Yuan Xi committed suicide, Xin Bi surrendered, and nearly 10,000 Yuan troops obediently became prisoners of Gan Ning. Thirty-three ships were said to be a lot less, but not too much, and by the time they all pulled these Yuan troops trapped in the city back to Zang Ba's camp to take care of them, the sky was already bright. The flooding of the Yellow River was extraordinary, and the whole night passed without the slightest slowing down. However, it is precisely because of this that Gan Ning's warship can easily travel back and forth between the two places without worrying about running aground because the water is too shallow.

Yuan Xi's body is now confined in a simple coffin, and the conditions at the time of the war can only be like this. To be honest, even Xu Shu didn't expect that Yuan Xi would choose to commit suicide in the end, after all, it was difficult for eternity to die! Yuan Xi's choice is not correct or incorrect, but this courage and backbone made Xu Shu look at this unknown second son. After learning that the only 122 remaining guards around Yuan Xi were all killed by their swords to martyr Yuan Xi, and none of them survived, Gan Ning and Xu Shu were even more moved. Even if you are an enemy, you must not be disrespectful! Gan Ning and Xu Shu didn't even say anything, they just glanced at each other and fully understood what each other meant. Gan Ning immediately ordered the sergeant to transport the bodies of Yuan Xi and the 122 righteous soldiers away by boat immediately, so that they could be reined in. As soon as this order was issued, not only the ordinary soldiers of Yuan were moved in their hearts, but even Xin Bi burst into tears and thanked him.

Although Yuan Xi was an enemy, although he was a junior, although he was defeated and died in the end, even Cao Cao did not hesitate to praise Yuan Xi after learning about it, and even ordered him to be buried with a stabbing ceremony. Yuan Xi's calmness to death, Gao Ye was full of admiration but not surprised. After all, a person who can say "The head travels thousands of miles, what is the doing" to reprimand Yuan Shang, how can he be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Perhaps his death today is much more glorious and dazzling than the tragic death at the hands of Gongsun Kang in history.

Because it was still in the war, there were not many people who could reach Yuan Xi's death in the first place, except for Xu Shu, Zang Ba, Gan Ning and others on the front line, there were only Cao Cao, Gao Ye, Yuan Shao and the people under their command. Among these people, some people are admiring, some people are sighing, maybe Yuan Shao is the only one who really feels heartbroken. When the scout reported the news that there was no survivor in the city, Yuan Shao almost fainted in the big tent. After muttering "Xi'er" twice, he shouted angrily: "Gao Ye, I don't share the sky with you!" ”

This shout was so long that Yuan Shao almost ran out of breath to continue to speak, and finally there was a cough. Maybe it was really heartbreaking, Yuan Shao's cough lasted for a while, and in the end, Yuan Shao felt that his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. Everyone in the tent didn't even dare to take a breath, seeing Yuan Shao's mouthful of old blood spurting out, they all hurriedly stepped forward, Guo Tu rushed to Yuan Shao's side, gently patted Yuan Shao's back to give him relief, and persuaded softly: "The lord is angry, the lord is angry." ”

Yuan Shao's mouthful of blood spurted out, and he suddenly felt that his whole body was a lot more relaxed, and the depression in his heart was relieved a lot with this mouthful of blood. Yuan Shao, who sat down again, turned pale and looked aggrieved, but he still held his spirits and discussed with the ministers what to do next. Yuan Shao was stunned at this point, but the people in the big tent were still arguing. Although Yuan Shao wanted to take down Cao Cao, he finally accepted everyone's plan to withdraw to Liyang for the time being.

Yuan Shao withdrew, Cao Cao naturally wanted to chase, this battle has been fought until now, and the balance of victory has finally begun to tilt on Cao Cao's side, whether it is Cao Cao or a group of advisers under him, how can they give up this excellent opportunity. Although the battle has been going on for nearly a year and the military is exhausted, sometimes fighting such a thing is compared to perseverance. Moreover, today's Cao Cao is very different from the Cao Cao in history, at least for now, there is no food and grass crisis, so even if he continues to fight, Cao Cao can still afford it.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao is very different, since he has fought to Guandu until now, except for the battle of Puyang, there is no one worthy of rejoicing. On the battlefield of Guandu, he was beaten and abandoned his robe, and the battlefield on the Eastern Front is now also losing and retreating, and now the trend of the two-sided attack has been achieved, and Yuan Shao also had to withdraw to Liyang and redo the rest. It's just that he wants to withdraw, how can Cao Cao give him a chance to withdraw with peace of mind? After Gan Ning's navy was transferred back from Dongwuyang, he was directly ordered to intercept Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses on the Yellow River, and the design of boarding the boat first was originally to sink the enemy's ships, but now it was used by Gan Ning to crash the river, and the Yuan army built all the pontoon bridges from the time of crossing the river to protect the retreat of Yuan's army.

Lü Bu's cavalry also set out from Puyang, along the Baima, Yanjin south area to the Yuan army to carry out a brutal harassment attack, Lü Bu's prestige, the morale of the depressed Yuan Shaojun even as soon as they saw Lü Bu's banner, they were in chaos, Lü Bu is the essence of guerrilla warfare to the fullest, 10,000 cavalry in his hands, divided and uncertain, but also made Yuan Shaojun miserable. If it weren't for Liyang's Xun Chen design, he feinted to attack the white horse and dragged Gan Ning's sailors. The general Han Meng personally led 20,000 elite soldiers, blocked the attack after the break, and delayed Lu Bu's attack. Yuan Shao's army, which was trapped north of Yan County, was afraid that it would be completely defeated before it could cross the river.

Yuan Shao took his soldiers and horses and finally withdrew to Liyang, and the 300,000 soldiers and horses that his men finally gathered again, but there were only more than 240,000 people left, and 60,000 people were killed or captured in this way, and they never crossed the Yellow River again. Fortunately, Zhang He and Gao Ran's soldiers and horses broke through the siege of Gao Ye at night, and the 40,000 remnants returned to Liyang day and night, and Yuan Shao integrated the forces in his hands again.

Now Cao Cao is south of the Yellow River, north of Baima, and Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River. Although now it can be regarded as the beginning of a strategic counteroffensive, the results of the counteroffensive are not very satisfactory to Cao Cao. When Gao Ye sent a military report to himself again, he and a group of advisers had discussed how to intercept Yuan Shao once he withdrew to Hebei. It's just that Yuan Jun did not sit still, and in the face of Cao Jun's encirclement and interception, he also made an effective response. Xun Chen of Liyang only had 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he used the trees to bloom, striking the east and the west, secretly Chen Cang's plan, and dragged Gan Ning on the water near Liyang in a daze, but let Yuan Shao calmly cross the Yellow River from the north of Yan County. By the time Jia Kui saw through Xun Chen's plan, the Yuan army on the south bank of the Yellow River was less than 30,000 people.

Now that Yuan Shao has returned to Liyang, he has revitalized the whole situation. Cao Jun failed to rob and kill this big dragon, giving Yuan Jun another chance to breathe. It's the end of August, and everyone is physically and mentally exhausted after ten months of fighting. If you can't decide a winner or loser, this battle can only end in a draw. Therefore, both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are eager for an opportunity to give each other a fatal blow.

It's just that in terms of opportunity, Gao Ye has already started to prepare, and Yuan Shao's side didn't start thinking about how to deal with Cao's army and how to achieve victory until Yuan Shao stabilized his foothold in Liyang. Xu Yu in the big tent said eloquently: "Lord, now that our army has shrunk to the north of the Yellow River, although Gao Ye is in the east, occupying Ganling, Yangping, Guantao, Dongwuyang and other places, he is already short of troops, and it is no longer a matter of worrying about dividing and defending it. Although Cao Cao on the south bank gathered a large army, after all, there were only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it was difficult to cross the river to fight a decisive battle with the lord. In my opinion, why not divide the troops of the lord, so that Zhang He and Gao Ran continue to defend the night to the east, and the lord himself led the troops to resist Cao Cao. Another general was ordered to go west and take Cao Ren in Hanoi County. If Cao Ren's army is defeated, the lord can order the troops and horses of the state to reach Yingdu, and the Cao army will inevitably retreat in a hurry, so that our army can win......"

Guo Tu heard Xu You's words, and nodded secretly in his heart, to say that although Cao Ren also has the name of a general of the Cao army, compared with Cao Cao and Gao Ye, it is not half a star. Now Cao Ren is stationed in Hanoi, and he has had several confrontations with Guo Yuan in Bingzhou, and it can be said that they have won and lost each other. If it is from Xu Yu's plan, it will not take much, even if it is only 50,000 people, to attack Hanoi together with the senior cadres of Bingzhou. As long as Hanoi is taken, it can be regarded as an opportunity to turn defeat into victory. At the beginning, the trial had this plan, but at that time, he was full of thought that he could take Cao Cao's camp, so he refuted the opinion of the trial. But unexpectedly, the Cao army was too capable of fighting, and the hundreds of thousands of troops not only failed to take the Cao army's camp, but also lost their troops in the end. Now that the old thing is brought up again, it seems that it is not a bad idea now.

Xu You was still talking there, talking about the specific details of this plan, and everyone in the big tent listened silently, and no one chose to interrupt him. It's just that I didn't expect that Xu You's statement was interrupted by a guard in the end, and I saw a guard hurriedly run into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, Yecheng is in a hurry!" ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he hurriedly asked someone to present it. At first glance, it was a little gratifying, after all, what was said at the beginning of the trial book was all about transporting grain. Now the grain and grass in Jizhou are still abundant, and according to the trial, the grain and grass in Yecheng are enough for the army to hold on to Liyang for another two months. But as soon as the matter of grain and grass was finished, the next news made Yuan Shao's whole person, and even his hairs stood up.

“…… When it comes to food and grass, please rest assured. It's just that he has been in Yecheng for a few months, and if he discovers another thing, the lord must not be guarded against. Last month, someone secretly accused Xu Ziyuan of corrupting the law in Jizhou and enriching his pockets. The minister didn't dare to be arbitrary, and wanted to report to the lord for decision, but he was afraid that the news would be leaked, so he ordered someone to secretly investigate. As he said, his sons and nephews levied in Jizhou, the money and grain were collected for themselves, and the people's grievances were boiling, and the ministers had to order their sons and nephews to be temporarily imprisoned in order to stabilize the situation in Jizhou. This matter is supposed to wait for the lord to return from a great victory, and then the lord will decide. It's just that when he made a secret investigation, he found that his nephew seemed to have a secret meeting with Cao Jun, and he was arrested by the ministers......"

Yuan Shao looked at the letter, his face distorted a little, and when he saw that the final trial made him wary of Xu You, he was even more furious. Xu You was standing in the first place below, Yuan Shao was furious, threw the paperwork on Xu You's body and said angrily: "Indiscriminate puppetry! I am not ashamed of being corrupt and perverting the law in Jizhou! Now he is secretly communicating with Cao Cao, being a spy for him, and sipping the ears of my army! What a sin you should be! ”