25.The Great War of the Central Plains (Prologue)
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"This is not Zhou Li Xue and Jingzhou Liu Biao, obviously one is in the north and the other is in the south, how can the two of them get together!"
As soon as he heard Li Shushi's name, Yuan Shao felt that his heart was blocked, his breath was uneven, and he felt uncomfortable. Speaking of starting from the beginning of the discussion of Dong, every time he heard this name associated with him, it seemed that Yuan Shao had never been in a good mood, whether it was the failure of instigating the rebellion of the Haoqiang in Hedong, or the failure of the attack of the Hanoi division, or the pain of being blown up by the chrysanthemum in the battle of Qinghe by the other party, Yuan Shao was very suspicious that Li Shushi was sent by God to play with him.
Therefore, at this most critical moment in the struggle for hegemony in the world, he secretly made peace with Li Shushi and even secretly formed an alliance, Yuan Shao can be said to agree without thinking about it, because if this opponent who made him feel troublesome has been eyeing him by his side, Yuan Shao believes that no matter what he does, he will not feel steady.
It's just that I never expected that the guy who made him eat and sleep badly would still haunt him like a plague god.
Yuan Shao really didn't know what expression to use to face such a situation.
Xu You, who was also well aware of this, quietly took half a step back, and at the same time tried to make his sense of storage as low as possible, looking at Yuan Shao's somewhat tangled face, Xu You suddenly felt that the timing of his appearance here was not quite right.
"Okay, I'm fine, do you think I'm such a fragile person."
It should be said that it is also a technical job to reduce the sense of storage, at least it is quite difficult for Xu You, who has always been relatively high-profile on weekdays, so that this time he planned to temporarily hug the Buddha's feet but unfortunately fell into Yuan Shao's eyes.
For such a result. Xu You can only admit that he is unlucky, after all, this is also what he asked for.
"Hui Zhugong, although the state and Jingzhou are divided into north and south, but there is only one division in the middle, and now the Sanhe region has fallen into the hands of Li Xue, and the two are actually in a state of border."
Is this revenge for Yuan Shao's glaring eyes just now?
Regarding the bad temper of his friend and subordinate in some aspects, even Yuan Shao felt very helpless.
Of course, the other party's ability does make Yuan Shao's endurance in these matters much higher than that of ordinary people, and compared to Tian Feng's straight cannon barrel, Xu You, who is good at observing words and feelings, can be regarded as a caring person.
"Compared to marching into Luoyang. Liu seems to be leaning more towards the west or east. That's why he's joining forces with us to curb my stupid brother. So if it is said that he has a conflict with Li Xue, then it must be Li Xue's problem. β
"The lord's guess is not wrong, this time it is indeed Li Xue who wants to make a move on Liu Jingsheng."
"Li Xue made a move to Liu Jingsheng? No, it's not a good idea. Not only will it take his energy. And it will make the merger state empty. Especially the unprotected Wei County and Hanoi, which are inadequate, is a temptation that even I can't refuse. β
Although it seemed that Yuan Shao was talking to himself, he could know from the eyes full of meaning when he finally looked at Xu You. He was obviously a little dissatisfied with Xu You's deliberate avoidance of the important. Or for Yuan Shao, at such a critical moment of decisive battle with Yuan Shu, his subordinates still caused chaos for him, which was obviously not something that could be tolerated.
And Xu You also understood what Yuan Shao was thinking in an instant, and a chill suddenly rose in his heart.
However, this cold air came and went quickly, he knew very well that the reason why Yuan Shao was angry was completely because his Xu You's behavior just now despised the IQ of Yuan Shao, who was the master, and it was okay if such behavior was not revealed, as long as it was presented, it would inevitably cause the displeasure of the superiors, not to mention an elite like Yuan Shao, who was not stupid.
In addition, the family is in Jizhou, Yuan Shao is now in a thriving stage, and even because of Tian Feng's uprightness, Yuan Shao has begun to hand over part of the power that originally belonged to him to other strategists, and Xu You, as Yuan Shao's old friend, has the most, so Xu You, who has no rebellious intentions at all, only secretly reminded himself, and then reported it.
"Although it wasn't Li Xue who made a move to Liu Jingsheng, it was not much different - this time it was Zhang Ji's department of the Xiliang Army who suffered a little dark loss in Nanyang a while ago. Now there is an undercurrent surging in Chang'an City, Li Dao and Guo Yan control the government, and although the other generals of the Xiliang Army are also in high positions, they are unwilling to listen to Li Dao and Guo Yan. A while ago, Fan Chou, a heavyweight in the Xiliang Army, was attacked because of his disagreement with Li Dao and Guo Yan, if someone hadn't reported the news, Fan Chou would have been hacked to death at the banquet. And Zhang Ji also appeared at that banquet. β
"In other words, Zhang Ji stayed away from Chang'an in order to protect himself, and stretched out his hand to Nanyang, which was far away from Chang'an, in order to find a place to garrison?"
"It was as my lord expected. Presumably, the lord also knew that Zhang Ji's nephew was Zhang Xiu, the Taishou of Hedong under Li Xue, and with Zhang Xiu as an intermediary, Li Shushi did not need to take the risk of a full-scale war with Liu Jingsheng, and at the same time could expand his power to the front line of Hanshui. After all, those barbarians in the Liang army in the west of the country are afraid that they will not be able to do anything other than destruction in their minds. β
"By the way, if I'm not mistaken, Shuozhou Mu Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng appointed by Li Xue should be from Nanyang."
"The lord thinks about Minhui, that Huang Hansheng is indeed from Nanyang, and there is also Tong Yuan from Nanjun, Li Xue also cooperated with the powerful families in Nanyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia and other places, so we can't underestimate the influence of the other party there."
"Can you talk about and find out what Cheng Cheng Li Shushi supports Zhang Ji?"
"I'm afraid this is not very easy, because we can't know what Li Xue's calculations are in his heart, but one thing that can be confirmed is that Li Xue sent his strategist Cao Ling, who had shown his skills in the Yanmen Yunzhong area, and three thousand soldiers to join Zhang Ji's army, and also supported Zhang Ji with a lot of grain and grass, but I am afraid that the plan is not small."
"It's just trying to advance and retreat freely, it's nothing. And if there is no one with a little brain, Zhang Ji's reckless man is definitely not the opponent of the Kuai brothers, and he is afraid that the attack will not succeed but he will not even be able to keep his current territory. β
"What the lord said is very true. It's just that...... In this way, Liu Jingsheng is afraid that he will have an excuse to shirk what he promised us before. β
"Are you talking about harassing Yuan Highway from the rear and fighting to cut off his grain route?"
"That's exactly what happened. Jingzhou and Yuzhou are bordered only by two counties, Nanyang and Jiangxia. However, in addition to the smooth road between Nanjun and Runan and Yingchuan counties, Runan and Jiangxia are blocked by Chongshan, and only a few passes can be passed. Now that the land of Nanyang has become a battlefield of wrestling between Li Xue and Liu Jingsheng, I am afraid that Liu Jingsheng will use the difficult road as an excuse to shirk. β
"Then do you think that after Nanyang, Liu Jingsheng will do his best to meet our requirements?"
"This ...... Even if you don't want to, at least on the surface, you'll be pretentious......"
"Humph! These Han clan relatives are afraid that they all wish that we, those with foreign surnames, would fight for life and death, so that they could become the second in Guangwu! Compared with sending troops to participate, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight is the best choice in their hearts. Of course, because the festival between Liu Jingsheng and my younger brother who is becoming more and more unsuccessful is too big, and my younger brother who is becoming more and more unseemly is known to the whole world. So he didn't want to see my brother, who was getting more and more brainless, win this crucial battle. β
"But...... There is also a problem that the subordinates are worried about......"
"Are you worried that Nanyang will greatly increase his strength after being taken by that Li Shushi, and threaten our plan?"
"yes. Only when he really fought did he know how terrible the troops under that man's command were, if he was allowed to get Nanyang again, he would force Liu Jingsheng to rule the Han River at that time, and then lead the troops west out of Wuguan, Tongguan and Pubanjin. Then Guanzhong is afraid that no one will be his opponent. This is not expected to be five years at most.
But what about us? Now we still have to hold on to Gongsun Zhan's old horseman. And a few days ago, the lord also received the news that Liu Xuande sent troops to Qingzhou. This Liu Xuande is also a difficult figure, and he has Tao Qian's support behind him as a barrier to the north of Xuzhou. Let's not say that we will take Xuzhou within five years, even Qingzhou is afraid that it will not be easy. β
"Li Shushi's affairs will naturally be taken care of, and it's hard to say whether he has five years. As for us...... Are you so unconfident in us? Five years, that's enough! β
Seeing the confident appearance of his father-in-law, it seems that there is no second possibility for Xu You to answer him. It's just that in his heart, he is far less confident than his lord Yuan Shao, after all, no matter how Tao Qian "lives soon", it seems that it will not be a problem at all to survive five years, and Liu Bei's appearance is ......
Perhaps, from a certain Cheng dΓΉ, Liu Bei is a more troublesome Cun ZΓ i than Li Shushi - for Yuan Shaojun.
I hope that Yuan Tan's eldest son will not be driven crazy by that Liu Bei.
Xu You made such a "blessing" in his heart, and at the same time, he was also amused by the situation that Guo Tu and Xin Ping, who were about to take the Gongzi route to gain more power, were about to face, which was really a situation that made Xu You feel happy β.
And if Yuan Shaojun's army still has the mood and spare strength to engage in infighting or something at this time, then Cao Cao's army, which is not very far away from Yuan Shaojun's station, is not as optimistic as Yuan Shaojun's current situation.
ββ¦β¦ I poke, I poke, I poke again......"
"Meng De, can you allow me to beat up this Xiahou Yuan in front of me, who has no brotherhood at all!"
"Ahahahaha~ Brother Xuan, smile. Come~Smile~"
Well, to correct it, no matter how difficult the situation is, there will never be a shortage of optimistic and open-minded people.
Of course, there will never be a shortage of people who don't seem so optimistic or open-minded.
For example, the one-eyed general in front of him whose body is being toyed with by his own brother.
"Your xxoo body is poked around like a toy, do you want to cry with joy? Natural stay also has human rights to be good! β
"Ahhh~ Although I said so, why are you always the one who is injured?"
"It's not because I was in the midst of a chaotic army at the time, and I had to control the rout of the army, and I had to be distracted to deal with the enemy army around me, and the result was ......"
"But is it possible that your martial arts have regressed? was injured like this by that kind of hairy boy, even if it was a surprise attack, it would be too powerful. Or do you say that you received something good from the other party, and then released water to the other party for publicity? β
"Xiahou Yuan, Lao Tzu fought with you!"
Although there are times when you are in a bad mood when you are natural, there are times when you are anxious and disappointed. But as long as they don't deny themselves, natural nerds can always forget those unhappiness in the shortest possible time, because their single-threaded brains are obviously unable to handle so many superfluous programs, while optimists will find positive breath from loss to forget those unpleasant feelingsβsince disappointment is also a day, hope is also a day, why should we already look at a qiΔ in despair?
As a result, after some fighting β, the two Xiahou brothers had forgotten the pain caused by defeat, and a huge fighting spirit had risen in their hearts - the more the situation seemed unfavorable now, the more they had to work hard. The more you can't let Mende, who has been surrounded by enough things, be distracted by them anymore.
Of course. Another reason why he was able to recover so quickly was that the damage suffered by Xiahoudun this time was far less than that he suffered in the battle of Wang Yue and Qinghe. I don't know whether to say that he actually hides the attribute of "shaking m", or whether he belongs to the kind of xx physique that will become stronger the more he is beaten, all in all, in the face of Sun Ce's unsparing raid. Although Xiahoudun, who was distracted and used for a long time, failed miserably. But compared to the previous state of near-death or mutilation. The current situation is undoubtedly only a minor injury.
However, as a top-level general, he has been hit hard in battles one after another, and Xiahoudun's recent luck has been bad enough.
"But Brother Yuan. If you meet that Sun Ce on the battlefield, you must be careful, you would rather put a cold arrow in the distance, and you must not rush up to fight him, even if he is fighting with fierce generals like Yan Liang and Wen Chou at that time. β
"Brother Xuan, are you okay, this is not like your usual you. Didn't my brother even if he met an invincible fierce general like Wang Yue and Lu Bu, he would slap his chest while howling loudly, and rush over after more than ten times in alternation, even if he was reached to break the sack, he would not regret it, and he would smile and give me a no-regret gesture before passing out. β
"What kind of person is this Xiahoudun, am I such an idiot and stupid person in your eyes! Obviously, my intellectual potential is two points higher! Why do I suddenly feel as if you are flouting my intelligence? That kind of person is not brave, but just a little guy who always laughs chillingly! β
"Don't worry about such small things."
"Hmph~ But Brother Yuan, this time for my brother is not a joke, that Sun Ce gives me a feeling completely different from Wang Yue and Lu Bu."
"This is strange, obviously they are all strong generals, even if the martial arts are different, the offensive means they are good at are not the same, but didn't my brother say that for those top generals, some things have become dredged and the same end."
"That's true, but that Sun Ce seems to give me a very different feeling from others. Strong people like Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, Lu Bu, and Zhao Yun, they only give me the feeling of being strong. If you have to say it carefully, just like Brother Yuan, you said, even if they are different, the direction is the same. But that Sun Ce, he seemed to give me a feeling that was a little different, but now that I taste it, I don't know where that feeling comes from. Obviously, his strength is very strong, even slightly stronger than Lu Bu, on an equal footing with Na Dian Wei, and his skills are also extremely agile, if Zhao Yun is not a martial artist, he is only afraid that he will be slightly inferior, and his overall strength is only afraid that Lu Bu is not weak. But it seems that something is missing, what is missing......"
"Could it be the pursuit of 'Dao' that the master you said will have?"
ββ¦β¦ That's right! Why didn't I think of it! β
You said it so obviously, but you didn't think that you should say that it really deserves to be my brother......
Of course, Xiahou Yuan would not say these words, after all, he wanted to save some face for his brother.
Definitely not because the "stupid person thinking" appearance just now is too funny, absolutely not! Say it twice because it's important.
"That's it, there is no feeling of chasing the 'Tao', it is completely relying on its own body to fight, although it is also strong, but it always gives people the feeling that they are fighting a crazy beast. And before that, whether it was Dian Wei or Xu Chu, even if they also had the feeling of a beast in the battle, it was part of the 'Dao' they were pursuing, and it still gave me the feeling that they were human. β
Xiahou Yuan became more and more determined, and Xiahou Yuan even felt that something seemed to rise from his body that made people feel uncertain, but this state came and went faster - because a certain fool was very satisfied with his reasoning. was ready to pose a handsome po color with a boxing palm, but although his body was not as seriously injured as before, it was only compared with being unconscious or physically disabled, and now his body was still in a weakened state of detachment from damage, so of course, the so-called "handsome" po color caused the pain on his body, and the result was self-evident.
"It's like a beast......
In the front-line camp of Dongwuyang, looking at the battle report sent by Xiahou Yuan from Xiahou Yuan, Cao Cao's brows furrowed deeply.
"The lord is worried that Sun Ce is the second Jiangdong tiger, but in the ugly opinion. That's just a dying sick tiger! β
But at this moment. A confident voice sounded in Cao Cao's ears, and with the appearance of this voice, a slightly emaciated figure appeared at the door of Shuai Account.
It was a young man who didn't look very old, and his high cheekbones made his face look slightly odd. At the same time, his dark skin also made him look not much different from the old farmer on the side of the road. is such a man who does not conform to social aesthetics and will even be ridiculed for his appearance. But his eyes shone with wisdom and confidence.
"Is it Zhicai?"
"Does the lord think that the script in Yuan Highway's mind will allow Sun Ce to be so dazzling? If the lord is worried that Yuan Highway will have to do some superficial things. You can send people to Chenliu and Yuzhou to spread some rumors praising Sun Ce. β
"In that case, then hand over the wine that is hidden in your bosom."
"I think that now we can put aside the problems of the South for a while, and those Yellow Turbans seem to have decided that we are not in a position to deal with at this time. I believe that with a little lure, they will swarm like locusts, and we can naturally catch turtles in the urn. β
"It's a good strategy, so hand over the wine hidden behind it."
"Yuan Benchu has already led the army south, and the lord of Choujian yì admonished Yuan Benchu and ordered him to secretly send an army to advance with light cavalry, maybe it can catch Yuan Highway in the south by surprise, and the lord can also take the opportunity to send troops to Chen Liu."
"I'll talk to Ben at the beginning, but judging from the battle report from Yuan Rang, the selection of candidates may need to be considered...... In addition, Zhicai, hand over the wine from your two sleeves. β
"My lord! The ugly loyalty to the lord can be seen by the sun and the moon! β
"So hand over the wine you've hidden in your trouser legs."
One of the talents recommended by Xun Yu after Cao Cao moved into Yanzhou, he is a genius strategist with considerable resourcefulness, but because of his background, few people know about his talent, and only people like Xun Yu who have a wide range of friends can understand his talent, even if he was indeed a farmer working in the fields before.
Of course, judging from what I have just seen, perhaps this kind of man who can joke unscrupulously with his own lord will indeed be rejected by the mainstream society of this era, because it is not only not dignified enough, but also suspected of being a minister.
"Zhicai, I think you will obey the lord." It's just that someone seems to think that the mess is not big enough and comes to participate in it.
And this voice made Xi Zhicai, who was already embarrassed by Cao Cao's ridicule, feel even worse, but what he never expected was that when he turned back to look for the person who fell into the well, he accidentally saw Xun Yu's joking expression covering his mouth and chuckling.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I originally thought that my respectable face would rebel, but who would have thought that you'd betray others with this 'Liuxiang Xun Order', it's really disappointing."
"If it's someone else, maybe I'll hesitate, but guys like you and Fengxiao always feel sorry for themselves if they don't sell a few times."
I always feel that when facing Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu looks very dark.
Of course, both Cao Cao and the two strategists from Yingchuan knew very well that this was just a way for them to relax, and the problem that Cao Cao was worried about just now had already been easily resolved in Xi Zhicai's words.
It's just that......
"General Zixiao, won't their lack of strictness affect their prestige among their subordinates?"
"Didn't Zhong Kang mention it to your brother?"
"What is General Zixiao referring to?"
"In the north, there is a prince who likes to play tricks on his subordinates more than the lord, and of course he is not less tricked by his subordinates, but looking at the world, how many people can say that he has no prestige among his subordinates?"
"Yes...... Isn't that ......?"
Looking at Cao Cao, who was still joking with Xun Yu and others, Xu Ding felt that he suddenly had a little more confidence in the next war. (To be continued......)