Cao Cao did not send troops to respond to Yuan Shao.

Because with his current situation, he really doesn't have time to respond to Yuan Shao, what he needs to do now is to consolidate Jiangdong, and at the same time stabilize the defense line of the Yangtze River, and then slowly develop.

He and Yuan Shao and Yuan Yi will form a strong momentum in the future, and Liu Jian will hold on to the north and south, which is the long-term way.

This is not to say that Cao Cao is timid and afraid, but that he has a strong strategic vision and foresight.

With the rapid growth of Liu Jian's power by leaps and bounds, Cao Cao already knew that it was inevitable that Liu Jian would occupy the time and people.

Forcibly going north to compete with it will only continue to weaken your own strength.

Only by stabilizing the front and waiting for Liu Jian to go south, taking advantage of the opponent's carelessness, or relying on his own geographical advantages in the south, to give the other side heavy setbacks, can he have the opportunity to counterattack to the north.

But Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao couldn't listen to this now.

……

Cao Cao had already made a decision in his heart, but now Yuan Shao began to hesitate again.

His old mistakes began to be repeated at this critical moment.

Because of the previous two major battles lost to Liu Jian, a large part of Yuan Shao's camp now began to oppose Yuan Shao's continued march to Chang'an, and Liu Jian had a more fierce collision.

They hoped that Yuan Shao would be able to withdraw to Nanyang County, adopt a conservative strategy, and wait and see the situation in the north.

These people include Xiang Zheng in Jingzhou, Hecha in Runan, Han Ji in Nanyang, etc.

In addition, celebrities Zhao Yan, Fanqin, Yingrong and others were also in favor of Yuan Shao's retreat and not fighting with Liu Jian.

However, Xu You, as well as Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang Brothers, and Xiao Ji of Nanjun, advocated going north and continued to fight Liu Jian.

Xu You said: "Lord, we have experienced two wars before, although we have failed, but when it comes to troops, we are not less than Liu Jian, on the contrary, the south has a large population over the years, and more troops can be recruited, based on the number of people alone, we are definitely not under Hebei, why can't we compete with him?" ”

Fanqin looked at Xu You with a sneer: "Ziyuan's words are wrong, is the war just based on the number of people?" ”

"With the fame of Duke Yuan and the wealth of Jingzhou, it is true that we can recruit more people to participate in this war, but Liu Jian also has a lot of people in Hebei, and he can also gather more people to go south, but does it make sense?"

"An elite soldier can slaughter more than eight or nine ordinary Li Shu, and the war in this world, if you can win it just by looking at who has more people, it is much simpler."

"Besides, what's the use of having a large number of people? In the last two defeats, we don't count the people we lost for the time being, which has too much impact on morale. ”

"Not to mention anything else, the officers and men of the three armies have no heart to fight now."

"Ziyuan, is there any way to improve the fighting spirit of the officers and men of the three armies?"

Xu You's face showed extreme anger.

"Our army is here, so that Yuan Gong can enter the imperial court, assist the Son of Heaven, and control the government."

"If we retreat at this time, our previous investment, as well as the soldiers who died in those two wars, will die in vain, you advise Yuan Gong like this, are you worthy of the souls of those fallen soldiers in the sky?"

When Fanqin heard Xu Yu say this, he laughed on the spot.

"Xu Ziyuan, how can there be a brazen person like you in the world?"

"What do you say is worthy of the soldiers of the three armies, are you standing here alive now, are you worthy of the fallen soldiers of the three armies, and worthy of Sun Wentai?"

As soon as he heard Fanqin talk about Sun Jian, Xu You's face turned red all of a sudden.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Fanqin looked at Xu You with disdain and said: "You and Sun Wentai have the right to lead the troops and lead the troops to fight Xu Rong, but as a result, Sun Wentai died on the battlefield, but you came back safe and sound." ”

"And Ziyuan, you don't seem to have come back with his defeated soldiers, but secretly came back by yourself, what's the matter? Could it be that when Sun Wentai was fighting on the front line, you saw that the situation was wrong and took the opportunity to slip away? Did you become the coward who fled? ”

Fanqin's words are actually not wrong at all, Xu You did it.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he fled first from the small road, leaving Sun Jian behind, and never lived and died with the soldiers of the three armies.

It's just that later he pretended to be a refugee and returned to Yuan Shao's command.

Xu You didn't want people to nod their noses and say this about him.

"Ru'an dares to slander me with such words!"

Xu Youqi's hands trembled a little, he raised his finger and pointed at Fanqin, as if he wanted to find some reason to refute him, but Fanqin's words were a little too sudden, and Xu Youyi didn't know how to deal with it.

Immediately afterwards, Xu You squinted at Yuan Shao in the main seat, but the moment he saw Yuan Shao's expression, Xu You's heart suddenly cooled by half.

I saw Yuan Shao sitting there with his beard rubbed, thinking carefully about something, he did not say anything to reprimand Fanqin for Xu You, but looked at Xu You suspiciously.

Xu You and Yuan Shao have been close friends for many years, and what Yuan Shao's expression represents, Xu You couldn't be clearer in his heart.

Yuan Shao really began to doubt himself in his heart.

If he felt annoyed, he would never look at himself with such eyes.

It was at this time that Kuai Yue stepped forward.

"Yuan Gong's top priority is to ignore the previous matter, but to quickly discuss whether to enter the army or not, according to Kuai's view, it is a serious matter to hurry north to enter Chang'an."

Xu You looked at Kuai Yue in surprise, he never expected that it was this person who stood up to relieve his son at this time.

It's a pity that Xu Yu has made a miscalculation.

Kuai Yue didn't stand up for Xu Yu at all.

He is in a hurry to assist Yuan Shao to enter Chang'an.

I think that at the beginning, Kuai Yue single-handedly facilitated Xu You to go to Sun Jian's camp, for today.

Kuai Yue is a smart man, he has already seen that Xu Yu will gradually lose Yuan Shao's trust, and today is just the beginning.

For a person who will gradually be snubbed and dissatisfied by Yuan Shao, why should Kuai Yue spend more of his precious mind?

Yuan Shao was also pulled back by Kuai Yue's words.

"Xenodu also thinks we should enter Chang'an?"

"Of course, if the public dominates the world. Domination of the states, only today! This is the moment when Yuan Gong and Liu Jian decide to live and die, no matter how difficult it is, Yuan Gong must hold on, and he must not easily retreat at this time. ”

"Those who persuade the public not to enter the army are just fools and short-sighted!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately lifted his spirits, he stretched out his hand and slapped the table case heavily, and said with emotion: "There is a different degree to support Yuan, this matter will be done, let's send troops to Chang'an now to fight with Liu Jian." ”

"No!"

Du Xi said: "My lord, the soldiers of the three armies have no fighting spirit, how can they win or lose with the Hebei army?" ”

"Besides, before Li Dao died, he had already pointed out that Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others were the culprits who rebelled against the imperial court with him, and Liu Jian is now in full swing."

"If the prince leads his troops into Chang'an now, won't he be in the same league as Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others? When Liu Jian puts the name of the thief on Yuan Gong's head, what should he do? ”

Kuai Yue looked at He Cha angrily.

"In this time of crisis, what do you want to be famous? As long as we occupy Chang'an and support the Son of Heaven, what righteous name will be on us in the future, why care about this moment? ”

He Cha sneered: "Then what if things don't work out?" Isn't there even a way out? ”

"You!?"

After listening to Heqia's words, Yuan Shao suddenly hesitated again.

He is like this, although he is ambitious, but his ears are too soft.

Especially when you meet these excellent characters under him, you and I express different opinions one by one, which will disturb his thinking even more and make him undecided.

Kuai Yue saw Yuan Shao put on that hesitant posture again, he was very anxious, he made a long gesture at Yuan Shao, and shouted: "Lord, at the critical moment, the lord must not hesitate, this is a matter of life and death in the future, and the lord must not make a decision." ”

He Cha said coldly on the side: "It is precisely because it is a matter of life and death of the lord that he cannot make a decision in vain, and when you talk like this, aren't you forcing the lord to make a decision quickly?" ”

When Kuai Yue heard this, he was immediately speechless.

Because there is some truth in what he said.

Then I saw Yuan Shao waving his hand at the crowd present and said,

"Everyone, don't argue about this matter, and let Yuan think about it carefully, and when it is clear, let's make a decision, how about it?" ”

As soon as everyone heard Yuan Shao say this, they were helpless.

Kuai Yue, Xu You and others are all anxious, after all, every day of delay, Liu Jian will take a step closer to Chang'an, if Liu Jian is really preempted into Chang'an, then it will be over in the future.

The princes of the world, I'm afraid they can only blindly defend.

Yuan Shao thinks about it for a day, which will be beneficial to Liu Jian.

The problem is that everyone thinks wrongly about Yuan Shao, and they all think wrong about Liu Jian.

Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to march to Chang'an, and Liu Jian was not in a hurry to march to Chang'an.

After playing the slogan of the Qing monarch's side, Liu Jianjun was vigorous and marched towards Chang'an with great vigor.

Now everyone in the world knows that Liu Jian's target is Yang Biao, Wang Yun and others, and he wants to enter Chang'an and capture and behead all these rebellious thieves.

But no one expected that Liu Jian secretly transferred troops on the way and suddenly attacked Yuan Shao's place.

This is something that no one expected.

It turned out that Liu Jian's previous fight on the side of the Qing army, as well as the property of Hongnong Yang's family, were all confiscated, and these things were just tricks.

His real goal has always been Yuan Shao.

On November 10 of the seventh year of Xingping, Liu Jian's army suddenly arrived, and he attacked Yuan Shao's Dazhai at a speed that was caught off guard.

The timing of this attack happened very suddenly, which caught Yuan Shao off guard.

Liu Jian divided his troops into three routes, attacking the east, west, and north respectively, and launched a fierce attack on Yuan Shao with lightning speed.

The number of soldiers in Yuan's army is still very large, especially the defeated soldiers are returning to Yuan Shao's camp one after another, but their morale is not enough.

Facing the momentum of the Hebei Army, the soldiers of the Yuan Army instinctively had a feeling of fear in their hearts.

A big battle broke out between the two sides inside and outside the camp, and this time Liu Jian's cavalry did not come in handy, but his infantry also broke out with amazing combat effectiveness when attacking the village.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards, Liu Jian had feasted on the three armies before leaving Hongnong, boosted morale, and also used a large number of Hongnong Yang's wealth to reward the soldiers and raise their morale to the top.

Everyone felt that Liu Jian did this in order to let the Hebei soldiers enter Chang'an with the highest morale and state.

However, facts have proved that Liu Jian's purpose of boosting the morale of the three armies is not for Chang'an at all.

The slogan of the Qing monarch that he had spent a lot of time playing before was actually just to confuse the people of the world.

It's all for today's battle.

All of this was to give Yuan Shao a heavy blow today and drive Yuan Shao out of Guanzhong completely.

At this moment, I saw that the rockets in the sky shot into Yuan Shao's camp like locusts!

The tents were burned, the grain carts were burned, the firewood piles were burned, and the horses were frightened by the burning flames, running and neighing.

Although the weather has gradually cooled down, it has not yet reached the point where it cannot catch fire.

On the contrary, the autumn wind gusted, and the evening wind instead fueled the fire, making Yuan Shao's camp burn more quickly.

After Yuan Shao knew that Liu Jian had come to attack his camp, he was half-dressed in armor, barefoot, holding a long sword, and rushed out of his handsome tent.

Yuan Shao's handsome face scanned the scene back and forth, and an unprecedented sense of anger and shame surged into his heart.

"Liu Deran, you traitor! Dare to harm me like this, Yuan and you are incompatible! Never die! ”

After Yuan Shao finished shouting angrily, he immediately pulled the long sword out of its scabbard.

"Come, take my war horse, take my war horse."

"I want to personally call on the soldiers to fight back, and I want to cut off Liu Deran's head with my own hands."

Yuan Shao said these words out of anger.

At present, although the soldiers in his battalion have not completely collapsed, they are all fighting on their own, and they are not yet able to form a unified and effective counterattack mechanism.

The soldiers were only under the command of the generals of various departments, barely maintaining the positions of the large battalion, and did not let Liu Jian completely overturn their battalion.

Jiang Qin came to Yuan Shao's side.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled Yuan Shao onto his war horse, and then placed the spear across his chest.

"Lord, this is not the time to fight, I will protect the lord to retreat to the rear, as long as Yuan Gong is okay, the soldiers of the three armies will not be easily defeated by Liu Jian!"

"As the main general, Yuan Gong must not be rash!"

Yuan Shao bit his lip tightly, and blood trickled down the corners of his mouth.

He stared at the battlefield in front of him with red eyes, and his heart was filled with uncontrollable anger.

"Yuan is the overlord of the south, but he didn't expect to be defeated in the hands of Liu Deran's dog thief several times."

"The wisdom of the gate of the hateful four worlds and the three princes has been completely degraded by me."

Jiang Qin is just a local hero, and he has no time to persuade Yuan Shao now.

All he could do now was to protect Yuan Shao from this place!

I saw Jiang Qin wielding the spear in his hand and carrying Yuan Shao, surrounded by warriors who had been chasing him for a long time.

While clash with the east, they shouted loudly: "Get out of the way for me, get out of the way for me, and die to those who stand in my way!" ”

Jiang Qin's journey can be described as full of difficulties, and Hebei sergeants constantly rushed up to harass him and harvest the lives of his guards.

The guards around the general kept falling, but there were always other soldiers galloping up to protect Yuan Shao's side.

In this way, Jiang Qin was able to hold on.

"Yuan Shaoxiu left, leaving the dog's head."

With a roar, he saw Gongsun Fang, the younger brother of Gongsun Zhan of the Gongsun clan of Liaoxi, leading a group of soldiers and horses to rush towards Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin gritted his teeth and led the crowd to fight with Gongsun Fang.

Gongsun Fang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Yuan Shao behind Jiang Qin.

He fought hard with Jiang Qin, and secretly said that if he could win Yuan Shao's head, he was afraid that his clan brother Gongsun Zan would not be able to compare with his own merits in the future.

However, Gongsun Fang underestimated the strength of Yuan Shaojun's generals a little.

Yes, Sun Jian was killed by Xu Rong, Xu Huang, Zhang He and others, and Liu Jian led the Hebei army to defeat Yuan Shao for a while, and the morale of the Hebei soldiers was high, but at the same time there was a sense of contempt for the soldiers and soldiers in Jingzhou.

They felt that the Southern Army was nothing more than a native chicken.

But this time, as the battle went on, the more he found that the fighting power of the Southern Army was not weaker than he thought.

Although in terms of morale and equipment, the Southern Army is indeed unable to compare with the Hebei Army now, but some of the generals of the Southern Army are indeed very good at fighting, which is a headache.

And this general who protected Yuan Shao made Gongsun Fang a little helpless.

"Hah!"

With an angry roar, Jiang Qin suddenly exerted his strength and stabbed through a spear, directly penetrating Gongsun Fang's chest.

The blood spit out of Gongsun Fang's mouth, he couldn't believe it and looked at the general of the Southern Army in front of him, he really couldn't imagine that he was crisscrossing the land of Youyan, and was finally killed by a southerner.

It's just that he underestimated the enemy too much, and it was also because of greed for merit.

Jiang Qin was exhausted, he threw Gongsun Fang's body out with a spear, did not dare to delay, protected Yuan Shao and continued to rush towards the east, because the camp in the east had a road that could lead directly to the back village, and at the same time, there were also heavy troops on his side, which could protect Yuan Shao's safety.

Jiang Qin and the others broke through the siege and headed straight to the east.

But it was at this time that two evil gods chased after him from behind.

Hearing that Sima Gongsun Fang, another part of the Hebei Army, was killed in battle, Yan Liang and Wen Chou both went out in unison.

Their two generals led the elite cavalry, like two fierce tigers, and went straight to the direction of Jiang Qin to kill.

"Yuan Shao dog thief, Yan Liang is here!"

"Yuan thief took his life, can you recognize your eldest father Wen Chou?!"

Hearing that the two evil gods behind him were actually Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Yuan Shao only felt chills and dizziness.

"I'm dying!"

(End of chapter)