In the early autumn, the inexplicable climate began to change. It rained continuously in Jizhou, and it rained very strangely and heavily. Many farmers couldn't help but start to worry about the crops in their homes, and looked at them worriedly every day.
The sky is hoping that this inexplicable heavy rain will end soon.
Outside Yecheng, three thousand soldiers have already been assembled, and military supplies are basically ready. Weapons, bows, arrows, and other equipment are basically all installed in carts. But because of this scene,
Because of the rain, I had to stay in the camp and was unable to leave.
Three thousand soldiers is not too much, not too much, not too much. If it is a battle, it may still be lacking, but if you want to bring back one person, this scale is not too small.
Yuan Shu was defeated in Shouchun and had no way to go. As a last resort, he thought of Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, and wrote a sincere letter, which was sent to Yecheng by starry night, expressing his willingness to give up the name of the Zhong family to Yuan Shao...
After reading the letter, Yuan Shao couldn't help but drink and sing that night, "Zhong Family". Yuan Shao didn't care about the Zhong Family or not, he just cared that Yuan Shu finally bowed to him!
For the first time in so many years, I bowed to him sincerely!
Therefore, Yuan Shao immediately decided to pick up Yuan Shu and let Yuan Shu take a good look at how he should be the boss of the Yuan family!
But the problem is that it has been raining for a long time and the roads are muddy and impossible to travel.
There are no solid roads in this era. If the baggage truck really gets stuck in the mud, it will be a disaster. In addition, many supplies cannot be exposed to rain, so we can only stay in the camp and wait for God.
Open your face again...
However, just because Yuan Shao thinks so, it does not mean that other people agree.
"My lord, there is only one right in heaven..." Tian Feng still said bluntly, "If the general comes here, and if there are young people who sow discord, wouldn't it... I hope my lord will think twice..."
On this matter, the Yuzhou faction and the Jizhou faction have similar opinions. They are not very willing for Yuan Shao to accept Yuan Shu. The reason is simple. Yuan Shu can be said to be a stinker. Under such circumstances, if he accepts Yuan Shu
Yuan Shu, invisibly, recognized the identity of the Zhong family, which also had a negative impact on Yuan Shao himself.
Originally, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was very dissatisfied and even issued an edict to reprimand him. Although he accepted the edict from Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, in the current situation, just listen to it and it doesn't count. But the problem is that if Yuan Shao accepts Yuan Shu,
It almost lit up another fire, and the Jizhou faction's originally expected royalist line became increasingly deviated.
The Yuzhou faction is not optimistic about Yuan Shu either.
These people who followed Yuan Shao came to Jizhou because they felt that Yuan Shu was not very good, or for some other reason. Now that Yuan Shu is coming, doesn't it mean that another wave of Yuzhou faction will follow?
What are the benefits of this?
You know, the landlord’s family doesn’t have much surplus food!
In the face of unexpected unanimous opposition from his advisers, Yuan Shao couldn't help but hesitate...
Yuan Shao sat at the head of the government office, looking at the patter of raindrops outside the house, as if he wanted to see the future direction through the rain and fog, but everything seemed unreal in the rain, making Yuan Shao unable to see clearly.
Yuan Shao tried his best to look at it for a long time, his eyes were sore, and he finally sighed: "Although the road is at fault, after all, it is a brother of a certain family... Now the road is aware of his fault, and he regrets it, but there is no chance to change it? If he doesn't lend a helping hand,
Isn’t it like being trapped in a ruthless and unrighteous way?”
Guo Tu smiled and said: "The love between the lord and the master can be shown to the sun and the moon, but how can we know the love between brothers? If it comes to the capital, how can it be avoided?"
Yuan Shao shook his head and said: "How can a highway be like Gongshu Duan..." He said half of the words, but did not continue because after the initial excitement of emotions, Yuan Shao gradually fell silent and began to hesitate.
How much brotherhood and sisterhood there is in the world. When the parents are still alive, there is some contact. But when the parents are gone, or after they start a family and start a business, how much love can still remain? The big families are intrigues, and the small families are busy surviving, no matter how big or small they are.
The family is even worse. The middle class trap has been prepared for a long time...
Yuan Shao couldn't help but re-examine his original decision. Is accepting Yuan Shu really a good thing?
Tian Feng glanced at Guo Tu, and Guo Tu glanced back at Tian Feng.
Yuan Shu's territories are all in the south, with Cao Cao and Liu Biao in between. After Yuan Shu comes to the north, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to immediately extend his hands to the inevitable. In this case, wouldn't all these territories in the south be given up in vain?
Already?
Therefore, wouldn't it be better to let Yuan Shu hold on as long as possible and wait until Yuan Shao integrates Cao Cao before sending his army south to take over the north and south?
But in this plan, Cao Cao's proportion is obviously much greater than Yuan Shu's. The focus now is not how to deal with Yuan Shu, but how to deal with Cao Cao!
But now, this is not easy to say.
First of all, Cao Cao was originally used as a chess piece for Yuan Shao to deal with Yuan Shu. It existed as a buffer zone and an isolation zone. But now Cao Cao not only successfully established the isolation zone, but also successfully overthrew Yuan Shu. This is inevitably a bit weak.
The taste is strong.
On the other hand, the Han Emperor is still in Xu County. Whether it is the intention of the Han Emperor Liu Xie or Cao Cao, anyway, the matter of welcoming the Han Emperor that Tian Feng mentioned repeatedly has been delayed until now, and there has been no movement.
, this explains the problem very much...
"If we follow Yuan Hao's wishes, what should we do?" Yuan Shao finally asked by name.
"If the lord still wants to accept the general..." Tian Feng was silent for a moment, then raised his hands and said, "Only three thousand soldiers are not enough..."
Yuan Shao was stunned and couldn't understand immediately.
Guo Tu on the side said: "We might as well wait until after the autumn harvest, gather 100,000 troops, claiming to be one million, and go south to meet them!"
Yuan Shao understood a little bit, but he also hesitated a little. Is it really time to do this...
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North of the Lujiang River and south of Shouchun, Guo Jia was lying in his tent, fully clothed.
Although Shouchun was captured, the entire war was not over yet. Cao Cao knew very well that a tiger would not kill him but be eaten instead. Since he had offended Yuan Shu so badly, he should not give Yuan Shu a chance to breathe again.
Apart from stopping to rest, Cao Cao still led his troops, biting Yuan Shu's tail tightly, and continued to follow up.
Now we are starting to prepare for the autumn harvest. If we can't control the surrounding counties in time, just taking Shouchun will not be of much benefit to Cao Cao. After all, the soldiers still have to eat food and grass. He should contact the surrounding counties earlier.
The county reached certain tacit rules and agreements. Therefore, Cao Cao pursued Yuan Shu in the Huaibei area on the one hand and consolidated local political power on the other. He was busy without even touching the ground.
Cao Cao was so busy, so Guo Jia naturally had no reason to be lazy.
Of course, most of the time, Guo Jia continued to march with the army as usual, but in fact, Guo Jia's work was often in places where others did not notice.
There was a strong sour smell in Guo Jia's tent, as well as Guo Jia's own body. Over the past few days, because the leather armor on his body had been soaked with countless sweat stains, it had already become smelly.
But in the military, it was the same everywhere, and gradually my nose seemed to have lost its sensitivity to this sour smell.
I’m so busy that I don’t even have time to take a shower...
Guo Jia's hands are not only about people's livelihood and government affairs, but also the information channels of personnel sent by Cao Cao to various places! It can be said that Cao Cao has some rudimentary spy troops, and it is in Guo Jia's hands. Cao Cao will be so important
Guo Jia was given the task of handing over the task to Guo Jia, which naturally made Guo Jia feel that he was weak and had a heavy responsibility, and was walking on thin ice. When dealing with these matters, he could only treat them with extra caution.
Guo Jia naturally needs to pay more attention to the changes in the entire Yuzhou over the past few days. After all, the land of Nanyang in Yuzhou was once the hometown of the emperor and the base camp of the Yuan family. Although it was destroyed by Yuan Shu, the remaining
Many of the disciples of the Yuan family are former officials and relatives by marriage. These people welcomed Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shu with baskets of food and wine?
Obviously it is impossible, so how to identify which ones are winnable and which ones must be attacked has naturally become an important task for Guo Jia at the moment. Among these families, because there are many marriages with each other, it is
It's like a mess. If you cut it off without hesitation, it will probably bring many hidden dangers...
For Guo Jia, who has some obsessive-compulsive disorder, facing such a problem, how to solve it easily has naturally become a kind of self-torture for Guo Jia, and it also seems like a kind of fun. Just like today, Guo Jia is angry again.
Most of the night, until almost dawn, he fell aside and fell asleep.
However, Guo Jia's sleep did not last long. He was soon woken up by soldiers, saying that a letter came from the north...
north?
Guo Jia jumped up, sat up, and took the letter.
Could it be that something unexpected happened again in Jizhou?
But Guo Jia knew that if it was just a letter, it was probably just a guess made by the informants in Jizhou, and not a real military operation, because if there was a real military operation, the movement of troops and horses could not be hidden, so it was very difficult to hide the movement of troops and horses.
There may be some unusual signs, and the eyeliner is difficult to confirm, so we can only inform him in advance and let Guo Jia make some judgments.
The role of the eyeliner is mostly the same. If the army really moves, there is no need for the eyeliner to say anything at this time. After all, the beacon communication on the border between the two sides is many times faster than the human transmission of the eyeliner.
On the contrary, some clues before the war are more important information. Through this information, it may be possible to predict the opponent's next move, which can reflect the value of an informant.
Of course, it is also possible that it is a misjudgment or a false alarm, which requires further judgment and screening by Guo Jia. This is also the reason why Cao Cao specifically asked Guo Jia to handle such a matter. After all, Cao Cao has a lot of matters in his hands and really does not have more time.
Let’s identify the most important information one by one from these eyeliner letters...
At this moment, Cao Cao was in the tent. He looked at the bandage on Cao Ang's shoulder and said, "How does the wound feel? Is there any discomfort?"
Cao Ang smiled and moved slightly and said, "It's okay! It's just a minor injury!"
"Don't be brave!" Cao Cao also said with a smile, "If you are injured, don't move around. You will go back to Shouchun in the next two days and recuperate for a while! Be careful if you tear the wound, you will be in trouble! Remember not to get wet! Take good care of it.
Recuperate, and the rest will be discussed after you recover! If you have to go to the battlefield, there will be many opportunities in the future!"
"Yeah! Got it..." Cao Ang looked at the dark circles under Cao Cao's eyes and said, "Father, you also need to take a good rest..."
Cao Cao smiled and was about to say something when suddenly there were hurried footsteps outside the tent, and the guard reported: "The military advisor is offering wine and has something important to do to see the lord!"
Cao Cao frowned, "Please come in!"
Cao Ang originally wanted to say something, but after being interrupted like this, he swallowed it. Knowing that Guo Jia must have something important to do, he bowed his hands and left first. He greeted Guo Jia at the door of the tent and left.
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Guo Jia entered the tent, took out the letter from the northern spy he had just received from his arms, gave it to Cao Cao, and said: "Please read this letter, my lord... There may be something unexpected in Yecheng!"
Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart, and quickly took the letter, "What happened?"
"The Yecheng camp has not replenished soldiers and equipment in recent months!" Guo Jia said, "It is estimated that there are only three thousand soldiers in the Yecheng camp! The rest of the soldiers are missing! In addition, the price of food in Jizhou remains high, and Yecheng
The shop owner of Nakata’s Grain Store once said that even with the autumn harvest, grain prices will continue to rise!”
"Will food prices rise again?" Cao Cao frowned.
Normally, the price of grain before the autumn harvest must be relatively high. Everyone knows this. However, after the autumn harvest, on the one hand, the earth mainly replaces the old grain in its own warehouses, and on the other hand, in order to better exploit ordinary people.
Folks, so under normal circumstances, food prices will fall significantly...
Therefore, after the autumn harvest, grain prices do not fall, but rise again. This is quite abnormal.
Outside the big tent, I don't know when, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was a faint sound of thunder between the dark clouds, and it seemed like a heavy rain was coming.
Cao Cao also had dark clouds in his heart. He glanced at Guo Jia and saw Guo Jia nodding silently. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Cao Cao also came to almost the same conclusion as Guo Jia. Although there were no soldiers or horses near Yecheng,
It does not mean that there are no soldiers in other places, such as Hanoi...
If Yuan Shao really wants to launch an attack, then the direction of the attack may be to march north again to avenge the previous defeat, but it may also be to...
"Boom!" Thunder rolled across the sky and seemed to hit Cao Cao's heart.
Cao Cao stood up and looked at the changing situation outside the tent, "Come here! Send the order! Beat the drums to gather the generals!" Cao Cao decided to leave Cao Ren in the ban as a partial army to continue to pursue Yuan Shu, while the rest of the army, that is,
You can turn around and return to Yanzhou to meet unexpected changes!
