At this time, Yuan Tan had already occupied the boundary of Qingzhou, and he was prominent for a while, and his prestige was shocking. When Yuan Tan first arrived in Qingzhou, there was only a small plain under Yuan Shao's jurisdiction. Yuan Tan has been working hard here for several years, so to speak, the entire Qingzhou territory was fought down by Yuan Tan little by little. And Yuan Shao's sending Yuan Tan to Qingzhou is also quite meaningful, obviously keeping him away from his side.

After receiving the letter from Liu Bei, Yuan Tan was overjoyed, seeing that the decisive battle between Yuan and Cao's two armies was imminent, it was the time to employ people. And Liu Bei not only understands Cao Cao's temperament, but also is a rare talent in the world, after Yuan Tan received Liu Bei's defection letter, he sent a letter to Yuan Shao in Yecheng as soon as possible. And he personally led the elite to ride out of the city to meet Liu Bei, and when he saw Liu Bei, he treated him very kindly, escorting Liu Bei all the way to the plain, and the courtesy was very good, which made Liu Bei feel at home, which shows that Yuan Tan does have some ability.

As soon as Yuan Tan escorted Liu Bei back to his home, he received a letter from Yuan Shao, in which only Yuan Tan immediately escorted Liu Bei to Yecheng. Looking at the letter, the corners of Yuan Tan's mouth lifted lightly, revealing a deep smile.

The next day, Yuan Tan arranged for a carriage and horse to send Liu Bei to Yecheng early in the morning.

There was nothing to say all the way, but to Yecheng two hundred miles away, only to see the flag fluttering, neatly arrayed, at the flag gate, but I saw a person wearing a gorgeous costume, eight feet long, standing majestically on a horse, from time to time with a smile on his face to look ahead.

This person is Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao calculated that Liu Bei should go to Yecheng today, and personally went out of the city for 200 miles to greet him, and he treated him very politely, not inferior to Yuan Tan in the slightest. And the middle-aged elder standing next to him was Tian Feng, seeing Yuan Shao like this, his heart was a little relieved.

At this time, Yuan Shao was sitting on the horse, still secretly calculating. This time, his own troops are vast, Cao Cao's momentum is far from satisfactory, if he surrenders to the enemy's troops without a fight, it is really the best policy. Liu Bei once had a gap with himself, and he still treated him like this, if Cao Cao's generals knew about it, they would definitely come to vote happily. I also thought that although Liu Bei was a masterpiece, in his own hands, it was a tiger to lie down, a dragon to coil, and he could use it for his own use, not to mention that Liu Bei was a relative of the Han family after all, and he was famous for his rebellion.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh secretly, and suddenly raised my eyes to see that there was a team in front of me, but didn't the person riding a tall horse in the center of the team be Big Ear? Immediately hurriedly patted the horse to greet him:

"Xuande Gong!"

Say so, and give a salute from afar.

Liu Bei saw that Yuan Shao also patted his horse to greet him, and saluted first:

"Thank you for not giving up and taking Liu Bei in."

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said in pain:

"A few days ago, the child was seriously ill, Yuan Shao really had no intention of state affairs, and it was not Yuan's original intention to put Xuande here! I hope Xuande will forgive me! ”

At this point, his face changed, and he said hatefully:

"Cao Cao, he did such an unrighteous thing, Xuande rest assured, Yuan Mou decided to attack the righteous soldiers to avenge Xuande's communiqué!"

Liu Bei hurriedly nodded his thanks, and the two led the soldiers back to Yecheng, so far, Liu Bei stayed in Yecheng with peace of mind, gave advice to Yuan Shao, and assisted Yuan Shao to discuss Cao's affairs.

Liu Bei followed Yuan Shao, Liu Bei is very good at getting along, seeing that Yuan Shao's personality is wide and taboo, not handsome, not Cao Cao's opponent, thinking of this, I can't help but feel depressed, thinking hard about the good plan of the Han Dynasty but can't, at this time Liu Bei is surrounded by unscrupulous generals Wen Wuliang, unarmed, but still unswerving, which shows its extraordinary.

But where did Liu Bei know that in fact, since he entered Jizhou, he has been monitored everywhere, and his every move is in Yuan Shao's control, on this day, Liu Bei is thinking hard about a good strategy, but he heard that Yuan Shao came to see, Liu Bei saw that Yuan Shao was busy giving gifts, Yuan Shao took two quick steps and dragged Liu Bei and smiled:

"Xuande, don't be polite."

Then striding and sitting on the main chair, Liu Bei glanced at Yuan Shao, did not speak, but secretly shook his head and sighed in his heart. This person has no room for others, how can he achieve great things? When Yuan Shao saw Liu Bei's situation, he couldn't help but say:

"Why is Xuande so worried? Could it be that Yuan was negligent? ”

In fact, Yuan Shao wanted to know Liu Bei's thoughts, Liu Bei had heroic talents, and he also wanted to rely on Liu Bei to calm the world, but recently spies often reported that Liu Bei always sighed alone, and Yuan Shao came to test it.

When Liu Bei heard this, how could he dare to say that his future was worrying? Just be worried:

"The second brother and the third brother don't know the sound of consumption, the wife and the small family have all fallen into the hands of thieves, and they only hate to serve the country without a way, and they are powerless to protect the family, so they are naturally worried? Don't mind, general! “

Yuan Shao frowned when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart that now Liu Beiguo hates his family and hatred, but he can use it, if it takes a long time, I am afraid that he will lose his heroic spirit, and secretly said in his heart that it is time, so he stood up and said:

"Fang is warm this spring, it is the time to use soldiers, I want to fight Cao Cao, what does Xuande want?"

When Liu Bei heard this, his gloom disappeared, and he said with great joy:

"Such a general's prestige must be a sound shock."

Liu Bei is indecisive about this game of chess in the world at this time, if the general trend is initially determined today, only he has no place to stand, and the chess pieces are difficult to fall, but the two major groups in the world are facing each other at the peak, no matter who wins or loses, a large empty shell will be exposed, and Liu Bei will be safe at that time. On the second day, Yuan Shao summoned all the advisers to discuss the matter, Xuande lived beside Yuan Shao, and the advisers looked at each other, all worried. In fact, in Yuan Shao's camp, there are many people who are wary of Liu Bei, and the first one is Tian Feng. Yuan Shao is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, but he doesn't want Yuan Shao to treat him like this, which shows that Liu Bei has the ability. Tian Feng was worried because of his heartache to protect the master, although Liu Bei was his own sponsor. But no one can see through this Liu Bei, he is heroic, and he is recognized as a hero in the world. This person has lofty ambitions and will not want to live under others for a long time, but now Yuan Shao relies on him so much, it really makes people sweat. Can Yuan Shao control Liu Bei? Tian Feng's answer is naturally no.

Yuan Shao saw that all the advisers had gathered in Fang Dao:

"I want to raise troops Cao Cao for a long time, this spring is warm, it is timely, what do you think?"

When all the strategists heard this, their expressions were different, and after a while, Tian Feng came out and said:

"Ming Gong can't, the day before yesterday, Cao Cao Xuzhou used troops, Xu Du was empty, and Ming Gong never used soldiers. Now that Xuzhou has been broken, Cao Cao is in full swing, and his edge is unbeatable. Now that the general is far away from the land of the four states, it is better to sit and wait for it, and take advantage of the gap to cut it down, which is the best policy. ”

Tian Feng's plan is safe, although it is unknown what the future will be, but Yuan Shao occupies the land of the four states, and he already accounts for half of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao faced the enemy, and the gap would not be too far.

Although Tian Feng's strategy was wonderful, he didn't want Yuan Shao to be unhappy. Poor Tian Fengqian should not blame Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has always thought highly of himself, how can he listen to such accusations, but it is not good to deal with him on such an occasion. Yuan Shao's face was displeased, and he turned his eyes to look at Liu Bei. Liu Bei saw Yuan Shao looking at himself, and he understood in his heart, so he hurriedly got up and said:

"Cao Cao deceived the king, if the Ming Duke conforms to the will of the people, he will be the heart of the world!"

Yuan Shao heard that the case was good, but in fact, Yuan Shao wanted to do anything else or go against the grain. At this time, the strategists saw Yuan Shao's face and knew his intentions, and they didn't speak for a while, although these people knew that it was not appropriate to send troops at this time, but naturally they didn't want to go against Yuan Shao's intentions. But this Tian Feng refused to bear it, because he was Yuan Shao's loyal guardian. Others can let it go, but he refuses to turn a deaf ear. So Tian Feng admonished again, Yuan Shao was already extremely dissatisfied with Tian Feng's words, but now he was impatient when he saw Tian Feng talking again:

"You wait for the text to be light on the military, so that I have lost my righteousness, and I will not say it again."

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao didn't listen to his advice, so he came up stubbornly, and said angrily:

"If you don't listen to the advice of good ministers, you will be disadvantaged."

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this:

"How dare you disturb the hearts of our army? Condemn the crime! Come on, drag it out and cut it off! ”

He was going to kill Tian Feng right away.

In fact, Tian Feng had already put life and death aside at this time, he was disheartened and went to death generously, but he was quiet, for a while, this one wanted to kill, that one begged to die, and he was about to behead Tian Feng.

Liu Bei couldn't sit still, this Tian Feng is Yuan Shao's strategist after all, although his temperament is just and stubborn, but after all, he has followed Yuan Shao for many years, has a deep foundation, and must have some friends in Yuan Shao's camp. So he got up and persuaded Yuan Shao bitterly, Liu Bei pleaded, and there were other strategists to intercede for him, although Yuan Shao had residual hatred, it was not easy to attack, so he took Tian Fengshou up in anger, and on the other hand, he began to prepare for the Northern Expedition to Xu Du.

But said that when he saw Tian Feng being detained, he had a hidden sense of inappropriateness in his heart, and he knew that who knew Yuan Shao best in Yuan Shao's camp, not Mrs. Yuan, nor Yuan Shao's son, but this Tian Feng, now that Tian Feng is in prison, it is definitely not a good sign, and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had an insight into the heavens, and faintly calculated that he would die soon, so he went home to settle down, scattered his family wealth, and said goodbye to everyone:

"I'm going with the army today, if you win, you will be powerful, and if you lose, you will not be safe, you and find a way out, if you don't die in a big disaster, you can come to me again."

Everyone wept when they heard this, but they had already made up their minds to give up, and it was useless for everyone to persuade them.

Yuan Shao had already made up his mind at this time, and was determined to fight with Cao Cao, and immediately sent troops, and the troops were directed at Xu Du.