"Brother Yi, is Yuan Shaoruo dead? Logically speaking, shouldn't his men be scattered?"
Cao Cao immediately raised his doubts. "When the time comes, the rabbit will overthrow the hozen... Yuan's army is leaderless, and Cao Cao is heading north at once, who can stop him? Why is it that after so much effort, he has only completed half of the first stage?"
So what is the other half of the first stage?"
"Brother Hi, you are thinking too much!"
Yi Xiaotian's expression paused, and he reached out and patted Cao Cao on the shoulder.
"Yes, Yuan Shao's death will make some clans and disciples re-examine the situation, and many people will quietly abandon the Yuan family and join Cao Cao's camp. But in fact, these are not enough, far from enough, and not enough to serve as Cao Cao's camp.
The winning point across the North."
At this point, Yi Xiaotian paused.
"Yuan Shao gave Qingzhou to his eldest son Yuan Tan early in the morning, Youzhou to his second son Yuan Xi, Bingzhou to his nephew Gao Gan, and Jizhou to his most beloved youngest son Yuan Shang! In other words, the entire four northern states
The land will not be leaderless because of Yuan Shao's death. These young masters will be more difficult to deal with than me if they can't keep the troops together!"
Yi Xiaotian sighed...
Speaking of Yuan Shao's family, he was really impressed. They were really weird enough...
Yuan Shao assigned his three sons and a nephew to each take charge of a state. It seemed to be training them, but in fact, this kind of training had a major premise, that is, Yuan Shao was still alive and had enough deterrence to prevent them from messing up.
Come!
But…
Once Yuan Shao dies, these so-called experiences will no longer be constrained, which will inevitably lead to a situation where the three sons and one nephew are divided and are not convinced by each other.
Yi Xiaotian, who has studied this period of history, knows this best. After Yuan Shao's death, these unsatisfactory children were almost reduced to a pot of porridge.
And what he wants to do is to help Yuan Shao's chaotic family conflict... add more chaos to the fire.
"Brother Yi..." Cao Cao couldn't help but continue to ask. "You mean, even if Yuan Shao dies, these Yuan family's sons will still persist in resisting Cao Cao and turn the battle into a war of attrition?"
This is what Cao Cao is most worried about...
To pacify the north, it is best to cut the knot quickly. After all, his territory spans too much and there are too many hostile forces bordering the territory. If he really fights a protracted war with the Yuan family, a war of attrition, he will become more and more passive.
"Brother Hide, your answer is half right!" Yi Xiaotian raised his hand and explained in detail. "If it is not handled well, Cao Cao will have to conquer Yuan Shao's sons one by one. The time span
It's huge and consumes a lot of money. Even if it takes ten or eight years to pacify the north, it will only hurt the enemy a thousand times and cause eight hundred losses to ourselves! If we can't protect them all, Cao Cao will get sick from exhaustion!"
At this point, Yi Xiaotian paused.
He clicked his lips, narrowed his eyes slightly, and continued.
"But if...we use some other method...to make Yuan Shao's sons and nephews fight among themselves, and imitate the process of trying to capture Xuzhou a few years ago, with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei competing for hegemony, wouldn't it be Cao Cao who finally wins the fruit of victory?
"
hiss…
Cao Cao seems to understand a little bit. Aren't Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, and Yuan Xi just like Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei?
Brother Yi is going to repeat the strategy of conquering Xuzhou, using two tigers again... no, it is the strategy of "three tigers competing for food", "driving the tiger to devour the wolf"...
With this in mind, Cao Cao recalled from a distance that the process of conquering Xuzhou was all about using military tactics to conquer the enemy without fighting... This was the victory he most hoped to win. The more battles he fought, the more troops he had.
The more you fight, the stronger your power becomes. It's like hanging three keys on your chest - happy, happy, so happy!
Even now, when he thought of Brother Yi's "uncanny" plan to conquer Xuzhou, Cao Cao couldn't help but marvel.
"Brother Yi? I understand...you mean to drive a wedge between the Yuan brothers!"
Cao Cao said with a smile... He finally opened his mind and a faint smile appeared on Cao Cao's cheek.
"In fact, there is no need to specifically target..."
Yi Xiaotian waved his hand slightly. "Yuan Shao is in a complete mess when it comes to handling the issue of heirs and the relationship between his sons."
"According to the rule of 'establishing a legitimate son rather than a concubine, and establishing an elder rather than a young child', the family property left by Yuan Shao should naturally belong to his eldest son Yuan Tan, but Yuan Shao prefers his younger son Yuan Shang, who was born to his concubine Liu."
"Speaking of which, Yuan Shangchang's handsomeness is just like that of Yuan Shao when he was a child. Yuan Shao is more willing to let his younger son inherit his career from the bottom of his heart! But the ancestors have laws, abolishing the eldest son and establishing the younger one is tantamount to violating the ancestors' rules.
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At this point, Yi Xiaotian paused and asked Cao Cao meaningfully.
"Let me tell you, brother, what kind of evil and unethical thing did Yuan Shao do in order to 'abolish the elders and establish the younger ones'?"
Ah...this?
Cao Cao was startled. He was not the roundworm in Yuan Shao's belly. How could he have guessed it?
He immediately shook his head.
"Brother Yi, what evil thing did Yuan Shao do?"
All of a sudden, Cao Cao became gossipy...
Speaking of which, when he was a child, he and Yuan Shao stole brides together and never did anything immoral. Now I am curious. Is it possible that Yuan Shao is becoming more and more prominent in the immoral field?
"This matter...how should I put it?"
Yi Xiaotian went on to explain, his whole face was actually a little embarrassed, as if he was shy for Yuan Shao.
His words were also full of mockery, "Yuan Shao adopted his eldest son Yuan Tan to his dead brother... In this way, Yuan Tan is no longer his son, and he can openly and honestly make Yuan Shang the heir apparent!"
Uh...this...
Cao Cao was completely stunned. How could he still do this?
Yuan Shao really took great pains to make his youngest son the heir apparent. It was like an old sow wearing a bra, one after another.
If he could put this thought into uniting the troops in battle, I estimate that the Yuan family's banner would have been planted in every inch of the Central Plains. Alas... how sad!
Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, Yuan Shao's life was simply a matter of not using a good sword on the edge!
Haha...Cao Cao couldn't help but sneer.
Wait, it seems...Cao Cao recalled something. Speaking of which, when he was young, Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's little follower. They were good brothers and good friends who committed crimes and mischief together.
Cao Cao still knows a little bit about his family background...
For example, Yuan Shao was a concubine, the result of Yuan Feng having an irresistible relationship with a maid. Speaking of which, Yuan Feng liked Yuan Shao, who was a concubine, because he was also handsome.
For this reason, Yuan Feng specially... first adopted Yuan Shao to Yuan Shao's second uncle Yuan Cheng, and then after Yuan Cheng died, he adopted him back...
With these two "coquettish operations", Yuan Shao's status was instantly straightened up, and he could enjoy the treatment of a legitimate son, and the Yuan family's inheritance could be passed on to him openly.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao combined with what Brother Yi just mentioned...
Now... isn't Yuan Shao's saucy operation a replica of his father Yuan Feng? It's just that one is to strengthen and the other is to abolish, one is positive and the other is negative, this is the same principle.
Sure enough, dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and mice are born to make holes.
It seems that the descendants of the Yuan family are all capable of this "sexy operation"...
hey-hey…
Thinking of this, Cao Cao grinned, thinking that Yuan Shao was... abolishing the elders and establishing the young, which was simply a way to create chaos!
When he thought of this, Cao Cao's face was filled with smiles, as if a stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground.
Sure enough, Yi Xiaotian's words continued.
"Brother Hiding, probably now you can realize that as an old father who loves his young son, he has good intentions, right?"
Cao Cao nodded...and was about to speak.
Unexpectedly, Yi Xiaotian's words directly interrupted. "If this is just the case, the younger son takes over, maybe... because of the intimidation left by Yuan Shao, the other sons dare not act rashly! But Yuan Shao's actions are even more 'coquettish'
Still behind...he actually..."
Speaking of this, Yi Xiaotian blinked his eyes.
Even before time travel, when he studied Yuan Shao's handling of the issue of heirs and his continuous "coquettish" operations, Yi Xiaotian was completely confused. He even felt that there was no lower limit to his IQ!
This simply means that you can forgive the sins committed by God, but you cannot live with the sins committed by yourself!
