Yuan Shao's army was like a bamboo, all the way from Chengyang County to Xiayangdu, Dong'an, Licheng and other places.

Killed all the way to Donghai County.

It is the terrain of a flat river, and Yuan Shao's hands are mostly cavalry.

Yuan Shao wanted to attack Xuzhou, it was like walking on the ground, he only needed to send a large army to charge forward, and no one could stop him wherever he passed.

The small county town simply looked at the wind and did not even have the courage to resist.

Until Liu Bei came vigilantly, he immediately sent his general Guan Yu to lead 10,000 cavalry to directly go north to fight against Yuan Shao's army.

The men and horses on both sides encountered somewhere in Donghai County, and there was an encounter, and Guan Yu killed all sides, directly giving Yuan Shao a heavy blow.

The Xiandeng dead soldiers led by Yuan Shao's subordinate Ju Yi were directly killed, and even the general Ju Yi was killed by Guan Yu before the battle.

This battle laid the foundation for the situation in Xuzhou.

Originally, in this battle, Yuan Shao planned to defeat Liu Beijun in one fell swoop and lead the army to Xuzhou City, but as a result, after Guan Yu's army blocked the vanguard, Yuan Shao realized the weakness of his people.

In this big war, both sides realized that the other party was not easy to mess with.

Tan County, here is the seat of Donghai County.

Yuan Shao's army was temporarily stationed here.

After the First Battle of the East China Sea, the tens of thousands of troops under Yuan Shao were killed by Guan Yu, and now there are only more than 60,000 people left in Tan County.

Although he suffered a lost battle, but this did not give Yuan Shao a big blow, marching and fighting, there are winners and losers, there are victories and losses, no one is a winning general, even if it is Lu Bu, Cao Cao and others, they will also suffer the defeat of Chibi, not to mention a mere Yuan Shao.

Although there are only more than 60,000 horses left, Yuan Shao is still very confident, confident that he can give Liu Bei a heavy blow in the territory of Xuzhou.

"Lord, Ju Yi's death, it's just that he was careless for a while, and he can't mess with our army's heart because of this, the last general thinks that we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, and when Liu Bei's men and horses have not yet reacted, we will enter Xuzhou City in one fell swoop, otherwise when Liu Bei has defense, we want to take down the entire Xuzhou, but it will not be so easy."

In Yuan Shaojun's camp, all the civil and military generals were discussing with Yuan Shao about dealing with Liu Bei at this time.

Although, in the last war, Yuan Shao was defeated and died a general, but this is nothing to Yuan Shao, and the most important thing he has under him is a general, so he died a Ju Yi, and he has no impression of Yuan Shao.

As long as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who he trusted the most, were still there, Yuan Shao had strong self-confidence.

At this time, it was Yan Liang who spoke.

Yan Liang is the head of the three armies, and in front of Yuan Shao, what he said still carries a lot of weight.

Yuan Shao originally wanted to wait a while, and after starting a war with Liu Bei's men, but now after hearing Yan Liang's urging, Yuan Shao didn't have so much hesitation.

"Gongji, the person who killed General Ju Yi this time is Liu Bei's second brother Guan Yu, I have heard of this person, when we surrounded and suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, he was under Lu Zhi and rose to prominence, and later when we joined forces with Lu Zhi to deal with Liu Zheng, Liu Bei's two righteous brothers were some famous people."

Because of the difference in history, Guan Yu Zhang Fei, who was not famous in history, gradually attracted Yuan Shao's attention because of Liu Bei's fame at this time, so in Yuan Shao's eyes, Guan Yu's strength is still good.

Although Yuan Shao didn't think that his general Yan Liang would lose to Guan Yu, it was still necessary to tell Yan Liang not to underestimate the enemy.

However, Yuan Shao's advice, in Yan Liang's eyes, was a contempt for Yan Liang, so after Yan Liang saw Yuan Shao finish speaking, he immediately responded to Yuan Shao unconvinced.

"Lord, you look too highly at the opponent, what is Guan Yu, it is nothing more than the use of cavalry, hit General Ju Yi by surprise, there is a last general, he will be killed, give me the military sacrifice flag, now their men and horses, stationed in Xiapi, I am willing to lead 20,000 troops, go straight to Xiapi, cut that Guan Yu, capture Xiapi."

"As long as you take Picheng, this Xuzhou will not be far away."

Xiapi City is the throat of Xuzhou, as long as Xiapi City is taken, the entire Xuzhou can also be said to be at your fingertips.

Since Yan Liang's words have come to this point, what else does Yuan Shao have to hesitate about.

"Okay, then let's go straight to Xiapi, the army will go straight to Xiapi, within two days, capture Xiapi, and take the entire Xuzhou within seven days!"

Encouraged by Yan Liang's words, Yuan Shao, who originally wanted to go slowly, was also a little arrogant, and planned to take down the entire Xuzhou in a few days.

Originally, now the entire Xuzhou has also been laid down by him, and now the territory in Liu Bei's hands is gone, there is only one Xuzhou City and Xiaopei left, Yuan Shao said that in a few days, it is not impossible to seize Xuzhou.

Ji Feng and Guo Tu, who were in Yuan Shao's big tent, originally wanted to say a few words, but when they saw that Yuan Shao had already decided, they didn't stand up and talk more.

This time to attack Xuzhou, the strategists around Yuan Shao were gone.

In Liu Zheng's Jianye, he acted as a liaison, and Tian Feng was sitting in the rear in Jizhou.

The rest are a few unsuccessful people who follow him, although they are trusted by Yuan Shao, but they don't have much ability, so they can only pat their ass.

In this way, Yuan Shao led an army of 60,000 and rushed straight to Picheng.

Guan Yu, who had just finished the battle with Yuan Shao, was leading the remaining 8,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Xiapi.

Counting some of the people and horses in Picheng itself, Guan Yu only had 12,000 people around him at this time.

However, because he was only Liu Bei's vanguard army, the purpose was to stop Yuan Shao's march, Liu Bei had already gathered men and horses in Xuzhou, and Zhao Yun led 20,000 horses and horses to support Xiapi City from Xuzhou.

Xiapi City.

"General, our army won a complete victory in this battle, and finally curbed Yuan Shao's advance, as long as we can garrison Xiapi and wait for the reinforcements of the lord, we can use Xiapi as a base to counterattack Yuan Shao, this time Yuan Shao betrayed the alliance and took the initiative to attack us, we must give Yuan Shao a painful lesson."

Sun Shao was the military advisor who went on this expedition.

Responsible for assisting Guan Yu to meet Yuan Shao.

After seeing Guan Yu return to Xiapi with a complete victory, he praised Guan Yu very much, and immediately took advantage of this to think of the next coping strategy.

Guan Yu also admired Sun Shao very much, and after hearing Sun Shao's words, he nodded again and again.

"Well, what the military advisor said is reasonable, our army has few major generals, and it is not appropriate to take the initiative to attack, so we can only brake quietly."