Becoming a father in the film and television industry: starting with Xu Huanshan

The military advisors under Xu Wenhao had already discussed the fact that the princes of the Central Plains would follow his actions this time.

But now the foreign tribes have not been completely pacified, so there is naturally no need to worry about it.

Once the foreign invaders have been pacified and the funds of the vassal families within the Great Wall have been mostly used up, then will be the best time to take action.

Let’s turn our attention back to the Southern Barbarians. There are not only Southern Barbarians but also Qiang people here. The key is that there are mountains or wastelands, so the soldiers inside the pass need some time to adapt.

So after receiving the order, Huang Zhong immediately worked out the battle plan with Xun You.

It is nothing more than making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones. First, arrange envoys to familiarize themselves with the situation in the Southern Barbarians, and at the same time eliminate the Qiang tribe's base camp first.

At this time, a war also broke out in the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao selected 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 war horses, attempting to march south to attack Xu Du. The Battle of Guandu kicked off, and the decisive battle between Yuan and Cao was about to begin.

In fact, after comprehensively analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of Cao and Yuan, many talented military men in the Central Plains believed that Yuan Shao was generous on the outside but cautious on the inside, and was good at making plans but lacked decision-making. They all favored Cao Cao and believed that the situation would change in a direction favorable to Cao.

When the news of Yuan Shao's march southward reached Xudu, most of the officials in Xudu believed that Yuan's army was too powerful to be defeated.

However, based on his understanding of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao believed that Yuan Shao was ambitious but incompetent, lacked courage and strategy, was mean and ungrateful, stubborn and self-righteous, had many soldiers but unclear command, and had arrogant generals but inconsistent policies. So Cao Cao decided to use all the tens of thousands of troops he could muster to resist Yuan Shao's attack.

In order to gain the strategic initiative, he made the following arrangements: he sent Zang Ba to lead elite troops from Langya (now north of Linyi, Shandong) into Qingzhou, occupy Qi (now Linzi, Shandong), Beihai (now Changle, Shandong), Dong'an (now Yishui County, Shandong) and other places, to contain Yuan Shao, consolidate the right wing, and prevent Yuan's army from attacking Xu Du from the east.

In fact, Cao Cao had been fighting wars for years, and his soldiers were already exhausted. Coupled with the impact of natural disasters, food and grass had long been scarce.

The key point was that he wanted to capture the granary of Huainan and Nanyang, but Yuan Shu had already defeated him.

Cao Cao worked hard to capture Nanyang, but in the end he suffered heavy casualties and did not gain much benefit.

However, the territory is much larger, and the situation will be different after 10 years. This is why everyone thinks that Cao Cao defeated the strong with the weak in the early battles between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

After all, although war broke out in Yizhou and other places at this time, the grain-producing areas were not affected too much.

At this time, Yuan Shao really had the confidence, except...

"My Lord, I think that if we go around Cao Cao from Qingzhou, and then cooperate with Jingzhou and Yangzhou Sun Jian to attack Cao Cao, we will have a better chance of success."

Ju Su originally wanted to dissuade Qi from sending troops, but Yuan Shao did not listen. Naturally, he could only persuade Qi not to fight head-on in Yanzhou. After all, fighting there would also require guarding against troops from Henei County.

You have to know that it was because Youzhou had to defend Bingzhou that Yuan Shao had 3 fewer troops to deal with Cao Cao. If he had fought head-on and had to do many things at once, how could he have succeeded?

"Mr. Yuan, I have also been to Xia Pi before, and I am very familiar with the place. As long as Mr. Yuan gives me an army, I am willing to lead my second and third brothers to serve as Mr. Yuan's vanguard!"

Ever since Liu Bei’s troops were taken away from Huainan by Cao Cao last time, he has been hiding in Yuan Shao’s territory.

This time, we finally got the chance to send troops, so naturally we immediately asked for battle.

Anyway, he was sure that Yuan Shao was a hesitant but arrogant person.

Liu Bei asked him to send someone to serve as a vanguard, which was to give him face, and he believed that he would not refuse.

It's a pity that Liu Bei saw through Yuan Shao's temper, but many of Yuan Shao's generals disliked him, so how could they let him succeed?

"Hmph, Lord Yuan, I only need 20,000 troops to serve as the vanguard to strike back at Cao Cao. There is no need for General Liu."

Yan Liang and Wen Chou had long been disdainful of the three heroes fighting against Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Now they were trying to snatch the military power, so they naturally looked down on them.

"That's right. In my opinion, we should attack from Guandu and force Cao Cao to fight head-on. Qingzhou can just send a small team to cooperate with Jingzhou."

Xu You and others advocated a frontal attack to defeat Cao Cao.

Just like that, Liu Bei, Ju Shou, Xu You, and the group of generals all spoke their minds, leaving Yuan Shao confused.

"Forget it, let's stop discussing this for now."

Yuan Shao simply stopped listening and decided to think about it carefully. After he finished speaking, he left the conference room.

Everyone looked at each other, snorted, and went back to their own homes. Since they couldn't come to a conclusion from the discussion, there was no point in staying here.

This scene also made Liu Bei speechless, and he felt that Yuan Shao was also an unreliable person.

But he had no soldiers and no money, so who could he turn to?

Hey, Liu Biao seems to be my cousin, why don’t I go find him?

Liu Bei thought about it for a long time and found that Liu Biao seemed to be a very reliable person.

Not only does it have few capable generals, but Jingzhou is also the richest!

As long as he occupied Jingzhou, Liu Bei could become one of the powerful men, instead of hiding under other princes and having to please others.

After realizing this, Liu Bei did not take immediate action.

He still wanted to try to trick Yuan Shao into giving him some troops. If successful, he would flee to Jingzhou from Xia Pi.

With troops at hand, at least you can speak more confidently.

Just like that, Yuan Shao, who had just decided to attack Cao Cao, was stuck in a stalemate in Ye City.

After discussing for several days, Yuan Shao finally had an idea and sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou as vanguards to attack from Guandu.

The main reason he was worried about Hanoi was that from Yecheng to Guandu, if there were any problems, he would still have time to withdraw his troops and defend.

Well, although those who understand know that Xu Wenhao is just letting the princes go, this strategy is too bold and too contemptuous, and few military advisors dare to talk about this with their own princes.

Cao Cao knew this, so he tried his best to expand himself, and Yuan Shao naturally developed himself in a confused manner, and even became more urgent.

The idea of ​​other families in Jingzhou is simple: anyone can come, I guarantee that the speed of surrender can keep up with Liu Zhang and others!

As for Liu Biao, ahem, when the battle reached the doorstep, Liu Biao had no say anymore.

After all, the noble families of Jingzhou support Liu Biao, so he is the lord, otherwise he is nothing.

It’s not Liu Biao’s fault that he was incompetent. He lost Jingzhou later because he entered Jingzhou alone on horseback, and the imperial court did not give him any support at all.

At that time, people in various places had already had the idea of ​​rebellion. If Liu Biao had not won over the noble families of Jingzhou, he would not have been able to rebel at all.

Now, all the people under his control are children of aristocratic families, such as the Cai family to which Cai Zhong, Cai He, and Cai Mao belong, the Huang family of the Jiangxia prefect, and Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, who represent the civil servants of Jingzhou.

But we can't blame their family for being so aristocratic. Liu Biao became arrogant and even failed to make use of Wei Yan. Wen Pin, Huang Zhong and others were all buried talents.

Including Gan Ning, he brought more than 800 people to rely on Liu Biao, but was arranged by Liu Biao to stay in Nanyang and had no real power. Finally, he defected to the Eastern Wu.

Fortunately, these people are now valued by other people and have been arranged to come to Luoyang one after another.

Well, Xu Wenhao has already recruited Wen Pin, Wei Yan, and Gan Ning. The main reason is that the generals he has are indeed not enough, and the navy also needs Gan Ning to assist in construction.

Although Taishi Ci is on the coast, that is in the north. What will he do if there is a war in the south in the future?