The changes in the north touched the hearts of all the princes. Although it has been hibernating, no prince dares to ignore the model of the world back then, and no one dares to ignore the power of the Yuan family and the Hebei family.

When Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao separated, Yuan Shu got a lot of money and craftsmen, although he thought he was earning, but in fact, in the eyes of others, he lost a little bit?

The heritage of the fourth world and the third duke, how can those money and craftsmen be worthy? It's just the icing on the cake.

The real heritage of the Yuan family is not these things and untouchables, but talents and connections.

The Xun family and the Chen family are full of talents, and they are even better than them in terms of strength, how can the Yuan family be much worse?

Think about Yuan Shao's family history in history. Starting from a small Bohai Taishou, pushing all the way, smooth sailing, except for the battle of the boundary bridge, there is no difficult battle at all. It seems that without a trace of waves, it has become the overlord of the north, sitting on the land of four states, countless civil generals, and hundreds of thousands of troops. In comparison, Cao Cao was too hard.

However, the blade of the sword was sharpened, and Yuan Shao's smooth sailing also laid the groundwork for his defeat in the Battle of Guandu. It's too smooth, and sometimes it's not a good thing, just like Xiang Yu, he collapsed and killed himself after a failure. The failure of Guandu was not the fundamental reason for Cao Cao's unification of the north, and Yuan Shao's power was still stronger than Cao Cao's at that time.

However, because Yuan Shao suffered a big defeat and died of illness, and the issue of the heir was not dealt with well. This led to the fragmentation of the forces under his command, and several sons attacked each other, and finally Cao Cao broke them all.

Now Yuan Shao's own development is still within his initial plan, steady and steady, while developing internal affairs and accumulating strength, while slowly annexing Hebei.

But the problem is that the development of the other princes is beyond Yuan Shao's imagination.

Originally, according to Yuan Shao's idea, he developed steadily in Hebei, and as long as he unified Hebei, he would be invincible. If you enter the Central Plains again, the world will be won.

After all, Guanzhong was plagued by Dong Zhuo like that, Xiliang and the south are not places of great success, as long as they win the north, they will basically win the game.

So at first, Yuan Shao let his little brother Cao Cao out in order to disturb the Central Plains. didn't expect that this little brother of mine was ambitious, relying on his own ability to kill a piece of the sky, and he had the courage to swallow the Central Plains.

At this time, the Central Plains were all weak chickens such as Tao Qian, Kong Rong, and Kong Ling, and Yuan Shu based himself in Jiangdong and directly gave up Yuzhou. Cao Cao's situation was even better than Yuan Shao's.

Yuan Shao saw that this couldn't work! He knows how Cao Cao's ability is, if he doesn't look at family affairs and heritage, he may not be able to compare with him. So he directly threw Liu Bei to Yuzhou, and asked the Yuzhou family to assist from the side, in order to contain Cao Cao and Yuan Shu and prevent them from becoming bigger.

However, the strength of Yuan Shu far exceeded Yuan Shao's imagination, and Cao Cao's development also frightened Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao couldn't take care of the south, and released the third chess piece, Lu Bu, after weighing it.

Lu Bu's Yuan Shao saw it very clearly, unruly and irritable. So Yuan Shao drove him away and secretly guided him to the Central Plains. originally wanted to rely on him and Liu Bei to balance Cao Cao in order to avoid the Central Plains being obtained by Cao Cao. But I never thought that the goal seemed to have been achieved, but I also got myself into it.

Lü Bu, at the suggestion of Chen Gong, did not gain a foothold in Yanzhou or Xuzhou and fought with Cao Cao, but instead occupied Qingzhou. This choked Yuan Shao's throat and made Yuan Shao have a headache.

The reason why Qingzhou has been in a state of chaos is that it seems to be ownerless and a piece of fat, but the countless displaced people in it discourage all the princes. At that time, Yuan Shao had coveted Qingzhou for a long time, but due to Gongsun Zhan's suppression, he did not dare to act for the time being.

As a result, this Qingzhou, which was selectively ignored by everyone, was finally taken by Lu Bubing bloodlessly. In desperation, Lü Bu chose this place as his foundation, and relied on the help of Yuan Shu to gain a firm foothold, and since then he has become a real prince.

Yuan Shao used to balance Cao Cao's chess pieces, but Yuan Shu used them in turn to directly contain Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Therefore, in such a long period of time since the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao has only won most of the annexed states, but there is nothing he can do about Qingzhou. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were jealous of each other, and neither dared to do anything to Lu Bu, for fear of being picked up by the other party.

Relying on the sharp weapon of the navy, Yuan Shu continued to play chess in the Central Plains and Hebei to curb Yuan Shao's development. But Yuan Shao had nothing to do with Yuan Shu who was far away in the south.

Both sides regarded each other as their biggest enemies, but Yuan Shu took the lead step by step and was already invincible. This is where Yuan Shao is most anxious.

Yuan Shao also knew that Yuan Shu had become a general trend, and once he occupied Guanzhong or Yuzhou again, he would be out of control. But he was far away in Hebei, and he had no way at all. In a helpless situation, Yuan Shao could only change his steady development plan and rapidly develop his power. At least before Yuan Shu marched into the Central Plains, he should first unify Hebei, so that he could have a certain chance of winning.

But Cao Cao is not happy about this! A Yuan Shu could no longer stop it, and now he could only try to curb his pace of going north, and it was best to block it outside Chang'an. If you want to further weaken Yuan Shu, you must have a strong naval army to cross the Yangtze River. But this possibility...

Cao Cao has no hope of weakening Yuan Shu, the water army is a hard wound!

Yuan Shu is already like this here, he can't let Yuan Shao dominate Hebei so quickly, right? Therefore, Cao Cao is now extremely anxious, on the one hand, he sent Xiahou Yuan to Luoyang to guard against Yuan Shu going north to Xiliang at any time, and on the other hand, he sent Xiahou Yuan to garrison Baima, and prepared a lot of boats, ready to cross the Yellow River north at any time and go straight to Yecheng.

Previously, in order to prevent Yuan Shu, Cao Liu fought for the Guanzhong region, and finally Cao Cao occupied Luoyang, Liu Bei occupied Hangu Pass, and the two sides temporarily reached an agreement. However, judging from the results, it was Cao Cao who had the upper hand. No matter how dissatisfied and anxious Liu Bei was, he could only admit it temporarily under the threat of Yuan Shu.

In fact, this ending is also expected. To the west of Yanzhou, where Cao Cao was located, was Tiger Prison and Luoyang, while Liu Bei's route was through Hangu Pass, which he had previously taken to the north from Nanyang.

You must know that the current Hangu Pass is not the Hangu Pass during the Qin Dynasty. The eastward shift of the location and the change of mountains and rivers made Hangu Pass lose its important strategic role as in the Warring States Period, and Chang'an's defense line changed from Hangu Pass to Tongguan.

Li Dao Guo Yan sent heavy troops to guard Tongguan, and the guard was Xu Rong, who defeated Cao Cao at the beginning. Liu Bei and Cao Cao didn't dare to attack easily at all, so they temporarily stopped their march.

They are now waiting for Yuan Shu to make a move, and when the time comes, under the turmoil in Chang'an, they will be able to fish in troubled waters and reduce their losses.