"Sometimes people agree not just because it's the best idea, Gongtai." Although Hu Zhao belongs to the enlightenment sect, it doesn't mean that he can't see the dangers in people's hearts!
Chen Gong rolled his eyes. He knew this better than Hu Zhao, but he didn't understand why Shen Pei and Xun Chen didn't stop him. You must know that those people are all famous officials in the world, and they can't be ungrateful.
As Chen Gong guessed, it was not because of the sinister nature of people's hearts, but because of the choices Yuan Tan had to make in order to maintain the stability of the Yuan family.
Historically, Yuan Tan assisted Yuan Shao in capturing Qingzhou, so he was named the governor of Qingzhou. However, in this generation, Qingzhou fell into the hands of Liu Bei. Yuan Tan assisted Yuan Shao in capturing Youzhou, so naturally Yuan Tan became the governor of Youzhou.
Yuan Shao felt that he was a hero at that time, and his eldest son Yuan Tan was indeed somewhat capable, and his nephew Gao Gan was indeed good. In addition, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were still young, so Yuan Shao appointed Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou. After all, he could use it with peace of mind.
We don't ask for much performance from them, just the family affection and loyalty.
There is no shortage of capable people in Yuan Shao, but there are only a few people who can really make Yuan Shao open his mind and feel at ease. Therefore, it can be said that it is natural for Gao Gan and Yuan Tan to each control a state.
After acquiring Youzhou, Yuan Tan naturally worked hard to grow, using Youzhou as his foundation to prepare for his future inheritance of the family business. As a result, the situation has become like this. After Yuan Tan stabilizes, the best strategy is to abandon Youzhou and shrink his defense line.
, consolidate Bingzhou and Jizhou, defend with all-out strength, and increase the depth of the defense line.
Although doing this under the huge gap in strength can only be said to be lingering, it is still better than death.
It's a pity that Youzhou is basically Yuan Tan's base camp. Should he choose the best strategy to abandon his base camp and use Bingzhou as his foundation in the future? Or should he desperately gather troops, consolidate Youzhou, abandon most of Bingzhou, and defeat Liu Bei with strong troops?
Unable to invade Youzhou, Yuan Tan basically chose the second of these two methods without much thought.
The first approach is that Bingzhou is the territory of high-ranking officials. Yuan Tan is really not sure whether his cousin can fully support him. After all, after losing Youzhou, Yuan Tan’s foundation has already had problems. Although there is a trial match, Xu Tan
You, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Yiqu and others gave their full support, but Yuan Tan really could not guarantee that senior officials would not have petty thoughts.
Although the second approach seems very dangerous, in Yuan Tanzhong's view, giving up part of Bingzhou to Cao Cao not only adds an offensive and defensive alliance, but also weakens the strength of high-ranking officials and consolidates his own position.
, with one addition and one subtraction, the core power of the Yuan family has basically been successfully grasped in his own hands.
It can be said that Yuan Tan's approach is not too wrong, but he does not understand Liu Bei's true strength, and thinks that Liu Bei has stopped moving forward because his ruler is unable to make progress.
As for the judge and others, although they also felt that Yuan Tan's approach was not the best choice, they did a pretty good job. In addition, this was Yuan Tan's first order, so the judge Xu You and others accepted it after hesitating.
Although they lost the battle between Yuan and Liu, in their opinion, they lost that battle too unfairly. In their opinion, the combat effectiveness displayed by Yuan Shaojun and Liu Beijun was actually about the same. Although Liu Bei was stronger
, it's just half a pound, as for the brains and strategies, they did not lose in wisdom in the battle between Yuan and Liu!
Of course, the above is just the judgment of Xu You and others. They are now obsessed with the authorities and cannot see the situation clearly. But having said that, Li Youquan opened a household registration and removed all Yuan Shao's spies, and then carried out an intelligence blockade. Yuan Tan Yifang
I couldn't get any useful information at all, so I could only rely on the battlefield situation to judge.
In fact, that's all. Now Yuan Tan's biggest losses are Zhang He and Gao Lan. After the two remaining Hebei Sitings came back, not only were they not comforted, but they were left idle. Yuan Tan even planned to return to Bingzhou.
After the delivery was completed, Zhang He and Gao Lan were driven to the north of Bingzhou to defend Xianbei.
This is naturally not because Yuan Tan values the Xianbei people, but is actually completely dissatisfied with Zhang He and Gao Lan.
Wen Chou vowed to never forget his loyalty, and Zhang He and Gao Lan retreated alone regardless of their lord, leading to Yuan Shao's death. These were absolutely intolerable to Yuan Tan. With tens of thousands of troops in hand, he abandoned the city and fled to Baoxuanyuan Tianding.
They were not brought out, which made Yuan Tan even more disgusted with the two of them!
Although Xu You, Shen Pei, Xun Chen and others knew that there were too many secrets in this, they could only choose to remain silent when Yuan Tan just came to the throne. In their view, it was unreasonable for Zhang He and Gao Lan to be idle for a period of time and let Yuan Tan take over smoothly.
good.
As for the future, it was basically only a matter of time before the famous Hebei generals appeared on the battlefield again, so they unanimously chose to wrong Zhang He and Gao Lan.
In other words, this is the disadvantage of not having Tian Feng and Ju Shou. Although Shen Pei, Xun Chen, Xu You and others are also wise and resourceful people, their temperament is far inferior to Tian Feng and Ju Shou's outspokenness in giving advice.
If Tian Feng Jushou was still here, Yuan Tan's behavior would definitely be dismissed by these two guys. The most important thing to do now is to protect Zhang He and Gao Lan. However, after Shen Pei and others reviewed the measures, they finally hesitated.
, still passed Yuan Tan’s order.
Without those two people taking the lead, these people would not dare to criticize Yuan Tan. You must know that in the past, when Tian Feng was here, these people would be able to say a few words if they thought it was reasonable. Anyway, some people would take the blame, and their softer words would pass.
Yuan Shao must have remembered that if he failed, Tian Feng must have continued on and passed...
As for now, Xun Chen and others can only look at me, and I look at you. They don’t want to take the blame. They are all smart people and don’t want to be remembered, so they don’t speak. Therefore, after the established facts appear, they also
Only the default option is left.
Chen Gong is not clear about these things. To be precise, Chen Gong has not had in-depth contact with Tian Feng Jushou, and there is no need to unlock spiritual talents for trivial matters, so he is completely unable to understand the current attitude of Shen Pei and others.
"But this matter has little to do with us. We only need to do our own thing well with whoever Bingzhou is handed over to." Chen Gong said casually, "Although I don't like Cao Cao, I won't go out of my way to do this.
To discredit him, he will do better than Yuan Benchu if he can."
"They don't need to send troops, nor do they need to worry about the people in the north. They only need to provide food and grass. Cao Cao has nothing to discount in this aspect." Zang Hong curled his lips and said, he couldn't stand Cao Cao, but he also admitted that Chen Gong
words.
"I also agree." Hu Zhao nodded. He used to feel good about Cao Cao, but after the attack on Xuzhou, Hu Zhao no longer liked Cao Cao. However, he also admitted that within the scope of Cao Cao's ability, he would do more.
