In history, the trial of Cao Boss who would rather die than surrender and kill the traitor Xin Bi's family of more than 80 people, of course, could not have any idea of surrendering to Cao Boss, so Guo Jia's worries naturally became a fact - when Cao Boss's secret envoy came to Yecheng with a letter to test the trial, as soon as he saw the trial, he was immediately put into a prisoner car by the trial, and even the letter was escorted to Yijing to present to the third prince of Yuan.

But it's okay for Deputy Director Tao, after learning that Boss Cao had a letter of invitation to surrender with his own handwriting in his hand, the first reaction of the trial was that Yuan Tan Gongzi and his party were ghosts, and there was no doubt that this was actually Deputy Director Tao's indiscriminate stabbing of the knife, and he also wrote a piece of Chen, asking Yuan Sangong to investigate the matter in detail and find out the culprit behind the scenes.

It's okay for the trial himself, and he didn't hesitate to take down Cao Laoda's secret envoy and take him to Yijing, which is equivalent to saving himself, because Meng Dai, the Jizhou supervisor who was at odds with the trial, had already been ordered to strengthen the monitoring of the trial in secret, and was also given the right to arbitrarily decide on the spot, and Cao Jun's secret envoy secretly contacted the trial and matching, and he didn't hide Meng Dai's eyes at all. In addition, in order to prevent accidents, Yan Liang, the general of the Yuan army, also secretly led 30,000 main soldiers back to Yecheng, and had already rushed to Anping.

The trial has passed, but the trouble between Cao Boss and Yuan Tan Gongzi is big, and the two of them are the most suspicious in this matter, not only Yuan Shanggongzi and his party bite it, but Yuan Sangong also has some suspicions that this matter is a good thing done by the eldest son of the baby, but Yuan Sangong obviously hates Cao Boss more - no matter who forged the trial letter? What are you going to do with the secret contact for the trial with the trial and ask for the forgery to be judged? Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity of me going north to sneak attack my old nest Yecheng?

In a fit of rage, in addition to stepping up the battle against Yijing, the Third Duke of Great Yuan ordered Yan Liang's army to continue to move south and go straight to Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River to station, not only to prevent Cao Boss from sneaking up on Yecheng, but also to increase the boats at will, set up weapons, and prepare to send troops to clean up Cao Boss. In this regard, although the strategists who were worried about further intensifying the conflict between Cao and Yuan were quite opposed, they suggested that the Great Yuan Sangong should fortify the upper reaches of the Qing River, which could not only play a preventive role and shorten the grain route, but also avoid the expansion of the contradiction between Cao and Yuan's two armies, but the Great Yuan Sangong did not listen at all.

The news of Yan Liang's army going south reached Xuchang, and the intestines of Cao Boss and Guo Jia were once again repentant, but there was no way, the wood was already in the boat, and Cao Boss could only hurry up and prepare for the battle, and ordered Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, to build fortifications at the two important ferries of Baima and Yanjin to prevent the Yuan army from rushing to cross the Yellow River, and then to speed up the transfer of Taishan County to the Xuzhou army, and use the Xuzhou army to share the flank pressure for the self-army, and share the anger of the Great Yuan Sangong.

In addition, taking advantage of the opportunity of the third princess of Da Yuan to go north, the plan to attack Jizhou first was also put on the desk in front of Boss Cao, because at this moment, the sneak attack on Jizhou is not only less difficult, but also has the effect of encircling Wei to save Zhao and echoing Gongsun Zhan, helping Gongsun Chan to take a breath, and can pull Da Yuan Sangong into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. However, after thinking about it again and again, considering that Deputy Director Tao, the sinister poisonous snake, was still lingering, Yan Liang's army had already moved south, and it was more difficult to sneak attack, but Boss Cao still hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.

During this period, a major event also happened, that is, Cao Lao's other rival Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang suddenly died of illness, and the territory and army were inherited by his subordinates, and he followed Zhang Yang's last order to prepare to lead the army to throw the territory into the arms of the Great Yuan Sangong. Once it falls into the hands of Yuan Sangong, the threat to Cao Boss is huge, and Cao Boss can only quickly send Cao Ren, Shi Jian and Hanoi General Yang Chou and others to lead the army to Hanoi to attack the entrenched shooting dogs and seize this strategic place. But in this way, Boss Cao and the Third Duke of Yuan were in fact already undeclared - because the letter of surrender had already been sent to Jizhou.

These good news that was unfavorable to Cao Boss was sent to Xuzhou, Deputy Director Tao gloated, but also quickly accelerated the pace of preparations, the line of fire appointed Zang Ba to serve as Taishan Taishou, ordered Zang Ba to lead an army of 20,000 into Taishan County, and appointed eleven county commanders in one breath, let them go north with Zang Ba to take over the city land of Taishan County, and at the same time sent Yi Jing to visit the Great Yuan Sangong, explaining that he took over Taishan in order to exterminate the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Taishan County, and had no other intentions, please don't misunderstand the Great Yuan Sangong- That is, a typical bitch and set up an archway again.

Although the situation is favorable, the jackals and lackeys under Deputy Director Tao still dare not be too optimistic, at least Liu Ye warned in front of Deputy Director Tao, "If the lord wants Yuan Shao and Cao Ying to start a full-scale war as soon as possible, these are not enough, there is still the possibility of easing the relationship between Cao and Yuan, and there is still a lack of an introduction to trigger a full-scale decisive battle between Cao Yuan's second army." ”

"Mr. Wenhe's words are extremely true, and I also feel that there is a lack of a fuse to detonate this gunpowder stab between Cao Thief and Master Yue." Deputy Director Tao nodded, and sighed cross-legged: "But there is no way, I racked my brains, and I can't think of what kind of fuse to detonate this big powder keg." ”

"Don't be anxious." Jia Lao Poison came forward to persuade: "At present, Gongsun Zan has not been destroyed, and Yuan Shao's main force is still on the northern front, even if the scale of Cao Yuan's war is provoked at this time, it is not large enough. Do it now, the success of the matter is not very effective, if it does not work, it will suffer, the lord still needs to wait patiently, wait for the change, wait until the time is ripe, the opportunity appears, and then see the opportunity to act is not too late. ”

Deputy Director Tao also knew that this matter was urgent, so he nodded and agreed to Jia Lao's proposition, temporarily suppressed his ambition that was about to move, and patiently waited for Da Yuan Sangong to kill Gongsun Zan and return to the south.

As judged by Jia Lao's poison and Cao Laoda, the news that the Xuzhou army was stationed in Taishan County did make Da Yuan Sangong very dissatisfied, and once scolded his son-in-law and Cao Laoda for being the same dog, and they both like to take advantage of the opportunity to go north to stir up the wind and rain, and steal the land and city that should belong to them like a thief and pickpocket, but there is no way, everything is fake before Gongsun Chan is killed, so Da Yuan Sangong can only grit his teeth and accept the explanation of his son-in-law, and acquiesce to the fact that the Xuzhou army is stationed in Taishan County.

In anticipation of the great anticipation, on the 18th day of September in the third year of Jian'an, after more than half a period of siege and hard fighting, and after successively breaking the three-way reinforcements of Zhang Yan, Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Du, the main force of the Jizhou Army led by Dayuan Sangong finally broke through the outrageously strong Yijing Jiancheng with the help of Xiangyang artillery, entered the Yijing City, and surrounded the Yijing high-rise building where Gongsun Chan lived. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Gongsun Zhan, who had not gone downstairs for half a year, first killed his young children with his own hands, then killed his wife and concubines, and finally set fire to [***] and died in the raging flames.

By the way, Shi Guanjing, the governor of Youzhou, who volunteered to be martyred for Gongsun Zhan, said to Gongsun Zhan in the sea of fire, "If Gong had listened to Tian Kai's words earlier, and had not been in Xuzhou Tao should be evil, why would there be such a thing today?" After hearing this, Gongsun Chan cried bitterly, and couldn't help scolding, "Big-eared thief, I'm fucking your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor!" ”

As soon as Gongsun Chan died, the remnants of several remote counties in Youzhou naturally fell one after another, and the land of Qingyouji and the four states finally fell completely into the hands of the Great Yuan Sangong, and the power of the Great Yuan Sangong finally reached the peak in history, with more than 600,000 armored soldiers in the four states, including more than 60,000 cavalry alone, and the total strength was more than twice the combined strength of Cao Boss and Deputy Director Tao! Proud of the princes of the world, the strength is unparalleled in the world!

On October 15, the third prince of the Great Yuan left the general Jiang Qi to guard Youzhou, personally led the army of 250,000 to return to Yecheng, the army set off in turn, the team stretched for more than 200 miles, the swords and guns were like a forest, the flag was like the sea, and it was timid.

By the way, Da Yuan Sangong once planned to leave his eldest son Yuan Tan to guard Youzhou, but Yuan Tan Gongzi, who had heard the story of the change of Xuanwu Gate, resolutely declined, and also expressed his prestige very modestly, and his ability and qualifications were not enough to guard the land of a state, hoping to stay by his father's side to establish meritorious service, and then beg his father to reward and promote, listening to his son say beautifully, Da Yuan Sangong did not insist, instead appointed his cronie Jiang Qi to stay in Youzhou, Yuan Shanggongzi, who did not know what Xuanwumen was, did not doubt him, and secretly laughed at his brother's stupidity, I don't know the story of the heavy ear outside.

On the first day of the lunar month, the triumphant return of the Great Yuan Sangong returned to Yecheng with a proud heart, and the trial and Meng Dai personally led the whole city of soldiers and civilians out of the city for thirty miles to greet each other, Deputy Director Tao and Cao Boss also sent Jiang Gan and Wang Ze as envoys respectively, and falsely congratulated the Yijing victory of the Great Yuan Sangong, but what made the Cao Army envoy Wang Ze look like dirt was that the Great Yuan Sangong only allowed the Xuzhou envoy Jiang Gan to meet in front of the four-horse golden car, but Wang Ze was blocked in the distance, and did not give Wang Ze the opportunity to meet and congratulate him.

Seeing that the Great Yuan Sangong was so snub to the envoy of the Cao army, although the strategists in Yuan Shao's army did not say anything in person, but after entering the city and settling down, the frustrated professor who inherited Tian Feng's unpleasant mantle ran to the Great Yuan Sangong to admonish, "Lord, Cao Ying sent an envoy to congratulate the Lord Yijing on his victory, although it is a routine matter, but it is also a good intention, and the Lord should not be too lazy." ”

"Slack? didn't cut his Cao thief's messenger with a knife, which was already considered to be a cover for Cao A. Da Yuan Sangong snorted coldly: "Taking advantage of the opportunity of me leading the army to the north, I tried to sneak attack Yecheng, and then attacked Hanoi Zhenggu, which had been surrendered to Jizhou, and took away the important land in Hanoi. ”

"What the lord said is extremely true, Cao thief took advantage of the fire to rob and peep into Jizhou, he really deserves to die." Frustrated than Tian Feng flattered the three princes of Da Yuan, and then persuaded: "But the lord, if you want to find Cao thief to settle accounts, you can't be in a hurry, our army has been fighting for many years, the soldiers and horses are tired, the people are tired, and there is no accumulation. ”

Considering that his army was indeed tired, and that Fu Zhu was playing against Da Yuan Sangong alone, and there was no outsider to make trouble and shake the Da Yuan Sangong, who was very soft-eared, Da Yuan Sangong reluctantly accepted Fu Zhu's suggestion, and decided not to consider sending troops to attack Cao for the time being. The next morning, Yuan Shanggongzi led the trial and Feng Ji and other henchmen to meet the Great Yuan Sangong, and opened his mouth to persuade the Great Yuan Sangong to immediately send troops to Xuchang, crusade against Cao Boss to seize the Son of Heaven, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and then try to take the world.

The total strength of Yuan Shao's army is three times that of Cao Laoda's total strength, and the number of troops that can be put into the frontal battlefield can easily reach more than 300,000. Although Cao Laoda's total strength is more than 200,000, he is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and must guard against Liu Biao, Tao Ying, Ma Teng, Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu and other jackals, tigers and leopards at the same time, and the army that can be put into the frontal battlefield can have 70,000 or 80,000 people, and it is absolutely impossible for Yuan Shaojun's opponent.

In view of the fact that Guo Tu and Xin Ping also wore a pair of pants for the first time this time, and agreed that Yuan Sangong would send troops to clean up Cao Boss as soon as possible - this is also a helpless thing, although Guo Tu and Xin Ping wanted to instigate Yuan Sangong to fight Deputy Director Tao first, but the geographical location was placed there and they couldn't fight, so in order to create an opportunity for Yuan Tan Gongzi to master the military power as soon as possible, Guo Tu, Xin Ping can only join forces with Yuan Shanggongzi's party once temporarily.

Xu You also agreed to start a war with Cao Boss first, but Xu You did not agree with the immediate dispatch of the main force, but suggested that the Great Yuan Sangong send a partial division to attack Yanjin, Baima and Hanoi and other strategic places, disperse Cao Laoda's already small forces, and then wait until the opportunity is ripe, and then dispatch the main force to make a final decision!

Xun Chen was the most lacking in virtue, in addition to agreeing with Xu Yu's plan to divide the troops, he also insidiously suggested: "Lord, it's time to let your son-in-law do his filial piety, his Xuzhou army has been recuperating for a year, there is plenty of food and grass, although the troops are not as good as Cao Thief, but they are better in concentration, and it is the best thing to use to contain Cao Thief." The lord can first make a message, make the edict of the cloth belt public, count the evil of Cao Ying, gallop through the counties, and condemn the crime, and then use the edict of the cloth and belt to order Tao Ying to send troops to Yanzhou, attack the southern counties of Yanzhou, and force the Cao thief to increase the southern line, and then the lord will send a large army to attack the Cao thief, and it is easy to break through Xuchang in one fell swoop! ”

Da Yuan San smiled openly and said, "Mr. Youruo is reasonable, Tao should be deeply favored by me, and it is time to order him to repay my favor." ”

After laughing, in fact, Yuan Sangong, who had already been secretly dissatisfied with his son-in-law, gritted his teeth and said: "This time, if he dares to play tricks and refuses to send troops, I will divide the army into two ways, even his Xuzhou!" ”

(To be continued)