The importance of unimpeded information is extremely important. Once communication is completely cut off, we can use the information gap between the two warring parties to create a situation that is most beneficial to oneself and achieve a brilliant victory. I call it 'information warfare' - excerpted from "Wang Xuan Sheng"
"Teacher's Quotations"
Here, Guan Yu is training the new army outside the city. They drill non-stop every day. There is a practical siege drill in the morning and summary adjustments in the afternoon. It is in full swing.
On the other side, under the auspices of Wei Yan and with the perfect cooperation of Zhai Lu, urgent urging letters were sent out according to the distance of the city, so that the reinforcements could arrive at Nanpi City at different times so as to facilitate the surrender.
The work went smoothly.
Reinforcements from the five towns of Zhangwu, Fuyang, Gaocheng, Yangxin, and Qiantong arrived in Nanpi one after another, either just in time to catch up with Guan Yu's "siege" in the morning, or in the afternoon it was calm outside the city, but without exception,
After entering Nanpi, they all disappeared.
Nanpi was like a bottomless pit, quietly and slowly devouring the entire 50,000-strong army of Bohai County. It was not until Yuan Shao sent two waves of messengers from the Ganling base camp that they all disappeared without a trace.
Yuan Shao's eyes were red as he looked at the battle reports and letters for help placed on the table in front of him. He felt like the world was spinning. His body that had just stood up shook and fell to the seat again with a 'pop'.
"Lord!"
"Lord, what's wrong with you!"
A group of civil and military officials screamed in fright. Xu You, who was the closest, hurriedly ran up to help Yuan Shao. Yan Liang immediately grabbed Yuan Shao's wrist and rushed over with a strong energy.
"Poof!" A mouthful of purple-black blood spurted out from Yuan Shao's mouth, all spraying on the table in front of him, splashing on the letter and slowly spreading.
"Lord!" Yan Liang was frightened and quickly calmed down.
"It's okay, cough, cough." Yuan Shao lowered his head, raised his hand and waved it, his voice was dry and hoarse, he slowly raised his head, and touched the corner of his mouth with his hand without etiquette, forcing himself to smile. He knew that at this time,
, he can't let anything happen without showing a panicked look, even if he is panicking in his heart right now.
He is from the largest aristocratic family in the Han Dynasty, and he understands the principles of the family very well. This is a collection of the most talented people in the world. It has been passed down for thousands of years, has a long history, and has a profound foundation. Compared with it, the history of the Han Dynasty seems too small.
Although it is short-lived, there are no fewer than a hundred families in the world that have a longer heritage than the Han Dynasty.
Such a long historical inheritance makes them high-spirited and confident, but at the same time they have little sense of identity with the Han Dynasty, just like the Chinese people will always despise a certain imperialism without history.
Therefore, in the eyes of these aristocratic families, the existence of the Han Dynasty has little impact on them. Without Zhou, there would be Qin, without Qin, there would be Han. Without Han, there would be other dynasties that unified the world, and even if these dynasties were updated from generation to generation,
, these aristocratic families are still standing strong.
Now, the reason why these aristocratic families in Hebei support Yuan Shao is simply because they see Yuan Shao's hope of unifying the world. Even so, many families are betting on two or three families to ensure that the change of dynasty will have no impact on their own family.
As a result, the support given to him by these aristocratic families is only part of it. It is impossible for his family to be firmly tied to Yuan Shao, and he himself does not feel qualified to have these families 100% surrender to him.
Now, he just wanted to destroy Liu Bei, but before he could do so, he suffered such heavy losses under his rule.
Gongsun Zan of Youzhou sent troops and Ji County was lost.
Liu Bei's navy sent troops, and Hejian County and Zhongshan Kingdom were lost.
Lu Bu from Hanoi sent troops and Taiyuan County was lost.
Zhang Ji of Henan sent troops, and Yecheng guarded the four gates tightly, not daring to move at all.
Now, even Bohai County, where he started, has been lost, and the whereabouts of his third son Yuan Shang are unknown.
The huge northern overlord lost most of its territory almost overnight, and now only Qinghe County, Wei County, Zhao State, Julu County, Changshan State, and the southern half of Anping State are still under his control.
It’s Jizhou.
Even these places are only theoretically controlled, but they are actually at risk under Liu Bei's army. They may have nothing to do with them in a few days.
In an instant, the situation suddenly changed, and Yuan Shao saw himself changing from the number one overlord in the north to faltering. His eyes swept over the civil and military ministers below, and many people's eyes began to change.
He knew that as long as he was exposed at this time, people from these aristocratic families would never mind selling him for a good price to Liu Bei, even though they knew that Liu Bei didn't like the aristocratic family being too powerful.
After all, now that Liu Bei is in the ascendant, he has the reputation of being a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and he is married to the princess of the Ling Emperor. It can be said that he inherits the Han Dynasty. These aristocratic families absolutely do not want to have a full-scale conflict with Liu Bei. The gains outweigh the losses.
Even the Yuan family would not want to completely fall out with Liu Bei, and they would have to bear it for a long time.
There is a saying: endure the calm for a while and take a step back to open up the world. It will only be twenty or thirty years until Liu Bei is dead. The next emperor may not still be hostile to the family.
Besides, relying on the talents of the aristocratic family, as long as they are not wiped out, as long as the inheritance is still there, sooner or later they will have their day. Even if it lasts another two hundred years, it will be nothing to many aristocratic families with a history of thousands of years. Seven or eight generations
Just people.
Therefore, Yuan Shao must be calm now. He still has 200,000 elites in his hands, and Ganling still has enough food and fodder for the army for a year. As long as he can resist it, I believe there will be hope, whether it is Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, or
The other princes definitely don't want to see Liu Bei's family dominate, so there is still hope for him.
In an instant, countless thoughts passed through his mind, and he suppressed the tightness in his chest and said, "It's nothing, I'm just angry."
"This man who weaves mats and sells shoes must have made a good plan. When our army was gathering and the counties and counties were empty, he divided his troops into several groups to attack me. He achieved some achievements."
"But, these are just a flash in the pan. The troops are so dispersed that we only need to defeat them one by one."
Yuan Shao showed a very confident smile. He didn't know whether he was hurt or angry. His face was a little redder than usual. His eyes passed over the faces of the civil and military officials and asked with a smile: "Do you really think that there are only 40,000 people in Ling County?"
With only 200,000 elite troops, can they resist me!?"
"It's simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!"
"The main force of 40,000 that restrained our army from the front was wiped out. Guan Yu only had 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Navy Commander Gan Ning had only 10,000 naval troops. They were crushed like ants in front of our army!
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"To conquer the world, you don't just rely on mere intrigues and tricks. What you need is real hard power!"
"If you are not strong enough, no matter what kind of blooming flowers you create, they will not be able to withstand the autumn wind and they will wither immediately!"
"Everyone, please join me, Mr. Yuan, to conquer the world together!"