Yuan Yao's army won three battles and three victories, and now the land of Jiangdong has been mastered, but Yuan Yao in order to prevent the pursuit of the Jiangdong army from being too tight, which caused the Jiangdong army to gather combat strength again, did not continue to chase and fight, but adopted a strategy of delaying the army, while sweeping the counties of Danyang County to consolidate the territory, while sending Jinyi Wei to the Wu County scholars and officials' homes to persuade them, almost to remove their resistance intentions, after all, the situation in Jiangdong is now very clear, even if Sun Ce is resurrected at this time, it is difficult to turn the defeat, Yuan Yao's unification of the six counties of Yangzhou has become a general trend, and Yuan Yao believes that these scholars and officials will make the right choice.

Zhou Yu is a peerless handsome talent, Yuan Yao also admires him very much, Lu Meng also fled back to Wu County, this is also a handsome talent, if Zhou Yu chooses to surrender himself, Lu Meng will also follow Zhou Yu to surrender!

If Zhou Yu can be forced to land under this kind of pressure, he can not only take the land of Jiangdong without blood, reduce the casualties of his own army, but also accept two generals by taking advantage of the situation, Yuan Yao naturally knows how to choose, anyway, there is still time to do it, Yuan Yao can wait!

The land of Jiangdong can be taken down, then the land of Jiangdong and the land of Jianghuai can be connected, and the land of Jiangdong can become Yuan Yao's rear under the cover of the land of Jianghuai!

However, there is still a gap in the guard circle of this large rear, and that is the land of Guangling County!

The land of Guangling County is also the land of Jianghuai but it was divided into Xuzhou, which is a restriction of the imperial court on local forces, but now Yuan Yao can no longer tolerate this restriction, he wants to take all the land of Jianghuai and completely turn the land of Jiangdong into a big rear!

In addition, the land of Guangling County is connected to Wu County, if Guangling County is still in the hands of Chen Deng of Cao Cao's lineage, then Zhou Yu and the remnants of Jiangdong will have an expectation of Cao Cao's rescue, if they can coerce Guangling County to fall to Yuan Yao, then the land of Jiangdong will be surrounded by Yuan Yao's forces, and at that time, there are only two ways waiting for Jiangdong, surrender or die!

At that time, Yuan Yao would be able to force the remnants of Jiangdong to be much easier.

Therefore, when all the soldiers and horses were cleaning the battlefield of Danyang County, Yuan Yao sent Lu Su to Guangling County, wanting to take Guangling County without blood by virtue of Lu Su's tongue!

Lu Su knew Yuan Yao's purpose of letting him go to Guangling County, in order to put more pressure on Chen Deng, he deliberately put his feet full on the way to Guangling County, in addition, he also flew pigeons to pass a letter to Yuan Yao, asking Yuan Yao to give an order to Jinyiwei, so that they could publicize the news of the Battle of Wucheng, the Battle of Wancheng and the Battle of Spring Valley in Guangling County.

Within a few days, the news of Yuan Yao's army winning a series of battles in the Jiangdong battlefield spread throughout Guangling County, at this time the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was still in the confrontation, in this case, Cao Cao and Xuzhou had no strength to support Guangling County, and the Guangling Chen clan also fell into a panic.

On the way to Guangling County, Yuan Yao ordered Li Siye's troops and horses to clean up the counties from Danyang City to Jiangcheng County, and then led the army back to Jiujiang County, and the garrison went to the area of Dongcheng to put pressure on Guangling County; He also ordered Gan Ning and Huang Zhong to join forces to garrison in the vicinity of Jiangcheng County, maintain an offensive posture, and directly cross the river at any time to threaten Guangling City in Guangling County.

After these two troops and horses were arranged in place, Lu Su came to Guangling County unhurriedly and went to Sheyang City to meet Chen Deng.

Chen Deng knew what Lu Su meant by coming here, it must be for his land of Guangling County!

However, for this matter, the Guangling Chen clan has not yet made a final decision, and even Chen Deng himself thinks that Yuan Yao has just captured a county and is still consolidating and rectifying, and he does not have the strength to continue to march at this time, and he also wants to wait and see for a while, waiting for the battle of Guandu, whether there will be a final result.

Chen Deng just asked Lu Su to be arranged in the pavilion, but he never met Lu Su, Lu Su saw this and informed Yuan Yao of the matter, Yuan Yao knew that Chen Deng wanted to continue to wait and see for a while, but at this time it was still early from the end of the battle of Guandu, and Yuan Yao was indeed not ready to continue to march, plus it was the autumn harvest season at this time, Yuan Yao did not want to miss the autumn harvest, so he ordered Lu Su to live in Guangling County for the time being.

Yuan Yao then ordered Yue Fei to temporarily take the position of the Taishou of Danyang County, and let Zhuge Jin serve as the governor of Danyang County, so that the two of them could continue to pacify and integrate the affairs of Danyang County, and preside over the autumn harvest of Danyang County.

Zhuge Jin's ability is outstanding, and Yue Fei has Wu Jing next to him as a helper, the situation in Danyang County quickly settled down, and all the soldiers and horses have also rested and regained their combat strength.

Time is fleeting, and soon it will come around September, the work of the autumn harvest has been completed, the soldiers and horses have been rested, and Yuan Yao is ready for the last battle and the unification of Jiangdong!

Yuan Yao then ordered Lu Su to visit Chen Deng on the same day, if Chen Deng refused to meet him, he ordered him to return directly to Jiangdong, Yuan Yao can't wait any longer, he will definitely take Jiangdong and all the Jianghuai land before the end of the battle of Guandu!

After Lu Su received Yuan Yao's order, he hurriedly came to see Chen Deng again, and bluntly said that he had stayed in Guangling County for many days, and there were many affairs in Jiangdong, and if Chen Deng was not convenient to meet, he would return to Jiangdong!

Chen Deng also knew that Yuan Yao was not going to wait at this time, and was giving him an ultimatum!!

As the saying goes, when people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads!

In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army were still in the confrontation, Cao Cao not only did not gain an advantage, but gradually fell into the disadvantage, Chen Deng thought that he had given Cao Cao a considerable amount of time and opportunity, and now it was time for him to think about the family!

After all, at this time, Yuan Yao's army has become a general trend, if Yuan Yao uses troops in Dudu, I am afraid that he will be able to overthrow Jiangdong in an instant, and the troops will be in Guangling County, and then Li Siye will lead the army to outflank him, and his Guangling Chen clan will be finished!

He had to see Lu Su first and listen to the conditions given by Yuan Yao.

Chen Deng hurriedly invited Lu Su in, and asked his father Chen Qi and uncle Chen Yu to accompany him, Lu Su has been in Guangling County for a long time, and he is naturally very clear about the identities of the three people in front of him, after entering the main hall, he saw Chen Deng, Chen Qi and Chen Yu, and bowed with a smile: "After the end of school, enter Lu Su to meet the three virtuous people!" ”

Chen Deng nodded with a smile and said, "There were too many chores before, and I haven't seen Mr. from time to time, please don't blame Mr." ”

Although Lu Su knew that Chen Deng was pretending to be stupid, he couldn't really debunk these, so he could only smile and replied: "Ming Gong has a lot of affairs, and he can understand it in Xia, Ming Gong can see it now, and he is already very honored to be able to see it now!" ”

Chen Deng didn't hear the mockery in Lu Su's words, and replied with a smile: "Sir, please sit down, I don't know what happened to Mr.?" ”

Lu Su saw that Chen Deng was asking knowingly, so he didn't be polite to him, and replied directly: "My trip is to save the lives of the princes and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Guangling County!" ”

Chen Yu laughed and said, "Hahahaha, don't be ashamed to speak out, are you waiting as a lobbyist, will you only pretend to be sensational?" ”

Lu Su also laughed a few times and said, "Why should Gong Chen deceive himself? Now that my lord has been sloppy and looks down on Wu County, most of the officials of the Wu County clan have been loyal to my lord, if it weren't for my lord cherishing Zhou Yu's talent and wanting to take it for his own use, it would only take three days at most, and my lord's army could break through Wu County and pacify Wu County! ”

"The general Li Siye under my lord's command has annexed 20,000 garrisons in Dongcheng and the western counties of Guangling County, and the two naval divisions under my lord's command, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, have already garrisoned the south bank of the Yangtze River. My lord also personally led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to garrison around Wu County, after sweeping Wu County, my lord can bring a great victory to the north of Guangling County, at that time, I don't know how to protect the land of Guangling County and Guangling Chen? ”

"My trip to Guangling County is to relieve this kind of difficulty, isn't this saving the lives of the princes and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Guangling County?"

When Chen Yu heard this, he sneered a few times again and said, "Before, Sun Quan led tens of thousands of troops to also eyeing my Guangling County, what happened? Haven't the Jiangdong soldiers and horses been defeated by the army led by my family Taishou, and even Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong, has died because of this, aren't your soldiers and horses and the rear general afraid of repeating Sun Quan's mistakes? ”

After listening to Chen Yu's words, Lu Su immediately burst out laughing, and Chen Yu, who had been laughing, couldn't hold back his face, and asked, "Why are you laughing, isn't what I said right?" ”

Lu Su put away his smile and said, "Does the lord want to compare my lord's ability to use troops with Sun Quan, who has been defeated repeatedly?" Since my lord has led the army, he has conquered all the battles and is invincible, from the land of Shouchun to the current city of Jiangdong and Jianghuai, it is not an exaggeration to say that my lord is a famous general in the world with soldiers like a god, right? ”

Chen Yu, Chen Qi, Chen Deng and others heard Lu Su's words, but they didn't refute it, after all, Yuan Yao's record is there, and with Yuan Yao's current record, no matter how much he praises it, it is not too much!

Lu Su saw that everyone didn't speak, so he continued: "My lord uses soldiers like a god to win a hundred battles, and my lord's generals such as Yue Fei, Li Siye, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Yang Zaixing and other generations are also famous generals who are not born in the world, if my lord personally leads a large army to crusade against Guangling County, the lord is really confident that he can hold this place?" ”

When Lu Su said this, he made a look like he was about to get up and leave, and said: "If that's the case, then there is no need to say more about the next words, I'll see the real chapter on the battlefield in the future!" At that time, there will be victory and defeat, but also life and death! Farewell, you don't have to think about sending !! ”

If Chen Deng and the others were confident that they could defeat Yuan Yao, then he would not invite Chen Deng over, seeing that Lu Su was about to leave, Chen Qi hurriedly got up and persuaded him: "Mr. Zijing, don't be anxious, my second brother is reckless and can't speak, please forgive me!" ”

When Chen Yu heard this, he was about to refute, Chen Jue hurriedly waited for him a few times and told him to shut up, Yuan Yao is not Sun Quan, they were able to defeat Sun Quan before, they already relied on Cao Cao's support, and now if Yuan Yao leads a large army to conquer Guangling County, I am afraid that the Guangling Chen clan will be in great trouble immediately!

The Guangling Chen clan first rebelled against Liu Bei and then against Lu Bu, but they were forgetful of their righteousness, and they desperately resisted Sun Quan before, but because Cao Cao was powerful, they were afraid of Cao Cao's revenge! Now that Yuan Yao has become a general trend, even if he goes to Guangling County, Cao Cao will not and does not dare to retaliate now, they have no support behind them, but they dare not quarrel with Yuan Yao at this time, and they can even consider throwing themselves at Yuan Yao.

Lu Su didn't really want to leave, but after hearing Chen Jue's words, he also returned and continued, saying, "I don't know why Chen Gong called me to live?" ”

Yes, after such a fuss, the sovereignty of this matter has come to Lu Su's side.

Chen Jue also knew that it was not authentic because of his own freshness, so he didn't care about this, and asked directly: "Since Mr. is quick to speak, then the old man will not pretend to be a gesture!" If my Guangling County falls to the rear general, I don't know how the later general plans to settle my Guangling Chen family? ”

Lu Su nodded slightly, and then said Yuan Yao's conditions: "If Guangling County is willing to serve my lord, Chen Taishou can serve as a taishou in any county other than Guangling County, my lord has something to say about this: Guangling Chen Yuanlong is also a great talent at that time, and I also value it very much, if he is willing to serve me and approve the post of Taishou in any county other than Guangling County, I know that he has great ambitions in both civil and military affairs, if he wants to make a contribution, he can serve as the Taishou of Yuzhang County, and when he attacks Jingzhou, There will definitely be opportunities for him to make contributions, and as for the rest of the Guangling Chen family, if they are really talented, they can also be officials and generals in other places! ”

"I don't know what my lord arranged, what do you think?"

When Chen Yu heard that Yuan Yao was going to transfer Chen Deng out of Guangling County, he immediately became a little angry, and said: "When Cao Cao recruited my Chen family, he allowed me the Chen family to govern Guangling County, but now since the Hou General wants to recruit me Guangling Chen, he has made a condition that is not even as good as Cao Cao, is this the sincerity of the Hou General?" ”

When Lu Su heard this, he laughed a few times and said, "Hahahaha, what Chen Gong said is good, this is where the sincerity of my lord lies!" ”

When Lu Su said this, he turned his head to look at Chen Deng and said, "Ming Gong, there is a word below, please tell Chen Gong the truth!" My lord and that Cao Mengde can be called the heroes of the world? ”

Chen Deng nodded slightly, and replied: "If even the queen general and the prime minister can't be called the male lord of the world, then there will be no male lord in this world!" ”

Lu Su smiled when he heard this, and said, "Then which male lord will let the land under his rule appear a country within a country and an army of non-ministers?" Cao Mengde is also a hero, and he will definitely not approve of this! He is just paralyzing the princes at this time, and when Cao Mengde settles down in the north, he will definitely turn around and clean up the Guangling Chen clan! Moreover, Cao Mengde was very suspicious, and the assassination of Sun Ce by the princes led to the rise of the lord of my family to occupy the land of Jiangdong, and the princes imagined that when Cao Cao freed up his hands, how would he treat the Guangling Chen family? ”

When Chen Qi heard this, he replied with a smile: "Mr. Zijing said that he was joking, Sun Bofu was not assassinated by my people from Guangling, it was from the Jiangdong Shi clan who assassinated him!" ”

Lu Su laughed and said, "It doesn't matter the truth of this matter, what matters is what Cao Mengde will believe!" Zhu Gong thinks, can Cao Mengde believe in Guangling Chen? Isn't it a kind of sincerity that our lord directly gives conditions that are acceptable to both the princes? Could it be that the Guangling Chen clan really has the heart of secession and self-reliance? If there is no prickly heart, then why not put down the soldiers and horses in his hands and the power of Guangling County? My lord's next expedition target is Jingzhou, and let Ming Gong go to Yuzhang County to serve as a taishou, which is not a kind of importance for Ming Gong? ”

"Ming Gong is very wise, I don't need to say anything more, Ming Gong can slowly think about this matter, and then retire first, and wait until the princes are done thinking, you can summon you again!"

After Lu Su finished speaking, he bowed down directly to say goodbye to Chen Deng, Chen Deng really wanted to discuss this matter with Chen Qi and the others, and when he saw this, he asked Lu Su to go down.

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After Chen Deng, Chen Qi and Chen Yu discussed, they felt that Yuan Yao was already bound to win Guangling County, and Yuan Yao's army could come to the city at any time, Cao Cao could not rescue them at this time, if he resisted Yuan Yao, I am afraid it would be a dead end; Second, I feel that what Lu Su said does have some truth, sometimes too good conditions are often just traps, and it is also a good thing that Yuan Yao's conditions can be accepted by both parties, which may also be Yuan Yao's sincerity; Thirdly, they thought that Yuan Yao valued Chen Deng, if Chen Deng could make contributions in the Battle of Jingzhou, then their Guangling Chen clan might not have a chance to go further, if Yuan Yao achieved great things in the future, maybe their Guangling Chen clan could also become a famous family in the world!

Anyway, based on various conditions, Chen Deng finally agreed to Yuan Yao's solicitation and agreed to merge Guangling County under Yuan Yao's rule!

After Lu Su reported the matter back, Yuan Yao hurriedly ordered Li Siye to lead the army under his command to Guangling County, receive the soldiers and horses of Guangling County and the city defense of Guangling City, Sheyang City and Huaiyin City, especially Huaiyin Chengnai is an important town on the edge of Huaishui, as long as you hold this city, you can hold the first line of Huaishui!

At the same time, Yuan Yao also ordered Lu Su to temporarily serve as the Taishou of Guangling, and Chen Deng handed over the political affairs of Guangling County.

It was not until this time that the news that Yuan Yaobing took Guangling County bloodless spread out, and Xuzhou Mu Dong Zhao hurriedly transferred 20,000 troops to Huaipu, but this matter was a foregone conclusion, plus Cao Cao's army was still confronting Yuan Shao's army in the Guandu area, Dong Zhao did not dare to act rashly, but reported the matter to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao learned about this, he was still holding on to the Guandu camp, and there was nothing he could do about it, so he could only make Dong Zhao endure the matter.

However, Cao Cao was able to admit the matter, but the remnants of the Jiangdong Army under Zhou Yu had no way to endure the matter, and after the officials and scholars of Wu County learned of this, they knew that Wu County had no way out, and everyone asked Zhou Yu and Jiangdong's mother Da Qiao and Sun Ce's mother Mrs. Wu, saying that Wu County had failed, and asked Yuan Yao to protect the matter of Sun's bloodline and Miao descendants.

Within a few days, Mrs. Wu and Da Qiao began to shake their confidence, and Mrs. Wu hurried back to Wu County to discuss with Da Qiao for a night, and finally they decided to save Sun Shao's life or surrender to Yuan Yao immediately.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Wu and Da Qiao summoned Wu Jun Wenwu and explained the matter, most of Jiangdong Wenwu had already made the decision to serve Yuan Yao, and everyone agreed to this matter, only Dadu Governor Zhou Yu and his generals did not express their position.

Mrs. Wu stirred Zhou Yu into the room, moved with affection and reason, and finally Zhou Yu agreed to surrender.

At noon on the third day, Zhou Yu took Wu Jun Wenwu to hold the little Wu Hou Sun Shao and Wu Hou Yuxi to Yuan Yao's camp to ask for surrender, Yuan Yao personally came out to meet Zhou Yu and others, and accepted Zhou Yu's invitation to surrender, before this Yuan Yao had led Zhang Xutuo to lead the army back to Lujiang County, and transferred Liu Ye to the camp.

After accepting the surrender of the Jiangdong Sun clan, Yuan Yao ordered Yang Zaixing and Yue Yun to go to Wu County to receive the Jiangdong army's surrenders, and ordered Liu Ye to preside over the political affairs of Wu County and Jiangdong.

After sweeping Jiangdong, some of Yuan Yao's plans can be put on the agenda, so in terms of officials in various places, Yuan Yao has not made any major adjustments for the time being, he is ready to wait for a while, and when the situation is calm, he will make another arrangement to carry out a rectification!

After the news of Yuan Yao's sweep of Jiangdong came out, Liu Biao of Jingzhou hurriedly ordered the Jingzhou army to return and began defensive preparations, but Yuan Yao ate a big fat man in one go, and now the contents of his stomach have not been digested, and he has no preparations to continue to march in a short period of time, Liu Biao is busy in vain.

Since then, Yuan Yao finally swept away the land of Jiangdong, not only unified the six counties of Yangzhou, but also occupied the two counties of Jiangxia County and Guangling County, and jumped up and became one of the largest princes in the world!!

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Just when Yuan Yao was sweeping Jiangdong and stabilizing the situation in Jianghuai and Jiangdong, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei were not idle......

Cao Cao took advantage of the defeat of Yuan Shao's army, and hurriedly reorganized the troops and horses to continue to pursue Yuan Shao's defeated army, hundreds of thousands of Hebei troops were defeated like a mountain, and there was no way to save the situation.

Yuan Shao finally led only more than 800 remnants of cavalry to flee back to the Liyang area on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the garrison and Jiang Yiqu, the general under Yuan Shao's command here, heard that Yuan Shao led the defeated army back, and hurriedly led the army out of the village to meet him. Yuan Shao told Jiang Yiqu about the defeat of the army, and Jiang Yiqu was a little stunned when he heard about it.

It is unbelievable that hundreds of thousands of Hebei troops were defeated!!

Yuan Shao then ordered Jiang Yiqu to send soldiers and horses to collect the defeated army, and the soldiers of the Hebei Army who fled heard that Yuan Shao was here, and hurriedly attached themselves to it, after all, they came from the south bank, but they were hungry all the way, and now they can still have food when they come to the barracks!

Yuan Shao gathered more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in this place again, and the army finally had some weather again, after this defeat, Yuan Yao was devastated, and no longer had the energy and power to go south to attack the Central Plains, so he led the gathered soldiers and horses to rush back to Yecheng, Jizhou.

The army meandered, this night was stationed on a barren mountain, Yuan Shao was in the tent, heard the sound of the soldiers in the army crying everywhere in the camp, so he quietly went to listen to what they were crying, only to hear everyone was telling about the pain of this defeat, some lost their brothers, some lost their relatives and friends, everyone was very sad, everyone was beating their chests and crying, and said: "If the lord listened to Tian Feng's words before, how could we suffer this disaster!" ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he also regretted it a little, and said: "I didn't listen to Tian Feng's advice, now that the army has been defeated and countless soldiers have been lost, how can I go to see him after I go back this time?" ”

Early the next morning, when Yuan Yao's army was marching, Feng Ji, one of Yuan Shao's advisers, happened to lead the army to meet Yuan Shao. ”

Feng Ji heard that Yuan Shao wanted to reuse Tian Feng, and he was jealous in his heart, so he said: "After the defeat of the lord, everyone in the city was sad for the lord, only Tian Feng laughed after hearing about the defeat of the lord in prison, and also said: "As I expected, the lord was really defeated!" ”

Yuan Shao was already very unhappy in his heart, and after hearing this, he was immediately furious in his heart, and said: "Tian Feng, you dare to make fun of me like this, I will kill him to vent my anger!! ”

Yuan Shao then ordered the messenger to hold his sword, return to Yecheng first, and go to the middle of Yecheng Prison to Chu Si Tian Feng!

But he said that Tian Feng was reading a book in the prison on this day, and suddenly a jailer came to see Tian Feng and said with a smile: "I came here to say hello to the other driver!" ”

When Tian Feng heard this, he asked suspiciously, "Oh? I don't know where the joy comes from, what joy do I have? ”

The jailer replied: "The lord is really defeated, and I think that this time the lord will reuse Mr., isn't this a happy event?" ”

Tian Feng laughed a few times and said, "Hahahaha, I'm going to die soon, and the lord won't reuse me!" ”

The jailer was slightly stunned, and said, "Everyone thinks that the lord is going to reuse Mr., and everyone is rejoicing for Mr., why does Mr. say that he is going to die?" ”

Tian Feng stroked his beard and replied: "The lord is a man who is generous on the outside and jealous on the inside, and does not think of loyalty. If the lord wins, he may forgive me because he is happy in his heart, but now that the lord is defeated and humiliated, he will be ashamed to see me, I have not been upgraded! ”

After listening to Tian Feng's words, the jailer still didn't believe it a little, at this time, Yuan Shao's envoy happened to come to the prison with Yuan Shao's sword, and read out Yuan Shao's order to Tian Feng to kill himself, and the jailer believed Tian Feng's words, and was extremely shocked in his heart!

Tian Feng had already expected this scene, and said with a smile: "Look, I didn't say anything wrong, I knew that I was going to die soon!" ”

When the jailers heard Tian Feng's words, they all howled and cried, Tian Feng took out Yuan Shao's sword, and said with a smile: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he is unwise if he doesn't know his master!" What a pity for the husband to die today! ”

After Tian Feng finished speaking, he killed himself in prison!!

Tian Toyota Feng word Yuan Hao, Julu people.

Tian Feng has been smart since he was a child, and he was bereaved when he was a teenager, although the time for the funeral has passed, he still smiles without showing his teeth, so he is valued by his neighbors. And Tian Feng is erudite and talented, very famous in Jizhou, initially by the Taiwei Mansion to conquer, recommended as Maocai, and later was elected as the imperial history, because of resentment of the eunuchs in power, virtuous ministers were killed, so he abandoned the official and returned home. Soon, he became a subordinate of Jizhou Mu Hanfu, but he was discouraged because of his integrity.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Yuan Shao outwitted Jizhou with the anti-guest strategy and became the pastor of Jizhou.

In the third year of Chuping (192), Tian Feng went to Gongsun Zan with Yuan Shao, and participated in the Battle of Jieqiao during this period. Gongsun Zhan's army approached Yuan Shao, surrounded Yuan Shao several times, and shot arrows like rain. Tian Feng helped Yuan Shao and asked him to retreat into a low wall. Yuan Shao took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, saying, "The eldest husband should have stepped forward to die in battle, why did he flee into the wall instead?" urged the archers to compete in archery and shot many of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry. Gongsun Zhan's subordinates didn't know that it was Yuan Shao, and many people gradually retreated.

In the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao moved Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xudu, and began to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Every time Yuan Shao received an edict, he was always worried that it would be unfavorable to him, so he wanted the Son of Heaven to move closer to him, and sent someone to Cao Cao to say that Xu County was low-lying and wet, and Luoyang was broken and destroyed, and the capital should be moved to Zhencheng in order to be close to the complete and abundant area, but Cao Cao was not a fool and would definitely not agree to this matter. Seeing this, Tian Feng said to Yuan Shao: "Since the plan to move the capital is not adopted, it is best to seek Xu County as soon as possible, bring in the Son of Heaven, and pretend to give orders to the whole country at every turn, which is the best way." If you don't, you'll end up at the mercy of others, and even regret won't work at that point. “

But Yuan Shao did not adopt Tian Feng's strategy, which also made him lose the last chance to redeem the Son of Heaven, but fortunately, Yuan Shao was not too stupid, and finally adopted Tian Feng's strategy, eliminated Gongsun Zhan, pacified the land of Hebei, and occupied the four northern states.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei attacked and killed Xuzhou Assassin Shi Che Zhou, occupied Pei County and betrayed Cao Cao, Cao Cao personally led troops to recruit Liu Bei.

Tian Feng said to Yuan Shao: "It is Cao Cao who is fighting for the world with you, Cao Cao is now going to attack Liu Bei, the battle between the two sides cannot end soon, now mobilize all the troops to attack Cao Cao's rear, and it can be pacified as soon as he goes." The army is dispatched according to the opportune time, and it is the right time to build. Yuan Shao excused himself and said that his son was sick, and Tian Feng's plan was not implemented. Tian Feng held his cane and tapped the ground and said, "Ahem, it's over!" It's hard to catch up with such an opportunity, but I lost the opportunity because of the child's illness, it's a pity!" Yuan Shao was very angry when he heard this, and since then he has alienated Tian Feng.

Cao Cao was afraid that Yuan Shao would cross the Yellow River, so he stepped up his attack on Liu Bei, defeating Liu Bei in less than a month. Liu Bei defected to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao marched to attack Xu County.

Tian Feng thought that since he had lost the opportunity in front of him, it was not appropriate to send troops at the moment, so he dissuaded Yuan Shao and said: "Cao Cao has defeated Liu Bei, and Xu Du will no longer be empty." Moreover, Cao Cao is good at using troops, which is fickle, and although the number of people is small, it cannot be underestimated. Now it's better to stick to it for a long time. Relying on the solidity of the mountains and the Yellow River, the general had men and horses from four states, united heroes and heroes on the outside, and practiced agriculture on the inside to prepare for war. Then select elite troops, divide them into surprise soldiers, and take turns to fight while the enemy is empty, and use them to harass the south of the Yellow River. When the enemy comes to the aid of the right, I will attack the left; When the enemy comes to the aid of the left, I will attack the right side, so that the enemy will be exhausted, and the people will not be satisfied with their own work, and we will not be tired but the other side will be tired, and it will not take three years to defeat the enemy by sitting in peace. Now you don't need to use the strategy of stabilizing Cao Cao's victory in the temple and want to decide success or failure through a war, if you can't get your wish, it will be too late to regret it. “

Yuan Shao didn't listen. Tian Feng tried his best to dissuade and offended Yuan Shao, who thought that he had ruined the morale of the army, so he locked Tian Feng up. So he first issued a document and went south. When Cao Cao heard that Tian Feng was not in the army, he said happily: "Yuan Shao will be defeated." After Yuan Shao was defeated, Cao Cao sighed: "If Yuan Shao uses Tian Feng's strategy, the victory or defeat is not yet known."

Tian Feng is one of the biggest contributors to Yuan Shao's unification of Hebei, and every strategy dedicated to Yuan Shao is also a clever plan, but Yuan Shao can't adopt Tian Feng's strategy every time, and finally let Tian Feng die unjustly, which is really ridiculous!

Regarding this matter, later generations have a poem: "Yesterday the dynasty was frustrated and the army was lost, and today Tian Feng died in prison." The pillars of Hebei are all broken, and the original family is not lost! ”

Tian Feng calmly went to his death, after the heroes of the world heard about this, they all felt very sorry for Tian Feng, Yuan Shao also lost the heart of the world's heroes, and there will be few talented people to come to Yuan Shao in the future, which also cut off the hope of Hebei's comeback!

After Yuan Shao's defeat, he lost his heart to compete for the world, and he would be upset as soon as he did things, and there was no way to deal with political affairs.

Yuan Shao's wife Liu saw this, so she began to persuade Yuan Shao to set up an heir, in order to inherit the uncle in the future, Yuan Shao has a total of three sons, the eldest son Yuan Tan Zi Xiansi, is now leading an army of 100,000 to garrison the land of Qingzhou; The second son, Yuan Xi, led an army of 100,000 to defend the land of Youzhou; The third son, Yuan Shangzi, is Xianfu, this son is Yuan Shao's wife Liu, this son was born handsome, and Yuan Shao loved him even more, so he kept him by his side.

Yuan Shao felt that his mental and physical strength were not as good as before, so he also had the idea of establishing an heir, Yuan Shao thought about it, but he still didn't decide who to let be the heir, so he found the four people of Trial, Feng Ji, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu to discuss the matter.

The positions of the major strategists under Yuan Shao are also different, and they each have their own loyal sons, such as Juan Pei and Feng Ji, who have always supported Yuan Shang to inherit the position of heir, while Xin Ping and Guo Tu prefer Yuan Tan to serve as the heir and inherit Yuan Shao's foundation in the future; The four of them have their own choices, and now they are their own masters, and neither of them can subdue the two on the other side.

On this day, after the arrival of the four people, Yuan Shao said that he wanted to set the heir, and said: "Now that the external troubles have not been settled, the internal affairs must be decided as soon as possible, I plan to elect a son to serve as the heir, and inherit my inheritance in the future, but I have not yet decided which son to choose, so I invite all the gentlemen to come over and discuss this matter together." ”

"My eldest son, Yuan Tan, is just killed by human nature, and I am afraid it will be difficult to inherit great events in the future; My second son, Yuan Xi, is a cowardly man, and I am afraid that he is not a person who can lead the north; Only my third son, Yuan Shang, has a heroic table, courtesy and respect, I want Yuan Shang to be the heir, I don't know what you gentlemen think? ”

Guo Tu and Xin Ping are supporting their eldest son Yuan Tan, and now the two of them and Yuan Shang's party are already like fire and water, if Yuan Shang inherits Yuan Shao's great cause, how can the two of them have a way to live?

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were suddenly shocked, the two looked at each other, Guo Tu got up and came out, and said, "Back to the lord, your subordinates think this matter is inappropriate!" Among the three sons of the lord, Yuan Tan is the elder, and now he is leading the army outside, if the lord is abolished and the young are young, this must be the way to take chaos! Now that our army has just suffered a defeat, the military prestige has been reduced, and Cao Cao has not yet withdrawn his troops, and now he is eyeing the banks of the Yellow River. The lord can now think about the strategy of resisting the enemy first, and as for the matter of establishing an heir, he can wait for Cao Cao's army to retreat before discussing! ”

When Yuan Shao heard Guo Tu's words, he also hesitated a little in his heart, and when the two of them saw this, they didn't say anything else, so as not to cause Yuan Shao to have a bad impression of Yuan Shang, anyway, now they have also figured out Yuan Shao's thoughts, as long as Yuan Shao has the heart to make Yuan Shang his heir, this is a good thing!

When everyone was deliberating, a sergeant suddenly came to report: "Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, led an army of 60,000 from Youzhou, and now he feels outside the city; Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, also led an army of 50,000 from Qingzhou, and now he has also rushed outside the city; Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan also led an army of 50,000 from Bingzhou, and now he has also come outside the city! ”

The soldiers and horses from various states came to support, coupled with the defeated troops gathered by Yuan Shao, the number of troops under Yuan Shao's command increased to hundreds of thousands again, Yuan Shao was suddenly overjoyed, and he also put the matter of establishing an heir behind again, and began to reorganize the army to fight, preparing to fight again Cao Cao repelled Cao Cao's army in one fell swoop, and broke his mind to march into Hebei!!

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Cao Cao led the army to march towards the Yellow River, while collecting Yuan Shao's defeated soldiers, this day Cao Cao's army finally arrived on the bank of the Yellow River, the local natives heard that Cao Cao's army was coming, and they all ate pot pulp to welcome Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao saw that several of these villagers were old men with white beards, so he asked them to be invited into the big tent to give them seats, and asked, "How old is the old man?" ”

The old man at the head hurriedly replied: "Back to the prime minister, we are all nearly 100 years old. ”

Cao Cao continued: "The lieutenant generals of our army disturbed the villagers when they were marching, and I am really uneasy, so I apologize on their behalf!" ”

The old man didn't even dare to say it, and said: "When Emperor Huan, there were yellow stars seen in Chu and Song, and Yin Kui, a native of Liaodong, was good at astronomy, and stayed here at night. Today, exactly 50 years have passed since that year. Yuan Benchu was heavy on the people, and the people of Hebei were very resentful of him! ”

"Now the prime minister is rejuvenating the benevolent and righteous soldiers, hanging the people and cutting crimes, the official crossing a battle, and breaking Yuan Shao's millions of people, just in response to the words of Yin Kui, there is a prime minister, and my Han people can hope to be peaceful! When I have thanked the prime minister, where do I dare to accept the prime minister's apology? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and replied with a smile: "Hahahaha, how dare Cao Cao be what his father-in-law said, he really thanked his father and fellow villagers for their love!! ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he brought wine and food and silk to these old men and sent sergeants to escort them back to the army, and then Cao Cao ordered the three armies: "If anyone goes to the countryside to kill chickens and dogs, if he kills people, he will be beheaded immediately!! ”

Cao Cao's military order, Cao Jun's soldiers did not dare to attack and disturb the villagers again, and the villagers and people said: "The prime minister's army has the appearance of the king's master!! ”

When Cao Cao heard about this, he secretly rejoiced in his heart.

On this day, a sergeant suddenly came to report that Yuan Shao gathered troops from four states, and obtained a total of 230,000 troops, and now he has marched to the Cangting area to set up a camp again, and came to meet Cao Cao's army.

After Cao Cao heard about this, he was immediately overjoyed and wanted to settle the belongings of Hebei in a war, so he personally raised troops to advance and set up a camp in the Cangting area, and the two armies of Cao and Yuan confronted each other again!!

The next day, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's two armies sent troops at the same time, respectively set up a position in the direction of their respective camps, Cao Cao led the generals in the army to the front of the formation to observe the situation of Yuan Shao's army, Yuan Shao also brought his three sons and a nephew and civil officials and military generals to the front of the formation.

After Cao Cao saw Yuan Shao, he stepped forward for a distance, laughed and shouted: "Yuan Benchu, you are exhausted now, why don't you think about surrendering to me as soon as possible?" Otherwise, when you are defeated again and my sword is on your neck, it will be too late to regret it!! ”

Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao dared to despise himself so much, and he was immediately furious in his heart, looked back at the generals, and said, "Who dares to go out and kill Cao Cao with me!! ”

Yuan Shang wanted to show his skills in front of his father, so he waved the double knife in his hand, Pegasus came out of the battle, galloped back and forth, and shouted: "Thief general, who dares to come and fight with me!! ”

Cao Cao pointed at Yuan Shang, looked at the generals and asked, "Who will this be?" ”

Someone recognized Yuan Shao and hurriedly replied: "Back to Prime Minister, this person is Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, yes!" ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, he saw a general come out with a spear and go to meet Yuan Shang, Cao Cao hurriedly looked over, only to see that this person was none other than Xu Huang's subordinate general Shi Lian.

The two horses intersected, the battle was only three, and then I saw Yuan Shang suddenly pull the spurs and walk diagonally, Shi Jian saw that Yuan Shang was defeated, and hurriedly came to catch up, Yuan Shang was secretly holding a bow and arrows, and suddenly turned over and shot back, a feather arrow hit Shi Lian's left eye, and Shi Jian immediately fell from his horse and died.

Yuan Shao saw his son's victory, immediately overjoyed, taking advantage of the high morale of the army, hurriedly whipped a finger, issued an order for the whole army to rush to kill, Cao Cao saw this, and did not show weakness, and then ordered the anti-army to rush to kill, a large team of people and horses rushed over, the soldiers on both sides fought and killed, until after dark, this was the only time that they each Mingjin collected the army and returned to the village.

After the armies of both sides were collected, Cao Cao and the generals in the army discussed the strategy of breaking the enemy, Cheng Yu thought for a moment, stepped forward to offer a ten-sided ambush plan, persuaded Cao Cao to retreat on the bank of the Yellow River first, and then set up ten ambush teams on the way, luring Yuan Shao's army to pursue to the bank of the Yellow River, putting the whole army to death and then revitalizing, with Han Xin's method of fighting Yuan Shao, as long as Yuan Shao's army can be defeated and retreated, then the ambush will come out, and Yuan Shao's army will be annihilated in one fell swoop!

After Cao Cao listened to Cheng Yu's strategy, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately divided the left and right soldiers and horses into five teams, preparing to implement the plan of ambush on all sides!

The leading generals of the five teams of Cao Cao's left army were: the first team Xiahou Dun, the second team Zhang Liao, the third team Li Dian, the fourth team Lejin, and the fifth team Xiahou Yuan; The leading generals of the five teams of the right army were: Cao Hong of the first team, Zhang He of the second team, Xu Huang of the third team, Yu Ban of the fourth team, and Gao Lan of the fifth team, and each team of soldiers and horses was accompanied by 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers and horses.

That night, ten teams of ambush soldiers set off first, entered the preset ambush location, after the ambush was arranged, Cao Cao then took the Chinese army Xu Chu as the vanguard of the army, led the troops forward, and pretended to rob the village.

Yuan Shao was worried that Cao Cao's army would come to rob the village again, and he had already made a countermeasure, and the whole army was waiting for him, seeing that Cao Cao's army really came to rob the village, Yuan Shao's five villages rose up together, and they came to attack Cao Cao's army.

Seeing this, Xu Chu returned to the army and left, Yuan Shao saw that Cao's army was defeated, and hurriedly led the army to continue to pursue, and the soldiers of the army shouted endlessly, and pursued Cao Cao's army until ten minutes of dawn, and chased Cao Cao's army to the bank of the Yellow River.

Cao Cao's army was blocked by the Yellow River, and there was no way to retreat, and the officers and men in the army were a little flustered, after all, the scene of Yuan Shao's army being drowned by the Yellow River was close in front of them, and they didn't want to become the ghosts of the Yellow River!!!

Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly shouted: "There is no way forward, why don't the armies fight to the death?" ”

When the soldiers of the Cao army heard this, they turned around and struggled forward, and rushed back towards Yuan Shao's army, Xu Chu took the lead, and killed more than ten generals in Yuan Shao's army, and the Cao army behind Xu Chu followed Xu Chu to rush and kill, and Yuan Shao's army was in a big mess, Yuan Shao saw this, and hurriedly led the army to retreat, Cao Cao saw that the plan succeeded, and also hurriedly led the army to chase over.

When Yuan Shao's army was retreating, he suddenly heard a drum, and saw Xiahou Yuan on the left side of the road leading thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army, and Gao Ran on the right also led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army.

Yuan Shao gathered his three sons and one nephew together, and under the escort of the soldiers in the army, he rushed out desperately!!

Yuan Shao's defeated army traveled less than ten miles, only to see that Le Jin on the left led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army, and Yu Ban on the right also led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army.

After Yuan Shao led the army to rush out, he traveled less than a few miles, only to see Li Dian on the left leading thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army, and Xu Huang on the right also led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army!!