Chapter 381: The Five-Party Alliance Collapses

On the border of Youzhou and Bingzhou, Gongsun Chan camped, and Gongsun Chan looked at the news from the south and frowned. The reason why he agreed to temporarily truce with Yuan Shao and come to participate in the battle against Wei Xuan was not only because Wei Xuan's development was too fast during this time, which posed a threat to the Kwantung princes and became the target of public criticism, but also because Bingzhou was a place where the Han Dynasty produced war horses in addition to the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the north, and the other was Liangzhou, which was further away.

Gongsun Chan didn't think about occupying the annexation of the state, in addition to the fact that he might have to pay a huge price, but also because Youzhou was already long and narrow, if he added the annexation of the state, it meant that he alone had to resist the three ethnic minorities for the Han Dynasty and the princes of the interior, he was not stupid, he wanted to grab the territory and give priority to Jizhou and Qingzhou.

Since he came for robbery, Gongsun Chan did not rush to attack after arriving at the border, but wanted to wait for news from other battlefields. But what was he waiting for?

Yuan Shao thought that Chun Yuqiong and Zhang Hewei would lead 50,000 elites to be almost wiped out in a battle, and then retreated to Yecheng, two ???????????????? 10,000 people were stationed in Yecheng, and it lasted less than half a month and was breached.

Next, Yuan Shao directly confessed and sent money, food, and beauties to ask for a truce. If it weren't for Zhang He and Tian Feng surrendering to Wei Xuan and committing suicide in Yecheng, Gongsun Zhan would even suspect that Yuan Shao and Wei Xuan would have acted together to show him.

Wei Xuan's strength is very strong, Gongsun Zhan just has a concept, and the person who can defeat Dong Zhuo alone back then will of course be very strong. But in the face of the joint crusade of the five parties, he actually attacked Yuan Shao with a heavy fist. Gongsun Zan believes that the reason why Yuan Shao was defeated was not only because the Jizhou soldiers were not good, but also because he put too many soldiers and horses in the north to prevent his own attack. If all the soldiers and horses of Jizhou are gathered, the battle with Wei Xuan in Wei County will definitely be a stalemate, and even Yuan Shao may win.

Now that Wei Xuan and Yuan Shao have ceased war, Yuan Shao is either very weak or preparing to go north. So Gongsun Chan was very unwilling and decided to withdraw his troops and go back.

Chen Liujiwu, Lu Bu has been in a stalemate with Wei Yun outside the city for half a month, since Gao Shun attacked the city wall and was captured by Dian Wei, Lu Bu and Chen Gong made up their minds to stalemate and wait for the battle situation of the other four roads, especially where Yuan Shao in Hebei is. When the news came, Lu Bu had to admire Chen Gong's foresight again. Chun Yuqiong was completely annihilated before entering Hanoi, and then Gao Gan fled, and Zhang He surrendered. The 50,000 Jizhou elites carefully prepared by Yuan Shao only disappeared in a few days, and the gap between the two sides can be imagined. Just when Lu Bu and Chen Gong thought that Yuan Shao despicably used the soldiers and horses of all Jizhou to fight Wei Xuan in a decisive battle in Wei County, the news came that Jia Xu came to the front line to besiege Yecheng. After analyzing Wei Xuan's attack on Wei County, Lu Bu believed that the biggest possibility was a stalemate between the two sides. In this way, as long as it takes a while, Wei Xuan's soldiers and horses and grain and grass will be in short supply, and once Hebei's soldiers and horses are dragged by Yuan Shao, it is the best time for him Lu Bu to attack Chenliu.

However, Lu Bu did not wait for the good news he wanted after all, and in less than half a month, Wei Xuan's troops captured Yecheng and then occupied the entire territory of Wei County.

This was not what frightened Lu Bu, Yuan Shao actually willingly allowed Wei Xuan to occupy Wei County. In this way, Chen Liu and Wei County are connected, and from Wei County they can also send troops to cross Dongjun to attack Yanzhou.

Sure enough, the news that Zhang Liao and Zhang He crossed the river to the south soon came! Wei Yun and Zhao Yun made Lu Bu feel that there was no chance, and the safety of his grain route before was completely because Zhang Liao was ordered to go north. Now that Zhang Liao has returned, there is one more Zhang Hebu who has surrendered almost the entire system, and his frontal enemies have changed from less than 30,000 to more than 50,000. In addition to adding more than 10,000 cavalry, Zhang Liao's arrival will also add three fierce generals, Zhang Liao may be slightly worse, but Zhang Fei and Guan Yu left a deep impression on Lu Bu. plus Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were originally in Chenliu! Lu Bu suddenly felt that this was another remake of the Battle of the Monkey Clan. The only difference is that the combat power of the enemy and the enemy has changed dramatically, and now the enemy has an absolute advantage in the number and quality of cavalry.

Lu Bu was very unwilling, when Wei Xuan opened a road in Runan and let him go north to attack Liu Bei, this seemed to help Lu Bu himself, but in fact, it also helped Wei Xuan clean up the portal. But Wei Xuan chose to support Cao Cao after that, and died when Cao Cao's soldiers and horses fell into Xuzhou and could not return to help???????????????? The road from Jibei and Sanyang to Dongjun was blocked. So much so that Lu Bu's occupation of Yanzhou fell short.

Now that the Ministry of Health and Propaganda has returned from a great victory in Hebei, the five-party coalition army has already stopped fighting in the north. Lu Bu can be sure that Wei Xuan's next focus will be on himself.

If Lü Bu and Yuan Shu still maintain their previous alliance relationship between Jiangxia and Runan, they can contact Yuan Shu to march together at this time. But since Yanzhou slaughtered the Quartet, he completely reneged on the bad covenant between Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and Lü Bu, and gradually moved towards independence. The advantage of independence is that all the territory occupied in Yanzhou is his own, but the price is that he can no longer contact Yuan Shu. And Tao Qian, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Lu Bu did not rescue, but took the opportunity to seize the land of Yanzhou, although it also achieved the effect of encircling Wei to save Zhao, but this was not agreed before, and Tao Qian would not appreciate it.

After convening Chen Gong and others to discuss, Lü Bu decided to immediately withdraw his troops from Chen Liu and retreat to Liang. Because what he may have to face next is not only the counterattack of the election, but also the revenge battle of Cao Cao for the battle for Yanzhou.

The Northern Third Route of the Five-Party Alliance collapsed, and unlike the northern routes, it was Xu Rong who was stationed in Yingchuan, and Zhang Ji, who later rushed from Hongnong. Yuan Shu had previously consumed a lot in order to snatch Peiguo in Tao Qian's hands, and then in order to prevent Sun Ce in the south, he also gathered heavy troops in Jiujiang. When Yuan Shao's crusade against Wei Xuan's text was announced to the world, Yuan Shu did not have many soldiers and horses in Runan. Yuan Shu himself was in Runan, leaving Ji Ling to garrison Jiujiang and Zhang Xun to garrison Peiguo. Therefore, to attack Yingchuan, there is not even a leading general.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that I didn't attack Yingchuan, but Xu Rong and Zhang Ji counterattacked Runan, first two troops and horses entered Shangcai from Yingchuan, and then Xu Rongtun troops were here to deter Pingyu, and Zhang Ji divided his troops to the west. Although Yuan Shu also deployed some troops in these places, the number was too small, and the second was newly recruited, where could he stop the tiger-wolf-like Xiliang soldiers. And Zhang Ji has never found an opportunity to make meritorious contributions since he returned to Shun Weixuan, and the whole army has also been required to train in accordance with Wei Xuanjun's conduct, which can be regarded as suffocating. Now entering Runan is like a wild horse on the loose. Conquer Xiping on three days, march on three days and take Wufang on two days, go south to Suiping on two days, and then go down to Suiping on three days......

Yuan Shu was shocked when he learned of Zhang Ji's movements in the western part of Runan, and this Zhang Ji was even more fierce than Lu Bu's entry into Jiangxia that day, and hurriedly dispatched 15,000 men to the west to intercept Zhang Ji.

What Zhang Ji is waiting for is this great opportunity.

The two sides fought on the north bank of Langshan Rushui. The result of the three-day fierce battle was naturally that Zhang Jijun, who had 3,000 Xiliang cavalry and nearly 10,000 infantry and the spear king Zhang Xiu, won a complete victory, and Yuan Shujun's 5,000 people were killed on the spot, 5,000 jumped into the river, and 5,000 fled back to Ruyang.

Zhang Ji naturally did not hesitate to go north along Rushui, and the frightened Yuan Shujun had just entered Ruyang for only one day, and he was defeated in a hurry. Later, Zhang Ji intensified his efforts, including all the large territories west of Cai on the north bank of Rushui.

Yuan Shu was shocked again when he heard this, and he didn't understand why any of Wei Xuan's subordinates was a general, and he could defeat the enemy in front of him with 10,000 soldiers and horses. had no choice but to hurriedly summon Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to come to help.

Tao Qian and Sun Ce are also not vegetarians, since Yuan Shao released a crusade???????????????? After Wei Xuan's article, these two are paying close attention to the changes in the general trend of the world. Especially Sun Ce, after retreating to Lujiang, Sun Ce actually regretted it a little, because Lu Bu quickly parted ways like Yuan Shu. That is to say, if he had strengthened his ties with Wei Xuan at the beginning to withstand the first wave of attacks from Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, it would have been impossible to say that Runan would still be his own now, and Yuan Shu would have fled to Peiguo or Jiujiang at most, so that his strength would not have lost to Yuan Shu.

However, Sun Ce was not idle after entering the path, first of all, Zhu Zhi, the governor of Wu County, and Sun Ce should join forces to successfully attack Wu County, kill Taishou Xuchang, and connect the two sides of the Yangtze River. Now that Yuan Shu had suffered a big loss in Runan, he dispatched Ji Ling to support, and Sun Ce immediately heard the wind and led his troops north.

Tao Qian was not idle, and immediately ordered Liu Bei to send troops to Peiguo after learning that Zhang Xun had left, and he led 20,000 Xuzhou soldiers as backup, and he was also ready to recapture Peiguo in one fell swoop.

For a while, Yuan Shu was attacked on three sides, and he was a little unbearable, and while frantically recruiting soldiers, he ordered Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to come back one after another.

In the end, Yuan Shu also learned from Yuan Shao, sent people to sue for peace and hoped to exchange grain and grass for the city seized by Wei Xuan's army, and Wei Xuan also took the opportunity to open his mouth with a lion's mouth, and a city of 300,000 stone grain. Faced with the crumbling situation, Yuan Shu could only grit his teeth and accept it.

Further south in Jingzhou, Liu Biao was the most aggrieved of the Five Coalition Forces. In Nanyang, there have always been three Nanyang generals Wei Yan, Wen Ping and Li Yan, including nearly 20,000 soldiers from the two counties, followed by Duan Xuan's 10,000 Xiliang soldiers stationed in Caiyang, and then began to build a port on the side of the Han River to make a posture of crossing the river to the south. As soon as Yuan Shao's crusade against Wei Xuan came out, Liu Biao also wanted to take the opportunity to take back Nanyang, but Wei Yan took 20,000 people directly to the Han River. Liu Biao's Jingzhou soldiers had not yet left Xiangyang, so they could only stop by the river and wait for news.

It's not that Liu Biao is cowardly, it's that he is really scared, he is not sure if Zhang Fei is not in Nanyang, there are nearly 3,000 light cavalry in Duan Xuan's Xiliang soldiers, which can be seen by the Han River.

Wait, wait, wait for Yuan Shao's fiasco, wait for Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu to withdraw their troops, wait for Yuan Shu to sue for peace, what else can he Liu Biao do, directly when nothing happened, honestly hide back to the south of the Han River to sit in the world.