However, it was said that Yuan Tan saw Cao Cao retreating, and his heart wanted to fight for the throne again, so under the persuasion of Guo Tu, he ordered someone to kill Yuan Shang's general Zhang Yi and seize his 5,000 army, and then published an article, claiming that Yuan Shang tampered with his father's will without authorization, and led a large army to fight against rebellion, only punishing the first evil, and did not ask, hoping that all the civil and military forces would have righteous thoughts and capture and kill the rebellious Yunyun.

After Yuan Shang heard about the eldest brother Yuan Tan's army, he was immediately furious in his heart, and immediately decided to go out in person, leaving the general Su You to guard Yecheng, and led the army division to judge, the generals Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang brothers, Yin Kui, Lu Weihuang, Ma Yan, Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Han Meng and others, led 10,000 troops to the expedition.

Although the number of troops under Yuan Shang's command was small, but under the supervision of the trial, it was strictly disciplined, coupled with Yuan Shang's own arrows and stones to rush and kill, the generals in the army fought bravely, and even defeated the 15,000 army commanded by Yuan Tan, and even the 5,000 troops under Zhang Yi, who had been forcibly annexed before, were also transferred to Yuan Shang.

Yuan Tan was so frightened that he had no choice but to lead the army back to the plain.

However, it was said that Yuan Tan's soldiers were defeated and returned to the plain, but unexpectedly, Yuan Shang led the army to chase and besieged the city on three sides to attack, and there were many rebels in the city.

But I heard Guo Tu say: "There is little food in the city today, and the other army is in full swing, so it is difficult for us to win." Foolishness can send people to surrender to Cao Cao, so that Cao will attack Jizhou, and he will be saved. The lord led the troops to attack again, and he could still be captured. After our army defeated Yuan Shang, it was able to resist Cao Cao. Cao Jun came from afar, and if the food did not continue, it would definitely retreat. Our army can still base itself in Jizhou in order to forge ahead. ”

I could only hear the Qingzhou Don't Drive Wang Xiu on the side and persuaded: "No." Brothers, left and right hands. Now to fight with others, to cut off their right hand, and to turn against the enemy, is it safe to win? If the husband abandons his brother and does not kiss, who in the world will kiss him? According to the plan of the lower officials, the general should directly open the city to the third prince to beg for surrender, and openly and honestly explain that he no longer wants to Hebei, he thinks of brotherhood, and will not embarrass the general, so that the brotherhood can be complete, the righteousness of the monarch and the minister can be guaranteed, the general and the general brothers work together, they will be able to keep the business of the lord, and if the general slanders from Guo Tu, it will definitely lead the brothers to collapse, and the poor lord's ten-year career will also fall into Cao Cao's pocket. ”

When Yuan Tan heard this, he was immediately furious, and said to Wang Xiu: "Okay, you Uncle Wang, I will lead you as a confidant and make you a don't drive, but now you don't think about this general, but persuade this general to surrender, could it be a spy sent by Xianfu?" Come on, push me down and behead me. ”

Guo Tu was also angry when he heard this, and he hated to behead Wang Xiu immediately to vent the hatred in his heart, but he heard Xin Ping come forward and persuade: "Now that Yuan Shang is besieging the city, if he kills important people at this time, he is afraid of disturbing the army's heart, and he also asks the lord to pardon his sin to see the after-effects." ”

Yuan Tan then bypassed Wang Xiu's life, repelled him, and then said: "The plan of the public rule is very good, I don't know who can take on this responsibility?" ”

I saw Guo Tu glance at Xin Ping, and said slowly: "Xin Zhongzhi's brother Xin Bi, the word George, see the plain order." This man is a man of words, and he can be commanded. ”

Yuan Tan summoned Xin Bi and told Xin Bi about the pretending surrender to Cao Cao, and when he saw that Xin Bi readily agreed, he repaired a letter to Cao Cao, and then handed it to Xin Bi, and ordered Xin Bi to go down to the city and bring a letter to Cao Cao in the starry night.

Xin Bi came out of the plain, and soon came to Beihai and met Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw Xinbi coming, he was secretly happy in his heart, so he asked him what he meant.

Xin Bi said Yuan Tan's intention to ask for each other, and presented Yuan Tan's letter.

Cao Cao read the letter, nodded, and said to Xin Bi that he had to think about it, and then gathered civil and military plans.

I saw Cheng Yu step forward and say: "Yuan Tan was attacked by Yuan Shang too quickly, and he had to come and surrender, so he can't be trusted." ”

Lu Qian and Man Chong also said: "Since the prime minister has brought troops here, An Ke will restore Sheqi and help Tan?" ”

Xun You stepped forward and said with a smile: "The words of the three princes are not good. With foolishness: Liu Qi's soldiers are not a few, although Xuzhou has few troops, Wei Yan has thousands of elite cavalry, and there are more powerful crossbows, it is difficult for us to win in a short time, although Zhongde's words are good, Yuan Tan really can't believe it, but we can take the opportunity to map Hebei. Yuan's according to the land of Hebei four states, there are not a few military generals under his command, and Yuan's has been in Hebei for a long time, and he has won the hearts of the people, if the two sons are harmonious and defend the industry, it is difficult for us to defeat it in the short term. This is a godsend. Don't lose it. ”

Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou was originally a pretense, in fact, he mainly listened to Guo Jia's construction, in the name of attacking Xuzhou, waiting for the Yuan brothers to start infighting, and then took the opportunity to attack, and now seeing Yuan Tan take the initiative to surrender, the time has come, and seeing that Xun You's analysis coincides with his own, he is overjoyed, and he decided to attack Jizhou.

After that, Cao Cao ordered the generals to retreat, invited Xin Bi to drink overnight, and asked him: "Yuan Tan's surrender, is it true or is it a fraud?" ”

But he saw Xin Bi and said: "Ming Gong don't ask whether it's true or not, just ask about the situation." The Yuan clan was defeated year after year, and the soldiers were tired and the people were weak; Brotherly slander, the kingdom is divided into two; Coupled with the famine, natural disasters and man-made disasters and the people are miserable, and now everyone in Hebei who has some insight knows that the Yuan family will inevitably be defeated. Today, Yuan Shang led the army to encircle the plain very urgently, but the time was long, and the army was tired. With the power of Ming Gong, he hit the tired people, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. How not to seize this opportunity to conquer Xuzhou? Xuzhou Liu Qi's troops are strong and strong, and it is difficult to compare them in a short period of time. The troubles of the Quartet are no greater than Hebei; Hebei is flat, then the hegemony is successful. May the public be clear. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, took Xin Bi's hand and said, "Benxiang and Xin George hate to see each other late!" ”

Immediately after that, he ordered the Overseer to take Jizhou.

Wei Yan heard that Cao Cao really led the army to evacuate and went to take Jizhou, so he admired Liu Qi's judgment and threw himself to the ground, at this time Mi Fang built and he led the army to cover up from behind, Wei Yan took out Liu Qi's letter, and said with admiration: "The lord has expected that we will have such a move, and it is strictly forbidden for us to lead the army to chase and kill, because Cao Cao is wise, there will inevitably be ambushes, if we chase and kill, it will fall into his tricks, so I am afraid that our loss of men and horses is small, and it may even be impossible to keep Xuzhou." ”

When Mi Fang heard this, she bowed to her.

What Wei Yan said was right, Cao Cao did arrange an ambush in the process of retreating, and when the army came to the end, he found that Wei Yan did not lead the army to pursue, so he knew that he had received Liu Qi's strict order, and he felt more and more threatened by Liu Qi in his heart, and decided to settle accounts with him after pacifying Hebei.

However, it was said that Yuan Shangzhi Cao's army crossed the river and came to the plain, so he immediately mobilized a large army and ambushed the troops under Andebu in the plain, and waited for Cao Cao's army to arrive, and then ambushed the troops left and right to break Cao Cao.

But who is Cao Cao? It has long been expected that there will be ambushes here, first with Xiahou Dun leading the army to lure each other, and after Yuan Shang ambushed the troops on both sides, he immediately ordered Cao Hong and Cao Ren to lead the two wings of the army to launch a rapid attack, as a result, Yuan Shang was defeated, and the generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang brothers led the people to surrender, and Yuan Shang, who had lost his troops, had no choice but to flee back to Jizhou, on the one hand, he ordered to hold on, and on the other hand, he asked for reinforcements from the high cadres of Bingzhou and Youzhou.

However, it was said that Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he saw Cao Cao's victory, and hurriedly led his army out of the city to greet him, and asked Cao Cao to help him capture Jizhou.

Cao Cao knew that Yuan Tan still had suspicion of himself in his heart, and he also expected that the soldiers and horses of Youzhou and Bingzhou were about to arrive, so he said on the grounds that the grain and grass were not enough: "Fang Jin's grain and grass are not received, and the labor is carried out, I will help the river, curb the water into Baigou, pass the grain road, and then march into the army." ”

In order to appease Yuan Tan's heart, Cao Cao also promised Yuan Tan to be a woman, and let Yuan Tan still garrison the plain, but he led the army back to Luoyang, and named Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang as the marquis, and followed the army to listen to it.

After more than a month, Cao Cao hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, so he ordered people to transport grain into Baigou, and ordered Cao Hong, Le Jin and other generals to lead the army to cross the river and garrison to Liyang.

It is said that soon after Yuan Shang returned to Yecheng, he heard that Cao Cao transported grain into Baigou and stationed in Liyang, and he was worried, so he discussed countermeasures with the judge: "Now that Cao soldiers are transporting grain into Baigou, they will come to attack Jizhou, so what can I do?" ”

I saw that the judge thought for a while, and then said: "The lord can send an envoy to Wu'an Changyin Kaitun Maocheng to connect to the party's grain transportation road; The son of the frustrated man was frustrated to guard Handan, and he was in solidarity. The lord marched into the plains, attacked Yuan Tan urgently, first killed Yuan Tan, and then broke Cao. Yuan Shang was overjoyed, stayed in the trial and matched with Su You to guard Jizhou, personally led Fengji and other generals, with Ma Yan as the vanguard, and raised troops to attack the plains overnight.

Yuan Tan saw that the plain was besieged again, and in desperation, he had no choice but to ask Cao Cao for help again.

Cao Cao no longer managed the plains this time, but led the army directly to Jizhou, when the army was on the verge of Huanshui, Su You was defeated by Cao Cao's ambush and had to surrender.

After that, Cao Cao came all the way to Yecheng, and then led the army to attack the city.

Unexpectedly, this time Cao Cao was subjected to the stubborn resistance of the trial, and the trial saw that there were few soldiers in the city, so he mobilized the people to defend the city, so that Cao Cao attacked the city in a round, and lost thousands of people and horses, but he did not even climb the city.

Cao Cao had no choice but to order the three armies to build a dirt mountain around the city and shoot down on the city, but unexpectedly, the trial and matching people were ordered to raise the city tower, and Cao's army on the earth mountain became a target.

Later, Cao Cao ordered someone to dig a tunnel secretly, but he didn't expect to be noticed by the trial, and ordered someone to dig a horizontal ditch, when the soldiers digging the tunnel dug the horizontal ditch, they were all exposed, and they were all killed by the Yuan soldiers who were waiting on the side.

When Cao Cao was thinking hard about the plan to break the city, suddenly a person entered the military camp in the middle of the night to meet him, claiming to be the messenger of the general Feng Li, because Feng Li was drunk and mistaken the patrol police, and ate a meal of military sticks, and held a grudge in his heart, so he wrote to Cao Cao, wanting to respond internally, and opened the city gate at night to welcome Cao Cao into the city.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, when even if Feng Li was named a liehou, and ordered him to do it according to the agreement, when the city gate was opened, he led the army into the city, and when he broke Yecheng, he would reward Feng Li again.

The envoy of clinker Feng Li was caught by the trial ration, and the trial was coerced and enticed, and the messenger was ordered to go back, so he gave such an order and let him go back.

And Feng Li didn't know that the trial had already known his plan, and he still had the dream of being knighted in his heart, and after getting Cao Cao's promise, he was even more proud in his heart, so he ordered someone to open the sudden door at night and let Cao Cao's army enter.