At the same time, Qingzhou Leling.

Previously, Tai Shi Ci raided the camp of the Yuan army's front army at night, which eventually led to the Yuan army's front army falling into chaos, although the final statistics found that the losses were not large, but some camp tents were burned, plus hundreds of soldiers suffered some casualties in the chaos, but the blow to the morale of the Yuan army was self-evident.

And in the end, not only did these enemies make a big fuss in their own camp, but they also let them get out of the way! This is a great shame for Yuan Shao! Especially until the enemy took the initiative to spread the news, they knew that the people who came to attack the camp were not only led by Leling County Shoutai Shi Ci himself, but also the strength was only 500 people.

As a result, Yuan Shao, who was furious, directly beheaded all the chiefs and captains who were in charge of the vigil of the front army camp that day, and cut down a few military marquis and Sima who failed to calm the chaos and appease the army in time when the front army was in chaos. If it weren't for the hard persuasion of Xun Chen and others, I'm afraid Yuan Shao would have cut down the entire commander and even the captain of the former army.

However, obviously, cutting off the heads of a few people could not vent the anger in Yuan Shao's heart, so the next day, Yuan Shao immediately waved his army to attack the city, and personally led the team to supervise the front. If anyone is caught daring to cower, they are immediately beheaded.

It's just that even so, under the desperate defense of the high-morale Leling defenders led by Tai Shici and Wang Xuan, Yuan Shao did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, but left thousands of corpses.

For the rest of the day, Yuan Shao continued to discuss with everyone how to capture Leling, constantly tried various siege methods, and even Yuan Shao put down his pride and sent people to Leling City to persuade him to surrender. It's just a pity that he was rejected by Tai Shi Ci.

And today, he received another bad news.

"What?! Yi Cheng is lost?! What's going on?! So what does Koji do?! How could he not even be able to stop Gongsun Zhan?! Yuan Shao looked at the soldier who came to report and roared, it looked like he was going to eat people, and the soldier was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao was even more angry, but before he could speak, Xun Chen on the side quickly asked first, "What's going on?!" Hurry up! ”

Being interrupted by Xun Chen, the soldiers who were frightened by Yuan Shao hurriedly explained the matter, and then quickly fled from the camp under Xun Chen's instructions.

Afterwards, Xun Chen looked at Yuan Shao, who was silent but obviously angry, hesitated, and finally didn't dare to speak, so he could only turn his head to Xu You on the side for help.

Seeing Xun Chen's eyes, Xu You had no choice but to persuade helplessly, "Lord, General Koji has only 20,000 soldiers, and in the face of the 80,000 army combined by Gongsun Chan and Zhang Yan, it is not easy to retreat with his whole body, and when Zhang Yan did not arrive, the confrontation between General Koji and Gongsun Chan has never been defeated!" ”

"Humph! Zhang Yan! I've been ignoring him, and he dares to take the initiative to provoke me?! When Liu Bei is defeated, I will definitely set foot in the Black Mountain! Hearing this, Yuan Shao was silent for a long time before scolding indignantly. However, as soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the tent finally relaxed. Because they knew that Yuan Shao was not so angry anymore.

Seeing this, Xun Chen hurriedly said, "My lord, my subordinates think that although General Koji was forced to retreat to Wuhuan, it may not be a good thing, Wuhuan is far away from Yancheng and Gaoyang, if Gongsun Chan wants to continue to go south, he must send a large number of troops to guard the grain road." Moreover, Wu Huan is close to Anping State, and Yuan troops can be mobilized from Anping State at any time, plus General Koji is guarding it, so it is impossible for Gongsun Zhan to attack it. ”

"The subordinates seconded the proposal, and the most important thing now is to capture Leling as soon as possible to break the deadlock on the Qingzhou side. Now that Li Yi on the Wei County side has ceased his army, it is difficult for Gongsun Zan to continue to forge ahead, as for that Zhang Yan, with General Chunyu and General Jiang, it is not worth mentioning at all. As long as our army breaks the deadlock in Qingzhou, it will definitely defeat the enemy and occupy Jizhou! Xu You opened his mouth and agreed.

"Hmph, since that's the case, then how can you quickly capture Leling?!" Yuan Shao asked angrily when he heard this.

One sentence suddenly made Xun Chen and Xu You speechless, and they could only turn their heads to look at the many generals on the side, but those generals didn't have a good way to deal with it. After all, everything I can have tried has been tried, but I can't get any results at all.

"Bastard!" Seeing this, Yuan Shao scolded secretly in his heart, becoming more and more irritable.

At the same time, Jinyang, Taiyuan County, was annexed.

"That's fine, a long-term stalemate will only increase losses, at least for now, our army should still focus on recuperation." Li Yi listened to Guo Jia's report and nodded and said.

If he could, of course Li Yi wanted to quickly take Wei County and Zhao County, but he knew that if he wanted to achieve this goal, then he had to dispatch the flying cavalry battalion and trap camp that had been staying in Bingzhou. It's just that in this way, the question arises, will Dong Zhuo sit back and watch Li Yi send troops to Jizhou without any reaction? The answer, of course, is no!

Moreover, Li Yi has been spreading to the surrounding states and counties how peaceful and stable his territory is, and how beneficial the government decrees he implements are to the people, so as to lure the people of other states and counties to come and settle in his territory. In this case, how could Li Yi send troops at will?

Well, if you say a thousand things and ten thousand, Li Yi's strength is still insufficient. As a result of the new tax law, this year's tax revenue has been reduced to a very terrifying situation, and the vigorous construction of localities and the strengthening of armaments are all pits, which are almost bottomless. In addition, the transaction with Zhang Yan cost a huge amount of money to hoard supplies, even after capturing Yecheng and Hanoi County, Yan Liang and Tong Fei offered a large amount of loot, but it was difficult for Li Yi to have the confidence to expand outward regardless of it.

Of course, these are only temporary, and Li Yi believes that it only takes one to two years or even less for him to recover. After all, he now owns not only the barren state of Bingzhou, but also the rich Hanoi and the western part of Wei County.

The prosperous Ye County is not mentioned for the time being, just a Shexian County can bring a lot of benefits to Li Yi, although Shexian County is located between the mountains, the cultivated land area is pitiful, but here is rich in iron and stone.

In addition, Gongsun Zhan and Zhang Yan repelled Liyi, and have now captured Jucheng, Gaoyang, and Yixian...... On the Qingzhou side, Yuan Shao led his army south to attack Leling in Pingyuan County, but was blocked by Tai Shici under Liu Qingzhou. Guo Jia kept reporting.

"Really?" Li Yi nodded when he heard this, but there was not much shock in his heart. He knows Liu Bei's talent very well, not to mention Liu Bei today, but he is not the Liu Bei in history, although there is less Guan Yu, but there are too many more. In this case, even if Yuan Shao can't be defeated, it's not an existence that Yuan Shao can easily defeat.