"He entered Yuan Shao's study so easily …"
Li Shuyi truly felt the benefits of Bai Xiaowen's high charm. Combined with his identity as the second son of Yuan Xi, in the eyes of the people of the Spiritual Realm, high charm was a kind of "wise ruler" aura.
Li Shuyi suddenly remembered something.
"Xiaowen, the effect of your Peony Leaf Cover Painting only lasts for two hours, right? Should we hurry and find Tian Feng and Zhen Yi? Once the time passes, the effect of the Peony Leaf Cover Painting will disappear. "
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "As the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Yi shouldn't be a short-sighted person. Tian Feng is also a great talent with great strategic vision. If we want to convince them, we can't do it without some solid evidence. Charm is only a supporting role. Even without the Peony Leaf Cover Painting, the charm of the Emperor's Crown and Flowing Goblet Lingering Charm will be enough. The most important thing now is to collect information about the current situation in the Three Kingdoms plane and verify whether my idea is feasible or not! "
If the history of the Spiritual Realm was exactly the same as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Bai Xiaowen didn't need to study the information in Yuan Shao's study. He could go directly to Tian Feng and scare this great talent. However, the history of the Spiritual Realm was different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the official history. Bai Xiaowen didn't know many details. If he said something wrong, not only would he become a laughingstock, but losing Tian Feng's trust and the overall plan couldn't be carried out, which was the most fatal thing.
Li Shuyi agreed and didn't ask any more questions. Together with Cecilia, he helped Bai Xiaowen light the candles and then brought in bundles of bamboo slips and silk books.
It was the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. Although Cai Lun had improved the paper-making technique, it wasn't popularized yet. The mainstream medium of writing was still bamboo slips and silk. By the time paper became popular, it was already one or two hundred years later.
Bai Xiaowen focused, his eyes like a camera, scanning the precious and important information.
First, he found a geographical map of the Thirteen Prefectures. On it were the names of the forces that occupied each prefecture. This map was very important, so Bai Xiaowen memorized it first.
Next was the map of the four prefectures of Hebei, which included the names of the governors, generals, soldiers, population, and so on.
The information on Si Province, Yan Province, Xu Province and other places under Cao Cao's rule was false and true. Because the two sides were facing off against each other, Yuan Shao was very concerned about this information and recorded it in detail.
As for the other regions, such as Ma Teng, Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Liu Zhang and so on, they were much simpler. They only had the rough military strength of the leaders, such as "Ma Teng's 100,000 elite cavalry", "Liu Biao's 200,000 water infantry" and so on.
Even further away, Shi Xie of Jiao State in the south only had a name.
Bai Xiaowen focused on military intelligence.
Unfortunately, Yuan Shao was currently in the frontline camp, and all military intelligence was sent to him instead of his base in Ji Zhou. The intelligence in this study was somewhat outdated. Most of the intelligence was from two to three months ago, or even half a year ago.
Otherwise, the guards would not have let Bai Xiaowen in so easily.
"It's about time."
After Bai Xiaowen finished 'sweeping' through the thick stack of silk books and the small mountain of bamboo slips, he rubbed the space between his eyebrows and said with a trace of exhaustion, "Put these slips back to their original places."
Li Shuyi and Cecilia did as they were told.
Bai Xiaowen closed his eyes and digested the information in his mind.
After Li Shuyi and Cecilia tidied up, Bai Xiaowen finally sighed and opened his eyes. "Let's go to Ji Zhou's prison to see Tian Feng!"
…
On the way, Bai Xiaowen briefly communicated the situation to Li Shuyi and Cecilia.
"The confrontation in Guandu is generally similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms," Bai Xiaowen said. "Yuan Shao has a strong foundation. He has 700,000 soldiers and horses in the four prefectures. Cao Cao only has 300,000 soldiers and doesn't have much food. Even many of Cao Cao's subordinates secretly wrote letters to express their loyalty. It can be seen that most of the natives in the Three Kingdoms are pessimistic about Cao Cao. "
"700,000 … 700,000?" Cecilia's eyes widened. "Both sides together have a million soldiers?"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "During the Three Kingdoms era, there were no detailed intelligence methods. They could only estimate the number of soldiers and horses based on the banners. Therefore, when the feudal lords mobilized their troops, they would often feign their banners and exaggerate the power of their troops so that the enemy would be frightened and surrender without a fight. There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War, 'to subdue the enemy without a fight'. Yuan Shao gathered the soldiers of the four prefectures and said that he had 700,000 soldiers. Even a 50% discount wouldn't be enough. As for Cao Cao, he was just pretending to be powerful. It would be good if he had 100,000 soldiers out of 300,000. "
Li Shuyi also had experience in this. He said, "The number of soldiers in ancient Hua Xia included the weak auxiliary soldiers and militia. In an army of 100,000, there might only be ten to twenty thousand truly elite soldiers. "
Bai Xiaowen said, "If we measure the strength of the militia according to normal standards, they would indeed be weak and would not reach the standard standard. For example, in the Ramses dimension. However, the Three Kingdoms are different. Due to the popularity, the overall strength of the people in the Spiritual Realm is raised! The militia is also a standard standard and cannot be underestimated. "
Cecilia sighed. She felt a little numb.
In the Jizhou prison, Bai Xiaowen did not spend much effort. With his identity as the second young master of the Yuan family, he easily saw Tian Feng imprisoned in prison.
Although Tian Feng was imprisoned, he was treated well.
In a single cell, there were candles and books. Although the bed was simple, it was not dirty or messy.
There were two reasons. Firstly, Tian Feng's identity was important and the jailers did not dare to do anything to this old strategist. Secondly, Tian Feng was the patriarch of a large family in Jizhou and had the support of the Tian family of Julu behind him.
Bai Xiaowen saw Tian Feng and glanced at him.
Tian Feng's beard was white and his face was old, but he was in good spirits.
"Second young master? Aren't you supposed to be in charge of Youzhou? "Tian Feng was surprised to see Bai Xiaowen.
"Greetings, Sir Tian!" Bai Xiaowen's attitude was very humble. He first greeted him with the etiquette of a junior and then replied, "I returned from Youzhou to visit my parents and have already paid my respects to my mother. I heard that Sir Tian was imprisoned by my father and was terrified, so I came to pay my respects. "
Tian Feng was even more surprised. In his memory, he did not have much of a relationship with the second young master of the Yuan family.
"Forget it!" Tian Feng coughed a few times. "I'm a criminal, so I don't dare to trouble you. Second young master, if I may ask, what's the situation of the battle between the Lord and Cao Cao? "
Bai Xiaowen searched the information in Yuan Shao's study and combined it with Yuan Xi's memories. He said slowly, "I've been in Youzhou for a long time, so I don't know much. I only heard that my father and Cao Cao fought two rounds and both won and lost. They are currently in a stalemate in Guandu and cannot win."
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