The fall of Bingzhou so quickly was something Yuan Shao did not expect, although there was also the reason why most of his energy was restrained by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and he had no time to take care of the merger, but no matter what, Ye Zhao suddenly took the merger at this time with lightning speed, which was definitely not something to be happy about for Yuan Shao.

It's not just the loss of land, in fact, Bingzhou is sparsely populated, and it's a perennial trouble, for Yuan Shao, the war potential and actual value of Bingzhou are actually not big, but it's not just the gain and loss of the territory that is calculated, Ye Zhao occupies the state, Yuan Shao has to consider Ye Zhao's attitude.

If Ye Zhao is hostile, Yuan Shao will be attacked on three sides, and now the two-front battle has already made Yuan Shao a little anxious, if Ye Zhao intervenes again......

"Your lordship needs not worry." Yuan Shao's camp, Xu You bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Ye Zhao has just won Guanzhong, and now he occupies and merges the state, and his foothold is not stable, if he sends troops to Jizhou at this moment, even if our army is defeated, the winners are Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and the minister thinks that Ye Zhao will not come to attack." ”

"But don't be unguarded!" Tian Feng said in a deep voice.

Xu You glared at Tian Feng, this was what he wanted to say.

Yuan Shao nodded silently, although he was unwilling to lose the state like this, but judging from the news brought by Gao Gan and Guo Yuan, Ye Zhao sent a lot of soldiers and horses this time, and he only left less than 40,000 troops in Bingzhou, with Ye Zhao's ability, Gao Gan and Guo Yuan are definitely not opponents.

"Moreover, Ye Zhao's willingness to let General Gao return also shows that Ye Zhao has no intention of continuing to fight with our army, at this time, our army should end the battle with Liu Bei as soon as possible, and then go all out to deal with Cao Cao and end this battle as soon as possible, so as to compete with Ye Zhao." Xu You smiled and said to Yuan Shao.

"Lord!" Tian Feng stood up and saluted Yuan Shao when he heard this: "Ziyuan's words, his subordinates dare not agree, although Liu Bei has won the river, but his strength has been exhausted, even if he wants to use troops against our army again, he is not able to forge ahead, at this time, he only needs to send someone to watch Liu Bei, our army should gather the main force to fight with Cao Cao, defeat Cao Cao, and should not waste troops on Liu Bei, if our army attacks Cao Cao with all its strength at this time, Liu Bei may not be able to attack, but if our army divides troops to fight Liu Bei, Cao Cao will definitely attack our army fiercely." ”

"What if Cao Cao attacks with all his might?" Guo Tu sneered: "It was too much attention to this Cao Cao before, which allowed Liu Bei to get advantage and occupy the river, Cao Cao held on to our army for several months and gained nothing, but Liu Bei captured the river, the lord, the river is close to the Bohai Sea, if Liu Bei attacks the Bohai Sea again at this time, it is not a good thing for our army!" ”

Bohai is the birthplace of Yuan Shao, for Yuan Shao, the significance is second only to Wei County, if Bohai is lost, the blow to Yuan Shao is not small.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate a little, in addition to Bohai, he was also a little unwilling.

If Cao Cao and Ye Zhao got a county, Yuan Shao would still be more sensible, but he had been fighting with Cao Cao for so long, and Cao Cao didn't get an inch of land, but he was picked up by a Liu Bei, which made Yuan Shao feel very uncomfortable.

He doesn't think too highly of Liu Bei, even if Liu Yu has given Liu Bei a correct name, although Cao Cao's family background is not as good as Yuan Shao, but how to say that it is also after the Third Duke, although Ye Zhao's background is not high, but his ability is recognized by the world, he was taken away by these two people, even if Yuan Shao is not happy, he will not say anything, but Liu Bei, who was only a straw sandals seller before, how could he have the courage to grab his territory?

"What the public rules say, it is very much in line with my wishes." After a while, Yuan Shao finally made a decision, no matter what, Bohai cannot be lost, Liu Bei must not let go, this river must be snatched back, and he said: "I don't know who is willing to defeat Liu Bei for me!" ”

Tian Feng frowned and said: "The lord thinks twice, Liu Bei is just a small trouble, just send a general to garrison the Bohai Sea, Liu Bei will not be able to forge ahead, if you divide troops to attack Liu Bei at this moment, the main force of our army is bound to be weak, how can we defeat Cao Cao?" ”

"Yuan Hao's words are a bit alarmist." Guo Tu glanced at Tian Feng and said: "Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are only 70,000, but our army has 200,000 soldiers and horses at the moment, even if 60,000 soldiers and horses are divided to fight Liu Bei, the strength is twice as much as that of Cao Cao, is it possible that the lord has twice as many soldiers and horses and still can't win that Cao Cao?" ”

"Cao Cao is now guarding Puyang, although he only has 70,000 soldiers and horses, but I have fought between the two sides before, have you ever gotten any benefits?" Tian Feng snorted coldly.

Although Cao Cao has few soldiers, but the soldiers and horses are quite strong, and the equipment is also excellent, the two sides clashed before, even if there is a military advantage, but the battle between the two sides, Yuan Shao did not take advantage, and even lost locally, in this case, not to mention the increase of troops, but also to divide the troops, which is extremely stupid.

However, although Tian Feng's words are correct, they just hit Yuan Shao's sore foot, no matter what, Yuan Shao is not willing to admit that he is inferior to Cao Cao, after all, no matter in Luoyang or later in the alliance of princes, Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's vassal, but now he has ridden on Yuan Shao's head, although the relationship between the two is good, but in the face of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao has always had a sense of superiority, and he has an advantage in strength but is evenly matched with Cao Cao, which is definitely an extremely humiliating thing for Yuan Shao, and it is also something that he does not want to mention.

"That's just a fluke!" Guo Tu observed his words, saw Yuan Shao's face sink, and said with a smile: "Then Cao Cao only took advantage of the geographical advantage to defend Puyang, so that our army suffered too much losses, if he dared to go out of the city, Yuan Hao thought our army would lose?" ”

Tian Feng wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Yuan Shao: "Don't say more, I have made up my mind, first level Liu Bei, and then fight Cao Cao, I don't know who is willing to be the main general?" ”

The frustration on the side secretly pulled Tian Feng by the hand, signaled him not to say any more, stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord, the minister thinks that Jun Yi has fought with Liu Bei, and he knows that Liu Bei is fine, so he should take Jun Yi as the general." ”

"How can a defeated general fight?" Zhang He was about to step forward to ask for battle, but when he saw Guo Tu snorting disdainfully, he suddenly made Zhang He's chest blocked, and he almost didn't come out in one breath, seeing Yuan Shao nodded, a touch of shame flashed on his face, and he returned to the train in embarrassment, and said no more.

Guo Tu smiled and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, General Yan Liang is the first general in Jizhou, the champion of the three armies, and even more famous generals, he can take on this important responsibility." ”

Yan Liang and Wen Chou are also known as He/North Siting Zhu with Zhang He and Gao Lan, but Yuan Shao obviously attaches more importance to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Zhang He lost the battle this time, and his status in Yuan Shao's heart is naturally lower, Yuan Shao also nodded when he heard this.

"Lord, if this is the case, you can order Jun Yi to be the deputy general and assist General Yan Liang." Fu Zhu smiled at Yuan Shao.

This time, Yuan Shao did not object, and immediately ordered Yan Liang and Zhang He to lead 30,000 troops to go to Bohai to gather the Bohai defenders and the defeated army in Hejian, and make a total of 60,000 to attack Liu Bei.

However, it is said that Liu Bei since the capture of Hejian, under the persuasion of Yan Rou, did not blindly expand, although Cao Cao's grain and grass support, and more Hejian baggage, can relieve for a while, but Youzhou after this battle, has been extremely exhausted, at this time, should recuperate, try to recover vitality, in order to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao decisive victory, can make a difference.

It's just that Liu Bei didn't expect that Yuan Shao would send troops to attack him at this time, and when he heard that Yan Liang led the army to the Bohai Sea, Liu Bei was really depressed in his heart, and now he can't fight if he doesn't want to.

"Don't worry, lord, this battle is easy!" When Yan Rou heard the battle report, she couldn't help laughing and said to Liu Bei.

"That Yan Liang is a general under Yuan Shao, and his position is even higher than Zhang He!" Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "If it wasn't for Zizhong's timely arrival last time, my army would have been dragged down by that Zhang He, and the real number of wins was a fluke, but now this Yan Liang is here, and there are 60,000 soldiers and horses, can our army win it?" ”

Although he swallowed a lot of Zhang He's soldiers and horses, Liu Bei also lost a lot of money in the previous war, and now the soldiers and horses are only barely maintained at about 30,000, with less and more strikes, Liu Bei doesn't feel that he has the ability to win!

"The lord doesn't know anything!" Yan Rou smiled and said: "Although Yuan Shao is famous, he has no knowledge of people, Yan Liang is indeed brave and brave in the three armies, but this person has an impatient temperament, although he is brave, but he is only the courage of a horseman, and he is not afraid!" ”

"The Three Armies of the Brave Crown?" Yan Rou's voice fell, but Zhang Fei on the side was a little unhappy, and sneered disdainfully: "I have only heard of Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Dian Wei under Ye Zhao, but I have never heard of Yan Liang, I want to see how brave he is!" Big brother, wait for me to fight with him and see what this Yan Liang is capable of! ”

Zhang Fei has always been angry about Guan Yu's vote for Ye Zhao, even if Ye Zhao sent food in the name of Guan Yu this time to solve their urgent needs, but for Guan Yu, Zhang Fei still has a grudge against him, and now when he talks about it, he also calls him by his name, and he is no longer close to him in the past.

Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei, did not agree, but looked at Yan Rou and said, "What does the military advisor think?" ”

Yan Rou saw Zhang Fei looking at him with a tiger's eye, and said with a smile: "The three generals are brave, how can Rou not know, it's okay to let the three generals go to fight, but the three generals, this battle is not allowed to be won!" ”

"What makes sense!?" When Zhang Fei heard this, his eyes widened, and he roared, his voice was very loud, and when he roared at this moment, everyone only felt that their eardrums were buzzing, and the ups and downs of the roof were swishing down.

Liu Bei pressed his ears with a headache and glared at Zhang Fei dissatisfied.

Yan Rou's body shook, and it took a long time to gradually come to his senses, and said with a wry smile: "I heard that Yan Liang's deputy general is Zhang He, if the three generals beheaded that Yan Liang, his army has its own commander Zhang He, this person has a stable personality, and he is experienced in soldiers, if he leads the troops, our army is difficult to fight, it is better to ask the three generals to cheat and defeat, and then lead that Yan Liang to chase, our army will set up an ambush from the side, and will definitely be able to win in a battle!" ”

"What the military advisor said is good!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, Zhang He had been taught, if it weren't for Mi Zhu who sent grain and grass in time that day, so that they had a chance, I'm afraid it would really be as Zhang He predicted, Liu Bei ran out of food and had to retreat, if so, the battle would be lost, turned his head to look at Zhang Fei and said: "If you don't go, if you don't go, let Uncle Zhi go!" ”

"Don't go!" Zhang Fei snorted, let him cheat, it is better to kill him.

"But General Shuzhi's reputation is not obvious, I'm afraid he can't attract that Yan Liang." Yan Rou bowed and said.

When Liu Bei heard this, he looked back at Zhang Fei and didn't speak, just stared at him, and everyone else also looked at Zhang Fei.

"What do you think I do?" Zhang Fei said indignantly: "If you don't fight well, you can use some conspiracies and tricks, that Zhang He is just a defeated general, why be afraid of him?" ”

"Yide, I know you are wronged!" Liu Bei stepped forward, patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and said, "Ran...... Whether my big man can recover or not will fall on you alone, alas~ for my brother......"

"Okay, I'll go!" Zhang Fei was frightened by Liu Bei's gentle eyes, and hurriedly changed his words.

"Strategist, please elaborate on what to do!" Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Yan Rou.

Zhang Fei: "......"