In Yanzhou, after Cao Cao's defeat, Yuan Shu showed no signs of continuing to use troops, but after Qingxu rested for two months and stabilized the situation, he withdrew a small part of the army and returned to Jinling.

This made Liu Bei feel happy and relieved, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little desperate and helpless.

What is called stable as an old dog, what is called royal road crushing, Yuan Shu's approach simply does not leave him a chance. Based on the current situation in Yanzhou, there are only 300,000 young and strong, no more than 100,000 available soldiers, and the general Guan Yu has also been captured.

Liu Bei could almost imagine how Yuan Shu would deal with him. Not to mention anything else, stick to the land near several states, and send 100,000 troops every time, even if he can defeat it every time, he will be abolished after three or five times, and Qingzhuang is estimated to be able to die.

Now his situation is very different from that of the Three Kingdoms. During the Three Kingdoms, although Sun Quan was as strong as Yuan Shao now, he was able to protect himself with the help of the danger of the Yangtze River and the advantage of the navy. And Shu is also general, Yizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially after the loss of Hanzhong, it is difficult for Cao Wei to attack such as Yizhou, even the destruction of Shu Han is just Cao Wei's soldiers are dangerously under the empty city of Chengdu, and in addition to the secret of the Yizhou family, this forced Liu Chan to surrender.

Cao Wei's victory was inevitable, the gap between the national strength of the two sides was too large, and Wu and Shu had no possibility of winning at all. The two countries together are only three states, how can they be compared with Cao Wei.

Today's Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are even more tragic than Wu and Shu in the Three Kingdoms. Da Chu is much stronger than Cao Wei, at least several times more than in terms of population, and the national strength is far superior to it. But Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are indeed much worse than Wu Shu, and the most important thing is that they do not occupy any advantage at all. Jizhou and Yanzhou were both places of four wars, and Qingzhou was held by Yuan Shu, and the danger of the Yellow River, the only thing Yuan Shao could rely on, was also abolished. Yuan Shu has basically surrounded them, and Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are simply unable to escape.

At this point, everyone had already expected the outcome. Just as the Qin State destroyed Han, Zhao, Wei and Chu at the end of the Warring States Period, the end of the two kingdoms of Yan and Qi has been decided, no matter how it is, it is just a matter of prolonging and wasting effort.

But fortunately, Yuan Shu is not as domineering as Yingzheng, and he still leaves them a way back. Cao Cao's current situation and future arrangements Yuan Shu did not hide it from Liu Bei and Yuan Shao at all, and because of this, many of the strategists under Liu Bei and Yuan Shao no longer had the heart to fight to the death, and even the two of them had some thoughts. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and there are only a few people who know that they cannot do it, just like the surrender of Eastern Wu Wenchen before the Battle of Chibi.

Faced with the heavy pressure of Yuan Shu, Liu Bei knew that he could not hold Yanzhou at all, but he did not choose to lead the army to retreat to Jizhou and resist with Yuan Shao, but only reached an alliance with Yuan Shao.

But it is clear to everyone that such an alliance is futile. Before the tripartite alliance of Yuan, Cao and Liu, but what was the ending? For Liu Bei and Cao Cao today, the alliance is meaningless, and Liu Bei's most rational choice should be to lead the army to retreat directly to Jizhou and abandon Yanzhou.

Liu Bei has his own thoughts about this choice. In the long run, if they were sent by Yuan Shu like Cao Cao, they would have a chance to make a comeback, and the strength in their hands would be extremely important at that time. Abandoning Yanzhou means abandoning a large population and young people, which are extremely important resources. Living in Jizhou is really like a tree without roots, and you can only rely on people to breathe.

The sword blade has been sharpened, and today's Liu Bei does not have the upheaval and half-life failure in the original history, nor does he have the same firm mind as he originally was. Guan Yu's loss and Yuan Shu's arrangement had an unexpected effect on him, and this royal descendant now has lost most of his fighting spirit. After all, there are no strategists around him who are also loyal to the Han clan and want to resist to the end like Zhuge Liang, and Chen Qun, who was born in the Chen family, would not do such a "stupid thing" with Liu Bei. is to win a few games, in case Yuan Shu is provoked, the ending may not be comparable to Cao Cao at all.

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"Your Majesty, Liu Xuande is still unwilling to withdraw from Yanzhou. However, he asked his ministers to express his gratitude to His Majesty, and presented ten beauties, willing to form an alliance with His Majesty forever. "The envoy sent by Yuan Shao said after returning from Yanzhou.

"Bang!"

The teapot on the case in front of him was directly thrown to the ground by the angry Yuan Shao and shattered.

"Liu Xuande, a weaver and peddler, a wolf-hearted and dog-hearted man, dares to disobey me!" Yuan Shao's face was extremely hideous, and the cold light and killing intent emanating from his eyes made the civil and military forces on both sides couldn't help but shudder.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Everyone hurriedly said in unison.

Yuan Shao, who is usually moody, is now angry, but after taking a few breaths, he quickly regained his composure, but the anger in his gloomy face and eyes still couldn't be suppressed.

"Liu Xuande is short-sighted and doesn't know the general situation, under such a critical existence, there is still such a mind of flies and dogs, what do you think of the current situation?"

All of you look at me and I look at you, and they are all silent.

They all know the relationship between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, in this world, everyone may give in to Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shao will not. The relationship between the two sides is so strong that it is simply incompatible.

In order to defeat Yuan Shu, now Yuan Shao is also out of the way. He took the initiative to send an envoy to invite Liu Bei to lead the army to Hebei to defend together, waiting for a good opportunity. Even in order to stabilize Liu Bei's heart and dispel his concerns, he did not hesitate to reluctantly cut out and annex one county in each of the two states for resettlement with him. But as a result, Liu Bei still did not agree.

And this so-called gift and alliance is even more chilling. But ten beauties, in this case, what's the use of sending beauties? It's not as good as ten young and strong people, Jizhou is plump, how can these women be missing.

"Your Majesty, please put your anger to rest for a moment. Liu Xuande came from a humble background and was repeatedly defeated, and now that his brother-in-law has fallen into the hands of Yuan Shu, it is normal to lose his fighting spirit. Moreover, there are only 100,000 soldiers under his command, which is not much help for us, and if we forcibly unite together, it may be difficult to run in, and it will not be beneficial. On the contrary, having it in Yanzhou can share the pressure for us and act as a buffer. If Yuan Shu attacks, it is also a good strategy for one of us to resist and the other to block and contain it. Guo Tu said loudly.

Yuan Shao smiled reluctantly when he heard this. Why didn't he understand that Guo Tu's words were just to comfort him, the wood was already in the boat, Liu Bei was unwilling to join forces with him, and he couldn't force him, what else could he do but grit his teeth and admit him?

"What the public rule says is very much in line with my heart. Yuan Highway wolf's ambition is obvious, and he will inevitably attack my Da Zhao within a few years, how should I deal with it? Do you have a solution? Looking at the many civil and military forces below, Yuan Shao spoke.