Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 730
  Today's night in Xu County is destined to be a sleepless night.

The generals led their soldiers and marched all night long in order to seize the little opportunity.

But everyone, including Cao Cao, was full of confidence when he set off. After all, considering the time, no one in the world had time to stop him.

Three days, only three days, he could reach Wancheng. With Cao Cao personally coming forward, Zhang Xiu, who had surrendered privately long ago, would definitely open the city gates to welcome Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao read out the edict, appeased Zhang Xiu, and ordered him and Cao Chunyu to attack Xinye together. As long as Liu Bei was defeated and Nanyang was guarded, the two gates would be completely lost.

Then as long as Cao Cao takes advantage of the situation to occupy Nanyang, the hinterland of Jingzhou will always be under threat. When the time comes to take Jingzhou, it is Cao Cao who has the final say!
  Cao Cao led Cao Chun, followed by thousands of tiger and leopard cavalry. This cavalry, which was almost wiped out in Xuzhou, has finally regained its prestige after getting a large number of horses from Liangzhou. In time, it will surely conquer the world and become famous. Spread far and wide!
  At this time, in Hedong in the north, the Gaogan and Southern Xiongnu coalition forces were relying on Anyi as their backing to fight the approaching Ma Teng and Han Sui coalition forces.

Except for the high-ranking cadres, on the Southern Xiongnu side, it was actually the Youxian King Qubei sent by Chanyu Huchuquan to personally take action. No one expected that Huchuquan had secretly defected to the Yuan family!

The high-ranking cadres were well prepared and caught Ma Teng and Han Sui off guard. After hastily deploying troops, the morale of the Ma and Han coalition forces was not high, and the two sides actually fought evenly.

Those who entangled Ma Chao were several generals of the Southern Xiongnu. They cooperated with each other tacitly, and Ma Chao was unable to capture them for a while. The two sides fought for half a day and then retreated.

Ma Chao returned to the formation, his face was not good-looking. He was too confident and wanted to rush to the base formation to kill him, but was blocked by the Southern Huns general. In the end, he failed.

He was asking why his side generals didn't come to help, but he learned that the left and right sides were blocked by Gao Gan and his general Guo Yuan. That general Guo Yuan even killed two side generals of the Liangzhou Army, blocking Liang's life. State army offensive.

After hearing this, Ma Chao frowned and said, "Guo Yuan?"

"Is this a member of the Yingchuan Guo family?"

Some of his subordinates who knew Guo Yuan's identity hesitated and said: "It's not the Guo family of Yingchuan, but the Guo family of Peixian County."

"What?" Ma Chao asked in confusion: "Isn't this a person from Cao Mengde's hometown? Why are you helping high-ranking officials?"

The subordinate hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Not only that, when I followed the general into Huai City, I heard that Zhong Yao mentioned this person."

Ma Chao was even more confused, "Don't talk in circles. Why are you related to Zhong Yao again?"

The subordinate whispered: "Because this Guo Yuan is Zhong Yao's nephew."

"What!" Ma Chao was shocked. Zhong Yao's nephew actually joined forces with the Yuan family. What does this mean?
  Zhong Yao took refuge with the Yuan family?
  Is this really the case? Zhong Yao sent troops to the east of Hedong and attacked Gao Gan from both sides. How could he stop it?

Ma Chao was suspicious by nature, so he immediately went to the Zhongjun camp, found Ma Teng and Han Sui, told them about Guo Yuan, and finally said: "If Zhong Yao betrays us, our army will be in danger. Please make a decision early." "

After Ma Teng heard this, he was also panicked and said, "What my son said makes sense, what can I do now?"

Just as Ma Chao was about to speak, Han Sui spoke up: "This matter may not be related. My good nephew must not be deceived by the enemy."

"Perhaps the other party wanted us to think this way and mess up our position, so they specially sent Guo Yuan to fight."

"You must know that each one has his own master now. There are many people in a family who are at war with each other among different forces. For example, the Xun family and the Guo family in Yingchuan are both in high positions among the Cao family and the Yuan family."

"How can you now doubt friendly troops just because you are related?"

When Ma Chao was retorted by Han Sui, his expression was uneasy, but the opponent was an elder, so he had to lower his head slightly, with hatred gleaming in his eyes.

What you said is nice. Who doesn't know that you entered Huaicheng first and met with Cao Cao privately? Who knows what you and Cao Cao talked about secretly?
  What if you had sold my Ma family a long time ago?

Thinking of this, Ma Chao's body trembled. This is really possible!

Gao Gan was indeed an enemy, and Zhong Yao might not have betrayed the Cao family, but he might have secretly joined forces with Han Sui to harm the Ma family!
  Zhong Yao is inherently insidious. As long as he uses the help of Gao Gan and the Southern Xiongnu to cripple the Ma family, Han Sui will be able to turn his back on the guest and overwhelm the Ma family and become the leader of the coalition!
  No wonder Han Sui didn't work hard, he had so many generals, but no one came to help me today!

Ma Chao gritted his teeth. He thought about Hongnong's letter, which became more and more suspicious, and that his marriage was ruined for no reason. He became more and more angry. There must be something wrong with Han Sui. He had to talk to Ma Teng alone and strike first. !
  As long as Han Sui is destroyed, he will be able to take over his army and horse base. As the hero who defeated Han Sui, he will definitely get the lion's share and become independent from the Ma family. Otherwise, as a bastard, he will never be able to stand out. Opportunity!
  In the face of such huge benefits, it is actually not important anymore whether Han Sui has secretly hooked up with Cao Cao. The most important thing now is to find a way to convince Ma Teng and make him believe that Han Sui has different intentions!
  Ma Chao's eyes started to roll. He resigned first and returned to his camp. He heard that his general Pang De had just returned with food and fodder and wanted to see him.

Ma Chao asked someone to lead Pang De in. Pang De strode in and said to Ma Chao: "General, the general has brought back all the grain and grass that Hongnong paid!"

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Ling Ming. With you here, I won't be alone in the fight tomorrow like today." Pang De replied: "The general has heard about it, and Guo Yuan actually killed me. Military general, please fight with him tomorrow!"

Ma Chao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, don't worry yet."

"These days we have to guard our position to prevent others from taking advantage of us. We will wait until the matter becomes clear before taking action."

Pound didn't know why, so he had to accept the order.

The two armies of Japan were still fighting each other, but neither could win against the other. Although the coalition forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui began to mobilize troops from Liangzhou, and the number of troops gradually exceeded that of Gao Gan's army, Gao Gan's back was in Anyi and he continued to transport grain and grass from Bingzhou. Ma Teng and Han Sui wanted to cut off their food routes, but were blocked by the Southern Huns' cavalry.

The combined forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui were dominated by Qiang and Hu cavalry, and their tactics were very similar to those of the Southern Huns. No one on either side could suppress the other, and the battle fell into a stalemate for a while.

In Yecheng, Yuan Shang summoned his counselors to discuss the news coming from the south.

After Wen Chou, Zhang He and Chun Yuqiong crossed the Yellow River from Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River, it turned out to be unexpectedly smooth. Cao Jun had almost no resistance, or in other words, they did not see Cao Jun at all.

The two men immediately captured Baima, and then Wen Chou and Zhang He headed north along the south bank of the Yellow River, approaching Yanjin and aiming directly at Yuanwu, while Chunyu Qiong led his troops south and attacked Wuchao.

Yuanwu and Wuchao are in the northwest and northeast of Guandu respectively. If Yuan Shang's army can occupy Yuanwu Wuchao, the two armies can attack Guandu.

If Cao's army falls in Guandu, the most important city in Yanzhou, hundreds of miles south, they will reach Xu County, where the emperor is!

If Xu County is really captured, Cao Cao will not be far from being destroyed!
  But there was no joy on Yuan Shang's face, because he got information at the same time, and Yuan Tan moved at this time.

But its movement is not Yanzhou, but Jizhou!
  Yuan Tan's troops were divided into two groups. One group of more than [-] people was led by Zang Ba. They went south from Langya County and entered Xuzhou to capture and plunder. They were stopped by Zang Hong in Qucheng, Donghai County. The two sides were fighting.

On the other way, Yuan Tan mobilized a large number of troops and headed westward into Qinghe County in Jizhou. The obvious destination was Yecheng!

Lei Bo and Chen Lan, the surrendered general who originally confronted Yuan Tan in Taishan County on the Yanzhou border, seemed to have a tacit understanding and came west from Taishan County to Dongjun. His intention was also obvious, and he was preparing to support Guandu!
  Although this change did not go beyond the expectations of Yuan Shanghe's counselors, after learning about it, he still couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.

There is no need to think about this, it is clear that Yuan Tan has joined forces with Cao Cao!
  Although everyone had guessed the outcome, it was still difficult to accept that the eldest son who could have become the head of the Yuan family turned to Cao Cao, who was originally a slave of the Yuan family, and the Yuan family was completely embarrassed!

Even if Yuan Tan becomes the head of the Yuan family in the future, how many people in the world will look up to him?
  But the other party was obviously not prepared to consider this issue. Yuan Tan's goal was to capture Yecheng, and for this reason he did not hesitate to start a war with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang at the same time!
  Because he knew very well that if things continued like this, Qingzhou's heritage would not be as good as Jizhou and Youzhou, so he made a desperate move this time.

However, his timing was also extremely precise. When Yuan Shang sent troops to Yanzhou to launch an attack, he obviously received guidance from an expert.

When Pang Ji was killed, Yuan Shang swallowed his anger, but now Yuan Tan still turned his back. Yuan Shang was so angry that he was so angry that he had no good choice at that time. After all, Jizhou had not mobilized before, so he just wanted to beat Yuan Tan. , is also powerless.

But now the two sides have completely broken off, cutting off the last thoughts of Yuan Shanghe's advisers. Now everyone is discussing whether to withdraw troops from Yanzhou?

If you really withdraw, all your previous efforts will be wasted!

In the Jianghuai area, things were not peaceful either. Tens of thousands of naval troops from Jiangdong entered Wankou, surrounded Wancheng, and began to attack the city with all their strength.

This was Sun Quan's first battle to take over Jiangdong, and it was a battle that could not be lost. He was determined to win. Not only did he send most of the Jiangdong generals, he also sent people to block the river near Guangling to prevent Chen Deng from sending troops to support.

However, Li Shu did not withdraw from Wancheng. Instead, he took all the troops in Wancheng and began to organize resistance in order to delay time.

After months of silence in the winter, the Central Plains finally erupted into flames of war.

When almost all the forces were at war and almost all the chess pieces appeared on the chessboard, the most active force in the past few years seemed to have disappeared and fell into silence.

Yuan Xi's Youzhou Army.

Everyone thought that Yuan Xi was either preparing to attack Huaicheng in Montenegro or preparing to rush to help Xuzhou. However, Yuan Xi appeared in a place that no one expected.

Henan Yin.

(End of this chapter)