12. Battle
Yuan Shang's body was faintly inaudible, and his heart was shocked at first, and suddenly he realized that Fu Bo had already returned to Yuan Shao's side, as Yuan Shao's loyal confidant, the matter of Tsing Yi Wei would definitely be reported, not to mention, the intelligence team of the Yuan family, codenamed 'Crow', was not vegetarian,' The crow's inheritance in the Yuan family for hundreds of years, the father died and the son inherited, and the childless disciples, for hundreds of years loyally followed the footsteps of the Yuan family, and this intelligence team was only able to be controlled by the heads of the family in the past dynasties, although Yuan Shao handed over the head of the family token to Yuan Shang, but this intelligence team is still firmly in the hands, in the final analysis, or this weapon is too important, even beyond the status of the head of the family token in the minds of the previous generations of family heads.
The all-night long conversation between the father and son of the Yuan family did not attract much attention, and when the next day was routinely discussed, Yuan Shao announced another explosive news again, announcing a strategic offensive against Gongsun Chan in advance and opening the curtain of the war in advance.
This is one of the decisions negotiated by the father and son last night, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's secret agreement is unknown, but Yuan Shang is resolutely opposed, he stressed that Cao Cao can not be allowed to have enough time to occupy and digest Henan Prefectures, but should take advantage of Gongsun Zhan is not completely ready to send troops to fight him off guard In addition to driving the Youzhou army out of Jizhou, the most ideal is to take the opportunity to occupy Youzhou, of course, this is a general strategy and goal, to achieve this goal, it will take at least two years or so, And it is also a prerequisite for the Yuan army to successfully defeat or resist the edge of the cavalry of the Youzhou army, otherwise everything is empty talk.
And this is only the first step of Yuan Shang's goal, in addition to consolidating the base camp of Jizhou, it is also necessary to take the opportunity to annex Youzhou, a place with sufficient resources for the people's fierce war horses, so as to achieve the purpose of training cavalry in large quantities, in Yuan Shang's words, it is to rely on Yan Zhao's division to win the Central Plains.
With the land of Yan Zhao based on Yuan Jun has the ability to spy on the rest of the states, the four states of Hebei must be annexed and then digested, Yuan Shang's idea is similar to Cao Cao's strategic purpose in history, if Cao Cao had not defeated Yuan Shao and occupied Hebei and other strategic places, its military resources and resource occupancy could not support it to become the most powerful prince of the Three Kingdoms, and even said that it could not achieve the later Great Wei State.
However, for the time being, the Yuan army has lost most of Jizhou, and the Youzhou army's large-scale invasion of many states and counties are subjugated to Gongsun Zhan's riding boots, and the Yuan army can directly control less than half of the states and counties, so the situation is not optimistic for Yuan Shao and others.
Yuan Shao's decision unsurprisingly caused an uproar, and the first person to jump out to oppose it was Xu You, a famous strategist under Yuan Shao.
Xu You, whose name is far away, is known as one of the three heroes of Hebei.
Xu You is thin and small, his face is slightly ordinary, his two long beards hang down his chest, and he wears a scribe's scarf and hat, which looks a little elegant.
"Lord, this move is really risky, seeing that the weather has not completely warmed, and the recruits of our army have not yet been trained and skilled, provoking a big war at this time may be seriously detrimental to our army, I hope the lord will think deeply."
"My lord, after thinking about it, I also feel that this is not the right time to fight with Gongsun Zhan." Another green-robed scribe in the tent also began, and his voice was clear and loud, which made people's hearts feel as comfortable as clear water.
Judged, a native of Wei County, Jizhou, and Fu Zhu are both representatives of the wealthy family who supported Yuan Shao to enter Jizhou, and he is quite strategic, capable of writing and martial arts, although he is also a person from Jizhou, he has always been at odds, and there are fights in the back.
The rest of the strategists such as Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Zhao Zhao, Tian Yu, and the Xin brothers, as well as the Yuan brothers and military generals such as Gao Gan, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, all expressed their opinions one by one, but Yuan Shang, Tian Feng, Zhang He, Luyi and others were silent.
Yuan Shang was silent, his eyes were slightly blind, and he quietly listened to several people in the tent to tell their views, according to common sense, the captain of the first battalion was not qualified to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army, but everyone in the tent tacitly did not mention this matter, after all, it was still the identity, the identity of this kind of thing is sometimes better than hard work, three points are destined to be seven points by hard work, some people have worked hard for decades and may not be able to set foot in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Yuan Shang, who has the identity of the son of the handsome, is obviously very good at taking advantage of his advantages.
Yuan Shao's face was indifferent with an expression of watching the play, relatively speaking, Yuan Shao's face was a little ugly, and none of the more than a dozen people agreed to speak, which made Yuan Shao, who had always been very controlling, very angry.
"That's enough."
Yuan Shao couldn't bear it anymore, his white palm slapped heavily on the table, and everyone at the table instantly sobered up, and everyone was chattering like this, but it was the lord above who looked ugly.
The atmosphere in the tent instantly fell, and it was terrifyingly quiet.
Seeing this, Yuan Shao's face improved a lot.
"Xianfu, tell me your opinion." Yuan Shao said.
Hearing Yuan Shao call his name Yuan Shang didn't have a trace of surprise in his heart, but it was like the two had agreed to move in advance, not like it, but at all.
Yuan Shao's face was slightly straightened, and he stood up, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Yuan Shang.
"The last general agrees with the lord's point of view, one of which is in line with the current situation of our army in advance, as the prince said, our army is not fully prepared and can not organize a full-scale offensive, but the last general does not see it that way, even the rank here thinks that our army can not attack the Youzhou army on a large scale this time, and Gongsun Chan will also not think that our army will pour camp when the winter snow has not completely melted, as the so-called 'attack is unprepared, Surprise', our army is ready to go, the Youzhou army's food, grass, war horses and weapons are not yet complete, especially the slippery road can weaken the cavalry's charging power to a certain extent, miss this opportunity to wait for the weather to warm up the enemy's cavalry will be a big trouble for our army, I hope the princes and generals think for a moment. ”
Everyone in the tent fell into deep thought when they heard this, and it was undeniable that Yuan Shang's words were indeed reasonable.
Seeing this, Yuan Shang took a deep breath and said: "Second, our army has little time, the chaos in the world is gradually becoming clear, the loss of power of the Son of Heaven has been decided, the ambitions of the princes of the world are clear day and moon, our army can no longer be trapped in the quagmire of Hebei for a long time, but to occupy the four states of Hebei at the fastest speed. ”
"In view of the above point of view, the last general will resolutely carry out the orders of the commander and fight." Yuan Shang stood tall and said solemnly.
As soon as Yuan Shang's voice fell, he saw a glimmer of light flashing in the eyes of everyone in the tent, and Yuan Shao, who was at the top of the high seat, looked indifferent, his eyes were slightly blind, and he looked like he had nothing to do with himself.
Yuan Tan, who was firmly in the first place of the generals, glanced at Guo Tu, who was ranked as a strategist opposite, but saw Guo Tu nodding his head slightly, Yuan Tan seemed to understand, and suddenly stood up after a while.
"Resolutely carry out the orders of the commander, fight." The voice is loud, but the momentum is flamboyant.
"Resolutely carry out the orders of the commander, fight." Yuan Xi also stood up violently.
"So," Yuan Shao's eyes flashed with a hint of essence, and he said coldly: "Who else has a different opinion?" ”
Everyone in the tent, including Tian Feng, who has always been upright, did not say anything against it, and his eyes swept invisibly over Yuan Shang, who looked indifferent in the corner, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Resolutely carry out the orders of the commander, fight."
"Resolutely carry out the orders of the commander, fight."
"Resolutely carry out the orders of the commander, fight."
"Resolutely carry out the orders of the commander, fight."
Four voices or mellow or loud voices burst out, and the generals under Yuan Shao, known as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Ran, who were known as the pillars of the four courts in Hebei, got up and hugged their fists.
With the roaring response of the four generals, there were no surprises, and the rest of the generals followed up.
"Okay," Yuan Shao said with a wave of his arm: "Come on, announce the appointment of this marshal." ”
"Whoa."
Fu Bo, who was only a few steps away from Yuan Shao, walked out with a bamboo slip in his hand.
"Shuai Ling, ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses each as the vanguard to attack the Youzhou camp."
"Shuai ordered, ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses each as flanks."
"Shuai order, order Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses, and respond to the vanguard troops at any time."
"Shuai Order, order the senior cadres to lead the criminal law sword army, if there are those who are afraid of war, they will not be forgiven."
"The rest of the battalions will perform their duties and be dispatched by the generals of each army."
Fu Bo announced Yuan Shao's order in a free manner, and those who were named were all listed in response, and when Fu Bo put away the bamboo slip in his hand, Yuan Shao's slightly blind eyes suddenly opened, and his expression was cold.
"The whole army reorganized the army for three days, and he was caught off guard by listening to the orders of the Chinese army's big account at any time."
"Whoa." The congregation will answer.