Ruyang County was very close to Chen County, and soon the Ruyang County Commander knew about the fighting outside Chen County, and because there were not many troops stationed, the county commander had to quickly report the situation.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Shao learned that his son Yuan Xi was besieged outside Chen County.

At this time, Yuan Shao only had 20,000 troops left behind in the county, and even if he sent them, they would not be able to play their due role; If he didn't rescue, it would be his son again, and he lost the officers and soldiers under Yuan Xi's jurisdiction, the territory north of Rushui was lost, and the remaining army was only the officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Yuan Tan and Chun Yuqiong, with a total of no more than 50,000, how to confront the army of Yanzhou and Xuzhou?

This only blames him for being too careless, believing that Gao Shun will not stay in the Central Plains and will not interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains, and blames him for being too greedy and poisoning King Chen, so that they can seize the handle and have an excuse to enter the Central Plains.

Feng Ji, Xu You and other military advisors have nothing to do, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Huang Zhong received the letter from Yin Li, and he was very anxious, he didn't expect Yuan Xi to be in such a hurry to break through, now he is nearly two hundred miles away from Chen County, even if he returns, the soldiers and war horses will be tired and lose their combat effectiveness.

After thinking about it for a while, Huang Zhong immediately sent a letter to Gongsun Kang, hoping that he would send 10,000 cavalry to support Yin Li, order people to send them quickly, and promised to destroy Yuan Xi's exploits with half of them; In addition, he sent a letter to Chen Deng, asking him to come to receive Xiyang County as soon as possible.

Subsequently, Huang Zhong left 7,000 infantry to guard Xiyang City and wait for Chen Deng's arrival, while he led 11,000 cavalry to quickly return to Chen County, preparing to encircle and annihilate Yuan Xi.

If he carried infantry, it would slow down the speed of the march, so Huang Zhong simply did not bring infantry, he believed that as long as these cavalry returned, they would be able to completely annihilate Yuan Xi's troops.

At this time, Yuan Xi and his army had been surrounded by Yin Li again, but they were unable to break through.

Yin Li was very troubled by this turtle shell formation, so he had to ask 7,000 infantry to assist, and requisitioned young men from the city, first set up a circle of antlers around Yuan Xi's circular formation, and then dug a trench to besiege them.

Yuan Xi's troops carried too little baggage, and Yin Li believed that he only needed to besiege them, and it would not take a few days to force them to surrender obediently; At the same time, immediately write to Huang Zhong, hoping that he can return to the army quickly and eat the current delicacy first.

Yin Li believed that he just besieged Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses, which was a great achievement.

And Wang Kuang, Xin Ping and others, who were besieged, were discussing in the center of the big array at the moment.

Wang Kuang said: "Young master, we only carried one day's dry food, tomorrow there will be no food, even if the Yanzhou army does not attack, we will not be able to insist, if we surrender, I believe that the champion Hou is a person, and I will not embarrass us." ”

Yuan Xi said: "For the sake of the world, you should not avoid life and death, how can you surrender?" ”

Xin commented: "The great cause has not been accomplished, how can the young master talk about life and death lightly? If the young master can return safely, he will apologize to the lord for his sins. ”

Yuan Xi smiled: "Zhongzhi doesn't need to be like this, this is not Zhongzhi's crime; The Yanzhou cavalry is like maggots attached to the bones, like a shadow, and the battle cannot be defeated, and the withdrawal cannot be obtained, so what can I do? ”

Xin Ping was very embarrassed, the trench dug by Yin Li could not stop them, but after breaking through, if they could not maintain their formation, in the plain area, they would become the soul of the cavalry; And if you want to keep the formation and march, you can't do it.

So he suggested: "Young master, that one has to kill the horse to satisfy his hunger and wait for rescue." ”

"So for now!" Yuan Xi had no choice, so he readily agreed to Xin Ping's suggestion; Now it can drag on for a day, and if the soldiers have no food and there is a riot, the consequences will be even worse.

Yuan Xi's level is still good, and he has a lot of backbone, and it is recorded in history that when he assassinated Youzhou, he not only maintained the stability of Youzhou, but also established a good friendship with the Wuhuan tribes; After he was defeated by Cao Cao, fled east to Liaodong, and was captured by Gongsun Kang with a strategy, Yuan Shang said to Gongsun Kang: "Before death, the cold is unbearable, and you can meet with each other." Yuan Xi said generously: "The head travels thousands of miles, what is the seat?" In the end, the two brothers were killed by Gongsun Kang, and their heads were given to Cao Cao.

When Gongsun Kang received Huang Zhong's letter, he felt that Yin Li only had 5,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry, and could not surround more than twice as many enemies. Afterwards, he learned the truth, which made Gongsun Kang regret it.

Chen Deng received Huang Zhong's letter, and sighed in his heart that Huang Zhong's wisdom and courage were the first general to be crowned by the Lord, and it was indeed true; I hate Gongsun Kang even more for attacking privately, which is simply brainless.

At the same time, Zhang Meng was urgently ordered to lead the cavalry across the river and gallop to the aid of Xiyang City.

Chen Deng was very satisfied with the current situation, and had compressed Yuan Shao to the point of difficulty in Rushui, and as soon as Runan County lost half of its territory, he and Huang Zhong could launch an attack on Yuan Shao from the north and south directions respectively.

Coupled with Lusu in Huainan, Yuan Shao must not be able to defend it.

At noon the next day, Huang Zhong returned to Chen County.

More than 10,000 cavalry were added, and the Yanzhou army was even more powerful; Yuan Shao's army, on the other hand, had no fighting spirit.

Huang Zhong sighed that Xin Ping's circular array did have an excellent side, but it was used at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and Yuan Shao had no reinforcements, otherwise, it would probably have allowed them to escape.

Three days later, the officers and soldiers under Yuan Xi's jurisdiction did not see reinforcements and were already discouraged.

And Huang Zhong kept the officers and soldiers constantly shouting the slogan of "surrender or kill", which broke their will to resist.

Yuan Xi and Xin Ping saw the status quo in their eyes, but they couldn't do anything about it, and they didn't say anything about each other; Even Gao Gan's 40,000 troops were killed by Huang Zhong, and they were no opponents; In the end, Yuan Xi decided to surrender.

Yuan Shao got the news and vomited blood again and fell into a coma.

After he woke up, Xu You persuaded Yuan Shao to surrender, believing that the champion Hou would not embarrass him.

Feng Ji suggested bribing Lu Su with a lot of money and ceding the territory to Lu Su to drive a wedge between Lu Su and Xuzhou and Qingzhou, on the condition that they should only be allowed to go south to join Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shao hated Xu Yu's greed, and at the same time hated him for saying what was in his heart; So, Yuan Shao ordered someone to kill Xu Yu and raid his home.

Now he has reached the point of exhaustion, and he can't break through; There is Lu Su in the south and Cao Cao in the west, and no one will let him go; Even if he is let go, where will he go?

Subsequently, he ordered someone to kill Han Fu's entire family, so that the relevant secrets would disappear with Han Fu's death.

In the end, he left a letter and committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine; He would rather choose to commit suicide than surrender to the poor Gaoshun, which is not allowed by his identity, and he is not willing to suffer this insult.

As for why he didn't kill Feng Ji, he felt that Feng Ji was more loyal than Xu You, and he needed him to take care of his descendants more in the future; As for Feng Ji's suggestion to defect to Yuan Shu, he couldn't accept it, first of all, Yuan Shu is now difficult to protect himself, there is the Yellow Turban Army in the east, Sun Ce in the south, and Dong Zhuo in the west, he estimates that it will not be long before Yuan Shu will follow in his footsteps; Secondly, he is even more reluctant to lose face in front of Yuan Shu, if he dies, at least he can save his family and achieve his good name.

Feng Ji was ordered to preside over and bury Yuan Shao, and then ordered Xin Bi to go to Chen Deng to discuss the surrender.

Yuan Shao committed suicide, and the world shook.

Gao Shun ordered Huang Zhong to temporarily manage the affairs of the three counties of Yuzhou.

Feng Ji, Yuan Tan, Gao Gan, Yuan Xi and others went to Jizhou to meet Gao Shun; The crowd declared their allegiance to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun divided Runan County into two counties, and appointed Xin Ping as the assassin of Yuzhou, in charge of the people's livelihood affairs of the four counties of Yuzhou, and the affairs of Yuzhou were temporarily under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou Mufangliang.

Fengji and Xinbi temporarily stayed in Yecheng for the general's mansion.

Gao Gan, Chun Yuqiong, Yuan Tan and others were all military commanders and continued to serve in the army.

As for the five counties occupied by Lusu, the two counties of Anyang and Xinxi can be transferred to Xiyang County, and the remaining three counties will be returned to Yuzhou.

Although Gongsun Kang was previously appointed as a Zhonglang general, he was annoyed by Gao Shun because of the defeat and the lack of timely support, and was reappointed as the governor of Luliang County.

In order to comfort the Gongsun family, Gongsun Du was appointed as the Taishou of Ruyin County.

Sima Ju was appointed as a Zhonglang general and went to Bingzhou to garrison Hexi to replace Xu Huang; Xu Huang led 10,000 cavalry and went to Yuzhou to station.

Huanglong is still Sima of other departments, but the number of officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction has increased, and his authority has increased, and he continues to garrison Chenliu County.

Huang Zhong and Yin Li received different rewards and returned to their original places to station.

Only Chen Deng, Zhang Meng and others did not make any achievements.