At the end of the ninth year of the first peace, the vigorous negotiation war was declared a failure, Yuan Shao and Lü Bu surrendered, Liu Bei and Cao Cao hurriedly retreated, and the four main princes of the negotiation war were defeated and fled.

Cao Cao was better, at least the retreat was smooth, Liu Bei was more miserable, he was bitten by Zhao Yun, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

At the same time, the Qingzhou Fleet and the Youzhou Fleet, which were freed up, formed a combined fleet, and a combat corps landed in Shanzhouyu (the east and west of modern Lianyungang City) by sea, and easily expelled the defenders on the island.

Immediately afterwards, five combat corps, a full 1.2 million troops, converged on Shanzhou Yu within ten days, and under the cover of the naval division, the strong strength of the five combat divisions landed in Quxian (Lianyungang).

At this time, the main force of the Xuzhou army was still completely withdrawn from Qingzhou, and the garrison troops with low combat effectiveness were left behind in Qingzhou.

Immediately afterwards, the Shang army that landed in Xuzhou selected 300,000 iron cavalry, took advantage of the empty gap in the rear of the enemy army, went all the way to the west, and raided and occupied Jiqiu County.

Jiqiu County is located in the north of Xuzhou City, which is the north gate of Xuzhou City, and it is also the only way for Liu Bei to withdraw his troops back to Xuzhou.

At this time, Liu Bei's situation was that there were chasing soldiers in front and tigers in the back, and it could be said that he could not advance or retreat.

At the same time, the Shang Ji army also sent Liu Meng with the Greedy Wolf Legion as the core, supplemented by the surrendered three million Jizhou troops, to form the Greedy Wolf Corps, and went south to assist Zhao Yun.

The two joined forces together, and attacked the north and south with the corps that landed in Qingzhou, and attacked Liu Bei's headquarters.

Although Liu Bei struggled to resist, the morale of the army was low, the people were panicked, and they could only be defeated again and again, and in the blink of an eye, there were not many Qingzhou troops left, and Liu Bei's old capital accumulated over the years lost in just half a month.

What's even more desperate is that Zhao Yun seized the opportunity, the offensive aggression was like fire, and he didn't give Liu Bei a chance to recuperate and breathe, the offensive was like a wave, one round after another, Liu Bei could only watch the encirclement getting smaller and smaller, and the army under his command was quickly eroded, and he was helpless.

With the passage of time, Liu Beijun's food and grass gradually ran out, and his morale was on the verge of collapse.

Zhao Yun inspired the title of [Victorious General], but in fact, it became more and more fierce, and its combat effectiveness became stronger and stronger, showing a snowball trend.

Seeing that Liu Bei was about to be destroyed by several armies, something unexpected happened.

Under the persecution of Zhao Yun, Guan Yu actually stimulated his own potential, broke through the limit of heaven and man, and was promoted to SS-level general in one fell swoop, and obtained the new exclusive title [Qinglong Martial Saint].

If that's the case, it's okay, Zhao Yun was promoted earlier than Guan Yu, and Guan Yu is not Zhao Yun's opponent even after being promoted, not to mention that Shang Jijun's side still has an absolute advantage in the army.

However, what is fatal is that Liu Guanzhang and the three of them are systematically appointed brothers, not only are they connected by qi and machine, but even their fates are involved with each other. Stimulated by Guan Yu's breakthrough, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei also broke through and won the SS-level exclusive titles [Black Panther Demon Lord] and [Golden Dragon Emperor] respectively.

The three freshly baked SS-level generals formed a three-talent formation of heaven, earth and man, and with the bonus of the righteous brothers, they not only easily defeated Zhao Yun, but also fought their way out of the encirclement in one go.

Although Liu Guanzhang and the three of them were lucky to break out of the encirclement with the help of the power of the breakthrough, the other generals of the Qingzhou Army did not have this good luck, not only Zang Ba, Xiahou Lan, Wu Ban and other important generals were captured, but even Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Yi and other core Wenchen were also served in one pot.

Liu Bei, who escaped from the encirclement, was left with only Guan Zhang and Zhuge Liang, and the rest had more than 3,000 Golden Dragon Divine Guards, and the rest were either killed in battle, captured, or separated because of the war.

Although Liu Bei, who only had this little bit of people left, temporarily broke out of the siege, he did not dare to return to Xuzhou City at all.

Theoretically, Xuzhou City is still under his control, but the soldiers in Xuzhou City are outnumbered, and it is impossible to hold Xuzhou City no matter how with the 3,000 remnants of the soldiers he has at hand, and returning to Xuzhou City now is tantamount to looking for death.

Liu Bei is also a bold person, so he simply gave up Xuzhou directly, and rushed to Yanzhou non-stop, but he defected to Cao Cao.

After Chen Zhi, who was in charge of guarding Xuzhou City, heard the news of Liu Bei's defeat and westward march into Yanzhou, he directly abandoned the city and chased after Liu Bei.

Chen Zhi was loyal and never gave up on Liu Bei, but the other generals in Xuzhou did not have such noble ethics, and when they heard that Liu Bei was defeated, they basically surrendered to the wind, and the officials in Xiapi County, Guangling County, Pengcheng County and other places did not wait for Zhao Yun's troops to arrive, so they sent envoys to express their surrender.

To the north of the Huai River, there are 12 states in Qing, Xu, You, And, Mu, Yong, Ping, Chen, Yan, Liang and Yusi, of which Shang Ji occupies eight states, and from the map, the Shang Ji control area is like an iron tong in general, and Si Li, Liangzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are clamped to death.

In the entire north, the only princes who have not yet succumbed are Diao Chan, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, and Liu Bei has become the commander of the light pole, although he has two SS-level generals, but he has no soldiers and no food at hand, let alone territory, and has temporarily lost his threat.

In this way, Diao Chan and Cao Cao, the two substantive princes, attracted the attention of the world, and these two people naturally became the last obstacle for Shang Ji to sweep the north.

There are tens of millions of soldiers on the border of Bingzhou and Jizhou, sharpening their knives.

After a desperate attack, Cao Cao finally returned to Yanzhou, which was regarded as returning to his own territory, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Shang Ji followed and killed.

Cao Cao had to harden his head again and began to set up defenses at the junction of Yanzhou and Yuzhou to resist the attack of Shangji.

However, to the disappointment of many princes, the expected battle did not break out, and the Shang army uncharacteristically stopped the offensive and sent emissaries to try to persuade Cao Cao to surrender.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and hurriedly warmly entertained the envoy, and announced in a high-profile manner that he hoped to settle the dispute through negotiation.

For Cao Cao, the most important thing at the moment is time, and no matter what the outcome of the negotiations, it can provide Cao Cao with a respite. As long as he is fully prepared, starts a war on his own territory, and occupies a geographical advantage, Cao Cao still has two points to block Shangji's attack.

Shang Ji's unexpected move broke through the eyes of a place, and Liu Biao, Sun Ce and other southern princes were even more happy. If Shang Ji continued to fight in one go, they would be the ones who would face the pressure of Shang Ji next, and now Shang Ji suddenly stopped at a critical moment and gave Cao Cao a chance.

And with Cao Cao's strategy, coupled with the two god generals of Guan Zhang who had just joined Cao Cao, there was still a chance to resist the Shang Ji's attack, and many players even compared the Shang Ji's order to stop the offensive with the German army that stopped advancing in Dunkirk, thinking that the Shang Ji missed a great opportunity to stop in a short period of time!

However, would Shang Ji really make such a low-level mistake?