Han Sui picked up a volume of documents from the desk and handed it to Ma Chao, and said, "Look at it, after reading it, say anything to me." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Ma Chao held the scroll and looked at Han Sui suspiciously.

"You don't want revenge?" Han Sui stroked his gray beard and smiled, "After reading it, you will know how to avenge your revenge." ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed and hurriedly unfolded the bamboo slip to take a closer look. After a while, Ma Chao's expression gradually became nervous, and a pair of sword eyebrows were tightly twisted together, looking panicked.

"Uncle......" Ma Chao rolled up the bamboo slip and gestured to the door, "Wenyuan is here, we ......"

Han Sui smiled and said, "Meng Qi, don't talk about Wenyuan first. What do you think of this plan? ”

"Uncle, if I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have known that the Northern Frontier Army had attacked the Central Plains." Ma Chao hesitated for a moment and asked, "In my uncle's opinion, in this Central Plains War, the best result of the Northern Xinjiang Army is to occupy Yanzhou, so we have the opportunity to seize Guanzhong and form a three-legged situation with Hebei and Luoyang, but is my uncle really sure that the Northern Xinjiang Army will lose both the coalition forces in this battle?" If not, even if we take advantage of the situation to capture Guanzhong, it will be difficult to hold Guanzhong. ”

"The reason why Li Yi began to forcibly attack the Central Plains a year and a half after the end of the Jizhou War was very clear, he wanted to seize Qingzhou and Yanzhou before the strength of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao recovered, and seize the opportunity to pacify the world. He was absolutely right about this strategy. Han Sui sighed softly, "It's a pity that Hebei's wealth mainly comes from Jizhou, the Jizhou War the year before last has exhausted all its strength, and this year it has to support more than 300,000 troops to fight fiercely on several battlefields, you can imagine how difficult Hebei's wealth has been?" Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why Li Yi crossed the Yellow River at all costs, because if he used this battle to gain a foothold in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, his pace of recovery would be greatly accelerated, but one thing is certain, within a year or so after the end of the Central Plains War, Hebei would not be able to launch an expedition with a scale of more than tens of thousands, and at most it would concentrate its forces to resist Yuan Shao's counteroffensive and stick to Qingzhou and Yanzhou. ”

"So my uncle thinks that as long as we defeat Yuan Tan, we can capture Guanzhong, and then quickly establish a three-legged momentum, Hebei fights us, we will join forces with Luoyang, Luoyang fights us, we will join forces with Hebei, so as to ensure the stability of Western Xinjiang." Ma Chao frowned and asked, "But has my uncle thought about it, the general has taken great care of Xiliang in recent years, and even when Hebei's financial resources were extremely tight after the Jizhou War, he still sent relief to Xiliang as agreed." In addition, my uncle has also been respecting the Jicheng court for several years, and now you have suddenly changed your course, and you have turned against the Jicheng court and the general, and once the situation changes in the future......"

"Are you worried that not only will we not be able to kill Yuan Shao, but we will join forces with Yuan Shao to fight against Hebei?" Han Sui asked calmly.

Ma Chao was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, I have figured it out, revenge is not so simple, it takes time, in the future, even if my uncle and Yuan Shao call me brothers, I can bear it, but what I am worried about is not that I can't kill Yuan Shao, but that I am worried about losing my uncle and completely losing hope of revenge." ”

"Uncle is very aware of the general's use of troops, and is more familiar with his character, he is a bloody tiger, a crazy tiger. In the Jizhou War the year before last, he defeated the attack of more than 300,000 coalition troops, and he did not wait to heal his wounds, but this year he turned to lead more than 200,000 troops to take the initiative to attack the Central Plains and fight against hundreds of thousands of coalition troops. Just now you said that he can still win, so even if he wins this battle miserably, it is still a victory. How could a crazy man like him tolerate others taking away his chance to pacify the world? Uncle, I remember that you always admired him and thought he was an amazing hero, why are you ...... now"

Han Sui smiled with relief, reached out and patted Ma Chao's shoulder, and said, "You have finally grown up, and I didn't suffer that knife in vain." ”

Then he stood up, walked back and forth in the house twice with his hands behind his back, and then stopped in front of the window, looked at the blue sky outside the window, sighed long, and said to Ma Chao: "You know what? After this battle, the general is in danger. ”

Ma Chao was shocked, his sword eyebrows suddenly stood up, and he asked puzzledly, "Why did my uncle say this?" ”

Han Sui said lightly: "After this battle, Hebei is facing four major crises. ”

"First, there is a huge loss in troops. The Northern Xinjiang Army was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of strength this time, but Yuan Shao, who had an advantage in troops, was reluctant to fight a decisive battle with it, which led to the Northern Xinjiang Army finally having to take a risk and force an attack based on the superiority of cavalry. After the war, it would be good if the Northern Xinjiang Army could keep half of its strength. The serious shortage of troops will lead to a major change in Hebei's military strategy. Li Yi will abandon the offensive and turn to the defensive, concentrate on promoting the new policy, and strive to recover as soon as possible. ”

"The second is the huge loss of wealth. The time between the Jizhou War and the Central Plains War was too short, and Li Yi forcibly attacked the Central Plains when Hebei's financial endowment was not restored. Although he seized the opportunity to pacify the world, he will also pay a heavy price for it. We can imagine that in order to fight this war, Hebei must have implemented many emergency measures in order to raise money and food, and increasing the taxes and forced labor of the common people and borrowing a large amount of credit from the wealthy are undoubtedly the only way to solve the shortage of financial resources in Hebei, which leads to the third crisis. ”

"In order to restore Hebei's vitality as soon as possible, Li Yi will inevitably continue to levy heavy taxes and forced labor on the people, and will inevitably default on the money borrowed on credit from the gate valve tycoons, and the people will resent the new deal because of this, and the gate valve tycoons will take the opportunity to coerce Li Yi to revise the new deal according to their requirements, and the contradictions between the top and bottom of Hebei will become more and more intense, and the new deal will become shaky in this situation, and the stability of Hebei will be in jeopardy."

"The emergence of these crises in Hebei will immediately affect the struggle for power in the court. These are the four crises in Hebei, and they are also the most terrible crises. ”

"Over the years, Li Yi has been on expeditions everywhere, and the time spent in Jicheng is only a handful, and all political affairs are entrusted to the eldest princess and a group of courtiers. After the Central Plains War, Li Yi was forced by the many crises in Hebei, and he must be in a hurry to get back all the power, because he had too many problems to solve, and the best way to solve these problems was for him to have the final say. If the power is handed over, it will be difficult to get it back, whether it is the eldest princess or the ministers of Jicheng, no one will obey Li Yi, in their eyes, Li Yi at this moment is Dong Zhuo in the past. Li Yi has encountered resistance to regaining power, and the easiest solution is to use force......"

Han Sui turned his head to look at Ma Chao, who looked stunned, and said very puzzled: "I don't know what Li Yi has been thinking about in the past few years, but he should remember how Dong Zhuo died, does he want to repeat Dong Zhuo's mistakes?" ”

"The general is really in danger." Ma Chao sighed in a low voice and said, "Uncle, we can send Wen Yuan away." ”

Han Sui nodded and said, "You go back immediately, quietly rush to Dasanguan with the cavalry, and wait for my attack order." ”

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Langya County, Xuzhou, Kaiyang City.

The stalemate on the battlefield in the Central Plains made Zang Ba more and more uneasy, especially after the meeting between Jiqiu and Chen Deng a few days ago, after Chen Deng's analysis and speculation of the current situation, Zang Ba had a feeling of fear.

If it weren't for his strong admiration and trust in the general's bravery, he would probably have expressed the fear in his heart on the spot.

After Chen Deng succeeded Zhu Ling to the East China Sea, Zang Ba's Qingzhou army had withdrawn from Tancheng and was stationed on the Kaiyang line in Langya County.

Relying on his past relationship with Zang Ba, Chen Deng repeatedly sent letters to Zang Ba, persuading him to take advantage of the situation to return to the Xuchang court, turn against him, and help the coalition army defeat Hebei.

At that time, the Northern Xinjiang army was like a bamboo, and Zang Ba received the latest battle situation sent by Handan from time to time, and of course he was not impressed by Chen Deng's persuasion. The great victory of the Northern Xinjiang Army is imminent, according to Chen Deng's approach is tantamount to self-destruction, if the wise man does not do it, Zang Ba will naturally not be so stupid.

However, as the Northern Xinjiang Army stopped at the front line of the chasm and fell into a protracted stalemate, Zang Ba's mentality gradually changed.

At this time, Chen Deng once again invited him to meet in Jiqiu.

Chen Deng said in the letter: "Since I came to Guangling to serve as the Taishou, we have not seen each other, don't Brother Xuan Gao want to get together with old friends and catch up with the old days?" ”

Zang Ba thought about it for a long time, so he decided to go to Jiqiu.

Chen Deng was born in Xuzhou Gaomen, knowledgeable, resourceful, but unruly, known as the madman of Xuzhou, because of this character, he has not been given the opportunity to show filial piety.

Chen Deng felt that he was not depressed and unhappy, and this situation continued until he was twenty-five years old, when Tao Qian came to Xuzhou, and he got the opportunity to stand out. Chen Deng was first promoted to filial piety, then appointed as the magistrate of Dongyang County, and soon after was appointed by Tao Qian as the lieutenant of the Diannong School. He implemented a series of agricultural and water conservancy measures in Xuzhou, so that Xuzhou's financial wealth was greatly restored in just a few years.

Chen Deng and Zang Ba are both people that Tao Qian values very much, and Zang Ba is very respectful to Chen Deng, and he never cares about Chen Deng's cynicism, and the relationship between the two gradually improves and becomes friends. In the Xuzhou Gaomen, there is only one Chen Deng who has a close relationship with a martial artist like Zang Ba who was born in the Yellow Turban.

After Chen Deng met Zang Ba, he made a thorough analysis of the current situation, and finally his conclusion was that as long as Yuan Shao adhered to the established strategy of defending Guandu and dragged out the war until after the Yellow River froze this winter, the Northern Xinjiang Army would be defeated.

Zang Ba suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. (To be continued.) )