Yuan Yao did want to go back to Yangzhou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info after he got the news of his father's death, he went back to Yangzhou several times to guard the spirit, but he was persuaded by Handan Xingyuan. This time Li Yi returned to Handan, and he cried again, begging Li Yi to let him go south. Li Yi was worried about his safety and was very hesitant, but Yuan Yao said that he returned to Yangzhou not only to keep a watch, but also to gather his father's old subordinates to reoccupy Jiujiang County in Yangzhou, so as to play a role in the Northern Xinjiang Army's rapid southward pacification of Xu and Yang after the Central Plains War.

Yuan Yao's statement moved Li Yi.

After Yuan Shu's death, Yan Xiang was appointed by Yuan Shao as the assassin of Yangzhou, and actually controlled a county in Jiujiang, but Li Shu, Yuan Yin, Liu Xun and others refused to obey Yan Xiang's orders for various reasons, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were eyeing Jiangdong, resulting in a very chaotic situation in the Jianghuai area.

If Yuan Yao can go south to Jiujiang County in the name of guarding the spirit, it is very likely that he will be supported by Yan Xiang and a group of Yuan Shu's old subordinates, and form a powerful force in Jianghuai again, so that after the end of the Central Plains War, he and Liu Bei in Xuzhou, Xu Xuan in Runan, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu and other forces can contain each other, thus helping the Northern Xinjiang Army to go south to quell the rebellion.

After Li Yi carefully weighed the pros and cons, he agreed to Yuan Yao.

At this moment, the Central Plains War is in full swing, the land route to the south of the Jianghuai River is very unsafe, and the waterway is too delayed, if the Central Plains War ends in September, the Jianghuai situation will definitely undergo major changes, at that time even if Yuan Yao rushed to Jiujiang County, it is estimated that it will be difficult to re-emerge in the Jianghuai as he wished. So he asked Yuan Yao and Liu Ye to rush to Yangwu and asked Xu Maogong to arrange manpower to escort them all the way to Yangzhou.

After reading Li Yi's letter, Xu Maogong listened carefully to Yuan Yao and Liu Ye's plans for the trip to the south, and felt that Yuan Yao's idea was very risky.

"Now we don't know the specific situation in the Jianghuai area, if you go blindly, you may be killed if you are not careful." Xu Maogong said worriedly, "After your father's death, his old subordinates were torn apart, and Ji Ling also led the army north to the Central Plains battlefield, where the situation seems far more complicated than you think. Are you thinking about it again? ”

"No need." Yuan Yao shook his head resolutely and said, "My father is dead, I have to go to the wake no matter what, I can't leave my father alone on the bank of the Huaishui River, otherwise I won't have the face to live in this world." As for whether to live or die, God decides. If God must punish me and let me die, I will admit it. ”

Xu Maogong stared at him for a while, nodded, and said, "The lord asked me to send someone to send you to Yangzhou, this is difficult." Because if you want to get you to Huaishui quickly, you can only use cavalry, but once the cavalry is discovered by the rebels after going south, it will definitely be attacked. In this way, not only will we not be able to guarantee your safety, but we will put you in danger, so I can only send you to the territory of Peiguo or Liang in Yuzhou, and then you will be on your own. ”

Yuan Yao seemed to have thought of Xu Mao's guild's excuse for prevarication, and he was not surprised at all, and nodded: "There are more than 300 soldiers who went south with me this time, these people are all brought out by me from Jiujiang, and they are very reliable, as long as Mr. lends me some war horses and grain and grass, we will definitely be able to return to Jiujiang safely." ”

"Yes, I'll give you four hundred war horses, as much food and ordnance as you can bring." Xu Maogong agreed, "I will immediately send someone to send you to Fengqiu, and then Li Jing, who is stationed in Fengqiu, will send you to Mrs. Li E's army." Lady Li E and Gao Shun's army is evacuating, and you should be able to meet him near Chenliu. Madame Li E will send cavalry to send you to the territory of Peiguo in Yuzhou, and you will have to protect yourselves for the rest of the journey. ”

Yuan Yao and Liu Ye thanked each other and left.

Looking at the backs of the two, Xu Maogong sighed and said: "After the end of the war, the rebels will retreat south, and Jianghuai will be turbulent. I don't know if we'll be able to see these two young people in the future. ”

"It is very admirable that he can rush to Jianghuai to guard the spirit of his filial piety regardless of his own safety." Jia Xu said, "In my opinion, with their determination to die, they can gain a foothold in Jianghuai." ”

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Chen Liujun, at the urging of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, Kuai Yue, Xu Xuan and others commanded the coalition forces to attack Chen Liu.

Li E and Gao Shun were immediately ordered to withdraw from Chenliu, and led the army north to retreat to Dongdu.

After resting for a day in the east, they turned to Fengqiu in the northwest direction, preparing to join the main force on the battlefield of Guandu.

At this point, except for the troops left behind in Dingtao, Changyi and Rencheng, the rest of the troops were all assembled on the Guandu battlefield.

At the same time, Chang Lin rushed to Xuchang and announced Yuan Shao's order to move the Son of Heaven to Nanyang.

Liu Biao seemed surprised and very happy. Fu Zhu smiled bitterly, and he asked helplessly, "Has the lord seen my letter?" Didn't he listen at all? ”

Chang Lin looked at Fu Zhu sympathetically, and wanted to tell Yuan Shao's suspicions about him, but considering Liu Shao and the others' instructions to him before leaving, he still swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

The fate of frustration and trial is the same, it is already doomed, there is almost no possibility of change, no one can save them at this time, and others can only protect themselves wisely, don't pull themselves and frustration together to ask for trouble.

The next day, the Son of Heaven moved to Nanyang, Chang Lin led the army to escort him, and the ministers of the court and the central government such as Fu Zhu and Wang Lang moved with him.

In late August, Liu Biao rushed to the Chenliu battlefield, and at his request, Kuai Yue, Xu Xuan, Cao Hong, Zhu Ling, Ji Ling, Sun Fu, and Lu Su led their armies and slowly advanced to the front line of Zhongmu and Junyi.

At this point, the 400,000 troops of the coalition army gathered on the battlefield of Guandu.

Cao Cao was impatient, and repeatedly urged Yuan Shao and Liu Biao to immediately lead the army to kill the chasm and water for a decisive battle.

Yuan Shao asked the two flanks of the army to attack first, so as to contain the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army and help the large army on the frontal battlefield to forcibly break through the defense line of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Liu Biao disagreed, in addition to the Jingzhou army, the troops and horses in other prefectures and counties under his command were all over the country, and no one wanted to attack first so as not to be attacked head-on by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Liu Bei's troops on the battlefield in Hanoi were limited, and there were still some troops in the Chaoge and Montenegro areas to confront the Northern Xinjiang Army, and it was impossible for him to cross the river to attack before the Guandu battlefield was in full swing.

Yuan Shao and Liu Biao disagreed on offensive strategy, causing the coalition forces to hesitate on the west bank of the chasm.

The allied forces were already in danger of running out of food and forage, and if the decisive battle was not completed by mid-September, the army would have to withdraw from the battlefield with unimaginable consequences.

Yuan Shao is anxious, Liu Biao is even more anxious, and now rumors about the grain and grass crisis have spread among the middle and upper generals of the army, although Yuan Shao and Liu Biao vetoed it, but if the time drags on any longer, this fatal crisis is bound to break out.

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When all the coalition forces attacking Chen Liu arrived on the battlefield of Guandu, Xu Maogong was anxiously waiting for the news of the all-out attack of the coalition army, however, two days passed, and the coalition army seemed to be stunned by the scorching heat, without the slightest movement.

Xu Maogong was anxious and hurriedly invited Xu You to the mansion.

Xu You lived on wine every day, and his complexion was extremely bad, so he staggered in with the support of Sima Yi. In just a short distance, he was out of breath and his clothes were soaked, but his eyes were still very bright. After entering the lobby, he kept staring at Xu Maogong, waiting for Xu Maogong to speak.

Xu Maogong did not shy away from it, pointed to the map and explained the current situation in detail, and finally said: "I want to fight a decisive battle now, and a decisive battle immediately, but Yuan Shao still hesitated in such a situation with obvious advantages. When you first came, you said that you wanted to carry out a counter-plot for them, and you wanted them to fight us as soon as possible, so what was your strategy? What method can be used to make Yuan Shao make up his mind to cross the river and fight a decisive battle? ”

"Where are the cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army?" Xu You took the pu fan from Sima Yi's hand, and asked calmly while shaking it gently.

"After Liu Bei led his army into Hanoi and captured Yanjindu and Qingshuikou, we immediately let part of the cavalry cross the river north to protect Jizhou, part of the Yellow River embankment patrolled day and night to deter and block Liu Bei's back road to cross the river and attack us, and part stayed in Guandu, ready to participate in the decisive battle." Xu Maogong paused, his face showed hesitation, and he stopped talking.

Xu You looked at Xu Maogong and asked, "Why didn't Mr. finish speaking?" ”

Xu Maogong looked at Jia Xu, who looked solemn and nodded vigorously.

"Zang Ba betrayed us and attacked Jizhou with Chen Deng of Xuzhou, and their army is currently gathering in the Gaotang area, and will soon reach Ganling Kingdom." Xu Maogong waved his hand angrily, scolded a few words hatefully about Zang Ba's capriciousness and Chen Deng's insidious cunning, and then continued, "Jizhou's troops are empty, and they can't stop them at all, so Handan Xingyuan ordered me to immediately send cavalry back to Jizhou to help them and beat them back to Qingzhou." ”

"Then why does the gentleman have to fight? Just retreat? Xu You sneered, "You don't have cavalry, and you're at a disadvantage in terms of troops, how can you fight a decisive battle?" ”

"I have given up Chen Liu, and withdrew the army of Li E and Gao Shun on the southern battlefield to Guandu, I now have more than 100,000 foot soldiers and 50,000 iron cavalry, why can't I fight a decisive battle?" Xu Maogong sneered and said disdainfully, "Just with the rabble of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, you want to defeat us?" Joke, even if I use half of the men, I can beat them to the ground. ”

Xu You said: "Aren't you going back to Jizhou? ”

"Ten thousand cavalry is enough." Xu Maogong sneered, "In order to deal with the rabble that Zang Ba and Chen Deng put together temporarily, I used 10,000 cavalry to come back to help, I really look up to them." 10,000 cavalry have been transferred, there are still more than 40,000 cavalry on the battlefield of Guandu, and the cavalry stationed in Yanjindu and Qingshuikou can still rush to the aid of Guandu in time after the start of the battle, we have enough strength to defeat you. (To be continued.) )