After Yuan Xi received the promise of the two of them, although Yuan Shao had not yet convened a military meeting and officially appointed himself as the commander of the Western Front, it was a sure thing. Sure enough, a few days later, Yuan Shao convened everyone to discuss the matter, and the first thing Yuan Xi did was to contact all parties to crusade against Cao Cao. Everyone thinks it is reasonable, although all forces may not contribute to the work, but they can still play a certain role in Cao Cao's control, and they don't have to pay any price, so they naturally support it.

The second thing is to arrange for commanders on all fronts of operations. The Chinese army, with Yuan Shao himself as the main commander, joined the army with frustration, trial and discipline, with a starting army of 150,000 and a horse army of 50,000, with Yan Liangwen Chou as the vanguard, and approached Yanzhou. On the eastern front, with Yuan Tan as the main general, Guo Tu and Xin Ping as the main generals, led the Qingzhou men and horses to attack Xuzhou. On the western front, with Yuan Tan as the main general, Tian Feng and Xun Zhan as the army, he commanded the men and horses of the headquarters and the men and horses of the high-level cadres and took Luoyang directly. Yuan Shao arranged for himself and his two sons to lead the troops, and of course everyone had no opinion.

Among the three sons, only Yuan Shang did not lead the troops alone, so he was naturally depressed, so he stepped forward and asked: "Father, the two elder brothers can lead the troops to fight, but I can't!" The father looked at this handsome and burly-looking man, most like when he was young, and he was also the most fond, and said lovingly: "My son is still young, Jizhou also needs someone to sit in charge, you stay in Yecheng and stabilize the rear." Yuan Xi also stepped forward to comfort: "Third brother, rest assured, my Yuan family brothers are united, and they will come from having the opportunity for you to make contributions." ”

Yuan Shang didn't give up, he still wanted to follow Yuan Shao, express himself, and prepare for the future, and he also looked at the trial and Feng Ji, but the two pretended not to see it. Yuan Tan sneered even more in his heart, a hairy boy dares to compete with me, even if he is favored by his father.

As for Liu Bei, Yuan Shao didn't make any arrangements, so he naturally thought he was following Yuan Shao. Yuan Xi discussed with the trial match Feng Ji and others, in order to paralyze the enemy army, he would be transferred away when the war began, disgusting Cao Cao. A few days later, Yuan Xi was ready to go back to Youzhou to rectify the people, just in case, or bring Zhen Mi with him, after all, Youzhou is his real base, Jizhou as the front line of the war, safety can really not be guaranteed, although he is determined to win this battle, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, Yuan Xi does not dare to guarantee that he will be able to defeat Cao Cao, especially he has not yet reached the point of being the master of the house!

Yuan Xi originally wanted to invite Liu Bei to his side and return to Zhuo County in Youzhou together. Liu Bei rejected Yuan Xi's kindness, and sadly recounted that he had achieved nothing now, and he had no face to face his hometown fathers, and he thought that he wanted to gather the old department and do his part for Yuan Shao. Yuan Xi originally just had the attitude of giving it a try, and he could take it with him logically, since he didn't want to come, he didn't force it, but it was a pity that Zhao Yun was willing to stay with Liu Bei and didn't want to go back to Youzhou. Yuan Xi was not reluctant, if he insisted on taking Zhao Yun to Youzhou, he would not be sincerely obedient, as long as he was still in the north, he would not be afraid of him running away by his own means, whether Liu Bei could survive or not was completely in his thoughts!

Yuan Xi simply cleaned up, and then took Zhen Mi, Tian Yu and a group of guards back to Youzhou to rectify the soldiers and horses, as for Xun Zhan, he was sent by Yuan Shao to Liu Biao as a lobbyist. Back in Youzhou, Yuan Xi sent Zhen Mi back to the house, and summoned Tian Feng, Zhang Jaw, Zhang Yan, Tian Chou, Xian Yupu and others to discuss how to arrange things in Youzhou in the Jixian barracks. After everyone arrived, Yuan Xi also found a new general, who was not ordinary, so he asked, "I don't know who this general is." I saw that the man said respectfully: "Qi Yuan stabbing history, in Xia Sun Li, the word Deda Zhuo County, the people of Zhuo County, have only come to meet recently." Tian Feng got up to help explain: "Second son, General Sun is resolute and brave, and his knowledge is extraordinary, so Tian specially invited. ”

Yuan Xi was very happy, and Sun Li was also a very strategic general, and personally invited him to discuss military affairs together. Sun Li didn't expect that Yuan Xi was young, but he was able to be a corporal and a virtuous corporal, and he was also generous. Tian Fengxian briefly reported on the money and grain reserves in Jixian County, because of the sponsorship of the Zhen family, the grain can be supplied for an army of 50,000 for half a year, and the funds and iron tools are also sufficient. Zhang Jaw reported on the training of the army and the stationing of troops in various parts of Youzhou. Tian Chou reported on the construction and restoration of commercial agriculture in various parts of Jixian County.

Yuan Xi was very satisfied with everyone doing their duties, and seemed to remember something, and asked, "Does Tian Gong have news of Karasuma and Liaodong?" Tian Gong stepped forward and replied: "There is nothing unusual for the time being, and there is no urgent report from Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch, the border guards." Yuan Xi was a little worried, but this is still the battle of Guandu has not yet happened, who knows if someone will take advantage of the fire to rob, there are still too few reliable personnel under him, Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch are not reliable.

Next is Yuan Xi's military deployment of Youzhou, half of Youzhou's territory is still in the hands of Karasuma and Gongsun Du, so it is natural to leave heavy troops to defend. Yuan Xi ordered Zhang Jaw to be the main general, Tian Yu, Xian Yupu and Tian Chou as deputy generals, Tian Feng to join the army, leaving 30,000 elite soldiers to guard Jixian County and inspect all parts of Youzhou, Yuan Xi, Zhang Yan and Sun Li took 20,000 horses to Jizhou to help Yuan Shao. Regarding such an arrangement, Tian Feng admonished: "As the commander of the Western Front, the second prince will bring 20,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters, will there be villains who will make irresponsible remarks?" ”

Yuan Xi replied: "The soldiers are expensive, not too many, 20,000 is enough, plus the soldiers and horses of the state, I have at least 50,000 troops in my hands, which is enough to deal with it." However, in Youzhou, half of the territory is still in the hands of others, you must not be careful, and the public must not be careless, and soon, I will divide the army into Liaoxi and Liaodong, get rid of foreign tribes, and subdue the whole territory. The people understood, and they were ordered to disperse.