In the sixth year of the first peace, the thirteenth day of the first month of spring, Puyang.

Yuan Shao immediately raised the riverbank, watching the endless army pass through the dry Yellow River, his eyes were full of murder.

He had a terrible New Year.

After providing 100,000 stone of food and some medicine, Cao Ang eased his tone, and although he still refused to send troops to help, he expressed his gratitude to Yuan Shao, claiming that as soon as Yuan Shao's marching route arrived, he would levy soldiers and repair the road. Of course, Yuan Shao would not tell him which direction he would attack from, so he did not reply to Cao Ang, but he was very satisfied with Cao Ang's attitude.

The preparation of food and military supplies for the expedition of the army was also smooth. With the cooperation of the judge, Zhen Yi and others, the families in the north and south of Jizhou showed their strength, with their subordinates, escorting grain and grass, and rushing from all directions. Wuhuan Qiu Liju and Xiongnu Yu Fuluo also sent cavalry to help. In order to thank Yuan Shao for sending people to help regain Shan Yu's position, Yu Fuluo decided to personally lead 7,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry into battle.

According to preliminary statistics, in addition to the troops stationed in various places, Yuan Shao could call on more than 50,000 foot soldiers and more than 15,000 cavalry, with a total of nearly 70,000, which had an absolute military advantage over Sun's father and son.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao received another message from Huang Wan. Huang Wan first attacked Sun Jian, who was trying to attack west, and then drove Dong Yue to Shaanxi County. Through these two operations, Huang Wan not only cleared the surrounding area of Luoyang, promoted a group of generals, and established prestige, but also tempered the combat effectiveness of the team, and could advance eastward at any time to assist Yuan Shao in the battle. After streamlining, Huang Wan can send 30,000 troops, and the only regret is that he is mainly foot soldiers, and there are no cavalry. But for Yuan Shao, this is not a problem, Sun Ce's cavalry is also very limited, as a response force, Huang Wan's troops are enough.

But the bad news was like a gust of wind, unconsciously blowing all over Yecheng, and then all over Jizhou, and by the time Yuan Shao found out about this problem, things were out of control. He called Guo Tu over and scolded him, and he couldn't do anything else.

Yuan Shao never thought that a fish that slipped through the net, an article, would give him such a big trouble. As soon as he thought of this, he hated Wang Yun to the core. What kind of Wang Zuozhicai, this little thing can't be done, and he poked out such a big leak.

After thinking about it, there was only one way to eliminate the influence: kill the Sun father and son, capture Yuzhou, and then Jingzhou. Cai Yong wrote history in Xiangyang, and he must not be allowed to write these things into the history books. In terms of understanding the inside story, Cai Yong himself is better than Li Ru. Li Ru only knows Dong Zhuofang's information, but Cai Yong still knows a lot of things on their side, and his reputation is by no means comparable to Li Ru, once he decides to speak, he will be more lethal.

Marching from Junyi has become the only choice to achieve Yuan Shao's goal.

After Li Ru's article disgusted Yuan Shao fiercely, the news sent back by Geng Bao disgusted Yuan Shao again. Sun Ce extorted 3,000 gold and threatened to drive Yuan Shao out of the Yuan clan and prevent him from returning to Ruyang for burial. For Yuan Shao, although three thousand gold is not small, it is not a big number, and he can take it out anytime and anywhere. But Sun Ce's approach is too despicable, it is tolerable, and it is intolerable.

Yuan Shao was about to refuse, but Guo Tu's words made him grit his teeth and agree to Sun Ce's request. Guo Tu said that it doesn't matter what Sun Ce thinks, what matters is what Yuan Tan thinks and what others will think. Yuan Tan has been a captive in Pingyu for half a year, and now Sun Ce is willing to release people, and you are still unwilling to pay, what will Yuan Tan think, is the relationship between father and son so weak? Some people have already said that the lord plans to abolish the elder and establish the young, and the defeat of Yuan Tan Rencheng is caused by the lord not saving him when he sees death, and now he doesn't want to redeem him back, isn't it a rumor? The more money you give, the more you attach importance to Yuan Tan, and the rumors are self-defeating.

People are terrible, and Yuan Shao knows this truth very well. In addition, he was more worried that Yuan Xi would be affected, and he also needed Yuan Xi to attack Qingzhou and attract Sun Ce's troops. If Yuan Xi takes Yuan Tan as a lesson and refuses to do his best, it will affect the implementation of his entire strategy.

Three thousand gold quietly set off on Chinese New Year's Eve and was transported to Pingyu. Specially chose such a time point because Yuan Shao hopes to leave these unpleasant things in the past year, so that the New Year will bring good signs.

The three thousand gold was sent away, and the New Year came, but Yuan Shao's anger did not disappear. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to break Sun Ce's body into 10,000 pieces immediately, so he changed his plan and ordered an expedition without waiting for the end of the first month, claiming to be 200,000, and killed Yuzhou violently.

Dozens of knights escorted a large cart to the shore, identified the direction of the Chinese army, and rushed over.

Yuan Shao frowned, turned around and muttered in a low voice. Guo Tu on the side saw it in his eyes and didn't say anything, but he secretly sneered in his heart.

Tian Lai came to admonish again.

No one dared to dissuade Yuan Shao who was furious, except for Tian Feng. Even though the army had already crossed the Yellow River, Tian Feng still did not approve of launching an attack now. According to the original plan, Yuan Xi should first launch an offensive in Qingzhou to attract Sun Ce's attention, then Cao Cao should send troops from Yizhou, Huang Wan led his troops to attack Nanyang and contain Zhou Yu, and then Yuan Shao led the main force to take Junyi and Yingchuan. According to the progress estimate, the troops will be dispatched at the end of February, and in a month's time, the main force should arrive near Junyi in April, and the cavalry will be sent to Yingchuan to grab the winter wheat from Tuntian as a supply, so that there is no need to transport grain from Jizhou for the second time, which will greatly reduce the pressure on logistics and supply. Now that it has been a month and a half in advance, consuming an extra three or four hundred thousand stone grain is still a trivial matter, disrupting the order of moves, which will attract Sun Ce's attention and greatly increase the difficulty of the attack.

When the carriage came to the bottom of the slope, Tian Feng got out of the car, stumbling over with a cane in one hand and a hem of his clothes in the other. Although Yuan Shao was displeased, he still squeezed out a smile, turned over and dismounted, and greeted him.

"Yuan Hao, what's the matter, so urgent? You slow down, slow down, watch your step. ”

Tian Feng let out a long sigh. "Thank you, my lord. The ministers are old and decaying, and they should not be annoying, but the two armies are fighting each other, and life and death are at stake, and there is no room for loss. The minister did not dare not be loyal to his words, and hoped that the lord would think twice. ”

Yuan Shao's smile became more and more reluctant, and he was not even interested in answering Tian Feng. Speaking of which, isn't that just a few sentences, I've all arrived here, do you want to go back?

Seeing that Yuan Shao didn't speak, Guo Tu took over the conversation. "Brother Yuan Hao, your loyalty, the lord appreciates it very much. But you're too worried. In terms of generals, when the lord was appointed as the Puyang Commander thirty years ago, Sun Jian was still a young man with hanging hair. In terms of troops, even if Sun Ce moves in the nest, the number of people he can really mobilize will not exceed 30,000. In terms of money and food, Yuzhou had a big epidemic last year, and the treasury was empty. With these three, why not win? Brother Yuan Hao, you are too worried. ”

Tian Feng was furious, and his anger towards Yuan Shao was all transformed into anger towards Guo Tu. "If the age is useful, Xu Rong will not be defeated by Sun Ce. If the army can decide the victory, Gaozu will not have the defeat of Pengcheng. Although there is a lot of money and food, it cannot be flooded like a river. As a military strategist, you do not advise the lord to be cautious, but only know how to speak out, if the lord is under the fortified city and cannot advance, can you bear this responsibility? ”

Guo Tu put away his smile and didn't say a word, just looked at Tian Feng with sneering eyes, like looking at a dead man.

Yuan Shao's face was pale, and even the smile he squeezed out was gone.

"Yuan Hao, according to your words, our army will be defeated?"