Yuan Shu was determined to be the emperor, and his subordinates couldn't stop him.

Since they couldn't stop it, Yan Xiang and the others could only do their best to do this thing well. So with the efforts of Yan Xiang, Yang Hong, Yuan Jian and others, Yuan Shu did not directly claim the title of emperor, but became the prince first, and then the king, and finally ......

Half a month later, in the south of Shouchun City, build a high altar, with a radius of nine miles, distribute five directions, and set up a flag honor guard in each. Yan Xiang and Yang Hong invited Yuan Shu to the altar, and Yuan Zhuo said——

"King Shierhuai! The descendants of Tang Chen are also, after the great virtue! The Han Daoling was late, the world lost its order, descended and bowed, and the chaos was faint...... The calendar of the sky is bowing, and the king is obedient to the great gift, and all the countries are honored to inherit the mandate of heaven! (Here is borrowing Cao Pi's enthronement proclamation, don't be more serious.) ）

After the reading was completed, Yuan Shu, the king of Huai, received eight great gifts and ascended the throne. His son Yuan Yao led the big and small bureaucrats to the altar. Changed the Yuan Daqian (maybe it is big money), the country name is Zhongshi.

Then, with Yan Xiang as the prime minister, the general of the national political affairs, Ji Ling as the general of the army, and the minister, under the command of the people, each has a reward, the north and south suburbs of the temple, the daughter of Feng Fang is the queen, and Ziyao is the East Palace.

Looks good! It is precisely because of this that it feels good to make the people who originally opposed it inexplicable.

It's a pity that it's just a feeling. Just returned to the city, oh, it should be called the palace, Yuan Shu has not yet sat on the throne, and an urgent report came.

"100,000 urgent~"

"Yanzhou Cao Cao led an army of 100,000 to attack, and now it has passed Xinyang and is coming to Ruyin."

"What?"

Yuan Shu was so shocked that he didn't sit down, just stared at him, pulled his throat, and said viciously: "What did you say? Say it again? ”

"Cao Cao raised 100,000 soldiers to kill, and now he is about to reach Ruyin."

Runan is the largest county in Yuzhou, and it is also the fundamental place of the Yuan family. To a certain extent, Runan is the base camp of Yuan Shu, but he is not happy that Yuan Shao inherited the position of head of the family, so he chose Shouchun to express his dissatisfaction.

However, the report proved that Cao's army had entered Runan for a long time, because Xinyang was not the northernmost city in Runan.

"100,000 urgent~"

"30,000 Cao troops came from Xuzhou Xiapi~"

"100,000 urgent~"

"30,000 Cao troops came from Peiguo County~"

Then there were two more emergency reports, which did not give Yuan Shu a chance to breathe, and followed one after another.

Yuan Shu was stunned, Yan Xiang shouted: "Yanzhou is the land of four wars, deeply poisoned by the yellow turban, although Cao Cao has been governing for many years, it is still a small number of soldiers and few foods, if you want to gather enough 160,000 troops to attack, the minister does not believe it." ”

After a pause, seeing that Yuan Shu came back to his senses, he continued: "Yes, the minister thinks that this is just Cao Jun's exaggeration and intention to shake His Majesty's faith, and I also ask Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body." ”

Yuan Shu immediately smiled when he heard this, and said, "...... I said, where did this Cao Heizi come from so many troops, and he still wants Yanzhou and Xuzhou. ”

"The thief is treacherous, and he tries to disobey the will of heaven, how do you think we should exterminate the traitor?"

Yuan Shu really regarded himself as an emperor, so he said that the gorgeous turn was not as fast as him.

Can Your Majesty stop being so rampant?

Yan Xiang thought so in his heart, but when he saw that none of the ministers answered, he could only give up his hand and reply: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that although the Cao army will not come out of the nest here, I am afraid that there are still fifty or sixty thousand troops, so we still have to deal with it as soon as possible." ”

"Nonsense!"

Yuan Shu waved his hand and said unhappily: "What I asked was how to deal with it!" ”

Yan Xiang was stunned, and then said: "Compared with us, Cao Jun actually has an advantage in numbers, they only have a total of less than 200,000 troops, while we have more than 300,000. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xiang blushed a little, because Cao Cao implemented a policy of elite soldiers due to food shortages, and they were as good as possible, in other words, it can be said that they were reckless.

……

Yuan Shu worshiped Zhang Xun as a general (should be the leading general, belonging to a temporary position), and led the army of more than 200,000 to attack Cao Cao in seven ways: the first road general Zhang Xun was in the center, the second road general Qiao Rui was on the left, the third road general Chen Ji was on the right, the fourth road deputy general Lei Bo was on the left, the fifth road deputy general Chen Lan was on the right, and the seventh road deputy general Yuan Yin was on the right. The generals of the subordinates will go from the beginning of the day. He also ordered Yanzhou to assassinate Shi Jinshang as a lieutenant, supervising the transportation of seven roads of grain and grass, but he still did not follow, and killed him.

Take Ji Ling as the salvation envoy of the seven roads. He also introduced an army of 30,000 troops, so that Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Le Jie would be the three generals to rush forward and respond to the Seventh Route Army.

However, after the order was issued, Yuan Shu regretted it, and let Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Le each take 10,000 horses to urge and respond to the Seven Route Army, while he himself stayed in Shouchun and began to choose concubines to flood the palace.

It's really busy at the top, busy at the bottom, busy at both ends!

The selection of concubines has not yet ended, and the news of the defeat of Zhang Xun and others has come one after another, which makes Yuan Shu furious. But he was persuaded by Yan Xiang, but he only ordered Ji Ling to gather his army and camp on the main road north of Shouchun.

In the tenth month, the selection of concubines ended, and Zhang Xun and others were driven by Cao Cao and retreated to Shouchun. was caught by the general Ji Ling, gathered the rout, and urgently reported to Yuan Shu that he knew.

When Yuan Shu got the news, his whole person looked a lot thinner, and he didn't know if it was because he was too busy, so he was short of energy, so he couldn't express it immediately.

Although Yuan Shu was a straw bag, he also knew how to use people, and he couldn't figure it out, so he hurriedly summoned Yan Xiang and others into the palace to discuss.

In January, the situation changed, and the big tribes of Huaiyang fell into the hands of Cao Cao. At this time, Yan Xiang and the others understood that their previous decision was not only wrong, but ridiculously wrong, and if they were allowed to choose again, they would stop Yuan Shu even if they were desperate. It's a pity that there is no chance, and the only chance is to fight hard now, if you can......

"Since Cao Cao raised his army, the march has been rapid, and Yichen feels that they are planning to defeat us as soon as possible to ensure the majesty of the Han family. And now that our army is all gathered in the northern road, the minister thinks that Cao Cao will not let go of the opportunity to complete the battle. If we can take this opportunity to defeat Cao's army in one fell swoop, not only will we regain the lost territory, but Your Majesty's reputation will also truly spread throughout the Han Dynasty, so that countless people of insight will come to serve us. ”

Yan Xiang's words are very reasonable, not only Yuan Shu, but even himself, the more he talks, the brighter his eyes become, and he also feels that this is probably an opportunity to turn the tables, as long as he gets through, then ......

Don't be too beautiful when you think about it!

Yuan Shu did not kill Zhang Xun and the others according to his intentions, and allowed them to make meritorious contributions.

Ji Lingneng was appointed as a general by Yuan Shu, and his ability was really not bad, and the 80,000 army and Cao's army fought for several days, but they never took half a step back, which made Cao Cao's idea of a quick battle fail.

After a few days of fighting, Yuan Shu in Shouchun City put his mind at ease and began to be busy at both ends again. As for the Cao army camp not far from Ji Ling's camp, Cao Cao looked tired, and even stood with a little messy hair, telling him about his suffering these days.

Somewhere in the camp, Cao Cao squatted on the ground, holding a rice bowl in his left hand and two wooden sticks in his right hand, glanced at Xun Yu, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others who looked like other people around him, and said in a deep voice: "Ji Ling, this person Cao Mou has also seen two sides in his early years, he is not tall, but he is full of tendons and flesh, and he looks very fierce, I thought he was a rare fierce general, but now it seems to be the biggest obstacle, do you have a way to defeat him?" ”

Everyone was silent, because they had been beaten a little badly by Ji Ling in the past two days. Although it is said that each has its own victory and defeat, in fact, Cao Jun basically did not win, and it was only by virtue of Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others that they were more brave than Zhang Xun and others to gain the upper hand a few times.

"My lord, maybe we're all wrong."

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence, and everyone looked at it, Xun Yu was also.

"If Wen Ruo has a good plan, even if he says it." After Cao Cao finished speaking, he took two mouthfuls of rice.

Xun Yu also took two mouthfuls of food before replying: "The Yuan army is very numerous, and there is Ji Ling in charge, it may not be difficult for us to win, but it must be delayed, which is not in line with the original intention of the lord." ”

There are all kinds of things that sell and boast, but Cao Cao and the others all nodded, and they can't let others see through it, hehe.

Xun Yu didn't feel embarrassed either, and continued: "But although Ji Ling is strong, he is already a general, if he defeats us, how will Yuan Shu reward him?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, a trace of mystery flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at Xun Yu, and it happened that Xun Yu also looked over, the two looked at each other and smiled, and retracted their gaze tacitly. Then there was only the sound of chopping rice, and the confused voices of others.