The first half of the four years of Jian'an is destined to be a mixed year for Yuan Shao.

In this half a year, Yuan Shao completely eliminated Gongsun Zhan, who was entrenched in Yijing, and relieved Hebei's long-standing worries.

Since the third year of the first peace, the eight-year-long Hebei army finally ended with the defeat of the Gongsun clan.

But at the same time, Yuan Shao also encountered an unprecedented crisis.

Guanxi Yanxing took advantage of the opportunity of the Hebei army to besiege Yijing, and dispatched a large number of soldiers and horses to storm the state, and the soldiers and horses of the state were defeated one after another.

The two armies sent by Yuan Shao also collapsed in Hanoi and Taiyuan one after another, ruining the good opportunity to rescue Taiyuan and Shangdang, making the whole territory of Bingzhou become the bag of Yanxing in Guanxi.

And Cao Cao, who was originally his ally, also showed his hideous teeth behind his back, and took advantage of the opportunity of dividing his troops to deal with Gongsun Zhan and Yan Xing, and the empty army of Wei County, and plotted to attack his old nest Yecheng.

Although Cao's army's sneak attack on Yecheng was unsuccessful, it also caused a lot of shock to the hinterland of Hebei, and for a while, the people of Hebei, who lived and worked in peace and contentment and rarely suffered from war, also became panicked.

Yuan Shao, who was attacked on both sides, fell into the quagmire of war, he was like a besieged beast, his neck and buttocks were bitten fiercely, and the more fierce the bloody struggle, the more serious the blood loss.

However, Yuan Shao's nightmare is far from over.

In the second half of the year, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses who rescued Bingzhou again were repelled by the enemy generals Cao Yuan and Xu Huang of Sanhe, and the enemy army conquered the dangerous Huguan, and Jinyang City also inevitably fell into the hands of the enemy when the reinforcements were delayed.

Deng Sheng, the general of Bingzhou, betrayed and brazenly killed Guo Yuan, who was unwilling to conspire, surrendered the enemy army of Sanhe besieging the city, and sacrificed the gate of Jinyang, and the enemy army of Sanhe who swarmed into the city firmly surrounded Gao Gan and others, and the desperate Gao Gan had to surrender under the persuasion of Gao Rou, gave up the stubborn resistance, and walked out of the official temple of the assassin in humiliation with the remaining officials.

Cao Cao, who retreated to the south bank of the Great River, also did not give up the military action against Yuan Shao, he sent Liu Bei, Zhu Ling and other generals, and led his troops to defeat Yuan Shu's troops who went north to Hebei in Xuzhou, forcing the Zhong Emperor Yuan Shu to be cornered, and screamed in Huainan Jiangting, "Yuan Shu is like this!" He vomited blood and died.

Now it seems that the four years of Jian'an are destined to be more sad than happy for Yuan Shao.

It's just that Yuan Shao, who heard the bad news, did not raise troops in anger in the second half of the year, as Cao Cao initially guessed, gathered all the troops in Hebei to attack Bingzhou and Sanhe, or crossed the big river in the south, and invaded Yanzhou and Xuzhou in retaliation.

Yecheng's soldiers and horses unexpectedly maintained restraint, and after learning that Bingzhou had completely fallen, Yuan Shao sent troops to block the Taihang Road in Pukou and Jingcheng, and took the initiative to take a defensive posture to prevent the Yanxing army that had captured Bingzhou from taking advantage of the victory to attack and invade the land of Hebei, where people's hearts were fluctuating.

Yuan Tan, Qingzhou, which is also south of the river, is only a city on the border of Chen Bingzhou, and has strengthened its defensive forces against Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and has not rashly raised troops to ask for guilt, and launched a retaliatory attack on Xuzhou and Yanzhou.

This made Cao Cao, who was quite familiar with Yuan Shao, and Yan Xing, who was not masked with Yuan Shao, both guessing in their hearts what Yuan Shao thought this time, and what would happen next, the Hebei overlord who had his right arm cut off.

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Yecheng, the General's Mansion.

The general, who was nearly fifty years old and had slightly frosty temples, was sick.

In the past nearly a month, the Hebei army has been slow to respond to changes in the outside world, taking the initiative to shrink its forces and taking a defensive position in the west and south, in addition to the ideas of Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others, but also because Yuan Shao, the lord of Hebei, is sick.

The news of the emergency blockade of the Great Shogun's Mansion is not an outsider at the top of the shogunate, and it is not known in a short time.

The time of onset was when Yuan Shao heard the news of the fall of Jinyang and the surrender of Gao Gan, and he was so angry that his eyes instantly turned black and fell to the ground, and after waking up slowly, he roared hoarsely:

"Gao Gan has been lonely for 20 years, and it is better to be in danger than a Guo Yuanye!"

Jiang Yiqu disappointed Yuan Shao, Chun Yuqiong disappointed Yuan Shao, and now, even his own nephew has disappointed Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao, who was sick, still had to cheer up as soon as possible, he knew very well that he couldn't let himself down, and in the troubled times, a lord could never let down the civil and military forces under his command.

Otherwise, the former Han Fu will be his own end.

Today, Yuan Shao, who had just recovered from his illness, urgently summoned a group of civil and military officers from the shogunate, intending to discuss with them the targets of Hebei's next large-scale military crusade.

Seeing that the lord's face began to improve, Yuan Shao's henchmen Feng Ji, trial and others were naturally overjoyed, but in terms of the object of conquest, everyone in the shogunate fell into controversy again, as usual.

Some civil and military forces are in favor of sending troops to conquer Sanhe and recapture the state, some civil and military think that they should clear the monarch's side and crusade against Cao Cao, and some oppose the use of troops, thinking that the current Hebei is like a giant who has been injured in the heart, if he does not recover first, he is afraid that he will kill himself first.

However, there are still far more people in the main battle than those who oppose the use of troops.

And Tian Feng, who has always been far-sighted and cautious, is one of the few people who fiercely oppose the dispatch of troops.

The old man's white beard was angry, and he looked at Hebei Wenwu, who advocated sending troops to attack, and said sadly:

"The army besieged the Gongsun clan, the division came out for many years, the people were tired, there was no accumulation, and Fang Yin was enslaved, and the country was deeply worried."

"The defeat of the annexed state, the loss of Han Meng, Zhaozhao, Zhang Yi, Ma Yan, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and dozens of generals and generals, the turk, the iron cavalry, the armor, the euphorbia and the Ji, and the soldiers and horses 670,000, all of which have gathered the elite of the Quartet in the past ten years, not all of the state, and the war has not started, it will lose one-half, because of the anger of the division, how can it be the enemy?"

After talking about his own losses, Tian Feng began to analyze the enemy's strength and his own countermeasures.

"Yan Yan in Guanxi is Dong against the Yu Party, and he is known as the fierceness of the Liangzhou soldiers. Since the third year of the early peace into Hedong, the annexation of Sanhe, the conquest of Guanzhong, the pacification of Yongliang, the killing of Li Guo, the defeat of Ma Han, the removal of Zhang Yang, Yang Ding, Zhang Ji, Wei Duan, Zhang Meng and other state and county heroes, can be said to be invincible, invincible. ”

"The generals and schools under his command are all the choice of the moment, and the officers are more than a hundred battles. In a field battle with it, even if Sun Wu is resurrected, it will be difficult to win. But the two heroes competed, not only in the field, although Yan Yan is a good general, but after all, the people have the difference between Hu and Han, the border is shallow, the days are short, and the letter is not fulfilled, if our army has more enemies, so that they run on the road, the enemy is tired and I escape, it will not take a few years to win, you can win without a fight. ”

"The same is true of Yanzhou, Cao Cao is good at using soldiers, treacherous and unruly, and holding the Son of Heaven hostage, although the number is small, it is not light, it is better to hold it for a long time. It is advisable to take the head of Gongsun first, send an envoy to the imperial court, and work as a farmer in the state; If it can't be passed, it is the cousin Cao's road across my king, and then enter Tun Liyang, gradually camp Henan, benefit from boats, repair equipment, dispatch fine horses, and pay for its borders, so that he is not at ease, I will take it. ”

"Cao Cao is in the land of four wars, and he still suffers from Jing and Yang. If one side loses, then all sides are in chaos, the enemy is tired of running for his life, internal and external troubles, I am a hero outside, and I am a farmer in the internal war, and within three years, I can sit on it! ”

Saying this, Tian Feng, who was arguing and emotional, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the main seat, and said:

"The main battle of civil and military, or angry for a moment of humiliation, or greedy for short-term profits, ignoring the changes of the enemy and our enemy's weakness, wants to raise the foundation of Hebei in a throw. If the Ming Duke listens to the words of the villain, interprets the strategy of the temple, raises troops because of anger, and decides to succeed or lose in a battle, if it is not as good as his will, he will regret it. Plagiarism is feared by the public! ”

Tian Feng stood in the hall, and after he finished speaking, all the participants stopped arguing and were silent. Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others in the main battle had gloomy eyes, and Yuan Shao on the main seat also had an ugly face, but they didn't speak for a long time.

In the end, Xu You, who was also not liked by everyone, sneered and asked:

"The law of the book of war, ten sieges and five attacks, the enemy can fight. Don't drive the plan, the plan is to hold on, not to see the change of opportunity. Today, with the divine martial arts of Ming Gong, the strong people across the river, and the two thieves of Yan and Cao, if they cover their hands, how can they win with a long-term strategy and sit in the world? Take it from time to time now, and it will be difficult to figure it later. ”

With Xu You's pick, Guo Tu also followed closely, pointed at Tian Feng and said loudly:

"In the world of great contention, if the enemy exists, I will die, and the other way to drive seems to be not dangerous, but in fact I sit and wait for death. According to the armor of the soldiers, it will take three years to fight for Yan Xing, and it will take another three years to level Cao Cao, three years after three years, and countless good opportunities have been missed, when can this world be determined? Besides, now that Yan and Cao are conspiring with their troops in Hebei, if Ming Gong does not concentrate his forces and break through as soon as possible, will he have to wait for Yan and Cao to send troops to attack again? ”

The rest of the civil and military forces in the main battle also echoed their words, accusing Tian Feng of being stubborn and conservative, and the people who opposed the use of troops were weak, so they had to take the initiative to speak out and support Tian Feng's views.

He analyzed that Guo Tu was not wrong in what he said, but before sending troops, it was necessary to take Tian Feng's temple victory first and break up the alliance between Yan and Cao, which were not strong.

At present, Cao Cao's sneak attack on Yecheng failed, and the Yuan and Cao families have not completely torn their faces for the time being, and Yan Xing, who is incompatible with water and fire, should be treated differently.

At this juncture of dealing with the strong enemy in Guanxi, Yuan Shao should abandon his previous suspicions, restart the alliance with Cao, ensure the stability of the south, and then drag down Yan Yan, the great enemy, through attrition, and wait until Yan Yan is solved as an enemy, and then go back and use the same means to deal with Cao Cao in the Central Plains.

I believe that Cao Cao saw Yan Yan's Sanhe and Guanxi soldiers and horses defeating the Hebei army on the battlefield of Bingzhou one after another, and he also had a deep fear of him in his heart.

This is the way to win safely, and we must not risk gambling on Hebei's foundation in one or two major battles in the westward expedition or southward because of anger.

It's a pity that Frustration can't be able to exclude public opinion, Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others immediately refuted his remarks one by one, and Yuan Shao, the general who is in the main position, has been frowning, looking at the controversy in the hall, and his attitude is unclear.

At this moment, one of the generals suddenly spoke:

"Ming Gong, I am the general of the defeated army, and I shouldn't say much. It's just that there are many discussions, so they are bold and vain, the soldiers are angry, and people think about themselves, if they don't decide the great cause in time, they will lose their minds. The way to win the army, first easy and then difficult, if the Ming Gong is willing to send troops, I think that Yan Yan should be the first, although the Guanxi horses are strong, but they are by no means concentric people, maybe they can follow the secret traces in it, and disintegrate the strong army under Yan Yan's command! ”