After seeing Zhuge Liang set up a shield formation in front of Hejian City Gate, Yuan Shao knew that the Youzhou army in the city had been prepared to respond. There was no need to continue this battle, and it was a loss to fight. So Yuan Shao issued an order to withdraw his troops.

After Yuan Shao led his troops to be defeated, Lu Bu and Zhou Yu joined the ranks of clearing out the vanguard of Yuan's army. The 50,000 vanguard troops were killed and cried, and soon collapsed. Most of the soldiers were killed on the spot. A small number of people threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender. Less than 3,000 people fled and returned to Yuan Shao's camp from all directions.

After rectifying the surrendered army, Lu Bu rode his horse to Zhou Yu, clasped his fists to Zhou Yu and said, "Thank you, Gongjin, for coming to help from thousands of miles away. Ao Lie has thanked you first." Although Ao Lie has not returned yet, the news of his title of King of Yan has spread far away. Not only in Ao Lie's jurisdiction, but also Cao Cao, who is far away in Guandu and Sun Ce, who is in Jiangxia, have received the news.

Zhou Yu held his fists and replied with a smile: "Horse Wen is polite. King Yan has helped Jiangdong repeatedly and repeatedly. The children of Jiangdong are all deeply imprinted in Wu'er. How can they stand by and watch? What's more, the King of Yan supports Luoyang, which is a great thing. Our Jiangdong children have no time to support Luoyang, so they can only rush to Hejian to serve the King of Yan and do their best for the court."

Lu Bu laughed a few times, then pointed at Zhou Tai beside Zhou Yu, with a very appreciative tone: "This tiger general is the name of the surname?" Zhou Tai urged his horse to take a step forward and replied loudly: "Is it Zhou Tai, Jiujiang, Zhou Youping, and the bet with Wen Hou just now was that I lost, and I would punish myself for three bowls of strong wine later!"

Previously, Lu Bu had agreed with Zhou Tai that whoever killed more enemies would have to punish three bowls of wine. Zhou Tai had been paying attention to this matter in the battle. Although no one did a count for them, the number of killings on both sides was still roughly the same. Just now, Lu Bu killed at least 300 Yuan Jun, and Zhou Tai only killed less than 200 people at most, so Zhou Tai lost. Zhou Tai was convinced and confessed his failure.

"Hahaha, OK! General Zhou is quick to speak, I'll have a good time with you later!" Lu Bu was amused by Zhou Tai's honesty, responded to Zhou Tai with a loud laugh, then turned to look at Zhou Yu, reached out and made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Gongjin, please go to the city."

Zhou Yu smiled and turned around to greet the Jiangdong army behind him to start entering the city. When he entered the city, Zhou Yu asked Lu Bu with a smile: "Dare you ask Wen Hou? Is Zhuge Wolong in charge of the affairs in the city just now?" Lu Bu was stunned. Then he smiled and said: "Yes, it's Mr. Kong Ming. Gongjin and Kong Ming have never met, but they have such a tacit understanding. It's really rare. After entering the city, they are recommended to you. You two are really a shiny moment. You should really have a good drink."

The real Zhou Yu is not the narrow-minded character described in the Romance of the Romance, who cannot accommodate things, but a broad-minded and elegant Confucian general. Otherwise, he would not have said that he would not be enemies of Ao Lie for the rest of his life, nor could he defeat Cao Cao's 830,000 troops in Chibi just with just 50,000 naval troops. After hearing Lu Bu's words, Zhou Yu also admired Zhuge Liang very much. Judging from Zhuge Liang's series of measures just now, Zhou Yu could see that Zhuge Liang was a rare sage. He grasped every subtle change on the battlefield just now, and had a full sense of tacit understanding with him. Therefore, he was willing to get closer to Zhuge Liang.

When he entered the city, Zhuge Liang was wearing a long robe and holding a feather fan. He was already waiting on the way to the city. Lu Bu turned over and dismounted, stepped forward a few steps, pointed at Zhuge Liang and said to Zhou Yu, "Gongjin, this is our military advisor. Mr. Kongming." Then, Lu Bu pointed at Zhou Yu and said to Zhuge Liang, "Military advisor, this is Zhou Lang in Jiangdong, Zhou Gongjin."

Zhuge Liang smiled and bowed to Zhou Yu: "I heard that Gongjin's wonderful plan has been at peace for a long time. I have been in harmony with the world for a long time. I am very lucky to see Gongjin's true appearance today." Zhuge Liang's humble attitude immediately won Zhou Yu's favor, jumped off the horse, and returned to Zhuge Liang: "I have also heard about Mr. Wolong's name for a long time. I often listen to people's words. If I can only enjoy the world with one stroke, I can feel at peace with the world, which is really thunderous!"

Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu looked at each other, and suddenly burst into knowing laughter. Amid the laughter, their sense of identity with each other was heating up rapidly.

The laughter and sadness of several families, which contrasted with the friendship and joyful atmosphere in Hejian City, was the sorrow in Yuan Shao's camp. This time, not only failed to capture Hejian, but also was joined by Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang. Not only did they escape from the 50,000 vanguard troops, but only 3,000 people were killed. During the two drillings between Lu Bu and Zhou Tai, Yuan Shao's troops were also injured by more than 4,000 people. In this way, the battle just now damaged more than 50,000 Yuan Shao's soldiers, and also took over the lives of Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and Han Luzi. It was a complete defeat, which made Yuan Shao's mood look like the dark clouds before the heavy rain was approaching.

Seeing the unhappy expression on Yuan Shao's face, no one of the civil and military officials dared to speak out at this time to make trouble, and the entire tent seemed to be silent like death. After a long time, Yuan Shao's face improved slightly. He looked around at his subordinates and said, "Why are you doing with a sad face? Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Our army lost a bit badly this time, and it will be found back in the future. How can we not fail in the war?" Yuan Shao said nicely, but everyone in the tent knew Yuan Shao's temper very well. This could only be said by Yuan Shao himself. If a second person said it, he would inevitably be dragged out to beat the fifty army sticks again on the charge of being punished. This is Yuan Shao's character, which is lenient on the outside but taboo on the inside. It is a typical type of state officials who only set fire and do not allow the people to light lamps.

"Okay, a defeat is nothing, everyone cheer up. Feng Ji, passed the order of this general to ask Shang'er, who was left in Yecheng, to recruit 150,000 troops and come quickly to reinforce. Hejian will win, and Ao Lie will be defeated!" Yuan Shao issued an order to summon reinforcements. Jizhou is one of the richest states among the sixteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty. It is also the densest state and the third largest state, second only to Mingzhou under Ao Lie and Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce under Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce

The divided Jingzhou, and since Cao Cao took away the other half of Qingzhou from Yuan Shao in lightning, Yuan Shao's troops were raising in Qingzhou, except for those who died in battle and surrendered, the rest of them came to Jizhou, so Yuan Shao was able to raise nearly one million soldiers. Of course, this number was deliberately released by Yuan Shao, and it must contain a certain amount of water. However, Yuan Shao still has a large army of seven or eight hundred thousand, which is much stronger than Ao Lie who owns five states, but only 300,000 troops.

During this expedition, Yuan Shao brought 300,000 troops. After a crushing defeat, there were 250,000 troops. In Guandu, Shen Pei also led 130,000 troops to fight Cao Cao. In this way, there were at least 300,000 troops left in Jizhou. There was no big problem in drawing 150,000 people from them.

But the key point is that Yuan Shao did not learn any lessons. He actually asked his third son Yuan Shang to lead his troops. After Yuan Xi's incident, it has been proved that Yuan Shao's four sons, one is worse than the other, are all playboys and have no talent to lead troops to fight. If Yuan Shang really comes, with his temperament, the young master who cannot bear the hardship and cannot bear the crime, wouldn't he disrupt the normal order in the army?

Therefore, after receiving Yuan Shao's order, Feng Ji did not respond for a long time. He was thinking about how to persuade Yuan Shao and sent others to bring troops to him. However, such words were hard to say or not. If you don't do it well, you will anger Yuan Shao, especially if you just experienced a crushing defeat. At this time, you may end up much worse than Ju Su. Ju Su was imprisoned by Yuan Shao because he said a few words of objection before the war. If Feng Ji spoke to refute Yuan Shao at this time, he might have been executed directly by Yuan Shao.

Just as Feng Ji was hesitating, Yuan Shao's voice sounded again: "Feng Ji! Haven't you heard what I said? Why don't you go and do it!" Feng Ji sighed helplessly in his heart. He knew that he could not change Yuan Shao's decision. He simply stopped touching the bad luck, bowed to Yuan Shao a little stiffly, and replied in a low voice: "Yes, let's do it now." Then, Feng Ji stepped back and walked out of the tent, sighed to the sky, and then returned to his tent, drafted a document, and wrote Yuan Shao's meaning in it. After returning to Yuan Shao's central army tent and handed it over to Yuan Shao for a look, Yuan Shao put a seal of the general of the chariot and cavalry on it. Feng Ji selected a few exquisite soldiers and asked them to whip the document to Yecheng.

Three hundred miles west of Hejian City, the Shadow members sent the news that Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu joined forces to defeat Yuan Shao at Hejian City to Ao Lie who was on the way to the marching. Ao Lie looked carefully, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised his head and said, "After this battle, with Yuan Shao's character, he might have to summon reinforcements. Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to bear the failure. We must speed up, Zilong, send the order to speed up the march. Within two days, we must rush back to Hejian City!"

Two days later, Chaoyang had just climbed to the sky and before he could even sprinkle all the light on the earth, a large group of people suddenly appeared on the horizon to the west of Hejian City, facing the rising Chaoyang, quickly approaching Hejian City.

The soldiers responsible for guarding the city walls in the west soon discovered this group of people. Several impatient soldiers turned around without discerning the enemy and informed Zhuge Liang of this situation, but were stopped by some other calm veterans. The veterans pointed at the flag raised outside the city with a smile and said, "Look clearly, this is our king back." Ao Lie was named King of Yan because of his outstanding merits and became the first king of different surnames in hundreds of years. Liu Xie also stated in the edict that wherever King of Yan went, it was like the emperor coming in person. This honor made all the soldiers under Ao Lie feel proud, and there is no need to mention the pride in his heart.

When the impatient soldiers heard this, they turned to look outside the city and saw a bright yellow flag. The flag was embroidered with silver silk thread: Yan. Bright yellow is a color dedicated to the royal family. Today, except for Liu Xie, only Yan King Ao Lie can use this color. If others dare to use it, they should be punished for deceiving the king!

"It turns out that the king is back, haha, it's great, the king is back!"

In an instant, the enthusiasm of the soldiers on the west wall rose, and the cheers and joy of the return of the king drowned out everything.

PS: PS: The Han Dynasty has not had a king of different surnames for hundreds of years. It is Dakun’s memory and does not represent history. Dakun really only remembers that in the early Han Dynasty, Han Xin and others were named Kings of different surnames. Since then, I don’t remember anyone who has been named Kings of different surnames. Regardless of whether there are Kings of different surnames or not, Dakun still wrote Ao Lie as the first King of different surnames in hundreds of years, which is a side method to set off the protagonist.
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