Yuan Shao sat on the high platform and watched Xu You and Tian Feng face off.

His head hurt when he heard it.

"That's enough!" Just when Xu You and Tian Feng were at their fiercest duel, Yuan Shao shouted and stopped the quarrel between the two.

"How unbecoming is it to make such a noise!" Yuan Shao was a little angry. He looked at the two people arguing and felt very angry.

"That's it, that's all, let's discuss this later. Let Jicheng side postpone the attack until I, the general, come up with a way, then we can talk about it." Yuan Shao said impatiently, and then he stood up and moved towards the city.

He left the back hall, leaving only a group of ministers looking at each other.

"Huh!" Xu You snorted coldly, stood up first and walked outside.

Unlike Yuan Shao, who was still and undecided, Gongsun Zan, who was far away in Jicheng, was also having a discussion between the emperor and his ministers.

However, Gongsun Zan's side is much faster and smoother than Yuan Shao's side.

Generally speaking, there are two attitudes.

The first is to defend Jicheng and try to drag Yuan Shao to death.

Those who held this suggestion were mostly the generals on Gongsun Zan's side.

The advantage of this is that you are protected by the city wall and there is sufficient food and grass in the city.

If we only defend Jicheng, the generals are confident that it will not be a problem to defend it for three or four years.

But the disadvantage is that Jicheng has become a dead place. If there are no reinforcements in three or four years and Yuan Shao cannot be defeated, then there is only death waiting for them.

But if Yuan Shao was so easy to defeat, how could he and others be trapped in Jicheng? He would have been defeated long ago!

Another opinion is that the whole army should attack, break out of Yuan Shao's siege of Jicheng, and go to the grassland.

The advantage of doing this is that you have escaped Yuan Shao's siege and can fly as high as the sky.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, they have no logistical supplies.

In other words, if they go to the grassland and there is no way to get supplies on the grassland, then they are likely to starve to death on the grassland.

Two methods, two results, which one is better and which one is worse is really worrying.

"Your Majesty! What your Lord is worried about is just going to the grassland, which has no logistical advantages. But we can learn from Xianbei. Let's go directly to plunder the Xianbei tribe."

"In addition, after we enter the grassland, the offensive and defensive momentum between us and Yuan Shao will change. At that time, we should take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao."

"Then, we can also learn from the Xianbei people. If we win, we will fight. If we cannot win, we will run away. If we hide in the grassland, how can Yuan Shao come and attack us?" Guan Jing thought for a while and said to Gongsun Zan.

"But after we go deep into the grassland, we can rob the Hu people of food, but what about the weapons? The weapons of the Hu people are not as good as ours." Gongsun Fan said with a worried look on the side.

After hearing Gongsun Fan's words, Guan Jing stopped talking.

Even though Guan Jing was able to devise a variety of strategies, he had no way of conjuring arrows and swords out of thin air.

"Damn it! Yuan Shao bullies people too much. Lord, we might as well surrender the emperor!" Just when everyone was at a loss, Tian Kai, who had been silent, said in a deep voice.

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His words directly attracted the attention of everyone present, and everyone turned to look at Tian Kai.

And Tian Kai was also shocked by the crowd.

"Yes, Yuan Benchu ​​bullied others too much. Why don't we surrender to the emperor?"

"Wrong, wrong, wrong, I am a Han minister and obey the emperor's orders. How can I surrender?"

"That's right, that's right. We are Han ministers, and the Lord is also the governor of Youzhou appointed by the emperor. How can we say surrender?"

"It's just that even if we want to surrender to the Emperor, this Jicheng is far away from Luoyang. How can the Emperor rescue us?" Tian Yu frowned when he heard what everyone said.

"Why do we have to defend Jicheng? Wouldn't it be better if we go directly to Luoyang?"

"As long as we break out of the siege, we can go south from Jizhou and reach Hedong. It will be safe. I don't believe that Yuan Shao dares to risk the disapproval of the world and raise an army to attack the emperor!"

"Yes, the emperor can't come, but we can go! My lord, please give the order, and I will escort my lord to the death to break out of the siege!" A general came directly out of the queue and said to Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Fan on the side heard what everyone said, and he also called Gongsun Zan softly.

"Brother, look.

"Before Gongsun Fan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gongsun Zan raising his hand.

"I already know what the princes mean, but what I want to say is that if we go to Luoyang like this, we may not be reused by the emperor." Gongsun Zan shook his head, and then continued: "The emperor's actions during this period have already been

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"How can a group of defeated troops be reused under the leadership of a heroic lord?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Gongsun Zan's words. They never thought that in the past, the arrogant Gongsun Zan would say such words.

"What do you mean, lord? Let's continue to defend Jicheng?" Tian Yu looked at Gongsun Zan and asked.

"No!" Gongsun Zan shook his head, and then said: "I am not that stupid. I still defend Jicheng even though I know it cannot be defended."

"What do you want, my lord?" Tian Yu seemed to have guessed what Gongsun Zan wanted to do.

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"This general decided to break out of the encirclement and go in our direction, not south, but north!"

"Going north?" Everyone was stunned again when they heard Gongsun Zan's words.

If I remember correctly, Luoyang seems to be in the south. Why is it going north?

"My lord, this is wonderful!" Guan Jing heard Gongsun Zan's words and immediately blurted out, praising Gongsun Zan.

Then Guan Jing saw that the other big bosses still didn't understand, so he said to the people around him: "My lord, my subordinates admire your wisdom!"

"Everyone in the world thinks that the lord will defend Jicheng. Even if the lord wants to break out, he will go south."

"After all, the world to the north of Jicheng is dominated by the Xianbei people."

"Therefore, Yuan Shao will definitely deploy heavy troops to guard the south of Jicheng. "

"But my lord did the opposite. Instead of going south, we went directly north. In this way, we can not only avoid the interception of Yuan Shao's army, but also go deep into the grassland and gain a lot of military exploits!"

"You know, the emperor gave an order for all the princes in the world to raise troops to attack Hu!"

"We responded to the emperor's call and mobilized all our troops to destroy Hu, so that Jicheng was captured by Yuan Shao. In this way, the emperor will definitely think highly of us."

"Perhaps, we will also help my lord to counterattack Jicheng!"

"If this is the case, how can he resist when we raise an army to attack Shao?" Guan Jing said Gongsun Zan's thoughts in one breath.

Only then did everyone understand what Gongsun Zan was thinking.

It has to be said that Gongsun Zan's trick of turning his hands into a cloud really made his subordinates look stupid.

Unexpectedly, the reckless Gongsun Zan in the past had such intelligence, which made Gongsun Zan's subordinates all stunned.

"My lord is so wise! If this happens, Yuan Shao can only stare!"

"Yes, yes, my lord is so smart that he is thousands of miles away from that reckless man Yuan Shao! My lord is so wise!"

"Hahaha!"

When Gongsun Zan heard the praise from his generals, he shook off the depression he had felt since the siege of Jicheng and laughed loudly.

"Since you all agree with my general's plan, go down and prepare quickly! Let the soldiers below prepare more arrows and dry food!"

"At midnight the day after tomorrow, we will break out of the encirclement and go north. After collecting the grain and grass from the people in the city, we will burn them with fire for the general, and then throw the people to Yuan Shao!"

"I would like to see if Yuan Shao abandons the people of this city and pursues us, or if he will be dragged to death by the people of this city!"

After hearing Gongsun Zan's words, all the generals present did not say anything, but just raised their fists at Gongsun Zan.

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