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"Brother, I've seen you again!"

"Haha, fate!"

"Uh, you are here to join the war, too?"

"Isn't this nonsense? Now when we come to Guangzong, who is not the one who comes to Quliang, who is here to participate in the war? It's a big battle! It's not seen for several years!"

"Uh, it seems like yes! There are so many tasks that I have to turn a few pages. Hehe, this time my merit value is going to make a good fortune. I guess I have to have a long song after the war!"

"I came for money. If only I could trade the merit value!"

"Haha, you can trade it with props!"

"This is not about peeling off those profiteers!"

"There's nothing to do! I don't know when the fight will start!"

"Soon, now there are no more confrontational tasks in both camps, which means that the battle will begin soon. Look at the battle mission that clears the battlefield, as well as long-range strike missions, etc., the battle will begin!"

"Yeah, it's really a bit too anxious!"

"It's out, it's out!! Look, the task of clearing the battlefield has come out, and the war has started!!"

"Hurry, go and see what new tasks are there!"

"Let's go!"

There are crowds of players in the square of Guangzong City. Fortunately, the players are not affected by weather factors. Otherwise, the temperature in the square and the crowds will probably reach 40 or 50 degrees, and you can see around. The air above the square is a bit distorted, and there is not even a single indigenous person in the square. This kind of scene is really rare!

Players kept taking tasks and leaving. Players kept pouring in to hand over tasks and answering tasks. The crowds in the square were flowing in a rush, and various tasks were constantly refreshed on the first-class bulletin boards beside the square. This scene was like a grand event, not like the prelude to a shocking war!

Standing on the gatehouse on the side of the government gate, Yuan Shao looked at the lively scene in the square with satisfaction. This scene arose because of Yuan Shao's decision, and changed with Yuan Shao's decision, imagining these arrogant strangers who were usually arrogant. At this moment, they were gathered and driven away by the bait they threw down by themselves like ants. Yuan Shao's heart was as comfortable as in the dog days, running for hundreds of miles against the sun and drinking iced sour plum soup.

Pang Ji and others who were following Yuan Shao were tactful and did not speak out, allowing Yuan Shao to quietly enjoy his glory.

The prelude to the Julu War kicked off. After six years, Julu once again became the center of attention of the Han Dynasty. This battle had more people than the last time, and the military strength of both sides was stronger.

At that time, the Han Dynasty changed from peace to turmoil, and the military's mobilization mechanism was low, so it seemed that it was full of power, but in fact it did not have much military strength at all. Similarly, the Yellow Turban Army at that time was a group of mobs. The combat power was really limited.

It's different now. Both sides are elite soldiers in a hundred battles. They are both powerful military groups that have been fully baptized by war. Although the war potential used by both sides is only half a state, the combat power of mobilization is quite amazing.

Yuan Shao's infantry and cavalry exceeded 300,000 in Guangzong and Quliang alone, and the Yellow Turban Army was only more than 300,000. This has not been calculated yet. The troops of Wen Chou, Qu Yi and Zhang He, including players whose strength has been greatly improved, the troops participating in the war between the two sides may have exceeded 2 million. A shocking bloody battle is about to begin around the small Julu area.

As a prelude, the battle between the Yiren was staged in advance. The missions of the two camps revolved around fighting for control of the battlefield, and Yuan Shao's troops also began to slowly advance towards Guangping. The first battle of Julu was still Guangping City!

The Battle of Julu must have lasted for a long time. This is everyone's consensus. The Julu city circle has experienced war and is also an important territory with symbolic significance in the Yellow Turban Army. It must not be given up easily. Therefore, it is also managed by the Yellow Turban Army. It is obviously impossible to easily win Julu.

Judging from Yuan Shao's strategic intentions, Yuan Shao clearly wanted to form a flesh-and-blood grinder in Julu, make full use of the important strategic significance of Julu, and attract the Yellow Turban Army to Julu to annihilate it. When the living forces of the Yellow Turban Army were completely destroyed, the outcome of the war was decided.

Of course, to achieve this strategic goal, Yuan Shao not only needs a strong army and strong logistical support, but also time.

The protracted battle that Jizhou will begin is an opportunity for the princes in the Central Plains, an opportunity to divide Yuan Shao's territory in the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao was not unprepared for this, but what he could prepare was defense, unswervingly implement defensive measures in Yanzhou, and at the same time explained the interests to Yuan Shu, hoping that Yuan Shu could think about the overall situation and try his best to restrain Lu Bu and Cao Cao. As for Zhang Bao, Yuan Shao was not very worried. The Yellow Turban Army's ability to attack was limited, so Zhang Bao was even worse than Zhang Jiao. Moreover, Zhang Bao was not peaceful around him. Now the battle between Donghai and Chengyang is still fighting.

Therefore, for Yuan Shao, the most worried thing is Cao Cao and Lu Bu. Cao Cao is still competing with Zhang Liang, Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, so he basically won’t spend too much energy. In the end, the rest is Lu Bu.

Lu Bu had just accepted the emperor and the Jixian court, and it might take time to straighten out the internal relationship. Yuan Shao knew very well what the court and the emperor had. It was a monster and a big trouble. With a politically naive person like Lu Bu, it would definitely not be easy to settle this monster.

Based on the above, this is also an important reason why Yuan Shao chose to start the war at this time. As for whether Yuan Shao's choice was correct or wrong, of course, only facts can be used to judge it.

The staff of Miyun is also very lively. The young staff outside are performing strategic deductions on a huge sand table. This sand table covers the entire Central Plains. Obviously, their eyes will not be limited to Jizhou, but will look at the entire Central Plains.

In the small conference room inside, Tian Feng, Liu Ye, Xu Shu, Kuai Liang and Jia Xu were all present. Jia Xu was specially invited by Tian Feng.

"Yuan Shao chose a good opportunity to start a war, but he may have underestimated Lu Bu's ability to control the court. According to the information obtained by Shi A, the court had little effect on Lu Bu's interference. Now Zhang Miao advocated the division of military power, Lu Bu agreed, but the decentralization was divided into two parts: local defense forces and attack combat forces. Lu Bu still had full control of the army. In addition, the close exchanges between Lu Bu and civil officials such as Wang Yun and Tao Qian are likely to form a relatively close political group. This has an important impact on Lu Bu's rapid stability within."

Liu Ye read the results of the information analysis in his hand to everyone, and then looked up at Tian Feng.

Tian Feng nodded and said, "We estimate that the Battle of Julu will officially start within three days, and the war may last for several months or even a year. Yuan Shao not only had the intention to eliminate the Yellow Turban Army and had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to refine and combine his own troops. As for the territory of Henan, which seems relatively empty, he adopted a firm defensive stance. It is estimated that even if some territory is lost, Yuan Shao will give priority to ensuring the smooth implementation of the Battle of Julu."

"This is what it means. Henan's importance to Yuan Shao is not as important as everyone imagined. Even Lujun and Taishan can give up. Just stick to Jibei and Jinan and leave the pedals that will go south in the future."

Kuai Liang's views have gained everyone's approval.

"Yes, the population of Taishan County and Lu County can be transferred to Jibei and Jinan. Losing territory and not losing population is not harmful to Yuan Shao at all."

"Yuan Zhi's guess is correct. The intelligence shows that the population of Lujun and Taishan Army is shifting to the north. The excuse is to avoid disaster. It seems that Yuan Shao has this plan as well."

"So, will our army's offensive in Donghai County and Chengyang County be slowed down and let Zhang Baoteng make a move?"

"No," before Kuai Liang finished speaking, Liu Ye immediately retorted: "If we give Zhang Bao a chance to expand, there will be no benefit to us. On the contrary, if Zhang Bao stepped into Yuan Shao's trap that was not a trap and had a conflict with Lu Bu, it would be bad. Even if there was no conflict, Yuan Shao succeeded in Jizhou in the future, and Zhang Bao got a large and empty territory, it would become a burden for Zhang Bao."

Kuai Liang thought for a while and said, "It makes sense. We should stick Zhang Bao to the east of Mount Tai, so that we can effectively become a barrier between Beihai and Donglai."

Tian Feng smiled and said, "Yes, Zhang Bao's role is to protect the development of Beihai and Donglai County, just like Jizhou is protecting our Youzhou."

"So, should we properly support Yuan Shao?"

"No, Yuan Shao's development momentum is right now, so we don't need to intervene. In fact, if we don't intervene, it is the greatest help to Yuan Shao. I believe he understands this. Moreover, our focus is on the sea now. For Jizhou and Central Plains, we try not to waste manpower and material resources. The next six months or so will be a critical period of maritime disputes."

"Yuan Hao, have the detailed battle results from the south come out?"

Tian Feng calmed down his relaxed smile and spoke solemnly: "Yes, our warships were damaged by 90% in this battle, and the enemy retreated by about 20%. Nearly 20,000 warships, and the remaining warships and captured were only 671, and the small ships were damaged by 70%. The personnel were damaged by more than 40,000 people, of which more than 27,000 were more than 27,000. The losses were heavy!"

Xu Shu smiled slightly and said, "The other party's losses are not small, and as time goes by, the situation will slowly turn to be beneficial to our army."

"But this premise is to continuously increase investment in the navy, so we try not to use military intervention in the situation in Jizhou and even the Central Plains."

"That is to say, use economic warfare?" Xu Shu asked with his eyes narrowed.

Tian Feng nodded with a smile. Inspired by Li Xueyin and Lin Wenzhi, they had already experienced some of the economic war.

Tian Feng glanced at Jia Xu who didn't say a word, and asked with a smile: "Brother Wenhe, do you have any suggestions?"

Jia Xu put down his beard-stroking hands, cleared his throat and said, "It's true. I think his attitude towards those princes should be to weaken oneself, and there is no problem of helping anyone."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they all smiled knowingly.
Chapter completed!