"My lord, please calm down. Think about it, who recommended Zhang He to send troops northward, and who encouraged my lord to remove Zhang He from his post not long ago? There may be no reason for this?"
Seeing Yuan Shao's ferocious appearance of choosing people to devour, everyone in the tent was frightened. But Guo Tu, on the other hand, calmly made a very suggestive statement.
"Xu You!"
Although Yuan Shao was furious, his mind was not completely confused. After a brief thought, he remembered that Xu You had been helping Gongsun Ming since last year, and Zhang He's appointment and resignation were all due to If there was nothing strange about Xu You's proposal, how could it be possible? When he thought of this, Yuan Shao's anger immediately turned to Xu You.
"My lord, this matter has nothing to do with Xu. In fact, it is the public who made false claims. Please make the decision for Xu."
It is true that Xu You was greedy for money and took money to do things for Gongsun Ming, but to say that he secretly surrendered to Gongsun Ming was completely unfounded. In fact, Xu You himself did not expect that things would develop like this. At this point, when he saw that Yuan Shao's anger was about to pour out on him, even though he was so frightened that he was sweating violently, he didn't dare to admit the blame. He could only hold his neck and cry out for injustice.
"My lord, I received a letter from my family a few days ago, saying that the Xu family has been purchasing fertile land around Yecheng in the past few months, spending tens of thousands of dollars on materials, far exceeding the possibility of accumulated salary. I am very curious, but I really don't know where my son is. There are so many materials.”
Guo Tu was determined to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat Xu You, but he was not willing to give him a chance to make a comeback, so he immediately revealed another shocking news.
"Xu You, what else can you say, huh?"
The anger in his heart finally found a target for venting. How could Yuan Shao care about his old friends anymore? He was about to settle the accounts with Xu You.
"My lord, Xu is being wronged. How can someone who has been in the army for a long time instruct his family members to do wrong? This must be the result of the public trap. My lord, you can't be trusted to believe it. Xu is being wronged."
Over the past year, Xu You has indeed received a lot of benefits from Gongsun Ming, and the cumulative benefits are indeed frightening. Although he himself has never ordered his family to buy fertile land, he has no idea about the situation at home. , after all, he has very little contact with his family in the military, and it is unlikely that he pays attention to the expenses of his family members. However, in Xu You's opinion, the behavior of those bastards in the family is really there. He might have done such a stupid thing, of course, no matter whether it was true or not, Xu You could only clench his teeth and scream that he was wronged.
"Humph, get out, get out!"
Looking at Xu You's anxious face, the more Yuan Shao looked at it, the more disgusted he became. He wanted to focus on it, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly remembered the friendship in the past, and his heart couldn't help but soften. Although in the end He was angry and scolded again and again, but he never really used Xu You as a method.
If time could go back, Yuan Shao would definitely regret his kindness. It was just because he was soft-hearted and let Xu You go, but Xu You didn't appreciate it. He escaped from the military camp overnight and rushed to surrender to Cao Cao and offer advice. The final result of taking Wuchao was that Wuchao was destroyed, Chunyu Qiong was greedy for money, and his army of 10,000 was wiped out. The large amount of grain and baggage stored in Cao's army was completely burned by Cao Jun. After hearing the news, he was already tired of war. The Jizhou army was in chaos and morale collapsed. The entire army was suddenly dispersed. Cao Cao took the opportunity to lead his troops to pursue and kill him. After he fled back to Hebei, Yuan Shao was left with only a few thousand remnant soldiers, as many as 75,000. The rest of Yuan's prisoners of war were killed by Cao Cao, and the massive Battle of Guandu had come to an end...
After quickly annexing the territory of the Montenegro Army, Gongsun Ming did not stay in Fangcheng for long, leaving Pang Tong with 20,000 troops to take charge of the reorganization of the Montenegro Army. He led his main force of 60,000 infantry and cavalry all the way south and crossed the Daqing River. A large camp was set up on the north bank of the Hutuo River. They did not pay attention to the war in the direction of Guandu. Instead, they devoted all their limited investigative power to Qingzhou. This was because the outcome of the battle of Guandu had been expected by Gongsun Ming. , there is no need to spend time and energy to inquire about the information. What he is currently concerned about is the offensive against Qingzhou led by the brothers Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan. The reason is very simple. Before his own side is not ready, Gongsun Ming does not intend to rush to fight with Cao Jun. In the decisive battle, if Qingzhou is occupied by Cao's army, Bohai County will be the first to face Cao's army. This is obviously a situation Gongsun Ming does not want to see.
"Report, my lord, that Yuan Tan's troops have been defeated in consecutive battles, and his troops have retreated from Pushan City (today's Binzhou City). Xiahou Dun led an army of 60,000 to pursue them, and they may cross the river to attack in the near future."
As expected by Gongsun Ming, the Battle of Guandu had just ended. General Xiahou Dun of the Cao Army, who was originally at a stalemate with Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, immediately launched a strong attack with the power of victory, defeating the panicked Yuan Tan's troops in one fell swoop. They attacked dozens of cities in succession, forcing Yuan Tan to be unable to stand, so he had to retreat across the Yellow River and set up camp in Pushan City, trying to rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to block Cao Jun's attack.
"My lords, the situation in Qingzhou has deteriorated. Let us all discuss how to fight this battle."
Although it had long been expected that the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi would not be Xiahou Dun's opponents, Cao Jun's rapid progress was somewhat beyond Gongsun Ming's expectation. After sending away the horsemen who came to complain, Gongsun Ming didn't want to talk nonsense. He looked around at all the people in the tent and then got down to business.
"Master Mingjian, Xu thought that Xiahou Dun was an experienced soldier and would never attack Pushan City where Yuan Tan's main force was located. The most likely possibility was to use a brigade of partial troops to suddenly attack the plains to threaten Yuan Tan's troops' rear route and force Yuan Tan to no avail. Don't run away hastily. Only in this way can you defeat Yuan Tan's troops in one fell swoop during pursuit."
When Pang Tong was away, Xu Shu was the chief military advisor. On the occasion of the military discussion, he was the first to stand up and analyze Xiahou Dun's military strategy in a loud voice.
"Well, what the head of state said is true. Liu Xuande was defeated repeatedly by Cao's thieves. He was frightened. Once he heard that Cao's army was coming, he would not dare to fight. The plains would undoubtedly fall into the hands of Cao's army. By then, Yuan Tan was in a hurry. Besides escaping, I'm afraid there is no other choice. If you want to strengthen Yuan Tan's will to resist, the plains cannot be lost. Who dares to be the vanguard and defeat Cao's army first?"
As the saying goes, heroes think alike, and what Xu Shu said is exactly what Gongsun Mingzhi thought. Now it is too late for the whole army to rush, so only a cavalry army can attack over a long distance to break the situation. As for this faction, Who is going? Although Gongsun Ming already had a candidate in mind, he did not intend to say it. Instead, he quietly threw the question to the generals in the tent...
