Chapter 134 Ju Su's Reminder
That night, Yuan Shao could not sleep at all in the big tent.
The army will arrive in Yi County in two days. At this moment, he is thinking about all the possibilities that will be faced next.
After reading the information sent by Feng Ji and the information collected by his own side about Tian Ze over and over again, Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh. He underestimated Tian Ze!
This guy is indeed no different from Dong Zhuo, both of them are ambitious and have long been prepared to cause chaos in the world and establish their own regime.
But it is not too late now. With only tens of thousands of troops, even if they are strong and I cannot defeat them, I will have no problem defending.
With the support of powerful families, his advantage will only grow greater than that of Tian Ze, who cut off his own arms and developed on his own.
Just as he was planning how to fight the battle and to what extent it should end, Ju Su walked in.
Ju Su looked at Yuan Shao with complicated eyes, struggling in his heart, but finally made a choice.
A good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a virtuous minister chooses a master to serve.
He had noticed Yuan Shao's performance during this period, and he finally made up his mind to recognize his master.
Although Ju Su was a loyal man, he was not blindly loyal to the Han Dynasty, otherwise he would not have directly proposed the strategy of "using the emperor to command the princes" later.
He could see Yuan Shao's schemes and ambitions, but he was still willing to help Yuan Shao pacify this chaotic world.
"Gong Yu, why don't you rest in the tent at this time? What are you doing here?" Yuan Shao looked at Ju Su who was coming, quickly put down the information in his hand, and asked in a gentle voice.
Ju Su bowed slightly, took out some information from his sleeve, and handed it to Yuan Shao respectfully with both hands: "My lord, I have something important to report to you."
"Oh?" Seeing Ju Su's serious expression, Yuan Shao felt a little depressed. He quickly opened the information and read it carefully.
Just one glance and Yuan Shao's pupils widened instantly. Then, as he saw more and more, the horror in Yuan Shao's heart became more and more intense.
Holding the information tightly in his hand, Yuan Shao stared into Ju Su's eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "Is this true?"
Ju Su met Yuan Shao's gaze and nodded calmly. If he hadn't personally handled it, he wouldn't have dared to believe it.
"Hehe, hehe."
After receiving a positive answer from Ju Su, Yuan Shao couldn't help but laugh at himself.
"Okay! Okay!"
"What a great Tian Chengshou! You are so powerful! I thought you were just a chess piece of mine, but I never thought you could hide so deeply!"
Yuan Shao's eyes were full of murderous intent! If it weren't for Ju Su's reminder, he would have almost been deceived.
If this is true, the other party does not need to hide it for too long. As long as they can maintain their stability for a year or two, they will be able to gain momentum and even firmly occupy the upper hand.
"Tian Chengshou has taken in a large number of refugees over the years. According to the professor's estimation, the number is probably no less than five million. Although I am not sure where they have been resettled, they have gone to such great lengths to definitely not use them as dry food."
"If Tian Ze can really properly resettle these refugees, together with the people of Youzhou, the population under his command may be much larger than that of Jizhou."
"Youzhou's current situation is not in chaos. Tian Chengshou has trained a large number of refugees in Liaodong as minor officials, and with the addition of a few children from poor and aristocratic families, although there is still a lack of middle-level management talents, the ruling structure of the entire Youzhou has already taken shape."
"Based on the above two, I also discovered that Youzhou has a lot of food and grass. Although I don't know where it comes from, it is a constant supply. Even the weapons are very sufficient."
"Tian Ze has a lot of troops under his command. The army currently fighting against the Eastern Xianbei has tens of thousands of troops, not the army in front of us. Moreover, that army is about to occupy the entire Great Xianbei Mountain and build fortresses and checkpoints."
"I speculate that if Tian Chengshou continues like this, it won't take long for him to completely block the Xianbei west of the Great Xianbei Mountain and vigorously develop and utilize the land in Liaodong and the Northeast Plain."
"Moreover, this is only what I have been able to find out. I think there are many more secrets hidden behind Tian Chengshou. His threat may not be less than that of Dong Zhuo!"
Ju Shou told us what he had learned over the years and his own speculations.
Jizhou was originally adjacent to Youzhou, and despite Tianze's repeated strict blockade, Ju Shou, who was interested, still learned a lot of information. With Ju Shou's wisdom and talent as a top wise man in the world, he easily pieced together and deduced part of the truth.
As for comparing Tian Ze with Dong Zhuo, it is because although Dong Zhuo has fled west to Chang'an, he is still the undisputed number one prince in the world.
Ju Su had no ability to foresee the future, and was not aware of Wang Yun's future actions, nor did he know Dong Zhuo's current actual situation, and was not aware that Dong Zhuo had completely lost his ambition.
Therefore, his evaluation of Dong Zhuo was to put Dong Zhuo aside and only look at his strength. He held the emperor's officials, more than 200,000 elite soldiers, the world's best Lu Bu and many fierce generals, and a large number of people and money and food moved from Luoyang, and the local Xiliang had a relatively stable ruling foundation.
As long as Dong Zhuo himself did not have any problems, this force would still have the strength to swallow up the Central Plains. Dong Zhuo's shortcoming was that he did not have the support of the aristocratic families, nor did he train the common people as officials like Tian Ze did, and lacked the basis for ruling areas outside Xiliang.
In Ju Shou's eyes, Tian Ze's current strength is basically equal to Dong Zhuo's. Although he also has flaws in his ruling foundation and reputation, he is also enough to be regarded as a formidable enemy.
After hearing Ju Su's words, Yuan Shao was really panicked.
The second time!
For the first time, when he thought the dust had settled, Dong Zhuo jumped out and reaped the rewards.
This time, when he thought he had the situation under control, Tian Ze had already secretly developed to a point that he had to look up to.
And he was so self-righteous that he thought he could use Tian Ze as a whetstone. He was really stupid.
At this moment, Yuan Shao finally woke up.
Originally, he did not take Tian Ze seriously. Because judging from common sense, Youzhou had few people and little land, and Tian Ze was isolated from the aristocratic families. Let alone development and growth, it would be good enough to manage the two million people.
As for him, although he had many internal conflicts, he had the general situation in his hands. At the cost of sacrificing his own development, he could rely on the power of his family to mobilize an army of 500,000 in a short period of time.
As long as he wanted, he could easily conquer Youzhou.
It is even possible to maintain an army of 200,000 or 300,000 and compete with Tian Ze for consumption without affecting development too much.
As long as he can hold on for two or three years and wipe out all the elite troops in Tian Ze's hands, he will definitely win.
Victory will be his no matter what, it's just a matter of time.
But now it seems that if he really did that, and competed with Tian Ze for development, he would probably be the one who was defeated.
Yuan Shao could not help but break out in a cold sweat after realizing what was happening, but he immediately calmed down and bowed deeply to Ju Su: "Thank you very much, Gong Yu! Otherwise, Shao would have died without a burial place!"
"My lord, why do you have to do this?" Upon hearing this, Ju Su hurriedly helped Yuan Shao up, feeling extremely moved.
Yuan Shao was feeling uncertain and even helpless at this time, so he asked Ju Su: "Gong Yu, what should we do?"
Yuan Shao thought he had a firm grasp on the situation and had planned everything. He even wanted to keep Tian Ze for a while longer to balance internal conflicts and suppress the aristocratic families.
But at the beginning, I found that I was treating the other party as a whetstone, but in fact, in the other party's eyes, I was just a dish.
With a population of seven million, at least two hundred thousand elite soldiers, and no aristocratic families to hinder them, he could imagine how powerful this force would be.
"My lord, can we win if our two armies join forces?" Ju Su did not answer directly, but asked in return.
“If I use my talent, I may have a certain degree of confidence. At least, I won’t lose completely.” Yuan Shao said through gritted teeth after pondering for a moment.
He didn't know what cards Tian Ze had, but he firmly believed that he was undefeated.
"If we win, my lord, are you sure you can kill Tian Ze, or do you have enough strength to attack Youzhou?" Ju Su asked.
"Not really." Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh.
"Then this battle cannot be fought." Ju Su said directly.
Yuan Shao immediately understood what Ju Su meant.
He and Tian Ze at this moment were just like Gongsun Zan and him in the original historical trajectory, except that their positions were swapped.
In terms of development and consumption, he might not be able to beat Tian Ze. As long as he didn't kill Tian Ze with one slap, the opponent would come back.
When he made this plan, he felt so complacent, but now he feels so powerless.
This is an open conspiracy, there is no solution! Unless there is a major change in the other party's internal situation, or the party has accumulated enough power to make the final decision.
(End of this chapter)
