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Linqing Pavilion.

When Yuan Shao left Yecheng, he made an appointment with Yuan Xi to give a message in two days, but today is already five days, and he still hasn't received any letters from Yuan Xi. In the past few days, several messengers sent by himself to Yecheng have also sunk into the sea, and there has been no response at all. Yuan Shao was a little frightened.

Yuan Xi did not send the letter as promised, there are only two possibilities. Either Yecheng is surrounded, or Yecheng is lost. The main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro has been solidified on the banks of the Yellow River in the area of Liyang and Dunqiu, and the Yellow Turban Army remaining in Montenegro does not have such a strong strength. Could it be that the reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army quietly came to Jizhou and surrounded Yecheng?

Thinking of Li Yi's unusualness that day, threatening him with the hussar guards, Yuan Shao was suddenly frightened, and he had a feeling of being deceived.

The scout who was shot by the Northern Frontier Army returned to Linqing Pavilion, and before he died, he said that he was killed by the Northern Frontier Army scouts near Qingyuan City. After receiving the news, he immediately realized that the problem was serious, and hurriedly went to the big tent to meet Yuan Shao, and said: "Lord, Yecheng should send grain and grass every three days, but it has been delayed for two days so far, and there is no news. There must be something wrong with Yecheng. ”

Yuan Shao comforted: "Maybe the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro came down the mountain to harass ......"

"Then we should be able to get news from Yecheng." Frustrated and shook his hand, "The messenger sent to Yecheng has not returned, so it can be seen that ......"

Yuan Shao looked at the frustration, his heart "thumping", waiting for his next step.

"I suspect you've been tricked." He said with an ugly face.

Yuan Shao was suffocated for a while, feeling dizzy. Losing Yecheng and Wei Jun at this time was a fatal blow to himself. He hesitated slightly, nodded and said, "I also have this hunch, the reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army may have already used the cover of Taihang Mountain to quietly enter Jizhou. ”

Yuan Shao urgently summoned the judges, Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others to discuss.

The judge said very resolutely: "No matter what the current situation in Yecheng is, and whether we are in the plan or not, our two goals of sending troops to Qinghe Country and staying in Linqing Pavilion have been achieved, and there is no point in staying here any longer." We should leave Qinghe Country quickly, so that Gongsun Chan has no worries and can fight Li Yi boldly and boldly. In this way, even if the reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army arrived, Gongsun Chan would not be defeated miserably, because his reinforcements were about to cross the river. According to the experience of previous years, the day when the Yellow River will open is approaching, and the army of Tian Kai and Liu Bei will soon be able to rush to the battlefield. The strength of the two sides is equal, and some fight. ”

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment and said categorically: "Okay, let's go, go immediately, don't stay for a moment." Due to the unclear situation in Yecheng, we should not retreat westward, but go directly south to the area of Dunqiu and Liyang, and drive the Yellow Turban Army across the Yellow River. ”

"And then?" Guo Tu asked, "Then do we return north to Yecheng, or do we attack Montenegro according to the established plan?" ”

"Let's meet Cao Cao in Liyang first to replenish the grain and grass." Yuan Shao stood up suddenly, "Immediately send someone to Yecheng secretly." We don't do anything until we get definite information. ”

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Gongsun Chan finally waited for the good news. Yuan Zhao not only agreed to his request, but also led the army to turn around and go south.

"Is there such a good thing?" Gongsun Zhan took Yuan Shao's letter and read it carefully under the candlelight, lest Yuan Shao have any conspiracy, "Yuan Benchu made such a simple matter so complicated, what did he mean?" ”

"Lord, Yuan Shao's goal has been achieved, and it is very wise for him to leave Jizhou with the army at this time." Guan Jing smiled, "Now, it's a showdown between us and Li Liyi." Whoever wins, who will be able to occupy Jizhou. As for Yuan Shao, he has a bigger mind than the lord, he wants to plot the world, and he wants to occupy Luoyang. ”

"He wants to fight with Yuan Shu for Luoyang?" Gongsun Zhan frowned and said in a low voice, "If Yuan Shao successfully occupies Luoyang, it won't do us any good......

Guan Jing understood and said: "Gongsun Yue died in Yangzhai City in order to help Yuan Shu fight for Yuzhou. Yuan Shu owes his lord a life. If Yuan Shu can occupy Luoyang, it will be much easier for the lord to act in the future......"

"You do it right away." Gongsun Chan said, "Tell Yuan Shu that I will help him occupy Luoyang as soon as possible." If he misses this opportunity, he will be a slave to Yuan Shao. ”

"Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow morning, we will attack Li Yi."

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Late at night, the cold wind howled. The sound of horses' hooves suddenly tore through the silence of the night.

Xu Da woke up suddenly and jumped up.

The scout rushed into the big tent with a fishy wind and said loudly: "General, Yuan Shao has run away." ”

Xu Da involuntarily shivered, and his heart was shocked. He barely managed to hold back his anger and asked in a deep voice, "When?" ”

"Dusk."

"Which direction?"

"Go south."

"Dusk? To the south? Xu Da muttered a few sentences softly, and silently calculated the distance, "Order Zhao and Li Xuan to catch up, entangle Yuan Shao, and hit Yuan Shao hard." ”

"Urgent report to the lord, Yuan Shao has seen through our strategy and has escaped from the encirclement first."

"Order, all the departments immediately set off, rushed to the southeast, stopped Yuan Shao, surrounded Yuan Shao, and killed Yuan Shao."

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Yuan Shao was very surprised when he heard that his rear army had been attacked near Beiqiu, and said loudly: "Quick, send more scouts, we must find out whether it is the Gongsun army or the Northern Xinjiang army that is following us." ”

"Order the troops, speed up, and quickly cross the great river."

Frustrated to look behind him. The army of nearly 50,000 is divided into three roads, like three long dragons winding and undulating, advancing in unison. The dense torches resemble red stars on the canopy, which is magnificent.

"Lord, I suggest giving up the grain and grass and baggage, and the soldiers of the whole army should travel lightly, which can save a lot of time."

Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "There are still ten miles to go to the big river, and there is no time to do it." After crossing the great river, we will be safe. Now we don't know the situation in Yecheng, and the weight of grain and grass is very important to us and cannot be lost. ”

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The river is desecrated.

On the embankments on both banks, dozens of fires were lit, as bright as day. Yuan Shao and a group of subordinates stationed on the horse embankment, looking at the soldiers who were struggling to walk in the mud of the old road waist-deep, their faces were solemn, and their hearts were like heavy lead.

Due to the gradual increase in temperature, the ice and snow in the Yellow River have melted recently, and the silt layer has become thicker. The early opening of the Yellow River and the thawing of the nearby rivers and ditches have caused the water level of each river system to rise, and part of the ice water has flowed into the river, which has further aggravated the siltation of the old road, and the silt layer has become thicker and thicker.

This was something that Yuan Shao and his subordinates did not expect, and they came to a dead end.

The scouts were flying back and forth, and one news after another made Yuan Shaofang confused.

Attacking and killing their own troops near the shell mound were the Northern Frontier Army, and they were chasing after them. Then the scouts found more northern armies coming in from the northwest. The soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army no longer hid their whereabouts, they held torches high and ran wildly.

Yuan Shao, Fu Zhu, Xian Pei, Feng Ji, Han Qiong and others had a fierce debate about which direction the army should retreat.

Fu Zhu demanded that Yuan Shao immediately give up the grain and grass baggage, and the army quickly crossed the Yellow River.

"How much can you walk." Fu Zhu said anxiously, "Li Yi's intentions have been exposed, he wants to surround us and Gongsun Zhan and solve the Jizhou problem in one battle." ”

"Lord, look......" Fu Zhu unfolded the map and explained, "It is Li Yi and Li Jing who are holding back on the front. On his left and right flanks there must have been a large army rushing south to outflank and complete the encirclement. His right-wing army has now been exposed, and the left-wing army is probably coming soon. Whether we go left or right, it is a dead end, and only by continuing to move forward is the way to live. ”

Judging and others believe that even if the reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army secretly rush to Jizhou, the number will not be too large. Judging from the current situation in northern Xinjiang, Li Yi's troops drawn from outside the Cypriot region are very limited, and it is impossible for Li Yi to disregard the safety of the outside of the Cypriot Territory and send all of them south. If Li Yi wanted to give up the desert, he would have given up a long time ago, and he would not wait until now. According to the calculation of such a force, it is impossible for Li Yi to implement the strategy of encirclement, at most he will send a strange army to the south to threaten and force away the Jizhou army, so as to fight a decisive battle with the Gongsun army wholeheartedly.

"In the past few days, the Northern Frontier Army has cut off the connection between us and Yecheng, forcing us to withdraw from the battlefield. The Northern Frontier Army has achieved its goal. "They're just bluffing. We should follow the great river and rush to the southwest, occupy Guantao first, and then quickly return to Yecheng. ”

"You mean to say that Yecheng is intact?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Of course." Guo Tu hurriedly explained, "We have nearly 200,000 troops together with Gongsun Zhan. Regardless of whether Li Yi is crazy or not, he will not come up with a plan to encircle him, unless he kills himself. Taking a step back, even if Li Yi really wants to surround us, can he eat it in one bite? He can't eat, what will he do in the future? Then he looked at Fu Zhu, "Gonghe doesn't think that Li Yi and Gongsun Zhan have joined forces to divide Jizhou equally, right?" ”

"There are hundreds of thousands of Tuntian soldiers in northern Xinjiang, if Li Yi recruits 100,000 Tuntian soldiers to the south......" Before he finished speaking, Feng Ji interrupted him.

"Gonghe, 100,000 Tuntian soldiers are going south, we will know nothing? In the past few months, Northern Xinjiang has been buying grain everywhere in Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou, in order to deal with the two battlefields of Jizhou and Guanxi at the same time in the next few months. Could it be that Gonghe thinks that the eldest princess and the Quanzhou court can sprinkle beans into gold and conjure millions of grains out of thin air? ”

Yuan Shao also agreed with the opinions of Xianpei, Guo Tu and others, but in order to prevent accidents, he ordered Han Qiong, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou to lead their troops to cross the river first, and ordered Gao Ran and Liyi to lead their troops to block the pursuing troops five miles away.

"I and you will go west along the old road." Yuan Shao said, "If this chasing army is bluffing, we will be fine." ”

Less than two miles to the west, the scouts reported again, and found the main force of the Northern Frontier Army from the direction of Beiqiu City, at least twenty or thirty thousand people, and the torches were as dense as stars in the sky, illuminating most of the sky.

It is less than 50 miles from the city of Beiqiu to the ancient desecration of the great river, and before dawn, the various troops of this large army will rush to the old road of the Yellow River one after another. At that time, the Jizhou army was attacked on three sides, and behind it was the muddy and difficult old road of the Yellow River, and there was a dead end.

Yuan Shao did not hesitate any longer, and resolutely ordered to give up all grain and grass baggage, and the officers and men of the whole army immediately crossed the Yellow River. (To be continued.) )