When the war in Liaodong was still in the tug-of-war stage, Liu He began to lay out the fierce Yuan Shao in Hedong. At that time, Yuan Shaozheng captured Shangjun and Hedong one after another with a sweeping momentum, which attracted the attention of various forces, and even Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong were shocked, and they sent people to contact Yuan Shao.

Liu He's layout seemed a little loose and disorganized at first, it seemed to be a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, with no rules and essentials, but when Yuan Shao's troops and horses besieged Hanoi, the power gradually appeared. Looking back now, you will find that this layout is more clever, because it cannot be noticed, so it is even more inscrutable.

Let's talk about the sudden attack launched by Tai Shici, Xian Yufu and Qingzhou Tian Kai on the Jizhou side.

Jizhou originally had four counties and five counties, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended, the imperial court abolished the counties on a large scale, and the original counties were changed to counties, so Jizhou had nine counties. Jizhou is Youzhou to the north across the Yishui, west over the Taihang Mountains is Bingzhou, south across the Yellow River is Yanzhou, southeast is bordered by Qingzhou Pingyuan County, southwest over Montenegro is bordered by Hanoi County in the Sili region, and east is the vast Bohai Sea.

Before the sour jujube alliance, Jizhou was governed by Han Fu. It didn't take long for Yuan Shao to secretly collude with Gongsun Zan to deal with Han Fu, who was about to give up Jizhou to Yuan Shao, and when Liu He intervened to prevent this matter. After that, Jizhou was divided and ruled by several forces. Later, Liu He cleaned up Gongsun Chan and took over the three counties of Jizhou controlled by Gongsun Zhan, and Jizhou became a situation of division between the north and the south.

For a long time, Liu He actually controlled the four counties of Zhongshan, Hejian, Bohai, and Changshan to the north of Jizhou, as well as the northern part of Julu County and Zhao County, and most of Anping County, while Yuan Shao controlled Wei County and Qinghe County. Most of Zhao County, the southern part of Julu County, and a small part of Anping County.

During this period, many people repeatedly suggested that Liu He send troops south to seize all the Jizhou land occupied by Yuan Shao, but Liu He always refused to accept it on the grounds that the time was not ripe. In fact, with Liu He's strength at that time, it would not be difficult to take the entire Jizhou in advance if he attacked Yuan Shao with all his might, but Liu He put the main forces in the northwest and eastern Liaodong directions of Youzhou.

The reason why Liu He was not in a hurry to drive Yuan Shao out of Jizhou. It is mainly based on two considerations.

First, Liu He felt that the Hu talents in the north were the real threat to the Han Dynasty, and as for the various warlords within the country, even if they were temporarily divided, each family would basically treat the ordinary people as human beings when governing their own territory, rather than treating them like two-legged sheep. In other words, Liu He was thinking and arranging from the height of the conflict between different civilizations of the Han nation and foreign races, so he could tolerate the situation that Yuan Shao occupied the southern part of Jizhou.

The second is that Liu He is unwilling to confront Cao Cao, a fierce man, too early. Jizhou crossed the Yellow River to the south to Yanzhou, and if Liu He drove Yuan Shao away from Jizhou, the historical Battle of Guandu might have to happen in advance. It's just that the original protagonist will be changed from Yuan Shao to Liu He.

Liu He's military advantage was twofold, one was the large number and strong mobility of the cavalry, and the other was the use of strong fortifications to defend and counterattack. But these two advantages will be greatly discounted in the face of Yanzhou Cao Cao.

First of all. Once the cavalry in the north crossed the Yellow River in the south, it was difficult to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry's strong mobility due to the limitations of the mountainous terrain and water network in the Yanzhou area. Secondly, if Liu He takes Jizhou early. It will stimulate Cao Cao to prepare in advance and build a large number of fortifications along the banks of the Yellow River, so that Liu He will face Cao Cao in the future. It is about to face one battle after another. Finally, if Liu He drove Yuan Shao out of Jizhou prematurely, he would have to recruit soldiers on a large scale to defend his territory, and once the army was expanded, it would affect Liu He's economic growth plan in Youzhou.

Because of the above reasons, Liu He has been patient with Yuan Shao to engage in the east and west in Jizhou, at most, when Tiankai in Qingzhou was in danger, let Xian Yufu contain him from the side, but he never really fought with Yuan Shao's troops.

However, not fighting does not mean that you don't want to fight, and it does not mean that you dare not fight. Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu have been bored in Jizhou for several years, watching Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Xu Rong, Xian Yuyin and Xu Huang in the north to fight in the east and west, and frequently make contributions, although there are no complaints, but they are also very anxious in their hearts.

Originally, Yuan Shao focused on the defense of Jizhou, and 60,000 heavy troops were deployed near Yecheng alone, and if the troops of Qinghe and Zhaojun were added, there were almost 100,000. The Zhenwei Battalion and the Zhenwu Battalion combined only had 40,000 soldiers and horses, so Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu had been holding back, and only silently watched every move of the Yuan army in southern Jizhou. Yuan Shao tried hard many times in Jizhou to expand his territory, but he was stopped by Liu He, and he had no choice but to put the breakthrough in Jizhou.

After Yuan Shao led half of the troops of Jizhou into Bingzhou, there were only 50,000 troops left, and Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu, who had been waiting for the opportunity, invariably asked Liu He for instructions, wanting to drink the Yellow River.

Liu He felt that the time was basically ripe to rectify Jizhou, so he gave Tai Shici an order to contact Zhang Yan of Montenegro first, and then find a suitable opportunity to solve Chun Yuqiong, who stayed in Yecheng.

After receiving Liu He's order, Tai Shi Ci quickly got in touch with Zhang Yan, and after successfully persuading Zhang Yan to send troops to annex the state, Tai Shi Ci set out to deal with the Yuan army left behind in Jizhou. Tai Shi Ci first sent a letter to Xian Yufu stationed in the Bohai Sea, suggesting that Xian Yufu secretly transfer his troops and horses to Anping, and then sent a letter to Tian Kai in Qingzhou Plain County, asking Tian Kai to deliberately create friction with Yuan's army near Qinghe County.

After receiving Tai Shi Ci's letter, Xian Yufu knew that this was a signal to attack Yuan's army, so he divided his troops into three routes, quietly went up the river along the river, and arrived at Anping Jianjin City, and then ambushed here, waiting for Tai Shi Ci's further actions.

Although Tian Kai and Tai Shi Ci were not subordinate to each other, the Zhenwei Battalion and the Zhenwu Battalion had helped him when he was "repaired" by Yuan Shao, and this time Tai Shi Ci asked Tian Kai to deal with the old opponent, so Tian Kai gladly accepted Tai Shi Ci's request and sent 5,000 soldiers and horses from the plain into the territory of Qinghe, and captured several county towns one after another.

Chun Yuqiong, who stayed in Wei County, was the oldest governor under Yuan Shao, and his status was not only higher than that of Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lu Yi, and Gao Lan, but also higher than Tian Feng, Xu You, Feng Ji, and Guo Tu. When Yuan Shao was still in Luoyang, Chun Yuqiong was Yuan Shao's iron buddy, and together with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, he was promoted to the "Eighth Captain of the Garden" by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. When Yuan Shao went to Bingzhou, he entrusted the affairs of Jizhou to Chun Yuqiong, Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others, of which Chun Yuqiong was mainly responsible for military affairs, and Guo Tu and Feng Ji were mainly responsible for political affairs, and at the same time gave advice to Chun Yuqiong.

In Yuan Shao's opinion, the team and troops he left in Jizhou should be able to deal with all kinds of emergencies, but he didn't expect that Feng Ji and Guo Tu were actually inseparable, and Chun Yuqiong was also very uninterested in Feng Ji and Guo Tu's fingers.

When the news of Tian Kai's attack on Qinghe reached Yecheng, Feng Ji suggested that Chun Yuqiong should not send troops to reinforce Qinghe for the time being, and then pay attention to Tian Kai when the troops attacking Hanoi were withdrawn, but Guo Tu had a completely opposite opinion, he believed that Tian Kai's provocative move must be dealt with as soon as possible, and he should not be tolerated and nurtured. Chun Yuqiong was dizzy by the quarrel between the two military advisors, so she made a decision not to be offended. He gave orders to his subordinates stationed in Julu and Anping, asking these two troops to assemble along the boundary bridge between Julu and Wei County in Qinghe, and wait and see what Tian Kai would do next.

After Julu and Anping's Yuan army moved to the vicinity of the boundary bridge, Tai Shici immediately led the Zhenwei battalion to break through to the south of the mainland Ze, cutting off the road for the Yuan army to retreat. After Chun Yuqiong sensed Tai Shici's intentions, he hurriedly sent troops from Yecheng, wanting to relieve the siege of the Yuan army near the boundary bridge, but the troops who rushed to the boundary bridge to reinforce were attacked by the Zhenwu battalion led by Xian Yufu on the way, and the whole army was annihilated.

After Xian Yufu ate the reinforced Yuan army, he surrounded the soldiers and horses of Tai Shici and Tian Kai together, and surrounded nearly 10,000 Yuan troops near the boundary bridge.

At this time, there were only 10,000 troops left in Yecheng, while Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu sent more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and if Tian Kai's troops entered Qinghe, the total strength of the siege of Jieqiao reached 40,000. Chun Yuqiong didn't dare to send troops from Yecheng to rescue the Jieqiao, so he could only watch the 10,000 troops besieged near the Jieqiao, because of the lack of food and grass, and finally surrendered to Tai Shici and Xian Yufu collectively.

After Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu cleaned up the Yuan army of Jieqiao, they were not in a hurry to attack Yecheng, but chewed and slowly ate all the cities occupied by the Yuan army in the north of Yecheng, and then they came towards Yecheng with unfinished intentions.

Chun Yuqiong was ready to rely on Yecheng to defend to the death, and although Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu dispatched 30,000 troops, he was still confident that he would hold Yecheng until the Gao Lan Division, which had attacked Hanoi, came back for reinforcements.

However, to Chun Yuqiong's disappointment, Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu did not plan to attack Yecheng at all, they only stationed their troops on the periphery of Yecheng, clearly wanting to have a protracted siege battle with the Yuan army in Yecheng, and they would not launch a final blow until the defenders in the city had eaten up all the food.

In the face of such a calm and patient opponent, Chun Yuqiong couldn't calm down at all, and even Feng Ji and Guo Tu couldn't think of a better way to resolve the crisis in Yecheng. Chun Yuqiong had no choice but to send an order to Gao Ran, who had attacked Hanoi, to return the reinforcements, and at the same time to Yuan Shao in Hedong to send a letter asking for help and admitting his mistake.

Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu had already discussed, their goal was not to besiege Yecheng, but to attack Hanoi's Gao Lan Department, so even if they found out that Chun Yuqiong had sent people from Yecheng to deliver a message, they did not arrest them, but deliberately let these people leave Yecheng smoothly. (To be continued......)