At this moment, Yuan Shu has taken the three prefectures of Yu, Yang, and Xu as his bases, and he can be said to be the most powerful among the princes. Subsequently, in the name of the Son of Heaven, Li Wei issued an edict appointing Yuan Shu as the general of the left, crowning the Marquis of Yangzhai County, and giving the Fu Jie, which represents the authority of the Son of Heaven. So, the two came together.

In this regard, the reaction of various parties is different. Liu Biao of Jingzhou intends to remain neutral, and let the two camps kill each other first, and then profit from it. Tao Qian in Xuzhou is in the conflict zone between the two forces, and he must find a camp to rely on.

At that time, Wang Lang and Zhao Yu under Tao Qian's account both suggested to Tao Qian: "Since Yuan Shu has been named the Bo of Xuzhou and is the most powerful prince at the moment, it is most appropriate to rely on him in the middle of the situation." ”

Tao Qian took the suggestion of the two and sent the envoy Zhao Yu to Chang'an to meet him. Liu Xie issued an edict appointing Tao Qian as the pastor of Xuzhou, the general of Andong, and the marquis of Liyang County. Yuan Shu also appointed Zhao Yu as the Taishou of Guangling and Wang Lang as the Taishou of Huiji.

said that at the beginning of the year, Qin Yi went to Du Siniang's house with the bride price to discuss the marriage, and Du Siniang agreed. Immediately, after agreeing on a good day, he began to prepare for the arrival of that day.

For Qin Yi's wedding, the presence of all the brothers must be indispensable. However, what is a little surprising is that when Yuan Shao learned of this, he not only planned to attend the wedding, but also ordered someone to buy a mansion near Boluojin in Jingxian County as a congratulatory gift for Qin Yi's wedding. So, Qin Yi used this mansion as a new house for banqueting guests when he got married.

However, when the wedding was held as scheduled, when Yuan Shao and many people with status in the state came to attend the wedding, there was a sudden emergency report from Wei County. Yu Poison led the crowd to attack Yecheng, and the county soldiers under Wei County Taishou rebelled, united with Yu Poison to capture Yecheng, and attacked and killed Taishou.

Among the people who attended the wedding, there was a family in Yecheng, and when he heard it, he was immediately shocked: "Ah? How's that good? ”

Yuan Shao saw that most of the people looked flustered, so he said: "Everyone is panicking; After the wedding, it is enough to send troops to fight the thieves. ”

"This ......" Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

Feng Xian couldn't help but say: "General Yuan, the wedding is a small matter, and the thief is a big matter; Now that your family is also in Yecheng, why don't you go back and transfer troops first-"

Without waiting for Feng Xian to finish speaking, Yuan Shao immediately waved his hand and interrupted: "Hey, since the city has been breached, even if the troops are transferred now, the thief army cannot be immediately beaten away; At present, the newlyweds are about to visit the church, and the auspicious time must not be delayed. ”

So, the wedding feast went on again. During the banquet, Yuan Shao ate and talked freely, and was not affected by the war in the outside world. And those whose family members fell into the hands of the Montenegrin Army, although they are not as frank as Yuan Shao at the moment, they have to admire his calm and calm attitude.

After the marriage was over, Yuan Shao began to dispatch troops and arrange the military situation. Yuan Shao thought that the soldiers and horses of Feng Xian and I were marching fast, so he appointed the two of us to lead the headquarters as the vanguard, and went to Yecheng first, and he mobilized a large army to follow immediately.

Since Qin Yi had just finished getting married, Feng Xian allowed him not to go out in this battle, and he could stay at home to accompany his mother-in-law. Originally, he insisted on following the expedition, but Feng Xian ordered him not to go on the expedition. Despite his uneasiness, he had no choice but to do what he was told.

Jingxian is about 200 miles away from Yecheng. Feng Xian and I led the crowd day and night, and rushed to the city of Qiqiu, which was more than 150 miles away, and then stopped to rest.

At this time, when Sun Shuai heard that I was leading my troops to come, he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart, and even joined forces with Tao Sheng to defect. The two led troops to garrison Xicheng, and defended them behind closed doors, and Yu Poison could not break through for a while. Subsequently, Sun Shuai asked Tao Sheng to carry the families of Yuan Shao and others to Quqiu in a chariot. Soon after, Yuan Shao also led a large army to the Qiuqiu. Knowing that the family members were fine, all the generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao appointed Tao Sheng as the general of Jianyi Zhonglang and Sun Shuai as the general of Pingkou Zhonglang. However, Sun Shuai thanked Yuan Shao for his appointment, and then went to Zhang Yan to confess his guilt. Zhang Yan was very dissatisfied when she learned that Sun Shuai had let Yuan Shao's family go, so she ordered him to be dealt with by military law.

At this time, the Montenegrin army led by Zhang Yan had gradually deviated from the Taiping Dao, which made me feel a little angry. Of course, I'm angry not because he wants to build his own power, but because he really shouldn't kill people indiscriminately. The so-called misfortune is not as good as the family, Sun Shuai's approach is not wrong, and he should not be sentenced to death.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao waved his army to Yecheng to attack Yu Poison, and all the brothers also went to help in the battle. After a period of confrontation, Yu Yu was defeated and fled and retreated to Chaoge City in Cangyan Valley, Ludang Mountain.

Zhang Yan learned that Yu Poison was invincible, so he sent his subordinate generals, the president, and others to lead 100,000 people to attack Yecheng from the north. Immediately, Yuan Shao led the army to retreat to Yecheng, and Feng Xian and I led the people to garrison Yangping Pavilion in the east of Yecheng. When the enemy arrived, Yuan Shao sent Lu Yi to block the attack in the north of Linshui, while Feng Xian and I made a detour to cut off the enemy's food and grass. After that, after several successive battles, the enemy army was defeated, and all the Montenegrin troops fled west into Taihang Mountain.

In this battle, although the 100,000 troops of the Montenegrin Army were defeated, our side also suffered considerable losses. The brothers had been on the battlefield for a long time, but there were no casualties, mainly because Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses had a lot of losses, and the loss was about half of them. Therefore, he ordered a temporary halt to rest and recuperate, and then mobilized troops and horses from other places.

At this time, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai came to attack the plain again, but fortunately Yuan Tan was on guard and repelled it. Then, Yuan Tan took advantage of the situation to attack Qingzhou and defeated Tian Kai several times in a row. Subsequently, Liu Bei led the crowd to Qingzhou to rescue and attacked Yuan Tan from behind with Tian Kai. Yuan Tan's army was unfavorable for a while, and led the people to retreat to Zhuxian to the west of the Yellow River.

In order to avoid being attacked by the enemy on the belly and back, I suggested that Yuan Shao should not use troops against Qingzhou for the time being, so as not to be difficult to take care of both ends. Yuan Shao agreed to my suggestion, so he wrote a letter to Gongsun Zhan, verbally agreeing with him that the two families could form a family of children and not invade each other. Although Gongsun Chan did not believe Yuan Shao, he did not object to the temporary boycott of the two families and make peace.

So, Yuan Shao transferred the troops of Yan Liang and Wen Chou to Yecheng. After a period of rest, Yuan Shaoliu Zhang He and Gao Ran guarded Yecheng, and led the army to attack Chaoge. At this time, it suddenly began to rain heavily. Due to the strong city of Chaoge, built on the mountain, Yu Poison has been closed to defend the city, and I have not been able to break through it for a while.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao's craftsmen began to cast trebuchets, which were then used for siege. Since the trebuchet's shells were mainly fired by manpower, the siege was inefficient. So I improved it on the drawings and designed a trebuchet that had not existed until later generations, called a counterweight trebuchet, also known as a return cannon.

The working principle of this trebuchet is not difficult to understand, and its power is mainly based on the principle of leverage. Heavy objects will be placed at one end and shells at the other, which greatly increases the efficiency of the siege.

From the design of the return cannon, to the official use, and then to the breakthrough of Chaoge City, it only took less than five days. That's not a quick start.

After attacking Chaoge, Yu Poison and more than 10,000 of his subordinates became prisoners. Yuan Shao immediately ordered them all to be killed.

That night, I secretly burned the blueprints and destroyed the trebuchet. I know very well in my heart that once the Black Mountain Army is weakened, Yuan Shao will turn his head and deal with Feng Xian and me. This is a political struggle, and there is no standard theory of good or evil. (To be continued.) )