It is said that Yuan Shao since the original pursuit of Cao Cao, on the edge of the Yellow River was ambushed by Cao Cao on ten sides and defeated, 170,000 troops were lost, sad and vomited blood, after returning to Jizhou City, the body has been extremely weak, barely lasted for more than a month, and finally the old disease relapsed, vomiting blood again and falling unconscious.

Knowing that his life was short, Yuan Shao was ready to set up an heir and lead the four states of Ji, You, He, and Qing.

Yuan Shao did another stupid thing, obviously he had the eldest son Yuan Tan and the second son Yuan Xi, but because he liked the third son Yuan Shang more, he felt that Yuan Shang was more talented than Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, so he made Yuan Shang his heir.

As soon as Yuan Shao died, Yuan Shang, with the assistance of trial and discipline, inherited the position of General Yuan Shao, and the pastor of the four states of Hebei, You, and Qing.

There is no doubt that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will definitely not be convinced. It's just that Yuan Shang doesn't use Guo Tu yet, and the trial and Feng Ji also joined forces to squeeze out Guo Tu, resulting in Guo Tu having no status in front of Yuan Shang after Yuan Shao's death, and Guo Tu also hated him deeply, how could he be willing.

So, Guo Tu voted for Yuan Tan, and after several instigations, Yuan Tan couldn't help but turn his face with Yuan Shang, and united with Yuan Xi to coerce Yuan Shang, and the three brothers broke out in Jizhou City.

Originally, Hebei's existing strength was far inferior to Cao Cao, and the three brothers did not jointly prevent Cao Cao, but instead fought among themselves, which is not self-defeating.

When Cao Cao's 300,000 troops crossed the Yellow River and headed towards Jizhou, the three Yuan brothers were red-eyed, not to mention stopping the fight and hating the same enemy, but like the enemy, continuing to fight and killing, giving Cao Cao an opportunity to take advantage of!

Cao Cao sneered: "Yuan was incompetent at the beginning, and the son he raised was also a group of waste materials!" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister, when you take this opportunity, take Jizhou City directly, in less than a month, you can go down to the thirteen counties of Jizhou, get Jizhou, Hebei is equivalent to half of it, and the remaining You, and, Qing three states are enough to take it in two or three months, swallow Hebei, at that time, the rest of the princes in the world will be combined, and the strength will be the same as the prime minister, and the prime minister's hegemony will be successful!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, full of pride, and then ordered the capture of Liyang, and then used Liyang as a bridgehead to march into Jizhou.

When Cao's army invaded Jizhou and captured Pingyuan County, the three Yuan brothers finally knew that they were panicked and hurriedly 'negotiated peace' to resist Cao Cao.

However, the three brothers were infighting and became enemies, even if they were forced to reunite under Cao Cao's pressure, how could they work together, and in the end, they would only resist Cao's army with their own forces.

Originally, his strength was weaker than Cao Cao, and if he couldn't work together, how could he beat Cao Cao.

First, Yuan Tan led 50,000 troops to be defeated by Cao Cao in Qinghe County and fled to Bohai County, and then Yuan Xi and Gaogan combined forces of 70,000 troops were defeated by Cao Cao in Julu County and fled back to Jizhou City. Yuan Shang was frightened and did not dare to fight Cao Cao, and a total of 120,000 troops with Yuan Xi and Gao Gan's remnants defended Jizhou City, wanting to wait for Cao Cao's food to retreat.

Although Yuan Xi is not convinced by Yuan Shang, he is only the second son of Yuan Shao after all, and Yuan Tan is the eldest son, even if he and Yuan Tan pull Yuan Shang down together, it is Yuan Tan who has the greatest benefits.

Under the concerted efforts of Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, and Gao Gan, Cao Cao stormed Jizhou City for a month without breaking it.

This month's siege battle, he not only killed and injured tens of thousands of soldiers, and the food consumption was huge, and he could not break through Jizhou City for half a month, maybe he would return in vain this northern expedition, because in addition to the consumption of grain and grass, he was also worried that Liu Yu would lead his troops east to threaten Xu Du after solving Qiang and Di Erhu. Huaxia Library

Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu, Xun You, Xu You and other advisers: "Do you have any good strategies to break the city?" ”

Cheng Yu and Xun You were silent.

Xu You suddenly thought of a plan, he looked at Cheng Yu and Xun Yu groaning, and he smiled disdainfully, that look at him, as if he was talking about two wastes, I Xu You look down on you.

Cao Cao frowned, extremely dissatisfied and disgusted with Xu You's temperament, but he wouldn't show it, but asked with a smile: "Xu You, what do you have planned?" ”

Xu You said with a smile: "Back to the prime minister, I have a plan, which is to drive the wolves and fight for each other." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao was overjoyed and urged: "Don't hurry up yet." ”

Xu You said proudly: "Yuan Shao abolished the eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi did not stand, but set up the third son Yuan Shang, causing the brothers to become enemies, among which Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were the most hostile. After the defeat of Yuan Xi and Gao Gan, he fled into Jizhou City, and the news came out from the city that Yuan Xi had given up the competition and worked together with Yuan Shang to unite as one, so that Jizhou City was held. Yuan Xi is the second son, with Yuan Tan here, even if Yuan Shao did not abolish Chang Liyu, it would not be his turn, he could sincerely unite with Yuan Shang, but Yuan Tan is the eldest son, after Yuan Shao's death, he should have been the most qualified to inherit Yuan Shao's position as the general of Hebei, You, and Qing, but Yuan Shao bypassed him and gave it to Yuan Shang, he was the most dissatisfied with Yuan Shang, and it was impossible for him to work together with Yuan Shang to unite together. ”

Xu You continued: "The prime minister can retreat from Jizhou City first, and then attack Yuan Tan who fled to Bohai County, and drive Yuan Tan to Jizhou City. If Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi did not let Yuan Tan enter Jizhou City, the prime minister would surrender Yuan Tan, and promised to order Yuan Tan to be the pastor of Jizhou after capturing Jizhou, and Yuan Tan would surrender. As soon as Yuan Tan surrenders, as the eldest son of Yuan Shao, the morale of the Yuan soldiers in Jizhou City will be severely hit, and the prime minister can use Yuan Tan to oppose more Yuan officials in Jizhou City, so that they can cooperate with each other inside and outside, and Jizhou City can also be broken. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed: "This plan is very good, if you break through Jizhou City, you should be the first to do it!" ”

Xu You smiled proudly, and praised him: "Xu You thank Prime Minister, if you break Jizhou City, you won't dare to take the first credit, it's all because of the Prime Minister's wisdom." ”

Cao Cao used Xu Yu's strategy to retreat from the city of Jizhou and attack Bohai County instead.

It took only six days to defeat Yuan Tan again, capture Bohai County, and drive Yuan Tan to the city of Jizhou.

Yuan Tan wanted to enter Jizhou City, Yuan Shang was worried that if Yuan Tan entered Jizhou City and then fought with him, and Yuan Tan instigated Yuan Xi to unite with him to fight infighting, he and Yuan Tan were like enemies, wishing that Yuan Tan would die outside the city, so he refused to open the city gate and did not allow Yuan Tan to enter Jizhou City.

Yuan Tan was furious, gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Shang, I swear not to stand with you!" ”

Just after scolding, Yu Ban led a cavalry of the Cao army to kill, Yuan Tan fled from Jizhou City in horror and fled to a county town 100 miles away from Jizhou City, and at this moment there were only 3,000 remnants left around him, and he was extremely depressed.

Guo Tu had been following Yuan Tan and fled here, he was also extremely embarrassed, and he was also extremely angry that Yuan Shang did not allow him and Yuan Tan to enter Jizhou City.

Suddenly, Guo Tu persuaded Yuan Tan: "The eldest prince, since Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are not benevolent, it is better for the eldest prince to simply vote for the prime minister!" ”

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