After the failure of Guandu, Yuan Shao can be said to have been unable to afford it, and he suffered a major blow both physically and mentally, and finally died of illness.

【Discipline】

In history, Feng Ji and Tian Feng, who is commensurate with integrity, have a bad relationship with the trial, and Tian Feng's death has a lot to do with Feng Jijin's slander, but at the moment when the trial is in danger, Feng Ji not only did not fall into the ground, but saved him.

After the defeat of Guandu, the two sons of the trial were captured alive by Cao Cao. At that time, Meng Dai had a contradiction with the judge, so he said to Yuan Shao through Jiang Qi: "The judge has monopoly on power, the clan is powerful, the army is strong, and the two sons are in the south, he must want to rebel." At that time, Guo Tu and Xin Ping also thought so, Yuan Shao felt reasonable, so he appointed Meng Dai as the supervisor of the army, instead of the trial to guard Ye County, the trial was in crisis, and he could become the second Tian Feng at any time.

At that time, the protector Feng Ji was at odds with the trial, Yuan Shao asked Feng Ji about this matter, and Feng Ji replied: "The judge is strong and straightforward by nature, every time he says and does something, he admires the discipline of the ancients, and he will not do unrighteous things because his two sons are in the south, so don't doubt him." Yuan Shao said, "Don't you hate him?" Feng Ji said: "In the past, what was disputed was a personal matter, but now it is a national matter. Yuan Shao said: "That's right. So there was no dismissal, and the trial escaped.

Since then, the trial has been very grateful, the relationship between the two has begun to ease, and the trial has become more loyal to the old Yuan family.

【Yuan Shao's Death】

After the failure of Yuan Shao in Guandu, his health has not been very good, the disaster is not only that Yuan Shao's reputation fell sharply after the defeat, many places in the north have betrayed Yuan Shao and returned to Xuchang, Yuan Shao in order to suppress the rebellion is laborious, although in the end he successfully suppressed the rebellion in the north, but the body is no longer good.

After Cao Cao's victory, he showed a complacent, he led his army along the Yellow River in April of the fourth year of Jian'an (201), showing off his military might, and also attacked Yuan Shao's army stationed in Cangting, defeated Yuan Shao's army again, and did not return to Xuchang until September.

And Yuan Shao may have been stimulated by this incident, and died in the spring of the following year, and a generation of heroes came to an end.

【Heir's Troubles】

Although Yuan Shao died, he left a very serious problem for the Yuan group - Yuan Shao did not determine his heir.

This question had been reminded to Yuan Shao a long time ago, but Yuan Shao did not listen, but instead let his sons form their own forces, and did not make it clear until his death that it was the son who inherited his great cause.

This is very similar to the situation of Emperor Ling at that time, Emperor Ling did not determine his heir in the end, but the difference is that Emperor Ling clearly hopes for Liu Xieshang, but the external pressure is too great, Liu Bian's uncle General He carries a high position, and the scholar doctor also supports Liu Bian, although Emperor Ling is the emperor, but his arms can't twist his thighs, and in the end he can only drag it until Emperor Ling dies.

And Yuan Shao is very entangled, among the sons, he looks at the eldest son Yuan Tan and the third son Yuan Shang, although Yuan Shang is the third son, but he can't stand Yuan Shao's wife, Mrs. Liu, likes Yuan Shang, and blows the wind around Yuan Shao every day, and Yuan Shang is also handsome, which is very in line with Yuan Shao's aesthetics, so Yuan Shao also admires Yuan Shang very much, and has the intention of making him his heir.

Yuan Shao once inherited Yuan Tan from his dead brother under the advice of the judge, and at the same time sent Yuan Tan to Qingzhou, and later let his son Yuan Xi serve as the assassin of Youzhou, leaving only Yuan Shang by his side, and once it seemed that Yuan Shang inherited Yuan Shao's great cause had become inevitable.

But things soon took a turn for the better, Yuan Shao once said that he let his sons each manage a state, and he had to look at their talents before deciding on the heir, and as a result, Yuan Tan turned over, because among the several sons, Yuan Tan was the most beautiful as the Qingzhou Thorn Shi and had real achievements.

After Yuan Tan went to Qingzhou, the situation was actually very bad, at that time under the control of Yuan Shaojun, there was only one county in the plains, and at the same time, he was also facing Tian Kai appointed by Gongsun Zhan and Kong Rong recommended by Liu Bei, two Qingzhou assassins, but the result was that Yuan Tan lined up Tian Kai in the north and attacked Kong Rong in the east, and fought until the seaside, completing the unification of Qingzhou.

And Yuan Shang is by Yuan Shao's side, and Yuan Xi has nothing to do in Youzhou, so how can Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi be compared, there is no comparison.

Then Yuan Shao felt that his eldest son was actually not bad, and he was the eldest son, and Yuan Tan had an advantage over Yuan Shang in terms of ranking and ability, so Yuan Shao began to struggle.

During the decisive battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao took Yuan Tan with him, and when he finally escaped, the father and son escaped by one person and one horse. So until the end, Yuan Shao was sick and dying, and he was also entangled until he died and failed to decide his heir.

Yuan Shao left the question of the heir to his subordinates, but it eventually led to a split within Yuan Shao's group.

After Yuan Shao's death, because Yuan Tan was the eldest son and performed well, everyone was inclined to Yuan Tan to inherit the great cause. At that time, Feng Ji and the trial had always been jealous of Yuan Tan, while Xin Ping and Guo Tu supported Yuan Tan, but contradicted Feng Ji and the trial.

At that time, Yuan Tan had not yet arrived in Jizhou, and the trial and others were afraid that after Yuan Tan took power, he would be retaliated against by Xin Ping and others, so they falsely passed on Yuan Shao's will and respected Yuan Shang as Yuan Shao's heir. And Yuan Shao's wife, Mrs. Liu, also prefers Yuan Shang, and Yuan Shang is also in Yecheng, so this matter is logical.

Yuan Tan rushed from Qingzhou to the funeral, and when he saw that the daylilies were cold, he saw that he could not take over his father's position, so he called himself the general of the chariot cavalry, and the garrison was in Liyang. Although the two brothers did not break up immediately, this matter had already buried a deep contradiction between the two brothers, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and it was only a matter of time before the two split in the future.

【Poisonous Woman Mrs. Liu】

As the saying goes, "the most poisonous woman's heart", and in the history of the Three Kingdoms, there are both strange women like Cai Wenji, and poisonous women with strong jealousy like Mrs. Liu.

Although Yuan Shao's wife, Mrs. Liu, is not as good as Empress Lu in history, she is also one of the few famous poisonous women and evil women.

Liu was born with a strong sense of jealousy, Yuan Shao was still pressed by Yuan Shao before he died, and after Yuan Shao's death, his body was stiff and not buried, and Liu killed all five of Yuan Shao's favorite concubines. That's not all, Liu was worried that the deceased would know underground, so he and Yuan Shao thought about it again, and shaved off their hair and applied ink to their faces to ruin their appearance, and finally her son Yuan Shang helped her kill the deceased's family.

Killing people and destroying corpses, and destroying his clan, Yuan Shao has such a wife, and she has also poured mold for eight lifetimes.