Fang Zhiwen didn't care about how Ma Teng communicated with Han Sui next, anyway, in the end, Ma Teng happily signed an agreement with Fang Zhiwen and Bai Suxin to jointly build a new city in Juyan, according to the agreement, Ma Teng only needs to send 50,000 infantry and one general, and even don't worry about the grain and grass of these 50,000 people, the rest is Fang Zhiwen and Bai Suxin's affairs, Ma Teng just needs to wait for the dividends, this kind of good thing Ma Teng is a fool if he is unwilling! As for Han Sui's thoughts, doesn't Ma Teng really understand? Or is it pretending to be confused?

Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong, as well as the tens of thousands of surrendered troops who came anyway, were very active in chasing the Xianbei people all the way to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and then they returned to Juyanhai with a large number of captured fallen behind or fled, and there were or abandoned Xianbei people, Guo Jia calculated, scattered Xianbei people who were transported back to Shuofang in the east of the Gobi through Juyanhai were about four or five hundred thousand, plus tens of thousands of surrendered troops, this battle reduced about nearly 600,000 Xianbei people, and the results were good.

When Fang Zhiwen left, Juyancheng had begun to take shape, Ma Teng personally came to see off Fang Zhiwen, Han Sui was nowhere to be seen, because Fang Zhiwen mentioned Ma Chao last time, so this time Ma Teng took Ma Chao to see Fang Zhiwen, Fang Zhiwen liked Ma Chao very much, and invited Ma Chao's brothers to Miyun to study, but he was not at ease if he wanted to come to Ma Teng.

After meeting again, Fang Zhiwen took nearly 100,000 cavalry, braved the wind and snow, and escorted the last group of Xianbei tribesmen to embark on the road back to the east.

Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, it is another season of spring flowers.

The weather was good in the spring of Guangxi's eighth year. This year, it is not expected that there will be any more large-scale drought, during the winter. Xun Yu still mobilized the cities to carry out deep ploughing of the land to prevent locust infestations, and a large number of water conservancy facilities built in winter were basically completed, and when spring came, the ice and snow melted, and the ditches and ditches of water conservancy facilities, as well as large and small artificial lakes and ponds, were filled with clear water, and the tender grass on the ground was like a blanket. The blue pond is inlaid in it, like pieces of sapphires, and it is very beautiful.

All the people in Youzhou are full of hope for this year, especially those who lost their homes and relatives last year, and they are full of hope for life again, and this mood will naturally be reflected in daily activities, so that the whole Youzhou is full of extraordinary vitality.

Spring rains have fallen along the Yellow River. The drizzle continued for several days, carefully moistening the dry earth, and even the river water seemed particularly lively.

Lü Bu's troops were crossing the river near Yanjin, and choosing this direction of attack was a countermeasure to Yuan Shao, gaining control of Hanoi and extending Lü Bu's forces not far from Yecheng. Although Yuan Shao's military advantage in Henan was very large, he had to carefully consider the safety of Yecheng, which was not only a matter of face, but also a matter related to the entire strategy, and Yuan Shao had to transfer heavy troops back to defend Anyang.

At the same time, the Wenchou Legion that had been transferred earlier was deployed in the direction of Chaoge and Long Linxi. Prepare to cooperate with Gongsun Chan to counterattack Hanoi, so that it comes. Naturally, Henan's offensive slowed down.

On the side of Lü Bu's army, Pang Yuan sat in Anping to fight against Yan Liang's army, Lü Bu withdrew and led the cavalry to reflexively rush to Yanjin to cross the river, preparing to eliminate the Wenchou army and completely smash Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan's plan to counterattack Hanoi.

The news of Lu Bu's crossing of the river made Yuan Shao very nervous.

"At the beginning, not only could Zhang Feng not be transferred back to Hebei, but he should let Pan Feng go south and strengthen the offensive against Dongping County and Lu County, Lu Bu's idea was to use the threat of Yecheng as a means to mobilize our troops in Henan, intending to cooperate with Zhang Bao to counterattack Mount Tai and Jibei.

Xu You's opposition made Yuan Shao very embarrassed, in fact, he was still a little afraid of Lu Bu's awesomeness, for fear that Wen Chou and Gao Gan would not be able to stop Lu Bu in Anyang, although he didn't believe that Lu Bu could really capture Yecheng, but if Lu Bu really took the army to Yecheng to hang around, Yuan Shao also felt that his face had nowhere to put it!

Everyone can see Yuan Shao's hesitation, Xu Miao hesitated for a moment and then spoke: "Lord, Lord Xu's statement is very true, Lu Bu's northern crossing is all cavalry, and the ability to attack the fortifications is not strong, as long as our army can't defend it, Lu Bu can't help me, the north and south lines must be focused, if the troops are evenly distributed, both sides are unable to attack, isn't it a waste of military resources." ”

"Jingshan, what's wrong with spending military funds, the key is to ask Lu Bu to also spend military resources, now Lu Bu has been fighting for many years, Yanzhou Sili people's livelihood is withering, the war continues, and it must be Lu Bu who will collapse first! What's more, Lu Bu is surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, once he shows signs of weakness, it must be a scene of attacking in groups, on the contrary, if our army is attacking now, not only will it suffer huge damage, but it will also have the feeling of making a wedding dress for others, and it may not be our army that will benefit in the end. ”

Xun Chen's views are different, Xun Chen is a person who is not very superstitious about military strength, he attaches more importance to the comparison of the strength of the two sides, from a strategic point of view, Xun Chen's words are correct, but war is not only the comparison of war potential and strength, sometimes, the victory or defeat of a battle, may change a lot of things.

"The subordinates agree with Youruo's view, now we should focus on stability, Jizhou can be stable, and there is a drought, now we should make a truce to support the people, restore the production of Jizhou as soon as possible, accumulate strength, and at the same time drag Lu Bu with a small consumption, let it consume its strength in vain, once there is a change, then the group will attack it."

Geng Bao, as an old minister, said very weighty, and Xiao Ji was not far behind at this time: "The lord, the subordinates also think that the lord's idea is better, now is not the moment of life and death, but the long competition has just begun, there is no need to rush to fight, and slowly consuming Lu Bu is the right 1."

Yuan Shao's hand stroking his beard became faster and faster, and the smile on his face became more and more relaxed, seeing that most of the advisers supported him, Yuan Shao also strengthened his confidence more and more.

Xin glanced at everyone: "Originally, I wanted to settle the current situation?" This is not impossible, but it is developing at the beginning, and Lu Bu will not be idle, last year Lu Bu was forced by the drought to rob the tomb, and even the five counties of Yanbei were sold to Fang Zhiwen with Zhang Liao, everyone thinks that Lu Bu will continue to make the same mistake this year? ”

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"Sili and Yanzhou are the same as Jizhou, it is a very highly developed cooked land, as long as there is a population, as long as the water conservancy farmland is restored, soon a large amount of grain will be planted, when the time comes, will everyone still continue to say today? Continue to wait, wait for Lu Bu to make a mistake himself, or when the surrounding princes can't help but want to fight with Lu Bu, we will take advantage of the opportunity? ”

Xu You's words made it impossible for everyone to answer, Geng Bao thought about it, and still said: "But it is also true that Jizhou is in a hurry to recuperate. ”

"Lord Geng, the east of Jizhou is the sea, the west is Gongsun Zhan's ally, and although the north is the behemoth of Youzhou, but Youzhou will not come to annex us, so the enemy is only one in the south, as long as we control the battle line and do not let the enemy infiltrate, will the production in the rear be affected? On the contrary, if we intensify the offensive, there will be no way to carry out the production of Dongping County, Lu County, Shanyang County, and Rencheng County in Yanzhou, especially at this juncture of spring ploughing. Not only that, but at the beginning, you should also contact Cao Cao, Huangfu Song, and Sima Fang to harass Lu Bu and prevent him from developing production with peace of mind. In fact, judging from the tactical arrangement of Lu Bu's northward crossing, Lu Bu simply wanted to attack and defend and provide guarantee for spring plowing and production, rather than trying to conquer the city. ”

"This" Geng Bao also ended, to be honest, for strategic issues, Geng Bao's water products are also very limited.

"It is feasible to link Sima Fang and Cao Cao, but this does not conflict with the intentions of the lord, the lord is just seeking stability, if he is not careful, he is led by Lu Bu to break through to Yecheng, and the morale of our army and the reputation of the lord will have a great impact."

Xun Chen's words are not unreasonable, although Xu You wants to say that even if Lu Bu hits Yecheng, there will be no problem, but when he says this, he must be angry, and many of the people present have vested interests in Yecheng.

Xu You's face changed for a while, but in the end, he still didn't continue to insist on his point of view, and said in a muffled voice: "Originally, that's all I said, you think about it carefully, a moment of softness may bring long-term trouble." ”

After speaking, Xu You lowered his head and dragged his goatee and stopped talking, Xu You's concession made Yuan Shao breathe a sigh of relief, there are many subordinates and trouble, one person has one opinion, each has a reason, it sounds like he is at a loss

Yuan Shao glanced at the ministers and hesitated for a while before he straightened up and said: "Order Zhang Jaw to return to Dunqiu in the north, on the one hand, to prevent Lu Bu's attack, and on the other hand, to threaten Puyang and Chaoge from the flank, transfer the Pan Feng army south to Dong'e, under the command of Yan Liang, and strengthen the infiltration and attack on Dongping County and Lu County." ”

Yuan Shao's approach is a balancing strategy, which seems to be flattering to both sides, but it is in response to Xu Miao's statement, evenly distributing the military forces, so that both sides do not have the ability to attack in a big way, especially Pan Feng, who is not good at attacking, if Pan Feng and Zhang Jaw are replaced, it will be better than the current arrangement.

So from the bottom of his heart, Yuan Shao was still afraid of Lu Bu, so he subconsciously put the more powerful open jaw around Yecheng, Xu You looked at the look on the faces of the ministers, pulled his beard and shook his head gently, in order to protect their interests from loss, these people encouraged Yuan Shao to choose a conservative approach, but why is Yuan Shao so conservative? Has he run out of ambitions?

At the beginning of March of the eighth year of Guangxi, Lu Bu crossed the Yellow River and launched an attack in the direction of Anyang after reaching Chaoge, but he had Wen Chou on the front and open jaws on the side, in fact, the difficulty of the attack was very great, but Lu Bu was never afraid of difficulty, on the contrary, he hoped to be able to fight with Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw head-on, hoping to defeat one of them, but unfortunately, these two people were very stable and self-aware, and never fought with Lu Bu head-on, but always coveted Lu Bu's logistics from the side, so that Lu Bu did not dare to attack excessively, So the battle was somewhat stalemate. To be continued...