Cen Bi was defeated, Jiao Zhi followed, and four days later, Cen Bi forcibly crossed the Yellow River and returned to Hexi, and Jiao Jian followed and recovered the Shangdang counties.

It's just that when Jiao Touch's army rushed to the edge of the Yellow River, all the ships along the Yellow River had already been burned!

And Cen Bi also learned through the scouts that Jiao Touch was only coming with an army of 20,000, while the remaining 50,000 troops were confronting Guo Tu in the eldest son!

"Who would have thought that this Jiao Touch was really desperate to chase and kill us, although he only had an army of 20,000 people, and I was separated by the Yellow River, but this is only a tributary of the Yellow River, the river is not wide and not turbulent, but it can't stop Jiao Touch for too long!" Cen Bi said to a kind of subordinate!

"Lord, although you can't stop Jiao Touch for too long, it's enough for the lord to transfer troops from Hexi!" A young general spoke!

"Even if the troops are dispatched, they can't recover the decline at all, Jiao Touch's so confident and bold march into the army, regardless of Guo Tu behind him, must have surrendered Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's move is to hinder face and faith, and go to devour the tiger!" Another young general beside Cen Bi said!

"I also think about it, and I also think that among the 70,000 troops who besieged us that night, it should be Guo Tu's troops who fought our army head-on. And now the siege of the eldest son city is Guo Tu's plan to lure us to join the party! Cen Bi said!

"Lord, if this is the case, didn't we fall for Guo Tu's plan early in the morning?"

"Wu Sizhi, at the beginning, Guo Tu's envoy to Wuhexi was indeed here to form an alliance, but later Huguan Jiao touched and surrendered without a fight, prompting Guo Tu to plan his plan!" Cen Bi said.

"In this way, the lord only needs to make this matter public, so that Yuan Shao will bear the name of treachery, then the lord will naturally be safe, right?"

"Otherwise, Yuan Shao did it at this time, and he was not afraid of what others would say, and if I made it public, Yuan Shao would jump over the wall in a hurry, wanting to get rid of me quickly! And all this is just the result of my speculation, the real judgment needs to be after I cross the Yellow River before the scouts come back, I can only conclude that I can only mobilize 10,000 soldiers and horses from the west of the river to guard the river bank to prevent Jiao from crossing the river! Cen Bi said lightly!

Then a group of generals began to lead the troops to arrange defense, and at the same time mobilized 10,000 troops from the Hexi base camp to rush to the bank of the Yellow River to defend Jiaofu!

In the camp of Jiao Touch on the other bank, Jiao Touch and Ju Yi sat together to discuss how to cross the river, and finally the two decided that in order to achieve Guo Tu's expectation of a quick victory, all 40,000 troops went to the nearby mountains to cut timber, and then prepared to build a pontoon bridge and force the Yellow River to cross!

A few days later, several scouts in the Cen Bi army returned to the Cen Bi army without lingering at all, and directly reported to Cen Bi! At the same time, Cen Bi also invited a group of young generals to come to discuss!

"Tell me, what did you find?" Cen Bi said.

"Lord, I was ordered to go to the eldest son city to investigate, two days after the lord withdrew his army, Yuan Shao led 30,000 troops to arrive in the eldest son city, but he led the army into the city without stopping at all, and then I disguised myself into the city only to find out that Guo Tu had already led the troops into the city! And the confrontation between the two armies outside the city is all fake! One of the scouts spoke!

"Lord, in this way, this Jiao Touch has indeed surrendered to Yuan Shao. In this way, Yuan Shao has gathered almost 100,000 troops in Shangdang County, which is not good for us! A young general spoke.

Cen Bi listened to the scout's words and did not answer, but turned his gaze to the other scout, motioning for him to tell the results of his investigation, the scout understood, and said slowly:

"Lord, the Jiao Touch army camp on the other side of the Yellow River, cooking rice, etc. are all the establishment of a 20,000-strong army, but in the past two days, my subordinates have found a trace of abnormality.

Since the ships along the Yellow River were burned by the lord, and Jiao Touch's position was able to cross the river as soon as possible, less than 30,000 people from the camp went out of the camp to cut down big trees, so it can be seen that there must be more than 20,000 troops in the Jiao Touch camp, but I can't find out how many of them! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the last scout spoke: "Lord, I was ordered to investigate Taiyuan County, and I learned that now Zhang Nan has surrendered to Yuan Shao, and the entire Taiyuan County has been owned by Yuan Shao!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the case at the moment, but we fell for Yuan Shao's plan and opened the door to the pot for him, but now, we have become fish and meat on the felt board, not only can we not take the party, but even have to accompany Hexi! What do you think? Zeng Bi said!

"Although the lord has an army of 30,000 now, and can requisition 10,000 or 20,000 young people, but Yuan Shao is powerful, and we are so tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so it is recommended that it is better to surrender Yuan Shao in exchange for peace!" A young general said!

"Lord, no, none of us can surrender to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao's attack on the lord today is an act of treachery, and he can let us live on a safe day? Now if you don't want to fight to the death with Yuan Shao, the only way to go south to Liu Bei is to survive, and Liu Bei will definitely treat him with courtesy! ”

"Oh, why would Liu Bei treat each other with courtesy?" Cen Bi asked with interest!

"The lord is the Hexi Taishou who was personally sealed by the Son of Heaven, as long as the lord is there, he will have an excuse for Liu Bei to attack Hexi in the future! And Hexi and Hedong are only separated by a river, and the lord only needs to mobilize ships to enter Liu Bei's territory in a few days! ”

"This is not much different from what I mean, but if it is just me and you in the past, I will definitely not be favored by Liu Bei, but most of the soldiers under my command are native to Hexi, and they may not be willing to follow us south to Hedong!" Cen Bi voiced his worries!

"Lord, it is not impossible to bring all the soldiers to Sizhou, if the lord takes away his cronies and his family, it is not impossible, and at the same time, the lord only needs to leave 10,000 troops on the side of the Yellow River to defend for half a month, so that after half a month, we will be as far as the east of the river!"

Cen Bi followed his words, and finally ordered his trusted general Yang Fu to lead 10,000 troops to resist the Jiao Touch army on the west bank of the Yellow River, and his own and the remaining 10,000 troops returned to Hexi County to govern Lishi, and then selected 5,000 elite cronies and their families, a total of less than 30,000 people, and adult men and women all rode horses, all the way to Hedong County!

At the same time, Cen Bi also sent messengers to beg for surrender to Chang'an.

After Yuan Shao arrived in the city of the eldest son, he rested for a few days, and when he learned that Jiao Touch had made no achievements on the east bank of the Yellow River, he personally led an army of 30,000 to help Jiao Touch.

At this time, Jiao Touch has finished cutting down the trees, and he is ready to build a pontoon bridge and attack Xihe County!

After Yuan Shao arrived at the Jiao Touch camp, he tore off the original camouflage and ordered the army to quickly build a pontoon bridge and attack the West River!

Yuan Shao ordered Ju Yi to lead 20,000 troops to wade across the river and build a pontoon bridge. Ju Yi took the lead, entered the water naked, and led 20,000 troops into the water to build a pontoon bridge!

Although the water of the tributary Yellow River is not turbulent, after the 20,000 troops entered the water in turn, nearly 1,000 people were suddenly swept away by the flood!

After that, it took half a day for the pontoon bridge to be built, and Yang Fu on the west bank of the Yellow River ordered the army to keep shooting arrows at the Ju Yi army on the bank!

In this way, Yuan Shao waited for several days, and finally it took five days and about 15,000 troops to build a pontoon bridge and attack the land of Xihe County!

And Yang Fu led the remaining 4,000 remnants of the army to rout all the way to Xihe County!!

After Yuan Shao entered Xihe County, there was no way to stop him, but in just half a month, Yuan Shao won the land of Xihe County! However, to Yuan Shao's surprise, in the entire Xihe County, the Cen Bi army was not found at all!

And Cen Bi has already led the army across the Yellow River branch line and landed in Xie Liang County, waiting for a reply from Chang'an!