Brothers, Happy Zongzi Festival~

In the middle of summer in June, the sun is blazing.

In the scorching heat, there is nothing more wonderful than lying on a bamboo mat in the shade of a tree, sipping sour plum soup in your mouth, and having someone around you fanning the wind.

But there are people who don't know the blessings in the blessings, enjoying unimaginable enjoyment for ordinary people, but they don't see any joy on their faces, but frown tightly. His brow furrowed terribly, and his expression was more sorrowful than that of the chauffeur of the merchant and the coolies on the docks, in stark contrast to the scene around him

Yuan Shao was indeed very unhappy, to be precise, he was bored.

The reason why he is bored is not because there are too few ice cubes in the sour plum soup, or because the people who fan are not satisfied, and the treatment he enjoys is not as good as when he was in Luoyang, and he can't get rid of the heat brought by the weather, but because he has something in his heart.

Ten days ago, after he personally issued an order to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Anping and Qinghe counties to launch an all-out offensive on the plains, his mood seemed to have slipped down from the peak, and he lost the excitement and expectation at the beginning, but became a source of gains and losses.

Everything went so smoothly.

smoothly used tactics to disrupt the situation in Xuzhou and shake the flank of Qingzhou;

successfully pinned down the main force of the Qingzhou Army;

Smoothly integrated the interior of Jizhou, with an absolute superiority of troops, launched a large-scale offensive on the plain

Everything is so smooth, every detail is worth savoring, behind the water and everything, it should undoubtedly be a success!

Mandate of Heaven!

This statement made Yuan Shao deeply intoxicated, apart from the Mandate of Heaven, is there anything else that can explain all this? The Fourth and Third Princes. The Yuan family on the steaming rì is not just the last step. The moment to reach the top?

Right now, no matter what the world is trending around. It was still a local battle situation, Yuan Shao thought that he had a great upper hand, and no matter how he deduced it, he couldn't find a reason why he couldn't succeed.

However, an inexplicable feeling of panic wrapped around his heart like a poisonous snake, which made him deeply uneasy.

This feeling is not the first time, nor is it the strongest one, two years ago in Luoyang. He successfully persuaded He Jin to fight with the Ten Standing Servants and single-handedly led the chaos that shocked the world, and he had a similar feeling.

The plan has been going well, and the matter of establishing the reserve provoked the disagreement between He Jin and the Son of Heaven, which then evolved into a contradiction between He Jin and the eunuch party. When the Son of Heaven died, all the contradictions were detonated, forcing the Ten Standing Servants to take risks and kill He Jin, and take over He Jin's power himself. Kill the ten permanent servants, and finally completely control the authority of Luoyang and even the world.

Except for the last step, the previous plans were successfully realized, and Yuan Shao had similar uneasiness in his heart at that time. But he didn't pay much attention to it, just because he was nervous before doing big things.

As a result, one ring after another is planned. Finally there was an accident, and it was quite fatal.

At the most critical time and place. Dong Zhuo, quite unreasonable appeared!

That's right. It's just unreasonable!

In Yuan Shao's plan, Dong Zhuo, Wang Kuang, and Qiao Mao, the three princes, are a background trick, used to enhance the tense atmosphere in Luoyang City, and force the ten permanent servants to make wrong judgments!

Since it is a dragon set, you must abide by the duty of the dragon set, and it is enough to wave the flag and shout on the periphery, how can you break into the main stage of Luoyang without authorization and steal the role of the protagonist yourself? It's just stealing the show, and what's even more infuriating is that this person actually accepted all the fruits of his victory, and didn't even say a word of thanks!

Such a person is not a thief, but what can he be?

Yuan Shao's mood when he left Luoyang will never be forgotten, and he swore in his heart at that time that sooner or later he would take revenge, return to Luoyang with a hundred times the scenery before, and trample the enemies of the past into pulp.

Therefore, when Qiao Mao, another dragon set, was dissatisfied and connected in tandem, Yuan Shaocai launched Yuan Valve's connections, secretly fueled the troubles, and formed an alliance of Kwantung princes to discuss Dong Zhuo.

He wants to let the enemy taste this too, the taste of falling from the top!

He did it.

Dong Zhuo lost his troops and fled from Luoyang in embarrassment. Those ministers who did not stand up to support him in the dispute between Yuan and Dong after the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants did not end well, their family property was plundered, and the people were also taken to the remote place in Guanzhong.

But Yuan Shao didn't have much joy of revenge, because he also failed. This time, the protagonist is still not him, but Wang Kuang's son Wang Yu, who is related to the last of the three dragon sets that forced Luoyang at the beginning!

In a series of battles of King Qin, this son single-handedly beat the 100,000 Xiliang army with almost one person's strength, and did not dare to turn back. Thousands of soldiers and horses avoid black horses, what kind of majesty is this, how domineering?

Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, also looked dull and mediocre under the light of the other party.

Subsequently, Xincheng Huimeng, Qingzhou Ping Yellow Turban, and Wang Yu's every move touched the hearts of the people all over the world, and even Yuan Shao's successful entry into Jizhou was a major event that no one paid attention to.

Tao Gongzu, who is generous but does not lose the city, the unruly Gongsun Boqi, the famous Zhang Miao, and even his own half-brother who has a bad feeling...... While these people don't sell their accounts, they respect this young man very much!

Why?

He is the real protagonist, after the famous family, he is like a cloud, and he sits on Jizhou, the richest and most populous land in the Han Dynasty, why can't he compare to a place after being strong?

Yuan Shao didn't understand, and he didn't want to understand.

For this discordant factor, the wealthy family has its own solution, and if it is not used for its own use, it will completely eliminate him; If you can't destroy it for the time being, weaken the opponent from the flank. This is the same as fighting a war with soldiers.

But this kind of thing is easier said than done, in the battle of the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao once saw the dawn of victory, but was pushed down from the cloud of victory by Wang Yu again, which is quite unreasonable!

This son is more arrogant and hateful than Dong Zhuo!

If he had a choice, Yuan Shao would rather face two Dong Zhuo than face such a monster.

Although Dong Zhuo is hateful. After all, there are traces to follow, and Wang Yu ...... God knows where he got his skills. No one knows where his limits are. Yuan Shao could only watch the other party's continuous performance. Miracle after miracle was created.

This time, it seems that there is no problem, but what is the matter with this burst of intense uneasiness? Did you ignore something? Thinking of this, Yuan Shao's eyelids jumped again.

Ignoring the frightened eyes of the attendants, Yuan Shao put the soup bowl in his hand on the table, forcibly suppressed the surging thoughts, and thought intently.

Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang? The main force of Qingzhou also crossed the river to the north? No. No way! If there was only Liu Dai, Wang Yu might be able to scare the other party with suspicious soldiers; But this trick can't deal with Langya's Zang Ba!

The latter is a local snake, and he is also a big ambition, so it is impossible to look at Qingzhou's weakness in front of him and not be moved. No matter how famous Wang Yu was, he did not reach the point where he would surrender without a fight just by virtue of his prestige. The Qingzhou army, which poured out of the nest, could not fight back even if it was attacked by the enemy on its back.

Isn't the overlord Xiang Yu trapped on all sides? The lair is ended, no matter what kind of strong soldiers. will turn into a puddle of ooze.

New reinforcements? It can't be either! Only Zhang Miao in Yanzhou is likely to oppose him, and after Han Fu left Jizhou, he was taken in by this person. However, he had this in mind. But without this strength, Chen Liudi has already entered the hands of Cao Cāo, just with a nominal Chen Liutaishou. How could Zhang Miao be against himself?

Tao Qian and Yuan Shu were too busy to take care of themselves; Bai Bo was far away, under the offensive of the Xiliang army. Nor is it possible to divide the army; However, Zhang Yan of Montenegro may be a little tricky.

This person is also an ignorant of current affairs. Just a moth thief. He didn't care about his identity, sent a messenger, and pointed out a way to live for him, but he didn't know how to lift, and he didn't say anything to his messenger, and dared to release big words that were not incompatible with the wealthy family!

Adhering to the legacy of Zhang Jiao's dead ghost? Okay, very good, let's die together!

Zhang Yan doesn't know each other, but it is impossible to say how big a wave he can make, just with those rabble in Montenegro, what kind of climate has he achieved? What's more, he is not defenseless, although tens of thousands of troops rushed to the front line, but there are still more than 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yecheng.

If the Montenegrin thief doesn't come, it will be enough, and the end of coming will only be a bloody encounter!

If it weren't for these off-the-board moves, accidents could only appear on the battlefield, but the koji was brave and good at fighting, and was resourceful in meeting and judging, and Chun Yuqiong, an old general, pressed the formation, and the army's armor was good, and the strength was far above the enemy's army.

Unless......

Yuan Shao's heart moved slightly, and he thought of an unexpected factor.

Originally, it was a joke, if it weren't for this, he might not have made up his mind so quickly to make Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw fight. You must know that in the previous battle, he was broken through to the nose by the enemy, and the psychological shadow brought by him has not been completely eliminated.

That paper armor theory, could there be another mystery?

Yuan Shao became more and more irritable, and the bamboo mat under him was no longer cool, it was hot and hot, which was unbearable, so he could only jump up.

Seeing him jump up, the attendants turned pale with fright.

Don't look at General Yuan's usual treatment of people and things, he behaves with both demeanor, but that is to treat celebrities, only celebrities can enjoy the treatment of 'people' in him, as for people who are not from a family, even if they are meritorious generals like General Koji, they are not important.

As for his subordinates, if they are a little unpleasant, don't they say that they will be killed?

Just when they were trembling, fearing that Yuan Shao's eyes would fall on them, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the courtyard to save them, and all the attendants invariably breathed a long sigh in their hearts, and at the same time worried about the 'good man' who appeared in time and was about to bear the anger of General Yuan.

It wasn't until they saw the face of the visitor that they relaxed and buried their heads deep in their chests.

Here came Mr. Guo, a man who didn't need them to worry.

"It's a public rule, why is it so urgent?" Seeing that it was Guo Tu, the irritability in Yuan Shao's eyes eased slightly, and he had to give some face to this henchman who had never left him since he was in Luoyang.

The "lord ......" was in a hurry, and his heart was even more panicked, Guo Tu's description at the moment was quite embarrassing, with a crooked gauze hat and messy clothes. It was as if his soul had been lost, and he stumbled. In a dilemma. But the long-term habit still allowed him to stay calm enough. He didn't rush to get down to business, but glanced at the attendant next to him.

"Let's all go down!" An ominous premonition instantly surged into Yuan Shao's heart, forcibly suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, and he waved his hand pretending to be calm.

Before today, there had been no news from the front line for two days, and it should be ...... Guo Tu was so nervous, it can only show that the battle situation is unfavorable!

Even rì's worries and fears are about to become reality. Yuan Shao only felt that his eyes were blackened, and his chest seemed to be pressed by something, and he couldn't breathe. Looking at Guo Tu's gaze, the anxiety disappeared, replaced by stronger anger, and even a hint of fierceness!

Guo Tu knew Yuan Shao's feelings very well and knew the meaning behind his eyes. This battle is not only related to the face of the lord, but also the plan to compete for the world! News of the loss. It was enough to ignite the flame in the chest of the lord and burn the igniter to ashes.

If it were possible, Guo Tu would definitely not say it directly, but use the same technique as last time. Cover up the defeat into victory, or turn the big defeat into a small defeat to get by. It's convenient for others and for yourself.

This time, however, he couldn't do that. Even if he did, it would be useless, no one would believe him. Not even idiots. This time the defeat is too miserable, not to mention any competition for the world and face, whether you can keep the foundation of Jizhou and save your net worth is a question!

"Lord, General Koji fell for the enemy's trick in Longminao and was defeated......" Guo Tu, who was able to speak well, became stammered, and it took him a long time to finish a very simple sentence.

"Where's the army?" The long-standing worries were finally verified, but Yuan Shao was much calmer than Guo Tu expected, maybe this is the benefit that he had predicted, he asked nervously: "Where is the army now?" ”

Army? Where else is the army? Guo Tu would rather Yuan Shao faint on the spot as soon as he heard the bad news, so that he didn't have to accept Yuan Shao's interrogation, it was so difficult.

"General Koji was defeated too quickly, the whole army of Youzhou light cavalry was dispatched, and then covered up, the whole army of 30,000 was defeated, chased and killed by the enemy for dozens of miles, and finally fled back to Xindu, and there was not a single ...... in ten"

The afternoon sun suddenly became very dazzling, making Yuan Shao dizzy, and he couldn't stand on his feet a little. He shook back and forth, holding on to the stone table on one side, and barely managed to stand firm. The whole army is scattered? It shouldn't be, even if Wang Yu is really brave and invincible, didn't Lu Yi rely on hundreds of remnants to stand firmly in front of him?

Intuition told Yuan Shao that there must be something hidden here, but looking at Guo Tu's dead face, Yuan Shao couldn't expect the other party to tell the truth for a while. Guo Tu kept saying that he only mentioned Lu Yi, obviously looking for a substitute for this defeat, and expecting him to explain the battle report in detail is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Suppressing the suffocating heartbeat, Yuan Shao continued to ask, "Where is the battle report?" Where is the Messenger? Ben was going to ask him personally! ”

"Lord, please see ......" Guo Tu handed over a roll of bamboo slips, he was not worried about not being able to match the confession, because the battle report was written by Chun Yuqiong and others in a discussion, which was completely consistent with his statement. And the other side of the party......

After realizing that the defeat was decided, Lu Yi led the army to fight to the death, and blocked the coalition army for a period of time, and the more than 10,000 people in the rear army had the opportunity to retreat. It's a pity......

Guo Tu thought with disdain, Chun Yuqiong and the others were really not angry, obviously there were broken troops, but they still left the brigade and slipped away with their personal guards, and as a result, a good retreat turned into a big rout.

As a result, Lu Yi's struggle only gave Chun Yuqiong and others a chance to get out. As for Lu Yi himself, his whereabouts are still unknown, and I don't know if he is dead or captured.

But no matter how it ends, this black cauldron has to be carried by him. The worst result is that he demoted Wang Yu and became a threat to Jizhou in turn? That's nothing, the most terrifying thing about Wang Yu is himself, not someone under his command, there is not much more Lu Yi, and there is no less of him.

The most important thing now is to face the grim situation after the defeat of Long Minato.

"After defeating the army of General Koji, Wang Pengju refused to give up, and led the army to take advantage of the situation to pursue, fortunately, General Zhang stationed in Qinghe got the news, and reacted in time, led the army to attack Pingyuan City, defeated Liu Bei, who stayed behind, and forced Wang Pengju to return to the army to rescue ......"

In addition to the bad news of defeat, it was more urgent to send reinforcements. After receiving the scout's return, he immediately adopted the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and defeated Liu Bei, who stayed in the plain, to defeat the army, and won a glimmer of life for the defeated and retreating Zhonglu Yi Army.

On the way to the army, Lu Yi set up a lot of camps. If Chun Yuqiong and the others retreated as a whole, they could go inside to defend. Rallied. As a result, the army was scattered, and they could only fight with the pursuers. Compared to this, where is a two-legged man as good as a four-legged horse?

You must know that Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou army was originally a configuration of one man and three horses, and after experiencing the losses in the Battle of Jieqiao, the ratio of men and horses was further out of balance. No one is better at chasing down the routed soldiers.

The addition of Zhang Jaw forced Wang Yu to come back to help. However, opening his jaw can also be regarded as sacrificing himself to save others. The speed of Youzhou light cavalry reinforcement was too fast, and as soon as Zhang Jaw retreated to the city of Yanxian County, he was caught up by the Youzhou army that returned to help. Without preparation in advance, there was nothing he could do with the paper armor, and when the Qingzhou Urging Battalion appeared on the battlefield, the outcome was already doomed.

"Now the coalition army is divided into three routes, and Wang Yu leads the army to besiege Yan County! Tian Kai led the Plains Army to the west and attacked Qinghe City! Gongsun Zhan rode north and broke into the territory of Anping. Faith is at stake! ”

Guo Tu gently brought the battle of Longcuo over, and it was not simply to excuse Feng Ji and Chun Yuqiong, and now the situation in Jizhou can only be described by the word erosion. Instead of bothering to learn lessons. It's better to think about how to save this crisis.

If Qinghe and Anping are lost, then Yuan Shao, the Jizhou pastor. There are only five counties left! What's more, who can guarantee that the enemy will be after the capture of Anping and Qinghe. Won't chase after the victory?

Lack of food and grass? Don't be silly, next month is July. The autumn harvest is imminent, won't they eat on the spot? Because the food is for the enemy, eating one of the enemy's corn is more cost-effective than transporting ten Hu from home! With such a simple truth, Wang Yu and Gongsun Zan are both people who are well versed in the art of war, how can they not understand it?

Speaking of which, Yuan Shaoxuan attacked the plains at this time and entered Qingzhou, and he had a similar idea.

Therefore, the current situation has reached the extreme crisis, and it can be regarded as a matter of life and death.

Just after Guo Tu said that Zhang Jaw was also defeated, Yuan Shao felt a 'buzz' in his ears, and completely lost the ability to perceive. Guo Tu seemed to say something again, and there seemed to be something written on the bamboo slips, but he couldn't see or hear anything, and his mind was blank.

Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw were defeated, and in addition to the county soldiers stationed in various places, he only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Yecheng. Send reinforcements? Which way to save? To divide the troops or not to divide them?

There is a risk that the division of troops will be broken by each one, and if the troops are united, where will they be saved?

Save Xindu, who can guarantee that Gongsun Zan will honestly stay and fight a decisive battle, if he relies on mobile power to contain the main force of Jizhou, and let Wang Yu raid Yecheng, how should he deal with it? On the contrary, it is even worse, the cavalry has high mobility, which is more suitable for surprise attacks, if the main force is contained in Qinghe, hundreds of miles away, Gongsun Chan will arrive in two or three days.

Don't save? Gongsun Chan is a cavalryman, and he may not be able to attack Xindu City, but the other counties in Anping may not be able to keep it, and the autumn harvest is imminent, so people can't go out of the city, right? If you go out of the city, who can stop the Youzhou Iron Horse? In the end, he had no choice but to surrender.

Qinghe's side is even worse, others don't know, but Yuan Shao knows very clearly, Wang Yu is very good at attacking cities, even if it is a general like Zhang Jaw who defends the city, it is difficult to protect it. What's more, Zhang Jaw's thousands of remnants were besieged in Yan County, Wang Yuda could besiege but not attack, and go to Qinghe City first. When Yan County runs out of food, will he not be able to catch it?

The more he thought about it, the more Yuan Shao hated it in his heart.

He hated Guo Tu's group of staff, if it weren't for the endless noise of these people, how could he send troops so rashly?

He hated the generals of Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw, who were obviously also famous generals, why did he lose so badly in front of Wang Yu? If you lose, you will be defeated, so you have to give yourself some notice in advance, right?

He hated Wang Yu the most, but he was helpless against the other party.

Remorse, anger, resentment, sadness, all kinds of emotions are mixed together, making Yuan Shao feel like he is about to go crazy. However, in the next moment, he realized that the real suffering was still to come.

"Lord, it's a big deal...... "After Guo Tu, another disheveled man with a disheveled hair broke in, it was the staff member Xin Ping.

“…… What's the matter? His heart was beating faster and faster, and Yuan Shao's chest seemed to be about to explode, and he took several deep breaths before he could barely speak.

Xin Ping said quickly in an almost wailing tone: "Zhang Yan, a thief from the Black Mountain, personally led an army of 100,000 people, went out of Fukou, and invaded Guangping in a big way, Lianke Shexian and Wu'an, and the soldiers pointed directly at Handan!" ”

"What!?" Yuan Shao was shocked, and Guo Tu was shocked.

Handan, just north of Yecheng, less than two hundred miles, if Handan is lost, it is quite a sword hanging on the head of Yecheng, not to mention saving Qinghe and Xindu, as long as Yuan Shao dares to make a slight move, he has to be careful that this sword falls.

Zhang Yan did not move, and the territory of Jizhou was already full of wolf smoke; Zhang Yan's move pushed Yuan Shao into the abyss one step further!

"Heaven will kill me, God will kill me!" The scorching heat suddenly turned into a cold winter, Yuan Shao's body was cold, he looked up to the sky, wanted to confirm where the sun was, but found that the light in front of him was getting brighter and brighter, more and more dazzling, and finally, only this dazzling brilliance was left in his eyes. (To be continued.) )