Now that Li Yi has hit the Central Plains, Li Yi's war knife is on everyone's neck, and everyone is rushing to run for their lives, to put it bluntly, this is not to respect the Son of Heaven, but to use each other. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info When Li Yi is defeated, these people will immediately change their faces, and they will not recognize their relatives one by one.

It seems a bit wishful thinking to rely on the Central Plains War launched by Li Yi to consume the strength of all the princes. On the battlefield, how many soldiers will fight bloodily with the idea of breaking their bones?

Thinking about the Jizhou War the year before last, Yuan Shao's heart was cold. Once this thing is self-defeating, if you are not careful, you will die.

However, Xu You's suggestion is too tempting. If we can take advantage of the opportunity of this Central Plains War to join forces with the armies of various princes to defeat Li Yi and confront Li Yi across the river, at least in the next few years, we can ensure the stability of the southern prefectures and counties of the Yellow River.

In addition, although this battle may not be able to greatly weaken the strength of the various princes, it will definitely eliminate Cao Cao. This battlefield is mainly Yanzhou, Cao Cao does not contribute, who contributes? Liu Biao and Liu Bei are both ministers of the clan, and they can fully gain the trust and support of the two of them when they try their best to respect the Son of Heaven to rebuild the imperial power. Cao Cao was alone, and under the coercion of himself, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei, he either went to the court to do an idle job, or killed something, and he must not be allowed to dominate one side again.

After solving Cao Cao, he occupied the Central Plains, and his strength improved by leaps and bounds, and the rest of the matter was easy to do.

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Liu Zhang, these juniors, because of their lack of strength, are not worried, as long as the strategy is appropriate, they can be properly placed one by one. Liu Biao and Liu Bei will unite with themselves and join forces to fight against Li Yi for the sake of Zhongxing Sheji.

With the continuation of time, their power became greater and stronger, and Liu Biao and Liu Bei were forced to enter the court as secretaries under pressure. After stabilizing the southern states and counties of the Yellow River, the future will be under his control.

Yuan Shao's mood became more and more excited, pacing back and forth in the big tent, thinking carefully about the details.

Honoring the Son of Heaven to rebuild imperial power is a simple matter and you have the final say, but everything else caused by this is based on defeating Li Yi. If Li Yi cannot be defeated and the Central Plains is defeated, it is not only Cao Cao and Liu Bei who will be defeated, but also himself and Liu Biao, and everyone will become Li Yi's sword soul one after another.

Are you sure to beat Li Yi?

According to the information discovered by the scouts in recent years, Hebei has two kinds of troops: the standing army and the garrison army, of which the standing army is a unit that can participate in the battle at any time, while the garrison army is only a force to defend the local area and has almost no combat effectiveness. With Li Yi's character, he would definitely not mobilize the garrison to participate in the war.

The standing army in northern Xinjiang is only about 310,000 people, and even if these troops pour out, they are only 300,000 troops.

The number of troops that can be requisitioned and transferred to the Central Plains battlefield is about 150,000, and if you add the troops of Luoyang and Hanoi, the total strength is about 200,000.

If Liu Biao accepted his advice, he would lead an army of 150,000 to the Central Plains.

After Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, with the forces of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, there were 150,000 troops. Liu Bei wanted to leave tens of thousands of people to defend Xuzhou, and it was estimated that 30,000 people would participate in the war.

If the war lasts for a long time, he can also recruit Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of Jiangdong to lead 50,000 troops north to support in the name of the Son of Heaven.

In this way, the strength of the alliance of the princes of all walks of life is at least 630,000 men.

In terms of troops, the alliance army of the princes was twice that of the Northern Frontier Army, occupying a great advantage. It seems that as long as Cao Cao and Liu Bei can rush back to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi in time and gather 200,000 troops to confront Li Yi, the front will be stabilized.

After the front is stabilized, it is a period of stalemate.

Taking advantage of this time, the princes from all walks of life could calmly requisition people, grain, grass and ordnance to quickly rush to the Central Plains. Although the grain, grass and ordnance are mainly supported by Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Luoyang, with the wealth of these three places, it should not be a problem for hundreds of thousands of troops to fight for half a year. If the financial resources are too tight, in the name of the Son of Heaven, he will issue a temporary increase in taxes, and he will continue to hold on no matter what.

The longer the war lasted, the more difficult it was for the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the more financially strained Hebei became. Hebei's wealth comes from Jizhou, and the number is limited, while the wealth on its own side is much more sufficient, mainly from Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Luoyang and Henan Yin, as well as several counties in the south of Xuzhou, in addition, the four counties of Jiangdong may also give some support.

When the Northern Frontier Army can no longer support it, the time for a decisive battle will come. The outcome of this decisive battle will directly determine the fate of the Han Dynasty.

This battle can only be won, not lost.

When Yuan Shao made these calculations, he didn't think about it at all, although the number of the army, the princes' alliance did have an absolute advantage, but the combat effectiveness of the army was not calculated in this way.

The population of more than 30 million in northern Xinjiang has only supported 310,000 troops, and these armies are all soldiers of a hundred battles, and it can be said that they are armed to the teeth.

And the princes, including him, had a population of just over 10 million, but they supported such a large army. These armies of theirs can be said to include all the men from the age of sixty to the teens under the rule of a few people, and as for the equipment and training, they cannot match the Northern Xinjiang Army. If the two sides met in the field, 10,000 Northern Frontier troops would be enough to easily defeat the 20,000 princes' coalition army, or even 30,000 princes' coalition army.

The only thing that is beneficial to the alliance of princes is that they are basically on the defensive, and they can use defensive measures such as cities, which to a certain extent make up for their disadvantages of insufficient training and equipment.

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Yuan Shao invited Xu You, Feng Ji and other henchmen to the big tent overnight, and described in detail the strategy he had formulated to face the battle.

The scale, time and importance of the Central Plains War were far greater than the Jizhou War the year before, and it was a life-and-death war, so it was very important to rebuild the prestige of the imperial power. If there is no unified command, no clear righteousness, no loyalty to the Han, and no trust in the brothers, the fate of defeat will be inevitable.

This is the third time that the princes of all walks of life have joined forces to resist the enemy.

The first crusade against Dong Zhuo was righteous and loyal, but there was no unified command, and there was a lack of trust between each other, so it failed.

The second crusade against Li Yi still made the same mistake, but it still failed.

If you don't learn your lesson the third time, you will make the same mistake again, and everyone will be finished, and everyone will go underground to compete.

Yuan Shao decided to rush to Xuchang in person to meet the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the DPRK and China, and took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of saving the society from collapse.

"Hurry up to Liu Biao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei with an eight-hundred-mile fast ride, and ask them to rush to Xuchang as quickly as possible to discuss matters." Yuan Shao said with a solemn expression, "No matter how much price we pay this time, we must rely on the power of the imperial court to defeat Li Yi and save Sheji on the premise of respecting the Son of Heaven." ”

At this critical juncture of life and death, no one said anything, and everyone listened to Yuan Shao's decision.

"Brother Benchu, how to solve the matter of Yuan Shu?" Xu You asked suddenly.

Yuan Shao was talking about his generous speech, and when he heard Xu You's sudden words, he suddenly choked up, and his face turned red.

"Does Brother Ben Chu want to play the Son of Heaven and appease Yuan Shu, so as to gain control of Jiujiang County, and get Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of troops without much effort?" Xu You's hand twisted his short beard, his skin smiled without smiling, and there was a slight mockery in his eyes.

Probably guessed Xu You's thoughts, Yuan Shao's face sank, and he snorted coldly, looking extremely unhappy.

Xu You didn't care, shook his head again and again, and said: "If this performance of the original brother is handed to the imperial court, this trip to Xuchang will be in vain." ”

"Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu have been fighting back and forth for more than a year, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have also spent a lot of effort, if it weren't for Li Yi's sudden entry into the Central Plains, Yuan Shu would probably have been thrown into Huaishui to feed the fish by now. At this time, you come forward to pick up the bargain, will Cao Cao and Liu Bei trust you? Will Sun Ce and Zhou Yu obey the imperial court's holy decree? ”

Yuan Shao didn't speak, and the anger in his eyes was even worse.

Xu You sighed lightly and said in a low voice: "If Brother Benchu loses the opportunity to defeat Li Yi and revive Sheji in order to be greedy for such a small bargain, is it too much to do?" Is the original brother to take care of brotherhood or to create a great cause in the world? ”

Yuan Shao's face was extremely ugly. Xu You's words were neither light nor serious, which hurt Yuan Shao's self-esteem and face very much.

Xu You also wanted to sarcastically say two sentences to Yuan Shao, but Feng Ji stopped him in time, he said: "Lord, you have broken off your relationship with Yuan Shu, don't go back on your word and lose your trust in the world." This time, Cao Cao and others attacked Jianghuai, and many of Yuan Shu's subordinates surrendered. The first brother dealt with Yuan Shu's affairs first, so as not to have conflicts with Cao Cao and others in the future. ”

"At present, Yuan Shu is still there, he still has a group of people, and there are a lot of troops under him, and Jiujiang County can't be lost for a while." Chen Lin also said, "It is said that good people don't live long and will be a disaster for thousands of years, and Yuan Shu is a complete scourge and can't die easily." When the Central Plains War is over, we will find a way to solve this matter. ”

Yuan Shao's mood was hit, and he sat behind the desk and didn't speak for a long time.

"Lord, when you go to Xuchang, who will lead the army? How to fight the battle in Henan? Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao was sullen, and deliberately said a joke, "You won't let Brother Ziyuan stay and fight the generals of Northern Xinjiang, right?" ”

Several people laughed. Yuan Shao reluctantly pursed his lips, pointed at Feng Ji and said, "You stay and lead the army." As for how to fight the war in Henan, as I said just now, it is still the old way. When the Northern Xinjiang Army comes to attack, you retreat, don't fight a decisive battle with them. I have already sent a letter to Lou Gui, asking him not to reinforce Kansai for the time being, and to fully support Hanoi in attacking Binh Gao Castle. As long as Pinggao City was taken, the Northern Xinjiang Army would not be able to gain a foothold in Henan. (To be continued.) )