Gongsun Zhan has a grudge against Northern Xinjiang and urgently needs such an opportunity to have force and territory, and Zhang Miao and others urgently need to drive Cao Cao, a bloody thug, out of Yanzhou.

Gongsun Chan and Cao Cao are both people who have proven their abilities on the battlefield, and the strength of the two is not much different now, it can be said that it is half a catty and eight taels, and if there is a war between the two sides, even if Cao Cao's forces are eliminated, the forces combined by Gongsun Chan and Zhang Miao and other Yanzhou officials will also be greatly damaged.

In the future, even if Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Miao and others are still alive, they will fight because of the contradictions and power between each other, and at this time, it is time for Yuan Shao to easily seize Yanzhou.

As for Xuzhou, because of Cao Cao's killing, there was no ten or eight years of recuperation, and he didn't want to recover. As soon as Cao Cao died, Tao Qian's days were numbered.

If everything goes well, within two years, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and even Yangzhou will be in Yuan Shao's pocket.

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Zang Hong returned to Chenliu with Yuan Shao's opinion, but Zhang Miao did not immediately agree. He and Cao Cao have been friends for many years, and he also wants to persuade Cao Cao. If Cao Cao was willing to give up attacking Xuzhou and was willing to give up the killing in Xuzhou, he was also willing to support Cao Cao.

In mid-March, Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou with several thousand men, and at this moment the main force of the Yanzhou army was still attacking the city in Xuzhou.

Cao Cao's purpose in returning to Yanzhou was not to withdraw his troops, but to persuade the Yanzhou officials to raise food and grass for him and help him through this most critical moment.

Cao Cao clearly told Zhang Miao and others that in two months, Xuzhou would be mine. With Xuzhou's money and grain, a few years later, our strength has increased greatly, and we can not only reject Li Yi in the north, but also resist Yuan Shao in the west, dominate one side, and achieve the hegemony of Qi Huan and Jinwen.

Zhang Miao, Zang Hong, Wu Zi, Guo Gong, Liu Yi, Chen Gong and other Yanzhou officials tried their best to persuade them, but at this time, the battle in Xuzhou was almost over, and the five counties of Xuzhou were in their hands, how could Cao Cao give up? He, Cheng Yu, Mao Jue, Xi Zhicai and others also worked hard to persuade Zhang Miao and others, and they almost didn't kneel and kowtow.

Seeing that persuasion was ineffective, Cao Cao categorically ordered Zang Hong's official position to be dismissed and put him on death row, hoping to deter the Yanzhou officials.

Chen Liuming, the former Jiujiang Taishou Bian Rang pleaded for Zang Hong, and accused Cao Cao in public of his atrocities, and scolded Cao Cao. Cao Cao was furious and ordered Bian Rang to be dragged out of the hall and beaten to death with a horsewhip.

Zhang Miao and the others really didn't dare to speak anymore. However, Yanzhou's money and grain are indeed in short supply, and at this moment, it is spring ploughing, and the treasury of Yanzhou is empty. Cao Cao had no choice but to forcibly expropriate the treasury of the wealthy men in various counties and counties of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao is just a descendant of a eunuch, and the scholars of Yanzhou originally despised him, this time he first closed up Zang Hong, then killed Bian Rang, and then ordered the robbery of Yanzhou's gate lords, the consequences of which can be imagined.

And so a bloody storm swept in.

Cao Cao never killed softly, and killed until no one fought against him.

At the beginning of April, Cao Cao left satisfied. He asked Cheng Yu to act as the agent for Yanzhou, Chen Gong as the agent for the affairs of Dongjun, and asked Xiahoudun to garrison the banks of the Yellow River with thousands of troops to prevent the northern Xinjiang army from crossing the river and heading south.

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Along with this information sent to Jicheng, there was also a blood letter from Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou. In the blood letter, Tao Qian complained about Cao Cao's bloodshed and violence, and asked the general Li Yi to immediately lead the army south to rescue Xuzhou and prevent Xuzhou from falling into the hands of the butcher Cao Cao.

Li Yi immediately summoned all his staff members to discuss urgently.

Mi Zhu is from Xuzhou, when he was in Xuzhou, he had a very good relationship with Tao Qian, although now he has moved his family to Northern Xinjiang, but now he heard that the old master is in distress, his heart is very anxious, and he said sharply: "Lord, we must prevent Cao Cao from occupying Xuzhou!" Tao Gongzu is no longer able to support it, we can't sit idly by and let Xuzhou's blood flow into a river. We only have two choices, either send troops to Yanzhou, or send a large army directly to Xuzhou by sea, and we can't let Cao Cao, the murderous butcher, kill people in Xuzhou again! ”

"At the moment, our goal is Guanzhong." Liu Bowen said, "Once Guanzhong and Guanxi fall into a bloody battle, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army will quickly cross the Taihang Mountain to support the Guanzhong and Guanxi battlefields, so we can't rashly go south to attack Yanzhou now, let alone rush into the Xuzhou battlefield." ”

"Xuzhou is tantamount to an enclave for our northern Xinjiang, although we can send a large army to Xuzhou by sea, but in this way, the army going south will fall into a situation of fighting alone. This is very dangerous behavior. Guanzhong is different, it is closely connected to our northern Xinjiang, so we still focus on Guanzhong as the best policy. Xu Maogong also said, "Judging from the current situation in Yanzhou, after we entered, it was also a series of bloody battles, and it was difficult to quickly stabilize the situation." We once had a consensus on Yanzhou, believing that before we were strong enough, we should make full use of the contradictions between Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, Yuan Shu and other forces to confuse Henan Prefecture and counties with the combination of vertical and horizontal techniques, consume their strength, and elbow their development. Today this opportunity has come to the door, and of course we have to take advantage of it. ”

Li Yi looked at Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others.

Jia Xu smiled: "I agree with Bowen and Mao Gong's opinion. Now, the biggest threat to us is Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is plotting at the moment, if we go south and fall into Yanzhou or Xuzhou, it is very likely that we will fall for Yuan Shao's tricks. Although Yanzhou and Xuzhou are important, Guanzhong is even more important. Our occupation of Yanzhou and Xuzhou will not help to change the current situation, but once Yuan Shao occupies Guanzhong, the situation in the world will change greatly. ”

However, Guo Jia clearly disagreed, he said: "I don't think it's appropriate. Tao Qian wrote a letter to ask for help, which was a trust in the lord. Otherwise, why didn't he ask Gongsun Zhan or Yuan Shu, who were closer to Xuzhou, for help? After all, the strength of these two people is also very strong, and with their help, it is not a big problem to resist Cao Cao's attack. ”

"Especially Gongsun Zhan, I believe he is very happy to go south to Xuzhou and help Tao Qian, because once Cao Cao is defeated, he may not only occupy the land of Xuzhou, but even the land of Yanzhou entirely. In this way, coupled with half of the land of Qingzhou that was originally in his hands, as well as his close relationship with Liu Bei and Liu Yu, Gongsun Zhan even controlled the territory of Yanqing Xu, the three major states in the Central Plains, and had the strength to dominate the world. ”

Tao Qian believed in the lord, so he came all the way to ask the lord for help. If you refuse, you will not only lose the opportunity to occupy Xuzhou, but also disappoint the people of the world. This is a heavy blow to the prestige of the lord, and it is also extremely detrimental to the lord's hegemony. ”

As soon as Guo Jia's words came out, everyone was silent. There is no doubt that Guo Jia is looking at this matter from a global perspective. It is true that sending troops to the south did have an impact on the strategy previously determined in northern Xinjiang, but when the strategy was formulated before, the changes in Xuzhou were not taken into account. Now that the big picture has changed, it is necessary to make appropriate adjustments to the strategy that was previously formulated.

However, this change is also very difficult, and it is not that simple.

Li Yi had no choice but to order this matter to be put aside for the time being, and he needed to weigh it carefully.

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In mid-April, Yue Fei again received a letter of help from Li Dao and Guo Yan, and Yuan Shao's army conquered Wuguan and asked General Zhengxi to provide quick support.

Yue Fei was shocked and urgently ordered Huang Zhong and Xu Huang to lead the army across the river and rush to Chang'an.

The news of Yuan Shao's capture of Wuguan greatly shocked Chang'an.

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Li Dao, Guo Yan and others immediately listened to Li Ru's opinion, urgently summoned Zhang Ji and Wang Fang of Tongguan to come back to help, and again asked Yue Fei, the general of the expedition to the west, for help, and asked Yue Fei to lead the Northern Xinjiang Army to enter through Tongguan and cross the river east of the river.

Now the situation in Guanzhong is critical, and it is no longer possible to defeat Yuan Shao by relying only on the strength of the remnants of the Xiliang Army, so he can only put the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanzhong and let Yue Fei fight against Yuan Shao.

The more forces in Guanzhong, the more tense the situation becomes. Because of the fear of being besieged by the other side, none of the forces dared to let go. That's when the opportunity for some people with bad intentions comes.

As soon as the news of the Northern Xinjiang Army crossing the river reached Chang'an, the counselor Chong Shao, the servant Ma Yu, and the Zuo Zhonglang general Liu Fan and others who stayed in the Chang'an Imperial Palace couldn't help it.

According to the predetermined strategy, Yuan Tan and the others will quickly kill Chang'an after defeating Duan Xuan, who is stationed in Wuguan, and join the army of Han Sui and Ma Teng to attack Chang'an City. They opened the gates of the city to the army for the sake of the inward.

However, Yuan Tan's army blocked Duan Xuan in the Shangluo area, and he was unable to reach Chang'an. Two or three days later, if Zhang Ji, Wang Fang's reinforcements and the Northern Xinjiang Army reached the Chang'an area, the strategy to attack Chang'an would have failed.

Chong Shao and the others immediately decided to launch a mutiny in advance, open the city gates, and put Ma Teng's army into Chang'an City.

The reason why Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others were reluctant to take the initiative to attack the city was because they were worried that someone in Chang'an City would take the opportunity to rebel. They secretly sent a large number of people to monitor the powerful ministers in the city, and as long as there was the slightest clue, they immediately launched a hunt. But the actions of Chong Shao and others were very secretive, and Li Dao had not been able to.

At this time, an unexpected thing happened. The army of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan suddenly appeared in Dasanguan, and they rushed to Chang'an under the banner of guarding the ancestral tomb of the Liu family.

Li Wei was furious, and immediately sent people to arrest Liu Yan's sons Liu Fan and Liu Dan. This time, both of them participated in the mutiny, and they thought that the plan was leaked, so they resisted to the death, and both were killed. The cronies of the two couldn't help but torture them, and they all recruited them.

Li Dao immediately arrested in Chang'an City, and the counselor Chong Shao and the servant Ma Yu were the first to get the news and hurriedly escaped from Chang'an City.

Li Wei solved the hidden danger in the city, and immediately ordered Guo Yan and Fan Chou to lead the army out of the city to engage Ma Teng. A day after the bloody battle between the two sides, Zhang Ji and Wang Fangdi's reinforcements had approached Chang'an, but Yuan Tan's army still had no news.

Ma Teng was helpless and quickly withdrew to Fufeng County. (To be continued.) )