Cao Cao hurriedly led his troops to withdraw to Changyuan Camp, but found that there was nothing wrong with the smoke of gunpowder left during the fierce battle, the corpse and the pungent smell of blood in the air.

Huang Zhong led the soldiers of Yuan army to attack Cao's camp to attract the main force of Cao's army, causing panic among Cao's soldiers and could no longer fight with Yuan Shu wholeheartedly, in order to rescue strategies.

When the scout reported that Cao Cao was speeding to lead his troops back to help, he also decisively ordered a retreat.

A battle passed by.

Yuan and Cao suffered heavy losses after this battle, and then they set up camps to confront each other, with Kuangting and Jishui as the junction.

...

Yuan Shu and Yuan Yao rode their horses back to the camp side by side. Along the way, the father and son had words that seemed to say no and could not be said.

During the conversation, Yuan Shu was extremely satisfied with his son's current performance.

He did not expect that Yuan Yao insisted on leading his crowd into the west, and really convinced the Xiliang army to advance from the east and arrived at the critical moment when his situation was in danger.

Repel Cao's army and preserved the main force.

His heart was filled with emotions at this moment, and he was extremely excited.

This son of his family really gave him a good face and had a promising future...

"Yaoer, how did you convince the Xiliang army to leave the customs?"

After pondering for a long time, Yuan Shu couldn't help but smile and said with a smile.

After hearing his father mentioned this, Yuan Yao pondered for a while, and then he would use the power of important officials in the court to lure the princes of Liangzhou to rebel, causing the Western Liang army to mobilize heavy troops to quell the rebellion.

Then he was dividing and alienating one by one, and persuaded the independent Xiliang generals to join forces and send knights to help.

At the end, Yuan Yao's face became more and more intense, and he smiled: "There are many factions in the Western Liang army. When Dong Zhuo died, the contradictions became increasingly sharp. Now he still controls supreme power. Naturally, no one can tolerate anyone."

After explanation, Yuan Shu's face became more and more happy.

But then, Yuan Yao couldn't help but bow and said solemnly: "Father, have you discovered something after this battle?"

"What?"

"The gap between the quality of generals and soldiers under his command."

Yuan Yao whispered: "If General Liu Xiang had not had the unfavorable situation and defeated Kuang Ting, how could his father have been able to promote the army? Instead, Cao Cao would have seized the opportunity to arrange heavy troops on the other side of the river?"

"Liu Xiang, Leju, Liang Gang, the generals in our army are hard to compare with the generals of the Cao army."

After saying this, he paused and couldn't help but lower his voice again, saying, "The combat power of soldiers is often related to the quality of generals. When Cao general Xiahou Dun led the way into the enemy's formation, he often stimulated the high morale among Cao's soldiers and made them share the same hatred of the enemy."

"This cannot be achieved in our army at all."

"This is second. The most important thing is that the child leads the Xiliang Jingqi cavalry to take the opportunity to cover up and kill him. But even so, our army can only fight with him until a draw, allowing the enemy to easily evacuate the battle circle and leave safely."

"This is a great failure. If we continue to fight, there will be no big result. Therefore, according to my child's opinion, our army should decisively evacuate Yangzhou, use Huainan, Huainan and Runan counties as the foundation to sweep across the Jiangnan area and peek into the Central Plains."

"Expand the armored soldiers internally, reform the military system, rectify the soldiers, enhance the overall combat power and cohesion among the soldiers, and rest outside the country. When the situation in the Central Plains is undergoing major changes, we will send troops to fight."

"This is more beneficial to compete with our army now!"

For a moment, Yuan Yao's words of migration to Yangzhou were solemnly lost.

When Yuan Shu heard the news, he fell into silence.

No more refuting the past...

After this battle, even if Yuan Yao did not mention it, he could see the problem on his side...

Think back, if Yuan Yao hadn't suddenly come to help, his side would have suffered a terrible defeat today.

Regarding today's defeat, there are also elements of Yuan Yao's indulgence.

In fact, he had already received news that Kuangting and Liu Xiang was unfavorable, but he suppressed his mind and did not send troops to support him. Instead, he waited for him to issue a document for help. After Yuan Shu personally led the main force to fight Cao's army, he rushed to the emergency.

All this was done just to make Yuan Shu understand that nowadays, the combat power of his soldiers under his command was difficult to compete with the Cao army, and the scholars in Yanzhou all supported Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, not them.

Then there will be no other benefits if we continue to compete.

But he was reluctant to make up his mind to give up the battle for wealthy Central Plains counties and go to the remote Yangzhou to develop...

After all, it is extremely difficult for those who can hope to win the Central Plains to pay attention to the rest of the world.

Yuan Shu is not as prescient as Yuan Yao, and knows the various advantages of Yangzhou and has limitations.

Yuan Yao seemed to see Yuan Shu's hesitation in his heart. He also knew that his strength was far superior to Cao Cao, and even in terms of momentum... Yuan Jun received a lot of help.

Even the Huns and the Black Mountain bandits sent troops to respond. Isn’t it easy to completely base the Central Plains in such a situation?

But why did Yuan’s army be defeated in the original history?

It has nothing to do with other factors, but the essential reason is only one. Kuangting and Liu Xiang’s battle is unfavorable. Yuan Shu personally led the main force to provide assistance, but he was unable to defeat Cao’s army and was beaten in all aspects.

It was the issue of the combat power of generals and soldiers that prompted Yuan Yao to resolutely migrate to Yangzhou to develop steadily.

Because, he knew that as Cao Cao's power had developed, the next period of his strong expansion would be his period. If the combat power of his soldiers could not be greatly improved, he could only follow the old path of the original history.

However, reforming the military system and a major change in the military was not achieved overnight, which requires sufficient time...

If you cannot use a stable rear as the foundation, how can you implement all this?

on the other hand.

Yuan Yao often wanted to replace Liu Xiang and others, but because they had been following Yuan Shu for a long time and had a strong experience, it was difficult to replace it.

Therefore, letting them experience a big defeat and lose prestige among the army will be better for subsequent reforms.

This time, the situation in Liu Xiang and Kuangting was unfavorable and almost led to the defeat of the entire army, which was enough to make Yuan Yao declare "death sentence" to him.

"Father, don't hesitate. Runan is my ancestral home of Yuan family. Huainan has also been a place where elite soldiers and powerful generals have been produced since ancient times. The counties in Jiangnan do not have too strong forces that can threaten our army. It would be great to use it as a basis."

Yuan Yao continued to surrender and persuade him.

He is indeed not talking nonsense. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were indeed many talents and powerful generals.

Like Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lu Meng, the great governor of the Eastern Wu, all came from Jiangbei.

Most of the twelve tiger ministers on the Jiangbian are from the Huai and Si areas.

This is also one of the reasons why Yuan Yao went to Yangzhou.

At least our side can replenish strong generals and replace them with new blood.

Seeing that his father still couldn't make up his mind, Yuan Yao pondered for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Did your father know the origin of retreating?"

A word fell!

Yuan Shu suddenly realized something, then checked Yuan Yao's confident expression and said:

"Yaoer said very much, let's prepare to migrate to Yangzhou next?"
Chapter completed!