On the Chang'an side, Li Dao was still intoxicated by the peaceful and prosperous world he had created, and he fantasized about being led by himself to bring a strong prosperity to the imperial court.

However, Ma Riyan and Zhao Qi, who were sent to Kanto by the imperial court, would not have been so optimistic.

"The imperial court has canonized the general as General Zuo, the Marquis of Yang Zhai, and I have also recruited Sun Ce, Hua Xin and other officials in Huainan, and the wheat planted in winter is becoming more and more mature, and I see that this part of Huainan is full of order. Why do you want me to recruit so many soldiers? ”

"Ma Lao, what do you mean by that? It's clear that it's my unsuccessful brother who is messing up the situation, and I want to exterminate the ministers for the court, of course, I have to reuse the soldiers. ”

Yuan Highway was the fourth and third duke, and his son-in-law was born, but his behavior was no different from that of a bandit leader. Ma Riyan is old but not confused, Yuan Shu wants to take him hostage and forcibly seize his charm and name, which has a great tendency to trespass.

"Bang!" Yuan Shu took the case, "Especially the dwarf who deceived the world and stole his name, it's really hateful!" ”

Of course, Ma Riyan knew who Yuan Shu was talking about. In January this year, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao fought in Kuangting and suffered a heavy defeat, and had to withdraw from Wancheng and Nanyang, and retreat to Huainan for development.

In this battle, Yuan Shu still joined forces with the Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang appointed by the imperial court, as well as part of the Montenegrin army, to attack Cao Cao.

However, it is even more unbearable than in history when he lacks the assistance of the Huns and the Fuluo Department. Cao Cao completely predicted Yuan Shu's psychology and march route, not only winning more with less, but also chasing and killing hundreds of miles, so that Yuan Shu did not have any chance to respite and reorganize.

After this battle, the encirclement network has been torn apart, and Cao Cao has reached a new height in his life.

……

Tong Yuan had just returned to Hedong Pishi and planned to go to Yong'an without stopping.

"General, I've found you."

Xu Jian rushed over, and his appearance surprised Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan saw that Xu Jian was a little flustered, and couldn't help but be nervous: "What? What's going on with Hu Chuquan? There are still enemies attacking, but I don't see the beacon fire. ”

Xu Jian hurriedly said: "It's not bad news, it's a sudden change in the surrounding situation." Vice General Zhang, Wang Taishou, and Wei Juncheng can't decide such a big matter privately, and they are all in a hurry to find the general. ”

"Oh, then you take your time."

It turns out that there are two major events.

One is that Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao in February and retreated to Huainan. Because the news is lagging behind, it is only now coming.

However, the second one also scared Tong Yuan.

Let's say that after arriving in Luoyang, Ma Riyan and Zhao Qi acted separately. Zhao Qi arrived in Chenliu and persuaded Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan and others to cease fighting.

However, due to Zhao Qi's illness, he became seriously ill in Chen Liusheng. After Yuan Shao heard about it, he led his subordinates to visit Zhao Qi in person at the end of February to express his Yuan Shao's heart for the imperial court.

In March, we arrived at Pok Lok Jin and gathered with the guests. At this time, news came that there had been a mutiny in Wei County, and the United Black Mountain Army had captured Yecheng with the Poison Department.

Most of Yuan Shao's family members were in Yecheng, and suddenly the guests cried loudly, and the general's face was gloomy. Only Yuan Shao was calm, unflustered, and maintained his previous demeanor. He immediately gathered all his forces and sent people to find out what was going on on Gongsun Zhan's side.

On the other hand, the Montenegrin army is on the side of poison. Yu Poison was already an important leader of the Montenegrin Army as early as the Zhongping period. Zhang Yan was stationed in the northernmost border area of the Montenegrin Army, including Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou. And Yu poison is at the southern end of the Jizhou, Sili junction area.

Yu Poison was very close to Yuan Shao's Wei County and Dong County, and for many years, he would join forces with Bai Huan, Zhenggu and other commanders to attack Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao won several victories, it was difficult to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress, and they were also in a situation of stalemate for many years.

This time, Yu Poison took advantage of the Yecheng Mutiny to gather more than a dozen troops in the central and southern parts of the Montenegrin Army to control Yecheng, the core of Jizhou.

Tong Yuan was taken aback after listening to Xu Jian's story. In later generations, he had a plausible understanding of history, and he did not know the twists and turns of Yuan Shao's unification of Hebei. just knew that Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Zhan was attacked and destroyed by Yuan Shao.

"Has history changed dramatically because of my arrival? Could it be that his alliance with Zhang Yan is like a butterfly effect, causing a new storm? ”

How did he know that this incident was the same trajectory as in history.

Moreover, Zhang Yan, like him, only learned about this incident after the incident. After all, the distance between the north and south of the Montenegrin Army is too far, and the transportation is very inconvenient.

In addition, each Qu Shuai has a certain degree of independence, and after Yu Poison broke through Yecheng, Zhang Yan knew that he had not had time to fully cooperate.

After returning to Yong'an, the Dreadnought Army Captain and above, plus Wang Yi, Wei Qi, Pei Zheng, Pei Ji, Sun Zi, Liu Fu, as well as Hu Chuquan and Liu Bao, a total of dozens of people came to discuss the matter. Of course, Zhang Ji, Su Ze and others want to preside over the affairs of Haoyang and other places, so they will not be specially called.

Wei Qi informed everyone of the current situation, and informed the news from Jia Kui on the side of the Black Mountain Army.

"The Montenegrin army is relatively optimistic at present, regardless of whether they stick to Yecheng or not, they are not afraid of Yuan Shao and others anyway. Zhang Yan was also gathering troops and horses, but he didn't mean to ask us for help. ”

Yang Feng was born in the White Bo Army, and he was more sympathetic to the Montenegrin Army, which was close in origin and status. He came out and said: "Tell the general, Yuan Shao is the great enemy of our army, and Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu. If we take this opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao, the general trend of the world will be stable. ”

Hu Langer and Huang Yu also had this attitude and expressed their willingness to fight.

Not long ago, Qubei, who became the captain of the 11th Brigade of the Dreadnought Army, did not want to fight because Hu Chuquan had just accepted the clan and was not stable. But out of the position of the dreadnought, Qubei also expressed his willingness to fight.

On the other hand, the scribes had the opposite attitude. Except for Wei Qi, the other Hedong Shi clans were relatively cold and barely spoke. Sun Zi said that Zhongdu and other counties have just stabilized, and it is not appropriate to send a large army to cross the mountains and cross the mountains for an expedition. 's words provoked some people in the army to look at him coldly.

Tong Yuan didn't really want to go to Jizhou to participate in the battle, not to mention that Zhang Yan and others didn't have this plan, if they were too active, they would be a bit overstepping. However, I always feel that something is wrong, do you just look at the opportunity and run away?

Wei Qi stood up at this time and said, "Yuan Shao and the Black Mountain Army are fighting, involving many forces around them. Among them, the most anxious ones are definitely not us, but Youzhou's great Sima Liu Yu and former general Gongsun Zhan. ”

Liu Yu and Yuan Shao had a very close relationship, and Gongsun Chan fought with Yuan Shao at the boundary bridge not long ago. We don't know what his attitude is and how he behaves. ”

"In other words, our focus has been on merging states, and we don't know much about Jizhou and Youzhou. In the absence of clear information, it may not be appropriate to rush into action. ”

When Wei Qi said this, both of the Pei family were slightly happy, and Wang Yi couldn't help nodding in approval.

However, Wei Qi suddenly changed his words.

However, Yuan Shao will definitely concentrate his forces on strangling the Black Mountain Army. Previously, the Montenegrin Zhuqu Marshal was able to settle near Yecheng because of the siege of many enemies such as Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei and the Xiongnu. If Gongsun Chan does not move, the Montenegrin army will be in danger. ”

"If Yuan Shao has no worries and Liu Yu's help, Gongsun Chan and our army may be difficult to hold onto. Therefore, our army should pay close attention to the dynamics in Hebei and actively prepare to support the Montenegrin army. ”

It's amazing, it's different to have a strategist, and Wei Qi is still a capable person who is especially proficient in civil affairs and criminal law. Since he became the governor of Hedong County, he has strictly enforced the law and has not connived at the reckless behavior of the major scholars in Hedong.

For example, the Hedong Dashi clan engaged in human trade, whether it was selling Central Plains laborers and skilled craftsmen to Hetao, or buying Hu warriors as subordinates and family members, all of which were carried out in Xiayang and Taiyuan, so as to avoid being discovered by Wei Qi in Hedong and banned or punished.

Zhang Lu saw that Wei Qi's words had an effect, and then said: "This Yuan Shao claims to be the third prince of the fourth world, the leader of the scholars. As a result, he cut off his hegemony and even defeated Jizhou Mu Han Fu, who had always been friendly with him and provided him with grain and grass. He even directly called himself Jizhou Mu and replaced him. ”

"Now, the imperial court has appointed the new Jizhou pastor - Hu Shou, and Mr. Hu Shou is currently with Yu Poison's soldiers and horses. According to Chang'an, this Yecheng incident will definitely be rewarded by the imperial court, and the world will really be stable at that time. This can also be regarded as the former Jizhou Mu Han Fu, the Korean Festival, and seeking justice. ”

Zhang Lu's eloquence is good, as soon as he says this, he feels that the bullies in the world are respected by Yuan Shao. As an enemy of Yuan Shao, he was not only an official who supported the imperial court, but also a former Jizhou Mu Han Fuxue who committed suicide in grief.

Although Pei Zheng and Pei Ji are not so cordial to Dong Bai and Tong Yuan, they will not sit here, and they still want to take refuge in Yuan Shao and others. After listening to the words of Wei Qi and Zhang Lu, they naturally knew the severity, and they all said that they could not sit idly by and watch Yuan Shao counterattack and strangle the Montenegrin army.

Tong Yuan listened to everyone's analysis, and asked the Dreadnought Army and the Huchuquan Department to train and prepare. The rest of the Juntun, Mintun, Shizu, Haoqiang, and small peasants continued to focus on production, and this time he did not plan to mobilize all of them even if he needed to fight.

After discussing whether to fight or not, we also have to discuss how to fight. This time, Xu Rong will introduce it first.

It is estimated that at present, the regular strength of Yuan Shao's army is around 50,000, and if all the small peasants and nobles are gathered, it is estimated that the limit can reach more than 100,000. In terms of equipment and combat power, it should be slightly weaker than the Xiliang Army and belong to the second echelon.

Since Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an, the Xiliang Army has regarded Yuan Shao as a potential opponent for a long time, so he has long been analyzed. In the eyes of the Xiliang Army, the armies of Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Youzhou are the first echelon.

The soldiers of Jizhou, Jingzhou, Henan, Bashu, Sili and Sanfu are mostly in the third layer, and some of the strong armies are considered to be the second echelon.

As far as the military generals and Wenchen are concerned, Yuan Shaowu has Chun Yuqiong, Ju Yi, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc., each commanding soldiers and horses with good combat power and very rich experience. Wen Youfu, Xun Chen, Tian Feng, and the judge, etc., all of whom are in important positions.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Yuan Shaojun is full of talents.