At this moment, everything that happened in the Yuan army camp fifty miles north of the two large camps of the Qingzhou Army on the north bank of Huanshui just confirmed Yan Liang's speculation.

Since the arrival of the convoy transporting the families of more than 100 civil and military officials such as Yuan Shao at night, the Yuan family's camp, which was already fluctuating, inevitably fell into chaos, and the panicked soldiers and soldiers of Yuan could be seen everywhere, and desperate cries could be heard everywhere.

As the morale of the army plummeted, after nightfall, the soldiers and soldiers of Yuan began to throw away their weapons and flee from the camp without stopping, and the generals and colonels at all levels who went to the Chinese army to report urgently were blocked from the tent of the commander, because the lord Yuan Shao was crying with his wife and concubines and children, and was hugging his most beloved young son Yuan Mai to ask for warmth.

And the leading generals such as the judge, senior cadres and even Chun Yuqiong are also staying with their released wives and children, and it seems that no one cares whether they will live or die tomorrow.

Tian Feng was the only one who didn't take a look at the family members who had been released, and he kept kneeling outside Yuan Shao's tent, waiting for the lord to summon him...... He also cried bitterly, and he was also heartbroken, but what he cried and hurt was not for himself, but for the lord Yuan Shao and the entire army that was about to collapse.

In the early hours of the morning, Yuan Shao, who came back to his senses, heard a clear and audible crying sound everywhere in the camp, how similar was it to when the overlord of Chu was trapped? At the moment, his heart was tight, and he immediately sent someone to check the situation, and soon learned the truth, and he was confused for a while, and he had to summon Tian Feng, who was waiting outside the tent, and after the secret discussion, he suddenly summoned the close civil and military officials to announce the decision to go west and merge the state.

Now the reason for continuing to go south no longer exists, and at the same time, almost everyone is desperate for the current morale of the army, and the judges, senior cadres and others no longer insist. And those civil and military officials who got the news of Liu Cun's kindness. There will be no objections. But these people have already made up their minds in their hearts. Just wait for the time to quietly break away from the brigade.

Yuan Shao immediately ordered the mobilization of all the troops that could be mobilized, and set out on the road overnight, striving to break out of the encirclement before the opponent formed a siege, and then find a way out after the annexation of the state.

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The sky was slightly bright, and the frost was everywhere.

Two fast horses from south to north, galloping towards the camp in the south of Handan City, where the smoke was everywhere, and immediately a young general wearing the armor of the Qingzhou Army raised his hand from afar, and the bag in his hand carried the sound of the wind. Fly to the Youzhou military sentry officer who strode to meet him.

Seeing that the sentry officer of the Youzhou army pulled the picture bag into his hand, the captain of the Qingzhou army nodded, and without saying a word, he turned his horse's head and galloped away along the road.

Half a pillar of incense was not enough, Gongsun Zhan in the Temporary Marshal's Mansion of the Chinese Army put down the battle report in his hand, loudly issued the order to set off in half an hour, and then handed the battle report to Guan Jing, the chief strategist who was waiting anxiously, shook his head and said: "It's too fast!" It's just too fast...... I really didn't expect that Yuan Benchu, who had been fighting with us for many years, would even lose the courage to fight to the death. is a big Jizhou, and his surname is Liu from now on! ”

Gongsun Zhan's generals Tian Kai, strategists Tian Yu, Li Shao and others also did not expect it. Yuan Shao was defeated like this, and hurriedly surrounded Guan Jing to watch the battle report carefully, and after a few breaths, they all exclaimed.

Guan Jing, who was the most calm, gently pushed everyone away and strode in front of Gongsun Zhan: "Lord, just after last night, Zhang He and Fu Min have led more than 15,000 cavalry troops to quietly go south, and the 30,000 elites of Qingzhou general Xu Sheng converged on the west of Yuan's army camp, obviously to block the way for Yuan's army to flee west......"

"If you add the nearly 100,000 Qingzhou infantry cavalry that blocked Yuan's army in the south, how could you still let the embattled Yuan Shao lead tens of thousands of remnants to break through to the west? Could it be that Liu Zijian had a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and deliberately indulged Yuan Benchu to lead more than 10,000 remnants to flee to Bingzhou? ”

"It's very likely!"

Tian Yu, who was tall and thin and had a clear appearance, stepped forward and whispered: "And the state leads Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Shangjun and other counties. ”

"Now that Liu Zijian has driven the desperate Yuan Benchu into the state, he doesn't need to think much to know the hardships and dangers of his intentions and the ruthlessness of his methods, even if Yuan Benchu is lucky to survive in the end, I am afraid that he will have to go through brutal battles again and again to be able to do it, this trick ...... Gee! It's a hundred times smarter than killing Yuan Benchu in battle! ”

Tian Kai suddenly realized: "In this way, Yuan Benchu has no value to Liu Zijian, it is a trouble to catch it in his hands, it is not to kill, it is not to let go, the best way is to weaken his strength to the greatest extent and then force him away, and also send Yuan Benchu's wife and concubine and children out in advance, not only do you not have to bear the notoriety of killing, but you will be praised by the people of the world...... Every step in this is extremely clever, I'm afraid Yuan Benchu is more uncomfortable than death! ”

Everyone suddenly felt cold all over their bodies, and Gongsun Chan was also greatly touched, his face changed instantly, and he sighed leisurely after a long time:

"Before the Jizhou War, I didn't think Liu Zijian was much smarter than me, but I admired his ability to know people and govern well, and I felt that the reason why he is where he is today is completely the result of God's favor, but now that I think about it, I am not as much as Liu Zijian!"

"Liu Zijian and I have always gotten along well and have a deep friendship, and everyone in the world knows that Liu Zijian, who is famous and famous, keeps his promises, and never lives up to people for several years, which is also my greatest luck!"

"Everyone, the matter has come to this, don't fight Jizhou's idea anymore...... From now on, our place of conquest is in Youzhou, in Liaodong, and in Sanhan, but if we want to achieve this great cause, we must have the full support of Liu Zijian, otherwise, it is likely that we will not even be able to defend Youzhou in the end! ”

Everyone sighed and was full of melancholy.

Now Liu Zijian has not only taken Jizhou in name, but also Qingzhou, which is rich in the world and densely populated, and Xuzhou, where most of Tao Qian fell into his hands after his death, Liu Zijian, who holds the land of three states, has become the largest prince in the world, not to mention Youzhou, even if Cao Cao's Yanzhou and Yuan Shu's Yuzhou are added, they can't shake their solid foundation.

No matter how shocked Youzhou's civil and military forces are, they can't change the current situation, except for feeling that the situation is stronger than people, they can only correct their mentality and make every effort to maintain a good relationship with Liu Cun's forces.

At noon, Gongsun Zhan led 20,000 Youzhou iron cavalry to the battlefield, looking at the tens of thousands of Jizhou soldiers who laid down their weapons densely, the mountains of baggage abandoned by the Yuan army at the bottom of the mountain, and the tens of thousands of captured war horses collected by the Qingzhou army in pieces.

Fortunately, more than ten generals such as Xu Sheng, Zhang He, Fu Min, and other Qingzhou generals who had already received the report rushed to meet enthusiastically, and took the initiative to report the battle situation and the remnants of Yuan Shao broke through the encirclement and fled to the west.

Gongsun Zhan was the first to dismount, apologetically saying that he was late, and soon abandoned the army under the leadership of Fu Min, and only took the strategist Guan Jing to follow Fu Min to the camp abandoned by the Yuan army on horseback, and met Liu Cun, who had just arrived at the battlefield.

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