Chapter 334 Volume : Tibetan soldiers go to Shangdang!

“Zhang He! Even so! We can’t just sit there and wait for death!”

However, another confidant of Yuan Shao, Guo Tu, also stood up.

“Henan and Hebei are one. How can we sit back and watch Henan fall?”

“Besides, Lord Cao has always been hardworking and willing to work hard. How could he stand by and watch someone die at this time?”

……

Protect Hebei or save Henan?
Hebei scholars like Zhang He undoubtedly did not want to send a large army to rescue Cao Cao, leaving Hebei empty.

However, Guo Tu and Feng Ji knew very well that Yuan Shao could not afford to lose Cao Cao as his ally.

Once Cao Cao is defeated by the imperial court, the imperial cavalry will pour out and sweep across the Central Plains!
The four states of Yan, Yu, Xu and Qing are almost all lost!
If we really get into such a situation, how long can we defend ourselves even with the help of the river?
“Okay! Go and save them!”

Unexpectedly, Zhang He, who is now the most powerful general in Hebei, gave up and said, “You can rescue them however you want! Even if you bring an army of 100,000, I have no objection! I just hope that when Xu Huang and Zhang Liao come to Yecheng and kill you, you can still remain calm!”

Zhang He had already started to speak angrily.

Don’t know military affairs!
You really don’t know how to fight!
A high-ranking official died in battle a few days ago, which made Zhang He very angry.

Now that he heard that Guo Tu and Feng Ji were willing to give up Hebei to save Cao Cao, Zhang He simply gave up completely.

Is Henan important? Yes!

But compared with Hebei, what is Henan?
Zhang He started to laugh as he spoke: “When Cao Mengde attacked Nanyang, Xuzhou and Huainan during the Battle of Anyi, he didn’t consider Lord Yuan’s intentions at all! Now, you are considering Cao Mengde first? Good! Good! Cao Mengde is really good at raising dogs! He actually asked you to ignore the foundation of Hebei and go to rescue Cao Cao’s Henan? Good! You can take it as you please!”

“…”

When these words were spoken, many people changed color.

In the past, Cao Cao did disobey Yuan Shao many times.

In particular, the secret attack on Xuzhou and Huainan was a thorn in Yuan Shao’s heart.

Now Zhang He brought up the old matter again, obviously with the intention of harming someone.

Guo Tu lost his tough attitude and just shook his head bitterly: “General Zhang, why do you have to do this? You should know that I have no selfish motives when I suggest Lord Yuan to defend Henan… Alas!”

At the end, Guo Tu couldn’t help crying!

The sobbing sound spread throughout the tent, adding another layer of sadness to the already depressing atmosphere.

There is actually nothing wrong with defending Hebei or Henan.

But the innate position of Zhang He and other people from Hebei was to defend Hebei before considering other things.

Now the five pillars of the court are looking down on Bingzhou and watching covetously. Who dares to transfer troops to Henan?

Once the imperial army really rushes into Hebei, all the people of Hebei will die!
Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that Zhang He disagreed to send troops to rescue Henan.

But Guo Tu and Feng Ji were also not wrong.

From the perspective of Yuan Shao’s regime, once the Central Plains were lost, no matter whether the imperial court could cross the river and take Hebei, Yuan Shao would have no chance of rising again.

At that time, Yuan was no different from being dead.

The local scholars in Hebei wanted Yuan Shao to give up his future and stay with them to defend Hebei.

Yuan Shao’s trusted followers wanted to put the entire Hebei province on the gambling table to gamble for a victorious future.

How to make choices and how to complete this game are what Yuan Shao needs to solve now.

……

Yuan Shao looked at the two groups of noisy people and suddenly felt a sharp tinnitus in his ears.

This is a problem that I have developed since the last Battle of Anyi.

When he had tinnitus, Yuan Shao could always remember many things.

It happened in my early years when I was still in the Luoyang Palace.

This happened when I was with Dong Zhuo.

And then there are the things on the battlefield.

And…the huge red dragon banner that is always flying.

Yuan Shao rubbed his eyebrows, looking a little tired.

After the battle of Anyi, when the emperor wanted to exchange Ju Su for Chunyu Qiong, Yuan Shao knew that the emperor wanted him to admit something.

Something that I would never admit even if I die!

That is–

“The sin of the world lies with the family!”

As the power of Hebei scholars gradually expanded, Yuan Shao repeatedly felt the constraints on his power and rule from the aristocratic families.

Even though Yuan Shao himself was born into a noble family, it was with the help of his family’s power that he was able to get to where he is today… But now, he does feel the threat from the noble family.

Just like now. On the surface, it is a double-choice question, but Yuan Shao knows that he can only choose one.

That is to stabilize Hebei first and eliminate the threats facing Hebei first.

Only in this way would these Hebei families help Yuan Shao defend Henan.

Otherwise, Zhang He might really quit and let Yuan Shao take his men wherever they want!
“cough.”

Enduring the discomfort caused by tinnitus, Yuan Shao coughed lightly to draw everyone’s attention to himself.

“What Junyi said is indeed reasonable. We can’t just leave Hebei alone and send all the troops to Henan.”

“But what Gongze and Yuantu said is not without reason…”

coming!

Yuan Shao’s unique indecisiveness!
Everyone was used to Yuan Shao’s words, except Ju Su, who looked at Yuan Shao and suddenly remembered what Emperor Liu Xie had said to him in Anyi –

“Do you think that Yuan Shao’s indecisive character was the reason for his failure?”

“From the moment he chose the noble family as his helper, he was bound to be indecisive and would always fail!”

Doesn’t Yuan Shao want to be full of heroism now, wave his hand, and lead his troops south to fight a decisive battle with Liu Xie?
But the question is, are the aristocratic families in Hebei willing?

Therefore, on the surface it seemed that Yuan Shao had been indecisive, but in fact, Yuan Shao had been pitifully maintaining that fragile balance!

……

Ju Su knew what he should do at this moment!
Ju Shou stepped out from the table and walked straight up to Zhang He.

Just when everyone thought that Ju Shou was going to help Zhang He to threaten Yuan Shao, Ju Shou turned around and faced Zhang He.

“Jun Yi, although Hebei is important, for the sake of the overall situation, we should take the initiative to rescue Cao Cao!”

“!!!”

Zhang He obviously did not expect that Ju Su, who had always been the leader of Hebei scholars, would betray all Hebei scholars at this time and choose to support Yuan Shao.

Even Guo Tu, Feng Ji, and even Yuan Shao looked at Ju Su with surprise.

Ju Su said earnestly at this moment: “The emperor in Luoyang definitely wants not only land, but also money and food.”

“A few times ago, news came in that Chunyu Qiong took the initiative to tell the emperor about the past events, proving that the emperor was truly destined to be the emperor… As for Liu Bian before, he was just a product of the He family’s chaos and tampering with the will.”

“Logically speaking, Chun Yuqiong’s words are extremely important! And according to Chun Yuqiong’s qualifications, it would not be a problem to directly confer him the title of a general or a governor of a county with a salary of two thousand stones!”

“But what did the emperor say? The emperor said that from now on, all civil officials will be selected through the imperial examination, and all military generals will be awarded based on their military merits!”

“If that emperor really conquered Hebei, do you think he wouldn’t dare to raise his butcher knife?”

Whether it was Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, these princes, even if they seized Hebei, at most they would just bleed the Hebei gentry.

But this time Liu Xie came to skin him alive!
Until now, too many people have not realized that the Han Dynasty under Liu Xie’s rule was already a completely new Han Dynasty.

Many of the bad policies of the Later Han Dynasty had been swept into the trash by that emperor.

Unfortunately.

The aristocratic family is the biggest pile in this garbage dump.

If the emperor really attacked Hebei, he would definitely not treat the aristocratic families with the same affection as Yuan Shao, holding them in his hands for fear of dropping them, or holding them in his mouth for fear of melting them.

That emperor would definitely use the most cruel means to take away everyone’s land and property and distribute them to those lowly tenants and common people, making them no different from the peasants from then on.

If the emperor is allowed to invade Hebei, everyone will be greeted with an absolute catastrophe!
So Ju Su stood up.

For the sake of everyone, Ju Shou felt that even the aristocratic families in Hebei needed to, and even had to, take this gamble!
“Bo Shu!”

Yuan Shao looked at Ju Su with emotion.

Ever since he exchanged Chunyu Qiong for Ju Shou, this was the first time he felt that Ju Shou was so worth it!
But Zhang He was a little anxious: “Bo Shu! Are you really not going to care about the imperial court getting a large army in Bingzhou? Once…”

“You are confused. I am also from Hebei. How can I just leave Hebei alone?”

Ju Su let out a long breath and pointed at the map in the center of the tent.

“Since the Bingzhou army is high above us and eyeing us covetously, let’s inflict pain on them first, forcing them to retreat and buy us time to rescue Henan!”

Zhang He shook his head and said, “Defeat the Bingzhou army first? How can it be that easy?”

Ju Su laughed and said, “The army is like water. The shape of water is to avoid high places and flow to low places. The shape of the army is to avoid the solid and attack the empty. Water flows according to the terrain, and the army wins according to the enemy. Therefore, the army has no constant position, and water has no constant shape. Those who can win by adapting to the changes of the enemy are called gods!”

The rules of using troops are like the flow of water. Water does not flow to high places but to low places. The use of troops is to avoid the main force of the enemy or the strong defense points and attack their weak links. The direction of water flow is determined by the height of the terrain. The use of troops must adopt different strategies to win according to different enemy situations. Therefore, there is no unchanging situation or fixed rules in the use of troops, just as the flow of water has no fixed shape and direction. Those who can take flexible and changing measures to win as the enemy situation develops and changes can be said to be able to use troops like gods.

“Since the enemy is coming with such force, why should we fight them head-on?”

“In my opinion, it would be better to hide troops in Shangdang and build a clear wall! Let the enemy enter Hebei, and then send troops from Shangdang to cut off their retreat!”

“In this way, the offensive and defensive situation will be reversed instantly! We can inflict heavy damage on the enemy! And the enemy will naturally not dare to covet Hebei!”

(End of this chapter)