Chapter 8 Arrow on the Bow 14 Yuan Shu and Li Ye, Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Ji Ling and others urgently discussed countermeasures.

Li Ye believed that the top priority now was not to immediately go south to attack Sun Ce and recapture Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, but to stabilize the army of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so as not to leak the news of Sun Ce's betrayal, so that Cao Cao and Liu Bei would take the opportunity to lead the ranks to chase after them, resulting in damage to the army.

As long as the army is intact, with Yuan Shu's current strength, it is more than enough to defeat Sun Ce and drive Sun Ce back to Jiangdong.

Feng Ji had just left, and although he did not make it clear that Yuan Shao supported Yuan Shu to establish the imperial system again, the meaning of his words was obvious.

Since Cao Cao is still holding the Son of Heaven hostage in today's situation, he has no choice but to break the kettle.

Once Yuan Shu re-established the imperial system with great fanfare and set up another son of heaven to confront Cao Cao, Cao Cao's situation became very difficult.

In order to survive and gain a foothold in the Central Plains, Cao Cao at this moment had no choice but to retreat. either send the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, satisfy Yuan Shao's wishes, and then let go of his hands and feet to attack Yuan Shu; Either reach a tacit understanding with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu will return Yanzhou to Cao Cao and return to Yangzhou, everyone will still maintain the past situation, be safe, and deal with Li Hong in Hebei together.

The first method is too great a loss for Cao Cao, and he will not give up the Son of Heaven unless he is forced to do so.

The second method Cao Cao has no initiative, and Yuan Shu must take the initiative, and the premise of Yuan Shu's initiative is that even if he builds the imperial system again, Yuan Shao will take the benefits in the end.

For the sake of his own interests, Yuan Shu was forced by the situation to abandon the Central Plains, withdraw his troops to Yangzhou, and temporarily reach an understanding with Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

As for whether the three of them will attack each other in the future, that is a matter of the future, and the main purpose of the three parties now is to quickly restore their strength and maintain the balance between the forces of each party.

Li Ye meant to immediately send people outside the city to negotiate with Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Yuan Shu withdrew to Yangzhou, and the three sides boycotted.

This should be something that Cao Cao and Liu Bei can't ask for. They took back their own prefectures and counties, won time to restore their strength, dealt a blow to Yuan Shao's plan, shook hands with Yuan Shu and made peace, temporarily avoiding conquest and preserving their strength.

It's an idiot not to agree to this kind of multi-killing. Yan Xiang objected to this.

The reason why he wants to make peace with Cao Cao and Liu Beiyan now is because Sun Ce captured Jiujiang and Lujiang counties.

After we made peace with Cao Cao, we were about to fight with Sun Ce, and we needed Yuan Shao to provide grain and grass for baggage. If we follow Master Li Ye's method, we will first offend Yuan Shao, lose Yuan Shao's favorable support, and the supply of grain and grass will not be available.

Secondly, after we arrived in Yangzhou, we fought with Sun Ce repeatedly, and our strength will definitely be greatly damaged, so that next spring, the army of Cao Cao and Liu Bei is likely to take the opportunity to enter Yangzhou.

And Sun Ce, who was defeated and returned to Jiangdong, may also make a comeback and join forces with Cao De and Liu Bei. We were besieged by three sides, and Yuan Shao sat idly by, how would we survive then?

Yan Xiang suggested that the imperial system should be established again immediately, and Yuan Shao should be dragged down first. With Yuan Shao's support, after we withdrew from Yanzhou, Cao Cao was bound to dare not take advantage of the victory to attack under the threat of Yuan Shao's army.

Secondly, in the process of retreating, we can let Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun join forces and concentrate on taking Xiapi first.

Then we took the two counties of Peiguo and Xiapi as the places of advance and retreat, and gathered a large army to go south to Jiujiang County to attack Sun Ce.

Without Yuan Shao's support, even if we get out of the predicament temporarily, it will be difficult for us to persist in the Jiujiang and Lujiang areas.

Re-establishing the imperial system, forming an alliance with Yuan Shao, and making peace with brothers are the only ways to ensure survival at present. Although in this way, Yuan Shao's strength has increased, but we have avoided the fate of defeat, and the overall interests of Yuan Shao have also been inflated.

It's still very cost-effective in the long run. After the Jizhou War, the forces of all sides on the north and south banks of the Yellow River disappeared from one another, and Hebei could move south to the Central Plains at any time.

At this time, for the sake of Yuan Valve's interests, it is best for us to join forces with Yuan Shao, and then quickly defeat Cao Cao and occupy the Central Plains, so as to form a north-south confrontation with Hebei, otherwise, in the future, whether it is Yuan Shao Yuan Shu or Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they may be killed by Hebei's iron cavalry and wiped out.

After Yuan Shu and the others carefully weighed the pros and cons, they decided to adopt the methods of Li Ye and Yan Xiang at the same time. Yuan Shu sent people out of the city and took the initiative to contact Cao Cao, threatening to re-establish the imperial system and force Cao Cao to stop the war.

At the same time, Ji Ling, He Yi and others led the army to evacuate Peiguo in a hurry. In addition, Yuan Shu also wrote to Zhang Xun to withdraw his troops from Pengcheng, rush to Xiapi Rendezvous Bridge, and take Xiapi City at all costs.

Yuan Shu asked Yang Hong to rush to Luoyang to meet Yuan Shao. After the re-establishment of the imperial unity, if Yuan Shao was willing, he was willing to send the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, but Yuan Shao had to assign Runan County to himself, so that he could quickly expand his strength, so as to form a flanking attack on the Central Plains.

Although Yuan Shu knew that Yuan Shao would not believe his words, at this moment, in order to quickly reverse the unfavorable situation, he could only deceive for a while.

Chen Wang Liu Chong is now in the county of Peiguo (now northwest of Suixi County, Anhui). Yuan Shu sent Li Ye and Liu Fu to Xiangcheng in a hurry.

Regardless of whether Liu Pet himself agrees or not, he immediately raises the enthronement ceremony. Only wait for the army to withdraw to Peiguo, and then establish the imperial unity.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei were anxiously waiting for news from Liu Biao. Yuan Shao's attitude is very important, if Yuan Shao acquiesces to Yuan Shu to re-establish the imperial system, the situation in the world will be even more chaotic.

Especially Cao Cao, after suffering heavy losses in the Battle of Jizhou, he was simply powerless to resist the combined attack of the Yuan brothers.

At this time, Yuan Shu's messenger arrived. No one believed Yuan Shu's words. He wants to make peace? What is this kid doing?

Cao Cao's first feeling was that Yuan Shu was deceiving, and there must be a conspiracy behind it. Could it be that Yuan Shu was forced to be in a hurry, and wanted to drag himself with a delaying tactic, and then run to Peiguo to establish the imperial system again?

Liu Bei guessed that the Yuan brothers might have fallen out because of the re-establishment of the imperial unity, and Yuan Shu was angry, and simply withdrew his troops, determined to restore the world to the pattern before the Jizhou War.

There is Yuan Shao behind Yuan Shu, and it is not a matter of time to fight Yuan Shu, and there is no need to rush at this moment.

The Battle of Jizhou had just ended, and the army was in urgent need of rest. Rains have just fallen in the Central Plains, and the nine-month drought is over, and it is time to resume planting.

The matter in Qingzhou is unresolved, and it takes time to solve Zang Ba's foothold first.

Since Yuan Shu took the initiative to withdraw his troops, it can be regarded as putting down the shelf and admitting defeat, which is good for Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

The two happily agreed, and Yuan Shu was also very happy, and immediately sent Cao Cao and the families of all the Yanzhou officials to Cao Cao's camp.

Just when the two sides were talking harmoniously and Yuan Shu's army had begun to retreat one after another with a large amount of money and baggage looted from Yanzhou, a news came from Chenliu that Yuan Shao's army was stationed in Chenliu and was going north to cross the river and rush to Hanoi to support.

Cao Cao immediately realized that Yuan Shao was in trouble. In the direction of Hanoi, Yuan Shao may not be able to support it, and Ma Chao in the direction of Guanzhong should also raise troops to betray.

Yuan Shao took care of one thing and the other, and he was too busy to take care of himself, and he was no longer able to help Yuan Shu. Cao Cao felt that his chance had come, and the opportunity to kill Yuan Shu had come.

While secretly assembling a large army, he waited for news from Liu Biao. Liu Biao went to Luoyang, if Yuan Shao was anxious to deal with the affairs of Guanzhong and Hanoi, he could more or less learn a little bit of the real situation through his own connections.

Cao Cao didn't wait for Liu Biao's news, but waited for Wang Lang, who hurried from Jiangdong.

"In order to uphold justice and revitalize the Han Dynasty, Sun Ce resolutely decided to break away from the rebellious Yuan Shu and return to the imperial court." After Wang Lang explained his intentions, he finally said,

"At present, Lord Sun Ce is leading a large army to attack Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, and he is willing to obey the decree of the Son of Heaven and the command of the Prime Minister, and fight bloodily to kill the rebellious Zhongxing Sheji." Then Wang Lang began to sing praises for Sun Ce.

Cao Cao had heard of Sun Ce and knew that he had led a large army to defeat Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, in Jiangdong in the past two years.

Liu Miao is the younger brother of Liu Dai, the former Yanzhou Mu, and both of them have a good relationship with Cao Cao. Cao Cao hated Yuan Shu and hated Sun Ce very much, so Wang Lang committed Cao Cao's taboo before he could say a few words.

Sun Ce's defeat of Liu Miao was not the credit of Sun Ce for Cao Cao, but the sin of the troubled society.

"Who is Sun Ce? What is he? Cao Cao slapped his palm on the desk and interrupted Wang Lang's words,

"A perfidious rebel, a brazen villain, such a person does not say anything, so as not to pollute my ears." Liu Bei, who was sitting on the side, also frowned deeply, but his expression was still very polite.

If this matter is true, Yuan Shu is dead. No matter what Sun Ce's conduct is, he has done a great favor and made a great contribution this time, and he can't be neglected no matter what.

In addition, on behalf of Sun Ce, who came to present a table to the Son of Heaven, was Wang Lang, a famous man in Xuzhou, who had to be polite and reasonable, and could not be too unrelenting.

"Sun Ce is the son of Sun Jian, the former general of Poyu and the assassin of Yuzhou." Liu Bei didn't know whether he was intentional or pretending to be stupid, he introduced Cao Cao very seriously,

"At the age of a weak crown, this son followed Yuan Shu to fight everywhere. When he was twenty years old, Yuan Shuli overrode public opinion, led by Sun Ce, and led an army to cross the river to attack Liu Xuan in Jiangdong. After about three years, Sun Ce finally lived up to his expectations and won Wu County, Huiji County and half of Danyang County, and he was also a tiger general. Liu Bei said

When the word "tiger general" was used, the tone was deliberately accentuated and it seemed solemn. Three years to fight two and a half counties is also called a tiger general, which can't help but make Cao Cao look up to the sky and laugh, and Wang Lang felt humiliated, his face was pale, and his eyes glared at Liu Bei fiercely.

Sun Ce also relied on his own efforts to lay down two and a half counties, but what about you? You've just picked up a bargain and hit a shit luck.

Cao Cao killed people like hemp, he once slaughtered Xuzhou, you don't avenge the people of Xuzhou, but you sit with the enemy and call you brothers, what are you?

Wang Lang scolded Cao Cao and Liu Bei in his heart. Although he didn't have a good impression of Sun Ce, entrusted by Zhang Zhaozhi, he couldn't help but complete the task of this trip, otherwise with his personality, he would have left long ago.

"It turned out to be Sun Jian's son, no wonder he was a rebel." Cao Cao sneered,

"Sun Jian himself is a rebellious and unruly rebel. When he went north from Changsha to seek Dong, he actually killed Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Zhang Shi, the Taishou of Nanyang, in one go, setting a precedent for killing a member of the imperial court. Although he later had the credit of defeating Dong Zhuo and entering Luoyang, compared to what he did later, what was this credit? ”

"People gather by like, and things are divided by groups." Liu Bei joked,

"With someone like Yuan Shu, what good goods can you have? It's just a pack of mad dogs. For the sake of a bone, anything can be done. Wang Lang laughed angrily,

"Yuan Shu is indeed a mad dog, but compared to the two adults, Sun Ce is at most just a wild dog who forgets his righteousness and is shameless." Cao Cao was furious, a sneer appeared at the corner of Liu Bei's mouth, and the murderous aura in his eyes was sharply revealed.

Cheng Yu saw that things were not good, and hurriedly got up to dissuade him. Mao Jue and Man Chong took the opportunity to pull Wang Lang out of the big tent.

The sudden break between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu is hard to believe. But thinking of Yuan Shu's initiative to negotiate peace, this matter is indeed possible.

After Sun Ce's defeat in Guangling, his fate had become very gloomy with the failure of Yuan Shu's plan to seize the Central Plains, and even if Yuan Shu did not kill him, his fate would be tragic.

If Sun Ce wants to completely reverse the situation and control his own destiny, there is only one way. That is to break with Yuan Shu, and take advantage of the fact that Yuan Shu was trapped in the Central Plains battlefield, and join forces with Cao Cao and Liu Bei to kill Yuan Shu.

"This kid is good, three points more ruthless than his father." Cao Cao said with a smile,

"Yuan Shuzhi is very talented, he thinks he is amazing, he always calculates others, but this time he was calculated by others, haha......"

"Yuan Shu is a gambler, and gamblers are ruthless people. I don't know why Yuan Shu was so emotional this time and made such a fatal mistake. Cheng Yu was puzzled.

"People make mistakes, and Yuan Shu is no exception." Liu Bei was a little gloating,

"When Sun Jian died in Xiangyang, it was all for Yuan Shu. Today, Yuan Shu was defeated at the hands of Sun Ce, and it can be regarded as repaying Sun Jian's favor, and he can't complain about Sun Ce. Several people sighed, and then discussed the way to attack.

Cao Cao advocated throwing Yuan Shao aside, leaving him alone, raising up a large army, attacking Yuan Shu with all his might, and beating him to the ground.

"If he establishes the emperor again, we will even cut down that bullshit emperor." Liu Bei disagreed.

Although Yuan Shao was pinned down by the Hanoi battlefield, Yuzhou still had the armies of Yuan Wei, Gao Gan, Xu Xuan and others, as well as the grain of Yingchuan, Runan, Chen and other counties.

As long as Yuan Shao gives an order, as long as Yuan Shu bows his head to Yuan Shao, and the brothers join forces to fight back, we will definitely get nothing.

On the contrary, Sun Ce can take this opportunity to easily sit in the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang. Yuan Shu's threat has been removed, but Sun Ce's threat has come again, and our rear is still unstable.

In the battle of Jizhou, our losses were too great, and at this moment, it is still the best policy to take back Yanzhou and Xuzhou and restore our strength.

In addition, Zang Ba in Qingzhou has always been a heart disease, and if Hebei takes the opportunity to control Zang Ba, we will become very passive.

We have Yuan Shu in front of us, and Zang Ba in the back, and the two of them have attacked one after the other, and we have not wanted to have a peaceful life in the past two years.

After Yuan Shu withdrew from Yanzhou and Xuzhou, he had no place to stay, so he could only fight Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce's strength is not enough, it is not a matter of a day or two for Yuan Shu to defeat him.

We will use a part of our men to help Sun Ce fight against Yuan Shu and let them fight until next spring. We ourselves used this time to settle the affairs of Qingzhou, and then we joined forces to attack Yuanshu, and then the two counties of Yangzhou and Jiangbei should be able to fall in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao insisted on taking advantage of the victory to attack. For Cao Cao, the Central Plains was dilapidated and plagued, and he urgently needed a place to provide him with the wealth to dominate the Central Plains.

As long as Yuan Shu is defeated, Sun Ce is attacked, and the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang are occupied, the rear of the Central Plains will be completely stabilized, and the food will be guaranteed, of course he does not want to lose this opportunity.

Liu Bei thought about it for a long time and didn't insist anymore. Now Yuan Shu's army is still attacking Pengcheng and Xiapi counties, if the army is discharged, with the help of Cao Cao, he can quickly recover the two counties, which is only good for himself, not bad, let alone loss.

Because almost all of the main forces attacking Yuan Shu now are from Yanzhou, they are happy to sit back and do it.

Cao Cao issued an order in the name of the Son of Heaven to worship Sun Ce as the general to capture and lead the Yangzhou Assassin History, and urged him to take the entire territory of Jiujiang County as soon as possible, and then attack Yuan Shu from the direction of Jiujiang County to the north, so as to kill the rebels as soon as possible and stabilize Sheji.

Wang Lang wanted to leave but didn't leave. What Cao Cao lacks now is people, especially a prestigious and prestigious person like Wang Lang.

In the name of the Son of Heaven, he worshiped Wang Lang as the Guanglu doctor, and rebuilt the court with Xun Yu, Cheng Xian, Mao Jue and others.

In late October, Cao Cao suddenly led an army to attack the city of Changyi. Yuan Shu knew that the news of Sun Ce's betrayal had leaked, and immediately retreated to Peiguo with the thousands of men and horses who stayed in Changyi.

Cao Cao led his army in pursuit, day and night. Yuan Shu was very embarrassed and fled three hundred miles in one go. Cao Cao's front army, under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun, pursued closely.

When they arrived near Dangshan, Ji Ling's army finally appeared. He commanded a large army to ambush Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Yuan suffered a heavy blow and lost more than 3,000 people in one battle.

Cao Chun commanded three thousand iron horsemen to rescue desperately, and finally rescued Xiahou Yuan. After Cao Cao, who was then pursuing, received the news, he had no choice but to stop and join Liu Bei in the Xiao County of Peiguo and Pengcheng of Pengcheng in Pengcheng.

Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun joined forces and captured Xiapi City, occupying most of the counties of Xiapi County. At the end of October, Yuan Shu's army was stationed on the front line of Xiangcheng in Peiguo and Xiapi County, facing Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army.

At the same time as the tide of the war in the Central Plains was reversed, the battlefield in Hanoi also underwent unexpected changes. After Zhang Liao led his army to Huaicheng, he checked the terrain everywhere, and then ordered the army to feint to attack the city, and at the same time organized 100,000 people to weave straw bags and fill the soil day and night.

In the upper reaches of the Qinshui River, straw bags filled with mud are used to cut off the flow of water. Under the command of Zhang Liao, 2,000 iron horsemen from northern Xinjiang crossed the Qinshui River, haunted everywhere, and drove all the people within 50 miles of Huaicheng to the area of Pinggao City near Jishui.

In November, in the middle of a dark night, Zhang Liao ordered the city to be flooded. Due to the abundant rain in the Central Plains in the recent period, the river water has swelled, and the rushing water is surging, and it has been drained down with the momentum of destruction and decay.

Within 50 miles from the Qinshui River to the Yellow River, it all turned into an ocean overnight. Zhang Liao's plan was very vicious, this big flood not only flooded Huaicheng, washed away the road and houses, but also flooded the north bank of the Yellow River to the nearest several ferries to Huaicheng, including Pinggaojin, Guangwujin, and Aocangjin.

At this time, Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao, who led the reinforcements to Aocang, looked at the water on the other side, helpless, and there was no way.

Guo Tu, Han Hao, Han Qiong, and Tao Sheng in Huaicheng led an army of 10,000 and refused to surrender. The unwillingness of officials to surrender does not mean that their subordinates are also unwilling to surrender.

Five days later, when rescue was hopeless, a military commander who was the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro ordered the city gate to be opened and the Northern Xinjiang Army into the city.

Tao Sheng led the army to fight to the death and was hacked to death with a knife. Han Hao was captured with all his might. Han Qiong, Guo Tu, Wu Zheng and others fought their way out of the encirclement and took advantage of the chaos to escape into the muddy wilderness.

Zhu Ling, who was stationed in Pinggao City, had been sending people to search in the flood area recently, and after the scouts found Guo Tu and the others, they hurriedly protected them and fled to Pinggao City.

If Huaicheng is lost, Hanoi will be lost. However, even worse news followed. Sima Yi led five hundred iron horsemen to haunt the impermanence among the mountains and mountains, and on this day, he took advantage of the dark night to run a hundred miles to kill near Heyang City, and burned all the grain and grass accumulated near Heyang City.

Sima Yi was still not satisfied, and took advantage of the chaos to burn hundreds of boats on the Yangjin ferry in Heyangjin. Guo Tu immediately made a decision and concentrated all his forces in the three cities of Pinggao, Wenxian and Heyang.

These three cities are on the north bank of the Yellow River and are the three necessary routes to Luoyang. As long as these three cities are held, Luoyang has not directly faced the threat of the Northern Frontier Army for the time being.

When the news reached Luoyang, Yuan Shao was anxious about the unfavorable situation in the Central Plains Battlefield and the Guanzhong Battlefield.

At the beginning of November, Han Sui and Ma Chao gathered 15,000 iron horsemen and frantically entered the Guanzhong despite the approaching harsh winter.

Yuan Tan led the army to block the attack in Chencang, and Duan Xuan and Xian Pei led the army to garrison Chang'an. Everyone thought that as long as they held out until the first heavy snow of winter, the battle would be over.

However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and at this critical juncture, Huaili City was conquered by Pound. At that time, Pang De was leading his army to haunt near Anling and Changling, and after receiving Han Sui's letter, he immediately rushed to Huaili City.

There are many of Ma Teng's old troops in Huaili City, although they surrendered to Yuan Tan, but the body of the people of Western Xinjiang is the blood of loyalty, they know that Ma Chao is going to kill back, and they are waiting for the opportunity to break out.

When Pound's army reached the city, Ma Teng's old troops launched a bloody battle in the city. They were almost dead and wounded, but they opened the gates.

Pang De's soldiers were bloodless, captured Huaili City, and cut off Yuan Tan's retreat. Yuan Tan had no choice but to abandon Chen Cang and return to Chang'an City to defend it.

In mid-November, Han Sui, Pang De, and Ma Chao joined forces and killed Chang'an City with a huge force of 20,000 iron cavalry.

Yuan Tan continued to ask Luoyang for help, but Chun Yuqiong in Guanxi was dragged by the Northern Xinjiang Army and was unable to support. On the surface of the Yellow River, the warships of the Northern Xinjiang Army were lined up, the soldiers on the ships had distinct armor, and the colorful battle flags were waving in the wind, and the momentum was amazing.

Although Chun Yuqiong knew that the other party's purpose was purely to contain Kansai's troops, he did not dare to move.

He fought with Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, Zhang Baiqi and others on the opposite side for several years, and they knew each other very well. As long as they are given the opportunity, these people will be killed immediately, and the feint attack will turn into a bloody onslaught at any time.

The troops in Guanxi could not be withdrawn, and the troops in Nanyang had to guard against the Jingzhou army that was returning to Xiangyang, and the various units of the Yuzhou army were on high alert in the face of the bad situation in the Central Plains, and were ready to attack at any time.

Yuan Shao sighed for a long time, hesitating at a loss. Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Xin Ping, Xun Zheng, Chen Lin and others discussed countermeasures day and night, and then went to Yuan Shao's sickbed and reported the results of the discussion to him.

The war situation in Hanoi has basically ended, and the Northern Xinjiang Army's attacks for two consecutive months have reached the limit and can no longer make progress.

And winter is coming, and the Yellow River will soon freeze. Relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River, the Northern Xinjiang Army could not threaten Luoyang throughout the winter.

As a result, reinforcements were no longer needed in the Hanoi battlefield. Guo Tu, Han Qiong, Zhu Ling and others only need to hold the three cities of Pinggao, Wenxian and Heyang, and fix the battle line on the line of the Jishui River.

When the Yellow River thaws next year, we will gather a large army to launch a counteroffensive. Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao, who were stationed in Aocang, should lead their troops south at this time, threaten Yanzhou, and force Cao Cao to abandon his attack on Yuan Shu.

In this way, we can dispatch a part of the Yuzhou army to Nanyang immediately, and Yuan Xi of Nanyang can lead the army to the north quickly and enter Guanzhong to support.

The most dangerous thing now is the Guanzhong battlefield. Ma Teng's death stimulated Ma Chao, a young warrior in the western frontier who had lost his mind in order to take revenge.

But Han Sui and Pang De did not lose their minds. At present, the biggest threat to the Western Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is not the heavy snow in winter, but the grain and grass.

Although Western Xinjiang has received financial support from Hebei, the situation is still very bad. Han Sui only brought 15,000 iron horsemen into the pass, which is a clear proof of this.

Although Pang De had the financial support of the two counties of Northland and Anding, he brought 5,000 iron horsemen, which was too expensive.

Hebei had just experienced two major wars in Jizhou and Hanoi, and its wealth had reached its limit and could not support Pang De.

Guanzhong's development has been slow in the past two years, and the population growth has been extremely slow, except for the vicinity of Chang'an, the rest of the country is almost uninhabited, so it is a joke that they want to rely on captivity to survive the long winter.

In order to alleviate the crisis in Guanzhong, we had better take advantage of Ma Chao's hatred to drive a wedge between Han Sui and Ma Chao and force the rebels in Western Xinjiang to withdraw from Guanzhong.

If you want to separate Han Sui and Ma Chao, the way is very simple. Sticking to Chang'an City, he even did not hesitate to abandon Chang'an City, dragged the army of Western Xinjiang, increased the burden of Western Xinjiang, and made Han Sui run out of grain and grass and had to withdraw his army.

Secondly, increase Ma Chao's hatred for us, so that he not only loses his mind, but also falls into madness. There are Ma Teng's family members in Luoyang, and Ma Chao's family members in Chang'an City, where Ma Chao's mother, younger brother, wife, and son are here, kill them all, give Ma Chao's head, let him be burned by hatred day and night, and let him suffer painfully.

At that time, not to mention Han Sui, even the general Li Hong personally stood in front of Ma Chao, and he couldn't dissuade Ma Chao.

Whoever dares to say withdraw the troops, and who dares to say that he will give up the attack, is Ma Chao's enemy. Ma Chao only has the word revenge in his mind, and only when he smells blood will he sleep peacefully and sleep soundly, otherwise he will be restless and go crazy.

Ma Chao has become a complete madman, Han Sui will not continue to accompany him to go crazy, and neither will Pang De.

Behind Han Sui is the Western Frontier, and Han Sui will not give up the entire Western Xinjiang for the sake of Ma Chao, and give up following the iron cavalry soldiers who followed him to fight in Guanzhong.

Behind Pang De is the general Li Hong, he has to follow Li Hong's orders, and he has no right to let 5,000 soldiers accompany Ma Chao to the funeral.

Then, Ma Chao was dead. Either Han Sui and Pang De killed him, or he killed himself.

He is desperate, he can't avenge his dead relatives, he lives in hatred and pain all day long, he has no way to live except death.

The Hanoi battlefield will soon enter a period of confrontation. As long as the Guanzhong battlefield drags on for two months, the crisis will be solved.

Now we need to focus on the Central Plains battlefield. Tian Kai's death led to Zang Ba's sudden capture of Qingzhou, and Sun Ce's sudden defection to Yuan Shu after the defeat at Guangling, which immediately complicated the situation in the Central Plains.

But for us, it's very good. Who is Zang Ba? The leader of the Yellow Turban Army, who followed Sima Ju in the past, was later appeased by Tao Qian, and he had enmity with Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Cao Cao once killed the Yellow Turban Army and slaughtered Xuzhou. Liu Bei also killed the Yellow Turban Army, and Liu Bei ignored the enmity of Xuzhou and called Cao Cao a brother.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei can't tolerate Zang Ba, and Zang Ba won't be stupid enough to believe Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so in order to survive, Zang Ba has only one way, to take refuge in Hebei.

After Zang Ba took refuge in Hebei, he would be used by Hebei. Hebei's purpose was to keep the Central Plains parties from fighting in order to prevent the Central Plains parties from regaining their strength and preparing for their future attacks on the Central Plains.

In other words, Zang Ba will constantly attack the Central Plains, and will constantly fight with Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Sun Ce's defection blow drove Yuan Shu to a dead end.

Even if Yuan Shu defeated Sun Ce with our help, his strength was vulnerable. Yuan Shu either bowed his head to the adults, or was destroyed by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce.

But we can't let Yuan Shu fall, we have to help Yuan Shu, so that he and Zang Ba of Qingzhou can form a north-south attack on the Central Plains.

Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei's strength is stronger than Zang Ba and Yuan Shu, they can't take care of both the beginning and the end, and can only be exhausted, so their strength will be slowly exhausted, and the territory of survival will gradually be eaten away.

As long as the timing is right, the Lord can lead a large army to sweep through the Central Plains. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and the like will all become the pockets of adults.

In order to form a situation in the Central Plains that is extremely favorable to us as soon as possible, the current focus is to force Cao Cao and Liu Bei to withdraw their troops, and let Yuan Shu quickly move south to defeat Sun Ce.

The sorrow in Yuan Shao's heart was swept away, and most of his condition was immediately improved, and he turned over and sat up from the sickbed.

"What about the emperor's affairs?" Yuan Shao asked,

"Do you want Yuan Shu to re-establish the imperial system?" Frustrated, Tian Feng shook his head at the same time. Xin Ping leaned into Yuan Shao's ear and whispered: "The benefits of re-establishing the imperial system are very great, and adults must not give up." Yuan Shao looked at Fu Zhi and Tian Feng, and waved his hand at Xin Ping,

"Let's do it." Xin Ping left in a hurry. Fu Zhi and Tian Feng looked at each other and smiled bitterly, their eyes full of worry.

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