Guo Tu became a military advisor and became a veritable first mastermind of the Zhao army, and the heavy responsibility of giving advice was also pressed on him, knowing that he could not make a second-rate trial and waiting to see his good show, and then launched a counterattack.

Judging from the match, he became a military advisor in order to better lead Zhao Jun into glory.

But he didn't have a chance.

Guo Tu was not blind and didn't know what the military advisor should do, he said the layout of one item, the most important of which was to negotiate peace.

The strange thing is that he negotiated peace with the Chu army, which injured Hebei the most, but did not negotiate peace with Yuan Shu's Qi army.

Guo Tu, who had Yuan Shao's infinite trust, quickly got Yuan Shao's support, and Guo Tu personally went to Chuying as an envoy.

A few days later, Guo Tu returned to the Zhao camp, and what was surprising was that the Chu army agreed, and began to withdraw on its own initiative, in addition to the thousands of Chu troops trapped in Puyang, the largest Chu army in Hebei, the original Black Mountain Army, millions of people have begun to withdraw.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and sent his sons to inquire about the situation, and the two sons followed the original Black Mountain Army that was divided into two, watching them all the way to the Canghai coast of Bohai County, and then went by boat, all the way west back to Taihang Mountain.

The Chu army began to withdraw gradually, leaving behind the devastated Jizhou, as well as the Gongsun Zan army that took advantage of the fire to loot.

Yuan Shao's two sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, led the Zhao army, which was full of revenge flames for the rest of their lives, to break the Gongsun Zan army, and the beaten Gongsun Zan fled and hid in the Jiancheng of Youzhou Yijing and did not come out.

Turning back, Yuan Shao lifted the siege outside Puyang City, and there were less than 40,000 Qi-Chu coalition troops left, with the corpses of more than 3,000 Eight Banner soldiers of the Chu Army, and embarked on the road of retreat south.

The Qi army does not want the bodies of the dead, even if these are his colleagues.

The Chu army withdrew, and the Qi army scattered in Jizhou hurriedly retreated, and for a time the land of Hebei was restored to peace, but now this Jizhou is no longer Jizhou with a population of five million, except for the people who hid in the strong dock forts and fortified cities, most of the people of Hebei were coerced by the Chu army.

For a time, Qingzhou Beihai Country and Donglai County, which resettled the people of Hebei, were overcrowded.

The total population of the entire Jizhou encompassing the eastern counties of Yanzhou and the Qingzhou Plain north of the Yellow River has decreased by more than three times, leaving only a population of more than one million.

With the addition of the garrison, the Zhao army still maintains 300,000, and the population of the army is only one million, plus the population of the remaining two counties of Sili and the two counties of Bingzhou is not more than one million.

Henan Yin, as the imperial capital, has a population of more than two million, but he has been under Cao Xing's rule for more than a year, where can there be too much population left?

A population of less than three million supports an army of 300,000, and ten provide for one, as well as a large number of officials in the Zhao army series and a large number of officials in the imperial court series.

and Yuan Huai's left Yulu was changed to keep the original Yulu plus the equivalent Yulu, which was twice as much, as well as the food shortage, the emptiness of the national treasury, and the economic collapse caused by the inferior five-baht coin, etc.

These messes were all taken over by Yuan Shao.

The Qi Chu army withdrew, and Gongsun Zan was also crushed out, Yuan Shao did not disperse the Zhao army to various places, let alone let the Zhao army rest.

Most of the soldiers are from humble backgrounds, which means that their families are mostly scattered in the countryside without defense, and these countryside are the main objects of care of the Qichu coalition army, which can be said to be empty.

When Zhao Jun returned home, he found that the dilapidated house was still there, and his family was all taken away, whether to go to Chu Jun to chase down his family, or to find Qi Jun for revenge, no one was allowed, what can be said for sure is that who would have thought that this Zhao Jun would not return to the team.

In order to prevent Zhao Jun from dispersing, Guo Tu, who had already become a military advisor, suspended the infighting, turned Xin Ping's opinion into his own, and gave Yuan Shao a retouch.

Yuan Shao was on top of his gorgeous cart, except for the groom and personal guards, only Guo Tu rode with him, Guo Tu began to take Xin Ping's opinion as his own after expressing his flattery and incomprehensible gratitude:

"Congratulations to the lord for defeating Qi Chu at the same time, and also defeating Gongsun Zhan, all the elites in the world have become defeated under the lord!"

No matter how difficult it is now, Guo Tu can always find an opportunity to praise his father-in-law.

Being praised by this, it seems that this is really the case, and Yuan Shao's worries in his heart are much less for a while.

Guo Tu did not forget to get down to business:

"The 200,000 Zhao troops assembled cannot be dispersed for the time being, and at this time we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and maximize our interests."

"Oh? What do you think? ”

Guo Tu pointed his hand to the north:

"Persimmon is still looking for a soft pinch, Gongsun Chan is the direction in which we expand the results of the war, Youzhou since the Central Plains turmoil, is the refuge of Hebei refugees, in recent decades, the population of Youzhou has increased greatly, and it is no longer a remote and desolate border, even the frontier is not counted, because there are more of our Han feudal countries outside Youzhou.

Zhang Chao's brother Zhang Miao is your best friend, and Zhang Chao himself is the north of Youzhou, and the north of Youzhou is also Bao Xin, which is also closely related to the lord.

Even if it is Liu Yu, in the face of the edict of the imperial court, will he disobey with his character?

The three feudal states are all friendly with us, and we have the support of the imperial court, so we will solve the military threat in the north and expand our power at the same time! ”

When Yuan Shao heard it, this was really the truth.

Let's not say that Gongsun Chan has just been defeated by him, as the prime minister and general who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and is also the leader of the scholars, the leader of the party, and the leader of the rangers, he gave Zhang Chao, Bao Xin, and Liu Yu the titles of the three feudal monarchs to rise, which can be said to be beneficial but not costly.

Anyway, the name is given to you, and the territory is to find Cao Xing by yourself or to grab it from other races, the population, the appropriate support is also a few hundred thousands, and then you can grab it yourself.

Give some practical benefits, and I'm afraid that the three of you won't cooperate?

At the beginning, Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the fire to rob and colluded with Qi Chu, but now it also gives you a taste of being attacked.

It's a pity that the feudal state of Yuan Yi, the supporter of his own clan and the largest feudal force, is in Moxi, and the second largest feudal force Han Fu is also in Moxi.

Yuan Shao's eyes suddenly lit up, he could unite Zhang Chao, Bao Xin, and Liu Yu to attack Gongsun Zhan.

Is it possible to unite Yuan Yi, Han Fu and even Sun Jian, the three monarchs of the Moxi Feng Kingdom, as the Northern Route Army, and then use Youzhou and Jizhou as the Eastern Route Army, and Henan, Shangdang and other five counties as the Southern Route Army, and encircle the three missing one to attack the Chu Army in Bingzhou?

Yuan Shao, who drew inferences, applauded:

"Good! is worthy of being a military advisor, and you are really my ovary! ”

Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu more and more pleasing to the eye, who said that my closest people only make sycophants? Now it seems that it is just Tian Feng and jealous of Guo Tu's favor.

The more Yuan Shao thought about it, the happier he became.

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PS: I recommend the new book "Cutting Qing and Colonization", a story that travels to the Southern Ming Dynasty Zheng Chenggong's third brother to conquer the Qing Dynasty.