Great Han Empire

Chapter 789
Yuan Shu and Li Ye, Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Ji Ling and others urgently discussed countermeasures.

Li Ye believes that the most urgent task now is not to immediately go south to attack Sun Ce and retake Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, but to stabilize Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army, so that the news of Sun Ce's betrayal will not be leaked, so that Cao Cao and Liu Bei will take the opportunity to lead the army to chase after them, causing the army to retreat. damaged.As long as the army is intact, with Yuan Shu's current strength, it is more than enough to defeat Sun Ce and drive Sun Ce back to Jiangdong.

Feng Ji had just left, although he did not explicitly express Yuan Shao's support for Yuan Shu's re-establishment of the imperial line, but the meaning in his words was obvious.Since Cao Cao is still holding the emperor hostage in today's situation, he has no choice but to break the boat.Once Yuan Shu re-established the imperial line with great vigor and vigor, and set up another emperor to fight against Cao Cao, Cao Cao's situation became very difficult.In order to survive and gain a foothold in the Central Plains, Cao Cao at this moment had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.Either send the emperor to Luoyang to satisfy Yuan Shao's wishes, and then attack Yuan Shu freely; or reach a tacit agreement with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu returns Yanzhou to Cao Cao and returns to Yangzhou. Hiro.

For Cao Cao, the first method would cost too much, and he would not give up the emperor unless he had to.The second way is that Cao Cao does not have the initiative, and Yuan Shu must take the initiative. The premise for Yuan Shu to take the initiative is that even if he re-establishes the imperial system, Yuan Shao will take all the benefits in the end.For his own benefit, Yuan Shu had no choice but to abandon the Central Plains, withdraw troops from Yangzhou, and reach an understanding with Cao Cao and Liu Bei temporarily.As for whether the three will attack each other in the future, that is a matter for the future. The main purpose of the three parties now is to quickly restore their strength and maintain the balance between the forces of all parties.

What Li Ye meant was to immediately send someone outside the city to discuss with Cao Cao and Liu Bei.Yuan Shu withdrew to Yangzhou, and the three parties stopped fighting.For Cao Cao and Liu Bei, this should be a dream.They took back their states and counties, bought time to recover their strength, defeated Yuan Shao's plan, and shook hands with Yuan Shu to make peace, temporarily avoiding conquest and preserving their strength.It's an idiot not to agree to this kind of thing that kills multiple birds with one stone.

Yan Xiang objected to this.

The reason why he wants to make peace with Cao Cao and Liu Bei now is because Sun Ce captured Jiujiang and Lujiang counties.After we made peace with Cao Cao, we will soon fight Sun Ce, and we need Yuan Shao to provide food, grass and supplies.If we follow Master Li Ye's method, we will offend Yuan Shao first, lose Yuan Shao's favorable support, and we will not be able to supply food and grass.Secondly, after we arrive in Yangzhou, we will fight Sun Ce repeatedly, and our strength will be greatly damaged. In this way, next spring, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army will probably take the opportunity to enter Yangzhou.And Sun Ce, who was defeated back to Jiangdong, may also make a comeback and join forces with Cao De and Liu Bei.We were under siege from three sides, and Yuan Shao sat idly by, how would we survive then?
Yan Xiang suggested that the emperor should be established again immediately, and Yuan Shao should be held back first.With Yuan Shao's support, after we withdraw from Yanzhou, Cao Cao will not dare to take advantage of the victory and attack under the threat of Yuan Shao's army.Secondly, during the retreat, we can let Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun join forces and concentrate on taking down Xiapi first.Then we used the two prefectures of Peiguo and Xiapi as places to advance and retreat, and assembled a large army to go south to Jiujiang County to attack Sun Ce.

Without Yuan Shao's support, even if we got out of the predicament temporarily, it would be very difficult for us to persevere in the areas of Jiujiang and Lujiang.Re-establishing the imperial line, forming an alliance with Yuan Shao, and making peace with the brothers is the only way to guarantee survival at present.Although in this way, Yuan Shao's strength has been increased, but we have avoided the fate of defeat, and the overall interests of the Yuan Clan have also been inflated. In the long run, this is still very cost-effective.

After the Battle of Jizhou, the forces on the north and south sides of the Yellow River ebbed and flowed one after another, and Hebei may go south to the Central Plains at any time.At this time, for the benefit of the Yuan clan, it is best for us to join forces with Yuan Shao, and then quickly defeat Cao Cao and occupy the Central Plains, thus forming a confrontation between the north and the south with Hebei. The iron cavalry was so killed that they ran away with their heads in their hands, and were wiped out in ashes.

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After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Yuan Shu and the others decided to adopt the methods of Li Ye and Yan Xiang at the same time.

Yuan Shu sent people out of the city to contact Cao Cao, threatening to re-establish the imperial system and force Cao Cao to stop fighting.At the same time, Ji Ling, He Yi and others led the army to withdraw from Peiguo.In addition, Yuan Shu also wrote to Zhang Xun to withdraw his troops from Pengcheng, rush to Xiapi to meet Qiaorui, and take down Xiapi at all costs.

Yuan Shu sent Yang Hong to Luoyang to meet Yuan Shao.After the establishment of the imperial system, if Yuan Shao is willing, he is willing to send the emperor to Luoyang, but Yuan Shao must assign Runan County to himself so that he can quickly expand his strength and form a pincer attack on the Central Plains.Although Yuan Shu knew that Yuan Shao would not believe what he said, but at this moment, in order to quickly reverse the unfavorable situation, he could only cheat for a while.

Chen Wang and Liu Chong are now in Xiangcheng, the county governor of Peiguo (now northwest of Suixi County, Anhui).Yuan Shu sent Li Ye and Liu Fu to rush to Xiangcheng.Regardless of whether Liu Chong himself agrees or not, the enthronement ceremony will be arranged immediately.Only when the army withdrew to Peiguo, the imperial system would be established.

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Cao Cao and Liu Bei are anxiously waiting for news from Liu Biao.

Yuan Shao's attitude is very important. If Yuan Shao acquiesces to Yuan Shu and re-establishes the imperial system, the situation in the world will be even more chaotic.Especially Cao Cao, after being severely injured in the Jizhou War, he was completely powerless to resist the joint attack of the Yuan brothers.

At this time, Yuan Shu's messenger arrived.

No one believed Yuan Shu's words.He wants to make peace?What is this kid up to?Cao Cao's first feeling was that Yuan Shu was cheating, and there must be a conspiracy behind it.Could it be that Yuan Shu was driven into a hurry, and wanted to hold him back by delaying his troops, and then went to Peiguo to rebuild the imperial system?However, Liu Bei speculated that the Yuan brothers might have fallen out because of the re-establishment of the imperial system. In a fit of anger, Yuan Shu did not stop doing anything, and simply withdrew his troops, intending to restore the world to the situation before the Jizhou War.

There is Yuan Shao behind Yuan Shu, and it is not a matter of beating Yuan Shu all at once, and there is no need to rush for a moment.The Battle of Jizhou has just ended, and the army urgently needs to rest.It has just rained in the Central Plains, and the nine-month drought is over, and it is time to resume planting.The matter in Qingzhou is still pending, and it will take time to solve Zang Ba's situation while his foothold is not stable.

Since Yuan Shu took the initiative to withdraw his troops, he put down his airs and surrendered, which is good for both Cao Cao and Liu Bei.The two readily agreed.Yuan Shu was also very quick, and immediately sent Cao Cao and all the family members of Yanzhou officials to Cao Cao's camp.

Just as the two parties were talking very harmoniously, and Yuan Shu's army had begun to retreat with a large amount of money and equipment looted from Yanzhou, a news came from Chenliu.Yuan Shao's army, stationed at Chenliu, went north, and was about to cross the river to Hanoi for support.

Cao Cao immediately realized that Yuan Shao was in trouble.In the direction of Hanoi, Yuan Shao may have been unable to hold on, and Ma Chao in the direction of Guanzhong should have betrayed him logically.Yuan Shao was too busy to take care of himself, so he was powerless to help Yuan Shu.Cao Cao felt that his chance had come, the chance to kill Yuan Shu had come.

While gathering the army secretly, he waited for news from Liu Biao.Liu Biao went to Luoyang. If Yuan Shao was overwhelmed with dealing with Guanzhong and Hanoi, he could more or less learn the real situation through his relationship.

Cao Cao did not wait for the news of Liu Biao, but waited for Wang Lang who hurried over from Jiangdong.

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"In order to uphold righteousness and revitalize the great man, Sun Ce resolutely decided to break away from the rebellious Yuan Shu and return to the court." After explaining his intention of coming, Wang Lang finally said, "At present, Lord Sun Ce is leading an army to attack Jiujiang and Lujiang counties. He is willing to obey The emperor's decree, the prime minister's command, and the bloody battle to kill the rebellious Zhongxing Sheji."

Then Wang Lang began to sing praises for Sun Ce.

Cao Cao had heard of Sun Ce and knew that he had led an army to defeat Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou in Jiangdong in the past two years.Liu Yao is the younger brother of Liu Dai, the former Yanzhou herdsman. Both of them have a good relationship with Cao Cao.Cao Cao hated Yuan Shu, and also hated Sun Ce, so Wang Lang violated Cao Cao's taboo before saying a few words.For Cao Cao, Sun Ce's defeat of Liu Yao was not due to Sun Ce's contribution, but the crime of disrupting the country.

"Who is Sun Ce? What is he?" Cao Cao slapped the table with his palm and interrupted Wang Lang. ear."

Liu Bei, who was sitting on the side, also frowned deeply, but his expression was still very polite.If this matter is true, Yuan Shu is almost certain to die.No matter what Sun Ce's character is, he has helped a lot this time and made a great contribution, so he can't be neglected anyway.In addition, on behalf of Sun Ce, Wang Lang, a famous scholar from Xuzhou, who came to present the table to the emperor, should be more polite in terms of emotion and reason, and should not be too embarrassing.

"Sun Ce is the son of Sun Jian, the former general Polu and the governor of Yuzhou." Liu Bei didn't know whether it was on purpose or he was pretending to be stupid. He introduced Cao Cao seriously, "This son, at the age of weak crown, followed Yuan Shu to fight everywhere. At his 20 At the age of [-], Yuan Shu resisted all opinions and led his army across the river to attack Liu Yu in the east of the Yangtze River under the command of Sun Ce. After about three years, Sun Ce finally lived up to his expectations and took Wu Jun, Kuaiji Jun and half of Danyang. The county can be regarded as a tiger general."

When Liu Bei mentioned the word "tiger general", he deliberately emphasized his tone, appearing to be serious.Taking down two and a half counties in three years is also called a tiger general. Cao Cao couldn't help laughing up to the sky, but Wang Lang felt humiliated, his face was livid, and he stared at Liu Bei fiercely.Sun Ce managed to conquer two and a half counties with his own efforts, but what about you?You just picked up a bargain and got lucky.Cao Cao killed people like hemp, once massacred Xuzhou, you didn't avenge the people of Xuzhou, but sat with the enemy and called you brothers and sisters, what kind of thing are you?

Wang Lang scolded Cao Cao and Liu Bei in his heart.Although he didn't have the slightest liking for Sun Ce, he had to complete the task of this trip because of Zhang Zhaozhi's entrustment, otherwise, with his personality, he would have left in a hurry.

"It turned out to be Sun Jian's son, no wonder he was a rebel." Cao Cao sneered, "Sun Jian himself was a rebellious and rebellious rebel. When he went north from Changsha to ask for Dong, he killed Jingzhou governor Wang Ruihe in one go. Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, was the first to execute a high official of the imperial court. Although he later had the credit for defeating Dong Zhuo and entering Luoyang, what is this credit compared to what he did later?"

"People flock together, and things form groups." Liu Bei teased, "With people like Yuan Shu, what good can you get? It's just a bunch of mad dogs. For a bone, you can do anything."

Wang Lang laughed angrily, "Yuan Shu is indeed a mad dog, but compared with the two adults, Sun Ce is at best a wild dog who is ungrateful and shameless."

Cao Cao was furious.A sneer curled up at the corner of Liu Bei's mouth, with a murderous look in his eyes.

Seeing that something was wrong, Cheng Yu hurriedly stood up to dissuade him.Mao Jie and Man Chong took the opportunity to pull Wang Lang out of the tent.

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The sudden break between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu is hard to believe, but considering Yuan Shu's initiative to make peace, it is indeed possible.

After Sun Ce's defeat in Guangling, his fate has become very gloomy with the failure of Yuan Shu's plan to capture the Central Plains. Even if Yuan Shu didn't kill him, his end would be miserable.If Sun Ce wants to completely turn the situation around and control his own destiny, there is only one way, and that is to break with Yuan Shu and join forces with Cao Cao and Liu Bei to kill Yuan Shu while Yuan Shu is trapped in the Central Plains battlefield.

"This kid is not bad, he is three points more ruthless than his father." Cao Cao laughed, "Yuan Shuzhi is a big talent, he thought he was great, and always calculated others, but this time he was calculated by others, haha..."

"Yuan Shu is a gambler, and gamblers are ruthless people. I don't know why Yuan Shu acted on his emotions this time and made such a fatal mistake." Cheng Yu was puzzled.

"Everyone makes mistakes, and Yuan Shu is no exception." Liu Bei gloated a little, "Back then, Sun Jian died in Xiangyang because of Yuan Shu. Today, Yuan Shu's defeat at the hands of Sun Ce can be regarded as repaying Sun Jian's favor, and he can't blame Sun Ce. "

Several people sighed, and then discussed how to attack.

Cao Cao advocated throwing Yuan Shao aside and leaving him alone. He raised his army and attacked Yuan Shu with all his strength until he was beaten to pieces. "If he builds an imperial system again, we will even kill that shitty emperor."

Liu Bei opposed it.

Although Yuan Shao was held back by the battlefield in Hanoi, Yuzhou still had the armies of Yuan Wei, Gao Gan, Xu Jiao, etc., as well as the grain of Yingchuan, Runan, Chen Guo and other prefectures. As long as Yuan Shao gave an order, as long as Yuan Shu sent Yuan Shao bowed his head, and the brothers joined forces to fight back, and we will definitely get nothing.On the contrary, Sun Ce can take this opportunity to easily secure Jiujiang and Lujiang counties.Yuan Shu's threat was removed, but Sun Ce's threat came again, and our rear was still unstable.

In the battle of Jizhou, our losses were too great. At this moment, it is still the best policy to take back Yanzhou and Xuzhou and restore our strength.In addition, Zang Ba in Qingzhou has always been a heart problem. If Hebei takes the opportunity to control Zang Ba, we will become very passive.We had Yuan Shu in front and Zang Ba in the back, and the two attacked one after the other. We can never expect to have a peaceful life in the past two years.

After Yuan Shu withdrew from Yanzhou and Xuzhou, he had nowhere to stay, so he could only fight Sun Ce.Although Sun Ce is not strong enough, it is not a matter of a day or two for Yuan Shu to defeat him.We will help Sun Ce fight Yuan Shu with some troops, and let them fight until next spring.We ourselves will use this time to settle the matter in Qingzhou, and then we will jointly send troops to attack Yuan Shu. At that time, the two counties of Yangzhou and Jiangbei will be defeated in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao insisted on taking advantage of the victory to attack.For Cao Cao, the Central Plains was dilapidated and disasters continued, and he urgently needed a place to provide him with the wealth to fight for hegemony over the Central Plains.As long as Yuan Shu is defeated, Sun Ce is attacked again, and Jiujiang and Lujiang counties are occupied, the rear of the Central Plains will be completely stable, and food will be guaranteed. Of course, he does not want to lose this opportunity.

Liu Bei considered for a long time, but did not insist.Now Yuan Shu's army is still attacking the two counties of Pengcheng and Xiapi. If the army is released, with the help of Cao Cao, he can quickly regain the two counties.Because the main force attacking Yuan Shu is almost all from Yanzhou, and he is happy to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

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In the name of the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao issued a decree, worshiping Sun Ce as the general who will seek captives and leading the governor of Yangzhou, and urging him to capture the entire territory of Jiujiang County as soon as possible, and then attack Yuan Shu from Jiujiang County to the north, so as to kill the rebels as soon as possible and stabilize the country.

Wang Lang wanted to leave but did not.What Cao Cao lacks now is people, especially famous people with prestige and status like Wang Lang.In the name of the emperor, he worshiped Wang Lang as Doctor Guanglu, and he rebuilt the court together with Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Mao Jie and others.

At the end of October, Cao Cao suddenly led his army to attack Changyi City.

Knowing that the news of Sun Ce's betrayal had leaked out, Yuan Shu immediately withdrew to Pei with thousands of troops who had stayed in Changyi.

Cao Cao led his army in pursuit, day and night.

Yuan Shu was very embarrassed and fled for three hundred miles in one breath.Cao Cao's former army, led by Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun, pursued closely.

Near Dangshan, Ji Ling's army finally appeared.He commanded the army to ambush Xia Houyuan.Xia Houyuan was hit hard and lost more than 3000 people in one battle.Cao Chun commanded [-] cavalry to rescue Xiahouyuan desperately, and finally rescued Xia Houyuan.

After receiving the news, Cao Cao, who was chasing after him, had no choice but to stop, and together with Liu Bei stationed troops in Xiao County of Pei State and Pengcheng of Pengcheng State.

Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun joined forces and captured Xiapi City, occupying most of the counties in Xiapi County.

At the end of October, Yuan Shu's army was stationed in Xiangcheng of Peiguo and Xiapi City in Xiapi County, facing the army of Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

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Just as the situation in the Central Plains was reversed, unexpected changes also occurred in the Hanoi battlefield.

After Zhang Liao led his army to Huaicheng, he checked the terrain everywhere, and then ordered the army to pretend to attack the city. At the same time, he organized [-] civilians to weave straw bags and fill them with soil day and night, and filled the upper reaches of Qinshui River with straw bags filled with soil. Cut off the water flow.

Under the command of Zhang Liao, two thousand northern Xinjiang cavalry crossed the Qinshui River, haunted everywhere, and drove all the people within [-] miles of Huaicheng to Pinggao City near Jishui.

On a dark night in November, Zhang Liao ordered the dikes to burst and flood the city.

Due to the abundance of rain in the Central Plains recently, the river has soared, and the torrent of water rushing down is turbulent, venting down with a force of destruction.Within fifty miles from the Qinshui River to the Yellow River, everything turned into a vast ocean overnight.

Zhang Liao's plan was very vicious. This flood not only submerged Huaicheng, destroyed Chidao and houses, but also destroyed several ferries on the north bank of the Yellow River closest to Huaicheng, including Pinggaojin, Guangwujin, and Aocang. Jin all submerged.

At this time, Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao, who led the reinforcements to Aocang, looked at the water on the other side, helpless, and had no choice.

Guo Tu, Han Hao, Han Qiong, and Tao Sheng in Huaicheng led an army of [-] and refused to surrender.The unwillingness of officials to surrender does not mean that their subordinates are also unwilling to surrender.Five days later, when rescue was hopeless, a military commander who was originally the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro ordered to open the city gate and let the Northern Xinjiang Army enter the city.
Tao Sheng led his army to fight to the death and was hacked to death with random knives.Han Hao exhausted and was captured.Han Qiong, Guo Tu, Wu Zheng and others fought their way out of the siege, and took advantage of the chaos to escape into the muddy wilderness.Zhu Ling, who was stationed in Pinggao City, had been sending people to search in the flood area recently. After the scouts found Guo Tu and others, they hurriedly protected them and fled to Pinggao City.

Huaicheng is lost, and Hanoi is also lost.However, even greater bad news came immediately.

Sima Yi led [-] cavalry to haunt the high mountains. On this day, taking advantage of the darkness, he ran for a hundred miles to the vicinity of Heyang City, and burned all the grain and grass that had been accumulated near Heyang City.Sima Yi was not satisfied, so he took advantage of the chaos and burned hundreds of boats on the Heyangjin Ferry.

Guo Tu made a decisive decision and concentrated all his troops in the three cities of Pinggao, Wenxian and Heyang.

These three cities are all on the north bank of the Yellow River, and they are the three must-pass roads leading to Luoyang.As long as these three cities are defended, Luoyang has not yet faced the threat of the Northern Army directly.

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When the news reached Luoyang, Yuan Shao was struggling with the unfavorable situation in the Central Plains and Guanzhong battlefields. Hearing the news suddenly, Yuan Shao couldn't take it anymore and couldn't afford to get sick.

At the beginning of November, regardless of the approaching severe winter, Han Sui and Ma Chao assembled [-] cavalry and rushed into Guanzhong frantically.

Yuan Tan led the army to stop the attack at Chencang, while Duan Yao and Shenpei led the army to garrison Chang'an.Everyone thinks that as long as they hold on to the first heavy snow in winter, the battle will be over.

However, the sky failed as people wished, and at this critical juncture, Huaili City was captured by Pang De.

At that time, Pang De was leading his troops around Anling and Changling. After receiving Han Sui's letter, he immediately rushed to Huaili City.There are many old troops of Ma Teng in Huaili City. Although they surrendered to Yuan Tan, the people of Xijiang have loyal blood flowing in their bodies. They know that Ma Chao will come back, and they are waiting for the opportunity to explode.

When Pound's army reached the city, Ma Teng's old troops started a bloody fight in the city. They were almost killed and wounded, but they opened the city gate.

Without bloodshed, Pang De captured Huaili City and cut off Yuan Tan's retreat.

In desperation, Yuan Tan abandoned Chen Cang and returned to Chang'an City to hold on.

In mid-November, Han Sui, Pang De, and Ma Chao joined forces, and with a huge force of [-] cavalry, they directly killed the city of Chang'an.

Yuan Tan asked Luoyang for help continuously, but Chunyu Qiong in Kansai was held back by the northern army and was unable to support him.

On the surface of the Yellow River, the warships of the Northern Xinjiang Army lined up. The soldiers on board had bright armors and colorful battle flags fluttered in the wind. The momentum was astonishing.Although Chun Yuqiong knew that the opponent's purpose was purely to contain the troops in Kansai, but he did not dare to move.He has fought with Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, Zhang Baiqi and others on the opposite side for several years, and they know each other very well.As long as they are given a chance, these people will kill them immediately, and the feint attack will turn into a bloody violent attack at any time.

The troops in Kansai could not be transferred, and the troops in Nanyang had to be on guard against the Jingzhou Army that was returning to Xiangyang. Facing the harsh situation in the Central Plains, all units of the Yuzhou Army were on high alert and ready to attack at any time.

Yuan Shao heaved and sighed, hesitating for nothing.

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Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Xin Ping, Xun Zheng, Chen Lin and others discussed countermeasures day and night, and then went to Yuan Shao's sickbed to report the results of the discussion to him.

The battle in Hanoi has basically ended. The Northern Xinjiang Army's two-month continuous attack has reached its limit, and no further progress can be made. Moreover, winter is coming, and the Yellow River will soon freeze.Relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River, the northern army could not threaten Luoyang throughout the winter.Therefore, the Hanoi battlefield no longer needs reinforcements.Guo Tu, Han Qiong, Zhu Ling and others only need to defend the three cities of Pinggao, Wenxian and Heyang, and fix the battle line on the Jishui River.When the Yellow River thaws next year, we will assemble a large army to launch a counterattack.

Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao, who stationed troops in Aocang, should lead their troops south at this time, threaten Yanzhou, and force Cao Cao to give up attacking Yuan Shu. In this way, we can dispatch part of the Yuzhou army to rush to Nanyang immediately, and Yuan Xi in Nanyang can lead the army Quickly go north and enter Guanzhong for support.

The most dangerous thing now is the Guanzhong battlefield.

Ma Teng's death has stimulated Ma Chao, the young Xijiang warrior has lost his mind for revenge.

But Han Sui and Pang De did not lose their minds.At present, the biggest threat to the Xijiang cavalry is not the heavy snow in winter, but the food and grass.Although Xijiang has received the support of Hebei Finance, the situation is still very bad.Han Sui only brought [-] cavalry into the pass, which is a clear proof.Although Pang De had the financial support of Beidi and Anding counties, he brought five thousand cavalry, which was too expensive.Hebei has just experienced two battles in Jizhou and Hanoi, and its wealth has reached its limit, so it cannot support Pound.The development of Guanzhong has been slow in the past two years, and the population growth has been extremely slow. Except for Chang'an, other places are almost uninhabited, so it is a joke for them to rely on plunder to survive the long winter.

In order to alleviate the crisis in Guanzhong, we had better use Ma Chao's hatred to drive a wedge between Han Sui and Ma Chao, and force the Xijiang rebels to withdraw from Guanzhong.

If you want to separate Han Sui and Ma Chao, the method is very simple.Sticking to Chang'an City, even at the expense of abandoning Chang'an City, dragging down the army in Xijiang and increasing the burden on Xijiang, Han Sui ran out of food and grass and had to withdraw his troops.Secondly, increasing Ma Chao's hatred towards us made him not only lose his mind, but also go crazy.There are also Ma Teng’s family members in Luoyang, and Ma Chao’s family members in Chang’an City. There are Ma Chao’s mother, younger brother, wife, and son here. Kill them all and give their heads to Ma Chao. Let him be burned day and night by hatred. Suffering from pain.

At that time, not to mention Han Sui, even General Li Hong standing in front of Ma Chao could not dissuade Ma Chao.Whoever dares to withdraw troops, whoever dares to give up the offensive, is Ma Chao's enemy.Revenge is the only word in Ma Chao's mind. Only when he smells blood can he sleep soundly, otherwise he will be restless and go crazy.

Ma Chao has become a complete lunatic, Han Sui will not continue to accompany him insane, neither will Pang De.Behind Han Sui is Xijiang, and Han Sui will not give up the whole of Xijiang for the sake of Ma Chao, and give up following his cavalry soldiers to fight in Guanzhong.Behind Pound was the general Li Hong, who had to obey Li Hong's orders, and he had no right to let five thousand soldiers be buried with Ma Chao.

Then, Ma Chao was dead.Either Han Sui or Pound killed him, or he killed himself.He has nowhere to go, he can't avenge his dead relatives, he lives in hatred and pain all day long, he has no way out but death.

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The Hanoi battlefield will soon enter a confrontation period.As long as the Guanzhong battlefield drags on for two months, the crisis will be easily resolved.The focus now is on the Central Plains battlefield.

The death of Tian Kai caused Zang Ba to suddenly capture Qingzhou, and Sun Ce suddenly turned against Yuan Shu after the defeat of Guangling. This made the situation in the Central Plains immediately complicated, but it was very beneficial to us.

Who is Zang Ba?The leader of the Yellow Turban Army who followed Sima Ju in the past, and was later entrusted by Tao Qian. He had enemies with Cao Cao and Liu Bei.Cao Cao once killed the Yellow Turban Army and slaughtered Xuzhou.Liu Bei also killed the Yellow Turban Army, and Liu Bei put Xuzhou's revenge behind his head, and called Cao Cao brothers.Cao Cao and Liu Bei couldn't tolerate Zang Ba, and Zang Ba would not be so stupid as to believe Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so Zang Ba had only one way to survive, and he took refuge in Hebei.

After Zang Ba took refuge in Hebei, he would be used by Hebei.The purpose of Hebei is to keep the parties in the Central Plains to continue the war in order to prevent the parties in the Central Plains from recovering their strength and prepare for their future attack on the Central Plains.In other words, Zang Ba will continue to attack the Central Plains, and will continue to fight Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Sun Ce's defection drove Yuan Shu to a dead end.Even if Yuan Shu defeated Sun Ce with our help, his strength is still vulnerable.Yuan Shu either bowed his head to the Lord, or was wiped out by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce.But we can't let Yuan Shu be defeated. We need to help Yuan Shu and let him and Zang Ba of Qingzhou form a north-south pincer attack on the Central Plains.

Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei are stronger than Zang Ba and Yuan Shu, they can't take care of both ends and can only be exhausted. Therefore, their strength will be exhausted slowly, and the territory of survival will gradually be eroded.

As long as the timing is right, my lord can lead a large army to sweep the Central Plains.Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and their ilk will all be in the pockets of adults.

In order to let the Central Plains form a situation that is extremely beneficial to us as soon as possible, the current focus is to force Cao Cao and Liu Bei to withdraw their troops, so that Yuan Shu can quickly go south to defeat Sun Ce.

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The worries in Yuan Shao's heart were swept away, and most of his condition recovered immediately, he turned over and sat up from the sick bed.

"What about the Huangtong?" Yuan Shao asked, "Do you want Yuan Shu to build the Huangtong again?"

Jushou and Tian Feng shook their heads at the same time.

Xin Ping leaned into Yuan Shao's ear and said in a low voice: "The benefits of re-establishing the imperial system will be very great, sir, you must not give up."

Yuan Shao looked at Jushou and Tian Feng, and waved at Xin Ping, "Let's do it."

Xin Ping left happily.

Ju Shou and Tian Feng looked at each other with wry smiles, their eyes filled with worry.

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(End of this chapter)