However, it was said that Yuan Shaoguandu was defeated by Cao's army, and the father couldn't take care of the son, and the son couldn't take care of the father, so he and his eldest son Yuan Tan fled alone in a hurry and went straight to the Yellow River crossing.

In a hurry, Yuan Shao took care of the prestige of the commander of the four states, and fled across the river surrounded by more than a dozen entourages.

Then a group of cavalry, about 800 horsemen, fled and crossed the river to the north bank of Liyang.

In this battle, Yuan Shao lost 70,000 or 80,000 people, and countless weapons, baggage, books, and treasures were lost. When he stumbled into the camp tent of his subordinate general Jiang Yiqu, he was like a frightened bird and embarrassed.

Jiang Yiqu is the sixth of the eight fierce generals under Yuan Shao, the first five Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Zhang He, Ju Yi and the last two Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong Seven fierce generals, except for Gao Ran and Zhang He who surrendered to Cao Cao, the rest have been killed in battle.

When Yuan Shao arrived at Jiang Yiqu's camp, he was extremely sad, held Jiang Yiqu's hand tightly and said, "I gave you all my head." ”

Jiang Yiqu was sad in his heart, hurriedly arranged Yuan Shao to rest, summoned his subordinates, and said that Yuan Shao was still there, and he regrouped, and the army was slightly boosted, so he discussed with Yuan Shao to return to Jizhou.

On this day, staying in the barren mountains overnight, Yuan Shao was frightened and could not sleep.

Yuan Shao faintly heard crying in the tent, so he quietly went out of the tent to listen.

It turned out that the defeated army got together, telling about the loss of his brother and brother, and the pain of abandoning his companion and relatives, and he couldn't help crying bitterly, and there were many complaints: "If you listen to Tian Feng's words, how can there be today's disaster?" ”

Yuan Shao listened to the complaints, sighed with emotion, and regretted it.

The next morning, Jiang Yiqu reorganized the army and horses, and was preparing to escort Yuan Shao back to Jizhou, when he suddenly reported that Feng Ji brought the army to pick him up.

Yuan Shao hurriedly summoned in and said to Feng Ji: "I don't listen to Tian Feng's dissuasion, so I will be defeated today, what will I see when I go back?" ”

Feng Ji whispered to Yuan Shao: "Tian Feng heard that the lord was defeated in prison, and he stroked his palms and laughed and said, 'It doesn't come out of my expectations'. ”

Yuan Shao turned angry: "How dare the vertical son laugh at me, I will kill him." ”

Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao had murderous intentions again, so he secretly sent someone to sneak back, and said to Tian Feng in prison: "If Yuan Gong is defeated, he will definitely kill you." ”

Tian Feng laughed when he heard this: "As I expected. Thinking about that Yuan Shao, he is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, does not read loyalty, does not distinguish treachery, and does not listen to good words. and if you return victorious, you will forgive me. Now that I have been defeated and returned from shame and hatred, I will surely die. ”

The jailer guarding Tian Feng was puzzled.

was saying that the envoy of Yuan Shao went to prison with a sword, saying that he was ordered to take Tian Feng's head.

The jailers were shocked, and they all shed tears and regretted.

Tian Feng shouted: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and it is unwise not to know his master. What a pity for the husband to die today! "After that, he snatched the sword and killed himself.

Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou, distraught.

Suddenly reported that the eldest son Yuan Tan fled back to Qingzhou alone, reorganized his troops and horses, and brought more than 50,000 people to come; Yuan Shang led an army of 60,000 and rushed from Youzhou; The nephew Gao Gan led an army of 50,000 and came from the annexed state.

Yuan Shao rectified the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, gathered reinforcements from three routes, combined with 300,000 soldiers and horses from four states, and drove to Cangting (now north of Yanggu County, Shandong) to Xiazhai.

Let's say that Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu, rectified the army and horses, and led the victorious army to display the riverbank.

The local fathers and elders eat pot pulp to welcome the condolences.

Cao Cao welcomed a few centenarians with gray hair into the tent and sat down, and said respectfully: "My army has entered the country, disturbing the place, and I am very uneasy. ”

An elder said: "When Emperor Huan was in power, there was a yellow star in Chu and Song. At that time, there was a man named Yin Kui in Liaodong, who was well versed in the stars and good at astronomy, and stayed here at night, and said to a few of us, 'The yellow star is seen in the dry elephant, and it is shining here.' Fifty years later, when there was a real person between Liang Pei. We've counted a few of us for 50 years now. Yuan Benchu occupied Hebei, rampant conquest, constant wars, social turmoil, the people could not bear the suffering, and there were many complaints. Today, the prime minister is a benevolent and righteous teacher, hangs the people and kills crimes, the official crosses a battle, and defeats Yuan Shao, just as Yin Kui said, the peaceful days that the people are looking forward to are coming. ”

Cao Cao secretly rejoiced: When the heavens are in line with the wishes of the people, the world can be peaceful, so he said to the old man: "It is my life's wish to calm the world and stabilize the people." Ask people to take wine, food, silk and silk to give to the elderly, order the three armies, and strictly enforce military discipline: "Whoever robs property in the countryside and kills chickens and dogs indiscriminately shall be beheaded for the same crime as murder." ”

As soon as this order was issued, the military and civilians were shocked.

In April of the sixth year of Jian'an (2019), Cao Cao marched to Cangting to fight against Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao led Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi's three sons and nephew Gao Gan and the generals to the battle.

Yuan Shang wanted to be able to do it in front of his father, brandished his double swords, and rushed forward on a prancing horse.

Xu Huang's deputy general Shi Jian patted the horse to greet him, and Yuan Shang turned the horse and stabbed away.

Shi Lian rushed over, Yuan Shang turned over and shot back, and an arrow hit Shi Lian's left eye, falling from his horse and dying.

Yuan Shao saw that his son was victorious, and drove the army and horses to cover up, and the two armies fought a scuffle, and each Mingjin collected the army and returned to the village.

The next day, Cao Cao used Cheng Yu's "ambush on all sides" strategy to kill Yuan's corpses all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.

Yuan Shao led the crowd to clash and get out of the encirclement.

Yuan Xi and Gao Gan were injured by arrows, Yuan Shao hugged his three sons and cried bitterly, unconsciously, fainted, vomited blood in his mouth, and everyone returned to the village in first aid.

Yuan Shao Cangting was defeated, and Xin Ping and Guo Tu hurriedly followed Yuan Tan to Qingzhou to rectify in order to prevent Cao Cao from violating the border; ordered Yuan Xi to still return to Youzhou, and Gao Gan still returned to Merge Zhou, and each went to pack up the soldiers and horses for mobilization; Since Yuan Shang and others were introduced back to Jizhou to recuperate, Yuan Shang was temporarily in charge of the military with the trial and Feng Ji.

Cao Cao was about to lead the victorious army of Cangting to march into Jizhou, and suddenly heard that Xun Yu had written from Xudu, and the book said: "Liu Bei got tens of thousands of people from Liu Pi and Gong in Runan, and heard that the prime minister raised the army to go to Hebei, so he ordered Liu Pi to defend Runan, and personally led the army to attack Xudu by taking advantage of the void, hoping to return to the army as soon as possible to defend." ”

Cao Cao was shocked and urgently ordered Cao Hong to stay, bluff, defend against Yuan Shao's attack, and raise his army to Runan to meet Liu Bei.

It turned out that Liu Pi followed Chen Ling to Yingchuan in Mangdang Mountain, and was stabbed by Yu Ban in the battle with Cao's army.

In the early morning of this day, Liu Pi came to the foot of a mountain in Runan, felt that the pain of the wound was unbearable, dizzy, planted the horse, and immediately lost consciousness.

Thanks to the roadside restaurant Xiao Er who got up early to open the door, saw a person injured and lying on the ground, standing next to a horse, and hurriedly turned around to inform the owner.

The shopkeeper Xue Lei and his wife went out to look at each other, and when they saw that this person was dressed in a rebel uniform, he urgently asked Xiao Er to carry him on his back, led the horse back to the store, cleaned the wound with wine, applied ointment, and Liu Pi slowly woke up.

Liu Bi was rescued and woke up, thanking for saving his life.

Xue Lei said: "I don't know who the strong man is? Why is it hurt? ”

Liu Pi saw that he had no evil intentions, so he told him his identity and the process of being injured in 1510.

Xue Lei heard that Liu Pi was indeed a Yellow Turban righteous man, and he did not hide it, so he told the truth.

Xue Lei and his wife were originally soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, after Cao Cao incorporated the Yellow Turban Army, the husband and wife were unwilling to surrender to the enemy, so they led dozens of family members to flee south to this mountain.

Liu Bi heard that Xue Lei was also a comrade-in-arms of the Righteous Army, and it seemed that he was not polite when he returned to his home, so he recuperated in the hotel with peace of mind.

Some of the remaining Yellow Turbans who were killed and scattered slowly gathered over, and more and more people gathered.

Xue Lei discussed with Liu Pi, Liu Pi temporarily lived in the mountain, and Xue Lei still opened a hotel at the foot of the mountain, so as to find out the news, gather the rebels and disperse, and intend to wait for the time to re-attack the Yellow Turban banner and resume the rebellion.

Since then, Liu Pi has organized people in the mountains to open up wasteland and farm, and at the same time gathered volunteers and scattered soldiers to gather in the mountains and forests.

From time to time, Gong of Jingling County, Jiangxia County, Jingzhou (now Zhongxiang, Hubei) was defeated by Cai Yang, and led the remnants to pass through this mountain and was taken in by Xue Lei.

Xue Lei sent Gong Du to the mountains to meet Liu Pi.

Liu Pi and Gong both complained about their experiences, and when they saw each other, they discussed the comeback.

Liu Pi intends to make Gong Du the leader.

Gong Du said: "There is no reason to come first and then come." If it weren't for Brother Liu to take him in, how would Gong have a foothold? ”

Liu Bi said: "If you want to take it in, if it weren't for Xue Lei and his wife to save me, how would I survive?" We should be headed by Brother Xue Lei. ”

"Don't push either of you. The Yellow Turban's righteous move is aimed at overthrowing the Han family and seeking peace in the world, not a grass coward who occupies the mountain as the king. The decision of the leader of the Qingzhou Volunteer Army is subject to the majority opinion. Xue Lei said, "In my opinion, for the time being, Brother Liu is the mainstay, Brother Gong is secondary, and I am responsible for military supply." The three of us will discuss major decisions together. ”

Liu Pi and Gong are both good.

So the three of them worked together to collect the old department, recruit troops, and quickly develop to more than 10,000 people, operating in the Runan area.

Later, when he heard that Cai Yang was transferred by Cao Cao to Xudu to relieve the siege of Baima, and wanted to avenge his nephew's revenge and was killed by Guan Yu in Luncheng, he took the opportunity to capture Runan, led tens of thousands of people, and re-attacked the Yellow Turban banner.

Let's say that Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao in Xuzhou and defected to Yuan Shao.

The strategist Sun Qian fled to Runan and persuaded Liu Pi: "Now Uncle Liu is at Yuan Shao's place, General Liu and Uncle Huang have the same surname and the same ancestry, and they can unite with Yuan Shao through Uncle Huang to attack Cao Cao and support the Han family." ”

Liu Bi disagreed: "What is the same surname and the same clan? The surname Liu rules the world, and I don't know how many people surnamed Liu have been exploited. The purpose of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was to overthrow the Liu regime and save all the people in the world, how could it be in the same league as it? ”

Sun Qian immediately changed his words and said, "What General Liu said is also true. It's just that Cao Cao is under the banner of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and is defending the Liu Han regime, and opposing Cao is both anti-Han. ”

Gong Du also said: "Yuan Shao's power is strong, so let's get married, destroy Cao Cao first, overthrow the Han family, and then make sense." ”

Xue Lei also said: "That's fine." Our goal is to overthrow the Han dynasty and ally with it as long as it is anti-Han. ”

Liu Pi saw that the two agreed, weighed it again and again, and then agreed to unite with Yuan Shao and punish Cao Cao together, so he wrote a document to ally with Yuan Shao and sent Sun Qian to inform Liu Bei.

Sun Qian went to Jizhou to see Liu Bei, and said Liu Bi, Gong Du, and Xue Lei.

Liu Bei showed Yuan Shao the documents of Liu Pi's alliance, and together with Jian Yong, under the pretext of uniting Liu Pi and recruiting Liu Biao to attack Cao Cao, he broke away from Yuan Shao, and accepted Guan Ping as his righteous son through Guan Dingzhuang for Guan Yu, and met Zhao Zilong through Woniu Mountain, and went to Luncheng to meet Zhang Fei.

Let's say that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others gave up Luncheng and brought their families to lead the army to Runan to station, and they couldn't help but feel sad in their hearts: I want to be the emperor's uncle in the court, and I started by suppressing the Yellow Turban, but now I have no place to stand, but I am in the company of the Yellow Turbans and rely on the anti-thieves to survive.

I want to confide in my sworn brothers, I want the second brother Guan Yu to appease the remnants of the Yellow Turban all the way, and the third brother Zhang Fei also relied on the Yellow Turban to rebel in Mangdang Mountain, invade Luncheng, and I am afraid of hurting my brother's heart and losing my brother's love, so I can only sigh secretly.

When he heard that Cao Cao's Guandu had defeated Yuan Shao and raised troops to cross the river to pursue Yuan's army, Liu Bei remembered that his troops would seize Xudu, welcome the Son of Heaven, and support the Han Dynasty.

Liu Pi and Gong both heard that Liu Bei was going to attack Xudu, and they were eager to try and strive to be pioneers.

Liu Bei was embarrassed by face, if he let the Yellow Turban thief be the vanguard, he would not become the thief leader who rebelled against Liu Han, so he taught Liu Pi to protect Runan, and personally led the army with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to attack Xu Du.