Yuan Shao felt a headache. Didn't he arrange for several princes to attack Liu Yu, so Liu Yu would be in a hurry. Why is it different from what he expected before?

Cao Cao was motionless outside Hulao Pass, and Yuan Shao didn't even know what he was doing. Liu Biao worked hard, but it had no effect. He was blocked from Wancheng and Shangyong, and it was difficult to attack further.

Although Yuan Shao took a lot of advantages in the early stage, Huang Zhong, Lu Bu and others completed the counterattack.

In the end, Yuan Shao found that he was the one who suffered the most. At the same time, Yuan Shao was now faced with a difficult choice. If he retreated, Yuan Shao might be pursued by Huang Zhong, resulting in serious losses. If he didn't retreat, he would be easily attacked from both sides, and he had information.

It shows that the thieves regiment led by Zhang Yan is moving northward. If so, it is very likely that they will launch a three-sided attack on Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was not a free man. He detached some troops from the army to stop Lu Bu. At the same time, he transferred Xu You to Youzhou to assist Yuan Xi in handling the military aircraft. As for the problem in Jizhou, Yuan Shao ordered all the noble families in Jizhou to send out men.

We must work hard to minimize Zhang Yan's threat to Jizhou.

Yuan Shao sent an envoy to tell Yan Liang to hold on and not allow Dian Wei from Huguan to enter Jizhou. Yan Liang looked at the order given to him by Yuan Shao with a confused look on his face. Didn't he come to attack Bingzhou? Why did it become so now?

Defended. However, Yan Liang requested tactical guidance himself. Since Yuan Shao had made proper arrangements, he followed Yuan Shao's orders.

Yuan Shao's crisis was temporarily stabilized in a short period of time.

Yuan Shao wrote a letter to Cao Cao, asking what was going on and why he had to suffer the loss alone in the joint attack on Liu. Yuan Shao also asked Cao Cao what he wanted to do in Hulao Pass.

After Cao Cao received the letter, he threw it away. Cao Cao wanted Yuan Shao and Liu Yu to fight each other so that he could fish in troubled waters. However, Cao Cao still gave Yuan Shao a letter of comfort. The content was that Hulao Pass was dangerous and he had already attacked it.

It has failed several times, and now I am still fixing it or looking for other strategies.

After Yuan Shao received this so-called reply, he finally realized that he had fallen into Cao Cao's plan. Cao Cao used his revenge against Liu Yu to confront Liu Yu, but he just wanted to stay at Hulao Pass.

Don't attack.

Yuan Shao scolded Cao Cao for being even more evil and scheming against him. Now, he was able to stabilize his territory and prevent Liu Yu from attacking rashly, but now Lu Bu attacked Youzhou and wreaked havoc.

Yuan Shao finally decided to abandon Youzhou and return to defend the core Jizhou. Youzhou has never returned to the state before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. After many years of melee between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, the population was severely lost and the fields were barren. At the same time, Huang Zhong often also

The invasion of Youzhou moved a lot of Youzhou's population to Bingzhou, exacerbating the population loss in Youzhou, and its importance is no longer as important as other states and counties in Yuan Shao's territory. Since Yuan Shao acquired Jizhou, Jizhou has been Yuan Shao's most important core base

, and more importantly, there are many aristocratic families in Jizhou, which can provide Yuan Shao with a large number of talents. After weighing the pros and cons, Yuan Shao decided to abandon Youzhou.

At the same time, Yuan Shao felt that since he decided to abandon Youzhou, he should do it thoroughly and evacuate the entire Youzhou, leaving an empty Youzhou to see what Liu Yu would do then. Yuan Shao hurriedly conveyed this decision to the entire Youzhou

Youzhou's decision-makers ordered them to secretly transfer all kinds of wealth and materials in Youzhou, and Liu Yu's army must not be aware of it.

Yuan Shao even felt that this was not cruel enough, so he sent envoys to lure foreigners into Youzhou, hoping to use these ambitious foreigners to cause Liu Yu more trouble.

All local officials in Youzhou took action and secretly transferred the money and grain from Youzhou's treasury to Jizhou.

In order to dispel the suspicion of others, Yuan Shao sent heavy troops to attack Huang Zhong. At the same time, he ordered Jizhou to send troops and horses to respond. He wanted to return to Jizhou to give Zhang Yan a good beating.

Huang Zhong never thought that Yuan Shao would have such a big plan and kept dealing with Yuan Shao's attacks.

Lu Bu also learned about Yuan Shao's continuous attacks on Huang Zhong, so he speeded up desperately and prepared to attack Yuan Shao from both sides.

Yuan Shao kept moving troops and horses, and gradually moved all the troops to Jizhou. Until late one night, Yuan Shao left the camp with the last part of his troops.

Huang Zhong also sensed something was wrong. Yuan Shao's attacks became weaker and weaker day by day. He didn't notice anything in the early stage, but later it was no longer an attack at all.

Huang Zhong hurriedly sent troops to investigate Yuan Shao's camp and found that Yuan Shao's camp was empty.

The shocked Huang Zhong's first reaction was that Yuan Shao had used a conspiracy. Huang Zhong, who was afraid of being plotted by Yuan Shao, reported this situation to Tian Feng. Tian Feng thought about it and couldn't figure out why Yuan Shao retreated, because Lu Bu didn't have any

Received news of the battle with Yuan Shao.

It was not until Zhang Yan was caught off guard by Yuan Shao's reinforcements that Tian Feng realized that Yuan Shao had returned to Jizhou.

Tian Feng's heart skipped a beat, Yuan Shao would not give up on Youzhou. In order to confirm this guess, Tian Feng ordered Huang Zhong to send cavalry to Youzhou to find out the truth, and then meet up with Lu Bu.

Huang Zhong didn't believe Tian Feng's guess, but he still sent cavalry troops to investigate.

It didn't take long for the cavalry troops sent out to return, and they also brought back Lu Bu's troops. After their inquiries, Youzhou became very empty, and some cities actually had no defenders. Lu Bu also confirmed the reliability of the news.

Huang Zhong was shocked. If the situation was true, then troops must be sent out now.

Huang Zhong hurriedly told Lu Bu and all the generals about Tian Feng's guess.

Everyone's first reaction was disbelief.

Huang Zhong ignored their doubts and ordered them to divide into several groups and go to the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou respectively.

Lü Bu did not question, and was the first to respond to Huang Zhong's order, leading his army to the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou. Lü Bu moved forward at full speed and found many heavy trucks heading from Youzhou to Jizhou. Lü Bu transported them without saying a word

The people from Zizhong were surrounded. Except for a few die-hard loyalists of Yuan Shao, the rest of the group were Ding Zhuang who transported Zizhong. After Lu Bu killed those who dared to resist, the others happily chose

surrendered.

Lu Bu learned from their mouths that local officials asked them to transport these Zizhongs to Jizhou, but he didn't know the rest.

Lu Bu hurriedly conveyed the news to Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong was very anxious. He really guessed that Yuan Shao was going to abandon Youzhou. Fortunately, he found out early now. It was impossible for Yuan Shao to evacuate all of Youzhou in such a short period of time.
Chapter completed!