It's a pity that Yuan Lan couldn't be recovered in the end.

Although the guards sent by Liu Ye tried their best, they had no choice but to catch up with the west for a mile, and the pouring ice rain rolled down with thunder!

By the time the guard braved the cold wind and rain to walk the river by land and finally saw the fleet, the sudden rainstorm had already caused the river to rise greatly. The upstream river is already facing downstream, and waves of flood peaks are already pouring in.

Seeing the wind and waves and clouds annihilating the fleet, the guard didn't dare to chase after him. The dirt road along the river was so muddy that the horses could no longer be ridden. And now that the wind has changed to a strong easterly wind, ships that are no longer headwinds can no longer be caught up by running on foot.

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In the battle north of the Huai River, Cao's army lost more than 20,000 horses!

First, the 8,000-strong army was attacked and routed by Zhang Xiu. Then the Cao army was ambushed again, and the Cao army of the four thousand palaces was thrown down. There are also Zhang Xiujun cavalry chasing after the main force of the Cao army, and the Cao army, which has lost its sharpness, also tried to leave thousands of soldiers and horses to block, but because there was no heavy armor, it failed to withstand a charge from a thousand Xiliang iron cavalry. Defeated again and again and exhausted by physical strength, Cao's army finally lost its fighting spirit and fled in all directions. He was slashed and shot by Zhang Xiujun's light cavalry and Qianghu archers!

In fact, if Cao Cao and Xun You had stabilized their minds at that time, and had not been affected by Zhang Xiu's constant calculation of them and their judgment of the overall situation, and commanded the Chinese army to fight on the spot when they were surrounded, they would not have run back and forth in vain to consume the physical energy that Cao Jun had accumulated at the end. Without even waiting for the cavalry and light soldiers of the front army to come back, the Cao army of the Chinese army alone could fight against only 25,000 cottage bandits and 10,000 Zhang Xiu's tired and weak army.

However, history has no ifs, and Cao Cao's wrong decision caused Cao Jun to lose the last chance to win back a game.

150,000 Cao troops, four days and three nights were reduced to less than 30%, all the grain and grass baggage was lost, this battle, Cao Cao can be described as a fiasco!

If you add the tens of thousands of Cao troops lost in Qiyang, Cao Cao's expedition to Huainan will lose no less than 150,000 young and strong soldiers before and after!

It is true that most of the losses of Cao's army in the Battle of Qiyang were some copycat Cao troops in the nature of people's township soldiers, but it was also Cao Cao's reserve army, and it was the first substitute echelon of Cao Cao's expanded army. In the chaotic era of the late Han Dynasty, when the number of people was sharply reduced, it is true that the Central Plains could still make up millions of young and strong people, but it is impossible for a country to use all the elite to expand the army.

Otherwise, it would be like Yuan Shu's reckless military force. The sturdy men in the entire Huainan were basically conscripted into the army by Yuan Shu, resulting in the already barren and abandoned farmland without sufficient labor to cultivate, which is also the most important reason why the famine in Huainan was extremely serious in history and why the famine preceded the outbreak of drought!

In this troubled era with a high birth rate but also a high mortality rate, the number of males is also an important factor in determining strength!

In history, after Cao Cao's 800,000 army was annihilated in the First Battle of Chibi, the Cao Group, which lost all the strong men in the north in the first battle, was in a state of recuperation and strategic defense for a long time. So much so that Liu Bei and Sun Wu were able to easily wave their troops to Huainan Hefei and carve up Jingzhou. even allowed Liu Bei to survive the stage of accumulating strength, allowing Liu Bei to enter Xichuan.

At this time, Cao Cao had a lot of effort to deal with Ma Chao, Han Sui and other Xiliang warlords in the wilderness of the northwest of An, and when the situation was critical, he was even captured by Ma Chao to take Chang'an! It was not until Liu Bei settled Yizhou and marched into Hanzhong that Cao Cao also marched into Hanzhong.

However, Cao Jun, who had not yet recuperated and recuperated, still did not have an absolute advantage over Liu Beijun as before, and Cao Cao, who had to shout chicken ribs, had no choice but to give up his plan to capture Xichuan.

After the Battle of Chibi, there was no battle of more than 500,000 people in the perennial war-torn area near the north. Because it is difficult for the northern forces to gather so many troops.

However, Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jiangnan, which have been in a state of recuperation for a long time since the end of the Han Dynasty, are thriving. In the southern region, the Battle of Yiling, which is said to have been fought by millions of soldiers from both sides!

This is the real situation of the people of the Three Kingdoms!

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Cao Cao went, Zhang Xiu dared to say that without three or four years of accumulation, it would be impossible for Cao Cao to conquer Huainan again.

It's not entirely that Cao Cao didn't have the strength to conquer Huainan again, it's just that the changes in the situation in the whole world no longer allow him to use troops to the south.

The speed at which Cao Cao unified Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou, and Xuzhou has greatly exceeded the time in history because of Zhang Xiu's crossing.

In the winter of the second year of Jian'an in history, Cao Cao and Lü Bu launched a war against Yuan Shu, who was killed by the emperor, and the result of the war was that Yuan Shu's vitality was greatly injured, but it was not to perish, and the combined army of Cao Cao and Lü Bu, who had eaten up the grain and grass, had not captured Shouchun, and had to retreat.

And now because of Zhang Xiu's crossing, Zhang Xiu abandoned Nanyang and went to the Central Plains, which made Cao Cao save the process of defeating Zhang Xiu three times. Yuan Shu perished in the second year of Jian'an, and Cao Cao also controlled Nanyang, the center of the world, in this year. It was also because there were no three defeats against Zhang Xiu, and Cao Cao, who was much stronger than in history, quickly put an end to Lu Bu and Liu Bei's two henchmen.

There is even the strength to launch a conquest of Huainan after a short preparation.

But some of these histories have not disappeared because of Zhang Xiu's changes, but are still staged. For example, Cao Cao's "obscene **", Zhang Xiu surrendered first and then rebelled, Dian Wei died in battle, and so on.

Compared with Cao Cao's snowballing development speed in the east and west, Yuan Shao, who believes in "one step at a time", has not unified Hebei for a long time. Although Yuan Shao's biggest obstacle in Hebei Province is that Gongsun Zhan's group is declining due to its own reasons, it no longer poses a threat to Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Zhou. However, Yuan Shao, who was bent on steady development, could not forge ahead and eliminated this stumbling block that hindered his great cause of hegemony.

By the way, the pair of opponents of Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao can be described as a really strange pair. Gongsun Zhan was too aggressive, he was only the identity of a county guard, but he dared to rely on the strength of the army, but he only captured the main city of Qingzhou, and he arbitrarily appointed Qingzhou Mu, Yanzhou Mu, and Jizhou Mu, which can be described as frivolous.

And Yuan Shao did not make any major moves except for annexing Han Fu's Jizhou with a plan at the beginning. Under Gongsun Zhan's strong Youzhou troops, Yuan Shao's forces were even at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, God always can't get used to people who like to die, and Gongsun Chan successfully made God unaccustomed to it. First of all, he was openly disrespectful to Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, which provoked the honest Liu Yu to finally bear it anymore, announced the withdrawal of Gongsun Zhan's military power, and gathered an army loyal to him to attack Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Yu's army of 100,000 was as unskilled as Liu Yu, and was defeated by a small number of troops of Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Yu, a famous royal clansman, was captured and killed by Gongsun Zhan in less than a month.

Gongsun Zhan, who was on fire in the backyard, couldn't take care of the front yard for a while, and Yuan Shao, who was holding back in Jizhou, was able to accumulate troops and food, and finally dared to take action, taking advantage of the fire to rob the Qingzhou part controlled by Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Yu appeared very early in the Three Kingdoms, and the reason why Liu Bei gave up weaving straw shoes and joined the army was because he saw the recruitment list of Liu Yu, who was the assassin of Youzhou at the time. Liu Yu was also the first to recognize Liu Bei's status as a relative of the Han family, so that Liu Bei finally had the capital to boast about for a long time in the future.

Liu Yu was the strongest political ability among the royal relatives of the Han family in the late Han Dynasty, but compared with Liu Yan of his peers, he lacked some strategic vision and work.

When he was in charge of Youzhou, he implemented a policy of leniency, actively accepted refugees from other states to reclaim Youzhou, and actively developed Youzhou's economy through various policies, making Youzhou from a bitter cold and poor place to a place to live and work in peace and contentment after Jizhou in Hebei. At the same time, Liu Yu also treated the Xianbei Karasuma and other tribes outside the Saiwai with a gentle policy, and was diligent and honest, so whether it was a foreign or an internal citizen, Liu Yu's prestige was very high.

But no matter how high the prestige is, life is great, and he is afraid of slashing. Gongsun Zhan, the commander of Youzhou's soldiers and horses, who believed in the supremacy of force, was Liu Yu's political disagreement. The hard-liner Gongsun Chan advocated the use of iron-blooded means to treat foreigners, and used his own "white horse righteousness" to achieve the iron-blooded policy. We will not tolerate foreign races, and implement the "three lights" policy of killing, robbing and burning all of them.

Fortunately, Gongsun Zhan is just the Taishou of Beiping, and he only commands the soldiers and horses of Youzhou on his behalf. Money, food, and military supplies have always relied on Liu Yu, so they have never been too out of line. Except for killing the envoys sent by foreign tribes to pay tribute, they did not do anything bigger. And Liu Yu, who feels that Youzhou has a guarantee of force in troubled times, has always endured Gongsun Zhan's yin and yang violations,

This situation was maintained until Gongsun Chan captured Qingzhou and no longer relied on Liu Yu's logistical support, and Gongsun Chan finally felt that he could not use Liu Yu before it was broken. Gongsun Zhan, who privately appointed a state pastor and openly implemented tyrannical methods, finally exceeded the bottom line of the honest man Liu Yu, and also provoked Liu Yu to personally send troops.

It's just that Liu Yu's soldiers and horses are too scummy, because Gongsun Chan usually leads his soldiers when there are wars, and Liu Yu's soldiers have basically never fought. This one personally went into battle, and it felt bad. So he was beaten by Gongsun Zhan. The 100,000-strong army surrounded Gongsun Zhan, who had only 1,800 people, and was killed after attacking the city for more than ten days without taking it. retreated to Juyong, but was broken by Gongsun Chan in three days.

In the case that the central court sent an envoy to Youzhou, Gongsun Chan directly framed Liu Yu for colluding with Yuan Shao to seek the title of emperor, and coerced the imperial court envoy Duan Xun to execute Liu Yu, a relative of the Han family and the pastor of Youzhou.

In fact, as long as everyone knows: who will be the emperor, but Liu Yu is the only one who is not interested in the position of the emperor. Because as early as when the princes of the Eighteenth Route were crusading against Dong Zhuo, Han Fu and Yuan Shao of Jizhou had proposed that Liu Yu be proclaimed emperor in Kwantung, so as to greatly weaken the political influence of Emperor Xian controlled by Dong Zhuo. Moreover, at that time, all the princes who still maintained a certain degree of loyalty and respect for the Han Dynasty unanimously agreed that Liu Yu, who was benevolent and capable, would ascend to the position of emperor.

The so-called military is the continuation of politics, and the reason why the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo was mainly to support the Han family at that time, and the purpose was mainly political, so that the central court could be self-reliant and self-reliant, of course, the means were naturally military.

But the world was in turmoil, and the young Emperor Han Xian seemed to be not enough to calm the chaos after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so everyone thought of Liu Yu, who was mature and capable of doing politics.

The reason why Liu Yu is a gentleman is also reflected in this matter. Because when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died, someone elected Liu Yu as the emperor. It's just that this is just a conspiracy of folk celebrities, and Liu Yu himself is extremely unwilling. In the end, the new emperor ascended the throne, but the imperial court dismissed Liu Yu from his official position, and waited until the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out before letting Liu Yu rule Youzhou again.

At that time, there was no strong strength guarantee, and it was understandable that Liu Yu refused to come forward to compete for the prince. But this time, the right time and place and Liu Yu have it, and the opportunity is so good that he has accumulated great virtue in his eighteen lifetimes, but Liu Yu still refused. It is said that Emperor Xian's accession to the throne is the edict of Emperor Ling, and it has also gone through formal procedures, and he is the legitimate emperor. As a courtier of the Han family, I should support this nephew.

If after these things happen, there are still people who make a fuss about Liu Yu becoming the emperor, the world will laugh at his absolute No. 1 fool, but the simple and rude Gongsun Zan doesn't care about this, and he will be killed for any reason for tearing his face.

Losing Liu Yu's political protection, Gongsun Chan was not tolerated by the central court, and was also hostile to the foreigners in Youzhou, and even more despised by the military and people of Youzhou.

Gongsun Zhan, who was troubled by these three major problems, was limited to Youzhou from then on. But that's not all. Although Liu Yu didn't know how to fight at all, but his son Liu He and his former subordinate Yan Rouhui, at the moment when the soldiers and civilians of Youzhou couldn't stand the tyranny of Gongsun Zhan's poor army and not Shi Wende, Yan Rouhe and Liu He, who had absconded, raised the banner to rebel, Liu Yu's subordinates Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, and Qi Zhou responded, and also won over the Karasuma Xianbei clan who hated Gongsun Zhan.

During this period, Yuan Shao, who was still accumulating money and food to recruit and train soldiers and horses and refused to take the initiative, waited for the opportunity to unite the armies of Yan Rou Liu and Xianbei, Yuan Shao finally fought Gongsun Chan to the point that he could not take care of himself, forcing Gongsun Chan to retreat to Yijing, and Youzhou was incorporated into Yuan Shao's sphere of influence from then on, and he also won the favor of Karasuma Xianbei, and Yuan Shao made a lot of money.

Gongsun Chan is a prince who died like this. Among the princes of the late Han Dynasty, he was the only one who could compete with Yuan Shu for the title of King of Death.

Yuan Shu, who likes the development of stuffy heads, is worthy of the name of Yuan Datou, and has become the first prince of Hebei to lie down and win!

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