The night had just receded, and the dawn of dawn was shining across the land.

Yuan Shao finished washing and was about to reorganize his army to attack Chen Liu, when suddenly someone rushed over and said, "Lord, Liu Xuande broke through at night, Chen Liu has become an empty city!" ”

Yuan Shao was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Is this really the case?" ”

The chamberlain nodded violently and said firmly, "No lies! ”

Yuan Shao walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back a few times, and then laughed loudly: "Big ears can't resist the Jizhou army, and finally abandoned the city." ”

It can be said that Chen Liunai is a major obstacle for Yuan Shao to go south. Now that Chen Liu's stay has been broken, Yuan Shao can drive straight south and attack the entire Yuzhou.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao's eyes flashed: "Last time, because the power expanded too fast, I had to abandon Yuzhou." This time, Yuzhou must be mine! ”

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao immediately said: "Beat the drums, the army enters the city!" ”

Liu Bei's sudden retreat made Yuan Shao occupy Chen Liu without much effort. When the Jizhou army entered the city, what they saw was full of desolation.

The people in the city have long been migrated to the territory of Yuzhou, and during this time, Liu Bei also demolished most of the houses in the city in order to keep Chen Liu, and made the materials of the houses into city defense equipment.

Therefore, what Yuan Shao got now is just a ruin. Chen Liu, who was once extremely prosperous, has become a thing of the past.

After walking around the city, Yuan Shao's face became more and more ugly, and then he finally couldn't help but scold: "Big ears are too deceitful, I swear to kill you!" ”

"Pass the order, the army will rest for three days, and the Keri troops will attack Yuzhou, and Da Erer must be captured alive!"

Fu Zhu hurriedly admonished: "The army has been fighting for a long time, and the soldiers are already exhausted, and I am afraid that three days of rest is not enough!" ”

Yuan Shao said excitedly: "Da Er'er led the troops to retreat, and it was when he was weak. If we don't take the opportunity to destroy him in a fight, do we still want him to slowly recover? ”

"I have my own plans in my heart about this matter, and you have to mention other things!"

Frustrated, he had no choice but to remain silent and go to the army to reorganize the armament and boost morale.

However, it was said that Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Sima Yi to abandon Chen Liu overnight, and then rushed to Yuzhou, without stopping at all.

On the way to withdraw the troops, Guan Yu couldn't help but say, "Brother, do you really want to withdraw all the way to Runan County?" ”

Guan Yu is not worried, if Liu Bei leads the army to retreat all the way to Runan, then the entire Yuzhou except Runan County will no longer be owned by Liu Bei.

What's more, most of the people who were forcibly relocated from Yanzhou at the beginning gathered in a few counties in the north of Yuzhou. If these counties were lost, Liu Bei's forcible relocation of the people would also be meaningless.

Liu Bei also knew this, and immediately set his eyes on Sima Yi, hoping to get an answer from him.

In fact, even Liu Bei himself was unwilling to abandon the other counties of Yuzhou.

In the past, the population of Yuzhou was too small, and it was a situation where enemies were on all sides. Although he can't resist Yuan Shao now, he has also captured a large number of people in Yanzhou.

As long as Liu Bei is given time, these people will be pacified and let them support him. Then, in the future, Liu Bei will no longer have to worry about soldiers, food and grass.

Moreover, Yuzhou has been run by Liu Bei for a long time, even if he is now outnumbered, Yuan Shao does not want to easily seize several counties in the north of Yuzhou.

Liu Bei couldn't figure out why Chen Xu would let him retreat without a fight and give up so many counties and populations to Yuan Shao.

But Liu Bei also knew that if Chen Xu didn't send troops to help, even if Yuzhou was his base camp, he would have no way to resist Yuan Shao's army.

In this way, Yuzhou will be acquired by Yuan Shao sooner or later. Even he himself may be worried about his life. Therefore, in the face of Wen Zhao's request, he had no room for bargaining at all.

As if seeing the doubts in Liu Bei's heart, Sima Yi said: "Let the king have no doubts in his heart, my lord has already made a plan for this matter." ”

"Even if Yuan Benchu now captures the rest of the counties in Yuzhou, he will give up these counties sooner or later. I assure the envoy that how quickly Yuan Ben is now seizing Yuzhou County and how quickly he will withdraw in the future. ”

"At that time, the envoy only had to rectify the soldiers and horses in Runan and go north to recover the entire Yuzhou. If things can be done, the envoy can even attack Yanzhou again. ”

Hearing Sima Yi's words, although Liu Bei still had some doubts in his heart, he didn't ask anything else, but just urged the soldiers to retreat to Runan.

Along the way, he also sent the county soldiers of various counties and countries to withdraw all of them to Runan.

Three days later, Yuan's army finished resting and went south to Yuzhou under the leadership of Yuan Shao.

In this way, several counties in the north were successively acquired by Yuan Shao.

The Yuan army conquered the city one after another, which made the Yuan army, which was already demoralized, once again burst out with a strong fighting spirit. Yuan Shao saw it in his eyes, but he was happy in his heart.

The entire Yuan army was also shrouded in festive colors.

On this day, Yuan Shao was leading the army forward, and suddenly a gust of wind blew the commander's banner off. Yuan Shao was shocked, and immediately summoned his subordinates to ask what the signs were.

During this period of frustration, my right eyelid kept beating, and I always felt a faint uneasiness in my heart.

He pondered for a long time: "Cao Mengde and the lord are allies, with Cao Mengde's eyes, it is not difficult to see that at this stage, he and the lord will benefit both, and divide will lose both." In this way, Cao Mengde will never take advantage of the fire to rob. ”

"Except for Cao Mengde, only Chen Wenzhao can threaten the lord. But Chen Wenzhao is now in Hanzhong, and his generals and troops are not in Guanzhong. ”

"Even if Chen Wenzhao wants to attack the lord, I'm afraid he has more than enough heart and not enough strength."

After thinking about it, he didn't figure out where the uneasiness in his heart came from.

Just when he was frowning and thinking about it, someone suddenly came to report: "Frustrated, the lord let you go over, there is a big matter to discuss." ”

Frustrated and did not dare to slack off, he hurriedly rode his war horse and rushed forward from behind the army. After coming to Yuan Shao's side to greet him, he felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy.

"I don't know why the lord called me here?"

Yuan Shao said with an ugly face: "Today, during the march, a strong wind suddenly blew and blew off the flag, what is this sign? ”

Frustrated in his heart, he hurriedly said: "During the march, the wind blew off the banner, this is a bad omen, and it is also a warning from heaven. I am afraid that this southern expedition to Yuzhou is inappropriate, and I hope that the lord can withdraw his troops and return to Jizhou in time. ”

Yuan Shao was also a little uneasy in his heart, but when he heard that he was ordered to withdraw from the army, he immediately looked displeased.

"The flag is too high, and it will break when it meets the wind, this is the common sense of the cycle of heaven and earth, why make a fuss? Now that Yuzhou is at my fingertips, how can I retreat because the wind blows off the banner and retreats? ”

After speaking, Yuan Shao did not listen to the words of frustration, and once again urged the army to go south to seize the entire Yuzhou.

(My cousin is getting married, and it's almost the New Year, so there are so many things.) In the future, there will be two more chapters, and I will save the manuscript so that I don't have to go back to the wedding and the New Year. ）