Encountered an ambush by Cao's army, most of his soldiers and horses were lost, and Yuan Tan led hundreds of fast horses to flee all the way back to Liyang.

Guo Tu, who stayed in Liyang, saw Yuan Tan leading a small number of cavalry back from a distance at the head of the city, and before they reached the city gate, they already knew that the Yuan army had lost this battle again.

"Open the gates!" Seeing Yuan Tan and the others from a distance, Guo Tu hurriedly shouted to the soldiers behind him.

A soldier quickly ran to the other side of the city wall, grabbed the battlements, and shouted to the city gate: "Open the city gate quickly!" ”

When the soldiers guarding the gate heard the shout, they quickly pulled the pins from the gate and opened the gate.

Surrounded by hundreds of fast horses, Yuan Tan rushed into the city quickly.

Guo Tu on the city wall saw that he led the men and horses into the city, and hurriedly ran down the stairs.

"General!" Running to Yuan Tan's approach, Guo Tu clasped his fists in both hands, looked up at him and asked, "How is this battle?" ”

"Cao Cao is cunning!" Yuan Tan, who was ambushed with a wolf face, turned over and got off his horse, and said to Guo Tu: "Quickly pass the order, defend the city, and beware of Cao's army coming to attack the city!" ”

Guo Tu turned his head and glanced at a soldier behind him, and only after the soldier left, did he ask Yuan Tan: "Could it be that the general and the son of Xianfu joined forces, and they couldn't defeat Cao's army?" ”

"I'll lead the army to meet the battle, then Cao Cao won't come to Liyang at all!" The soldiers behind him helped him take away the war horse, and Yuan Tan said to Guo Tu: "The Cao army avoided Liyang and advanced all the way towards Yecheng. ”

"What a good thing!" Hearing that the Cao army bypassed Liyang and went to Yecheng, Guo Tu first did not react and said: "In this way, Yecheng will suffer from the Cao army's troops, and the general will have some respite!" ”

"Then where would Cao Cao want to capture Yecheng!" Turning his head to look at Guo Tu, Yuan Tan clenched his fists tightly and said, "He withdrew the Cao army in the camp, leaving only an empty camp. We waited for the empty camp to be killed, and the soldiers only cared about robbing Cao's army's baggage, and when our army was in chaos, Cao Cao's army suddenly came out. If it weren't for someone who went fast, I am afraid that it would have been folded in Cao Jun's hands! ”

Yuan Tan's words stunned Guo Tu.

After pondering for a moment, his eyes suddenly opened, and he said to Yuan Tan: "It's not good! Cao Cao is like this, he wants to consume the combat strength of our army, so that the number of soldiers and horses defending the city is insufficient! ”

Yuan Tan, who had already thought of this layer, clenched his fists tightly, and his nervous face turned a little purple.

When he led the army to the expedition, he took away most of the soldiers and horses in Liyang City, and now the soldiers and generals in the city are not enough to resist Cao's army.

Turning his head to look at the city wall, Yuan Tan frowned, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

When he returned to Liyang, thinking of the lack of soldiers and horses in the city, Yuan Tan was full of boredom.

Sitting in the wing room of the Liyang official mansion, he tightly locked his brows, thinking about how to resist if Cao's army came to the city.

Just when Yuan Tan was frowning, a personal soldier's voice came from outside the house: "General Qiyu, Xin Ping asks to see!" ”

I was feeling bored in my heart, and I heard that Xin Ping asked to see him, but Yuan Tan didn't plan to see him.

But after thinking about it, Xin Ping was also loyal to him when he abandoned his wife and left Yecheng, and he was quite impatient, maybe he could come up with some strategies to break the enemy.

With his heart turning, Yuan Tan said to the outside of the house: "Please let him in and see you!" ”

Before Yuan Tan's words fell, the soldiers guarding outside the house pushed the door open, and Xin Ping stepped into the house.

Standing at the door, Xin Ping clenched his fists and bowed, bowed deeply to Yuan Tan and said, "The subordinates meet the general!" ”

"Nakaji came just in time!" Looking up at Xin Ping, Yuan Tan made a gesture of invitation to him and said: "Our army was defeated by Cao Jun again a few days ago, and a certain person is depressed in his heart, Zhongzhi wants to come and have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy!" ”

After thanking Yuan Tan, Xin Ping sat down on a cushion before he spoke: "The general fought with Cao Jun, do you know why he was defeated by Cao Jun?" ”

"Cao Cao is cunning and tight!" Frowning and shaking his head, Yuan Tan said with a look of annoyance: "If you talk about treacherous schemes, you are not as good as him!" ”

"This is one of them!" A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and Xin Ping said to Yuan Tan: "The reason why our army lost to Cao's army is that there is a critical joint. ”

"Zhongzhi only comes by pipe!" Hearing that there was another key to the defeat of Cao Jun, Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "If you can retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Cao Jun entered Hebei, whether it is Liyang or Yecheng, it is difficult to break the leisure!" Looking at each other with Yuan Tan, Xin Ping said to him: "Although Cao Cao wins, he can only find a place to live for the time being. For the general, the most important thing at the moment is to kill the son of Xianfu and monopolize the power of Hebei, so that he can fight with the Cao army! ”

"Now Cao Cao is eyeing him, if he and Xianfu turn against each other......" frowning, Yuan Tan looked at Xin Ping and said: "Once Cao Cao takes advantage of the weakness to enter the ......"

"The general only needs to be neat, how can the son of Xianfu have the opportunity to turn against the general?" Yuan Tan was entangled in whether he should listen to Xin Ping's Jianyi, but Xin Ping hugged his fists and said to him: "The general can recruit dead soldiers and secretly assassinate the son of Xianfu, if it is done, in Hebei, who can compete with the general for the position of lord?" ”

For a long time, he was worried about Yuan Shang's acquisition of Hebei, and Xin Ping proposed to kill Yuan Shang, just in time to be defeated by Cao's army, and Yuan Tan was a little undecided for a while.

Sitting in front of Yuan Tan, he found that his face was entangled, and Xin Ping said again: "If the general can't make up his mind, you can invite the public to discuss with him how to deal with it." ”

Staring at Xin Ping and muttering for a moment, Yuan Tan shouted outside the house: "Come on, go and invite Guo Tu!" ”

One of the soldiers guarding outside the house answered, and both Yuan Tan and Xin Ping heard a rush of footsteps outside.

The footsteps grew farther and farther away, and at last they could not be heard, and it was evident that the soldiers who had gone to give the order had gone far.

Sitting in the house, I talked with Xin Ping about the general trend of the world for a while.

Listening to He Xin's analysis of the world, Yuan Tan's brows became tighter and tighter.

The news that King Qin was about to ascend the throne as Emperor of the Han Dynasty had already spread far and wide, and even Xin Ping had rumors, and although Cao Cao said that the Qin army was repelled, when he arrived in Hebei, the army was already strong.

Cao Cao is on the left, King Qin is on the right, and the whole Hebei is like a piece of fresh meat placed on the chopping board, just waiting for someone to come and share a piece.

Xin Ping kept analyzing the general trend of the world, and Yuan Tan always kept his brows tightly and did not say a word.

Since the battle of Guandu, the Yuan clan in Hebei has been in decline.

The battle of Cangting made the Yuan family slump from then on.

If Yuan Shao hadn't passed away, maybe in three or five years, he would have been able to regroup and dominate the world again.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao couldn't bear the defeat of Guandu and Cangting and left for the west, and before he died, he didn't settle Hebei properly, and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were suspicious of each other, and even almost met each other.

If this continues, the Yuan clan will completely decline in this world, and even extinct from now on!

"General!" After analyzing the general trend of the world, Xin Ping hugged his fists and said to Yuan Tan: "Now the general has two ways to go, one is to send a dead soldier to assassinate the son of Xianfu, once the matter is completed, Hebei will be in the general's hands; The other way is to pretend to serve Cao Cao, use Cao Cao's power to defeat the son of Xianfu, and wait until Cao's army defeats the prince of Xianfu, and then the general will secretly retrieve the ......"

After listening to Xin Ping's words, Yuan Tan raised his head violently and stared at him deadly, although he didn't choose what to do, but there was a trace of wavering in his expression.

At this moment, Guo Tu's voice came from outside the door: "Guo Tu is here to ask for a meeting on the order of the general!" ”

In Yecheng that day, it was precisely after listening to Guo Tu's construction and leaving in time that he did not become a prisoner of Yuan Shang's subordinates, and Yuan Xi had an indescribable trust in him.

Hearing Guo Tu talking outside the house, Yuan Tan hurriedly said, "The public is invited to come in and speak!" ”

On Yuan Tan's orders, Guo Tu stepped into the house.

Seeing that Xin Ping was also there, he was stunned for a moment, and saluted Yuan Tan with a fist before asking, "I don't know what happened when the general summoned his subordinates?" ”

"Cao Jun sees that the troops are approaching the city, and our troops are insufficient, how can we break the enemy?" He made a gesture of invitation to Guo Tu, and only after he sat down did Yuan Tan ask about the strategy of breaking the enemy.

Guo Tu's eyelids drooped, and he pondered for a moment before saying to Yuan Tan: "The general can choose a dead soldier to secretly assassinate the son of Xianfu......

As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, a smile appeared on the corner of Xin Ping's mouth, and Yuan Tan frowned tightly.

Although the battle with Yuan Shang was very fierce because of the power in Hebei, the two were still brothers after all, and Yuan Tan really couldn't make up his mind if he chose a dead man to assassinate Yuan Shang.

"General, the so-called non-toxic husband!" Seeing the entanglement on his face, Xin Ping hurriedly said: "The opinion of the public rule coincides with the subordinates!" ”

"Really?" After glancing at Xin Ping first, Yuan Tan turned his head to look at Guo Tu and said, "A certain and Xianfu are brothers, if this matter spreads......"

"When the son of Xianfu changed the last order of Duke Yuan, did you ever think that he and the son were brothers?" Before Yuan Tan could finish speaking, Guo Tu interrupted him and asked him a question.

Stunned by Guo Tu's question, Yuan Tan's eyes widened, and after a while, he asked him: "If the matter is defeated, a certain soldier and horse is not as good as Xianfu, what should I do?" ”

"If the matter fails, the son can join Cao Cao, then he only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, and wait until Cao Cao breaks through Yecheng, and the son can take advantage of the situation!" A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Guo Tu said to Yuan Tan: "Isn't Hebei still Yuan's?" ”

Pinching his chin with his hand, Yuan Tan felt a pang of entanglement in his heart.

Becoming the lord of Hebei was something he had been thinking about for a long time, but when it came to the end, Yuan Shang won Hebei.

Cao Jun will be in the city in a few days, if he does not follow the methods of Guo Tu and Xin Ping, I am afraid that he will not be able to get Hebei in his life.

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Tan finally made up his mind, raised his head, and shouted out of the house in a cold tone: "Someone!" ”

A soldier guarding the outside of the house stepped into the room, bowed to Yuan Tan with his fists clenched, and waited for him to give an order.