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Volume 2: Unpredictable Chapter 417: Yuan Shao¡¯s Great Ambition

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    After that, Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, using thieves as the vanguard, and fought fiercely with the Black Mountain bandits in Yanzhou.  Wherever the soldiers and horses went, they were invincible and conquered. After a few months, the Black Mountain bandits were pushed back to Qingzhou.

    Although Cao Cao's soldiers were exhausted after repeated battles, Cao Cao always used troops more quickly than speed. After only letting his troops rest for three days, he attacked Qingzhou again. After capturing the cities and counties, he immediately sent sergeants to take the people in the city to Yanzhou.

    And in Ha County, Jizhou a month ago.

    After a year of rest and recuperation, Yuan Shao's sergeants were all recuperating their strength. Yuan Shao was about to lead his army in a decisive battle with Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, so he summoned all the civil and military men under his command to discuss it in the county government hall.

    "My lord, since Gongsun Zan captured Youzhou, he has become increasingly arrogant and disrespectful to the people. He never forgets his mistakes and will retaliate. He is alienated from his subordinates. Now I heard that Liu Yu was engaged in Yuyang Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and the Cavalry Governor Xian Yuyin.  The remnant soldiers in Youzhou wanted to avenge Liu Yu, so they elected Yan Rou as the Sima of Wuwan. Yan Rou recruited Xianbei, Wuwan and other troops, and got tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers to fight against Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang appointed by Gongsun Zan.  North of the river. From this point of view, if the lord leads the army to attack Youzhou at this time, it will not be difficult to defeat Gongsun Zan.

    However, my lord, you should not just set your sights on Youzhou at this time.  A few months ago, Wen Han had already merged the state, and later the Yanzhou governor Liu Dai was killed by the Black Mountain bandits. Cao Cao led the army to defeat the Black Mountain bandits and collected nearly 100,000 Black Mountain bandits. His power expanded rapidly. I think Yanzhou will fall soon.  into the hands of Cao Cao.  As a result, Jizhou was surrounded by Wenhan of Bingzhou and Cao Cao of Yanzhou.  Wen Han and Cao Cao are close friends, but the master now has only one of them in power.  If the lord doesn't make arrangements, I'm afraid these two people will join forces to attack the lord in the future!  "

    In the main hall, Tian Feng admonished Yuan Shao with a serious look on his face.  Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the main seat with high fighting spirit and high spirits, suddenly turned dark.  At the same time, thinking of Tian Feng's words just now, my heart couldn't stop beating wildly.

    "What Yuan Hao said is true. I wonder if you have any strategies that can help me resolve the dangerous situation in front of me?"

    "The most urgent thing my lord needs now is time to strengthen his power. As long as the lord's power is so large that Cao Cao and Wen Han have no intention of getting involved, the crisis can be solved. Therefore, Lord Fengwang made an immediate decision and sent 200,000  The army is divided into two groups, one attacking Youzhou and the other attacking Qingzhou. In this way, the lord can gain the land of the three states and become the overlord of the north!

    "The land of three states, the northern overlord!"

    Yuan Shao took a deep breath. Suddenly, his eyes suddenly lit up, almost lighting up the entire hall, and the blood in his body gushed and boiled.

    "Yuan Hao, how do you get these Youzhou and Qingzhou!"

    Yuan Shao stood up unconsciously, exuding bursts of heaven-swallowing aura, and pulled his hands into fists.  Tian Feng secretly looked at Yuan Shao's spirit and secretly thought that Yuan Shao had such ambitions and was already qualified to be a hegemon.

    Tian Feng¡¯s face darkened, his eyes condensed, exuding wisdom and wisdom.

    "Over in Youzhou, my lord can unite with Yan Rou and say that he is willing to send troops to avenge Liu Yu's tragic death. Yan Rou's troops are not strong enough to defeat Gongsun Zan, so he will definitely agree. Accordingly, my lord can let Yan Rou's troops attack Youzhou's  Yuyang and Shanggu counties, and then the lord will send troops to attack the two counties of Beiping and Liaoxi in Youzhou. The lord's current troops are recharging their strength. One hundred thousand recruits have been trained, but the recruits have no battlefield experience, so the lord,  You can send 50,000 veterans and 30,000 new troops to attack Youzhou. Yan Rou also has tens of thousands of troops, and the combined strength of the lord and the army is 150,000.

    Gongsun Zan is separated from his generals, and his troops number less than 100,000, so how can he be a match for the troops of his lord and Yan Rou?  After defeating Gongsun Zan, the lord has avenged Yan Rou and others, and they will definitely be grateful. Then the lord will treat them with benevolence, justice and etiquette, and subdue them to join the lord's command. In this way, Youzhou can be obtained.

    As for Qingzhou, the Black Mountain bandits from Qingzhou are now out in force to attack Yanzhou, and their troops are empty.  The lord can take advantage of the fierce battle between the Black Mountain bandits and Cao Cao and send 30,000 veterans and 30,000 new soldiers to attack Qingzhou with a combined force of 60,000.  At the same time, another general and 40,000 new troops were sent to guard the Bohai Sea in case of any unexpected situation.  "

    Yuan Shao's heart was beating wildly. Every word Tian Feng said was carefully examined in his heart. After pondering for a while, he waved his fist and shouted.

    "Okay! Just follow Yuan Hao's words. Pass on my order! Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Xu You and others will lead an army of 80,000 with me to attack Youzhou. Qu Yi, Zhang Jia, Ju Shou, Shen  Pei, you and the other four will lead an army of 60,000 to attack Qingzhou. Chunyu Qiong and you will lead an army of 40,000 to defend Bohai. Pay close attention to the situation in Qingzhou and adapt accordingly. From now on, you and others will perform their duties and prepare their troops, and march immediately to fight in three days.  !¡±

    After that, Yuan Shao quickly arranged the important positions of everyone, and all the civil and military personnel under Yuan Shao accepted the orders with high morale.  They all seem to have seen the glorious future of Yuan Shao becoming the overlord of the north.

      Under Tian Feng's plan, Jizhou once again launched a war. Three days later, Yuan Shao received Yan Rou's reply. As Tian Feng expected, Yan Rou agreed to join forces with Yuan Shao without hesitation.  Here, Yuan Shao led his civil and military forces and sent 80,000 troops to attack Beiping and Liaoxi counties in Youzhou.  As for Qu Yi and Zhang Jia, they led an army of 60,000 to attack Qingzhou.  Soon after Qu Yi and Zhang Jia left, Chunyu Qiong led another 40,000 troops and rushed to Bohai.

    Yan Rou's army saw that Yuan Shao had indeed attacked Youzhou as promised, and their morale was extremely high. On the other hand, on the other side of Yuyang, Gongsun Zan's army saw that Yuan Shao's soldiers had invaded, and their morale plummeted. Half a month later, Yan Rou's army defeated Gongsun Zan's army in Yuyang, and killed Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang.  .

    At the same time, Yuan Shao's army defeated Gongsun Zan in Baoqiu and beheaded more than 20,000 people.  Yan Roujun and Yuan Shaojun were like two huge guns, thrust into the land of Youzhou, and they were unstoppable along the way.  Within a few months, Gongsun Zan lost all four counties of Yuyang, Shanggu, Beiping, and Liaoxi. Yuan Shao and Yan Rou each killed Gongsun Zan's officers, and welcomed Liu Yu's son Liu He. The two armies united in western Liaoning.  After that, the two armies joined forces and fought fiercely with Gongsun Zan's troops. Gongsun Zan was defeated repeatedly, so he fled back to Yi Jing to hold on.  More than ten heavy trenches were dug in the Linyi River, and mounds as high as five or six feet were piled in the trenches, and barracks were built on the mounds.  The tallest mound in the center of the trench was more than ten feet tall. Gongsun Zan lived in it, using iron as a door and shutting out the left and right. Men over the age of seven were not allowed to enter. He only lived there with his wives and concubines, and hoarded three million hu of grain.  Gongsun Zan also made the women accustomed to loud voices, so that their voices could be heard hundreds of steps to convey orders.  Seeing that Yuan Shao and Yan Rou were powerful and difficult to resist, Gongsun Zan became more and more discouraged and did not want to make progress. He actually thought of using up the food and fodder of Yuan Shao and Yan Rou's armies by holding on.  At the same time, Gongsun Zan alienated his guests and refused to listen to loyal advice. As a result, he had no close confidants around him, and his advisers and generals gradually became alienated.

    On the other hand, when Qu Yi and Zhang Jiao's 60,000 troops arrived in Qingzhou, Cao Cao had already repelled the Black Mountain bandits from Yanzhou and was fighting in the southern area of ??Qingzhou.  Qu Yi and Zhang Jaw were fighting in the north, because almost all the Black Mountain bandits in Qingzhou were fighting Cao Cao's troops in the south, so Qu Yi and Zhang Jiao's troops were able to defeat Qi and Le'an counties without any bloodshed.

    As for what Cao Cao got, he learned from the scouts that Yuan Shao's troops were marching to Qingzhou, so he immediately accelerated his march and brought the people of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan counties to Yanzhou with lightning speed.  In the past few months, Cao Cao defeated the Black Mountain bandits one after another and collected 60,000 surrender troops. However, the bandits who were the vanguard in the battle lost 20,000 soldiers.  At this time, Cao Cao's troops were 200,000, but almost 180,000 of them were Black Mountain bandits.

    At this time, there were less than 100,000 Black Mountain bandits left in Qingzhou.  The remaining Black Mountain bandits, when they heard that Yuan Shao had arrived from the north, were immediately frightened and had no intention of fighting. Cao Cao had already killed them to the point of being helpless. Now another evil tiger came, which undoubtedly forced them to a dead end.  Zhang Yan immediately gathered his generals, and after discussion, decided to take the remaining Black Mountain bandits to Le'an and surrender to the general Qu Yi sent by Yuan Shao.

    Zhang Yan's surrender gave Qu Yi an additional 100,000 troops. This made Qu Yi very ambitious. While preparing for the next battle with Cao Cao, he organized his troops and notified Chunyu Qiong of Bohai to lead the army.

    At this moment, Qu Yi suddenly received a secret letter from Cao Cao. In the letter, Cao Cao told Qu Yi that he had no intention of taking Qingzhou and hoped that he would give him half a month to withdraw his troops from Qingzhou.  .  Seeing this, Qu Yi came to Ju Shou and Shen Pei to discuss.

    When Jushou heard this, he smiled.

    "The soldiers and horses under Cao Mengde must be exhausted from the continuous battles. Although his troops number 200,000, almost all of them are descendants of the Black Mountain bandits, and they are all a ragtag group. It seems that he knows that he cannot defeat  I am waiting for the army, so I sent a secret message, hoping that we will not send troops to attack his troops."

    "So, Ju Sima, do you think I should let Cao Cao go and let his troops withdraw from Qingzhou?"

    Jushou and Shenpei looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, they seemed to have unified their opinions.  Jushou paused slightly and said.

    "If the war breaks out, people will inevitably die. Moreover, Cao Cao and we both have a large number of soldiers. If a war breaks out, the casualties will be heavy. And the lord is currently fighting in Youzhou, so it is not appropriate to fall out with Cao Cao. To be able to capture Qingzhou without bloodshed, let's  It is necessary for his troops to evacuate.¡±

    "I have no objection to Ju Sima's decision. In this way, we can still save a lot of troops for our lord. Okay, I will write a letter immediately and pass it to Cao Mengde, giving him half a month. If after half a month,  Before he withdraws, I will immediately send troops to fight with him!"

    After Qu Yi made his decision, he walked to the desk and started writing a letter, while Ju Shou and Shen Pei walked to Qu Yi's side, giving advice from time to time.  Ju Yi admired the wisdom of Jushou and Shenpei very much, so he accepted it happily.

    A few days later, Cao Cao got a reply from Qu Yi, and he smiled at Guo Jia.

    "It seems that this QuyiI didn't realize that I needed the real purpose of these half months. In this way, I would have enough time to take away the people of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan counties.  "

    "Haha, it's no wonder. If someone voluntarily dedicates a state of land to Guo, Guo will be willing to wait not only for a month, but also for a year."

    At this point, Cao Cao got half a month's buffer and brought nearly 700,000 men and women from the three counties of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan back to Yanzhou.

    Half a month later, Cao Cao did as promised and withdrew all his troops to Yanzhou.  Qu Yi was overjoyed and quickly divided his army into three groups and marched forward. In just ten days, he captured the three counties of Beihai, Donglai and Jinan.  But what stunned Qu Yi was that when he led an army to Jinan County, there was no one in the entire Jinan County. Such strange phenomena made Qu Yi mistakenly think that he had arrived in the underworld.  Qu Yi hurriedly sent several teams of scouts to search the area around Jinan County, and then sent people to Donglai and Beihai counties to check the situation.

    A few days later, the scouts sent by Qu Yi came back with several hunters living in the mountains. These hunters told Qu Yi that the reason why there was no one in Jinan was because Cao Cao sent troops and horses to take all the people of Jinan to Yanzhou.  After hearing this, Qu Yi realized that he had fallen into the trap and regretted it too late.  A few days later, after Qu Yi received intelligence from Donglai and Beihai, Qu Yi was so angry that he almost spurted blood on the spot. Donglai and Beihai were the same as Jinan, and almost all the people in the county were taken away by Cao Cao.

    Ju Yi¡¯s hands trembled, and suddenly he had an attack and tore the two letters into pieces.  Qingzhou lost a total of 700,000 people. After this, he must be severely punished by Yuan Shao.

    "Pass my order!! Send out the army!!! Send out the army!!! I want to fight to the death with this sinister villain Cao Mengde!!!"

    Qu Yi¡¯s face was red and his eyes were red, and he was roaring like crazy.  Jushou, who was nearby, quickly advised.

    "General Qu must not be swallowed up by anger and lose his calm. Cao Mengde has already taken the 700,000 people away from Qingzhou, and at this time he must have taken adequate defensive measures in Yanzhou. If we attack rashly, I am afraid it will be difficult to  Win!"

    "General Qu, what Ju Sima said is true. Cao Cao is not an ordinary person, and his troops have had a month to rest and recuperate, and their combat strength has been restored. Yanzhou has a steep terrain, which has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack. We want to attack Yanzhou.  This matter is serious, and my lord has no intention of quarreling with Cao Mengde yet. I hope General Qu will think twice!"
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