In the spring of 1922, the impression given to people was not life and hope, but death and destruction, full of chilling and desolate atmosphere.

The Qiang and Hu invaded the south in a large scale, and the bandits attacked many places in Sili. Dong Zhuo's troops were busy putting out fires everywhere.

The Qiang and Hu cavalry came and went like the wind. Fortunately, the cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command was also quite powerful. Whether he personally led the Xiliang cavalry or the Bingzhou wolf cavalry who followed Lu Bu and other generals, they were all elite cavalry units that had been fighting against foreign tribes for many years.

Their quality is not inferior to that of the Qiang cavalry, and their general abilities are even better. They clearly have the upper hand in battles with the Qiang and Hu cavalry. News of the Qiang and Hu cavalry's setbacks comes out one after another.

However, the Qiang and Hu tribes generally have the problem of food shortage. In order to survive and develop the tribe, they have to grab some food to take back anyway. Therefore, knowing that Dong Zhuo’s troops are like wolves and tigers, they must bite the bullet and hold on. Almost every Qiang and Hu tribe has this problem.

Participating in the operation can be regarded as an outpouring of force. Currently, they have an advantage in terms of military strength and have the ability to challenge the Sili defenders. The Qiang Hu and Dong Zhuo troops fought in many places, with each other winning and losing. No one could quickly establish the victory.

The chaotic situation looks set to continue.

At the same time, the war in Hebei broke out again.

The Battle of Jieqiao ended with Yuan Shao's victory, forcing Gongsun Zan to retreat to Youzhou. However, the losses of both sides in the Battle of Jieqiao were not too great. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao each deployed their troops and generals to accumulate strength and prepare for another duel.

Yuan Shao, who won the Battle of Jieqiao, took the initiative and took advantage of Gongsun Zan's forced retreat. He sent his general Cui Juye to lead his troops into Youzhou and besieged Gu'an County, which was occupied by Gongsun Zan.

He sent 30,000 people to pursue him and defeated Yuan Shao's army at the Juma River, killing 7,000 to 8,000 people.

This is the Battle of Giant Horse Water.

The victory in the Battle of Jumashui gave Gongsun Zan another hope of conquering the Central Plains. Taking advantage of the defeat and chaos of the Jizhou army, he took advantage of the victory and pursued it, and sent his troops south. Gongsun Zan's troops used the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves, regained the Bohai Sea, invaded the plains, and continued to fight.

After arriving at the Yellow River, Yuan Shao regrouped his army and launched another battle with Gongsun Zan in Longcuo City near the ancient Yellow River ferry.

The third battle of Hebei's hegemony, the Battle of Longcuo begins!

Since the war between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, the armies of both sides have come and gone. Sometimes the southern army overwhelms the northern army, and sometimes the northern army overwhelms the southern army. But overall, they are advancing according to the main historical script.

The Battle of the Boundary Bridge is like this.

The battle of Juma Water is like this.

Including Long Minato's third great showdown, it is also clearly recorded in historical materials.

According to the main plot of history, Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao at Longcuo and had to return to Youzhou again. From then on, he was suppressed in Youzhou, completely lost his spirit, exhausted his military supplies in the long war with Yuan Shao, and finally fell into decline and could not extricate himself.

Ended up drinking hatred and perishing.

(There is very little information about the Battle of Juma Water and the Battle of Longzhuo. There are different opinions on which one came first. This book adopts the position that Jumashui broke out first and Longzhuo broke out later)

However, the Battle of Long Minu has some deviations from the main line of history.

The Jizhou Army and the Peiping Army faced off in Longcuo. They fought fiercely for more than a month. Both armies suffered heavy losses. However, the Peking Army was not defeated like in the main plot of history. Instead, they fought evenly with the Jizhou Army. No one could do anything to the other.

When the fierce battle between the two armies was in full swing, a fire broke out in Yuan Shao's backyard. Rebels in Wei County colluded with Yu Du of the Black Mountain Army to rebel and captured Yecheng. The state's home base was captured. Yuan Shao had to leave part of his army to confront the Peking Army and led it himself.

The main force returned to quell the rebellion.

The Jizhou army retreated hastily, but the Peiping army did not hold on.

It's not that Gongsun Zan missed the opportunity, but that the conditions didn't allow it.

After the Battle of Juma River, Gongsun Zan attacked the victorious division southward and entered the Bohai Sea area of ​​Jizhou from Youzhou. After regaining the Bohai Sea, he continued southward. Longcuo was in the plain area, which belonged to Qingzhou territory, and the Peiping army fought from Youzhou to Jizhou.

When they reached Qingzhou again, the soldiers were already showing signs of fatigue. Since the front line was too far away from the Youzhou base camp, the supply of food and grass was gradually getting tight. The Peiping Army urgently needed to rest and transport food and grass. On the other hand, although Yuan Shao retreated, he left behind some troops.

The elite soldiers confronted the Peiping army. Gongsun Zan had no chance of winning, so he gave up as soon as he could.

The outcome of the Battle of Longzuo is obviously not consistent with the main plot of history.

The two armies fought together at Long, and the result was far-reaching.

The control areas of the two princes are different from those in history.

After the Battle of Longcuo, Gongsun Zan's forces were supposed to completely retreat to Youzhou, and Yuan Shao regained the lost territory. Bohai County, which had just been occupied by Gongsun Zan not long ago, changed hands again and returned to Yuan Shao. However, in the game, because Yuan Shao withdrew his troops and returned to attack Yecheng, he failed to attack it.

The Peiping army that retreated to the plains was even less likely to regain the Bohai Sea. In fact, Gongsun Zan's gains were far more than just the Bohai County, and also included most of the territory of Qingzhou Plains County. He occupied the entire eastern part of the plains, and his sphere of influence reached as far as the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Gongsun Zan not only gained more land and population, but much more.

The Peiping Army regained the strategic initiative.

Youzhou-Bohai County-Pingyuan County, connected from north to south, are all under Gongsun Zan's control. In addition, Yuan Shao's home base was captured by the Black Mountain Army, and the strategic initiative lies with Gongsun Zan. According to the current situation, the Peiping Army will

The Jizhou Army formed a pincer attack from the north and east, which was significantly different from the situation in history when it was forced back to Youzhou territory and formed a confrontation between the north and the south.

On the other hand, the Peiping Army occupied the eastern part of the plain, which was conducive to competing with Yuan Shao for Qingzhou.

Historically, Makita Kai of Qingzhou, appointed by Gongsun Zan, used Pingyuan as a stronghold to fight against Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan.

At that time, Liu Xuande returned to Tian Kai's control, and Zhao Zilong became the cavalry commander. He fought hard for two years and was finally defeated. You must know that Qingzhou is not the main battlefield. There is no data to show that Yuan Shao assigned strong men to Yuan Tan. For example, strong generals of the level of Sitingzhu in Hebei.

With the extraordinary bravery of Guan Zhang and Zhao, even if Yan Liangwen, Chou Zhang He and Gao Lan were both in Qingzhou, they should have been able to fight. However, the actual situation was that Tian Kai was defeated and fled back to Youzhou.

The reason is probably that after the Battle of Longcuo, Gongsun Zan was defeated and retreated to Youzhou. Bohai County was taken back by Yuan Shao, which cut off the land connection between Youzhou and Qingzhou. Tian Kai was isolated and helpless, and his defeat was inevitable sooner or later. Now Bohai has returned to Gongsun Zan

In their hands, Qingzhou Tiankai tribe can continuously obtain support from Youzhou. The living environment is very different from the difficulties in history. No one can tell how the future war situation will develop.

Why are there results that are contrary to the main plot?

Although players are excluded from the battle for hegemony in Hebei, this does not prevent players from paying attention to this big showdown and exploring the reasons for this situation.

Some players believe that it was caused by the Black Mountain Army's capture of Yecheng.

If Ye City is not lost, Yuan Shao may not retreat. After all, the two armies basically maintained a balance of power at the time of Longzhao's battle. Some players questioned that it was unbelievable that Ye City was captured, and suspected that it was due to the deep conflict between Yuan Shao and the Black Mountain Army, which led to the appearance of Ye City in the game.

The situation of the fall can be regarded as irrefutable evidence that unexpected events affected the main plot.

But then a player announced that the capture of Ye City had indeed occurred.

"Wei Zhi" records that on March 3rd of a certain year, Yuan Shao hosted a banquet for guests at Boluojin on the Shangsi Festival. During the dinner, Tan Ma came to report that there were rebels in Wei County who colluded with Yu Du of the Black Mountain Army to rebel and captured Yecheng.

, the guests at the banquet were all panicked when they heard about this great change. Only Yuan Shao looked calm and commanded. The "Heroes" records that this incident happened after Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan.

Some data show that Yu Du of the Black Mountain Army was wiped out by Yuan Shao at Luchang Mountain in June 193. Therefore, Yuan Shao's banquet with guests in Boluojin in March should have occurred before 193, when he defeated Gongsun Zan.

After the war, to be precise, it was 192 or 193. Combined with the description in "Heroes", Gongsun Zan won the second of the three major battles in history, the Battle of Jumashui, and Yuan Shao won the first Battle of the Boundary Bridge.

And the third battle of Ryūminato, but in the game, the winner of the Ryūminato battle was not decided at that time, only the battle of the boundary bridge met the conditions.

The capture of Yecheng by the Montenegrin Army could only have occurred in the spring of 192.

At this time, not long after Yuan Shao took control of Jizhou, people's hearts were unstable, and it was not surprising that Han Fu's old tribe launched a rebellion.

Therefore, at this time, it is reasonable for the Wei County rebels to collude with the Heishan Army to rebel against Yu Du and attack Ye City. Judging from relevant historical data, Ye City was obviously quickly recovered by Yuan Shao. Considering that Yuan Shao was in fierce confrontation with Gongsun Zan at that time, it was impossible for Gongsun Zan to

To give up the chance of a fire in Yuan Shao's backyard, it is likely that the outcome of the Longzuo battle had already been determined by the time the Black Mountain Army succeeded. Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and returned to Yecheng.

In this way, the fall of Yecheng is in line with the historical plot and is not the main factor affecting the battle of Longcuo!

Some players pointed out that the result of the Battle of Longcuo changed because the Jizhou Army failed to defeat the Peiping Army quickly.

If you think about it carefully, it does make some sense.

Pushing all the way from Youzhou to the Qingzhou Plain, the Peiping Army was already at the end of its strength. It was difficult to avoid being defeated by Yuan Shao. Since Yuan Shao's main force returned to Yecheng and Gongsun Zan did not pursue it, it is not difficult to see how exhausted the Peiping Army was. The Jizhou Army had the opportunity to quickly attack

Long Min defeated the Peking Army, but unfortunately missed the opportunity to win. The war lasted for more than a month without a winner. The Yecheng mutiny happened on time, and he could only retreat sadly.

It wasn't that the Jizhou Army delayed its flight, but that the Peiping Army was too stubborn.

As more details were uncovered, everyone discovered that there was a unit that played a decisive role in the battle.

This army is Baima Yicong!

There seems to be an invisible hand in the dark, playing a game with everyone.

Hakuba Yoshinori was not supposed to appear in the battle of Ryūminato!

According to the historical trajectory, Hakuba Yicong should have been destroyed in the Battle of Jieqiao, achieving the reputation of being the first to die under the leadership of Ju Yi. However, due to the advance of the One Piece Summer script in the game, the Yamatai Japanese forces began to covet China early.

Baima Yi rushed back to Peiping before the war to suppress the Japanese. In the Battle of Jieqiao, only ordinary Peiping cavalry were shot dead by the first climbers. The world-famous Baima Yi Cong avoided the fate of destruction.

This accident directly affected the outcome of the Battle of Long Minu.

Long joined the battlefield, and Baima Yicong fought hard and unstoppably, bringing great damage and shock to the Jizhou Army, allowing the exhausted Peiping Army to compete with the Jizhou Army. It is precisely because of the existence of this legendary army that the Peking Army

The army held on to its last hope until the Yecheng mutiny happened!

It is said that Baima Yicong also suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Longcuo, but it is undeniable that Baima Yicong gained an extremely favorable situation for Gongsun Zan. Compared with the historical trends known to the majority of players, Gongsun Zan's current situation really cannot be better.

Well, Baima Yicong's sacrifice is very valuable.

More importantly, this legendary force can still contribute to the Peking Army!

If the Battle of Longcuo develops according to the main historical line, Gongsun Zan was defeated and retreated to Youzhou, and his march south was blocked by the Jizhou army. He could only compete with Yuan Shao with the population and resources of Youzhou. The inherent shortcomings are obvious. Later, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu fell out, and it cannot be ruled out that it was

In order to integrate the resources of Youzhou to fight against Yuan Shao, although they killed Liu Yu, they made more enemies. The nomads of Youzhou used the banner of revenge for Liu Yu and helped Yuan Shao hold back Gongsun Zan. The famous nationalist, Baima

The general came to his end step by step under the siege.

The Battle of Longcuo ended in a draw. Gongsun Zan's forces spanned the three states of Youzhou, Hebei and Qingzhou, and he had the strategic initiative. Naturally, there was no need to compete with Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, for territory and population. The two might not necessarily come to the point of direct confrontation. Yes.

No one can tell what kind of variables the struggle for hegemony in Hebei will bring.

On the way back to Yecheng with his troops, Yuan Shao looked gloomy.

At the end of the Battle of Jieqiao, he was proud and full of energy, but then he swallowed the bitter pill of defeat at Juma Shui. He failed to repel Gongsun Zan in the Battle of Longcuo, and even his lair was taken away, and the situation took a turn for the worse.

Yuan Shao was anxious, but he had no better way. He could only collect relevant information from players every day. As long as he could provide satisfactory compensation, and many players were willing to accept the employment, it would not be difficult to march with the army.

While camping, Tian Feng brought the latest information.
To be continued...