In the sixth year of Chuping, the thirteenth day of the first lunar month in Puyang.

Yuan Shao immediately stood tall on the river bank, watching the endless army passing through the dry Yellow River channel, his eyes full of murderous intent.

He had a very bad New Year.

It was originally very smooth, and after providing 100,000 stones of grain and some medicine, Cao Ang slowed down his tone. Although he still refused to send troops to help, he expressed his gratitude to Yuan Shao, claiming that once Yuan Shao's marching route arrived, he would recruit soldiers and repair the road. Of course, Yuan Shao would not tell him which direction he would attack, so he did not reply to Cao Ang, but he was very satisfied with Cao Ang's attitude.

The food required for the army to go to the expedition was also smooth. With the cooperation of Shen Pei, Zhen Yi and others, the families in the north and south of Jizhou showed their strength, carried their troops, and came from all directions. Wuhuanqiu was strong, and the Xiongnu Yu Fulu also sent cavalry to help. In order to thank Yuan Shao for sending people to help regain the position of Shanyu, Yu Fulu decided to personally lead 7,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry to participate in the war.

According to preliminary statistics, except for the troops stationed in various places, Yuan Shao could call more than 50,000 infantrymen and more than 15,000 cavalrymen, with a total of nearly 70,000, which had an absolute military advantage over the Sun family and his son.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao received news from Huang Wan. Huang Wan first attacked Sun Jian who was trying to attack west, and then drove Dong Yue to Shan County. Through these two battles, Huang Wan not only cleared the surrounding areas of Luoyang, promoted a group of generals, established prestige, but also trained the team's combat power, and could advance eastward at any time to assist Yuan Shao in combat. After streamlining, Huang Wan could send 30,000 troops, the only regret was that it was mainly infantry and there were no cavalry. But for Yuan Shao, this was not a problem. Sun Ce's cavalry was also very limited. As a supporting force, Huang Wan's troops were enough.

But the bad news was like a gust of cold wind, which blew all over Yecheng without realizing it, and then blew all over Jizhou. When Yuan Shao discovered this problem, things could no longer be fixed. He called Guo Tu over and scolded him, and he could do nothing else.

Yuan Shao never thought that a fish that misses the net and an article would cause him such a big trouble. When he thought of this, he hated Wang Yun to the core. No matter how talented Wang Zuo was, he could not handle such a small matter, and even made such a big miss.

After thinking about it, there is only one way to eliminate the influence: kill the Sun father and son, seize Yuzhou, and then seize Jingzhou. Cai Yong was in Xiangyang and must not let him write these things into history books. Regarding his understanding of the inside story, Cai Yong himself was better than Li Ru. Li Ru only knew about Dong Zhuofang's information, but Cai Yong also knew a lot of things on their side, and his reputation was not comparable to Li Ru. Once he decided to speak, he would have stronger lethality.

Advancing from Junyi has become the only choice to achieve Yuan Shao's goals.

After Li Ru's articles disgusted Yuan Shao seriously, the news sent by Geng Bao once again disgusted Yuan Shao. Sun Ce extorted three thousand gold and threatened to drive Yuan Shao out of the Yuan clan and prevent him from returning to Ruyang for burial. For Yuan Shao, although the three thousand gold was not small, it was not a big number. He could take it out anytime and anywhere. But Sun Ce's approach was too despicable, and it was tolerated, but who could not bear it.

Yuan Shao planned to refuse, but Guo Tu made him grit his teeth and agree to Sun Ce's request. Guo Tu said that what Sun Ce thinks doesn't matter, what matters is what Yuan Tan thinks, and what others will think. Yuan Tan has been a prisoner in Pingyu for half a year. Now Sun Ce is willing to let him go, lord, you are not willing to pay money. What will Yuan Tan think? Is the relationship between father and son so weak? Some people have said that the lord intends to depose the eldest son and establish the young man. Yuan Tan's defeat in Rencheng was caused by the lord's death and he doesn't want to redeem him now. Isn't it a confirmation of the rumors? The more money you give, the more you attach importance to Yuan Tan and the rumors are self-defeating.

People are terrifying, and Yuan Shao is very clear about this truth. In addition, he is even more worried that Yuan Xi will be affected. He also needs Yuan Xi to attack Qingzhou and attract Sun Ce's troops. If Yuan Xi learns from Yuan Tan and refuses to do his best, it will affect his entire strategy implementation.

Three thousand golds set off quietly on New Year's Eve and transported it to Pingyu. It was specially chosen such a time point, which was because Yuan Shao hoped to keep all these unpleasant things in the past year, so that the New Year would bode well.

Three thousand gold coins were sent away, and the new year was coming, but Yuan Shao's anger did not fade away. The more he thought about it, he became more and more angry, and he wanted to tear Sun Ce out of his body immediately, so he changed his plan and ordered his expedition before the end of the first month of the year, claiming to be 200,000, and rushed to Yuzhou with great momentum.

Dozens of knights protected a large cart to the shore, identified the direction of the central army, and rushed over.

Yuan Shao frowned and turned around and muttered in a low voice. Guo Tu, who was beside him, saw it, said nothing, but sneered in his heart.

Tian Lailai made a strong suggestion again.

No one dared to dissuade Yuan Shao in anger, except Tian Feng. Even though the army had crossed the Yellow River, Tian Feng still did not agree to launch an attack now. According to the original plan, Yuan Xi should first launch an offensive in Qingzhou to attract Sun Ce's attention, and Cao Cao sent troops from Yizhou. Huang Wan led his troops to attack Nanyang and restrain Zhou Yu. Then Yuan Shao led the main force to take Junyi and directly take Yingchuan. According to the progress estimate, in the end of February, the main force should arrive near Junyi in April in April, and just sent cavalry to travel to Yingchuan to harvest the winter wheat from the farmland as a supply. There is no need to transport grain from Jizhou for the second time, greatly reducing the pressure of logistics supply. Now it has been a month and a half ahead of time, and it is still a small matter to consume 300,000 to 400,000 stones of grain. It is a small matter to disrupt the order of attacks, which will attract Sun Ce's attention and greatly increase the difficulty of the attack.

The carriage came to the bottom of the slope, Tian Feng got out of the car, leaned on a stick in one hand and the hem of the clothes in the other, and rushed over. Although Yuan Shao was unhappy, he still squeezed out a smile, turned over and dismounted, and met him.

"Yuan Hao, what's the matter? You're so anxious? You should slow down, slow down, and pay attention to your feet."

Tian Feng sighed. "Thank you, lord. I am old and should not be annoying. But the two armies fight each other and life is at stake, and there is no need to be any mistakes. I dare not keep making loyal and promising advice. I hope lord will think twice before doing it."

Yuan Shao's smile became more and more difficult, and he was no longer interested in answering Tian Feng. After all, wasn't it just those few words? I've all been here, so should I go back?

Seeing that Yuan Shao didn't say anything, Guo Tu took over the conversation. "Brother Yuan Hao, your loyalty is very appreciated. But you are really worried. Regarding generals, when the lord was appointed as the Puyang Order thirty years ago, Sun Jian was still a young man. In terms of military strength, even if Sun Ce moves all over the nest, the number of people who can really mobilize is no more than 30,000. In terms of money and grain, Yuzhou was in great epidemic last year and the treasury was empty. Why worry about these three things? Brother Yuan Hao, you are worried about it."

Tian Feng was furious, and his anger towards Yuan Shao was all turned into anger towards Guo Tu. "If age is useful, Xu Rong would not be defeated by Sun Ce. If the troops could decide the victory or defeat, Emperor Gaozu would not be defeated by Pengcheng. Although there was a lot of money and food, he could not submerge Junyi like a river. As a military plan, you do not advise the lord to be cautious and only speak out loud. If the lord stops his troops under the strong city and does not move forward, can you bear this responsibility?"

Guo Tu put away his smile and said nothing, but just looked at Tian Feng with a sarcastic look, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Yuan Shao's face turned pale, and even the smile he squeezed out disappeared.
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