"Report! Report to my lord, yesterday Gongsun Zan led his army to fight with Han Fu's army near Zhongshan Kingdom, and Han Fu's army was defeated."
As the mastermind behind the scenes, Yuan Shao has been paying close attention to the direction of this war.
Han Fu's combat effectiveness really lived up to expectations. The army of tens of thousands was defeated at any time, but it was thanks to Bie Jia Min Chun's good legs that he was able to carry Han Fu out of the rebel army and escape back to Yecheng (the administrative seat of Jizhou).
) lick your wounds.
To be honest, it was fortunate that Min Chun was here, otherwise if Han Fu were to be directly killed by Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao's plan would really be to make a wedding dress for Gongsun Zan.
But fortunately there was no danger.
Now that the stage has been set up, it's time for Yuan Shao to come on stage to sing.
"Okay! Go quickly and inform Mr. Xun Chen, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping that they are ready to go."
"In addition, ask Yan Liang to go to the school field and gather 10,000 troops and horses to prepare for the eastward march to Jizhou, but don't rush to attack. Follow my orders in everything."
As the saying goes, even if the mountain collapses, the appearance will not change. An excellent commander should control his emotions reasonably and avoid issuing wrong orders due to great joy or great sadness.
I saw Yuan Shao sitting in front of the document as usual and summoning a few messengers. They were like robots without any emotion, and read out several orders in rapid succession that were obviously premeditated.
Everything has been prepared long ago, just waiting for the east wind at this moment.
But the smile in his eyebrows and his slightly trembling hands betrayed Yuan Shao's uneasy mood at the moment.
After assigning the task, Yuan Shao spread out the sheepskin map on the table again, and gently traced the land marked "Jizhou" with his fingers as if caressing his lover's skin.
"Congratulations to the general, this time Jizhou will be in the hands of the general!"
Shen Pei was assisting Yuan Shao in handling official duties, but suddenly he stood up straight and saluted Yuan Shao.
"Hahaha, it's all thanks to sir's resourcefulness! I haven't played chess for a long time. I'm so happy today. Sir, would you like to play a game with me?"
I saw that Yuan Shao, who was usually quite dignified, put down his pick in a rare move and took out a chessboard from somewhere.
"Hahaha, okay, in that case, I will risk my life to accompany you!"
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Let's review Yuan Shao's plan, which can be roughly divided into two parts.
Yan Liang led his army eastward and pretended to attack Jizhou, creating pressure on Han Fu, who had been beaten into a fool by Gongsun Zan.
On the other side, the capitulation team headed by Xun Chen entered Yecheng, intimidated, threatened and induced. In short, they tried to find a way to break Han Fu's psychological defense and let him offer Jizhou voluntarily.
Plan pass.
Here we would like to focus on introducing the main person who persuaded people to surrender this time - Xun Chen Xun Youruo.
Chen Shou commented on the five heroes of the Xun family in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms: "Xun Wenruo, Gongda, Xiuruo, Youruo, and Zhongyu are not the right ones today."
Xun Chen is Xun You, the brother of Xun Yu. The Xun Youruo mentioned above is Xun Chen.
In the late Han Dynasty, all the aristocratic families liked to make long bets and sent the best young people in the family to different clan heads. This was the case with the Zhuge family, and the Xun family of the Yingchuan family was no exception.
Xun Chen is the chess piece arranged by the Xun family into Yuan Shao's camp.
Xun Chen was resourceful and eloquent, making him the perfect candidate to be the lobbyist of Yuan Shao's dream - whether Yuan Shao could take down Jizhou without any bloodshed would depend on his sharp tongue.
On the official road, there was a four-member men's group that persuaded people to surrender. They had a dusty journey. They came all the way from the Eastern Land and the Tang Dynasty to go to the Western Heaven to get it... I'm sorry that I got sidetracked.
Yes, four people - as Yuan Shao's cheap junior brother, Ma Yiyuan received some preferential treatment after all.
Ma Yiyuan follows the counselor plot flow, and Chang Xiu Shanwu is good at using other plot characters to achieve his own goals. Although he knows a few spells, he does not have strong frontal combat effectiveness. If he rushes to the front line of the battlefield with Yan Liang, he will die, so he simply asked him to do it.
Because of the relationship, he got involved in the group that persuaded people to surrender.
Of course, the main job is just to make soy sauce.
After all, Yuan Shao is the lord of Xun Chen and others, and Ma Yiyuan also likes to make friends with these big guys on weekdays. Everyone is not too disgusted with this person who is obviously a gilded connection, and they just briefly told him to think twice.
However, I just kept my mouth shut when I shouldn't have spoken, but I didn't say much.
Ma Yiyuan was naturally accommodating, and he even consciously took care of the food, clothing, housing, transportation, and food of several big bosses along the way. Although they didn't say anything, their friendliness backstage was already appreciated.
On this day, Ma Yiyuan was chatting with Guo Tu in the team. Suddenly, Xun Chen, who was walking in the front, stopped.
"The front is about to arrive. Everyone, show your envoys' magnanimity."
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Compared with Luoyang and Chang'an, Yecheng can only be regarded as a small city, but compared with most counties in the Han Dynasty, it is considered magnificent.
When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the early years, Lu Zhi's army had several battles with Zhang Jiao here. The walls of Yecheng still have traces of Zhang Jiao's fire from heaven.
In fact, Zhang Jiao's hometown, Julu County, belongs to Jizhou, and it can be said that it was the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army.
People are always forgetful - the soil watered with blood is extremely fertile, and soon attracted a large number of refugees to farm here. The past few years have been good, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion scared away a large number of corrupt officials who sucked the blood of the people.
, in just a few years, the population of Jizhou has increased even more than before.
Population is wealth.
Only where there are people can there be blooming flowers - Have you not seen that Chang'an City, which had been abandoned for hundreds of years, was originally just an ordinary city. Dong Zhuo moved the entire population of Luoyang there, and in just a few months, the prosperity of Chang'an
It has already surpassed Luoyang in the past.
Han Fu's military management was in a mess, but he still had two brushes to manage the place - there were people coming and going on the streets, and judging from the number of patches on the people's bodies, the people of Jizhou were quite wealthy and could at least afford to buy new clothes.
After entering the city, Ma Yiyuan, Guo Tu and Xin Ping all kept in mind the saying of "pay attention to the majesty of the messenger", with serious faces and almost even the same steps.
As a result, Xun Chen, who reminded everyone to pay attention to their manners, sniffed around like a child. When he saw something he liked, he happily took out the money to buy it, but the three people behind him rolled their eyes.
"Ahem, Mr. Youruo, be reserved, be reserved!"
But Xun Chen seemed to have never heard of it.
"With the support of this prosperous Jizhou, why worry about the world being unable to do so?"
Obviously, Xun Chen had fallen into some kind of fantasy that Yuan Shao would dominate the world and couldn't extricate himself.
I saw him striding up to the government office in Yecheng with steps that he did not recognize his relatives. He shouted loudly without waiting for the soldiers guarding the gate to ask.
"Xun Chen, the envoy under Yuan Benchu of Bohai Sea, pays his respects!"