After that, Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue, using the thief as the precursor, and fought fiercely with the Black Mountain thief in Yanzhou. Everywhere the soldiers and horses went, they were invincible and invincible, and after a few months, they sent the Black Mountain thieves back to Qingzhou.

Although Cao Cao's soldiers fought repeatedly and were exhausted, Cao Cao has always used troops more than speed, and only let the soldiers and horses rest for three days before attacking Qingzhou again, and immediately sent soldiers to bring the people in the city to Yanzhou.

And a month ago in Jizhou County.

After a year's rest, Yuan Shao's sergeants are all recuperating, Yuan Shaozheng wants to lead the army and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou to fight to the death, is to call a group of civil and military under his command, is in the county hall to discuss.

"Lord, since Gongsun Zhan got Youzhou, he has become more and more arrogant, unsympathetic to the people, demerit and forgetfulness, and will be repaid, and the soldiers under his command are all centrifuged. Now I heard that Liu Yu's engagement in Yuyang Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Cavalry Governor Xian Yuyin led the remnants of Youzhou to avenge Liu Yu, and they recommended Yan Rou as Karasuma Sima. Yan Rou recruited Xianbei, Karasuma and other soldiers and horses, and won tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers, and fought with Gongsun Zhan's Yuyang Taishou Zou Dan in the north of the Lu River. From this point of view, if the lord led the army to attack Youzhou at this time, it would not be difficult to defeat Gongsun Zhan.

However, my lord, you shouldn't just set your sights on Youzhou at this time. A few months ago, Wen Han had already annexed the state, and later Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai was killed by the Black Mountain Thieves, Cao Cao led the army to defeat the Black Mountain Thieves, and collected nearly 100,000 Black Mountain Thieves, and the power expanded very quickly, I think that Yanzhou will soon fall into the hands of Cao Cao. As a result, Jizhou was surrounded by Wenhan in the annexed state and Cao Cao in Yanzhou. Wen Han and Cao Cao are close friends, and the lord's power now only occupies their head. If the lord doesn't make arrangements, I'm afraid that these two people will join forces to fight the lord in the future! ”

On the main hall, Tian Feng admonished Yuan Shao with a solemn face. Yuan Shao, who was originally on the main seat, was high-spirited and high-spirited, and his face suddenly darkened. At the same time, thinking of Tian Feng's words just now, his heart couldn't stop beating wildly.

"What Yuan Hao said is very true, I don't know what strategy I have, can I be taught to solve the danger in front of me?"

"What the Lord needs most urgently at the moment is time to increase his power. As long as the lord's power is so huge that Cao Cao and Wen Han don't have any involvement, they can solve the crisis. Therefore, the lord of Fengwang immediately made a decision and divided the army of 200,000 into two routes, attacking Youzhou all the way and Qingzhou all the way, so that the lord could get the land of Sanzhou and become the overlord of the north!

"The land of three states, the overlord of the north!"

Yuan Shao took a deep breath, and suddenly, his eyes lit up suddenly, almost illuminating the entire hall, and the blood veins all over his body spurted out, and the blood boiled.

"Yuan Hao, how to get this Youzhou and Qingzhou!"

Yuan Shao stood up unconsciously, exuding a burst of sky-swallowing momentum, and his hands were pulled into fists. Tian Feng secretly looked at Yuan Shao's spirit, and secretly said that Yuan Shao had such ambitions and was already qualified as an overlord.

Tian Feng's face sank, and his eyes condensed, exuding the light of wisdom.

"On the side of Youzhou, the lord can unite with Yan Rou and say that he is willing to send troops to avenge Liu Yu's tragic death, Yan Rou's strength is not enough to defeat Gongsun Zhan, and he will definitely agree. According to this, the lord can let Yan Rou's soldiers and horses attack the two counties of Yuyang and Shanggu in Youzhou, and then the lord can send troops to attack the two counties of Beiping and Liaoxi in Youzhou. The current soldiers and horses of the lord are all recuperating, and 100,000 recruits have completed the training, but the recruits have no battlefield experience, so the lord can send 50,000 veterans and 30,000 recruits to attack Youzhou. And Yan Rou also had tens of thousands of troops on his side, and the combined strength of the lord was 150,000.

Gongsun Zan and his soldiers are separated, and the soldiers and horses are only 100,000, how can they be the opponents of the soldiers and horses of the Lord and Yan Rou. After defeating Gongsun Zhan, the lord avenged Yan Rou and the others, and they will be grateful, and then the lord will treat each other with benevolence and righteousness, and accept him into the lord's command, so that Youzhou can get it.

As for the Qingzhou side, the Qingzhou Black Mountain thieves are now pouring out to attack Yanzhou, and the troops are empty. The lord can take advantage of the fierce battle between the Black Mountain thieves and Cao Cao, and send 30,000 veterans and 30,000 recruits to attack Qingzhou with 60,000. At the same time, another general was sent to lead 40,000 new soldiers to guard the Bohai Sea, so that they could respond at any time in the event of an emergency. ”

Yuan Shao's heart was beating wildly, and every time Tian Feng said a word, he looked carefully in his heart, and after groaning for a while, he waved his fist and shouted.

"Good! In this way, according to Yuan Hao's words. Pass my orders! Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Xu You, etc., together with me, led 80,000 troops to attack Youzhou, and Lu Yi, Zhang Jaw, Fu Zhu, Ju Pei, and you led 60,000 troops to attack Qingzhou, and Chun Yuqiong led 40,000 troops to defend the Bohai Sea, pay close attention to the situation in Qingzhou, and adapt to changes. On the next day, you and others will perform their duties, prepare the soldiers and horses, and march to battle immediately in three days! ”

After that, after Yuan Shao quickly arranged the important positions of each person, Yuan Shao's subordinates received the order with high morale. It seems that they have seen the glorious future of Yuan Shao becoming the overlord of the north.

Under Tian Feng's strategy, Jizhou once again mobilized troops, and three days later, Yuan Shao received Yan Rou's reply, and as Tian Feng expected, Yan Rou agreed to unite with Yuan Shao without hesitation. Here, Yuan Shao led a group of civil and military forces and sent 80,000 troops to attack Beiping and Liaoxi two counties in Youzhou. As for Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw, they led 60,000 troops to attack Qingzhou. Soon after Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw left, Chun Yuqiong led another 40,000 troops to the Bohai Sea.

Yan Roujun saw that Yuan Shao really attacked Youzhou as promised, and his morale was extremely strong, on the contrary, on the Yuyang side, Gongsun Zhan's army saw Yuan Shao's soldiers, and his morale plummeted, and half a month later, Yan Roujun's army defeated Gongsun Zhan's army in Yuyang, and killed Yuyang Taishou Zou Dan.

At the same time, Yuan Shaojun defeated Gongsun Zan in Baoqiu and beheaded more than 20,000. Yan Roujun and Yuan Shaojun were like two huge guns, inserted into the land of Youzhou, and they were unstoppable all the way. In less than a few months, Gongsun Chan lost all the four counties of Yuyang, Shanggu, Beiping, and Liaoxi, Yuan Shao and Yan Rou each killed the commanders placed by Gongsun Zhan, and greeted Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, and the two armies united in Liaoxi. After that, the two armies joined forces and fought fiercely with Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses, and Gongsun Chan was repeatedly defeated, so he fled back to Yijing to hold on. More than ten trenches were dug in the Linyi River, and mounds as high as five or six zhang were piled up in the trenches, and there were camps built on the mounds. The mound in the center of the trench was the highest, reaching more than ten zhang, and Gongsun Zhan lived in it, using iron as a gate, and repelled the left and right, so that men over seven years old were not allowed to enter, and only lived in it with their wives and concubines, and hoarded three million grains. Gongsun Chan also used the woman to be loud, so that the voice could be heard hundreds of steps, which was used to convey orders. Seeing that Yuan Shao and Yan Rou were fierce and difficult to resist, Gongsun Zhan became more and more disheartened, and did not want to forge ahead, so he thought of relying on perseverance to exhaust the grain and grass of Yuan Shao and Yan Rou's two armies. At the same time, Gongsun Chan was alienated from the guests and did not listen to advice, so that there was no cronies around him, and the ministers and generals were gradually alienated.

It is said that on the other side, when the 60,000 troops of Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw were killed in Qingzhou, Cao Cao had already repelled the Black Mountain thieves from Yanzhou and was fighting in the southern part of Qingzhou. And Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw fought in the north, because almost all the black mountain thieves in Qingzhou fought with Cao Cao's soldiers and horses in the south, so Lu Yi and Zhang Jaw were bloodless, Qi and Le'an counties.

As for Cao Cao's side, he learned from the scouts sent that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses had been killed in Qingzhou, and immediately accelerated the speed of the march, and brought the people of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan counties to Yanzhou with lightning speed. In these months, Cao Cao defeated the Black Mountain thieves one after another, collected 60,000 surrendered troops, and the thieves who were the forerunners in the battle died 20,000. At this point, Cao Cao's troops were 200,000, but almost 180,000 of them were Black Mountain bandits.

At this time, there were less than 100,000 black mountain thieves left in Qingzhou. The remaining Black Mountain thieves, when they heard that Yuan Shao from the north was coming, were so frightened that they had no intention of fighting, and a Cao Cao had already killed them powerlessly, and now there was another evil tiger, which undoubtedly forced them into a dead end. Zhang Yan immediately gathered his generals, and after discussion, he decided to take the remaining Black Mountain thieves and rush to Le'an to surrender to Yuan Shao's general, Lu Yi.

Zhang Yan's surrender allowed Lu Yi to add 100,000 troops, which made Lu Yi ambitious, and while preparing for the next big battle with Cao Cao, he generally notified Chun Yuqiong of Bohai and ordered him to lead the army.

At this time, Lu Yi suddenly received a secret letter from Cao Cao, in which Cao Cao told Lu Yi that he had no intention of taking Qingzhou, and hoped that he would give him half a month to withdraw his soldiers and horses from Qingzhou. Seeing this, Koji Yi came to discuss with him.

When he heard this, he laughed.

"Cao Mengde's soldiers and horses must be exhausted after repeated battles, and although their troops are 200,000, almost all of them are the surrendered troops of the Black Mountain thieves, and they are all a group of rabble. It seems that he knew that he could not defeat our army, so he sent a secret letter, hoping that we would not send troops to attack his soldiers and horses. ”

"So, Fu Sima, do you think I should let Cao Cao go and let his soldiers and horses withdraw from Qingzhou?"

Frustrated and judged, they glanced at each other, and after the two exchanged glances, they seemed to have unified their opinions. He paused slightly.

"When a soldier moves, it is inevitable that no one will die. Moreover, Cao Cao and I both had a large number of soldiers, and if we went to war, we would definitely suffer heavy casualties. And the lord is now fighting in Youzhou, so it is not appropriate to turn his face with this Cao Cao. was able to get Qingzhou without bloodshed, and it was necessary to let its soldiers and horses evacuate. ”

"I have no objection to such a decision. In this way, we can also save a lot of troops for the Lord. Okay, I'll immediately repair a letter and pass it to Cao Mengde, giving him half a month. If he hasn't withdrawn after half a month, I'll immediately send troops to fight him! ”

After Koji Yi made a choice, he walked to the table and began to write letters, while Frustration and Interrogator walked to Koji Yi's side, and from time to time he would give some advice. Ju Yi admired the wisdom of the two people, so he gladly accepted it.

A few days later, Cao Cao received a reply from Lu Yi and smiled at Guo Jia.

"It seems that this Yiyi has not yet realized that I need the true intention of this half month, so that I will have enough time to take away the people of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan counties."

"Hehe, it's no wonder. If someone voluntarily dedicates the land of a state to Guo, don't say wait for a month, and Guo is willing to wait for a year. ”

At this point, Cao Cao got a buffer of half a month, bringing nearly 700,000 men and women from the three counties of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan back to Yanzhou.

Half a month later, Cao Cao did as promised and withdrew all his soldiers and horses to Yanzhou. Koji Yi was overjoyed, and hurriedly divided the army into three teams, waved the army straight up, and occupied the three counties of Beihai, Donglai, and Jinan in only ten days. It's just that what stunned Koji Yi was that when he led an army to Jinan County, there was no one in the entire Jinan County, and such a strange phenomenon made Koji Yi mistakenly think that he had come to the underworld. Koji Yi hurriedly sent several teams of scouts to search around Jinan County, and then sent people to Donglai and Beihai counties to check the situation.

A few days later, the scouts sent by Liyi led back several hunters living in the mountains, and these hunters told him that the reason why there was no one in Jinan was because Cao Cao sent troops and horses to bring all the people of Jinan to Yanzhou. After listening to it, Koji Yi realized the plan, and he regretted it. Later, a few days later, after receiving information from Donglai and Beihai, Liyi was almost so angry that he spurted blood on the spot, Donglai and Beihai were the same as Jinan, and almost all the people in the county were taken away by Cao Cao.

Ju Yi's hands trembled, and he suddenly had a seizure, tearing the two letters to shreds. Qingzhou lost a full 700,000 people, and he must have been heavily blamed by Yuan Shao afterwards.

"Pass my orders!! Leaving the Army!! Leaving the Army!! I want to fight to the death with Cao Mengde, a sinister villain!! ”

Koji Yi's face was red and his eyes were red, and he roared wildly. The frustrated teacher on the side hurriedly persuaded.

"Shogun Koji must not be consumed by anger and lose his composure. Cao Mengde had already taken the 700,000 people out of Qingzhou, and by this time he had made sufficient defensive measures in Yanzhou. If we attack rashly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win! ”

"General Koji, what Sima said is very true. Cao Cao was not an ordinary person, and his soldiers and horses also had a month's rest and their combat strength was restored. The terrain of Yanzhou is steep, and it has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack. The matter of attacking Yanzhou is a big matter, and the lord has no intention of tearing his face with this Cao Mengde now. I also hope that General Koji will think twice! ”