Xiuwu, in the camp of the Hanoi coalition army, Yuan Shao's subordinates had just caught a few people spreading rumors from the city, and they didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they all sent them to Yuan Shao and handed them over to Yuan Shao. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously at first, but after he listened to the rumors, he became less calm. Rumors are spreading that Hu Wuban's relatives have taken refuge in Han Fu in Jizhou, preparing to attack Yuan Shao's grain route, and also to guide Li Dao to facilitate Li Dao's attack on Xiuwu, in order to avenge Yuan Shao's order to kill Hu Wuban. What's even more exaggerated is that it was rumored that the Tiance Army entered Hanoi from Shangdang and wanted to help Li Dao deal with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was not too worried about whether Hu Wuban's relatives would rebel, and with the manpower of those people, he couldn't make any big waves at all. However, there were some places in the rumors that made Yuan Shao's heart tighten.

The grain and grass in Yuan Shao's army are indeed about to be unable to support it, and Jizhou Han Fu is now very vigilant against Yuan Shao because Yuan Shao has seized the military power of Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan, and no longer provides any support for Yuan Shao. If there is no food and grass support, the Hanoi coalition forces will not wait for Li Dao to attack, and they will have to retreat quickly, otherwise the troops will mutiny.

What made Yuan Shao most suspicious was when did the Tiance Army come to Hanoi? Did this strange force really come to Hanoi to assist Li Dao in attacking the Hanoi coalition forces?

Yuan Shao was in a state of confusion for a while, so he asked his good brother Cao Cao to come and wanted to hear what Cao Cao had to say.

Cao Cao carefully questioned a few people who were arrested in the barracks, and then frowned and said: "Regardless of whether the news spread by these people is true or not, Li Dao is definitely going to attack Xiuwu recently, and he also asked the general of the Che Cavalry to prepare early!" In addition, you can send people to Huai County to search for Hu Wuban's relatives, if those people are still in Huai County, the rumors will naturally be self-defeating; If people go to empty houses, they need to be careful and careful! ”

Although Cao Cao did not approve of Yuan Shao's order to kill the ministers sent by the imperial court to persuade him to surrender, he never mentioned the matter in front of Yuan Shao, nor did he question Yuan Shao's decision in public.

Now that the coalition forces are not aligned, if Yuan Shao's prestige is questioned again, the coalition will really have no future.

Yuan Shao adopted Cao Cao's suggestion and immediately sent people to Huai County to arrest Hu Wuban's relatives, and at the same time sent troops to strengthen patrols and vigilance, especially in the places where grain and grass were stored.

A day later, Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan, who rushed to Huai County, returned empty-handed to report to Yuan Shao: Hu Wuban's relatives had fled two days ago, and now Huai County is in chaos, and it is rumored that Li Dao and Tiance Army have joined forces and will fight soon.

Yuan Shao couldn't calm down, and he asked people to go to Cao Cao to help him with advice.

Cao Cao was also a little confused by the situation in Huaixian, and like Yuan Shao, he couldn't figure out how the Tiance Army could intervene. According to his understanding of Lu Bu, Lu Bu shouldn't be of the same mind as Dong Zhuo!

Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao how much military rations he still had, and Yuan Shao told Cao Cao that he could eat for up to ten days. Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao if the follow-up grain and grass had fallen, and Yuan Shao shook his head. Cao Cao was no longer able to complain, he felt that from the beginning of the alliance, he was following a group of pig teammates to toss around.

Looking at Yuan Shao, who had no master of the six gods, Cao Cao knew that he had actually had the idea of retreating, so he suggested to Yuan Shao: "If you can't collect military rations in Hanoi, then find another way out as soon as possible." Jizhou Han Fu is cowardly by nature and can't control the land of a state, so the first brother might as well contact Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and coerce him from the north and south, so that Han Fu can let Jizhou out! ”

Cao Cao's proposal hit Yuan Shao's heart, and Yuan Shao immediately said to Cao Cao: "Meng De and I have been friends for many years, and we are like brothers, so it is better to go to Jizhou with me, and I will treat him as a brother!" ”

Cao Cao sneered in his heart, treating him as a younger brother? Are you kidding! As far as the two brothers of your Yuan family dismantle each other's platform and kick the black feet, are there any fewer broken things? I wouldn't dare to be your brother.

Although he was tired of the flashy Yuan Shao in his heart, Cao Cao still said gratefully: "Brother Ben looks up to Cao so much, and I am very grateful. It's just that my father heard that I was injured by an arrow, and I became ill, so I had to hurry home to take care of him. Wait for my father's body to recover, and then come to Jizhou to join my first brother! ”

The Han Dynasty pays attention to ruling the world with filial piety, otherwise there would be no such system of electing officials as filial piety, Cao Cao's reasons are sufficient, and Yuan Shao will not be able to persuade him again.

As soon as Yuan Shao decided to retreat, Li Dao's troops really went straight to Huaixian, and after Li Dao easily controlled Huaixian, a cavalry under the banner of Tiance Army suddenly appeared north of Qinshui.

If Yuan Shao was still skeptical of the rumors before, but after discovering that Hu Wuban's relatives suddenly disappeared, his heart began to waver, and when Li Dao led the army to occupy Huaixian, he decided to withdraw immediately, and the Tiance army that suddenly appeared north of Qinshui was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Yuan Shao's psychological defense line completely collapsed.

Theoretically, if the Tiance Army had already taken control of the state, it would have been possible to enter Hanoi from Shangdang through Taihang.

Because of the sudden appearance of the Tiance army, Yuan Shao hurriedly ordered the whole army to pull out, drop the bulky items, and withdraw to Yecheng in Wei County as quickly as possible!

Probably half a day after Yuan's army withdrew from Xiuwu, Zhang Liao arrived at Xiuwu with 500 cavalry and 300 Southern Xiongnu war horses captured from Hedong, and saw with his own eyes the mess left behind after the hasty withdrawal of the Hanoi coalition army.

Zhang Liao didn't wait for Li Dao, and directly led the troops into Xiuwu City. In the team, Wei Qi looked at Zhang Liao with admiration, and felt that the whole thing was so incredible.

Zhang Liao asked his subordinates to find a down-and-out old man from the city, and gave the old man a string of copper coins, and the old man led the way in front and quickly led Zhang Liao and Wei Qi to the courtyard where Zhang Fan lived.

Standing at the door of Zhang Fan's house, Wei Qi and Zhang Liao were both a little emotional. Before they came to Hanoi, they heard that Zhang Fan was a person who was indifferent to fame and fortune, and often used his family wealth to help the village. Now looking at the simple adobe walls and old firewood of Zhang Fan's house, the two feel that the rumors are indeed true.

Wei Qi personally knocked on the door, and soon after, a plainly dressed young man came to open the door. Seeing a large group of soldiers lined up outside the door, armed with weapons, the young man was taken aback. He resisted the fear in his heart, and asked the Confucian standing at the door softly: "Dare to ask who is Mr. looking for?" ”

Wei Qi smiled and said, "I'm Hedong Wei Qi, I'm here to visit Mr. Gongyi, I don't know if Mr. Gongyi can be at home?" ”

After the young man heard Wei Qi's name, he hurriedly bowed and saluted and invited Wei Qi into the courtyard.

"Mr. Gongyi is my father, if he knows that Mr. Wei is here, he must be very happy!"

Zhang Liao explained to his soldiers, and then followed Wei Qi into Zhang Fan's house.

Zhang Fan was catching insects in the vegetable furrow in the backyard, and suddenly saw his second son Zhang Shen rushing in, and shouted loudly: "Father, Hedong Wei Bo is here to visit, and there are many knights outside the courtyard!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Fan put down the bamboo basket in his hand, carefully helped Jin Xianguan on his head, and followed his son to the middle hall to meet the guests.