The contradiction between Xu You and Yuan Shao has long been heard of by Liu Biao. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the two broke up completely this time, and they have a direct relationship with Cao Cao. Yuan Shao, who was furious, lost his mind and killed all the nine clans of Xu You, directly pushing Xu You to the side of Cao Cao or Li Yi.

With Xu You's character, of course he would not defect to the rebellious Li Yizhu to abuse, and his last choice could only be to help Cao Cao, who had always respected the Son of Heaven. Since Xu You has a new place to stay, the purpose of his escape to Hebei to carry out the anti-plot is very clear, he obviously wants to use this war to consume the strength of Yuan Shao and Li Yi, so that Cao Cao can get the opportunity to make a comeback, and then compete with Yuan Shao to stop Yuan Shao's growing ambitions.

Because of this hope, Liu Biao did not accept Yuan Shao's suggestion.

Yuan Shao said in his letter that he intended to command the army to immediately launch an attack from both flanks of the Guandu battlefield in order to contain the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army and buy time for the coalition forces to readjust their deployment.

Yuan Shao's forces this time were partly Liu Bei's army, he and Gao Gan attacked Hanoi on the left battlefield, and partly the troops of Jingzhou Kuaiyue and Wenpin, who were ordered to attack the Junyi and Kaifeng lines, trying to make a breakthrough from the right battlefield.

Liu Biao was not happy when he saw Yuan Shao's arrangement, and took the Jingzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army to consume, but left his own army in Guandu to confront the Northern Xinjiang Army, is there such an arrangement?

The Northern Xinjiang Army is now fighting Henan, threatening Luoyang, the enemy has reached the doorstep, and Yuan Shao is still so blatantly preserving his own strength to consume other people's troops. Liu Biao was so angry that he could only shake his head again and again, and he had nothing to say.

Liu Biao's hesitation did not last for a few days, and the news from Jingzhou made him unable to sit still.

Jingzhou sent three messages. One is the news about the southern counties of Jingzhou. As the war in the Central Plains lasted longer and longer, and there was no specific end time, all the states and counties were ordered to increase the collection of taxes, and many suzerains in the four counties of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang could not bear it and gathered to make trouble, and Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha, not only did not make efforts to appease, but together with the Taishou of Lingling and Guiyang, secretly added fuel to the fire, instigated and connived at the people's refusal to pay taxes, and openly disobeyed the imperial decree. As a result, the troublemakers and the people had no fear, and some even began to use force, and the matter immediately got out of control and gradually got out of control.

Cai Mao, who stayed in Jingzhou, had no choice but to send people to persuade Zhang Xian and other county officials to maintain the stability of Jingzhou as much as possible with the overall situation, and at the same time dispatched Kuai Liang, Song Zhong and others to lead the army south to Changsha, suppress the troublemakers by force, and forcibly collect taxes.

But in this way, another major event was delayed, which was the second news sent by Jingzhou.

Yizhou Zhao Wei, with the support of Jingzhou, really betrayed Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang's Dongzhou soldiers (that is, the army composed of the Gaomen family and their personal subordinates, servants, and shade households who fled to Yizhou from Guanzhong, Nanyang and other places) relied on their power and power to recklessly harm the local people, steal and seize a large amount of land, and the people's anger grew. Zhao Wei took the opportunity to start an incident and gathered tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time. Liu Zhang was caught off guard, lost several battles in a row, fled back to Chengdu in embarrassment, and defended the city. After hearing the news, Pang Yi, the Taishou of Ba County, Zhang Ren, the governor of Guangyang County, and others sent troops to rescue them.

According to the agreement, at this time, Kuai Liang should lead the army up the river, attack Ba County, kill Jiangzhou directly, and contain the army of Ba County Taishou Pang Yi to help Zhao Wei capture Chengdu, but because Kuai Liang led the army south to Changsha, he could not attack Ba County according to the agreement, resulting in many plans in Jingzhou in the early stage all in vain.

This matter is not only suspected of treachery, but will also directly lead to Zhao Wei's failure. Zhao Wei was defeated, and Liu Zhang was bound to take revenge on Jingzhou. If Zhao Wei had been defeated too quickly, or if the entire army had been wiped out and died under the city of Chengdu, Liu Zhang would most likely have led his army down the river to kill Jingzhou this autumn. If the Central Plains War had not ended at this moment, the Jingzhou army that stayed behind might not be able to stop Liu Zhang in anger for a while.

Taking a step back, even if the Central Plains War is over, or Liu Zhang will attack Jingzhou next year, Jingzhou will be in crisis, because Jingzhou urgently needs time to recover after the Central Plains War, and more importantly, there is still an enemy eyeing Jingzhou in the east.

The third piece of news from Jingzhou was about Jiangdong.

After the death of Yuan Shu in June, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu began to frequently mobilize their troops, and their sailors successively gathered in Chaisang and Pengze in Yuzhang County, and it is estimated that after the end of the Central Plains War, regardless of whether the coalition forces won or lost, the two would take advantage of Jingzhou's panting moment, and launched a fierce attack without hesitation. Huang Zu has been waiting in Jiangxia and is always on guard.

Liu Biao was shocked by the crisis situation in Jingzhou, and hurriedly wrote to Yuan Shao, agreeing with his attack strategy, and at the same time wrote to Kuai Yue and Wen Ping, follow Yuan Shao's instructions, break the deadlock at all costs, form a favorable situation on the battlefield of Guandu as soon as possible, and quickly fight a decisive battle. Liu Biao then wrote to Cao Cao and Liu Bei that the current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the coalition forces, and it seems that they can't drag it out.

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In Hanoi County, Liu Bei and Gao Gan were ordered to cross the river from the direction of Ao Cang into Hanoi. At the same time, Gao Rou and Zhang Nan led the army from Pinggao City to Huaicheng to attack and advance.

At this moment, Liu Bei no longer hid the traces of the army, and commanded an army of 40,000 to quickly cross the river.

The two armies joined forces and slaughtered towards Huaicheng with great momentum. The order given to them by Yuan Shao was to conquer Huaicheng in the shortest possible time at all costs, and then to kill Huojia and Jixian with lightning speed, and the forward army pointed directly at Chaogecheng and completely controlled Yanjindu and Qingshuikou. In order for the coalition forces to threaten the front line of Yanjin and Yancheng from the direction of Yanjindu and Qingshuikou.

The grain route of the Northern Xinjiang Army is now sent to Guandu by land and water. Once the coalition forces took control of the Qingshui River and Yanjindu, Hebei could only abandon the waterway for the safety of grain and grass, and instead transported grain and grass to the Guandu battlefield along the Chi Road along the Yancheng and Yanjin lines.

Changing from two grain routes to one grain road will slow down the accumulation of grain and grass on the Guandu battlefield. In addition, due to the loss of Huojia and Ji County, the rear road of the Northern Xinjiang Army was in danger of being cut off by the coalition forces, and in order to prevent the coalition forces from crossing the river to attack Yancheng and Yanjin, the Northern Xinjiang Army had to draw troops from the Guandu battlefield to reinforce and garrison heavy troops on the front line of Yancheng and Yanjin to ensure the smooth and safe passage of their own rear roads.

In the face of the attack of the coalition army, Sima Ju led 8,000 troops of his headquarters to defend the city, and at the same time asked for help from Handan and Yangwu.

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In the Guandu battalion, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao gathered about 120,000 troops and launched an attack on the Northern Xinjiang Army on the other side of the chasm water, intending to contain the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the frontal battlefield, so as to successfully achieve the attack target in response to the coalition forces on the two flanks of the battlefield.

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Twenty miles east of Zhongmu City, Qu meets gathering.

Kuai Yue and Wen Ping were ordered to command 100,000 troops to launch an attack on the Northern Xinjiang Army on both sides of the Vortex River, intending to recapture the first line of Junyi and Kaifeng, and divide the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Guandu battlefield and the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Chenliu and Yongqiu, so that the coalition forces could form a front and rear attack on Chenliu and force Li E and Gao Shun away, so as to stabilize their rear.

The armies of Xu Xuan, Cao Hong, Zhu Ling, and Sun Fu on the southern battlefield were thus able to advance north to the front line of Chenliu and Junyi, so that the coalition forces not only had absolute superiority in strength on the frontal battlefield, but could also cooperate with the Hanoi battlefield to attack the left and right flanks of the Guandu battlefield. The Northern Xinjiang Army will not only have to block the coalition forces from attacking its two flanks, but also have to fight a decisive battle with the coalition forces on the Guandu battlefield, and the disadvantage in strength will be even more serious, and the battlefield situation will be reversed again.

Zhang Yan and Bian Xi, who were stationed in Qu Yuju, led 24,000 soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Corps to block the attack, but because the gap between the two sides in terms of strength was too large, the officers and men of the Fifth Army could not resist it, and hurriedly asked Guan Yu on the Guandu battlefield for help.

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No one expected that an accidental incident in the distant south of Jingzhou would become the fuse that prompted the full-scale outbreak of the war.

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Henan Yin, Yangwu City.

A fast horse shot into the city gate like a long arrow from a string.

The knights roared through the wide streets, and the sound of their hooves resounded through the city like a raging storm.

The galloping war horse suddenly stopped its huge body in front of the mansion gate, and its front legs stood up high, letting out a long neigh.

The messenger roared, jumped up the stone steps, swept into the palace like the wind in the exclamation of the guards, and shouted, "Urgent report...... Urgently, the rebels counterattacked, the rebels counterattacked......"

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Xu Maogong held the battle report in his hand, and he couldn't help but tremble all over his body.

"God pity the big man, the rebels have finally been dispatched, they are finally here." Xu Maogong was so excited that he slammed the bamboo slip in his hand to the ground, smashed his fists on the desk like a drum, and laughed a little unscrupulously, "Haha, they came out, they came out......"

Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang and others stood around, looking at Xu Maogong, who looked like crazy, surprised and delighted.

"The flying pigeon passed the book to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and immediately launched an attack in Guandu, an overwhelming attack, an overwhelming attack, and it was necessary to keep beating and beating hard." Zhang Yan jumped up, pointed at Sima Yi and said, "Tell them that the harder we fight, the more Yuan Shao can feel our fear." Don't be saddened by the casualties of the soldiers, and don't worry about the lack of armament, just fight, all the way through the chasm, and send me back the counterattack of the coalition forces. ”

"The flying pigeon passed the book to Sima Ju, immediately retreated, left all the baggage, and retreated to Huojia and Ji County with the army."

Xu Maogong pointed at Zhuge Liang again and said loudly: "Kong Ming, tell Sima Ju, don't hesitate and resolutely withdraw." After Liu Bei and Gao Gan hit Huojia and Jixian, they immediately gave up Yanjindu and withdrew directly to Chaoge City. We must be fast, we must be fast, we must let Liu Bei's vanguard army quickly occupy Qingshuikou, let the rebels quickly form a threat to the front line of Yancheng and Yanjin, and let them quickly cut off our grain routes for water and land transportation. (To be continued.) )