Chapter 508: Drinking Tea Before the Battle
"My lord-Zhou Yu sent a letter, please take a look!" Today, Gao Ran was on duty outside, Zhou An came to the front of the battle and handed over the letter written by Zhou Yu to Gao Lan, Gao Ran didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly sent it to Yuan Shao.
"Zhou Yu's letter?" Yuan Shao has a lot of doubts in his heart, but now he has a strategist like a cloud and a military general like rain, and he still looks down on Zhou Yu in his heart, Zhou Yu paid to buy Yangzhou Thorn Shi step by step to leave Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers behind, especially when the Tiger Prison Pass conquered Dong Zhuo, he took all the limelight alone, and now he Zhou Yu is still the land of Yangzhou, he Yuan Shao already has the richest Jizhou, before carelessly let Zhou Yu take advantage of the loophole, the two armies are fighting and now send a letter to himself, he also wants to know what medicine is sold in Zhou Yu's gourd?
"Lord-Zhou Yu's letter is to ask the lord to reminisce about the past, have you seen it in person?" Xu You took this letter and looked at it, only to see that Zhou Yu wrote on it that he had said that he had been separated from Yuan Shao for a long time and missed it very much, he knew that the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan had become a fire and water, but he Zhou Yu came to help Gongsun Chan in order to return a favor, since they are all members of the Dong Alliance, then they should sit down and talk about it now, Youzhou is Liu Yan's Youzhou, he should stand up and say a word, and it will also hurt the peace between the two sides. Xu You thought of one thing in his heart, that is, Zhou Yu wanted to trick Yuan Shao out of the camp, but he quietly handed the letter to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Benchu - you are very timid, do you dare to talk about it? The ancients saluted first and then the soldiers, and it was a great achievement to avoid the disaster of the sword, Liu Yan deliberately invited his first brother to be like Youzhou for Youzhou, which was actually a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf; When Gongsun Zan and Yuan Benchu were both defeated, who could resist the 50,000 elites under Liu Yan? After calculating Yuan Shao's thoughts, Zhou Yu first ridiculed Yuan Shao for being timid and did not dare to come out alone, and secondly, he told Liu Yan's potential threat; Liu Yan asked Yuan Shao to send troops to fight against Gongsun Zhan is really a thought that the two tigers must have an injury, he has been in Youzhou for many years It is very easy to recruit soldiers, just when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan are fighting, he has secretly gathered 50,000 troops, and when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan are both defeated or injured or one is injured, he will send troops to take the opportunity to capture Youzhou and Jizhou, as the descendants of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps!
"What do you think?" Now Yuan Shao has the temperament of a superior, and he already has an idea in his heart, but he still looks at the four strategists under his command, Tian Feng, Xu You, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji, and they give their own opinions much better than their own choices.
"Lord - When the two armies were fighting, Zhou Yu obviously came to help Gongsun Zan obstruct our army from subduing Youzhou, and now he wants to meet in front of the Lord Gong Formation with a letter, doesn't it mean that he Zhou Yu wants to be this peacemaker, but he first sent troops to attack our Chinese army and now seeks peace, his heart can be punished! I don't think the lord needs to pay attention to it, and it is the best policy to concentrate superior forces to capture Youzhou City in one fell swoop-" Feng Ji probably knows the content of Zhou Yu's letter, but now the Jizhou army is strong and strong, and now Gongsun Zan and Zhou Yu are only 120,000 soldiers and horses, and now the shortcoming of the Youzhou army is the shortage of food and grass, so there is no need to take risks in person.
"My lord, Mr. Yuantu, is not what he said! Doesn't this mean that my lord is afraid of that Zhou Yu Xiao'er, he has Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning who can fight, and my lord also has Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lu Yi and other fierce generals, even if the enemy is half a catty and eight taels in front of the battle; According to my guess, what Zhou Yu wants this time is to let my lord strike the army, the shortage of grain and grass in the Youzhou army is very serious, Zhou Yu can attack my granary once, maybe he will attack the second time, I thought that Zhou Yu must be in the name of meeting my lord, secretly have another action - we should meet Zhou Yu on the one hand to prevent my lord from losing his sharpness, and on the other hand, protect the grain road to teach him a lesson Zhou Yu. How to decide still needs to be decided by the lord - "Xu You has bet on Yuan Shao since Luoyang, and sure enough, Yuan Shao's three protégés and former officials are all over the Han Dynasty, and he Yuan Shao has such a big family business with a wave of his hand, and the morale and prestige of the two armies are equally important.
"What the lord - Yuan Tu and Ziyuan said is reasonable, history is written by the victor at any time, we are far superior to Gongsun Zan and Zhou Yu in terms of military power and grain and grass, and we don't need to pay attention to meaningless meetings at all; But this time Zhou Yu proposed to meet, then we should choose a safe place, the two sides are only allowed to bring two retinue generals, so that the lord is equivalent to taking the initiative, whether he is reminiscing or having another purpose, we can deal with it quickly, and let the lord's virtuous name spread to the world! Also, we can ambush a first-hand army, and an ambush halfway may be able to capture Gongsun Chan and Zhou Yu! Guo Tu looked smiling, he didn't offend Feng Ji when he spoke now, nor did he deny Xu You, he wanted to make a fuss through the meeting.
"Yuan Hao—what do you think?" Yuan Shao listened to Feng Ji, Xu You, and Guo Tu's strategies and felt that it was feasible! It's just that their respective focuses are different, Tian Feng is a famous person in Jizhou and a Jizhou don't drive invited by Yuan Shao personally, ranking above Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Xu You, Tian Feng is talented and will not turn, but he can also consider Yuan Shao every time, and his opinion is also very important to Yuan Shao.
"My lord, taking over the world is nothing more than life and profit! Now your 200,000-strong army is facing Liu Yan of Youzhou, Gongsun Zan of Beiping, Zhou Yu of Yangzhou, and Liu Bei of Pingyuan, all of whom should not be underestimated; Liu Yan is indeed recruiting troops and horses in the Yanmen area now, and the number of troops is still more than 50,000, and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou City is the main person, and the art of war and cavalry are all unique, and our army is not an opponent in a head-on duel; The three Liu Bei brothers are also very tricky; Zhou Yu was able to descend from heaven this time because he had a naval army that could cross the sea, and their grain and grass could be continuously delivered from Yangzhou by relying on the naval army, the granary of the world was Jizhou before and now Yangzhou, Yangzhou is waiting for an opportunity to warm like spring for a year, Zhou Yu pays attention to people's livelihood and levies Shanyue, Yangzhou is now living across the Yangtze River without war, and now I conclude that there is no shortage of food in the Youzhou army. On the contrary, Zhou Yu wants to meet with the lord, just want to make a simple peace negotiation so that our army will know the difficulty and retreat, the 200,000 army is a huge consumption, the weakest thing in our army is the grain road, if Liu Bei's three brothers, Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, Bai Ma Yicong, etc. attack our army's food road, then our army will be exhausted, if Liu Yan is persuaded by Zhou Yu to send troops to copy our army's back road at this time, then we will definitely suffer heavy losses! I suggested that the lord come forward to meet and be accompanied by Generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou; General Zhang He led 2,000 men and horses to respond, and General Lu Yi led the army to break the army first; Gao Ran and Chun Yuqiong generals ordered 20,000 troops to guard the grain road, Ziyuan was bold and careful, and bothered Ziyuan to go to see Zhou Yu in the city of Youzhou; The prince pays close attention to the movements of Liu Yan's army, Yuan Tu needs to do a good job in the defense of the camp, and I am willing to go with the lord to meet Zhou Yu! Tian Feng's opinion is really different from others, he has already thought of a good idea for Yuan Shao, but he doesn't know how to change the way he speaks, which makes Yuan Shao very uncomfortable.
After thinking about it, Yuan Shao also thought that Tian Feng's strategy was the most secure, but he still felt like a fish in his throat, is this lord himself or Tian Feng? However, Yuan Shao still followed Tian Feng's suggestion and agreed with Zhou Yu that the next day before the Babaoshan Pavilion would be talked, and Gongsun Chan would be present, but the three parties agreed to bring only three people per person.
Zhou Yu's tea has already begun to boil, don't you know that Yuan Shao is not a fuel-efficient lamp-
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