Chapter 548: The army returns to the north

On the third day of the seventh month of the first year of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao led 200,000 Hebei troops to cross the river and launch a general attack, trying to defeat the Jiangdong Army in one fell swoop. However, the Jiangdong Army was prepared for a long time. The Hebei army suffered repeated attacks and suffered setbacks. They first climbed the camp and lost all the elite troops. The Hu cavalry returned without success. The morale of the Hebei army was greatly relieved. Yuan Shao had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

Although the Hebei army retreated, it was still calm and had rules and regulations. The Jiangdong army had no obstacles to take advantage of it and did not send troops to pursue it. In this battle, although the two armies did not fight head-on, the Jiangdong army with its solid camps resisted the attack of the Hebei army, injured thousands of enemies, and defeated its spirits. The losses of its own army were extremely small, which was a complete victory. Although the Hebei army was not annihilated, the elite troops were lost. Ju Yi was self-destructive and his morale was poor. More than 200,000 troops were expended in countless money and food, but he did not even step into the Jiangdong army camp, which was a great defeat.

On the second day, the news of Li Yang's loss was also passed on to the case of Yuan Shao and Zhou Yu.

The Guandu War, which is eye-catching, has since turned around.

Although Yuan Shao sealed the fatal news, Zhou Yu quickly sent someone to write the news into a letter, tied it to a feather arrow, and shot it into the Hebei military camp. In the Hebei military camp, he suddenly became panicked. Yesterday's great defeat had already made the whole army depressed, but it retained the hope of withdrawing the north as soon as possible. Now, the land for food storage in the rear has been lost, which is a fatal matter. The soldiers without food will collapse. At that time, whether his 180-pound body can return home smoothly is a question!

People with keen senses realized another problem. How did the Jiangdong Army know the reality of Li Yang, and how did they gather a large army to capture Li Yang in one fell swoop? You should know that Li Yang's defenders also had 10,000 troops, and they gathered the troops of surrounding counties. Without tens of thousands of elite troops, they would not be able to capture Li Yang. If the Jiangdong Army was really so elusive, would their army appear in Jizhou and in the empty guards of guarding?

In this way, the situation will be gone!

The atmosphere in the central army's tent was extremely depressing. After Yuan Shao took the case, he had a blue face and frequent anger in his eyes. The civil officials and military generals in the Hebei army all had thoughtful thoughts and remained silent.

"Chunyu Qiong made a big mistake!" Yuan Shao finally couldn't help but feel angry and slapped the Shuai Case with a sudden palm. The thin ceramic bowl containing tea on the Shuai Case was shaken to the ground and cracked into several pieces.

No one responded, no one responded. Yuan Shao was furious and everyone was careful. If he said the wrong thing or stood in the wrong team, wouldn’t he be implicated?

Faced with the deliberately avoidable eyes of his subordinates, Yuan Shao's resentment was vented at this moment. The thrilling passion when sending troops had turned into a rebuke and complaint to these subordinates after losing battles. If you were not incompetent, you could not share my worries, make meritorious service for me, kill the enemy and kill Zhou Yu's head, how could it be today?

Yuan Shao stood up and pointed at the man with his fingers, cursing everyone from Guo Tu, Xin Ping and others. Even Zhang He, who had outstanding achievements, and the second son Yuan Xi were not spared. Yuan Shao's reprimanding words, from the sourness at the beginning to the smoothness at the end, were as if the surging rivers were endless. After scolding everyone, Yuan Shao felt much more comfortable and then sat down softly.

The faces of the people in the tent were even ugly, and several loyal subordinates even felt like they were about to cry. Being scolded in public is a shame for being a minister! Since Yuan Shao's uprising, how have you ever had such a scene today?

Are the dozens of people in the tent not only the famous commander of the first army, or the powerful minister, but the master pointed at the head and scolded him. Who is not depressed and resentful?

Zhou Yu raised an army from Jiangdong, swept across the six counties in Jiangdong, and captured Jiaozhou in succession. Jingzhou was naturally strong. Although the Hebei army was defeated, its foundation was not damaged. Why was it so in a hurry that the general situation was over and only care about blaming its subordinates?

As the commander of the army, everyone should be the time to take responsibility and rise!

Everyone bowed their heads and made their own ideas, and there were faint remorse. Why did they follow such a lord? The Yuan family's four generations and three masters were famous all over the world, and their disciples were all over the world, but the Yuan family's children were so stubborn! Previously, Yuan Shu overestimated himself and claimed to be the emperor, and died in the past. Although Yuan Shao still owned the four states of Ji Qingyou and the four states, hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers, his defeat was revealed!

The atmosphere in the tent was frozen, and even Yuan Shao felt this depression.

Yuan Shao looked around and suddenly realized that after the defeat, he should unite and win later, and he would vent himself happily. If he was to be disconnected from his subordinates, he would really be hopeless again! At this time, he looked at the expressions of his subordinates again. Some of his faces remained unchanged, but the corners of his eyes were beating slightly; some had a gloomy face, as if water could drip out; some had anger...

"Ha~~he~~" Yuan Shao restrained his anger, laughed dryly, and said in a stern voice, "Zhou Yu's son is angry with me, causing me to lose my composure for a while... I have lost my composure. Thank you for your hard work, please return to the camp to appease the ministry earlier. If you have something to do, tomorrow~~ I will discuss it tomorrow!"

With different emotions, everyone said goodbye to Yuan Shao according to courtesy. No one spoke. Even without even having any eyes in contact with Yuan Shao, they silently withdrew from the central army tent.

"Public rule, please stay." Yuan Shao couldn't help but call Guo Tu who was walking at the end.

Guo Tu turned around, his expression remained unchanged, and bowed, "Does the lord have any instructions?"

"Please sit," Yuan Shao signaled Guo Tu to sit close to him, with a gentle expression. "I really lost my composure just now, and it was not my original intention. I still need to talk to them when I go back, so I can all feel at ease."

Guo Tu's eyes turned slightly and he smiled faintly: "Don't worry, lord, lord will tell you. How should lord consider the situation today?"

Yuan Shao sighed and said, "Assaying the situation, our army has been going south for more than two months and has not been able to break through for a long time. The enemy is strong and the food and supplies are insufficient. Now the soldiers are weak, and they all look forward to returning north... Gong Ze, what do you think?"

Guo Tu bowed and replied: "What the lord said is very true. Fighting for dominance in the world is not a short-term feasible thing. Why fight for the short and long of a day with Zhou Yu! The lord has four states, with vast land and rich people, and many heroes emerge. He only needs to withdraw his troops and hold them in a year and a half, and then he can start another military service! On the other hand, Zhou Yu, Yuzhou and Yanzhou are hasty and have many refugees and thieves. Just using Jiangdong to provide relief to refugees in the two states is an astronomical figure! At this time, the lord withdraws his troops and takes the initiative, and can compete with Zhou Yu again. If he still fights Zhou Yu to death..."

After a pause, Guo Tu said: "Even if our Hebei Army wins, it will suffer heavy losses and is unable to conquer the Central Plains again!"

Yuan Shao sat quietly for a while, sighed heavily, and smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, saying, "Everything of Gong Ze's words is true! I underestimated Zhou Yu before! Well... I will withdraw my troops tomorrow and return north... Li Yang I will definitely recover. If I catch Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, even if I cut it into several sections, it will be difficult to relieve my hatred!"

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