Chapter 204

If Yan Liang betrayed Cao Cao and surrendered to Liu Bin, not to mention that the 50,000 elite troops led by Yan Liang at this time were a major main force at this subtle moment. Youzhou alone had 100,000 troops to advance straight and suddenly attack Cao Cao's army, which was exhausted due to the battle with Liu Bei, would definitely cause a devastating blow to Cao Cao. And if Yan Liang was loyal to his duties, defended Guandu, and delayed the attack of Youzhou's army, Cao Cao might have been able to recover and dispatched enough troops to deal with it. In this way, under the psychological influence of Youzhou's concerns about hurting its own development and vitality, and thus not wanting to launch a large-scale battle, Cao Cao's crisis could be safely overcome.

Unfortunately, although Yan Liang knew that his current position was very important, Yan Liang still did not realize that his position had reached such an important point. In Yan Liang's consciousness, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were fighting hard at this time, and he had no time to send troops to support him at this time. As the saying goes: the lonely city cannot be defended. Without the support of reinforcements and subsequent materials, no matter how good the defense is, it will be lost in a long-term attack. Although Guandu, in this small land, is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will definitely not resist the long-term attack of the Youzhou army.

Once Guandu is lost, the Youzhou army will march straight into it. With the 500,000 troops gathered by Youzhou, you can definitely easily destroy Cao Cao who is fighting with Liu Bei, and the so-called Liu Bei. At that time, the world will almost be under the control of Liu Bin alone. It will be not far from the unification of the world. Instead of losing a fate of failure at that time, you will not be able to help Cao Cao who is destined to be defeated by Liu Bin at all. It would be better to surrender to Liu Bin now with a decent reputation, and give yourself a good reputation of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Thinking of this, Yan Liang resolutely decided to abandon the secret and turn to the light, abandon Cao Cao, and instead join Liu Bin. As for Yuan Shao's death at the hands of Liu Bin, if he defected to Liu Bin, would others think that he was an unfaithful person? Yan Liang also thought about it! Yuan Shao was good to him, but it was just a private relationship. When the two armies fought, they were all in the process, and there would inevitably be some casualties! Besides, Yuan Shao did not really die at the hands of Liu Bin, but he was furious!

It’s not a big mistake for Liu Bin! What’s more, in the past, Yuan Shao’s subordinates were not without seeking Liu Bin! Zhang He and Gao Lan, who were listed as the “Four Pillars of Hebei”, had already taken refuge in Liu Bin? No one said they were unfaithful and betrayed the old master! It’s understandable that they do this now! However, just as Yan Liang was about to say nothing, outside the tent, a military academy suddenly reported: “Report to the general. There is an emergency letter.”

Yan Liang subconsciously withdrew his words and changed his words, "Come on." The military academy sent a letter and retreated aside. As a result, Yan Liang was shocked when he saw the signature on the envelope. He didn't care about socializing with Xun Chen. He quickly opened the letter to watch. After Yan Liang finished reading the letter, he pondered for a while, and said to Xun Chen resolutely: "Sir, I am grateful. However, when a family was in a downturn, he defected to the Prime Minister, and was respected by the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister treated him well. He was not rewarded by the Prime Minister. Now it happened that the Prime Minister was in danger. How could a family betrayed the Lord and begged for honor?"

Xun Chen was stunned at the time. Why did Yan Liang's transformation be so big? Is there something wrong with the letter just now? Xun Chen refused to give up and persuaded: "Yan Liang. You must know that Cao Cao was named the Prime Minister of Han, but he was actually a traitor of Han. Don't ruin your reputation for being a lifetime."

Yan Liang said calmly: "Sir. You and I were originally Yuan Benchu's subordinates and colleagues. You and I have always been to show our strengths, assist the country, and appease the people. How loyal and righteous can you and I have to be with this Han emperor?" Xun Chen did not expect that Yan Liang would say so directly. Changing dynasties and unifying the world was something that Yuan Shao's old ministers often talked about. But to the outside world, they were always covered by the names of righteousness, loyalty and righteousness. Now Yan Liang is speaking so bluntly. Xun Chen really couldn't find any trouble for a while and turned his mouth around.

Although they were straightforward in their eyes, the truth was indeed the case! When they were under Yuan Shao's command, they did not take the emperor seriously at all, and they even encouraged Yuan Shao to change the dynasty! Although Cao Cao's reputation is not good now, it is similar to Yuan Shao!

However, Xun Chen's eloquence was not given in vain. Xun Chen immediately persuaded him with this sentence: "Oh! You and I are all trying to show our strengths, appease the people and the people of the world. But since that's the case, since His Highness King Jin took over Youzhou, he has built water conservancy and cultivated agriculture and sericulture, so that the people under his rule can have enough food and clothing, attacked the Wuhuan, and promoted the power of our great Han. The foreign races dare not spy on them, so that our people can live in peace and worry-free life. In this way, it can be seen that His Highness King Jin is a

The worldly wise ruler. Why don’t you and I work together to show our strengths in front of His Highness King Jin?” Yan Liang shook his head and said, “Sir, since the Prime Minister took over Yanzhou, he has also been developing water conservancy and raising troops. The people under his rule are also living and working in peace and contentment. What is the difference between this and His Highness King Jin? Sir, there is no need to persuade me anymore.” When Xun Chen saw that Yan Liang was not soaked in oil and salt and was determined, he was not good at saying anything at the moment. He had to retreat and return to the North Bank Camp.

Although this battle was only defined as a small-scale battle of more than 100,000 troops. Even Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others did not formulate a specific plan to occupy and control Sili and Yanzhou because of the shortage of grassroots officials of the Youzhou Army at this time. They only planned to destroy the strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and set up several military strongholds in Sili and Yanzhou, waiting for the grassroots officials of the Youzhou Army to be trained again, and they carried out specific actions to control Sili and Yanzhou. However, this battle was out of the importance of heroes such as Cao Cao and Liu Bei. The General Staff still asked Guo Jia to bring Dian Wei and other generals to the Guandu front line for specific command after Zhao Yun assembled the army. After all, Liu Bin is not in Youzhou now. Although Zhao Yun is very talented, he has no experience in commanding the army alone, and the General Staff is not very relieved!

It is good to ask Guo Jia, the military to come and assist! It is particularly important to point out that many of the generals Guo Jia brought this time were those who had just graduated from the Military Academy, including Lu Bu and Xu Huang! They all had just graduated from the Military Academy. In order to show their talents, Guo Jia brought them here! However, although Liu Bin was not in Youzhou this time, his will was conveyed here! This time, the reason why Liu Bin dispatched a large army was nominally to call on the two little emperors Liu Xie's ward edicts, and to the General Staff's statement, also wanted to take advantage of the chaos to occupy some private places in Yanzhou and as the forefront for future attacks. However, in fact, Liu Bin did not think that Cao Cao would be ruined because of this crisis, so he did not intend to attack the Central Plains. This time, his real intention of dispatching the army was actually to train troops!

Since the Youzhou Army pacified Gongsun Du in Liaodong and Yuan Shao in Jizhou, the number of troops has been greatly improved because of the acquisition of a large number of troops! However, in Liu Bin's view, the power of the Youzhou Army has not been truly improved, but has a tendency to decline! The Youzhou Army is different from the army of this era. They are professional soldiers, and the army of this era, especially the army of these princes, were mostly formed by the method of encouraging men! The nature is completely different! After the Youzhou Army captured the army of these princes, although the number has increased, the overall quality has decreased. The number of new recruits is too large, and their military quality is the same as that of Youzhou Army.

There is no way to compare the veterans! Although the Youzhou Army conducted ideological education and training these people again, Liu Bin also understood that the real elite troops were fighting rather than training! Only after the baptism of war, only those who have passed the waves of war can become elite troops! This time in Guandu, since different construction areas are targeted, it is better to pull the new soldiers up and let them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield! Although these people may have been considered veterans before, they are relatively unfamiliar with the combat methods of the Youzhou Army. So how could Liu Bin miss this once-in-a-lifetime great opportunity to train troops?

At this time, in the North Bank camp, Zhao Yun, as the commander of the army this time, sat firmly on the position of commander. Guo Jia, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Guan Hai, Lu Bu and others were all on the side. They were all listening to Xun Chen's actions to instigate Yan Liang this time. After listening to Xun Wei's words, the people below were talking, and some even scolded Yan Liang for not knowing the current affairs and actually looked at confronting Youzhou Army! He really didn't know how to live or die! But due to the rules of mutual response, these kindnesses did not dare to make loud noises! Zhao Yun finished listening.

Xun Wei frowned slightly, looked at Guo Jia, and said, "Military advisor! In your opinion, what should we do next?" Although Zhao Yun is a high-ranking and powerful person, he is deeply trusted and valued by Liu Bin, he also knows that he is not as sure as Guo Jia is in a thorough grasp of the overall situation. Moreover, Liu Bin has also told him before that he cannot be a sermon in marches and wars, and he should listen to the opinions of his subordinates more. So although he is the head coach this time, he still asked Guo Jia for advice!

Guo Jia sighed and said, "General, things may not be easy to handle. Yan Liang's attitude changed before and after, and he must have some support. As Jia expected, this must be related to the letter Yan Liang suddenly received. If this letter either informed Yan Liang that reinforcements were coming, or the situation in Yanzhou had other changes. In this way, the plan we originally thought to destroy the strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei without damaging our strength would probably not be easy to achieve. Moreover, our intelligence agency is now damaged. We are not very clear about the enemy's situation. On the battlefield, military situation changes rapidly, and intelligence errors may lead to huge losses. Therefore, Jia believes that we should not withdraw temporarily.

In our plan, Sili is too barren and sparsely populated, while Yanzhou has many aristocratic families and local forces are mixed and difficult to control. These two places have no value for us for the time being. We don’t want them. It’s better to let them build for a few years. After resting and having a large number of officials, we will take down Sili and Yanzhou in one fell swoop. What’s more, the lord has already explained before that if the time is wrong, we will withdraw our troops. Now it seems that we have really been told by the lord! Now that the lord has not returned, the situation in Youzhou has not made us able to launch a large-scale battle. Since this is the case, we might as well retreat!"

Xun Chen also continued, "General Zhao and Military Advisor Guo said well. Please ask the general to withdraw his troops."

After hearing Guo Jia and Xun Wei's words, Zhao Yun couldn't help but frown! But he didn't say anything, but the generals below were almost infuriated! They didn't expect that the military advisors would ask them to retreat without fighting! This would be contrary to the style of the Youzhou Army! Isn't this a tiring person who is Wu Tianfei? Although Guandu is now tight in defense, it is not unbearable! If the Youzhou Army retreats without fighting, then wouldn't the reputation of the Youzhou Army in the past bet

Was it ruined for nothing? Then what face do they have to meet their lords in the future? And Zhao Yun was not willing to withdraw his troops! This time it was his first time as the head coach to lead the army. If he retreated without fighting, then what face would he still be able to lead the army in the future? Although the senior brother trusted him very much, if the reputation of the Youzhou army was ruined in his hands, it would be too disappointing to give him the senior brother's respect for him, and he would not have the face to meet his senior brother in the future!

However, Zhao Yun also knew that as the commander of the First Army, these words could not be said, and the suggestions he made below could not be mercilessly rejected! Zhao Yun still respected Guo Jia! So he focused his eyes on the generals below, wanting to hear their thoughts! Dian Wei saw Zhao Yun's eyes. As a member of the Imperial Guard, he used to work with Zhao Yun, but now he is on par with Zhao Yun in terms of status and official positions. In terms of weight, no one present is right! So he stood up and said, "General, the army has gathered for a long time. If he does not go out for a battle, he may be detrimental to the lord's reputation. He will also be with our Youzhou Army.

The reputation is not in line with it! I also asked the general to order an attack." As a general of the Youzhou Navy, Ding Feng also attended this military meeting! When Gan Ning was away, he was the representative of the navy! Their navy came here with passion and fighting spirit this time. The person in charge was to show the reputation of the Youzhou Navy, and of course he was not willing to retreat if he could not fight. Therefore, Ding Feng also spoke: "General. Ding Feng requested to fight. The last general was willing to be the vanguard officer and seize the Guandu for the lord." In a while, everyone in the tent expressed their opinions. It was basically divided into two factions, namely, retreating troops to rest and rest, and ready to go. Attack quickly, and decide the victory and defeat in one battle.

Most of the generals agreed to go to war. They all took the strong son of Youzhou Army as good as the one who retreated without fighting! Most of the people who agreed to retreat were staff officers. They were more rational and from the entire perspective, they felt that retreating was beneficial to Youzhou Army!

Zhao Yun and others finished speaking. They said, "The opinions of everyone are good. However, the military advisor is right. Nowadays, reinforcements must arrive in Yan Liang's army, so that Yan Liang feels that he can defend Guandu hope. Therefore, Yan Liang will flatly reject our rebellion. Therefore, our original plan is not in line with the current military situation. Our combat goal cannot be achieved. Our combat plan should be changed."

Zhao Yun's few words made Guo Jia and others seem to be more aware of it. They think that Zhao Yun is worthy of being the lord's junior brother, and he can still put the overall situation first! He is not crazy about him so much! Dian Wei, Ding Feng and others had to accept it helplessly. No matter what, Zhao Yun is the commander of the army this time, and his order is military order. Although they are unwilling to accept it, they can only accept it!

Just when everyone thought Zhao Yun was going to give the order to withdraw his troops, Zhao Yun suddenly changed his subject and said passionately: "That's right, Cao Cao and other troops can take Xuzhou in three days in a dilemma of certainty, so as to get out of the situation. Our army's strength and quality are far better than Cao Cao's army and horses. Why can't our army create miracles? As long as we occupy Guandu before Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, our army can still seriously attack Cao Cao. Moreover, now the naval army led by our Youzhou Navy generals has completely controlled the water surface of the Yellow River. We have no worries about retreating. Even if the situation is not good, we can retreat safely with the help of the navy. In this way, we will not suffer too much loss. Instead, the gathered new recruits can be tempered by the war."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yun smiled and said, "My lord once said that training alone will not be the elite of the training office. Only by passing the actual combat test can one get the elite troops! Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train troops! Since the current situation has changed, we should not capture the territory for the purpose of our goal, then we might as well regard this battle as a whetstone for us to train new recruits! Cao Cao! It is our whetstone. Our new

The army must be built through hard work to become a sharp steel knife. This battle is the trial battle of our new army." Zhao Yun has followed Liu Bin for so many years and has learned some of Liu Bin's urgent wisdom. In this dilemma, he used Liu Bin's words to easily resolve the situation! This not only can the legend set by Liu Bin in Wancheng, but also can preserve the powerful reputation of the Youzhou army, and also increase the morale of everyone present, killing multiple goals!

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