Chapter 250 Blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes do not come singly
Chapter 250: Blessings come unparalleled, misfortunes never come alone
Just like Yi Xiaotian’s judgment...
Advising counselors like Yuan Shao often makes them feel tired.
They not only have to consider the effectiveness of the strategy, but also carefully weigh the tone, sentence structure, and context during the process of presenting the strategy.
You must offer your advice without losing the ability to flatter the horse, and while flattering the horse, you must not forget to offer the advice...
It's difficult enough to be able to do these two things, but you still have to highlight Yuan Shao's strengths and never expose his shortcomings. Once Yuan Shao feels the slightest offense, he will definitely fight for your life!
During Yi Xiaotian's conversation with Cao Cao, when talking about Tian Feng, an enemy strategist whom Cao Cao was quite wary of, Yi Xiaotian specifically mentioned that Tian Feng had just committed a crime, and it would be cool sooner or later...
This is not made up out of thin air...
According to historical records, Tian Feng was too upright, so when he gave advice, he only considered the pros and cons of the situation and did not care about Yuan Shao's mood at all.
really…
Nowadays, Tian Feng looks like he is hanging his head, frustrated and troubled... He only thinks that Yuan Shao is a pit, a huge pit in the abyss. Because of the illness of a child and the procrastination in his character, he has lost his best chance of fighting!
With this in mind... Tian Feng's words were extremely cold and merciless.
"Mr. Yuan, Gong Yuan, you wasted your opportunity before and missed the best opportunity to defeat Cao Cao's thieves. Now that you have lost your opportunity, you still want to fight Cao Cao decisively. Such a great situation has turned into this..."
"Now, Cao Cao has defeated Liu Bei and will return to the army in the next two days. Now the capital city is no longer empty, and the south bank of the Yellow River is also full of soldiers and horses...Cao Cao is also a cunning man. He is good at using troops, and his troops are very capable.
, don’t underestimate it, don’t act rashly!”
Although Tian Feng's words were cold, he stated the facts...His judgment on the situation was always accurate.
"Mr. Yuan, Gong Yuan, instead of going to a decisive battle now, it is better to fight a protracted war and see the situation clearly. When it comes to a protracted war, Cao Cao is determined to be no match for us. Mr. Yuan can slowly revitalize the four major states in his hands and reclaim wasteland.
, develop commerce, hoard food and grass, and engage in diplomatic activities on the other side to win more allies and form a united front against Cao Cao..."
"Then select elite soldiers and divide them into several groups to constantly harass Cao Cao, making it impossible for him to take care of him... making it impossible for him to continue his farming system. In my opinion, within three years, our combat power will become stronger and stronger
, Cao Cao will be tired and tired, and when the time comes, we can completely wear him down and win without a fight."
At this point, Tian Feng waved his hand and changed the topic. "On the contrary, according to Yuan Gong's idea, we are now concentrating our efforts on fighting the Cao thief to the death. If it succeeds, it will naturally be the best. If it fails, then... the situation is critical."
Yes, Hebei is dead."
Hit the nail on the head…
The strategy offered by Tian Feng infinitely magnified Yuan Shao's advantages and Cao Cao's weaknesses. One word of "drag" could almost completely bring down Cao Cao in three years...
Under such "tired Cao" tactics, Cao Cao had no chance to play.
However, Tian Feng's words were said in an extremely unpleasant tone, as if he was blaming Yuan Shao for his strategy!
Speaking of which, although Yuan Shao was indecisive, once he decided on something, no matter whether it was right or wrong, Nine Cows could not bring him back.
Yuan Shao scolded loudly. "Tian Feng? Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Ah...ah...are you teaching me how to do things?
The whole house was shocked...
Judging from Yuan Shao's tone and tone... he was angry, furious.
The counselors and military generals in the big tent know Yuan Shao's temper too, too, too, too well. Don't contradict his anger, otherwise you will definitely die miserably!
At that moment, everyone remained silent, and the entire military camp was filled with a strange atmosphere.
But...Tian Feng is very persistent.
Yuan Shao did not adopt his suggestion. He refused to give up. He continued to tell the reasons why he could not enter the army... "Mr. Yuan..."
Yuan Shao was already flushed with anger.
You know, he is not an ordinary person who wants to save face. Now that Tian Feng has made it impossible for him to get off the stage in public, Yuan Shao can make it impossible for him to get off the stage for the rest of his life!
"Bold Tian Feng, you are disturbing the morale of the army!"
Yuan Shao directly waved his hand to summon his bodyguards. "Put him in prison, and when I come back victorious, let's see how I deal with him! Hmph... Then, I'll see if Tian Feng still has this old face!"
The whole house was silent...
When everyone saw that Tian Feng, who had been outspoken in admonishing, had suffered the same fate, no one dared to say anything anymore.
Yuan Shao was very satisfied with this...
He waved his hand. "Notify the entire battalion to march towards Liyang in three days..."
Liyang was the only fortified city on the north bank of the Yellow River occupied by Cao Cao. Its location was extremely important and it was also the first of the three lines of defense deployed by Cao Cao.
Speaking of which, in order to resist Yuan Shao, Cao Cao deployed a total of three lines of defense.
The first route is Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River, the second route is on the south bank of the Yellow River, the east route is Baima, the west route is Yanjin, and the third route is Guandu.
Of course, the reason why Cao Cao only guarded these four strongholds with heavy troops was because he had no choice but to do so.
In any case, he has few soldiers. Although he welcomes the emperor and orders the princes, holds the emperor tightly in his hands, cultivates fields, and promotes commerce, these cannot cover up the fact that his strength is obviously lagging behind Yuan Shao at this stage.
…
Concentrating troops to guard four strongholds can form a local advantage and prevent the already insufficient three armies from being further dispersed!
Of course, Cao Cao was also worried...
In case Yuan Shao doesn't take the usual route, and while facing a head-on confrontation, he sends a surprise force to attack Xudu; or he directly bypasses these four fortresses... to concentrate on attacking Cao Cao's weak links.
If any of these conditions appear, Cao Cao's wishful thinking will be in vain.
to this end…
Now Cao Cao is also weighing carefully.
Should we concentrate our forces to form local advantages and guard these four lines of defense?
Or disperse the troops, extend the front line, and resist Yuan Shao's surprise attack?
...This is a very contradictory point, or...this is simply a bet!
…
Guandu Port, Cao Ying's Chinese army tent.
Cao Cao stood with his hands behind his back. He was holding a military book and seemed to be reading, but in fact, all his thoughts were on the northern defense line.
"Mr. Cao..."
Dian Wei, the commander of the Huben Army, hurriedly walked into the tent... "According to the reports from the scouts, the main force of Yuan's army was found seventy miles north of Liyang City. The direction of their advance was Liyang City, a stronghold on the north bank of the Yellow River. Liyang City is in a hurry... How to fight? Please ask Cao Cao
Make a decision quickly!"
The words have not yet been spoken…
"Mr. Cao..."
Xu Chu, another commander of the Huben Army, walked in quickly. "What's bad, I came from Tanma to report that a small group of troops was found gathering in the north of Luoyang. It seems that there are signs of sneaking across the Yellow River and attacking Xudu..."
Two battle reports came one after another, and Cao Cao's brows suddenly furrowed even tighter...
The truth is that blessings are unparalleled and misfortunes never come alone, and two thorny problems have arisen at the same time.
Facing the main force of Yuan's army, and north of the Yellow River? How to defend Liyang City?
Faced with Yuan Jun's surprise attack on Xudu, should the defensive front be lengthened...should the sergeants' defense be spread out?
call…
Cao Cao exhaled a long breath, difficult, this battle is too difficult to fight!
But at this moment.
"Brother, big brother..." This time it was Cao Ren who hurriedly broke into the big tent. At this time, Cao Ren looked solemn and a little nervous, but he was nervous with a little excitement and ecstasy...
Cao Cao subconsciously felt that it was probably...another unfavorable intelligence!
But seeing Cao Ren wink at him, Cao Cao understood and immediately ordered Xu Chu and Dian Wei to retreat first.
Only Cao Cao and Cao Ren were left in the entire Chinese army tent.
"Zixiao? Is this such serious information?" Cao Cao asked, frowning. "Even Xu Chu and Dian Wei can't know about it?"
Logically speaking, Cao Ren is responsible for the intelligence between Cao and Yuan. First-hand intelligence often needs to be reported to the Huben Army first, and then the commander of the Huben Army will forward it to Cao Cao. Unless it is... particularly important information, it can be presented directly.
"One piece of bad news, one piece of good news." Cao Ren didn't hesitate and spoke hurriedly.
"Let's talk about it..." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly and had made full preparations in his mind. He felt that he could bear it mentally!
"The bad news is... Liu Bei defected to Yuan Shao!" Cao Ren continued without stopping. "The good news is... Brother Yi has arrived in Guandu!"
As soon as this statement came out...
Wow…
Cao Cao stood up suddenly. The first news was indeed bad news, extremely bad news!
When Liu Bei joined Yuan Shao, the impact was huge. For example, it made up for the lack of support for Yuan Shao and satisfied Yuan Shao's vanity and confidence in being the "big brother".
More importantly, Liu Bei brought first-hand information about the confrontation with Cao Cao's army. The war was imminent, and even the information he lost to Cao Cao was extremely precious.
Moreover, Liu Bei did not come for nothing. Yuan Shao could use it as a shield and cannon fodder for himself on the Guandu front line, blocking Cao Cao's advance.
No matter which one of these it seems, they are extremely detrimental to Cao Cao.
However, this bad news suddenly became eclipsed by another piece of "good news".
As for the reason, there is no other reason - Yi Xiaotian is here, Brother Yi is here in Guandu!
As soon as he came, Cao Cao felt as stable as a dog!
