When the news reached Luoyang, Yuan Shao was anxious about the unfavorable situation in the Central Plains Battlefield and the Guanzhong Battlefield. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of November, Han Sui and Ma Chao gathered 15,000 iron horsemen despite the approaching winter, and frantically entered the pass to avenge Ma Teng's death.

Yuan Tan led the army to block the attack in Chencang, and Duan Xuan and Xian Pei led the army to garrison Chang'an. Everyone thought that as long as they held out until the first heavy snow of winter, the battle would be over.

However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and at this critical juncture, Huaili City was conquered by Zhang Liao, the general of Hebei.

At that time, Zhang Liao was leading his army to haunt near Anling and Changling, and after receiving Han Sui's letter, he immediately rushed to Huaili City. There are many of Ma Teng's old troops in Huaili City, although they surrendered to Yuan Tan, but the body of the people of Western Xinjiang is the blood of loyalty, they know that Ma Chao is going to kill back, and they are waiting for the opportunity to break out.

When Zhang Liao's army reached the city, Ma Teng's old troops launched a bloody battle in the city, and they were almost killed and wounded, but they opened the city gates.

Zhang Liao's soldiers captured Huaili City without blood, cutting off Yuan Tan's retreat.

Yuan Tan had no choice but to abandon Chen Cang and return to Chang'an City to defend it.

In mid-November, Han Sui, Zhang Liao, and Ma Chao joined forces and killed Chang'an City with a huge force of 20,000 iron cavalry.

Yuan Tan continued to ask Luoyang for help, but Chun Yuqiong in Guanxi was dragged by the Northern Xinjiang Army and was unable to support.

On the surface of the Yellow River, the warships of the Northern Xinjiang Army were lined up, the soldiers on the ships had distinct armor, and the colorful battle flags were waving in the wind, and the momentum was amazing.

Although Chun Yuqiong knew that the other party's purpose was purely to contain the forces in Kansai, he did not dare to move. He fought with Huang Zhong, Yang Feng, Han Xian and others on the opposite side for several years, and they knew each other very well. As long as they are given the opportunity, these people will be killed immediately, and the feint attack will turn into a bloody onslaught at any time.

The troops in Guanxi could not be withdrawn, and the troops in Nanyang had to guard against the Jingzhou army that was returning to Xiangyang, and the various units of the Yuzhou army were on high alert in the face of the bad situation in the Central Plains, and were ready to attack at any time.

Yuan Shao sighed for a long time, hesitating at a loss.

Fu Zhu, Xun Zheng, Chen Lin, Gao Rou and others discussed countermeasures day and night, and then went to Yuan Shao's sickbed to report the results of the discussion to him.

He was responsible for presenting to Yuan Shao the countermeasures they had discussed. I only heard him talk to Yuan Shao: "...... The war situation in Hanoi has basically ended, and the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army for two consecutive months has reached the limit, and there is no further progress, and winter has arrived, and the Yellow River will soon be frozen. Relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River, the Northern Xinjiang Army could not threaten Luoyang throughout the winter. As a result, reinforcements were no longer needed in the Hanoi battlefield. Guo Tu, Han Qiong, Zhang Nan and others only need to hold the three cities of Pinggao, Wenxian and Heyang, and fix the battle line on the line of the Jishui River. When the Yellow River thaws next year, we will gather a large army to launch a counteroffensive. ”

"Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao, who are stationed in Aocang, should lead their troops south at this time, threaten Yanzhou, and force Cao Cao to give up the attack on Yuan Shu, so that we can draw a part of the Yuzhou army to Nanyang immediately, and Yuan Xi of Nanyang can lead the army to the north quickly and enter Guanzhong to support."

"In fact, the most dangerous thing right now is the Guanzhong battlefield. There, our forces are limited, but the enemy's forces are very strong, and the situation is extremely dangerous. However, we are not in a situation where we are guaranteed to lose, and we also have the opportunity to turn defeat into victory. ”

Ma Teng's death stimulated Ma Chao, a young warrior in the western frontier who had lost his mind in order to take revenge. But Han Sui and Zhang Liao did not lose their minds. At present, the biggest threat to the Western Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is not the heavy snow in winter, but the grain and grass. Although Western Xinjiang has received financial support from Hebei, the situation is still very bad. Han Sui only brought 15,000 iron horsemen into the pass, which is a clear proof of this. Although Zhang Liao had the financial support of the two counties of Beidi and Anding, he brought 5,000 iron horsemen, which consumed too much. Hebei has just experienced two major battles in Jizhou and Hanoi, and its financial resources have reached the limit and cannot support Zhang Liao. ”

"Guanzhong has been developing slowly in the past two years, and the population growth is extremely slow, except for the vicinity of Chang'an, there are almost no people in other places, so it is a joke that they want to rely on plundering to survive the long winter."

"In order to alleviate the crisis in Guanzhong, we had better use Ma Chao's hatred to drive a wedge between Han Sui and Ma Chao and force the rebels in Western Xinjiang to withdraw from Guanzhong."

"If you want to separate Han Sui and Ma Chao, the way is very simple. The first is to stick to Chang'an City, and even give up Chang'an City, drag the army of Western Xinjiang, increase the burden of Western Xinjiang, so that Han Sui ran out of food and grass, and had to withdraw his army. Secondly, increase Ma Chao's hatred for us, so that he not only loses his mind, but also falls into madness. There are Ma Teng's family members in Luoyang, and Ma Chao's family members in Chang'an City, where Ma Chao's mother, younger brother, wife, and son are here, kill them all, give Ma Chao's head, let him be burned by hatred day and night, and let him suffer painfully. ”

At that time, don't talk about Han Sui, even the general Li Yi personally stood in front of Ma Chao, and he couldn't dissuade Ma Chao. Whoever dares to say withdraw the troops, and who dares to say that he will give up the attack, is Ma Chao's enemy. Ma Chao only has the word revenge in his mind, and only when he smells blood will he sleep peacefully and sleep soundly, otherwise he will be restless and go crazy. ”

"Ma Chao has become a complete madman, Han Sui will not continue to accompany him to go crazy, and neither will Zhang Liao. Behind Han Sui is the Western Frontier, and Han Sui will not give up the entire Western Xinjiang for the sake of Ma Chao, and give up following the iron cavalry soldiers who followed him to fight in Guanzhong. Behind Zhang Liao is the general Li Yi, he has to obey Li Yi's orders, and he has no right to let 5,000 soldiers accompany Ma Chao to the funeral. ”

Then, Ma Chao was dead. Either Han Sui and Zhang Liao killed him, or he killed himself. He is desperate, he can't avenge his dead relatives, he lives in hatred and pain all day long, he has no way to live except death. ”

"The Hanoi battlefield will soon enter a period of confrontation. As long as the Guanzhong battlefield drags on for two months, the crisis will be solved. Now we need to focus on the Central Plains battlefield. ”

"The death of Gongsun Zan led to Zang Ba's sudden capture of Qingzhou, and after Sun Jian's defeat in Guangling, his Sun Ce suddenly turned against Yuan Shu, which immediately complicated the situation in the Central Plains, but it was very beneficial to us."

"Who is Zang Ba? In the past, he was the great leader of the Taishan thieves, and later he was appeased by Tao Qian, and he had enmity with Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Cao Cao once slaughtered Xuzhou, and Liu Bei ignored Xuzhou's enmity and called Cao Cao a brother. Cao Cao and Liu Bei can't tolerate Zang Ba, and Zang Ba won't be stupid enough to believe Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so in order to survive, Zang Ba has only one way, to take refuge in Hebei. ”

"After Zang Ba defects to Hebei, he will be used by Hebei. Hebei's purpose was to keep the Central Plains parties from fighting in order to prevent the Central Plains parties from regaining their strength and preparing for their future attacks on the Central Plains. In other words, Zang Ba will continue to attack the Central Plains, and will fight with Cao Cao and Liu Bei non-stop. ”

Sun Ce's defection blow forced Yuan Shu to a dead end. Even if Yuan Shu defeated Sun Ce with our help, his strength was vulnerable. Yuan Shu either bowed to the lord, or was destroyed by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce. ”

"But we can't let Yuan Shu fall, we have to help Yuan Shu, so that he and Zang Ba of Qingzhou can form a north-south attack on the Central Plains. Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei's strength is stronger than Zang Ba and Yuan Shu, they can't take care of both the end and the end, and can only be exhausted, so their strength will slowly be exhausted, and the territory of survival will gradually be eaten away. As long as the timing is right, the lord can lead a large army to sweep the Central Plains. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and the like will all become the pockets of adults. ”

"In order to form a situation in the Central Plains that is extremely favorable to us as soon as possible, the current focus is to force Cao Cao and Liu Bei to withdraw their troops, so that Yuan Shu can quickly go south to defeat Sun Ce."

Yuan Shao listened to the words of frustration, the sorrow in his heart was swept away, and his condition immediately improved by half, and he turned over and sat up from the sickbed.

"What about the emperor's affairs?" Yuan Shao asked, "Do you want Yuan Shu to establish the imperial system again?" ”

Frustrated and shook his head.

Gao Rou leaned into Yuan Shao's ear and whispered: "The benefits of letting Yuan Highway rebuild the imperial system are very great, and the lord must not give up. ”

Yuan Shao looked at Fu Zhi, waved his hand at Gao Rou, and said, "Go ahead and do it." ”

Gao Rou got Yuan Shao's approval and left happily.

Frustrated and smiled helplessly, his eyes full of worry.

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In late November, Liu Biao and Gao Rou went down from Luoyang, shuttled back and forth between Pengcheng and Xiangcheng, and tried their best to persuade Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu to stop fighting and shake hands and make peace.

Yuan Shu's heart hung on the two counties of Yangzhou and Jiangbei, and he was eager to go south to attack Sun Ce, so of course he was willing to negotiate peace.

Liu Bei received an urgent report from Jian Yong at this time. After Yin Li and Wu Dun led the Yellow Turban Army to conquer Beihai and Laiwu counties in Nanqingzhou, they immediately turned around and killed Langya County in Xuzhou. Jian Yong begged Liu Bei to return to help as soon as possible, if the Yellow Turban Army was allowed to occupy Langya State, there would be endless troubles.

Liu Bei was helpless, and immediately prepared to withdraw his troops to the east. Although Xuzhou's Xiapi and Guangling were still in the hands of Yuan Shu, compared to Yuan Shu's strength, Liu Bei felt that it was certain to fight the Yellow Turban Army first. As for Yuan Shu, when he and Sun Ce were dying, it would not be too late for him to take the opportunity to attack and recapture Xiapi and Pengcheng.

Cao Cao hated Yuan Shu to the core, and wanted to kill Yuan Shu in one go, but due to Yuan Shao's public interference, he wanted to take the opportunity to eradicate Yuan Shu and occupy Yangzhou.

At present, Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao have rushed to Chenliu with their troops and threatened Dingtao from behind Cao Cao, and Liu Bei is eager to go east to Langya County to attack the Yellow Turban Army, plus Yuan Shu has been clamoring all day long to establish another imperial unity, Cao Cao is also a little weak-hearted. However, in order to regain the wealth of Yanzhou that was captured by Yuan Shu, he still slapped his swollen face and became fat, and he did not give up.

Yuan Shu ate him, but he didn't give it. He said to Gao Rou, who came to persuade peace: "You go and tell that black-skinned little man that he drove me out of the Central Plains twice, and I can't get some benefits from the Central Plains?" I just won't give it to him. Now these things are mine, and I have the ability to ask him to grab them himself. (To be continued.) )