He Kui looked at Huang Wan with a gloomy expression, and couldn't bear it, so he had to temporarily put down the mustard in his heart, and reminded: "Huang Gong, although the lord of the Yuan League has the capital of the fourth world and the third prince, and is supported by the party members in the world, but after all, there is only one state in Jizhou, Yanzhou has been fighting fiercely for many years, and it has been desolate, Qingzhou has only half of it, and it is necessary to prevent Tian Kai and Tao Qian from counterattacking, although Liu He occupies Xiapi and Guangling, self-protection is still insufficient, and I am afraid it will not help much." With only these horses in the hands of Jizhou and Huang Gong, can they defeat the Sun family and their sons and seize Yuzhou? Even if he can win, Sun Ce's retreat to Jiangdong is still a confrontation, but what? ”

"Yes, Yangzhou lost too quickly, Yuzhou ......" Huang Wan sighed again and again, and did not say any more. Yuzhou is Yuan Shao's own state, and it is also a place of concentration, which is the state that Yuan Shao attaches the most importance to, so Wang Yun and he and others have successively served in Yuzhou. They did take root in Yuzhou, so that when Sun Jian took over the assassination of Yuzhou, he couldn't do anything, only a false name.

But Sun Ce is different, he spent three or four years to hollow out the foundation they established in Yuzhou step by step, and now the Yuzhou family that supports Yuan Shao is dead and fleeing, and the rest of the people dare not act rashly. He, the former Yuzhou pastor, came here, and few people dared to respond to him, and most of the significance of letting him replace Zhu Jun out of Luoyang was lost.

If you wait a few more years, Yuzhou will become Sun Ce's Yuzhou, and even if Yuan Shao takes Yuzhou, it will be difficult to gain a foothold, and Yuzhou will not only not be his help, but will become his burden, making him powerless to take care of him.

"Time is running out."

He Kui didn't know how to persuade Huang Wan. Huang Wan knew that it was not a good opportunity to launch an attack now, but he also knew that the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be, and there might still be a chance now, wait a few more years, and when Sun Ce fully mastered Yuzhou, Yuan Shao might not have a chance at all.

"Captain." A clerk walked in quickly, panting. "There is a big epidemic in Yuzhou."

"What?" Huang Wan was stunned for a moment, then stood up.

"There is a big epidemic in Yuzhou, and Sun Ce has ordered the border to be blocked, especially Pingyu, and no entry or exit is allowed without an order." The clerk spread out a notice in front of Huang Wan. The notice was crumpled and incomplete, apparently sneaking down from the list. Fortunately, the content is quite complete, Huang Wan finished reading it, slowly sat back, stared at the notice on the case, and said for a long time:

"Yuzhou is unfortunate, and the party is lucky."

Peng officials don't know why, but He Kui knows it. The epidemic in Yuzhou, Sun Ce was too busy to take care of himself, this was a good opportunity for Yuan Shao. Maybe without Yuan Shao's action, Sun Ce would have been hit hard by the epidemic. Even if he can escape, in the face of Yuan Shao, who is recovering his energy, he has no power to fight back.

However, this is the misfortune of Yuzhou, but it may not be the luck of the party. In He Kui's view, Huang Wan may be preconceived, or he may be self-deceiving, turning a blind eye to what Yuan Shao has done in the past few years. The current Yuan Shao may not be the Yuan Shao in his mind, even if Yuan Shao defeats Sun Ce, it may not be the luck of the party.

Just look at the situation of He Hao and Zhang Miao, they were Yuan Shao's arms back then. He Kui wanted to remind Huang Wan, but seeing the loneliness on his face, he weighed it for a long time, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

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Juma Water, South Bank.

Yuan Shao rode his mount, stood on the bank of the river, looked at the army that was crossing the river, and frowned.

The scout rode a horse, shuttling back and forth, transmitting news to the Chinese army, and after Guo Tu screened and integrated, he reported to him regularly. Right now, the army was crossing the river, there were no emergencies, and he had time to calm down and think about it. The former army general Lu Yi is about to arrive in Zhuo County, and he may engage the Youzhou army at any time, and the war is about to break out.

The process of entering Youzhou was smooth, and Zhang unexpectedly gave up the entire Fanyang County and retreated to Zhuo County in one go. What surprised Yuan Shao even more was that Gongsun Zhan, who had always been known for his bravery, not only did not face the battle this time, but also retreated again and again, and now he has retreated to the vicinity of Zhuoxian. After the break, Liu Bei didn't have much desire to fight, and basically retreated at the slightest contact, and the real battle between the two armies was not as long as the formation.

This made the meritorious Lu Yi very annoyed, he didn't accompany Liu Bei to run long distance when he withdrew from the front line of Montenegro. He tried to catch Liu Bei, at least to kill him. However, this task was not easy to achieve, Liu Bei's subordinates retreated very quickly, and Lu Yi could not catch up with him, but was almost seized by the cavalry led by Zhao Yun. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Yi had rich practical experience and was vigilant enough, he might have suffered a loss by now.

This made Yuan Shao very uneasy. If even Liu Bei can't be defeated, what can he do even if he catches up with Zhuo County? Liu Bei had well-trained foot soldiers and a strong city to defend, and they would not be able to conquer it even if they surrounded Zhuocheng. The autumn harvest has ended, and Gongsun Zhan has scraped up the surplus grain in each county and put it all in Zhuo County. Yuan Shao's local grain collection was very unsuccessful, and he could not achieve self-sufficiency at all, and if he besieged the city, he would have to collect grain from the surrounding counties, or transfer it directly from Jizhou. Transporting grain for thousands of miles is an unbearable burden, and it can barely cope with it once or twice, and no more will work.

If he couldn't inflict heavy losses on Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei in the field battle, then he could only take the initiative to retreat. Of course, it would be humiliating to return without success, but there was no better way for him to do anything else. It is a taboo for soldiers to stop soldiers under the fortified city, and Gongsun Zhan's abnormal retreat may be to create this situation, and if he does not withdraw for the sake of face, he will only fall into Gongsun Zhan's calculations.

The art of war is expensive but not to others, so he doesn't do such stupid things.

Yuan Shao shook his horsewhip and turned to look at Tian Feng and Fu Zhi. "Yuan Hao, Gonghe, Gongsun Zhan avoided without fighting, Liu Bei fought and left, this is not a long-term solution. What are you two going to do to defeat the enemy? ”

Tian Feng exhaled and paused with his cane. "In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to break them all. There is Zhang Ze in the center, Liu Bei is in charge, and Gongsun Zan is riding in charge, echoing each other, and it is difficult for us to win quickly. It is the best policy to agree to Zhang Ze's request, stabilize Liu Bei, and concentrate forces to defeat Gongsun Zhan. ”

Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, and his attitude was a little loose. Previously, Zhang Ze sent someone to ask for peace, but he refused. He got the support of small and medium-sized families in the north of Jizhou, got a large amount of money and food, and increased his troops by tens of thousands. The consumption of money and food is very large, and if he can't feed the war with war and make up for the losses with the spoils of war, he can't feed so many troops.

He originally thought that as long as he entered Youzhou, Gongsun Chan would take the initiative to seek war, but he never thought that Gongsun Chan would be unusual, and he would retreat again and again, and even Fan Yang gave up directly, which not only made his plan for a quick battle fail, but even the idea of winning a few battles first and boosting morale could not be realized. After Juma Water is Zhuo County, seeing that he is about to attack, he also regrets it a little, he shouldn't think too much, and hopes to win in a battle.

Yuan Shao made a lot of effort and said, "Is it too late to promise now?" ”

Tian Feng and Fu Zhu were both surprised, and looked at Yuan Shao in unison. This is really not easy, Yuan Shao actually took the initiative to give in. When Tian Feng made this suggestion before, Yuan Shao's face was quite ugly, and it was almost said that Tian Feng was frustrated.

"Yuan Hao, Gonghe, why are you looking at me like this?" Yuan Shao stroked his beard under his chin and smiled lightly. He smiled a little forcefully, but disguised it well. "One time, another time. Just because you can't do it now doesn't mean you can't do it now. ”