Yuan Shao was still angry, and insisted on solving Yuan Shu's big problem in a short time. If it is allowed to develop, his hegemony may be ruined on this troublesome bastard, and the Yuan family will be buried by this bastard sooner or later.

Just when Fu Zhu and the others were struggling to persuade each other, a secret letter sent from Guanzhong made Yuan Shao dispel the idea of attacking Yuan Shu immediately.

With the unremitting efforts of some local scholars in Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo's old department finally fought among themselves, Li Dao killed Fan Chou, and the chaos in Guanzhong began to appear.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and immediately gave an order to prepare to capture Guanzhong.

A few days later, Fu Zhu, Xu You and others came up with a detailed plan to capture Guanzhong.

At present, there are 20,000 troops of Chun Yuqiong on the battlefield in Kansai, and 10,000 troops of Zhang Yang and Han Hao in Hanoi. The number of troops stationed in Luoyang and the Eight Gates of Gyeonggi was about 30,000, Yuan Wei, Gao Gan, Yuan Zhong, and Xu Xuan in Yuzhou were about 20,000, and Yuan Tan and Yuan Xuan in Nanyang were about 20,000 troops. After two years of military expansion, Yuan Shao's subordinate units had more than 100,000 troops.

According to Fu Zhi's arrangement, the army on the Kansai battlefield will launch an attack on Xin'an and Mianchi after the main force of the army enters the pass, so as to contain Yue Fei's army. Zhang Yang of Hebei will lead his army to move in the direction of Jizhou around March, making the illusion of containing the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army from crossing the river to the south.

Yuan Wei, the assassin of Yuzhou, Gao Gan of Yingchuan, and Yuan Zhong of Runan, led an army of 10,000 to launch an attack on the area around Xiapi in Xuzhou in early March in response to Cao Cao's offensive in the north of Xuzhou.

"If the army can defeat Liu Bei and occupy Xuzhou between mid-March and early April, then we will be able to occupy a sufficient advantage to engage in fierce battles with the southward Northern Xinjiang army in every city. Fight for enough for the main army that seized Guanzhong. ”

"Gongsun Chan has already given us an accurate answer, and he will delay the time to enter the Yanzhou battlefield under various excuses." Fu Zhu pointed to the map and said, "Now what we are most worried about is Qingzhou Liu Yu. According to the information we have received, Liu Yu has been developing in the three counties in the western part of Qingzhou for many years and has more than 20,000 troops. If these 20,000 people attack from behind Cao Cao. The situation in Yanzhou must be reversed. “

"If Yuan Shu can attack Guangling County in Xuzhou from the south at the same time that we attack the state of Pi and Cao Cao attack the state of Pengcheng, it will greatly accelerate the process of our capture of Xuzhou and win the time to mobilize troops to go north to Yanzhou. Therefore, when Yuan Shu's army attacked Xuzhou would directly affect the development of the Yanzhou war. ”

"Don't worry, Yuan Shu will definitely fight Xuzhou this time." Yuan Shao said confidently, "Compared with the four counties of Jiangdong, Xuzhou is too attractive to him. If we promise to give him the captured Xiapi State, and he himself takes the Guangling County, plus the Jiujiang County and Lujiang County that he now controls, he has four counties, and his strength is immediately doubled, do you think he will make a choice? As long as I give him food and grass, he will fight faster than anyone else. ”

Frustrated and the crowd looked at each other and smiled.

In order to attract the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to the south, Yuan Wei's Yuzhou army will be called 30,000 people. In addition, we also sent an army stationed in Luoyang to cross the river under the banner of the lord and approach the east of the river. I think 3,000 people are enough for this bluffing army. Fu Zhu then frowned and continued, "The army attacking Guanzhong is mainly Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi in Nanyang and Gao Rou and Xu Xuan in Yuzhou, with a total of 30,000 troops. This number is obviously too small, and we must get Jingzhou's help. ”

In the past two years, under the careful governance of Liu Biao, Jingzhou has developed rapidly, and the army has expanded to 50,000 people. The rapid expansion of Liu Biao's strength is entirely due to the stability of Jingzhou. Although there were several small-scale rebellions in Jingzhou, the scope of the war was relatively small and did not hurt Jingzhou's vitality.

In addition, due to the large number of migrants from the south, Jingzhou's population not only did not decrease, but increased rapidly. When the population is larger and there are more young and strong men, it is easy to increase the number of troops. However, now there is an unexpected situation, and Liu Biao is dragged by Liu Zhang.

In order to gather enough troops to capture Guanzhong, Yuan Shao had already written to Liu Biao, asking him to temporarily negotiate peace with Liu Zhang. Let's talk about it first, and then give more gifts, but if it doesn't work, then fight. He asked Liu Biao to lead 30,000 main forces north and fight into Guanzhong with him, as for Liu Zhang's Yizhou army, 20,000 troops were enough to deal with him.

"If Liu Biao can send 30,000 troops into the pass, we will have 60,000 horses, and we will have a great chance of taking the pass." "However, at present, it is not only the Northern Frontier Army that can prevent us from capturing Guanzhong, but also Han Sui and Ma Teng of Xiliang. ”

"Last year, Yuan Tan's army was blocked by Duan Xuan in Shangluo City, and they were unable to join Han Sui and Ma Teng for a long time, and as a result, they were defeated in successive battles and were forced to retreat to Xiliang, suffering heavy losses. Han Sui and Ma Teng hated us very much because of this, and they no longer trusted us. Last year, the lord sent people to contact Han Sui and Ma Teng several times, hoping to join forces with them again to seize Guanzhong, but they all refused. ”

"If we go in this time, Han Sui and Ma Teng will definitely send troops to kill in Guanzhong. For them, occupying Guanzhong is equivalent to solving the problem of survival, how can they miss this golden opportunity? ”

"At present, the strength of Dong Zhuo's old troops such as Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong is about 30,000 people, and they are distributed all over Guanzhong, but it is precisely because of their scattered forces that it is difficult for us to achieve a quick victory. Once the battle in Guanzhong drags on, Han Sui and Ma Teng may enter the pass, and the Northern Xinjiang Army may also cross the river and march westward, so that there will be four large armies fighting each other in Guanzhong, and it will be much more difficult for us to seize Guanzhong. ”

"There is only one way to avoid this." Fu Zhi pointed to Chang'an City on the map, "We will take Chang'an City as quickly as possible." ”

"If we take Chang'an City, we will also own Guanzhong and the world!"

"When will Duan Xuan sacrifice Wuguan?" Yuan Shao asked.

Duan Xuan said that he needed the personal commitment of the lord. Xu Yu replied.

"Okay, I'll go to Wuguan." Yuan Shao smiled, "Ziyuan, you take my handwritten letter and go to Xiangyang immediately." You said to Brother Jingsheng, I'll wait for him in Wuguan. ”

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In mid-March, the Great General's Mansion in Jicheng.

Li Yi asked Zhuge Jin, the chief secretary of the General's Mansion: "Is there any latest news from Guanzhong recently?" ”

"Nope." Zhuge Jin handed Li Yi a letter, "This is an urgent report from Yue Fei, the general of the expedition to the west. In early March, Chun Yuqiong began to lead an army to attack Sin'an City. This was Yuan Shao's first attack on Kansai this year. Looks like he's going to do it. ”

Li Yi nodded, hurriedly glanced at Yue Fei's letter, then opened the map on the desk, and asked again, "Has Gao Changgong's iron horse arrived in Jinyang?" ”

"It's already here, and it's heading to the east of the river day and night." Zhuge Jin sat opposite Li Yi, pointed to Hedong County on the map, and said, "It is expected that we will be able to reach Pubanjin within three days to meet the troops of Xu Da, Huang Zhong and Xu Huang." It was this 50,000-foot cavalry army that attacked Guanzhong head-on. ”

Li Yi nodded, and asked again, "Zilong, do you have any news?" ”

"Zhao Yun, the general of the expedition to the north, is on his way to Beidi County." Zhuge Jin pointed to Helan Mountain on the map and said, "General Xun Di will lead the Bingzhou Cavalry Garrison Corps, which will cross Helan Mountain at the end of this month, enter Beidi County from Lingwu Valley, and meet Zhao Yun. Zhuge Jin's hand swiped down the map, focusing on Xiao Pass, "If nothing else, the 24,000 iron cavalry led by General Zhao Yun will probably enter Xiao Pass in mid-April, and then go down Liupan Mountain and kill Chang'an." ”

"Mid-April......" Li Yi said to himself, "if only they could be faster." Whether it can successfully capture Chang'an and occupy Guanzhong depends on this iron cavalry. ”

"Ziyu, send a letter to Yun Chang, asking him to complete the assembly of the Youzhou army at the end of April, and go south at any time to attack the Central Plains."

Zhuge Jin asked with a little surprise: "The lord is planning to fight with all his might?" ”

Now there are more than 310,000 people in the standing army of the Northern Xinjiang Army, of which there are two infantry standing regiments of Yue Fei and Xu Da deployed in Hedong, totaling 64,000 people, if you add the two cavalry standing regiments led by Zhao Yun, the general of the expedition to the north from the desert, and the two cavalry standing regiments led by Gao Changgong, the general of Zhenbei, and an army of the Bingzhou cavalry standing regiment led by Xun Di, the army involved in the battle of Guanzhong is already nearly 110,000 troops.

And in Jizhou, there were originally gathered Zhang He, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao's three cavalry standing corps of 54,000 iron cavalry, as well as Zhang Fei, Li Jing and Gao Shun's three infantry standing corps of 96,000 troops, a total of 150,000 infantry cavalry army, now if Guan Yu is asked to bring more than 30,000 troops stationed in Youzhou to Jizhou, it is equivalent to more than 310,000 standing troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Li Yi nodded and said: "Yes, as long as I take Guanzhong, the situation will be very favorable to Hebei." At this time, as long as I have enough troops, I can capture the Central Plains with lightning speed. ”

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At the end of March, Wuguan.

Kuai Yue led 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers to Wuguan to meet Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao, Kuai Yue, and Duan Xuan were all subordinates of the great general He Jin, and the three of them led the army to quell the rebellion many times that year, and they had a deep friendship with each other. Since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the three of them have gone their separate ways, and it has been five years in the blink of an eye. This time we are together again, and we are full of generosity.

Duan Xuan held a banquet in Guanzhong to entertain Yuan Shao and Kuai Yue, and the three of them talked about the past, remembering the ups and downs of the past few years, they were all melancholy and embarrassed.

"The catastrophe of the Great Han is about to pass." Yuan Shao sighed, "As long as Li Dao and Guo Yan are both defeated, we can easily take Chang'an and occupy Guanzhong, and we will have the strength to compete with Li Yi." It's so socially exciting. ”

"It's difficult......" Kuai Yue shook his head, "Although Dong Zhuo is dead, and the rebellions of Li Dao and Guo Yan are about to be defeated, the biggest rebellion of the Han is getting stronger and stronger. Now that Li Yi is in Hebei, his strength has increased sharply, and it is difficult to defeat him. ”

Yuan Shao and Duan Xuan looked at each other and looked at each other speechlessly. (To be continued.) )