This Yan Liang is really shameless enough, he actually puts all the blame on others, but he seems to be a victim.

Kneeling beside Yan Liang was Gan Ning's cronie general Sun Jiang, who was anxious and angry when he heard this, and hurriedly defended Gan Ning: "Lord, what General Yan said is not true! In fact, General Yan didn't listen to General Gan's advice, so he fell for Cao Cao's treacherous conspiracy, if it wasn't for General Gan leading troops to rescue, General Yan would have been in a different place!

Yan Liang glared at Sun Jiang fiercely, quite threatening. But Sun Jiang was not afraid of him.

Hearing the two of them say their own words, Yuan Shaodeng was sick and confused, and he didn't know how to choose.

Yuan Shao moved his gaze to several strategists, Xu You and Guo Tu pretended not to see it, and the judge hugged his fist at Yuan Shao and said: "At present, it is only General Yan Liang's words, and we must wait for General Gan Ning to come back and explain before we can draw conclusions." I believe that the top priority at present is not to hold the second general accountable, but to find a way to deal with the current situation!

Yuan Shao frowned and asked, "What is Mr. Zhengnan's opinion?" "

My lord, you should immediately send an envoy to Cao Cao to find out Cao Cao's movements and plans!" The judge replied.

Yuan Shao showed a thoughtful look and nodded slightly.

At this time, Xu You hurriedly said: "I think we should send someone to the general to see what action the general will take." If the general can send heavy troops out of Huguan and attack Yanzhou from the direction of Yecheng, then we can still continue to advance eastward and recover the previous losses from Cao Cao! Xu

You's suggestion seems to be more beneficial to Yuan Shao.

Guo Tu on the side echoed very tacitly: "What Ziyuan said is very true, I am also in favor of sending people to Chang'an, and ask the general to send heavy troops out of Huguan to attack Yanzhou from the direction of Yecheng."

Yuan Shao hesitated again, sending someone to Cao Cao's place seemed to be a top priority, but it seemed to be more beneficial for his own side to ask the northern army to send troops.

The judge pointed at Xu You and shouted: "Xu Ziyuan, Guo Gongze, what are your intentions in bewitching the lord so much? The judge's expression was very angry, as if Xu You and Guo Tu had stolen his wife.

Where would Xu Yu be afraid of the trial, and immediately ridiculed him, "Trial, we use the Northern Army to defeat Cao Cao in order to recover the loss, what's wrong with this?" But you, from the very beginning, you opposed the war with Cao Cao, and now you are trying your best to instigate the lord to make peace with Cao Cao, have you forgotten that we have a common enmity with Cao Cao? I really doubt that you and Cao Cao have some collusion!

Hearing this, Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning, and his heart moved.

The judge was so angry that his face turned red, and he pointed at Xu You and said angrily: "Xu You, you are spewing blood!" "

Alas! When it comes to verbal fighting, the trial is far from Xu Yu's opponent.

The judge seemed to want to say something, but at this time, Yuan Shao, who had been silent, suddenly shouted: "Enough!" Shut up!

Everyone hurriedly clenched their fists and bowed their heads, not daring to speak again.

A smug smile flashed on Xu You's face, and the face of the judge was even more ugly. Yuan Shao's words just now seemed to be stopping the two of them, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was actually going to the trial. Yuan Shao obviously believed what Xu You said.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere seemed a little depressing and dull.

After a long time, Yuan Shaocai said: "What the two gentlemen said makes sense. Well, so be it, let's send emissaries to both sides, what do you think? "

Huh! This approach is really typical of Yuan's style!

Xu Youguo Tu immediately praised Yuan Shaoying's name. The judge originally wanted to persuade him, but looking at the situation in front of him, he could only sigh in his heart.

In the end, Yuan Shao decided to send envoys to both Chang'an and Yanzhou. As for the punishment of Yan Liang and Gan Ning, Yuan Shao accepted the opinions of the trial and decided not to punish them for the time being. In addition, in order to prevent Cao Cao from taking advantage of the situation to attack Chenliu and Zhuojun, Yuan Shao sent 50,000 reinforcements to the two places, the 50,000 troops sent to Chenliu were led by Yan Liang, the reinforcements sent to Zhuojun were led by Sun Jiang, and the defense of Zhuojun was in charge of Gan Ning. It can be said that Yuan Shao's handling of the latter matter is very appropriate.

Because Yuan Shao was worried about the situation in Chenliu and Zhuojun, 100,000 reinforcements set off the next day. The vast majority of the 50,000 reinforcements sent to Zhuojun were still the soldiers of Ganning's right battalion, and Yuan Shao added him with another 20,000 people. It should be noted here that after the main force of the right battalion led by Sun Jiang withdrew to the main camp, there was no fierce battle with the Cao army that broke through the camp, and they turned west and fled to Chenliu as soon as they found out that the camp was lost, so the main force of the right battalion was preserved.

The news of Cao Cao's great victory in the west soon reached the ears of Liu Bei, who was rushing to attack Shanyang, and at this time, Liu Bei still did not capture Shanyang, although the walls of Shanyang were already dilapidated.

After learning the news, Liu Bei did not speak, was silent for a long time, and then issued an order to the army, ordering the whole army to suspend the siege.

Almost at the same time, Zhang Jaw, who was leading the Third Army to press outside Yecheng City, also received the news of Yuan Shaojun's defeat. This news shocked the generals of Zhang Jaw, they originally expected that the war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would take a long time, but they didn't want the actual situation to be completely opposite, in less than a month, 300,000 Yuan Shao's army was defeated and defeated.

"General Zhang, now that the situation has changed abruptly, what should we do?" Gao Ran asked. At this time, Gao Ran, Zhang Jaw, and Gao Shun were in the tent of the Third Legion, it was dark outside, and the torches in the tent were flashing with flickering light.

After a while, Zhang Jaw raised his head and said, "Yuan Shao's army is defeated, and Cao's army will inevitably turn its forces to the direction of Shanyang or us." Although our Third Legion has 100,000 troops, it is impossible to contend with Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops. Our army has no choice at present, so it can only temporarily retreat to Huguan and wait for the lord's order.

Gao Shun and Gao Ran glanced at each other, and they couldn't think of a better way in their hearts, so they nodded and agreed with Zhang Jaw's decision.

Seeing that the two generals agreed, Zhang Jaw immediately ordered the entire army of the Third Army to retreat to Huguan overnight. On the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, and once you make a decision, you must not drag your feet, otherwise you may fall into danger.

Whether an army is elite or not, in addition to its combat effectiveness and will to fight, also depends on other aspects, such as whether the army retreats in an orderly and rapid manner.

After receiving the order to retreat, the battalions of the Third Army immediately moved under the command of the leading general, and appeared tense and orderly, and in only an hour, the battalions were ready, and the garrisons of the battalions were not as messy as the other princes' armies retreated, but gave people a sense of order.

From this alone, it can be seen that the Third Army of the Northern Army is definitely an elite division.

The Third Army Corps was fully equipped, and then marched north.

The next morning, 150,000 elite Cao's troops arrived in Yecheng, led by Cao Cao himself. Cao Cao planned to concentrate his superior forces and completely annihilate the Third Army of the Northern Army.

However, when Cao Cao arrived at Yecheng, he found that the Third Army of the Northern Army had already left, leaving only a very neat and empty camp.

Cao Cao rode a war horse and marched in the empty camp, feeling a little disappointed and a little emotional. Cao Cao was followed by several generals and several important strategists such as Guo Jia. The most elite Haw-Par riders are scattered around and are responsible for keeping watch.

"Fengxiao, I feel that there is always a feeling of nowhere to focus in the face of the Northern Army!" Cao Cao was very emotional.

Guo Jia coughed a few times, frowned slightly and said: "The Northern Expeditionary Army is not like Yuan Shaojun, they are the real tiger and wolf elite!" You'll have to work hard to defeat them!

Cao Cao nodded, then put this thought behind him and asked Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, what should we do next?" Is it to go south to eliminate Liu Bei, a scoundrel, or to take advantage of the situation to move west to recover Chenliu and Zhuojun?

"Although Yuan Shaojun lost nearly 300,000 troops, there were still 500,000 people, and our army was new to Qingzhou, the foundation was unstable, and the overall combat effectiveness of the army was still weaker than Yuan Shaojun. If it advances westward, it will inevitably provoke Yuan Shao to confront our army with all his might, which is very unfavorable to our army! If the Northern Army takes the opportunity to raise troops to the south, it will be even worse!

Cao Cao frowned, nodded slowly, and then asked, "Then Feng Xiao means that our army should go south to deal with Liu Bei?"

Guo Jia shook his head, "Liu Bei is very cunning, in the current situation, he will choose to retreat, not to mention that Yuan Shu in the south is bound to take the opportunity to send troops to Xuzhou, so don't worry about it for the time being!"

Cao Cao showed a puzzled look, Cao Cao felt that it was the right time to take advantage of the new defeat and setback of Yuan Shao's army, and when the northern army could not look south for the time being, it was the right time to raise troops to attack Xuzhou.

Guo Jia continued: "Our army is temporarily concentrated in Yecheng to replenish its strength and replenish its losses. When Yuan Shu and Tao Qian were inextricably fought, they waved their troops south. It will be able to sweep several counties in Xuzhou in one go! Cao

Cao is also a resourceful person, and when he heard this, he already understood. If the army goes south now, it will inevitably collide with Liu Beibu, the main force in Xuzhou, and in the end it will only cheapen Yuan Shu in the south; And if you wait for a while, wait for the Xuzhou army and Yuan Shujun to start a full-scale war, and then go south to Xuzhou, the situation will be completely reversed! Cao Jun can take advantage of the situation and sweep several counties in Xuzhou!

Cao Cao's eyes were bright and bright, and he said with emotion: "I have filial piety, why worry about big things!"

Guo Jia smiled faintly, hugged his fist at Cao Cao and said, "The lord has won the award!" The

group walked slowly in the abandoned camp of the Third Army of the Northern Army, and Cao Cao carefully looked at everything around him. Cao Cao didn't come here because he was bored, he wanted to feel the atmosphere of the Northern Army here.

He did feel it, he felt that the atmosphere was very different from his own, and from any other prince, but he could not say what the difference was.

"Why is the Northern Expeditionary Army so powerful?" Cao Cao finally stopped at the position of the former commander of the Third Army and sighed. Looking at the battle flag of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the flagpole, I don't know if I deliberately left it or forgot to take it away, my heart couldn't help but be solemn.

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