Yuan Shu's general Le, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, knew that Cao Jun had caught up with so many people, and shouted, "The lord will immediately bring a large army to surround him, everyone resist it!" ”

But he roared and didn't see Yuan Shu's army coming, and it wasn't until he was cut off by Xiahou Yuan that he scolded Yuan Shu a few words.

At this time, Yuan Shu had already abandoned the foot soldiers around him, and retreated first with more than 1,000 cavalry.

With Ji Ling and Le dying in battle, the remnants of Yuan Shu's army no longer had the slightest strength to resist, and under the repeated raids of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun, who caught up, only more than 1,000 people fled back to Huainan in the end.

The battle of Chen Guo came to an end, and the direct battle losses of Yuan Shu's army in this battle alone exceeded 50,000, and another 50,000 or 60,000 people were scattered, and they never rejoined Yuan Shu.

Only Zhang Xun fled south with his familiarity with the terrain and returned to Lujiang County with more than 10,000 main forces, barely stopping the deteriorating situation and avoiding the extinction of Yuan Shu's forces within a few months.

Cao Cao completely controlled Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and besieged Yuan Shu in an area of less than two counties.

After Tong Yuan learned of the situation, he greatly strengthened the defense of Wancheng, repaired the road of Wancheng in Wuguan, Chang'an, and resolutely forbade Cao Cao's westward development.

But he soon learned that even with Cao Cao's rapid development and Sun Ce's sweep across Jiangdong, the most powerful princes today were by no means them, but Yuan Shao in the north.

Yuan Shao supported Liu Yu's son Liu He, supported Liu Yu's old troops near Daijun, and counterattacked Gongsun Zhan.

He also sent Ju Yi to lead the small number of soldiers and horses such as Dengying, and cooperated with the flanking attack, and completely expelled Gongsun Zan from the western part of Youzhou in one year, and suppressed it in the border area between Youzhou and Jizhou.

However, Yuan Shao did not lead the army north to attack Gongsun Zhan. This is because he still has to consume Liu Yu's old department and Ju Yi's department for a while to avoid some future troubles.

The more important reason is that he was busy exploring to the east this year, with his eldest son Yuan Tan as the main force, attacking Zang Hong in Dongjun and Kong Rong in Beihai County.

This Zang Hong was originally Yuan Shao's subordinate, serving as the assassin of Qingzhou, expelling the yellow scarves here and allowing the people to recuperate.

Later, Yuan Shao made him serve as the Taishou of Dongjun, and appointed Yuan Tan to preside over Qingzhou and attack Gongsun Zhan's subordinate Tian Kai.

At this time, Chen Gong, Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao and others rebelled against Cao Cao and welcomed Lü Bu into Yanzhou, but were later defeated by Cao Cao.

Zhang Chao and Zhang Miao are both famous people, especially when Zhang Miao was young, he almost went bankrupt to help the poor and help others, and was known as one of the "Eight Chefs" by the world. Cook, is the meaning of a gentleman who uses money to help others.

Zhang Chao and Zhang Miao had a deep personal relationship with Yuan Shao and Zang Hong, and under Cao Cao's counterattack and retaliation, Zhang Chao knew that he was powerless to resist, so he had to seek help from the powerful Yuan Shao and the nearby Zang Hong.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't have a good impression of Lu Bu because of his alliance with Cao Cao and supported Cao Cao's behavior. Others thought that Zang Hong was an important minister under Yuan Shao who was guarding one side, and he would definitely not support him.

But Zhang Chao sighed, "Ziyuan is the world's leading righteous man, he will definitely come, if he doesn't come, it must be because Yuan Shao stopped him." ”

And Zang Hong, in the east county of Qingzhou, sure enough, for the safety of his friends, repeatedly persuaded Yuan Shao to send troops to rescue, of course, to no avail. But he did not hesitate to risk rebelling against Yuan Shao, declaring his support for Zhang Chao and condemning Cao Cao.

After Zhang Chao was defeated, the whole family was killed by Cao Cao. Zang Hong couldn't bear Yuan Shao's behavior of giving up his friends and putting his interests first, and declared the independence of Dongjun against Yuan Shao.

As a result, in the entire three years of Xingping, Yuan Shaoqin led a large army to attack Zang Hong. In Dongwuyang City, where Zang Hong was located, all the people loved Zang Hong, and in the end all of them starved to death in battle, and no one defected.

Until Zang Hong was captured, he also scolded Yuan Shao for being a hypocrite and ambitious, and was brutally killed. There were also righteous people in the county, Chen Rong and others, who ran for Zang Hong, reprimanded Yuan Shao, and were killed together.

In the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao supported Yuan Tan to completely take Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan had already defeated Liu Bei's old superior, Tiankai, the Qingzhou assassin appointed by Gongsun Zhan. At this time, it attacked Kong Rong in Beihai County to the south.

Kong Rong was recommended by Liu Bei, the assassin of Yuzhou, as the assassin of Qingzhou not long ago, so if Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan want to enter Qingzhou, they need to first pull out the Qingzhou assassin who was recommended by the enemy system and controlled by the thief.

However, Kong Rong, who was expected by Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan, and the imperial court, refreshed the lower limit of everyone's cognition.

He didn't repair the city, didn't prepare for war, didn't look for reinforcements, and was completely destroyed by Yuan Tan, who was mediocre in ability, within three months.

Even, when the city was broken, he was still engaged in etiquette and scripture, and then all his family members were captured, and he fled to Sili alone to serve the Son of Heaven.

Since then, Yuan Shao has completely controlled Jizhou and Qingzhou, and has occupied a part of Youzhou and Shangdang County, and the situation of dominance is unstoppable.

Tong Yuan knew that Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan were not opponents of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and it was estimated that he would have to face these two terrible opponents soon.

However, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao laid out Hanoi, Shangdang, Wancheng and other places in advance, they could attack Hedong from Shangdang and Hanoi in the north, and once the Xinxi Liang army was suppressed to the middle of Hedong, they could go south to Luoyang unscrupulously and attack the emperor.

The situation in the south is similar, Zhang Xiu and others are estimated to be on the defensive in the face of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao can completely draw troops from Xuchang to the north and attack Luoyang in Liang County.

Therefore, Luoyang and other places are a salient part, and they are the salient part that is in the middle of the Yuan Cao Alliance. However, this salient is not yet in the hands of the New Xiliang Army, and I am afraid it will be difficult to fight in tandem.

How to break the game? become the key to the current development.

Tong Yuan discussed the current situation with his subordinates, and although Jia Xu and Xu Rong were not there, others also had wonderful and in-depth analysis.

Xu Huang said, "Judging from our previous battles, Yuan Shao's army is slightly weaker than Lu Bu's and Xiliang's army, but he is huge, so our side should avoid a head-on decisive battle and strive to gradually consume them in the Taihang Mountains." ”

"And Cao Cao, judging from the battle of Chen State, the other party has been preparing for a long time, I'm afraid that the battles in Hanoi and Wancheng are all feints, and the real target has always been Yuan Shu."

Zhong Wenwu sighed, this Cao Cao is really terrible, I can't see what he wants to do at all, but as soon as he makes a move, he is shocking.

Tong Yuan wiped the sweat and guessed in his heart that if Li Ru hadn't shifted the focus of defense from Tongguan and Hangu Pass to the vicinity of Luoyang, it was estimated that Cao Cao might raid Luoyang and other places.

Pei Ji also said, "As far as the Sili region is concerned, Cao Cao's threat is indeed greater than Yuan Shao's. ”

Everyone saw that the four sons of the Pei family took the initiative to speak, and they all listened to his opinions.

Pei Ji continued, "According to reliable sources, Fu Zhu persuaded Yuan Shao to join Zhang Yang and stationed in Luoyang and other places to welcome Emperor Xian to Yecheng. ”

However, the general Chun Yuqiong tried his best to dissuade and resolutely oppose the welcome of Emperor Xian. He thinks that Emperor Xian is a burden, and if he comes over, he will restrict Yuan Shao's development, and those officials in the court are also incompetent, wasting food in vain. ”

Tong Yuan smiled and sighed, "I heard that Chun Yuqiong is brave and invincible, and he has been in the sea for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be a friendly army." ”

Everyone laughed, with Chun Yuqiong on his side, Yuan Shao would not snatch the emperor.