After Yuan Tan's death, the killing did not stop, first killing his father, then slaughtering his brother, Yuan Shang, who had already annihilated his humanity, began a bloody massacre, all Yuan Tan's wives and concubines, children, friends, subordinates...... Kill them all, not a single one will be left!

All of a sudden, the iron riders came out in all directions, frantically arrested, the people who broke the house and destroyed the door did not know the geometry, only the heads of the people who were killed were rolling, the blood flowed like a river, Yecheng turned into a hell on earth, and the gate lord clan fled with their families in order to protect themselves, and went to the new master!

Judging and matching, Guo Tu painstakingly advised, hoping that Yuan Shang would only get rid of the first evil, not implicate innocent people, and retain some vitality for Hebei, but Yuan Shang was already crazy, killing brought fear, fear continued to kill, a vicious circle, there is no end!

There are also Karasuma, Xianbei, and Liaodong three people, stationed on the periphery of Yecheng, relying on their own merits in helping the war and exterminating thieves, asking for a large amount of gold and silver, cloth, and food, not to mention, and often arranging troops into the city, in the name of 'clearing the remnants', burning, killing and looting, all evil!

As long as they see a rich mansion or a beautiful girl, they will shout: 'Here are the remnants of Yuan Tan', and then break in, rob the wealth, and rape the ** girl...... The last fire burned cleanly, and even many Hebei officials were not spared!

Under such a ravage, in just ten days, Yecheng has become full of holes and dilapidated, and the three people are in high spirits, the more they play, the more happy they are, and there is no intention of withdrawing at all!

At this point, Yuan Shang understood what it meant to 'please God is easy to send God', he had the intention to expel him by force, but he didn't have that strength, he couldn't even find a helper, and his eldest brother who was close to him had already died in his own hands!

At the same time, Yuan Xi's ambitions were exposed and he began to usurp power and seize the throne, and he conspired day and night with Badun, Kebineng, and Gongsun Kang to reach an agreement and obtain military support at the cost of ceding land!

On the other hand, he visited the civil and military officials of Hebei, or bought them with money, or coerced them by force, and asked them to support their ascension, and personally went to the Zhen family, revisited the old marriage, and married the sixth lady of the Zhen family, wanting to get the support of the first chaebol!

It is difficult for foreigners to be controlled, people's hearts are scattered, and their strength is sharply reduced...... The evil consequences of Yuan's cannibalism are not only these, the Cao soldiers and horses who have been evacuated have made a comeback!

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"Haha! --The three sons of the Yuan family, if they work together and defend the foundation together, the old man wants to win, I am afraid that it will be difficult, but they kill each other, it is really a sin made by heaven, it is forgivable, self-inflicted, can not live, do not blame the old man for taking advantage of the danger of others! ”

On the bank of the Yellow River - Cao Jun's camp, hearing the news of Yuan Tan's death, Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, proud and extraordinary, on the one hand, he rewarded Guo Jia, made meritorious suggestions, and on the other hand, mobilized people and horses, and killed Ben Yecheng again!

After repairing, Cao's army has recovered its combat effectiveness, and at this time, the second Northern Expedition, like an arrow off the string, was unstoppable, and quickly recaptured Liyang, Dunqiu, and Yin'an...... A large number of cities in the south of Jizhou!

Cao Jun made rapid progress, and there were two reasons: one was that in the abandoned city, the people were ambushed in advance, and at this time, it was naturally very easy to open the city gate!

After Yuan Tan died, they were ready to serve Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shang opened a killing ring and purged dissidents, these soldiers were panicked, and in order to find a way to survive, they simply opened the door and surrendered to the Cao army!

Hearing about the second northern expedition of the Cao army, Yuan Shang was terrified, so he had to repeat the old tricks, stick to the city and wait until the enemy retreated on his own, unlike last time, after Yuan Tan died, no one stood side by side with him to defend against the enemy, and no one harassed the Cao army's grain road!

Cao's army has won many battles, and it seems that it is about to rush through Zhangshui and attack Yecheng again, but what is unexpected is that Cao Cao suddenly gave an order: the whole army stops, stop attacking, station in Gaogang, and wait for military orders!

"It's already the late autumn season, and in another month or two, the weather will turn cold, if you can't capture Yecheng, won't you give up your efforts?"

"The autumn rain is continuous, and the ground is muddy, which is not conducive to the siege of the city, maybe after the weather clears, the prime minister will enter the army, right?"

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After the order was issued, the soldiers were in an uproar and stopped for some reason, but who dared to disobey the military order of the prime minister, so they had to be stationed on the south bank of Zhangshui, and chose to camp on the hillside and high post, and at the same time find out the reason?

The heart of treacherous ambition is unfathomable, no one can figure it out, only Cao Pi and Cao Zhi know a little bit of the inside story, just last night, a mysterious person sent a secret letter, with sixteen words on it: 'Suspend the attack, garrison troops in high places, wait for a few days, and win without a fight', there is no name in the payment, only a greedy wolf with wings on his back, insidious and cunning!

"Wow! --Wow! Wow! ”

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In the late autumn season, the lewd rain is falling, and there is no sunny day for more than ten days, as if the sky has a loophole, only the people under the people are irritable, and the anger hits the brain, and the men have nothing to do, so they have to stay at home, sleep, drink, and beat their wives!

The defenders of Yecheng are the same, it rains heavily, it is difficult to fight, and the enemy has stopped attacking again, who is still standing at the head of the city in the rain, or hiding in tents, and sleeping every day; Or sit in the city tower, drinking, chatting and scolding the Hu people, for the Karasuma, Xianbei, and Liaodong people outside the city, they also hate it to the core!

At the same time, ponds, streams, and rivers in the south of Jizhou ...... The water was full everywhere, and the frogs chirped, and then flowed along the trend and converged into the Zhangshui...... All of a sudden, the river surface increased dramatically, and the water was turbulent, like a roaring dragon, constantly hitting the embankments on both banks, making a loud rumbling sound!

On the muddy road in the upper reaches of Zhangshui, a team marched slowly, about seven or eight thousand people, all of whom wore hats and robes, and could not see the clothes clearly, nor did they play any flags, but they just stayed overnight and hurried silently!

After passing through the cities and towns along the way, no one came forward to interrogate, the recent wars have continued, the army has been frequently mobilized, it is no longer strange, it is estimated that it is a certain place of people, transferred to guard Yecheng, meet officials with a strong sense of responsibility, and send people to send cattle and sheep, rice and noodles, vegetables, is afraid of hungry soldiers into the city, looting ordinary people!

What is unexpected is that this team is very honest, neither looting food, nor staying in private houses, but just rushing quietly and winning a round of applause, people naturally can't think that this well-disciplined team is not Yuan Jun, but Cao Jun, and the person who leads the team is - Ghost Face Xiao Lang!

After using deception and seizing the front set, with Zhang Yan and Xia Zhao as generals, he was responsible for the defense of the frontier, and Chen Qun was used as an agent to assassinate the history and deal with large and small government affairs.

As soon as Nazhi entered Jizhou, bad news came, Cao's army had suffered a setback in its offensive and had retreated on all fronts, abandoning Cangting and Liyang...... In many important towns, the whole army retreated to the bank of the Yellow River, shook hands with the Yuan family, and prepared to return to Xuchang!

After learning the situation, the subordinates said one after another, the battle situation has changed, the original plan will not work, is it a plan for now, or return the same way, retreat to the state, or immediately go south, and join the brigade, don't go east, otherwise it will be unimaginable!

They only have 7,000 men and horses, most of them are 'digging army', they can dig graves and dig graves, but they can't charge into battle, and Karasuma, Xianbei, Liaodong, and Yuan soldiers and horses near Yecheng, nearly 300,000 people, when the two meet together, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!

Xiao Yi thought a little, rejected the advice of his subordinates, the plan remained unchanged, continued to march eastward, the team went straight to Yecheng, and Cao Cao got along for many years, he knew very well that he wanted to unify the Central Plains, his long-cherished wish in his life, if he did not achieve his goal, he would not give up, how could he give up halfway?

As for the reason for the withdrawal of troops, it is nothing more than to retreat as an advance to lure the Yuan brothers into infighting, such a wonderful strategy, nine times out of ten, it comes from the hands of 'ghost talents'!

Fortunately, after the main force of the Cao army withdrew, the Yuan army was busy with infighting and lost its vigilance, and the seven thousand men and horses died down, boldly interspersed, and really came to the vicinity of Yecheng!

Facts have proved that Xiao Yi's guess is correct, the Yuan group is really infighting, the three brothers kill each other, Yuan Tan's head falls to the ground, Yuan Shang is almost crazy, and Yuan Xi harbors evil intentions...... At the same time, Cao's army launched a large-scale counteroffensive and launched the Second Northern Expedition, and the front was unstoppable!

The situation reversed, the opportunity appeared, Xiao Yi sent an envoy to get in touch with the main force, and on the other hand, he was looking for a place to stay, ready to do a big job, don't look at only a few thousand people, but if it is skillfully used, it is like a small arrow cluster, which can still put people to death!

The lonely army is deep, it must be lurking, coupled with the continuous rain, the soldiers are very tired, and they also need to be repaired, Xiao Yi sent someone to investigate, and made a bold decision - to stay in the Qingzhou camp!

This place is located in the upper reaches of Zhangshui, more than 70 miles away from Yecheng, it was the camp of the Qingzhou army, after Yuan Tan died, his subordinates were forced to surrender to Yuan Shang, all brought to Yecheng, and the camp was abandoned, but the barrier was complete, the houses were not demolished, and there were still a lot of tents, firewood, and utensils, just to use it!

So, under the nose of Yuan Jun, this team was boldly stationed, lighting a fire every day to cook, recovering physical strength, and by the way, to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, occasionally Yuan Jun rode by, and thought it was his own soldiers and horses, and he didn't suspect anything at all, this is called 'black under the lamp!' ’

More than 7,000 horses, against 300,000 enemy troops, there is no chance of winning a hard encounter, you must use the power of heaven and earth to turn the tide, the most fierce of which is the ruthlessness of water and fire, Xiao Yi's target with the help of is the galloping and roaring Zhangshui!