At the end of December of this year, Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, died. Immediately, Yuan Shu asked Ma Riyan to appoint Zheng Tai as the assassin of Yangzhou in the name of the Son of Heaven. At the same time, Yuan Shao also appointed Yuan Yi as the acting Yangzhou assassin. After that, Zheng Tai attacked and killed Yuan Yi. Yuan Shu sent troops to attack Yuan Yi, and Yuan Yi was defeated and fled to Xiapi. Subsequently, Yuan Shu appointed Chen Yu as the assassin of Yangzhou.

Yuan Shao ordered Cao Cao to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao led his army into Juancheng. At that time, Liu Biao sent troops to attack Nanyang, Yuan Shu led his troops to retreat to Yingchuan, and then went north to attack Yanzhou, leading his troops to garrison Fengqiu City. Subsequently, Yuan Shu invited the Montenegrin army as a backup to attack Cao Cao together, and crowned Zhang Yan as the Count of Montenegro in the name of the Son of Heaven. Zhang Yan agreed to the invitation and ordered Yu Poison to assist Yuan Shu from the side. At that time, Yu Fuluo also led his clansmen to assist Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu sent his subordinate general Liu Shen to lead his troops to Kuangting east of Fengqiu, and Cao Cao led the Qingzhou soldiers to attack. Liu Shen's situation was urgent, so Yuan Shu led his troops to the rescue, and Yu Fuluo also attacked from the side at the right time. Because the Qingzhou army was good at fighting and was not afraid of death, Zhang Miao led Chen Liujun soldiers to help Cao Cao, and then after some confrontation, Yuan Shu and Yu Fuluo were both defeated.

Subsequently, Cao Cao continued his march, intending to besiege Fengqiu. After a previous defeat, Yuan Shu lost more than half of his morale, and he did not dare to stay longer, so he immediately led his troops to break through and retreat to Xiangyi City in the south. Without resting, Cao Cao continued to lead his army to attack. Yuan Shu did not dare to face the battle, and retreated east to Ningling City of Liang, and the two armies temporarily confronted each other across the Suishui River.

At this time, Yu Poison wrote a letter to Guan Hai in the name of his fellow Daoists, hoping that he would not obey Cao Cao's orders and become enemies of the Black Mountain Army, who also believed in Taipingdao, otherwise he would have betrayed the purpose of Taipingdao. Guan Hai thought so and no longer obeyed Cao Cao's command.

Due to the lack of the strong help of the Qingzhou Army, the strength comparison between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu immediately changed from strong to weak. Then Yuan Shu led his troops to attack, and Cao Cao was defeated and fled. Subsequently, Yuan Shu wanted to incorporate the Qingzhou Army, but was rejected by Guan Hai.

Since the road to the north was blocked by Yuan Shujun, Cao Cao fled all the way to the south to Qian County. However, Yuan Shu's soldiers soon searched for him, and by this time he had already hidden in the home of a friend. This friend of his is named Qin Shao, whose name is Bonan.

When Yuan sorcerers pursued here, they said that they were searching for a person named Cao Cao. Qin Shao then changed into Cao Cao's clothes and told the other party that he was Cao Cao. The other party believed it and killed him. After Qin Shao's death, he left behind a son named Qin Zhen. Cao Cao was grateful to himself because his father had suffered death on his behalf, so he adopted him as his adopted son.

At this time, Yuan Shao appointed his eldest son Yuan Tan as the assassin of Qingzhou, and ordered his governors Xin Ping, Guo Tu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others to be stationed in Pingyuan City, waiting for an opportunity to attack Tian Kai.

After Cao Cao was spared, he gathered the defeated troops and retreated to Juancheng. Then he sent a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that he could immediately send troops to help.

After Yuan Shao received Cao Cao's letter, he did not plan to send troops immediately, but said to Feng Xian and me: "Two generals, now the Qingzhou army does not listen to Cao Mengde's command, causing it to be defeated by Yuan Shu; At the beginning, it was necessary to deal with the affairs of the state, and at the same time to guard against Gongsun Zhan's invasion in the south, it was really impossible to send reinforcements; I wonder if you two can lead the people of your headquarters to go to Yanzhou to help Meng De on behalf of Benchu? ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but look at Yuan Shao with some confusion. At this point, I nodded and said, "Yes; Since General Yuan said so, the two of us should go to help; However, I also asked General Yuan to lend Guo Fengxiao to my two accounts for advice, I don't know if it's possible? ”

Yuan Shao immediately smiled: "Of course you can; In this way, there are two generals. ”

I smiled and said, "General Yuan is polite. ”

Subsequently, the two of us left Yuan Shao's place and returned to our military camp. Feng Xian was very puzzled, so he asked me again: "Brother Xian, how did you say that this Qingzhou army suddenly came into battle and did not listen to the command?" ”

I smiled slightly and said, "The Qingzhou Army was not originally going to surrender to Cao Cao; Because Jing'er is Zhang Jiao's second daughter, she plans to surrender to me; However, they mistakenly thought that Cao Cao and I were all the way, and thought that surrendering to Cao Cao was equivalent to surrendering to me; Originally, this was nothing, but the Montenegrin army suddenly inserted a lever into it, and asked the Qingzhou army not to obey Cao Cao's orders in the name of his colleagues; And the most important thing for those people in the Qingzhou Army is the righteousness of the same way, so Cao Cao suddenly couldn't command those people when he arrived here. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help asking: "What does Brother Xian mean that this Black Mountain Army has united with Yuan Shu again?" ”

I nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Feng Xian nodded with relief and said, "I see; In this case, why didn't the virtuous brother just incorporate the Qingzhou Army under his command? ”

I smiled and shook my head and said, "If I want to incorporate the Qingzhou Army, then won't I become the leader of the Taiping Dao?" In case those disciples want me to lead them to overthrow the rule of the Han family, how can we welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang? What's more, we don't even have a base now, even if I take them under my command, there is no place to raise so many people, right? ”

Feng Xian nodded abruptly and said, "What Brother Xian said is reasonable, but it is because my brother has not considered it for a while. ”

At this time, Xun You walked in from outside the tent, with Guo Jia behind him, and said with a smile: "Two generals, Fengxiao is here." ”

Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile and get up and say, "Welcome, welcome, please take a seat." ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said, "Thank you, General." ”

I smiled and said, "We've known each other for a short time, and we're acquaintances, so why are you still so polite; By the way, Fengxiao, this time I went to Yanzhou to help Cao Mengde, do you think we have to work out a set of strategies in advance? ”

Guo Jia replied: "In my opinion, the young general only needs to give an order and order the Qingzhou Army to be under the command of General Cao; Even if he didn't send troops to Yanzhou, he could help General Cao defeat Yuanshu. ”

Xun You couldn't help but ask with a little doubt: "Will the Qingzhou Army follow the orders of the major general?" ”

Guo Jiawei smiled and said, "Yes, definitely." ”

"Oh? How so? I couldn't help but ask with interest.

Guo Jia said: "Taiping Dao believers have always been guided by the will to respect the "great sages and good teachers". Since the young general is the son-in-law of the "great and virtuous teacher", they will naturally obey the orders of your uncle; In this regard, the major general already thought that he already had the answer, so why did he ask this question? ”

I couldn't help but laugh and say, "I do have this idea, but I'm not sure I can do it; Maybe for the sake of my uncle, they will return to Cao Mengde's command. ”

Immediately, I wrote a letter and ordered it to be sent to Cao Cao in Yanzhou. Subsequently, Cao Cao conveyed my words to the Qingzhou army in accordance with my instructions in the letter: "The great sage and good teacher are dead, and the time when Huang Tian was established has passed, so you no longer need to stick to the previous creed; In the name of Zhang Jiao's son-in-law, I hope that you and others will return to Cao Mengde's command again, help him sweep away the trouble, and return the people to a peaceful world, which will live up to the purpose of "Taiping Dao". ”

My words caused quite a stir in the Qingzhou Army. Some people believe that the Montenegrin Army is their fellow travelers and should not turn their backs on the friendship with the Montenegrin Army. However, most people believed that although the Black Mountain Army was a fellow believer, they should not unite with Yuan Shu and oppose their uncle's side. Later, after some deliberation, they finally chose to return to Cao Cao's command.

Subsequently, Cao Cao led the Qingzhou army to continue the attack on Yuan Shu. The two armies fought, and Yuan Shu was defeated one after another, intending to flee to Jiujiang County in Yangzhou. However, when he led the remnants of the army to Jiujiang and wanted to go to Shouchun, Chen Yu, the assassin of Yangzhou, suddenly defected. Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses were tired, so he had to retreat to Yinling City.

Subsequently, Yuan Shu ordered people to go to Yuzhou to summon Sun Ben's army to come to the aid and attack Shouchun together. Chen Yu knew that he was invincible, so he abandoned the city and fled to Xiapi. Then, Yuan Shu occupied Shouchun. In the name of the Son of Heaven, Ma Riyan appointed Yuan Shu as the assassin of Yangzhou and was crowned the Earl of Xuzhou. (To be continued.) )