When Cao Cao marched to Jiujiang, Zhang Xun, the current first general under Yuan Shu, had already led an army of 50,000 troops to be stationed here. Zhang Xun, in accordance with Yuan Shu's orders, focused on defense against Cao Cao; And after Cao Cao observed Zhang Xun's military camp again, he was not in a hurry to send troops to fight, he had to carefully calculate, how to use Zhang Xun's strength to kill people with a knife, and completely wipe out the 50,000 Yuan Shao army brought by Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Therefore, both sides tacitly agreed that they did not send troops to challenge, and fell into an eerie calm.

Zhang Xun's side is safe for the time being, but Qiao Mao, who is responsible for resisting Yan Liang and Wen Chou, is not so lucky. Before Yan Liangwen went on the expedition, Yuan Shao told them that he could not lose this battle, and he should fight Yuan Shu as much as possible, so as to save Yuan Shao's already somewhat discredited reputation. Maybe Yan Liang and Wen Chou can't understand Yuan Shao's mind very well, but they understand it very well when they are judged. In order to eliminate the negative impact of the ambush Ao Lie, Yuan Shao must work extra hard when crusading against Yuan Shu, and strive to eliminate Yuan Shu in one fell swoop, so that everyone in the world can see how unswerving Yuan Shao is and how righteous he is to destroy his relatives on the issue of treating the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

Under the planning of the trial, Yan Liang and Wen Chou each led 20,000 troops, using the strategy of separate attacks and joint attacks, constantly attacking and harassing Qiao Mao's camp. Later, Qiao Mao simply retreated in the camp, no matter how Yuan Shao's soldiers scolded, he just endured his breath and refused to rise again.

At the same time, Sun Ce of Jiangdong also led his troops to fight with Chen Ji sent by Yuan Shu, Sun Ce was the prince closest to Yuan Shu in his territory, so this battle was for Sun Ce. Occupying the advantage of half of the home field, the deployment of personnel is the best configuration, and the supply of grain and grass is also the shortest route, compared with the other princes, Sun Ce can be said to have taken the advantage. In order to win this battle, or rather, Sun Ce is to occupy the greatest interests in the process of crusading against Yuan Shu, and the elite under his command will do their best. With Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai as the vanguard, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu as the left wing. Gan Ning Lusu under the command of Ao Lie was the right wing, the veteran Huang Gai was the rear team, and he personally led more than a dozen generals such as Zhou Yu and Han Dang, as well as seven or eight strategists such as Buqi and Kan Ze for the Chinese army, a total of 45,000 troops killed Ben Shouchun. In addition to Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhuge Jin and others who stayed behind, Sun Ce brought out all the people who could be mobilized.

Therefore, Sun Ce's offensive was also the most fierce way. Chen Ji, who was beaten, was defeated and retreated, and he was about to be unable to withstand it. The sixth Han Xian sent by Yuan Shu served as an inspector. led his troops into the battlefield in time, which saved some of the decline and temporarily preserved Chen Ji's troops from defeat.

Anyway. These three groups of people can be regarded as barely completing the goals arranged by Yuan Shu before the war, and they can be regarded as dragging Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Sun Ce. However, the rest of the people failed to complete the task assigned by Yuan Shu. According to Yuan Shu's original plan, he wanted to drag the three military horses when he was dragging them. Solve the other crowds as soon as possible. However, Yuan Shu is not stupid, and other people are not stupid.

Huang Zu sent by Liu Biao. Originally, he didn't come voluntarily, Huang Zu was very selfish, and there was a faint tendency to break away from Liu Biao's self-reliance, so all the actions of Huang Zujun's army were focused on preserving his own strength, and he didn't confront Chen Lan's troops sent by Yuan Shu at all, but adopted attack tactics, constantly sending small groups of people to harass Chen Lan, and after getting a little cheap, he immediately stopped, so that Chen Lan was restrained everywhere, and there was a sense of aggrieved that his strength could not be exerted.

And Liu Bei, who came on behalf of Tao Qian, not to mention, Liu Bei's mind is centered on occupying a piece of territory and taking the opportunity to rise, how can he be willing to fight to the death with Yuan Shu's subordinates, who are responsible for blocking him? What's more, Liu Bei has gone through more than ten years, and with the help of Mi Zhu, he has formed the current army under his command, and it is absolutely impossible for him to let this army be consumed on the battlefield, which is the basis for him to realize his long-cherished wish. If the 6,000 men and horses that were finally formed under his command are exhausted, how can Liu Bei achieve the second step of the plan? How else can you realize your dream of standing at the pinnacle of power?

Therefore, Liu Bei is more careful and cautious than Huang Zu. Carrying out a night attack today and robbing grain tomorrow is completely a trick of the sword to go sideways, and the four words of avoiding the heavy and light are brought into full play. On the premise of ensuring that his own strength is not damaged, Liu Bei began the process of his primitive accumulation, and in the attacks again and again, Liu Bei bit by bit cannibalized the men and horses of Lei Bo's department, and recruited the prisoners; Little by little, he consumed the grain and grass of Lei Bo's department, and plundered the materials that could be taken away. In the repeated sneak attacks, Liu Bei not only did not suffer losses, but became stronger and stronger.

Under such a background, the whole battle fell into a strange stalemate, and the princes of all walks of life could not completely solve the seven-way army sent by Yuan Shu in a short time, and Yuan Shu's seven-way army could not repel the men and horses of the princes of all walks of life in one fell swoop. This stalemate lasted for more than a month, and it was not until the arrival of a person that this stalemate was broken.

This person is Ao Lie. After successfully resolving the affairs of northern Xinjiang, Ao Lie appointed Cui Yan as the first Gwangju pastor and took over the 14th state of the Han Dynasty. After Liu Xie issued an edict and officially named the area under the jurisdiction of the former Xianbei people as Gwangju, Gwangju was also assigned to Ao Lie's rule, and all the military and political powers in Gwangju were handed over to Ao Lie. In doing so, Liu Xie was opposed by dozens of ministers in the court, who believed that Ao Lie's promotion of the Imperial Governor, the appointment of the governor of Youhe and the Metropolitan Government, and the concurrent position of the two states, was already a precedent for the Han Dynasty, and it was inappropriate to hand over Gwangju to Ao Lie's jurisdiction, which would cause a situation in which Ao Lie's hands was too powerful and no one could contend with it.

In this regard, Liu Xie, who has long been different from what it used to be, immediately refuted, he pointed out that the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, Jizhou Mu, Yuan Shao, the general of the chariot cavalry, and Sikong Cao Cao, each of them held at least one and a half states, but Yuan Shu openly called the emperor, while Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not do that, it can be seen that the size of the power in the hands is not the key to promoting ambition, the key is whether the person who holds the power has a fair heart. With Liu Xie's understanding of Ao Lie, he clearly knew the Dao. Ao Lie's heart is fair, no matter how much power he is given, he will not rebel, and he will not put his power in the air, the premise is that as long as Liu Xie himself does not do anything that violates the peace of heaven and does not do anything that hurts the people of the world, Ao Lie will definitely stand on his side unswervingly.

Moreover, Liu Xie also clearly knew that Yuan Shu was the only one who was arrogating the emperor. But it doesn't mean that other people don't have such a desire, among all the princes in the world, there are not a few people with heavy troops, don't look at Liu Xie is the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, but when it comes to the military power in his hands, he Liu Xie's strength can only accompany the last seat, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no second and third Yuan Shu to stand up as the son of heaven in the future. Not to mention, Yuan Shao, who was also from the Yuan family as Yuan Shu. It's not a good thing, people in the same vein, there are always striking similarities, and Yuan Shu can be called the emperor. What can't Yuan Shaowei?

In order to restrain Yuan Shao and other ambitious people, Liu Xie had no choice but to choose one person among the princes to be his spokesperson. Counterbalance the other princes. And this candidate, there is no doubt that Ao Lie is the most suitable. First of all. Ao Lie has the same blood as Liu Xie in his body, the two are of the same clan and the same clan, even if Ao Lie seizes the throne after the most stubbornness, it is also the descendant of the Liu family, and the country of the Han Dynasty still has not fallen into the hands of outsiders, of course, Liu Xie firmly believes that such a situation will never occur; Secondly, although Ao Lie has changed his surname to a foreign surname, his feelings for the Han are real, Ao Lie is sincerely proud of being a Han Chinese, Liu Xie can feel this in Ao Lie's body, for many years, Ao Lie's annual tribute has been transported to Luoyang through various channels, so that Liu Xie can support the army and spend money, which is not something that other princes can do.

Based on the above reasons that can be said and cannot be spoken, Liu Xie resolutely assigned Gwangju to Ao Lie's name. Although dozens of ministers opposed this, some far-sighted people still agreed with Liu Xie's decision. Zhong Xuan, Du Ji, Huang Fusong and Zhu Jun are among the representatives. They believe that Ao Lie is not without ambition, but his ambition is rational and within a controllable range, the greater Ao Lie's power, the brighter the future of the Han Dynasty, if one day, Luoyang suffers another disaster, the imperial court can also move the capital to Yanjing, based on the three states of You, and Guang, in order to reproduce the glory of the Han Dynasty.

So, this matter was settled, and Liu Xie immediately issued an edict granting Ao Lie the power to adjudicate the military and political power of Gwangju, and Ao Lie had the final say in the appointment and dismissal of all official positions. However, for Ao Lie's official position, Liu Xie did not promote it again, after all, the hussar general is already a very popular minister, and if he goes up, he will be canonized as a grand duke or prince, and Ao Lie's current merits have not yet reached such a prominent level. In addition, Liu Xie still has a little selfishness, he wants to see Ao Lie's reaction, to test whether Ao Lie will be dissatisfied because of this, anyway, it is also a great achievement to expand the territory of the Han Dynasty and conquer the fourteenth state. After being an emperor for a long time, Liu Xie inevitably produced some imperial tricks.

However, Ao Lie replied with actions. He appointed Choi Yan as the pastor of Gwangju and Gongsun Chan as the general of the army, managing the political and military affairs of Gwangju respectively. At the same time, he did not have any dissatisfaction, but after settling the affairs of Guangzhou, he immediately took Zhao Yun to pick up 5,000 bloody killing troops and sailed south, merging with Sun Ce to jointly crusade against Yuan Shu. Ao Lie's approach made Liu Xie feel at ease, but at the same time, he felt a little ashamed, and he regretted that he shouldn't have been suspicious of Ao Lie. That night, Liu Xie came to the Taimiao alone, in front of the spiritual seat of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, recalled from the beginning that he and Ao Lie from the initial acquaintance, to the gradual acquaintance, and then to the most difficult and shared all the pictures, Ao Lie had repeatedly stood up when Liu Xie was in danger, turned the tide and fell immediately, and saved Liu Xie from the dire situation. This sincere affection made Liu Xie have a deeper feeling in the process of reminiscing. Liu Xie shed tears and swore in front of the spiritual throne of the ancestors and ancestors that in this life and this life, he would never have the slightest doubt about Ao Lie, and he would work with Ao Lie to shoulder the important task of revitalizing the Han Dynasty and allowing the people of the Han Dynasty to live a stable life again.

With the arrival of Ao Lie, the stalemate of the war changed in an instant. The name of Hou Zhi, the champion of the three armies, was not said with his mouth, but accumulated by him with countless victories. After learning that Ao Lie had entered the battlefield, Chen Ji, the general of the Yuan Shu Department who was in charge of Sun Ce's way, was immediately in a state of confusion, and after discussing with Han Xian, he decided to deal with Ao Lie with the strategy of retreating ten miles and holding on to it.

However, just when Chen Ji and Han Xian retreated for ten miles, and were just about to set up camp, Ao Lie led 5,000 bloody troops like divine soldiers descending from the sky, taking advantage of the fact that the two generals were not firmly established, they bravely chiseled through the enemy army ten times their own with 5,000 of them, and in the process of chiseling, they also burned Chen Ji and Han Xianam's grain and grass, so that Yuan Shu's army fell into chaos.

This is not the end, when Ao Lie led the army to complete a chisel and roar by, Sun Ce appeared again. He personally led 10,000 troops as the left wing, and Gan Ning led 10,000 troops as the right wing, and with Ao Lie's chiseling, he once again dealt a heavy blow to Yuan Shu's army commanded by Chen Ji. Chen Ji couldn't resist it, so he and Han Qu gathered their men and continued to retreat. On the way to retreat, the second general was ambushed by eight famous Jiangdong generals such as Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, and the 60,000 troops of Yuan Shu who killed lost their armor and abandoned their armor, and their hearts and galls were broken. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Let's just say that the previous chapter misspelled Han Siam as Han Qu, and it was a mistake, please forgive me.