"My lord, the top priority is to immediately ask the Son of Heaven to spread the word to the world, tell the officials of all states and counties, and join forces to attack Hebei. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xu You looked at Yuan Shao, who was angry, and said cautiously, "With our strength and that of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, it is not enough to defeat Li Yi, drive the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hebei, and recapture the Central Plains." ”

Xu You was the most scared at this time, because the root cause of Yuan Shao's misjudgment of the situation was his actions on the grassland last year. This operation did not have any impact on the Northern Frontier Army, but allowed Li Yi to dig a big pit for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and other princes of the Central Plains.

"The book plays the son of Xuchang, and immediately spread it to the world and crusade against Li Yi." Yuan Shao was in no mood to hold Xu You accountable at this time, so he waved his hand without thinking and shouted loudly, "Send an eight-hundred-mile fast horse to contact Liu Biao and ask him to rush to the Central Plains to attack Li Yi together." ”

"Send a letter to Cao Cao and Liu Bei, asking them to withdraw their troops immediately, the battle of Jianghuai can no longer be fought, it is better to drive Li Yi out of the Central Plains first."

"Lord, the battle ...... in Henan" Feng Ji held Xiahou Yuan's letter asking for help in his hand, and asked cautiously, "Do we want to divide our troops to support Xiahou Yuan?" ”

"It's too late." Yuan Shao sighed angrily, "Even if we rush to the Central Plains battlefield with the whole army now, we can't stop the sharpness of the Northern Xinjiang Army." The high-ranking cadres of Baima and Puyang were ordered to rush the army to Juancheng and Xiaqiu to meet Xiahou Yuan, delay the speed of the northern Xinjiang army moving south, and do their best to block the northern Xinjiang army on the line of Dingtao and Changyi. ”

"Now it depends on whether Cao Cao and Liu Bei's speed is fast enough." Chen Lin bent down and picked up the map on the ground, and put it on the desk that had been rearranged by the guards, "If Cao Cao and Liu Bei can rush back to the Central Plains before the Northern Xinjiang Army captures Dingtao and Changyi, and stabilize the battle line on the line of Dingtao and Changyi, we will still have a chance to defeat Li Yi." ”

Chen Lin pointed to Xingyang on the map and continued: "As long as we kill all the tens of thousands of Northern Xinjiang troops on the battlefield in Henan, and Li Yi has no troops to contain us, he will not be able to gain a foothold in the Central Plains in the shortest possible time, and the defeat and escape from Hebei is an inevitable outcome." ”

"In that case, our losses would be staggering." Feng Ji shook his head and said, "At this moment, the intention of the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack Henan has been exposed, when Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army blocks the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and we concentrate on encircling and annihilating Zhang Fei, will he continue to stay in Henan and fight a meaningless decisive battle with us?" ”

"If Zhang Fei withdraws from Henan too early, our main force will be able to go to the Central Plains battlefield immediately, and the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be greatly more difficult to seize the Central Plains if it fails to occupy Dingtao and Changyi." Chen Lin immediately retorted, "I am sure that if the Northern Xinjiang Army did not take Dingtao and Changyi, Zhang Fei's army would not withdraw from Henan, and we would have enough time to defeat Zhang Fei and annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army." ”

"Even if we have enough time, can we afford to annihilate the 50,000 Northern Frontier Army?" Feng Ji looked at Chen Lin, who was full of confidence, and immediately asked.

"There are Zhang Fei's 50,000 troops on the battlefield in Henan, and Tai Shici's 10,000 troops in Hanoi to support him, and Yue Fei and Xu Da in Hedong are attacking Guanxi to deal with Zhang Fei's army. Under such circumstances, it will be very difficult for us to encircle and annihilate the Northern Frontier Army. Feng Ji pointed to the map and said, "Even if Chun Yuqiong blocked the attack of Yue Fei and Xu Da in the west of Guanxi, and Gao Rou and Zhu Ling made a breakthrough in the direction of Hanoi and surrounded the Northern Xinjiang Army in Henan, if we want to completely annihilate the 50,000 Northern Xinjiang Army that is holding the city, especially the Northern Xinjiang Army commanded by the Northern Xinjiang Fierce General Zhang Fei, the losses are probably not something you and I can imagine." ”

"We annihilated the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield, and then rushed to the Central Plains, united with Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei to attack the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Central Plains battlefield, after a series of fierce battles, we took the Central Plains back from Li Yi's hands, but we lost troops at that time, can we still occupy the Central Plains? Can you still hold on to Kanchu and Kansai? Can you still ensure the safety of Luoyang? ”

"We almost single-handedly won the victory of this war, but the results of this war were given to future opponents such as Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so what did we get from this war? Obviously, after the great loss of strength, our days in Guan and Luo are numbered. Feng Ji glared at Chen Lin and asked excitedly, "Is this the result you want to see?" ”

was reprimanded in public, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, but he couldn't refute what Feng Ji said, so he snorted angrily and swallowed his anger and didn't speak.

"Brother Kong Zhang's suggestion makes sense." Xu You spoke for Chen Lin at this time, "If the Northern Xinjiang Army occupies the Central Plains and gains a firm foothold in the Central Plains, they will fight Luoyang next." I would like to ask Yuan Tu, if the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Luoyang from the three directions of Guanzhong, Guanxi, Hanoi, and the Central Plains at the same time, how big would our losses be? Are our days in Guan and Luo numbered? On the contrary, if we do our best to defeat Li Yi with Cao Cao and others this time, although our losses are amazing, what about Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Liu Biao? Don't they have anything to lose? This time, we worked together with Cao Cao and the others to defeat Li Yi, and in the future, when Li Yi attacked Guan and Luo, they would also help us. ”

"Today, in the face of the powerful Li Yi, whether it is us, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, or even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, we will feel fear. If we want to revive the society and completely eradicate Li Yi's rebellion, we have only one way, that is, everyone temporarily gives up all prejudices, treats each other frankly, and unites as one. ”

Xu You's words were hard to hear.

Yuan Shao's face was like frost, and the muscles on his face twitched a few times involuntarily.

Feng Ji laughed angrily and said, "Brother Ziyuan, you and Cao Cao have known each other since childhood, you don't know who Cao Cao is?" Be honest with each other? When did Cao Apu be honest with you? I can say with certainty that in this Central Plains War, as long as we lose our troops and lose our generals, Cao Cao will immediately take advantage of the threat of the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack Guan and Luo after re-consolidating the Central Plains, and Henan and Yuzhou will gradually become Cao Cao's bag like Jianghuai. ”

Feng Ji squinted his eyes, looked Xu You up and down a few times, and asked mockingly: "At that time, is Brother Ziyuan going to vote for another master?" ”

Xu You was stunned for a moment, looked at Yuan Shao, who was expressionless, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Yuan Tu, when is this, do you still have the leisure to care about me?" ”

Xu You threw his hand at Feng Ji again and again, sighed to himself, turned around and walked out of the big tent.

The discussion broke up unhappily.

Yuan Shao paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back.

There are three things that are difficult to know for sure.

First, is Hebei fighting on two fronts this year? News from Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Jizhou confirmed that there was indeed a war in the desert area of northern Xinjiang this year. If Hebei fights on two fronts this year, it will be very difficult for the Northern Xinjiang Army to go south to fight in the Central Plains. Li Yi may have the idea that it is better to base himself in the Central Plains, and he will return to Hebei if he can't base himself in the Central Plains.

Only he dares to do such a thing. For more than ten years, he has been very lucky, and if he were himself, he would dare to gamble. If this is the case, then there is no need for him to spend money to encircle and annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army in Henan.

He dragged Zhang Fei's tens of thousands of troops, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei blocked Li Yi under the cities of Dingtao and Changyi.

At that time, his own strength was preserved, but Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei suffered heavy losses on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, so that he could not only easily take the Central Plains, but also be more likely to control Xu and Yang. Liu Biao is not strong enough, and he can only bow down.

Second, can Cao Cao and Liu Bei block Li Yi on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi? With the 50,000 troops of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Gao Gan, although they could not stop Li Yi's footsteps to the south, they could completely delay the time for Li Yi to attack Dingtao and Changyi, and they were completely sure to wait for Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army to come back.

This time, Cao Cao brought 80,000 troops, Liu Bei led 30,000 troops to attack Jianghuai, and after the 110,000 troops returned to help, there were 160,000 troops on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi to block Li Yi, which should be able to hold it.

The problem is that if Li Yi goes south to the Central Plains, Zang Ba, Yin Li and Wu Dun in Qingzhou will definitely attack Xuzhou. Regardless of whether Zang Ba, Yin Li and Wu Ba have close contacts with Hebei, they will not miss this opportunity to expand their forces to take revenge, and Hebei will spare no effort to help and support, and use their strength to contain Xuzhou's forces.

Hebei won, and Zang Ba, Yin Li, and Wu Dun can defect to Hebei. Hebei lost, and Zang Ba, Yin Li and Wu Dun increased in strength and could dominate one side.

Zang Ba, Yin Li and Wu Dun attacked Xuzhou, Xuzhou was in an emergency, what choice would Liu Bei make? In the past two years, because of the common enemy, the alliance between Cao Cao and Liu Bei has been very strong, but in today's time of facing existential danger, can the alliance between the two continue to be maintained? Will Liu Bei give up his alliance with Cao Cao because he wants to keep his Xuzhou?

After all, Li Yi is now fighting the Central Plains and Cao Cao, not Xuzhou and Liu Bei. Although everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, when it comes to the choice of interests, how many people will consider it so long-term and give up their own interests without hesitation?

Once Liu Bei used Zang Ba, Yin Li, and Wu Dun as an excuse to attack Xuzhou, refusing to go north to the Central Plains and join forces with Cao Cao to defend against the enemy, Dingtao and Changyi could be lost. At that time, he would directly face Li Yi, and it would be too late to encircle and annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army in Henan, and the serious consequences would be self-evident.

The third is the problem that I am most worried about.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei blocked Li Yi's fierce attack before Liu Biao's reinforcements failed to arrive in the Central Plains, and their reluctance to encircle and annihilate the Northern Frontier Army in Henan led to Cao Cao and Liu Bei's loss of troops and the loss of the Central Plains, the two of them did not stop doing nothing and simply returned to Hebei, then they would be completely finished. (To be continued.) )