Throughout Yuan Shao's life, it can be briefly summed up in these words: "Fierce as a tiger in the headwind, a litter of rats in the wind"!

In the serious history without the interference of the merchants, Yuan Shao's strategic situation after the end of the discussion was quite bad. It only occupies a single place in the Bohai Sea, and even its own army has to rely on Han Fu for help.

At that time, Han Fu had already felt the threat of Yuan Shao, and began to gradually reduce the food supply to Yuan Shao, trying to solve Yuan Shao with relatively mild means.

Then Yuan Shao made a decisive attack, and the Northern Union Gongsun Zan was united with righteousness, and he took the rich land of Jizhou without a single soldier.

But even so, Yuan Shao's strategic situation has not changed much. At that time, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu broke up, Yuan Shao was threatened by Gongsun Zan in the north, Yuan Shu was the most prominent at that time in the south, and Tao Qian and Kong Rong were eyeing each other, and Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army was eager to try.

In this case, Yuan Shao did not panic at all, and decisively united with Cao Cao, resisted Gongsun in the north and Yuan Shu in the south, and broke the tripartite alliance of Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zhan, and won big victories one after another. In the end, it annexed Youqing and Sanzhou in one go, completing the hegemony of the north.

It can be said that Yuan Shao at that time was the prince who was closest to the goal of unifying the country of China.

It's a pity that from this time on, Yuan Shao turned on the "tailwind and a litter of rats" mode, a blind operation with bells and whistles, and played the good cards that were hard to get in exchange.

In the past, Shang Ji looked down on Yuan Shao a little, thinking that he was the second ancestor of the first and second ancestors, but looking at it today, the princes who can achieve such achievements are really not given in vain!

Yuan Shao put aside all his worries and began to make a desperate bet, and finally revealed the potential of the world's largest princes, and forced the princes who advocated retreat into a blind corner in a few words, completely stifling the idea of surrender.

Then he tried his best to overcome public opinion and commend Sun Jian and Gongsun Zhan, which strengthened the determination of the two main players to continue to fight Dong.

After that, he vigorously rectified military discipline and military regulations, and initially integrated the scattered coalition forces into one.

It stands to reason that this was an impossible task, the relationship between the various princes was complicated, and there were too many things involved in wanting to integrate the army, but Yuan Shao persuaded all the princes to support the new rules with his incorruptible tongue.

Of course, in this process, Yuan Shao's selflessness and the spirit of sacrificing his family for the country won him a very high honor, and Yuan Mengism was spread everywhere in the coalition armies, and Bo Yuntian was impartial and selfless.

In fact, he did achieve fairness and justice, otherwise no amount of rhetoric would have been able to integrate the princes.

It took about half a month for the princes' coalition to carry out rectification and adjustment. After the rectification, the alliance of princes has not changed in terms of strength, but its comprehensive combat effectiveness has increased a lot.

First of all, in terms of morale, Yuan Shao pulled a group of princes to visit various camps day and night, and forcibly pulled up the low morale caused by the defeat of the vanguard.

On the other hand, there was a preliminary cohesion and cooperation between the various armies of the coalition forces, and there was also a unified military order for dispatch. Unlike before, when it was said that the coalition forces were actually stationed together.

These changes may seem inconspicuous, but they have really increased the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces.

Half a month later, the coalition forces with high morale and stable morale set off again and advanced towards Bishui Pass.

The march of the coalition forces was very cautious, with horses in front and rear guards, and ranger guards on the left and right flanks.

Along the way, the coalition army demarcated a strict marching route, and all soldiers who deviated from the prescribed route without authorization were executed, and the dispatch of any large force of troops required the order of the coalition headquarters.

With Yuan Shao's efforts, this point was unanimously recognized by the princes! China

These rules are not something to be proud of for a normal army, but they are a true miracle for an army of eighteen forces.

The army strictly followed the regulations of pulling out the camp at the right time, setting up camp at three o'clock, and traveling 100 miles a day. Encamped at a glance, and did not hesitate to spend great efforts to arrange buildings such as deer firewood and arrow towers every night. At night, five layers of light and dark posts were arranged within 20 miles around the army, and twelve elite cavalry regiments took turns to maintain a high state of combat readiness to ensure that even if the enemy army attacked calmly.

The princes take turns to sit in the tent at night, and it is important to ensure that at least two or more princes sit in the tent at any time.

Although these measures are a little rigid, they are very much in line with the current reality of the coalition forces.

During this period, Huaxiong led the army to attack several times, and the coalition army dealt with it properly under the command of Yuan Shao.

It needs to be understood that the Xiliang Army was able to kill the two princes in one go and cripple the three roads in one go, and the biggest reason was that these princes and princes who served as pioneers took care of themselves to grab money and food, relaxed their vigilance, and were taken advantage of by Huaxiong in the night attack.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army is strong, and the monstrous power of Huaxiong after demonization is also an important reason that cannot be ignored.

This time, under the auspices of Yuan Shao, the coalition army fought steadily, not giving Hua Xiong a chance to take advantage, seven million elite troops, including a large number of high-level special legions, Hua Xiong did not dare to fight hard no matter how strong he was.

It is said that among the coalition forces, there are more than a number of generals who can fight with the demonized Huaxiong without falling behind!

After Hua Xiong suffered a few small losses, he didn't dare to continue to be presumptuous, and the coalition army fought steadily all the way, and it took nearly half a month to arrive at Rongyang - Bishui Pass!

"Is this the Bishui Pass, which is known as the first gateway to Luoyang?"

Shang Ji and a group of princes came across their horses, looking at the magnificent checkpoint in the distance and muttering to themselves.

"Yes, this is Bishui Pass. After passing this level, there is still the Tiger Prison Pass, and then we can directly hit the Dong thief's lair. ”

Yuan Shaoling stood still, his eyes were burning and he looked at the Bishui Pass in the distance, and said loudly.

"But, how to overcome such a strong pass?"

Looking at the terrifying level with a maximum of 100 meters on the wall, Shang Ji asked with a headache.

The city wall of Bishui Pass is not long, only about fifteen miles. The pass is built on the mountain, and there are vast mountains on the left and right sides, and there is only one pass here that can be accessed.

The terrain here is extremely dangerous, and the construction of the checkpoint is directly compared to the imperial city, the main body of the building is cold iron stone, and a small number of key parts even use star rocks. You must know that Star Rock is the raw ore for extracting Star Iron, and Star Iron is the most commonly used material for building high-level weapons and equipment above the Spirit Weapon level!

Shang Ji looked closely, and could vaguely see a large number of defensive equipment arranged at the head of the city, and Hua Xiong led a million elite troops to garrison Bishui Pass.

At this time, Hua Xiong himself was leading 300,000 elite troops to garrison under the checkpoint, forming a linkage with the checkpoint one mile and one outside to avoid the situation that he would lose for a long time.

From Shang Ji's point of view, even if the coalition forces attack with all their might, they won't be able to open the Bishui Pass in less than half a year!

Is it possible for the coalition forces to spend half a year here?

Of course, this is impossible, not to mention how long Yuan Shao's super-god state can be maintained, just the money, food, and materials that need to be consumed by the seven million elite army on the cross-state expedition in half a year can bankrupt the princes' finances!