Chapter 4 Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat Twenty-third Festival October, Handan, the general is on the line. The generals of the unified army from all walks of life in northern Xinjiang arrived in Handan one after another.

At the military meeting, Li Hong very clearly put forward the ultimate goal of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the future campaign: to pacify the world and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty.

In order to be able to achieve this ultimate goal, we must first enhance our own strength, and the first step to enhance our strength is to completely control the three states of Hebei, so the top priority now is to take Youzhou.

Tian Chou recited the text of the crusade against Gongsun Zhan,

"Lord Taifu has been held hostage by Gongsun Zhan, Youzhou has been controlled by Gongsun Zhan, and the war against Youzhou must be launched immediately." Zhu Mu then elaborated on the specific attack strategy set by the General's Palace.

The Northern Frontier Army will launch attacks in four theaters one after another. The first battlefield was the Youzhou Battlefield, which was the main battlefield of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The 15,000 iron horsemen of Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, and Mustafa took the lead in going north to Zhuo County, approaching Jumashui and cutting off Gongsun Zhan's grain route.

After Lu Yi led the 30,000 troops of Wenchou, Xu Huang, and He Feng to cross the Hutuo River, he fought fiercely with Gongsun Zan in Longcuo to cover Zhao Yun's northward journey.

Once Gongsun Chan withdrew his troops, Ko Yi led his army in pursuit, striving to flank and inflict heavy losses on Gongsun Chan with Zhao Yun's iron cavalry.

According to our estimates, the Northern Frontier Army will only attack Youzhou for two months this year. By mid-December, once it snowed in the north, the fighting would stop, so the goal of the Northern Xinjiang Army this year was only to take Zhuojun.

Zhuo County is the main grain producing area of Youzhou, if we can take Zhuo County this year, then the grain and grass of the Youzhou army will become a problem next year, which will be very helpful for us to defeat Gongsun Zan next year and capture the entire territory of Youzhou.

In order for the army to successfully occupy Zhuo County, Yan Rou and Li Su of Shanggu County and Xian Yuyin of Dai County led their troops into Juyong Pass, threatening the central counties of Youzhou and forcing Gongsun Zan to retreat to Jicheng as soon as possible.

At present, Yan Rou, Xian Yuyin and Li Su are assisting the county taishou and the kings of the Hu clan in dealing with the southward migration of the Hu people in the border counties, so the border county iron cavalry cannot complete the assembly in such a short time.

After our order is delivered to the border county, it will be good for Yan Rou to dispatch some troops to Juyong Pass.

In this winter and next spring, after the Hu tribes have migrated one after another, Yan Rou, Xian Yuyin and Li Su's five thousand iron horsemen will be able to rush to Shanggu to assemble and enter Juyong Pass at any time.

In the spring of next year, the troops of Liyi, Zhao Yun, and Yan Rou will carry out a flank attack on Gongsun Chan from the north and south, and strive to fight a decisive battle with Gongsun Chan in the central counties of Youzhou.

If we can't defeat Gongsun Zhan's main force and let Gongsun Chan calmly withdraw into Liaoxi and Liaodong, then the war in Youzhou will drag on for a long time.

There were two battlefields on the north bank of the Yellow River. One is the northern part of Pingyuan County in Qingzhou, and the other is the northern part of Dongjun County in Yanzhou.

The main purpose of occupying the north bank of the Yellow River was twofold, one was to prevent Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Zhang Yang, Tian Kai and Liu Bei of Qingzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou from crossing the river to attack Jizhou while our main force was attacking Youzhou.

The second is to lay a buffer zone for Jizhou, protect Jizhou, and at the same time establish a forward battlefield for the future army to cross the river south to pacify the Central Plains.

Zhang Yan led an army of 20,000 from Wang Dang and Sun Qin to attack seven county towns in the northern part of Qingzhou Plain County. Yan Liang led the 20,000 troops of Gao Ran and Gao Shun to attack eight county towns in the north of Yanzhou East County.

Zhang He alone led an army of 10,000 troops at the junction of Wei County, Hanoi County, and Dong County to contain and threaten Zhang Yang in Hanoi, Xiahoudun in Dong County, and the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro.

Kansai is the fourth battlefield. Yuan Shao first occupied the eastern part of the country, and then drove out Yuan Shu, and controlled the two rich prefectures and counties of Jing and Henan, and his strength developed very rapidly, and it was very likely that he would surpass Hebei in a short time, which was very detrimental to the great cause of Zhongxing.

Therefore, the battle in Guanxi was to restrain Yuan Shao's development, consume Yuan Shao's strength, prevent him from extending his power to Yanzhou, and form a confrontation with Hebei.

There are currently 20,000 troops of Xu Rong, Yushi, and Huaxiong in Guanxi, and 10,000 troops of Yang Feng and Zhang Baiqi in Hedong.

Under the command of Xu Rong, they will choose the opportunity to launch an attack on the Kanto. Whether or not it can continue to occupy Guanxi is very important to Northern Xinjiang, but with the strength of the Guanbei Frontier Army, it is difficult to deal with the attack from the two directions of Guanzhong and Guandong, so while attacking and threatening Guandong, the Northern Xinjiang Army must have a good relationship with Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong, as well as Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang.

At present, for the Guanzhong and Xiliang forces, they urgently need the Northern Xinjiang Army to station troops in Guanxi, block Yuan Shao for them, and win time for them to consolidate and develop their strength.

Due to the influence of many reasons, such as the supply of grain and grass, the coordination between the various battlefields, and the climate, the four battlefields launched attacks one after the other.

The general's decision to attack Youzhou was very sudden, so the preparations were very hasty, especially the collection of grain and grass from all walks of life.

At present, the prefectures of Hebei are busy with the autumn harvest and autumn planting, relief and resettlement of displaced people, and the grain shortage will not be alleviated until the autumn grain is put into storage in November.

But now it is only two months before the snow falls in winter, and the time for the various units to attack is very limited.

For this reason, the General's Mansion decided to provide all the stockpiles of reserve military rations to the Youzhou battlefield first, so that the two armies of General Liyi and General Zhao Yun would take the lead in attacking.

The men needed for the army's northern expedition were recruited on the spot among the displaced people. After November, when food was plentiful, two battlefields on the north bank of the Yellow River began.

In the same way, after November, after the grain in Hedong was put into storage, the Kansai battlefield also began to attack. After Zhu Mu explained the key points of the attack on each battlefield, he immediately asked the generals if they had any questions.

"Fight Youzhou, why don't you recruit the Hu Iron Cavalry?" Wen Chou asked loudly,

"Yan Rou, Xian Yuyin and Li Su only have five thousand iron cavalry, if we recruit Lou Lu, Lu Huanyang, and Ranran's Karasuma iron cavalry at the same time, we will have more advantages in terms of troops, and we can completely surround Gongsun Zhan's main force in the area of Jicheng."

"How many troops Gongsun Chan has, we can't be sure at this time." Zhu Mu explained,

"We only know that when Gongsun Chan evacuated Bohai County, he took about 20,000 foot riders with him. Then there are 50,000 Tuntian soldiers in Zhuo County, but this is not all the troops in Youzhou, we are not sure. In recent years, Lord Taifu has resettled a large number of displaced people in Youzhou, and these displaced people are distributed in several counties and counties in the central part of Youzhou. If Gongsun Chan temporarily forcibly recruited the elite from among these people into the army, then their troops would be even more. As you all know, the soldiers of the Youzhou Army have not received military salaries in recent years, as long as they have a full stomach, so it is very rewarding for the Youzhou Army to quickly increase its troops. ”

"Although there are many people in the Youzhou army, there are few elite soldiers, and Gongsun Chan will not fight a decisive battle with us. In the fifth year of Zhongping (188 AD), we went to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun's hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops and tens of thousands of Karasuma Iron Cavalry fought a decisive battle with us in Jicheng, and the result was a great defeat, and soon the rebels were defeated. The situation today is very similar to that of the past. Gongsun Chan will definitely learn the lesson of the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army that year, and will not fight a decisive battle with us, but will lead the army to retreat to Liaoxi and Liaodong. ”

"From Jicheng to Liaoxi and Liaodong, the road is arduous and long, and if the army goes on an expedition, the transportation problem of grain and grass cannot be solved at all." Zhu Mu pointed to the narrow Youzhou on the map, and said helplessly,

"Gongsun Zhan has been in western Liaoning and eastern Liaodong for decades and has very rich experience. It is very difficult for us to defeat him, so we can only show weakness and only fight on two fronts at the same time, so that we can leave Gongsun Chan in the middle of Youzhou and trick Gongsun Chan into fighting a decisive battle with us. "We don't want to fight in Youzhou for a long time, let alone go on an expedition to Liaodong, we want to attack Gongsun Zan at all costs and stabilize the three states of Hebei at the fastest speed, which is the main reason why we can't recruit the Hu iron cavalry to participate in the war.

Of course, not requisitioning the Hu tribes also has the effect of stabilizing the Hu people in the border counties and saving military funds. In addition, if we use the Hu people to beat Gongsun Zhan, it may anger some Youzhou people, which is very detrimental to our rapid occupation of Youzhou.

Don't forget, Gongsun Chan is a native of Youzhou, and he has made many military exploits and made great achievements in Youzhou because of his resistance to the invasion of the Hu people over the years, and he is very popular in Youzhou.

Gongsun Zhan hated the Hu people, loved to kill the Hu people, and never showed mercy to the Hu people, slaughtering the clan at every turn. On this basis, most of the Han people in Youzhou supported him and regarded him as the hero of the Han Dynasty and the god of war in Youzhou.

On the contrary, Master Taifu is an outsider, although he has a great reputation and has done many things for Youzhou, he is not from Youzhou after all.

Lord Taifu has always taken a gentle approach to the Hu people, which is very different from the bloody massacre of Gongsun Zhan, and Lord Taifu has also offended some Han people in Youzhou who hate the Hu people to a certain extent.

You can think about it, Gongsun Chan repeatedly blocked and looted the envoys and goods of Han and Hu, but why didn't Lord Taifu punish him?

Lord Taifu played the court to impeach Gongsun Zhan, why did the court downplay it every time and ignore it?

It's not because Lord Taifu is soft-hearted, and it's not because Gongsun Chan has people in the imperial court, but from Youzhou to the imperial court, a large number of people are the same as Gongsun Chan at all, thinking that the policy towards the Hu people is to kill and exterminate the clan, not to be gentle and appeased.

Lord Taifu supervised the military and political affairs of Youzhou, and Gongsun Zan was controlled by him, but now everyone can take a look, the truth is just the opposite.

Gongsun Zhan is now not only in charge of Youzhou's military affairs, but he also interferes in Youzhou's political affairs. Otherwise, where would the food and grass for his army come from?

Master Taifu didn't have anything to do with him, why? It's very simple, many generals in the Youzhou army, many officials in various counties and counties in Youzhou, and even many subordinates in the Youzhou Pastoral Mansion, do not listen to Lord Taifu, but to Gongsun Zhan.

In the minds of these people, although Master Taifu is a good person, he is also a coward, a coward, and a nasty person.

Let's use a small analogy. If I do things for Master Taifu, but my ancestors, my relatives, my brothers and friends are killed by the Hu people, humiliated by the Hu people, and trampled by the iron hooves of the Hu people, I have a deep enmity with the Hu people.

But now that Lord Taifu wants to stop me from killing the Hu people, and wants me to go and call the Hu people brothers, do you say that in this case, do I support Gongsun Zhan, who slaughtered the Hu people, to avenge me, or do I support the Taifu Lord who protects the Hu people and makes me humiliated?

Of course, the people can accept the use of Hu people to fight Hu people, but how many people can accept using Hu people to fight Han people?

Therefore, this attack on Gongsun Chan and the suppression of the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army and the Karasuma people in the fifth year of Zhongping are two different things, two completely different things, and the Hu iron cavalry cannot be recruited.

In the future, it will be the same to calm the world. We must be cautious in recruiting the Hu iron cavalry to participate in the war, if we allow the enemy to take advantage of the centuries-old hatred between the Han and the Hu to attack and slander us, we will lose not only the hearts of the people, but also the world.

After the desert is calmed down, we will send a part of the Ural Mountain Iron Cavalry to the south to help. The Ural Mountain Iron Cavalry is basically Han Chinese, and that is our own Iron Cavalry.

After Hebei stabilized, the general intended to recruit tens of thousands of Hetao Tuntian soldiers to train in the Ural Mountains, and the Han Dynasty would have more and more iron cavalry.

After listening to Zhu Mu's explanation and analysis, the generals were all deeply convinced. There is still a big difference between going out to the desert and this kind of great war to pacify the world, and we can't lose people's hearts for the sake of greedy for temporary results.

The general's background and his military exploits were originally criticized because they were directly related to the Hu people.

If the Hu iron cavalry is still used in this kind of war to pacify the world, it may not be a meritorious service in the future, but a crime.

"Due to the outbreak of the plague in Yanzhou, part of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army escaped the Yellow River. When the army attacked Dongjun, did this part of the Yellow Turban Army appease or drive them across the Yellow River? Zhang Yan asked.

He doesn't mention attack and kill in this sentence, and the meaning is very obvious. The place where the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army took refuge was Dongjun, but Li Hong did not arrange for him to lead the army to attack Dongjun and let Yan Liang go, he was obviously worried.

"Lord Zhang doesn't have to worry, the general's attitude towards the Yellow Turban Army will not change." Zhu Mu smiled,

"The general's meaning is still to appease, as much as possible. If the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is unwilling, then drive them across the Yellow River. Considering that Lord Zhang, Lord Sun, and Lord Wang are all from the Yellow Turban, and they may encounter trouble when attacking Dongjun, the general discussed with us for a long time, and decided to let Lord Yan go to fight Dongjun. Please understand this point. Li Hong smiled at Zhang Yan and shook his head,

"Since you're not at ease, then you can go to Dongjun." Zhang Yan looked at each other with Sun Prince and Wang Dang. Wang Dang shook his hand.

Sun Qin blinked slightly. Zhang Yan sighed secretly, and arched his hand and said: "Everything is in accordance with the general's arrangement, I still go to fight the plains." Li Hong nodded, looked at Yan Liang and said, "Zishan, it is Xiahoudun who is now stationed in Dongwuyang. This person has a little friendship with us, you don't fight too hard, you have to fight slowly, I want Cao Cao to cross the Yellow River. "After the senior officers of Yan Liang and Yang Feng were transferred to each other, they had just arrived in Jizhou not long ago, and they were getting familiar with the army.

After hearing Li Hong's instructions, he asked a little puzzled: "General, why did Cao Cao cross the Yellow River?" Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River with the main force, and the battle was difficult to fight. Li Hong smiled slightly,

"Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River, you tell me immediately, and I will help you fight." Laughter erupted in the tent. Wen Chou shouted: "The general is good to Brother Hutou, and he even helps him in battle." Why didn't the general help us fight Youzhou? ”

"I'll go to Youzhou next year." Li Hong said with a smile,

"When you take Jicheng, I will go to Youzhou, otherwise, I will not go." The generals laughed for a while, Li Hong stood up and said, "Don't leave today, stay and eat." We haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's have a good chat. Now, I'm going to take you to Handan University Hall, where there are many well-known figures. Everyone is going to meet and meet, it's a rare opportunity. ”

"General, who are they?" Wen Chou asked impatiently.

"There is Mr. Zhang Zhen, Mr. Hu Zhao." Li Hong said happily,

"Master Xiangkai is back too." On October, Luoyang. Zang Hong hurried to Luoyang to meet Yuan Shao. Zang Hong is engaged in the work of Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling, Xuzhou.

When Yuan Shao convened the officials of various states and counties to form an alliance to discuss Dong in Chenliu's sour jujube alliance, it was this Zang Hong who presided over the alliance.

When Yuan Shao heard that Zang Hong had arrived in Beijing, he was very happy and personally went out of the house to greet him. Now Yuan Shao's identity is still a general of the chariot cavalry, and as for the general of the chariot cavalry, it is because of that

It is not known whether the "Edict of Undertaking the System" was awarded or the worship of today's son. Yuan Shao's Che Cavalry General's Mansion is located in his own mansion, located in a quiet alleyway in the south of the city, simple and elegant.

After Xu You's introduction, Yuan Shao took the initiative to step forward and meet Zang Hong. When the sour jujube alliance was formed, Yuan Shao was delayed due to the incident and did not go to the main alliance in person.

Later, the Yellow Turban Disaster broke out in Yanzhou, and the officials of various prefectures and counties immediately led their troops back to their own mansions, so Yuan Shao never had the opportunity to see this Xuzhou celebrity.

Yuan Shao was smiling, but Zang Hong was lukewarm. Yuan Shao didn't care and entertained Zang Hong warmly. Why Zang Hong is unhappy, Yuan Shao knows in his heart.

After Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, staged a mutiny in Liyang and drove Zhang Chao, who intended to rob Yangzhou, out of Yangzhou, Yuan Shao immediately took it

In the name of "undertaking the system", Zhang Chao was dismissed from his post as Guangling Taishou. Xuzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian has always ignored Yuan Shao, but this time he was unusually cooperative, and immediately sent Zhao Yu to Guangling with the army, drove Zhang Chao away, and let Zhao Yu lead Guangling Taishou on his behalf.

Zhang Chao had no choice but to leave Guangling with a few hundred private soldiers. Zang Hong and a few others engaged in what Tao Qian did and hurried to Yanzhou with Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao was originally going to take refuge with his brother Zhang Miao, but who knew that Zhang Miao, like him, was also driven out of Chen Liu by Yuan Shu.

In desperation, a pair of difficult brothers and sisters went to Jiyin to find Cao Cao. When Cao Cao heard the news that Yuan Shu was stationed in Yanzhou, of course he was furious.

But anger is anger, reality is reality, and brute force will not work. Now Yanzhou is a plague again, and it is the scourge of the Yellow Turban, and he has such a few people in his hands, and he will lose everything after the fight.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu, Mao Jue, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others carefully discussed, and felt that Yuan Shao's drive of wolves was fake, and it was true to kill wolves with tigers, and then Yuan Shao swept Yanzhou under the pretext of avenging Yuan Shu.

It not only kills the tiger, but also occupies Yanzhou in a high-sounding manner. Xi Zhicai immediately offered advice. First sent people to Luoyang to complain to Yuan Shao, gave Yanzhou to Yuan Shu, stabilized Yuan Shu first, and at the same time sent people to cross the river to the north to meet the general Li Hong, saying that all counties and counties in Yanzhou agreed to Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang to Yanzhou to take office, so that the general and Yuan Shu would fight first.

The adults took the opportunity to gather forces, taking advantage of the fact that the plague had just dispersed and the Yellow Turban Army had no way to demoralize, kill the Yellow Turban Army, and recover Dongping, Jibei, Taishan and some county towns in Dongjun.

The Yellow Turban Army was destroyed, and the eastern counties of Yanzhou were recovered, and the adults were able to free up their hands to retake Yanzhou. At that time, whether Yuan Shu won or the Northern Xinjiang Army won, both sides were already scarred and both were defeated.

What's worse is that winter is coming, the Yellow River will be frozen immediately, and the Northern Frontier Army can only retreat to Jizhou if it can't defeat Yuan Shu, leaving one Yuan Shu to wait to be stabbed.

Cao Cao followed Xi Zhicai's advice and immediately wrote two letters. One was given to the general Li Hong, asking him to immediately send Yanzhou Assassin Shi Jinshang to take office.

One for Yuan Shao, the outbreak of the plague in Yanzhou was all caused by my lack of virtue and incompetence, I gave Yanzhou to Yuan Shu and made him the boss.

Zang Hong took Cao Cao's letter to Luoyang, and there was nothing else to do, just to give up Yanzhou. After reading the letter, Yuan Shao scolded Yuan Shu,

"I'll immediately let this bastard Yuan Shu leave Yanzhou." Zang Hong sneered,

"Forget it. Lord Cao and Master Zhang have already decided, and when they finish fighting the Yellow Turban Thief, they will go home separately. Tian Feng, who was sitting on the side, said with a smile: "I heard that the general is about to send someone to escort Jin Shang to Yanzhou to take office, I don't know if this news is true." ”

"Of course it's true." Zang Hong gloated and laughed,

The general wrote letters to many officials in Yanzhou, wanting to say hello in advance, but he didn't expect his hot face to get a cold buttocks, and he was rejected by many officials in Yanzhou. Who is the Great General? Will he give up? ”

"So, Lord Cao resigned at this time, is he having ulterior motives?" Tian Feng squinted his eyes and said unhurriedly,

"Does Lord Cao want to wait until the general beats Lord Yuan to the point of death, and then make a comeback?" Zang Hong laughed, noncommittal.

Sending Zang Hong away, Yuan Shao discussed with Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, and Guo Tu, and then decided to let Cao Cao continue to serve as the pastor of Yanzhou, and comforted him with kind words.

Let Yuan Shu serve as Chen Liutaishou, and let him have a place to stay for the time being. You can't force Yuan Shu too hard, but you can't let him be the first bird, defeated by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and cheapened Cao Cao in vain.

"The matter of Yanzhou will wait until the Yellow River freezes." Frustrated and confident,

"Once the Yellow River is frozen, the connection between Yanzhou and Jizhou will be cut off, and then Yuan Shu will be encouraged to attack Cao Cao and occupy Yanzhou." However, at this time, if the Northern Xinjiang Army was allowed to cross the river and go south, it would be very unfavorable to Yanzhou and Kwantung, so it was necessary to prevent the Northern Xinjiang Army from moving south.

Yuan Shao thought for a moment and said to Fu Zhu: "Look, how about letting Zang Hong serve as the Taishou of Dongjun?" Let him stand on the north bank of the Yellow River. This person looks a little arrogant, and he may be able to play a role when it matters. Fu Zhu smiled and nodded, "My lord, this is a good idea. Now stationed in Dongwuyang is Xiahoudun, a martial artist, who knows nothing but fighting. Let Zang Hong go, with his prestige and talent, he may be able to play an unexpected role. ”

"Yes, without prestige and talent, you can't stand anywhere." Tian Feng sighed,

"For example, Nanyang now. Who should be the Taishou? Who can satisfy Liu Biao and satisfy us? ”

"Liu Biao's army has been stationed in Xinye and has not returned to Xiangyang for a long time, and its intention is obvious. He wants Nanyang. Guo Tu said,

"Liu Biao has fought a lot of wars in the past few years, and his mind has also grown. He didn't want to think about it, without us sending troops, Yuan Shu could leave Nanyang? Brother Zhengnan (judge) made it very clear in his letter that at this moment, the adults must not give in. The Taishou of Nanyang had to be appointed by an adult, and the taxes of Nanyang had to be paid to the Cheqi General's Mansion in Luoyang, not to the Jingzhou Mansion in Xiangyang. ”

"Public rule, without Lord Liu's battles in the past few years, Yuan Shu's wings would have grown stiff long ago." Frustrated, he smiled,

"We can successfully occupy Luoyang and force Yuan Shu away, and Lord Liu has made great contributions." Then he looked at Yuan Shao and whispered,

"Your Excellency, let's write a letter to Lord Liu in person. The relationship between Lord Liu and adults is extraordinary. He knows the ambitions of the adults, and he will definitely support them. It's just ......" frustrated and stopped.

Liu Biao and Yuan Shu fought each other for three years, and many times they forcibly attacked according to Yuan Shao's orders, which was hard and hard.

Now that Yuan Shu is gone, Yuan Shao not only does not return Nanyang to Liu Biao, but also occupies Nanyang after Yuan Shu, which is obviously unfair to Liu Biao, and it is unreasonable to be reasonable.

In addition, Nanyang has suffered serious losses because of repeated attacks by Dong Zhuo and Liu Biao in the past two years, and it needs to be dealt with urgently.

Governance needs money and food, but where does this money come from? I want to ask Liu Biao for it. Therefore, this Nanyang matter must be handled carefully.

To deal with the affairs of Nanyang prudently, we must first recognize Liu Biao's status. Liu Biao is no longer Yuan Shao's subordinate official, but a state and county official, a party of forces, stop pointing fingers at Liu Biao, calling and drinking, and everything must be discussed by both parties.

Yuan Shao's current situation is not optimistic. Xu Rong of Kansai is eyeing the tiger, Zhang Yang of Hanoi is fighting with the Yellow Turban Army in poison, and the direction of Yanzhou is even more messy, and the only ones that can support the rapid development of Kanto are Yuzhou and Jingzhou.

However, Yingchuan in Yuzhou and Nanyang in Jingzhou were in dilapidation after three years of war, and in the short term, not only could they not see the tax, but they had to put money into them.

Therefore, the two counties of Runan and Chenguo in Yuzhou, and Jiangxia, Nanjun and Changsha counties in Jingzhou became the guarantee of Yuan Shao's rapid rise.

In other words, the current Jingzhou Thorn Shi Liu Biao and Runan Taishou Xu Xuan are the two most critical figures in whether Yuan Shao can achieve hegemony.

Of course, Liu Biao knew this situation, so he wanted to take this opportunity to force Yuan Shao to compromise and force Yuan Shao to give up the idea of rebuilding the imperial system.

Liu Biao left Hanoi before he could join the Dong army, and he was also very dissatisfied with what Yuan Shao did later.

But because he was holding back the development of Yuan Shu, he was also firmly suppressed by Yuan Shu in Xiangyang, and he had been doing nothing, and could only hope to get Yuan Shao's help one day to get rid of Yuan Shu's suppression, or defeat Yuan Shu himself and go north to King Qin.

After all, Liu Biao is a member of the royal family, whether it is the eldest prince or the younger prince inheriting the imperial lineage, he resolutely supports it.

On the issue of imperial unification, he and Liu Yu's views are absolutely the same. Although Yuan Shao accepted Lu Bu and held Lu Bu very high, he was a special envoy, a benefactor, and a hero, but he never heard Yuan Shao personally say that he wanted to be honored as today.

Yuan Shao's heart is well known. He sells dog meat on the head of a sheep, and on the one hand he pretends to say that he wants to go west to King Qin, but on the other hand, he still plays his own way, and his bones have not changed at all, he still refuses to respect today's son.

The purpose of this is just to deceive the state and county officials, hoping to get support and develop their own strength.

Liu Biao didn't say a word, didn't say a word, and took 20,000 troops to Xinye, which made Yuan Shao very uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao glared at him indignantly,

"Brother Jingsheng has gone too far. If it hadn't been for me......"

"It was a few years ago, what's the use of saying it now?" Tian Feng cautiously persuaded,

"If the adult is unwilling to write this letter, it doesn't matter, the adult lets a person go to Xinye, and the matter will be solved."

"Feng Xian?" Yuan Shao asked. Tian Feng nodded,

"My lord asked General Lu Bu to go to Xinye, which is equivalent to conveying such a meaning to Liu Biao, it is a matter of course that you Liu Biao is willing to respect the Son of Heaven, and it is of course a matter of course for you Liu Biao to send troops to the north to King Qin. If you Liu Biao think that you have such strength, then you Liu Biao will go north to King Qin, we will not stop it, but we will not help, because we currently do not have the strength to go west to King Qin. ”

"And then?" Yuan Shao asked.

Then, Liu Biao will do two things. The first is to offer Chang'an, willing to respect the Son of Heaven, and even willing to pay taxes to Chang'an. The second is to get back to the old friendship with the adults, and work together with the adults to work hard for the king of the west. After Liu Biao presents Chang'an, it will bring an unexpected benefit to adults. This incident has made the world see that although the adults have not made it clear that they want to respect today's son, from the perspective of Liu Biao's matter, the adults no longer insist on it, and the adults will also turn to respect today's son. Yuan Shao was dissatisfied

"Snorted", looked at Fu Zhu, and then looked at Tian Feng.

"You two, go around and around, or do you want me to respect you today."

"My lord, in order to develop his strength quickly, in order to be able to defeat Li Hong, this must be done. Adults rely on their own strength, even if they succeed in hegemony, it is difficult to calm the world. Only by relying on their own advantages, alliing with the officials of various states and counties, and concentrating all their forces can they defeat Li Hong. Frustrated and said eagerly,

"For example, in Kansai now, it is very difficult for us to take it. But if we can take advantage of Liu Biao's handshake with the Chang'an court to persuade Li Dao and Guo Yan and other Western Liang rebels to attack from the direction of Tongguan, so that Xu Rong will be attacked on his back, then we can take Guanxi without much effort. Kansai has it, Kanto has no worries, and adults can go all out to develop in the Central Plains and achieve the cause of kingship. Yuan Shao walked around the room, pondered for a long time, and finally said to Fu Zhu: "Then please go and see General Lu Bu in person and ask him to go to Xinye." In addition, you make your words clear, don't let General Lu Bu say the wrong thing. If Brother Jingsheng misunderstands what I mean, things will not be easy. Fu Zhu's face was happy, and he bowed down and said: "Don't worry, my lord, although General Lu Bu is a barbarian, he is cautious and careful, and he will not do anything wrong easily. This trip is for the great plan of going north to King Qin, and General Lu Bu will do his best. "In mid-October, Yanzhou.

Before the plague was completely gone, Cao Cao impatiently commanded his army to pounce on Dongping. At this time, Sima Ju had already led the main force to withdraw from Dongping Kingdom, and only a few troops were left to defend several cities.

Cao Cao connected several cities all the way and killed the northern kingdom of Ji. Sima Ju got the news and urgently summoned all the Yellow Turban armies to assemble in Lucheng, and the two sides fought several times in a row, winning and losing each other.

Late one night in October, a group of horses of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly detoured back to the rear of the Yanzhou Army and launched a surprise attack on Cao Cao's Chinese army.

At that time, Cao Cao only led a group of 800 foot cavalry to stay overnight in the Chinese army. In a hurry, Cao Cao didn't have time to get dressed, bare-chested, barefoot, and rushed towards the Yellow Turban Army with a sword.

He killed more than a dozen people in one go, and he himself was scarred and embarrassed, and was almost killed by a nail rake.

Later, Zhang Miao's subordinates Sima Zhao Chong and Jun Hou Dian Wei led the army to support, fought hard to disperse the Yellow Turban Army, and rescued Cao Cao and more than 100 soldiers.

The brave and warlike Dian Wei left a very deep impression on Cao Cao. After Cao Cao returned to the camp, he specially invited Zhao Chong and Dian Wei to have a meal and gave them a lot of rewards.

The bravery and tenacity of the Yellow Turban Army left Cao Cao at a loss. At this moment, the Yellow Turban Army in the direction of Lucheng gathered more and more, and Cao Cao immediately came up with the idea of withdrawing his troops.

When Xun Yu and Chen Gong heard about it, they hurriedly stopped it. If you don't take this opportunity to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, you will never turn over.

In the future, Yanzhou will either be taken away by the Northern Xinjiang Army, or by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers. Adults should hold on until the snow falls, and they will definitely win.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and struggled to support. By the end of this month, the Yellow Turban Army stationed in Lucheng suddenly became chaotic and fled in all directions.

Cao Cao was puzzled, hurriedly gathered his army, and waited for a long time, not daring to launch an attack. Could it be that it is the Yellow Turban Army's ** plan again?

At this time, an iron cavalry of hundreds of people rushed over, chasing the wolf and rushing Yellow Turban Army to slash and kill, led by a red-faced and long-haired man with a long knife in his hand, and his momentum was like a rainbow.

"Quick, go and ask, whose army is on the other side?" Cao Cao shouted loudly. Xu Chu roared loudly and swept towards the battlefield with fifty horsemen like a whirlwind.

It didn't take long, Xu Chu rushed back,

"My lord, that's the Qingzhou Army, it's Liu Bei's army in Pingyuan County, and it's Sima Guan Yu from other departments who is leading the army to fight."

"Good, good......" Cao Cao raised his whip and laughed wildly.

"Lao Tzu is transferred. Attack, attack, kill out......"

"Killing ......" In an instant, the Yanzhou army roared like thunder, roaring and killing. Cao Cao had tears in his eyes, held Liu Bei's hand with one hand, and patted Liu Bei's shoulder with the other.

"Good brother, good brother, if you don't come again, I'm going to turn around and go home." Liu Bei was black and dirty, unkempt, with a long beard, blood stains on his robe, and the smell on his body was extremely unpleasant, but looking at Cao Cao, it was not much better, he was short and thin, the whole person was smaller, and there were a few dead grasses hanging on his long black beard.

"I don't even recognize you." Liu Bei was full of emotion,

"It's too hard for adults, it's not easy to survive until now."

"The hard days are over." Cao Cao laughed and said,

"Today's battle in Lucheng has hit Sima Ju hard, and Qing and Yanzhou can be stable for a while." Before he finished speaking, the horse flew like a fast horse,

"Lord Xiahou reports urgently." Liu Bei saw Cao Cao's face change drastically, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

"Xuande, the Northern Xinjiang Army has attacked Dongjun and attacked Yanzhou." Cao Cao roared angrily,

"The leopard is taking advantage of the fire to rob." Liu Bei suddenly thought of something, and was shocked,

"Yun Chang, Yide, straighten out the military horses, immediately rush back to the plains, and ...... quickly" jumped to