Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 799 Internal Strife
The military advisers and advisers under Yuan Shao's tent were originally divided into three factions: Hebei, Nanyang, and Yingchuan.

Now, when Yuan Shao convened the military counselors to discuss several times, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xu You and other counselors from Nanyang and Yingchuan who belonged to the opposing faction with Jushou and Tian Feng, who belonged to the opposing faction, in order to attack Jushou and Tian Feng The positions in Yuan Shao's heart were united.

They suggested to Yuan Shao that they could keep some of their troops to continue stationing on the north bank of the Yellow River, while Yuan Shao himself would take the army back to Yecheng for repairs, and then send troops to attack Luoyang when the weather turned cold.

According to them, the weather is hot now, and wars are generally not likely to be fought, so placing so many troops on the north bank of the Yellow River is, on the one hand, a pressure on logistics supplies, and on the other hand, it is also a waste of manpower.

Anyway, Yecheng is not very far from the north bank of the Yellow River here, and Hanoi County is completely Yuan Shao's territory, so Yuan Shao's main force retreating to the Hebei base camp will allow his soldiers to get some rest and calm the current chaotic army. The fact that Liang's army went south again would not affect the overall situation of the battle.

Then leaving some troops on the north bank of the Yellow River is enough to threaten Zhu Wei from sending troops to Xudu easily. In other words, even if Zhu Wei really sent troops to fight Cao Cao, it would be an opportunity for Yuan Shao.

They believe that Cao Cao still has a certain ability to protect himself, so if Zhu Wei's army attacks Cao Cao, it is naturally not something that can be completed in a short time, and Cao Cao may be dragged into a stalemate in Yingchuan.

At this time, Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation and sent troops to the south again. Couldn't it be possible to take advantage of the emptiness, take advantage of Zhu Wei's army being entangled with Cao Cao, cross the Yellow River to attack Luoyang, and directly copied Zhu Wei's retreat.

It has to be said that the talents under Yuan Shao are quite good.

In addition to super military divisions such as Jushou and Tian Feng, others such as Fengji, Xu You, and Guo Tu can also think rationally and disciplinedly. Now they have proposed that Yuan Shao can temporarily withdraw his troops to observe the situation and wait for opportunities in view of the current battle situation. The suggestion is also reasonable.

According to them, the confrontation between Zhu Wei and Yuan Shao across the Yellow River is actually a kind of mutual fear and a confrontation of equal strength.

However, it happens to be midsummer now, and both sides are unwilling to mobilize troops easily, but they dare not retreat easily. In fact, they both feel like they are being put on a high platform and cannot come up.

So instead of wasting time and wasting money and food by chasing each other like this, it is better for Yuan Shao to retreat first and return to the north to take a rest.

In this way, Zhu Wei will not easily retreat to the south. Zhu Wei has already occupied Luoyang as a forward position, so at that time Zhu Wei will only turn his target to the disabled Cao Cao, so as to use troops from Cao Cao to seek the Central Plains.

However, although Cao Cao had lost his main force before, he still had a part of local power to protect himself.

Therefore, once Zhu Wei launched an annihilating attack on Cao Cao, he would naturally have to mobilize troops to press on the whole front, and Cao Cao was not a person who gave in easily, so he should still be able to restrain Zhu Wei's army.

Then Yuan Shao waits for an opportunity to go south, maybe he can avoid Zhu Wei's current defense strength on the south bank of the Yellow River, and he can take the opportunity to break through Zhu Wei's Yellow River defense line and hit Luoyang, Zhu Wei's forward base camp.

Zhu Wei's fight with Cao Cao on Xudu's side hurt both sides, and Yuan Shao just took advantage of it to reap the benefits of the fisherman. It can be said that this is a strategy of retreating.

The arguments put forward by Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Xu You catered to Yuan Shao's intention of retreating and returning to Yecheng to escape the summer heat, and also brought some sense, giving a seemingly good plan, which inevitably moved Yuan Shao immediately. up.

It's just that Jushou and Tian Feng knew Yuan Shao's nature, and now they managed to encourage Yuan Shao to send troops to the south, thus forming a confrontation with Zhu Wei's army here. easy.

With Yuan Shao's indecision, there will definitely be more situations that affect Yuan Shao's decision to send troops. If the time is delayed, nothing can be undone.

As the saying goes, the morale of Yuan Shao's army has weakened due to the unfavorable battle and the influence of the weather, but it is still on the battlefield after all.

Now if Yuan Shao retreats, let's talk about what people in the world will think. People who don't know the truth must think that Zhu Wei defeated Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's coalition forces, and Zhu Wei's reputation will immediately rise to an unrivaled state.

The people of the world are likely to turn to Zhu Wei. Even if Yuan Shao has the foundation of the Yuan family's four generations and three princes, this foundation will be exhausted by now. Without the support of the people, how can Yuan Shao fight against Zhu Wei.

The most important thing is that the premise of Yuan Shao's strategy of retreating is that after Yuan Shao retreats, Zhu Wei will turn around and attack Cao Cao.

But if Zhu Wei didn't attack Cao Cao first, but attacked Yuan Shao's army on the north bank of the Yellow River first, and then pushed the war to Hebei, then as long as Zhu Wei delayed the main force of Yuan Shao's army here, he could divide his troops to fight Cao Cao again. But there was nothing he could do about Zhu Wei.

Then this so-called strategy of retreating into advance is tantamount to giving Zhu Wei the first hand in vain, not to mention putting the war on his own territory, and possibly losing the overall situation of the Central Plains.

Of course, Jushou and Tian Feng knew Yuan Shao's temper at the beginning, so they were relatively tactful when persuading him. However, Yuan Shao already wanted to return to Yecheng, and Jushou and Tian Feng's persuasion was after all groundless speculation about Zhu Weijun's intentions. Naturally, Yuan Shao couldn't easily accept the words.

Then Fengji, Guo Tu, and Xu You also made sarcastic remarks on purpose, saying that Jushou and Tian Feng wanted to encourage Yuan Shao to go to war, so as to gain military power and real power in affairs, because only when Yuan Shao continued to be on the front line of the Yellow River, could they make Yuan Shao obey their orders So as to give them more real power to do things.

However, what do Ju Sue and Tian Feng want to do if they intend to control real power?

At the beginning, Yuan Shao took over Yizhou from Han Fu, but later forced Han Fu to flee and commit suicide. It can be said that Yuan Shao did not look good in this matter. When Han Fu handed over the power to Yuan Shao, Han Fu had many subordinates. People disagree, but Han Fu still insisted on doing it.

It can be seen that the people from Hebei in Yizhou did not welcome Yuan Shao to take over at first. However, Jushou and Tian Feng were originally under Han Fu's tenure. They were even celebrities in Hebei. So now they are seeking power, will they want to avenge Han Fu?

At the same time, Guo Tu also deliberately said that before Jushou was in front of Hulao Pass, he first let Wen Chou go out to fight and was injured, and then he was defeated by Zhu Wei's army and returned, but lost the leading general Zhang Yun again. It wasn't that Jushou deliberately wanted to gain military power, so he intentionally framed Wen Chou and Zhang Yun...

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