Obviously, Jia Xu's provocation of Lu Bu was very successful.

Lu Bu himself became more cautious after going through the affairs of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, in other words, he also began to be suspicious, and he had been worried that Wang Yun was suspicious of him, and Jia Xu's letter naturally surprised Lu Bu.

"Wen Hou and Lord Situ seem to have many misunderstandings, Wen Hou must not take it to heart, Lord Situ is upright, but jealousy is like hatred, and Wen Hou can quickly plan countermeasures, now the situation in Chang'an is chaotic, Lord Yang Biao and Lord Wang Yun are not in harmony, the situation is unpredictable, Wen Hou should try to protect himself."

Jia Xu's words are very vague, on the surface, it seems to be persuading Lu Bu to be careful, but in fact there are many hints.

Lu Bu was originally an arrogant and unruly person, although Wang Yun's attitude once made him very uncomfortable, but Lu Bu was not a person who was afraid of things, once something happened, Lu Bu was more ruthless than anyone else.

Since you Wang Yun is unkind, then don't blame someone Lu for being unjust!

So Lu Bu immediately began to secretly mobilize his men and soldiers and horses, preparing to deal with Wang Yun.

Wang Yun didn't know at this time, he was now worried that if Xu Ji did not die, he would inform Yuan Shao and others that Xu Ji's whereabouts would be exposed, so Wang Yun very much hoped that Yuan Shu would succeed in the alliance of princes this time.

The strength of Yanji Erzhou under Xu Ji is too strong, in the recent period of time, the Yanzhou army is blooming everywhere, and in the unfavorable situation of Xu Ji not in Yanzhou, the strength of the Yanzhou army is completely displayed in front of the world.

In particular, the equipment of the Yanzhou army is very impressive.

In particular, the "rocket" and the kind of strong crossbow that can fire in bursts are simply divine weapons, and the tactics of the Yanzhou army are even more invincible.

Although people knew the strength of the Yanzhou army as early as the battle of Chang'an, where Xu Ji pretended to be Lejin. But I didn't know that the Yanzhou army would be so terrifying.

Today's Yanzhou Army is really not a force that can be extinguished by one person alone.

So, don't think about it. If Xu Ji can escape the siege safely this time, then only by relying on the strength of all the princes can Xu Ji be restrained. Otherwise, it will be Xu Ji sooner or later.

It is true that people have gradually adapted to the days without emperors, but this also gives people infinite hints: the time has come to change the dynasty.

Yuan Shao must be strong!

Wang Yun's letter reached Runan in a very short time.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were already having a good time.

Since Xu Ji defeated Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu fled south in a hurry, although Yuan Shu suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in Yanzhou, but Yuan Shu's seven-way army only lost five roads, and Lei Bo and other two-way armies were intact, so Yuan Shu still has a certain strength.

It's just that Yuan Shu is now in Xia Cai in Yangzhou. The other two armies were on the border of Yuzhou and Sizhou, after all, the purpose of the two armies was to prevent the Yu Ban army from entering Yanzhou at any time.

However, the thing that Yuan Shu was annoyed about was that not long after entering Xia Cai, Zhang Yan, who had been in a cooperative attitude with him, would attack him inexplicably, and even snatched a lot of grain and grass, and when he left, he even threatened that this was instructed by Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shu was so violent that he was about to lose his mind, of course he wouldn't believe what Zhang Yan said, after all, there was an inextricable mortal enmity between Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan. Will two people work together? I didn't believe it when I killed Yuan Shu.

However, Yuan Shu's advisor Yan Xiang thought that Zhang Yan was inadvertently reminding Yuan Shu: Beware of Yuan Shao!

Of course, Yuan Shu also knew that Yan Xiang was reasonable, so he immediately sent someone to secretly investigate this matter, and brought back news that shocked Yuan Shu: Yuan Shao was recruiting troops and horses in Runan, and most of the families in Runan had already taken refuge in Yuan Shao. What is particularly worrying is that his family Yuan is now also difficult to understand, and I don't know if he still supports himself as before.

Yuan Shu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. So he took his remnants all the way to Shouchun and repaired there. He also began to recruit troops in Shouchun, preparing to "fight to the death" with his brother Yuan Shao.

Of course, Yuan Shu's movements can't be hidden from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao had just successfully won over the clans of Runan at this time, and collected a lot of soldiers and horses, but his strength was still relatively weak, after all, on the battlefields of Bingzhou and Sizhou, the blow of the Yanzhou Yuban army to Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang's army was fatal, so that Yuan Shao's last bit of headquarters was lost.

Now Yuan Shao's army is all newly recruited peasant soldiers who have not been trained, and if it is compared with Yuan Shu's Danyang soldiers, it is still much worse.

However, Yuan Shao had no other choice, he absolutely could not let Yuan Shu lead his troops across the river to Yingshang, then he would lose his geographical advantage.

So Yuan Shao ordered Guo Tu to lead the army with his number one general, Han Meng, to Yingshang, and set up defenses in the areas of Ruyin, Yingshang, and Anfengjin, and confronted Yuan Shu across the river.

Yuan Shu sent troops to cross the river by boat many times, but was attacked by Guo Tu's army, and in desperation, Yuan Shu followed Yan Xiang's advice and sent the army north, wanting to cross the river by boat from the upper reaches of Yingshui and attack Ruyin. As a result, the sentry set up by Guo Tu on the artificial soil slope on the opposite bank of Yingshui was discovered first, and Yuan Shaojun's archers on the soil slope were shot and killed, losing many people and horses, and they had to retreat in embarrassment.

Yuan Shu was furious and wanted to send troops to cross the river from the Lujiang River, but was dissuaded by Yan Xiang, who believed that the other party had already prepared and that he had no chance.

Yan Xiang proposed that Lei Bo, who had been garrisoning in Yuzhou, attack Runan from the west, and if he could capture Runan and capture Yuan Shao, it would be a great achievement.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed, so he sent people to order two armies to attack Yuan Shao.

Who knew that Yuan Shao had already prepared, Yuan Shao still had more than 20,000 horses in Runan, and there was a strategist Feng Ji who was second only to Guo Tu by his side, and Yuan Min, the master of the Yuan Shu family who fought against Huang Zhong in Jingzhou, so Runan was simply impregnable.

After several battles, Lei Bo can be said to have lost his troops, but there was no result, so he had to retreat backwards, just firmly guarding Xiangcheng, Yecheng, and the ancient city.

Yuan Shu knew that there was no way to do it after knowing the battle situation, and he also knew that it was impossible for the two of them to let go of the attack, after all, now the two of them still had to support their own armies in Yingchuan and Yangren. Now that the army of Yanzhou is attacking the two places day and night, it really can't relax for a moment.

Yuan Shu could almost imagine the triumphant appearance of his brother, who had no brotherhood with him.

In fact, Yuan Shu thought it was not bad at all. Now Yuan Shao is indeed very proud, except that Yuan Shu found out that his plan was a bit unexpected so quickly. Almost everything is going in the direction you expected.

First of all, the training of the army, since Yuan Min came back, he led all the masters of the Yuan family to devote themselves to Yuan Shao's newly recruited army, and used his own set of training sword formation methods to train the army.

Although not all of them could meet Yuan Min's standards, Yuan Min still trained an elite army for Yuan Shao in a short period of time, and there was a long knife team of up to 5,000 people, and this team was best at attacking with a knife formation.

With this army, Yuan Shao was of course overjoyed.

The second thing was Zhang Yan's defection from Yuan Shu.

Originally, Yuan Shao heard that when Yuan Shu fled, Zhang Yan was broken with the army. thought that Zhang Yannai was sincerely obedient to Yuan Shu, if this was the case, then he would have a great headache.

Yuan Shao knew very well that Zhang Yan's army was extremely fierce when he was still a bandit in Montenegro, not to mention that he still had the standard equipment of the Yanzhou army in his hand, and he had preserved his strength in the Yanzhou War, and he was a mortal enemy. It will also be a pyrrhic victory.

There is only a thin line between a fiasco and a fiasco.

Who knew that Zhang Yan would actually betray Yuan Shu after entering Xia Cai, which is really a great thing, and I heard that Zhang Yan ran to the area of Hongze Lake after attacking Yuan Shu. Again turned into a robber.

Although Zhang Yan's actions are quite incomprehensible, no matter what, this is indeed a great good thing for Yuan Shao.

And at this very time. Wang Yun's letter arrived.

After reading Wang Yun's letter, Yuan Shao was ecstatic. admires Guo Tu's vision even more: This Guo Jia is really ambitious!

It can be seen from Wang Yun's letters that Guo Jia now wants to split from Yanzhou. It's just not enough guts.

First of all, there is the problem of Guo Jia's army, Guo Jia's Yanzhou army is now in his hands with a total of 5,000 people, since the Yanzhou army and Yuan Shu started a war in Yanzhou, and the army under Bo Cai withdrew from Xuzhou, the Yanzhou army occupying Xuzhou has always been these 5,000 people.

However, it is a pity that these 5,000-strong army was trained by Gao Shun, the mainstay of the Yanzhou military, and it is impossible for Guo Jia to control them against Xu Ji.

Therefore, Guo Jia had to find another way.

Fortunately, Xuzhou itself has a lot of troops, and now these armies are in a state of laissez-faire, and it is normal for Guo Jia to take the opportunity to incorporate the Xuzhou army.

When necessary, Guo Jia could send the 5,000 men and horses from Yanzhou back to Yanzhou.

From Wang Yun's letter to himself, it can be known that Zhang Zhao, who is under Guo Jia, is very loyal to Guo Jia, otherwise Guo Jia would not strongly recommend Zhang Zhao to Wang Yun as the assassin of Xuzhou.

Zhang Zhao is a person with extremely superb internal affairs skills, and he is a good hand at governing the place, which can be said to be a talented prime minister.

And Guo Jia himself is a military genius who has not been born all the way, and the two of them are inside and outside, which is really an excellent match.

If it is said that the charge into battle, then Guo Jia's new Yu Flip is a first-class master, from the battlefield easily cut the general to capture the flag can be seen this person's ability, and this person in Xuzhou siege the city and land when no one can walk under his hands Sanhe, so you can know that this person is a first-class master, Yanzhou is even more popular in the martial arts of this Yu Xuan higher than Zhang He, closely followed by Dian Wei.

Now, it seems, it's not groundless.

The most rare thing is that this Yu Flip is a civil and military all-rounder, not only brilliant and intelligent, so that Guo Jiatou is greatly appreciated, but also a master of architecture, has a unique theory for building a city, so viewed, I am afraid that Yu Flip's ability to defend the city is still above his martial arts.

Together, these three are a perfect combination.

Coupled with the support of Guo Jia in Xuzhou and Zhang Zhao's popularity in Xuzhou, Guo Jia's chances of success are very high.

Of course, after Guo Tu's analysis, Yuan Shu's vision was not limited to Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao also noticed the "collusion" between Guo Jia and Xun You, who had been inactive in Youzhou.

According to Guo Tu's analysis, Yu Fu and Zhang Zhao were originally good friends, and Guo Jia and Xun You went out of Yingchuan Academy together. It's really normal for these three people to collude together.

According to the intelligence from Youzhou not long ago, there are two generals in Xun You's army: Zhang He and Gao Lan!

For these two people. Yuan Shao really knew very well why Zhang He and Gao Ran would defect to Yanzhou. It can be said that it is completely Guo Jia's credit, if it weren't for Guo Jia's efforts, I am afraid that Zhang He would have already taken refuge in himself, and Gao Ran would have died on the battlefield.

It can be said that Zhang He and Gao Ran's feelings for Guo Jia are much deeper than for Xu Ji.

These two people did not appear in other people's army, but they did appear in Xun You's army, and with their martial arts, they did nothing in Youzhou, which is absolutely abnormal, and can only be explained by Guo Tu's speculation. That is Guo Jia and Xun You teamed up to rebel out of Yanzhou!

Now Wang Yun's letter is just a proof.

Therefore, in the face of Wang Yun's proposal, Yuan Shao would of course gladly accept it, so he wrote to Guo Tu, who was far away on the front line, asking him if he would now show his identity as the leader of the crusade against Yuan Shu, and clearly support Guo Jia.

Guo Tu was scheming, and he persuaded Yuan Shao to wait a little longer, after all, the relationship between Guo Jia and Xun You has not yet been determined.

If the two really join forces, then it will not be too late to support Guo Jia. Because if Xun You and Guo Jia join forces, then the certainty of fighting Xu Ji will be much greater.

This sentence calmed Yuan Shao down.

After all, no one is sure that Xu Ji will not be able to come back, and it turns out that all parties have sent a lot of manpower. But in the end, they all returned, either losing their troops or making Xu Ji disgraced.

The Yanzhou army without Xu Ji is already so terrifying. If Xu Ji does not die in a catastrophe and returns to Yanzhou. What kind of horror would that be?

Therefore, even if it is to support Guo Jia. It is also necessary to see how powerful Guo Jia is, and Xun You's attitude is a crucial factor.

If Xun You is willing to cooperate with Guo Jia, then Guo Jia's strength is extraordinary, you must know that Xun You is the person who followed Xu Ji when he started, and his prestige in the Yanzhou army is not weaker than Gao Shun or even victorious, this is a figure who can lead the entire army under his command to change course.

In Guo Tu's view, after all, Xun You's army is the army organized after the Yanzhou Army, although it is also the elite of the Yanzhou Army, but it is not Xu Ji's descendant army like the 5,000 people under Guo Jia's current command and the army trained by Gao Shun.

Maybe the feelings of this army and Xun Yu will be better!

People are a habitual animal, the so-called "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors", Xun You's army has been with him all year round since he was transferred to Jizhou, and it is normal for Xun You to have a deeper relationship.

So Guo Tu persuaded Yuan Shao to observe Xun You's reaction again.

"Have you forgotten? We still have a trump card in our hands, Yuan Ba, haven't they already arrived in Youzhou? Gongsun Chan will destroy Liu Yu soon, let's see how Xun Yu reacts to Gongsun Chan's actions, is it left to its own devices? Also, what is Xun You's attitude towards Xu Ji's mother being taken to Youzhou, we can know the relationship between Guo Jia and Xun You. At that time, it was not too late for the lord to declare that he was the leader of the alliance, and it was not too late to support Guo Jia. ”

Yuan Shao thought so.

As a result, Yuan Shu has been holding on to Yuan Shu in Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

It's just that Yuan Shu and Guo Tu didn't expect that their calculations had already fallen into Xu Ji and Guo Jia's strategy.

As early as the Battle of Jizhou, Guo Tu's "escape" in Jizhou had already foreshadowed the fate of Yuan Shao being completely killed by Xu Ji.

During this period, the situation in Yuzhou and Yangzhou was changing rapidly.

Zhang Yan's "occupation" of Hongze Lake was ostensibly to occupy the water as the king, but in fact, he was ordered by Xu Ji's generals to monitor the movements of Cao Cao's army in Guangling.

Cao Cao's expansion was a bit too fast, and Xu Ji had to guard against it.

But this is a helpless thing, after all, Xu Ji's things are one after another, and he has no time and energy to deal with Cao Cao, of course, Xu Ji's earlier soft-heartedness is the main reason, which gives Cao Cao a chance to be bigger.

And now Xu Ji really has no strength to restrict Cao Cao, not to mention that his army is not enough, even if it is enough, there is still Liu Miao between himself and Cao Cao, and Xu Ji really has no reason to do anything to Liu Cao for a while.

If you don't want to, you can't.

That's why there was an order for Zhang Yan to secretly spy on Cao Cao in Guangling.

After all, now that Xuzhou has fallen into his own hands, Guangling must let Cao Cao spit it out of his mouth.

Of course, Xu Ji did not forget to promise Ji Ling, he asked Ji Ling to cooperate with Zang Ba, lead the army into the north of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and began the conquest of the Yellow Turban Army in the two places.

According to the plan, these Yellow Turban troops are a huge addition to Yanzhou's military resources and agricultural production.

Zang Ba and Bo Cai have a high status in the Yellow Turban Army, and this matter is of course left to them to do the best.

A few days later, news came from the battle situation in Youzhou: Liu Yu was defeated, and he was even captured by Gongsun Zhan.

Things did not surprise Xu Ji, Gongsun Chan arrested Liu Yu's family and beheaded them all after catching Liu Yu.

This news shocked everyone, they didn't expect Gongsun Chan to be so vicious.

Only Liu Yu's son, Liu He, who had been asking for reinforcements outside, escaped the catastrophe.

After Liu He learned the bad news, he was extremely sad and angry, so he recruited troops all over Youzhou, wanting to recruit soldiers and horses to avenge his father.

Liu Yu's popularity in Youzhou was extremely high, and Liu Yu's death aroused the anger of the people in Youzhou, and it was even more of a stimulus to officials in Youzhou, so the large and small forces against Gongsun Chan sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

However, just as Xu Ji expected, the Xianbei and Karasuma tribes, who had been fighting with Liu Yuxu and the snake, also took advantage of the situation, and they were ready to move on the border of Youzhou and some cities under the banner of avenging Liu Yu.

Yuan Shao was of course happy when he heard about the incident in Youzhou, because this was the time to test the relationship between Xun You and Guo Jia.

But Xu Ji was concerned about another thing: it seemed that those grassland people couldn't help it.

Then you guys do it first! Give me Xu Ji an excuse to clean you up!

Since everything is correct with his calculations, then Chen Zhi should show up, right?

One is to disguise his return, and the other is that he still needs a right-hand man at hand, not to mention that the matter of crusading against the grassland people must also be handed over to Chen Dao, at least until a more suitable person is found...... (To be continued......)