The bad news of Wen Chou's death was that the news of the victory at Hangu Pass reached Yuan Shao's ears shortly after.

"Wen Chou is dead? No way! No way! Hehehe, Wen Chou bravely crowned the three armies, and it is impossible for ten Zhang Liao to kill Wen Chou! ”

The four of them looked shocked, and it seemed that they could not believe the news of Wen Chou's death.

Yuan Shao was unusual, his expression was startled at first, and then he got up suddenly, his expression eased again, and he said something self-deceiving in a high voice, and he was still smiling.

Next, the atmosphere was deadly silent, and the four strategists in the hall bowed their heads silently.

Is it true that ten Zhang Liao can't kill Wen Chou?

This doesn't need to be exquisite.

Zhang Liao can defeat Lu Bu, Guo Jianeng will be released after capturing Lu Bu, Guo Jia's strength or the generals under Guo Jia's command must not be underestimated.

As the powerful Yuan Shao of the leader of the clan, he can despise Guo Jia in terms of political capital, but he can't dare to say that he is definitely better than Guo Jia after excluding his qualifications and background.

Zhang Liao, if there is no defeat of Lu Bu's record, he is just an unknown person, Wen Chou, has long been a famous general in Hebei, compared to fame, Wen Chou is naturally better than Zhang Liao, Yuan Shao's strategists and generals, each of them is much higher than Guo Jia's subordinates, they are either born in filial piety, or born in Maocai, or in the past, they were the children of official eunuchs who ate imperial grain, and in Guo Jia's group, Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Jia Xu and so on Too many characters are from poor backgrounds, they do not have the fame left by their ancestors, They are the pioneers of the family business for future generations, and the same is true for their fathers.

At least ninety-nine out of a hundred Hebei people think that Yan Liangwen can sweep all the generals of the Taiping Army, which is fame and prestige, but it does not represent real strength.

Yuan Shao, who was standing on the main seat, was shaky, he also knew that he was deceiving himself, and now, he had to accept the facts.

Tears welled up in my eyes and slowly fell.

The four strategists bowed down and retreated silently, just as someone rushed into the hall from outside.

"My lord! Wen Chou is dead? No way! Who lied about the military? Who is it! Lao Tzu cut him! Lord! What about Wen Chou?! ”

Yan Liang's majestic body was staggering at this moment, and he wanted to rush in front of Yuan Shao, and within a few steps, he almost fell down several times.

Yuan Shao let tears slip down his cheeks, closed his eyes in pain, and did not respond to Yan Liang's question.

Guo Tu Xu Yu was on the side, and the four of them worked together to drag Yan Liang out.

Now, Yuan Shao needs a private space.

Yan Liang's eyes were full of sluggishness after seeing Yuan Shao's tearful expression, he was still roaring like a beast before, but he lost his soul in an instant, and let the four strategists carry him out, he wanted to resist, and the twenty Guo Tu Xu You and others couldn't control it.

Yuan Shao suddenly sat on the main seat, crying silently but turning into a howl.

Wen Chou, no matter what height his ability can rank among the generals in the world, he is after all a meritorious general in the Bohai Sea with the rise of Yuan Shao.

Thinking back to the time when he escaped from Luoyang and had no roots, Yuan Shao could not return to his hometown Runan to rely on his family power, and he did not have a huge amount of money to recruit troops, he only had the political capital of the fourth and third princes and his personal charm.

One after another, strategists and generals came to vote, Yuan Shao started from scratch, developed from a county Taishou to be able to swallow Jizhou, Yan Liangwen was ugly, absolutely indispensable, such a hero is the person Yuan Shao trusts and appreciates the most.

Compared with people like Zhang Jaw, who only served after Yuan Shao replaced Han Fu, Yuan Shao attaches more importance to Yan Liangwen and ugliness, which is not unreasonable, after all, their lords and ministers share weal and woe and life and death, and work together to build the foundation of the hegemony of the world.

Yuan Shao cried heartbroken, life in the world, confidants are hard to find, loyal ministers and fierce generals are also hard to find, the opportunity is determined, everything that money can't buy is like a rare treasure.

After snapping and putting away his tears, Yuan Shao turned his grief into anger, picked up the beast face pattern wall that he had always played with and threw it out, and the exquisite jade was smashed.

"Guo Jia, I want you to bury Wen Chou!"

Maybe the person who provoked the war between Yuan Shao and Guo Jia was Cao Ying, but Wen Chou's did die in the hands of Zhang Liao, this hatred, Yuan Shao counted it on Guo Jia's head, it is not an exaggeration, of course, calm down afterwards, Yuan Shao will most likely blame Cao Ying.

There are no immortals in war, and the death of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of thousands of troops is commonplace in the chaos of the world, and the fall of brave and invincible generals is also a common thing.

A person walked slowly outside the hall, Yuan Shao looked up, wiped his tears and sat down.

Cao Ying was confused, he came to see Yuan Shao after he got the news that Hangu Pass was breached, and he didn't know about Wen Chou's affairs, after learning about the battle report of Hangu Pass, Cao Ying was very envious of Yuan Shao in his heart, and he had such a brave and resourceful general as Zhang Jaw.

"Brother Benchu, who are you?"

Cao Ying saw the beast face pattern wall shattered into several pieces on the ground, he knew that it was Yuan Shao's favorite thing, if Yuan Shao was not angry, how could he be willing to drop this treasure that never left his hand?

And Yuan Shao obviously cried and was very sad.

Tears are not exclusive to women, they are human instincts.

If a man weeps in a situation, if he is cowardly and cowardly and cries, it is something that everyone despises, and if it is true feelings, or sadness, or joy, it is not an exaggeration.

Cao Ying also cried, when the news of his father's death reached Yanzhou, he cried so heartbreaking that it was earth-shattering, from top to bottom, everyone inside and outside knew about it, although there was an element of showmanship in it, but no one would despise Cao Ying's crying behavior.

It is said that the royal road is ruthless, if a monarch can really be ruthless, heartbroken and his face does not change, then his subordinates only fear him, but not affinity, a monarch who is affectionate and righteous and can show his true feelings can unite people's hearts.

Yuan Shao told Cao Ying the news of Wen Chou's death with an indifferent expression, and after finishing speaking, he stared at Cao Ying tightly, wanting to take in Cao Ying's expression and reaction.

If Cao Ying dared to have the slightest expression of schadenfreude at this time, Yuan Shao wouldn't mind killing Cao Ying with an infamy!

Cao Ying is a potential enemy, Wen Chou is a meritorious and loyal minister, even if Yuan Shao and Cao Ying have a small friendship, they can't ignore Cao Ying's fall into the well.

But Cao Ying's reaction was very heavy, he bowed his head slightly with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice towards Yuan Shao: "General Wen is a peerless fierce general in the world, and the first brother is ugly, like the pain of a broken arm." ”

Yuan Shao's pain is just like a broken arm, not only in terms of strength, but also emotionally.

"Hangu Pass has been broken, I mean to lead the army to Hangu Pass, and wait for the two armies to converge and go straight to Chang'an. Please ask Meng De to also lead the army to go with him. ”

Yuan Shao's words carried an unquestionable tone.

Cao Ying had no room to refute, at this time, he couldn't anger Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was angry, but he did not lose his mind, although there were only less than 3,000 soldiers and horses led by the Xiahou brothers around Cao Ying, but Yuan Shao was still on guard against Cao Ying, before the battle of Guanzhong came to an end, Yuan Shao had to take Cao Ying with him wherever he went, if Cao Ying returned to Xuchang without paying attention, and then issued a holy decree unfavorable to Yuan Shao in the name of the Son of Heaven, then Yuan Shao would be very passive.

Cao Ying was tantamount to being told the itinerary by Yuan Shao, not discussing, which Cao Ying didn't care about, and left after agreeing.

Cao Ying, who returned to the mansion, looked puzzled, and called Xun You and Cheng Yu to sum up the current situation together.

The current situation is somewhat unexpected by Cao Ying.

Before, Cao's army was defeated one after another in Wuguan, and Chun Yuqiong also ran into a wall in Hanguguan.

But in the blink of an eye, after Yuan Shao sent Zhang Jaw and Ju Yi to fight, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, the situation was reversed within a few days, Hangu Pass, the throat of Guanzhong, was captured, and Wuguan was also in danger, Yuan Shao with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses was about to wave the army in Guanzhong, Guo Jiaruo battled, both defeated, this is what Cao Ying is willing to see, but if Guo Jiaruo does not make peace, Cao Ying will worry about his situation.

Seek wealth and danger, and fight for victory or defeat.

At this moment, Cao Ying couldn't see the treacherous situation of the Great War in Guanzhong.

"If Guo Jia has the heart to defend Guanzhong, no matter how big the casualties in Hangu Pass are, he will not reinforce Hangu Pass, nor will he reinforce Wuguan, and now Zhang Liao has taken the initiative to withdraw his troops, is Guo Jia bowing to Yuan Shao in order to preserve his strength?"

Cao Ying wanted to hear Xun You and Cheng Yu's opinions.

The two strategists looked at each other, both discerning their doubts in each other's expressions.

Cheng Yu said hesitantly: "Hangu Guan is too strange. Although Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses were damaged, Zhang Jaw also lost a lot of troops, one defense and one attack, which side suffered more casualties, it is obvious. Looking at it now, Guo Jia seems to be afraid, if he wants to fight the main battle, there is no reason to keep Gan Ning, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Gao Shun by his side. ”

Xun You did not agree, and said his thoughts lightly.

"The situation of the battle reversed instantly, because Yuan Shao used people appropriately, opened his jaw strategically, Ju Yi was brave, and under the unfavorable attack, the role of these two people was far from being comparable to Yan Liangwen and Chou, as for Chun Yuqiong, there is no need to talk about it. Judging from the current situation, Guo Jia is retreating, and there are only two possibilities for Zhang Liao's withdrawal of troops, either Guo Jia does not want to fight anymore to lose strength, or Guo Jia wants to gather his forces and fight to the death with Yuan Shao. ”

Cao Ying's face was solemn, and he thought that the possibility of a decisive battle between Guo Jia and Yuan Shao was very low.

The reason is very simple, there is a Xiongguan in the pass, which is geographically advantageous, and it is not in line with the art of war to give up the geographical advantage and fight a decisive battle in the field.

Secondly, Guo Jia's soldiers and horses are full of only 20,000 soldiers and horses at most, Dian Wei and Xu Chu add up to 10,000 soldiers and horses, Gao Shun fell into the camp of 4,000, Zhang Liao lost 10,000 and only 20,000 soldiers and horses left, and even if Yan Yan withdrew at the moment, there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses left, which added up to nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, and what about Yuan Shao? Hangu Pass has 20,000 soldiers led by Zhang Jaw, Yuan Shao himself 50,000, Ju Yi who has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left in the attack on Wuguan, this more than 100,000 people is already difficult for Guo Jia to resist, without Hangu Pass, how can Guo Jia be sure that Yuan Shao will not increase his troops? If Yuan Shao transferred another 50,000 soldiers and horses from Hebei, the 60,000 would fight 150,000, and Guo Jia's chances of winning would be minimal.

The situation is clear at a glance, Cao Ying can think of it, he thinks that Guo Jia must also want to get it, how could Guo Jia make such an unwise move after giving up the advantage and fighting a decisive battle?

Could it be that Guo Jia really wants to make peace with Yuan Shaoyan?

(To be continued)