After Yuan Shao ate the reassuring pill of "fighting Cao Cao is an edict to beg for thieves", his execution is still very decisive.

His army was already in a state of imminent battle, and the grain, grass and baggage were hoarded in advance near Liyang, an important ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, and were heavily guarded.

Therefore, in just three or five days after the order, all the troops went to Liyang to get together.

During this time, Chen Lin's new version of "For Yuan Shao's Yuzhou" was also successfully released, and the counties were posted. However, due to the change of the situation, the part that counts Cao Cao's crimes, and the part that finally draws together the allied front, have been modified.

After the crime of "trying to put an end to the way of words, Tan Shui immediately killed Zhao Yan", and before "setting up the general of Faqiu Zhonglang, touching the golden captain, and visiting the excavation of the tomb of King Liang Xiao", a war crime of Cao Cao's revenge on the Qing monarch and righteous ministers was added.

That is, the war in which Cao Cao destroyed Lu Bu after destroying Yuan was characterized as "punishing dissidents and retaliating against soldiers".

The purpose of this revision was of course to help Yuan Shao find more legitimacy for the crusade, but it also had to indirectly elevate Lü Bu's historical status and write Lü Bu together with Yang Biao and Zhao Yan, who were persecuted by Cao Cao. Although Yuan Shao also hated Lu Bu, he knew the priorities, and it was helpless to write like this.

And in the part that drew the alliance front at the end, Chen Lin should have written, "On the same day, the four states of Qingdao and Hebei will advance simultaneously." When the book arrived in Jingzhou, Benle saw the soldiers and coordinated with General Jianzhong", the sentence about "General Jianzhong" has now been directly deleted.

Because the "General Jianzhong" is Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu has clearly surrendered to Cao at this point in time, and Jia Xu even helped Cao Cao to quell the rebellion against Xu Du when he mutinied. Of course, Chen Lin would not mention Yuan Shao's failed attempt to win over diplomatic court.

However, correspondingly, before Chen Lin mentioned the union with Jingzhou, he first mentioned Yangzhou and Liu Bei, the general of the chariot and cavalry. Obviously, in Yuan Shao's diplomatic roadmap, it should be that the two states of Jingyang in the south should work together and go north to destroy Cao.

In the end, because Liu Bei became a general and an alliance, rather than "abandoning the darkness and surrendering to the light", the title and head of Chen Lin's entire article had to be changed.

In history, the beginning of this article is "General Zuo leads Yuzhou to assassinate the history of the county and the country...", that is to say, this letter is nominally written to local officials of all sizes in Yuzhou, and the leader is Liu Bei of "General Zuo leads Yuzhou Mu", the purpose is to let these Yuzhou officials see the text, and then abandon the secret and cast to Yuan.

Chen Lin actually played a little trick here: when he wrote this article in history, Liu Bei had actually just come to vote for Yuan Shao, which was a foregone conclusion. But Chen Lin just made a time difference, and in the article, he seemed to "don't know that Liu Bei had come to vote", and pretended to write in the tone of persuading Liu Bei and others.

In this way, after the article was sent to various places, other outsiders did not know that there was a time difference in which it was reversed, nor did they know that Chen Lin shot arrows first and then drew targets.

Then many people were deceived and mistakenly thought that Liu Bei was "after seeing Chen Lin's article, he repented, gave up his duties as the pastor of Yuzhou, gave up following Cao Cao, and went to Yuan Shao".

Many people who are uneducated and follow the crowd will have the wavering of "Could it be that this article is really so reasonable, and the number one person who wants to persuade him to surrender will vote directly, or we will vote too".

Behind this, there is obviously Chen Lin's selfishness to get more political credit and qualifications for himself. He did rely on this to cause this article to rise to a higher level in history.

But in this life, Chen Lin is destined to not be able to play this flower job. Liu Bei was originally a prince of other towns and a general of the chariot cavalry, and it was not Chen Lin's turn to persuade him to surrender to Yuan, so it was destined that Chen Lin's essay would not be as famous and status as it was in the original history.

After the document was issued, the effect of persuasion and shaking on the local government was also slightly worse than that of the same period in history, just because of the lack of Liu Bei's exemplary effect of "leading investment".

(Note: Yi Zhongtian often emphasized Liu Bei's popularity, and the evidence is that when he voted for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao personally greeted the suburbs for 200 miles.) But in fact, Yuan Shao attaches so much importance to it, mainly because Liu Bei is nominally the largest and most representative official in the essay written for him by Chen Lin.

As soon as your document is issued, the number one target you want to win over will come to vote, the political significance is very significant, and the morale of your own party is also very strong, so Yuan Shao must do this show. The facts cited by Yi Zhongtian are correct, but the reasons are completely blind interpretation. ）

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All preparations were made for the development, and the documents were also sent out.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, Yuan Shao himself also arrived in Liyang from Yecheng and officially began his personal expedition.

Yuan Shao first let Guo Tu, Wen Chou, and Chun Yuqiong lead 100,000 troops, and take the lead in crossing the river to attack Yanjin and Baima on the opposite bank.

The first wave of Cao's army to carry the line was undoubtedly the troops of Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, which has not changed compared with the same period in history.

It's just that Cao Cao's side will no longer come to the rescue of Yanjin and Zhang Liao to rescue Yanjin and Baima, so there are a lot fewer generals who can be used.

In the end, after repeated reinforcements and tug-of-war, the Cao army still relied on Xun You's strategy of "making the vanguard troops abandon their property before the battle, seducing the Wen Chou Department to snatch the property and mess up, and then turn back and kill back", paid a great price, killed Wen Chou, and slightly frustrated the vanguard of the Yuan army-

This progress is not against the sky, because in the original history, Wen Chou was not killed by Guan Yu like Romance, or died in a chaotic battle in the chaotic army, and the credit should be attributed to Xun Yu's strategy.

It's just that Cao Jun, who was missing Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, was weak after all, and after nearly a month of fighting on the Yanjin-Baima line, he finally couldn't withstand Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong's follow-up onslaught, and was forced to retreat to Guandu-

Historically, Cao Cao temporarily repelled the Yuan army after killing Wen Chou, and then took the initiative to retreat, but now it has become a direct defeat. At the cost of the annihilation of the county soldiers of Dongjun, either casualties or capture, surrender, and Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, was also attacked and killed by the Yuan army because of this butterfly effect, which made Cao Cao lose another harmless talent.

In May, after retreating to Guandu, Cao Cao desperately gathered forces to defend it, and also pulled Zhang Xiu, the new new force of Shunshun, to the front line, relying on the defense line that began to operate last winter, making it difficult for Yuan Shao to progress temporarily.

Take a closer look, the power that Yuan Shao used for the battle of Guandu in this life is actually not much different from the original history - although Cao Cao's side lacked Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang, but after all, last year, relying on Lu Bu's filling, he did what Guan Yu should have done.

Lu Yi was also seriously injured at that time, and then Yuan Shao was dissatisfied with Lu Yi, so he took the opportunity to hide directly, so as not to make him unruly and high-powered. Although Koji Yi is not dead, he is also very angry, his health has deteriorated, and his recovery from his injuries is not very smooth.

Therefore, after hitting Guandu, Yuan Shao's team of civil and military talents is basically the same as in the original history.

In terms of strength and situation, an additional Zhang Yan was killed. Although the war potential of the state has not been digested and requisitioned by Yuan Shao for the time being, at least there is no need to divide energy to guard against the western flank.

On Cao Cao's side, Lu Bu, who was reused in late autumn last year, is a double-edged sword after all. Although he helped him get rid of Yan Liang and Lu Yi, he also devoured the three generals Hou Cheng, Wang Bi, and Cao Chun on Cao Cao's side. In addition, Cao Cao received several talents from the Xuzhou Lu Bu camp less than the same period in history, plus Liu Yan, who had just died when he fought against Wen Chou.

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So in the end, according to statistics, Cao Jun had six fewer people than the same period in history: Chen Deng, Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng, Wang Bi, Cao Chun, and Liu Yan. (About not counting, Guan Yu also left after killing Yan Liang in history)

In addition, there are more than 1,000 elite soldiers lost (casualties paid by Dong Cheng and Lü Bu during the Yidai Zhao/Xu Du Mutiny), plus they did not receive the original surrender of Lü Bu's camp in Xiapi City, nor did they receive the territory of the two southern counties of Xuzhou.

In a word, Cao Cao, who lacks six civil and military talents and two county troops, needs to fight Yuan Shao, who is as strong and weak as the same period in history.

Although Cao Cao is still struggling to support it, in the long run, it is by no means as tenacious as the same period in history. If you want to turn defeat into victory, you must pay a greater price, or become more decisive and dare to block your life, and take the risk of fighting to the death.

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The confrontation and fighting of hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield in Henan was protracted, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser for a while.

At the same time, on the territory of the Han Dynasty, there was another hot land that was about to be ignited by the war, and the tension level was no less than that of Henan, that is, Jiangdong controlled by Sun Ce.

One day at the end of February, that is, a day or two after Yuan Shao had just learned the truth about the edict.

Zhuge Jin, who was in Wuhu, also suddenly got a report from Liu Ye and Xu Gan, who were in charge of intelligence blockade and patrol along the river, and got an important piece of information.

After Liu Ye surrendered, he never got any opportunity for meritorious promotion, at most he improved and improved the catapult and provided some tactical advice during the battle. Now the official position is just Zhuge Jin's personal participation in the army.

Zhuge Jin has both the position of General Fubo and the position of Danyang Taishou, he has a lot of things to do, and his real power is relatively large, so the two positions each need a set of staff subordinate teams. Liu Ye joined the army as part of General Fubo's team.

Xu Qian was born as a thief in Chaohu, and later made some contributions in the final stage of the extermination of Yuan, and was left in Wuhu as a naval general. In contrast, his old colleague Zhang Duo just didn't catch up with that wave of meritorious service opportunities, and finally had to follow Bu Qi to Fujian to assist Wang Lang in carrying Sun Ce.

The strength of this Xu Qianshui battle is actually not strong, and it is not as good as the two Chaohu thieves in Sun Ce's army opposite, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

However, Xu Qian has been a thief for many years, and his eyes are still good, so he can keep an eye on certain merchants and patrol the river to find suspicious elements, which can often be done very well. After all, when you are a water thief, you need to often see through the disguise of rich merchants and pick out fat sheep for slaughter.

Even if a guest is dressed in tatters, Xu Qian's poisonous eyes of a water thief can tell at a glance whether the other party is rich or expensive.

This time Zhuge Jin came prepared, he knew that Cao Cao would definitely send a trustworthy person to Sun Ce to pass the decree, so it could be regarded as making the best use of his talents and materials, and let Liu Ye take Xu Qian to cross the river along the river to patrol quietly and secretly visit Mimi.

On this day, Liu Ye and Xu Qian finally brought back a piece of good news to Zhuge Jin.

"General! The report from the direction of Chuxian County showed that we had left our eyes in Tangyi Harbor and found a strange group of merchants who were trafficking in some heavy and worthless goods with a team of donkeys and horses, but they had specially crossed the mountains around Chuxian, and had to go down the river in Chushui to find a boat, saying that they were going to Hailing.

Seeing that it was suspicious, we transferred the civilian boats in Tangyi in advance, saying that it happened that they had all left the port to fish, and asked them to wait for a few days. Subsequently, among the scouts sent by our army to scout, there was a military official who was originally subordinate to the soldiers of Yuzhang County, and he identified the person led by the other party as Hua Xin Huaziyu! That Yuzhang military official once served Hua Xin, so he recognized it! ”

Zhuge Jin listened to Liu Ye's report, and couldn't help touching his mustache: "Huaxin Huazi fish? Didn't he be sent to Xu Du by Sun Ce the year before last, and then he was left by Cao Cao and ranked in a high position in the court? ”

Liu Ye: "This matter couldn't be clearer! It must be that Cao Cao knew that the lord and him would tear his face, so he was afraid that if he sent a messenger to Sun Ce to announce the decree, he would be intercepted by us halfway.

But if he was a Han envoy and secretly crossed the border and arrived at Sun Ce, Sun Ce would also be suspicious and worried about whether he was calculated by Cao Cao. Is it really the will of the imperial court of Xu Du, or is it forged by Cao Cao.

So under the trade-off between the two, Cao Cao could only endure the pain and let Hua Xin be the envoy. Hua Xin has always been respected by Sun Ce, and after serving as a Beijing official for two years, he returned to proclaim the decree, how could Sun Ce doubt it? So, for the sake of the present, should we let ...... go?"

Zhuge Jin: "Let go, of course you have to let go, within a day or two, immediately let Chuxian County 'have a fishing boat back to the port, it just so happens to be able to live', pretend not to know anything, and let Hua Xin go to Moling to complete the mission smoothly." ”

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So, two days later.

Hua Xin thought that he was unaware, but in fact he was completely sent out of the country by Zhuge Jinli, and crossed the river in a small boat from Brother Nan's younger brother Chu County to Brother Nan.

Until the moment of setting sail, Hua Xin still ordered someone to tell the boatman that he was going to Hailing County in Guangling County, and the purpose was to sell goods.

But after setting sail, it was only twenty or thirty miles down the river, and Hua Xin and his party exposed their true goals. He asked the servants to take out a huge amount of gold for a few ingots of horseshoe gold, and give the captains of the fishing boats one ingot of gold each, in exchange for them not to have more trouble, and obediently docked the fishing boats near Moling City on the south bank.

Forced by knives and seeing that there was gold to be gained, the owners of the fishing boats immediately cooperated with each other.

It wasn't until he successfully landed on the shore that Hua Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's so dangerous, along the way, all the festival tokens of the court angels are disguised as ordinary goods and wrapped in linen, which is really insulting to the prestige of the Han Dynasty! Hurry up and fight the festival and other honor guards!

We've returned to Sun Yuanjun's realm, and now we're safe! We must be strict and tidy, and we must not let Sun Yuanjun underestimate us! Hua Xin raised his eyebrows and commanded, he was not for his own face, but for the fear that his messenger would be too weak, and he would be suspected and despised by Sun Ce, which would affect his ability to complete the task.

After a while, Hua Xin and his entourage regained their dignity, and the landing of such a group of people obviously attracted the attention of the nearby Sun Cejun River Defense Patrol Force.

A group of soldiers patrolling the river of Sun Cejun approached with swords and bows, and asked them where they came from.

"I am the envoy of the imperial court, the great Honglu Huaxin! I came to announce the canonization of Sun Ce as the pastor of Yangzhou and the general of Zhengnan! It's not a quick return! ”

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