Relying on the alarm system jointly formed by the eyes and ears of the Black Mountain thieves and the meticulous work of S.H.I.E.L.D., and with the help of the telescope's super reconnaissance ability, Zhang Yan successfully evaded Yuan Shao's large-scale encirclement and suppression, and led Yuan Shao's army to circle in the vast Black Mountain.

Poor Yuan Shao has been in the mountains for more than two months, but a lot of traces of the Black Mountain army's march have been found, but there is no human figure in sight. Yuan Shao, who was angry, shouted, but there was no way to take Zhang Yan.

coincided with Youzhou Gongsun Zan coming out again to shout, and the soldiers committed Jizhou. Yuan Shao had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat, turn to the border of Hebei and You, and confront Gongsun Zhan.

In fact, since the first year of Shengyuan, the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan has not been interrupted. The two sides continued to exchange troops.

It stands to reason that Yuan Shao sits on Hebei and two states, of which Jizhou is densely populated, and both farming and economy are far from being the bitter cold land of Youzhou. At the same time, Yuan Shaobing has a wide range of generals, and his subordinates have such second-to-none strategists as Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, and Judge, and his strength should be more than one step higher than Gongsun Zhan.

But since March of the 1st year of Shengyuan, Luan Yi has input a large amount of support to Gongsun Zan through various channels. Military funds alone sent 3 million guan and 6 million stone of grain. In addition, there are everything from military uniforms, armor, blades, bows and arrows and chariot components to firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

With the support of Luan Yi regardless of returns, Gongsun Zhan quickly assembled a strong army. Although the size of the army is not as large as Yuan Shao, it is inferior to the Youzhou army in terms of equipment and rationing.

So in more than 2 years of several encounters, the two sides have won and lost and played a draw.

Yuan Shao led the army all the way to Zhangwu City, which was located on the border of Hebei and You, but after hearing the Malay report, Gongsun Zhan led the army to retreat.

Even a fool can see that Gongsun Zhan's advance and retreat are full of conspiracy. If you don't enter the army early, you won't enter the army late, but when Yuan Shao encircled and suppressed Zhang Yan in Montenegro, Gongsun Zan attacked with all his troops. If he didn't withdraw early, he didn't retreat late, but Yuan Shao retreated after leaving Montenegro.

The timing is just right, it is simply a typical siege of Wei to save Zhao.

Yuan Shao and his advisors also saw this, and in this matter they smelled the incense burning in the Church of Our Lady.

There are two roads leading from Jizhou to Saiwai, one of which needs to pass through Bingzhou. At this time, the main culprit of the bandits in Montenegro, and the frequent wandering and looting indirectly cut off the road for Yuan Shao's liquor caravan to go north. In the days that followed, Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, Xianping, and Fu Zhu tried their best to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves. But no matter whether you send additional escorts, or set up an ambush, or use the caravan as bait to attack, Zhang Yan will always be perceived in advance.

If the number of guards is small, the Black Mountain thieves will not hesitate to pour out of the nest and exterminate them. When the convoy left the state, the accompanying guards did not dare to go deep into the grassland, and took advantage of the fact that the guards returned and then started from the grassland to loot the full truckload of goods.

Subsequently, seeing that Zhang Yan's unfounded trade could win huge profits, many tribes on the grassland also followed Zhang Yan's example at the instigation of Jian Yong, and mobilized swords and soldiers to follow Yuan Shao's wine caravan, and drank the wine that Yuan Shao had worked so hard to brew. As a result, the road became no longer smooth under the nuisance of banditry......

There is another road from Jizhou to the Saibei Karasuma tribe, and further north is the vast territory of the Xianbei people, where many people covet the fine wine of the Celestial Empire. But to take this road, you need to pass through Youzhou. And Youzhou is Gongsun Zhan's territory, and he will definitely not sit idly by and watch Yuan Shao trade with the Saiwaihu people.

The trade route was cut off, and Yuan Shao couldn't sell the wine he was looking forward to, and if he only relied on internal digestion, he didn't know that he would be sold out in the Year of the Monkey. Standing in the treasury, looking at the empty silver vault, looking at the cellar full of wine jars, he was so anxious that he almost didn't cry blood. Pointing to his frustrated nose, he scolded, "It's all your bad idea." Brewing wine, brewing wine, now it's good, the money is scattered, half of the grain and grass are used, and the wine can't be sold! He frothed at the stars, "Say, what's next?" ”

"This ......" was as smart as frustration, and he didn't know what to do for a while. He thought that he could compete with Luan Yi by reading "Yuan Fu" dozens of times, but the reality told him that his past cognition was so naïve.

Who is Luan Yi, he is the creator of the theory of "Yuan Fu", and he is the person who is really familiar with the essence of "Yuan Fu". For Luan Yi, "Yuan Fu" is no longer a tool, but a human function integrated into the body like raising his head and bending down. His application of "Yuan Fu" has reached the point of supernatural and can integrate it with the art of war. No matter how hard he tries to learn by himself, it is impossible to catch up with Luan Yi.

Frustrated, Fang learned that "there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people", and began to feel that he dared to use "Yuan Fu" to govern Luan Yi's "Yuan Fu", which was simply self-defeating and humiliating.

At the same time, he also sighed that Luan Yi's name as a savior was really famous. At least this is not a big flag in front of him, he has always been led by Luan Yi's nose, and he has been defeated, and he has no chance to save the endgame.

After thinking about it, he reviewed and revisited the old things, "I think I said that I was frustrated and made wrong decisions, which led to disasters to the country and the people, and chaos in Hebei." Instead of listening, the lord relied on what he was taught...... Now good and bad things have happened again, the treasury is empty, the military salary is cut off, the sergeants and soldiers in the army, and the officials in various places are all complaining. If the crime is not punished again, I am afraid that millions of people in Hebei will not accept it. ”

Tian Feng hurriedly came out to say good things for Fu Zhu, and said, "Lord, don't!" The public and the heart are the Lord, and there is nothing wrong with the plan offered. The reason for the evil consequences is that Luan Ziqi is too cunning. Changing to judge Zhengnan (trial) and also get his way in the next place, the consequences will be even more serious......"

Yuan Shao's face was expressionless, but his eyes were spitting raging fire, he glared at Tian Feng, sneered, and said: "According to Yuan Hao (Tian Feng's words), not only is there no fault in frustration, but there is merit?" ”

Tian Feng is not a person who is good at observing words and feelings. In his view, the strategy of "using the 'former wealth' to govern the 'former wealth'" and the official policy of collecting grain to stabilize prices have achieved the expected results. In the end, although it ended in defeat, a large amount of silver was lost, and there was nowhere to sell the full warehouse of fine wine. However, it played an extremely positive role in quelling the price rebellion in Hebei, and besides, wine will not be corrupted, and it is a big deal to wait for the future trade routes to open up and then sell out. Therefore, when he heard Yuan Shao ask if he had merit, he replied without hesitation, "Frustrated with Gonghe has merit." ”

He didn't know that the lack of sales of fine wine had formed a situation of sluggish cash flow in Hebei, which was precisely the biggest dilemma in Luan Yi's economic theory. In addition, for the unstable hearts of the people of Hebei for many years, the families of Hebei have put pressure on Yuan Shao several times and again to ask him to hand over the culprit of this situation.

Who is to blame? The root cause of this is Yuan Shao himself, after all, if it weren't for his final nod and approval, no decision would have been implemented.

But as the lord of power, can Yuan Shao bear this responsibility himself, so as to lose the trust and support of the family?

Of course not, he needs to find someone to bear the responsibility and give an explanation to the family. Obviously, the best candidate to be scapegoated.

Therefore, when Tian Feng defended his frustration, Yuan Shao scolded him back mercilessly, "Hugh said more." The rebellion in Hebei was caused by frustration and improper decision-making. Nian has made many meritorious deeds over the years, and around his capital crimes, in addition to the post of governor of Ji, he changed the main book and continued to stay under the account to obey orders. ”

Yuan Shao's adviser Guo Tu saw that he was frustrated and lost power, and took the opportunity to beat the water dog. Glancing at the frustration, he said: "My lord, there is something below that I don't know whether to report or not." ”

"Although."

Guo Tu was secretly happy in his heart, and admonished: "A few days ago, someone came to report that Guangping County ordered Zhang Jun to give and accept it privately, and he was greedy for ink and food, and the situation was extremely serious. Such wicked people do not know whether to be punished or not? ”

Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Guo Tu bowed and said: "There are all human and material evidence. ”

"Such wicked people deserve to be severely punished according to the law."

Guo Tu said again: "But this person can't be punished." ”

"Oh? Why? ”

Guo Tu sneered and said, "Zhang Jun's uncle is working beside the lord. His uncle came forward to protect him, so that the local magistrates had nothing to do with him. ”

"Who is his uncle?"

When Yuan Shao asked about the identity of Zhang Jun's uncle, he shuddered for a moment. Qiang was in front of Guo Tu and took the initiative to answer: "Next is Zhang Jun's uncle." ”

"Okay, you're frustrated! Are you guilty of doing such things to shield sinners? Yuan Shao was shocked and angry.

He defended: "I am guilty of sin." But...... The nephew Zhang Jun did not accept bribes, but the local gentry deliberately framed him. Without his knowledge, he stuffed a box of gold into his carriage. As a result, he was exposed by others early the next morning and sent to the Taishou and imprisoned. I know that my nephew is not a person who is greedy for small profits, even if he is greedy, he does not have the courage to be greedy. That's why he came forward to vouch for him and saved him. ”

"Nonsense." Guo Tu took out a stack of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Yuan Shao, "Lord, look, this is Zhang Jun's confession, with Zhang Jun's name signed on it in black and white, and there is also a handprint. ”

Yuan Shao snatched it over and took a look, and his anger was even worse, "Frustrated with the ...... What else is there to justify? ”

"This is a trick to beat! My lord, I hope you will be aware of it. "I saw with my own eyes that my nephew had suffered so much in prison that his left leg was broken by the prison guard. After investigating the material, the nephew's Shangguan Guangping Taishou was the one who was single-handedly promoted by Guo Tu. Obviously, the framing of his nephew is inseparable from Guo Tu.

He boasted that he had no grievances with Guo Tu in the long run, and he never understood why Guo Tu framed his nephew. Right now...... finally understood that it was not his nephew who he was trying to frame, but himself. "Guo Tu, why did you frame me."

Guo Tu sneered, "Frustrated Gong and Hugh are talking nonsense. I, Guo Tu, care about the lord, only exposed you for the sake of Qingming Hebei officials, but you framed me and framed you, I am really ashamed. He bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Lord, frustrated and protecting relatives must be severely punished." ”