Indecisive?

Maybe!

But if anyone else was in Yuan Shao's position, he would not dare to make a decision easily.

Because of the current intelligence, Yuan Shao made the decision, which was actually a bet.

Yuan Shao now has three choices!

First, attack Zhao Hui's camp, which is the most risky and the highest profit.

If Zhao Hui is really dead, Yuan Shao could swallow the 100,000 army in one bite, and then turn around and destroy Taishi Ci and Xu Huang from Qingzhou.

He will dominate the four prefectures of Hebei.

The second choice is that Yuan Shao does nothing now and just waits.

The risk is moderate, and he does not know Zhao Hui’s plan and responds to changes in the same way.

Perhaps you can get all kinds of benefits, or maybe you can take a sip of the soup when Zhao Hui's army retreats.

The third option is that he will retreat with his men now.

The risk is lower, but he will definitely give up a lot of benefits. Yuan Shao will lose control of them for the several counties north of the Jieqiao.

Yuan Shao most wanted to choose the first one.

Because the benefits are the greatest.

That's why I've been hesitating and unable to make a choice.

Even if you know, many opportunities are lost in hesitation.

But the choice now is related to Yuan Shao’s future path.

If he succeeds, he can dominate the four prefectures of Hebei in a short period of time.

But if you choose the next two, it is just a process of chronic death.

As Zhao Hui's strength became stronger and stronger, his strength became weaker and weaker.

Failure is almost the only result.

Yuan Shao was unwilling to accept it, very unwilling to accept it.

Yuan Shao was very decisive in everything he did.

When they were Dong Zhuo, he could draw his sword and ask who would be more sharp.

When planning Jizhou, he was not ruthless.

When the ambush Lu Bu, Yuan Shao also made an instant decision.

Yuan Shao didn't need to hesitate about these decisions in the past.

Because it doesn't matter if he fails, he can start over again.

But now, the first choice will fail.

He will have no way out.

Jieqiao is likely to be Yuan Shao’s bone burial place.

It is 70% possible, Yuan Shao still feels that it is a little lower.

If 90% were available, Yuan Shao could make a decision now.

A day passed!

Yuan Shao failed to make a decision.

One night passed, and at dawn, Tian Fengshen and a few others came to Yuan Shao's handsome tent again.

But not long after, a visit to Malaysia came to report.

"Lord, the enemy has set out the camp and is ready to retreat."

Yuan Shao stood up and said, "You are not mistaken?"

"Their tents have been closed."

Yuan Shao said: "The army is ready and follow me to attack."

Since Zhao Hui's army is about to retreat.

Yuan Shao would not consider whether Zhao Hui died or not.

I was already 70% sure yesterday.

Today, Zhao Hui withdrew his troops, and Yuan Shao thought in his heart that Zhao Hui's 90% of them might have been dead.

He needs to take action.

If this 100,000 troops are sent back safely this time.

Although Yuan Shao survived this crisis, if he wanted to attack Youzhou in the north, it would take two or three years to restore the vitality of Jizhou first.

Three years have passed, and Yuan Shao doesn’t know how far Yuan Shu in the south has developed.

Zhao Hui and Yuan Shao are now consuming each other.

Yuan Shu in the south has been developing.

Liu Biao was obviously not Yuan Shu's opponent.

Now Yuan Shu occupies Nanyang in the northern part of Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

The original Yuan Shu was attacked by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Biao.

First, Sun Jian, who relied on him, was killed by Liu Biao, and he himself was defeated by Cao Cao, threw away Nanyang and Yuzhou, and retreated to Yangzhou.

After defeating Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, he occupied the northern part of Yangzhou.

Then he became emperor, first by Sun Ce betrayed, and then by the seven-way army, defeated by Lu Bu, who should be an ally.

This is Yuan Shu’s original trajectory, but it is different now.

Although Sun Jian was dead, Yuan Shu was not defeated by Cao Cao now.

He was not defeated by Liu Bei and Lu Bu.

Yuan Shu's strength has been developing upward, and his strength has been steadily increasing.

Before, Yuan Shu, Zhao Hui and Yuan Shao were the three major princes. The strength of Cao Cao, Tao Qian and Liu Biao and others was much weaker than that of the three.

Now Yuan Shao's strength has been at least twice as weak as before.

Although Zhao Hui occupied Qingzhou again, the consumption has been very large in the past six months.

I originally thought that the food and grass he had hoarded before was enough to consume two years.

But when Zhao Hui really fought a protracted war, he realized that no matter how much food and grass was, it would never be enough to consume.

Especially Zhao Hui is now deeply involved in the hinterland of Jizhou.

There is a journey of thousands of miles from Youzhou to the front line.

Need tens of thousands of civilians.

Ten thousand stones of food and grass will be transported to Jizhou and Zhao Hui, and at least four thousand stones will be consumed.

If you encounter bad weather and delay a little more time on the road, you will only have 5,000 stones left.

For Zhao Hui, it is actually better to conquer Jizhou than to conquer Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

If it is a conquest of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Zhao Hui can transport food, grass and even troops directly through warships.

It can save a lot of time and unnecessary consumption.

Zhao Hui and Yuan Shao were in a stalemate at Jieqiao, and the food and grass consumption was amazing.

In the south, Yuan Shu had always had friction with Liu Biao.

However, there are crisscrossing waterways, and Yuan Shu's front line is not too long.

The consumption of food and grass is much lower than that of Zhao Hui.

Now Yuan Shu can even sell the grain produced in Yangzhou to Zhao Hui at a fair price.

The grain output in the south is now much higher than that in the north.

There were a large number of refugees in the north, all running south.

Although the south is also fighting, it is not that intense compared to the north.

Moreover, the climate in the south is better, and now the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the grain output per mu is higher than that in the north.

Many people can't survive in the north and want to come to the south to see it.

Especially Jingzhou.

After Liu Biao became the governor of Jingzhou, although Jingzhou did not expand outward.

However, Jingzhou is really more peaceful than other states. It has been nearly half a year since it has some friction with Yuan Shu, but most of it is separated by the river.
To be continued...