Hearing this, Yuan Shao fell into contemplation again, and Guo Tu raised his voice a little when he saw this, and said: "Lord, 900,000 stone of grain can feed 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers for a year. If the lord hands over these grains to Wei Xuan, he will definitely continue to expand the army, and it will be more dangerous for Jizhou to eliminate the other's strengths. Never! ”

Yuan Shao hesitated and looked at the prison army, and found that the prison army was drooping his eyelids and didn't look at Guo Tu at all, and the posture seemed to be about to fall asleep, and he probably didn't hear what he was saying, so he coughed dryly and asked: "The prison army, what should we do now?" ”

Fu Zhu opened his eyes and stood up and looked at Yuan Shao and asked rhetorically, "Ming Gong, do you want to fight or peace?" ”

Yuan Shao was stunned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Fu Zhu seemed to be instantly energetic: "Ming Gong wants to fight, what Guo Gong said is extremely true, I asked Ming Gong to send people to various counties, raise a batch and send a batch to the border of Zhao State and Wei County, and wait for 10,000 to enter Wei County to set up defenses." With Chunyu general to defend Wei County, with Zhang He and Gao Ran to defend Zhao State, after March, the attack and defense may be reversed, and within half a year, the guards may be expelled from Wei County or even attack Hanoi. ”

???????????????? According to the words of the frustrated instructions, within three months, Wei Xuan may make great progress, and after half a year, there may be a chance to expel Wei Xuan from Wei County. But too many things may happen in half a year, Yuan Shao asked hesitantly: "Is it just expulsion?" Six months is enough for Wei Zhongdao to plague Wei County several times. The summer harvest plus the autumn harvest is more than 900,000. ”

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He smiled bitterly, and said in his heart You haven't seen with your own eyes how the five thousand heavy cavalry under Zhang Liao fought, this Wei County is a horse and a flat river to the east and south except for some Taihang remnants in the northwest. He just followed the words of the land, as for whether Chun Yuqiong could resist Wei Xuan's onslaught within three months, only Chun Yuqiong knew. Anyway, he thought that once Wei Xuan made up his mind to exchange Sanhe for Jizhou, Yuan Shao's current forces would not be able to stop him.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao also thought of this and looked at Chun Yuqiong, who stood up and saluted Yuan Shao: General, if Qiong is incompetent, it is the lieutenant general of the Wei Xuan Army who is sharp and strong, and it is no problem for Yecheng to stick to it for a month, but the rest of Wei County may not have time to take care of it. If the reinforcements arrive in time, it should be fine in March and half a year. However, it is necessary to stock up on grain and grass as soon as possible, and at the same time, as the prison army said, please send Zhang He or other fierce generals to garrison Zhao in case of accidents. Wei Zhongdao once sent troops from Huguan, and once he besieged Yecheng, he would definitely go out of Huguan again. ”

Yuan Shao was displeased, Chun Yuqiong was obviously not confident that he should be scared by Wei Xuan, look at this Chun Yuqiong repeating the last words of Chun Yuqiong softly: "Just in case?" ”

Frustration reminded: "Ming Gong, what General Chun Yu is very worried about is that the general of the previous expedition to the west sent cavalry out of Huguan to loot our army's grain and grass, there is one and there are two, once the two sides continue to fight, Wei Xuan will definitely send light cavalry out of Huguan." After exiting the customs, you can go south to besiege Wei County, or you can go north to attack other counties. ”

Yuan Shao also remembered that it was a horse from Huguan to the sea, and nodded, Shangdang Zhang Yang supported Wei Xuan when he attacked Dong Zhuo from the Eighteenth Route Alliance, and now Hedong and Hanoi are all selected territory, thinking that Zhang Yang is more dependent on Wei Xuan, not only may there be cavalry, but also may use Huguan as a new garrison point.

In this way, counting Wei County and Zhao State, in order to prevent Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan from taking advantage of the situation to enter the entire Jizhou, more than half of the counties will become the front line, which is not what he wants to see if he dares to enter Jizhou.

After pondering for a long time, Yuan Shao asked Frustrated: "Frustrated Prison Army, if it is peaceful, what do you say?" ”

"To meet all the demands of General Zhengxi, and the two sides to re-align, the two sides will rely on each other to stabilize and expand their own territory in the next few years."

Yuan Shao was a little surprised: "Meet all his requirements?" ”

Fu Zhi nodded: "Wei Zhengxi is determined to welcome back the Son of Heaven, so his main enemy in the next few years should be Dong Zhuo, of course, he will also be restrained by General Nanyanghou, if I show sincerity in Jizhou, he will not refuse to form an alliance." And in two or three years, Ming Gong should be able to pacify Jizhou, solve one or even two of Liyi and Zhang Yan, and he will no longer be afraid of Gongsun Zhan. Although General Zhengxi has developed rapidly, Dong Zhuo is several times stronger than Liyi and Zhang Yan, and my Jizhou is vast and densely populated, and time is on our side. Maybe without waiting for General Zhengxi to defeat Dong Zhuo, Ming Gong has already pacified Hebei, and even Qingzhou and Bingzhou are in hand! The Ming Duke went south with the land of four states, so why was he afraid of a division, and why did he have to fight for the length of a while. ”

???????????????? Yuan Shao's eyes widened, but he was scolding his mother in his heart, why didn't you say this before the war, if you had endured it at the beginning, you would not have lost more than 10,000 Jizhou elites in vain, and now you are still panicking.

Thinking about it carefully, Wei Xuan is bent on crusading against Dong Zhuo, now that he has the land of the four counties, he must be even more crazy westward, there is really no reason to fight with him here, his more than 10,000 elites died in vain, and now he has to paste a lot of grain.

Yuan Shao really wanted to fight fiercely, and it was best to beat Wei Xuan all over the place to find his teeth, but unfortunately seeing Chun Yuqiong's cowardly appearance, Yuan Shao sighed in his heart. Although Fu Zhu first proposed a plan to continue the battle according to Guo Tu's wishes, he could not afford the consequences of defeat. The battlefield is not about who has a high reputation and a good background, but about fighting generals and soldiers. Wei Xuan's past achievements really shocked everyone present, but Guo Tu was actually just hard-mouthed. After listening to the analysis of the frustrated professor, he also lowered his head when he was bent on instigating Yuan Shao to attack Wei Xuan.

Yuan Shao didn't seem to want to let him go, and with a dry cough, he attracted the attention of Guo Tu, who was pretending to be dead, and then asked, "Gongzhi, what do you think of what the frustrated prison army said?" ”

Guo Tu was dazed: "Huh? ”

Yuan Shao frowned: "You said it was war or peace?" ”

Guo Tu looked contemplative and said slowly: "Lord, the battle map of leading troops is not as good as General Chunyu, and the strategic planning map is not as good as the frustrated army, but Tu thinks that Wei Xuan is an ambitious person, if he promises to give him grain and grass, he will use it to recruit troops and horses to continue to attack my Jizhou?" The lord is determined to unify the Hebei Kuangfu imperial court, and Wei Xuan must also be a stumbling block on the way forward, and the lord cannot change his previous strategy because of the defeat in World War I. Hanoi's Taishou Prince's Day is dependent on the lord, and he sent troops to occupy it without saying a word, and our army's crusade is justified. Now because of his strong combat strength, he will send him food to raise soldiers, if so, then Zhang Yang and Gongsun Zan will definitely follow Wei Xuan's example, and even Lu Yi will choose to betray the lord. Let the people of the world look at you? ”

When Guo Tu said this, Yuan Shao, who had already made up his mind to compromise, began to waver again. Seeing Yuan Shao's expression, he only wanted something bad, glared at Guo Tu, stood up and said to Yuan Shao: "Duke Ming, those who become masters are not informal, and the previous Wei Zhengxi sent a document just for the prestige of Ou Huai Minggong. The population of Jizhou is twice that of the four counties occupied by Wei Zhengxi, and the wealth is several times that of him. Now we also have a general understanding of the strength of the army in the west, and the Ming Duke will put aside the previous defeats first, and wait for the next day to accumulate steadily. ”

Chun Yuqiong hurriedly echoed: "Yes, general, the main reason for our army's defeat is that I don't know Wei Xuan, and I don't know that he has so many cavalry, and he is also a heavy cavalry, my Jizhou is rich and rich in iron ore, and it is not difficult to build an elite army."

In addition, Wei Zhengxi has occupied Henan Yin for half a year, Yingchuan is several years, and Hedong is the Wei family's own place, only Hanoi is newly attached, and his rear is more stable after a long war! Please think twice! ”

Yuan Shao was speechless, how did he jump out of this frustration step by step, why didn't so many pros and cons come out at once. Now Chun Yuqiong has also learned.

However, Yuan Shao can't deny that Chun Yuqiong's analysis is much more beautiful than his leading troops to fight, the so-called knowing this and knowing the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and the Jizhou soldiers will lose because they don't understand the enemy, and fighting a protracted war is also at a disadvantage, because Wei ???????????????? Xuan's rear is more stable. This rear stability is not an external threat, but the speed and ability of internal conscription and rationing!

Yuan Shao sighed and said to Guo Tu: "Gongzhi, the frustrated army is right, let's be patient for the time being, go to Yuantu and ask him to agree to Wei Zhongdao's request first, we will prepare grain and grass while recruiting troops, but let Neihuang's army withdraw as soon as possible." ”

Seeing that Yuan Shao had made a decision, Guo Tu no longer insisted, the most important duty of a strategist is to plan for the assist, draw up a plan for the lord's reference, and once the lord makes a decision, it should be implemented immediately.

Feng Ji of Huai County finally took Yuan Shao's reply, but although Yuan Shao asked him to agree to all of Wei Xuan's requests, he did not specify the specific delivery time of the grain. As a last resort, he had to go to Xi Zhicai again to discuss.

Xi Zhicai seemed to have been mentally prepared for a long time, and when he got Feng Ji's reply, he smiled and said: "Mr. Yuntu, there are still wise men in the chariot camp. However, my general also said that when 300,000 grains arrive at the border of Hanoi, our army will be fully contracted, and the other 300,000 will be withdrawn from Neihuang when our army arrives. ”

Feng Ji: "......"

If Feng Ji really doesn't want to deal with a monarch like Wei Xuan, and really sees what it means to be unreasonable, fortunately, Yuan Shao finally relented, and the next delivery between the two sides will inevitably continue to fight, but it is better if the two sides continue to garrison troops and the border war is about to break out. After all, Feng Ji also felt that Jizhou was not ready, or that the mobilization speed in a few weeks was definitely far inferior to Wei Xuan!

However, the completion of the task of peace talks has not yet been completed, because Yuan Shao's instructions also include striving for an alliance with Wei Xuan.

Yuan Shao informed Feng Ji of his analysis, and Feng Ji also figured it out, if Wei Xuan didn't want to negotiate peace, he was afraid that Chun Yuqiong's soldiers and horses would have been eaten a long time ago, and the entire Wei County might have been guarded a long time ago, and he and Yuan Shao and the others were actually frightened by Wei Xuan's posture.

Thinking of this, Feng Ji has more confidence in the alliance between the two families, at least there are no special circumstances, and the family should work towards their respective goals that year.