The consequences of Yuan Shao's death are very serious.

First of all, the soldiers and horses entrenched in Xuzhou basically did not continue to stay in Xuzhou, and directly began to evacuate, and all fled back to Qingzhou.

Although Liu Zheng sent Guan Hai to occupy Tan County, if the remnants of the army wanted to escape, they could still bypass Tan County and flee back to Qingzhou by other routes.

Wen Chou and Jiang Qi still had more than 10,000 cavalry under them, and these cavalry were highly mobile and came and went freely, and it was easy to escape back to Qingzhou.

And Gao Gan, Xianpei, Ji Feng and others, although most of them are infantry, but they still have some soldiers and horses, these horses, familiar with the local terrain, it is not difficult to escape back to Qingzhou.

When Liu Zheng was still cleaning up the territory left by Liu Bei, these horses had already fled back to Qingzhou, and they didn't stay in Qingzhou at all, so they directly led the soldiers and horses back to Jizhou.

They knew that with the few remaining manpower now, even if they were guarding Qingzhou, they would not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack.

Coupled with Yuan Shao's new death, they also had to bring Yuan Shao's body back to Jizhou.

In just half a month, the news of Yuan Shao's death has spread throughout the north.

Still in Yanzhou, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, who attacked Liu Bei, heard the news that his father was defeated and died, and the whole person was furious, and he didn't even care about the war in Yanzhou, and returned directly to Yecheng in Jizhou.

Because Yuan Shao has several sons, and he has not set his own heir.

Yuan Shao's death means that the forces under his command have a blank period.

The eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi, and the third Yuan Shang are all capable of competing for the head of the family.

Of course, there is also a younger son Yuan Mai, but Yuan Mai is still a doll and has no ability to compete for the position of head of the family.

Although the eldest son Yuan Tan is the eldest son, like Yuan Shao himself, he is not Yuan Shao's sister-in-law, he is a concubine, and he was passed on to Yuan Shao's younger brother Yuan Ji.

This Yuan Ji was directly executed by the imperial court when Yuan Shao was crusading against He Miao, so Yuan Shao felt sorry for his younger brother, and let his eldest son Yuan Tan pass on to Yuan Ji.

Yuan Ji is the eldest son of the Yuan family and was supposed to inherit the Runan Yuan family, but after Yuan Ji's death, Yuan Shu automatically became the eldest son of the Yuan family, and the Runan Yuan family also fell into the hands of Yuan Shu.

Of course, Yuan Shao would not watch Runan Yuan Shu fall into the hands of Yuan Shu, so he came up with this bad idea, let his son inherit Yuan Ji's foundation, and want to inherit the Yuan family in disguise.

But it didn't work out.

The second son, Yuan Xi, is Yuan Shao's son-in-law, but Yuan Xi was born to Yuan Shao's ex-wife, and after the death of his ex-wife, Yuan Xi was not favored in front of Yuan Shao, and was sent to Youzhou by Yuan Shao very early, and he was not by his side as the assassin of Youzhou.

The real threat is Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang was born to Yuan Shao's stepwife Liu, and Yuan Shao liked him very much, because Yuan Shang was somewhat similar to the young Yuan Shao, and he was Yuan Shao's chosen heir.

It's just that Yuan Shao has not yet determined that Yuan Shang is his heir, he has already led the army to the battle and died on the battlefield.

As a result, Yuan Shao's heir is undecided, and several of his sons have the ability to compete for the head of the family.

And because of the half-siblings, Yuan Shao's three sons all have their own supporters.

Of course, there are two main factions.

The eldest son, Yuan Tan, is a faction. The third son, Yuan Shang, is a faction.

Yuan Tan followed Yuan Shao's southern expedition to the north, and most of the time, he was more comfortable with Yuan Shao's cronies, and he was the assassin of Jizhou, and he was in charge of Yuan Shao's army.

And Yuan Shang is because of the support of Mrs. Liu, and because Yuan Tan offended many strategists under Yuan Shao, although Yuan Tan has received the support of many generals, those strategists all support Yuan Shang.

After the news of Yuan Shao's death reached Yecheng, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and others immediately began to act.

Yuan Tan was on the battlefield, and when the news reached him, it was already late.

Yuan Xi was in Youzhou, and when the news was transmitted to him, it was also later.

Only Yuan Shang is in Yecheng, judging and matching, Ji Feng is very familiar with Mrs. Liu, and has some support for Yuan Shang, so he fully supports Yuan Shang's succession.

After Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan came to Yecheng with people, the matter was already a foregone conclusion.

Yuan Xi is okay, he does not have the ability and determination to compete for the position of the head of the family, since Yuan Shao's advisers all support Yuan Shang as the master, Yuan Xi does not care, he himself is the history of Youzhou Thorn, as long as he is his own Youzhou Thorn History.

And Yuan Tan is different, he is the eldest son, and now he has fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses in Yanzhou. There are also Gao Ran, Zhang He's second general. Although he is only fighting Liu Bei in Yanzhou now, he has the strength to compete with Yuan Shang.

Therefore, after Yuan Tan returned to Yecheng, he knew that he could not do anything, so he immediately did not speak, but returned directly to Yanzhou, on the battlefield, mobilized his own soldiers and horses, withdrew from Yanzhou, took Zhang He, Gao Ran, and the second general, and directly returned to Yecheng with lightning speed.

Although Yuan Shang in Yecheng inherited the position of the head of the family, he did not have many troops in Yecheng, and some of them were just cavalry brought back by some Wen Chou.

The number of people could not compare to Yuan Tan, and there were no generals under his command to defend him, so he could not stop Yuan Tan's attack, and in a big battle, Yuan Shang could only flee to Qingzhou.

In vain, he tried to recuperate temporarily in Qingzhou, and slowly competed with Yuan Tan for the affairs of the northern master.

After Liu Bei returned to Yanzhou with people, it was the time when the troops increased greatly, but Liu Bei lost too many soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and he only recaptured the lost territory of Yanzhou, and did not dare to continue to attack Jizhou.

Because Liu Bei was also worried that once he attacked Jizhou, it would make the internal fighting of the Yuan family brothers become unanimous external.

Liu Bei is also happy to see such an infighting drama. After the Yuan brothers suffered heavy losses in their own internal fighting, Liu Bei would take action and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

And for Liu Zheng in this matter, the same is true, his purpose of killing Yuan Shao with all his strength is to sit and watch the Yuan family fight.

The Yuan brothers fought among themselves, and the three prefectures and counties that were originally unified were about to split at this time.

Yuan Tan occupied Jizhou, a small part of the state, Yuan Xi occupied Youzhou, and Yuan Shang was Qingzhou.

Because Yuan Tan is powerful, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang gradually have the potential to unite.

Such a situation is a good thing for Liu Zheng, after all, they are infighting, Liu Zheng can break them one by one, and he can also play tricks and tricks among them without much effort, and even absorb several northern states without much effort.

After quelling the battle in Xuzhou, Liu Zheng could have continued to attack Qingzhou in the north and recapture Qingzhou.

It's just that he didn't.