Of course, the war will last for a long time.

But in fact, there is no twists and turns when you open it, and it is the simplest open plot.

If Yuan Shao didn't fight after the autumn harvest, the court would naturally be happy for a year. The power of the court was still much weaker than Yuan Shao for the time being. However, with the continuous advancement of reform, the vitality of the Central Plains, which was greatly damaged by years of war and natural disasters, was recovering rapidly.

Every time a year is delayed, the gap between the two will quickly decrease and narrow one point. If it can be delayed for about five years, the offensive and defensive trend may change.

If you want to fight, there are probably three battlefields. One is where the senior officials in Bingzhou go south to Henoi; the other is where Yuan Shang, who had just been named the governor of Qingzhou by Yuan Shao, went south to attack Xiahou Yuan;

However, these two places are destined to be a decisive battle. The decisive battle must be directly crossing the Yellow River from Jizhou to attack Xudu. If it is a large army of 100,000, the place where you can cross the river directly is Guandu.

The terrain of Guandu land happens to be a triangular, with an excellent defensive place with a narrow front and a wide back, so it is almost inevitable that the two will fight here.

Of course there is another route, which is to cross the river from Hanoi County, go to Hulao Pass to capture Luoyang, then go from Luoyang to Xuanyuan Pass and Dongling Pass, and go around a big circle to attack Xudu.

The circle was a bit big, and the Sili area is still very desolate. Most of the distance is overland, which is a great test for Yuan Shao's logistics supply. It is only suitable for harassment by light cavalry or Xiao Gu's elite troops.

Therefore, there are at least four main battlefields in this battle, one is Hanoi and Hedong. The two places were taken from Zhang Yang and Wang Yi respectively. They each had extremely complex contradictions within them. Faced with the Bingzhou army of high-ranking officials and the Southern Xiongnu coalition forces that were very likely to join forces with high-ranking officials, it was impossible to defend them at all, and they had to provide support;

One is the Qingzhou area. Xiahou Yuan can barely maintain this area. If a big battle really happens, the Xuzhou Corps will be difficult to support it at any time. Our advantage can be said to be very great. Once the war starts, it will definitely be a defensive to offense. There is no problem in rejecting Qingzhou.

One is Guandu’s main battlefield, which has nothing to say. The life-and-death battle is here. Once Guandu is lost, the court can only move the capital, and the significance of defending Xudu is not great.

In addition, in order to prevent small-scale enemy light cavalry from the Sili direction, as well as enemy troops that may emerge from Runan at any time, Xudu must also stay in a heavy army.

Therefore, Guandu must deploy at least 30,000 troops, and at least one reinforcements of 20,000 people in Hanoi and Hedong must be dispatched, and at least 20,000 people are left in Xudu. If the Qingzhou battlefield wants to make a difference, at least another 20,000 people have to support Xiahou Yuan.

This is a 90,000 army.

However, compared to Yuan Shao, another disadvantage of the court was the place of four battles.

Liu Biao from Jingzhou is already an alliance with Yuan Shao. Xinye and Wancheng generation have to leave 20,000 people to defend, otherwise they would look down on Liu Biao too much. Once he takes Nanyang, he can still attack Xu Du.

Sun Ce of Yangzhou was already ready to win against Jiujiang County. The day when the Xuzhou Corps headed north was likely to be when Sun Ce attacked Hefei.

Once Jiujiang is lost, the Jiangdong Navy will almost fight wherever he wants, and it is impossible to defend. No matter how careful Zhao Yun's Hefei City is, he will not dare to say that he can defend it without 20,000 people.

Will Ma Teng, candidates from Guanzhong, Yang Qiu, Zhang Heng, Li Kan and others take this opportunity to seize Si Li? You must be careful? Duan Weiren handed over his subordinates to Pei Qian before, but that little bit of troops must be independent and difficult to support. Do you have to add another ten thousand troops to Pei Qian?

By doing this, another 50,000 troops were obtained.

To make a budget, of course, you have to go to wealth. In other words, the court must do it well and prepare for mobilizing more than 150,000 troops at any time so that you will not be too short of it.

To be honest, a 150,000 army was obtained. Nowadays, life is worthless.

But fighting war requires money and food. Where did the imperial court find so much food?

How did Cao Cao win this battle in history? This is simply a miracle!

(So ​​in history, saying that Cao Cao won 20,000 and won 100,000 is not necessarily fake. Cao Cao must have more than 20,000 soldiers, but if he can invest in the Guandu battlefield, he might be able to do so, but he would have only 20,000.)

Liu Xie was buzzing after he heard that they had settled the bill.

No matter how much he wanted to abdicate, he knew that now there was a real life-and-death battle between him and Yuan Shao.

"Everyone, think of a solution. According to your algorithm, you don't need to fight this battle. Let's just surrender. I don't think there is any need to discuss the tax this year. I'll discuss a ball. Is it enough to scrape three feet of the ground to fight this battle? Do the yamen at all levels still need to operate?"

The civil and military officials sighed in their hearts.

This battle is difficult, too difficult, otherwise how could Yuan Shao be so crazy?

No wonder, the emperor has sucked bones and marrow at the powerful men of the scholars so much.

The court is really poor now!

After a while, Sima Yi said, "I think there must be a solution, but I can't get a large army of more than 150,000 yuan. I dare not say that any method is perfect. For the sake of the country, why don't Your Majesty prepare to move the capital before the war begins? As long as you move away from Xudu, if there is a problem with any army, there will be no disaster in an instant."

"Move the capital?"

Why does this involve moving the capital? Isn’t it too hasty to move it?

"Just just to be on guard against it, I would like to ask the emperor to make necessary plans as soon as possible."

Cao Cao could not move the capital, and his old nest was in Xu County. Without Xu County, his control over the court would only plummet.

Oh, if you lose the fight, you can still hide in Luoyang and survive for a while, just wait for the opportunity.

"Okay, after the meeting, Yang Biao, you go to Luoyang to supervise this matter. If you win, we will move slowly. If you lose somewhere, we will run away in panic."

The words are not nice, but they are all truth.

"Now you can help me think about whether there is any way to fight this battle. It is impossible to recruit a 150,000 army. You know better than me that we don't need to fight."

Everyone looked quite serious and started to discuss it with a bit of an hour. However, no matter how they discussed it, they could not think of any real way to do so.

There is no way to do this battle except betting on life, and it is impossible to achieve everything. It has been all morning and there has been no progress.

Liu Xie also knew that this was not a solution, so he had to let them part first and continue to discuss matters after lunch.

As a result, before lunch was finished, Zhang Yu told him: The envoy from the Southern Xiongnu came and brought gifts and said he wanted to pay tribute.

"The Southern Xiongnu came to pay tribute? They have not paid tribute for many years, why are they still going to pay tribute today?"

"I'm afraid... it's because the visitors are not kind."
Chapter completed!