The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 479 Diverging Opinions
The consecutive unfavorable battles in the Suiyang camp made Yuan Shao feel very unhappy. Attacking Suiyang first had no effect. Du Gao defended Suiyang like a fortress, and Yuan Shao could not go one step further.

However, there were two bad news, which made Yuan Shao's unbeautiful mood even more unbeautiful!

The two pieces of news were that Lu Heng led his troops to the north of the Yellow River, attacked the plain where Yuan Tan was stationed, and then divided his troops to attack Dongwuyang City where Qianzhao was stationed. Both Yuan Tan and Qianzhao asked Yuan Shao for help.

This made Yuan Shao's face gloomy again. Now that Yuan Shao and Lu Heng are fighting, Yuan Shao's successive defeats means Lu Heng's victory. The morale of the army has been affected.

Yuan Shao's first reaction was that this news should not be disclosed. Most of the army is from Hebei, and there are not a few people from the plains. Knowing that the attack in the hinterland will make the army's morale even more unstable, how can this battle be fought?
But Pingyuan City and Dongwuyang are located in key positions, and they cannot be rescued!
As mentioned earlier, the plain is at the junction of Jizhou and Qingzhou, and Lu Heng can threaten Jizhou if he controls the plain, especially if Lu Heng's main force still has a cavalry!
You must know that not only is there no danger to defend from Yuzhou to Qingzhou, but also there is no danger to defend from Jizhou to Qingzhou north of the Yellow River!The plain is the bridgehead to defend Jizhou!
Back then, Gongsun Zan's power was mainly in Youzhou, so he was able to send a large number of cavalry through Jizhou's Bohai County and Hejian Kingdom to control Qingzhou.

Dongwuyang is also very important. This place not only controls the Yellow River, but also borders Wei County in Jizhou to the west!

And the most populous town in Jizhou is also Yuan Shao's base camp, and Yecheng is in Weijun!Even the little emperor is in Yecheng!The straight-line distance from Dongwu Yangcheng to Yecheng is only a thousand miles!
The importance of Yecheng to Yuan Shao's power is no less important than that of Xu County to Cao Cao.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yuan Shao would rather fight on two fronts than besiege Zang Hong for a year. Losing Dongwuyang is equivalent to having his throat opened by others.

"Let Fengji, Guo Tu, Lu Junyi, Yan Liang, Han Qiong and others come to the big tent to discuss matters!"

Compared with last year when Yuan Shao declared war against Cao Cao, Yuan Shao can be said to have withered talent now. A large number of generals were killed, captured or defected, plus the counselors imprisoned by Yuan Shao himself. Now the main personnel are only these five people.

After a while, five people came, Feng Ji and Guo Tu saw Yuan Shao's expression and cried out inwardly!With this face, there is definitely another big thing happening, and it is likely to be bad news.

When everyone saw the news from Yuan Shao, all of them looked ugly. These people were all important ministers under Yuan Shao's command. How could they not know the importance of Dongwuyang and Pingyuan?
"My lord! Dongwuyang and Pingyuan are being attacked by Lu Heng's children. Now the situation is critical. Ji thinks that the lord should give up attacking Yuzhou, bring the main force back to Qingzhou, and wipe out the main force of Lu Heng's children in the hinterland of our army. This is the best strategy."

It was Feng Ji, Yuan Shao's current chief counselor who spoke, and if he made such a statement, it would be tantamount to giving up the entire victory in Yuzhou, and let Yuan Shao bring the main force back to Qingzhou to fight Lu Heng.

Although Yuan Shao lost one after another, he was still not hurt. The main force could go back to Qingzhou to defend after a battle. After defeating Lu Heng, he made a comeback again.

"No! Yuantu (Fengji Character Yuantu) has made a mistake. This is tantamount to abandoning the Central Plains. It is meaningless for our army to fight Lu Heng for months. Rescuing Pingyuan and Dongwuyang is indeed important. Yecheng is still stationed." Tens of thousands of elites, plus the deployment of Youzhou and Bingzhou troops, can completely allow the third and second sons to send troops to rescue, why give up the results of Yuzhou?"

Naturally, it was Guo Tu who raised the objection, but this time he did not object entirely because of his opposition. Feng Ji's plan was too bold, which meant giving up the achievements of the past two years.

It has been repeatedly mentioned that there is no danger to defend Yuzhou to Xuzhou, and if Yuan Shao's main force withdraws from Yuzhou to go to the Qingzhou battlefield, then Lu Heng will occupy the entire Central Plains!
We must know that although Suiyang has only [-] troops, Lu Heng's troops on the Yuzhou defense line are far more than Suiyang's [-] troops?The combined defensive forces of the various ministries are not weak enough to weaken Yuan Shao's main force. When Yuan Shao leaves, he will attack in an all-round way, and even if he stays behind, he will not be able to defend.

To sum it up, if Yuan Shao wants to preserve the results of the battle in Yuzhou, he must leave a large number of troops in Yuzhou like Lu Heng. If there are fewer garrisons, it is better not to leave them all, which means giving them all to Lu Heng.

At the same time, what Guo Tu said is not unreasonable. As Yuan Shao's base camp, Yecheng still has elite garrison. With the addition of Yuan Xi's army from Youzhou and the high-ranking cadres from Bingzhou, it can be said that it is easy to pull out an army of [-]!
Although these troops are not as elite as Yuzhou's troops, they are still more powerful than Lu Heng's main force!
Of course, Guo Tu can't change his nature. This person still has his own careful thinking. You must know that Guo Tu is the one who advocated attacking Suiyang. If Yuan Shao followed Feng Ji's strategy, it would be Guo Tu's wrong strategy that led to the current situation.

How could this be acceptable to Guo Tu?

At the same time, is Lu Heng's main force so easy to fight?
With the abilities of Zhang Yun and Gao Lan being defeated, how could Yuan Shanghe's trial match be Lu Heng's opponent? This would severely damage the reputation of Yuan Shanghe's trial match, so why not?
"Although what Gongze (Guo Tuzi Gongze) said is reasonable, our army is now withering. Although Shenpei is capable, he cannot be divided and has no skills. How can the Third Young Master alone be Lu Heng's opponent?
What's more, the troops of Youzhou and Bingzhou have returned not long ago, and the situation is good. If the situation is in a stalemate, the soldiers and horses of these two places will definitely repeat themselves. "

At this time, Fengji was no longer opposed to internal fighting, but was really not optimistic about letting Yuan Shang go to the rescue. Although Fengji belonged to Yuan Shang's party, he knew how much Yuan Shang had. How could he be Lu Heng's opponent?

Since the war between Yuan Shao and Lu Heng, Feng Ji naturally knows how powerful Lu Heng's army is, not only the talents are comparable to those of several parties (of course it was Yuan Shao's heyday, not now), the logistics and equipment are evenly matched, especially in terms of equipment. The advantage is still above Yuan Shaojun.

Even if Yuan Shao's main force returns to Qingzhou, he may not be able to win, let alone Yuan Shang?If Yuan Shang fails, there is no advantage in seizing the heir.

It can be said that Fengji did fight internally at the beginning, but after Yuan Shao defeated Cao Cao, especially since the war with Lu Heng, Fengji had no intention of fighting internally, and this person vaguely felt that he would not do his best to take down Lu Heng It is very likely that Yuan Shao will lose in the end!
So this time, Feng Ji dared to say boldly, and he was arguing with Guo Tu out of public interest.

The quarrel between Feng Ji and Guo Tu made Yuan Shao's originally unbeautiful mood even more angry. Yuan Shao, who was already wavering, felt from the bottom of his heart that Guo Tu's words were reasonable.

(End of this chapter)