In front of the Allies.

"No! Li Zhe actually sent a stone castle formation to attack our allies?"

Seeing that the Xiliang Army also sent hundreds of catapults to the front, Yuan Shao's expression changed drastically and he exclaimed.

"Uh! Why is the leader so panicked?"

Yuan Shao suddenly shouted, which scared Liu Bei so much that he suddenly changed his color. Then he frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"Hmm? It's nothing, it's just a little bit unexpected. Don't blame Xuande."

Yuan Shao heard the sound and came back to his senses. He forced himself to calm down. Then he stammered and vaguely treated Liu Bei.

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao's side face in surprise, suddenly became suspicious, his eyes couldn't help but become suspicious: "Oh, so that's it."

After a brief tone, he didn't know what he thought of, and comforted Yuan Shao: "Maybe the leader of the alliance was too worried. It should be noted that Li thief has always been cunning and fickle, and has acted in a non-conspicuous manner. He often acted unexpectedly. The moves in front of him were the usual tricks used by Li thief. Therefore, the leader of the alliance does not have to worry. Even if the catapult formation under the command of Li thief and the catapult formation against our allied forces, what can he do if he wins another battle after the chariot formation? In Liu's opinion, it may not be possible. Everyone knows that the Xiliang army has insufficient supplies and shortage of weapons. I believe that the catapult formation under the command of Li thief is no exception and cannot be compared with our catapult formation. Therefore, the leader of the alliance is lenient and does not need to panic."

"Xuande said so much, but Yuan just now lost his composure. Please don't mind Xuande." Yuan Shao turned his head and nodded slightly to Liu Bei, and said with a smile.

"The leader is serious, so what's the point of being a little bitch." Liu Bei responded with a discontent laugh. Then he didn't say much, turned his head to look at the battle in front of the formation, showing a thoughtful look.

Seeing that Liu Bei was not suspicious, Yuan Shao breathed a deep breath of relief. Then he calmed down. The rapid expression on his face gradually returned to normal in front of his eyes.

But he didn't know that this change of expression fell completely in the corner of Liu Bei's eyes, causing Liu Bei to become suspicious.

Because Yuan Shao and his beautiful reply just verified Liu Bei's previous doubts. Facts proved that Yuan Shao had concealed something from him, or that Yuan Shao had other arrangements for the decisive battle, and had been concealing it from him, Liu Bei and other princes. Even until now, Yuan Shao was still deliberately concealing it and was unwilling to reveal a word.

The reason why Liu Bei's doubts were confirmed so quickly was because what he said to Yuan Shao just now was pure nonsense and was talking nonsense. The purpose was to test Yuan Shao's reaction and see if he had a ghost in his heart. Sure enough, Yuan Shao echoed casually without thinking, and seemed absent-minded and nervous, as if he was afraid that Liu Bei would find his ulterior motives. However, Yuan Shao didn't know that he was so perfunctory, it was obvious that he wanted to cover up the truth, which just showed that he had a ghost in his heart, and he must have had other plans on his back.

At this point, Liu Bei felt deeply uneasy, but he didn't know where the problem was. However, he really couldn't figure out how many secrets Yuan Shao had, or what shameful things he did behind his back. However, as long as Yuan Shao didn't say it himself, others would have no way to know it, and even if he wanted to break his head, he would not think of it.

Just as Liu Bei pretended to concentrate on watching the battle, but was actually thinking about it secretly, Yuan Shao was also extremely uneasy.

At this moment, Yuan Shao pretended to be squinting and stared at the battlefield in front of the formation. In fact, he was secretly anxious and thoughts were thunderous: "Li Li actually sent a catapult formation to fight, but he never refused to lead the war cavalry to attack. Has he seen through my plan? This is really incredible! All the princes were hidden by me and had no idea for several months. How could Li Zhe know my plan? If Li Zhe had already discovered my plan, then everything I had done before would be meaningless. And he had just broken up with Zhang Yan in public, turned against him, and had many disagreements with all the princes. In this way, Yuan Shao, I, in this decisive battle in Loudi, wouldn't I have no chance of winning and the defeat was decided?"

He secretly considered the pros and cons in his mind. Yuan Shao was worried, worried about gains and losses, and was extremely uneasy. In the evening, he couldn't help but think of a sentence Zhang Yan had said before, which was: This battle against Li Li by the Central Plains princes was indeed of great significance to Yuan Shao. For this reason, he did not hesitate to use all the money and grain he had accumulated for many years to supply to the Allied forces, spending millions of grain and supplies, as well as millions of taels of gold, almost emptying the Jizhou family's capital. He paid such a huge price, all for the great cause of attacking Li thieves, and even for the future dominance of the Central Plains, and finally clearing the world and winning the world.

Before this, Yuan Shao always thought that it was worth it. Because in his eyes, among the princes in the world, only Xiliang Li Li could pose a threat to him, which was also the biggest obstacle for him to dominate the Central Plains, and it was also the strongest opponent of the Jizhou Army. It was precisely based on this worry that he prompted him to contact all the princes to come to join the alliance at all costs, and then formed a large army of princes, sweep the Xiliang Army with the force of Mount Tai and completely destroy Li Li.

As long as Li Li dies, the once powerful cavalry of Xiliang will collapse. From then on, there will be no fear, and sooner or later it will collapse, and will eventually disappear from endless internal strife and vendetta. This is exactly what Yuan Shao wants to see most. If Li Li is not on his side, Yuan Shao will definitely be able to have millions of troops within three to five years, dominate the Central Plains states, and then sweep the world and achieve a foundation for eternity.

Or if, if Li Li had not risen rapidly, then the grand blueprint in his heart would be successfully realized without any obstacles. Unfortunately, the world did not meet people's wishes. The strong rise of Li Li in Xiliang was like a strong wind and waves. In just three years, he quickly grew into the world's number one overlord. He held hundreds of thousands of Xiliang soldiers, waited for the game and looked at the world. This made Yuan Shao feel like he was stuck in his throat and couldn't sleep or eat. He dreamed of getting Li Li out of his way countless times, because the existence of Li Li in Xiliang seriously threatened his grand career to dominate the Central Plains.

As long as Li Li does not die for one day and the Xiliang army will never be destroyed for one day, Yuan Shao's intention to dominate the Central Plains is an unrealistic fantasy, and it is impossible to become a reality. Therefore, he did not rush to get rid of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, nor did he have the intention to send troops to Yanzhou and completely occupy Qingzhou. He believed that his top priority was to take advantage of Li Li's wings to get rid of him as soon as possible, so that the Xiliang army would fall apart, and then completely perish in internal fighting. For this reason, he could do his best to eliminate Li Li of Xiliang at all costs.

For more than half a year, everything went smoothly as Yuan Shao expected. The Central Plains Alliance of Princes was established as scheduled, with a large army of 500,000 princes sweeping across the east and driving Li Li and his army under his command to the other side of the Yellow River. Although the battle of Feiyundu and Hangu Pass were very difficult and the war was not going well, Yuan Shao was not pessimistic, but actively thought about new strategies to deal with Li Li and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. Liu Bei led his troops to the alliance midway, which was like injecting a dose of augmentation agent into the low-spirited Allies, making up for Cao Cao's military vacancy after the defeat in Feiyundu.

At the same time, the strong combat power of the Western Liang army also made Yuan Shao realize that the cost of destroying Li Li and Xiliang army in one fell swoop was too high, and it was even impossible to achieve it. So he settled on the second best, re-determined the strategic goal, significantly reduced the goal of eliminating Li Li and Xiliang army, and changed to annihilated more than 100,000 Xiliang war cavalry. Because Li Li's greatest reliance on the world's number one overlord is the more than 100,000 Xiliang iron cavalry. As long as these war cavalry are destroyed, Li Li will be like a tiger with teeth removed, strong from the outside and fucking the inside, not afraid of it, and can no longer pose a threat to Yuan Shao.

However, just after Yuan Shao lowered his strategic goals, the siege that Hanguguan could not conquer for a long time and the confrontation that lasted for more than four months made him feel deeply overwhelmed.

The supply of food and supplies for half a year has consumed all the money and food accumulated in Jizhou for many years. What followed was that Yuan Shao had no way out and was forced to go to a dead end. He was only allowed to succeed and not fail. Once he was defeated in this battle, it would be difficult for Jizhou to recover from his vitality, and it is still unknown whether Yuan Shao could continue to be in charge of Jizhou after his defeat. Because he put all the assets of Jizhou in the war, he was almost a desperate bet, so he really couldn't afford to lose.

Originally everything was on the trajectory that Yuan Shao planned, but Wen Chou and Yan Liang died one after another and Lu Bu's defeat in the formation surprised him, and he had a vague premonition that this battle would not be as smooth as he had imagined.

If you don’t think about it, good and bad spirits will not be effective.

The battle has continued to this day, and the situation that Yuan Shao least wanted to see finally happened.

Although the Allied Army had nearly 400,000 troops at this time, Yuan Shao knew very well that the Xiliang army in Hangu Pass was definitely not just the tens of thousands of troops in front of him, and Li Li must have a backup plan, which is the so-called killer weapon. Therefore, the end of the head-on battle between the Allied Army and the Xiliang Army was not optimistic, and even more defeated, fewer victory. The only thing Yuan Shao could rely on was his unknown plan, which was also his killer weapon against the Xiliang Army.

However, Li Li was slow to attack and sent a catapult to attack with the Allied catapults, which made Yuan Shao feel deeply uneasy and worried. The thing he was most worried about was that Li Li saw through his plans. If this was the case, Yuan Shao would no longer rely on him and would be forced to a dead end by Li Li.

At this moment, Yuan Shao sorted out all the experiences of the previous six months, but accidentally discovered many things he had not paid attention to. However, these trivial things were useless to the battle situation in front of him, so that the thoughts left in his mind were endless worries of gains and losses, which made him suffer greatly but had no choice.

"Huh?" Just when Yuan Shao was at a loss, he accidentally caught the Xiliang army formation suddenly moving. At this moment, the left-wing cavalry finally jumped out of the formation and took the initiative to attack the Allies.

"Okay, okay, okay! Li Zhe was young and energetic after all, and was not patient enough. Finally, he couldn't help but send a war cavalry to attack first. This shows that Li Zhe had not seen through my plan at all. Such a big thing is expected. I, Yuan Shao, will win this battle!" In an instant, Yuan Shao was very surprised, clenched his fists and was secretly happy for himself. A heart hanging in his throat could finally be let go.

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Chapter completed!