After receiving the imperial edict written by Liu Bian himself, Feng Ji was ecstatic, and then rushed back to Hebei with the fastest speed.
Yecheng, conference hall.
"Lord!"
Seeing that Feng Ji came in, Yuan Shao was overjoyed: "Yuan Tu is back. Can you get the emperor's edict?"
"Here is the edict." Feng Ji handed over the imperial edict in his hand, but Yuan Shao was stunned: "since your majesty has promised to enfeoffment four people, such as Dayun, why only see the imperial edict but not the gold seal of canonization?"
The conferment of titles is not a trivial matter. It is not a family affair for children, but a national event. Therefore, it is necessary to carve gold seals as proof. Now Yuan Shao agrees to the imperial edict, but none of the gold seals is found. Naturally, it is a little strange.
"It was written by the son of heaven himself to grant an imperial edict."
"The son of heaven wrote it himself. What's going on here?" Yuan Shao was confused. Feng Ji said with a smile: "someone was ordered to see his majesty and proposed that he should be granted a single title to Dun and others. His majesty had already agreed, but Liu Yuqing refused, so he did not succeed. Later, someone went into the palace secretly and met the saint himself. His majesty naturally did not have time to make the gold seal. However, since there is an imperial edict here, we can make four gold seals ourselves
"I see. Liu Ye is really in power." Yuan Shao said with emotion: "however, since we have these four gold seals, it's no problem to attract Wuhuan people and Xianbei people."
"Matching."
"The judge is here. Please give me your orders." Judge and match the line.
"You will be responsible for making four gold seals." Yuan Shao warned, "in addition, we will make four copies of the emperor's edict, and send envoys to the four people's tents, such as budugan and Dalton. Do you understand?"
The judge nodded: "please rest assured that the match will be well handled."
Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction: "well, this time, we have the emperor's edict. We should contact Cao Cao and Liu Biao and send troops together. We will march southward to deter Liu Ye. The first goal is to defeat Liu Ye and annex the Central Plains and Sili. Even if we are not able to do so, we should have the emperor in our hands."
"My Lord, there is something wrong with this plan."
Hearing this voice, yuan shaomei frowned: "Gonghe, what's the matter?"
Ju Xu stepped out of the line 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 occupies the central part of the pass. Therefore, we must not confront with any hard work. As the saying goes, "the spear strikes the first bird." when our army advocates sending troops, we must take the lead. Cao Cao and Liu Biao send troops after our army. Therefore, Liu Ye must be the first to attack our army. "
"Liu Ye's military use is as good as God's, and Xiliang's iron cavalry is brave and good at fighting. Our army is difficult to defeat, so we need to plan slowly."
Although Gongsun Zan was defeated in the battle of Jieqiao, his strength was still not weak. In order to eliminate Gongsun Zan completely, Yuan Shao was polite and obedient to Ju. However, after defeating Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao's arrogance is inevitable. Therefore, he is dissatisfied with the "harsh advice" from Ju.
"What, in your opinion?"
"Lord, please use the troops in Bingzhou!"
"Bingzhou?" Yuan Shao was stunned.
However, the trial match frowned and said, "so, don't our army march into the Central Plains? If our army marched southward and Cao Cao sent troops from Xuzhou, wouldn't Yanzhou be able to win it easily under the attack of two armies? "
He shook his head and said, "no, the general of Yanzhou is Yu Jin, the first general under Liu Ye's command. He has always been famous for his iron wall. In his early years of war, Liu Ye had a tacit understanding with Yu ban. Yu ban is good at defending. Even if the two armies attack each other, Yu ban will certainly be able to support it. When Liu Ye leads his cavalry to the east of Hulao pass, the battle will be complicated and confusing. "
"What if our army attacked quickly?"
"Should Zhengnan and the Lord know about Liu Ye's digging Xuanwu pool in Luoshui and training the water army?" Ju said: "although our army is rich, but there is no elite Navy, and Liu Ye wantonly recruited water thieves from the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers. The Navy built under the supervision of Liu Ye is familiar with the nature of water. In case our army crosses the Yellow River, it will inevitably be attacked by the enemy Navy."
"Then why did our army attack Bingzhou? The land of Bingzhou has always been barren, and Xianbei and Wuhuan people are there, and their forces are intertwined." Yuan Shao was discontented and said, "besides, Yanzhou is so rich. If you let ah hang go, would you lose a lot?"
Ju kowtow: "please rest assured, my Lord, Cao Cao was separated from Liu Bei and sun CE in Huainan. He himself must be careful. The number of soldiers who can attack Yanzhou is certainly not large, and Yujin, the general of Yanzhou, is a famous general who has experienced many battles. So Cao Cao will never win Yanzhou this time."
"Bingzhou is also located in Hebei Province, bordering on Jizhou. Now, when is it that Lu Jun will not take over us? " Ju said: "once we can occupy Bingzhou, then our army will completely occupy Hebei, and Bingzhou has always been steep terrain. When the three families did not divide the Jin Dynasty, Zhibo led the Han and Wei families to besiege the Jinyang city of Zhao Xiangzi. After three years, if our army could win Bingzhou, there would be danger of mountains and rivers. "
"Wait a minute!" "The prospect described by Gonghe is moving, but he has neglected the most fundamental one - Huguan.""Huguan is a dangerous place. If you are in charge of it, Lv Bu can lead a large army to the east at any time. As long as our army fails to win the Huguan pass, how can we use troops against Bingzhou? Is it difficult to organize an army to attack Huguan He asked.
Both Youzhou and Bingzhou are bitter and cold places, but the terrain of Youzhou is flat and smooth with few dangers. Therefore, Gongsun Zan is famous for his white horse Yicong. And Yuan Shao was able to drive in and easily annex most of Youzhou, but Bingzhou is different. Bingzhou is now Shanxi, with mountains and dangerous environment.
And there is a gateway between Bingzhou and Jizhou, which is Huguan. The Huguan pass is not less dangerous than Hulao pass, and a thousand troops and horses are enough to resist ten times the enemy. Therefore, even though Liu Ye did not have many soldiers left for Lv Bu, Lu Bu was not worried about Jizhou's invasion. On the one hand, he was brave and powerful, and on the other hand, he came because of Huguan.
Huguan in hand, even if Jizhou has 100000 troops, what can it do?
"Gonghe, how do you explain it?" Yuan Shao complained.
Ju gave a smile: "Lord and Zhengnan can know who Huguan will be?"
"It is said that Gao Shun is loyal to Lv Bu. He still follows Lu Bu when he is in danger. Does he want to persuade him to surrender?" The judge doubted.
Ju Shuo shook his head: "there are eight excellent generals under Lv Bu's command. Does the Lord know?"