At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"You want to lead troops to attack Lujiang?"

Seeing the 19-year-old Sun Ce inviting troops to fight, Yuan Shu felt a little unacceptable, so he said, "Bo Fu, you must know that this is an important task to attack a county, and it takes tens of thousands of troops to complete it. If you are less than twenty, how can you take on this great task?"

Sun Ce doesn't think so.

"Huo Hussars was only 16 years old when he fought for the first time. He was the leader of the road. I am already nineteen. Why can't I take on this great responsibility?"

Yuan Shu frowned, feeling a little distressed.

Sun Ce's bravery is brave, and he has fought many victories, proving his ability, but he really thinks it is unreliable to ask Yuan Shu to hand over so many troops to Sun Ce to command and attack Lujiang County.

At this time, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai stepped forward to challenge Yuan Shu.

"I have been fighting with General Sun Polu for a long time, and I am willing to assist Bofu in the battle. With our help, Bofu will definitely not make mistakes. General please be careful."

Three experienced generals took the initiative to stand up as green leaves for Sun Ce, and Yuan Shu immediately felt that there was no need to continue to refuse.

Let him try, maybe it can be done?

So at the end of February in the fourth year of Chuping, Yuan Shu agreed to Sun Ce's request with the mentality of giving it a try, and gave Sun Ce [-] troops to lead [-] troops to attack Lujiang.

For Sun Ce at this time, Yuan Shu still has the mentality of cultivation.

In this way, the young and energetic Sun Ce got the opportunity to show his talents and abilities, and led his troops to challenge Lu Kang, an old bureaucrat in Jiangdong and a representative figure of the gentry.

This is also the first challenge launched by the Sun family of Jiangdong's poor family to the four surnames of Gu Lu, Zhu and Zhang, a traditional wealthy family in Jiangdong, relying on the world's wealthy Yuan family.

The flames of war under Yuan Shu's command rose again.

Almost at the same moment, the short-term peaceful situation in Youzhou was broken, and the breaker was still Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan, who was at a disadvantage, felt that in order to turn the situation around, he had to be surprised, so he sent surprise troops from Yi County to attack Guangyang and Yuyang counties, defeating the Youzhou anti-Gongsun coalition forces in Guangyang and Yuyang counties.

The Hu Han army of the United Army lost more than [-] troops and withdrew from Guangyang and Yuyang counties. Afterwards, Gongsun Zan carried out bloody revenge in the two counties.

He slaughtered many wealthy families who opposed him in one go, and the dead bodies were scattered all over the field, and he seized a large amount of food, grass, luggage and military supplies, and his prestige rose greatly.

Then, Gongsun Zan began to sharpen his sword and prepare to enter Youbeiping County to avenge those who resisted him.

Unable to withstand Gongsun Zan's revenge, the United Army had to ask Yuan Shao for help.

Since Yuan Shao had no news of Guo Peng's move northward, he again ordered Zhang He to lead an army of [-] to go north to Gaoyang County to help Qu Yi, and then ordered Qu Yi to lead his troops to storm Yi Jing to strengthen the offensive.

Yuan Shao's side stepped up the offensive, so that Gongsun Zan had to retreat from the front line to command the defense of the city, and the front line of You Beiping was handed over to Gongsun Zan's younger brother, Gongsun Fan.

At the beginning of March, Gongsun Zan returned to Yijing to command the defense of the city to defend against Qu Yi's onslaught, and the two armies came and went.

Later, Zhang He led an army to assist Qu Yi. Although Qu Yi failed to break through Yi Jing, he also held back Gongsun Zan's footsteps and failed to allow Gongsun Zan to continue to attack You Beiping.

In mid-March, the Allied Army regained momentum and defeated Gongsun Fan's attack in Wuzhong County, Youbeiping, forcing Gongsun Fan to retreat, thereby stabilizing the front line and stopping Gongsun Zan's strategic counterattack.

Gongsun Zan took the initiative to break the hard-won peace treaty and went to war again, but he also fell into the unfavorable situation of fighting on two fronts again.

Under such unfavorable circumstances, Gongsun Zan had no choice but to write to Guo Peng again, asking for help from Guo Peng, hoping that Guo Peng could help him a little bit, and don’t just watch him be destroyed like this. If he is destroyed, wouldn’t it be good for Guo Peng? ?

Of course, someone Guo would certainly think so.

So when Gongsun Zan's letter was sent to Guo Peng in early April, Guo Peng read it and then threw it aside.

Right now he still has a lot to do.

A new round of spring plowing has begun. Before that, he led his subordinates to hold a plowing ceremony, announcing the start of a new round of work for the tool people in Qingyan and Yanzhou. feel good.

After making a round of inspection, Guo Peng returned to the Lu County resident to be with his family.

After the war ended a while ago, Guo Peng spent two months recuperating in Lu County and spent a good time with Cao Lan and Mi Zhen. After that, both of them became pregnant.

Because of the busy war and two sons, Cao Lan has not conceived and had children since the birth of Guo Jun, the second son in the fourth year of Zhongping. , With free time, wives and concubines are all pregnant.

After both of them were pregnant, Guo Peng was very happy.

I personally asked the cook in the mansion to cook delicious food for them, and I also took them out for a walk, and did a little exercise suitable for pregnant women.

Then he took them to the wild to have a barbecue, made beggar's chicken for them to eat, and specially assigned people like Wen Po, who were more experienced in women's pregnancy, to stay in the mansion.

So when Gongsun Zan sent a letter asking for help, Guo Peng really didn't really want to talk to him.

But in order to prevent others from saying that he was addicted to Ruanxiang and couldn't extricate himself, Guo Peng reluctantly left Ruanxiang, returned to the place where things were handled, and held a meeting.

"Gongsun Zan asked for help, and Yuan Shao sent Qu Yi to lead an army to attack Gongsun Zan. Now, we can discuss how to attack Hanoi County."

Guo Peng convened a military meeting and recruited a group of advisers and senior generals to discuss together and do sand table deduction.

After recuperating for a winter, the military generals who are full of energy are eager to try, and the counselors who are full of bad water after recuperating for a winter are also ready to move.

Han Hao jumped up and down to make suggestions, trying to show his sense of existence, and brought out the winter strategy plan he and Guo Jia and others had made for everyone to discuss and deduce on the sand table.

Chen Gong is also very active, actively making plans to fill in the gaps, and seems to really want to get this opportunity to show his talents with the army.

Last time when Lu Bu was conquered, Chen Gong was only assigned the task of escorting the army rations, and did not get the opportunity to show his military talents, which made Chen Gong feel a little regretful. This time, Chen Gong didn't want to miss it.

Take Hanoi County, cut off Yuan Shao's arm, completely isolate Yuan Shao, and then directly make dumplings and eat him.

Absolutely don't give him any chance, we must cut the grass and roots.

The reason is very simple. Yuan Shao repeatedly attacked Guo Peng, an official appointed by the imperial court.

This reason seems very high.

As for Hanoi, it is even simpler, very simple revenge, let you support Lu Bu to attack me.

If you don't hit you, who will you hit?

These days, Guo Peng was busy with domestic affairs and did not attack Hanoi, which seemed to make Zhang Yang very nervous, and closely united with Yuan Shao, trying to rely on Yuan Shao to obtain the sense of security he desperately needed.

Of course Yuan Shao can give him a sense of security, but he cannot guarantee his safety.

While fighting Gongsun Zan, he had to divide his troops to guard against Guo Peng. He was fighting on two fronts, and there was not enough food and grass. Can he keep Zhang Yang?

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Chapter 312. 310 One crusade against Yuan Shao

Since the end of the previous war, Guo Peng has already started to build roads and military depots for entering the army, and store grain and grass along the way, and set up management personnel to facilitate the march.

The large amount of intelligence information obtained through Han Hao's channel can also come in handy, letting Guo Peng know that many people under Zhang Yang's command have already sought other ways out, because they don't think Zhang Yang can resist Guo Peng's attack at all.

Lu Bu was so brave and good at fighting that his head was beheaded by Guo Peng, let alone Zhang Yang.

In addition, Zhang Yang took the initiative to approach Yuan Shao, sought Yuan Shao's help, donated a lot of food and fodder to Yuan Shao, and even searched the people to get gifts that made Yuan Shao happy, so the people in the county were very dissatisfied.

Before the war started, Zhang Yang looked like he was about to be defeated, which looked quite funny.

After Guo Peng learned about it, he knew that he had the chance to win.

After a little understanding of the whole plan and the current situation, Guo Jia suddenly proposed a plan that surprised everyone.

"If you can take Hanoi County, you can directly threaten Yuan Shao's core. In Wei County's Yecheng, the cavalry is as fast as lightning. If you can take Hanoi as quickly as possible, then immediately rush to Yecheng and take down It is also said that Yuan Shao's army will collapse without a fight, and the hearts of the people will immediately disperse."

Guo Jia pointed to Yecheng on the map and proposed this bold idea.

Many civil and military officials were stunned by it.

There is no other reason, this plan is indeed quite risky.

First of all, Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang are closely allied, and there are constant exchanges between the territories of the two sides. It is very difficult to catch both sides by surprise through a surprise attack, and it is very difficult not to be discovered.

Moreover, Yuan Shao himself knew the importance of Yecheng, so he would not leave behind heavy troops to guard it. Yuan Shao would not be full of loopholes like Lu Bu, and he also had many talented people under his command, so he would not fail to prepare in advance.

Chen Gong immediately raised objections.

"A few years ago, I heard that not long after Yuan Shao became the shepherd of Jizhou, rebels from Heishan and Huangjin attacked Jizhou, captured Yecheng, and captured all the family members of Yuan Shao's officials and generals. Yuan Shao was away at the time, and the army was in chaos. Many of the officials wept.

But Yuan Shao himself was not afraid of danger, calm and calm, drinking and eating as usual, and stabilized people's hearts. Soon, traitors appeared among the Yellow Turbans, who protected Yuan Shao and his family members, and helped Yuan Shao counterattack Yecheng, and the crisis was resolved. "

Chen Gong looked at Guo Jia, and shook his head again and again: "Feng Xiao's plan is very sudden, but Yuan Shao has experienced such a thing, suffered a loss once, will not suffer a second time, will not be unprepared, even if we can surprise, But will Yecheng be unprepared?"

All the generals felt that what Chen Gong said was reasonable.

Xi Zhong frowned, looked at the map, and said nothing.

Guo Peng asked, "Zhicai, what do you think?"

Xi Zhong pursed his lips when he heard the words, and then said: "Minggong, I was thinking that in this battle, we must not only deal with Zhang Yang, but also Yuan Shao, we can't take it for granted.

Yuan Shao will not fail to understand the reason why Zhang Yang is attacked by us, no matter how fast it is, Yuan Shao will definitely get the news, and then he will definitely order the army stationed in Fanyang to go south to attack Dongjun, encircle Wei and save Zhao. line to war. "

Xi Zhong's words made Guo Peng nod.

"That's right, Zhang Yang is insignificant in this battle. Once we start a war against Zhang Yang, it will be the same as fighting Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao will definitely not allow us to take Hanoi easily, and will definitely send troops south. In this case, attacking Zhang Yang is equivalent to attacking Yuan Shao. "

Guo Peng said slowly: "Zhang Yang doesn't have much ability. Before our army mobilized, he messed up by himself. It's not worth mentioning, but Yuan Shao has many capable people under his command. It's not unexpected. This battle is to crusade against Zhang Yang, rather it is to crusade against Yuan Shao."

After Guo Peng finished speaking, it directly changed the nature of this battle.

Not just to attack Hanoi, but to attack Jizhou.

Once he meets Zhang Yang, it will inevitably trigger Yuan Shao's rebound.

and so……

Wouldn't it be better to just attack Yuan Shao directly?

The strategic thinking of a group of people changed immediately.

Instead of being afraid of Yuan Shao's side attack, it is better to directly make Yuan Shao the main target. Zhang Yang is just an insignificant bug, who can be crushed to death with his hand.

Therefore, Xi Zhong strongly suggested that Guo Peng arrange two armies, one as the main force and the other as the auxiliary. The auxiliary army would take Hanoi, and Guo Peng personally led the main force to attack Yuan Shao.

"Hanoi can be taken lightly, and Duke Ming can send all the way to attack. Hanoi can definitely be taken. Attacking Jizhou requires a large army to attack with the main force of the army. First destroy the Fanyang garrison, and then take Yecheng directly. With our army's newly equipped trebuchets , it will not take several months to take Yecheng."

Guo Peng nodded, agreeing with Xi Zhong's statement.

Then the order was given, and the army began to prepare.

Preparations to destroy Yuan Shao are about to begin.

The military staff will discuss the Jizhou strategy discussed a long time ago and the Hanoi strategy proposed by Han Hao.

Since this is a two-front battle, the requirements are particularly high and the risks are not small. It is necessary to conduct a complete war game before the war begins, and make a complete assessment of Yuan Shao's forces and Zhang Yang's forces based on the information obtained.

Not only that, but also evaluate the possible intervention of other major forces in the world.

The Guanzhong forces of Li Jue and Guo Si, Yuan Shu's forces, Tao Qian's forces, Liu Biao's forces, and the forces of the Huns, Karasuma, and Xianbei in the north are all evaluated comprehensively.

The large amount of precious information provided by the Linzi camp for several years of operation has been able to play the greatest role.

First of all, everyone should discuss the possible intervention. This discussion should be discussed before the official march to get a result, so as to prepare for the deployment.

Xi Zhong was the first to rule out the possibility that the Liangzhou Group headed by Li Jue might intervene in Guo Peng's battle to destroy Yuan Shao.

The reason is very simple. When Ma Rizun arrived, he secretly informed Guo Peng that they were planning to unite with another warlord force in Liangzhou, and the forces headed by Ma Teng and Han Sui counterattacked Li Jue's forces.

In other words, even if Li Jue wanted to intervene in this battle, the scholar-bureaucrats in the court would seize the opportunity to overthrow their rule in Chang'an.

Even if the allied forces of the scholar-officials and Ma Teng and Han Sui were too incompetent, Li Jue's army could not intervene in the battle, so the threat from the west could be ruled out.

Then came Liu Biao.

From the information obtained, Guo Jia analyzed that the chances of Liu Biao intervening in this battle are too small. First of all, Liu Biao needs to pass through Yuan Shu's sphere of influence if he wants to intervene in this battle. Sending troops, Yuan Shu definitely took advantage of the situation.

Therefore, although Liu Biao had an alliance with Yuan Shao before, but because Yuan Shuheng was in the middle, the possibility of Liu Biao sending troops to the north was extremely low.

"Although Liu Jingsheng is a shepherd in Jingzhou, a general in Zhennan, he owns the fertile land of Jingzhou, and he has a hundred thousand soldiers, but I think he is a man of success. He has more than success, but is not aggressive enough, so he is not to worry about."

Guo Jia saw through Liu Biao's nature at a glance, and directly asserted that Liu Biao might support Yuan Shao, but he would never send troops north to help Yuan Shao.

So Liu Biao's threat was ruled out.

Then Tao Qian and Yuan Shu were left.

PS: Originally, I wanted to be a double-watched beast, but suddenly found that there are more leaders, so I added one more chapter to show my gratitude, and I will be a three-watched beast for one more day.

Chapter 313 Twenty things are inseparable from mathematics

Regarding Yuan Shu, Guo Peng was actually not worried.