In the months when Yuan Shao confronted Gongsun Zhan, Liu Jing's 'sticky pole' did not stop, and he went around collecting intelligence for Liu Jing, including several new strategists recruited by Cao Cao, such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and so on. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Moreover, at this stage, Cao Cao also gained several very powerful tiger generals, such as Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Yu Ban and so on.

Liu Jing is very fortunate that he went to Beiping when he went to Beiping, and Dian Wei was brought back, and Dian Wei, as a tiger general, is of course also a very powerful existence.

Cao Cao's first target was the weakest and the position of the assassin had been vacant for a long time, and the reason why the post of assassin has been vacant is because Lu Bu intended to go to the state to serve, so no one in the court dared to compete with him.

Later, Wang Yun defeated Lu Bu, and Lu Bu also wanted to go to Bingzhou, but Ma Teng, who was in Xiliang, and Han Sui took the lead in colluding with the powerful side chapter of Bingzhou, and did not give Lu Bu almost, so Lu Bu hurriedly fled eastward.

It is said that the strong Bian Zhang of the state is not the history of the state assassin, but the county guard of Jinyang County of the state, and the side chapter is a person from Xiliang, because he followed Ma Teng to participate in the Western Expedition Alliance to crusade against Dong Zhuo and Li Dao, and was recommended by Ma Teng to serve in the state, so he became the county guard of Jinyang.

It is said that Ma Teng, Han Sui and Bian Zhang are all strong in Xiliang, and Ma Teng is the strongest, but after taking it, there was a gap between Han Sui and Bian Zhang, and Bian Zhang himself was also a little arrogant, and there was also a slight gap between him and Ma Teng, so Ma Teng recommended Bian Zhang to go to Bingzhou in the letter to Liu Xie, which can be regarded as eliminating a hidden danger for himself, and at the same time placing one of his own people around Luoyang.

Bian Zhang was very satisfied with Ma Teng's arrangement, so he did not continue to argue with Ma Teng and Han Sui, but enjoyed Qingfu in Jinyang, Bingzhou, but after all, this Zhang is also a strong man, and he also knows the importance of strong soldiers practicing dance, so he did not forget to train his army during the days when he was a county guard.

In this way, under the background that the state is not too strong, Bian Zhang gradually established the Bian family army, and swept away the armed forces in the state, became the first brother of the state, and led the heroes of the state, and for a time the entire state obeyed the order of the side chapter.

Although it is said that there has never been a person in Bingzhou to lead the position of assassin, in the officialdom of Bingzhou, basically everyone knows that Bian Zhang has the final say, and Bian Zhang's words are as good as the holy decree of the imperial court, because, behind the powerful Bian Zhang, there are more powerful Ma Teng and Han Sui to support him.

At first, Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's suggestion, and first sent Cao Hong to the state to serve as the assassin under the pretense of the holy decree, leading the affairs of the state, and wanted to take over the state from the government affairs.

However, clinker, Zhang Nai over there is a person who does not enter oil and salt, he turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's bitter persuasion, and still went his own way, no matter how you Cao Hong gave orders, he always worked against Cao Hong, and in the end, Cao Hong's head was big.

In desperation, Cao Cao decided to solve the problem of annexing the state by force, and was bent on annexing the state and further expanding his sphere of influence.

Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers to command 30,000 troops, divided troops all the way into Bingzhou from the west side of Bingzhou, and then sent Xu Chu and Yu Ban to command 20,000 troops from the west to enter Bingzhou, and then took Cao Ren and Xu Huang to personally command 10,000 troops and marched from the middle road to Bingzhou.

Cao Cao's three-way army formed a horn trend, left and right, all took care of each other, formed a large network from the south to the north, and gradually swept away the counties and counties of the state, for a time, the enemies of the Cao army to the place were either defeated, or all surrendered, and for a time there was a great tendency to sweep the state.

Bian Zhang, who was in Jinyang, was also in a hurry, so he immediately handwrote a secret letter and sent someone to Xiliang to Ma Teng and Han Sui, asking for their support.

Ma Teng and Han Sui were in Xiliang and Yongzhou, both of which were not too far from Sizhou, but after they heard the news of Cao Cao's attack on Bingzhou, they were all panicked, and the two of them hurriedly gathered together to discuss the countermeasures to rescue Bian Zhang.

Clinker, at this time, the Xiongnu began to raise troops to harass Xiliang and Yongzhou, which made Ma Teng and Han Sui have a headache, so they threw themselves into the struggle against the Xiongnu.

In fact, the invasion of the Xiongnu army into Xiliang and Yongzhou was the result of Cao Cao's manipulation behind his back, because long before Cao Cao attacked the state, he followed the advice of the strategist Cheng Yu, sent Cheng Yu to the Xiongnu, and instigated the Xiongnu tribe to harass Xiliang and Yongzhou.

On the other hand, when the battle in the northwest began, Liu Jing also received the news of Cao Cao's large-scale invasion of Jizhou for the first time, just when Liu Jing was planning to unify the eastern region, at the same time, Yuan Shao, who was worried about internal and external troubles, also seized this opportunity, regathered 50,000 troops and horses, and launched an attack on Jizhou at the same time.

Because Yuan Shao was in a time of turmoil in the army, because of the strength constraints of Cao Cao, Liu Jing and others in the early stage, the army gathered by Yuan Shao failed to launch an attack on Jizhou as he wished, which led to a series of grain requisition actions that cost the people and money.

If this battle is not successful, then the complaints of the common people will arise, and there will be a lot of dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao's voice among the people, so the pressure on Yuan Shao's shoulders is really not small, fortunately, Cao Cao took the lead in withdrawing the soldiers and horses, and went to attack and state instead.

Because Cao Cao couldn't spare time to help Liu Jing hold Yuan Shao hostage for a while, Yuan Shao was free and could boldly greet Gongsun Zhan, but Yuan Shao was a careful person, and he was also afraid that Tao Qian in Xuzhou and Zhang Miao in Yanzhou would interfere in this matter for the sake of the past.

So, Yuan Shao sent a secret letter to Sun Jian, who was far away in Jiangdong, and sent Fu Zhi to go to Jiangdong in person to persuade Sun Jian to harass Yanzhou and Xuzhou, Yuan Shao wanted Sun Jian to contain Tao Qian and Zhang Miao, and then he could boldly invade Jizhou.

Sun Jian himself was not willing to help Yuan Shao, but he was also hindered by the fact that he was an old minister of the Yuan family, and finally, under the persuasion of Frustration, he finally agreed to help Yuan Shao this time, and at the same time, he was better with Yuan Shao, if Jiangdong was in trouble in the future, Yuan Shao also had to help him unconditionally Sun Jian once.

In the end, in this way, Yuan Shao also cleared the last obstacle that invaded Jizhou, and the remaining obstacle, that is, the biggest obstacle, is Liu Jing who is entrenched in Youzhou, and Yuan Shao hates and fears Liu Jing, but Yuan Shao still can't withstand the grievances of the people's livelihood in the end, because the prestige is only the foundation of one person's governance, once the prestige is loosened, then a war is the best means to save the people's popularity.