The temperature and the situation are gradually rising.

Since Yuan Shao sat in the four states, it has been seven years, in the winter of the fourth year of Jian'an, the Yanzhou soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Yellow River were faintly mobilized to carry out defense, and then to the spring of the fifth year of Jian'an, hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops gathered under different banners one after another, and the fast horses and scouts passed the orders from Yecheng along the road in two months, and implemented them to the heads of the main generals.

At the beginning of April, the reorganized and gathered Yuan army began to rush to their respective positions, and the great war that really belonged to hundreds of thousands of people finally began on this land, and on April 7, Zhang He led 13,000 Yuan troops into Liyang.

Eleventh, Yan Liang and Jiao Touch led 40,000 soldiers and horses to suddenly send troops towards the white horse guarded by Lejin and Liu Yan.

On April 13, Guo Yuan, who led 30,000 soldiers and horses, gathered on the opposite bank of Yanjin with Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, prepared to cross the river, scrape the timber of nearby villages, build rafts and pontoon bridges, and prepared to defeat Li Dian on the opposite bank with one blow, and then echoed with Yan Liangyao of the white horse and went straight to Guandu.

The deployment of various places on both sides of the Yellow River is carried out in a situation that is about to erupt, the most sensitive is the two generals Le Jin and Liu Yan who are guarding the white horse, and small-scale temptations and confrontations break out in the field from time to time, but both sides seem to be deliberately withholding at this time and suppressing the outburst completely.

Small-scale temptation, as the central strategy in the Four Courtyard Pillars, Zhang He, after entering Liyang, was collecting and sending out messages every moment after entering Liyang, so that Yan Liang could maintain restraint, but the other party's temper had already made him feel that war was going to start at any time. On the other hand, Cao Cao's disparity in strength was so great that he still came up head-on, which also made him nervous and suspicious.

"Cao Cao is not such a reckless person, it is not this person's style to fight head-on at this time, not to mention that he also has Guo Jia, Xun You and other strategists under his command, doing such a thing will only speed up the defeat......"

Zhang He rubbed his chin and short mustache, frowned with grinned teeth, and then summoned the adjutant general: "Send a fast horse every half day to remind General Yan to beware of fraud, and send another fast horse back to Yecheng to report the information on the front line of the lord, and there must be no delay on the road!" ”

It was also the third day of the urgency of the war, the fast horse was still on the way, the main force of Jizhou 150,000 was still resting one after another, all kinds of banners were standing all over the field, Yuan Shao was sitting in the government office in a regular uniform to deal with military affairs waiting for approval, mobilizing such a huge army is not as simple as a paper order, just the baggage involved, the people are unimaginable numbers, and in addition to the elite soldiers and horses directly under the command, the soldiers from various counties must also be incorporated into the team of generals under their command for unified command and operation. This process can be time-consuming, no matter how fast.

The affairs have not yet been processed, the time is already past noon, and Guo Tu and Feng Ji have already come here to wait. Later, Yuan Shao put down his pen and sent someone to summon them into the main hall to talk.

"Has the arming over there been implemented?" Someone brought food over, and Yuan Shao took a bite and asked.

"Back to the lord, General Wen and General Han have sent news, and it has been implemented." Guo and Feng consciously went to sit next to them, and Feng Ji spoke: "Youzhou is still very big after all, only a few generals need to firmly guard a few cities, even if the Gongsun Zhi cavalry wants to come, it will take a lot of time, at that time the lord has concentrated his advantage to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, he is also powerless to return to the sky, can only retreat to Shanggu County, if the division of troops, it is bound to reduce Cao Cao's pressure, and it will be difficult to ...... at that time."

"You don't know Gongsun Zhi's person."

Yuan Shao took a bite of rice, chewed vegetables and vegetables, and nodded at the other party with chopsticks: "....... This person does not count the gains and losses of a city and a place, from his plundering of Liaodong, it can be seen that if he cares about the city, he can directly kill Gongsun Du, and he took those counties, this ambition is great, and his vision is far away, it is impossible to watch me and Cao Cao fight to the death, and he will attack the city and plunder the land in the rear, if Cao Cao is defeated, the city he got will also spit out, and run back. ”

"If the lord says so, the white wolf must go south."

"Bound to go south!" Yuan Shao put down the dishes and chopsticks and said affirmatively, he paused: "....... But why should I be afraid of him? In the past, there was nothing to be done about him, and the troops could not surround him, but now that hundreds of thousands of troops are exhausted, if he has the courage to come, he will definitely be torn to pieces. ”

Tens of thousands against more than 10,000 cavalry, maybe they can't be beaten, but at the level of hundreds of thousands of people, Yuan Shao's confident words are not unreasonable, after all, once such a number of people spread, it is as terrifying as the vast ocean, even if the current Northland wolf cavalry rushes into such an array, the consequences are probably unbearable.

The three of them said something in the hall, and from time to time there were busy officials coming and going with official documents, and when they finished their meals, someone outside came to report: "The chief bookkeeper, Chen Lin, is waiting outside." ”

Subsequently, a middle-aged man of about forty-five, dressed in a green robe, with a scribe's scarf wrapped in a bun, walked in, with an elegant face and a long beard that reached his chest...... After that, he took refuge in Jizhou and joined Yuan Shao, and he didn't have much planning, and he was mostly responsible for some official documents on weekdays, and compiling documents was not a very important matter.

Chen Lin came in and bowed his hand to Yuan Shao, where Yuan Shao waved him to sit down on the side seat, and then went straight to the point and said the reason for calling him over: "Seeing that the war is imminent, hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters are fighting bravely to kill the enemy, how can they not ask for a thief's text." ”

"Text? This...... Good! Chen Lin's eyes were more radiant and nodded.

Yuan Shao got up according to the desk, frowned and thought for a while, and slowly walked back and forth in the middle with his negative hand, "....... The world's troubles started from the Yellow Turban, Kyushu was turbulent, the Han family was threatened, and every country faced a crisis, and there were always saints who came to calm the chaos. After Cao Cao's eunuch, his grandfather Cao Teng, who was a regular attendant in the palace, intertwined feathers to make waves, arrogant and indulgent, and ravaged the people, and his father Cao Song, the adopted son of the eunuch, tended to be a powerful person, colluding with the powerful, riding in a golden chariot and jade chariot, intending to subvert the imperial power and usurp the throne. And Cao Cao was cunning and chivalrous, and he was the prime minister himself, imprisoning the Son of Heaven and trapped in Xu Du. Gongsun Zhi, after the White Horse General, grew up in the grassland Hun stable, shoddy, obedient and indiscriminate, so that it is difficult to see people in Liaodong for thousands of miles, and now he is with the eunuchs, intending to get involved in the Han River, I Yuan Shao swear to block the two of them......"

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The spring breeze blows through the foothills of the Northland, the carriage drives over the rugged road, staggering along the official road to Juyong Pass, after submitting the customs clearance certificate, Xu You stands on the carriage with a spring breeze on his face and says goodbye to the single meridian on the rear city tower. After walking for miles, he stopped the carriage behind him.

He went over and carefully lifted the curtain and looked at the few boxes that were quietly placed inside.

"I can't imagine that Gongsun Dudu is so generous."

Then, cautiously opened, the various golden lusters inside pierced his eyes, and when he got off the carriage again, Xu You walked forward calmly, came to the carriage where Yuan Xi was sitting, and arched his hand through the curtain: "Second son, after a long journey, are you tired, why don't you come out to breathe, rest for a while, and then continue to hurry?" ”

In the vague outline, Yuan Xi appeased the woman beside him, walked out of the car, his face was pale but his complexion was much better than before, he looked at Xu Yu in front of him, and secretly glanced at the carriage, when he wanted to look at the mouth, the scribe on the opposite side helped him a few steps, and spoke first: "You came to Shanggu County twice for the matter of the prince, although it was to worry about the lord, but this body was too weak after all, and when he came back, he received three cars of gifts from the governor of Gongsun, which are some nourishing things on the grassland, and ask the prince for forgiveness, if the lord asks, I hope that Gongzi can remember the hard work......"

What Yuan Xi wanted to tell swallowed into his stomach again, looked at the person in front of him, became vigilant, turned to leave, and waved his hand: "I know, then continue to go." ”

Behind this team, the gate of the pass was not closed, and in the direction of Shanggu County, a mighty cloud of smoke and dust swept in, standing alone on the city tower, pressing the hilt of the sword, and watching the galloping cavalry pass through from below.

Soon, this cavalry will be like an awl to scuttle into the first line of defense in Youzhou.

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Yecheng, the voice of the official office continued.

“.…… Since I Yuan Shao sat in the four states, I conscientiously abide by my duty, recruit heroes and heroes who have no way to join the country, govern the place, when Dong Zhuo caused chaos in the court, bullied hundreds of officials, and I also drew my sword and Qin Wang, beat the drum to gather the heroes to fight against the national thief, I thought that although Cao Mengde was born as a eunuch, but he should also have a heroic spirit, who knew that he was a brave and unscrupulous person, and was defeated by Dong Zhuo's minion Xu Rong without authorization, and lost the morale of our coalition army, prompting our alliance to disband, after returning to the division, he had nowhere to go, destitute, gave him land, and gave the army, He even let him lead Yanzhou, but unexpectedly, this person was flying high, ignoring my Yuan Shao's hard persuasion, and intensified the scourge of one party, killing Jiujiang too guarded the border, killing his wife and daughter, causing the indignation of the whole state, and then Chen Gong raised his arms, and Lu Bu led troops to take his land and city, like a lost dog. It is also my Yuan Shao who is grateful for the old relationship with Cao Cao, and once again sent troops to crusade against the remnants of Dong Zhuo in the past, forcing Lu Bu to perish in Xuzhou, but Cao Cao was not grateful, and abandoned my Yuan Shao's kindness like a broken track! In the fourth year of Jian'an, he secretly deployed troops to the Yellow River, and Jizhou would face the threat of destruction, so now he could only give up the idea that he could not fight in the same room and kill each other, and brazenly confronted it——"

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On the foothills of the vast Taihang Mountain, Ren Hongchang sat on the rocks in the forest with several henchmen and female soldiers, took a sip of the water bag, and looked at the land belonging to Youzhou.

After a few moments, we set off again and walked deeper into the woods.

In front of Juyong Pass, the horse's hooves shook the earth and galloped past, Xu You woke up from the carriage, hurriedly ran to the car and looked back, a wave of smoke and dust approached, he opened his mouth slightly, and wanted to make a sound to remind everyone to be alert, but it was an army that came.

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The figure walked by, and the breeze shook the candle, and the voice came out majestically.

“.…… And Gongsun Zhi is as short-sighted and brutal as his father, the former Youzhou Mu Liu Yu tried his best to appease the Hu people in the border area, and he has made achievements, Gongsun Zhi came, ruined his merits, killed the imperial family, and tyrannized so that Cao Mengde was really a raccoon dog, in the name of the country's Jingping border, in fact, the north and south were sandwiched, and there was a heart to swallow the world, and there was really no smart person in the world? It makes people laugh and ......disgust to do such a thing that wants to cover up."

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In Xuzhou, Chen Deng led more than 10,000 people to chase and kill the fleeing Yuan soldiers, at the same time, Yuan Shu had fled to Jiangting, there were less than 100 people around him, the carriages and horses were lost, and even his family members were captured by the pursuing Xuzhou soldiers.

The spring breeze is pleasant, the flag is damaged and decayed, I don't know how many pursuers are still in the distance to kill this side, and then look at the dozens of henchmen around him, Yuan Shu held the hilt of the sword and sat on the stone on the side of the road, occasionally, his eyes raised to look north, and sometimes he would look in the direction of Shouchun, the sword was raised and pressed on the neck.

"I, the fourth and third duke of the Yuan family, why have I come to this point...... Why...... Why, ahhh

At a certain moment, the blade sank into the flesh.

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In the main hall, the footsteps stopped, as if he felt something, Yuan Shao stood and looked to the south, his beard trembled slightly: "......From today on, the four states of You, Hebei, and Qing in the north will send troops at the same time, and will never indulge Gongsun and Cao Er's thieves to cause trouble in the Han family, and call on all states and counties in the world to jointly fight against thieves Kuangfu Sheji——"

"That's about it!" Yuan Shao pursed his lips and looked at the bright sky outside, and then waved his hand at Chen Lin: "Take it and change it, make it sound better, and then announce it to the world!" ”

After taking a few steps, Yuan Shao stopped again and narrowed his eyes: "Xi'er should be on the way back." ”

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In the north, the 5,000 cavalry that poured out of Juyong Pass, and the 30,000 troops who aimed at the first line of defense in Youzhou, did not say a word, and directly killed the past, with corpses all over the field and bloodstained the earth.