Chapter 132

He really wanted to quit!

It was too damn frustrating!

What was even more pit-like was.

This guy Dong Zhuo was not without little brothers.

Sun Ce and Liu Biao, at least in name, both recognized Dong Zhuo as the Chancellor of the Han dynasty.

Once the war started.

Even if these two did not join Dong Zhuo's army.

They would likely watch from the sidelines and were unlikely to help the Guandong coalition.

It was equivalent to.

Among the Guandong coalition.

The few people who could really contribute now, besides Gongsun Zan.

Only Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, and the filler Kong Rong and Zhang Yang remained.

Oh no, Liu Bei should also be added.

But at this stage, Liu Bei could accurately be considered as "subordinate" to Gongsun Zan.

Although he had recently gone to Beihai, he was still nominally Gongsun Zan's little brother.

In short.

Compared to Dong Zhuo's army.

The strength of the Guandong warlords already had a significant gap.

Fortunately, they had the full support of the Guandong aristocratic group behind them!

Otherwise, with such a huge gap, it would be more cost-effective to surrender early.

…….

Just as Yuan Shao was surrounded by emo emotions, Tian Feng suddenly stood up and shouted sternly:

"How can the master easily speak of defeat?"

"That Dong Zhuo is a thief who stole the country."

"The master is the leader of the coalition of warlords."

"If even you, master, give up, wouldn't the world fall into Dong Zhuo's hands?"

Hearing this from Tian Feng, Yuan Shao also woke up.

Yes, if even he, the spokesperson for the aristocratic families, dared not continue to fight, what would the other Guandong warlords use to confront Dong Zhuo?

"But... Dong Zhuo is powerful now."

"If we let him develop further, I am afraid that sooner or later, like the Qin state of the past, he will march out of Hangu Pass and sweep across Guandong."

Xu You frowned and said.

Hearing this, the group of Yuan camp strategists also fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, Ju Shou spoke:

"Dong Zhuo's momentum of growth can no longer be stopped."

"But we can use other means to weaken him."

"For example, find a way to attack Luoyang!"

"Dong Zhuo's focus is temporarily on Guanxi."

"The garrison strength near Luoyang, plus Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass, is less than thirty thousand."

"But Luoyang is the old capital of the Han dynasty, and its political significance remains important."

"If Luoyang can be captured, Dong Zhuo will surely be shocked."

"He will only have two options left."

"The first is to abandon Luoyang."

"In this way, his prestige will surely suffer a significant loss."

"The second is to march out of Hangu Pass."

"But marching out of Hangu Pass means that the supply line of Dong Zhuo's army will be infinitely stretched."

"The final result, even if he successfully recaptures Luoyang, his army will suffer great losses because of this!"

Ju Shou's proposal made the eyes of Tian Feng, Xu You, and others light up.

But before his voice fell.

Guo Tu and Xin Ping immediately stood up and criticized:

"Ju Gongyu, you really don't know the cost of firewood and rice."

"The troops under Dong Zhuo, especially the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, have combat power far beyond that of ordinary armies."

"To kill one Xiliang Iron Cavalryman, how many troops would our army need to pay?"

"In the end, Dong Zhuo loses fifty thousand troops, and our army loses one hundred thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand, or even two hundred thousand!"

"How should this account be calculated?"

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were both from Yingchuan and belonged to the Henan faction under Yuan Shao.

While Ju Shou, Tian Feng, and others were locals of Jizhou and could be considered the authentic Hebei faction.

As the saying goes, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.

The relationship between the Hebei faction and the Henan faction was naturally hostile from the beginning.

Yuan Shao was from the Runan Yuan family.

He could be considered an outsider in Hebei.

Those who followed him as outsiders included Henan people like Guo Tu, Xin Ping, and Xun Chen.

Besides the Henan faction and the Hebei faction.

There was also an "Old Guard faction" under Yuan Shao!

There were four high-level members in the Old Guard faction.

They were Xu You, Chunyu Qiong, Yan Liang, and the deceased Wen Chou.

These four were Yuan Shao's true confidants!

Yan Liang and Wen Chou were both family generals who had followed Yuan Shao for many years and were considered the two fierce generals Yuan Shao trusted most!

Chunyu Qiong's family was a little brother to the Yuan family.

Chunyu Qiong himself had even served as one of the Eight Colonels of the West Garden under the Grand General He Jin with Yuan Shao!

Xu You, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao were all best friends.

The three had known each other since they were young.

This was precisely why, during the Battle of Guandu, as soon as Xu You defected to Cao, Yuan Shao was bound to lose.

Because Xu You was the strategist Yuan Shao trusted most, without exception.

Yuan Shao's level of trust in him far exceeded that in Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xun Chen, and others.

Xu You's defection meant that all the intelligence of the Yuan camp would be known to Cao Cao next door.

And Yuan Shao did not entrust the important grain storage site of Wuchao to Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Meng, and others, but to the most trusted Chunyu Qiong to guard!

It was not that the abilities of Xu You and Chunyu Qiong were particularly strong.

But because they were the most trusted confidants in Yuan Shao's camp after the deaths of Yan Liang and Wen Chou!

(PS: What is terrifying to think about is that before and after the Battle of Guandu, three of Yuan Shao's four major confidants died, and one defected.)

And the rest of the people in the Yuan camp.

Represented by Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Gao Lan, and others, was the Hebei faction.

Represented by Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, and others, was the Henan faction.

As the saying goes.

Your position determines your thinking.

The cake was only so big, and the portion each person could get was limited.

The Hebei faction was "fighting on home turf" and was naturally numerous and powerful.

The Henan faction naturally had to try its best to prevent Yuan Shao from adopting the strategies of the Hebei faction.

Therefore.