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A few days later, Zhen Yao rushed to Yi County, found a place to live in the county seat, and planned to buy some gifts before going to intercede.

As soon as he entered the city, he realized that something was wrong. The situation in Yi County was extremely tense, and the city gate was searched extremely strictly.He was taken aback, thinking that the news of Emperor Xiu Tuze's great victory had reached Yi County, which aroused Yuan Shao's vigilance, so he quickly sent people around to inquire.

Soon, he received a message.

Qu Yi, a general under Yuan Shao's command, defected, and Yuan Shaozheng sent troops to pursue him. Even the siege of Yi Jing was temporarily stopped.

Zhen Yao was greatly surprised, and felt that Yuan Shao was exhausted, and it was the right choice for Zhen to keep a distance from him.He stayed in Yi County and stayed behind closed doors. He just sent his servants out to inquire about the news, and at the same time quietly spread the news of the emperor Xiu Tuze's great victory.

Yi County has been fighting for a long time, and all kinds of news are flying all over the sky.The sudden martial law was already confusing and rumors abounded.As soon as the news of the emperor Xiu Tuze's great victory spread, it immediately caused huge ripples, and was then linked to the Battle of Danhan Mountain.

Immediately afterwards, the Battle of Huayin and the Battle of Shuofang were also brought up, spread rapidly, and were compared with the protracted Yijing War.

A question naturally surfaced.

If the emperor goes east, will Yuan Shao be his opponent?

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Yuan Shao sat in the big tent, holding a wine glass in one hand and resting his forehead in the other.

The table in front of him was full of exquisite dishes, but he didn't have any appetite, he just drank wine one glass after another.

Qu Yi's defection was like throwing a boulder into the water, and the waves caused were so great that even the siege of Yi Jing became unimportant.

Qu Yi is the first victory in the battle of Yijing.The fighting power of him and the Eight Hundred Xiliang Trilogy under his command is obvious to all, and has even become synonymous with the elite.Over the years, in order to hit Gongsun Zan's morale, Yuan Shao has been emphasizing Qu Yi's good fighting skills intentionally or unintentionally, but in the end he lifted a rock and smashed his own foot.

There had been signs of Qu Yi's defection for a long time, and he had asked Yuan Tan to keep a close eye on Qu Yi and stabilize Qu Yi.

But Yuan Tan let him down.

He felt that Yuan Tan did it on purpose.

The task of besieging Gongsun Zan was originally assigned by Yuan Tan, but Yuan Tan failed to complete it.As a last resort, he personally led his troops to come.In order to get the support of the Northern Hebei people, he had to push out his second son Yuan Xi, and appointed Yuan Xi to command the newly joined Northern Hebei people.

Yuan Tan was dissatisfied with this, which was expected, he did not expect Yuan Tan's reaction to be so violent, and he actually connived at Qu Yi's defection.

Yuan Shao was very angry, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

This matter involves too much, and it is not as simple as Yuan Tan alone. Guo Tu, Xu You and others may be involved. Liu He is also involved, and even Xian Yufu and others also played a role behind it.

Tian Chou, who went to Tanhan Mountain to look for Xun You, never came back. Yuan Shao estimated that he probably went to Liangzhou.

Traveling thousands of miles away is the root cause of this defection.

Qu Yi is from Liangzhou.If nothing else happened, Qu Yi's people had already pledged their allegiance to the emperor, so it was logical for Qu Yi to return to Liangzhou to serve the emperor.

If he had known this earlier, he should have killed Qu Yi.

"Master..." Feng Ji rushed in, looking anxious.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shao was annoyed in his heart, but he still suppressed his emotions and sat up straight to make himself look less decadent.

"My lord, there are rumors spreading in Yi County."

"What rumor?" Yuan Shao frowned slightly, but he didn't take it seriously.These days, there are so many rumors, like a gust of wind, that they sometimes pass without even noticing what is being said.

Feng Ji swallowed, his voice dry. "Xiu Tuze won a great victory."

Yuan Shao was taken aback for a moment, then smiled. "What kind of rumor is this? It's not..." In the middle of speaking, he suddenly realized that his face turned pale.

He had known about the great victory of Emperor Xiu and Tuze for a long time, but ordinary people did not know about it. It can even be said that not many people in Jizhou knew about the great victory of Emperor Xiu and Tuze.Those who know the news know more about the consequences of spreading the news, so they tacitly keep silent, pretending that this matter does not exist.

Feng Ji said that someone in Yi County spread rumors, so naturally the news spread.

Although I know that this day will come sooner or later, this timing is obviously the most inappropriate timing.

Yuan Shao's first reaction was that someone deliberately leaked the secret.

"Have you found out who passed it on?" Yuan Shao's eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Investigating." Feng Ji smiled wryly. "My lord, the top priority is to break through Yi Jing to stabilize the situation."

"What about Qu Yi?" Yuan Shao raised his eyelids and growled in a low voice, "Just let him go like this?"

"My lord, no matter how brave Qu Yi is, he is only one person. He became famous because he defeated Gongsun Zan. The siege of Yi Jing for more than a year has proved that his name does not live up to his name. If the lord can defeat Yi Jing, who will remember?" he?"

Yuan Shao's eyes rolled, and he came to his senses a little bit.

Seeing that Yuan Shao's attitude was loose, Feng Ji struck while the iron was hot. "The outskirts of Yijing have been breached, and Gongsun Zan is already a fish in a pot. If he can attack quickly, he will be able to break through in one fell swoop. In this way, northern Hebei can be settled, even if there are rumors, what can we do? If we can't attack for a long time, once the rumors spread In the army, morale is weak..."

Feng Ji stopped and didn't say any more.

Yuan Shao stroked his beard, his face was livid, and his bloodshot eyes gradually became brighter.

"Yuan Tu is right, but I was confused." Yuan Shao threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Call all the generals, prepare to attack, and never die."

"Here." The guard responded, turned around and went out to deliver the order.

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Yuan Shao was reminded by Fengji that he knew that he didn't have much time left, so he had to defeat Gongsun Zan before the news of the emperor's great victory reached the army, otherwise his morale would be weakened and he would have no chance to attack again.

He summoned the generals, issued orders, and logically put martial law on the entire camp, trying to slow down the spread of news in the army as much as possible.

Tian Feng and Jushou also knew that the situation was serious and supported Yuan Shao's decision.Tian Feng personally came forward to explain the current situation with the generals in northern Hebei to boost morale, hoping that they would not hesitate and fight with all their strength to defeat Yi Jing.

At the same time, Yuan Shao called Guo Tu and asked Yuan Tan and Liu He to lead their troops to join the battle.

Yuan Tan and Liu He were responsible for Qu Yi's defection, and they were worried that Yuan Shao would punish them.Knowing that Yuan Shao asked them to join the war, he was relieved and immediately expressed his willingness to fight to the death to prove his innocence.

In order to show that he had nothing to do with Qu Yi's defection, Liu He also took the initiative to find Xian Yufu and asked him to join him in attacking.

The battle, which had been stagnant for more than ten days, started again. More than one hundred thousand troops surrounded Yi Jing and launched a tidal attack. One wave continued, and another wave continued day and night. The drums of war could be heard even in Yi County, which is more than ten miles away .

After being besieged for a long time, Yi Jing was already dilapidated, and Gongsun Zan's subordinates were exhausted and had no fighting spirit.In addition, in order to force his subordinates to fight to the death, Gongsun Zan issued an order not to rescue them, so the generals could only fight on their own.Facing Yuan Shao's onslaught that would never stop without breaking the city, their psychology collapsed, and some people decided to give up resistance and surrender to Yuan Shao.

In a blink of an eye, only the central main building remained among the nearly [-] high-rise buildings in Yijing.

Yuan Shao ordered people to fill in the trenches, and built four general platforms out of range, occupying one side with Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Liu He, and attacked with all their strength.

Seeing that Gongsun Zan's decapitation was imminent, Liu He, Xian Yufu and the others put aside their differences for the time being, and attacked at all costs, hoping to get the first prize, and personally beheaded Gongsun Zan to avenge Liu Yu.

But they failed to do so.

Seeing that the situation was over, Gongsun Zan killed his wife and concubines, set fire to the food and treasures accumulated in the building, laughed loudly, and jumped into the raging flames.

Liu He fell to his knees in the blood, crying bitterly.

The enemy was right in front of him, but he failed to kill him with his own hands.

Yuan Shao was also very depressed.After a hard fight, he won the final victory, but Gongsun Zan burned away the spoils he expected.He had nothing but a few thousand remnants of soldiers, and where the rewards he promised the generals would come from became a problem he had to consider.

In addition, there is another problem that makes him even more troublesome.

Gongsun Zan died, Yi Jing was burned to the ground, and the basis for his cooperation with Xian Yufu and others was gone.

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Yuan Shao's worries soon became reality.

As soon as the battle ended, Xian Yufu withdrew his troops to the north of Jumashui, put up a defensive position, and announced that before the new Youzhou Governor or Youzhou Mu arrived, Youzhou would be taken over by Youyan Governor Xun You.

The Governor of Youyan has not been formally appointed, and not many people know about it, but the fact that Xun You is stationed at Tanhan Mountain is a fact that all Han and Hu know.Youzhou accepted Xun You's order, which meant obeying the imperial court's dispatch.Unless there is an edict from the imperial court, other people are not allowed to cross Jumashui and enter Youzhou, otherwise it will be a war.

Yuan Shao could still pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the Wuhuan and Xianbei people who assisted him in the battle panicked.

Yi Jing was broken, Gongsun Zan was dead, and there was no reason for them to stay in Jizhou.Once Xun You identified him as an enemy, and he was blocked from the south of Jumashui and could not return north, his hometown would become the target of Xun You's attack.

Many people asked Yuan Shao to resign, and the rest were anxious and strongly opposed Yuan Shao's war with Xian Yufu.

Yuan Shao was very angry, but he had nothing to do, so he had to strike back and retreat to Yi County to rest.

Taking this opportunity, Zhen Yao begged to see Tian Feng and asked Tian Feng to speak to Yuan Shao.Zhen Mi has a fairy dream, and needs to go to Beiyue to sacrifice to the god of Xuanwu, and the marriage contract has to be postponed for a while.

After Tian Feng listened, he took a look at Zhen Yao. "Are you flustered after hearing the news of the emperor Xiu Tuze's great victory?"

Zhen Yao was indeed flustered.If Yuan Shao knew that the news of the emperor Xiu Tuze's great victory was spread by him, he would definitely die.

He hesitantly said: "Tian Gong Mingjian, I, the Zhongshan Zhen family... can't be careless. Tian Gong, you say... the emperor's victory after victory, this man's destiny... can continue for a while?"

Tian Feng thought about it carefully, sighed lightly, and nodded in agreement.The Zhen family in Zhongshan has made mistakes before, so it is inevitable to look forward and backward. It is understandable to have such worries.Now that Yi Jing has been broken, the situation in northern Jibei has stabilized, and the marriage contract with Zhen's is not imminent.

The original decision to marry the Zhen family was originally an expedient measure to win over the tyrants in northern Hebei, but now it is not so urgent.

He is more willing to arrange a marriage between Yuan Xi and a rich family in southern Hebei.

Tian Feng accepted Zhen Yao's gift, agreed to speak to Yuan Shao, and declined the engagement for a while.However, he also reminded Zhen Yao that Yuan Xi has become an adult, and now he has become a general of the army. There are many people who want to marry Yuan Xi. You Zhen missed it, so you can't blame others.

Zhen Yao was very grateful.

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Yuan Shao summoned his advisers to discuss countermeasures.

There are mainly two questions: First, what about the rewards after the victory?The second is to continue to march into Youzhou, or to fight in Yanyu.

The reviewer sent messages continuously.Zhou Zhong was besieging Lujiang, he was pinched by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, unable to move forward, Yan Liang, who was guarding Lujiang, was fighting alone, if he could not be rescued, he might not last long.

Tian Feng made a generous speech and suggested that Yuan Shao transfer to Yanyu.

His reason is simple.Youzhou's advantage lies in the cavalry, and the others are useless. Jizhou needs to support some money and food every year.Now that Wuhuan and Xianbei's cavalry had already entered the ranks, there was no need to fight Xun You again.It is better to stabilize the battle line in the Juma River area first, concentrate our forces first, break the siege of the Lujiang River, take advantage of the situation to defeat Yuan Shu, and take all the land of the Jianghuai River.

The Central Plains is rich and prosperous. If you take the Central Plains, you will have enough spoils to reward the soldiers.

Hearing Yuan Shu's name, Yuan Shao's heart was moved immediately.

In his view, although the emperor is a threat, he is far away in Liangzhou, and there is no direct conflict yet.Yuan Shu was a thorn in his flesh, threatening him all the time and had to be pulled out immediately.

Yuan Shao accepted Tian Feng's suggestion and announced that he would march south.

The northern Hebei clan was disappointed.One is that the rewards after the war are gone, and the other is that Yuan Shao will go south, so Jizhou will become the front line, and a war may break out at any time, which is extremely unfavorable for the resumption of production.They hope to seize Zhuojun in one go, push the front line to Shanggu and Guangyang, ensure the safety of northern Hebei, and then concentrate their forces to go south.

In order to appease the big families in northern Hebei, Yuan Shao decided to confer official titles.

Jushou tried his best to dissuade him.The imperial court now only recognizes Yuan Shao as the prefect of Bohai, and the prefect of Bohai is not qualified to be appointed as an official, let alone worshiped as a prince. Yuan Shao's doing so is tantamount to open rebellion, and the previous compromise with the imperial court will not stand.

In case the emperor is furious and attacks Jizhou, how to deal with it?

This time, Tian Feng stood against Ju Shou.

He confidently stated that Liangzhou was safe at the beginning, but the emperor was unable to attack Jizhou.At the beginning, the compromise with the imperial court was only to concentrate troops and attack Gongsun Zan.Now that Gongsun Zan was dead, there was no need to compromise, and he just took this opportunity to test the emperor's confidence.

Taking a step back, even if the emperor was overwhelmed with anger and ordered to attack Jizhou, it would not be a cause for concern.

Conferring officials and giving titles, boosting morale, and all the soldiers in Jizhou are enough to fight against the emperor.

Yuan Shao accepted Tian Feng's suggestion.

Jushou was disappointed, but helpless.He knew that Tian Feng was gambling, but with the current situation in Jizhou, there was indeed no better way than putting all his eggs in one basket.

Sure enough, after conferring more than a dozen generals and marquises, the northern Hebei clan changed their minds and supported Yuan Shao to go south.

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On the side of the ruins of Yi Jing, Liu and Le Ma stood alone, motionless.

Several personal guards stood not far away, looking at each other and sighing.

After defeating Gongsun Zan, not only was Liu He not free, but he seemed to have lost his soul. He often came here to see it for a long time, and he didn't know what he could see.

Some cavalry came rushing from a distance, guarding a carriage.The guards turned their heads and quickly recognized Yuan Tan, so they relaxed.

Liu He acted as if he had never heard of it, and remained indifferent.

The carriage came and followed, Yuan Tan got out of the carriage, slowly came to Liu He's side, and patted Liu He's knee.

"Gongheng, wake up. The old things are like dust and smoke, you should look forward."

Liu He turned his head slowly, looked at Yuan Tan, and smiled silently. "Being unfaithful as a minister, being unfilial as a son, and being unrighteous as a friend, do I still have a future?"

"Gongheng, why are you here? Follow me to the south. With your ability, when you arrive in the Central Plains, you will be able to unify your troops..."

"Can you?" Liu He interrupted Yuan Tan, shook the reins, and turned the horse's head.

Yuan Tan followed, his face a bit disappointed.Liu He's question stung him.Following Yuan Shao to the south, he might not even have the chance to get one, let alone Liu He.

Because of this, he needs Liu He's help even more.

Liu He is a native of Donghai, and he has an influence that cannot be underestimated in Donghai.If Liu He is willing to go south with him, it will help him to plunder Xuzhou.

But this is just an assumption, and he himself is not sure.

Different from the ambiguity of the southern Hebei clan, the northern Hebei clan clearly supported Yuan Xi.Unless he can get the support of the Yanyu clan and make great contributions in the war in the Central Plains, his position as heir will not be guaranteed.