Hebei, Youzhou.

The battles between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan became more and more frequent, and the two sides won and lost each other, but Yuan Shao lost less and won more, and as time went by, the pressure on Gongsun Chan increased day by day.

Gongsun Zhan saw that he had little chance of winning, so he had to hang up the free battle card and stick with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shaokong had an army of 100,000 troops, but the infinite strength could not be exerted, with the stalemate between the two sides, Zhang Yan of Montenegro began to move again, constantly harassing Yuan Shao's rear and destroying Yuan Shao's grain route.

Yuan Jun camp.

Yuan Shao sat on the handsome seat worriedly, looking at the important government affairs in various places, and the blank space revealed in his eyes showed that he was absent-minded.

"Lord, are you worried about Gongsun Chan and Zhang Yan?" Frustrated asked.

"Hmm." Yuan Shao nodded heavily.

"The lord doesn't have to worry too much, our rear is stable, and even if that Zhang Yan is jumping, he can't make any waves, but this Gongsun Chan is really hateful, he closes the city without fighting, and our army consumes grain and grass here in vain." Frustrated said indignantly.

"As long as I eliminate Gongsun Chan and completely dominate Hebei, then Zhang Yan is nothing, and now Tan Er has taken Qingzhou and become a corner, which is enough to trap Gongsun Chan in a corner of Hebei." Yuan Shao said that Yuan Tan showed a little pride.

Originally, Yuan Tan was defeated and captured by Lu Bu, which made Yuan Shao extremely angry, but then Lu Bu released Yuan Tan again, which made Yuan Shao's heart much better, although it was shameful to be defeated and captured, but it was the tiger Lu Bu, thinking about it like this, Yuan Shao felt much more comfortable.

Later, Lü Bu left Beihai and surrendered the land of Beihai to Yuan Tan, so that Yuan Tan could obtain Beihai without much effort. This incident made Yuan Shao happy for several days. praised Yuan Tan for several days in a row.

Fu Zhu is a famous strategist in Hebei. He also has his own interest group, and among Yuan Shao's several sons, the most promising to inherit Yuan Shao's family business are none other than the eldest son Yuan Tan and the third son Yuan Shang.

Among them, Yuan Shao loved his third son Yuan Shang the most, and often had the idea of making Yuan Shang his heir, which also made Yuan Shang have the most supporters, and Yuan Tan received the least support.

Yuan Tan's defeat made those supporters of Yuan Shang increase the pace of attack. kept targeting Yuan Tan, and after some words reached Yuan Tan's ears, Yuan Tan was so angry that he was like thunder, eager to kill Yecheng and Yuan Shao's army, and split Yuan Shang's party and five horses.

Lu Bu was sent to Beihai, which gave Yuan Tan a little more confidence, and those who supported Yuan Tan fought back one after another, vigorously singing about Yuan Shang.

They fought happily with each other, and among Yuan Shang's supporters, there were great strategists such as Fu Zhu.

They go through analysis. and sent secret agents to find out what happened to Yuan Tan after he was captured. Helplessly, the parties Yuan Tan and Xin Ping have been tight-lipped and have not been able to find any useful information at all.

After Zhang He and Gao Ran led the troops to Nanpi, Yuan Tan felt a little frightened, the day he reached an agreement with Lu Bu, he had already been enemies with Yuan Shao and others, seeing the army coming, Yuan Tan was afraid that the matter would leak, Yuan Shao deliberately sent troops to take the opportunity to take him.

So, Yuan Tan didn't dare to let Zhang He and Gao Ran into the city, but let them lead their troops to the plains to live temporarily.

Yuan Tan's caution made Yuan Shang and his party even more suspicious, they were everywhere, constantly spying on what happened after they were captured that day, since Yuan Tan and Xin Ping couldn't start here, so they had to start from Lu Bu's side.

Fortunately, after the unremitting efforts of Yuan Shang and others, they finally found out a few words, that is, Yuan Tan and Lu Bu may secretly form an alliance, and Lu Bu wants to support Yuan Tan in the name of the imperial court.

After discovering this, Yuan Shang and the others began to plot to bring down Yuan Tan, but recently Yuan Shao has been full of praise for Yuan Tan, they can't slander, if they anger Yuan Shao, it will not be good for everyone, because it is his son after all.

Seeing that Yuan Shaoyou mentioned Yuan Tan, his heart trembled, and after pondering for a while, he slowly spoke: "My lord, I don't know if I should say it. ”

"It doesn't hurt if you have something to say, sir." Yuan Shao said lightly.

"I don't know if the lord has ever thought about why Lu Bu gave Beihai to his son." ”

Yuan Shao's eyes narrowed, he touched his beard, and said: "Now that Cao Mengde has returned to Yanzhou, Lu Bu's pressure is infinite, if he provokes me, I will also lead the army to attack, he will be attacked by the enemy, how can he return to Guanzhong alive!" I think that he caught Tan'er, released Tan'er, and gave Beihai to Tan'er later, maybe he was showing good! ”

Fu Zhu nodded, shook his head again, and said: "There may be this intention, but Lu Bu is by no means such a simple character, lord, do you think, Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, the whole line was blocked, Lu Bu wanted to break through the siege, there were many difficulties, at this time, he needed a stronghold to support behind him, Lu Bu would be stupid enough to give Beihai to Gongzi?" ”

"Didn't I just say it, Lu Bu is worried that me and Cao Mengde will attack him on both sides!" Yuan Shao's voice increased, and he was quite dissatisfied with this question.

Frustrated and unrelenting: "Lu Bu has never made a loss-making business, since he gave Beihai to the eldest prince, there must be his little abacus behind it." ”

"What do you mean by the little abacus?" Yuan Shao asked.

"As I said before, Lu Bu needs a stronghold, this stronghold is Beihai, he gave it to the eldest prince, I think this must have something to do with the eldest prince, and the eldest prince may have reached some agreement with Lu Bu." ”

"What agreement are you referring to?" Yuan Shao asked.

Frustrated and unhurried, he said, "Align with each other." ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shao's body was shocked, and his frustrated words made Yuan Shao shudder, if Yuan Tan really reached some secret agreement with Lu Bu behind his back, and Yuan Tan did not tell him, then, what Yuan Tan and Lu Bu discussed, Yuan Tan actually did not tell Yuan Shao.

From a hundred angles, Yuan Shao didn't want to believe that Yuan Tan would collude with Lu Bu behind his back, after all, Yuan Tan was his son, and for so many years, Yuan Tan dared to go against his will in that matter.

Although Yuan Shao is a little indecisive and rejoices in his achievements, he is not stupid, he knows that Yuan Tan is incompatible with Yuan Shang because of the problem of establishing an heir, although Yuan Tan is respectful to himself on the surface, but who knows if Yuan Tan will secretly scold himself for being partial.

After frustration, I said this. Yuan Shao had to face up to this problem.

"Prevention is always better." Frustrated to add. His analysis was not fabricated out of thin air to hit Yuan Tan. It's that this thing is really weird.

Yuan Shao nodded without missing a trace, his face was calm, but he actually said with a murderous intention: "Yuan Tan is my eldest son, and I will never allow others to slander him." ”

There was a trace of waves on his face, and he instantly calmed down, and he was busy saying that he didn't dare.

Yuan Shao lowered his voice and said: "But even if my son betrays me, I will never tolerate it, and ask Mr. to secretly do his best to investigate Tan Er's movements." In addition, in my name, I will repair a letter to Zhang He and Gao Ran, and ask them to monitor Nanpi's every move, and if Tan Er really has any abnormal movements, eradicate them immediately! ”

After a pause, Yuan Shao's face was ashamed, "What we are discussing today, please keep it secret, don't let outsiders know about it, this matter ...... Alas! ”

Since ancient times, it has been a human tragedy for father and son to turn against each other and kill each other. Yuan Shao now has the honorary title of the fifth and third dukes, and his reputation is extremely great. He really didn't want to see Yuan Tan betray him, and he didn't want to give him his life with his own hands.

After saying this, Yuan Shao was a lot haggard, sighed a few times, waved his hand weakly, and signaled to retreat.

Frustrated, he hurriedly retreated, he knew that Yuan Shao was difficult to believe what he said, but he himself was suspicious, thinking about it carefully, in line with the attitude of preferring to believe it or not, Yuan Shao became suspicious of Yuan Tan.

As long as there is a gap between their father and son, Yuan Shao will sooner or later eradicate Yuan Tan, and then Yuan Shang's ascension to the throne will be a foregone conclusion.

With this good news, Fu Zhi quickly came to open the tent and went to Yuan Shang's big tent.

……

Yuan Tan, who was far away in Nanpi, didn't know that Yuan Shao was suspicious of him, in fact, since the day he reached an agreement with Lu Bu, he had already had the consciousness of turning against him, and he was actively preparing for the arrival of this day.

Under the guidance of Xin Ping, Yuan Tan selected the elite, and after some work, Yuan Tan had 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which was the capital in Yuan Tan's hands, and the only basis for him to compete with Yuan Shao.

The original Qingzhou economy is rich, the population is large, is the world's top state, but the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Qingzhou is the hardest hit area, several battles, the population has decreased sharply, the economy has been seriously damaged, and later Cao Cao attacked the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and reorganized 200,000 Yellow Turban Army, known as the Qingzhou Army.

Guan Hai rose up, and the poor people in Qingzhou responded one after another, and Guan Hai gathered 50,000 horses.

After this series of incidents, Qingzhou was full of wilderness, the fields were barren, and there were no people for dozens of miles, so Yuan Tan collected and organized 50,000 young people, which can be said to have completely collapsed Qingzhou.

Without the youth, there will be no one to cultivate the fields, agriculture is the foundation of a country, a state and county is difficult to survive, without agriculture, what do the people eat, what do the army rely on, and what invasion these warlords rely on, the economy will collapse.

Cao Cao saw this, he knew that the young and strong forces of the Dao Dao were all recruited to fight, and the fields would be barren, so he began to cultivate the fields to maintain the huge consumption of the army.

Lu Bu crossed over, knowing the benefits of Cao Cao's move, and also engaged in tuntian and wasteland cultivation in Guanzhong, making Guanzhong, which had become barren due to the war, more and more wealthy.

Yuan Tan doesn't have such long-term insight as Cao Cao and Lu Bu, he only knows how to expand his troops, only the more soldiers and horses in his hands, the more relaxed his uneasy heart will be, as for the barren fields, what is there, anyway, he has food and grass supplies.

On the one hand, Yuan Tan stretched out his hand to ask Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao naturally would not refuse, but Yuan Tan recruited so many soldiers at once, which made Yuan Shao very uneasy, is it really as frustrated as he said? Yuan Shao thought with trepidation.

Although Yuan Tan's explanation was that Cao Cao gathered a large number of troops on the border of Beihai, and he was afraid that he had the intention of annexing Beihai and even Qingzhou after eliminating Lü Bu, Yuan Shao did not accept this set, and he ordered Yuan Tan to reduce his troops, and only allowed to leave 20,000 people, plus the troops of Zhang He and Gao Lan, it was more than enough to defend one Qingzhou.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's supply of grain and grass to Yuan Tan was only 20,000 people's rations.

Yuan Tan had no choice but to put his hand into the pockets of the big landlords in Qingzhou, and the big landlords in Qingzhou were miserable, so they had to tighten their belts and save some money for Yuan Tan, but this was not enough.

The clan members in Yecheng who supported Yuan Tan had no choice but to have money and food when the situation was not clear, but this matter was quickly reported to Yuan Shao.

"Rebel! What do you want to do, is there still a father like me in your eyes, recruiting so many soldiers and horses without permission, and repeatedly violating my military orders......" Yuan Shao looked at the information sent by his subordinates, and slapped the table angrily.

Frustrated, Tian Feng, Guo Tu and others stood below, and they didn't dare to come out, among these people, there were those who supported Yuan Tan, and there were those who supported Yuan Shang, hearing Yuan Shao scolding Yuan Tan, those who supported Yuan Tan were very strange in their hearts, Yuan Shao was full of praise for Yuan Tan a few days ago, why did Yuan Shao turn his face in a blink of an eye.

Someone must be playing tricks on this!

Guo Tu is an absolute pro-Yuan Tan faction, he immediately came out and said: "The lord is angry, it is not easy for the eldest prince to guard Qingzhou, some villains are jealous of the merits of the eldest prince, and continue to send out some rumors that are unfavorable to the eldest prince, and ask the lord to be clear, besides, the eldest prince recruits troops, doesn't he want to protect Qingzhou!" ”

Frustrated, he was about to speak, but he saw Tian Feng, the first minister of Hebei, rushed out, "The lord, the eldest prince has repeatedly disobeyed the orders of the lord's army, and has recruited so many troops privately, and a certain person thinks that the lord should immediately take away the post of the eldest prince Qingzhou pastor, but the eldest prince has a meritorious service in attacking Qingzhou, if the lord demisses the eldest prince, he is afraid of being criticized, so the lord should repair a letter to reprimand the eldest prince, and in addition, send someone to take over the army of the eldest prince and cut it. ”

Guo Tu's face was gloomy and changeable, and a pair of triangular eyes stared at Tian Feng, as if he was going to eat Tian Feng.

Taking away Yuan Tan's military power and only giving Yuan Tan the right to manage it, this proposal seems to be very good, Yuan Shao nodded, he listened to Tian Feng put forward so many suggestions, and this one is quite to his taste.

"Well, that's for you." Yuan Shaodao.

Guo Tu still wanted to argue about something, but when he saw a smile on Yuan Shao's sad face, he had to hold back his words.

……

After the discussion, Guo Tu hurriedly sent a flying pigeon to Nanpi to convey the news to Yuan Tan.

Nanpi.

Yuan Tan looked at the paperwork in his hand worriedly, this is the army's material consumption list, the huge expenses, so that Yuan Tan is a little unbearable, especially the problem of grain and grass, the rations of 20,000 people are supplied to 50,000 people, and he can only strictly regulate the amount of food that each person eats every day.

The soldiers can't eat enough, how can they still have the heart to fight and fight for Yuan Tan.

No, some soldiers just made a fuss and shouted to retreat, Yuan Tan got the news and killed a group of soldiers angrily, which shocked them, but he saw anger and resentment in the eyes of the soldiers who gave in.

"Alas...... Grain and grass ...... What a headache! Yuan Tan sighed, and drenched Yuan Shao's scolded dog blood in his heart.

"Report! Letter from the Lord's Barracks. A soldier walked in.

"Bring it up." Yuan Tan said angrily.

"Hmm, it's Guo Tu's letter, is there another little report that hit me." Yuan Tan pondered.

As soon as the letter was opened, Yuan Tan's face instantly turned green.

"Seize the right to ......," Yuan Tan said dumbfoundedly.

Only soldiers have the right to speak, and Yuan Tan has the qualifications to compete for Yuan Shao's family business, but now Yuan Shao wants to take away his military power, doesn't this mean that he will be completely abolished, is Yuan Shao suspicious of him!

Thinking of this, Yuan Tan was covered in cold sweat, his face was pale, his heart was pounding, and his hands kept trembling, as if he was swinging.

"Childe, you don't have anything to do, do you want me to call a military doctor." The pro-soldier said with concern.

"No...... Use. Yuan Tan said weakly.

After a long time, Yuan Tan sobered up a lot, and said tremblingly: "Pen...... Ink...... Examine...... Wait. ”

In this matter, he must tell Lu Bu that at this time, only Lu Bu can help him, and Lu Bu will definitely help him, without him in Beihai, Lu Bu would have been finished a long time ago.

I wanted to pick up the pen and wave the ink, but Yuan Tan was so frightened that he couldn't hold the pen in his hand at all, and after a few times, he had to give up and let the soldiers replace him, and he dictated.

After writing it, Yuan Tan ordered his soldiers not to leak the contents of the letter, and then ordered him to send it to Lü Bu.

After thinking about it, Yuan Tan still felt uneasy, and hurriedly sent someone to find Xin Ping to discuss. (To be continued......)