"Zhicai, please come and tell us about the situation in the north first. It seems that we must come up with a charter as soon as possible, otherwise our Majesty may not be able to wait any longer. However, that proposal is indeed interesting."

"Yes, lord." Xi Zhicai always has a cold face no matter who he treats. Even Xun Yu, who once recommended him, rarely sees a sunny face from him - of course, this is Xi Zhicai's face.

What happened after he became a counselor that Cao Cao relied on.

"Yuan Benchu ​​and Gongsun Bogui were originally evenly matched, with Yuan Benchu ​​slightly having the upper hand. However, since the Wuwan people accepted the Shan Yu's golden seal as a private gift from Yuan Shao, and at the same time a large number of Xianbei followers joined their ranks, their strength has greatly increased. And Gongsun Bogui has greatly increased his strength.

Gui kills Youzhou

Mu Liu Bo'an, Liu Bo'an's old subordinates Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin, Qi Zhou and others publicly recommended Liu Bo'an's son Liu He as the governor, and joined forces with Yuan Benchu. Many officials under Gongsun Bogui betrayed Gongsun and defected to Liu He or the Yuan family.

, greatly reducing the strength of Gongsun Fang.

Nowadays, Gongsun Bogui has a deep ditch and a high wall by the Yishui River, and soldiers and horses loyal to him are scattered around. Although Yuan Benchu ​​organized several troops to attack, it was because Gongsun's army had abundant food and grass and only defended but did not attack, so he was unable to gain too much ground.

Big effect.

Therefore, Yuan Benchu's current strategy against Gongsun Bogui is to encircle rather than fight. Yuan Benchu ​​himself has returned to Xindu to take charge of various tasks in Ji, Qing, You and other places, leaving the war in the north to the three.

His sons Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xianfu and his generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, as well as the marching staff Feng Ji Feng Yuan Tu, Su You and Xun Rui were in charge. It is worth mentioning that it is said that Yuan Benchu's concubine Yuan Fang is also in the army."

"Okay, I've heard everything in general. Now everyone in his family can express their thoughts."

"My lord, why do Bingzhou want to pardon Gongsun Zan? What are their plans and whether it is beneficial to us? Ren thinks that if these two issues are not clear, no matter how we discuss it, we will not get the most beneficial result."

"Zi Xiao is right. It is indeed the right thing to temporarily recall you from Xuzhou. Come on, who will explain Zi Xiao's doubts?"

"Then let me, Dong Zhao, try to explain it."

Dong Zhao recently had a fierce fight with a group of Cao Xiahou who came from Qiao County. Although he did not have a close relationship with Cao Ren, who was the leader of the Cao Xiahou people, he still took the initiative to stand up at this time.

He also bowed respectfully to Cao Ren.

"Gongsun Zan was trapped in Yijing. Although he had enough food and grass for three years, it was difficult to maintain his morale. As long as Yuan Xianfu did not rush to fight because of his youth and vigour, Gongsun Zan would be defeated within two years with his advantages in all aspects.

Now that Gongsun Zan's defeat is a foregone conclusion, what needs to be done now is how to make Gongsun Zan defeat in a way that makes us welcome. And this is probably the basis of the Bingzhou people's ideas. Starting from this, everything will become

Easy to explain."

After a short pause, as if he was organizing his words, and as if he was just giving everyone a space to accept, Dong Zhao continued:

"If Gongsun Zan is trapped in Yijing like this, then the situation will continue to develop as it is now. Then Zhao believes that Yuan Shao can have enough time to integrate the two states of Hebei and Qing, and even the western area of ​​Youzhou should not be a problem.

There may even be room for Yuan Shao to look further afield and do things that would make other princes less happy."

Although he did not specify which prince would be unhappy, everyone present basically believed that it would be Cao Cao. After all, Yuan Shao remembered the great rivers and mountains in Xuzhou very much. In comparison, Sizhou in the west may be equally rich, but Li

Shu Shi has been operating there for a long time. Generally speaking, it has not been included in the Bingzhou Army.

In the system, it is too dilapidated and not worthy of Yuan Shao's action. Only Ye County may be easily penetrated by Yuan Shao, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Shushi has always asked Xiaoqiang to focus on the name of the prefect of Wei County and let Shen match

Managing Ye County actually used Wei County as a bait to tease Yuan Shao's nerves.

Unless Yuan Shao is sure of breaking free from the fishing line, he will never bite the hook and put himself in danger.

"But what if there is no Gongsun Zan guarding Yijing? Even if he becomes a rogue bandit that gives Yuan Shao a headache. But compared to Gongsun Zan, who is a general, Yuan Shao is just a scabies disease in his heart. He can safely unify the country and accumulate strength.

"

"It sounds like this will be more beneficial to Yuan Shao." Xiahou Dun was a little confused.

"General Yuan Rang's words are not unreasonable. It's just that Zhao believes that Bingzhou will never simply let his biggest competitor have a longer breathing time than before. So after thinking about it carefully, Zhao didn't know whether he should say something

It’s a very bold idea.”

Noticing that everyone's eyes were full of inquiry, Dong Zhao suddenly felt a little smug. After all, he was a newcomer, and he had defected from Yuan Shao. If he couldn't be innovative, how could he win over those people?

Where is the old minister?

"At first glance, it seems that the move of merging the states will definitely give Yuan Shao more opportunities to integrate the two states of Ji and Qing. But if you think about it carefully, it is completely different. Zhao came from Jizhou and has always known that Yuan Shao's local forces and foreign forces

The forces have been fighting for a long time, and no one can conquer the other. Yuan Shao has both sides but is also wavering. He has a great enemy, Gongsun Zan, by his side. Even if he is at the end of his rope, as long as Gongsun Zan

If the day is not forgotten, this serious problem will not be put away. Even if there is much turmoil between the two parties in private, they will cooperate sincerely on the surface to jointly defend against the enemy. But if Gongsun Zan flees and becomes a bandit, then even if

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Sun Bu died, but there was no chance for him to make a comeback. Although Yuan Benchu ​​seemed to have gained more breathing space, it would also cause the accumulated conflicts to explode instantly. I'm afraid Yuan Shao would have a headache by then~

This is one of them.

The second one is roughly the same as the first one. At first, because they were worried about Gongsun's strength, Xianbei and Wuwan were willing to listen to Yuan Shao's grant and worked together. But even so, the alien wolves did not change their nature and repeatedly invaded the prefectures and counties, which not only made many originally defect to

Yuan Shao's powerful Youzhou family once again became unstable due to the damage to the family.

, especially because Yijing is located at the junction of Youji and Hebei. In every war, Yuan Shao's base in Jizhou is frequently harassed by aliens. For the sake of the great enemy Gongsun, the two sides can still tolerate each other. If there is no such formidable enemy, Yuan Shao is partial to the aliens.

If you favor the wealthy and powerful families under your command, it will be difficult for the foreigners and Yuan Shao to get along harmoniously.

With these two points, it can be concluded that Yuan Benzhu cannot sit down and deal with things quietly no matter what."

Well, Dong Zhao's current appearance is somewhat bad. In fact, others are not much better than him, especially Cao Cao. Whenever he thinks of his good friend's face when he needs to make a difficult choice, He looked like he was constipated. He felt refreshed, and this time he was afraid that Yuan Shao would not only have to make that difficult choice once, but many, many, many times. In this case, Yuan Shao would not Be annoyed to death by your own phobia of choice.

Haf haf haha. As expected, I feel more comfortable. I just want to support Li Shushi’s proposal just to be able to have sex.

And it should be said that he is indeed a bastard like Li Shushi. Such an idea is really... too much for my taste~

I have to say, just by looking at the joyful atmosphere in the room now, I know that the close relationship between Cao Cao's forces and Yuan Shao's forces is no longer the same as before. Both sides have regarded each other as enemies that need to be eradicated on their way forward. .

This may be the cruelty of politics. If you want to achieve your goals, sometimes you have to put your conscience aside.

However, in this "ocean" of joy, there are a few people who don't seem to be very happy.

Originally, it was said that it was just a few people, and it would not be able to affect everyone's emotions, but it happened that one of these people was named Xun Yu, another was named Xi Zhicai, and the other was Puyang Ling, who was also the future Xu Ling's Man. Pamper Boning.

If everyone is used to Xi Zhicai not laughing, it is understandable that Man Chong, a character with the same strength, does not laugh. But if Xun Yu, a handsome man who usually presents himself as a modest gentleman, has a solemn face at this time, then Cao Cao couldn't help but regain his serious appearance, and then projected to Xun Yu an appearance of humbly asking for advice.

Of course, Dong Zhao on the side almost bit his handkerchief and burst into tears.

Well, Dong Gongren talked there for a long time, but in terms of effect, it was not as good as Xun Wenruo's cold face.

Sure enough, the road is long and far away, and I, Dong Gongren, still have to search up and down.

"Yu thinks that what Gongren said just now is very true. Based on what he saw under Yuan Shao's command, the general development should be like this. But has your lord ever thought about whether Bingzhou's plan is really that simple? Could it be that Bingzhou is just for the sake of peace? Does Yuan Shao have a headache?"

Honest people usually don't get angry, but once they get angry, it will definitely turn the world upside down. For the same reason, Xun Yu usually won't get angry, especially with the frosty expression on his face now, but when he shows such an expression , everyone had to tremble, even Cao Cao immediately adjusted his thinking and took the initiative to start thinking in line with Xun Yu's thinking.

Then...Cao Cao's face suddenly changed drastically, and even Dong Zhao, who was still reluctant at first, showed an annoyed look.

Why?

"Since Yuan Shao once used Gongsun as his enemy to resolve internal disputes and the greed of foreign barbarians, then since Yuan Shao couldn't calm down to resolve these disputes after Gongsun was gone, why not set up an order for these people? What about the great enemy they have to work together to deal with?”

Yes, when internal conflicts can no longer be reconciled, if you want to ensure that internal conflicts will not break out, the only way is to divert the trouble eastward and lead the internal conflicts to the outside. At this point, the grassland peoples are the best - Once they cannot reach an agreement due to the allocation of internal resources, there are only two solutions. One is to fight a war to resolve the conflict and make the conflict disappear fundamentally. The other is to go south to plunder, as long as Once enough supplies are snatched, the original conflicts will be reconciled, or at least temporarily shelved, until the next conflict accumulates to a certain weight again.

Although it seems that the latter method treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, the former method has the ability to cure the root cause, but it will hurt yourself. After all, two tigers are fighting, one will die and the other will be injured. Of course, the one who dies will gain a lot of benefits.

But the injured one is real

Can you swallow all these benefits? Don't forget that there are more than two tigers on this mountain. There are also a group of hungry wolves watching beside the tiger. It's just because of the usual deterrence of the two tigers.

If you are too strong, you will not dare to take action.

A tiger will be bullied by a dog, let alone a pack of hungry wolves, so the result of a fight between two tigers is often the fisherman's gain.

Since completely eradicating internal contradictions may lead to death, while internal contradictions among experts have a great chance of survival, even those in power with a far-sighted vision will often choose the latter after careful consideration. Perhaps the only difference is that,

Those with foresight can slowly resolve internal conflicts while diverting trouble to the east, while those who are not smart enough... are actually not smart no matter what they do.

"We have now suddenly gained the land of three states, but the internal unification is far from comparable to that of Yuan Shao. It is also difficult for the Bingzhou Army to digest the newly acquired areas in a short period of time. This is another problem for Yuan Shao.

The great temptation makes him forget about the risks he may encounter and head south with all his strength. After all, as long as he captures us,

He now has the capital to compete with the Bingzhou Army. In other words, only by defeating us can he truly have a chance to dominate the world. After all, even if he does not compete with Bingzhou for the time being, Yuan Shao's room for maneuver is huge.

Even then Yuan Shao will have enough space and time to solve internal problems."

"Then what benefit does this have to the Bingzhou Army?"

"We want to resist Yuan Shao's attack alone. To be honest, it is difficult. Then there are only two ways left in front of us. One is to surrender to Yuan Shao. Considering the relationship between the lord and Yuan Shao, we should still be able to get a

County positions. And if we perform well, maybe in more than ten years we will be officials at the state and county level and enjoy a salary of two thousand dan."

"The other way is to unite and merge the state army..." Even if he didn't look in the mirror, Cao Cao knew that his face was very dark now.

"Yes, although Bingzhou cannot digest the newly acquired areas, but with the Bingshuo and Lianghe areas that it has operated for many years, even without integration, they still have strong strength and can cope with most emergencies.

.It’s just that if we unite and merge with the state, even if we can finally defeat Yuan Shao, and the Bingzhou army will not take the opportunity to annex us, we will definitely not be able to prevent the Bingzhou army from forming a situation where we cannot lose. How to deal with it at that time also needs to be carefully considered.

However, this is only from our point of view. If His Majesty’s influence is added to it, I am afraid that we have only the option of uniting with Bingzhou. With His Majesty’s attitude, I am afraid that he cannot tolerate the Yuan family becoming bigger no matter what.”

"But Wen Ruo, do you really think that the Bingzhou Army will not take the opportunity to annex us? Don't you think this idea is a bit naive?"

"...I..." He wanted to explain, but couldn't utter a word at all. Xun Yu couldn't help but reveal a self-deprecating smile on his face.

"I understand Benchu. He was not like this at first. But when he saw that the position was very close to him, he changed. Even I find it difficult to believe that he is different from what he was before.

It's a person. For the same reason, I don't agree.

I believe that in the face of such an opportunity, some people will restrain their greed. Or even if the man in Bingzhou is the reincarnation of a saint, what do you think of his subordinates? Can they really restrain the temptation? Just say

You, Xun Wenruo, can you do it?"

"...Then, according to my lord, there is no guarantee that you will not be swayed by that temptation in the future."
To be continued...