——A mountain road in the Taihang Mountains

"Great victory! Huguan Victory!! Yuan Shao is dead! Huguan Victory!! A sergeant ran and shouted all the way to inform the whole army of the victory.

Everywhere the sound went, the joy shook the sky.

Everyone knew that with the death of Yuan Shao, the war in Hebei would end in the victory of the Northern Army.

Hebei, which has been in constant war since 10 years ago, is finally about to usher in the dawn of peace.

"As soon as Yuan Shao dies, and the state is leaderless, as long as it takes some effort, it is not difficult to get it." Ma Qiang folded up Guan Hai's telegram and handed it to the guards on the side, and then looked at the blue sky after the rain, the sky was so clean, which made his mood better.

Yuan Shao was the first prince of the Three Kingdoms he killed, and whether it was Kong Rong, Gongsun Zhan, or Liu Yu before, they were either killed by others, or they were still alive in the world.

Yuan Shao's death made Ma Qiang more confident and determined to seize the world.

"Now Cao Cao only has three cities left, Liu Bei is only the head of a county, Sun Ce is dormant in Jiangdong, this is my best opportunity for rapid expansion!"

The chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty in history have lasted too long, even from the beginning of Dong Zhuo's rebellion to the unification of the Three Kingdoms.

Such a long period of division not only led to a large decline in the population of the Central Plains, but also led to the dissipation of people's hearts, from the ancient pre-Qin to the Eastern Han Dynasty's generous tragedy, the spirit of ambition for the country disappeared, and the extravagance of indulging in metaphysics flourished.

The impact of this change in the spirit of the whole people on the future of a country and a nation is far greater than the decline in the population.

The reason why this is so is also because the long war has made the world feel precarious, and they just want to enjoy the moment.

The chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty must end as soon as possible.

The people of the Han world should sprinkle their sweat and blood in more important places.

Ma Qiang secretly made up his mind and began to give orders to the communication soldiers on the side.

"Send a telegram to Guangzong, order the Military Staff Bureau, the Military Intelligence Bureau, Jinyi Wei and other departments to immediately start the preparatory plan to explore the Yanxu war, once the opportunity is taken, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou will immediately go south to Yanxu and annihilate Cao, Lü, Zhang, Liu, Tao and other princes!

The newspaper was ordered to issue an urgent issue, and the headline on the front page should be "Yuan Shaofu Xuhuguan Hebei Peace Can Be Expected"

"Power the Third Army, leave one battalion in Huguan after a day of repair, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will march to Taiyuan to open the way for the follow-up troops to attack Taiyuan."

"Power generation Zhongshan and other departments, Yuan Shao has been ambushed, should annihilate Yuan Tan's corps at any cost to prevent it from fleeing west and Yuan Shang will make peace."

"Send power to Youzhou, West Wuhuan County, Shanggu County Tun guards and horses immediately send troops to the west to attack Bingzhou and the Xiongnu station, and publicize the news of Yuan Shao's death!"

The war machine of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army was fully opened at this moment, except for the Eastern Wuhuan and other troops who were deterring Gongsun Du in the Liaodong region, the other troops were mobilized to either conquer the state in the west or prepare to go south to the Central Plains.

At this time, Yanzhou Cao Cao's soldiers and horses walked back along the Surabaya road, and from the beginning of entering Yanzhou, Cao Cao's anger never stopped.

The bad news came one after another, the closed gates of the cities, and the betrayals of the courtiers he had entrusted to him, all of which made his anger burn to the ground.

At the same time as the anger, he also had some desperation.

Can you still turn the tables yourself?

But he knew that he couldn't be angry, let alone panic, because he was the commander of an army!

When the army arrived at Shanyang County, Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing.

Xi Zhong and the others asked suspiciously, "Yanzhou is rebellious everywhere, why isn't Ming Gong worried and laughing?" ”

Cao Cao pointed to the Kangfu City not far away and said, "You see, although this Kangfu City is rebellious, there are very few soldiers and armor in the city, and there is no banner of Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others, so Lu Bu and others must not have sent soldiers and horses to intercept it."

I don't laugh at anything else, I just laugh at myself, I used to think that Chen Gong was a wise man like Zhicai, but now I look at it, but I look away.

If I were Chen Gong, I would definitely let Lu Bu lead a large army to intercept here, and then our army would not be able to advance or retreat, except for dying here, would there be any other way? ”

Cao Cao walked along Surabaya, and Kang's father city was at the three-fork junction of Surabaya, and controlling it here, blocked Cao Cao's way home, and also cut off Cao Cao's connection with Juancheng and other places.

Xi Zhong and the others looked at Kang's father city and found that it was exactly the same as Cao Cao said, Cao Cao immediately ordered Xu Chu to be the vanguard, and Xiahou Yuan was the main general to attack Kang's father city.

Kang's father city is just a small city, where can it stop the army led by Cao Cao, only one charge, and the head of the county that betrayed Cao Cao was taken back by Xu Chu.

This victory not only greatly improved the morale of the Cao army, but also replenished the grain and grass that they were in dire need of now.

Cao Jun thought that maybe it was really like what Ming Gong said, the traitors were a group of incompetent people, and they would still be the ultimate victors.

But Cao Cao and Xi Zhong knew in their hearts that where was Chen Gong's planlessness, it was all because Xun Yu held the three places of Juancheng, Yanzhou was a plain, and it all relied on waterways to transport grain, once Lu Bu's army really came here to fight Cao Cao, Xun Yu could easily go south to cut off Lu Bu's waterway and grain routes.

It is precisely because Zhang Miao and Chen Gong are both from Yanzhou that they will know the key and will not let their precious troops be wasted on this kind of thing.

From a military point of view, with the return of Cao Cao's army, the disadvantage of Cao's army is actually not too big, after all, the main force of Cao's army is there, but it has lost a lot of territory and logistical support.

Chen Gong knew very well that Cao Cao and the civil and military forces under Cao were powerful, and since the first wave of killing moves failed to overthrow Cao Cao, he gave up his plan for a quick victory, and was ready to use the entire Yanzhou to consume Cao Cao.

This is indeed the best way to fight.

But after the arrogant Lu Bu listened to Chen Gong's suggestion, he immediately rejected such a turtle tactic.

"I have a halberd in my hand, I get off the horse in my crotch, no one in the world can stop me, Cao Cao is only in the land of three cities, am I still afraid that he will not succeed!"

Lu Bu's heroism made his generals get up excitedly and ask for battle, looking at such a picture, Chen Gong felt enthusiastic and helpless.

Lu Bu is brave, why is he always disobedient.

In his words, Cao Cao's infantry and tired division should follow the example of Xiang Yu in the past to break Liu Bang and break the foot.

Chen Gong also felt reasonable, so he followed Lu Bu to command more than 3,000 cavalry and set off in the starry night, only bringing three days of dry food, and went straight to Lei Ze.

Leize is a large lake located on the edge of Pushui, and it is also the only way for Cao Cao to return to Juancheng.

When Lu Bu's army arrived at Lei Ze, he happened to see Cao's army on the march.

Lu Bu immediately shouted, and rushed towards Cao Jun first, and Zhang Liao and other generals behind him saw Lu Bu so brave, they all cheered and stepped up together.

And Cao Cao, when he saw these cavalrymen, the whole person was stunned.