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As soon as the fourth year of Jian'an entered the spring, Hebei was shocked by a piece of news: Zhao Yun, commander of the Youzhou Dragon Wolf Wind Army, and Tai Shici, commander of the Qingzhou Dragon Wolf Xu Lin Army, sent troops at the same time, one north and one south, like two knives inserting ribs, and pierced into the Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County to which Yuan Tan belonged in the Yuan clan's forces.

Yuan Tan's army was crushed at the first touch, abandoned Nanpi, and retreated to Anping.

Yecheng Yuan Shang, Trial, and Feng Ji were shocked when they heard the news, and they were in a dilemma for a while: if Yuan Tan was not allowed to come in, he would probably be destroyed by the Dragon Wolf Army, and he could not afford to be charged with not saving him; Let Yuan Tan come in, how to place it? You have to give him territory to raise soldiers, and one country is definitely not enough, at least two, this is a piece of meat from your own body......

Yuan Tan collapsed for a hundred miles, and quickly retreated into Anping Kingdom, and there was not much time for Yuan Shang Group to react. Yuan Shang's group also had to respond passively, while urgently ordering Zhongshan to send troops and flank Zhao Yun to divide his troops; On the one hand, he ordered Anping and Qinghe to guard Yuan Tan to meet him, but he could not let him enter the city, and could only garrison troops in Yiting.

It's just that the effect of both commands is not obvious. On the Zhongshan side, due to Zhen's extreme uncooperation, they did not pay food, did not mobilize their soldiers, and even quarreled with the guards, so that the fighters were delayed. The two kingdoms of Anping and Qinghe were devastated by the influx of Yuan Tan's troops, such as the Yellow Turban transit.

Anping Guoxin guarded the capital and let Yuan Tan's army be stationed in Jianjin City, dozens of miles away, but he didn't expect to be bribed by Yuan Tan to open the east gate that night, and Yuan Tan's army poured in, captured his guards, and controlled the whole city. However, in just a few days, Anping Kingdom fell into the hands of Yuan Tan.

The defenders of Qinghe were even more unlucky, they were besieged by the dragon wolf Xu Linjun very urgently, and when they were anxious, Guo Tu suddenly led the army to help defend it. The defender, of course, was overjoyed. Raise your hand in welcome. As a result, as soon as Guo Tu entered the city, he took control of the four gates and disarmed the defenders, and the guards really "raised their hands".

The external enemy and the internal ghost all shot together. People who don't eat deflated people really can't find it when they look at Hebei.

In fact, both Yuan Tan and Guo Tu knew that this was Ma Hu's strategy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf. It's just that they have no choice, rather than being beaten out, it is better to evacuate on their own initiative and find a better and safer place. Anyway, Yuan Shang, Xianpei, Feng Ji and others shoehorned this territory into him. Obviously uneasy and well-intentioned. Yes, you do the first year of junior high school, and we do the fifteenth; If you want us to be a shield, we'll let you reap the consequences. In the face of interests and survival, it is useless to have any brotherly affection. Everyone has one thought: the dead friends do not die the poor way.

In March, more than 15,000 men and horses under Yuan Tan's department occupied Anping and Qinghe. Zhao Yun and Tai Shici also withdrew from the two countries and returned to Hejian and Bohai. At this point, Mahan's territory is all connected from north to south. And the Yuan Group, which was once known as the hegemon in the world and occupied the land of the four states of the Han Dynasty. Less than half a year after Yuan Shao's death, only half of Jizhou remained.

At this time, Yuan's forces were divided into two parts: Yuan Shang was based on five counties, with a standing reserve of about 50,000 soldiers and horses, but the elite Cheng Dù could no longer be compared with before the battle of Guandu. Yuan Tan according to the two countries, nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, cowered in Jizhong, not daring to move.

The spring offensive of the Dragon Wolf Army has come to an end for the time being.

In the same month. There was also a big battle in Huainan. The great battle took place between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu, who was in Jian'an for four years, plummeted, and since he became the emperor, he was successively attacked by Lu Bu and Cao Cao. Afterwards. The rebellion of his subordinate Sun Ce dealt him a heavy blow. Sun Ce first broke away from Yuan Shu in Jiangdong and became independent, and then drove away Yuan Yin, who was appointed by Yuan Shu, and then got Wu Jing, the Taishou of Guangling, and Sun Ben, the commander of the Duwei, so that Yuan Shu lost a large area of land such as Danyang and Jiangdong, and his power was greatly frustrated. Yuan Shu at this time. Only half of Yangzhou is left.

Anyone can see that Yuan Shu is about to follow in his brother's footsteps, and his momentum is about to fall. At this time, the person who fell into the well came, Cao Cao.

Shouchun, Yangzhou, where Yuan Shu is located, is the place of four wars, Huaibei has a force subordinate to Ma Han, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Mizhu; There is Cao Cao of Yuzhou; South of Huainan, there is the self-reliant Sun Ce; In the southwest, it is Jingzhou Liu Biao.

Among the four major forces, Mi Zhu is the weakest, and self-protection is still reluctant, plus Xuzhou Haoqiang is mostly conservative, if there is no strong order from Luoyang, he will never take the initiative to cross the river. Sun Ce's wings are growing and his strength is rising day by day, but as a former subordinate of Yuan Shu, he can betray and abandon his master, but he will never dare to fight back. As for Liu Biao in Jingzhou, he is also a master who does not offend me and I do not offend others. Therefore, there is only one Cao Cao who is really a threat to Yuan Shu.

In the early spring of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu sent Zhizhong to engage in Yan Xiang, bringing tens of thousands of stone grain rice and money and silk, to Qian County, wanting to form an alliance with Cao Cao.

Qian County is Cao Cao's hometown, so Cao Cao moved the state from Runan to here after taking Yuzhou.

Yan Xiang's wording, the central idea is that Yuan Caoju is threatened by Ma Hu, and in this crisis, he should work together, give up his previous suspicions, and join forces to resist Ma.

Cao Cao talked about him left and right, noncommittal.

In the end, Xun Yu, a hardcore royalist, replied in a categorical tone: "Duke Cao can form an alliance with the princes of the world, but Yuan Highway is not in the alliance!" ”

Yan Xiang returned disappointed, Yuan Shu was feasting guests at that time, and when he heard the news, he directly flipped the table.

But Yuan Shu definitely didn't expect that Cao Cao not only refused to form an alliance, but also raised his knife at him, and the timing he chose was very insidious.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Yan Xiang and his entourage, who had sent an envoy to Yuzhou, had just returned from crossing the Huaishui, and they did not expect that there were thousands of Cao troops behind them.

Cao Cao, with the new Li Feng general Cao Hong as the main general, and the school captain Zhu Ling as the Sima of the other department, led 7,000 cavalry, stepped on the tail of Yan Xiang and his party, and took advantage of Yuan's unpreparedness to break through the Huaishui defense line and attack Dangtu.

Yuan Shu was shocked, and Shouchun was shaken. When Tu is only more than 100 miles away from Shouchun, it can be said that it has hit the doorstep.

Yuan Shu urgently dispatched troops and sent 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Liu Xun of Huainan Yin (i.e., Jiujiang County) to Xiquyang, and unified the command of the armies of Cai, Xiquyang, Yinling, and Zhongli Zhucheng to build an arc-shaped defense line.

At the same time, Yuan Shu also accepted the advice of Yuan Yin and Yan Xiang, and sent Chen Lan, a general stationed in Shucheng, Lujiang, to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to Longshu to meet with another general, Lei Bo, to jointly attack, cross the Huaishui, and copy the rear road of Cao's army, Longkang, in an attempt to encircle Cao Hong and Zhu Ling on all sides.

After Chen Lan led the army to Longshu to join Lei Bo, the two armies combined 7,000 troops and headed north according to the order. However, when the army had just walked dozens of miles and was about to arrive in Lixian County, Chen Lan and Lei Bo ordered the county magistrate to provide a large amount of grain and grass.

The magistrate of Qi County said that the army had just been allocated, so there was no need for too much grain and grass, and there was not so much grain and grass in Qi County. But as soon as the words fell, Lei Bo suddenly drove forward, drew his knife and cut off the head of the county magistrate, and immediately plundered the army.

Subsequently, the two generals Chen and Lei announced their separation from Yuan Shu, led 7,000 soldiers and horses and coerced thousands of people in Lixian County, and fled into the Dabie Mountain, a branch of the Dabie Mountain, and the officers and soldiers should not be bandits.

When Yuan Shu heard the news, he trembled, drew his sword and slashed indiscriminately, and even slashed a maid who delivered honey to death. If it had been two years earlier, Chen and Lei dared to rebel, and a large army would have driven over and crushed to death. But at this moment and that time, Yuan Shu at the moment is really powerless.

Fortunately, after the bad news, good news also came: Cao Jun saw that he could not break through the defense line of Yuan's army, so he burned the city of Dangtu, plundered the property of the people in the city, and returned to Huaibei.

The first conflict between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu in the fourth year of Jian'an ended.

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"Cao Mengde is really smart, this move is really good, although he failed to break Yuan Shu, I believe that in the next autumn and winter season, Cao Jun will launch a second or even third attack again."

In the palace of the general of the Hussar of Luoyang, Ma Han was analyzing the causes of the battle of Huainan with his members of the think tank.

Why did Cao Cao fight Yuan Shu? It's not that they don't agree, but that Yuan Shu's act of arrogance has nailed him to the opposite side of the Han court, and if this person is not eliminated, it will definitely become an excellent excuse for Ma Han to go south and annex the southern princes in the future. This point, with Cao Cao's shrewdness, how could he not understand it?

Cao Cao launched the Battle of Huainan to defeat Yuan Shu, not only to obtain his military rations, but also to eliminate this hidden danger, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. It's just that Cao Cao's famous generals have lost too much, and Yuan Shu has not yet reached the end of the mountain.

Although this battle did not achieve the expected results, it is foreseeable that Cao Cao will never give up, and will definitely try his best to sweep away Yuan Shu before Ma Han unifies Hebei. And Ma Han only secretly hoped that Yuan Shu would support him for a while, but he definitely couldn't have any practical support.

Guo Jia agreed with this and further elaborated: "If Cao's army launches the Second Battle of Huainan, it will definitely unite with Liu Jingsheng and Liu Xuande to attack from the west and north. And Jiangdong Sun Bofu may not dare to fight against the old master, and most of them will take a wait-and-see attitude. ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Liu Xuande will definitely join forces with Cao Mengde, as for Liu Jingsheng, it depends on whether the pressure given to him by the lord is enough." ”

Ma Han glanced north and said meaningfully: "The pressure must be enough...... Well, Gongda has been in Jingzhou for the longest time, and it should be judged whether Cao Liu has the possibility of an alliance. ”

Xun You groaned slightly, and gave an unexpected answer: "The Jingzhou family may not be willing to be enemies of the lord, but it is also vital to sweep away Yuan Shu." With Liu Jingsheng's understanding, the most likely countermeasure is to transfer Nanyang Zhang Xiubu and Cao Mengde to jointly attack. ”

As soon as Xun You's words came out, he was immediately praised by Ma Han, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others, and unanimously agreed that this was the most likely countermeasure to be taken by Jingzhou.

"Cao Mengde is bent on killing the Pseudo-Zhong before I can defeat Er Yuan, but I will make his jaw drop." Ma Han stood up with his sleeves up, full of confidence, "The Dragon Wolf Army has also been preparing for half a year, if you don't make a move, you will be killed, and if you make a move, you will destroy Eryuan!" (To be continued.) )xh118R1052