When Yuan Shao got the news of Xun Chen, saying that Han Fu had promised to invite him to Yecheng as the lord of Jizhou, he suddenly got another not very good news: Liu Bei's cavalry was 5,000 in the plain, and he led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under his command to go north from the plain and entered the territory of Dongguang County.

This news made Yuan Shao so angry that he jumped to his feet.

Xun Chen's lobbying has been successful, and the next Yuan Shao only needs to wait for the envoy sent by Han Fu to come to Bohai, just to express Han Fu's intention to invite him to Jizhou, and Yuan Shao can go to Yecheng to take over the power of Jizhou from Han Fu. But I didn't expect that at this time, Liu Bei actually sent troops, and the purpose was clear, and he went straight to Nanpi.

Under the pressure of Gongsun Zhan's power, Han Fu finally made the decision that Yuan Shao wanted him to make, and everything developed very smoothly, completely according to Yuan Shao's plan, but when it was time to pick the fruits of victory, this Liu Bei came out again, which made Yuan Shao feel annoyed.

However, anger is anger, Liu Bei still needs to deal with it well.

If it is just the five thousand soldiers and horses of ordinary princes, then Yuan Shao does not need to care much at all, although he now has only one Bohai County, but he has two fierce generals in his hands, Yan Liangwen and Chou, and the other Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Qi and others are all generals who are good at leading the army, and the five thousand soldiers and horses are not in Yuan Shao's eyes at all.

But Yuan Shao has Yan Liangwen and Chou, and Liu Bei is also related to Yu Zhang Fei, and this time, in order to really help Gongsun Zan contain Yuan Shao, Liu Bei brought Guan Zhangdu in order to deal with Yan Liangwen and Chou under Yuan Shao.

Yan Liangwen's strength is not weak, they are all existences that can manifest the phantom of blood, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not weak, they are two peerless tiger generals who joined forces to draw the world's first military general Lu Bu under the Tiger Prison Pass, after getting Liu Bei to take Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses has entered the territory of Dongguang County, Yuan Shao is hurriedly summoned a group of strategists to discuss how to deal with this Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao's several major strategists at this time, Xun Chen and Guo Tu went to Yecheng to seek Jizhou for Yuan Shao, only Xu You and Feng Ji were by their side, but after getting the exact news of Liu Bei's troops, both Xu You and Feng Ji's attitude was very clear, that is, troops must be sent to repel Liu Bei.

The timing of Liu Bei's dispatch of troops was too coincidental, at this time it was when Gongsun Chan was in Jizhou, and Yuan Shao was ready to pick the fruits of victory, coupled with the intimate relationship between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan, although Xu You and Feng Ji didn't know Gongsun Zhan's thoughts, they were able to guess Gongsun Zhan's purpose of wanting to annex Jizhou alone. And Liu Bei is undoubtedly the means used by Gongsun Zan in order to contain Yuan Shao.

Although Liu Bei is not Gongsun Zhan's subordinate, with the relationship between Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei, Gongsun Chan only needs to pay a small price, and letting Liu Bei send troops to contain Yuan Shao is a trivial matter.

Yuan Shao can actually ignore Liu Bei and go directly to Yecheng to take over the power of Jizhou from Han Fu, but in that case, Liu Bei will inevitably lead his troops to take Bohai.

Bohai is Yuan Shao's lair, at this time Jizhou has not fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao, Bohai must not be lost.

If Bohai falls and is occupied by Liu Bei, and something happens in Jizhou, Yuan Shao will really be homeless, and Bohai must be in their hands before taking over Jizhou.

After some discussion, Yuan Shao decided to personally lead 8,000 troops, go south from Nanpi, enter the territory of Dongguang County, take Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Chun Yuqiong and others as generals, Xu You as military advisors, and come to meet this Liu Bei for a while. As for Feng Ji and Jiang Qi, they stayed in Nanpi to avoid anyone coming to copy Yuan Shao's lair.

On the second day of Yuan Shao's decision, he led 8,000 soldiers and horses, together with Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Chun Yuqiong, and Xu You, from Nanpi to Dongguang.

When Yuan Shao led his troops into Dongguang County, Liu Bei also took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and 5,000 soldiers to Dongguang County.

Riding on a horse, looking at the big banner of the word "Yuan" fluttering above Dongguang County, Liu Bei frowned slightly, and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Second brother, third brother, it seems that we can't take this Dongguang County in a short time, Yuan Shao reacted quickly and has come to Dongguang County." ”

Zhang Fei glanced up at the big banner with the word "Yuan" fluttering above the gate tower of Dongguang County, and said in an urn voice: "Big brother, isn't it just one Yuan Shao?" When he appears on the wall, I will cut off his head. ”

Liu Bei shook his head and scolded Zhang Fei: "Third brother, don't be so reckless. ”

Looking at Zhang Fei's aggrieved look, Liu Bei sighed and said: "Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao is a disciple of the Yuan clan in Runan, and he is famous all over the world, if the third brother you cut off his head here, I am afraid that I don't know how many scholars will spit on us." And the purpose of our coming this time is just to contain Yuan Shao, not to fight with Yuan Shao to the death. ”

Zhang Fei stretched out his hand and touched the back of his head, and asked with some puzzlement: "Alas, big brother, aren't we here to send troops to fight Yuan Shao?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and shook his head again, so that Zhang Fei could see that his head was foggy, and he didn't understand what Liu Bei meant at all.

At this time, Guan Yu withdrew a pair of Danfeng eyes from the banner with the word "Yuan" above Dongguang County, and asked Liu Bei: "Big brother, what are we going to do?" ”

Liu Bei looked at the gate of Dongguang County and said, "Brother Bogui now wants to seize Jizhou, but he is afraid that this Yuan Shao will interfere with him, so he hopes that our brother will send troops to contain Yuan Shao for him." We only need to contain Yuan Shao and leave Yuan Shao in the Bohai Sea, and we don't have to fight him to the death. ”

Zhang Fei was a little puzzled at this time, and asked: "Big brother, we want to contain Yuan Shao again, if we don't fight with Yuan Shao, then how can we contain this Yuan Shao?" ”

Seeing that Guan Yu also showed a puzzled look on his face, Liu Bei said with a smile: "Second brother, third brother, Brother Bogui means that he doesn't want this Yuan Shao to make a move against him, so we only need Yuan Shao to stay in Bohai, as long as we can let Yuan Shao stay in Bohai, what Brother Bogui asked us to do will be completed." ”

At this time, he looked at the banner with the word "Yuan" and said: "After a while, I will ask someone to send a war letter to Dongguang County, and invite Yuan Shao to go out of the city tomorrow to fight with us. ”

Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and the tip of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife fell to the ground: "Big brother, rest assured." ”

Zhang Fei carried the Zhangba snake spear on his shoulder: "Big brother, don't say anything else, I have no problem with this fight." ”

Liu Bei's idea was very simple, let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei go out to fight and show their strength, and then fight in one place, not taking the initiative to attack, so that Yuan Shao would not dare to act rashly.

In this way, Yuan Shao is not only restrained, but there is no need to carry out a big battle that is destined to suffer a lot of casualties, what is so bad?