Zhuge Liang, under the instruction of the pottery merchant, wrote down a strategic plan. After the pottery merchant reviewed it, he immediately sent members of the school affairs office to various places in the north to inform Guo Jia, Sima Yi and others.
After the strategy was formulated, all parties related to the Tao clan prepared their troops and began a large-scale attack on Jizhou.
Taoshang Pingyuan County gathered troops and horses, headed east to the land of Jizhou, and began to attack Jizhou.
Jizhou is located in the plains. Although it is rich, to a certain extent, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Except for Yecheng, which has a tall city and is close to the Zhang River, the other counties are relatively flat in terrain, but it is difficult to defend.
Yuan Shao was very relieved at first when he learned that Cao Cao and Tao Shang had fought against each other because of their own schemes.
Let you two go crazy! It’s best to bite each other to death!
In his expectation, if Tao Shang and Cao Cao can restrain each other for three months, he will recruit more civilians and soldiers in Jizhou. Even if they cannot be used for frontline operations, they can still be used as a logistics army in the rear.
In this way, the troops originally used as logistics can be mobilized and organized into battalions. Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of regular soldiers, in a certain sense, they can still be used.
After all, we are defending the city, so the requirements for combat strength do not need to be that high.
This is also Yuan Shao's consistent style, which requires quantity but not quality.
Just as Yuan Shao was doing all this, his scouts reported that the Tao merchants had attacked Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren's stronghold at night. Xiahou Dun was killed by an arrow, and the entire Cao camp was mourned for him.
Yuan Shao couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the news.
Yuan Shao was quite familiar with the relationship between Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao. This man died in the hands of the pottery merchant. With the close relationship between Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun, he would definitely not give up with the pottery merchant.
In this way, I will have time to breathe.
But before Yuan Shao was happy for a long time, the scouts came with the news that Cao Cao actually highlighted the dispute in Jizhou and moved to the Sanhe area to station troops. It is not known whether he was to attack Bingzhou or to fight in Guanzhong.
But whether Cao Cao wanted to move to Guanzhong or change his plan and merge the state, in the land of Jizhou, only Yuan Shao and Tao Shang were left to compete.
Although Yuan Shao had a strong foundation, the Southern Xiongnu, the old Youzhou tribe, the Heishan Army, Wuhuan and others in the north echoed the pottery merchants and formed a multi-party encirclement, tightly wrapping up Yuan Shao in Jizhou.
For Yuan Shao, this battle may be more dangerous than the battle of Guandu.
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Yecheng.
Yuan Shao was drinking wine one cup after another in his main hall. There was a picture on his desk, which showed the pottery merchant's five armies and horses, which were displayed in various parts of Jizhou.
According to the report from the spies, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Xiongnu went south from Yuyang to Zhongshan under the leadership of Sima Yi and Zhao Yun. The soldiers and horses of Wuhuan went from Youbeiping to Bohai County under the instruction of Guo Jia. The soldiers and horses of the old Youzhou tribe were in Xianyufu Hotan.
Under the leadership of Yu, they went to Zhuo County, while the Heishan Army attacked Changshan County and attacked the deer.
The pottery merchant himself pointed his military peak directly at Yecheng!
Five armies of soldiers and horses, in great strength, sent out troops at the same time and launched an attack on Yuan Shao's central city of Ye from all directions. For a time, the entire Jizhou area was in panic.
Because Wuhuan admitted that Yuan Shaonai was the real culprit who instigated his troops to murder the emperor, the reputation of Yuan Shao IV and the Third Duke had already fallen to the bottom among the nobles in the world...
At the same time, the Jinling Tao Army killed all the Wuhuan thieves Qiu Liju, Lou Ban, Su Puyan and others, and re-established Wuhuan King Tadun. This not only avenged the death of the late emperor, but also killed the Han people in Central China.
The reputation has once again reached its peak!
The Black Mountain Army, the Southern Xiongnu, and the Wuhuan... were all defeated by the pottery merchants. What kind of means and courage was this?
One after another, five groups of troops entered Jizhou. Both the common people and the nobles responded to the pottery merchants' entry into Jizhou. Some local county soldiers actually surrendered on their own initiative. The Yuan family's dominance in Jizhou fell into crisis.
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Yuan Shao had been drinking for several days, and he was in a really bad mood.
In fact, I don't blame him. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't be in a better mood.
As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to another wrong step. At that time, Yuan Shao's power increased greatly, and he was arrogant and arrogant. He forgot about everything and secretly wanted to replace the Han Dynasty. He made this stupid move and was caught by the pottery merchant.
From that time on... and the subsequent Battle of Guandu, the reputation of the Four Worlds and Three Dukes gradually declined.
As the saying goes, if a person doesn't act, he will not die... In the past few years, Yuan Shao was a bit too cruel when it came to acting as a demon.
Now, the whole Jizhou, including Yecheng, is full of people's thoughts, especially those Hebei nobles who were attached to the Yuan family in the past. Now they are overthrown by everyone. Many nobles have begun to secretly make small moves and send people to secretly collude with the pottery merchants.
During this period of time, Yuan Shao has sent people to search and arrest the entire Jizhou territory, looking for nobles or local officials who dare to collude with pottery merchants secretly. Once found, all of them will be severely punished.
For a time, the entire Ye city was filled with panic and everyone was in danger.
Especially among these people, there are many who feel that they are getting close by reporting on others.
"General!"
Yuan Shaozheng was slightly drunk when he saw Guo Tu hurriedly walked into the hall.
Yuan Shao looked up at him drunkenly.
Guo Tu hurriedly handed over a slip of paper and said: "General, this was investigated by Guo. Now there is a list of people in Yecheng who are suspected of having collusion with the pottery merchants. General, please
Take a look."
When Yuan Shao heard this, a look of anger suddenly flashed on his face.
"Bring it to me!" Yuan Shao put down the wine prince heavily and shouted at Guo Tu.
Guo Tu did not dare to neglect and hurriedly presented the slip.
Yuan Shao smelled of alcohol and carefully read the names on the slips and said word for word: "Are all the evidence of the crimes of the people on this list true?"
Guo Tu hurriedly said: "Although there is no specific evidence yet, there are some traces that indicate that they did have contact with the pottery merchants."
Yuan Shao threw the slip on the table and said angrily: "Even if there is no testimony, as Jizhou soldiers and civilians, they have had contact with the Tao thieves. But based on this, it can be proved that they do have evil intentions! Guo Tu,
According to the general's order, they will all be put in jail and interrogated one by one! No one needs to be spared."
"No!" Guo Tu cupped his hands, turned around, and hurriedly prepared to leave on errands.
When I walked to the door of the hall, I saw Shen Pei leading Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang in.
Guo Tu smiled and nodded to the judge, bowed to Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, and then left in a hurry.
Shen Pei walked into the main hall, looked at Yuan Shao who was drunk and angry, pondered for a moment, and said: "Ming Gong, the top priority is to calm people's hearts and stabilize the situation. Now five armies are attacking Jizhou. Our army's situation is worrying. If
Catching people everywhere like this makes people uneasy and is definitely not the best idea."
Yuan Shao slapped the table and said angrily: "Bohai, Changshan and other counties have been lost! Our army's morale is already low. If we continue to allow these traitors to do whatever they want, will Yuan still want to win the city of Ye?"
Seeing that Yuan Shao did not listen to the advice, the judge sighed helplessly and became silent.
Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, who came with Yuan Shao, seemed a little timid. They seemed to have never seen their father in such a rage.
"Zhengnan... Yuan has made up his mind. I can't stay in Yecheng. I want to send troops to fight the potters to the death!"