so quickly. This Yuzhou is Yuan Shu's back garden, how can he tolerate others being involved, it must be a strong counterattack. Yuan Shao's move is indeed too long, and he will definitely not be able to get any benefits. Yuan Shu's strength has risen sharply now, and the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, the Zhou brothers and Cao Cao sent by Yuan Shao are just partial teachers all the way, how can they fight against Yuan Shu, the head snake who holds the power of Erzhou? I think that this Yuan Shao's partial teacher will be expelled from Yuzhou by Yuan Shu sooner or later. ”

Jia Xu suddenly asked, "What does Gongzi think of Yuan Benchu?" ”

Dong Shouye was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "This person is really the enemy of our army!" If a person is measured by the way of Go, Yuan Benchu should be a first-class national player, a well-deserved generation of grandmasters? ”

Jia Xu then asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Dong Shouye replied: "Yuan Benchu became famous as a young man, lived in Luoyang to raise his name, waited for the price increase for 20 years, and earned the world's reputation, which is actually the leader of the party. A concubine, even testing his own strength and being like this, should not be underestimated. Regardless of whether the killing of the Ten Standing Servants was right or wrong, Cao Cao's rebellion against my father began, Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation, broke through Han Fu's encirclement in one fell swoop, left the Bohai Sea, and became the leader of the world's heroes. After that, a plot to capture Jizhou, the soldiers are not bloody, this hand is like a stroke of genius, which can be called perfect. In the opinion of this son, the four states of Hebei will be in Yuan Shao's bag sooner or later. Such a character is really the enemy of our army! ”

After listening to this, Jia Xu nodded, obviously agreeing with Dong Shouye's words, and was very satisfied that Dong Shouye could objectively evaluate his opponent, instead of blindly belittling and sarcastic.

Li Meng was a little puzzled, and asked: "Didn't Gongzi just say that Yuan Shao sent the Zhou brothers to fight with Yuan Shu to fight for Yuzhou and failed, why did he start praising Yuan Shao again at this time?" ”

Dong Shouye looked at Li Meng and smiled, but did not speak.

Jia Xu said: "The Zhou brothers sent by Yuan Benchu are just partial teachers all the way, and they have nothing to do with the overall situation, besides, this Zhou brothers are not Yuan Benchu's descendants, even if the whole army is wiped out, there will be no loss to Yuan Benchu's strength." For Yuan Benchu, this Yuzhou can be regarded as the icing on the cake if he gets it, and it doesn't matter if he can't get it. It's different for Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu must control Yuzhou. The biggest intention of Yuan Benchu's move was to create trouble for Yuan Shu, so that Yuan Shu could not form an effective control over Yuzhou. ”

After hearing this, Li Meng said: "I see! ”

Sometimes that's the way it is, two companies compete with each other, the best result is not that their products are better than each other, their own development speed is faster than each other, but while maintaining a certain development speed of their own, try to stumble on the opponent, play a black hand, drag the opponent's retreat, limit the opponent's development speed, so that their own development exceeds the opponent, and it is far behind themselves.

Some companies do do this now, for example, the battle between red cans of herbal tea is typical, all kinds of shameless tricks can be used, although Yuan Shao is not a current person, there are no small tricks and dirty in people's hearts now, but the truth is the same, each has its own form of expression.

The road is simple, and all laws are one!

To be honest, Yuan Shao's yin tricks made it very good, and the results achieved were also good, successfully creating huge problems for Yuan Shu and limiting his development speed. The most direct manifestation is that the situation in Yuzhou is unstable, and the confidence of some families or various forces that have fallen to Yuan Shu has begun to waver, and many people have begun to wait and see, vacillating between the two Yuan. Even the Yuan clan base camp in Runan was divided into two factions, and you must know that once again, almost all the people in the Yuan clan base camp fell to Yuan Shu.

The current situation is not conducive to Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu is not good at stubble, he was hacked, so he will naturally fight back with all his might, regardless of whether he is his brother or not?

Yuan Shao yin Yuan Shu this time, and the results were gratifying, but it also brought himself a big trouble.