Chapter 524 Surrounding Net

After Feng Ji received the imperial decree written by Liu Bian himself, he was ecstatic, and then he hurried back to Hebei in the fastest time.

Yecheng, the meeting hall.

"My lord!"

Seeing Feng Ji walking in, Yuan Shao was overjoyed: "Yuan Tu is back, do you have the emperor's edict?"

"Here is the edict." Feng Ji handed over the imperial edict, but Yuan Shao was stunned after taking it: "Since His Majesty has agreed to assign Ta Dun and other four people as Chanyu, why is there only the imperial edict but not the golden seal?"

The matter of canonization is no small matter, it is not a child's house, but a major national event, so it is necessary to engrave a gold seal as a proof. Now that Yuan Shao saw the imperial decree and agreed, but there is no gold seal, it is naturally a little strange.

"The imperial decree was written by the emperor himself."

"The emperor wrote it himself, what is going on?" Yuan Shao was confused. But Feng Ji smiled and said: "A certain person was ordered to meet with His Majesty, and proposed that Feng Tadun and others should be alone. His Majesty had already agreed, but Liu Yuqing flatly refused, so it didn't work. Later, a certain person entered the palace secretly, and personally faced this matter. Only after getting permission, Your Majesty naturally doesn’t have time to rush to make gold seals, but since there is an edict here, I’ll just wait and make four gold seals myself.”

"So it turns out that this Liu Ye really holds great power." Yuan Shao said with emotion, "But since we have these four gold seals, it's no problem to win over the Wuhuan people and Xianbei people."

"Adjudication."

"The judge is here, my lord, please give me instructions." The judge came out and said.

"I will leave it to you to oversee the making of the four gold seals." Yuan Shao urged, "In addition, make four copies of the emperor's edict, and send envoys to Budugen, Tadun and other four people's tents to summon them. Do you understand?" ?”

The appraiser nodded: "Please rest assured, my lord, the appropriation will be fully handled."

Yuan Shao nodded in satisfaction and said: "Well, this time I have the emperor's edict, and the name is justified, so I might as well contact Cao Cao and Liu Biao, send troops together, and go south in a big way to deter Liu Ye. The first goal is to defeat Liu Ye and annex the Central Plains and Sili. At worst, you must hold the Son of Heaven in your hands."

"My lord, there is something wrong with this plan."

Hearing this voice, Yuan Shao frowned: "Gongyu, what's wrong?"

Jushou stepped out and bowed to Yuan Shaogong: "My lord, although our army defeated Gongsun Zan and occupied Youzhou, our army's strength is still insufficient compared with Liu Ye who is dominant in Guanzhong, so we must not head-to-head. As the saying goes , This time when our army proposes to send troops, it must be the first to initiate, and Cao Cao and Liu Biao sent troops after our army, so Liu Ye must be the first to attack our army."

"With Liu Ye's military skills like a god, and Xiliang's iron cavalry being brave and good at fighting, it is difficult for our army to defeat, so we need to plan slowly."

Although Gongsun Zan was defeated in the battle of Jieqiao, he is still not weak. In order to completely eliminate Gongsun Zan before, Yuan Shao can be called a virtuous corporal to Jushou, and he obeyed. But now after defeating Gongsun Zan, the arrogance and indulgence in Yuan Shao's heart will inevitably breed, so it is inevitable that he will be somewhat dissatisfied with Ju Shou's "hard words".

"Then what, in your opinion?"

"My lord, please use troops against Bingzhou!"

"Bingzhou?" Yuan Shao was taken aback.

But the judge frowned and said: "So, wouldn't our army march into the Central Plains? If our army goes south in a big way, Cao Cao sends troops from Xuzhou, so under the attack of the two armies, wouldn't Yanzhou be able to take it easily? "

Ju Shou shook his head and said: "No, Yanzhou defender is the number one general under Liu Ye's command, Jin. , Yu Jin will definitely be able to support it, and when Liu Ye personally leads the iron cavalry east out of Hulao Pass, the battle will be complicated and confusing."

"What if our army makes a quick attack?"

"Liu Ye dug Xuanwu Pond in Luoshui, Zhengnan and my lord should know about the training of the navy?" Ju Shou said proudly: "Although our army is rich, we don't have elite navy divisions, and Liu Ye recruited all the sailors in the Jianghuai area. If our army crosses the Yellow River, it will inevitably be attacked by the enemy navy.”

"Then why did our army attack Bingzhou? The land in Bingzhou has always been barren, and there are Xianbei and Wuhuan people, and the forces are intertwined." Yuan Shao dissatisfied: "Besides, Yanzhou is so rich, it would not be a big loss if we let that kid go. gone?"

Ju Shou bowed and said: "Please rest assured, my lord. Cao Cao has to be careful in Huainan with Liu Bei and Sun Ce. The number of soldiers who can attack Yanzhou is bound to be small, and the guard of Yanzhou is a famous general who has experienced many battles." , presumably Cao Cao will never take Yanzhou by sending troops this time."

"Bingzhou is also located in Hebei, bordering Jizhou. Lu Bu's army hangs over our army's head like Tai'a. If we don't take it now, when will it be?" Ju Shou analyzed: "Once we can occupy Bingzhou, then our army will It completely occupies the land of Hebei, and the terrain of Bingzhou has always been dangerous. When the three families were not divided into Jin, Zhi Bo led the Han and Wei families to besiege Zhao Xiangzi's Jinyang City, and it did not fall for three years. If our army can take Bingzhou, it will undoubtedly be Got the danger of mountains and rivers."

"Wait a minute!" the judge interrupted: "Gong Yu's description of the prospect is indeed moving, but he has neglected the most fundamental one - Huguan!"

"Huguan is a dangerous place, one man guards the pass and ten thousand cannot open it. As long as the Huguan is in hand, Lu Bu can lead an army eastward at any time, but as long as our army fails to take Huguan, how can we use troops against Bingzhou? Is it possible to organize a large army to storm Huguan?" Shen Pei questioned.

Both Youzhou and Bingzhou are places of bitter cold, but the terrain of Youzhou is flat and flat, with few obstacles. That's why Gongsun Zan is famous for his white horse righteousness. It was also because of this that Yuan Shao was able to go straight and annexed most of Youzhou with ease, but Bingzhou was different. Bingzhou is now Shanxi, with many mountains and a dangerous environment.

And there is a gateway between Bingzhou and Jizhou, which is Huguan. Huguan is excavated by the mountain, and it is as steep as Hulaoguan. A thousand troops and horses are enough to withstand ten times the enemy. Therefore, even though Liu Ye did not leave many soldiers and horses to Lu Bu, Lu Bu was not worried about Jizhou's invasion. Firstly, he had extraordinary courage, and secondly, it was because of Huguan.

Huguan is in hand, even if Jizhou has an army of 100,000, so what?

"Gongyu, how do you explain?" Yuan Shao said dissatisfied.

Ju Shou smiled slightly: "Do my lord and Zheng Nan know who the guard of Huguan is?"

"I heard that it is Gao Shun. He has always been loyal to Lu Bu, and he still follows him in times of crisis. Could it be that Chenggong wants to persuade this person to surrender?" the examiner asked doubtfully.

Ju Shou shook his head: "There are eight generals under Lu Bu's command, do you know, my lord?"