System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

"You're just exploiting a topic. How can you exploit it if you can't find a topic?"

Dong Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"wonderful!"

Xun You hurriedly made a six gesture to his lord.

These days, the word "miao" is almost equivalent to the word "six" in later generations.

For example, in the novel, when Hua Tuo performed a full craniotomy on Cao Cao, Cao's expression of "wonderful" actually referred to Hua Tuo's clever tricks.

"Tell me about it."

"Ye City has just been stabilized. Although our army has suffered some casualties, our military prestige is still at its peak. The other regions dare not cause chaos at this time."

"north?"

Dong Yu stroked his beard and guessed secretly.

A few days ago, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou were preparing for a major battle.

Now it seems that the two sides have officially gone to war.

"My lord is wise."

"Liu Yu personally led an army of 120,000, including 80,000 Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other foreign cavalry, and marched towards Yijing."

"Gongsun Zan has fortified his walls and cleared the countryside. It seems he's adopting a defensive tactic."

Xun You nodded and hurriedly told Dong Yu the recent news.

"Uh-huh?"

I didn't think anything of it at first.

But after thinking about this sentence carefully, Dong Yu was dumbfounded.

"Liu Yu... personally led an army of 120,000?"

"You said he personally led an army of 120,000?"

Dong Yu repeated it twice, obviously in disbelief.

"Yes."

"Liu Yu personally led the army to set off."

"According to the information sent back by the spies."

"Liu Yu was worried that the Hu leaders would be difficult to control, destroying farmland and crops and harming the people along the way."

Xun You nodded slightly and explained the matter in detail.

"Wonderful, wonderful."

"Why can't I meet such a wonderful opponent?"

Dong Yu found it difficult to understand.

Along the way, the worst enemy he encountered was the Baibo Army.

As a result, others met people like Liu Yu, Liu Dai and Liu Yao.

Why are you, the governor of a state, not at home and running to the battlefield to give orders?

Do you know about military affairs?

Not to mention Liu Yu, even Dong Yu, a veteran who had fought in many battles, could not guarantee that he could command an army of 100,000.

It is conceivable that the outcome of this battle is already doomed.

"My Lord, what do you think Liu Yu's chances of winning this battle are?"

Xun You was also not optimistic about Liu Yu, but compared to Gongsun Zan, he still hoped that Liu Yu could win.

After all, character is here, who doesn’t want a person with good character and high morals to win?

"Heh...if Liu Yu could delegate military power now, he could just be a mascot."

"With the abilities of Xianyu Yin, Xianyu Fu, Yan Rou, and the others, we have a 70% chance of victory in this battle, if not a guaranteed victory."

"But if Liu Yu takes sole control of the military and arbitrarily commands and dispatches troops... let's open the market quickly. I'm betting everything on Gongsun Zan, and I'm betting on him to win!"

It’s not that Dong Yu looks down on Liu Yu.

And that's what it is.

After fighting several battles, especially after the Battle of Chiqiu, he became increasingly aware of the importance of the commanders of both sides.

Although Liu Yu mobilized an army of more than 100,000, it was now approaching the end of summer.

Especially Youzhou, which has just reached the end of autumn compared to Jizhou.

It is already very cold in Youzhou in the morning and evening, so it is naturally impossible to go to war with Gongsun Zan now.

It is not advisable to mobilize troops on a large scale in winter. After careful consideration, Liu Yu decided to wait until the winter is over before going to war with Gongsun Zan.

According to Liu Yu's idea, this war will definitely not be too quick.

It will be a long battle!

If we attack Gongsun Zan now and fail to resolve the battle within a month, the army will face bitter cold.

In fact, Liu Yu overestimated himself.

If Dong Yu had followed his idea, it would have taken Liu Yu less than a month to lose the battle.

This still includes the marching time.

"My Lord, these are the various taxes collected this year from Luoyang, Weijun, Zhao, Julu, Ganling, and Anping."

Xun You held several scrolls of bamboo slips and placed them on the table in front of Dong Yu.