Three months passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, it was the winter of 192 AD, and there were only a dozen days left before the New Year of 193 AD.

More than 40,000 Montenegrin people arrived in Yunxiang County two months ago.

Xu Miao, the Taishou of Yunxiang County, and Cui Lin, the Taishou of Yanmen County, were familiar with this kind of thing, and within a month, the 40,000 people were properly settled.

During these three months, the land division order has also progressed rapidly in various counties and counties, and many places have reached the final stage.

The Wang clan of Qi County and the Wang clan of Taiyuan merged into one, and there was indeed no great resistance to the execution of Han Cheng's orders in the annexed state.

Han Cheng also selected strong men from the nearly 1.8 million people under his rule and added them to the Fenwu army.

After some strict review and screening, the army of the Fenwu Army has reached 100,000 people.

This 100,000 army is also the limit that the people under Han Cheng's rule can bear.

On the whole, all the affairs of the state are going on in an orderly manner.

It's the New Year soon, but Han Cheng has been frowning, like a big stone pressing on his heart.

The cause of this incident also stemmed from Yuan Shao's policy of "consuming food by garrison" implemented in Huguan.

Yuan Shao occupied Huguan, and originally wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the Shangdang County in one fell swoop and expand his sphere of influence.

But Yuan Shao's confidant Xu Yu suggested to Yuan Shao:

"My lord, under Zhang Yang's rule for many years, Shangdang County has long been ruined and shattered.

Even if it is captured by our army now, it will not be of much benefit to us.

Instead, it will be a waste of our military power.

The subordinates thought that Shangdang County could be given to Han Cheng.

There are two reasons for this:

First, as long as we don't send troops for a day, Shangdang County will belong to Han Chengyi.

If Han Cheng does not develop and merge with the state, if he vigorously develops and merges other counties in the state, but leaves Shangdang County alone without development, the people of Shangdang County will inevitably be separated from Germany.

In the new year, as soon as we send troops, we can easily get the echo of the people in Shangdang County and take Shangdang County in one fell swoop.

The second is that we have 30,000 heavy troops under Huguantun, and we have put on a posture of attacking and going to the party county at any time.

Han Chengcheng had to also garrison at least 30,000 heavy troops in Guyuan County and Lu County in Shangdang County.

We have 150,000 men and horses, and 30,000 troops have no effect on us. But what about Han Sung?

These 30,000 troops will inevitably hinder the development of Shangdang County, and will inevitably become a burden for Han Cheng, dragging down Han Cheng's development and annexation of the state. ”

Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You, and at the same time praised in his heart, he had a trace of worry: "This plan is good!"

According to Xu Yu's strategy, he can only use 30,000 troops to delay Han Cheng's development in the state, and after he accumulates strength, he can take advantage of the situation and take the state, which is really a good plan!

But this plan has a drawback, that is, if Han Cheng has enough food to support the people of Shangdang County to survive this winter, then it will become more difficult for his army to take Shangdang County in the future, after all, the people's hearts are already on Han Cheng's side.

But there are pros and cons to everything, and according to Xu You, the pros obviously outweigh the disadvantages. ”

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao was sure in his heart, and said to Xu You: "Ziyuan, your strategy is good, just act according to your strategy."

I will order Gao Gan to lead Xia Zhao and Deng Sheng to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend Huguan.

There are generals, but there is a lack of strategists. Ziyuan, do you think it's better to arrange someone to assist Gao Gan and others? ”

Xu You's little eyes turned, and he said in his heart: "The opportunity has come."

Yuan Shao had a total of six strategists, Tian Feng was loyal to Yuan Shao, but he spoke bluntly and was not very liked by Yuan Shao;

Guo Tu, Xin Ping is loyal to Yuan Tan, and Guo Tu is very good at talking, understands Yuan Shao's thoughts, and Yuan Shao likes to listen to his strategies very much;

Feng Ji is loyal to Yuan Shang; Like Xun Chen, he is only loyal to his family.

Now Yuan Shao asked himself to suggest one person, of course he had to suggest Xin Ping, who had the worst relationship with him, after all, he was stationed in Huguan, where was he comfortable in Yecheng?

It's also a good thing to make Xin Ping suffer a little. ”

Thinking of this, Xu You said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, Xin commented on this person, he has outstanding strategy and commendable loyalty, and he can take on this great responsibility in Huguan." ”

Yuan Shao knew that Xu You's relationship with Xin Ping was not good in private, and he had long expected that Xu You would recommend Xin Ping to assist Gao Gan.

Sure enough, Xu You recommended Xin Ping, and the corners of Yuan Shao's mouth raised a smug smile, and he didn't say anything, after all, the more fierce the struggle between his subordinates, the more stable Yuan Shao's position would be.

Most of the words of Xin Commentary that Xu You said were listened to by Yuan Shao, but the words 'loyal and commendable' made Yuan Shao remember them deeply.

Xin commented on this person, it is indeed possible to be loyal.

Thinking of the private transactions between Gao Gan and Guo Tu, Yuan Shao said unhappily: "Okay, let Xin Ping stay in Huguan to assist Gao Gan and the others." ”

Poor Xin Ping, who didn't know anything, was left in the pot like this.

Three days later, Yuan Shao left 30,000 troops in Huguan, and then led the remaining army back to Yecheng in Wei County.

Han Cheng, Li Ru, Fu Zhu and others studied for many days and came to the conclusion that there was no other way to crack this strategy except for a strong attack.

It was precisely because of this that Han Cheng frowned all day long.

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In winter, it is not suitable for large-scale military operations, and all forces are silently accumulating strength, preparing for a big fight in the coming year.

At the beginning of 193 AD, Yuan Shu, who was in Nanyang County, was ready to make a move and fired the 'first shot' to seize the territory.

Yuan Shu adopted the advice of his subordinate Yang Hong, and took advantage of the reputation of Yanzhou's assassin Shi Jinshang to raise troops to attack Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

After all, Jin Shang was once named the assassin of Yanzhou by the imperial court, and Yuan Shu was also famous for borrowing Jin Shang's reputation.

No one is slow to grab a place like that.

Yuan Shu led his army to Chenliu County in Yanzhou and asked the army to stay in Fengqiu County.

and let his general Liu Xiang as the vanguard, leading 10,000 horses to be stationed in the Kuangting area, one is to explore Cao Cao's reality; The second is to merge with the Black Mountain Army and the army of the Southern Xiongnu.

Yuan Shu and Yang Hong thought of all possible situations, but they didn't expect Cao Cao's 'domineering'.

It was this mistake in decision-making that made Yuan Shu's heart cast a huge shadow on Cao Cao.

Who is Cao Cao, looking at the Three Kingdoms, only he fights others, and does anyone else dare to take the initiative to attack his territory?

Faced with the arrival of Yuan Shu's army, Cao Cao waved his hand without hesitation and directly ordered the whole army to attack.

When the order was issued to the army, Cao Cao directly led the army to attack the army of Liu Xiang and others in the Kuangting area, and Liu Xiang was so frightened that he hurriedly sent someone to Yuan Shu for help.

Yuan Shu got Liu Xiang's call for help, and hurriedly led an army of 60,000 to Kuangting in person.

After arriving at Kuangting, Yuan Shu didn't say a word, and started with Cao Cao's army.

There are some things that you only know after you have done it.

Although Yuan Shu had 100,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cao only had 50,000 horses;

Although Yuan Shu's food was more than Cao Cao's;

Although Yuan Shu's generals were more than Cao Cao's, they just couldn't defeat Cao Cao's army.

Yuan Shu had no choice but to lead his men and horses to withdraw to Fengqiu County.

Fengqiu County is the territory of Chenliu County, and Chenliu County is the territory of Yanzhou, Cao Cao saw that Yuan Shu was still in Yanzhou, and he was furious in his heart, and led the army to continue to attack Yuan Shu's army.

In this siege, Cao Cao was also ruthless, trying to lead a large army to surround Yuan Shu and eliminate Yuan Shu in one fell swoop.

Yuan Shu's advisor Yang Hong saw through Cao Cao's attempt, and before Cao Cao's army formed a siege, he let Yuan Shu lead his army to retreat to Taishou County.

Cao Cao's domineering is here again - Yanzhou is your family, you can come if you want, you can leave if you want, no, I will beat you again.

As a result, Cao Cao's army followed closely behind Yuan Shu's army and came to Taishou County.

Yuan Shu really didn't want to fight Cao Cao at this time, so he relied on a lot of grain and grass to stick to the city, waiting for Cao Cao's food shortage, and then retreated by himself.

Cao Cao's military advisor sacrificed wine Guo Jia, who had just taken refuge under Cao Cao, and saw Yuan Shu sticking to the city, so he had a plan: it was suggested to dig a dam with canal water and flood Taishou County.

Cao Cao saw that Guo Jia's plan was very good, so he acted according to the plan.

Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao again, and had to abandon the county seat of Taishou and flee, completely giving up the attack on Yanzhou and retreating to Ningling County in Yuzhou.

Cao Cao originally wanted to withdraw his troops, but Guo Jia, the military advisor, persuaded him again: "If you don't take advantage of Yuan Shu's illness and ask for his life, and wait for Yuan Shu to recover his strength in Yuzhou, he will definitely attack Yanzhou again." ”

Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's words and once again raised troops to pursue Yuan Shu, and refused to give up until he drove Yuan Shu to Shouchun County in Yangzhou.

From then on, Cao Cao had no more forces to the south that threatened Yanzhou.

After Yuan Shu arrived in Shouchun County, he swore in his heart: "I will never fight Cao Cao's idea again." ”

A man who has been failing in front of others can indeed cast a shadow on the man's heart.

So much so that later Yuan Shu dared to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Lu Bu in Xuzhou took the initiative to attack Xuzhou, but never attacked Cao Cao in Yanzhou again.

Yuan Shu's development direction was only in Xuzhou and other places, and he would rather let his general Sun Ce lead the army to Jiangdong to capture the land, rather than dare to fight Yanzhou's slightest idea.

It can be seen from this that in this battle, Cao Cao caused a big shadow in Yuan Shu's heart.

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At the same time as Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were fighting in Yanzhou, Yuan Shao also made up his mind: to take down the Black Mountain Army in Taihang Mountain wholeheartedly, so that they would not dare to fight the idea of Jizhou.

Last year, Zhang Yan led the Montenegrin army to successfully attack Yecheng.

This incident was set by Yuan Shao as the biggest shame in his life.

In addition, Yuan Shao had just subdued the 'No. 1 fierce general in the world' Lu Bu, as if he had an extra sharp sword, which could just kill Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army without leaving a piece of armor.

The Montenegrin army in Taihang Mountain was defeated by Yuan Shao's army from south to north in the second half of last year, and more than 60,000 people were beheaded, so they also wanted to find Yuan Shao for revenge.

When the enemy meets, they are very red-eyed. The Montenegrin Army and Yuan Shao's Army fought continuously for more than ten days, and they were still inseparable. At this time, Lü Bu led his army into battle.

Lu Bu was worthy of the name of "the world's first fierce general", and dozens of cronies such as Cheng Lian and Wei Yue frequently attacked Zhang Yan's military formation, killing hundreds of people every time they entered and exited.

Although Zhang Yan had tens of thousands of elite troops and thousands of cavalry in his hands at this time, Lu Bu and the others still entered and exited Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army formation, which was still like entering and leaving no one's land, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Montenegrin army.

Zhang Yan saw that the morale of the generals of the Montenegrin Army was low, so he sent people to Taiyuan County in Bingzhou to ask Han Cheng for help.