In fact, Diao Chan originally planned to canonize Shang Ji as the King of Yan, but Yuan Shu's grave grass hadn't grown much taller, so how could Shang Ji risk accepting this dazzling title?

Anyway, whether it is the king or the duke, there is no difference to Shang Ji, plus he doesn't like the title of Yan Gong, so he finally lowered one level and got a Zhenbei Duke out.

But even so, the release of Zhenbei Gong also caused an uproar in the world, and people all over the world talked about it, and even many of them were waiting to see the jokes, thinking that Shang Ji would embark on Yuan Shu's old road.

However, public opinion belongs to public opinion, and none of the princes adjacent to Shang Ji dared to talk nonsense, and pretended not to see anything.

At this time, Shang Ji already had the demeanor of the Qin State at the end of the Warring States Period, and the other princes were the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.

So much so that public opinion is raging now, but there is no one who dares to do it!

However, no one dares to do it, but it doesn't mean that Shang Ji doesn't do it, to put it bluntly, no one is a pacifist who can get to the point where he is now, and Shang Ji is still very keen on this kind of activity.

And this time, the unlucky guy who was targeted by Shang Jijun was Yuan Shao!

According to the original history, Yuan Shao in this period was at the peak of his time, not only occupying the land of Jizhou, but also Qingzhou and Bingzhou under his name, and won many battles in the battle with Gongsun Zhan, and even completely defeated Gongsun Chan next year and unified the north!

However, because of Shang Ji's intervention, Yuan Shaoke did not have the good luck in history.

Lu Buhu is in the state, and the power of the god of war even Shang Ji does not dare to underestimate it; Qingzhou was taken by Shang Ji across the sea; Youzhou Gongsun Zan withdrew from the battlefield ahead of schedule, and Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army was entrenched in the west of Jizhou, so it can be said that Yuan Shao's strategic environment was very harsh and completely surrounded by Shang Ji.

The Shang army's sphere of influence has inserted a Jizhou, which makes Qingzhou and the core ruling area of the Shang army lack direct communication channels on the road, and the generals of the Shang army have long looked at Yuan Shao, who is entrenched in Jizhou, unpleasant.

Before, because the main energy was spent on immigration, I had no energy and no heart to pay attention to Yuan Shao, but now that the immigration activities are basically over, I can finally free up my hands to clean up Yuan Shao.

In the Shang Army, there is even a saying that Yuan Shao will be destroyed in half a year and the world will be peaceful in three years.

Although this is not the most authoritative official voice, many core generals, including Liu Yi, have expressed support and affirmation for it.

Compared with the military generals who were eager to expand their territory, Shang Ji was still more cautious, and decided to first convene senior officials from both the civil and military sides to discuss the possibility and risk of destroying Yuan Shao before the war.

This time, the first to speak was Fu Zhi.

After Han Fu burped at the beginning, the historical generals who refused to surrender to Yuan Shao, such as Fu Zhu, Geng Wu, and Min Chun, turned to Shang Ji one after another, among which Fu Zhu was the one with the most prestige and the highest value.

Because he has been an official in Jizhou for a long time, he has a good understanding of the situation in Jizhou, so the leader of this discussion of the feasibility of the battle of Jizhou is Fu Zhu.

"My lord, colleagues, according to the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two sides, it is not difficult to take Jizhou. Our army surrounded Jizhou from three sides, and it was completely possible to march simultaneously from the sea, Qingzhou, and Youzhou, and each of the three roads appointed a general as a commander-in-chief to cooperate with each other, and it was not difficult to eliminate Yuan Shao within half a year. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The only thing we need to consider now is whether the other princes will reinforce Yuan Shao!" ”

Shang Ji nodded when he heard this, this is exactly what he was worried about!

To put it mildly, Shang Ji did not take Yuan Shao in his eyes, with the combat effectiveness of the Shang Ji army at this time, he could win against a Yuan Shao alone, with his eyes closed!

However, Shang Ji can say without modesty that since the end of the Great Migration, he has become the most likely prince to rule the world, which is not a boast, but an indisputable fact!

Faced with this situation, will the other princes be willing? Will they sit still? It is impossible for the princes not to understand the principles of vertical and horizontal, rabbit death and fox sorrow. Therefore, it is very likely that at the same time as Shang Ji attacked Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and even Lü Bu and other neighboring princes would directly send troops to support.

I don't know if it's joy or worry, because Shang Ji is so strong that he can't find allies among the princes......

"The worst-case scenario is that while we are attacking Jizhou, Liu Bei will send troops to Qingzhou, Lu Bu will invade Youzhou, and Cao Cao, Diao Chan and others will shake hands and make peace and support Yuan Shao. As a result, we have to face three battlefields at the same time, which is extremely risky! ”

Fu Zhu pointed to the map and introduced it to everyone.

Although it is said to be the worst-case scenario, according to the current situation, the probability of such a situation is very high, and the merchant must seriously consider how to deal with this situation.

Shang Ji lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at Liu Yi and Xi Zhicai: "Two, if there is really a situation that Gong and what he said, what are the chances of our army winning?" ”

Liu Yi got up and said contemplatively: "Hoarding heavy troops on the border between Youqing and Qing, and then selecting generals to guard it, it is not a big problem to block Liu Bei and Lu Bu, but this will inevitably greatly reduce the number of troops we can use on the Jizhou battlefield, and it will be difficult to take Jizhou as scheduled." ”

"Yes, according to the joint deduction of the Military Division (equivalent to the General Staff, the main members are Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Fu Zhu, Chen Guan, Yang Yi, etc.), with the full support of Cao Cao and others, the Jizhou battlefield is easy to fall into a state of see-saw."

Xi Zhicai also got up and added.

Shang Ji frowned, he didn't like tug-of-war very much, first, the consumption was too great, and second, there were too many variables. Throughout the years of the great battles presided over by Shang Ji, they all crushed the enemy's resistance forces in a short period of time with a thunderous momentum, forcing them to surrender, and the real tug-of-war has never been fought.

"Hongzhuo, with the addition of more than one billion immigrants, can we still normally guarantee the military needs of our army? Once our army is plunged into a full-scale war, how long can the logistics support? ”

Shang Ji turned his head to look at Deng Yan and asked out loud.

"My lord, up to now, more than eighty percent of the immigrants have achieved self-sufficiency, and only the last two percent of the immigrants need relief from our army, and after the summer grain harvest this year, the new immigrants will fully achieve self-sufficiency, so on the whole, the burden on us is not large.

As for our army's all-out war protracted capability, as long as we ensure that the enemy does not set foot in the areas under our army's actual control on a large scale, we can completely achieve a strategic dynamic balance between supply and demand with our army's existing strength. On the contrary, after Bingzhou, Xuzhou and other places fall into a full-scale war, the war will not last for more than three years. ”

Shang Ji thought for a while, and then asked, "Is it possible to make Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei or more remain neutral through alliances, promises, etc.?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Chen Guan got up and said, "Lord Qiqi, I'm afraid this is difficult." Liu Bei and Cao Cao were both far-sighted and wise men, and it was almost impossible to be fooled. Only Lu Bu has some opportunities, but Lu Bu obeys Chen Gongyan, and with Chen Gong's wisdom, I am afraid he will not be fooled. ”

Shang Ji smiled when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, do your best to obey the mandate of heaven, immediately send people to envoy all the princes, open the conditions casually, and let them remain neutral as much as possible."

In terms of the army, the whole army is ready for war, the 1st to 9th combat corps are ready to go to Jizhou, and the 10th to 14th combat corps are ........."

"Report, Lord Qi, the emergency military situation of the sailor, 100,000 urgent!"

Before Shang Ji could finish the order, suddenly a guard rushed into the conference room and shouted loudly.

Shang Ji was taken aback, then quickly took the battle report, glanced at it a few times, his face immediately changed, and then said: "Cancel the above order, the whole army will be ready for combat at the first level, and the generals of all departments will go out at any time." ”

After speaking, Shang Ji looked at Liu Yi and said, "Brother, you leave for Chenzhou immediately, the general will lead the army to go later, we are in trouble!" ”