Lu Bu listened to Chen Deng's words, and on the same day, he brought Han Yin, the envoy of Yuan Shu, who had been hanging for a long time, to persuade and comfort him, and let Han Yin convey Lu Bu's good intentions.

Lu Bu's decision quickly reached Chen Gong's ears. But considering that Lu Bu wanted to start a war with Cao Cao, Chen Gong did not stop it - Chen Gong originally wanted to start a war with Cao Cao, and all he was worried about was that Lu Bu was affected by Yuan Shu.

If there is a way to fight Cao Cao alone to reap the benefits without being implicated, or take advantage of the weakness to fight Cao Cao's weak link, why not Chen Gong?

Chen Gong even felt a trace of shame in his heart, and said in his heart, "Why didn't I think of such a subtle reason as 'coincidence and Yuan Shu started an army at the same time, but we are here to warn the soldiers to get rid of the cool officials'?" It seems that Chen Yuanlong's wisdom in seeking the name of righteousness is actually above me? ”

In fact, how did Chen Gong know that if Chen Deng only relied on himself, he would not be able to think of these reasons. Chen Deng is just a paraphraser of the final organizational language, and his first-hand thoughts actually come from Lu Su.

And Han Yin, on his side, was of course overjoyed by Lu Bu's sudden change of heart.

He has actually been sent by Yuan Shu to Lu Bu several times, the first time was to send food to Lu Bu to steal Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu came twice after being called emperor. The first time there was no result, and after going back, he was forced by Yuan Shu to raise the price and come again, and then asked him to persuade Lu Bu to beat Liu Bei.

This time, because he gave a death order, Han Yin didn't dare to go back if he couldn't complete the task, but he stayed in Xiapi for more than half a month, and asked for all kinds of connections to mediate.

It's a pity that after Han Yin was really received, he knew that there was still a slight discrepancy between Lu Buxin's agreed conditions and Yuan Shu's request: Lu Bu still refused to let go of his mouth to help Yuan Shu beat Liu Bei, but said that if he was fighting Cao Cao, then he must follow the former alliance and let Yuan Shu do it himself.

Han Yin was helpless, but he could be regarded as seeing Lu Bu breaking the arrow in person, and now that the reputation of swearing this kind of behavior has not been too stinky, Han Yin felt that he had more or less an explanation to His Majesty, so he received the letter and went back to Shouchun.

After Yuan Shu made up his mind completely, he immediately turned to the defensive in the southeast and southeast directions.

And Han Xian had been stabbed by Xu Huang long before this, and it became Xu Huang's promotion merit - Yang Feng is Xu Huang's former master, Han Xianam is not counted, Han Xianam is just another part of the Baibo Army alongside Yang Feng. Xu Huang killed Han Xian, so he didn't have to worry about bearing the notoriety of the old master.

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He got the Son of Heaven to Xu County, it is better for Dong Zhuo to get the Son of Heaven back to Chang'an! Chang'an is one of the two capitals of the Han Dynasty, the former capital of the Han Dynasty, and Xu County is something! A dog mongrel who is greedy for wealth, and even this kind of insidious dog thief who is inferior to Dong Zhuo has taken refuge, I was really blind at the beginning! ”

After another two or three days, he finally inquired about Xiahou Yuan's safe withdrawal, but he folded thousands of soldiers under Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, and the field army supplies were also lost.

In this way, there are only three or four moves, and Yang Feng has been personally rushing to kill for a long time, and his physical strength is not good, so he was finally killed by Xu Chu with a knife.

So at present, Yu Ban is famous among the Qingzhou soldiers, and he can control the field.

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After all, Chen Jun is the frontier area that Yuan Shu has just occupied, and no one knows if he can hold it firm, if he rashly transfers his family and Chen Jun is beaten down by Cao Cao, then Qiao Rui's two daughters will be directly captured by Cao Cao in vain.

"Lu Bu child! Play fast and loose! Why didn't Chen Deng hold Lu Bu back! Last year, I sealed Lu Bu to be too guarded, and asked Chen Deng to instigate Lu Bu to continue to hate Liu Bei, why didn't it work! Lu Bu is coming, why didn't Chen Deng warn our army in advance! Lone won't be deceived by Chen Deng's two-faced dogs! ”

Now that our army is weak, it is difficult to make progress in Jianghuai, and hundreds of thousands of male soldiers are empty of grain and grass, so it is better to turn to the north to develop, what do you think? ”

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Didn't you notice that our army reported from Guangling and other places, saying that the local princes of Guangling and Yuzhang were all building shipyards in Guangling, building warships, and spending countless dollars to hold the Jianghuai defense line? How big is the investment in shipbuilding? How slow is it to get results? It can be seen that Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin are raising this time, and their ambitions are guarding!

This kind of trapped beast battle also really caused a lot of casualties to the Cao army, and the number of dead and seriously injured in the middle of the Cao army also reached the scale of thousands.

"How can you lose it? Could it be Lu Bu's sneak attack? But didn't Sikong tell Ling and General Xiahou Yuan to be cautious? Even though there were not many troops, how could Lu Bu succeed so quickly? ”

On the Eastern Front, Yuan Shu transferred all the troops added to Ji Ling in the next two batches, and also transferred the general Li Feng, so that Ji Ling retreated to Huailing, and stopped fighting with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun.

Han Yin went from Xiapi to Xiaxiang, and then from Suiling and Fuli along Suishui to Yuanshu's Qianjun, and then returned to Shouchun, arriving in mid-August.

After the Cao army eliminated a large number of Yuan Shu's living forces, they continued to besiege Chen and Ku counties, thinking that they would be a long-lasting fortification. vowed to completely wipe out these two people, recapture the entire territory of Chen County, and open up the Ruying Waterway.

Yang Hong listened to Yuan Shu's praise, but he was triumphant, and said in his heart that it would be good if there was such a good thing next time.

Cao's army had already prepared a lot of heavy siege equipment during the stalemate, and the offensive was very fierce for a while. The Chengtou Bridge Army also attacked with arrows and stones, swearing to resist to the death.

Cao Cao finally accepted the fact that Xiahouyuan was seriously injured, his cripple was aggravated, and Suiyang was breached, and he soon began to worry about another problem, that is, whether Xiahouyuan would have a safe retreat.

On the southern front, Yuan Shu retransferred Qiao Rui, who had been strengthened to Liu Xun, and asked Qiao Rui's department to rush from Lujiang County to Chen County to participate in the decisive battle against Cao - just because the dispatch was more urgent, Qiao Rui did not take his family with him.

"Yuan Rang?! You're not in Suiyang, why are you here? Why is it so badly injured? Cao Cao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that the person who came was Xiahoudun.

Cao Cao's elite soldiers are exhausted, and the generals of Yuan Shu on the opposite side are inferior.

Xiahoudun's condition is really very miserable, he was originally one-eyed, and his left arm is still wrapped in a thick bandage at the moment, and it seems that the angle of bandaging and support is not quite right, and it is estimated that it has been scrapped.

Cao Cao's battle can be regarded as an elite and exhaustive general, and he uses Cao Hong and Cao Ren brothers to occupy the left and right wings respectively.

On the left, Cao Hong sub-supervised the soldiers and horses left by Chen on the northern line, and the Qingzhou soldiers were also handed over to Cao Hong, and he was also under the jurisdiction of Yu Ban as the vanguard. Because Yu Ban is good at training and rectifying military discipline, he can suppress the Qingzhou soldiers who are corrupt in discipline-

Regardless of his serious injury, Xiahoudun knelt down and cried bitterly: "I'm sorry brother, Suiyang is lost!" ”

Gao Shun had this ability, and before Xiahoudun arrived, he broke through the city guarded by Liu Guan and Zhang. Now he naturally has the ability to kill Xiahou Yuan's insufficient troops before Xiahou Yuan returns to help. It's nothing more than a map changed from Xiaopei to Suiyang.

Therefore, the supplies of the vehicles and ships accompanying the army must have been captured by Lu Bu, and it is not known how many soldiers can escape.

At the same time, the letter sent by Lu Bu to beg for thieves has also spread in Chenliu, Chenjun and other places, and if it is not stopped, it will soon reach Xudu.

The speed of Gao Shun's siege is like a ghost! Under his immediate onslaught, Suiyang City was breached after only three days, although there were 4,000 soldiers defending the city.

He just knew that he was hopeless today, and he wanted to be happy when he was dying.

On Cao Cao's side, the casualties throughout the day also reached more than 10,000, and many escaped and disappeared. Combined with the losses of the previous vanguard contact war, as well as the losses of posing for a strong attack on Chen County, the cumulative total losses of Cao's army also exceeded 20,000.

However, at the critical moment, Yang Hong, who had just been stuffed with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry by the Lu Su faction, was full of spirit and said: "Yan Lingjun, you have always been known for being cautious and meticulous, but now why do you not know what is going on?"

Yan Xiang was old and persuasive: "Your Majesty! If our army fights Cao Cao again, and Liu Bei goes against the Jianghuai River and attacks the Lujiang River, what should we do? Our army and Liu Bei, after all, can't negotiate a truce, it's a disaster after all! ”

Therefore, Yuan Shu convened the main strategists in Shouchun, had a brief discussion, and asked Yang Hong, Yan Xiang and others:

Falling from the city wall and relying on one hand to save his life, resulting in a comminuted fracture, which was basically impossible to cure in ancient times. Moreover, Xiahoudun's internal organs are estimated to have dark injuries caused by falling, but most of the impact force was absorbed by the broken arm, so the internal injuries to the internal organs are not serious.

In the end, Xu Huang, who was still anxious to show his heart, personally led the team to rush to kill the Chinese army of the deceased Yang Feng and Han Xian, and crushed the elite Baibo old thief around Yang Feng.

With the death of Yang Fenghan and the annihilation of the whole army, Zhang Xun was defeated and collapsed, and Li Feng on the east road of the Yuan army naturally couldn't hold on, lost a lot of men and horses, and retreated to Kuxian to defend it.

A few days after the Chen County side had just won a big victory and turned into a protracted war, an urgent bad news was sent from the east, which caught Cao Cao off guard.

However, Cao Cao deeply hated Yang Feng and Han Xian for preventing him from moving the capital to the Son of Heaven, and insisted on putting these two "predecessors who held the Son of Heaven hostage" to death, completely ignoring the casualties and surrounding the onslaught.

Who knows, Lu Bu has another partial division, led by Gao Shun, who crossed Mangdang Mountain from Xiaopei and attacked Suiyang. I caged the city to defend it, and sent an urgent messenger before the siege to let Miaocai return to the army.

When Qiao Rui saw the arrival of reinforcements, he was also a little bold, and led troops from Chen County to fight side by side with Zhang Xun and Li Feng.

Xu Huang scolded: "It's useless to talk too much about the past, anyway, you have committed a new crime now and took refuge in the anti-thief Yuan Shu!" You're a thief now! ”

Although Cao Cao had many dead, he achieved his strategic goal by allowing Zhang Xun and Li Feng to leave their respective defense areas and move closer to the county of Chen.

Yuan Cao's two armies were frantically assembled in Chen County, and Yuan Shu's troops soon exceeded 100,000, and Cao Cao also gathered at least 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, and he was also frantically pulling the relatively inferior Qingzhou soldiers to the front to fill in the line.

Yang Feng looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and shouted hoarsely: "Hahaha - I robbed the Son of Heaven? The Son of Heaven lives well in Luoyang, but he is short of food, obviously he is a thief who robbed the Son of Heaven! I'm an escort!

The total number of Cao's troops participating in the battle, although only sixty percent of Yuan's army. However, Cao Cao personally came to the front line to supervise the battle and command, and the morale of Cao's army was greatly boosted.

Xu Huang's face was slightly ashamed, but he recovered quickly, but he didn't let go at all: "The general stopped Cao Sikong from moving the capital and tried to use force to rob the Son of Heaven, committing this great crime, how can I be in the same league with you!" ”

And Gao Shun's ability to attack tough problems was absolutely first-class at that time. In history, Liu Bei Xuzhou was stolen, and Lu Bu was placed in Xiaopei. Later, Liu Bei connected with Cao Cao and angered Lü Bu again, Lü Bu attacked Xiaopei with Gao Shun, and Cao Cao also sent Xiahoudun to the rescue.

However, Cao Cao clearly overestimated his external environment.

Not only can you collect gold, silver and jewelry, but you can also show yourself in front of Your Majesty, and you can observe things more carefully and comprehensively than Yan Xiang, and do things effectively, it is really the best of both worlds! There are still people in this world who send money and beg us to make meritorious contributions! It's wonderful!

Before the soldiers and horses withdrawn from Dangxian could arrive, I had to abandon the city and flee from the south of the city because Gao Shun had succeeded in trapping the camp first. In the fierce battle, I was entangled by the enemy's first dead soldiers, rolling down the city, and at the moment of landing, I struggled to support it with my left arm, so that I did not fall to death, but the muscles and bones of this arm were broken, and the medical workers could not connect, I am afraid that it will be completely abolished. ”

Xu Chu was scolded, and then the tiger roared, picked up the heavy big knife, and rushed towards Yang Fengzhongjun on a prancing horse.

Cao Cao was in a trance, Xu Chu hurriedly supported him, and Guo Jia asked on his behalf:

Just half a year ago, in the battle of Wancheng in the early spring of this year, after Cao Cao's fiasco and Cao Angdianwei's death, the Qingzhou soldiers made a mess on the battlefield of Wancheng, and then they were pressed down by Yu Ban with an iron and bloody wrist, and they also killed some arrogant generals who violated military law.

Cao Cao was also furious when he saw Xiahoudun's serious injury, he was not worried about the temporary gains and losses of those counties in Liang County, but Xiahoudun's re-injury had already touched his scales.

And just when he was in a trance, Xu Chu in the rear had already arrived with a tiger and leopard to ride, Yang Feng subconsciously came to fight with a gun, and his arm was sore, and his arm was sore, and his back move immediately became sluggish.

After the five-day battle, Cao Cao felt that it was not easy to open up the situation in the confrontation everywhere, so he used Guo Jia's strategy to deliberately abandon Zhang Xun in the northwest and use himself as a bait, so that the main force of the Chinese army broke through to the outside of Chen County and stormed Qiaorui.

With the sharp reduction of the strength of Yuan's army in the southeast and southeast, the total strength of Liu Xun and Ji Ling no longer has a numerical advantage over Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin.

Then a one-eyed general who was extremely embarrassed was escorted and pulled in.

In addition, Cao Cao himself also brought a few generals who had just been subdued when he moved the capital to Xuchang last year, such as Xu Huang, who were also used in front of Cao Cao's own Chinese army.

In the middle of the road, he was stationed in Chen County with a bridge, and took the generals Yang Feng and Han Xian to directly carry Cao Cao himself and Xu Huang.

However, after all, this kind of matter is a big matter, and it involves the problem of fighting on two fronts at the same time.

Lu Bu was pinched by Chen Deng, which can be regarded as a shot in the arm for Yuan Shu before he kicked at the door.

In the end, Yuan Shu was relieved when he received an affirmative answer from the intelligence channel, and gave Yan Xiang a blank look: "Yan Xiang, you are usually cautious and meticulous, how crude this time is!" Even such important information was ignored! It's not as fine as Yang Hong! That being the case, I have made up my mind! Send troops immediately, assemble in Chen County first, and fight to the death with Cao thief! ”

Zhang Xunbu was chased and killed by Lejin, and it was seventy or eighty miles away, and he directly retreated across Yingchuan and retreated to the territory of Runan County. In the end, the cumulative losses of soldiers exceeded seventy percent, and the 30,000 army was killed and wounded and more than 20,000 were scattered.

Xu Chu hesitated at first, saying that the situation on the battlefield was so chaotic and Sikong himself risked the arrows and stones to supervise the battle, and he couldn't let go of his duty to protect Sikong.

Hearing that Xiahou Yuan was not dead, Cao Cao was relieved, and then began to discuss with his advisers how to fight back against Lu Bu.

However, after Yang Feng and Han Xian were expelled by Cao Cao, they took refuge in Yuan Shu, and this time they were also sent by Yuan Shu to Chen County to confront Cao Cao. Cao Cao was afraid that Xu Huang would face the old master on the battlefield and the army would be unstable, so he didn't dare to let him lead an army alone, and only let him be a fighting general in front of the tent, and lead a few cavalry to be responsible for charging and killing.

It was a rainy night in early September, Cao Cao was reading at night in the military tent in the camp in Chen County, dealing with government affairs, and there were Guo Jia and Mao Jue who accompanied the army to serve.

The last elite old thief of the White Wave Army was completely wiped out after this battle, and all but a few who surrendered on their knees were killed.

It's a pity that Xiahoudun couldn't answer this question clearly, he just said that on the way to withdraw the army, he heard that Xiahouyuan in front of him also retreated, but he failed to retreat along the Suishui, he gave up the grain ship and retreated lightly.

When Yuan Shu heard this, he finally perked up, and immediately found the ministers in charge of military intelligence spying, and carefully confirmed the situation of the detailed report, and whether there were really Liu Beiguang shipyards and warships in Guangling and other places.

Then Cao Cao also knew that Xu Huang might not want to kill the old master himself, so he saved some face, and at the last moment, he sent his henchman Xu Chu, with hundreds of elite tigers and leopards, to rush up and kill Yang Feng.

Guo Jia, the military advisor who accompanied the army, got a copy of Lu Bu's inscription, read it carefully, and decided to collect the inscription, and then advise Cao Cao after he was angry.

Yuan Shu was convinced, although he was not very satisfied, but he and Cao Cao had indeed been tense and displayed heavy troops in Chen County, and this battle would have to be fought sooner or later.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival of August, large-scale battles finally broke out between the two armies in Chen, and the troops of both sides, totaling 1780,000 people, fought in the counties of Chen.

Cao Cao scolded him a few words: "Zhongkang! Don't miss out on this opportunity! The sooner the battle ends, the safer it will be. ”

So much so that Xiahoudun fought so badly in this battle that Cao Cao had no intention of pursuing it-

Yang Feng and Han Xian also knew that they had a mortal enmity with Cao Cao, and they would definitely be killed if they were captured, so they didn't dare to surrender, but they were trapped in the city and still fighting, taking the Hedong soldiers and the last old troops of the Baibo army to fight to the death with the Cao army to try to break through.

But Gao Shun just attacked hard, and quickly took Xiaopei, so that Liu Bei went to Xudu after the defeat. And that time, after Xiahoudun's reinforcements arrived, they were also defeated by Gao Shun's tired soldiers who had just broken the city, and took advantage of the momentum of victory.

Yuan Jun West Road stationed Zhang Xun in Yangxia to deal with Cao Ren and Lejin,

There is no butterfly effect in this, because in the original history, when Qiao Rui was transferred to Chen County on the northern line, his family also stayed in Lujiang, which was the later incident when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu captured Qiao Rui's family when he broke through Lujiang.

After Yuan Shu stole Chen Jun, Li Feng and his men occupied Cao Cao's own fiefdom.

After the two armies came into contact, several small-scale vanguard battles broke out, each with casualties and losses ranging from more than 1,000 to several thousand, and Cao's army had a slight advantage in the exchange ratio.

Li Feng, who was transferred back from the Ji Ling Department on the East Road, was stationed in Wuping County to fight against Cao Hong and Yu Ban-

"Lu Buken helped me to fight against Cao Cao, but I wanted to send troops first, and I decided to start the army immediately, anyway, there will be a battle with Cao Cao sooner or later.

Cao Cao decisively chose to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and gathered troops to fight a field decisive battle with Yuan's army.

The Cao army once paid heavy casualties in the attack, and the Qingzhou soldiers who were used as cannon fodder were directly killed by hundreds of thousands every day.

The main thing is that Cao Cao also has to guard against the eastern border of his territory, and he can't completely ignore Lu Bu. Let Xiahou Yuan hoard Jiyin, and Xiahou Yuan hoard Liang County, respectively to deal with the threat in the direction of Pengcheng, Xiaopei and Taishan County.

In Yang Feng's army, Yang Feng himself was still personally supervising the battle, leading the most elite and confidant Baibo old thief to resist stubbornly, rushing left and right to try to break through. However, he was stuck to Xu Huang, and the more he fought, the less he fought.

In order to achieve this result, the Cao army paid a lot of casualties, and Cao Ren and Lejin died at least a few thousand people before Zhang Xun was destroyed.

And Cao Ren's main force left on the battlefield in Chenxian County, after flanking Qiao Rui's flank in a roundabout way, Qiao Rui sent the troops to meet the city and field battles, and all of them collapsed.

But if our army does not seize this opportunity to seize more population from Cao Cao, and wait for them to stabilize their foundation and build enough warships, and then free up their hands, I am afraid that our army will not have this opportunity! ”

Don't think that the result of this battle is too rebellious, the historical Xiahoudun was originally a person who could not fight very well, and the level of acting was very different.

On the right side of Cao's army, it was handed over to Cao Ren to oversee the army, leading the guards and horses around Yingchuan County, that is, Xudu, and Lejin as the vanguard.

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Xiahou's heart was like ashes: "Not long after the fierce battle between Yuan Shu and Sikong, Lu Bu was about to move, and five days ago, he suddenly sent troops from the lower prime minister of Xiapi County and went against the water. After I calculated with Miaocai, Miaocai personally sent troops to meet Lu Bu, and fought with Lu Bu between Dang and Xiang, leaving me to guard Suiyang.

At that time, Cao Cao was reading a letter from Xun Yu in the rear, reporting on the preparation of military rations for the siege of Chen County, when he suddenly heard a noise outside the tent.

Yang Feng and Han Xian were unable to retreat, and Cao Jun grinded meat together, and when the army withdrew, after Qiao Rui first retreated to Chen County, he immediately closed the city gate, and did not dare to let Yang Feng into the city again, lest Cao Jun follow Yang Feng to chase and kill into the city.

As an aside, before Cao Cao was named Duke of Wei by Liu Xie, the title had always been "Marquis of Wuping", and the fief was in this Wuping County.

In the all-day decisive battle, the Yuan army was annihilated by more than 40,000 people, and the remaining Qiao Rui and Li Feng each brought more than 20,000 remnants of the army, and defended them in Chen County and Kuxian Cage City respectively.

Yang Feng was furious and scolded: "Xu Huang dog thief! How could I take you in back then, a white-eyed wolf! Shameless villain, despicable, besieging the old master, how different from Lu Bu! ”

This kind of rapid offensive also really frightened the reinforcements, making Qiao Rui make a miscalculation, feeling that he was unable to defend for a long time, so he had to frantically ask for help from both wings.

The two sides carried out a brutal meat grinding in the north of Chen County, and the bloody fighting lasted for a whole day, from early that morning until dark, and the troops continued to collapse, and the casualties on both sides were scattered, and the cumulative losses were tens of thousands.

Xu Huang was the Cao who defected on the battlefield last year when Yang Feng and Han Xian tried to prevent Cao Cao from moving the capital by force.

Cao Cao had no intention of paying attention to the countermeasures at all, and immediately ordered Cao Ren to divide his troops and go back to the battlefield on the eastern front to stop the loss, and at the same time inquire about the situation in Xiahou Yuan.

In the end, Zhang Xun of the Yuan army on the west road was the first to be unable to support it and chose to flee in rout, Cao Ren let Le Jin chase Zhang Xun fiercely, and he himself outflanked Qiao Rui with the remaining Cao army on the right.

However, as the war entered the siege phase, the time required was lost, and there were no months to tell the winner.

As for the Xiahou brothers, who were also deeply trusted by Cao Cao, they did not participate in the decisive battle against Yuan this time.

Your Majesty! The minister has calculated that within this year, Liu Bei Zhuge Jin will not be harmed! They can't take the initiative to attack us! Each of them only has one county, and there are no more than 10,000 soldiers, all relying on the sharpness of the water war, so they can barely cut off, how can they have the spare strength to counterattack!

"When I took refuge in Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu hadn't been called the emperor yet, how did I know ......" Yang Feng scolded here, and suddenly couldn't scold anymore, he was indeed a little coerced, and it was impossible to turn back, what kind of verbal dispute could be made.

As for the princes in other directions, there is no hostility to Cao Cao to watch out for for the time being. Although Zhang Xiu had just won the battle against Cao Cao, Liu Biao would not join forces with Yuan Shu at all, so he didn't have to worry about being attacked.

Among the twists and turns, it is not enough for outsiders, Gao Shun is such a strong attack, and the casualties are not small. In just three days, Gao Shun died thousands of people before Suiyang was killed.