Three Kingdoms

Since Yang Song came to surrender and said that the man guarding the army camp was his blood brother Yang Bai, naturally he couldn't fight. At dawn the next day, Xu Huang's troops came to the stronghold, formally took over the defense of the military stronghold, reorganized the army, and at the same time relieved the soldiers who were in a state of semi-deprivation of water.

For Yang Song and Yang Bai, Fei Qian naturally received them cordially, held a banquet for them, and then wrote two empty promises, saying that they were both great talents and needed to be reused in the future, so he asked them to take the rest of his team to the side first. Go and rest, and wait two days to set off with the army to take Hanzhong...

Yang Song naturally agreed hurriedly. He also knew that the watershed military camp was just an appetizer, and the more important bulk was yet to come, so he was not in a hurry. Especially after seeing the military equipment and soldiers of General Fei Qian of the Expedition to the West, he felt even more excited. Feeling calm, he went down to rest first with a smile.

Yang Song and Yang Bai went to rest, but Fei Qian had no choice but to rest too.

Because the news brought by Yang Song really needs to be digested.

As he said it, Fei Qian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed...

It turned out that it was not because of his domineering spirit, nor because of his so-called peerless magnanimity, but because the two monkeys, Yangsong and Yangbai, saw that the situation was not good and looked for another place.

All right.

Better than nothing, right?

Fei Qian put away the idea of ​​shaking his armor a few more times and turned to ask Li Ru: "This... Yizhou Mu is critically ill... What do Wen You think?"

Li Ru stroked his already gray beard, squinted and said: "The general will send his troops south in less than ten days... Unless the Mu of Yizhou knows the foresight... What's more, there are constant disputes in Shu... Therefore, this matter can be divided into seven parts. Really...General, this is an unexpected gain..."

Li Ru first deduced the news that Yizhou Shepherd Liu Yan was seriously ill. Indeed, no matter from which perspective, there was no possibility of Liu Yan cheating.

First of all, Fei Qian went all the way south. Although the Tangluo Road was rugged and difficult, and it took a lot of time, even if Hanzhong immediately spread the news back to Shuzhong, every time he came back, whether it was the Jinniu Road or the Micang Road, everything It was difficult to leave, so it was impossible for Liu Yan to send news to Hanzhong at this time in an attempt to confuse Fei Qian...

Moreover, when the gentry clan in Shu was at war with each other and the quarrel was in full swing, even if Liu Yan used this as a plan, it would be equivalent to killing himself first. He might not confuse outsiders and cause chaos within himself, just like Yang Song and Yang Bai. Same, I switched to another company...

Therefore, Li Ru continued: "...In this way, there are two strategies: urgent and slow..."

Um?

Isn’t it the upper, middle and lower strategies? What about the middle strategy?

I said Li Ruha, did you swallow up this successful strategy?

"...Wen You, please give me some advice..." Fei Qian said.

"I don't dare." Li Ru said Fei Qian was welcome, cupped his hands and continued, "If you are in a hurry, you will leave behind the Tangluo Road and surround Hanzhong without attacking. First break the Yangping Pass, send people to Qishan, and mobilize the Guanzhong cavalry. Although the road is far away, we will arrive within fifteen days! Seeing the strength of our army, the rice thieves dare not attack, so they can send soldiers south, take the Jinniu Road, and advance into the middle of Shu! The "Dongzhou Scholars" in the middle of Shu suddenly lost their mainstay. We must be in panic, and with a little effort to win over, we can take Liu Yizhou in his place, take control of Sichuan and Shu, and become the power of the former Qin! In this way, Hanzhong will be unable to survive alone, and there will definitely be no danger of surrender..."

"If you need to slow down, take Hanzhong first, control the two golden ox roads of the rice warehouse, and sit in the sword pavilion. Then turn around and head east to take Shangyong, open the Jingxiang Luck Road, lead it without launching, return to the military pass, stock up on grain and grass, and train the soldiers to wait for the disputes. Get up, and then look for opportunities to advance. You can take Sichuan and Shu to the south, Longyou to the west, and Jingxiang to the east..."

It has to be said that Li Ru is indeed a master-level figure in strategy. Or maybe he has made calculations before. In two or three sentences, he can even outline two different strategic directions.

Fei Qian nodded and said, "The top strategy is too hasty and the bottom strategy is too slow. Is there a middle strategy?"

Li Ru laughed loudly and said: "The general is joking again... The general also governs Zuozhuan. He should know that when it comes to military and national affairs, he must do it urgently and slow it down. If there is an accident, he may be urgent first and then slow down, or he may be slow first. When there is an emergency, there is no way to do it quickly and slow down...Military orders are like mountains, how can they waver?"

Fei Qian laughed and said, "Yes."

Both urgent and slow strategies actually have certain operability, and each has its own pros and cons. To put it simply, the risk of taking a quick decision is high and the return is high, while the risk of taking a slow move is low and the return is naturally smaller.

If the emergency plan goes well, the entire Bashu and Guanzhong can be connected at once, which is almost the same as the scale of the former Qin Dynasty. Then Tongguan Wuguan can be held, and then the Shandong gentry can watch the battle between dragons and tigers.

The slow strategy is to move forward steadily, with Guanzhong as the center, Hanzhong in the south, and Pingyang in the north. Then look to the east, west, south, and direction to grab a handful if there are opportunities...

A quick policy will take advantage of its potential, a slow policy will take advantage of it.

Just like playing Go, you can either lie down on the ground to take advantage of the situation, or lie high on another color to take advantage of the situation. But normally, as long as the level of the players playing chess is not too different, both sides are probably 50 or 50. The point is only to see who makes smaller mistakes in subsequent moves, and the accumulation becomes the final victory.

So now, should we hold white or black?

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Just when Fei Qian was thinking about which side to choose, many people in Yanzhou felt that ten thousand years was too long and they could only fight for the day!

"Quick! Quick!"

Cao Hong once again urged the soldiers to speed up their pace. Big beads of sweat flowed down his forehead, and mud ditches formed one after another on his face.

Yanzhou has an advantageous geographical location and is relatively a large state and county. It governs five counties in the Three Kingdoms and a total of 78 counties. Although there is still some territory that is not completely in Cao Cao's hands, it basically occupies most of it, plus the new With the so-called 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers, Cao Cao, who suddenly had people and territory, jumped from a second-rate small warlord to a quasi-first-rate prince in one fell swoop.

Especially after defeating the Black Mountain Army, Yuan Shu, and the Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, Cao Cao once again launched an attack in order to completely solve the Qingzhou Army's food and fodder problem, and to expand his territory. The troops marched against Xuzhou, preparing to determine victory in one fell swoop.

At the beginning, it went very smoothly.

Then in a sudden turn of events, Cao Cao's old man was killed first!

Perhaps Tao Qian's original intention was to threaten Cao Cao's old man first, but he didn't know if he didn't operate it well, or someone misunderstood it, or deliberately misunderstood it. Anyway, he killed everyone, even the chubby Xin Na, Cao Cao's old man. The concubines all fell to the ground together.

At this moment, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian and Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao became sworn enemies, and there was no longer any room for maneuver.

Although Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian and Ping Ping Prime Minister Liu Bei formed an alliance to fight against Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao seized the gap and defeated the coalition forces led by Cao Bao and Liu Bei in the eastern suburbs of Tancheng. Point directly at Xiapi!

What's interesting is that at this critical moment, the three Liu Huangshu brothers didn't know whether they were deliberately waterproofing, or they were out of shape, or they felt that Cao Bao was also a Cao and was unreliable. Anyway, they didn't show their ability to punch Nanshan or kick Beihai. The unparalleled force came out, but after selling Cao Bao cleanly first, when Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian was in a critical moment of panic, the three Liu Bei brothers stepped on the colorful auspicious clouds, gathered another group of soldiers from nowhere, and stationed in Xiapi In the suburbs, they confronted Cao Cao.

Just when Cao Cao was preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Xiapi, Yanzhou rebelled!

Jibei Kingdom, rebel!

Dongping country, rebel!

Ren Chengguo, rebel!

Shanyang County, Chenliu County, the whole territory is rebelling! The officials appointed by Cao Cao were expelled and the local nobles were put in charge of government affairs. However, those who resisted were all killed!

Most of the people in Jiyin County are rebelling! Even Cao Cao's original base camp, Dongjun, was in rebellion! All of a sudden, war broke out and everything turned into chaos!

The entire Yanzhou was turned upside down!

Cao Hong, who was originally a backup and supervising the grain and grass supervision, was the first to react. On the one hand, he sent fast horses to contact Cao Cao on the front line, and on the other hand, he led the rear army back to Yanzhou in an attempt to somewhat restore the situation...

This world actually wants to reverse right and wrong. Can the universe change?

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In Fan County, the four gates of the small city were tightly closed, and the soldiers on the city seemed a little panicked.

Jin Yun stood on the platform in front of the gate tower of the city wall, looking into the distance and remaining silent.

After Cao Cao appointed Yanzhou as the shepherd, Yanzhou seemed to be calm, but it was turbulent under the water. The most critical thing is that Yuan Shao began to fall from the peak of the original anti-Dong alliance leader.

The most important introduction is that Yuan Shao wanted to welcome Liu Yu as emperor, but then refused to recognize Liu Xie and refused to obey the orders of the central court. As a result, his reputation among the nobles gradually declined, especially among the royalists. .

Cao Cao, who had not yet completely cut off from Yuan Shao, naturally encountered a lot of criticism. In addition, after Cao Cao took over Yanzhou Mu, he only appointed his own children to official positions, instead of using local Yanzhou people, which aroused conflicts...

Bian Rang's death made everyone in Yanzhou's gentry look at him sideways and feel a chill in their lips and teeth.

Therefore, the gentry in Yanzhou united unprecedentedly, and when Cao Cao led the main army to attack Xuzhou, they launched a brazen attack. All counties and counties responded in unison, even Fan County was no exception.

However, Jin Yun hesitated.

Cao Cao may not be on the same side as Yuan Shao...

Otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to send people to meet the Han Emperor, although he failed.

But what Zhang Miao said makes sense. Cao Cao used nepotism and the people of Yanzhou had no chance of getting ahead, so what's the use of protecting them?

More than ten riders came from afar, and when they arrived within a stone's throw of the city, someone clapped their horses and the crowd came forward, raising their heads and shouting: "Is this Jin Lingjun on the city?"

"It's Zhongde!" Jin Yun took a closer look and immediately ordered, "Open the door! Please come into the city!"

Cheng Yu had a look of dust on his face, and even his long, black and translucent beard, which he usually took care of carefully, was covered with dust. He didn't even have time to go to the government office to wash up and change clothes, so he pulled Jin Yun and started talking eagerly.

Yanzhou was completely lost. Only one Puyang and one Juancheng were still in the hands of Cao Cao. Puyang belonged to Xiahou Dun, and Juancheng belonged to Xunyu. Although Puyang still had some soldiers and horses, compared with the current situation, it was still alone. , so we can only quickly ask Cao Cao's troops to return reinforcements!

If Cao Cao wants to return to Yanzhou to aid, he must have a safe passage. Dongping's generation has become the top priority. Fan County happens to be on this route. In order to ensure the route between Juancheng, Fan County and Dongping In order to ensure the safety of Cao Cao, Xun Yu immediately called for Cheng Yu and asked him to come and lobby Jin Yun of Fan County. He also rushed to the Dongping area to ensure that Cao Cao's road back to Yanzhou was smooth.

"Does Jin Lingjun want to rebel against Duke Cao?" Cheng Yu went straight to the point.

Jin Yun turned his head to one side and said: "...Zhongde came all the way, it's a hard work, why not rest first..."

"Which one is guilty of disloyalty and committing evil, and both mother and son will perish? Only the emperor will consider it carefully!" Cheng Yu said eagerly, "General Pingdong was awarded by the emperor, so he naturally defends the Han Dynasty! There is no official statement in Yanzhou, and there is no official statement. The emperor's order suddenly rebelled, and the subordinates suppressed the superiors. Where is the loyalty and justice? Your Majesty is a well-educated scholar, how can a gentleman be a thief? If the whole world is like this, how will the Han Dynasty survive! I hope you will think twice!"

Jin Yun still maintained his posture of bowing his head in contemplation without saying a word. Cheng Yu stopped speaking and just looked at Jin Yun.

The suffocating silence lasted for a long time. Cheng Yu suddenly took a step forward and shouted: "A wise man will make a decisive decision! A doubter will cause harm! Jin Lingjun! Make a decision quickly! How can a mother and son be held hostage?" Black or white, one word can decide it!"

Jin Yun closed his eyes, a tear slipped down his cheek, and was quickly blown away by the wind...

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"Wen Hou!" Chen Gong pointed to the east, "Now we should go straight to Dongping, the place where our father is strangled! We really shouldn't stay here, it won't work!"

The terrain of Kangfu's land is very narrow and dangerous. It was a strategic location during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was one of the few important transportation thoroughfares in Yanzhou.

Taishan is in the north, Kangfu is in the south, and it is closely connected with Liangfu Mountain in the remaining chain of Mount Tai on the east-west road. They are all dangerous places. The danger of Kangfu lies in the swamps, and the danger of Liangfu lies in the steepness.

Although the whole of Yanzhou seemed to be responding to the call of Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao and Lu Bu Chen Gong, and jointly raised the banner of rebellion against Cao Cao, a joint force was not immediately formed. Chen Gong knew this well.

Just like Jibei Kingdom.

Jibei Kingdom controls five cities, but it only expresses its support for Zhang Miao on the surface, but there are not many specific actions. It neither donates food nor sends troops. It is quite a rhythm of taking advantage of Zhang Miao's Chen Palace to cede territory and take care of itself...

Therefore, the best strategy for Zhang Miao and Chen Gong is to let Lu Bu go to Dongping and work with Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian to completely defeat Cao Cao's army and secure control of the entire Yanzhou.

But the problem is that Chen Gong's optimal strategy may not be Lu Bu's current optimal choice.

Although Lu Bu has a rough personality, he is not a fool. I had been in Chenliu for a long time, but no one cared about me for a long time. Suddenly, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong came to my door, expressing their willingness to cooperate, and then appointed me as the shepherd of Yanzhou. Is this really willing?

It's just that they can't defeat Cao Cao on the battlefield, so they need to rely on their own force!

If he really followed Chen Gong's arrangement and led the army to Dongping, then Zhang Miao, who was stationed in Chenliu, could easily connect with Zongheng and seize all the real power in Yanzhou!

Even if he defeats Cao Cao by then, he will not be able to become the Lord of Yanzhou. He will still have a false name and need to rely on others!

Therefore, you must have a base, a base of your own!

And Puyang is the best at the moment.

Originally, Puyang was close to a big river and suffered from floods. However, under the continuous repairs by the emperors of the Han Dynasty, especially during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, golden embankments were built to divert river water for irrigation and consolidate the river channel in the south of the city. The river was completely conquered. Puyang has rich soil and water, and the population has increased year after year. It is surrounded by fertile soil and fertile fields. Such a land with money, people, and food. If you abandon this place, where can you find another one?

And once Puyang is snatched from Cao Cao's hands, it will naturally be in Lu Bu's own hands, and no one can say anything. Therefore, for Lu Bu, first take advantage of the current good situation to snatch Puyang. A base area that belongs entirely to oneself and no longer depends on others is the top priority!

"There is a difference between what Gongtai said..." Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Dongping Kangfu's land is narrow and marshy, and is not suitable for cavalry warfare. It is useless to go there... and Puyang is still ruled by Cao Cao's thieves and where Xiahou garrisoned troops. , if we don’t act quickly, something unexpected will happen, how can we tolerate it!”

Chen Gong sighed, thought for a while, and then said: "In that case, I will help Marquis Wen to take Puyang... But Marquis Wen also needs to send men to rush to Dongping to garrison!"

Lu Bu was immediately overjoyed and said: "If this is the case, we should count on Gongtai's first contribution! Gongtai's words just now are also reasonable... I will send troops to Dongping now, um... and send Fan Yi, Fan Zicong, to control the troops of our headquarters. Horse, head to Dongping immediately!"