The first half of the fourth year of Jian'an was destined to be a mixed half of the year for Yuan Shao.

In the past six months, Yuan Shao completely eliminated Gongsun Zan, who was entrenched in Yijing, and relieved Hebei's long-standing worries.

Since the third year of Chuping, the eight-year fierce battle in Hebei finally came to an end with the defeat of the Gongsun clan.

But at the same time, Yuan Shao also encountered an unprecedented huge crisis.

Yan Xing, Guanxi, took advantage of the opportunity of the Hebei army besieging Yi Jing and dispatched a large number of troops to attack Bingzhou. The troops in Bingzhou were defeated one after another. The governor of Bingzhou and his nephew, Gao Guan, was trapped in the lonely city and was in danger.

The two troops sent by Yuan Shao were successively in Hanoi, and Taiyuan was defeated, which ruined the opportunity to rescue Taiyuan. Shangdang made the entire Bingzhou a treasure in Yan Xing's pocket.

Cao Cao, who was originally his ally, also showed his hideous teeth behind him. He took advantage of the opportunity of his troops to deal with Gongsun Zan, Yan Xing and Wei County's empty troops and conspired to attack his old nest Yecheng.

Although Cao's army's sneak attack on Yecheng did not succeed, it also caused a considerable shock to the hinterland of Hebei. For a time, the Hebei scholars and people who lived and worked in peace and were rarely war-torn were also in panic all day long.

Yuan Shao, who was attacked on both sides, fell into the quagmire of war. He was like a giant beast under siege. He was bitten hard on his neck and buttocks. The more bloody it struggled, the more serious the blood loss it lost.

However, Yuan Shao's nightmare is far from over.

In the second half of the year, Yuan Shao's troops rescued Bingzhou were repelled by Sanhe enemy general Cao Yuan and Xu Huang joined forces to defeat him. The enemy captured the natural dangerous Huguan. Jinyang City also inevitably fell into the enemy's hands when reinforcements were delayed.

Deng Sheng, a general of Bingzhou, rebelled and brutally killed Guo Yuan, who was unwilling to be accomplices, surrendered to the siege of Sanhe enemy, and sacrificed the city gate of Jinyang. The Sanhe enemy troops who were swarming in Sanhe were firmly surrounded by Gao Gan and others. The desperate high-ranking high-ranking, under Gao Rou's persuasion, had to surrender, give up the stubborn resistance, and took the remaining officials and soldiers to humiliately walk out of the governor's official temple.

Cao Cao, who retreated to the south bank of the Great River, did not give up his military operations against Yuan Shao. He sent Liu Bei, Zhu Ling and other generals to lead troops to defeat Yuan Shu's troops who went north to Hebei in Xuzhou, forcing the Zhong Emperor Yuan Shu to be desperate and tragically said, "Is Yuan Shu so much?" in Jiangting, Huainan, and died of frustration.

Now it seems that for Yuan Shao, the fourth year of Jian'an was destined to be more sad than joy.

However, Yuan Shao, who had heard the bad news, did not, as Cao Cao initially guessed, angrily raise his troops, gather all the troops in Hebei to attack Bingzhou, Sanhe, or cross the river south, and invade Yanzhou and Xuzhou in retaliatory invasion.

The troops in Yecheng unexpectedly maintained restraint. After learning that Bingzhou was completely destroyed, Yuan Shao sent troops to block the Taihang Xing Road of Bukou Xing and Jingxing, and took the initiative to take a defensive attitude to prevent the Yan Xing army, who attacked Bingzhou, from taking advantage of the victory, and invaded the land of Hebei, where people were volatile.

Yuan Tan, Qingzhou, which is also south of the river, is just a city in the border area of ​​Chenbingzhou. He strengthened his defensive forces against Xuzhou and Yanzhou. He did not rashly raise an army to question and launched a retaliatory attack on Xuzhou and Yanzhou.

This made Cao Cao, who was quite familiar with Yuan Shao, and Yan Xing, who had never masked him, guess in his heart what Yuan Shao thought this time, and what will the Hebei overlord who had his right arm cut off from his reaction next.

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Yecheng, the General's Mansion.

The general who was nearly fifty years old and had slightly frosted temples was sick.

In the past month, the Hebei army has been slow to respond to external changes, actively shrinking its forces, and taking a defensive position on the west and south sides. In addition to the opinions of Tian Feng, Ju Su and others, Yuan Shao, the lord of Hebei, was also sick.

The news of the emergency blockade of the General's Office was not an outsider of the top shogunate, and it was not known in a short period of time.

The time of the onset was when Yuan Shao heard the news that Jinyang fell and the surrender of the senior officials, he was so angry that he was shocked. His eyes turned black in front of him and fell to the ground. After waking up slowly, he still roared hoarsely:

"A high-ranking official has been lonely for twenty years, and he will not be as good as Guo Yuan in the face of danger!"

Jiang Yiqiu disappointed Yuan Shao, Chunyu Qiong disappointed Yuan Shao, and now even his nephew disappointed Yuan Shao.

But the sick Yuan Shao still had to cheer up as soon as possible. He knew very well that he could not disappoint himself, and in a chaotic world, a lord would never disappoint his civil and military officials.

Otherwise, Han Fu, who used to be, would have ended up with her own fate.

Today, Yuan Shao, who had just recovered from his illness, urgently summoned a group of civil and military officials from the shogunate and planned to discuss with them the target of Hebei's next large-scale military attack.

Seeing the lord whose face was getting better, Yuan Shao's confidant Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others were naturally very happy. However, when it comes to the target of the conquest, the shogunate was still in controversy as usual.

Some civil and military officials agreed to send troops to conquer Sanhe and regain Bingzhou, while some civil and military officials believed that the emperor should be cleared and Cao Cao was attacked, while others opposed the use of troops, believing that Hebei is like a giant who was beaten to death. If he did not recover first, he would be afraid that he would kill himself first.

However, there are still far more people who are in charge of fighting than those who oppose military use.

Tian Feng, who has always been far-sighted and cautious, is one of the small number of people who fiercely oppose sending troops.

The old man's white beard was angry and looked at the civil and military officials in Hebei who advocated sending troops to attack, and said with pain:

"The army besieged Gongsun's family, and the army was born over the years. The people were exhausted and the people were not accumulated. They had no taxes and service. This is the country's deep worries."

"The defeat in Bingzhou was also destroyed by Han Meng, Qianzhao, Zhang Yan, Ma Yan, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and dozens of generals of the military, thunder cavalry, iron cavalry, armored soldiers, serpent soldiers and Ji, and 60,000 to 70,000 troops. These were all gathered in the elite of all directions in ten years, not owned by one state, and before the war began, one-half of them was lost. Because of the anger, how should we fight for the enemy?"

After talking about his own losses, Tian Feng began to analyze the enemy's strength and his own response measures.

"Yan Yan in Guanxi was Dong's rebellion against the remnants of the remnants of Liangzhou, and he always gained the fierceness of the soldiers in Liangzhou. Since the third year of Chuping, he has annexed Sanhe, conquered Guanzhong, attacked Yongliang, killed Li Guo, defeated Ma Han, and eliminated Zhang Yang, Yang Ding, Zhang Ji, Wei Duan, Zhang Meng and other heroes of prefectures and counties. It can be said that he has been invincible in the attack and invincible in the battle."

"The generals and soldiers under his command are all chosen for a while, and the officials and soldiers are in the midst of a hundred battles. Even if Sun Wu resurrects, it is difficult to win. However, the two heroes fight each other, not only win on the battlefield. Although Yan Yan has many good generals and elite soldiers, the people are different from Hu and Han, and the border is shallow and safe, and the days of control are short, and the gratitude is not trustworthy. If our army has many enemies and makes them run on the road, the enemy is tired and we are leisurely, it will take a few years to win without fighting."

"The same is true in Yanzhou. Cao Cao is good at using troops, and has no way of making mistakes. He also holds the emperor hostage. Although there are few people, it is not easy to be careless. It is better to hold on for a long time. It is better to take Gongsun's head first, send envoys to offer victory to the court, and serve farmers and people in the state. If it is not possible, he will submit to Cao's family to cross the road of my king, and then enter Liyang to camp in Henan, and make boats, repair equipment, and distribute elite cavalry to make money from the border, so that they will not be at peace. I will take their freedom."

"Cao Cao was in the four battles and still has Jing and Yang's troubles. If one side fails, then all sides will be in chaos, and the enemy is exhausted and worried about internal and external troubles. I will make heroes outside and cultivate agricultural wars inside. If it takes less than three years, I will be able to defeat you!"

Speaking of this, and asserting reason, Tian Feng, who was excited, took a breath and looked at Yuan Shao who was sitting in the main seat and said:

"The main force is to fight against civil and military officials, and they may be angry at the moment of humiliation, or be greedy for short-term benefits, ignore the changes in the enemy and our enemy's weakness, and want to take over Hebei's foundation in a single spoil. If Ming Gong listens to the villain's words, explains the strategy of winning the temple, and raises troops because of anger, and decides success or failure in a battle. If it is not as good as ambition, it will be regretless. I am afraid of Ming Gong!"

Tian Feng stood in the hall, and after the conversation was over, everyone with the meeting stopped controversy and was silent. Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others, who were in charge of the battle, looked drowned, and Yuan Shao on the main position also looked ugly, but he didn't speak for a long time.

In the end, Xu You sneered and asked:

"The method of military writing is to attack ten or five times, and the enemy can fight. The plan for different coaches is to hold on to the dead, not to see the changes of the situation. Now, using the Shenwu of Ming Gong and the strong people of Heshuo to attack Yan and Cao, it is like overturning his hands. How can he win with a long strategy and settle the world? Now he will take it from time to time, and it will be difficult to plan later."

With Xu You's pick on the head, Guo Tu followed closely and pointed at Tian Feng and said loudly:

"In a time of great struggle, if the enemy survives, I will die. The strategy of a different leader seems to be unsustainable, but in fact, I will sit and wait for death. It takes three years to control the army and fight against Yan. It takes another three years to pacify Cao Cao, three years and three years, and I miss countless opportunities. When will the world be settled? Moreover, it is Yan now. Cao joins forces to plan for our Hebei. If the Ming Duke does not concentrate his troops and defeat them as soon as possible, will he still have to wait for Yan and the Cao family to attack again? "

The remaining civil and military officials who were in charge of fighting also agreed, accusing Tian Feng of being stubborn and conservative, and the weak people who opposed the use of troops. Only Ju Su took the initiative to speak up and supported Tian Feng's views.

He analyzed that Guo Tu's defeats were correct, but before sending troops, Tian Feng's Miaosheng first needed to dismantle Yan and Cao's unstable alliance.

At present, Cao Cao's attempt to attack Yecheng failed. The Yuan and Cao families have not completely broken up. Yan Xing, who is incompatible with the fire and fire, should be treated differently.

At the moment of dealing with the powerful enemy in Guanxi, Yuan Shao should abandon his past grudges and restart the alliance with Cao to ensure the stability of the south. Then he would drag down the enemy Yan Yan by consumption. After solving the enemy Yan Yan, he would turn around and use the same means to deal with Cao Cao in the Central Plains.

I believe that when Cao Cao saw Yan Yan's Sanhe, the Guanxi soldiers defeated the Hebei army on the Bingzhou battlefield one after another, and he also felt deeply afraid of him. Hebei should seize this opportunity. The best way to attack the diplomatic relations is. Even if Cao Cao cannot turn against each other, he must strive to win over Cao's watch and let Hebei fight against the enemy Guanxi with all his might.

This is the safe way to win. You must not rush to arrogance and risk gamble Hebei's foundation on one or two battles during the Western Expedition or the southward journey.

Unfortunately, Ju Su was unable to stand up to the public. Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others immediately refuted his remarks one by one, while the general Yuan Shao, who was in the main position, kept frowning and looking at the controversy in the hall, his attitude was unclear.

At this moment, one of the generals suddenly spoke:
Chapter completed!