Now Yuan Shang has been in charge of the military and political power of Jizhou for two years, with the support of the two people, the major forces in Jizhou, especially the major scholars and civil and military officials in the city of Jizhou, have already been collected by Yuan Shang under his command, after the trial and Feng Ji read out Yuan Shao's will, no one in the hall dared to speak out against it, Yuan Shang inherited Yuan Shao's general and the position of the governor of the four states very smoothly, and then sent messengers to report the funeral.

After Yuan Shang's envoy set off, the news of Yuan Shao's death was immediately spread all over the world by secret agents from all sides, and as the news of Yuan Shao's death spread, the eyes of the major forces in the world quickly turned to Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan and Cao Cao's nearly 300,000 troops stationed in Guandu!

After Cao Cao's garrison officers crossed, Yuan Shao had already ordered his two sons Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and nephew Gao Gan to lead the soldiers and horses of Benzhou to Jizhou for reinforcements, Yuan Shao originally planned to join the army of the three states, and then fought with Cao Cao again along the Yellow River, but who would have thought that Yuan Shao had held out for two years, but died of illness on the bed at the last moment.

Yuan Tan is in charge of the military and political affairs of Qingzhou, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, as the eldest son of Yuan Shao, he is the most powerful contender to inherit Yuan Shao's throne!

After learning the news that Yuan Shao was seriously ill and dying, Yuan Tan was thinking about returning to Yecheng all the time, so as to compete for the position of general, after getting Yuan Shao's military order to lead the army to aid Jizhou, Yuan Tan was overjoyed, and then led an army of 100,000 to leave Qingzhou and go straight to Yecheng!

I didn't want Yuan Tan to lead the army to leave Qingzhou not long ago, and only arrived in the area of Qinghe Country, so he met a messenger sent by Yuan Shang to report the funeral, but this messenger only told Yuan Tan about Yuan Shao's death, and did not tell him that Yuan Shang had inherited the position of general with the support of the two of them.

After Yuan Tan learned of Yuan Shao's death, he was immediately shocked, now that Yuan Shao is dead, will he still have a chance to compete for the position of general?

Yuan Tan was hesitant about whether to continue to lead the army to Yecheng, and hurriedly asked Guo Tu and Xin Ping to invite them to discuss the matter, and said: "Just now a messenger came to report that my father has died of illness, and the messenger sent a message and asked me to go to Yecheng for funeral. ”

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were shocked when they heard this, Yuan Shao actually died before Yuan Tan arrived, with the strategy of the two of them, how could they not seize such a good opportunity and let Yuan Shang take the lead in ascending to the position of general?

The situation is like this, what can I do!!

However, Guo Tu and Xin Ping supported Yuan Tan, and they had already made enemies with Yuan Shang, and now they can only go all the way to the dark to continue to support Yuan Tan!

The two hesitated for a moment, Guo Tu first replied: "Lord, the first lord has passed away, if you don't hurry to Yecheng, the trial and Feng Ji will set up Yuan Shang as the master, so that he inherits the position of the general, now that our army has arrived at Qinghe, it only takes two days to march quickly to reach Yecheng, the opportunity must not be lost, the lord should speed up the march and lead the army straight to Yecheng, in order to compete for the position of the general!" ”

When Xin Ping heard Guo Tu's words, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord, this matter must not be done!" Judging and Feng Ji two scheming, now the ancestor has passed away, they have no worries, they have been operating in Jizhou for a long time, this Yecheng must have been in their hands, Yecheng is like a cage at this time, if the lord goes, he will be harmed! ”

Yuan Tan saw that Guo Tu and Xin Ping had different opinions, and he hesitated even more in his heart, sighed, and said: "The words of the two gentlemen are very reasonable, but now that the situation is urgent, how should I decide?" ”

Guo Tu pondered for a moment, and then said: "The Han Dynasty is based on benevolence and filial piety, and now that the ancestor has passed away, if the lord goes to the funeral, he will definitely fall into the name of unfilial piety, and then the lord will have no way to compete with Yuan Shanglai for the position of general, if so, what can be done?" ”

"The lord should not hesitate, when speeding up, leading the army straight to Yecheng, after arriving at Yecheng, the lord can now garrison troops outside the city, observe the situation, the minister is willing to enter the city first, for the lord to explore the truth, the lord to lead 100,000 troops outside, south of the Yellow River and Cao Cao's army is eyeing the tiger, Yuan Shang is worried, he will not dare to do it to the lord, so that he can do both!"

When Yuan Tan heard Guo Tu's words, his eyes immediately moved, and he made up his mind for the last time, so according to Guo Tu's strategy, he led an army of 100,000 to gallop straight to Yecheng in the starry night.

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Just when Yuan Tanjun was discussing the news of Yuan Shao's death, Cao Cao also summoned everyone under his command to discuss the matter, and after everyone arrived, Cao Cao picked up the silk book in his hand, laughed and said: "Hahahaha, God really helps me!" Yuan Shao's puppet finally died of illness!! ”

"The land of Hebei will have a !! for me"

"I intend to personally mention that the army will cross the Yellow River north to attack Jizhou, I don't know what you think?"

Cheng Yu got up and said: "Lord, Yuan Shao has just died of illness, and now that the sons of the Yuan family have not yet fought among themselves, why don't the lords wait and see for a while, and wait until the sons of the Yuan family have internal disputes, and then lead the army to the north?" At that time, the sons of the Yuan clan will fight separately, and the lord will be able to take advantage of the situation to defeat each of them, which will definitely reduce the loss of the army. ”

Cao Cao shook his head slightly, and said: "Time is not waiting for me, I want to pacify Hebei as soon as possible, and then lead the army south to conquer Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Yuan Yao in Yangzhou, and unify the world as soon as possible, so as not to cause extraneous branches!! ”

When Cao Jun and the others heard this, they all bowed and said: "We will receive the order, and we will help the Lord to rule Hebei fairly and unify the world, and this battle will not be won!! ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Cao Cao personally led an army of 300,000 to cross the Yellow River north, and the soldiers pointed directly at Liyang, an important town in Hebei.

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Yuan Tan's army galloped in the starry night, and finally arrived outside Yecheng two days later, Yuan Tan ordered 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers and horses to camp ten miles away from Yecheng, and then refused to enter the city to worship Yuan Shao on the grounds of being sick and bedridden, but only ordered Guo Tu to enter the city to worship Yuan Shao on his behalf.

At this time, the 300,000 Cao army had also arrived outside Liyang City, but after the Cao army arrived here, they did not rush to attack Liyang City, but also set up a large camp outside Liyang City and began to wait and see.

Yuan Shang's army had a total of 150,000 troops, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses garrison held on to the 300,000 troops in Liyang City and Cao Cao's department; His other 100,000 soldiers and horses were all garrisoned to confront the 100,000 troops in Yecheng City and Yuan Tan's troops; Although the three sides have not yet started a big war, no one can see that there is no such thing as a big war in Jizhou!