The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 558 Battle of Mobei
Hearing Yuan Shao's doubt, Yuan Shu couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Brother, you underestimate me too much. I don't take these ugly people seriously at all. I have no interest in arguing with them."

After experiencing the great war among the princes in the Central Plains, Yuan Shu's horizons have now broadened a lot.

His development and mass production abilities are strong, but his frontal combat strength is relatively weak.

But even so, they were still able to run rampant among other countries, which was enough to show the "weakness" of countries like the Northern Huns and the Kushans.

Even for the sake of the overall situation, even for various reasons, Yuan Shu really looked down upon such people who could not even defeat himself with the same number of troops.

Originally, he wanted to show these people what the "guerrilla warfare skills" were, but the other side didn't give him the chance to display his skills at all.

Yuan Shu found these two tactics a bit boring, repeating the daily routine of looting, evacuating, discovering the enemy, encircling the enemy, and forcing the enemy away.

As time went on, Yuan Shu simply stopped paying attention to other things. He arranged for Ji Ling to guard the border and sent some of his generals to go looting. He ate fruits and drank honey water every day, making plans and winning battles thousands of miles away.

Yuan Shao noticed Yuan Shu's complacency and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He really got it done!

After getting away from the high-end situation of the internal strife in the Central Plains and now playing in the mid- and low-end situation, Yuan Shu is like a fish in water and is doing better than all of them.

It's true that every inch has its own strengths and weaknesses. Who would have thought that everyone present was outshined by this guy.

After hearing what Yuan Shu said, Lü Bu and Gongsun Zan's faces darkened and they remained silent.

What can they say?
If they fight, they can easily kill Yuan Shu.

But when it comes to dealing with these foreign races, they, who are better at frontal combat, are not as good as Yuan Shu, the horse bandit leader.

Because at this time no real war had yet broken out, it was just harassment and probing between each other, and the competition was about who had more soldiers and who could react faster. In this regard, Yuan Shu was far ahead.

"Are the Northern Huns' attempts still continuing?" Cao Cao asked directly to the point.

Yuan Shu shook his head. "Recently, the enemy's harassment has weakened a lot. Some of my horse bandits went deep into the heart of the Northern Xiongnu and found that most of them had retreated. They probably don't want to be our enemy."

Speaking of this, Yuan Cheng couldn't help but reveal a hint of disdain in his tone.

Even though the Northern Huns were almost wiped out by the Han Dynasty, they never bowed their heads. He thought the other side was a tough nut to crack, but he never expected them to be so weak, which really disappointed him.

Cao Cao heard this, but a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes: "It seems that Luandi Wule is still cautious."

Over the past six months, not only has Yuan Shu been expanding and developing at will, but they have also gained a foothold. Although they are not fully aware of the situations in the surrounding countries, they at least have a general idea of ​​them.

In Cao Cao's eyes, the contemporary Northern Xiongnu Khan Luandi Ule was by no means a simple character.

The fact that he pushed for the independence of Kangju and Khwarezm alone shows that this man is very scheming and capable.

It is impossible that the other party is completely unaware of their arrival and will definitely be on guard.

Can the revenge of nine lifetimes be avenged? The revenge of a hundred lifetimes can still be avenged!
The blood feud between the Han people and the Northern Huns is not so easy to erase. There will inevitably be a war between them, it is only a matter of time.

Both sides are mentally prepared for this.

"I'm afraid the Northern Huns will flee westward, or they may want to start a fight between us and the Kushans," Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.

He was best at controlling the overall situation and maneuvering, and in just a moment he thought of the most likely way for the Northern Huns to break the deadlock.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao nodded slightly.

"That's right. We are powerful. Since the Northern Huns have chosen to retreat, they probably want to avoid the sharp edge temporarily and wait for an opportunity to act." Cao Cao said.

"If the situation is not right, it is not impossible for them to flee westward. However, as long as we give the Northern Huns a glimmer of hope, they will definitely not do so."

Cao Cao paused for a moment. It seemed that this statement had come true for them.

The reason they are here is that they are being boiled to death little by little by Tian Ze like a frog in boiling water.

"Then how can we lure the other party into falling into our trap?" asked Gongsun Zan.

Yuan Shao smiled faintly: "Bo Gui, in the past, when the Han army marched north, was there any time when the victory was decided by a single battle?"

"The Battle of Mobei." Lu Bu answered quickly, with a glimmer of longing in his eyes.

"In the past, the Marquis of Changping and the Marquis of Guanjun completely annihilated the main force of the Xiongnu in the Battle of Mobei, forcing the Xiongnu to flee far away."

Yuan Shao nodded: "That's right. If we want to inflict heavy damage on the Northern Huns, we must recreate the Battle of Mobei. Moreover, we must improve on the original basis and strive to completely eliminate the Northern Huns."

At this moment, Director Yuan came on the stage again, his eyes full of brilliance, and it was obvious that he had already prepared a plan.

Xun Yu, who was behind Cao Cao, shook his head slightly when he heard this.

"King of Zhao, I think it is enough to inflict heavy damage on the Northern Xiongnu, seize their territory and force them to flee westwards. It is not advisable to start a war and try to completely annihilate them."

"Why?" Yuan Shao asked with some confusion.

"Because we can't appear too strong." Ju Su answered Yuan Shao's doubts on behalf of Xun Yu.

"Moreover, the Northern Huns' escape to the west is more beneficial to us," said Li Ru.

"Whether it is to disrupt the situation or to give us an excuse to attack, it is a good chess piece."

Yuan Shao heard this and seemed to be thinking about something.

To put it bluntly, no one present took the Northern Huns seriously at all.

Today, the Northern Huns can only be said to be struggling to survive. It doesn’t matter whether they are destroyed or not. As long as they are forced to surrender their territory and cannot harass them, that will be enough.

The former is not difficult to achieve, and with Yuan Shu around, the latter will not be a problem either.

Compared with the life and death of the Northern Huns, the Kushans and Parthia were the top priorities.

If the Northern Huns, whom the Kushans and Parthias had failed to destroy for so many years, were easily dealt with by himself and others, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of both sides.

After all, the difficulty of inflicting heavy damage and destroying them are not the same concept. The Kushans and Parthias had inflicted heavy damage on the Northern Huns, but they had never destroyed them.

"Wen Ruo is right. I was too anxious." Yuan Shao apologized.

Xun Yu smiled faintly and said nothing more.

But in his heart, Xun Yu secretly sighed that he had indeed misjudged him at the beginning.

After going through so much, Yuan Benchu ​​now seems to have been cleansed of his past, and is no longer the stubborn and self-willed person he initially thought he was.

"The more complex the purpose, the more likely it is that problems will arise during execution. If our goal is just to inflict heavy damage on the Northern Huns, this is not a difficult task," said Fa Zheng.

"In the Battle of Mobei in the past, the Xiongnu fought to the death with the Han Dynasty for three main reasons."

"First, living space is squeezed and resources are scarce. Unless they flee elsewhere, they have no choice but to resist."

"Secondly, as the overlord of the north, our dignity and ruling status cannot be weakened."

"Third..." Fa Zheng paused slightly and looked at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao took over Fa Zheng's words: "Because they misjudged the strength and combat intentions of the Han army."

(End of this chapter)