After making enough pre-war preparations, Yuan Shaojun finally showed up.

Yuan Shao asked his second son Yuan Xi to lead 50,000 Youzhou troops to station on the Liaodong border to prevent the troubles of the Yellow Turban Army in Liaodong. Yuan Shao personally led a large army, under the banner of "aggressing revenge for Kong Rong", and entered Qingzhou in three directions. The 200,000 troops were in a mighty manner, with the momentum of covering the sky and the sun.

It is not difficult to see that Yuan Shao is ready to achieve his merits and win Qingzhou in one fell swoop!

Now, Yuan Shao has just seized two development opportunities, and it is no longer the same as before.

The first opportunity almost made the entire Youzhou.

He supported Liu He to destroy Gongsun Zan, and after Liu He died, he took the Youzhou army who followed him into his pocket. Although he then fought with the Liaodong Yellow Turban, which was somewhat damaged, it was not without benefits. The Liaodong Yellow Turban was crippled and could only occupy a corner of Liaodong, and survived and was unable to pose a threat to Yuan Shao in a short period of time. Objectively speaking, it was precisely because of the battle with the Liaodong army that Yuan Shao's control over Youzhou was accelerated, and the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.

The second opportunity is Bingzhou.

There was no resistance to taking Bingzhou, and the soldiers were decided without bloodshed. The Bingzhou soldiers shouldered the mission of defending the northern border of the Han Dynasty. They were to see elite soldiers and soldiers who had seen blood on the battlefield and a certain number of cavalry troops. The problem with Bingzhou was that the product was not abundant, and other prefectures and counties needed to provide money and grain. Yuan Shao had Jizhou, which had a lot of money and grain as his backing, and supporting Bingzhou was no problem.

The three states were in hand and sent 200,000 troops. It seemed that there were not many, but it was not.

You should know that there are rules and regulations to transfer the troops of Mingcheng to attack. When players occupy Mingcheng, they can only transfer 10% of their troops. The situation of the princes is slightly better, but they can only transfer 20%. Yuan Shao sent 200,000 troops to Qingzhou this time. Including Yuan Xi's Youzhou army, it means that Yuan Shao's total strength exceeds one million! Although such a huge force is suspected of being a powerful soldier, it is enough to prove Yuan Shao's strength.

Take a look at Yuan Shaojun’s overall arrangement.

In Youzhou, the second son Yuan Xi led an army of 50,000 to guard Youzhou to guard Liaodong. Yuan Shao sent his advisers Chen Lin and Xu You to assist, mainly the former subordinates of Liu Yu, including Xian Yu Fu, Qi Zhou, Xian Yu Yin and others.

In Qingzhou, Yuan Shao's troops were divided into three groups.

The left army, the eldest son Yuan Tan, led an army of 50,000 to send troops from Bohai County and attacked the Leling line. The left army had counselors Xin Ping and Guo Tu, and the main military generals under the tent were Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Feng Li, Ma Yan and others.

The right-road army was led by Yuan Shao's third favorite son Yuan Shang, and the same 50,000 troops were taken over by the Qinghe Kingdom to attack the Gaotang front line. The right-road army had counselors Shen Pei and Feng Ji, and the main military generals under the tent were Yan Liang, Mu Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang and others.

In the middle army, Yuan Shao personally led a 100,000 army to fight, and sent troops from Anping Kingdom to attack the Pingyuan Prefecture. Ju Su, Tian Feng and Chen Zhen were advised. The main military generals under the tent were Wen Chou, Han Meng, Yin Kai, Chunyu Qiong, Zhang Yan, Su You and others.

Yuan Shao's nephew, the senior official, did not go to the battle, and was in charge of the security of Bingzhou and Jizhou. He also supported the front line. Yuan Shao asked Xun Chen to partner with the senior official, one to command troops and the other to manage the dispatch of materials. Each of them performed their duties, and Jiao Chu, Zhang Nan and others followed the order. They were responsible for the execution of specific tasks, such as escorting grain and supporting a large army on a certain road.

I have to admit that Yuan Shao is indeed full of soldiers and generals, and he is at its peak.

This is Zhang He, Gao Lan and Ju Yi were poached...

In fact, Yuan Shao had other plans to attack Qingzhou with great fanfare this time: that is, to investigate Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to see who is more suitable to be his heirs.

Yuan Shao had three sons: Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

Usually, the eldest son is the heir of the legitimate son. The saying "the emperor loves the eldest son" has a long history. If it were a family of princes, the statement was also valid. However, Yuan Tan had a somewhat irritable temper and did not like his father very much. Yuan Shao also had a beautiful appearance (this reason is really weird, probably related to Yuan Shao being a handsome man), and his later wife Liu liked Yuan Shang and intended to make Yuan Shang the heir. However, Yuan Shao also knew that "deposing the eldest son and establishing the young" has always been a taboo, and he has not made a formal statement yet.

Yuan Xi is the second son, and his ranking is neither high nor low, nor is he particularly liked by his parents like Yuan Shang. He has basically no chance. Yuan Xi himself does not seem to be competing for the position. The situation is quite obvious. If nothing unexpected happens, Yuan Shao's heir will be selected from Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shao can not express his opinion, but the people below cannot stand firm and have to choose the sidelines.

After all, the sons are all adults.

Yuan Tan's identity as the eldest son of Yuan Tan gave him a huge advantage, and everyone tended to make him the heir. However, Yuan Tan was impatient and was more direct in his work. For example, Feng Ji and Shen Pei were proud and extravagant. Yuan Tan was very disgusted and showed it without any concealment. Feng Ji and Shen Pei were worried that Yuan Tan would be unfavorable to him after he took office, and found that Yuan Shao was interested in Yuan Shang, so the two turned to support Yuan Shang. In addition, Yuan Tan was captured in the Qingzhou market a few years ago because of teasing Zhao Xue, which made Yuan's face dizzy, which was considered a big stain and was constantly attacked by Yuan Shang's faction...

The two factions fought for inheritance rights and argued each other and continued to quarrel, and Yuan Shao was also annoyed. He simply took this opportunity to let his two sons lead the army and speak with their military achievements.

For Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, this war has a faint smell of fighting for the throne!

Yuan Shao spent a lot of effort on the personnel configuration of the left and right armies.

Each of them was given 50,000 troops and was responsible for the flanking offensive. The followers were all supporters of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and they would definitely assist them with all their hearts. The number of generals sent was the same. It seemed that Yuan Shao wanted his two sons to compete fairly. But in fact, Yuan Shao still secretly helped Yuan Shang.

There is a powerful general Yan Liang in the right side of the army...

As soon as Yuan Shao's army moved, Qingzhou Prefecture immediately entered a state of war.

The six counties and states in Qingzhou: Pingyuan County, Jinan County, Le'an County, Qi State, Donglai County and Beihai State.

Qi and Donglai County are the territory of Aniu. Liu Bei, the governor of Qingzhou, can actually mobilize only four counties and states: Pingyuan County, Jinan County, Le'an County and Beihai County. Pingyuan County is a barrier to the west of Qingzhou, close to Jinan County and Le'an County to the east, and further east are Qi and Donglai County. Beihai County, where the Qingzhou capital is located, is in the easternmost direction.

Yuan Shao's three armies advanced eastward to Qingzhou, and Pingyuan County was the first to be hit.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were dressed in battle and raised 60,000 troops to defend the enemy in the plains.

60,000 vs 200,000. Qingzhou Prefecture is obviously at a disadvantage, but Qingzhou Prefecture can no longer produce more.

In order to allow as many troops on the front line as possible to resist Yuan Shao's attack, Qingzhou Prefecture strongly demanded that the players' forces occupy the Mingcheng's forces in the plains should be guaranteed to be no less than 20,000 troops, and unconditionally cooperate with the state prefecture's dispatch. This is obviously forcing the player's forces to provide troops, which has attracted a lot of criticism from players, but now is an extraordinary period, and the princes have the right to make such requests. Even Qingzhou Prefecture did not hesitate to recruit a full amount of troops in Pingyuan County City.

When war comes, no one can survive.

Qingzhou Prefecture stationed heavily in the plains, and it was a last resort.

If the plain is lost, Jinan and Le'an will be exposed to Yuan Shao's army's iron hooves. By then, only one Beihai country is left as the rear, which is equivalent to the war potential of a county and a state against the three states. The hope of Qingzhou Prefecture to repel Yuan Shao will be very slim.

From the beginning, Qingzhou Prefecture had no more choice but to defend the plains!

Guan Yu led 40,000 Qingzhou troops to face Yuan Shao's main force.

The two armies met outside the city of Geguo.

In the first confrontation, Guan Yu brought the Qinglong Yanyue Sword to fight.

Although Yuan Shao looked down on the three brothers of Liu Bei, in the battle against Dong Zhuo, Guan Yu first killed Hua Xiong with warm wine. Later, three heroes fought against Lu Bu, killing the sky and the earth, the sun and the moon were gone. Yuan Shao was still very afraid of Guan Yu's force. He wanted to rely on the large number of people to fight directly, but he was worried that he would refuse to fight alone to affect morale. He was hesitating, but someone under the tent did not take Guan Yu seriously, or dreamed of defeating Guan Yu to achieve the best result. He took the initiative to demand a fight.

Zhang Ying volunteered: "I will take Guan Yu's head to the end!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and ordered Zhang Yan to go to war.

Zhang Yan urged the horse, waving his halberd and heading straight for Guan Yu, shouting loudly. The sound was as loud as thunder. Unfortunately, Guan Yu could not be scared by loud sound. When the two horses were intertwined, Brother Yun fully developed the style of quick knife hand, raised his hand and fell, and only one round to solve the battle. Zhang Yan originally wanted to take Guan Yu's head, but he gave his own head...

The morale of the Qingzhou army was greatly shocked, and Yuan Shao's army was speechless.

Zhang Yan's blood made Yuan Shaojun look dull, but it also ignited the blood of some generals.

The general Wen Chou shouted violently, took the gun and rushed forward to fight Guan Yu. The two fought for more than twenty times. Guan Yu's big sword became more and more fierce. Wen Chou gradually lost to the opponent and was very nervous. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yuan Shao hurriedly let Han Meng and Chunyu Qiong go side by side.

Yuan Shao would not openly make someone beat Guan Yu, and he shouted: "When will you fight alone? There will be a few more gang fights, so you can finish the fight early and make a meal."

Liu Bei had only two brothers who could fight, and Guan and Zhang led the army to fight separately, so naturally no one could help Guan Yu share the responsibility, so Yuan Shao's army fought three times with confidence. Chunyu Qiong was a general under Yuan Shao's tent, and Han Meng was even a famous fierce man under Yuan Shao's tent. In the Romance, Yuan Shao's tent had the "Hebei Four Courtyards and One Middle Liang". The four Courtyards were Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He and Gao Lan, and the One Middle Liang was Han Meng. It is said that Han Meng had the courage to be unstoppable by ten thousand men.

As the saying goes, two fists cannot match six hands. After Guan Yu persisted for more than 40 rounds, he gradually lost.

Yuan Shao took the opportunity to attack, and the Qingzhou army was defeated, losing more than 5,000 people. Guan Yu retreated to defend the plains. Due to Guan Yu's defeat, the county of Geguo was surrounded, and the morale of the defenders was very low.

The lord player occupied the county of Geguo. He thought he had no obligation to fight against the disaster for Liu Bei and was inconvenient to open the city to surrender, so he resisted passively. Under the fierce attack of Yuan Shao's army, after the troops in Geguo County were lost, there was no recruitment to supplement them. Therefore, the number of soldiers in the city was less and less, and the morale became lower and lower. Later, defenders continued to take off their military uniforms and go home...

Three days later, the Ge Kingdom was captured and the main force of Yuan Shao's army advanced to the plain!

Guan Yu failed in the first battle, but Zhang Fei won a victory.

The right-wing army crossed the river on the Gaotang line and was attacked by Zhang Fei halfway. The vanguard Yan Liang was defeated by Zhang Fei, and the 10,000 vanguard troops were killed. Fortunately, the follow-up troops arrived in time, and Zhang Fei retreated. Yan Liang survived his death. He was stabbed with a spear on his left arm and more than 7,000 troops broke.

Yan Liang concluded afterwards that Qingzhou is not a good place! Because he was always defeated and injured in Qingzhou.

He was defeated by Zhao Xue, Yue Xi and Zhang Fei, and his reputation was lost, but he had no courage...

The two armies fought, and Qingzhou Prefecture and Yuan Shao's army each won one, but Yuan Shao's army was completely in the position of taking the initiative. Even the defeated right-wing army successfully crossed the river and advanced to Gaotang. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were alone and no longer took the initiative to attack, but just stood firm in the plains and Gaotang respectively.
Chapter completed!