Chapter 87: Stopping the War
Yuan Shao actually did one more thing wrong, that is, he ignored the possibility of eyeliner within his own forces.
Strictly speaking, that is, there is a lack of sense of secrecy, the large army began to assemble, and the materials began to be prepared, so the obvious thing was that the meat had not yet been discovered, so how did the intelligence officers get on duty, Fang Yun wanted to find the person in charge to ask.
Even, as long as you spend a little money and invite the officer to drink a little wine, you can even have a clear goal. Then you only need to go back to the secret stronghold, write the information according to the secret notes based on the "Tao Te Ching", send it to the second-layer intelligence stronghold, and then hand it in step by step, and finally it will be about ten days, and the intelligence will come to Fang Yun's desktop.
Yuan Shao's plan to take advantage of the information of the raid on Youzhou before the onset of winter was naturally learned by Fang Yun.
And according to the time of the information sent inversely. Push, then at this moment, Yuan Shao's army is afraid that it has been assembled. It will take no more than three days to leave.
At this moment, Jizhou, Wei County has been taken by him, and Chen Tao and Zhang Liao also took Julu County down. Coupled with Huang Zhong, in fact, all the counties in Jizhou, Fang Yun has basically been occupied.
Only four counties remain: Qinghe Kingdom, Anping Kingdom, Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County have not yet been recovered. In fact, in terms of today's war resources, Xi Zhicai has already sounded the alarm, saying that it cannot be further expanded now.
Fang Yun also deeply agreed, but Cao Cao expanded the eastern county step by step, and every step was almost a county-by-county unit, a little bit of expansion. It's good for me, county by county, and I almost swallowed everyone else's state. Whale swallowing also has to consider the problem of food volume, eating too much will inevitably lead to death.
Most importantly, the larger the territory, the greater the border with other powers. This means that the greater the possibility of making enemies, and it is not good for a prince to ask for a party, with the current situation, I have to be afraid of giving up the territory that Jizhou has occupied......
Maintaining the existing territory can be said to be a sure thing. If he could, Fang Yun didn't plan to go to war with Yuan Shao again. However, others are smart, and obviously the materials are not big. Just because Qingzhou won't bother him, he actually took the initiative to attack Youzhou, his own reserved place!
Now one or two choices are placed in front of him, is it to give up Youzhou, or to send troops to rescue? As for believing that Liu Yu can stop Yuan Shao's expansion or something. He wasn't really looking forward to it. Under Liu Yu's command, there seems to be no other available talent except Xian Yufu and Yan Rou now.
"That's the case, what do you think we need to do?" Fang Yun's IQ was over 100, but he didn't mind giving a few masterminds a chance to perform. To put it bluntly, it's too lazy to think deeply.
"There is a way, and I'm not afraid that Yuan Shao won't comply!" Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Speak!" Fang Yun said curiously.
"General Huang Zhong stationed troops in Boling County, General Zhang Liao and Chen Tao stationed troops in Wu County, and General Gao Shun stationed troops in Jieqiao. Making a posture of giving up Youzhou and fully accepting the territory of Jizhou will inevitably force Yuan Shao to compromise. If we can destroy one or two of his main armies, I am afraid that he is even more afraid that we will invade his territory in an all-out way.
In the final analysis, he went to Youzhou mainly with the idea of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and at the same time hoping that his troops stationed in various places could further seize territory. If these forces do not exist. Then it doesn't make much sense for him to attack Youzhou.
Besides, Liu Yu also has tens of thousands of troops under his command. And his reputation in Youzhou has always been good, as long as he greets him, at least 30,000 alien troops can be mobilized to support, and when the time comes, in the face of this double attack, I don't know how many troops Yuan Shao will have left even if he wins? Guo Jia replied very seriously.
Fang Yun suddenly realized that this Liu Yu may not be doing well in martial arts, but Wenzhi is very good. At least in a border area like Youzhou, there are very few people who can convince the aliens. As long as he greets. Whether it is the Xianbei people or the Wuhuan people, at least tens of thousands of troops can be dispatched to the south.
These troops may not have much siege ability, but when it comes to field warfare, they are definitely very strong. Riding skills that come and go like the wind. And that extremely accurate means of mounted archery, which is definitely a nightmare for foot soldiers. On Yuan Shao's side, it seems that there is no formed cavalry unit anymore, and his horse resources are very blocked by Fang Yun.
"What troops has Yuan Shao arranged in the places bordering us?" Fang Yun thought about it and asked again.
"In the direction of Qinghe country. arranged 30,000 soldiers, led by Han Fu's younger brother Han Meng; In Anping, there were 10,000 defenders, led by Lu Kuang, and Su You as the deputy; On the side of Hejian Kingdom, there are 30,000 foot soldiers led by his nephew Gao Gan, and Jiang Qi is the deputy. The only problem is that when Yan Liangwen and Chou retreated earlier, the army engaged our army, but more than 5,000 of our side were killed and wounded, and Huang Zhong was afraid that he also needed to rest and recuperate. Zuo Ming quickly reported.
"It's Han Meng's side that can still operate it, isn't Han Fu in our hands? Send a letter to Han Meng and ask him to come to take refuge, so that the Han family can be fully protected. At the same time, he told him that if he was willing to sacrifice the entire Qinghe country, he could also be named the right general and be ordered to guard the Qinghe country. Guo Jia thought about it and added.
"Are you sure?" Fang Yun was a little unsure, after all, if Han Meng was so easy to submit, he should have been obedient a long time ago.
"As long as the chips are enough, no matter how big the hatred is, he must put it down. Not to mention that his brother is in our hands, and even his family is under our control, unless he plans to open another case, he naturally has to think about the family. Xi Zhi thought about it and returned.
"Then, our current focus is on Anping and Qinghe. On the Qinghe side, as said before, let Han Fu send a letter to Han Meng. Of course, hide it when you send the letter, I don't believe that Yuan Shao didn't put people around him to spy on him. As for Anpingguo's side, let Chen Tao and Zhang Liao take the main purpose of defeating Lu Kuang's army, and the county town would not need to attack again. Fang Yun weighed it and gave the order.
Then it was easy, when Xi Zhi found Han Fu, this guy, who was already greedy for life and afraid of death, decisively gave up his fear, and immediately wrote a letter to Han Meng. You must know that he may not be able to continue to be the pastor of Jizhou, but as long as his younger brother can serve as the right general, then the rise of the Han clan is naturally unstoppable.
Of course, he was actually more optimistic about Yuan Shao, but the situation allowed him to be uncompromising, after all, his family was in Fang Yun's hands.
Yuan Shao began the Northern Expedition, but Han Fu's letter was sent to Han Meng. Han Meng learned that his brother was still alive and that his family had been saved. A slight sigh of relief. Just let him submit to Fang Yun, he couldn't help but hesitate a little.
Fang Yun was already the great enemy of the family's gate lords, although he seemed to be powerful, as long as he didn't reign in the world for a day. Even if there is Liu Wei in hand, it may not be able to convince the family. He took refuge in Yuan Shao, mainly because of the fourth and third princes of Yuan Valve, who was the head of many gate valves, and it was obviously more beneficial to follow him. Not to mention. Fang Yun's land policy is not acceptable to anyone.
At this moment, there are only two choices in front of him: either become a landless family, or the whole family will be wiped out.
Fortunately, when he was originally by Han Fu's side, he was not far from Bingzhou. Far away, Fang Yun was a villain who swallowed all the land and let everyone in the world be a tenant for him. And he finally knew that as long as he had the ability, he could contract a large amount of land, and at the same time, there were many preferential treatments for industry and commerce.
In fact, many people did business in the state, and with the idea of giving it a go, they made a lot of money later. And in the merger state. Merchants can also travel in brocade clothes and enjoy many benefits that they could not enjoy before. Just for this, there is no businessman in the world who does not want to go to the state.
It's just that how to deal with the issue of reputation? Han Meng couldn't help but fall into a dilemma for a while.
It's not surprising to think about it, Han Fu, as a state pastor, is actually a prince, and the battle between the princes, the captured princes have almost no chance of being spared, so he Han Meng will take refuge in Yuan Shao, and he also has the idea of revenge.
But I didn't think about it. My brother and his family are still alive, and as long as he is obedient, he can be reunited, and even gave a lot of official positions, now Han Meng really regrets it. But it seems to be a little too late.
He had to vaguely tell the envoy that as long as Fang Yun solved this worry for him, then everything would not be a problem.
As a result, there was no need for Fang Yun to reply anything, the envoy had already given him the best reply: "General Han, you have always been our person, haven't you?" ”
Han Meng suddenly woke up. I was immediately happy. In this way, he is not a betrayer, but an integral part of a calculated strategy. At this point, if Yuan Shao is facing other surrenderers, and even the princes of the world encounter this situation, I am afraid that they will have to be cautious.
If you figure this out, you'll be fine! The only ones who need to worry about Chun Yuqiong and Lu Xiang are not a problem!
Chun Yuqiong is a big drunkard, Han Meng invited him and Lu Xiang to drink that night, because Gao Shun has been there for a long time, there is no intention of attacking, so Chun Yuqiong and Lu Xiang also agreed to go to the meeting.
The three of them drank for a night, but when they woke up, Chun Yuqiong and Lu Xiang found that they had been tied up by five flowers.
"Han Meng, what do you mean by this?" Chun Yuqiong scolded.
"Haha, you have won my master's plan!" Han Meng was also cheeky at the moment. It seems that everything before was really arranged in advance.
"Ahh It turns out that you are pretending to take refuge! Chun Yuqiong really believed it!
"Hmph, you're smart! But even if you are smart, it is not interesting, take you to Jinyang and dedicate it to the lord! Han Meng laughed and motioned for his cronies to escort the two down.
After a short time, he personally came to the army, and after some purges, he finally controlled the 30,000 men. The ancient army was mainly under the command of the general, and many times it even became the private army of a general. Without Chun Yuqiong and Lu Xiang's army, under Han Meng's purge, they naturally took over smoothly.
Immediately, an attack was launched against Qinghe, and several county towns immediately fell.
Seven days later, Yuan Shao received the battle report, and he was almost angry with blood, but he had to guard against the attack in the rear.
At the same time, the battle report was received, and the enemy began to advance to the front line, and there was a faint suspicion of a large-scale invasion. At this time, where can he go north to Youzhou? In desperation, we can only deploy troops and consolidate the existing territory first...... (To be continued.) )
PS: The Great War in Hebei is at least over. It's not three or four years, but I'm afraid that the protagonist will not be able to fight outside again.