In February 198, Yuan Shao prepared his troops to attack Gongsun Zan!
At this moment, in Ye City of Jizhou, Yuan Shao's subordinates were gathered together. Yuan Xi was seated on the main seat on the left, and below him were Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu You, and other civil officials and strategists!
On the right, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were the leaders, followed by Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan!
Speaking of which, although Hebei was said to be full of talents, there were only so many people ranked at the top of the world!
Generals like Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Jiang Yiqu, Chunyu Qiong, Zhu Ling, and the others were only second-rate civil and military officers!
Of course, under Yuan Shao's command, if quality was not enough, then quantity would make up for it. He was a famous second-rate general in the world!
In Hebei, there were more than 50 people!
After all the civil and military officials had arrived, Yuan Shao spoke to everyone with great ambition!
"Everyone, last year, our army took Qingzhou and defeated Gongsun Zan's main force. Now that winter has passed and spring has arrived, it's time to continue attacking the north!”
"That Gongsun Zan is temperamental. He killed Liu Yu, the Overseer of Youzhou, and committed all kinds of evil.”
When Yuan Shao said this, his subordinates spoke up one by one!
Yuan Tan came up and flattered!
"Father is right. That Gongsun Zan is only a skeleton in a coffin. I am willing to lead the army to battle. I will capture Gongsun Zan alive and offer him to father!”
Seeing Yuan Tan request to fight, Yuan Shang was naturally no exception!
Looking at his own two sons, although Yuan Shao had the intention to pass the position of the Crown Prince to Yuan Xi, he couldn't strike a blow to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's confidence!
Therefore, he almost agreed to his two sons 'request!
However, Yuan Xi, who was at the side, spoke indifferently!
"Father, I believe that our army should not be in a hurry to attack Youzhou. We should first take Bing Province!”
The moment these words were said, all the civil and military officials in the hall were stunned!
Only Tian Feng, Qiushou, and Xu You's eyes lit up after thinking about it carefully!
When Yuan Shao heard Yuan Xi's words, he revealed a puzzled expression as he asked!
"Oh? Why did you take Bingzhou first? Xi 'er, tell me the reason!”
Yuan Xi also revealed a smile in the face of Yuan Shao's question. After which, he stood up from his seat, looked around at the civil and military officials, and spoke in a grand manner!
"Youzhou is where Gongsun Zan made his fortune. It has been seven or eight years since the end of the crusade against Dong!”
"Therefore, Youzhou must be impregnable at this moment. Even though Gongsun Zan's cavalry has been completely destroyed, this battle is only to defend Youzhou. If it were to be fought for countless years, it would definitely not be easy to take it down!”
"On the contrary, since Ding Yuan died in Dong Zhuo's hands, no one has been managing Bing Province. The governors of the various counties have been fighting each other, and their strength is lacking!”
"If our army can first take Bing Province and gather the strength of the three provinces before attacking Youzhou, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort!”
"Otherwise, if the battle of Youzhou is in a stalemate for a long time, Bingzhou will fall into the hands of others. What does father think?”
After hearing Yuan Xi's words, Yuan Shao and his subordinates nodded their heads. They felt that it was extremely reasonable!
But Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, after hearing Yuan Xi's words had already moved Yuan Shao, became even more furious!
They were almost able to lead an army to Youzhou. It was all because of this damned Yuan Xi!
Therefore, Yuan Shang also opened his mouth to speak!
"Father, what Second Brother said makes sense, but he has neglected one point, and that is the combat strength of our army!”
"Gongsun Zan's defeat has already been revealed. If I lead the army to battle, with father's heavenly might, how can a mere Gongsun Zan resist?”
Hearing these words, Yuan Shao also laughed loudly!
These words really hit the nail on the head!
Not only that, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and the others below also began to echo, saying that with their lord's divine might, why should they fear Gongsun Zan?
Hearing this, Yuan Xi was instantly dumbfounded!
Ever since he transmigrated, he seemed to have neglected one thing. Yuan Shao's subordinates were all too fond of bootlicking!
Perhaps it was because of this that Yuan Shao couldn't see his true ability clearly, and was so smug after obtaining the land of the four regions!
In the end, he was defeated by Cao Cao!
Yuan Xi immediately said!
"Father, I think that what Big Brother and Third Brother said is completely nonsense. The two of them have never led an army!”
"How would you know about military affairs?”
After Yuan Xi said these words and angrily rebuked his two brothers, Yuan Shao's face also sank all of a sudden!
After all, Yuan Xi said that his two brothers were farting, then did that mean that he, Yuan Shao, did not have divine might?
No matter how much Yuan Shao loved his second son, he couldn't stop his big brother and third brother from showing off, right?
At the same time, the faces of the civil and military officials in the hall changed!
This was still the first time that the three sons of the Yuan Family had openly started to fight for the position of Crown Prince in front of Yuan Shao!
When Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang heard Yuan Xi's words, they were even more furious and immediately pinned a big hat on Yuan Xi!
"You Yuan Xi, you said that I was spouting nonsense. Isn't that insulting father? Father is known as the number one duke in the world!”
"As Father's son, are you going to question Father?”
Indeed, after Yuan Tan said these words, Yuan Shao's expression became even uglier!
When they saw this, Jushou and Tian Feng were about to speak when they saw Yuan Xi laugh out loud!
"Father now has two states, and his strength is indeed the best in the world. This is naturally true!”
"However, if the two armies are to fight and victory can be achieved by relying on the might of the general, then let me ask you, what is the use of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under my father?”
"Each of you go up and report the name of your commander. Let's compete. Wouldn't it be fine if the loser just surrenders?”
These words, Yuan Xi deliberately replaced Yuan Shao as the two armies 'commanding general, also considered to leave him some face!
Yuan Xi coldly laughed as he spoke up to this point!
"You two brothers don't understand military affairs, so don't speak without thinking. The two armies are facing each other, and each holds the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers!”
"If you don't know military affairs and command blindly, Father will trust you, but don't squander all the savings that Father has accumulated over the past ten years!”
After Yuan Xi said this, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang immediately flew into a rage!
But Yuan Shao listened to these words!
Yuan Shao was naturally not stupid. It was just that after hearing too many beautiful words in the later stages, he became somewhat unable to listen to honest advice that was unpleasant to the ears!
Now, Yuan Xi had directly diverted the topic, not to say whether there was a problem with his divine might, but to point out that his two brothers did not have the ability to lead troops!
If the army were to be defeated and suffer countless casualties, his ten years of hard work would be ruined!
At the same time, when the generals below heard Yuan Xi's words, they were also afraid that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang would play tricks and not treat the lives of the soldiers as important!
Hence, the four pillars of Hebei Province spoke in unison!
"My lord, we think that what the second young master said is reasonable. We should first take Bing Province and then attack Gongsun Zan!”
Then, Qiushou, Tian Feng, and Xu You also spoke in unison…
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