The back road was cut off, which was like a bolt from the blue for Yuan Shaojun, and Yuan Shao and his staff suddenly became a pot of porridge.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting in Pingling, the national governance office of Jinan, immediately summoned Guo Tu and Xin Ping from Linzi, as well as Xin Bi and Xun Chen from Mount Tai and other strategists to rush to Pingling to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, it was already the middle of November.

After the heavy snowfall, the cold wind is biting, and the cold north wind blows on the face like a knife, and the mountains are covered with ice and snow, and the white is boundless. The banner covered with frost and snow was frozen solid by the cold weather, and even though the north wind roared, there was no longer the momentum of hunting.

Under the invasion of the severe cold, 100,000 soldiers of the Yuan army took off their armor and patrolled the city wall in thick cotton clothes. Weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and halberds could not be held in their hands at all, so they could only put their hands in their sleeves and hold the weapons in their arms; Then he walked around the city walls in the bitter cold wind.

Although the north wind was like a knife, the strategists did not dare to delay, and immediately took their entourage, stepped on the thick snow, and hurried to Pingling, which was about 200 miles away, and conspired with the lord Yuan Shao.

At present, Yuan Shao's troop deployment is as follows, Jinan is personally in charge of Yuan Shao, and his strategists include Fu Zhu, Feng Ji, Xu You, Chen Lin, Pu Yangxing and others, and the military generals are mainly Xiao Maha, and the others are Gao Gan, Chun Yuqiong, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang and other partial generals, with a regular force of 40,000 troops, in addition to 20,000 yellow turbans.

In Linzi, the state of Qi, there is Yuan Tan in charge, and the generals under his command are Zhang He, Lu Xiang, Jiang Yiqu, and Wang Zhao, and the strategists who joined the army are Guo Tu and Xin Ping, with a regular strength of 30,000 and 15,000 Yellow Turbans. The chief general stationed in Taishan County is Yan Liang, and the deputy general is Lu Yi. Other partial generals include Ma Yan, Wei Yuanjin and others, with Xin Bi and Xun Chen as joining the army. There were 28,000 regular troops, and 20,000 were killed by the Yellow Turbans.

In addition to the 100,000 regular legions in the three counties of Qingzhou and the 50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers. In Yuan Shao's Jizhou nest there are 50,000 regular troops stationed in Yecheng, Bohai and the plains, Jizhou is not engaged in the trial of the supreme commander, Hebei "four court pillars and one pillar" one of the Han Meng is the main general, Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi, the youngest son Yuan Shang has now joined the army, respectively won the title of miscellaneous general, although the position is low, but has a decisive right to speak, in addition to two partial generals Zhang Nan, Jiao Touch.

The strategists braved the snow and trekked all day, and in the evening they entered Pingling City one after another. Come and meet Yuan Shao.

At this moment, the mansion where Yuan Shao was temporarily stationed was brightly lit, and the civil and military who were qualified to attend the meeting had been waiting for a long time, and you and I had been discussing for a long time, and I couldn't make up my mind.

Yuan Shao sat on the fur seat in the middle, inexplicably irritable in his heart, and couldn't hide the anger on his face.

Since it was confirmed two days ago that the back road was completely blocked by the Han army, Yuan Shao was furious, and he was still gloating about watching Liu Wei's liveliness. It is hoped that the combined forces of the Luoyang Imperial Court and Jingzhou will be able to take Wancheng and even go straight to Jinling. At that time, he will be able to take the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive and retake the southeastern part of Qingzhou.

It's just that Yuan Shao's dream hasn't woken up yet, and he suddenly received the bad news that the back road was cut off. Li Jing led more than 100,000 horses to mingle with the Yellow Turban refugees, unexpectedly blocked the post road from Qingzhou to Jizhou, and took control of the fortresses along the Yellow River.

The bad news that fell from the sky made Yuan Shao thunderous. Killed more than 200 scouts in one fell swoop, as punishment for their intelligence. It's just that the consequences of this have drastically reduced the number of scouts under Yuan Shao. The intelligence turnover was even more ineffective, which made Yuan Shao even more anxious. So much so that it was difficult to sleep and eat, and I was infected with wind and cold.

"Guo Tu and Xin Ping meet the lord!"

After Guo Tu and Xin Ping, who had been weathered all the way, got off their horses, they went straight to the meeting hall, took off the big hat covered with frost and snow, and saluted Yuan Shao together.

"Gongze, Zhongzhi, you two are just right! Yuan Tu and Gong and Gong have their own opinions, the two factions are arguing, Lone is hesitant now, I don't know how to choose, you come and help Lone for reference! ”

Guo Tu and Xin Ping are both Yuan Shao's descendants, and their status in Yuan Shao's mind is comparable to that of trial and matching, and they are more important than Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, so the arrival of the two made Yuan Shao overjoyed.

After some inquiry, Guo Tu and Xin Ping learned that the strategists were currently divided into two factions, and they abandoned the three counties of Qingzhou, gathered troops, and took advantage of the unstable foothold of the Han army on the bank of the Yellow River to forcibly break through the defense line, and unite with the people and horses of Laochao Jizhou, and then defend it with danger. Only Xun Chen is the only one who supports this construction.

The other faction is based on Fengji, thinking that we should continue to stick to the three counties, and wait for the spring of the next year, when the Han army is short of food and grass, and then break through, so the chances of victory are relatively large. At the same time, in this winter, he sent people to contact the Luoyang Imperial Court, as well as Sun Ce of Jingzhou, Shixie of Jiaozhou and other princes, and at the same time when spring begins tomorrow, maybe he can still catch Liu Wei off guard, and he can't keep the three counties of Qingzhou, and he can counterattack to the Xuzhou area, which is not impossible.

After Guo Tu frowned and thought for a while, he bowed his hand to Yuan Shao and said: "My lord, we think that what Feng Yuantu said is more reasonable, Fang is freezing today, and it is not appropriate to use soldiers." Moreover, Yue Fei achieved a great victory in Wancheng, Liu Bianjun has no worries, and can concentrate all his strength to fight a decisive battle with our army, if he forcibly breaks through, he will inevitably suffer huge losses! ”

"What the public rule says is very true!"

Xin Ping's opinion is consistent with Guo Tu, "At present, the Han army has formed a situation of encirclement, including the Qingzhou Yellow Turban led by Li Jing, there are as many as 24,400,000 people and horses around, if our army fails to break through and is surrounded by the Han army in the field, it will inevitably usher in the disaster of the whole army." It's better to wait for the Han army to attack, our army will be horns on each other's three roads, effectively annihilate the strength of the Han army, and according to Feng Yuantu, secretly contact Luoyang, Sun Ce and even Liu Biao, who is still breathing, and wait for the spring of next year, to jointly challenge Liu Biao, maybe we can reverse the defeat! ”

"It is precisely because the weather is cold and the ground is not suitable for the use of troops that the Han army will guess that we will defend the city to the death, so that Li Jingjun can be caught off guard, and he will definitely be able to cross the Yellow River in one fell swoop, return to the base camp in Jizhou, and then plan for the future." ”

"Don't you know the reason why I retreat from the enemy? Our army retreated a foot, the enemy army advanced a zhang, our army retreated to Jizhou, if the Han army took the three counties of Qingzhou without blood, and then continued to pursue northward, to the plain, at the foot of Yecheng, where should our army retreat? Seeing that most of the people supported their opinions, Feng Ji was more energetic and aggressively questioned.

Yuan Shao saw that all the strategists supported Feng Ji's opinion, and finally stroked his head: "Since this is the case, I will act according to Feng Yuantu's strategy, and continue to stick to the three counties and wait for the weather to warm up before making plans!" Anyway, our grain and grass are enough to last until August next year, and the Han army has traveled thousands of miles to deliver grain and grass, and the supply will inevitably be difficult! At the same time, he sent people to make friends with the Luoyang Imperial Court, Sun Ce of Jingzhou, and the Shixie family of Jiaozhou, hoping that they would be echoed by the time and make difficulties in many ways, and they would definitely be able to get through this difficulty! ”

"The lord is wise, we swear to obey the lord's orders!"

As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, the think tank headed by Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xu You, Xin Ping and others bowed down and praised Yuan Shao's decision.

Only frustrated to shake his head and sigh, he didn't know what to say.

In fact, in the view of Fu Zhu, Yuan Shao's demise is only a matter of one day earlier and one day later, and now Liu Wei has completely occupied Yangzhou, and has taken the entire Xuzhou, most of Qingzhou, as well as the north of Jingzhou, the south of Yuzhou, and even the southeast corner of Yanzhou, and half of the world has been returned to Liu Wei.

In addition, Liu Wei has the identity of an orthodox descendant of the Han family, occupies the morality, the soldiers under his command are full of food, the generals are brave, and the strategists are wise, and the total number of troops has reached nearly 500,000, which has formed an overwhelming advantage over the princes, and it is only a matter of time before the world is unified. Let Yuan Shao lead his troops to break through and stick to the old nest of Jizhou, it is just a few more years, as long as Liu Wei advances step by step, it is only a matter of time before he is destroyed, and Yuan Shao chooses to stick to Qingzhou and sit still, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold on to this time next year!

Why did he shake his head and sigh? All of you here are united and vow to fight Liu Wei to the end, but you sigh for a long time, ruining the morale of our army and increasing the prestige of the enemy, what is the reason? ”

In the past few days, the analysis of the frustrated professor has always stood in the attitude of the weak, the tone is full of pessimism and despair, and the words from time to time reveal the meaning that they cannot fight with the sky, so they almost persuaded Yuan Shao to open the door and surrender. This made Yuan Shao very unhappy in his heart, but he didn't find an excuse to beat the frustration, and he finally couldn't help but burst out at this moment.

"I just lamented that our army was in a difficult situation, how could he dare to destroy his prestige and increase the morale of the enemy?" Frustrated, he couldn't help but sweat like rain, and he crawled on the ground to justify.

Yuan Shao still didn't give up: "You have repeatedly raised the Eastern Han Army and belittled our army, it is clear that you have two hearts!" You instigated Gu to give up the three counties of Qingzhou, because you wanted Liu Weibing to take Qingzhou without blood, right? What kind of high-ranking officials did Liu Wei promise you to do such a betrayal to seek glory? ”

Yuan Shaosheng angrily reprimanded the case, and did not allow frustration to give excuses, and beckoned left and right: "Come on, put this guy in prison for me, and wait for Liu Fang to be alone next year, let him see who is more eloquent!" ”

"No!"

The guards outside the door agreed, and there was no room for frustration to justify, and a few fierce soldiers poured in to twist Frustration's hands, pushed out of the council hall, and sent him to the prison of Jinan.

The relationship between Fu Zhu and the other strategists under Yuan Shao's command was average, so no one interceded for Fu Zhu, but some people gloated. It was as if it hadn't happened, and the feelings of the people full of civil and military affairs were not affected in the slightest.

Gao Gan got up and arched his hand and said: "Uncle Yu, there is a brother in my clan whose name is Gao, the word Ao Cao, who is skilled in bows and horses, good at using a horse lance, and has the courage of ten thousand people, and my nephew is willing to send someone to call him to help in the Hui clan!" ”

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Since there is such a fierce general, why don't you recommend it early?" Our army is employing people, you can quickly send people to call this Gao Ao Cao to help, and Lone will definitely be reused! (To be continued......) R1292