At the end of the decade. After Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he held a funeral for Xiahoudun.

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others all returned to Xuchang, and the grumpy Xiahou Yuan pleaded: "Lord, I am willing to lead my troops to attack Zhang Yi and avenge Yuan Rang." ”

Cao Ren and the others hurriedly dissuaded them, this was not the time to attack Zhang Yi.

After a few months, in March of the eleventh year of Jian'an, that is, when Zhang Yi returned to Shouchun, Yuan Tan in Qingzhou once again raised troops.

Last year, Yuan Tan was beaten back to Qingzhou by Cao Cao, and he has been trading with Zhang Yi. He traded weapons and food from Zhang Yi, and first gave Zhang Yi the books he got from Zheng Xuan. When you run out of books, you use your money. When the money runs out, the population is used.

Yuan Tan is now cornered, and this is also his last madness. He has always been very dissatisfied with the barren Qingzhou, all he has wanted is Jizhou, so he did not hesitate to corrupt Qingzhou, just to recapture Jizhou from Cao Cao. This time, he gathered another 50,000 people, and finally paid for the population of as many as 30,000 households in the four counties of Dongnae County.

After gathering an army of 50,000, Yuan Tan immediately invaded Bohai County.

At this time, because Cao Cao had withdrawn from the army before, Jizhou had insufficient soldiers and horses. When Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he brought back a lot of soldiers and horses, and only less than 30,000 remained in Jizhou. Cao Cao left Cao Pi in Yecheng, but the military side was handed over to Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Cao Chun and others. Zhang Liao was stationed in Hejian State to guard against Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi in Youzhou; Zhang He was stationed in Yecheng to guard against high-ranking cadres in the state; Cao Chun was stationed in Nanpi to guard against Yuan Tan in Qingzhou.

Cao Chun only has a few thousand people in Nanpi, even if there are tigers and leopards, he is not Yuan Tan's opponent.

Yuan Tan's attack on Bohai County coincided with Leling's attack, marched to Dongguang, and then north to Nanpi. Yuan Tan surrounded Nanpi, and then sent Guo Tu to Chengping to station to prevent Zhang Liao of Hejian State from coming to support. Guo Tu went to Chengping with 20,000 people and blocked Zhang Liao, who came to support, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

This stalemate lasted for more than three months, and by the end of June, Yuan Tan had never captured Nanpi City. But Yuan Tan's grain and grass are not good, he does not manage Qingzhou well, there is not a lot of grain and grass in Qingzhou, and a lot of his grain and grass is bought from Zhang Yi.

Without food, Yuan Tan was embarrassed. He has always had a heart higher than the sky, thinking that he can inherit his father's inheritance and then defeat Cao Cao. As a result, I didn't expect that life was thinner than paper, and I didn't take it down for three months. In order to attack him, less than 20,000 of the 30,000 troops were killed and wounded.

Yuan Tan had no choice, he could only withdraw his troops and send someone to send a message to Guo Tu, asking him to withdraw and withdraw to Qingzhou with him. As long as he returns to Qingzhou, he still has a chance to turn around, and he still has Zhang Yi as an ally, and Zhang Yi will continue to strengthen him. Yuan Tan clearly knew that Zhang Yi supported him because he wanted to make trouble for Cao Cao, so Zhang Yi would definitely strengthen himself again.

It is precisely because of such confidence that Yuan Tan chose to retreat and did not choose to fight to the death.

After Guo Tu received Yuan Tan's order, he immediately retreated. But Zhang Liao seized the opportunity, Zhang Liao led the cavalry around to the front of Guo Tu, set up an ambush, and when Guo Tu passed by, he attacked Guo Tu's army.

In the midst of the rebellion, Guo Tu was killed by cavalry, and the army he led was directly defeated. Zhang Liao recruited several thousand people, and the others were either killed or scattered. These people were all pulled over by Yuan Tanqiang, and no one wanted to sell their lives at all, so they fled as soon as they were defeated.

Zhang Liao went straight to Nanpi with his troops and attacked Yuan Tan with Cao Chun.

Yuan Tan saw that it was Zhang Liao, not Guo Tu, so he panicked a little and prepared to withdraw his troops overnight.

But the movement was too big, which aroused Cao Chun's vigilance. Cao Chun led his troops to pursue, because Yuan Tan left first, he only took the tiger and leopard to chase after him. More than ten miles south of Nanpi City, he finally caught up with Yuan Tan. Cao Chun asked the leopard cavalry to drive Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, and then led the tiger cavalry to directly attack Yuan Tan's army.

was raided, and Yuan Tan's soldiers immediately dispersed. They had had enough of Yuan Tan, if it weren't for Yuan Tan being pressed, they would have wanted to run away a long time ago. Now as soon as the tiger riders attacked, they immediately fled. They had been fighting with Cao Chun for three months, and naturally knew the strength of the tiger and leopard ride. Before, they surrounded Nanpi City, and the tiger and leopard cavalry came out of the city, but they were all near the camp and fled to the camp, so the cavalry did not chase them.

Yuan Tan was stunned, and hurriedly called someone to protect himself and escaped. He doesn't even want a big banner anymore, and now he doesn't have an army, so what do you want that heavy thing for?

Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to continuously attack Yuan Tan's army, and released the leopard cavalry to chase and kill.

Yuan Tan escaped from the main road, came to a wood, stood down and took a breath, and then asked, "Has Cao Jun caught up?" ”

The pro-soldier glanced back, "I didn't see Cao Jun." ”

Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, "Rest for a while, and then let's go quickly." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and rested against the trees. After resting for an hour or so, the sky was bright, and Yuan Tan once again led people to set off.

After walking a short distance, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him. Yuan Tan looked back in shock, and it turned out to be a leopard rider who appeared.

"Run!" Yuan Tan shouted and hurriedly ran forward.

But how could they outrun on two legs than four, and they were soon overtaken by the leopard riders. The leopard rider quickly caught up, killing Yuan Tan's men little by little, until finally, he also knocked Yuan Tan to the ground.

A knight dismounted and hacked Yuan Tan to death, slashed his head, and then walked away.

The knight returned to Nanpi and offered his head to Cao Chun. Cao Chun glanced at Yuan Tan's head, and directly dropped it with a sentence: "The head is pickled, and then sent to Xuchang." ”

The soldiers went down to pickle the head with lime, then put it in a box, and sent someone to Xuchang.

Yuan Tan's head was sent to Xuchang, and after Cao Cao saw Yuan Tan's head, he knew that the time had come to take Qingzhou. Cao Cao immediately sent troops to recover Qingzhou, "ordering Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Xiu to take 20,000 people to recover Qingzhou." ”

Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Xiu gathered soldiers in Yanzhou, entered Qingzhou from Dongjun, and directly attacked Pingyuan County. All the way was like a bamboo, and the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou were all taken away by Yuan Tan, and the places they passed were basically descended from the wind. From Pingyuan County to Jinan, Le'an, Qi, and Beihai, it can be said that they are invincible, and they recovered most of Qingzhou in less than a month. Only when it was time to recover Donglai County, Zhang Yi's seaport in Buqi County was accidentally discovered.

How can there be Zhang Yi's army here? Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Xiu were also stunned, and the ships here were so big, much bigger than the ships they had seen before!