After confirming the news that Boss Cao's reinforcements were heading towards Qingzhou, Tao Ying, who was also paying close attention to the war in Qingzhou, breathed a sigh of relief, applauded in front of several of his confidants and said with a smile: "Okay, we finally have cannon fodder to fight against Qingzhou.

The pressure of the Northern Expedition to Qingzhou can also be reduced a lot. c.m8 9 Read”

"Master, we can't be too happy now, right?" Chen Deng reminded with a smile: "Because the old master made public the precedent of abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, Yuan Tan hated our army to the core. Later, after several overt and covert fights, our army

The hatred between us and Yuan Tan is getting deeper and deeper. Until Yuan Shang replaces Yuan Tan and takes over as commander, my lord and our army may not be able to slack off a little bit."

"Of course, how could I accept the Xuzhou army being commanded by Yuan Tan? Wouldn't that be sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth?" Tao Ying smiled gently, then turned to Cao Hong and Liu Ye next to him and asked: "General Kaiping, Mr. Ziyang

"Is there any news from Jizhou? Have our craftsmanship and the rumors spread by Yuan Shang's people seen any results?"

"I'm afraid I have to disappoint my lord." Cao Hong, the oldest lackey of the Tao family among everyone present, replied with a sad face: "According to my lord's instructions, the general has arranged a large number of people to sneak into Yecheng to spread rumors and slander Yuan Tan.

Resent Yuan Shao for favoring his younger son

, was unfair to the eldest son, and secretly colluded with outsiders in an attempt to seize power. Sooner or later, he would raise troops to attack him. As a result, these rumors did not spread at all. They also attracted the attention and search of the Yecheng government, forcing the general to withdraw a few capable people.

Internal guard."

"There is no news from Yuan Shang yet." Liu Ye introduced and analyzed: "In Ye's humble opinion, given Yuan Shang's character and interests, it is impossible not to take action after receiving the advice of the master's clever plan, but so far there is no news for Yuan Shang

Come, it proves that Yuan Shang's alienation plan has not yet succeeded, and Yuan Shao has not yet had the intention to replace Yuan Tan."

"It is a taboo for military strategists to change commanders before the battle. Yuan Shao is also a man who knows the military. It is unlikely that he would replace Yuan Tan at this time, which would give Qingzhou enemies an opportunity." Chen Deng also analyzed and said regretfully: "My lord, if

Encourage Yuan Shang to seize Qingzhou early in the morning

It would be nice to have military power. At that time, the lord's false plan had made Yuan Shao furious with Yuan Tan. It was a God-given opportunity for Yuan Shang to seize Qingzhou's military power. He missed the best opportunity, and now he wants Yuan Shang to seize Yuan Tan's military power.

It’s extremely difficult.”

"I also considered this carefully at the time, but after much deliberation, I finally decided to give up the best opportunity." Tao Ying said calmly: "Because I encouraged Yuan Shang to seize Yuan Tan's military power, then

Cao Cao is afraid that his troops will become cannon fodder, so he will not dare to send troops to Qingzhou. The same will happen when we send troops to Qingzhou again.

We attacked the city, we fought the battle, and we killed the people. In the end, the Jizhou army took advantage of it, so after much deliberation, I decided to give up this best opportunity in exchange for Cao Cao's thieves sending troops to serve as cannon fodder. The result was not bad.

The good opportunity was not given up in vain, Cao Cao finally sent troops to Qingzhou to accompany us."

"But my lord, if we can't pull Yuan Tan out of the position of Qingzhou's coach, it will be a waste of our efforts to drag Cao's team into Qingzhou." Liu Ye reminded seriously: "Judging from the time of Cao's dispatch,

, the Cao thieves were probably also on guard against Yuan Shao changing his coach before the battle, so he hurriedly sent troops to Qingzhou to help Yuan Tan reverse the situation and help Yuan Tan secure his position as Qingzhou coach."

"It doesn't matter, I have expected this." Tao Ying said confidently: "I am very clear about Cao Cao's evil intentions. He just wants to use Yuan Tan's help to weaken our army and provoke our army and

The conflict between Yuan Shao's army intensified the conflict between our army and Yuan Shao's army. However, the Cao thieves did not

Don't overthink Yuan Tan. Although Yuan Tan hates our army, he may not treat Cao Cao's army as his ancestors. So if Cao Cao thinks that as long as he saves Yuan Tan, he can avoid giving Yuan Shao

The fate of the army being used as cannon fodder is a little too willing."

Seeing that Tao Ying was so confident, Liu Ye, who knew that Deputy Director Tao never suffered a loss, could not say anything else. He just nodded honestly, and after Tao Ying thought about it for a while, he decided: "Let's do it this way, continue to fully assist Yuan Shang to seize the military power of Qingzhou

, of course it would be best to allow Yuan Shang to go to Qingzhou to command the troops. If that doesn't work, we will use a backup plan to oust Yuan Tan from the position of commander in Qingzhou."

"Backup plan?" Liu Ye, Chen Deng and others were all stunned. Then Liu Ye asked in surprise: "My lord, do you have a backup plan? Why didn't we know it beforehand?"

"It's not that I deliberately hid it from you, but I didn't want to use this backup plan until the last moment." Tao Ying explained: "But there is no other way now. It turns out that Yuan Shang is not ambitious enough to win Qingzhou.

This is a marvelous feat, so I can only start preparing to activate the backup plan. Yuan Fang, prepare silk pen and ink to write a letter for me."

Chen Ying, the deputy director's personal secretary, agreed, quickly prepared the Four Treasures of the Study, and then said to Tao Ying: "My lord, you are ready. To whom should I send the letter?"

"Of course it is for my most respected father-in-law, Benchu ​​Gong." Tao Yingtian, the nemesis of my father-in-law, replied shamelessly, and added: "You can polish the text as you like. The specific content is other than nonsense like saying hello to my father-in-law and mother-in-law. The key is to tell you

My father-in-law, Duke Benchu, I have sent part of the main force north to Ju County to prepare for various matters in Qingzhou. Mai Shu

After that, I will not only personally lead the Xuzhou army to the north to attack Qingzhou, but I will also bring my wife and his daughter with me to the army to meet my relatives in Qingzhou - if there is a chance, we and I would like to visit his old man together.

Kowtow and personally present the imperial seal to the old man. That’s all, there’s no need to say anything else.”

Chen Ying agreed and quickly immersed himself in writing, while Liu Ye and Chen Deng were still immersed in thinking and analyzing Tao Ying's intention. Jia Xu, the current Xuzhou military advisor who had been silent until now, his eyes lit up and he immediately understood Deputy Tao.

The director's evil intentions - he had no choice but to encourage Sangong Da Yuan to conquer Qingzhou in person to avoid

To prevent the Xuzhou army from being harmed by Yuan Tan! Then Jia Xu finally spoke and said slowly: "My lord, Tian Kai and Kong Rong saw that a disaster was imminent, so they made a desperate move to the west and fought Yuan Tan on the plains. This was very important to Yuan Shao.

, but it’s a rare opportunity to conquer Qingzhou in one battle, why don’t my lord give a little reminder in the letter?”

"It can't be too explicit." Deputy Director Tao replied: "My father-in-law ordered me to send troops to conquer Qingzhou for him. Now I encourage him to fight with the main force of Qingzhou in the plains before sending troops. My father-in-law will suspect that my son-in-law is unfilial and unwilling to fight for Qingzhou."

He works hard. So I can never say such things, and I can only let Yuan Shang speak for me."

After that, Tao Ying added: "But I think there should be someone capable under my father-in-law's account who can see this great opportunity and remind him to do this. When Yuan Shang had no hope of seizing power, in order to prevent Yuan Shang from letting

If Tan monopolizes great achievements, he will definitely remind his father-in-law to do so."

"But is there enough time?" Jia Xu was a little worried and reminded: "Cao Cao sent troops to Qingzhou. He did not take the Liaocheng road and went directly east to the plain battlefield. He chose to take the Jinan Road north to Qingzhou. His tactical intention was very obvious.

That is

Directly attack Licheng to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. Although Licheng is small, it is the throat of the Qingzhou Army. Once captured by Cao's army, the main force of the Qingzhou Army will have to retreat to protect the grain roads and empty hinterland. Yuan Shao's army will also miss the decisive battle.

Opportunity."

Tao Ying nodded and admitted that Jia Xu's words were reasonable. He pulled out an official document from the desk in front of him, handed it to Jia Xu and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wenhe. The detailed investigation report received a few days ago actually happened in Luoyin."

Shortly after the end of the war, when the war in the plains entered a stalemate, Tian Kai sent

His deputy Shan Jing led eight thousand troops to Licheng for reinforcements and strengthened the defense there. It can be seen that Tian Kai should also understand that Licheng is the throat of his main army, and he did not dare to take it lightly and ignore it. Cao Ren wanted to capture it

In Licheng, it shouldn’t be that easy.”

Jia Xu took the detailed reconnaissance report. After reading it for a few times, he nodded and said: "Tian Kai is indeed a veteran general of Youzhou who has been on the battlefield for a long time. He is indeed prudent and reasonable in his use of troops. But my lord, Su Xu said bluntly, my lord is still too much."

Too optimistic

Some - my lord, have you forgotten? When my lord, you were in Shanyang, you gave Cao Cao the construction drawings of the Pili Chariot as a reconciliation gift. Cao Ren crusaded against Qingzhou to attack the city, how could there be no Pili Chariot in the army to help?

"

"Thank you, Mr. Wenhe, for the reminder." Tao Ying said with a smile: "But Mr. Wenhe seems to have forgotten that I created the Pili Car. If there is no way to deal with the Pili Car, how can I dare to hand over such a dangerous thing with confidence?

Rival?"

Jia Xu's steady and serious face finally showed a smile, and he held his hands to Tao Ying and said: "My lord is smart and far-sighted, and you can't live up to your own expectations. Since your lord has already made arrangements, our army can watch the fire from across the bank with peace of mind and wait for the good news from Qingzhou."

Deputy Director Tao also laughed, with the same cunning smile as Jia Xu. Chen Deng, Liu Ye and others beside them quietly wiped their sweat and muttered in their hearts: "Listening to the conversation between the old fox and the little fox is so tiring!"

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Similar to Tao Ying's analysis, in fact, as early as when they learned about the desperate all-out westward march of the Tian-Kong coalition forces, Tian Feng, Jushu and others under the account of Sangong of Yuan Dynasty had already suggested that Sangong of Yuan Dynasty adjust his strategy and immediately increase the number of troops in Qingzhou.

A decisive battle with Tian Kong's coalition forces in the plains, striving to determine the outcome in one battle, and through this decisive battle in the field, Yuan Shao's army gained victory in Qingzhou.

Tian Feng, Jushu and other knowledgeable people put forward this suggestion, of course, not for the sake of convenience, Deputy Director Tao and Boss Cao, who had already agreed to serve as cannon fodder for Yuan Sangong, but because this opportunity was indeed very rare and beneficial, because the main force of Yuan Shaojun was

In terms of both quantity and quality, they are more than a step ahead of the Tian-Kong coalition. Concentrating the main force in a decisive battle in the wild is sure of success. At the same time, after defeating the Qingzhou coalition in a decisive battle in the field, it will undoubtedly be much easier for Yuan Shao's army to attack Qingzhou city again.

, even sending a message to the cities in Qingzhou is not hopeless. It can save countless money, food, baggage and time, and can also reduce the loss of many soldiers and horses, which is far better than the difficult attack of one city after another. Therefore, Tian Feng, Jushu and other Yuan

It was Shao Jun's true loyal ministers who suggested that Yuan Sangong should seize this God-given opportunity and let Yuan Shao Jun shoulder the heavy burden of decisive battle with the main force of the Qingzhou coalition forces, and then leave the drudgery and troublesome work of attacking the city to Boss Cao and Deputy Director Tao.

Taken advantage of.

The current Sangong of Yuan Dynasty has not reached the stage of senile dementia during the Battle of Guandu. After listening to the analysis of Tian Feng, Jushu and others, he was naturally a little tempted, but it is a pity that most of the main forces of Sangong of Yuan Dynasty have gone north to Youzhou.

Go to the decisive battle with Gongsun Zan's main force. The remaining troops have either been deployed on the Qingzhou battlefield, or they must stay and control the local counties to prevent rebellion.

The total number of frontline reserve teams is less than 20,000, and the Bingzhou team transferred from the high-ranking officials of my nephew is still on the way to Jizhou. Even if the troops are insufficient, it will be in vain. At the same time, Yuan Sangong does not want to repeat the last time when the main force went south.

He refused the suggestion to transfer the northern line reserve team, so after hesitating for a long time, Da Yuan Sangong still acted cautiously like Deputy Director Tao and chose to give up this great opportunity.

By the way, Deputy Director Tao's biggest best friend in Yuan Shao's army, Yuan Shang, also firmly opposed this suggestion from Tian Feng, Jushu and others, because no matter how ambitious and talented Yuan Shang was, he understood that if a decisive battle with the main force of the Qingzhou coalition was launched at this time, then the command would

In this decisive battle, it was either his father or his brother Yuan Tan, whom he hated the most! In order to prevent the enemy from being captured,

This unparalleled feat in Qingzhou was taken over by his father himself, or it was free of charge for his eldest brother. Naturally, Young Master Yuan Shang firmly opposed it without hesitation, and at the same time accelerated the action to seize his brother's military power. He planned to seize Qingzhou's military power, and then add

With the help of the best brother-in-law and the cannon fodder team of Mr. Cao, the unparalleled feat of seizing the entire territory of Qingzhou is within easy reach.

Mr. Yuan Shang's wishful thinking underestimated his father. Even if Mr. Yuan Sang was not the opponent of Mr. Cao in terms of scheming, he was still a generation of tycoons who almost unified the north. To his second wife and Yuan Shang, he said Yuan Tan in front of him.

In fact, the reason and purpose of the bad words have been well known for a long time, and they have also

I suspected that the rumors that were unfavorable to Yuan Tan in Yecheng came from Yuan Shang. In addition, Sangong Yuan knew very well that changing commanders before battle was a taboo for military strategists, so no matter how much Yuan Shang begged or spread rumors, Sangong Yuan was the one.

No matter what, he refused to agree to replace Yuan Tan and let Yuan Shang go to Qingzhou to lead the army.

What made Mr. Yuan Shang even more desperate was yet to come. When Yuan Tan led the weak troops to stabilize the position on the Yellow River defense line and gradually blocked the desperate all-out counterattack of the Qingzhou coalition, Boss Cao suddenly decided to immediately send troops to Qingzhou to help Yuan Tan clean up.

Qingzhou Allied Forces——Come like this, Yuan Shang

It will naturally be even more difficult for the young master to seize his eldest brother's military power. What is surprising is that when Tian Feng, Jushuo and other neutral counselors heard the news, they all rushed to Yuan Sangong to encourage him.

Yuan Sangong immediately increased his troops in Qingzhou and seized the opportunity to start a decisive battle with the Qingzhou coalition forces.

"Lord, this is a once-in-a-lifetime God-given opportunity." Jushuo analyzed it to Yuan Sangong: "The two thieves from Tian Kai and Kong Rong came in full force. Their intention was to fight quickly and drive our army out of Qingzhou. Although our army was because of

Although the troops were short of strength, they suffered a small setback, but they quickly stabilized the position on the north bank of the Yellow River.

feet. Blocked the counterattack of the Qingzhou rebel army. The Qingzhou rebel army has lost its vigor. When Cao Cao sends troops to attack again, the morale of the rebel army will definitely collapse. The morale of the army is seriously shaken. If the main force of our army attacks Qingzhou at this time, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

It's so easy to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
To be continued...