Chen Gong killed more than 500 members of Chen Gui's family, setting off a monstrous wave in Xuzhou.

For a time, everyone in the big clan of Pengcheng was in danger, and they were afraid that Chen Gong would be forced to hurry, which provoked Chen Gong to send troops to encircle and suppress again. At this point, Chen Gong has completed what he has to do.

After Chen Gong killed Chen Gui and Chen Deng, he summoned the big clans in the city.

The patriarchs of the big families all gathered in the Chen Palace Mansion to discuss things.

Although these people were worried that they would be ambushed by Chen Gong, the general trend was that once they did not obey Chen Gong's orders, they were likely to be hit by Chen Gong and could only go.

However, Chen Gong did not besiege the patriarchs of the major families.

He killed Chen Gui's family, and he had already set an example for the monkeys, which had the effect it should have.

Chen Gong appeased the big clans in the city, but asked the big clans in the city to donate private soldiers to garrison Pengcheng. The big clans in the city faced Chen Gong's butcher's knife, and they didn't dare to resist at all, so they could only agree to come down, and they all took out the private soldiers cultivated in the family to help Chen Gong garrison Pengcheng.

Pengcheng is the seat of Xuzhou, the political and economic center, the city is strong and easy to defend.

After Chen Gong solved Pengcheng's internal troubles, he began to devote all his energy to strengthening the city and strengthening the city's defenses. Although he was sure enough to let Yuan Shu retreat, he needed enough time. Therefore, Chen Gong must defend Pengcheng in order to give Liu Bei a chance to make a move.

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Yuan Shu led the troops on the way, and before he arrived in Pengcheng, he got the news that Liu Bei had sent troops. And after Liu Bei sent troops, Yuan Shu had to stop.

The army set up camp, and Yuan Shu convened the generals to discuss the matter.

There are many generals sitting in the big tent, but they are only a full number of people.

Under Yuan Shu, all the capable generals were killed by Wang Can, and the rest were some shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Now the only people under Yuan Shu can handle are Li Feng and Qiao Rui. Yuan Shu's eyes swept over the generals in the big tent one by one, and finally said slowly: "You all know the news that Liu Bei led his troops to attack Shouchun, tell me, what should I do?" ”

After Liu Bei sent his troops, he did not go to Pengcheng, but to Shouchun.

If Liu Bei supports Xuzhou, he will definitely not be able to catch up with Yuan Shu.

The best way for Liu Bei to get Yuan Shu to withdraw his troops was to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, attack Shouchun, and force Yuan Shu to lead his troops back to help. Even if Yuan Shu knew Liu Bei's plan, Shouchun was related to Yuan Shu's net worth, and Yuan Shu took away all the troops in Yangzhou, and the strength in the jurisdiction was weakened, and it was easy for Liu Bei to attack the city and plunder the land.

Even though the city of Shouchun was strong, other places could not withstand Liu Bei's attack.

Yuan Shu thought about it, and had the idea of retreating in his heart.

Although Yuan Shu looked at Xuzhou's greed, he was more worried about the safety of his nest.

As soon as Yuan Shu's words fell, a partial general stood up and said: "Lord, Shouchun is the hinterland of Yangzhou, which is related to the future and destiny of our army. Once Shouchun is taken, Yangzhou will also be broken, if we do not capture Xuzhou City, wouldn't it be worth the loss, homeless, the end of the lord will definitely retreat. ”

Yuan Shu didn't answer, looked at Qiao Rui, and asked, "Qiao Rui, what do you have in mind?" ”

Qiao Rui has a lot of weight in Yuan Shu's heart, but there is no ink in his stomach, so he doesn't know what to do?

He scratched his head and said hesitantly: "Lord, the last general thinks that there is Chen Palace in Xuzhou, and it will definitely be difficult to take it." Now Liu Bei has sent people to attack Shouchun, which is already the hinterland of Yangzhou. If Liu Bei looted indiscriminately in Yangzhou, Yangzhou would definitely be hit hard, so the last general thought that it would be better to withdraw his troops! ”

Yuan Shu sighed in his heart and asked again, "Li Feng, what is your opinion?" ”

Li Feng immediately said: "My lord, General Qiao is reasonable, and the last general thinks that he should return to help." Once Liu Bei attacked the city and plundered the land in Yangzhou and gained a firm foothold, and Chen Gong also led his troops out of Xuzhou, our army might be caught in the center, and both sides would not be able to please at that time, so the last general thought that we should retreat. ”

After Yuan Shu heard this, the little idea of attacking Pengcheng in his heart immediately disappeared.

On the same day, Yuan Shu raised troops and went to Shouchun.

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Chen Gong got the news of Yuan Shu's withdrawal and laughed that Yuan Shu was a stupid pig.

Chen Gong has always looked down on Yuan Shu in his heart, and now that Yuan Shu has withdrawn when he heard the news, Chen Gong is even more disdainful of Yuan Shu. It's just that Liu Bei sent troops to feint to attack Yangzhou, which scared Yuan Shu back, and such a cowardly prince would definitely be destroyed in the end. When Chen Gong ridiculed Yuan Shu's incompetence, he also sent soldiers to meet Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei learned that Yuan Shu had withdrawn his troops, he also secretly laughed at Yuan Shu's incompetence, so he turned his troops around and ran directly to Xuzhou.

However, just as Liu Bei was leading his troops to Xuzhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou made a move.

Cao Cao sent troops from Yanzhou and went all the way south, preparing for Xuzhou with great momentum.

As a result, the bright situation in Xuzhou suddenly became turbulent again, and Xuzhou also became critical. In the past, the generals under Tao Qian killed Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, Cao Cao had attacked Xuzhou, which had left a deep impression on the people of Xuzhou, and now Cao Cao has made a comeback, making the situation in Xuzhou turbulent.

Liu Bei was worried about the situation in Xuzhou, and galloped all the way to Xuzhou quickly.

As long as he arrives in Xuzhou, he will definitely be able to stabilize the situation.

But the house leak happened to be raining, and when Liu Bei was looking forward to Chen Gong being able to resist Cao Cao for a while, Yuan Shu jumped out again. Yuan Shu was not angry with Liu Bei for blocking him from attacking Xuzhou, but he didn't want to get involved in the battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so he relied on the gourd to draw a scoop and led his troops to attack Liu Bei's nest Runan.

This trick is to learn and sell now, just to drag Liu Bei back and prevent Liu Bei from easily facing Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu led his troops to kill Runan, and he had the style of a-stirring stick.

He gave up Xuzhou, but turned to Runan again, which always made Liu Bei uncomfortable.

In fact, this is Yuan Shu's character, he will repay his eyes and be narrow-minded. Yuan Shu attacked Runan, the reason for which was nothing more than that Liu Bei prevented him from attacking Xuzhou, and now that Cao Cao was holding back Liu Bei, Yuan Shu would naturally not let go of the opportunity. Yuan Shu did not get involved in the battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, but he wanted to put Liu Bei in a dilemma.

After Liu Bei got the news, he secretly hated Yuan Shu in his heart.

However, Liu Bei did not withdraw his troops like Yuan Shu, but divided his troops to stop Yuan Shu.

Liu Bei sent Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers to lead a part of the soldiers to Runan to stop Yuan Shu's soldiers. Moreover, Runan still has Jian Yong and Sun Qian presiding over the overall situation, which is enough to block Yuan Shu.

Liu Bei arranged the affairs of the rear and continued to lead the troops to Xuzhou.

Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and Liu Bei came and went, and the situation was chaotic.

However, Cao Cao's abdomen and back were not affected, because Yuan Shao did not attack Cao Cao.

In fact, when Yuan Shao received Cao Cao's troops to attack Xuzhou, Yuan Shao's advisors suggested that Yuan Shao send troops to attack Cao Cao, taking advantage of the emptiness of Cao Cao's hinterland to annihilate Cao Cao in one fell swoop.

At a critical moment, the strategists under Yuan Shao's command began to fight among themselves again.

Guo Tu took the lead in standing up to refute Fu Zhi and put forward a suggestion that Yuan Shao should kill Gongsun Zan first. At the same time, Feng Ji, a strategist under Yuan Shao, also stood up and said that Yuan Shao sent troops to attack Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan might also send troops to attack Jizhou, so he also agreed with Guo Tu's suggestion and asked Yuan Shao to attack Gongsun Zan first, and then wave his army south after pacifying the north.

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth with hatred for Gongsun Zhan, but felt guilty about Cao Cao.

The reason for this is naturally that when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao attacked Wang Can together, Yuan Shao said goodbye without saying goodbye, forcing Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, so Yuan Shao directly chose not to attack Cao Cao, but to attack Gongsun Zhan.

In this way, a delicate balance is formed between the north and south sides of the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao, who was in the north, went to attack Gongsun Zhan, and Cao Cao, who was in the south, went to attack Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both dealing with their own affairs and did not invade each other. Such a situation played into Cao Cao's hands and made Cao Cao's heart happy. Cao Cao has now occupied the entire territory of Yanzhou, as well as occupied part of Qingzhou, and his strength has increased greatly, as long as he takes Xuzhou again, and then pacifies Yangzhou and Yuzhou, Cao Cao has the capital to sweep the world.

PS: The fourth shift is completed, and the work is over. Whew, it's too hard to write about the situation in the Central Plains, it's too hard. Well, it's nothing more than asking for flowers, asking for flower support.