The heavy snow lasted for three days and three nights. The accumulated snow in the courtyards was knee-high, and many houses in the city had already collapsed. Fortunately, Liu Bei listened to Chen Qun's suggestion and ordered the soldiers to spread out orders to get the people in the city to go up to their houses and shovel the snow overnight. This reduced the losses by a lot. However, this still kept Chen Qun extremely busy. Sun Qian and Mi Zhu were also busy with these things. As for military matters, Liu Bei would naturally lead the generals to consider them.
Zhao Yun's expression had not been good these days, but she did not mention anything about sending troops to rescue Gongsun Zan. In fact, the situation was already very obvious. With such heavy snow, not to mention fighting, even marching would become a big problem. Moreover, when the sky cleared and the snow melted, the road would become even more difficult to travel. Moreover, the journey was not just an ordinary one.
Liu Bei and the other generals were also thinking hard about the map. Chen Dao was not here, so he must have gone to train the White Tiger soldiers. After all, that was his future territory. Guan Yu was sitting on a chair, looking at a map. He would occasionally whisper to Zhang Liao beside him. Behind him, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuan Shao were whispering to each other. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were at the same place, staring at the map in front of them. On the other side, Lu Bu and Huang Zhong were whispering to each other. They were probably talking about archery.
Yang Lei was absent-minded at this time. He lowered his head and frowned, thinking hard about who to recruit as the military advisor. Who knows how old Zhuge Liang is, who knows if Pang Tong has learned his lesson, and who knows where Xu Shu is. Jia Xu was at Zhang Xiu's place in Wan City, but he was doing well and was not too willing to come. Moreover, with Liu Bei's personality, he would not like this Poison Warrior Jia Wenhe. What a headache. If it was a battle between armies, Yang Lei was confident that the generals of Xu Province would not be afraid of anyone. However, when it came to schemes and political influence, his generals were not a match for Cao Cao's Er Xun and Guo Jia.
He still had to strengthen the combat power of the Xu Prefecture army. There was a saying in martial arts that said,'One force can defeat ten skills'. There was a saying in the future that in the face of absolute strength, schemes were useless and laughable. Oh right, there was also a famous saying, three stooges are better than Zhuge Liang. With a flash of inspiration, Yang Lei had already thought of a temporary solution. He would make do with it first. After all, those experts could not be inferred by common sense.
Liu Bei was at the head of the table, looking left and right. The hall was in a mess. Some were looking at the map, some were chatting, and some were in a daze. It was really chaotic. Sigh, didn't he just let them discuss the military situation and discuss whether they were going to attack Hebei or Huainan? Although it was snowing heavily and they couldn't go anywhere, at least they were prepared. With a glance, he saw that the frowning Yang Lei actually started to smile. He couldn't help but be stunned and then happy. "Fifth Brother, why are you laughing?"”
Yang Lei was still praising his wonderful idea when he suddenly heard Liu Bei's question. He quickly collected his thoughts, but he did not expect that everyone's attention would be drawn to Yang Lei by Liu Bei's question. Yang Lei immediately felt the burning gazes of these people and immediately said,"Everyone, don't look at me like that. I'm a little frightened.”After saying that, everyone was stunned for a moment before laughing out loud. What a joke. Who would believe that Yang Lei, who could seriously injure Xiahou Dun, would be frightened by everyone's gazes? However, this way, the atmosphere eased up a lot. There was a trace of a smile in Zhao Yun's eyes. This Fifth Brother was really extraordinary.
Yang Lei saw that everyone's gazes were not as enthusiastic as before, so he immediately said to Liu Bei,""Big brother, I was just thinking if we should set up a department that specializes in combat research to have an overall plan for our army.”"Oh, what exactly does this department do?”Liu Bei saw that he could not solve the current problem. Although he was a little disappointed, he still followed Yang Lei's topic and asked.
"To be specific, it's to do some military affairs and give advice." Yang Lei smiled. It was to estimate the movements of our army and make certain assumptions about various possible situations and make corresponding countermeasures.”
"Counsellor, give advice." Liu Bei repeated. His heart was filled with interest, but then he felt a little sad. That's right, his subordinates were still lacking in people to plan.
"We generals can do such things. There's no need to set up a special department.”Lu Bu said unhappily. As soon as he said this, everyone more or less agreed.
Yang Lei saw this and smiled." The general is leading the army outside. We should have adapted to the situation." The establishment of this department was only to predict various situations before the war and provide countermeasures for the reference of the people. After the battle, they would summarize their experience and use it as a reference for the next battle. Moreover, even a wise man would make a mistake. You are all generals and know that there are thousands of changes in marching and fighting. It is good to have an estimate earlier and have a reference. Moreover, this division also needed the generals to lead as the pillars, and then transfer some lieutenants in the army to learn and also to cultivate talents.”As soon as he said this, all the generals fell silent.
At this moment, Liu Bei understood and said,""What do you think?" "That's not a bad idea." En, I, Old Zhang, agree." "I agree too." Guan Yu said. As soon as the two of them spoke, everyone nodded. Although Lu Bu was a little hesitant, he still nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Liu Bei immediately said,"Since that's the case." This department was in charge of advising the military and planning, so it would be called the General Staff Department. All of you are members of the General Staff Department, so you have to come up with a good plan. En, let's discuss the current situation first. En, how should we attack Yuan Shao?”Yang Lei was a little dumbfounded. This staff department seemed to be a little different from what he had imagined. Whatever, he was not too clear about the previous staff department anyway. After all, he was usually only responsible for carrying out missions.
Beat Yuan Shao? How? Everyone was a little speechless. It was easy to say that it was a plan, but they were experts in charging into the enemy's ranks. This scheming, uh, was really a little difficult. Yang Lei was also a little dumbfounded. How could they fight if they couldn't even send out soldiers in this day? Liu Bei saw that everyone was in a daze, and he also reacted. He was anxious about Gongsun Zan and was a little angry. Coughing and pretending to clear his throat, Liu Bei said,""Now that the ice and snow have sealed the road, everyone can think about how to attack when the snow melts.”
"My lord," Huang Zhong said,"the road will be muddy on the day the snow melts. Besides, Qingzhou is not in our hands yet. How can we attack Hebei? It is better to wait until spring when the flowers bloom and take Qingzhou first. Then we can attack Jizhou and retreat to Xuzhou.”When Liu Bei heard this, although he knew that he was telling the truth, Zhao Yun was right beside him. Wouldn't it be obvious that he wasn't going to save Gongsun Zan?
Liu Bei was afraid that Zhao Yun would take offense, so he couldn't help but look over. Seeing that Zhao Yun was silent and had his head lowered, he understood that his fourth brother had already seen that it was impossible to save Gongsun Zan. He probably didn't have much hope. Moreover, according to what Zhao Yun said, Gongsun Zan had also sent Gongsun Xu to seek help from the Black Mountain Army and Cao Cao. Cao Cao had already expressed his stance in his previous letter, and he could not make it on his side. The only hope was the Black Mountain Army.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei felt a little dejected. Seeing this, Yang Lei also thought hard in his heart. However, after thinking for a long time, he still could not find anything. He could not help but sigh. Gongsun Zan was probably really going to lose. However, if he didn't lose, Yuan Shao wouldn't be as powerful as he was in history. Yuan Shao's power had already been established, and the next battle should probably be the Battle of Guandu.
However, he had yet to find the exact direction of the Xu Prefecture of Uncle Liu. To the north was Yuan Shao, to the west was Cao Cao, and to the south was Yuan Shu and Sun Ce. Qing and Xu were battlefields. It was impossible for them to get a share of the spoils when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought. However, regardless of whether Yuan Shao or Cao Cao won, Liu Bei would not be able to survive.
Moreover, how could it be so easy to get a share of the pie? If it was not done well, it would be a situation of chicken flying and eggs falling. Moreover, Cao Cao had already begun to open up wasteland. According to the reports of the spies, he had also adopted the method of deep ploughing and meticulous cultivation that he had promoted in Xuzhou. He had also promoted winter wheat. It seemed that he did not lack food and grass. Moreover, Cao Cao had already sent people to manage Yongzhou. It was also a treasure land, especially in agriculture. It would be a major food province in the future. Then where was his way out? Attack Huainan and then attack Jiangdong? Or is it to occupy Yuzhou and look at Jingxiang? Or occupy Huainan and watch the world? Alas, the road is so difficult.
The winter solstice of the third year of Jian 'an lasted until the spring of the fourth year of Jian' an. The snow never stopped. Although it did not snow for three days and three nights like the first time, it came every few days. When the peach blossoms bloomed, it even snowed. It made everyone dumbfounded and secretly sighed. Could it be that the heavens were going to kill Gongsun Zan? Sure enough, in the fourth month of the fourth year of Jian 'an, the snow had stopped and the road was solid. The Yi Capital had been breached and news of Gongsun Zan had arrived. When Zhao Yun received the report, he didn't fly into a rage or cry like what Yang Lei was worried about. He just didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Liu Bei was worried and tried to comfort him. Zhao Yun smiled bitterly." Lord Gongsun doesn't listen to people. He doesn't want to help the other camps. He only cares about defending the Yi Capital and protecting himself. This has caused the soldiers to be divided." Moreover, Yuan Shao's army used a trick to pretend to be reinforcements from the Black Mountain. Gongsun Daren fell into the trap of luring the enemy and lost more than half of his troops. The soldiers were alienated and their morale had declined. How could they not be defeated?”
Everyone looked at each other. At this moment, Zhao Yun suddenly knelt in front of Liu Bei. "Fourth brother," Liu Bei asked in surprise,"what is this?”Zhao Yun raised her head again, her face covered in tears.""Big brother, although Lord Gongsun didn't treat me very well, he sent me to Xu Prefecture and saved my life. In the past, I was only a soldier of the White Horse Righteous Follower under Lord Gongsun's tent. Now that Lord Gongsun has been defeated, I am the only one left of the White Horse Righteous Follower. I want to rebuild the White Horse Righteous Servant. First, I want to serve my elder brother. Second, I want to remember Lord Gongsun. I hope my lord will agree.”
Hearing this, Liu Bei hurriedly helped Zhao Yun up and said,""Zilong is too kind. Fourth brother is a loyal person, re-establish the white horse righteousness from, remember Bo Gui is also a matter of course, not to mention Bo Gui and I have an old friend, naturally should mourn.”"Yuting," he said,"you will be the commander of the army. Choose a thousand riders to be the commander of Zilong.”
Yang Lei hurriedly agreed. He thought to himself that his big brother really liked Zhao Yun. The Xuzhou army only had about 3,000 cavalry, and there were more than 1,000 cavalry to protect the generals. There were only 2,000 cavalry in the army. He was indeed willing to take out half of them at once. However, in the army, the ones who were most familiar with cavalry were probably Zhao Yun and Lu Bu. Lu Bu himself had 500 Bingzhou cavalry as his guards, so Liu Bei had probably been talking about letting Zhao Yun form a thousand cavalry. Yang Lei thought to himself," Coincidentally, I met someone who gave me a pillow while I was dozing off. This should give Lu Bu a headache."
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