What made Yuan Shao hesitate was naturally the question of whether to eat the big fat meat in front of him and how to eat it. Yuan Shao's problem was that the territory he controlled suddenly became much larger, but the quality of the territory did not keep up in time, and the troops were diluted, which made him feel a little dilemma. In other words, it was the question of which one was more important.

Yuan Shao's old nest is in Jizhou, and its main areas are the Bohai Sea, Hejian, Pingyuan and Leling areas. Later, he almost completely obtained Han Fu's territory. Han Fu's territory was originally the essence of Jizhou, but later he made trouble for Zhang Jiao and suffered some damage, but overall it is not worse than that in eastern Jizhou.

The territory of Zhangjiao that I finally obtained was relatively barren. After several years of operation, it can only be regarded as a process of gradual recovery.

Jizhou is already quite good in terms of population and land development, and has basically returned to its state before the Yellow Turban Uprising. Especially after receiving a large number of population from Taishan and other counties, the overall state of Jizhou is already quite good. Not to mention that compared with Yanzhou, which is constantly war-torn, even compared with the Huainan area where Cao Cao is focusing on managing, it is not bad, and it is even better.

Judging from this situation, Yuan Shao should focus on Jizhou, and then gradually control the northeast of Yanzhou, slowly develop his strength. It is a more reasonable choice until he completely digests the northeast of Yanzhou and then develops south or west.

Unfortunately, Yuan Shao, Xu You and others only saw the great opportunity in front of them, and swallowed Dongjun and Jiyin at a very low cost. Even Chen Liu was within his reach. Then, there was also the tempting Sili. So Yuan Shao was lured by these interests and continued to move westward. His territory became larger and larger, but the potential problems became more and more serious. The crisis of hollowing out had begun to emerge.

Xu Youyi lacked the calm and far-reaching gaze. He did not clearly realize the battle between Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Bei. In the end, it was not about who had a large territory, who had more soldiers, and who had stronger generals, but about who had sufficient war potential, who had a large population, and who had strong production capacity. Xu You believed that as long as he continued to win military victory and continued to defeat and completely destroyed the enemy, he could finally solve all internal and external problems.

However, Xu You's idea is very marketable in Yuan Shao, and has almost become the main strategic idea of ​​Yuan Shao's aides. Even if a calm idea occasionally pops up, it will be quickly annihilated. The reason is probably because the continuous war and the ever-expanding territory are beneficial to everyone.

The war brought merits and plundering benefits to the soldiers of the military system. The war brought a lot of land, a large number of working people and a strong family influence to the aristocratic races. Therefore, Yuan Shao's power has become addicted to the war. Perhaps from an objective perspective, you can see Yuan Shao's problems at a glance, and many players will laugh at Yuan Shao's stupidity, but in it, Yuan Shao is surrounded by his subordinates with different thoughts, and it is impossible to clearly see his fundamental problem.

Therefore, at the meeting held by Yuan Shao, the focus of the discussion has always been on how to eat Sili, rather than how to stabilize and repair the problem of eastern Yanzhou, which is not very documented.

"Bird, the problem with Sili was that there was a group of hungry wolves around Sili who were watching Sili. Whoever got Sili alone would face the situation that Liu Bei had to face today. Sili looked like a huge trap to a certain extent. It was obviously not only Liu Bei who fell into this trap."

Basically no one would object to Xu You's words. Because more than once facts illustrate this issue.

"In my opinion, how can I avoid this problem?"

"This is not difficult. I defeated Cao Cao first and look back at Sili. There is no big problem."

"Well....."

Defeat Cao Cao first?! This premise is really light, but unfortunately, how can you defeat Cao Cao as simple as just a touch of your mouth?

Everyone in the hall looked at Xu You with contemptuous eyes, and Xu You smiled confidently with her goatee twisted her beard like she felt.

"Mr. Xu means that now is not the time to take over Sili? Should we just watch Cao Cao swallow Sili so much, otherwise, we will take down Chenliu first and then confront Liu Bei?"

Yuan Shao also felt the same as Shen Pei's puzzled questions and thoughts and nodded unconsciously. He also wanted to know how Xu You viewed this question.

"Yes! Now is not the best time to take over Sili. Note that what I am talking about is taking over Sili. Everything I said just now is the premise of "only obtaining Sili". Haven't you figured it out yet?"

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that Xu You still had this mystery hidden in his words!

It turns out that the key is to get the only one and divide it up!

Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows and his thoughts suddenly became much broader. If Sili was divided, it would indeed solve the embarrassing situation of being watched by heroes from all sides after taking over Sili. Moreover, after dividing Sili, each force had its own gains and would be easier to satisfy the status quo, thus avoiding continuing to fight for Sili.

In fact, Sili is indeed divided now. Hedong and Hongnong are now in the hands of Sima Fang, and Hanoi is in the hands of Gongsun Zan. In the future, Yinnan, Henan will probably be occupied by Cao Cao.

If you don’t have any conflicts with Cao Cao, you just want to occupy Chenliu, Dongjun and Yinbei in Henan, and then further plot against Hanoi, or in turn join forces with Liu Bei to deal with Cao Cao together, this should be a relatively desirable strategy.

Xu You glanced at everyone, then looked at Yuan Shao proudly, and continued slowly: "So, as long as our army does not have the idea of ​​gaining Sili alone and focusing on the current failure, we must first ensure that we will take down Chenliu and Dongjun, and take the entire Yanzhou area, and then conquer the northern part of Yin in Henan and even Luoyang according to the situation. Then, we can join forces with Sima Fang to plot against Henei, or instead cooperate with Liu Bei to attack Yuzhou, which can effectively avoid the siege."

Yuan Shao smiled and nodded. Although the ministers were still talking a little, they were all in detail. In the general direction, everyone recognized Xu You's view.

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The Miyun General Staff Department, and the staff members in Miyun are basically all here today. Speaking of which, the Miyun General Staff Department is definitely a place where famous people gather.

Tian Feng, Li Ru, Jia Xu, Kuai Liang and Cheng Gongying, as well as the young people Tian Zhi and Xiangxiang who joined. This meeting was a meeting to comprehensively evaluate the situation in the Central Plains, so everyone who could come came.

Tian Zhi replaced his father. He introduced the information from all parties in the Central Plains in detail with her crisp voice, so that everyone had a clear understanding of the situation of all parties in the Central Plains.

After Tian Zhi sat down, he picked up the teacup that Xiangxiang pushed over and drank water in a big mouthful. Fang Zhiwen smiled and said, "Everyone knows the current situation in the Central Plains. Zhang Liang's unexpected actions have subtly affected the situation in the entire Central Plains. The so-called human calculation is not as good as God's calculations. People can't just use reason to guide them."

"Haha, what the lord means is that Zhang Liang is a little irrational in the west? I don't think that the timing of moving west may not be the best at this time, but it is not the worst. The key is that Zhang Liang has endured it for a long time, and many real situations may also force him to choose."

Jia Xu smiled and put forward different opinions. After hearing this, some nodded and some shook their heads.

Li Rudao: "Otherwise, the lord is right, Zhang Liang is irrational. He may have been burned by the desire to be the emperor. As Wen He said, it is not the best time, so why not wait a little bit? When Liu Biao and Liu Yan fight, Hanzhong will definitely be at your fingertips!"

"Uncle Li is right!" Xiangxiang immediately jumped out to support Li Ru when she saw that Li Ru was supporting her brother. Li Ru grinned and everyone smiled.

Fang Zhiwen also smiled and blinked at Xiangxiang, then waved his hand and said, "This question is different. It's better not to say it, but the key is that the situation has begun to change, and it is getting more and more. The war in the Central Plains is likely to end soon, which is inconsistent with our interests!"

Kuai Liang nodded: "What the lord said is very true. Liu Bei has begun to retreat the military and civilians. Judging from the direction of his evacuation, it seems that even Sili is giving up. If Liu Bei takes the initiative to give up Sili, in order to avoid repeating the same mistake, Sili will probably be divided up by several families. Finally, a temporary confrontation stage will be formed, and the war will be terminated!"

"Yes, the war is not good for me, but this is just a short-term situation. The truce is just a rest. The contradiction has not been resolved at all. Therefore, it is certain that the war will be rekindled soon. Therefore, there is no need to worry. With this time, let us re-adjust the deployment. In the future, the Central Plains will definitely be fought."

"Wenhe is right. After the division of Sili, the conflict between the four giants in the Central Plains was still there, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between them. Therefore, it is only a matter of time to reopen the war. For us, the Battle of the Central Plains is a great opportunity to sell war materials and acquire refugee prisoners. However, this is not the whole of Youzhou. Moreover, compared with the Yingzhou battlefield and the battlefield in another world, the Central Plains battlefield has the least impact on Youzhou's industry, so there is no need to worry about the lord."

Fang Zhiwen blinked and said, "I'm not worried. I just feel that I'm making less money, haha!"

"Ha ha....."

Everyone laughed relaxed, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became relaxed. After a while, Tian Zhi suddenly said with some disconfidence: "Lord, what if Zhang Liang's actions were premeditated?"

"Well? There is a premeditation. Tian Zhi said that someone was pushing Zhang Liang behind him, and the purpose was to end the war in the Central Plains?"

"yes?"

Tian Zhi's words made everyone think about it. These smart people used their brains together, and the scene was very interesting.

"Cao Cao!" Cheng Gongying said first.

Li Ru nodded: "The principle of benefiting is Cao Cao!"

Jia Xu and Tian Feng looked at each other, shook their heads gently, and Fang Zhiwen didn't say anything. Kuai Liang thought for a while and said, "It may not be Cao Cao, Zhang Liang's military advisor is Yiren Jiang Yong. There may be other accidents here."

"It makes sense!" Li Ru nodded.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Tian Feng smiled and said, "In fact, the one who benefited the most was not Cao Cao, but Liu Bei!"

Xiangxiang's brows immediately frowned. Liu Bei was forced to give up Yingchuan, and even the entire Sili, which was obviously a big loss. How could it benefit? Uncle Tian Feng was confused? Xiangxiang looked at Tian Feng with some concern and looked at Tian Zhi again, but found that Tian Zhi's eyes were burning, with a look of sudden and excited. Looking at everyone, they all had a look of sudden enlightenment.

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