For a moment, Yuan Shao was furious, frightened and frightened.

He did not expect that he originally planned an ambush in the Qinghe Kingdom and was surrounded by two sides from the north and the south. In the end, he was defeated one by one by separate groups. Instead, it threatened his rear and made him uneasy even on the front line.

"Damn, what a bunch of trash."

In the hinterland of Nanpi County, Yuan Shao saw the latest battle report and was so angry that he threw the bamboo slips to the ground, anger rising from his heart.

Xu You picked up the bamboo slip and glanced at the contents. It was full of Guo Tu's blaming remarks.

After the first misstep in the Battle of Jieqiao, Guo Tu passed the blame to Sui Yuanjin and Yan Wei in front of him. Yuan Shao always favored Guo Tu, so he didn't care too much. While attacking Nanpi, he increased his troops and went south.

Let Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong wipe out the Qingzhou Army that entered Qinghe Kingdom as soon as possible.

As a result, just after his side defeated Nanpi, the Qinghe Kingdom suffered another defeat. After Guo Tu's defeat at the boundary bridge, he chose to set up defenses on the edge of Qingshui and strictly controlled several ferries to prevent the Qingzhou Army from going north to harass Yuan Shao's army who was attacking the Bohai Sea.

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The reason why he chose this was because the cavalry harassment tactics designed by Xu Rong were too abnormal.

They had an army of 10,000 people, including 3,000 light cavalry. They flew kites to harass them without thinking. When the soldiers were harassed to the point of collapse, the remaining 7,000 soldiers and horses joined the cavalry to fight out together. An ordinary army of 20,000 to 30,000 people would not be able to carry it.

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! You must know that the terrain of Qinghe Country is Linqing City, Qinghe County and other places in later generations. People in this area should know that this place is a vast plain area, although it is not

As vast as the grassland is, it is also a smooth road for the cavalry.

Being kited by cavalry on the plains is really uncomfortable for infantry.

Whether Guo Tu set up an ambush, held firm, or wanted to use a bow and crossbow to deal with it, Xu Rong saw through it. The two sides fought several battles, but both ended in defeat.

For this reason Guo Tu has been scolded by Yuan Shao several times, and Chunyu Qiong was even demoted one level, from general to captain.

In the end, there was really no other way, so Guo Tu could only use the river area to set up defenses.

As mentioned before, Qingshui was not a small river in the Han Dynasty, and the water flow was very large.

Historically, the reason why Gongsun Zan wanted to storm the boundary bridge was because the boundary bridge was the only way for the cavalry to cross the river.

Guo Tu believed that the strength of Qingzhou's army was due to its many elite cavalry, which were too mobile on the plains. The enemy's infantry in the field was about to collapse due to cavalry shooting.

So as long as the boundary bridge is guarded and other crossings are guarded, the cavalry cannot get through, and the Qingzhou Army can naturally be restrained.

This strategy really works.

But he forgot that the Qingzhou Army built many ships because it wanted to use a large number of tributaries in the lower reaches of the Yellow River as defense areas.

It doesn't matter if the ferry is blocked. The Qinghe River crosses the entire Qinghe Kingdom and the Bohai Kingdom. The Qinghe Kingdom alone is more than 170 kilometers long. As long as there are ships, are you afraid of you defending in the river area?

Needless to say, the result was that the Qingzhou Army crossed the river downstream, gathered its troops, defeated Guo Tuchun Yuqiong on the north bank again, and marched north to occupy Guangchuan, threatening Yuan Shao's headquarters.

How could this not make Yuan Shao angry?

"Ming Gong, please calm down."

It was Liu Hui who stood up first and said: "Qingzhou has many cavalry, and the soldiers and horses are strong. Their strength cannot be underestimated. It is normal that Gongze and Zhong Jian will be difficult to resist. Now our top priority is to eliminate Gongsun Zan and not let the Qingzhou army slow us down."

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Yuan Shao said angrily: "The Qingzhou army has broken through Qinghe and is about to hit me behind. How can I feel at ease?"

Liu Hui smiled and said: "Ming Gong, this is actually not a bad thing."

"Not a bad thing?"

Yuan Shao was puzzled.

Liu Hui said: "The Qingzhou army moved in full force to attack Qinghe. At least it is difficult for them to unite with Gongsun Zan. Their ability to capture Qinghe is already the limit. If they go north, it is impossible to threaten Ming Gong."

"Why?"

Yuan Shao asked in confusion, he had already been spanked on the back of his butt, so he couldn't threaten him anymore?

Liu Hui continued: "Think about it, Duke Ming, we still have a large number of troops in Wei County. If the Qingzhou Army goes north, Duke Ming only needs one order, and the Pingyuan Kingdom will be in danger. But if the Qingzhou Army goes west, Wei County only needs to defend each city.

, we will be safe and sound. So we don’t need to worry at all.”

Xun You's strategy of seizing the east and attacking the west worked. The Qingzhou Army attacked Qinghe State with great fanfare. Everyone thought that this was the main force of the Qingzhou Army and wanted to start from Qinghe State to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.

However, Yuan Shao only brought 120,000 troops to attack Gongsun Zan. He still had 100,000 troops left to guard Wei County, scattered among various cities to deal with the Luoyang and Qingzhou armies.

Therefore, the Qingzhou Army's invasion of Qinghe Country has reached its limit, and it is impossible for the Qingzhou Army to go west or north.

Come north to steal Yuan Shao's ass?

The soldiers and horses of Wei Commandery then went east to attack Pingyuan Kingdom.

Go west to attack Wei County. You have tens of thousands of people, but others have more than 100,000 people. Is it still an offensive and defensive battle, can you defeat it?

Even if Luoyang is added, it will be difficult to capture Wei County.

So this is the reason why Liu Bei was transferred. Liu Bei took half of the Qingzhou Army and half of the Luoyang Army southward. This greatly weakened Liu Bei's strength on the front line and lost his ability to attack Wei County.

Yuan Shao can deal with Gongsun Zan calmly.

At least now, from the outside, the two sides were deceitful and secretly fighting each other, and Yuan Shao won by more than one margin.

He used his "blood brother" Yuan Shu to deceive Yuan Shu, and at the same time, he also transferred the tiger away from the mountain and transferred Liu Bei's main force away. It can be said to be quite insidious.

However, Yuan Shao and Liu Hui would never have imagined that the one attacking Qinghe State was not the main force of the Qingzhou Army at all, but a partial division led by Xu Rong.

The real main force had already taken a detour to the Bohai Bay and went to Fuyang from the inaccessible virgin jungle on the seaside.

After listening to Liu Hui's words, Yuan Shaoshen nodded in agreement: "Yes, the Qingzhou Army has absolutely no ability to go north. Unless Liu Bei comes back now, but we can't just watch the Qingzhou Army act recklessly in our Qinghe Kingdom."

"If Ming Gong can order a partial division to pretend to attack the plains, then he will surely be able to mobilize the Qingzhou Army to return to the main line."

Liu Hui finally gave some advice.

"I see."

Yuan Shao stood up, looked at the east with a stern look, and said coldly: "The document sent by Gao Lan said that Fuyang has been surrounded by people, and Gongsun Zan will never escape. Tomorrow, we will kill Fuyang, and Gongsun Zan must be destroyed.

Here it is.”

"only!"

All the soldiers responded with a roar.
Chapter completed!