Chapter 246

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

"How can my lord easily speak of defeat?"

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

"My lord is the leader of the warlord coalition."

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

Being told this by 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 contend with Dong Zhuo?

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

"If we let him continue to develop, I'm afraid 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 said:

"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 defensive force 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 is still important."

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

"Only two options will be left for him."

"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 Dong Zhuo's army's supply line will be infinitely stretched."

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

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

But before his voice fell.

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were seen standing out immediately to attack:

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

"The army under Dong Zhuo, especially the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, has combat power far beyond what ordinary armies can compare to."

"To kill one Xiliang Iron Cavalryman, how many troops does 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 will be 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 came with him included Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, and other Henan people.

Besides the Henan faction and the Hebei faction.

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

There were four high-ranking officials in the Old Guard faction.

They were Xu You, Chunyu Qiong, Yan Liang, and the already 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 Grand General He Jin with Yuan Shao!

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

The three of them 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, none other.

Yuan Shao's level of trust in him far exceeded that of 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 his most trusted Chunyu Qiong to guard!

It was not that Xu You and Chunyu Qiong's abilities were particularly strong.

But because they were the most trusted confidants under Yuan Shao after Yan Liang and Wen Chou died!

(PS: What is terrifying to think about is that before and after the Battle of Guandu, three of the four confidants under Yuan Shao 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 already numerous and powerful.

The Henan faction naturally had to do its best to prevent Yuan Shao from adopting the Hebei faction's strategies.

Therefore.