This winter of the fourth year of Xingwu was destined to be full of ups and downs for the people of the world.

At the end of November, the brutal Xianbei cavalry plundered the entire Dai County.

Daijun has many mountains and grasslands. It is sandwiched between the Yanshan Mountains and the Taihang Mountains. It has undulating mountains but also numerous plains.

In later generations, this area was the area from Zhangjiakou to Datong, especially Yangyuan County, Yu County, Guangling County and other places affiliated to Zhangjiakou City. They were all hills and large grasslands.

Despite the fact that these places were relatively barren and tended to become deserts in later generations, the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago was surrounded by green mountains and green waters, surrounded by two rivers.

Yeshui and Qiyi water merged together, and eventually flowed eastward and southward, passing through Jixian County, which later became Beijing City, and then entered the sea from Tianjin.

Under the high slopes of the rolling hills, Wuhuan people were grazing cattle and sheep in the pastures. On the high slopes, thousands of troops and horses overlooked the ground.

Pufulu, Lord Wuhuan of Daijun, looked indifferently at the Xianbei cavalry at the foot of the mountain. His tribe was not very powerful among the Wuhuan tribes, but they occupied a very important position.

Sandwiched between Bingzhou and Youzhou, there is a vast pasture to the north. The Xianbei people sometimes go south to invade. The two sides are not incompatible with each other, but whoever is stronger will rely on whoever cooperates with the Huns and Xianbei people to go south to plunder the Han people.

It's not like they haven't done this before.

But at this time, Gongsun Zan rose to prominence in Youzhou and had close contacts with Wuhuan's most powerful unit, Nanlou. Pufulu himself was also doing business with Gongsun Zan. Both parties hired cavalry and traded grain, oil, salt, and wine.

etc.

As the business grew bigger and bigger, the Wuhuan people became more and more inseparable from Gongsun Zan. Therefore, the Wuhuan people in northern Youzhou's attitude towards the Han people has naturally returned to the past, and they are more dependent on the Han Dynasty.

It's just a matter of dependence. If the Xianbei people pass by their territory and burn, kill, and plunder the Han people, the Wuhuan people will not be merciful and help them.

What's more, even if he wanted to take action, Pufulu didn't have the strength. His tribe only had more than 4,000 tribes, with a population of 50,000 to 60,000, and only 10,000 available troops. To rush down the mountain to fight the Xianbei people now was to seek death.

Fortunately, Kuitou was also sensible and knew not to cause trouble. He only ransacked the Han people's city in Daijun and pretended not to have seen the Wuhuan people in the wild grasslands.

The mighty cavalry galloped south, passed through Dong Anyang and Dai County, and entered the Laishui River to drink in Ma Zhuo County!

"What?"

In Bohai County, Gongsun Zan was shocked when he heard the news of the Xianbei invasion.

He never expected that at this juncture, the Xianbei people in northern Saibei would suddenly attack his Youzhou!

Tian Yu said in a deep voice: "General, you should immediately withdraw your troops at this time, and at the same time contact Master Dongfang and Master Nanlou to the north and ask them to send troops to assist, otherwise Youzhou will be in danger."

"withdraw troops?"

Gongsun Zan hesitated for a moment and asked him to give up the small half of Jizhou he had already obtained. It was equivalent to eating meat. It was not easy for him to spit it out again.

Tian Yu persuaded: "General, if you don't make up your mind, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even go back home."

"No, if we leave now, there will be nothing left."

Gongsun Zan gritted his teeth and said, "Send people to Xianbei in the east and Wuhuan in Nanlou to ask them to send troops. No matter how much money you have, you will be fine."

Tian Yu said earnestly: "But they are too far away. By the time they send troops, Youzhou will have already become a place of war. And I predict that Yuan Shao will take action. If the general doesn't leave quickly, Yuan Shao may cut off his retreat."

"this......"

Gongsun Zan hesitated for a moment. He had lived on the frontier for a long time, so he knew that it would be too late to send people to contact the Xianbei and Wuhuannanlou tribes in the east. By the time their troops arrived, Youzhou would have been occupied by the enemy.

And Tian Yu is right. If Yuan Shao suddenly sends troops at this moment to cut off his retreat route back to Youzhou, wait until Zhuojun is occupied by the Xianbei people, and then go south to attack him together, I'm afraid...

"General, make your decision."

"Yes, how can we, the people outside the Great Wall, travel around the world if we can't even go back home?"

"If we hesitate any longer, Yuan Shao will send troops to attack us."

In the lobby, generals such as Tian Kai, Shan Jing, Guan Jing, Gongsun Fan, etc. all spoke out. Their families were all in Youzhou, how could they not be anxious?

Gongsun Zan hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "This is the only way, second brother, you stay here to guard, I will lead the army back."

Gongsun Fan cupped his hands and said, "Wei!"

At that time, Gongsun Zan ordered his younger brother Gongsun Fan to serve as the governor of Bohai, leading 10,000 troops to station in Bohai, while he led a large army back to defend.

Now Gongsun Zan's layout in Youzhou is that his younger brother Gongsun Yue is the prefect of Zhuojun and guards Zhuojun, his subordinate Zou Dan is the prefect of Yuyang and guards Yuyang, and his subordinate Wangmen is the prime minister of Hejian and guards Hejian.

In fact, his troops have been severely dispersed. If Liu Bei, the larger enemy in the south, was not there, Yuan Shao would have defeated them one by one.

However, Gongsun Zan is not a fool. He was able to gradually encroach on so much of Yuan Shao's territory. In fact, he knew that Yuan Shao was afraid of Liu Bei, and there was nothing he could do about it, so he pressed forward step by step, constantly weakening Yuan Shao's power.

Who would have thought that under such circumstances, a Xianbei from central China would suddenly appear to cause trouble?

Youzhou's rear area was seriously empty. Although he had a good relationship with Xianbei and Wuhuan, he had to spend money to hire him every time he went there. If he didn't spend money, the Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the east would not help him fight for no reason.

Therefore, in order to prevent his hometown from being attacked by surprise, Gongsun Zan had to return to defense immediately.

Almost as soon as Gongsun Zan was preparing to go north, Yuan Shao also learned the news. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. After more than half a year of planning, Liu Bei was transferred from Qingzhou, and the princes in the south fell into war with Yuan Shu. Xianbei went south.

, he finally got his chance.

"Hahahahaha!"

In the Anping Kingdom, in the mansion of the prefect of Xindu County, Yuan Shao sat on the throne, looking at the many counselors and generals in the audience, he laughed and said: "Gongsun Zan has indeed fallen into the trap, he is already preparing to withdraw his troops."

"Congratulations to Duke Ming, congratulations to Duke Ming."

Everyone congratulated him one after another.

This strategy was implemented for more than half a year, and it finally worked.

Xu You said: "At first, although Gongsun Zan fell into the trap, his strength cannot be underestimated, so he still has to arrange it carefully."

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Yuan Shao touched his chin beard. At nearly fifty years old, he was even more majestic than when he was young. He was like an ageless lion, roaring arrogantly at the young lions who dared to challenge him.

Many people think that Yuan Shao was only in his forties when he died, but we need to know one thing, that is, Cao Cao was born in 155, and even Cao Cao is 42 years old this year.

Yuan Shao is several years older than Cao Cao, between four and eight years old. Even if he takes the middle number, five or six years older, he is already about 47-48 years old.

So when Yuan Shao died, he was actually in his fifties, probably around 53 to 54 years old.

Now that I'm nearly fifty, I still don't look old.

When the wind was against him, Yuan Shao looked around and looked like a hero.

Xu You asked in confusion: "How did you plan to deal with the enemy at first?"

Yuan Shao laughed loudly: "Zi Hui, tell Zi Yuan."

Liu Hui smiled and said: "Ming Gong asked me to bribe the Wang family with a large sum of money, and the Wang family has decided to defect to Ming Gong."

King's Gate?

Many counselors and generals were shocked.

This person was a confidant of Gongsun Zan. After withdrawing his troops from Jizhou, Gongsun Zan gradually encroached on the Hejian Kingdom and made Wang Men serve as the Prime Minister of Hejian.

If he betrays Gongsun Zan, it will indeed be a fatal blow to Gongsun Zan.

"Yes, the Wang Clan has surrendered to me."

Yuan Shao looked down at the crowd and said loudly: "Everything is ready, we will send out troops tomorrow. After we send out troops, the Wangmen will pretend to be defeated, and we will rush from Hejian Kingdom into the Bohai Sea to cut off Gongsun Zan's retreat."

"only!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

"Where is Yan Liang!"

Yuan Shao said again.

"The end is here!"

Yan Liang stood up and walked down the hall.

Yuan Shao threw out the military order: "I order you to lead 10,000 troops as the vanguard, take Zhangwu, and occupy the Hutuo River ferry!"

"only!"

Yan Liang picked up the military token and returned to his position.

"Where is Ju Yi!"

"The end will be here."

"I order you to lead 30,000 people as the front army and attack from Lecheng to Nanpi."

"only!"

"Where is Gao Lan!"

"The end will be here."

"I order you to lead 50,000 people as the central army and attack Fuyang from Chengping."

"only!"

"Other generals, go north with me. I want Gongsun Zan to die in the Bohai Sea!"

Yuan Shao stood up, like a lion waking up from sleep, finally letting out a terrifying cry to the world.

The general trend of the world seems like countless turbulent rivers, flowing in one direction and converging into a sea.

In the end, which river takes the dominant position and becomes the master of the sea depends on its own ability.
To be continued...