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"Now that the situation is dire, what can we do?" Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, he asked the people around him coldly, his heart was in a mess.

Ju Shou, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu and Xin Ping, the five strategists were sitting on the left side. On the right side, there were three generals:'s nephew, Gao Qian, and the other two were Chunyu Qiong and Gao Lan. Originally, Chunyu Qiong and Gao Lan did not have the qualifications to participate in this kind of important discussion. However, since Qu Yi and Yan Liangwenchou had lost their lives in succession, and Yuan Shao had over a hundred thousand strong army without sufficient strength, he could only become a general amongst the dwarves.

When Mo Bingmei set fire to Xu You's home, Yuan Shao had not received the news that he was completely annihilated. As a result, he specifically bestowed upon Xu You a new house for his family to live in, and even bestowed some food and money. Who would have thought that after just a day, Yuan Shao would hear the news of Xu You betraying his enemies, and it was no different from slapping him hard in the face. In his extreme anger, Yuan Shao ordered his servants and concubines to be beheaded, leaving him behind in death row.

Yuan Shao knew that Gongsun Zan's army of Youzhou would descend and attack him at any moment, and in his heart, he did not have much confidence to defend against it.

When everyone heard Yuan Shao's question, they all lowered their heads in silence. Ju Shou originally wanted to speak up, but after seeing Yuan Shao's expression, he swallowed his words. Guo Tu secretly glanced at Gao Qian, who they were worried would anger Yuan Shao if he spoke first, and Gao Qian was Yuan Shao's son-in-law, so she was the most suitable person to probe.

Gao Qian had always been on good terms with Guo Tu, Xin Ping and the others, so he usually had something to rely on. Although he was unwilling in his heart, he still stood up and cupped his fists as he said, "Father-in-law, Xiao Xu thinks that we should gather all our troops to guard the city! Now that the morale of our troops is low, it is not suitable for us to fight against the Youzhou Army, the only way is to borrow the strength of the city to reduce the enemy's forces! "

He was Chen Liu Ren, and was also Yuan Shao's nephew. In the end, he married Yuan Shao's daughter, and they could be considered as getting closer. Gao Qian had once gone to the Boiling Stone Summit with Guo Tu and the others and successfully persuaded Han Fu to invite him into the Jizhou. In the original history, after Yuan Shao had defeated Gongsun Zan, he appointed Gao Gan as the of the Wei Prefecture. However, because Gongsun Xu had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and occupied more than half of the Profound Sky Continent, Yuan Shao did not replace Gongsun Zan as the ruler of the Northern Lands. Thus, Gao Gan was only appointed as the prefecture chief of Hanoi by Yuan Shao. This time, Yan Liang's complete defeat caused Yuan Shao to be in a precarious situation. Gao Qian was urgently summoned back by Yuan Shao, and immediately, he was ordered to lead 30,000 of his elite troops, and take charge of the Qing He City's defenses.

Yuan Shao sighed, and shook his head: "Yuan Cai's words are wrong, the Old Bastard Gongsun's soldiers have sufficient provisions, and are not afraid of a war of attrition, but the Qing He City's food can only last for three months, I am afraid that it is not the best strategy!"

Yuan Shao had no plans or decisions, and did things from the front and back, his personality was also not strong enough. After finding out that Yan Liang had been annihilated, he no longer had the confidence to fight Gongsun Zan head on.

Gao Qian said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, please enlighten me, no matter what, the main force cannot leave the city and fight against Gongsun Zan! "The best course of action is to stick around in the city and wait for the opportunity to find allies to help us!"

"Allies!" Hearing these two words, Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of his capable ally in recent years, Cao Cao!

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao Cao were good friends when they were young, and they had been close friends for many years. No matter whether it was killing the Ten Servants or provoking Dong Zhuo, the two of them fought together in life and death together. Both of them had met later and became dukes on the same side, but their relationship was still as deep as ever. Last year, Lv Bu took advantage of the fact that Cao Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou, and suddenly attacked Cao Cao's base Yanzhou, Cao Cao Cao had nowhere to retreat to, and was about to enter a hopeless situation. At that time, Yuan Shao had occupied Ye City and its surroundings, so he sent a letter to Cao Cao Cao inviting Cao Cao Cao to rely on him, claiming that as long as Cao Cao Cao brought his family members to Ye City, he would go all out to help. If not for Cheng Yu's advice, Cao Cao Cao Cao would have struggled to take back a part of Yanzhou, he would have now become Yuan Shao's subordinate.

Last year, when Yuan Shu suddenly attacked Xuzhou, Lv Bu also wanted to go and get a share of the cake. Cao Cao Cao took the opportunity to expel Lv Bu's power from Yanzhou, and completely controlled the Yanzhou in his hands. Right now, in terms of territory alone, Cao Cao Cao had already surpassed Yuan Shao and had become the true ruler of a region. However, he only had a total of fifty to sixty thousand people.

"General Yuan Cai is right!" Ju Shou stood up, and cupped his fists: "Master, Gongsun Zan has brought a great victory, we cannot fight with him! At the same time, we will also send people to Cao Mengde for help. If our two families join forces, we can definitely let Gongsun Zan return with a huge loss. "

"I second that!"

"Your subordinate agrees as well!"

Guo Tu, Shen Pei and the rest all stood up to echo his.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please sit and speak." Yuan Shao repressed his hands together and waited for everyone to take their seats before frowning: "Meng De was originally a trustworthy ally, it's just that the matter of this old man recruiting him last year has caused a bit of a ruckus. If he refused to come and help us, what could we do about it?"

Ju Shou shook his head: "Master does not need to worry, forget about the relationship between Cao Mengde and Master, if Master loses, Gongsun Zan's next step will definitely be to follow the Yanzhou, and at that time, how can Cao Mengde resist it on his own? Therefore, since the Lord has sent someone to request for help, Cao Mengde will definitely come. The Lord will at most pay some money for it. "

Yuan Shao's brows relaxed, and he nodded: "What Gong Yu has said makes sense. After all, this old man and Meng De have been friends for many years, so he shouldn't take slight unhappiness to heart. Do any of you have any other thoughts? "

"We agree with Gong Yuxiong." Shen Pei and the rest agreed.

"Then it's settled now! But who should be sent to Meng De to seek help? "

"My lord, your subordinate is willing to go!" Shen Pei stood up to receive his orders.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed: "Zheng Nan is willing to go? Very good! Zheng Nan is truly a genius, he must be able to persuade Meng De to come and help us. "

Shen Pei cupped his hands and said: "My lord, you are flattering me! This subordinate would like to ask, at most, what price am I willing to pay? "

Yuan Shao sighed: "Just now, Gong Yu said that he could pay a bit of food, but this old man has a complete understanding of Meng De, if it was just a bit of money, I am afraid that he might not have come! Let's just say that just paying the price is not enough to move Meng De. After defeating Gongsun Zan, this old man will give him the Hejian County! "

Gao Qian quickly advised, "Father-in-law, if we give Hejian County to Prefecture Overseer Cao, I'm afraid that Jizhou will never have another peaceful day!" His River prefecture chief had done a good job and had a good reputation amongst the people. Naturally, he was unwilling to give her Hejian County as a bargaining chip to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao waved his hand, and said indifferently: "Yuan Cai does not need to worry, this is only a stopgap measure."

Hearing this, Gao Qian was suddenly relieved. Once Yuan Shao completely attacked Gongsun Zan, he would definitely take back the Hejian County from Cao Cao Cao's hands. Maybe he would even take the opportunity to swallow the Yanzhou!

Yuan Shao looked at Shen Pei, and said solemnly: "Zheng Nan, this matter should not be delayed, you may leave now to head to Yanzhou. Please! "

Shen Pei bowed and said: "Lord, please be at ease, even if this subordinate has been smashed to pieces, I will still need Master Cao's reinforcements!"

Yuan Shao looked at Gao Qian, Chunyu Qiong and the other two who had been silent the entire time, and instructed: "Yuan Cai, this is a big matter, go and pick your five hundred elite soldiers to escort Zheng Nan, there cannot be a single mistake!"

"Here!" Gao Qian cupped his fist, turned around and walked away.

After Zhang He and Tian Feng pledged allegiance to the Youzhou Army, an old sect like him could not be trusted by Yuan Shao at all. If not for the fact that there was no one else available, Yuan Shao would definitely not have allowed him to participate in today's military conference.

Yuan Shao watched as Gao Gan walked out of the door. He retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice, "The Old Bastard Gongsun's army will appear at any time, and in order to prevent the commoners outside the city from being killed by the Youzhou Army, this old man is prepared to send troops to forcefully move them into the city. What do you think, lords?"

Yuan Shao's words were beautiful, but Ju Shou and the rest could understand the meaning behind them. To put it bluntly, it was' hard wall and clear plains'. They all lowered their heads.

Under the circumstances, it was extremely necessary to clear out the barricade. Since the Yuan Shao Army did not dare to leave the city for battle, they had to prepare for the enemy's siege, if they let the citizens stay outside the city, they might be captured by the Youzhou Army as' ants to attack the city '. In other words, they would be brought here as cannon fodder, which would definitely affect the morale of the soldiers inside the city. In truth, Yuan Shao did not know that his worries were unnecessary, even if Gongsun Zan or Zhang Yan agreed to capture those commoners as cannon fodder, Gongsun Xu would definitely reject such an action.

If those civilians were forced into the city, they would not only lose their homes, but also a crop that they had sowed in the spring. If the Youzhou Army were to destroy all the crops in one go, even if Yuan Shao repelled the Youzhou Army's attacks, what would happen to them after they return? When that time came, Yuan Shao who had ordered everyone to stand firm would be able to shirk their responsibilities, but the people who were going to carry out the orders would definitely be drowned in saliva, which was why Ju Shou and the others lowered their heads and pretended ignorance.

Yuan Shao took note of everyone's expressions and sneered in his heart. His gaze swept around once, and then stopped on Gao Lan's body, and directly called out his name, "General Gao, this matter shall be left to you. I hope that the General will spare no effort in his work, and not disappoint this old man!"

Ju Shou and the rest heaved sighs of relief, they could not help but feel a little more sympathy for Gao Lan.

Gao Lan's body trembled, he knew that he could not refuse. He could only stand up and pay his respects: "I will follow Master's orders, please be at ease, I will definitely take care of this matter properly."

Yuan Shao smiled and said: "This old man is completely at ease with the general, and completely trusts him. Once this matter has been settled, this old man will put it to great use. "General, you can go and get ready. Just bring your main army with you."

"Thank you for your trust, my lord. I will take my leave now!" Gao Lan was filled with bitterness as he turned around and walked out.

Yuan Shao laughed and asked Ju Shou: "Gong Yu, did you get an answer to Bai Rao's question?"

Ju Shou answered: "Reporting to my lord, Zhang Yan has escorted Bai Rao back to Bo Ling. It is said that after this battle ends, he will be executed in public.

Yuan Shao chuckled: "Looks like Zhang Yan does not suspect Tao Sheng, it's time to use Tao Sheng! Gong Yu, send someone to contact Tao Sheng and have him take action immediately! "