Chapter 81 The decadent Yuan Shao
Liu Xie was in an orderly manner and took action step by step, cleaning up the three counties of Wei County, Qinghe and Pingyuan. However, with the news of Yuan Shao's return from the defeat in Yecheng, it was a bleak cloud.
If all the coalition forces are included, this time, the princes of the world sent a total of 400,000 troops to deal with the court. Now, they are completely defeated. Liu Xie's current actions obviously show that Liu Xie is determined to deal with Jizhou this time, especially for a group of prominent families in the three counties, which makes the Jizhou family feel uncomfortable.
You must never let the court in!
This is the only idea of the Jizhou family today, especially these big families. They no longer have the opportunity to compromise with the imperial court. What they can do now can only continue to support Yuan Shao.
However, Yuan Shao's condition was obviously a bit bad at this time.
When he woke up from a coma, Yuan Shao had been protected by everyone and returned to Yecheng. However, when the 200,000 army went on a war, millions of civilians followed him, how vast was that momentum?
If you annex the sour jujube, you will join the princes of the world. Although Yuan Shu is the leader of the alliance, in fact, no princes of the world respect him or the leader of the alliance, even if Yuan Shu is the leader, he is not as effective as him. Looking back, how energetic was that?
But unfortunately, this glory did not last long. In just over half a year, the uncrowned king of the coalition forces became a dog of a betrayal. The army of 200,000 was eventually fled one after another, and only 30,000 were left. This blow was not bad for Yuan Shao. Since returning to Yecheng, Yuan Shao locked himself in his study almost all day long, understanding the glory of the past, while angrily scolding Liu Xie for his sinsty.
The fifteen counties of Wei County, except for Yecheng, Fanxian, Wu'an, Guantao, Liangqi and the remote six counties involved in the country, are all obtained by Liu Xie.
Although Liu Xie did not pursue the victory as he was worried and continued to fight to Yecheng, Qinghe and Pingyuan were now swept away by Liu Xie's troops. Even though Yuan Shao wanted to save him, he had no troops to adjust. How could he fight against the imperial court's powerful army?
Liu Xie, this is digging his own roots!
When Yuan Shao gritted his teeth when he thought of Liu Xie's unscrupulous conquering cities and territories, Qinghe and Pingyuan families fled north, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth because Liu Xie not only occupied it, but replaced it from officials to county officials, completely uprooting Yuan Shao's control over these three counties.
If these three counties are taken down, Qingzhou will be completely over. Yuan Shao wants to recall Yuan Tan. No matter what, they are all his sons. Unfortunately, the war in Qingzhou is now in a stalemate. After learning that the court soldiers entered Qinghe, the Cui family brought their troops back to Qingzhou without hesitation, allowing Yuan Tan to command the troops and face Taishi Ci's attack.
When Yuan Shao thought of this, he was furious. If you could drive away the imperial army, then it would be fine. Whether it was recalling Yuan Tan to give up Qingzhou or continuing to support Yuan Tan, the initiative was in his hands. However, the Cui family members had just crossed the river and were made dumplings by Huang Zhong and Guan Yu. The 30,000 army was wiped out, and several leading figures from the aristocratic families were directly killed by Guan Yu.
Although he hated these generals in the court, especially Guan Yu, when he heard the news, although he had no expression on the surface, he felt very comfortable in his heart.
In times of crisis, he ignored Yuan Tan's life and death and directly withdrew his troops. No matter what, they were all his own sons, but these Qinghe families ignored him. Where did they place him?
Well killed!
"Lord!" Tian Feng, Ju Su and others came in from outside the door. Looking at Yuan Shao who was wandering outside the sky, the few people couldn't help but look at each other and smiled bitterly. This blow was indeed too big for Yuan Shao.
"What? Where did it lose it again?" Yuan Shao raised his eyelids, his expression a little numb. Since he retreated to Yecheng, bad news has been heard almost every day, not only his expression, but his spirit has also become numb.
"No." Tian Feng frowned and shook his head, "Lord, you have not discussed the matter for nearly a month."
"Does this Jizhou still need me?" Yuan Shao leaned on the chair and laughed: "Don't think I don't know that Jizhou has not been in chaos during this period under your governance. It is really a blessing for Yuan to have such a talented person to assist you."
There was nothing wrong with this, but it was just that the counselors felt very uncomfortable when they cooperated with Yuan Shao's expression at the moment.
Tian Feng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Lord, the border troops in Youzhou are arbitrarily, and the people behind the scenes have found out. Kirby can send an envoy, saying that Lu Bu appeared outside the border and led the border troops to the Hu land several times, north of Danhan Mountain, and the Hu people dare not shed their horses."
"Lu Bu!?" Yuan Shao's eyes sterned when he heard this, and he didn't care about his sarcastic spirit: "How could he appear in Youzhou, and how could he command the border troops!?"
"This..." Tian Feng sighed and shook his head, "There is no exact information yet, but I'm afraid that someone in the border army will be instigated."
"Ha~" Yuan Shao took a deep breath and said in a stern manner: "Liu Xie's son is indeed very tricky. With Lu Bu, he instigated the border army to rebel."
"I'm afraid it's not just Lu Bu!" Ju Su shook his head and frowned: "Although Lu Bu is brave and more skilled in cavalry fighting, he may be able to fight the Hu tribe outside the Frontier, but the targets of the border army this time are not only Xianbei and Wuhuan, but also lead their troops to attack western Liaoxi. It is said that Gongsun Kang had been cheated out of the city by a young general under Lu Bu, causing chaos in western Liaoxi. At that time, Lu Bu was still fighting against Kirby's troops outside the Frontier."
"Since Lu Bu can instigate the border troops, why not go south with the trend and why should he attack the Xianbei?" Yuan Shao frowned.
"My lord, don't forget, the army over there was not willing to leave the border camp at the beginning, why did they ask?" Ju Su bowed and said, "I'm afraid this is a deal between Lu Bu and the border army. Lu Bu robbed the grassland and severely damaged the Hu people's vitality in exchange for the loyalty of the border army. Looking at the world, I'm afraid that only Lu Bu can do this."
Back then, Lu Bu relied on eight thousand iron cavalry to kill the Xianbei Shanyu Kuitou and asked the court to surrender. This time, Lu Bu was probably going to use his old tricks again, but his target was not only the Hu people, but also the Youzhou border army. If he could get help from the Youzhou border army, the day when Lu Bu went south would probably be the time when Youzhou fell.
Yuan Shao closed his eyes and said nothing. After a long time, he opened his eyes, but his previous anxiety was gone. He looked at everyone and said, "What's the matter with you all looking for orphans?"
Tian Feng, Ju Su did not speak this time, but Shen Pei, who was standing beside him, went forward and said, "I beg you to ask the lord to take advantage of the battle between Lu Bu and the Hu people, and send troops to take the lead and block Lu Bu from the frontier. In addition, Yuyang also needs heavy troops to guard the troops in western Liaoning to prevent the troops from coming out."
"Ha~" Yuan Shao couldn't help but shake his head and smiled when he heard this: "Zhengnan, Gu also wants to send troops, but where does the troops come from? Now the total number of troops around Yecheng is less than 50,000. Even if Gu is willing to send him to suppress the border troops, he may not be able to suppress it."
If Yuan Shao was given two or three years, with Jizhou's family background, it would not be a problem for Yuan Shao to train another 200,000 elite soldiers, but now he has just experienced a big defeat, where can he go to find troops?
"And, the soldiers from Yecheng have been sent out. How do you deal with the imperial soldiers?" Yuan Shao looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, lord!" Xin Ping took a step forward and bowed: "At this critical moment of survival, I dare not hide my own private life. When I came this time, I had already discussed with the aristocratic families of Jizhou, and I could raise another 100,000 people for the lord."
"100,000?" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up: "Be serious about this?"
"I dare not deceive my lord, I have 100,000 people. I can gather in five days." Xin Ping nodded.
Yuan Shao nodded silently when he heard this, thinking carefully about how to use these 100,000 people. Youzhou wants to save them, but the imperial army in front of him is pressing step by step, so he must be careful. The 100,000 people sounds like a lot. With the army he is now at hand, it will be 150,000 troops together, but if you really want to use troops on two fronts, it may not be enough.
"Lord." Guo Tu smiled and said, "In fact, there are many troops in Jizhou in Youzhou, scattered in various counties and counties. If these people are gathered together, there are still some people."
Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, but Tian Feng frowned and said, "No! These county soldiers are to maintain the county and county public security. If all of them are transferred, they may be taken advantage of!"
"Yuan Hao's words are wrong!" Guo Tu shook his head and said, "Youzhou has been under the rule of the lord for a long time. Although he does not say that he will not pick up the remains, he is still the people's hearts. And it is only temporarily transferred. After suppressing the border troops, he will immediately take them back. What's wrong? Now our army does not have many troops available. Could it be that Yuan Hao really has to wait until Lu Bu leads his army to attack the border and watch these troops scattered in various counties be defeated one by one!?"
"Okay, I'll order all the generals to discuss matters in the lobby!" Yuan Shao waved his hand and interrupted the two's quarrel coldly.
"Here~".
Chapter completed!