Getting the news that Zhang Qiang was surrounded in Julu and his life and death were unknown, Li Dao and Guo Yan didn't think about taking the opportunity to make some benefits, so they simply turned around and went west, thinking of seizing a piece of land from Bingzhou so that they could stand on their own. However, for such careful thinking in their hearts, as soon as the two of them thought of the consequences of Yuan Shao's victory in this battle, they immediately disappeared.

Yuan Shao is Dong Zhuo's sworn enemy, if he defeats Zhang Qiang, he will definitely not let go of Dong Zhuo's minions such as Li Dao and Guo Yan. And even if Zhang Qi is defeated by Yuan Shao, as long as he does not die, even if he loses the territory of Jizhou, it is still enough to keep the state. Li Dao and Guo Yan want to be anti-guest in Bingzhou, which is completely impossible

After a short discussion, Li Dao and Guo Yan decided to approach the battlefield of the two sides in Jizhou first, and then see the opportunity to act. With the strong advantage of thousands of their own cavalry, the two were not worried that the Flying Bear Army would be entangled by Yuan Shao, thus causing serious losses to their side. If the arrogant situation can be supported, Li Dao and Guo Yan will think of ways to save the arrogant, so that their status in the state army can be raised a bit. But in case of madness, then ......

However, an unexpected news soon spread widely and reached the ears of Li Dao and Guo Yan. Under the pretext that the Bingzhou army brought a plague to Jizhou, he incited the people of Jizhou to oppose the arrogant Yuan Shao, not only did a wide range of plague break out in his own army, but even Yuan Shao himself did not escape the invasion of the plague.

This news startled Li Dao and Guo Yan. Especially Li Dao, this person has always been a little superstitious about the way of ghosts and gods. After hearing the news that Yuan Shaojun was infected with the plague and even Yuan Shao himself was unavoidable, Li Dao immediately regarded Zhang Shao as a celestial and did not dare to think carefully about him. Even if the old buddy Guo Yan ridiculed Li Dao's change several times, Li Dao still insisted on his own opinion.

Since they respect the arrogance in their hearts, of course Li Dao and Guo Yan have to sell their strength for the insolence. So that he can be better treated under the arrogant hands in the future.

So, the disaster of Yuan Shao's army came.

The sudden wind and snow that fell in Jizhou could not have much impact on the Flying Bear Army, which was suffering from the bitter cold of Liangzhou. If it is said that the sudden arrival of this snow has reduced the combat capability of Yuan's army by more than 30%. That is also this snow, which has an impact on the combat power of the Flying Bear Army by at most one and a half.

On the Yuan Shao side, although the investigation of the composition of the arrogant subordinates was extremely detailed, he never expected the arrival of Li Dao and Guo Yan. In fact, because the time is not too long and the location is a little remote, the news that Li Dao and Guo Yan took refuge in the state was accidentally ignored by Yuan Shao's spy personnel.

With the mind to calculate the unintentional. It is not inconceivable that Yuan Shao's army, which still has 60,000 to 70,000 troops, was defeated by the 5,000 elite cavalry commanded by Li Dao and Guo Yan in a battle.

As veterans of the battlefield, Li Dao and Guo Yan were not inferior to the Bingzhou Army in the use of assault tactics against the cavalry. In addition to not having the ability to charge against the wall, the Flying Bear Army has been called the level of the first-rate cavalry in the state in terms of mobility and formation breaking ability.

On the other hand, on Yuan Shao's side, because the team was in a state of retreat. The morale was already low, and the soldiers were in a panic. And a large number of people and a large amount of baggage. It also forced Yuan Shaojun to discharge a marching formation that stretched for more than 20 miles. At the end of the army, Fang Tai Shi Ci's continuous harassment also attracted the main attention of Yuan Shao's troops. No matter from which point of view, the state in which Yuan Shao's army is located is the most likely to cause collapse.

After learning about Yuan Shaojun's situation from the scout's mouth, Li Dao and Guo Yan increased their quotas with their hands at the same time, shouting "luck". And then. The two of them each led an army and launched a surprise attack from the middle of the marching formation of Yuan Shao's army. Before the stunned Yuan Shao soldiers could react, countless angry soldiers of the Flying Bear Army used their swords and guns to wantonly kill those enemies who had almost no resistance.

After Yuan Shaojun was successfully cut into three sections. Li Dao and Guo Yan respectively led their troops to kill both ends of Yuan Shao's army, drove thousands of routs, and completely defeated Yuan Shao's army!

In fact, the blow to Yuan Shao in this battle was much greater than the loss data that Tai Shici, who was watching the battle in the rear, reported to Zhang Qi.

Not to mention that after the defeat, many Yuan soldiers and people from Jizhou scattered everywhere and took the initiative to break away from Yuan's army and not return; Not to mention the huge losses of the army in heavy materials, which made the Yuan army fall back to the militia's equipment overnight; The injuries suffered by the main general alone made Yuan Shao's forces almost withdraw from the ranks of the late Han Dynasty hegemony.

Because, Yuan Shao was injured again. Sick and injured, how can you memorize words?

Li Dao is good at commanding troops, but when it comes to martial arts, he is much worse than Guo Yanke. Guo Yan once had a one-on-one confrontation with Lu Bu under Chang'an City. Although he was inevitably defeated, he was able to escape from Lu Bu's halberd. It can be seen from this that Guo Yan's force has actually stepped into the ranks of "10,000 enemies".

It's just that Guo Yan was born as a horse thief, has a humble status, and is Dong Zhuo's sworn friend, and the Kwantung princes will not regard such a real "despicable villain" [a low-level person from a humble background, the so-called grassroots in later generations] as a serious opponent. Therefore, no matter how brave Guo Yan is, his reputation for bravery is only spread among the Liangzhou army, and he is not famous among the Kwantung princes.

Since Guo Yan is so brave, it is understandable that when he led a team of elite cavalry to penetrate the layers of defenses outside Yuan Shao's main tent and enter Yuan Shao's big tent all the way. And the overall rout of Yuan Shaojun's army, that is, from Guo Yan's spear to pick off the representative of Yuan Shao, officially began.

In the fierce chaos, most of the personal guards who were originally responsible for guarding Yuan Shao were scattered by the surging defeated soldiers. Yuan Shao's personal guards, who could not list the defensive formation, were easily killed by Guo Yan's cavalry. Fortunately, Yuan Shao's personal guards saw that the situation was not good, and blocked in front of Yuan Shao's retained car in advance, forming a human wall, and trying their best to use their bodies to protect Yuan Shao from being impacted by the chaotic army.

However, Yuan Shao, who was seriously ill at the moment and was weak all over, although he was defended to the death by many guards, was still shot by Guo Yan with an arrow, right in the waist. If it weren't for Chun Yuqiong arriving in time with his personal guards, taking advantage of Guo Yan's long-term battle and attrition, he would have injured Guo Yan with a knife, I was afraid that Yuan Shao would have died on the spot!

Yuan Shao, who was hit hard, although he did not die for a while, when he was effectively treated by the military doctor again, he was already seriously injured and difficult to heal.

After getting rid of the pursuit of the Flying Bear Army, Chun Yuqiong led his troops to count the men, and finally only collected more than 10,000 defeated soldiers. On the contrary, the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao, because they belonged to the guest army, took a step earlier when retreating, and fortunately they were not pursued by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

When the Flying Bear Army pursued dozens of miles away, it realized that there were Cao Cao's reinforcements who had launched a surprise attack in the rear, and carefully helped Yuan Shao's rout, driving back hundreds of pursuing Flying Bear Army. Rao is like this, with the remaining troops of these sons, it is very difficult for Yuan Shao to even defend the county seat of Jizhou. If you want to compete with insolence, it's absolutely useless.

Yuan Shao is also a masterpiece of a generation, and in the face of such a predicament, and knowing that his life is short, he decisively ordered the remnants of various places to abandon the garrison of the local upper city, and the whole army concentrated to the east.

Jizhou is no longer defendable, and before he dies, Yuan Shao has to try his best to pave the way for his heir.

As for who is Yuan Shao's heir?

Of course it won't be the little guy Yuan Shang. At that time, Yuan Shang was less than ten years old, how could he be qualified to inherit Yuan Shao's position?

Yuan Shao's heir can only be the eldest son Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan was born to Yuan Shao's ex-wife Li, and his age is close to that of arrogance, and his demeanor and appearance are similar to Yuan Shao's youth. Although Yuan Tan has been pampered since he was born, he has not suffered for a few years like Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Tan is a little ignorant of human sufferings in temperament, which is somewhat similar to his uncle Yuan Shu. But in the eyes of Yuan Shao's subordinates, the level of Yuan Tan's heir, on the whole, is quite qualified.

Originally, under Yuan Shao's arrangement, Yuan Tan had been carrying out the Qingzhou strategy. When Zhang Crazy raided Jizhou and swallowed half of Jizhou's territory, Yuan Tan was summoned by Yuan Shao to quickly return from Qingzhou and served his father in Jizhou.

Yuan Shao's attack on Julu this time, Yuan Tan did not directly participate in the battle, but guarded the rear and was responsible for providing supplies for the entire army. When Yuan Shao withdrew from Julu City, after the news of the defeat and injury came, Yuan Tan immediately galloped more than 100 miles overnight and ran to the Yuan army camp to visit Yuan Shao's injuries. When he saw his father Yuan Shao lying on the bed with a weak appearance, he immediately threw himself on Yuan Shao's sickbed and cried loudly.

Although Yuan Shao was seriously injured, his mind was still clear. Seeing Yuan Tan's sad appearance, Yuan Shao gathered his spirits and began to explain the future.

"Idiot, don't cry ......"

Yuan Tan finally put away his tears, and sat on Yuan Shao's sickbed with his head bowed respectfully, listening to his father's dying will.

"Jizhou is no longer defensible. You can take Qingzhou as the foundation and seek development. As for Jizhou, it is enough to keep a county in Hejian in hand to ensure the safety of Qingzhou. ”

Yuan Shao's voice was low but calm.

"Zhang Qiang won this battle, Hebei was unified, and there was no hindrance. The power of Qingzhou alone is not enough to be its sharpest. You need to form an alliance with Cao Mengde, and the two sides will join forces to have the strength to fight against insolence. ”

"For Xuzhou, no matter who is the state pastor after Tao Gongzu, you must negotiate peace with it, and you must not start a war."

"After my death, if the highway comes to mourn, you can lower your body and salute your juniors to show your wishes. Roads are arrogant and luxurious, and they are bound to be short-lived. If the situation is weak, you can take the opportunity to try it. Yuan's century-old prestige should help you. ”

"If it ......"

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment, but continued:

"If one day, Zhang Madness breaks through Qingzhou, or Yanzhou does not defend, my son must not be willful, and he should surrender as a family. If my son surrenders, his life will inevitably be saved. But as long as you guard the door, your grandchildren should have no worries. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Tan raised his head solemnly and spit out a sentence hatefully:

"My lord, how can you ......" (to be continued......