Also in the winter of the fourth year of Xingping, Yuan Shao, the general of the chariot cavalry, led his army to Jinyang, the seat of the state administration. Yuan Shao finally honestly adopted the advice of the strategist Tian Feng this time, no longer cherished the comfort and comfort of Yecheng, and personally came to Jinyang to preside over the war in Bingzhou.

Tian Feng believed that the current soldiers and horses of Bingzhou were dissociated, and the two governors of Gao Gan and Yuan Shang were not capable of controlling the Northern Route Army and the Western Route Army of Bingzhou, so he suggested that Yuan Shao take back the military power of the two and rearrange the Northern Route Army and the Western Route Army. Tian Feng was born in the imperial history, and he always said something, although he gave Yuan Shao's advice very well, but he offended a group of generals in the state. But fortunately, this time, Feng Ji and Guo Tu, two people who like to compete for power and power, did not follow Yuan Shao to merge the state, but stayed in Yecheng, so Tian Feng's suggestion was supported by Xu You and others, so it was finally adopted by Yuan Shao.

Although Xu Yu is a little greedy for money, he still maintains close ties with Cao Cao in private, but his brain is still good, if he talks about the level of strategy, he is also second-rate and close to the first-class among the many strategists in the Three Kingdoms, and in Yuan Shao's camp, he is now only slightly inferior to Tian Feng, but it is better than Feng Ji, Guo Tu and Xin Ping and others.

According to Tian Feng's suggestion, Yuan Shao gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses of the North Route Army, 40,000 soldiers and horses of the West Route Army and 20,000 soldiers and horses brought by himself from Jizhou near Jinyang, and then organized them into five armies, including 20,000 soldiers and horses of the front army, with Liyi as the main general; The left army has 20,000 soldiers and horses, with Wen Chou as the main general; 20,000 soldiers and horses of the right army, with Yan Liang as the main general; The rear army has 20,000 soldiers and horses, with senior cadres as the main generals; The Chinese army of 30,000 soldiers and horses was led by Yuan Shao, with Zhu Ling, Zhou Ang, Gao Xiang, and Feng Li as deputy generals.

Judging from this list of general appointments, Liyi has now become the first military general under Yuan Shao because of the existence of the first camp, and Wen Chou has worked hard for two years. Regained Yuan Shao's trust and reuse, Yan Liang's position was originally before Wen Chou, but because of the merit of the four counties of the state, he was ranked third by Yuan Shao, and Gao Gan was taken from the position of governor by Yuan Shao this time because he couldn't take Hedong and Hanoi for a long time.

Yuan Shao came to Bingzhou this time, not only bringing Tian Feng and Xu You, two military advisors, but also Chen Lin, Li Fu, Chang Lin, Geng Bao, Hua Yan, Kong Shun, Yin Kui and other staff, which can be regarded as a super luxurious lineup.

After the 90,000 army completed its training near Jinyang, Yuan Shao gave an order. Only Gao Gan led the rear army to stay in Jinyang's nest, and the remaining 70,000 soldiers and horses sent to Shangjun together, and then launched a fierce attack on the Hexi Qiang people entrenched in Shangjun with a thunderous momentum, and Yuan Shao recovered the entire territory of Shangjun in just one month, and drove the troops to the line from Diaoyin to Dingyang, which was less than 300 miles away from the nearest place in Xijing Chang'an.

Three hundred miles, the cavalry only had to travel for four days to reach, which was already a very close distance.

After Li Dao, who was between Zuo Fengyi and Anding County, learned the news that Yuan Shao's army was moving south, he did not dare to be sloppy. He adopted the suggestion of the military advisor Jia Xu, and immediately sent troops to reinforce Qiyuan County, which was close to Zuo Fengyi in the southernmost part of Shangjun, and then asked people to go to Yuan Shao's camp to ask for an explanation, questioning Yuan Shao for being so popular. Do you want to make a move with the Longxi Iron Rider under your command?

Yuan Shao personally received the envoy sent by Li Dao, and resolutely denied that he had any ideas about the territory of Jingzhao and Liangzhou, and he asked the envoy to go back and tell Li Dao that he personally led the army south from Jinyang this time. It is to attack the Bai Bo Army and Duan Xuan, who are causing trouble, and will never step into Zuo Feng Yi half a step. When Li Wei's men left Yuan's camp, Yuan Shao also prepared a generous gift. Let him take it back and give it to Li Dao to express his apologies for alarming Li Dao.

The envoy returned to Gaoling City, where Li Dao was stationed, and brought the gift and explanation sent by Yuan Shao, Li Dao was now paying attention to the changes in Chang'an City, and there was no extra troops to toss with Yuan Shao, so he temporarily believed Yuan Shao's explanation, and at the same time gave a secret order to Li Ying, the younger brother stationed in Qiyuan, to closely monitor the movements of Yuan Shaojun, and once Yuan Jun had the intention of entering Chang'an, he would immediately resolutely fight back.

After Yuan Shao pacified Li Dao, he had no worries, and he gave orders to the three generals of Liyi, Wenchou and Yan Liang at the same time, ordering them to force the Yellow River from Caisangjin south of Hukou Mountain, enter the territory of Hedong, and attack Duan Xuan, who was stationed in Hedong County.

Duan Xuan has been entrenched in Hedong for many years, and has been repeatedly threatened by Li Dao Guo Yan from Guanzhong, and the north is facing the attack of Gao Gan, and his life is very difficult.

When Yuan Shao entered Bingzhou and began to reorganize the army, Duan Xuan knew that the situation in Ludao was not good, and he contacted Yang Feng in the Baibo Valley on the one hand, and sent people to Zhang Yang in Hanoi and Li Yan in Luoyang for help, and at the same time urgently recruited soldiers and horses in Hedong, hoping to make all kinds of preparations before Yuan Shao arrived.

However, Yuan Shao took the strength of a half-state to clean him up this time, and Yuan Shao's subordinates were even more fierce, and pulling out one of them was enough for Duan Xuan to drink a pot, but on the other hand, Duan Shao's subordinates, except for him, did not even have a single one.

However, regardless of whether he could get it or not, when Duan Xuan learned that Yuan Shao's troops had attacked Hedong from Caisangjin, he still concentrated his troops and horses to meet him.

In the Baibo Valley, when Bai Bo Shuai Yang Feng received Duan Xuan's letter asking for help, he hesitated, he had the intention to use Duan Xuan's recommendation to remove the word bandit in the Baibo bandit army this time, and get the official appointment of the imperial court, that is, to wash the white from black, but Yuan Shao's battle this time is really a bit scary, in case the reinforcements are not successful but destroyed, then this business will be a loss.

After careful consideration, Yang Feng replied to Duan Xuan that he would definitely reinforce him, but because of the limited number of troops, the timing of the specific reinforcement could not be determined, and everything had to be subject to changes in the situation on the battlefield.

Duan Xuan read Yang Feng's reply, and scolded Yang Feng for not being a talent, this is to wait and see for a while, if he can resist Yuan Shaojun's attack, then Yang Feng will lead the army out of the valley to add icing on the cake, if he can't resist it, Yang Feng will fall to Yuan Shao's side, and simply help Yuan Shao to fight himself.

Before the news of Luoyang and Hanoi came back, Duan Xuan led 20,000 soldiers and horses into the Jishan Pavilion area, thirty miles northeast of Jieshan, apparently to intercept Yuan Shao's troops on the south bank of Fenshui.

Duan Xuan's side prepared to meet the enemy, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao's troops to attack at the same time as he expected, but launched an attack on Pingyang, Baibo Valley and Linfen in the upper reaches of Fenshui.

It was Yuan Shao's right army led by Yan Liang who attacked Pingyang, the troops of Liyi who attacked Baibo Valley, and the left army led by Wen Chou who attacked Linfen.

The troops in Pingyang City had been transferred to Jishan Pavilion by Duan Xuan, and the few remaining defenders were simply not enough to withstand a round of blows from the 20,000 Yuan army, so without waiting for Yan Liang to issue an order to attack the city, Pingyang County Commander led the people out of the city to surrender.

After Yan Liang took Pingyang, he immediately sent 10,000 soldiers and horses along the Fenshui River to the north to attack Xiangling, Yangxian and Yong'an, so as to completely open up the ancient road along the Fen River from Jinyang to Hedong, while Yan Liang's remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses assisted Liyi in attacking Yang Feng from the north side of the Baibo Valley.

The left army led by Wen Chou also effortlessly took Linfen, which was empty in defense, and then crossed the Fenshui River to the east and captured the county seat of Jinyi across the river. After capturing these two cities, Wen Chou left 5,000 soldiers and horses in each of the two cities to defend the city, and then personally led 10,000 soldiers and horses to the southern end of the Baibo Valley, and also assisted Liyi in besieging Yang Feng.

In this way, there are 40,000 Yuan troops besieging Baibo Valley, and what is even more fatal is that there are 5,000 of them who are in the camp first!

Under the attack of arrows from the sky and the sun, the Bai Bo army, which had caused a headache for Gao Gan, finally revealed their vulnerable nature, the leader of Bai Bo, Li Le, was shot dead on the spot, Han Xian was injured and begged to surrender, Hu Cai did not know what to do, and Yang Feng was finally persuaded by Chang Lin, the messenger sent by Yuan Shao, to lead the remnants of his men in the valley to surrender to Kojiyi.

After Yuan Shaojun cleared the road from Jinyang to Anyi as quickly as possible, he still had no intention of fighting Duan Xuan, but continued to advance eastward in three ways, and took down the four cities of Yicheng, Wokze, Xicheng Mountain and Duanshi in less than half a month.

As a result, seventy percent of the territory of Hedong County has been seized by Yuan Shao, and only seven cities are left in Duan Xuan, including Wenxi, Anyi, Xie County, Puban, and Dayang. What's even worse is that after Yuan Shaojun captured Yicheng and Xicheng Mountain, he had already sent troops into Yiguan and completely blocked the secret troop transport road from Hanoi to Hedong!

When Liu He returned to Youzhou, he crossed the Yellow River from Pingyin to the north and first entered Yi County in Hanoi, and then entered Yi Guan from Yi County, and arrived to the east of Jianyi after passing through Yi Guan. Then, Liu He shocked the Baibo army, went straight to the state from the Fenshui Ancient Road, and the troops came to the city of Jinyang, and staged a good show of attacking the east and the west.

Yuan Jun now controls Yiguan, not only blocking a road for Hanoi to reinforce Hedong, but what is more dangerous is that if Yuan Shaojun launches an attack on Hanoi Zhang Yang, then there are now three directions to choose from, or three directions at the same time!

Among Yuan Shao's subordinates who remained in Yecheng were generals such as Chun Yuqiong and Gao Lan, who could attack Hanoi from the direction of Muye; The high-ranking cadres who stayed in Jinyang could send surprise troops to attack Hanoi from the north along the Taihang Dynasty; Yuan Shao, who had occupied the Yiguan Pass, could attack Hanoi from the west.

Hanoi County is the northern barrier of Luoyang, which has not fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao, and in the past, it was all supported by Zhang Yang of Hanoi and the covert support of the direction of Luoyang. Now most of Hedong is controlled by Yuan Shao, and Hanoi has to face Yuan Shao's three-way attack, and the situation has become more and more serious.

Yuan Shao listened to the advice of the chief military advisor Tian Feng this time, and the entire war was carried out in an orderly manner, and he was invincible since the start of the war, finally revealing his essence of being an expert in the civil war. If everything develops according to Tian Feng's expected steps, the entire Sili region will face the threat of Yuan Shao, and if you add Cao Cao, who is eyeing Yanzhou, and Liu Biao, who is about to move in Jingzhou, then Luoyang will face unprecedented pressure. (To be continued......)