Chapter 781: The Calm Before the Storm
This time the banquet can be said to be unhappy, but in the end everyone achieved their goal, Cao Cao helped Yuan Shao to make peace, and harvested a lot of money and food from Yuan Shao as a reward, Yuan Shao got a chance to recuperate and make a comeback, and Zhang Fan also got what he wanted, that is, a very strategic county, Rencheng County!
Rencheng County is not the richness of Qingzhou, and it is not even a place where soldiers must fight, but now it has to be fought for by Zhang Fan, because its strategic position is very outstanding!
Rencheng County is backed by Bishui, which means that if Cao Cao wants to enter Qingzhou in Yanzhou, he must pass from here, as long as Zhang Fan deploys a certain number of troops on the banks of the Bishui River, Cao Cao's crossing of the river will inevitably be blocked, giving Zhang Fan more time to attack Yuan Shao, and he can worry about it!
This is Xu Shu's strategy, very secret and subtle, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not notice it for a while, Guo Jia and other top strategists were suspicious, but Zhang Fan had already signed a settlement agreement with Yuan Shao, and it didn't look like he would take the initiative to attack, so they pressed it.
Zhang Fan just sneered at this, how to interpret the treaty? What a deal of bullshit!
The treaty signed in the game has certain restrictions on both sides, and if it is broken, it will greatly reduce the morale of the army, and the soldiers will be centrifuged, and it will lose its reputation and end up with no promise, but this is not completely impossible to operate, at least Zhang Fan, who was reborn, did not take it to heart at all!
He didn't take it to heart, it didn't mean that the generals under his command didn't pay attention, Pan Feng was the main battle faction, and complained: "In my opinion, we shouldn't have anything to do with Yuan Shao, we just rushed up and killed him, how can we sit back and watch him recover his vitality?" ”
Zhang Fan smiled slightly: "You go to prepare for the war!" ”
Pan Feng was stunned: "But the lord has already signed a treaty with him, how can he break it without permission?" ”
Zhang Fan said inscrutablely: "It is written in the treaty that as long as Yuan Shao does not take the initiative to attack, I will not invade his city, but what if he takes the initiative?" ”
"He's going to take the initiative?" Pan Feng smiled disdainfully: "Yuan Shao was almost scared by Zilong to pee his pants before the banquet, I don't think he has the courage to take the initiative!" ”
Zhang Fan smiled again and said, "If he doesn't make a move, won't we force him to make a move?" Just because I promised not to attack doesn't mean I can't do anything else! ”
After a pause, Zhang Fan continued: "We can make the general lead the elite cavalry to wander around Yuan Shao's hinterland, preaching the stability and peace of Jizhou, how weak and deceitful Yuan Shao is, when the time comes, we will be able to attract many people to come to Jizhou, if Yuan Shao does not block, we can get a large number of people, if he blocks, with the power of cavalry, we can also calmly evacuate, and give us an excuse to fight, wouldn't it be better?" ”
Pan Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he still pursed his lips: "I'm afraid that Yuan Shao has become a shrinking turtle, and if he doesn't send troops to stop it, then we won't have a chance to attack him!" ”
Zhang Fan shook his head with a smile and said, "You can't do things with a single tendon!" Yuan Shao does not send troops, it does not mean that his subordinates will not send troops! We can bribe his generals and let their leaders have friction with us, and this is another excuse, even if Yuan Shao's generals are all loyal, we have another way! ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Fan's smile added a hint of weirdness: "Previously, we killed more than 400,000 Yuan Jun and obtained countless Yuan Jun armor banners, so I can let my sergeants change into Yuan Jun clothes and armor and pretend to be Yuan Jun ......"
Pan Feng was almost stunned when he heard this, this was really something he couldn't think of, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "So the treaty is a dead letter?" Hahaha, Yuan Shao is going to be unlucky, if he fights again, I will take his head! ”
The rest of the crowd also laughed, their fighting spirit was high, Zhang Fan waved his hand lightly: "Everyone go back and prepare, when the time is ripe, we will attack the hinterland of the Yuan army in one go, and strive to kill Yuan Shao!" ”
"No!" Everyone took the order and retreated, and prepared to go with joy.
In this regard, Zhang Fanjun began to actively prepare for the battle without anyone knowing, and Xu Shu kept training his soldiers, wanting to make more people familiar with the formation as much as possible, so that he could exert more powerful power at that time.
After all, Yuan Shaojun withdrew from Rencheng County as promised, and Zhang Fan sent Tiebi and Zhang Jaw to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses into Rencheng County to defend the town and guard against Cao Cao, who might cross the river at any time.
Qingzhou is close to Yanzhou and Xuzhou, Xuzhou Tao Qian is old, his ambition is no longer there, and it is too late to guard Xuzhou like an iron rooster, and he will not come to Qingzhou to muddy waters, that is to say, if Zhang Fan wants to start a war with Yuan Shao, the only thing he needs to guard against is Yanzhou Cao Cao, so he will let Yuan Shao cede Rencheng County, as long as there is a natural danger of Bishui, it is expected that Cao Cao wants to cross the river It is not so easy!
Tiebi immediately began to build fortifications on the banks of the Bishui River, etc., his skills Zhang Fan is very relieved, he will definitely make Cao Cao retreat, no matter how bad it is, it can delay some time, and what Zhang Fan has to do is to take this opportunity to launch a total against Yuan Shao and pull out Yuan Shao's power in Qingzhou!
"God of War, Blood! You have already taken refuge in Yuan Shao, is you leaning on a big tree? But I didn't know that this big tree was crumbling! ”
Zhang Fan sneered, he sent Bai Ma Yi to go deep into Yuan Shao's hinterland, Wu pressure as the commander, and Pan Feng went with him, Zhao Yun was unable to go together because he had to step up the training of soldiers and horses, but compared to Yi Wu's character, there would be no big mistakes, even if he couldn't convince the people, he would retreat with his whole body.
The main force of Zhang Fan's army in Qingzhou is preparing for war all the time, practicing day and night under the leadership of Zhao Yun, practicing formation changes under the command of Xu Shu, busy and happy, Zhang Fan also often inspects in the army, he is very satisfied with the current situation, it is easy to have a famous general and good strategy to assist, many things do not have to be done by himself, often only need to give an order, and the rest of the things do not have to worry about him.
Jizhou is booming, and there are famous generals Zhang Liao and strategists to match, no worries, Zhang Fan can focus on the present, wait for the opportunity to come at any time, and give Yuan Shao a thunderous attack!
Beneath the calm exterior, there are dark clouds and a storm is coming!
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, during this time Qingzhou is relatively calm, other places are constantly friction, Lu Bu and the Xiliang army are fighting, each other has won and lost, Sun Jian and Liu Biao fought in the Yangtze River, he said from Zhang Fan, Sun Ce with him, this Jiangdong little overlord gradually showed his strength, killed Liu Biaojun's soldiers were cold, and sat on the name of the little overlord!
The world has been in chaos, there are wars everywhere, and Zhang Fan finally couldn't sit still, with the arrival of the news of the completion of the iron wall fortifications, Zhang Fan immediately knew that the time to attack had come!
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