Chapter 119, Three-way Attack
"Sir's words are serious. Even if he wants to annex the territory, why don't he go to your territory?" Yuan Shao sneered at Zhang Song.
"General, although our lord is now hurt his vitality, he has been awarded the title of general by the court. If Gongsun Zan doesn't know what's good or bad and moves us first, he will be the enemy of the court, and everyone will be killed. Even if he has this heart, I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage." Zhang Song made it blunt and powerful, "In contrast, the general..."
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar. Even Su De's heart was beating like a drum, but when he thought of what Zhang Song had told him before, he could only force his heart to calm down and try to keep calm.
"What nonsense. We and Gongsun Zan have always been at peace with each other. How can we conclude that Gongsun Zan is going to attack us with just a few words? Oh, I think this is your treachery and want us to send troops to fight against Gongsun Zan. When our power decreases, you can have another Huang. The sparrow is behind. At this time, a counselor suddenly stood up and blamed Zhang Song.
After listening to his words, the rest of the people also stared angrily at Zhang Song and Su De, while Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the middle, still drank slowly and did not relieve them, nor ordered them to be taken down. His attitude was beyond comprehension.
"Otherwise, have you ever heard of cold lips and teeth?" Zhang Song was not afraid of the danger and was still serious. "General, we also have good intentions here."
"This is natural." Yuan Shao replied faintly, "I am an official in the same dynasty as the martyr minister and have been with him in Beijing for many days. I know his character."
After listening to his words, Zhang Song was slightly relieved and said, "Actually, what this gentleman said is quite reasonable, but there is a mutually supportive relationship between us now, so you can rest assured that we will never do anything profitable," Zhang said this. He paused and sighed, "If you don't believe in the master's character, you should also know that you fell into a stalemate in the previous battle for the imperial court and wanted to retreat many times, but the court did not allow our Liaodong Army to suffer heavy losses. Now, even if you are willing and powerless. Otherwise, if he depends on the lord's nature and sees Gongsun Zan coveting your territory, can he sit back and ignore it?! He led the troops to fight a long time ago. Alas..."
His words were short and emotional. Yuan Benchu was a little moved and felt sorry in his heart. At this time, he gave the gift list to his subordinates for circulation, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"There are grain, grass and horses." One of them couldn't calm down and shouted in surprise after reading the gift list. This is a must for war. In this era of chaos, it is more precious than food and grass. And the rest also talked about it one after another. In fact, not to mention these grains and horses, even the Youzhou makes everyone feel a little itchy.
"Is what you said true?" Yuan Shao's finger tapped on the table, which was still the same expression for ten thousand years.
"This is naturally true, and the villain can guarantee it with a human head." Zhang Song said so.
And Yuan Shao also knows the importance of Zhang Song to Zu Zhao. Since he can say this, this matter is indeed true.
"Well, you can retreat now. I'll discuss it with my subordinates." Yuan Benchu waved his hand and said so.
"Then let's retreat now and wait for the general's news." Zhang Song and Su De slowly retreated.
"How do you feel, everyone?" When Zhang Song and Su De slowly withdrew from the outside, Yuan Shao put his eyes on these people in front of him.
"Will there be a conspiracy in such a good thing as general?" Looking at Yuan Shao, everyone asked.
"Yes, General, Zu Zhao can lead the Liaodong Army. Naturally, he is strong. If he can really take Gongsun Zan down easily, then why does Zu Zhao not lead people by himself, but sends such fat meat to our mouths?" Looking at Yuan Shao, everyone still can't believe that the other party will be so kind.
"General, I don't think so. Zu Zhao originally wanted us to lose both sides, but as long as we transport troops properly and reduce the casualties, wouldn't it be a big advantage?" At this time, a counselor said in front of Yuan Shao.
"Where did you start with this?" Looking at the person in front of him, Yuan Shao asked.
General. One of our current enemies is Zu Zhao and the other is Gongsun Zan. Neither of them is that kind of vegetarian, so we are bound to fight with them one day. If it is really as Zhang Song said, then Gongsun Zant will kill us. But if Gongsun Zan attacks Zu Zhao first, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not continue to fight against us. In this case, we have a great chance of uniting with one of them to eliminate the other family, and there will not be that kind of situation of enemy. Looking at Yuan Shao, this man slowly said what he thought in his heart.
After listening, the rest of the counselors also echoed.
"Youzhou is a must-have place for soldiers, not to mention the county guard of Liaodong, we also want to fight. Now he sends horses and grain and fodder. Why don't you buy him face? He is now seriously injured and is worried that Gongsun Zan is also reasonable. What's more, the lord, you have a friendship with him. This favor should be given. Looking at Yuan Shao, another counselor said so.
"That's right, your analysis is reasonable." After listening to his words, Yuan Shao nodded.
"Then General, we agreed to send troops." Looking at Yuan Shao, the rest of the people asked.
"Yes, agree to send troops, and this time only allow success, not fail." Looking at the people in front of him, Yuan Shao immediately said.
After listening to his words, everyone wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, they swallowed the words back into their stomachs again.
"Deputy General Zhang, do you think they will promise us to send troops?" As soon as they returned to the tent they had prepared, Su De couldn't help asking Zhang Song beside him.
"Yuan Shao, although this man is very scheming, he can't refuse the idea of sending troops under the inducement of interests. What's more, it's almost harmless to him, so it won't be long before he will promise us to send troops." Looking at Su De, Zhang Song said so.
"Well, I hope it will be like what you said." Su De replied.
"Two messengers, my lord asked you to go to his tent." At this time, the attendant sent by Yuan Shao shouted outside the tent.
"Well, let's go now." Zhang Song answered and wanted to pay the bill. Before going out, he turned his head to look at Su De. The expression on his face was clearly saying, "Ha ha, what did I say?"
The two quickly came to Yuan Shao's tent. Unlike what they had just done, these powerful ministers looked at the two of them with more kindness, as if they were people in their own territory.
"You two have worked hard. It's really lucky for you two to come to our camp." Looking at Chen and Su in front of him, Yuan Shao said hypocritically.
"What did the adult say?" Zhang Song and the two did not dare to show any pride, but said to Yuan Shao very modestly.
"Ha ha, it's worthy of being under the subordinates of Liechen. It's really extraordinary. Go back and tell your master that we will naturally send troops and let him recover from his wounds." Looking at Chen and Su, Yuan Shao said, "However, you have to ask your lord to help you at that time. Gongsun Zun's power is not small.
"General Yingming, don't worry, although the Liaodong army has suffered heavy losses, it still has the strength to help. Let's hurry up and rush back to Liaodong, hoping that the general can win. Zhang Song's words don't leak.
"It's so good. You two go back." After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Zhang Song didn't want to stay here for a long time and slowly retreated from the tent.
After leaving Yuan Shao's camp, Su De gave Zhang Song a thumbs-up: "What a wonderful calculation. I didn't expect Yuan Shao to agree to send troops."
"Well, don't talk so much. Let's bring such good news to our master quickly. I think our master must be very happy after getting such good news!" Zhang Song said so.
"Yes, you're right. Let's go." As soon as Su De thought of this, he didn't talk nonsense and followed Zhang Songyangchen.
In Liaodong County, a flying horse came to the dust——
"Report, General. Vice General Zhang and Su De have returned and are now waiting outside.
Zuzu Zhao was very happy when he got the news. He quickly put down the pen in his hand, bypassed the front seat, and said, "Come on, let them in."
As soon as they entered the palace, Chen and Su both bowed down: "General, we're back."
Looking at Chen and Su, Zu Zhao didn't ask how things were going. He only cared about whether they were tired or not. He helped them up one by one: "Please get up quickly. Can you have a good rest?"
"We just arrived, so we came to the lord's side." Sud is a little embarrassed.
"How can this work? Come on, prepare a meal!" Zu Zhao shouted to the outside, turned his head, and said pleasantly to Zhang Song and Su De, "Eat well and have a good rest after eating."
Zhang Song wondered, "Lord, why don't you ask us how things are going?"
The palace platform beside Zu Zhao smiled and said, "On the first, before you came back, the lord said that with your eloquence, you must be able to win this negotiation, so you don't even need to ask questions; secondly, the lord is also worried about your health."
Zhang Song was moved and then said, "We are lucky to have completed the task you gave us." Fortunately, it's done, otherwise how can we face the trust of the master?
After having enough to eat and drink, Zhang Song said, "General, if you really let Yuan Shao win this battle. Should we also be prepared to avoid raising tigers?
"There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, so we must be ready to face the battle at any time." Zu Zhao then became serious, "However, now that I was on the same front, it's too early to think about this."
Gongtai said, "Prevent problems before they happen, live in peace and think about danger. This is the way, Lord, it's not early now."
Zuzu Zhao heard the words and fell into meditation.
At the same time, in the Bohai Sea, Yuan Benchu's camp--
"General, since Liaodong has sent supplies, are we ready to set out to attack Youzhou today?" The counselor looked at Yuan Shao and asked.
Yuan Shao looked at the current grain, grass and horses, and then said to them, "Don't worry about this. Since we want to fight, we must win a battle against him. Without planning, send troops to attack, which is what the reckless man did, and I don't disdain.
When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other and felt a little guilty.
And Yuan Shao was very disdainful because these counselors didn't even think of this. He also said, "Go and send a few generals here. If I want to discuss with each other." After saying that, he got into his tent again.
It didn't take long for several generals under Yuan Shao to come forward.
"Lord!" They looked at Yuan Shao and didn't know what order he had.
"The reason why I gathered you here today is for us to fight a hard battle." Looking at them in front of him, Yuan Shao said excitedly.
"I don't know who the general wants to fight." Several generals were also very confused, so they looked at Yuan Shao.
"Naturally, we are going to attack Gongsun Zan." Looking at them in front of him, Yuan Shao said. After hearing this, the generals were silent.
Seeing them like this, Yuan Shao followed a smile: "You people, aren't you shouting that there is no war to fight? Now there is a war to fight. You are in this decline now.
"General, it's not that we are timid, but this war is not like family. They are all laborious and hurting money. They either don't take out of the army or win the battle in the shortest time. In fact, this is just a cliché. Previously, because of Dong Zhuo's beating, the amount of reward for beheading was basically not cashed, so it is inevitable that the mood is not high.
"Well, well, there is no room for you to teach me about the war. Naturally, I know what you said, otherwise I would not have taken you people. Gather them all together." Looking at the crowd, Yuan Shao waved his hand, "Before going to battle, I promised you that I would definitely give it to you."
When the generals heard this, their eyes lit up and their emotions rose: "What the lord said is extremely true! We have been holding back for so long, and now there is finally a war to fight, which is really exciting. Let's discuss how to defeat Gongsun Zun.
"Well, this is the best. Let's talk about how to send troops now." Yuan Shao nodded, but sighed helplessly in his heart. If Zu Zhao hadn't sent grain, grass, money and horses, wouldn't he have been able to call these generals? It's really old-fashioned...
"General, we know that there is a fierce general under Gongsun Zan's hand." A young general in a white robe spoke actively,
"What did you say, but Zhao Yun?" After hearing his words, Yuan Shao first thought of Zhao Yun.
"What the general said is that the fierce general is Zhao Yun." Looking at Yuan Shao, this man said, "This man is excellent in martial arts and powerful. If the two armies fight, we can only avoid its sharpness."
"I also know Zhao Yun's bravery. If we can subdue him to our account, then we must be like a tiger." Yuan Shao said excitedly. What he has in his account now is a fierce general with strong martial arts skills like Zhao Yun. Once he also thought that Lv Bu was good, but his character was too bad.
Hearing Yuan Shao say this, a general on his left hand side hugged his fist and said, "Master, as far as we know, Zhao Yun is stubborn. If he really wants to subdue him, it will be a difficult thing." There are only a few positions of generals. If there is another Zhao Yun, he will have to squeeze out one. In fact, he is not very hopeful.
After listening to his words, Yuan Shao also frowned. He was not worried that his current generals would be squeezed out, but that he would not be able to subdue Zhao Yun: "Then tell me, what should we do? It would be a pity if he was killed.
"General, people like Zhao Yun are not easy to use tough means, but to soften their strength." The young man in white robe was young, but he didn't think much about it, so he directly expressed his opinion.
"Soft?" After thinking of this word, Yuan Shao couldn't help thinking about how to subdue Zhao Yun with softness. After thinking about it, he found that he wanted to subdue Zhao Yun. The first thing to do is to capture him alive. If he is captured alive, why worry about not having a chance to surrender?! There will be a long time to come!
After thinking about this, Yuan Shao changed the topic, discussed the route and formation of sending troops with the generals, and decided to leave early tomorrow morning.
The moment in the middle of the moon. Yuan Shao summoned the astrologers under him and asked them to help him ask questions.
"Let's see if Gongsun Zan and I can win if we want to fight against the enemy." Yuan Shao has always been very concerned about the questions on the eve of the major army, so now he also pays special attention to it as before.
"Lord, last night, we watched the stars at night and found that the emperors were bright and dark, and the stars next to him were bright. I'm afraid there will be new changes in the world." The old man with white hair stroked his beard and sighed, but what he said was not about tomorrow's army.
"The royal style is small, and the rise of heroes is the trend of the world today. Even if you don't look at the stars, you can understand." Yuan Shao was a little unhappy and hated to answer the wrong questions the most.
At this time, a younger astrologer pinched his fingers and then said, "Lord, don't worry. Just now, you saw Yuheng Daliang, while Xuanji in the direction of Youzhou was gloomy. Isn't it the Lord and Gongsun Zan?! Therefore, the dispatch of troops will definitely go smoothly tomorrow, and the lord will definitely succeed in this battle!"
"Okay, that's good." After listening to his words, Yuan Shao became a little excited.
The old man with all white hair glanced at the junior with some disdain and retreated silently.
Although the dream is long, the night is short, and the night will pass quickly.
When the sky was clear, Yuan Shao led his soldiers straight to Youzhou, and when he approached Youzhou, he changed three waves and ran away in three directions: left, middle and right.