Chapter 336

"No, I cannot give up just like that!"

Looking at the Imperial Seal (high-quality imitation version) placed on the table, Yuan Shu struggled in his heart.

Although the situation was extremely unfavorable for him.

But since things had reached this point, besides biting the bullet and walking to the end, there was no other choice.

Just then.

Ji Ling suddenly ran in from outside and reported:

"Your Majesty!"

"Gu Yi has increased troops to Hulao Pass by 100,000. According to scouts, it seems he intends to attack my Yizhou!"

Hearing this.

Yuan Shu was almost frightened out of his wits on the spot.

Increasing troops by 100,000, what is this concept?

Even in the previous second coalition of warlords against Dong Zhuo.

Facing the various Guandong warlords.

The total number of garrison troops Gu Yi sent to Si Shui Pass and Hulao Pass added up to only 120,000.

But now.

Gu Yi suddenly increased troops to Hulao Pass by 100,000.

This shows the determination to flatten Yizhou.

In Yuan Shu's heart, how could he still keep calm?

However.

Ji Ling's voice had just fallen.

Another general, Qiao Rui, also walked in from outside and said:

"Your Majesty."

"Sun Ce and Liu Bei have reached a ceasefire agreement."

"Sun Ce occupies Lujiang Commandery and half of Jiujiang Commandery, and Liu Bei occupies Shouchun Commandery and the other half of Jiujiang Commandery."

"These two suddenly stopped fighting, it seems they want to go north to attack my Yizhou!"

"Bang!"

As the voice fell.

Yuan Shu's figure was unstable, and he collapsed on the "Dragon Throne."

For Yuan Shu, this was no less than another bolt from the blue.

In the late Han period, there were actually only three commanderies in Huainan, namely Lujiang Commandery, Jiujiang Commandery, and Shouchun Commandery.

But the territory of these three commanderies was very large.

Plus the fertile land and large population.

The output of the three commanderies was almost equivalent to the output of six or seven commanderies in other provinces.

Previously, Yuan Shu had sent Ji Ling to lead 50,000 troops south to station at the border of Lujiang Commandery.

The purpose was to watch the fire from the other side, and after Liu Bei and Sun Ce fought to death, sit back and reap the benefits.

But later, Yuan Shu was blinded by lard.

Because he wanted to declare himself emperor, he recalled his number one fierce general, Ji Ling.

Jiujiang Commandery was therefore occupied by Sun Ce and Liu Bei.

Now.

It is equivalent to Liu Bei and Sun Ce each occupying half of the three Huainan commanderies.

These two stopped fighting temporarily and planned to go north to attack Yizhou and snatch Yuan Shu's territory.

"Sun Bofu and Liu Xuande, these petty people, how dare they deceive me?!"

Yuan Shu was furious.

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Besides Gu Yi, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei."

"I fear Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Cao Cao of Yanzhou will not sit still either."

Ji Ling said in a deep voice.

As the number one general of the Zhong Dynasty.

Ji Ling was not a simple brute.

He would also often read military books on weekdays.

Yizhou in the late Han period, although its wealth could rank in the top two.

But its geographical location was really terrible.

The southwest direction is Jingzhou.

The southeast direction is Huainan.

The northwest direction is Luoyang.

The northeast direction is Yanzhou.

Yuan Shu declaring himself emperor here is simply a punching bag!

If it were Shi Xie declaring himself emperor in Jiaozhou, I fear the various warlords wouldn't have the time to spare to clean him up.

But Yizhou...

Isn't this purely looking for a beating?

Analyzed by Ji Ling like this, Yuan Shu felt a headache.

Helpless, he had to send people to call the civil and military officials under his command to discuss matters.

But...

Under Yuan Shu's command, the only people who could be considered figures were Ji Ling, Yan Xiang, and Yang Hong.

The matter of Yan Xiang jumping off the building and dying to oppose Yuan Shu made Yang Hong feel fear toward Yuan Shu.

He didn't dare to express his true thoughts anymore.

And Ji Ling was okay at fighting, but how could he compare to professional strategists in terms of strategy?

Therefore.

It was destined that this group of civil and military officials under Yuan Shu could not discuss any good strategies.

……

Time is like a crack, and it will never stop because of one person.

In less than half a month.

Besides Gu Yi, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei.

Cao Cao and Liu Biao also made a posture of stationing troops at the border, about to campaign against Yuan Shu.

These five people were all adjacent to Yuan Shu's territory.

And Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Tao Shang expressed their condemnation of Yuan Shu in the capacity of Han officials.

For Yuan Shu, the misfortune in the fortune was perhaps that these three warlords had no intention of sending troops.

Otherwise.

Facing the siege of eight warlords at the same time.

Even if Yuan Shu had three heads and six arms, I fear he would be quickly destroyed within a few days.

But even so.

The threat of five warlords also kept Yuan Shu's nerves in a state of high tension at all times.

Especially the 100,000 soldiers Gu Yi added in Hulao Pass.

Relying solely on these 100,000 elites, I fear it would be enough to sweep away the miscellaneous troops under Yuan Shu.

Therefore.

In order to guard against Gu Yi.

Yuan Shu specifically sent Ji Ling to lead 70,000 of the most elite soldiers of Yizhou to station at the border in the northwest.

But in reality.

These so-called "70,000 Yizhou elites" in Yuan Shu's mouth.

To put it bluntly, they were only slightly stronger than new recruits.