Cao Cao was defeated, Ji Ling was defeated, and the war in Xuzhou was a mess. The Fucha Army led by Wei Yan and Pang De marched all the way, and all counties along the way surrendered to the Nanyang Army. The Fucha army broke through An Fengjin almost bloodlessly and approached Shouchun City. Enraged, Yuan Shu killed four unlucky squires and seven eunuchs who were not long-eyed today.

The rescue letter to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already been sent, but Yuan Shao was too far away, and Cao Cao himself was still running, so naturally he did not get a reply. Sun Ce was willing to accept Yuan Shu to take refuge in Jiangdong, but on the condition that Yuan Shu remove the imperial title and present the jade seal of the country as a gift. After thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Shu still didn't agree.

It wasn't until the 30,000 floating chariot army led by Wei Yan and Pang De and the 7,000 flying cavalry army and 20,000 Danyang soldiers led by He Xian personally met under Shouchun City that Yuan Shu knew that the general trend had gone. In Shouchun City, although there were still 100,000 Yangzhou soldiers led by Zhang Xun, the army's spirit was scattered and there was no will to fight. All the generals were waiting for the news of Yuan Shuju's surrender.

On the seventh day of October in the sixth year of the early Ping Dynasty of the Han Dynasty (195 AD), Yuan Shu locked up the palace in desperation, killed hundreds of concubines in the harem with a sword, and then held a wooden box containing the jade seal of the country, and set himself on fire to his Dacheng national dragon chair......

After Yuan Shu's death, the civil and military officials under his command scattered one after another. A group of people led by Yan Xiang fled from Shouchun with gold and silver, while the rest of the people surrendered to He Xian under the leadership of Yuan Jian and Zhang Xun. After He Xian entered Shouchun, he ordered people to clean up the burned Dacheng Palace and found Yuan Shu's charred body. In the bosom of the corpse, a seal suspected to be a jade seal was found. After identification, it was found that the seal was a fake. The true jade seal should have been replaced by someone before Yuan Shu died.

Who replaced the heirloom jade seal? Where is the jade seal of the country now? No one knows the exact answer.

Although He Xian really wanted to see the true face of the heirloom jade seal, he couldn't find it and couldn't force it. Compared with Yuxi, He Xian is now more concerned about the rapid stabilization of the Jianghuai region, so that he can get out of the north. News came from the north that Yuan Shao had sent troops to officially intervene in the war south of the Yellow River!

He Xian appointed Yuan Jian as the county guard of Jiujiang, responsible for pacifying Yuan Shu's old department, and at the same time, transferred Qiao Mao to the assassin of Yangzhou and fully presided over the political affairs of Yangzhou. It is said that he is presiding over the political affairs of Yangzhou, but in fact, Yangzhou under He Xian is only two large counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang, that is, the Jianghuai region north of the Yangtze River. The counties of Danyang, Wu, and Huiji south of the Yangtze River were all under Sun Ce's rule, while Yuzhang County was now in the hands of Liu Xuan.

Yuan Shu's 100,000 Yangzhou soldiers want to be disciplined or undisciplined, and they want to be morale but not morale, and He Xian can't look down on it at all. Let Zang Ba select 10,000 people to supplement Danyang Jinjian, and the remaining 90,000 people will all be handed over to Qiao Mao and Yuan Jian for Tuntian. The Jianghuai region was originally a land of fish and rice, rich in products and rich in people, but it was made miserable by Yuan Shu, and disasters and famines were frequent. In a few years, it may be difficult for the Yangzhou region to provide too much logistical support to the Nanyang Army.

Zhang Xun, Le Zhuo, Liang Gang, Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others will be enriched into the three armies of the Flying Cavalry Army, the Nanyang Water Division and the Danyang Jinjun Army.

After eliminating Yuan Shu and pacifying Jianghuai, He Xian recommended a large number of officials to the Han Emperor. In addition to transferring Qiao Mao as the assassin of Yangzhou, Yuan Jian was appointed as the county guard of Jiujiang, and Wang Lang, who fled from Huiji, was appointed as the county guard of Lujiang, and cooperated with Xizhong Lang's general Gan Ning to fight against Sun Ce's Jiangdong army. In Xuzhou, He Xian recommended Chen Qi, the former chief of history, as the assassin of Xuzhou, Chen Deng as the county guard of Langya, Mi Zhu as the county guard of Donghai, Zhao Yu as the county guard of Guangling, Cao Bao as the county guard of Pengcheng, and Lu Fan as the minister of Lu Guo. Zang Babai was the general of Fengyi Zhonglang, led 30,000 Danyang soldiers, and was stationed in Xuzhou. Mi Fang moved to the rank of captain of Zhenhai, led 10,000 soldiers from Xuzhou, and was responsible for the formation of the Han Navy.

Although Kong Rong, the former minister of Beihai, looked down on He Xian's identity as the son of the Tu family, the Han Emperor was in Nanyang, and Kong Rong had to obey. Kong Rong is erudite and talented, but he is good talk. It is not possible to handle government affairs well in the localities, and it is even more ignorant of leading troops to fight. If it weren't for Tai Shici under his command, Beihai Kingdom would have been captured by the Yellow Turban Thieves long ago. In order to avoid Kong Rong from becoming a disaster, He Xian directly recommended Kong Rong to be one of the nine kings of Dahonglu and go to Nanyang to accompany the Han Emperor Liu Xie. Kong Rong is satisfied, and He Xian doesn't have to worry about it. As for Tai Shici, he was brave and strategic, and because of his meritorious service in resisting Xiahou Yuan to defend Xuzhou, he was promoted by He Xian to the captain of the shooting sound, joined Zhang Liao's flying cavalry army, and became Zhang Liao's deputy general.

Le Jin and Li Dian were the two generals of the Cao Army, and He Xian was left to Gan Ning and placed on the front line against the Jiangdong Army. Both of them are characters with real strength, and it is a pity not to abandon them, and it is really not very reassuring to be pulled to the north to fight against the old master Cao Cao He Xian. Cao Cao's little black fat man has always had a black belly, and he has a very accurate grasp of the hearts of military generals and has first-class ability to lead the team. Therefore, there are very few traitors in Cao's camp, and the generals are very loyal to him. In terms of personal charm value, He Xian really has no absolute certainty that he can beat Cao Cao. Therefore, it is the best choice to leave the two of them in the south, lest Cao Cao take advantage of the loophole and appear to be a moth who is plotting against each other.

After dealing with the affairs of Xuzhou and Yangzhou, the civil and military generals will perform their duties. He Xian led the 30,000 Fucha Army, 10,000 Flying Cavalry Army, and the generals Wei Yan, Pang De, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, etc., returned to Xingyang with a great victory.

In Xingyang, the 30,000 Nanyang army led by Wen Ping, the 10,000 Baibo elite soldiers led by Xu Huang and the 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, a total of more than 50,000 people, held against the Cao and Yuan coalition armies in the triangle of Zhongmu, Guandu, and Chenliu. Cao Ren and Xi Zhicai, the leaders of the Cao army, claimed to have 50,000 Cao troops, but the actual elite soldiers were less than 20,000, and the other 30,000 were just young and strong people in the Chenliu area, just to increase the momentum. As for Yuan Jun, it was Xi Zhicai who invited Yuan Shao after learning that Cao Cao's troops had defeated Lu County. The number of reinforcements in the first batch was 30,000, and the commander of the troops was Yan Liang and judged.

In accordance with his previous operational ideas, Wen Ping maintained a high-pressure attack on Chen Liucheng. Small wars continue, and big wars do not start. It has always maintained a state of inducing but not provoking. Yuan's army crossed the Yellow River from Liyang to Baimajin, and finally stationed in the area of Guandu, and Wen Ping retreated to Zhongmu City, maintaining a stalemate, waiting for He Xian to lead the main force to the battlefield.

It is said that after Cao Cao fled back to Yanzhou in embarrassment, he quickly recalled Xiahou Yuan's 30,000 elite soldiers, and then summoned a total of 100,000 troops from Qing and Yanzhou, preparing for a decisive battle with the Nanyang army to avenge the death of Xiahoudun and Cao Xiu! said that it was revenge, but in fact, it was also to wash away the shame of his defeat. But Cao Cao's decision was strongly opposed by his two masterminds, Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai!

Xun Yu advised: "In the first battle of Lu County, our army lost 30,000 elites, not to mention, and also lost a large amount of grain and grass. Now that the state treasury of Qing and Yan is empty, if the lord forcibly starts a big war, if he can win everything quickly, it is easy to say, if the war turns into a stalemate, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”