In Yecheng, Yuan Shao summoned Zhao Long, Liu Bei, and Tian Qi to discuss matters. These princes are all princes who are attached to Yuan Shao, and they have their own thoughts.

Yuan Shao, the fourth and third dukes, also had the ambition to compete in the Central Plains.

As soon as Chu Tian returned, he attacked Yuzhou in a big way, causing Yuan Shao to worry, and at the suggestion of the military advisor Xu You, Yuan Shao gathered all the princes and subordinates to discuss the matter of attacking Yanzhou in the south.

In Xu You's opinion, this is the best time to attack Yanzhou.

Xu You is also a strategist with a vicious eye, and he is still a lot short of a top strategist, but he is enough for Yuan Shao.

At least now Xu You's approach has caused a lot of trouble to Chu Tian.

Yuan Shao joined forces with Zhao Long, Liu Bei, and Tian Qi to move south, Yanzhou was threatened, and Chutian's offensive against Yuzhou would come to an abrupt end.

Yuan Shao approved Xu You's proposal, so he gathered all the forces of Jizhou and prepared to go south to attack Chutian with the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou and Jingzhou.

"The lord attacked Puyang, Zhao Long attacked Baima, Xuande and Tian Qi attacked Gaotang, and the three-way soldiers and horses crossed the river, divided the troops and marched together, so that Chu Zimou could not take care of each other, and the situation was like a bamboo. In less than a year and a half, Chu Zimou will definitely be defeated! ”

At the banquet, Xu Yu talked about the attack on Yanzhou.

If Chu Tian was present, he would definitely have trouble sleeping. Xu You's three-way strategic plan poses a great threat to Chutian. Yuan Shao all the way, there are Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Ju Yi, Hu Lu Mingyue, Lanling Wang.

Zhao Long all the way, there are Sui Dynasty commanders Yang Su, Han Baohu, Shi Wansui and so on.

Liu Bei and Tian Qi all the way, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ashina Sheer, Feng Yi, Tian Dan, Sun Bin and so on.

The 300,000 troops of Jizhou went south, and Chutian had to defend it in an all-round way in order to hold it.

"What does the advisor think?"

Liu Bei asked Chen Xi, the military advisor beside him, in a low voice.

Chen Xi replied: "As Xu You said, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack Yanzhou, and if we miss this opportunity, I am afraid it will be difficult to have another chance to take Yanzhou." ”

Liu Bei asked Chen Xi again, "Is it necessary for us to obey Yuan Benchu's deployment?" ”

At this time, Zhang Fei, who was sitting next to Liu Bei, couldn't hold back: "The eldest brother is still Youzhou Mu, and he is not much different from the Jizhou Mu of Yuan Meng, so why do you need to listen to his orders!" What the big brother wants to do, then do it! ”

"The third brother can't ......"

Zhang Fei's two sentences immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Yuan Shao's face was not so good-looking.

Zhang Fei said impatiently: "If you want to fight, you will fight, Zhang Yide will accompany you, if you don't fight, you won't fight, I'll go back and wash and sleep!" ”

Yuan Shao had seen Zhang Fei's ferocity on the battlefield of the National War, and he didn't dare to say that Zhang Fei was an ordinary foot archer: "Yide is a little restless, if you have no opinion, then we will levy 300,000 Jizhou troops to attack Yanzhou." ”

"My lord."

Zhao Long did not agree with Yuan Shao's approach.

As the largest force attached to Yuan Shao, Zhao Long has the strength to almost fight against Yuan Shao, he expressed his opinions, and Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, and even the trial match, Guo Tu and others who were close to him were all sideways.

Yuan Shaogang was hit by Zhang Fei, and now Zhao Long was in trouble again, holding back the anger that was about to explode, and pretending to be calm: "Why? ”

Zhao Long replied: "Bingzhou Mu Hu Ma was defeated by us in the Youzhou War, and he was unwilling. Once Jizhou's 300,000-strong army moves south, he will definitely attack Jizhou. In this way, Jizhou will all be owned by the state. ”

Xu You had already prepared: "I have asked people to revise a letter to Mu Huma in Bingzhou, and in the letter he has promised that we will not attack Jizhou, and our army can attack Yanzhou with confidence." ”

"Soldiers, treacherous. In order to take Jizhou, Huma deliberately intended to fulfill our efforts to go south to attack Yanzhou. Once we gather all our forces and go south, then we are fooled. ”

"Huma probably doesn't know what it means to be cold. Chu Zimou grows, what are the benefits for it? ”

"Huma's annexation of Jizhou will sit on the three major states of Jizhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou, and he has the ability to compete with Chu Zimou, and he will not miss this opportunity. The lord went south with the strength of a state, and he was already a dry bone in the grave! ”

Zhao Long and Xu You quarreled in front of everyone, and Yuan Shao was involved, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be furious, pulled out his sword, and pointed at Zhao Long: "My Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third duke, what kind of dry bones in the grave!" Don't you dare to kill you!? ”

Zhao Long's face turned pale.

Han Baohu and Shi Wansui hurriedly got up, holding weapons in their hands to protect Zhao Long.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou protected Yuan Shao.

Everyone present was disturbed by the rapidly deteriorating atmosphere and discouraged it.

Zhao Longgong was highly shocked, and everyone had already faintly felt that the contradictions between the two sides would break out sooner or later. And now, it is on the verge of an explosion.

Yuan Shao already had murderous intentions towards Zhao Long, just like he killed Ju Yi in history.

It's just that Zhao Long, who knows the trend of the late Han Dynasty and has a group of powerful generals at the same time, is not as easy to mess with as Ju Yi, and he has the qualifications to argue with Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei wanted to get up and persuade him, but he was held down by the military advisor Chen Xi: "My lord, seeing them solve this matter like this, it may be our opportunity." ”

Guan Yu stroked his long supple beard and whispered to Liu Bei: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, in the opinion of the second brother, it is better to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." ”

Zhang Fei said: "I am the same! ”

Liu Bei listened to the advice of a few cronies, so he didn't get up.

Over there, the strategists in Jizhou had already gone up to dissuade the two of them, and they hurriedly played a round: "General Zhao Long, the lord is just angry for a while, not intentionally offended, and please don't misunderstand." ”

The judge said to Yuan Shao: "Please take back the murder weapon." A weapon can be used against an enemy, but not against a friend? ”

Yuan Shao found that he was indeed a little impulsive, so he put away his weapon. But he didn't let go of the shelf of the fourth and third dukes, and took the initiative to show softness to Zhao Long.

Zhao Long was disheartened: "I, Zhao Long, laid the current territory for the lord, all for the sake of the lord, but it is really unfair to be treated like this!" ”

After Zhao Long finished speaking, he threw the long sword on the ground, and angrily led Han Baohu and Shi Wansui to leave.

Everyone present, except for Liu Bei and Tian Qi who were watching, the rest of the generals and strategists in Yuan Shao's camp couldn't help but feel cold.

Judging from the reasons for the outbreak of this conflict, Yuan Shao's actions did hurt many generals and strategists.

Zhao Long was the biggest hero who helped Yuan Shao win the Battle of Julu and the Battle of Youzhou, but he was pointed at by his lord with a sword. So one day, Yuan Shao ascends to a higher position, how will he deal with other heroes?

Even Xu You couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't know what to do.

Yuan Shao withdrew his sword, and he couldn't help but regret what he had done.

The people who remained at the banquet did not intend to swallow, so the banquet ended in a hurry.

Sun Bin, who had been observing this conflict, had a flickering look in his eyes and was thoughtful.

"Strategist, is there anything wrong?"

Tian Qi found that Sun Bin's demeanor was a little abnormal, as if he had discovered something.

Sun Bin nodded and shook his head: "Probably my illusion." ”

At night in Yecheng, another big event happened.

During the night, an assassin attacked Zhao Long's residence, Shi Wansui and Han Baohu killed several assassins in succession, but Zhao Long was stabbed!

Frightened, Zhao Long led people to burn the west gate of Yecheng, and fled back to Handan, the Zhao country he ran, in a hurry.

This incident caused an uproar in Yecheng.

After Yuan Shao and Zhao Long had an argument, Zhao Long was assassinated that night and was almost killed!

The assassin who died on the spot was a soldier in Yuan Shao's legion, and there was also a military general, Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan!

At this time, all the strategists and generals of Yuan Shao's camp were restless.

All signs pointed to Yuan Shao, who sent people to attack Zhao Long and stabbed Zhao Long, who fled from Yecheng overnight in panic.

Liu Bei and Tian Qi were deeply disturbed by this incident and suspected that Yuan Shao intended to eradicate the princes who depended on him, so they also left and returned to the Bohai Sea and the plains.

Yuan Shao's reputation was ruined as a result.

"The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden ......"

"The enemy country is broken, and the ministers are dead. Yuan Hao, did we see the wrong person at the beginning? ”

"I thought that Yuan Benchu was the fourth and third dukes, but he actually took revenge and killed the hero, although Zhao Longgong was the main ...... But if he had been killed that night, the end would have been too bleak. ”

"Maybe Yuan Benchu was just in vain."

"Where do we go from here?"

Tian Feng and Fu Zhu confronted each other.

When such a thing happened inside Jizhou, they had no time to think about how to attack Yanzhou.

Not only did Tian Feng and Fu Zhu lose confidence, even if Xu You, Xian Pei, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Zhang He, Zhu Ling and others were shaken, what was even more fatal was that the loyalty of the generals who took refuge in Yuan Shao was declining.

In Handan City, Zhao Long fled back to the territory under his control, and immediately had a doctor to treat his injuries.

When the soldiers of the entire Handan heard that Yuan Shao pointed his sword at Zhao Long at the banquet and sent assassins to assassinate Zhao Long, they couldn't help but be furious, and took the initiative to come to the lord's mansion to ask for his life, asking for troops to attack Yuan Shao!

Tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the Lord's Mansion, they were not dissatisfied with Zhao Long, but with Yuan Shao, and asked Zhao Long to replace Yuan Shao!

This is the same as the Chen Qiao Mutiny and the yellow robe!

"Let me go in and persuade my lord."

Yang Su, the first commander and first strategist under Zhao Long, came to visit the patient, and all the soldiers in Handan made way for Yang Su.

"The lord is willing to be injured for the sake of the great cause, and the last will admire."

Yang Su has an appreciation for Zhao Long.

"This sword almost killed me, and I deserve to be one of the four great assassins of the Warring States. At this time, there has been a nominal army to fight against Yuan Shao. ”

Zhao Long's originally frightened eyes disappeared and were replaced by sharp eyes.

Yang Su said: "What the people want, Yuan Shao explained again, it is to no avail. Liu Bei and Tian Qi said goodbye without saying goodbye, which made everyone in Jizhou deviate from Yuan Shao, and the time was ripe. As long as the Lord is a righteous soldier, there is no way to cut down, and it does not take more than a month, Jizhou can change hands. ”

"I can't take it lightly, Liu Bei and Tian Qi have no excuse to intervene in my dispute with Yuan Shao. Before they can find an excuse, we must break through the fortified Yecheng as soon as possible. There is also Huma, who can send troops very quickly, and must be ...... before he reacts Luckily, I've made the arrangements. Although Huma has Li Mu and Lian Po, he is not resourceful enough and is not to be worried. ”

"After replacing Yuan Shao, how should I deal with it?"

"House arrest is enough to show that I am tolerant."

"The lord is clever."

"I also need you to fight for the Central Plains for me. If it weren't for the fact that Chu Zimou couldn't intervene in Hebei, I would have replaced Yuan Shao as soon as possible, otherwise I would definitely go south to attack Yanzhou. This time, it was Chu Zimou who was cheaper. ”

The next day, surrounded by Handan soldiers, the injured Zhao Long announced Yuan Shao's crimes, accusing Yuan Shao of attacking the Luoyang Palace, forcing back Jizhou Mu Han Fu and Han Fu's cause of death is unknown, assassinating heroes and other crimes, and rebelling against Yuan Shao!

The 50,000-strong army marched quickly to Yecheng, all the way like a bamboo!

Zhao Long stood on the moral high ground, and Yuan Shao, who was speechless, seemed powerless, and the army he sent met Zhao Long's righteous army, and surrendered without a fight.

Zhao Long's army quickly expanded from 50,000 to 100,000 or 150,000, and the army was in Yecheng!

Liu Bei heard that Zhao Long raised troops to replace Yuan Shao, which was originally his opportunity, but Liu Bei couldn't intervene.

Zhao Long is now the righteous party in the eyes of everyone in Jizhou, and if Liu Bei supports Yuan Shao, his reputation will also plummet, and supporting Zhao Long is just the icing on the cake, and the benefits to Liu Bei are limited.

When Chen Xi heard this, he could only sigh: "I didn't expect Yuan Shao to make such a stupid move." ”

He knew how serious the consequences of assassinating a prestigious celebrity could be.

In history, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang, which led to the betrayal of Chen Gong and a group of Yanzhou families and almost became homeless.

And now Zhao Long has been operating in Jizhou for several years, making friends with Tian Feng, frustration, trial and matching, etc., and has countless military exploits, as if he is a celebrity in Jizhou.

Yuan Shao drew his sword at the banquet, and even sent someone to assassinate Zhao Long, and the person in command was still his nephew Gao Gan.

Yuan Shao was no longer able to defend himself.

"Strategist, Zhao Long wants to replace Yuan Shao, what should we do?"

Liu Bei hesitated.

Help Yuan Shao, fall into injustice, help Zhao Long, and become Zhao Long's vassal. Eliminating Zhao Long and Yuan Shao at the same time not only fell into injustice, but also may not be able to defeat Zhao Long, who had already annexed many of Yuan Shao's subordinates.

It can be said that the situation is too favorable for Zhao Long. Benevolence and righteousness became the biggest obstacle to Liu Bei's choice.

"Difficult to ......"

Chen Xi didn't have any way either.

Now that Liu Bei is gone, he can't recruit Yuan Shao's subordinates.

Under Yuan Shao in Jizhou, the most influential is Zhao Long, Zhao Long has been active in Yuan Shao's power for several years, while Liu Bei is just a vassal who defected to Yuan Shao not long ago, and interpersonal relationships have not yet been established, and not many people are convinced.

On the plains, Sun Bin learned that Zhao Long's rebels were fighting against Yuan Shao, and he couldn't help but shake his head when he thought that the illusion of that day had come true.

Even if there was such a possibility, he could not produce evidence.

Moreover, Sun Bin also knew that if Tian Qi ended, it would be thankless.

The only ones who have the ability to intervene in the Jizhou dispute are Huma, who merged with the state, and Chutian who is Yanzhou.

"Immediately mobilize troops and horses to avenge the revenge of Youzhou!"

When Hu Ma learned that Zhao Long had sent all his troops to attack Yuan Shao, he had a premonition that the time had come to annex Jizhou.

Judging by the solidity of Yecheng, Huma judged that Zhao Long did not have a few months to capture it.

Li Mu, Lian Po, Zhou Dewei, and Zhao Kuo gathered 200,000 soldiers and horses to march to Jizhou!