Yuan Shao's disappearance did not allow Guo Tu and Fu Zhu to agree on their opinions. On the contrary, the two quarreled even more violently.

Guo Tu insisted on his opinion, and still wanted to ask Cao for assistance, after all, this was a strategy set by Yuan Shao before he disappeared. Fu Zhu thought that he would return to Yecheng first, and then send people to find out Yuan Shao's whereabouts. If there is no news, the eldest prince Yuan Tan will be the main one, relying on the protection of the real dragon shield to stabilize the situation in Jizhou, and then slow down the good strategy.

As soon as he heard that he was going to set up Yuan Tan, Guo Tu became furious.

"The lord has always liked the third son, and he has always made the third son the heir before we met him. As soon as the lord disappeared, you want to overturn his will, it's just a shame!"

Frustrated and argued: "I have always been a long-standing young man, every time the lord mentions it, Yuan Hao and I persuade him to change his mind, and you are not not absent." In terms of ability, the second son Yuan Xi is much better than the third son, and it is not the turn of the third son to take the position. ”

Guo Tu scolded: "I have long known that you are in cahoots with Tian Feng, and now you have finally revealed your fox tail and want to support the second son, right? The second son has colluded with Zhang Meiniang, and the lord didn't like him before." Hmph, frustrated, could it be that you and Tian Feng have also defected to Shi Xin?"

"Guo Tu, you are spewing blood! I am wholeheartedly devoted to the Yuan family, how can I allow you to slander you, instigating the lord to sneak attack Taixian County, and suffer heavy casualties, this is a big failure, if you listen to Yuan Hao's words and face off with Shi Xin, there were Tong Yuan and Li Yan at that time, will it get to this point today?"

The two of you said a word to me, and they fought for each other, but the result was still the same as usual, and they broke up unhappily.

Frustrated, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he turned around to look for Guo Tu, but found that the sand and dust were rolling in front of him, and it turned out that Cao led the army to arrive.

Guo Tu made contact with Cao first, and when Fu Zhi rushed to the front, Guo Tu had already told Cao the news of Yuan Shao's disappearance with tears in his eyes.

"This waste, Cao Wolf's ambition, knowing that after the disappearance of the lord, he will only invade Jizhou more blatantly. ”

Frustrated and angry, but it was not good to attack in person, so he had to look at Guo Tu angrily, but Guo Tu turned a blind eye.

Cao frowned deeply, and said with a long sigh: "I didn't expect that the strength of the Qingzhou Army was so strong, and we couldn't please it even if we tried our best, even Gongda, Fengxiao and Zhongkang were seriously injured. Alas...... Mr. Gongze, you should send more people to find the whereabouts of the original one, Yuan Jun must not be left without an owner!"

After saying that, looking back at the army, Guo Tu followed his eyes and saw Guo Jia and Xu Chu with sick faces, while Xun You looked gloomy and ragged, and he was not pretending at first glance.

"There is Lao Cao Gong worried, for our business, Cao Gong will be injured, I'm really sorry. As for the strength of the Qingzhou Army, we underestimate it, but when it comes to their strength and invincibility, it may not be so far. We should regroup and kill him.

Cao's face was bitter, "Our army has its own damage, and the total is only 60,000 troops, and the morale is low, so it is difficult to match the Qingzhou army." ”

Guo Tu was shocked: "Cao Gong has to retreat"

As soon as these words were spoken, I felt that it was inappropriate, and the word "retreat" seemed too rude, and it was even more suspicious.

Unexpectedly, Cao didn't care, and only groaned silently. In fact, he has been thinking about what changes Yuan Shao's sudden disappearance will bring to him, especially when Yuan Shao's group of dragons is leaderless.

Guo Tu saw that Cao was not angry, and breathed a sigh, not thinking: If it was the lord, he would have been furious because of this sentence, and Cao Gong's bearing was really magnificent.

After being stunned for a while, he couldn't help but ask: "What is Cao Gong's next plan?"

Cao's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he finally finished thinking about it. didn't answer Guo Tu's words for the time being, only pulled him aside and whispered softly.

Frustrated Zhu felt a hint of conspiracy, and was shocked in his heart, and stepped forward to pull Guo Tu away. The Xiahou brothers next to Cao stood up and blocked him out viciously.

Frustrated from the gap, he saw that Guo Tu changed from righteous indignation at the beginning to helplessness, and finally kowtowed to Cao Yi repeatedly, knowing that the big thing was over.

Hurry back to the main camp to find Yan Liangwen Chou, saying that Guo Tu has taken refuge in Cao, and let them resist.

At this time, Guo Tu had also followed, scolding Fu Zhi for fornicating with Yuan Xi Shi Xin, and sooner or later he would sell Yecheng.

The quarrel between the two soon caused an uproar, and the soldiers of the Yuan army learned that Yuan Shao had disappeared.

Then the two lobbied in the army, and Guo Tu said that he would follow Cao and temporarily retreat to Yanzhou to fight Shi Xin to the death. It is recommended to return to Yecheng first, and then try to make a good plan.

Yuan Shao never expected that the contradiction between the strategists that he had not been able to handle well would finally break out in an all-round way at this juncture, not only on the bright side, but also more rapidly expanded to the whole army.

Most of the soldiers have an idea with Guo Tu, they have been killed by the Qingzhou army to be afraid, relying on the big tree of Cao is better than fleeing back to Yecheng alone, 25,000 of the 30,000 people followed Guo Tu, and the remaining 5,000 are also six gods and no masters, and morale is completely lost.

Yan Liangwen Chou was also in a dilemma at first, but they grew up with Yuan Xi since they were children, and they didn't believe that Yuan Xi would secretly understand Shi Xin, and he was always frustrated.

The two finally decided to return to Yecheng with Fu Zhu and the 5,000 army.

The 30,000 Yuan army fell apart, completely losing the hesitation of the original attack on Qingzhou, and it was really a complete defeat.

Guo Tu and Cao's army went all the way west, and finally rebelled just as they were about to reach Baima. Under the pretext that Yuan Shao confessed before his death, he welcomed Cao as the lord of Hebei and merged with Cao Jun into one.

During this time, whether it was Guo Tucao, Fu Zhu or Tian Feng in Yecheng, they all sent people to frantically search for Yuan Shao's whereabouts, but found nothing. Everyone speculated that it must have been Shi Xin who sent a master to intercept and kill him halfway, and Yuan Shao was already more than lucky.

And Shi Xinfang believes that it is most likely Cao's plan, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, and it is extremely vicious.

Cao scattered the Yuan army that had taken refuge and distributed it among himself, holding 100,000 male soldiers at this time, and 20,000 were led by Xu Huang and Cheng Yu, and refused to defend in the area of Jibei County to guard against the Qingzhou army. The remaining 80,000 people, under the banner of adhering to Yuan Shao's will, quickly crossed the Yellow River from Baima to Liyang, and pointed at Yecheng.

The Qingzhou Army also reacted quickly, leaving 10,000 troops to garrison Jinan County, led by Zhang Xiuhe and Bocai, who had already completed the task of surrendering troops, to guard against Cao's army.

The remaining 80,000 people, under the pretext of making Yuan Shao's unreasonable invasion pay, revealed his crime of annexing the Heavenly Master Sect, and quickly went deep into Jizhou from Pingyuan County, all the way to the north.

Under the attack of Shi Cao's two armies, Yuan's army fled, the city was broken, and it was easily captured by the two armies.

Within a month, Cao and Shi Xin were overwhelmed, occupying the west and east of Jizhou respectively, and the two sides fought several small-scale battles, winning and losing half of the battle. In the end, an agreement was reached that they would no longer fight each other, and sent troops to merge with the state and Youzhou respectively, and occupied the city with all their might.

After another fifteen days, the two armies were victorious on all fronts. The Cao army occupied the state, and the Shi army occupied Youzhou. Since then, Cao Zaixi has connected Yanzhou, West Jizhou, and Bingzhou into a piece, entrenched in the Central Plains. Shi Xin is in the east, combining Qingzhou, East Jizhou, and Youzhou together, dominating the northeast.

In the end, the two armies stationed 60,000 troops in each of the two places in the east and west of Yecheng, in addition to the 20,000 troops scattered in Anmin, ready to launch a final assault on Yecheng.

Not only Jizhou, but only Yecheng has a real dragon shield in the entire three states of Hebei, so you can imagine how important Yecheng is.

Shi Cao and the two sides bet the decisive battle on Yecheng, and whoever wins Yecheng will occupy the dominant position in Hebei. The three Yuan brothers even put the last bet on Yecheng, which has enough food and grass, and the soldiers use their lives, and it is no problem for a year or two. As long as Yecheng is in his hands, there is always a chance to turn the tables.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, who had always been at odds, finally shook hands and made peace under the mediation of Yuan Xi and fought against foreign enemies together. Without Guo Tu's involvement, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu finally took power and put the inside and outside of Yecheng in order, and the strategists in the city, such as Xin Ping, Ju Pei, Feng Ji and others, also temporarily put aside their prejudices and unanimously went out to the outside world.

This big battle, which was contested by Shi Cao and Yuan, was moved from the Qingzhou battlefield to Yecheng, and no one dared to act rashly. The whole Hebei was covered with war clouds, stormy and stormy, and was deeply caught in the flames of war.

The eyes of the entire Han Dynasty were focused on Hebei, and the scouts and spies sent by various princes appeared near Yecheng from time to time, doing their best to get first-hand battle reports for their own side.

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