As soon as Jushu finished speaking, Zhang Yu had already disappeared behind Jushu.
Xindu City became a little strange as Xun Yu was promoted to the rank of Grand Sinong, but all this was under the supervision of Jushu, and the war situation in Jiaozhou also made new progress every day.
Nanhai County and Hepu County were captured one after another under the powerful offensive of the Jizhou Army. Although Jiaozhi County resisted strongly, it could not hold on.
In the end, the soldiers could only lead their troops to evacuate Jiaozhi and retreat to Jiuzhen to organize soldiers and horses to resist.
But facing the front of the Jizhou Army, failure was only a matter of time.
After Xun Yan left Xun Yu's mansion, he visited Xun You's and Xun Chen's mansions one after another, but the news he received was the same. They would not accept the Xun family members to join. In the end, Xun Yan had no choice but to leave and return to the Xun family in Yingchuan.
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Just when the situation in the country was looking good, an urgent report came from Youzhou. After receiving the news, Jushou did not dare to stay and went directly to Yuan Shu's mansion.
"Lord, there is an urgent report from Youzhou. Tadun has unified the Wuhuan tribe. Now he has tens of thousands of troops and is launching an attack on Youzhou. Wuhuan cavalry has appeared in Yuyang and Youbeiping."
Jushou sent the telegram directly to Yuan Shu.
"Convene everyone immediately to discuss the issue of the Wuhuan people."
Yuan Shu looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but frowned. When he was busy unifying the country, he neglected to pay attention to Xianbei and Wuhuan. Now, Tadun still unified the Wuhuan tribe according to the historical trajectory.
It has also become a big disaster for myself.
"promise."
After being summoned by Yuan Shu, all the Jizhou soldiers in Xindu put down what they were doing and gathered in Yuan Shu's governor's mansion.
After everyone sat down, Yuan Shu frowned as he looked at Wen and Wu below.
"Everyone, the Wuhuan tribe outside the Great Wall has been unified by Tadun's bandits. Now he has tens of thousands of troops moving south. Bandits have appeared in Yuyang and Youbeiping. I don't know what you think."
Everyone frowned when they heard Yuan Shu say that Tadun had unified the Wuhuan tribe and sent his troops south.
"Lord, I will rush back to Youzhou immediately to take charge. I will definitely not let the Wuhuan people move even half a step south."
Xun Chen glanced at Yuan Shu, he was the shepherd of Youzhou, and now Youzhou would be invaded by the Wuhuan people, he couldn't bear this.
"Well, you have to go back to Youzhou, but the current situation is how to deal with these Wuhuan people."
Yuan Shu nodded to Xun Chen. He was the shepherd of Youzhou and had the responsibility of guarding the land. Now that Tadun was leading his troops south, he would naturally go back.
"What's there to say? Just destroy them."
Yan Liang glanced at Yuan Shu and directly expressed his thoughts.
"Lord, I think our troops are not in order now, so we should first appease Tadun."
Jushou shook his head slightly. Now they don't have many troops here, and Tadun also has many troops. If they attack rashly, the chance of winning may not be good.
"appease?"
After hearing Jushu's words, Yuan Shu frowned. In his opinion, the power of the Han Dynasty cannot be violated. It would be fine if he didn't hit you. How dare you come here to kill him?
He doesn't agree.
Seeing Yuan Shu frowning, Ju Shou and Xun You looked at each other and understood that Yuan Shu wanted to fight but not make peace.
"My lord, the appeasement is only temporary. To deal with these grassland people, the cavalry must naturally be given priority, and most of our cavalry are now in Liangzhou and Jiaozhou, so we need time to deploy troops and horses."
After Xun You thought for a while, he directly told Yuan Shu what he meant.
"Can't comfort Tadun."
Although Xun You and Ju Shu both suggested to stabilize Tadun first, Yuan Shu knew that this man was not an ordinary person. How could he easily commit the crime if he could unify the Wuhuan tribe?
It may be useless to appease him, and it will make him lose the support of the people in Youzhou. If Youzhou is finally stable, but the support of the people is gone, it will be difficult for him to fight back.
"I agree with the lord's opinion. Now that the heart of Youzhou belongs to us, even if Tadun wants to invade, as long as we defend the plains with all our strength, it will not be easy for him to achieve victory. On the contrary, if Tadun's decree to appease Tadun comes out,
, then the people’s moral support will be completely lost, and the thieves will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.”
Xun Chen also had a deep understanding of Yuan Shu's words. The people of Youzhou have suffered from foreigners for a long time. Now they finally see the hope of the recovery of the Han Dynasty. It is the time when the people's support can be used. If this shows weakness to Tadun, the people's support will inevitably be lost.
This would give Tadun the opportunity to go straight in, and the gain would outweigh the loss.
"But it takes time to deploy troops and horses. If Tadun is allowed to invade south, it will cause great harm to Youzhou."
Jushou glanced at Xun Chen. He also knew the situation in Youzhou, but if he really had to carry it out, the casualties to the people of Youzhou would be great.
"Wen Ruo, what do you think?"
Yuan Shu's brows were still furrowed, and he finally fixed his gaze on Xun Yu in the corner.
Hearing Yuan Shu call his name, Xun Yu also felt depressed. To be honest, he was a newcomer. Faced with such national affairs, he was not very good at speaking now. Originally, he had already made up his mind when he came, and he only listened and did not speak.
, but now that he has been ordered, he can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"My lord, as you said, Tadun is an extraordinary person. I guess his purpose of invading is to plunder the place and supply the tribe. After all, he has just unified Wuhuan, and he must show his ability to the tribe.
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The second reason is to see our attitude. If we appease him now, it is likely that he will feel that we are afraid of them. In this case, I am afraid that the robbery will turn into a real invasion. By then, the army will press the border, which will cause Youzhou to suffer even greater losses.
Moreover, showing weakness now is very likely to give them a psychological advantage. Instead of doing this, it would be better to order Youzhou soldiers and civilians to resist with all their might.
Firstly, it can buy us time to dispatch troops and horses, and secondly, it can let Tadun know our attitude and not dare to attack the border with a large army. When our army goes north, it will only take a few seconds to defeat the thieves."
Xun Yu thought for a moment and expressed his thoughts directly. Tadun had just unified. If he acted weak now, it would probably be out of control.
Everyone was silent when they heard Xun Yu's words. I have to say that Xun Yu's views are unique. Instead of looking for problems within himself, he looked at Tadun's current thoughts.
"Well, what Xun Yu said makes sense. I decided to send troops for the Northern Expedition. I immediately deployed the Liangzhou Xianden Army, the Weilu Army, the Jiaozhou Yingyang Army, the Xuanwei Army, and the Dang Kou Army to return to Jizhou and recruit 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry in Bingzhou.
, recruiting foreigners from all over Jizhou and Qingzhou to form 10,000 cavalry, and at the same time ordering all the ministries in Youzhou to switch to a defensive posture to delay as much time as possible."
Both Xun Yu and Xun Chen agreed that Yuan Shu had nothing to say about the Northern Expedition now. Although Tadun had many troops in history, he was not directly defeated and killed when facing Cao Cao. He did not believe that he could still
Not as good as Cao Cao.
"Lord, do you have other ideas for mobilizing so many soldiers and horses?"
Hearing that Yuan Shu mobilized so many soldiers and horses at one go, Ju Shou couldn't help but be stunned. This was not 12,000 or 20,000.
Although the Xianden Army only had 20,000 infantry, the four main cavalry forces of Xuanwei Army, Yingyang Army, Dangkou Army, and Weilu Army had more than 100,000 cavalry. It was obviously too much to deal with a Tadun.
"What do you think?"
Yuan Shu glanced at Ju Shou and asked directly.
"My lord has seen the threat of foreign races. This time he not only wants to capture the Wuhuan people in Tadun, but also wants to go north to conquer Xianbei?"
After Jushou thought for a while, he directly expressed his thoughts.
"How do you feel?"
Yuan Shu smiled slightly and looked at the other people.
"The Xianbei people occupy a larger area and have a larger population than the Wuhuan people. Although they are a bit chaotic now, once they are integrated, the threat will be many times more serious than that of Tadun. Now judging from the Lord's intention, he should want to unite
Fight and accomplish the result."
Xun Chen has been fighting in Youzhou all year round, and he has a relatively thorough understanding of the foreign races outside the Great Wall. The Xianbei people have a wider area and a larger population than the Wuhuan people.
Now, although Kebi Neng and Bu Dugen are attacking each other, and although they are fighting vigorously, once one side is defeated, the entire Xianbei tribe will become the most serious foreign threat to the Han Dynasty.
"Lord, I don't think it's wise to send the army north to attack Xianbei now."
Xun You glanced at Yuan Shu and thought that now was not the time to launch a large-scale attack on Xianbei.
