Yuan Shao hoped that Liu Biao would harass Cao Cao's rear without any worries. Unfortunately, due to the large-scale outbreak of the epidemic, Liu Biao no longer had the ability to send troops north to harass. Even if he had such a plan, Liu Bei, who was stationed on the border of Nanyang and Yuzhou, would not
It may have allowed Liu Biao's army, who was far less skilled in manipulating boats than they did, to gain some advantage in the land battle.
Yuan Shao also hoped that the ambitious Sun Ce could send troops to sneak attack Cao Cao's rear, making it difficult for Cao Cao to take care of himself. However, the news just came from the south showed that Sun Ce started to travel at night and was assassinated by assassins. Although based on Sun Ce's strength, it is reasonable to say that this is the case.
It was obviously impossible for the little thief to hurt him, but Sun Cejun's reaction was unusually ambiguous——
The army withdrew from the Lujiang River, leaving only General Ling Cao to guard Wancheng with a small number of troops. Not to mention, Sun Quan, the second son of the Sun family, also announced the day after the army crossed the Yangtze River that his brother was seriously ill and could not govern himself.
Will temporarily take over Jiangdong.
Of course, the most surprising thing is that in the face of Sun Quan's seemingly rebellious behavior, Sun Ce's army veterans such as Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, and his close associates such as Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao did not have the slightest intention to object.
So people took it for granted that Sun Ce was really dead.
However, Yuan Shao felt that not all the news he received was bad. At least before he left, the main force of the Bingzhou Army was still entangled with the barbarians in the north who made him feel extremely uncomfortable, and it is said that the Bingzhou Army also suffered a lot.
Small loss.
This is really something that makes people want to burst into joy.
Although Li Shushi still left two troops, Huang Zhong and Qu Yi, in the south, and even restrained Yuan Shao through some large and small actions, so that he did not dare to devote all his troops to the battlefield in the south, Yuan Shao was also prepared for this.
Arrange accordingly.
It will definitely make Bingzhou people look good!
Yuan Shao is quite confident about this result, after all, he paid a high price for it.
Or a very dangerous price.
So now Yuan Shao can finally devote himself to the bullshit battle with his good friend Cao Cao.
On the other hand, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who were approaching menacingly, discussed with Xun Yu, Chen Gong and others, and finally decided to withdraw the entire army, abandoning the previous plan of deploying defenses along the Yellow River, and instead adopted the strategy of concentrating troops, guarding key passes, and setting up defenses in key places.
. Waiting for work and waiting for opportunities to counterattack - Compared with Cao Mengde in another dimension of history, Cao Cao's power at this time seems to be even scarcer, so that he only managed to assemble about three heavy army groups by piecing together here and there.
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However, he also has an advantage that has never been seen in the history of another dimension, and that is that Liu Xie actually took the initiative to follow him on his own expedition - perhaps such behavior will cause double-headed decision-making and lead to command confusion, but from this point on
Judging from the cooperation between Liu Xie and Cao Cao over a period of time, he seemed to know exactly what role he should play, so that Cao Cao felt no constraints at all.
As a result, at least politically, Yuan Shao's original advantage was greatly weakened.
Cao Cao took this choice not only because with his current strength, but also because Liu Bei's army was not very cooperative, it was too difficult to defend the Yellow River with many crossings, especially Baima and Yan.
Although Cao Cao's army won both battles in Tianjin,
The morale of Yuan Shao's army was severely damaged, but the balance of forces did not fundamentally change. Therefore, instead of setting up defenses everywhere and being defeated by the enemy one by one, just like the battle that took place in Juancheng, it would be better to concentrate superior forces, perhaps.
Can give Yuan Shao another major blow.
Of course, there is another reason.
Today's north is not just a two-strong war between Yuan and Cao like in the history of another plane. Instead, Yuan, Cao and Li stand on three sides, just like a small Three Kingdoms.
Although the main force of Li Shushi's Bingzhou Army is now contained in the north of Bingzhou, and there are a considerable number of remaining troops that need to guard against the Rongdi foreign tribes along the long border who always have a sense of luck and want to take advantage, this still cannot be changed.
The fact that the Bingzhou Army was also an important factor in determining this decisive battle between Yuan and Cao was realized.
Perhaps for Cao Cao's army, this was the heaviest weight they could think of.
After all, even if the main force of the Bingzhou Army was contained in the north, in order to prepare for the possible attack of Yuan Shao's army in the south, Li Shushi still left two independent armies, Qu Yi and Huang Zhong. Even though they lacked sufficient offensive power, they could only attack the rear of Yuan Shao's army.
When it comes to harassment, it also has a power that cannot be underestimated.
Just like the crossings on the Yellow River, the eight crossings of Taihang were also difficult for Yuan Shao to guard against.
Simply because of the rugged mountain road, Yuan Shao did not have to worry about the Bingzhou Army being able to engage in mobile warfare with him in the form of a large army. As long as they guarded a few exits, the blows the Bingzhou Army could give Yuan Shao were limited to harassment.
It is precisely because of this that luring Yuan Shao to the south of the Yellow River and keeping him away from the core hinterland of Jizhou was just like the Han army and the Chu army were stalemate in the chasm when Chu and Han were fighting, so Peng Yue behind Xiang Yu had the opportunity to show off his skills.
Perhaps judging from the number of enemies killed and captured cities, Peng Yue's results were not outstanding, but no one will ignore his contribution.
Both Qu Yi and Huang Zhong are well-known generals of the Bingzhou Army. It is understandable that Cao Cao's military general will place his hopes on them. And if Yuan Shao can be mobilized to travel around, it will obviously be an unexpected surprise.
Of course, if Li Shushi can quickly break away from the war in the north and join the battle to determine northern hegemony, it will naturally be the best outcome for this battle, but for the political situation across the country, it may not be
The worst one.
Because of this, Cao Cao's army at most hopes that Qu Yi and Huang Zhong can achieve meritorious service, rather than hoping that Li Shushi can defeat the Xianbei people in the north in a short time. If that happens, everyone will
Everyone wondered whether they should suggest that Liu Xie step in to mediate, and then the Yuan and Cao families work together to deal with the powerful "enemy" in the north.
Of course, the two parties are still in a state of power turmoil.
It is worth mentioning that because of Liu Xie's incident, Chen Gong played a very interesting role in the Yanzhou Rebellion. It can be said that Chen Gong took the most credit for the occurrence of this incident, but later because of
Liu Xie offered an olive branch and became
He became the first batch of traitors to betray the organization, and also became the leader of Liu Xie and Cao Cao's side, so that the chaos that could have swept the entire state was finally ended hastily. Although many powerful Yanzhou families despised him for this, there were also some people.
Think he is resourceful and adaptable.
Of course, most public opinion still supports Chen Gong's decision. After all, the person who persuaded Chen Gong was none other than Liu Xie, the emperor. This emperor's order can be said to be the best in the world. Following the emperor's order is considered betrayal.
Joining an organization can also be said to be a sign of loyalty. After all, the emperor is the greatest in heaven and earth. To obey the emperor is to follow the trend of history.
Because of this, the current situation is completely different from the history of another plane.
In another period of history, Chen Gong beat Cao Cao until he was almost like a lost dog. Then the two fought for many years and became mortal enemies. In the end, even though Cao Cao still admired Chen Gong's talent, he knew that this man could no longer do anything.
To retain him, Chen Gong left melancholy, and Cao Cao had no choice but to kill him, which was a completely different attitude towards Xiao Qiang.
But now the two people can serve as ministers in the same palace. Although Chen Gong still causes some trouble for Cao Cao from time to time. But with Liu Xie intervening, at this critical moment, the two people can cooperate sincerely, just like when Cao Cao first entered.
When he controlled Yanzhou, he was joined by Xun Yu. Although he had shortcomings in tactics due to the death of Xi Zhicai, he might be stronger strategically than in the history of another plane, but it's not necessarily true.
In fact, it can be said that Li Shushi was equally clear about what Yuan and Cao were thinking. In fact, his purpose in going north was not only to eliminate the inner trouble of non-human beings, but also to temporarily stay away from that place of right and wrong, and he was the only one who stayed away.
There, both Yuan and Cao can peacefully argue and fight to their heart's content... That fight, ahem, kill him in the dark.
It can't be said that both Yuan and Cao left a big fisherman like him to fight happily, but everyone was obviously betting on whether Li Shushi would solve the problem in the north first, or whether the battle in the south would be the winner first. Or maybe
Even if the Bingzhou Army can solve the problems in the north quickly, it will still have to pay a sufficient price and it will take a certain amount of time to retreat to its hometown and lick its wounds.
Considering the difficulty that the Xianbei people had shown before, Yuan Shao was still willing to place a heavy bet on such a bet.
It's just that Yuan Shao obviously couldn't imagine that Li Shushi had already basically solved the Xianbei people's problem just after he decided to cross the Yellow River south - although it seems very unreliable to win one battle and solve all the problems.
However, if the opponent is not an ordinary Xianbei army, this problem becomes not difficult to understand.
If it were an ordinary Xianbei tribe, when they suffered such a heavy defeat, they would usually simply surrender. Anyway, the Han people would not really kill them all. After all, compared to a group of new immigrants, they were obviously already familiar with them.
Tribes that had a lot of dealings with were more acceptable to the Central Plains dynasty, unless some people went too far, but generally speaking, they would only kill the first culprit.
In fact, like Li Shushi, bundling all the tribes who had rebelled many times into coal mines, or asking them to build roads and dig rivers with slabs of bricks and so on are already quite strange punishment measures, but they are just based on the principle of "from another dimension".
Li Shushi hopes that they can understand their position in "labor" when dealing with these guys who often forget about food but not about fighting, and who have a certain sense of superiority towards the farming people.
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At least from now on, it seems that the effect is actually not too bad.
In fact, as long as the lower-level herdsmen are isolated from the upper-level tribal leaders, it is not too difficult to transform the ordinary herdsmen. Although the work is very heavy and they need to face various possible dangers, they can still eat enough.
(Although these temporary workers can only be considered half-full compared to regular workers, and they still work hard),
You can also get a new set of warm clothes in winter (a reward for model workers) and a reward meal for special days (this can be regarded as a benefit). For those herdsmen from small tribes, it may still be a good job. Not to mention
Every now and then, so-called "naturalized herdsmen" would come to speak out and tell them about the bright future after hard work.
In fact, most ordinary people will always be very content when they do not get special opportunities. Therefore, while ensuring their basic living conditions and giving them the idea of a slightly better life, most people are more willing to settle for their current life.
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Therefore, Hu "slaves" who are actually more hard-working and durable have become hot commodities among major departments and wealthy families.
The most important thing is that no one will chatter about "propriety, justice, integrity" and the like in front of Li Shushi. In the face of real interests, those powerful families will help Li Shushi resist those clichés that are not in line with the trend of the times.
It seems a bit off topic?
Well, the above are all choices that a normal grassland tribe would make - either it will be like a slippery loach that will fight with you forever, or it will become a headache and a burden that is not easy to solve.
Of course, Yuan Shao doesn't have high expectations for the latter. In fact, even he is now trying to use those criminals and refugees to perform a lot of heavy physical labor. Using work for relief is something that has already appeared in Ling Emperor Liu Hong's morale.
It's not a new thing.
As for those abnormal non-human beings?
Without control, they are just a group of puppets who only know how to kill. For the organized Bingzhou Army, although the number of such a group of guys seems to be a bit of a headache, it is not too difficult to solve them, let alone because of a certain
Due to some special reasons, his strength is far from what he was at his peak.
It just takes some time.
Even according to some people's calculations, as time goes by, the power loss of those inhuman puppets will increase significantly. Even if they only have three months or less than half a year, they themselves will turn into a pile of dust.
True ashes return to ashes, dust returns to dust, and no experience is left to you.
Well, regardless of whether the above statements are true or false, Li Shushi's troops not only did not go south after the war, but instead went north from Daijun. It seemed that they were going to Danhan Mountain for a thorough sweep.
Before departure, the leaders of various Xianbei tribes and several Wuwan tribe leaders who claimed that they were "forced to become thieves" had already volunteered to "help" the Bingzhou army clear the "obstacles" on the road ahead.
Considering that the troops did need to rest after a series of battles, and more importantly, Tuoba Liwei's team would not arrive for a while, so Li Shushi was not too anxious and just allowed those guys to continue the dog-eat-dog show.
However, there are a few people in this drama who are indeed worthy of Li Shushi's attention.
For example, Li Shushi could remember Ke Bineng's name. There were also brothers Fu Luohan and Bu Dugen, who were said to be Qian Mancong's brothers, and Samad Khan, who Li Shushi was not very familiar with and was said to be Queji's concubine.
Among them, the most interesting one was not Ke Bineng. It was the two brothers Nafu Luohan and Bu Dugen.
Speaking of backup, in fact, the leader and these two are also brothers, but usually when relatives turn against each other, the fight between them will usually be more intense, because they are generally more powerful than each other.
Outsiders know the basics better, so they often attack at the most lethal place when they greet each other. Moreover, each other's bloodline is more likely to inspire the mentality of wanting to cover up after betrayal, so naturally the attacks are the most vicious.
It has to be said that the leader failed to realize that his two brothers were also ruthless people. Obviously, their "acting skills" in daily life are also of a very high level, and such acting skills should probably be inherited from Tan Shihuai.
Come on. After all, whether it is Kuitou, Qianman, or these two brothers, each of them seems to be very good at being extremely forbearing when they are temporarily in power, and then as long as they get the chance, they will kill their own relatives.
Not to mention that this time they acted so confidently.
As for those Karasuma tribes, they came over through the relationship between Taiyuan Karasuma and Xihe Karasuma. Li Shushi also drove them to the battlefield besieging Danhan Mountain. If they could not make enough achievements, then Li Shushi would not
I wouldn't mind carrying out a large-scale purge operation against the upper echelons of the Karasuma people.
Washing is healthier.
Among the Wuwan people, there are also some people who have to be admired, such as Tadun, who was beheaded by Zhang Liao's classic fierce general's surprise attack in another plane of history before he could use it, and one who was comparable to Sun Quan.
This guy obviously doesn't look like a bastard. Of course, it's probably because the water network in the north is not as developed as in the south. Even if there are streams, Tadun doesn't have loyal ministers like Ling Tong or Lu Meng around him. Even his subordinates want to take a look at the leader.
What about the "wonderful performance"?
Well, as the best supporting actor, it is really top-notch. The only one who can compare with it is Yan Liang Tongxiao, who also lived in another dimension and died under the sword of the Second Master Qinglong in history.
However, in this dimension, Tadun, who had seen his new big brother, obviously did not intend to continue to compete with Lou Ban for the title of tribal leader and Liaoxi Karasuma, who had almost become a broken ship. He hoped that he could become a general directly under Li Shushi.
Just like Wu Ze.
It is said that the former Karasuma boy was able to serve as the prefect of Li Shushi for two thousand stones. Even if it is not an important place, but a despicable border area, it is undoubtedly a great thing for those Karasuma people and even more barbarians.
Exciting.
In fact, it is similar to when the Han and Hungarians clashed, everyone would always give higher standards of courtesy to the heavyweights of the opposing camp who surrendered, just to have a demonstration effect. Although most of them were idle, they were not cast.
A famous official of the Han Dynasty like Jin Rixi?
However, apart from these things, what really made Li Shushi choose to stay in the north was something else. (To be continued...)