Yuan Shao quietly withdrew from Yecheng and went to Qingzhou with all the belongings he had accumulated in Jizhou for more than ten years.

As early as the end of last year, after the Xiongwu Army successfully captured the Changshan State where the Montenegrin Army was entrenched, Zhuge Liang speculated that Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army might have turned back, and then he suggested to Liu Bei to quickly mobilize Zhu Jun's southern army to Jizhou, in case Yuan Shao lost Jizhou because he could not withstand the siege of the Jin State's three-way army.

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang at that time: "There is still a famous general Zhang He stationed in Diao Tao, and Zhang Yan of Montenegro also has an army of 50,000, how can Zhao Xing swallow Jizhou all of a while?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Zhang He is alone in the lonely city, and Yuan Shao is a merciless and unrighteous person, so he will not save him." The Xiongwu army is only 30,000 horses, and it will first break through Zhongshan and then take Changshan in ten days, but Zhang Yan can sit idly by, but he is afraid that he has turned against the water. Once Zhao Xing uses the troops of Montenegro, the pottery will be broken. And after the destruction of the Tao City, Yuan Shao only had Wei County and Qinghe County left, and he was afraid that in order to protect himself, he would move to the direction of Qingzhou!"

Liu Bei was very surprised when he heard this, so he asked Zhuge Liang: "Once Jizhou falls into the hands of Zhao Xing, Hanoi will be in danger, and if Hanoi is lost, Luoyang will not be safe, how is it good?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Yuan Shao abandoned Jizhou, just because he was worried that his family would be exhausted by Zhao Xing, so Zhu Juntong could lead the southern army to Jizhou to respond, and wait for Yuan Shao to give up Yecheng, and the imperial court would then take over! The Jin State would gather heavy troops on the eastern and western fronts, and the defensive forces in the Shangdang and Xihe areas were limited, so General Zhang Yide could lead the army into Hedong, waiting for an opportunity to create panic, and force Zhao Xing to transfer troops back to defense. In this way, the pressure on the eastern front will be reduced, but we will be able to get Wei County without much effort and extend the defensive front to the northeast for hundreds of miles. ”

At that time, the old Taoist Yu Ji had not yet presented the formula for making gunpowder to the imperial court, and Zhuge Liang was able to deduce so many conclusions based on the information that Li Jinwu had successfully occupied Changshan Kingdom, which really lived up to his almost demonic resourcefulness. The subsequent development of events is basically consistent with Zhuge Liang's speculation, but he did not expect that Cao Cao also had the courage to resist Zhao Xing head-on, and as soon as he heard that Yuan Shao was going to attack Qingzhou, he immediately ordered Cao Ren to lead his army north, wanting to pick up a wallet for nothing.

As mentioned above, Yuan Shao had asked someone to send a letter to Zhu Jun before evacuating, so from the perspective of time, Zhu Jun knew the news of Yuan Shao's departure from Yecheng earlier than Cao Cao.

Zhu Jun's army was stationed in the Quliang area, of which 20,000 were still very fast-moving cavalry troops, and an important purpose of his northward march this time was to take Wei County by chance, so naturally he would not sit back and wait for a good opportunity to be fleeting. As soon as he learned of Yuan Shao's evacuation, Zhu Jun ordered Gao Ran to lead the cavalry to Yecheng and take over the defense of Yecheng before Cao Ren arrived.

Cao Ren, who arrived in Yecheng only two days later than Gao Ran, looked at the majestic and solid Yecheng in front of him, and burst into a foul sentence at that time: "Male Gobi, Yuan Shao, a stupid donkey, how can he be willing to leave Yecheng and escape!"

Scolding and scolding, but since Gao Lan, who represents the imperial court, has occupied Yecheng, Cao Ren can't use his hands to rob it, and he has to rob it. Just look at Yecheng has been operated by Yuan Shao for ten years, and it is comparable to that of Crouching Tiger City, with 20,000 troops stationed in the city, and there is no 108,000 people to attack it for several months, it is really difficult to take.

Cao Ren returned in vain, and took people to Yangping to change guards with Xiahoudun who was stationed there, so that Xiahoudun, who had strong mobility, led the army to Qingzhou to help Lao Cao grab the territory. Now Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are going to Qingzhou from the two directions of Qinghe Country and Taishan County respectively, and they are doing the looting work of having fast hands and slow hands, and one more army will naturally be able to grab one more piece of fat.

Crouching Tiger City is the farthest away from Yecheng, so Zhao Xing was the latest to learn that Yuan Shao had gone to Qingzhou. Although he sent urgent orders to Li Jinwu and Zhang Yan at the first time, when Li Jinwu led the Xiongwu army to Yecheng in one go, even Cao Ren had left Yecheng for several days, not to mention that Gao Lan, who had already entered the city, had now completely controlled Yecheng.

"Malegobi! Yuan Shao's old man caused his grandfather to run away in vain, brothers, let's retreat!" When the second general faced the strong and tall Yecheng, he once again sent out greetings to Yuan Shao's mother, and then reluctantly turned back and retreated to the north, and stopped Zhang Yan, who was running a little slower, when he was halfway up, and then Li Jinwu and Zhang Yan returned to their stations very aggrieved.

Yuan Shao had a lot of advisers under his command, so didn't anyone think it was a pity to lose Yecheng in vain and came forward to stop it? In fact, if we think about the problem from Yuan Shao's point of view, it is not difficult to find that leaving an impregnable Yecheng to the imperial court is conducive to the imperial army blocking the southward movement of the Jin troops for a long time, which is a very beneficial thing for Yuan Shao, who is eager to run to Qingzhou to occupy a new territory.

If Yuan Shao had just left on the front foot, and Yecheng on the back foot was occupied by Zhao Xing's troops, then he still had not gotten rid of the shadow of the Jin State. Conversely, if he had gained a foothold in Qingzhou and Zhao Xing's forces in Jizhou were unable to move south, it would have left Yuan Shao plenty of time to stabilize his position, while continuing to attack Tao Qian in Xuzhou southward, eventually uniting his own territory with Yuan Shu in Yangzhou.

Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu do not deal with each other, after all, they are both surnamed Yuan, and now when facing Zhao Xing, a mortal enemy, even if Yuan Shu is stubborn and self-serving, with Zhuge Jin and other far-sighted strategists by his side, he will definitely not suggest that Yuan Shu destroy the Great Wall.

If the two Yuan finally unite together, jointly occupy most of Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and face Zhao Xing in the north with Cao Cao in the future, then Yuan Shao's safety will be greatly guaranteed, not to mention that the sky has to fall and the tall man will have to hold it, Jizhou currently has Wei County and Qinghe Kingdom in the hands of the imperial court, and everyone will work together to fight against Zhao Xing, which is better than the threat of Yuan Shao's family in Jizhou when facing the Jin State.

When Zhao Xing heard that Yecheng had been occupied by Gao Lan, the vanguard general under Zhu Jun's account, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he really didn't expect Yuan Shao to really have the courage to play this good show of "gecko tail breaking".

Now it seems that the battle plan of the Jin State to completely occupy Jizhou is only afraid that it will be stranded. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao used the excuse that Qingxu couldn't help snowflakes and salts, and joined forces to attack the weak Qingzhou Kong Rong, believing that they would definitely have to make a move against Tao Qian in Xuzhou next to him soon. The imperial court had long seen that Kong Rong and Tao Qian were not pleasing to the eye, and now they happened to use the hands of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to get rid of Zhao Xing's two secret allies, which actually weakened the strength of the Jin State in disguise.

Once the land of Qingxu was controlled by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the Jin State would inevitably lose the two huge markets of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, as well as the many laborers that could be recruited.

In fact, the real headache for Zhao Xing is still to come, the old Taoist Yu Ji has told Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Bei the formula of gunpowder, and the expansion of the Jin Kingdom in the future will inevitably face very huge casualties and costs, and may even face a dangerous situation of self-preservation.

Since Zhao Xing can make people design large-scale killing weapons such as thunderstorms, ironclad cars and chariots that produce huge impact with the help of gunpowder high explosion, Zhuge Kongming, who once invented the wooden ox and flowing horse in history, plus Huang Yueying, a clever woman he is about to marry, will definitely be able to invent and design similar weapons.

If the opposing sides use a large number of thermal weapons, future wars will only make people more worried.