Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 405 Prepare for the war!

Guo Jia's death can even be called heroic, even if it is Yuan Tan as an enemy, even if his tone is light.

But I have to admit that Guo Jia's plan before his death did bring him a lot of trouble.

Since the news of Xuzhou's autumn harvest reached Cao Wei in September of Ding'an, Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore and urged Guo Jia to complete the lobbying task assigned before as soon as possible.

Guo Jia, who knew that Cao Wei was in critical condition, had no objection to this, but his body couldn't hold it anymore.

It is said that when Guo Jia went to lobby Liu Biao at the end, it was not a long journey from Xuchang to Jingzhou, and Guo Jia lay in the carriage the whole time.

Under the care of his attendants, he barely made it to Jingzhou.

But when he met Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Guo Jia still maintained his best condition. He talked eloquently at the Jingzhou Mu Mansion in Xiangyang, and finally persuaded Liu Biao to send troops. Together with Xichuan Zhang Lu, Yizhou Liu Zhang, and Sili Cao Cao, the total four.

In the first ten days of October in Ding'an, the soldiers marched through the horses and sent troops to Henan and Yanzhou.

The land of the four states in the Central Plains, Yuzhou and Yanzhou, directly borders Sili Jingzhou, but Qingzhou and Xuzhou, because these two states serve as barriers.

It is much more difficult to invade.

But even so, the current situation in the two states of the Central Plains is quite critical.

Seeing the calm expression on Yuan Tan's face, Xun Yu worried that his lord hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem, and said bluntly: "My lord, most of the troops and horses in the two states of the Central Plains have been transferred to Yongzhou to defend Xichuan and Zhang Lu from the direction of Yongzhou. In Yuzhou and Yanzhou, there are only two generals Liu Yan and Han Hao to organize their defenses, and it may be very difficult to resist the invasion of the four princes."

What Xun Yu said was quite tactful. If Chen Deng or Xu Shu came here, they would probably suggest it to Yuan Tan directly.

Exercising the authority of General Zhengdong, he directly replaced Liu Yan and Han Hao, and replaced them with Xuzhou Army's own generals to garrison.

Just let the two of them serve as lieutenants.

After all, whether it is Liu Yan or Han Hao, his ability can only be regarded as mediocre, and Han Hao is somewhat better, although his military ability is not very good.

However, he is a first-class expert in farming and developing internal affairs. Strictly speaking, letting him serve as the guard of Yuzhou can be regarded as making the best use of him.

But Liu Yan is completely the result of picking a general from among the dwarves.

Not to mention, whether it is Yuzhou or Yanzhou, the two states combined now have less than 5 defenders.

But Xichuan Zhanglu alone, according to spies, sent more than [-] troops to attack.

In addition, there is also the [-] troops sent by Yizhou Liu Zhang from Shangyong. These two groups of troops have learned the lessons of the last joint.

Instead of attacking together, the troops were divided into two groups, marching into Yanzhou all the way and marching into Yuzhou all the way.

It is to form a crushing situation on the local battlefield.

If the Xuzhou army does not respond in time, I am afraid that within a month or two, they will receive reports of the fall of Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

Although Gao Lan was also worried about the situation in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, he was calmer than Xun Yu.

Although he was a little anxious about Yuan Tan's indifferent performance, he patiently waited for Yuan Tan to continue to explain.

Sure enough, after Yuan Tan pondered for a moment, he slowly said: "Mr. Xun Yu's words are reasonable. I will mobilize troops and horses to go to Puyang to defend on the front line to fight against the coalition forces of Xichuan and Yizhou."

"Oh?" Hearing Yuan Tan finally let go, a look of relief suddenly appeared on the faces of Xun Yu and Gao Lan.

They were worried that Yuan Tan would have the previous record of defeating Liu Zhang's Zhang Lu coalition forces, and they would be contemptuous of these two groups of troops.

Now it seems that the two of them are worrying too much.

However, Gao Lan still asked one more question: "This subordinate obeys the order, so I will send an order to the chief officers of the various armies to suspend the big competition and wait for the master to dispatch. I don't know who the master wants to lead the troops out of the battle?"

As he said that, Gao Lan couldn't help showing a look of anticipation on his face. Obviously, he also wanted to take this opportunity to go to the battlefield to make a fortune.

However, what Yuan Tan said made the two of them dumbfounded again.

Yuan Tan waved his hand, looked at Gao Lan in shock, and said seriously: "What does General Gao Lan mean by this? Why do you need to cancel the competition? There will be training and competition in January and December, and all affairs will be handled by General Gao Lan."

"Then? My lord wants to send the government soldiers to the battlefield?"

Gao Lan was stunned by Yuan Tan's words, and he realized it after a while, thinking that Yuan Tan wanted to take this opportunity to go to the government soldiers to see the battle formation.

Although the 15 government soldiers are all farming and fighting, it is not a problem to keep farming and suppressing bandits.

After all, soldiers still have to see blood on the battlefield to become a strong army, so although Gao Lan was a little worried, if the soldiers of the government went into battle rashly, there might be serious casualties.

But thinking about it, I think it's a good idea.

After all, the Yiyingsu Iron Arms of the New Army have not yet been cast. Although they can win the battle now, their preparations are still somewhat inadequate.

And the armies of Zhang Lu in Xichuan and Liu Zhang in Yizhou can't be regarded as a powerful army in the world. It is also a good choice to take this opportunity to let the government soldiers see blood.

However, Yuan Tan's answer was like pouring a basin of cold water on their heads, which made Xun Yu and Gao Lan completely dumbfounded.

Yuan Tan said seriously: "Why do you need to mobilize the government soldiers? I just lead the troops of the headquarters and go to Puyang to defend the front line. After I go, I will entrust the military affairs of Xuzhou to General Gao Lan. As for the government affairs, I will also ask Mr. Xun Yu." Take care of Ziyu and Yuanlong."

"How does this happen?" Gao Lan hadn't spoken yet, but Xun Yu couldn't help it, and quickly stopped him.

"Young Marquis's status is not what it used to be. Youdao means that the son of a thousand gold can't sit down. The lord is now an honorable Marquis. He belongs to millions of people in Xuzhou. How can he easily go into battle without avoiding arrows and stones?"

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Gao Lan finally came to his senses, and quickly echoed: "Mr. Xun Yu's words are very true, my lord must not go out easily, let many generals in my Xuzhou army here, which one can't retreat Zhang Lu Liu Zhang's second thief?"

However, the idea that Yuan Tan has already decided, how could the two of them be able to persuade it?

Not to mention, although Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu's invasion had surprised Yuan Tan a lot, it still did not exceed his expectations.

With Cao Cao's temperament, he was able to tolerate himself farming for more than half a year in the first year of Ding'an, which was beyond Yuan Tan's expectations.

It can be said that after the news of the autumn harvest spread, Yuan Tan has been on guard against Cao Cao stabbing him in the back.

In his previous life, Yuan Tan heard a saying that before a knife is stabbed out, its deterrent effect is the greatest.

Now that the knife has been stabbed out, all he needs to do is to see the trick.

At that moment, Yuan Tan shook his head, and said with a firm and resolute attitude: "You two don't need to say any more, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are not the only ones who invaded the Central Plains. It is very clear from the spy reports that Liu Biao in Jingzhou is also restless. Take this opportunity to make a fortune in my Central Plains."

Speaking of Liu Biao, Yuan Tan couldn't help but look more contemptuous: "A group of hyenas who only stare at carrion corpses also want to attack me, Yuan Tan? They really don't know how to live or die! Send the order to let my personal guards , Prepare the army for war!"

(End of this chapter)