Xu Wei was not excited when he heard Wang Ge's words. Now the entire Central Plains region is already fighting everywhere. If he attacks Youzhou again, then Youzhou, Jizhou and Bingzhou in the north will also be involved in the war. That is to say
All the prefectures and counties with the largest grain production in the entire Han Dynasty were in the flames of war.
Now because we have the previous food, we can continue to fight, but after the autumn harvest, we will find that the entire Han Dynasty has been fighting for a year and no one is farming at all. Next year, tens of millions of people will starve to death.
In history, the second year of Chuping was also the climax of the Yellow Turban Army. After all the Yellow Turban Army died, all the princes in the world had no food, and tens of millions of people in the Central Plains starved to death. It can be said that this wave of war in history
, the people throughout the Central Plains were almost dead. Without the support of the people, the Yellow Turban Army was completely reduced to a soy sauce role, and the world from now on officially entered the world of feudal princes competing for hegemony.
So Xu Wei was worried that his attack on Youzhou would cause the Han Dynasty to be completely in chaos. He didn't care whether the wealthy nobles died, but if tens of millions of ordinary people died miserably, he had committed a great crime!
Zhang Baiqi saw Xu Wei's ugly face and asked, "Shuai Qu doesn't want to attack Youzhou?"
Wang Ge and others immediately looked at Xu Wei!
Xu Weidao: "Now the entire Central Plains is at war. If we attack Youzhou, Huangfu Song of Jizhou will definitely rescue Liu Yu. The entire Hebei area will become a war because of our military operations. I am just worried that if the battle continues like this,
All the people in the world will die miserably in the flames of war!"
"The Central Plains is already in chaos. If there is war in Hebei, who will still grow food? How can we survive without food? We rebel to survive, and also to survive for the people of the world, but what we are doing now can only
Let all the people of the Han Dynasty starve to death!"
Wang Ge said anxiously: "Commander Qu, you can't be kind to a woman. Even if we don't send troops, the world is still at war. Now Dong Zhuo has obviously subdued the powerful clans in Guandong. Let's not attack first now. Wait for Dong Zhuo to do so."
After integrating the strength of the Han Dynasty and annihilating Yu Du and the others, it will be our turn to be surrounded and annihilated by Dong Zhuo! If we are all annihilated by Dong Zhuo, there will really be no hope for the world!"
"Commander Qu, Wang Ge is right, now is the best time for me to send troops!" Wang Yong also said anxiously.
At this time, Zhang Baiqi said: "I don't think so. It's already June, and the 300,000-strong army has a lot of logistical supplies. Not to mention that we are still going to fight in Youzhou, thousands of miles away. If we have to conquer Liaodong County along the way,
In places like Xuantu County, the logistics are thousands of miles away. To maintain the logistics of this army, more than a million civilians are needed. You can do the math. It takes 2-3 months to prepare so much food and supplies.
Finished?"
Wang Ge and the others shook their heads. The 100,000-level battles carried out by the Tengjia Army were almost all internal battles, and they did not last long. Naturally, there were not many logistics and civilians needed, but now they have dispatched 300,000 troops and millions of civilians for an expedition.
Thousands of miles away, the logistics requirements are indeed very high. Without tens of millions of kilo of food prepared, there might be a shortage of food during the war. And with so much food needed, it would be difficult to prepare without February to March!
Zhang Baiqi continued: "The autumn harvest will be in three months. The entire year's ration of Mayi depends on the autumn harvest. Do you want to start a war during the autumn harvest?"
Wang Ge and the others continued to shake their heads, of course they didn’t want to!
Zhang Baiqi said: "After the autumn harvest is over, winter has already entered in the north, so you don't want to fight in winter, right?"
Wang Ge and the others continued to shake their heads!
Although the Tengjia Army has a specialized sled army, it cannot deal with the barbarians without city wall protection. There are hundreds of city passes in Youzhou. Attacking Youzhou in winter is simply asking for death!
Zhang Baiqi laughed and said: "So we really want to launch an army of 300,000 to attack Youzhou. The best time to attack is after the spring of next year. Why should everyone be so anxious?"
"We can first send an army of 20,000 to 30,000 to attack Hanoi County to deal with Yudu and them. At the same time, we can prepare for a big war in Mayi. A battle of 300,000 troops is something our Tengjia Army has never experienced before.
We need to carefully plan which way to attack, which way to defend, and how the big man will react. We don’t know how many troubles there will be. If we give everyone more time to prepare, we will be more prepared to fight!"
When Wang Ge and the others heard this, they thought it was time. It was really not the right time to rush to attack Youzhou now, so he led the staff to collect Youzhou and formulate a complete battle plan!
June, East County, Yanzhou!
Yuan Shao marched to Fan County, Dongjun County with an army of 50,000, and met Bai Rao's men!
Yuan Shao was already very angry, but this time he vented all his anger on Bai Rao's men. He personally went to battle and led 10,000 armored troops to attack Bai Rao's men. Bai Rao's 50,000 men were defeated by Yuan Shao!
Bai Rao was furious when he knew that Yuan Shao had attacked him. The performance of Yuan Shao's attack on Dong Zhuo had spread throughout the Han Dynasty, and now Yuan Benchu, a model in the world, had become a coward.
Naturally, Bai Rao didn't think much of Yuan Shao, who was known as a coward. He led 150,000 subordinates and fought fiercely with Yuan Shao's tribe. The two sides fought for 10 days. Yuan Shao defeated Bai Rao's headquarters again. Except for a few of his 150,000 subordinates, they escaped.
They were all wiped out by Yuan Shao and more than 70,000 people were captured!
This battle finally improved Yuan Shao's reputation. People no longer use the term coward to describe Yuan Shao!
"Ben Chu, what should we do with these 70,000 prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army?" Xu You asked.
Guo Tu smiled and said: "Leave it to Huangfu Yizhen to cultivate the land. He is not doing the farming in the four counties of Jizhou, and he keeps saying that there is a lack of labor force!"
Feng Ji smiled and said: "Yes! We should use these prisoners to exchange for Huangfu Song's food and grass!"
This victory finally boosted their confidence. It turns out that it's not that they can't fight, but that Dong Zhuo's opponent is too strong. If we could accumulate more experience to deal with Dong Zhuo, maybe Dong Zhuo would have been defeated by them long ago!
But Yuan Shao said coldly: "We cannot keep these Yellow Turban thieves. They all have the blood of our nobles in their hands, and they must pay with blood. All these Yellow Turban thieves were chopped off on the edge of the Yellow River, and their heads were made into Jingguan. Let these
Rebellion knows that Shilin cannot be bullied!"
Most of the people around Yuan Shao were the second generation of noble families, so naturally they could not sympathize with the Yellow Turban Army. When they heard Yuan Shao's words, they felt the same hatred towards the enemy.
"I'm right at the beginning. These rioters dare to put our noble clans on trial. It's simply lawless. If we don't kill them, we can't establish our authority. Only by killing all these daring rioters will other ant thieves know that they can't attack even if they starve to death."
Our Wubao!" Xun Kan agreed.
Ju Shuo couldn't bear to say: "Most of these people were just kidnapped and their crimes were not serious enough to die. We threw them to Huangfu Song and asked them to dig stone mines. This can be regarded as repaying their sins. After all, these are more than 70,000 people.
Such indiscriminate killing is really harmful to Tianhe!"
But Yuan Shao said firmly: "Women's benevolence has brought the world into chaos. The people no longer obey the laws and rules of the Han Dynasty. Now only by clearing out the rebellious people first can we calmly rectify all kinds of chaos.
Let the world return to its original state. If we don’t kill them now, the people of the world will be deceived by them even more, and then we will kill even more!"
So under Yuan Shao's order, 70,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were slaughtered on the banks of the Yellow River. The corpses of 70,000 people covered the entire south bank of the Yellow River, and the water of the Yellow River was dyed red with blood. Then Yuan Shao used the heads of these 70,000 people to create
Seven giant temples were built to deter the Yellow Turban Army throughout the Central Plains.
Yuan Shao's behavior caused a sensation in the entire Han Dynasty. The evaluation of Yuan Shao by the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty increased sharply. They believed that he was worthy of being a model for the world and a role model for scholars. There is a lack of action men like him among the scholars now, which is why the Yellow Turban Thieves became what they are now.
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Yuan Shu became even more anxious when he heard about Yuan Shao's actions. After that, his army went around to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou. The Yellow Turban Army forces in Liu Pi and Gongdu were retreating steadily under the attacks of Te and Sun Jian.
At the same time, he carried out an action of killing no one in Yuzhou. As long as the people who had anything to do with the Yellow Turban Army were massacred by him, the people in the base areas near the Yellow Turban Army were massacred by Yuan Shu and the others one by one.
Let’s talk about what the powerful nobles of Jizhou did in the past, and now with the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, it has spread to the entire Han Dynasty!
When Yu Du and other Yellow Turban generals learned about this, they were furious. Yu Du led his 300,000 elite troops to attack Dongjun, wanting to avenge the Yellow Turbans. Zang Ba knew that Yuan Shao was leading the army in Dongjun and was worried about himself.
His lair was wiped out by Yuan Shao, and he also led his tribe to gradually withdraw from Xuzhou, planning to unite with Poison to teach Yuan Shao a lesson!
After Dong Zhuo learned about the behavior of the Yuan brothers, he sneered: "It's true that they are scholars. They are so cruel on the outside and cruel on the inside. As long as you are stronger than them, they will surround you like a villain. But if
If he is stronger than you, he will immediately change his face and kill you. He Jinzhang asked them not to see the face of a scholar, so they paid for it with the lives of their whole family!"
Jia Xu advised: "Prime Minister, don't underestimate Yuan Shao's move. He was already about to be abandoned by the Guandong clan, but because of this move, he instantly restored the hearts of the Guandong nobles. The Guandong clan don't care about the life and death of the common people, they care.
Is there anyone to protect their interests? Yuan Shao’s move is to protect the interests of the entire Central Plains clan."
"If the Prime Minister had not restricted him, Yuan Shao would definitely have resurrected. The Yellow Turban thieves would not have been wiped out by then, but the Guandong Alliance has resurrected. The Kanto clan will not want the Prime Minister to stand on their head. Prime Minister, you have to be careful!
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Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said: "You mean you want to seize Yuan Shao's military power?"
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Now the crusade against the Yellow Turban bandits still requires the help of Yuan Shao and the Guandong Clan. It is not the time to seize Yuan Shao's military power. However, the Prime Minister can put down the rebellion and at the same time place people from the Guanxi Clan into the counties of the Central Plains.
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"Central China was originally the territory of the Guandong clan. Yang Biao's disciples will definitely be squeezed out by the Kanto clan. If Yang Biao wants to hold on to his current position, or even replace Yuan Wei, he must rely on the help of the Prime Minister. Now the Prime Minister
What we need to do is to unite with the Kansai clan to suppress the Kanto clan. The two factions are fighting fiercely, so the Prime Minister can stabilize the court!"
Dong Zhuo laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "This is a simple thing. It's not what I did when I entered Luoyang City. It's just that now I want to promote the Guanxi clan. It's a good thing that the Guandong clan doesn't know how to promote. I
If the Prime Minister abandons them, will there still be a shortage of people who want to be officials in this big man's world?"
At this moment, a personal guard ran in and said: "The Prime Minister, Thunder Duke of Bingzhou has dispatched 30,000 troops to attack Hanoi County. The prefect of Hanoi County Zhang Yang is asking for help!"
Dong Zhuo was surprised and said: "What, Lei Gong sent troops to Hanoi County!"
This is not good news for him! He values Duke Lei 10 times more than Yuan Shao and the others. If Duke Thunder really comes to attack him, he may not be able to resist it with all his strength!
Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "This should be because Lei Gong has noticed that the Prime Minister and Yuan Wei have reconciled, so he sent troops to attack Hanoi County. For Lei Gong, a divided man is what he wants to see."
"That's why he supports the Prime Minister to fight against the Kwantung Allied Forces. Now that the Prime Minister has defeated the Kwantung Allied Forces, he even wants to unite the entire Han Dynasty. This is something Lei Gong can't bear, so he attacks Hanoi County. He wants to
To attack the strength and prestige of the Prime Minister, so that the Prime Minister can no longer hold the power of the Han Dynasty, and to allow the princes of Guandong to continue to rebel, what Lei Gong hopes is that the Han Dynasty will continue to split!"
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Lei Gong is a traitor and wants to bully me and divide the big men. It is simply a wishful thinking. Let's go to Hanoi County to meet Lei Gong together. Let Lei Gong know the truth. I
The prime minister is no longer the prefect of Taiyuan County, but the prime minister of the Han Dynasty!"
Jia Xu immediately said to Dong Zhuo: "Prime Minister, please calm down. If you raise an army in such anger, you will harm big things. If you are defeated by Lei Gong, the good situation created by the Prime Minister will be ruined. The Prime Minister has the prestige now."
They all rely on the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army in their hands. If the army in the hands of the Prime Minister is defeated by Lei Gong, not only Yuan Wei will regret it, but even Yang Biao may betray the Prime Minister!"
Jia Xu made the consequences of defeat so terrible, and Dong Zhuo also knew it was true. If he didn't have this army in his hands, he would have died long ago. For Dong Zhuo, there is nothing more important than preserving the army in his hands.
Strength is more important.
So he took two deep breaths and asked: "Now that Thunder King is attacking Hanoi County, what should we do? It is impossible to make Yuan Shao turn around and return to Hanoi County, right?"
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Prime Minister, you are the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. The entire army of the Han Dynasty is under your command. Why do you need to personally go out to deal with Lei Gong? Huangfu Song is not the famous general left by the late emperor to deal with Lei Gong. He has 200,000 troops in his hands.
As long as he is allowed to attack the Tengjia Army in Jizhou, Lei Gong will definitely have some scruples, and Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, also has an army of 80,000 men. If Liu Yu is asked to mobilize troops at the border of Bingzhou, Lei Gong will definitely be on guard!"