In the early spring of 200 AD, many people were still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival, but many more fell on the frontier.

Yuan Shang was ambushed by Wang Yu on the way to retreat, and finally chose to surrender, taking 20,000 remnants of his army to accept Wang Yu's incorporation. Many of the captives were well treated, and 20,000 survived to the maximum.

I was already prepared to flee on the way, and more than 10,000 people were killed, but I didn't expect that with the capture of the whole army, more than 18,000 people finally survived. Yuan Shang looked at those soldiers who sang praises for the king, and his mood was very complicated.

Xu Huang invaded Jixian County, and Yuan Xi finally succeeded in escaping south, becoming the only existence that was not captured. However, he abandoned the huge territory and fled, and was even captured by Xu Huang, which made Yuan Shao completely disappointed in him.

Originally, Yuan Shao had already made a marriage for Yuan Xi, and the other party was Zhen Mi, the youngest daughter of the Zhen family in Yecheng. However, after this incident, Zhen didn't seem to be so active in promoting this marriage, and Yuan Shao was embarrassed to mention it to the other party again.

Everyone can see that Yuan Shao is finished, and the huge Hebei territory is now only Jizhou. This territory is still very large, and it can definitely make him rise again in the past, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, as well as the battle with Gongsun Zhan, and the subsequent battles with the imperial army and Li Mingjun, it has become ten rooms and nine empty, and the population is seriously insufficient.

"It's over...... Ladies and gentlemen, tell me about it! Where do we go from here? Yuan Shao sat on the top decadently, and the whole person seemed to have aged several years.

Well-informed, everyone knows that Yuan Shao spit blood after receiving the news that Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were captured, fainted for a while, and almost confessed his life.

Yuan Xi was beside Yuan Shao, and he wanted to refute a few words, but he didn't know how to refute it. Now there are still 50,000 troops under Yuan Shao's command, but the materials have been exhausted after the battle at the airport. The family that was originally attached to Yuan Shao was already disappointed in him.

"Li Ming's side is quite cold to the family, and surrendering to Li Ming is the way to die." Many officials from families have come forward to persuade that there are Hongnong Yang families in the imperial court, and there are many families in Shuzhong who are helping, and even the Taiyuan Wang family also occupies a certain right to speak, so if they take refuge in the imperial court, their lives will be guaranteed, but it is difficult to say if they go to Li Ming's side.

"Not really!" Tian Feng stood up, "Li Ming and we are all the way, if we take refuge in him, the lord can still be saved, such as Gongsun Zhan, who has been friends with Li Ming before." Now that he is allowed to return to Liaoxi, although it is not as brilliant as before, it can at least be reused. Another example is Lu Bu, who was named General Pingxi, under the direct jurisdiction of Li Ming, and belonged to the Expeditionary Army. If the lord passes, he will not be left out no matter what. Not to mention, the eldest prince and the third prince are still in their hands! ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he also nodded, it seemed that only taking refuge in Li Ming was the best choice. For the family, it is the best choice to take refuge in the imperial court, because it is related to their future status and influence. But for him, the benefits of taking refuge in Li Ming are more, not to mention anything else, just that after Liu Zhang surrendered, he is now almost under house arrest, and he can understand that if he surrenders to the past, he is only afraid of ......

"No, Cao Cao and Kong Rong also surrendered to the imperial court, aren't they also doing well now?" Xu You stood up, Kong Rong served as an important minister in the imperial court, and Cao Cao was named the general of the expedition to the west, and his status was indeed not low.

"Yes, yes......" Many courtiers responded one after another, and this voice occupied the majority.

In the past, Yuan Shao would agree to their opinions, after all, he was indecisive, and he would inevitably hesitate in the face of a choice, and even if he was sure in the end, it was often a more conservative opinion.

However, he also has a potential, that is, once he is forced to a Jedi, then he will burst out with powerful abilities. At this moment, for him, he also arrived at the Jedi, with the disgusting faces that he could clearly see the faces of everyone present.

"What do you think?" Yuan Shao is inclined to take refuge in Li Ming, but he also has to take into account the thoughts of the family, otherwise there will be great changes in the army tomorrow, not to mention anything else, Ji Ling will never surrender to Li Ming in the first place.

"My lord, the imperial court will not accept Jizhou. In the past, the imperial court received Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jingzhou, but Li Ming attacked in many ways, so that it was difficult to take care of the end and the end, and Yanzhou and Qingzhou were defeated by us, and Li Ming also took away Yingchuan and Jingzhou. Even if we are willing to surrender this time, he will not want Jizhou, in other words, Jizhou will eventually fall into the hands of Li Ming.

The meaning of the imperial court is very clear, they hope to use the power of Jizhou and Youzhou, especially the Hu people, to drag Li Ming, and then take the opportunity to conquer the city. It's nothing more than giving back to the other in the way of the other.

We are caught in the middle, and the situation is very embarrassing, Li Ming may not want us to take refuge, after all, they also need to digest the three territories of Yanzhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou. The meaning of the subordinates is that we can let the second prince take charge of the four counties of Qinghe County, Bohai County, Zhongshan County and Hejian County, and express his refuge in Li Ming; At the same time, the lord announced the dissolution of the relationship with the second prince, and took Changshan County, Julu County, Zhao County and Wei County to declare allegiance to the imperial court. ”

As a result, the territory was still in the hands of Yuan Shao, but nominally Jizhou had been split into two pieces, belonging to the imperial court and Li Ming. Neither of the two families will really send troops to station, and as a result, Yuan Shao will be able to survive for a while. After recuperating for a period of time, it may not be impossible to rise again.

"Well, that's all there is to it! Just, my two children? "Yuan Shao is a little embarrassed, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are in the hands of Li Ming, what is the difference between the result and giving Jizhou to Li Ming?

"As expected, Li Ming has a high probability that he will let the eldest prince come back, and at the same time send Yuan Shang to Guanzhong to the imperial court." Tian Feng thought about it, and then reported.

"Hehe, it should be like this......" Yuan Shao is not stupid, naturally he knows very well why this is so. Yuan Tan has always been very unhappy with Yuan Shang, and Yuan Shang has always been very unhappy with Yuan Tan. He is still alive now, so everything is okay to say, once he has any accidents, then Yuan Tan will inevitably take the four counties and oppose the imperial court, and may even defect to Li Ming. On the contrary, Yuan Shang will also find a way to deal with Yuan Tan with the help of the hands of the imperial court.

"It's all uneasy!" Yuan Shao smiled bitterly, when is it, brothers still have to compete for power like this. If you think about it, in fact, from their generation, why not like this?

It was precisely because Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu didn't like each other that Yuan Valve was split into two. Now the second generation also looks down on each other, and as a result, it is further divided, and Yuan Valve is afraid that it will fall apart after all.

Yuan Xi shrank his head, if he wanted to say that he was not worried, he would not be able to escape.

In February 200 AD, Yuan Shao officially broke with Yuan Xi and expelled him from his home, but gave him the land of the four counties. Yuan Xi publicly expressed his refuge in Li Ming, and Yuan Shao also officially wrote a confession to the imperial court, admitting all his previous sins, hoping to return to the imperial court.

Unsurprisingly, the imperial court accepted his surrender, but did not allow him to withdraw his troops, and appointed him as the general of Zhengdong. Li Ming accepted Yuan Xi's surrender and did not send troops to settle in, Yuan Valve was reluctant to breathe, but his reputation was completely knocked to the dust, and the families who belonged to him in the past have planned a way out for themselves.