Chapter 346

Yuan Benchu's eyes shone. He occupied one commandery of Qingzhou, and if he occupied another three commanderies, then four commanderies of Qingzhou would be in his hands!

Next!

As long as he defeated Huang Zhong of Beihai Commandery, then Qingzhou would be in his pocket!

"My lord, no, Cao Mengde's move is to let the lord send troops to contain Lin Ziyuan's eighty thousand troops in Qingzhou!"

Ju Shou, who was to the side, also spoke up at this moment!

Once they sent troops, they would be facing Huang Zhong's eighty thousand-strong army in Qingzhou!

Although there were thirty thousand troops among them that were new recruits and had only been trained for more than half a year!

But their army was already formed, and defending the city was no problem at all!

Besides these thirty thousand troops, Huang Zhong also had fifty thousand battle-hardened elite veterans!

They wanted to capture the two commanderies of Qingzhou, which would require at least one hundred thousand troops!

Now that the destruction of Gongsun Bogui in the north was within these few months!

Mobilizing one hundred thousand troops to attack Qingzhou, wasn't this giving Gongsun Bogui a chance to breathe!

"Not so. Now that our three routes of troops are all out, how could we let Provincial Governor Yuan only obtain the land of Qingzhou!"

Chen Qun knew that delay would lead to changes, and at this moment, he threw out a huge temptation again!

"Once Xuzhou is captured, my lord can let Provincial Governor Yuan choose one commandery from Langya Commandery and Peng Cheng Commandery!"

"The money, grain, and grass of Xuzhou, etc., will also be divided among the three families!"

Chen Qun's words were like a huge bait thrown into the field!

"My lord, I think this matter is feasible. Xuzhou is rich, plus the new rice planted by Lin Ziyuan, the grain and grass are piled up like mountains!" Guo Tu stood out at this moment and decisively agreed with Chen Qun's suggestion. "Once the lord obtains these materials, his strength will inevitably advance further!"

"That's right, my lord. As long as this move succeeds, we can occupy Qingzhou and obtain the richness of Xuzhou. At that time, ruling the three provinces, why worry about not being able to destroy Gongsun Bogui!"

Shen Pei also stood out decisively and spoke!

During this time, they had all been doing business with the merchants of the Mi family in Xuzhou!

They knew very well how rich Xuzhou was!

Being able to divide the wealth of Xuzhou into three parts, how could they not be tempted!

"My lord, absolutely not. Once the war in Youzhou is delayed and Xuzhou cannot be captured for a long time, we..."

"Alright, I have already decided on this matter. I agree to Cao Mengde's request!"

With a final decision, before Ju Shou's words were finished, he was directly interrupted!

Yuan Benchu, who was sitting above, was completely tempted at this moment!

The entire Qingzhou, plus one-third of Xuzhou's wealth!

Who wouldn't be tempted by this!

Although he only obtained one commandery of Xuzhou!

But Yuan Benchu felt he had gained the most!

With Qingzhou, plus Xuzhou's money and grain, dealing with Gongsun Bogui would be just a matter of raising his hand!

At that time, he would rule the four regions of Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou!

With Langya Commandery as the foundation for going south, who in the world could compete with him!

"In that case, I congratulate Provincial Governor Yuan on taking Qingzhou!"

Yuan Benchu agreed, and Chen Qun's face revealed a smile!

Ju Shou, who was to the side, wanted to speak but stopped, and shook his head helplessly!

In Ju Shou's view!

Yuan Benchu was blinded by profit!

That's what they say!

But the premise of all this was that they could really capture Huang Zhong and Xuzhou!

Gongsun Zan of Youzhou could be captured within three months of strong attack!

Not taking Youzhou, which was a certain victory!

And dividing one hundred thousand troops to fight Huang Zhong was unwise!

Even if they won, it would be a lose-lose situation, and they would be unable to attack Xuzhou!

If they lost!

Not only would Gongsun Zan of Youzhou get a chance to breathe, but the one hundred thousand-strong army would be broken, damaging the foundation!

No matter how one calculated it, it was a matter of harm and no benefit to Yuan Benchu!

After the alliance between the two sides ended, Ju Shou still looked at Tian Feng with full of complaints!

"Yuantan, why didn't you stop the lord with me?"

Ju Shou didn't understand. Shen Pei and others agreed to this for their own interests!

But Tian Feng couldn't have failed to see it!

"Don't worry, there is still an opportunity for this matter!"

Tian Feng laughed lightly, but had other ideas!

In an instant, as the news of Chen Qun's alliance with Yuan Shao came, the entire Great Han world was shaken again!

Fourth year of Chuping, early August

Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and other places suffered from drought and locust plague!

Yanzhou Provincial Governor Cao Mengde followed the suggestion of his military advisor Xi Zhicai, contacted Yuan Gonglu of Yuzhou, and sent one hundred thousand troops from Yanzhou to attack Donghai and Peng Cheng commanderies of Xuzhou!

Yuan Gonglu led two hundred thousand troops, with Lu Bu as the vanguard, to attack the two commanderies of Peng Cheng and Xiapi, and at the same time united with Sun Jian of Lujiang Commandery to set out from Jiujiang Commandery to attack Guangling and Yuzhang commanderies!

Yuan Benchu, who was far away in Jizhou, sent troops from Jizhou, along the four commanderies of Qingzhou, to attack Beihai Commandery of Qingzhou and Langya Commandery of Xuzhou!

In an instant, three routes of troops were sent out, claiming to be an army of eight hundred thousand, with the three families attacking Xuzhou, causing the Great Han world to shake!

Jingzhou, outside Xiangyang City

"Sir, this time Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, Cao Mengde, Sun Wentai, and Lu Fengxian have sent five routes of troops to attack Xuzhou together. This Lin Ziyuan is afraid he is in danger!"

In the courtyard of Master Water Mirror, a group of Jingzhou scholars sat together to discuss this great event!

And what people were most interested in now was the battle of Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, and others joining forces to attack Xuzhou!

Eight hundred thousand troops attacking Xuzhou!

This kind of grand occasion had never even happened when the eighteen warlords attacked Dong Zhuo!

The Jingzhou scholars were not optimistic about Lin Yang!

Although there was water in this army of eight hundred thousand, one thing was certain!

That was that in terms of troop strength, Lin Yang was definitely at a disadvantage!

"Oh? Why don't you all talk about your views!"

Master Water Mirror and Pang Degong, who were sitting in front of the crowd, looked at each other, but didn't express any views, letting everyone in the field speak as they wished!

"Sir, Lin Yang's Xuzhou troops are less than two hundred thousand, and Qingzhou troops are less than one hundred thousand. Combined, they are far behind the coalition army of Cao Mengde and the others!"

One of them stood out, spoke, and couldn't help but shake his head!

"This is one point. As for the second, the generals under Cao Mengde, Yuan Gonglu, and Yuan Benchu are all battle-hardened veterans!"

... Seeking flowers...

"Looking at the generals under Lin Ziyuan, there are only four famous ones: Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Huang Zhong!"

Another person stood out and spoke!

In the battle between two armies, it depends on troops and generals!

Under Yuan Benchu, there were generals like Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, etc.!

Under Cao Mengde, there were generals like Xia Hou Dun, Xia Hou Chun, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Yu Jin, etc.!

As for under Yuan Gonglu, there were also great generals like Lu Bu, Ji Ling, etc.!

Beside them, there was also help from Sun Jian and others!

This round of generals could also beat Lin Yang to death!

"Therefore, we believe that Lin Ziyuan will undoubtedly be defeated in this battle!"

The scholars all around nodded, very much agreeing with this view!

"My view is different from everyone's!"

Just at this moment, a young scholar in his twenties stood up and raised an opposing opinion!

"Oh? Yuanzhi, what is your view? Why don't you say it and let us hear!"

Master Water Mirror looked at the young scholar and signaled for the other party to state his thoughts!