"Sometimes you will agree not because it is the best idea, Gongtai." Although Hu Zhao belongs to the enlightenment sect, it does not mean that he cannot see the sinister nature of people's hearts.
Chen Gong rolled his eyes. He knew this better than Hu Zhao, but he didn't understand why Shen Pei and Xun Chen didn't stop him. You must know that those people are all famous officials in the world, and they can't be ungrateful.
As Chen Gong guessed, it was not because of the sinister nature of people's hearts, but because of the choices Yuan Tan had to make in order to maintain the stability of the Yuan family.
Historically, Yuan Tan assisted Yuan Shao in capturing Qingzhou, so he was named the governor of Qingzhou. However, in this generation, Qingzhou fell into the hands of Liu Bei. Yuan Tan assisted Yuan Shao in capturing Youzhou, so naturally Yuan Tan became the governor of Youzhou.
Yuan Shao felt that he was a hero at that time, and his eldest son Yuan Tan did have some abilities, and his nephew Gao Gan was indeed good. In addition, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were still young, so Yuan Shao appointed Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou. After all, he could use it with peace of mind. We don't ask for much performance from them, just the family affection and loyalty.
There is no shortage of capable people in Yuan Shao, but there are only a few people who can really make Yuan Shao open his mind and feel at ease. Therefore, it can be said that it is natural for Gao Gan and Yuan Tan to each control a state.
After acquiring Youzhou, Yuan Tan naturally worked hard to grow, using Youzhou as his foundation to prepare for his future inheritance of the family business. As a result, the situation has become like this. After Yuan Tan stabilizes, the best strategy is to abandon Youzhou and shrink his defense line. , consolidate Bingzhou and Jizhou, defend with all-out force, and increase the depth of the defense line.
Although doing this under the huge gap in strength can only be said to be lingering, it is still better than death.
It's a pity that Youzhou is basically Yuan Tan's base camp. Should he abandon the base camp and choose the best strategy, and use Bingzhou as his future foundation? Or should he desperately gather troops, consolidate Youzhou, abandon most of Bingzhou, and let Liu Bei use strong troops? Unable to invade Youzhou, Yuan Tan basically chose the second of these two methods without much thought.
The first approach. Bingzhou is the territory of high-ranking officials, and Yuan Tan is really not sure whether his cousin can fully support him. After all, after losing Youzhou, Yuan Tan's foundation has already had problems. Although he has the full support of Shen Pei, Xu You, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Yiqu and others, Yuan Tan really cannot guarantee that senior officials will not have petty thoughts.
The second approach. Although it looks very dangerous, in Yuan Tanzhong's view, giving up part of Bingzhou to Cao Cao not only adds an offensive and defensive alliance, but also weakens the strength of high-ranking officials and consolidates his own position. One plus and one minus. Under this situation, the core power of the Yuan family was basically in his own hands.
It can be said that Yuan Tan's approach is not too wrong, but he does not understand Liu Bei's true strength and believes that Liu Bei's stagnation is due to the inability to make progress under his rule.
As for Shen Pei and others, they also felt that Yuan Tan¡¯s approach was not the best choice. But he did a pretty good job, and since this was Yuan Tan's first order, Xu You and others accepted it after hesitating.
Although they lost the battle between Yuan and Liu, in their opinion, they lost that battle too unfairly. In their opinion, the combat effectiveness displayed by Yuan Shaojun and Liu Beijun was actually about the same. Although Liu Bei was stronger , it¡¯s just half a pound. As for brains and strategies, they did not lose in wisdom in the battle between Yuan and Liu.
Of course, the above is just a trial match, Xu You and others¡¯ own judgment. They are now a little obsessed with the authorities and can't see the situation clearly. But having said that, Li Youquan opened a household registration and removed all Yuan Shao's spies. Afterwards, an intelligence blockade was carried out, and Yuan Tan's side could not get any useful information at all, so he could only rely on the battlefield situation to judge.
In fact, that¡¯s all. Now Yuan Tan¡¯s biggest losses are Zhang He and Gao Lan. The remaining two members of Hebei Siting were not comforted after they returned. On the contrary, it was left idle, and even Yuan Tan planned to drive Zhang He and Gao Lan to the north of Bingzhou to defend Xianbei after the delivery of Bingzhou.
This is naturally not because Yuan Tan attaches great importance to the Xianbei people. In fact, it is completely dissatisfied with Zhang He and Gao Lan.
Wen Chou vowed to never forget his loyalty, and Zhang He and Gao Lan retreated alone regardless of their lord, leading to Yuan Shao's death. These were absolutely intolerable in Yuan Tan's eyes. With tens of thousands of troops in hand, he abandoned the city and fled Yecheng, even reaching Baoxuanyuan Tianding. Neither of them were brought out, which made Yuan Tan even more disgusted with the two of them.
Although Xu Youshen and Xun Chen and others knew that there were too many hidden secrets, they could only choose to remain silent when Yuan Tan just came to the throne. In their opinion, it would be better for Zhang He and Gao Lan to sit idle for a period of time and let Yuan Tan take over smoothly.
As for the future, it was basically only a matter of time before he appeared on the battlefield again as a famous general from Hebei, so they unanimously chose to wrong Zhang He and Gao Lan.
In other words, this is the disadvantage of not having Tian Feng and Jushu. Although Shen Pei, Xun Chen, Xu You and others are also wise and resourceful people, they are far less temperamental.Feng Jushou had the momentum to speak out and give advice.
If Tian Feng Jushou was still here, Yuan Tan's behavior would definitely be dismissed by these two guys. The most important thing to do now is to protect Zhang He and Gao Lan. However, after Shen Pei and others reviewed the measures, they finally hesitated. , still passed Yuan Tan¡¯s order.
Without those two people taking the lead, these people would not dare to challenge Yuan Tan. You must know that with Tian Feng in the past, this group of people would say a few words if they thought it was reasonable. Anyway, there were people who took the blame, and their softer words passed. Yuan Shao must have remembered that if he failed, Tian Feng must have continued on and passed
As for now, Xun Chen and others can only look at me and I look at you. They don't want to take the blame. They are all smart people and don't want to be remembered, so they don't speak. Therefore, after the established facts appear, they also There is only one default option left.
Chen Gong is not clear about these things. To be precise, Chen Gong has not had in-depth contact with Tian Feng Jushou, and there is no need to unlock spiritual talents for a trivial matter, so he is completely unable to understand the current attitude of Shen Pei and others.
"But this matter has little to do with us. We only need to do our own thing well to whomever Bingzhou is handed over to." Chen Gong said casually, "Although I don't like Cao Cao, I won't go out of my way to do this. To discredit him, he will do better than Yuan Benchu ??if he can."
"They don't need to send troops, and they don't need to worry about the people in the north. They only need to provide food and grass. Cao Cao has nothing to discount in this regard." Zang Hong curled his lips and said. He couldn't stand Cao Cao, but he also admitted that Chen Gong if.
"I also agree." Hu Zhao nodded. He felt good about Cao Cao before, but after the attack on Xuzhou, Hu Zhao no longer liked Cao Cao. However, he also admitted that within the scope of Cao Cao's ability, he would do more. good. To be continued