As the commander of the three armies appointed by Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi stepped forward to take the arrow and express his determination: "Soldiers, our war with Cao's army is far from over. This is a war of attrition, a momentary victory or defeat can not determine the final belonging, only persistence, completely eliminate Cao Cao, that is the real victory. Our strength is far above Cao Cao, but we can't underestimate the enemy, and only by fighting steadily can we become the final victor. Soldiers, tell me loudly, who will win? ”

Under the guidance of Yuan Xi's exquisite declaration, the morale of the three armies was suddenly greatly boosted, and Yuan Shao also looked at the confident Yuan Xi and nodded, very satisfied with Yuan Xi's performance. Returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao also announced in public that he would return to Yecheng to recuperate, and everything would be handed over to Yuan Xi. This was unexpected by the generals, including Yuan Xi, Feng Ji even persuaded: "The general just ordered the second prince to command the three armies, and at this time, the general suddenly returned to Yecheng, I am afraid that people will mistakenly think that there is a change in the army, giving the enemy a chance to take advantage of." ”

Yuan Shao's old mistake was made again, and he began to hesitate. Yuan Xi also wanted to lead the army to fight Cao Cao alone, and since Yuan Shao was willing to return to Yecheng, it was also the best, so he analyzed: "Father, it is difficult for our army and Cao's army to distinguish the winner for a while, and my father is unwell, so he will return to Yecheng to recuperate first, and then lead the army after recovery. As for the war here, the child has the confidence to deal with it, and he asks the father to believe in the child! ”

In the end, Yuan Shao followed Yuan Xi's advice and returned to Yecheng to recuperate first. After Yuan Shao left, Yuan Xi began to redeploy the battle plan, gathered his important strategists and generals, and his subordinates were full of talents, including Xun Zhan, Xu Shu, Sima Yi, Fu Zhu, and Judge, Feng Ji and Xu You, and Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Gao Lan, Sun Li, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Yiqu, Jiang Qi, and Han Meng. So many talents can't win against Cao Cao, it's not that Yuan Shao is incompetent, but that Cao Cao is too strong.

Yuan Xi said modestly to the generals: "You are all the pillars of my Hebei, the current situation is not as expected when we first sent the troops, and the general has temporarily returned to Yecheng to recuperate, what can you say about it?" "Originally, the generals of the Chinese army were also you look at me, I look at you, since the army was dispatched, there have been many defeats and few victories, and they have no confidence.

Only Fu Zhu stood up and said reluctantly: "Cao Cao's use of troops is unpredictable, Yan Liang and General Wen Chou divided their troops to attack, and they were killed; The two armies are in a decisive battle, and the other side has a thunderbolt, our army has no advantage at all, and now the general has returned to Yecheng to recuperate, it is better to suspend the troops first, station here, drag Cao Cao, and wait for changes in his rear, and then attack on a large scale. ”

Feng Ji has always been at odds with Frustration, and suddenly snorted: "I thought it was a good plan, it turned out that I didn't do anything, and I waited for the rear to change, I don't know when, do you have to wait for God to ......" Feng Ji found that Yuan Xi was staring at him, and he saw that he was weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Yuan Xi sighed in his heart, although these strategists of Yuan Shao have strategies, they are not in harmony internally, and they will definitely lose if they continue like this, so it is time to remind them, and said to Feng Ji word by word: "Yuan Tu, if you have a good idea, you can put it forward." As people of insight, we should pay attention to proportionality in our speech, and I don't want you to slander each other because of personal grudges! ”

The generals saw that Yuan Xi's face was gloomy, and he didn't have any good plans to offer, so he didn't dare to say much. Yuan Xi saw that the generals were silent, and he also felt that holding on was the most feasible way at present, and when he decided to hold on, Xu Shu put forward his own thoughts: "General, I also agree with the practice of joining the army, we can win by defense." But before that, we must fight Cao Cao again, so that Cao Cao knows that our morale is still there. As long as he blocks his attack, after a long time, he can't afford to spend it, and then the opportunity for our army will come. ”

The two top strategists had similar views, and the other generals had no good strategies, so Yuan Xi ordered someone to send a war letter to Cao Cao, and the decisive battle was fought three days later. Cao Cao received Yuan Xi's war letter, and asked his subordinates with a smile: "Yuan Shao was beaten by me and fled back to Yecheng, but I didn't expect his son to be more courageous than him, and he actually dared to challenge me!" ”

Cheng Yu, Cao Cao's advisor, analyzed: "Yuan Shao has been defeated in a row, and there is no morale in the army. Yuan Xi attacked Luoyang, took the tiger prison, and besieged Xuchang, how majestic, and now he commands the Hebei army, so he naturally wants to find the prime minister to compete. If it is defeated, Yuan Jun can be broken. ”

Guo Jia also laughed and said: "This is really an interesting little guy, I can't wait so much, I really have no one in the Central Plains, and the prime minister can do everything he can." As long as the last hope of Yuan's army is defeated, the Hebei soldiers will fall apart. ”

Cao Cao also said excitedly: "The generals will listen to the order and fight Yuan Xi in three days." I also hope that all the generals will work hard to move forward, this battle will determine the future of our army, we can only win, not lose! Cao Cao's generals were also full of morale and confidence, and went down to prepare for the war.

Before leaving, Cao Cao stopped Zhang Liao and asked casually: "Wen Yuan, I heard that Lu Qiling and Gao Shun are still alive, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Zhang Liao saw Cao Cao asking, he used to be Lu Bu's subordinates, and now Lu Bu's generals and daughters have defected to Yuan Jun, he must be worried about himself, knelt in front of Cao Cao and said: "Prime Minister, Lu Bu is stubborn and self-serving, and he can't know people." Wenyuan can have today, the prime minister of the whole country values it, and he will definitely strive to move forward, there is no second heart, please be clear! ”

Cao Cao immediately stepped forward to help Zhang Liao up and comforted: "Wen Yuan, I naturally trust it, I just want to ask, do you think Gao Shun's matter is true or Yuan Xi faked it, just to seize Diao Chan under the pretext?" Zhang Liao hesitated and shook his head. Cao Cao saw that Zhang Liao didn't know, so he didn't ask again, and ordered Zhang Liao to prepare for the war, but he secretly guessed that Zhang Liao had something to hide.

Three days later, Cao Cao and Yuan Xi met in an open place, Cao Cao 30,000 soldiers and horses, Yuan Xi 50,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cao said to Yuan Xi: "Yuan Xixian nephew, I have been looking for you for a long time, I didn't meet you outside Xuchang at the beginning, you are lucky." Unexpectedly, you dared to take the initiative to send you to death, you have more backbone than your father! ”

Yuan Xi smiled: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng praised it falsely, I just came to see the heroes of the world, but it's a pity." ”

Cao Cao thought that Yuan Xi looked down on him, but he also endured the anger of being despised, and said patiently: "I don't know what made the virtuous nephew sigh, is he complaining that I am too unsympathetic, and beat your father to his knees and beg for mercy?" ”

Yuan Xi's face was always filled with a smug smile, and he was not angry at all because of Cao Cao's sarcasm, and continued: "It's a pity that there is no successor to the prime minister, and I really can't look down on those sons and brothers in Xuchang!" Suddenly, Yuan Xi's tone changed: "The generals will listen to the order, and the reward for killing Cao Cao will be ten thousand gold, and ten thousand households will be divided, don't live them, just those who are dead!" ”

In the blink of an eye, the war drums of the Yuan army were beating, and the whole army began to charge, under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and suddenly the Yuan army moved forward frantically. Cao Cao was suddenly angry, this Yuan Xi was really shameless, he was still talking to himself just now, and the next moment he launched a surprise attack, Cao Cao had to run back, and he also commanded the army to move forward. When Yuan Xi saw Cao Cao retreating, he shouted: "Cao Cao has fled, Cao's army has been defeated, give me a charge." Yuan Xi's cleverness allowed Yuan Jun to take the lead, and the two sides fought for a long time, and Yuan Xi Mingjin withdrew his troops.

When the results were counted, it was found that both sides had casualties, and Cao's army was much stronger, and Yuan Xi wanted to fight head-to-head even if he defeated Cao Cao, and the 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands were almost lost, so he withdrew to the camp, resolutely did not come out, and no longer fought with Cao Cao. Cao Cao was deceived by Yuan Xi once, where was he willing to stop there, and kept coming to Yuan Xi's camp to challenge. Seeing that Yuan Xi just didn't come out, it was like using a thunderbolt to attack, but unfortunately Yuan Xi also had the same defensive equipment, Cao Cao had no way to take Yuan Xi, and he was depressed and miserable.