Facts have proved that Cao Yuan's judgment was correct.

For Bingzhou, which lacks military strength and weak defense, it is completely incompetent and powerless in the face of multiple attacks from the Sanhe army.

Niu Song led his army to the rear of Jiexiu unexpectedly, attacked Cao Yuan's army from north to south, and easily broke through the numerous defenses set up by the Bingzhou army in Qushishi Valley.

Cao Yuan commanded the army and conquered the city all the way, approaching Jinyang City step by step.

Meng Tu also led his troops to break through Daling City.

Guo Yuan from Juzhusai saw that the fire broke out in the rear of his home, and the guards at the gates could be cut off from the enemy's contact with Jinyang City anytime and anywhere, so he retreated without fighting and retreated south with the guards at Juzhusai's guards at Bingzhou and hurriedly fled back to Jinyang City.

So Xu Kun led his army to take down Juzhu Pass without any blood.

At this point, the three troops successfully invaded Taiyuan County from the south, west and north directions, and within just half a month, they realized the plan to meet at the city of Jinyang.

In the Shangdang territory, facing Xu Huang and Ma Lin's strong invasion, the Shangdang prefect lost consecutive battles and could not resist, and could only flee to Huguan with the remaining soldiers, hoping to carry out the final stubborn resistance with this heroic pass within the territory.

The only thing that was unfavorable to advance was the Queyi side division of Gongxian County.

The Chaoge area was the key direction for Yuan's army to defend against the attack of Sanhe Army. The vanguard troops sent by Que Yi were only attacked by a firm counterattack from Jiang Yiqiu army after just crossing the border of Makino.

Seeing that Yuan's army was still powerful, as a suspect soldier, winning was not his purpose, and his mission to attract the attention of the enemy had been completed. In order to preserve his strength, he quickly withdrew his troops and retracted his troops back to Gongxian and other places.

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Jinyang City, the governor's mansion.

The rapidly deteriorating situation made the high-ranking officials lose their ability to control the situation. Not long ago, I learned that Zhong Changtong had quietly fled Bingzhou, which made him lose his only remaining rationality. At this moment, he stared at Guo Yuan, the general who had been naked and apologizing for many days. The anger that had accumulated for many days finally erupted in an instant.

"Bang!" He kicked Guo Yuan to the ground with a huge rush. The high-ranking official, who was still unhappy, continued to use force. He kicked Guo Yuan, the general who looked like a face and vomited blood in his mouth.

"Dead slave, I will let you lose again and again. First, I defeated me 20,000 troops in Yanmen, and then I lost my juzhushi. You said, next, do you still have to plot against the enemy outside the city to give out my Jinyang City?"

Looking at the high-ranking officials who were crazy like a gambler who was so angry that they lost their eyes, the remaining military generals such as Deng Sheng dared not take the initiative to come forward to persuade them. Finally, Gao Rou saw that he would continue to fight and Guo Yuan was likely to be beaten to death by the high-ranking officials, so he hurriedly called the others in the hall forward together, hugging the high-ranking officials who were almost crazy, and then barely saved Guo Yuan's life.

It was not until Guo Yuan, who was spitting blood, was dragged down by the soldiers that the angry high-ranking official slowly recovered from his rage just now. He gasped and tidily tidied up his messy clothes, and asked uneasyly:

"Now that enemy troops gather outside the city, Shangdang and other places were attacked and lost contact with Jinyang City. Do you think what should we do now?"

This - the civil and military officials in the hall looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

The current situation deteriorated sharply, exceeding everyone's initial imagination. Jinyang City was surrounded by the enemy with rapid advancement within half a month. Although there was no worry about food being cut off in the city for a short period of time, there was no more than 10,000 soldiers. If this continues, sooner or later, it will be captured by the enemy outside the city.

In such a desperate situation, how can everyone have any other solutions?

Gao Rou looked at her appearance, her words and deeds seemed to have changed into a high-ranking official. He knew that the recent series of blows were particularly fatal to his proud clan brother. How wise and majestic he used to be can now contrast how weak he was.

In this case, the hope that there is still a glimmer of hope is more helpful than unrealistic countermeasures.

"Empress, although the enemy outside the city is fierce and wins consecutive battles, Jinyang City is not as strong as other cities. The city is strong and there are sufficient food and supplies. It cannot be captured by the enemy in a short time by relying solely on the advantage of the number of people. There are also dangerous passes like Huguan in Shangdang that can be defended, and they will definitely not fall into the hands of the enemy."

"The envoys who asked for help from urgent matters were sent out earlier in the palace and could arrive in front of the camp of Yuan Gong, Hebei within three days. Bingzhou is the right-hand man of Hebei. It is easy to be wrong. Yuan Gong will never sit idly by. I believe that after receiving the urgent matters, he will send troops to rescue Jinyang soon."

"At that time, the envoy will cooperate with the army to support the inside and outside and defeat the enemy outside the city. It will be a loss, and it will not be too late to seize the east corner. Please cheer up your morale, climb the city wall in person, and encourage the soldiers. We are willing to defend Jinyang City as we do."

As soon as Gao Rou finished speaking, other civil and military officials were quick-witted and quickly followed and said loudly:

"Please cheer up your morale, and we are willing to defend Jinyang City as much as possible."

“Yes, yes.”

After hearing Gao Rou and others' words, he finally recovered some confidence in his heart. He nodded and began to cheer up again and said:

"I want to climb the city wall myself, motivate the soldiers, and hold on to the day when the Hebei army comes to aid!"

At the end, the high-ranking official who was cheering up could not help but feel mixed feelings. He had already severely punished Guo Yuan, who was defeated in the army and lost his army, and how would his uncle deal with himself who lost his troops and lost his territory and was trapped in the opponent?

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Three days later, under Yijing City, Yuan’s army camp.

"A fool, a high-ranking official, has only been a few days since he defeated the lonely Bingzhou in this way. Not only did he defeat tens of thousands of troops in one breath, but he also allowed the enemy troops from Sanhe to easily attack Taiyuan. Shangdang, he actually had the face to send envoys to ask for help. This fool should have died long ago!"

In the commander's tent, Yuan Shao, who learned about the dangerous situation in Bingzhou, was furious and no longer deliberately maintained the image of a wise and calm wise ruler in front of everyone on weekdays. He shouted at his nephew in the tent.

He had just successfully used a trick to lure Gongsun Zan out of the city and took the opportunity to eliminate a large number of main troops under Gongsun Zan. Unfortunately, the very alert Gongsun Zan escaped back to Yijing. The weakened resistance in the city continued, which forced Yuan Shao's army to siege.

He had decided to dig several tunnels at all costs and hollow out all the foundations of Gongsun Zan's Zhongjing, so that the hundred-foot-high building used by the guards to resist his army collapsed, completely becoming the last burial place for Gongsun's family.

But unexpectedly, the senior officials in Bingzhou made such a big mistake at this critical moment.

Bingzhou is almost falling into Yan Xing's hands.

This is a situation that Yuan Shao would never want to see.

For some reason, at this time, Yuan Shao remembered the advice of Tian Feng to him not long ago.

Perhaps, from the beginning, I should have listened to Tian Feng and returned to the army to take charge of Yecheng, leaving other generals to besiege the Gongsun family here.

After all, in addition to attacking Bingzhou, Yan Xing also sent a war report from Chaoge's Jiang Yiqiu, claiming that he had discovered signs of the mobilization of the enemy troops in Hanoi, and just repelled a tentative attack of a group of enemy troops a few days ago.

The war in the north will become more and more intense next.

However, after thinking for a while, Yuan Shao gave up the idea of ​​going to Tian Feng to ask for advice.

Before, I intentionally or unintentionally mocked Tian Feng for his restraint and pedanticity, but unexpectedly, the situation in Bingzhou, under the control of the incompetent high-ranking officials, became corrupt in this way in a blink of an eye.

Perhaps Tian Feng, the old man, wouldn't say anything on the surface, but he must be proud in his heart. In the future, he would be even more wanton in front of him.

Yuan Shao thought about it again and again, and sent someone to urgently summon Feng Ji, Guo Tu and Geng Bao.

Then, in his big tent, Yuan Shao, who had a heavy face, showed two military newspapers from high-ranking officials and Jiang Yiqu to the three people who rushed over.

Although Feng Ji and Guo Tu are both wise men, when they saw these two military newspapers, they were still the same as Yuan Shao's initial performance, with a drastic change in their faces. It was hard to believe that the situation in Bingzhou had collapsed to this extent in just a few days.

Similarly, they also remembered Tian Feng's previous worried words, and Geng Bao almost called out "Tian Biejia" words. However, soon, they had been thinking about it for a long time and figured out the reason why Yuan Shao only summoned them this time. For Tian Feng's previous worries, they all followed the principle of selective forgetting.

But Tian Feng can leave it aside, but he must think about the countermeasures.

Yuan Shao came to the three of them to discuss the matter privately.

As Yuan Shao’s confidant adviser, Feng Ji took the lead in speaking:

"Ming Gong, it seems that Yan Xing has been planning to surround Wei and save Zhao, and has been planning to Bingzhou for a long time, so the offensive will be so fierce once it is launched. The situation in Bingzhou is already like this. With the power of the governor Gao, he can't resist it any longer. He still needs to divide his troops and send generals to Bingzhou to rescue him!"

"What Fengjun said is very much." Guo Tu also said: "Ming Gong immediately sent a general to lead his troops, enter Changshan, pass through Jingxing, and rush to Taiyuan. On the other hand, Chaoge had already stationed many camps of troops, so he could ask General Jiang to send troops at the right time to advance to Gongxian and other places to attack instead of defending. This would not only test the reality of the three rivers and the fact that the troops of the three rivers were also able to share some of the enemy's forces for the Gao Governor of Bingzhou."

This time, he personally conquered Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Shao transferred back Zhang He, a military general who successfully proved his ability and loyalty in the battle to pursue Tuo Yi, and promoted Jiang Yiqu to the General of the Central Army, allowing him to command the troops of various battalions and be responsible for the task of resisting the enemy troops in the Chaoge area against Hanoi.

When Geng Bao met, Guo and both improved their strategy to a great extent. He could only add:

"Ming Gong, this matter needs to be strictly blocked in the army to avoid being used by those who are interested and taking advantage of the opportunity to shake the morale of the army. At present, it is better to solve the Gongsun Zan of Yijing as soon as possible. As long as Yijing is broken, the army can turn to Sanhe. At that time, Yan Xing's troops who attacked by taking advantage of the situation will be on their own way of death. Our army can sweep across Sanhe with the momentum of victory."

"Yeah." Yuan Shao closed his eyes slightly after hearing the three of them, thought for a while, and then opened his eyes again.

"The words of all the people are in line with their own will. In this case, let Chunyu Qiong lead the army Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Zhang Yan, and Ma Yan to recruit troops from all over the country to quickly rescue Taiyuan. At the same time, he also ordered Chaoge to ask Jiang Yiqu to lead the troops of the Yuanjin, Lu Weihuang, Han Meng and Zhao Rui to fight back against the Communist County to test the virtuality and reality of the enemy."

Chunyu Qiong was the first general in the army to follow Yuan Shao, with very few status than comparable. When Hebei general Tuo Yi defected to the enemy and Cui Juye died early, he was the most prestigious general in the army.
Chapter completed!