After Yuan Shao's death, the trial and others presided over the funeral, and Yuan Shang succeeded as the lord of Jizhou, proclaimed himself the general of Da Sima, and sent people to report the funeral to Yuan Tan, who was galloping on the road.

After Yuan Tan received the news, he was shocked and hurriedly called Guo Tu and Xin Ping to discuss whether to leave immediately and mourn for his father.

After the two discussed for a while, Guo Tu said: "The eldest prince is not in charge of Jizhou, and the third prince must seek to judge and discipline, and take the foundation of the lord as his own. ”

Yuan Tan was a person who had no opinions, and after hearing these words, he didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly asked, "Two gentlemen, please ask me, what should I do?" ”

"Don't panic, the eldest prince, we can garrison outside the city, watch its movements, and then make plans." Xin Ping said.

Yuan Tan followed the advice of the two, accelerated the march, and came to the outside of Jizhou in a day, and after the garrison was completed, he sent Guo Tu into the city to find out the details.

After Guo Tu entered the city, he saw Yuan Shang, and Yuan Shang asked, "Mr. Gongze, why didn't my brother come into the city?" ”

"When the eldest prince heard that the lord had fallen, he was filled with grief and indignation, and he was sick and lying down, so he could only recuperate in the army, so he couldn't see each other." Guo Tu replied with a similar expression.

Yuan Shang didn't care about whether Yuan Tan was sick at all, but said: "I was ordered by my father to take charge of the affairs of Jizhou and Qingzhou. ”

When Guo Tu heard this, he looked to the side again, and knew that this idea must have come from the two of them, so he said quietly: "On the order of the Great Sima, it's just that no one in the army has discussed a good strategy to break the enemy, and I hope that the two of them will be supplemented by Zhengnan and Feng Yuantu." ”

When the judge and Feng Ji heard this, they were shocked, and before they could open their mouths to refuse, Yuan Shang waved his hand and said: "I also rely on the two gentlemen to give me advice sooner or later, how can I leave me?" ”

Guo Tu was unmoved, and still said: "If you want to resist the Zhao army, you must have a good strategy, since this is the case, it is better to send one person within the two to help, how about it?" ”

Yuan Shang had no choice but to say: "That is the case, who of the two gentlemen is willing to go to my brother's army to help?" ”

Judging and meeting Ji are not stupid, how can they be in danger, both of them are silent, and no one wants to go.

Guo Tu didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, Yuan Shang saw it in his eyes, very uncomfortable, so he said: "You two do lots, whoever holds it, who goes." ”

The two immediately cast lots, but Feng Ji was unlucky, so Yuan Shang ordered Feng Ji to seal the ribbon, and together with Guo Tu, he went out of the city and came to Yuan Tan's army.

After seeing Yuan Tan, Feng Ji's heart was already cold, because Yuan Tan was not sick, which meant that there must be some conspiracy.

Feng Ji trembled and handed Yuan Tan the seal of the chariot general who was sealed by Yuan Shang, and sure enough, Yuan Tan was furious when he saw it, and immediately ordered someone to drag Feng Ji out and behead him.

Seeing this, Guo Tu hurriedly stopped Yuan Tan and whispered: "Now that the Zhao army is pressing, it is better to keep him, with the heart of the third prince of An, after breaking Zhao, it is not too late to kill." ”

Yuan Tan followed Guo Tu's advice, left Feng Ji in the army, and then marched out of the army. Travel to Liyang.

At this time, Tai Shici, who was stationed in Liyang, heard about it, and also sent troops to line up and hold on to Yuan Tan's army.

Yuan Tan ordered his general Ding Ze to go to fight, Tai Shi Ci personally went out to meet him, and the two generals did not count together, and Ding Ze was assassinated by Tai Shi Ci with a halberd.

Zhang He and Gao Ran took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, Yuan Tan was defeated, collected the defeated army, retreated thirty miles to the village, and sent people to Yuan Shang for help.

Yuan Shang received a request for help from his eldest brother, and called him to discuss with the judge, and the judge said: "I'm afraid that Yuan Tan is powerful and poses a threat to the lord, so it's better to just give 5,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Yuan Shang accepted the opinion of the trial and sent more than 5,000 people to Liyang to reinforce Yuan Tan.

It's just that this news has long been detected by Zhao Qian's Feixun Battalion sergeant, and Pegasus reported it to Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci made a quick decision and ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead light cavalry, bypass Yuan Tan's camp, and ambush Yuan Shang's reinforcements.

After Yuan Shang's 5,000 soldiers and horses entered the ambush of Zhang He and Gao Lan, the two armies attacked back and forth, killing all 5,000 people!

Yuan Tan learned that Yuan Shang had only sent 5,000 soldiers and horses, and he was intercepted and killed halfway, and he was furious in his heart, and he wanted to kill Feng Ji who stayed in his camp.

Feng Ji was frightened, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Please calm the general's anger, and let me write a letter to the lord, I expect the lord to personally come to the army!" ”

"Okay, since that's the case, don't hurry up and fix the book!" Yuan Tan shouted.

Feng Ji returned to his camp, hurriedly wrote a letter, and sent someone to Yecheng to ask for rescue.

"Due south, are you still sending troops?" Yuan Shang asked.

The judge thought for a while, shook his head and said: "In my opinion, Yuan Tan did not compete with the lord for Jizhou before, because the Zhao army pressed the border, if he helped him retreat from Zhao, he would definitely come to fight for Jizhou, it is better not to send troops, borrow the hand of Zhao Qian, and get rid of it." ”

"It's a clever plan for the south, just what I want." Yuan Shang nodded in agreement.

After Yuan Tan got the news, he was furious and immediately beheaded Feng Ji, this time Guo Tu no longer stopped him, but he was pitiful Feng Ji Yuzhong I, but he was abandoned by Yuan Shang and died with hatred.

Subsequently, Yuan Tan summoned Guo Tu and said: "If Yuan Shang does not send rescue troops, it is difficult for me to resist the Zhao army, why don't I surrender and use his strength to capture Yuan Shang, how about it?" ”

Guo Tu sighed lightly and nodded in agreement, so Yuan Tan began to prepare for surrender.

It's just that the news of this matter leaked, and someone in the army ran back to Yecheng and told Yuan Shang that Yuan Tan was going to surrender, and Yuan Shang hurriedly summoned the trial to discuss.

"My brother is going to surrender to Zhao Qian, what can I do?" Yuan Shang said urgently.

After hearing this, his brows furrowed, and he said, "If Yuan Tan surrenders and comes with Zhao Qian to attack Jizhou, it will be dangerous." ”

"Of course, but what can I do?" Yuan Shang seemed very anxious.

The judge waved his hand and said: "Yuan Tan's surrender is not sincere, but the lord is angry for the rescue, and before he can get in touch with the Zhao army, he will quickly send troops to rescue, or it may be too late." ”

Yuan Shang did not hesitate any longer, and personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Liyang, and at the same time sent someone to inform Yuan Tan, for fear that he would surrender to Zhao Qian.

As for Yecheng, Yuan Shang was handed over to the trial and the general Su You to guard.

Yuan Tan, who was hesitating whether to surrender, received the news that Yuan Shang personally commanded troops to come to help, turned his anger into joy, and hurriedly sent someone to respond.

However, even if Yuan Shang came to help, how could he be the opponent of Tai Shici, Zhang He, and Gao Lan, the two armies fought against each other from time to time, and Yuan Jun lost more and won less.

However, the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang joined forces, and finally resisted the pace of Tai Shici's attack, and it can be regarded as brothers working together to resist the enemy.

After the news reached Jinyang, Zhang Fei was furious and took the initiative to invite Ying to lead his troops to Liyang, wanting to break through Yecheng and take Jizhou in one fell swoop.

It's just that Zhao Qian didn't agree, but adopted Guo Jia's opinion.