"Lord."
Jushou never spoke during the military discussion, but this does not mean that he has no speculations in his heart. In fact, it is quite the opposite. The reason why he did not speak was just because his position was a bit embarrassing, but there was What he said would definitely be rejected by the other advisers, so he planned to wait until the meeting before making a separate speech to Yuan Shao. Unexpectedly, although the military meeting was over, Guo Tu and others did not withdraw from the big tent, but remained as usual. There were endless flatterers around Yuan Shao. When he saw this, Ju Shou couldn't help but become a little anxious. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward, bowing and saluting.
"Why is Gongyu like this?"
In his early years, Yuan Shao admired Ju Sui's talents and used him frequently. However, with the continuous slanders from Guo Tu, Shen Pei and others, in recent years, Yuan Shao gradually alienated Ju Sui, although he still let him He was one of the six great counselors, but he rarely used his strategies. Now that he saw him suddenly making a big salute, he obviously wanted to object to his previous decision, and he suddenly felt even more unhappy. Yu Wen asked. As he spoke, his tone was filled with impatience.
"My lord, I have learned that Gongsun Xiaoer often behaves unexpectedly and is not easy to deal with. Now he suddenly retreats. There must be a deep meaning in it. In my opinion, this move has a strong meaning of luring the enemy. We must beware of this." The beast is a deceiver."
Although he knew that Yuan Shao did not like him, out of loyalty, Jushou still dutifully expressed his judgment.
"oh?"
Jushu's words suddenly sounded no different from what Guo Tu had said earlier. Yuan Shao didn't take it to heart, so he just made a fuss.
"My lord, our army has come from afar. It is advantageous to fight in a hurry, but not in the long run. If the food route is lost, I am afraid that the army's mood will change. Please send more troops and horses to Litao to defend it."
As soon as Yuan Shao showed such a cold look, Jushou's eyes couldn't help but darken, but he was not happy at all, but he still insisted on saying what should be reminded.
"Gongsun's words are really unfounded. Litao is nearly five hundred miles away from Wen'an, and there are several counties between them. Even if Gongsun's son had wings, he would not be able to fly to Litao, let alone Litao. Tao Shang has more than ten thousand soldiers and horses under General Lu Weihuang, so how can Gongsun Xiaoer be able to plot against him?"
"Yes, what Zhengnan said is true. If it is still possible for the Black Mountain Army to attack Litao with all its strength, as for Gongsun Xiao'er, facing the pursuit of hundreds of thousands of Jizhou's troops, it is too late to escape, so how can it be possible to drive the troops there? Take the pottery."
“Absurd words cannot be believed.”…
As soon as Jushou said these words, he was surrounded by Guo Tu and others. Yuan Shao's face suddenly turned a little ugly.
"Okay, I already know this, so there is no need to discuss it further."
Yuan Shao didn't care much for Ju Sue to begin with, but now that he saw all the advisers making fun of Ju Sue, he would not accept what he said.
"well……"
At this point, even though Jushou wanted to remonstrate again, when he saw Yuan Shaoji turning his face away, he felt helpless and could only shake his head and sigh...
Litao is famous all over the world because it was the birthplace of Emperor Yao among the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. It is flat and was originally located on the bank of the Yellow River. Later, due to the diversion of the Yellow River, a large swamp - Dalu Ze was formed in the southeast of its territory. In the Han Dynasty, due to the As many as nine rivers converged here. During the Yongping period of the Han Dynasty (AD 58), the imperial court decided to dig the Taibai Canal in Litao and open a canal to transport grain and fodder from You and Yi to Luoyang. An important water transportation transit point in Youzhou and Bingzhou, the not-too-large Litao County has more than ten grain depots and hundreds of grain storage urns, which can store more than 10,000,000 pieces of grain (one stone made in Han Dynasty is equivalent to Today's seventy kilograms), Han Fu, the former shepherd of Jizhou, became rich because he lived in this city.
After Yuan Shao came to Yecheng, Litao's position as a grain storage center was gradually replaced by Yecheng. However, due to the repeated battles with Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain bandits, Litao did not become deserted because of this, but still exerted its full potential. Due to its role as a grain and fodder transfer center, the Jizhou Army used this city as a grain and fodder logistics base in previous Northern Expeditions, and this time was no exception.
"My lord, it is clear that the last general and Wei Huang are from the same clan and have always been on good terms with each other. If your lord allows me, the last general is willing to go and surrender to him."
Litao City is located in the center of the Yizhong Plain. The terrain is flat. Although the water network is crisscrossed, there is no danger to fall back on. To ensure safety, Yuan Shao has stationed 10,000 troops in the city. There are also experienced generals such as Lu Weihuang who are good at guarding. Obviously it's not that easy to capture. At least in Lu Xiang's view, the two thousand Qingqi from his side came all the way here, and they all came from the trap. However, he had already surrendered to Gongsun Ming, and if he wanted to look back, he would be gone. Perhaps, considering his wealth and life, Lu Xiang had no choice but to make suggestions to capture Litao City. No, after running for two days and two nights, he finally arrived five miles outside Litao City without any danger. While resting in a small forest, Lu Xiang approached Gongsun Ming with a look of determination on his face and cautiously said something.
"Zhongnan (Lv Xiang's name) is interested. However, in my opinion, Lu Weihuang is a loyal and mature person who cannot be persuaded by words. Moreover, he still has more than ten thousand powerful soldiers in his hands. How can he be willing to surrender to our Bohai Navy? , If you dare to go, you will undoubtedly be trapped in death, how could you do such a stupid thing and break your own arm?"
For generals like Lu Xiang who have no position or loyalty at all, Gongsun Ming will not particularly rely on them, and will only use them temporarily. Of course, with the depth of Gongsun Ming's city, he will definitely not reveal it. Showing no hint of distrust, all that was shown was a sincere trust.
"this……"
In fact, Lu Xiang had no confidence at all that he could convince Lu Weihuang. He actually wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the city and sell Gongsun Ming to see if he could return to the Jizhou Army's camp with this credit. However, after hearing this, Gongsun Ming Putting himself in his shoes like this, a feeling of guilt suddenly welled up in his heart.
"Zhong Nan, don't be impatient. Let's take a good rest first. When the sun turns to the west, I will disguise myself and go outside the city to see what's going on. It won't be too late to discuss where to go later."
The journey to Litao City was quite smooth. Although we encountered some situations on the way, because the entire army was wearing Jizhou Army armor, it did not arouse the vigilance of the officials along the way. As for the occasional encounters along the way, Lu Xiang dismissed all the inquiries from the Jizhou officials who arrived there with a few words. At least so far, his whereabouts have not been exposed. This is undoubtedly a good thing, but when it comes to the specific method of capturing the city? Gongsun Ming actually has no success at this moment. After all, he is not a god. How can he really have the ability to win a thousand miles? All he can do is actually just take one step at a time...
