Whether this battle was lost or won, whether from a campaign or strategic point of view, this battle was lost, and it was completely defeated, but this battle also failed to achieve the expected goal for Dong Zhuo, and he failed to completely defeat the henchman sour jujube coalition army, and then it is likely to be attacked by the sour jujube coalition army.

The reason was that the Hanoi coalition forces were also defeated on the same day.

The Hanoi coalition led by Yuan Shao was also defeated, and was as completely defeated as Cao Cao.

In the Hanoi meeting hall, Yuan Shao recruited his old friends Xu You and Feng Ji, and when it was determined that Cao Cao's Xingyang strategy had completely failed and failed badly, Yuan Shao sat on the wooden table. Dong Zhuo launched two battles in Hanoi and Xingyang to achieve unprecedented victories, and the results were huge, not only the strategy and campaign achieved brilliant results, but also because this battle greatly reduced the will of the coalition forces to fight, and destroyed the spirit of resistance, especially to exert unprecedented pressure on Yuan Shao's leadership, just like Xu You said, the current Yuan Shao must do something, otherwise, the coalition forces are likely to quickly collapse in front of Dong Zhuo's powerful military.

Yuan Shao sat dejected, very desolate.

Just like his old friend Cao Cao's evaluation of Yuan Shao, he is fierce and timid, and he is indecisive; Do big things and spare your life, and forget your life when you see small profits. The best proof is that the battle against Dong has not yet begun, he has already begun to plan the back road, and even expressed to Cao Cao his ambition to occupy Yan Zhao.

And isn't this just doing big things and sparing your life, and forgetting your life when you see small profits?

So the moment he heard about Cao Cao's defeat, the first thing he thought of was to return to Jizhou.

But because of his indecisive personality, he couldn't make a decision, so he could only seek advice from his friend and mastermind, Xu Yu and Feng Ji. The three have been friends for many years, and after Yuan Shao fled from Luoyang to Jizhou, Xu You became his mastermind. It was also under his persuasion that Yuan Shao succeeded Cao Cao and carried the banner of Dong and allied with Cao Cao.

During this period, Yuan Shao's internal period should be the most harmonious. Of course, the main reason is that the Hebei scholars have not yet joined his command to compete with Ying and Ru Mingshi for fame and fortune, and the Ying and Ru Mingshi represented by Xu You and Feng Ji are naturally trusted by Yuan Shao when there is no opposition, and even obey his words.

Because the matter discussed today is very important, Yuan Shao only recruited Xu You and Feng Ji, but when Xu You put forward a proposal to stabilize the morale of the army, Yuan Shao said that he wanted to return to Jizhou, which surprised Xu You and Feng Ji.

"My lord. The current situation has not yet reached the point where it is necessary to withdraw the troops, and if we retreat now, all the hard work we have paid in the past six months will be in vain. Feng Ji immediately voted against, and Xu You, who had a good relationship, also disapproved of withdrawing now, he said: "In this battle, Dong Zhuo only eliminated the defenders of Heyangjin when he came to the north, but the coalition forces stationed in Hanoi did not have any losses, plus the two coalition forces of Sujube and Luyang, we still have the ability to fight with Dong Zhuo." ”

"Lord, what Ziyuan said is true, if the lord retreats now. Dong Zhuo will be able to immediately transfer tens of thousands of troops from Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, and at that time, whether it is from Hanoi directly to Jizhou, or to support the front line of Xingyang and Luyang, if the other two coalition forces are defeated, Dong Zhuo will inevitably turn around and deal with our Jizhou coalition army. At that time, how should I resist Dong Zhuo's big attack? ”

In the Hanoi coalition army, Yuan Shao took the headquarters to be stationed in Hanoi, and Zhang Yang and Yu Fuluo and other allied troops went south to the Yellow River to contain the Xingyang defenders. And the unlucky Wang Kuang led the newly recruited Taishan soldiers to be stationed in Heyangjin. was ready to cross the river to attack after the sour jujube coalition army arrived at Bishui Pass, but who would have thought that Dong Zhuo secretly transferred the Mengjin and Zhou armies and created the illusion that a large army would cross the river to attack. After learning the news, in order to prevent the 'Bingzhou Army' from crossing north from Mengjin, Yuan Shao specially ordered Han Fu's account Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian to lead tens of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of boats, and hundreds of strong crossbows to be stationed in the Mengjin River, as long as the enemy dared to cross the river to attack, resolutely destroy it, but he did not expect that Dong Zhuo did not plan to cross the river from Mengjin at all, but ordered Li Qi and Guo Yan to lead the elite Xiliang army to cross from Xiaopingjin to the north, and surrounded the Taishan soldiers stationed in Heyangjin, and won the battle, almost all the tens of thousands of Taishan soldiers recruited by Wang Kuangxin were annihilated. Then he calmly returned from Xiaopingjin, until Wang Kuang returned to Hanoi with a dozen or so people in embarrassment, Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian in the Mengjin River knew that Dong Zhuojun had crossed north.

But even if he met Wang Kuang and understood the severity of the situation, Yuan Shao did not plan to withdraw his troops, the real fuse was because after Cao Cao conveyed the news of Bian Shui's defeat, especially when he heard that Meng De's 5,000 soldiers and horses were wiped out, this news made him immediately recruit Xu You and Feng Ji, but he didn't want the two to unanimously oppose the withdrawal of troops. This made Yuan Shao at a loss, and immediately the account became quiet, no one spoke, all waiting for Yuan Shao's decision, the breathing of the three people in the account became heavier and heavier, and it took a long time to hear Yuan Shao's particularly unwilling voice sound, and said: "Now Meng Jin and Xiao Pingjin are stationed for Dong Zhuo's general Li Qi Guo Yan, and there are Xu Rong and Hu Zhen on the front line of Xingyang and Luyang, both of whom are famous generals, we continue to hold on to Dong Zhuo in Hanoi, and sooner or later the whole army will be wiped out." ”

Really speaking, Yuan Shao was very unwilling to be attacked by Li urging Guo Yan, after all, he was just falling into the enemy's tricks, if it was a head-on confrontation Li urged Guo Yan may not be able to please him, Yuan Shao could also comfort himself when he received the news of defeat, he must not be impulsive, let alone take the initiative to attack, he must wait until Cao Cao arrives at Bishui Pass, then lead the army south, and it is not too late to take revenge.

But after he received the news that Cao Cao was defeated by Xu Rong head-on, he couldn't sit still, being defeated head-on and being defeated by a sneak attack are not the same thing at all, he can still deceive himself when he is attacked by sneak attack, but he can be defeated head-on, this is not just a matter of strength, but the reason for the commander's command and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

And Cao Cao has always been in the army, his ability is undoubted, even he was defeated, Yuan Shao asked himself what is the need to insist?

It was this desperate news that made Yuan Shao finally recognize the strength of the two sides, in fact, he has always had a clear judgment of the strength of the enemy and us, otherwise he would not have reserved a back road for himself, he just deceived himself that the three-way coalition army and 300,000 troops may not be able to fight with Dong Zhuo.

However, Xu Rong only used one battle to bring Yuan Shao back to reality from the clouds, but then Xu Yu's words made Yuan Shao see new hope, that is, Cao Cao suggested in his letter that he change his original plan. The recent plan is roughly the same as Yuan Shao's original concept, still with Yuan Shao's main force in Hanoi in Mengjin, and the sour jujube generals are guarding Chenggao, according to Aocang, Sai Yuyuan, Taigu, all control its risk, and the difference from the previous is from the sour jujube coalition army to the Luyang coalition army, the latest plan requires Yuan Shu to lead the army of Nanyang to Dan, analysis, into the Wuguan, to Zhen Sanfu, and then high base deep wall, not to fight with Dong Zhuo, benefit for the doubtful soldiers, if successful, then besiege Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, then the world can be determined, Dong Zhuo can be punished.

Yuan Shao's mind was on the four characters of defeated Bian Shui, and what was written afterwards had not been half a mind to look down, at this moment I heard Xu You say this, and immediately opened the letter again, and after reading it carefully, he asked: "Is this plan feasible?" (To be continued......)