Nangong County, Anping State, is separated from Changshan State and Zhongshan County. After learning that Qu Yi died in the battle, Yuan Shao retreated here immediately. Moreover, he did not enter the county government, but was still in a hidden courtyard.

In these few days, Yuan Shao had already confirmed the news that Qu Yi, Zhang Nan and Jiao Tu died in battle. Yuan Shao did not feel any regret for the domineering Qu Yi, but the nearly 20,000 soldiers who had lost half were extremely sad, and his face looked extremely ugly for several days.

He fought with Gongsun Zan for a year but did not lose so many troops. This ambush of Zhang Liao was really not worth the loss, not to mention that the goal was not achieved, so he was extremely resentful to Zhang Liao.

In the hall, Yuan Shao wandered back and forth and asked again: "Ziyuan, Yuantu, and Gongze, what countermeasures can there be to get rid of Zhang Liao? Could it be that Zhang Liao will be allowed to occupy the two counties?"

Below, Xu You, Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others remained silent. They didn't know how many times Yuan Shao asked, but they didn't know how to answer.

This design ambush Zhang Liao is linked together and seamless, but 20,000 people did not kill Zhang Liao with the right time and place. This result was completely beyond their expectations. If you can't beat this, what else can you do?

They often think that if they were surrounded and fought head-on on the plain, the goal might have been achieved.

After Zhang Liao had 20,000 troops from the east to leave Jingxing Pass, Xu You, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, and other senior officials were persuading Yuan Shao to withdraw to Yecheng and make plans for the long term, but Yuan Shao was unwilling to accept it and retreated to the east for only a hundred miles, and wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Zhang Liao.

Seeing that several strategists didn't speak, Yuan Shao sighed heavily: "Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao, is it really invincible?"

Xu You's eyes rolled and said, "Lord, Zhang Liao is not here for a while, you can use the strategy of driving tigers and swallowing wolfs."

"Oh?" Yuan Shao showed joy: "Are you going to have a plan?"

Xu You comforted his thumb and said, "Zhongshan and Changshan are indeed in Jizhou, but they are also adjacent to Youzhou. They have always been coveted by Gongsun Zan. Previously, Chang'an sent Zhao Qi to recruit Guandong and said that they would not follow the situation. Why don't the lord go with the flow? As the court's wishes, they temporarily made a good relationship with Gongsun Zan. They wrote a letter to Gongsun Zan in secret, promising to send Zhongshan and Changshan to him. Zhang Liao was strong, how could he give up? In this way, the two of them would inevitably get into evil. The lord can sit and watch the battle between tigers and wolves."

Yuan Shao's eyes lit up: "This plan is feasible!"

Feng Ji, on the side, hurriedly spoke: "Zhang Liao was the governor of Bingzhou. It was a transcendent act. The lord can also ask Zhao Qi to go and persuade him to hand over the two counties. If he does not follow, he will rebel against the court. The lord can be justified and punished him."

"Okay!" Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now Gongsun Zan's spirit has been lost, but Zhang Liao is a major concern. If he does not get rid of it, he will not be able to sleep or eat. Even the major plan of You and Yan Dai cannot be planned."

"Master." Guo Tu said, "It's better to go back to Yecheng early. If Zhang Liao is not killed this time, he will definitely take revenge. He can't find the lord, but he is afraid that Yecheng will change."

"No," said the high-ranking cadre: "Now the Taihang Mountain Road is under the control of Zhang Liao, if he..."

Before the high-ranking official finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the courtyard. A soldier hurried in and fell to Yuan Shao in front of him, and said anxiously: "Lord... Lord, Shangdang, Hanoi rushed out of the enemy soldiers and attacked Wei County in three directions with the Black Mountain bandits, and broke into several counties in a row. Zhao's prefect was killed. Tian Biegu asked the envoy to lead the troops back quickly."

Yuan Shao's expression changed drastically, and only the words from Guo Tu just echoed in his mind. He knew that this was Zhang Liao's revenge. He saw that Zhang Liao had been calming the two counties of Changshan and Zhongshan these days. He thought Zhang Liao would not take action for the time being, but he did not expect the revenge to come so quickly.

"Immediately, I will order Yan Liang and Gao Lan to return to Yecheng quickly! Then hurry up and send a horse to Hejian to send a message to Chunyu Qiong, and divide the troops into 10,000 troops to help Yecheng."

Yuan Shao ordered without hesitation that Yecheng is his foundation now. If Yecheng is lost, he, the governor of Jizhou, would become a big joke.

Now Yecheng is dominated by generals such as Wen Chou and Zhu Ling. Chunyu Qiong leads 20,000 troops to defend Gongsun Zan in Hejian. As for Yuan Shao, Yan Liang secretly follows and protects him with two thousand elite soldiers. Gao Lan, who had just surrendered to him, had 5,000 troops.

Half an hour later, Yuan Shao and a group of strategists quickly headed south under the escort of Yan Liang and Gao Lan.

Unexpectedly, he was intercepted when he was passing through Guangping County, Julu County. Five thousand cavalry came from the west and suddenly launched a fierce attack. It was Zhao Yun's cavalry camp and Shi A's attacking warriors.

The cavalry camp suddenly came, with iron hooves like thunder and arrows like rain, and three waves pouring towards Yuan Shao's more than 7,000 troops.

Shi's two hundred strikes were riding on the horse, pulling the trigger of the crossbow, and everyone shot ten arrows empty.

When Yuan Shao's army reacted and wanted to set up shields and raise crossbows to fight back, Zhao Yun and Shi A had already left with five thousand men and disappeared northwards.

This battle was like thunder and lightning. The battle ended in just a short while, but Yuan Shao's losses were extremely heavy. The focus of the attack on the Killing Soldiers and the Cavalry Camp was Yuan Shao's central army.

Most of his personal guard camp was killed and injured. Yuan Shao's war horse was killed and fell off his horse, and was in a mess. Xu You was unfortunately shot by an arrow and was on his waist, screaming in pain.

As for the soldiers, more than a thousand casualties were killed or injured, which made Yan Liang furious and asked to chase him, but was stopped by Yuan Shao. Most of them were infantry, and Zhang Liao attacked all the cavalry, so how could they catch up?

"Zhang Liao!" Yuan Shao was helped up from the ground by his personal guards, his head was crooked, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he had to ask the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded.

Thousands of people were depressed, and Feng Ji suddenly said, "Lord, beware that they will attack again."

Yuan Shao's expression changed and he immediately ordered Yan Liang and Gao Lan: "Be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves in the west was like thunder, and five thousand cavalry rushed towards him again.

"Protect the lord!" Yan Liang yelled, directing the soldiers to quickly surround Yuan Shao and a group of strategists. He personally protected the front, and Gao Lan led his troops to protect the flanks.

However, the cavalry was extremely fast. Yan Liang had just commanded two thousand soldiers to surround the central army and set up spears. Before he could command the soldiers to open crossbows and shoot arrows, the cavalry arrived near.

Unexpectedly, this time, the focus of the cavalry attack was not the central army, but Gao Lan's troops. The cavalry did not rush forward, and suddenly separated dozens of steps away, flew past the flanks, and then fired arrows like rain.

Before Yuan Shao's troops could attack, the cavalry had already gone away and disappeared again.

"Zhang Liao! So shameless!" Yuan Shao was so angry that he cursed in the central army.

Zhang Liao's cavalry was completely different from Gongsun Zan's cavalry. They didn't fight hard with them at all. They even shot from a long distance, and they came and went like the wind. They couldn't even fight, which was extremely frustrated.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "The high school man was injured."

The high school lawyer is Gao Lan. After defecting to Yuan Shao, he became the central secretary.

Yuan Shao hurriedly asked about the situation. When he heard that Gao Lan was caught in two arrows and was lucky enough to die, Cheng Huan and Zhao Fu were shot and killed, his heart became cold. He looked at Feng Ji, Guo Tu and Gao Gan, and his face looked a little ugly.

After being attacked this time, Yuan Shao became even more careful and was vigilant and walked slowly all the way, not expecting that the cavalry never appeared again.

However, when he first entered Weijun, a soldier reported urgently: "When the Central Army General Zhu Ling was fighting with the Black Mountain bandits, he was attacked by a soldier and horse, and he was heartbroken and died on the spot."

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