In late September of the fourth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Just when Li Yi wantonly summoned talents, spent more than 200 million merit points, and summoned fourteen generals in a row, Yuan Shao, who was defeated, finally fled back to Luoyang in embarrassment.

Because this battle was lost too badly and the losses were too serious, Yuan Shao, who returned to Luoyang, was sad and angry, depressed, and lay on the couch for three days without getting up.

On the evening of the third day, Luoyang Ling Lou Gui ran to Yuan Shao's mansion in horror to report: "Lord, the big thing is not good. Han Sui and Ma Chao suddenly sent troops to Guanzhong and captured Chang'an. ”

Yuan Shao was shocked, jumped up from the couch, and just wanted to speak, only to feel the Venus flying in front of him, dizzy, his body shook twice, and he fell to the ground.

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Yuan Tan paid a heavy price for his greed.

After the defeat of the allied forces in the Central Plains War, Yuan Shao informed Yuan Tan as quickly as possible, ordering him to give up the attack on Hedong and quickly withdraw to Chang'an City to hold on.

Soon after Yuan Tan returned to Chang'an, news came from Xiliang, saying that Xiliang Han was attacked by Ma Chao and Xiqiang people from both sides, and was defeated in successive battles, and now he has retreated to Hanyang Yicheng. Yuan Tan immediately moved his mind to seize Fufeng County.

In late September, Liang Xing and Ma Wan, who were stationed in Fufeng County, led their troops west to Liangzhou to support Han Sui, and Huaili City immediately became an empty city.

Yuan Tan discussed with Guo Tu and Liu Xian, planning to take the opportunity to take Huaili, seize Fufeng County, and take Guanzhong.

After the Central Plains War, Hebei had already taken Yanzhou, and Qingzhou was also in Li Yi's bag, and his strength grew rapidly. In this case, Han Sui, who was already very close to Hebei, was very likely to completely surrender to Li Yi, and instead attacked Guanzhong with the Hebei Xinjiang Army, so that Guanzhong would be in danger.

Liu Xian agreed with Yuan Tan's strategy, because he believed that if Fufeng County was taken, Yuan Tan's strength would increase, and his position in Yuan Shao's mind would be more important.

Guo Tu strongly disagreed. He said to Yuan Tan: "Eldest prince, Xiliang is now in turmoil, and Han Sui is in a difficult situation under the attack of Ma Chao and the Xiqiang people. At this time, if Han Sui wanted to turn the situation into victory and stabilize the western Xinjiang, he must first have a good relationship with Luoyang, because Hebei, which suffered amazing losses after the Central Plains War, could no longer help him. ”

"Joining forces with Luoyang, Han Sui can not only get the support of the eldest prince nearby and re-stabilize the western frontier, but also help Guanzhong block the invasion of Ma Chao and the Qiang people for a long time, which is a double thing. Therefore, it is not possible for Han Sui to defect to Hebei in the near future, and to be caught between the army in the northeast of Hebei. ”

"Secondly, if we take this opportunity to attack Han Sui, it will inevitably lead to the defeat of Han Sui. As soon as Han Sui was defeated, Ma Chao and the Xiqiang people would immediately kill Guanzhong. Ma Chao has a blood feud with the lord and the eldest prince, and he fought hard to fight Chang'an. ”

"With the battle in Guanzhong, the Northeast Xinjiang Army will be able to take the opportunity to cross the river, join forces with Ma Chao, and easily take Guanzhong. The Northern Xinjiang Army helped Ma Chao to take revenge, and his strength was stronger than Ma Chao, and Ma Chao's character was of course to take refuge in Hebei in order to get support, and continue to lead the army to take revenge on Luoyang. ”

Guo Tu advised Yuan Tan and said: "Big boy, you must carefully weigh the gains and losses, don't lose big because of small things." Han Sui urgently needs our support now, as long as the eldest prince takes the grain, grass and ordnance to blackmail him, he can get Fufeng County without a single soldier. ”

Yuan Tan couldn't listen. Han Sui has coveted Guanzhong for a long time, not to mention blackmailing him with grain, grass and ordnance, even if he puts a knife on his neck, he will not take the initiative to give up Fufeng County. There is only a beating, and he will be beaten back to Xiliang.

As for Ma Chao's threat, Yuan Tan didn't care. Han Sui was able to support Xiliang for more than ten years, and that was because Han Sui had a prominent reputation and extraordinary intelligence. And Ma Chao is a martial artist, if he kills Han Sui, there is a chance that it will arouse the anger of other forces in Xiliang, and he will be besieged by everyone, it would be good to survive.

Yuan Tan was worried that his father Yuan Shao would not agree with his plan, so he concealed it and did not report it, and led his men and horses to Huaili City with a fierce killing.

The garrison of Huaili City was limited, and after Yuan Tan led the army to arrive, he went down with a drum.

Then Yuan Tan went west along the Weishui River, Lianke Wugong and Yicheng, and it was not until Chen Cang that he met a strong opponent.

Ma Chao roared out with a large army. Yuan Tan was caught off guard, was beaten in embarrassment, and retreated to Yicheng in a panic. Ma Chao was eager for revenge, and the overseers attacked.

Yuan Tan knew that he had fallen into the scheme, and immediately prepared to withdraw from Fufeng County and retreat to Chang'an. At this moment, news came from Chang'an that Han Sui, Liang Xing, and Ma Wan led a large army that suddenly appeared under Chang'an City, and the defenders in the city were seriously insufficient, so they asked for support.

Yuan Tan was shocked and led the army to retreat in a hurry. When he withdrew to Huaili City, he received a message that made his soul fly out of the sky, and Chang'an City had fallen. Chang'an ordered Zhang Ming to buy Han Sui at some point and opened the city gate for the Xiliang army.

Yuan Tan hated and regretted, and wanted to lead the army to kill Chang'an City and recapture Chang'an.

Guo Tu tried his best to dissuade him: "Now it seems that Han Sui has long been ready to seize Guanzhong, he not only created a scam of melee in Xiliang, but also quietly lurked on both sides of Weishui with a large army, just to lure the eldest prince's army to Chencang away from Chang'an, that is, let Ma Chao, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi and others drag the eldest prince on the front line of Chencang, and he led the army to attack Chang'an." ”

"Now that Chang'an has been lost, Ma Chao's army is chasing after him, if he turns back to fight Chang'an, he will definitely fall into encirclement, and there is a risk of annihilation of the whole army, so it is better to retreat to Baling and Xinfeng as soon as possible. As long as we keep the army, even if we lose Chang'an, we still have a chance to regain it. But once the army is gone, let alone recapture Chang'an, even the entire Guanzhong will change hands in an instant. ”

Yuan Tan's mind cleared up a little, he took Guo Tu's suggestion, and ordered the army to abandon the grain and grass and retreat to Duling overnight.

Han Sui had already set up an ambush in the area of Feng and Hao, preparing to annihilate Yuan Tan, but who knew that Yuan Tan had no plan and turned around and ran away. Han Sui hurriedly led his army to attack Baling, and ordered Ma Chao to lead his army to attack Duling.

Yuan Tan retreated very quickly, he led the army to march for two days and two nights, and ran directly to Xinfeng City. Ma Chao defeated Yuan Tan's blocking rear army at the Tongdao Pavilion on the west bank of Bashui, and then joined forces with Han Sui to attack Baling.

When Yuan Tan arrived at Xinfeng City, while reinforcing the city defenses, he asked Zhang Ji of Huayin for help, and at the same time sent an envoy to Fengyi County, asking Taishou Geng Xiang to lead the army to rush to Xinfeng to rendezvous.

Almost all the main cities of Jingzhaoyin had fallen, and Yuan Tan could only send envoys to inform Shangluo and Shangxian in the south of Jingzhaoyin, asking them to take precautions and be sure to hold the Wuguan, so as not to let the Xiliang army occupy the pass and threaten Nanyang.

Han Sui quickly took Baling and waved his army to kill Xinfeng, and the two sides immediately fought fiercely.

Yuan Shao was lying on the couch, his face was very ugly.

Lou Gui sat on the side, and after finishing Yuan Tan's book, he whispered: "Lord, Zhang Ji has led the army to Xinfeng City, but the Xiliang army is fierce, it is said that there are at least 50,000 foot cavalry troops, and there are 10,000 or 20,000 Qiang people. We are at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and the situation in Guanzhong is very critical. It seems that Han Sui has made a bloody investment this time, and if he doesn't defeat Guanzhong, he will not give up. ”

Yuan Shao closed his eyes, snorted twice in pain, and scolded weakly: "Xian Si of this loser, I can't wait to kill him with one sword." ”

Lou Gui helped Yuan Tan ease his cheeks and said, "Lord, who is Han Sui?" Since he has the intention to take advantage of the Central Plains War, we and the Northern Xinjiang Army are both defeated to seize Guanzhong, can the eldest prince prevent him? Even if the eldest prince did not send troops to attack Fufeng, Chang'an ordered Zhang Ming to still open the city gate, and Chang'an City would still be lost. Forget it, don't blame the eldest prince, it is not easy for him to lead the army out of the encirclement and hold on to Xinfeng City under such a bad situation. ”

Yuan Shao wanted to cry without tears, dazed.

Although the Henan battlefield and the Yingchuan battlefield have calmed down, Hanoi and Guanzhong, the two places directly related to Luoyang's safety, are in flames of war, and the situation is becoming more and more tense.

He thought for a while and asked Lou Guidao: "Uncle Zi, is there any movement in Hedong?" ”

Lou Gui replied: "Zhong Jian came to the book and said that Yue Fei from Hedong has been busy for several months this year but has not achieved anything, probably because he is tired, and he has not moved at all so far, and he has not reacted to what happened in Guanzhong. ”

"In this way, Hebei doesn't know anything about Han Sui's customs." Yuan Shaomeng opened his eyes and said with some eagerness, "Quick, immediately call Yuan Tu, Kong Zhang and others to me, and we will discuss a solution immediately." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Lou Gui agreed, stood up, and hurriedly walked outside the house.

Suddenly, he thought of something and stopped again.

Yuan Shao looked at him puzzled and asked, "Uncle Zi, is there something wrong?" ”

"Lord......" Lou Gui walked to the couch, hesitated for a moment, and whispered, "Now is the time to employ people, do you see if you let Zhengnan ......?"

Yuan Shao's expression froze, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Lou Gui knew the knot in Yuan Shao's heart, and persuaded him: "My lord, although Zhengnan is too upright and sometimes speaks unacceptably, he is loyal to you, and his talent is ......."

Yuan Shao felt irritable in his heart.

The outcome of the Central Plains War was as expected by the judges, and they were defeated. However, today's defeat was not due to the internal strife of the coalition forces, nor was it defeated by the internal power struggle in Luoyang, but was defeated by the strategy of using troops, which was different from the reason why the trial had expected to lose the war. Can this reason convince you to release the trial and re-employ him?

Thinking of the angry eyes and sharp words of the trial, Yuan Shao was very uneasy. The judge will not let go of any opportunity to mock himself, he is the same as the dead Xu Yu, that is the unforgiving character, he will embarrass himself on various occasions, he will find various reasons to prove that the defeat of the Central Plains War is due to his many very uncomfortable measures.

"I don't need to judge, I can get through the crisis." Yuan Shao thought so, and he shook his hand over Lou Gui.

Lou Gui sighed in disappointment and turned to leave. (To be continued.) )