"What happened in the last minute?" Yuan Shang asked.

But in the midst of the crowd, a young man stepped out of the column and answered, "My lord, two interesting things have happened. ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, his face was interesting, and he said with a smile: "Ziyang, let's listen to it, it's rare that there are one or two things that can make you, a cold-faced person, feel interesting." ”

Ziyang, like Murong Wushuang, was the first batch of Yuan Shang's henchmen, serving as the director of the Tsing Yi Wei Intelligence Division, and together with another military intelligence team 'Falcon' that was separated from Yuan Shang, he was responsible for laying intelligence across the country.

When Ziyang heard this, his face remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "First, Tao Qian instructed his soldiers to kill the father of Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and the two sides are on the same page, and a big battle is imminent; Second, Gongsun Chan framed Liu Yu for having the heart of the emperor, led the army to break through Juyong City, Liu Yu and his wife and daughter in the city were slaughtered by Gongsun Zhan's subordinates, Liu He, the son of Liu Yu who traveled abroad to study, raised troops to avenge his father, and led 100,000 Han and Hu miscellaneous soldiers to fight with Gongsun Chan under the support of Liu Yu's old department Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou and Yan Rou. ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, a trace of interest appeared in his heart, and he said with a smile: "It's really interesting, Cao Song was killed by Tao Qian, Cao Cao, as his son, raised troops to take revenge, according to the general, he also coveted the six counties of Xuzhou, but the Youzhou Gongsun Zan was also forced to be miserable by Liu Yu, and he did such a dangerous thing, Liu Yu is easy to kill, and the trouble can be behind, no, the son of the other family came to the door to take revenge, interesting, indeed interesting, chaos, the more chaotic the better, the more chaotic we have the more opportunities to wait for the opportunity." ”

Next, Fu Zhi also smiled when he heard this, and said: "Indeed, as the lord said, the more chaotic the situation, the better our army can take advantage of the chaos to attack, our army has been dormant for three years, and it is time to move its muscles and bones, otherwise, the world will soon forget about the state iron horse." ”

Yuan Shang seemed to think of something, his face was slightly constricted, and he said in a deep voice: "What is the situation over there in Jizhou?" ”

Tian Feng frustrated Xu You and a group of civil and military soldiers who came out of Jizhou with Yuan Shang were shocked when they heard this, they were driven out of Jizhou back then, and it has always been a thorn in their hearts, especially after that, Yuan Tan Ke used troops against Jizhou more than once, and it is said that everyone present is still angry about Yuan Tan, including Yuan Shang, who is the leader.

When Ziyang heard this, he responded: "The development of Jizhou in recent years is not bad, Yuan Tan has to say that he is still quite talented, and the good development environment of Jizhou has made Jizhou's military resources have been quite abundant, Falcon and the Intelligence Department have worked together to investigate, in only three years, Jizhou has 150,000 standing soldiers and horses, this is still half a year ago data, with Jizhou's financial resources, think about it, raising 200,000 troops is not a problem." ”

"Two Hundred Thousand"

Yuan Shang frowned slightly, and under Yuan Shang's careful construction, the state army only had 80,000 iron cavalry, although the combat effectiveness was not bad, but compared with the 200,000 Jizhou soldiers, the number was more than half.

80,000 iron cavalry is already a standing soldier that can be raised in the state, although in recent years, with Yuan Shang entering the state, supporting farming, but also advocating trade, but after all, the time is still short, many policies have not been completely implemented in the entire county and county, calculated, 80,000 is already the limit.

Of course, the state is not only the 80,000 tiger and wolf army, in addition to the standing army, that is, the full-time war army, Yuan Shang also implemented a service system in the state, that is, in the state of the state, as long as you are at least eighteen years old, you have to go to the competent military departments at all levels to file a case backup, and then assigned to serve in various counties and counties far away from their hometown for three years, there was some resistance at the beginning, but under the supervision of the knife and gun, it was successfully implemented, and the results were not bad, in the first batch of service soldiers, Yuan Shang still picked out a lot of good seedlings, All of them were abundant in the battalions of the Tiger and Wolf Fierce Army, and these service soldiers have been receiving various military training for three years, although they have never been on the battlefield, but as long as they sharpen themselves, they can be of great use.

"Then Liu Bei is still in Jizhou?" Yuan Shang suddenly remembered and asked.

Since Liu Bei assisted Yuan Tan in dealing with him three years ago, I don't know why Lu Dao was stationed in Jizhou, then Yuan Tan was also generous enough, with a wave of his hand, he directly gave Yuan Jun's old base Bohai County to Liu Bei to station.

"No," Ziyang shook his head, and said in a somewhat surprised tone: "Then Liu Bei led 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command to Tao Qian in Xuzhou. ”

"Xuzhou," Yuan Shang nodded slightly, and his thoughts flowed in his heart.

"Lord, then Liu Bei wanted to come because he was unwilling to send people under the fence and plotted to go to Xuzhou." Xu You got up and said.

"Although Tao Qian is old, he is not an easy person, how can he Liu Bei pinch it if he wants to?" Yuan Shang asked.

Xu You's face was confident, and he said with a smile: "Of course it doesn't work on weekdays, but now the situation is different." ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he had a flash of inspiration and blurted out: "Cao Cao." ”

"The lord is wise."

Yuan Shang was silent in his heart, he knew in his heart, if it was usual, of course Liu Bei did not have a chance, with Tao Qian's control of Xuzhou, even if he was a fly, it was not so easy to see the stitches, however, Xuzhou was under the oppression of Cao Cao's military might, Xuzhou was weak, and he might not be able to resist Cao's army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me what you think, what should our army do?"

Everyone thought for a while, and after a while, Tian Feng stood up and said: "Lord, I think that the chaos in the world is a foregone conclusion, our army has been dormant for three years, and it is time to send troops, but it is still necessary to think about where to use troops first." ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he nodded his head slightly, and said, "Tell me what you think?" ”

Hearing this, Tian Feng walked out of the table and came to the military map, this giant map made of animal skins was drawn by Yuan Shangming's intelligence department and the two intelligence teams of Falcon, after careful investigation, its accuracy, although it is not as good as the satellite map, but it is rare in the world, and even the small ravines are marked.

"Youzhou," Tian Feng said, stretching out his finger and pointing to the area marked with the word Youzhou.

"Although Xuzhou is rich, but it is too far away from my state, even if it is defeated, it is difficult to say whether it can be held, for our army is like scratching the boots, after all, it is thankless, on the contrary, Youzhou and the state are adjacent, our army seized, and the state is connected into a piece, and the soldiers of the state can continue to support Youzhou at any time, at that time, with the sharpness of the Youzhou cavalry, our army has been cultivating for several months, and can attack Jizhou and Qingzhou at any time, if the four states of Hebei fall into the hands of our army, it is like digging a piece of fat meat deep in the fat deer in the Central Plains, The ambition of the Lord will also be successfully taken forward. ”

"What's more," Tian Feng's face turned cold, and he continued: "I want to go back to Jizhou a long time ago. ”

Yuan Shang's group of representatives of the Jizhou scholars who were forced to leave Jizhou have long been eager to return to Jizhou one day, and being driven out of Jizhou by Yuan Tan was not only a shame for Yuan Shang, but also a shame for Tian Feng to judge these Hebei scholars.

"Is that what you think?" Yuan Shangxia's narrow eyes swept over Tian Feng, Xu Youxian, Feng Ji and the others one by one, and asked.

"Yes." Everyone nodded slightly.

"Since you hate Yuan Tan so much, why don't you attack Jizhou directly?

The judge stood up and responded: "Although we hate Yuan Tan Guotu and others for slaughtering our people, compared with the great cause of the lord, we are willing to wait for a few years, as long as Youzhou falls, Jizhou will not last long." ”

"Very good," a hint of appreciation flashed in Yuan Shang's eyes, and he suddenly got up and said: "Before leaving Jizhou, I promised you that I would lead thousands of troops and horses back to Jizhou in the future, since this is the case, let's start from Youzhou." ”

Hearing this, Tian Feng and other strategists said in unison: "The lord is wise. ”

"Every one will obey."

"The end will be." A loud voice rang out.

"All armies are ready to go, weapons, grain and grass are fully distributed, just wait for the time to completely set foot in Youzhou."

"Whoa."