Yuan Shao was annoyed and angry.

Don't blame him, he's very angry at the moment.

For Yuan Shao, Xu You's comments were almost unacceptable to him.

It was a great shame for Yuan Shao to let Yuan Shao, the fourth and third dukes, cede land to his original younger brothers, and let these younger brothers become his equal allies.

I saw that Yuan Shao's eyes were round all of a sudden, and he stared at Xu Yu opposite, his eyes were about to erupt into flames.

Xu You seemed to feel Yuan Shao's monstrous anger at the moment, but he still said:

"At the beginning, Cao Cao had a foothold in Jiangdong and Sun Jian had a foothold in Yuzhou, and it was only with the gift of the lord that they were able to become a hegemon, and at that time, they were afraid of the lord's deterrent power and were willing to become vassals of the lord...... One is that they are grateful for the kindness of the lord, and the other is because the lord's strength is extremely strong, and they can only survive if they are attached to the lord. ”

"But that's not the case anymore."

"After all these years of attrition, our strength is not as good as before, and we are completely unable to control them."

"And after Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce also developed on his own in Yuzhou, and gradually became an independent existence, not to mention Cao Cao in Jiangdong, over the years, the strength has become stronger and stronger, one side by side, they can already become an existence side by side with us, no longer our vassals, we can only use them as allies."

"And only as allies, they can do their best to compete with Liu Jian for us, in the past, as vassals, let them confront Liu Jian, there is no actual benefit for them, and now as allies, as long as they are given actual benefits, in this way, Cao Cao and Sun Ce will inevitably fully support our army."

"Jiangxia County is in our hands, and it doesn't have any strategic significance for us...... But if it is handed over to Cao Cao, he can move a big step to the northwest front, which will be of great benefit to Cao Cao's future development, and this huge benefit is enough to allow Cao Cao to completely confront Liu Jian for us. ”

"Enough!"

Yuan Shao suddenly let out an angry shout, interrupting Xu You's suggestion.

This loud shout was very loud, not only frightened Xu You, but even the other strategists standing next to him couldn't help but be stunned.

In the surprised eyes of Xu You and everyone, Yuan Shao slowly stood up, he stretched out a hand, pointed at Xu You tremblingly, and shouted:

"Xu Ziyuan, you are worthy of me!"

Xu You didn't expect Yuan Shao's reaction to be violent, so intense, he looked at Yuan Shao in a daze.

When he heard Xu Yu say with a puzzled face, "Lord, what did I say wrong?" ”

Yuan Shao looked at him angrily and said, "What did you say wrong?" You asked someone Yuan to cede land to Cao Cao and Sun Ce, this is simply insulting me! ”

"You don't know what your heart is?"

Xu You hurriedly explained: "Lord, I am loyal to you, what I say is from the bottom of my heart, the situation at this time is different from the past, the lord must not uphold the arrogance of the past, when he puts down his body and looks to the future." "Yuan

Shao Wenyan laughed, and there was a bit of sarcasm in that laughter.

"Looking at the future, you Xu Ziyuan is very clear about your future, don't you know?"

Xu You really didn't understand what Yuan Shao was talking about now, and then he saw Yuan Shao make a face at the attendant next to him.

The attendant hurriedly turned around and walked out, and in a few moments ordered a large box of slips to be carried.

Yuan Shao stretched out his hand and pointed to the slip on the ground, and said to Xu You, "Do you know what is in here?" ”

Xu You shook his head suspiciously and said, "Back to Ming Gong's words, I don't know." ”

Yuan Shao said coldly: "This is all the bribes you have received for your greed in the army over the years, accepting property in the people, arranging official positions for others in Nanyang County, and the evidence of your reselling of ordnance in the arsenal in Nanyang County!" Xu Ziyuan, Xu Ziyuan, how can you be embarrassed to give advice in front of me as a despicable and shameless villain? ”

After Yuan Shao finished speaking in front of everyone, Xu You's face turned red.

What Yuan Shao said is right, he Xu Yu has one of the biggest problems, that is, he is extremely greedy for money.

His greed for money is not ordinary greed, he is always greedy for big things, and he will do whatever he wants when he has great sensitive interests.

And for the sake of money, he can do anything dangerous, anything shameless.

But for Xu You, he personally didn't think it was a big deal, because he was loyal to Yuan Shao, and even if he accepted bribes, resold military rations, and resold ordnance, in his opinion, he was a very small part of Nanyang County.

In Xu You's opinion, this thing is not a big deal at all compared to the plan he made for Yuan Shao and the strategy he offered for Yuan Shao.

Moreover, he was not the only one who accepted bribes in Nanyang County.

The people in Nanjun, although the major families don't do such dirty things as Xu You, they act in secret and do much more dirty things than Xu You.

Moreover, as far as Yuan Shao's identity is concerned, it is impossible for him to send someone to investigate these things.

Someone must have secretly instructed him to follow the opportunity to sue himself in front of Yuan Shao.

Xu You's heart is so angry, it's really not good!

He began to look around to see who looked like the one who had made a bad admonition to Yuan Shao.

In the end, his eyes fell on Kuai Yue next to him.

This person was not in harmony with himself because of his suggestions and suggestions, and he was always looking for opportunities to frame himself.

Now that he's seized the opportunity, this guy is really not a good person.

Although he decided that Kuai Yue was the one who framed him, Xu You had no way to directly stand up and correct Kuai Yue now, and the person who was responsible for it now was himself, how could he have the kung fu to find trouble with Kuai Yue?

"Lord, you really misunderstood me, Lord, I wronged Xu You, I really wronged you!"

"Xu Yu is loyal to the lord, everything is for the sake of the lord, lord, don't listen to the villain's slander."

Yuan Shao smiled coldly.

"You yourself are the most despicable villain, and you dare to say anything about others?"

Xu You hurriedly shouted in public: "Lord! I was wronged! Wronged! ”

Yuan Shao didn't pay attention to him at all.

He just said to the person next to him: "Put Xu Yu in prison for me!" ”

"His guilt will be suspended and he will be dealt with later."

Subsequently, in the shout of "I am wronged, I am wronged", Xu You was dragged down by Yuan Shao.

Kuai Yue stood aside and looked at Xu Yu who was pulled down, with a bit of happiness in his eyes, but at the same time, there was a bit of sadness in his eyes.

This is indeed not the time for yourself to gloat!

At the moment of the great enemy, and Xu You, who is the head of Nanyang County, was dealt with by Yuan Shao in this way, which actually affected the morale of the army.

Thinking of this, Kuai Yue immediately stood up.

"At this time, if you deal with Xu You, I'm afraid it will make the army's morale unstable, and this matter is inappropriate, even inappropriate."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was very dissatisfied.

"What do you mean? Could it be that such a despicable villain, Yuan is not qualified to deal with him? ”

Kuai Yue hurriedly said: "Lord, Xu You was greedy for the military rations of Nanyang County, and resold the weapons of the arsenal, such a despicable person, if Yuan Gong wants to dispose of him, it is naturally very happy, it is a fair move, but if you want to deal with Xu You, you can do it anytime, but it is not this time!" ”

Yuan Shao frowned when he heard this.

Guo Tu also came out of the class and said: "Lord, this is exactly what Kuai Yidu said!" Even if Xu You is a despicable villain, but after all, he is the one who led the lord to Nanyang County back then, and he has a lot of credit, and now the great enemy is now, Liu Jianbing entered Nanyang and approached Wancheng, like this season, you must not deal with your henchmen and strategists, so as not to demoralize the soldiers in the city! ”

"At this time, we still have to focus on the overall situation of Wancheng!"

Guo Tu and Kuai Yue's words made Yuan Shao fall into deep thought.

Soon, I saw him start touching his beard and pondering for a moment.

When he was young, he saw Yuan Shao looking at Xiao Ji on the side.

Xiao Ji also nodded to Yuan Shao secretly.

Yuan Shao then said: "That's it! and dismissed Xu You's position, ordered him to return home, and after I repelled Liu Jian, I will deal with it! ”

"Whoa!"

"The lord is wise."

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The imperial army swept away the county forces in Nanyang County, and everywhere they went, they were like a swift wind sweeping autumn leaves, and soon arrived near Wancheng.

In addition to the siege equipment transported from the rear, Liu Jian also transferred Han Hao and the elite soldiers composed of Sanhe from the land of Sanhe, and formulated a complete strategy and tactics with Guo Jia, Xun You and others.

Strategy and tactics have long been not the center of the discussion, but the center of the discussion is how to better implement it.

In view of the solidity of Wancheng, it is imperative to isolate Wancheng first.

In this battle, Zhao Yun was the main force to break the attack, and first arranged the arrangement to encircle Wancheng, but the front line of Wuyin, Biyang, and Ping's also needed to be pacified by their own side to prevent people from coming to reinforce from the east.

After all, some time ago, Gongsun Zhan came to the news, and the war between him and Sun Ce was not going well.

Occupying Wuyin and other places, once Sun Cebing comes, Liu Jian can respond as quickly as possible.

Liu Jian made Zhang Liao and Han Hao make a surprise attack on Wuyin Zhudi, Zhang Liao will serve as the main general, Han Hao will be his deputy, and Zhang Liao will personally lead the army to complete the pacification task.

For Zhang Liao, these tasks are not difficult.

On the frontal battlefield, in addition to Zhao Yun besieging Wancheng, Yan Liang was also the main general, stationed in Jianyang, and stormed the nearby rivers, arsenals, and granaries.

Xu Huang led his army to Anzhong to cut off the connection between Wancheng and Wancheng in the west.

Liu Jian personally led the army to sit behind Zhao Yun to ensure the close connection between the rear and the front line, so that the grain and grass were continuous.

The armies of all sides have their own focuses, and Xun You, Guo Jia and others went to Zhao Yun and Yan Liang's armies respectively to assist them.

When the time comes, march together in several directions to completely pacify Wancheng!

At the same time, Wen Chou led the cavalry to the south of Wancheng from the flank to attack Xinye, deterring the clans of Nanjun and making them dare not act rashly.

This is to stab the enemy in the gut.

The war preparations of the imperial army are in place, and they can attack at any time.

More than 70,000 soldiers of the imperial court were eyeing Wancheng, sharpening their swords, waiting for Prime Minister Liu Jian's order.

To tell the truth, fighting more and fighting less wars has never been the mainstream for the imperial army, because for various reasons, before the Jian'an Year, Liu Jian mostly fought more wars with less.

Or because Liu Jian's jurisdiction is large and the number of troops is small, the north has to send troops to garrison and rein in the aliens, and sometimes it is not enough, so the situation of fighting more with less occurs from time to time.

However, now, Liu Jian's territory is getting bigger, and the layout of the first ten years has begun to be harvested, he vigorously expanded the army, expanded the entire imperial army, and began to join the Huns, Wuhuan people, etc., to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

Moreover, before this war, Yuan Shao also lost his troops and his military strength declined, so Liu Jianjun gradually gained the upper hand in terms of troops.

The crushing situation of national strength has been formed!

Even if Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Yi and others joined forces and resisted Liu Jian's attack wholeheartedly, they might not be able to gain the upper hand.

Especially this time, it's really just for Yuan Shao's family.

In this battle, although there were only 70,000, Liu Jian claimed to have an army of 200,000, and he was ordered by the emperor of the Han Dynasty to pacify Nanyang and dig up Yuan Shao's foundation.

Although it is an imaginary number, the slogan of the 200,000 army is shouting, which is terrifying.

And after Yuan Shao heard about this, in order to boost morale, he claimed to have 200,000 troops to defend the city!

However, in how to claim, it is also in vain.

The base of the population is there.

Even if Yuan Shao occupies Nanyang County and Runan County, the two most populous counties in the world in the past, the population is still too poor compared to Liu Jian, who basically unified the north.

Even if many noble families moved south, the population of the south could not be compared with the north after all, in this era, the south was not the mainstream of development after all, and Yuan Shao had no spare power to develop at present.

However, Yuan Shao finally left a way back for the Yuan family.

Over the years, Yuan Shao has not only built Nanyang, but also the construction of Xiangyang and Jiangling.

Before this battle, he also secretly moved his clan and family from Nanyang County to Xiangyang, and prepared many large ships.

He doesn't say it, but anyone who has a heart understands it.

Once the situation changed, Yuan Shao would inevitably flee across the river by boat, which he had prepared for a long time, and he even prepared enough ships along the Han River to take his men or important people to leave the north of the Han River and go to Gangneung.

Yuan Shao worked hard to prepare, but in the face of the strong deterrence of the Northern Army, his troops still showed symptoms of fear of the Hebei Army.

Although his men tried their best to stabilize the morale of the army, they still couldn't.

On June 18, the third year of Jian'an, Liu Jian sent someone to send Yuan the final persuasion document to persuade Yuan Shao to surrender, but he sternly refused.

Liu Jian was not in a hurry, and sent someone to deliver it again, but he was still refused.

After the third refusal, there is no room for negotiation.

On July 1, the third year of Jian'an, Liu Jian gave an order, and the four armies of Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Yan Liang launched an attack at the agreed time and almost at the same time.

They ordered all the soldiers to attack the main counties of Nanyang County together, and the battle officially began.

(End of chapter)