More than half of the summer of the fourth year of the first peace has passed, and in harmony with the hot weather, the Han princes have attacked and annexed, and they have also entered a new wave of **.

On the side of Youzhou, Liu Yu died, and Gongsun Chan had no opponent in the state, so he should have taken advantage of the situation to attack, reorganize the troops and horses, and deal with Yuan Shao's threat in the south, but Gongsun Zhan's situation was not good. Yuan Shao's actions in Jizhou were not hidden, the Koji Rebellion in Bohai, the high-ranking army in Zhongshan, and Gongsun Zhan, who had been staying in Zhuo County, really felt great pressure on the immediate threat.

After returning to Youzhou after the defeat, Gongsun Zhan still thought that he would go south again to wrestle with Yuan Shao, but as time slowly moved back, Jizhou under Yuan Shao's rule became more and more powerful and aggressive. By this time, Gongsun Zhan had already extinguished his mind of going south to Jizhou, defeated Liu Yu, and was able to hold Youzhou safely, and it was enough to be a "Yan King".

Without the original pride and ambition of the white horse general, even if he wants to be a self-reliant man, it is difficult to be a self-defending man. Gongsun Zhan wanted to defend it, and Yuan Shao sharpened his knife early Huo Huo to Youyan.

Liu Yu's death had too much impact in Youzhou, and Xian Yufu and others led the rebels, "all counties rebelled", which made Gongsun Zhan spend a lot of energy and soldiers and horses, and was exhausted.

The Yuan army, which had been prepared for a long time, marched north, gathered 70,000 troops, contacted Liu Yu's old generals on the one hand, and the Wuhuan people in the east came to help under the command of Bundun. Wan Qian in the west also took the opportunity to invade Daijun in the east to cause chaos, and the army of the Eastern Governor of Lanli in the north also showed signs of moving south.

For a while, Gongsun Chan had the feeling that he was facing enemies on all sides, and except for the "rabble" in Liu Yu's old department, none of them were easy to deal with. In this chaotic battle in Youzhou, Xian Yufu and others, who were the first to raise troops, became supporting roles.

Koji Yi sang and marched forward, and Gongsun Zhan sent a single army to lead the army to attack south, defeated several battles, all the way through Zhuo County, and approached Guangyang. Gongsun Zhan, who felt the danger in the south, made a difficult decision, gave up dealing with Xian Yufu, and led the main force south to deal with Yuan's army.

Gongsun Zhan's army was 50,000, and Yuan Shao's army was more than 60,000, and the two sides fought hard around Guangyang City for five days. This is the most fierce counterattack launched by Gongsun Chan against Yuan Shao, but unfortunately Yuan Shao also made a bloody effort this time, fighting against him at the expense of casualties, and repeatedly experienced the front line to motivate the soldiers in the bitter battle.

In the end, Yuan Shao still relied on the background of Yuan Jun to defeat Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Zhan's proudest White Horse Yicong was defeated again by Koji Yi, and the whole army was almost wiped out.

In the first battle of Guangyang, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on both sides fought a decisive battle, with nearly 20,000 casualties, and ended with the defeat of Gongsun Chan and the victory of Yuan's army. Gongsun Zhan could not get 20,000 remnants of the army to retreat to Jixian County, and Yuan Shao made the biggest breakthrough in the north and took advantage of the situation to enter the north to besiege the city.

As long as Jixian County is broken and Gongsun Chan is captured, for Yuan Shao, the counties of Youzhou can be passed on. It's just that the city of Jixian is strong, the defense is extremely strong, and a lot of grain and grass have been hoarded in the city.

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Perhaps stimulated by Liu Yuan and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao in the Central Plains also moved his troops and pointed directly at Xuzhou in the east. Yanzhou, the land of the four wars, after repeated wars, under the governance of Cao Cao, finally recovered some vitality, but the state was seriously damaged, and it was not possible to recover in a short time.

At the beginning of the year, he defeated Yuan Shu and won the four counties of Yuzhou, but in the state, Cao Cao was short of food. Subduing the millions of people in Qingzhou, although the strength has increased greatly, Cao Cao's food pressure is worse day by day. At this time, Yuan Shao and Liu Yuan were both attacking, and Cao Cao naturally accelerated his pace of development.

Soon made a decision to beggar-thy-neighbor and transfer the pressure in the state to Xuzhou. Xuzhou, under the governance of Tao Qian, is very rich, and Cao Cao has long been eyeing it.

This time, Cao's father did not die, and there was no such "high-sounding" reason for Cao Cao to play. But Cao Cao has already made up his mind, so he is naturally not afraid of being truthful, and if he wants to be famous, find a reason. In the middle of the summer of the fourth year of the first peace, Cao Cao sent 50,000 troops to the east of Xuzhou, under the banner of "exterminating the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou", brazenly invaded, and set off a bloody storm in Xuzhou.

Xuzhou, the soldiers are not strong, the horses are not strong, and there is a shortage of generals. In the face of Cao Jun's aggressiveness, Tao Qian would not sit still, and sent Cao Bao to lead the army to resist, where was Cao Cao's opponent, Yin Ping battle, defeated. The Cao army took advantage of the situation to sweep the northern counties of Xuzhou, and the counties were powerless to resist, only Zang Ba held the Langya country, but his attitude was ambiguous and had many contacts with the Cao army.

Tao Qian was in Dazhou, but he was unable to deal with the invasion of Cao's army, and was soon surrounded by Cao's army in the south. Perhaps it was historical inertia, in Qingzhou could not resist the advance of Zang Hong and Yuan's army, Tian Kai was killed, Liu Bei led the army to the south, sent someone to contact Tao Qian, willing to help him defend Xuzhou. Tao Qian was overjoyed and sent someone to greet him.

For an unknown person like Liu Bei, Cao Cao naturally didn't think much of it, seeing that he was only three or four thousand remnants, he dared to think of a big deal to him. Decisively sent Xiahoudun, Li Dian, and Yu Ban to the north to break the battle. Liu Bei had to lead less than 2,000 men to enter the city before Cao Cao was completely encircled.

Xuzhou, temporarily caught in a tug-of-war, Cao Cao prevailed.

Yuan Shu in the south saw the incident in Xuzhou, and he also moved his mind and personally led the army to Dongkou Guangling, wanting to take advantage of it. The military invaded Xuzhou, and the back of the buttocks caught fire. Sun Jian mobilized 30,000 troops from Lujiang to the north, swept through the counties, attacked Jiujiang, and approached Shouchun.

Yuan Shu was naturally angry, but he couldn't take care of Xuzhou anymore, and returned to meet Sun Jian, and the two sides fought in Huainan on the front line, no matter when, Yuan Shu's army was not less, leading an army of 70,000, and Fang and Sun Jian were deadlocked.

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The rest of the places are very lively, and here in Guanzhong, Liu Xia's army has been steadily advancing according to Liu Yuan's plan after crossing from Puban, and it has reached the stage of completion.

Xu Bu Chiyi led the army to garrison Linjin, firmly pinned down from the flank and rear, and Liu Yuan led the Chinese army to threaten from the east and looked at the Guanzhong army.

Li, Guo and other generals of 100,000 people were simply involved in the front line of Huayin, and there was no army, but because of different opinions, it was difficult to take action. For his generation, he could only watch the situation deteriorate day by day, and it was getting worse day by day.

Internally, Li and Guo have lost their decisiveness, and they can't think of any way to deal with it externally, and they have nowhere to go. The consumption of 100,000 people is so huge, and the food in the army is gradually running out, but it is only sitting in Huayin.

The most important thing is that from Guanzhong, it is difficult to transport grain and grass to the front line. Lu Bu and Tan Zhe led the Xia cavalry, crisscrossing the north and south of Weishui, controlling various roads, and killing and wounding the soldiers of the generals in Guanzhong. If there is no replenishment, the army will run out of food and grass.

Sent cavalry to deal with Xia Cai, lost a lot, but it had no effect. Every day came from the rear, where the military rations had been looted, and which grain wagons had been burned. Seeing that the surplus food in the army was about to run out, Li Dao and others were like sitting on a stove. I want to fight to the death, but I can't reach a consensus.

Until, news came from Chang'an, Xia General Wu Huali led the army from Shangjun to the south, teamed up with Dongqiang, and broke Chang'an!