With Qinghe County being controlled by Zhang Yan.

The original stalemate in Jizhou was resolved instantly.

The princes from all walks of life began a fierce attack on Yuan Shao's army. Lu Bu even attacked Yuan Shao's base camp Guangping County from Hejian City.

It doesn't take ten days to reach Jizhou.

As for Yuan Shu in Huainan, he should also be determined in the near future. Faced with the siege from various princes, the Yuan family, even the first noble family, will not be able to compete.

Guangping County.

"Report."

"Lord, something bad is going on."

"The Yellow Turban thief Zhang Yan has surrendered to the imperial court. Now they have led an army to capture Qinghe County. General Chunyu Qiong has been killed. Lu Bu has led an army across Qinghe. Now he and the Yellow Turban Army are coming to attack Guangping."

Yuan Shao's bad news came. When the news came that the Yellow Turbans had captured Qinghe and killed the guard, Yuan Shao completely collapsed on his chair, his face expressionless.

"It's over."

"Qinghe County is the throat of Jizhou, and everyone entering the county from the east to the west must pass through Qinghe. At this time, the Yellow Turbans captured Qinghe, and our army has been divided by the imperial court." Yuan Shao said with a dull look on his face.

"My lord, it was Guo Tu's self-righteousness that caused this situation. My subordinates had long expected that the Yellow Turbans were attached to the imperial court." Xu You stood up at this time and added insult to injury.

"Guo Tu, you missed my big deal." Yuan Shao roared angrily.

"Lord, calm down, subordinate... I made the wrong information. I never thought that the Yellow Turbans would surrender to the imperial court." Guo Tu was so frightened that he collapsed on his knees on the ground, terrified.

"Come here, drag down Guo Tu, the herdsman of this state, and beat him with a cane forty times, as a warning to others." Yuan Shao said angrily.

"No." Several soldiers rushed forward and immediately pulled Guo Tu down. After a while, they heard Guo Tu's screams.

"Ziyuan, what should we do now?" Yuan Shao looked at Xu You with a pleading look on his face, and felt a deep regret in his heart. If he had listened to Xu You's words before, it would not be the current situation.

"Lü Bu, Zhang Yan and their troops are already approaching Guangping. They will arrive in less than an hour. It is too late to evacuate now. We in Guangping only have less than 30,000 troops and horses. We must immediately send an order to generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou to come back for reinforcements.

Only then can we fight to the death with the imperial court." Xu You thought for a while and said extremely seriously.

"good."

"Immediately send an order to the Benzhou Mu to Yan Liang and the others to return to the army for reinforcements." Yuan Shao now knew the value of Xu You and agreed wholeheartedly.

Little did I know.

Xu You's strategy was clearly seen by Jia Xu. When he was waiting for him, Yuan Shao ordered to come back for reinforcements, and then beat up the drowned dog.

"Failed, everything failed."

"Since I am not a mortal, I have already predicted everything. I should think about my future." Xu You could naturally see that Yuan Shao's defeat was certain, but he did not dare to talk nonsense.

At this time.

"Report."

"Lü Bu, Zhang Yan's army has arrived and surrounded my Guangping County. They are now calling for formation outside the city. Please give orders from the lord on how to deal with it." The messenger quickly ran over to report.

"Sooner than expected, they have surrounded Guangping." Xu You's expression was condensed, very uneasy.

In terms of strategy, he lost to the great counselors under Liu Xie, but in terms of military strength, the current imperial army was under absolute control and would not fail.

Today's battle will be the battle to establish Jizhou.

Yuan Shao only had 30,000 troops, and Yan Liang and others who were sent abroad could not return reinforcements in a short time. Moreover, once they returned, they would be devoured by Zhang Liao and Liu Dai's army.

"Don't panic, there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, which will be enough to last for a while." Yuan Shao tried hard to maintain the confidence of his subordinates.

"My lord, the nobles in the city are following your lead. Each of their families has private soldiers. I suggest that my lord recruit their private infantry to expand the strength. Only then can we have a chance to insist on returning with a large army for reinforcements." Xu You suggested.

"Yes, yes."

"The nobles in Hebei are all servants of my Yuan family. They dare not disobey Benzhou Mu's words. They pass on Benzhou Mu's order and ask each noble clan to mobilize private soldiers to reinforce the city's defense." Yuan Shao said immediately.

Look at it from here.

Then we know the power of the nobles in this era. Each family has hidden private soldiers. Even if the court wants to take care of it, it does not dare to take action easily because it knows how powerful the nobles are because the price of a rebound is too high.

"The noble soldiers and horses in the city should be able to recruit 20,000, so we will have 50,000 troops to defend the city, which is more secure." Xu You said.

"If we can insist on the arrival of reinforcements this time, Ziyuan, you will be my first military advisor, one person is inferior to ten thousand people." Yuan Shao also saw Xu You's value and spoke out to win over him.

"Thank you, Lord." Xu You thanked him.

"Let's go up to Chengguan with Benzhou Mu to fight." Yuan Shao said loudly, and then led his men towards Guangping Chengguan.

outside the city.

There are many armies.

There are 80,000 Taotian soldiers under Lu Bu, and 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers under Zhang Yan.

A total of 180,000 troops have surrounded Guangping City. Let alone Yan Liang and the others, they are unable to return reinforcements. Even if they do, the result will be death.

As the final battle approached, Lu Bu stood in front of the city and stared coldly at the city gate. When he saw the crowd of people at the city gate, he knew that Yuan Shao was coming.

"The traitor Yuan Shao, now that you are surrounded, please open the city and surrender, otherwise your entire Yuan family will be slaughtered." Lu Bu shouted while holding the Fangtian Painted Halberd, pointing at Yuan Shao at the gate of the city.

"There is no need to say more about traitors. The virtuous people in the world live here. In all dynasties, which founding emperor has not been a traitor?"

"Now that the emperor is young and the princes are in chaos, Benzhou Mu Nai is the head of the Yuan family. He has a distinguished status and rises at the right time to bring order to the chaos." Yuan Shao said without knowing the shame.

"You don't cherish the opportunity I gave you to stay with the Yuan family. In this case, I will tell you that when the city is broken, your Yuan family will be slaughtered, no matter women or children, old or young." Lu Bu's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

, shouted coldly.

"If you have the ability, just let your horse come over. I am not afraid of you," Yuan Shao said, trying to boost his morale.

"Okay, let's decide the outcome in one battle." Lu Bu said the last word, said no more, and rode back to the main formation.

"General Lu, leave it to us, the Yellow Turbans, to attack the city later. In the past, the Yellow Turbans committed a lot of crimes, including the cholera men. Today, I, the Yellow Turbans, have been forgiven by the emperor, so I must give up my merits." Zhang Yan clasped her fists at Lu Bu and said.

"General Zhang is interested, but when we attack the city later, let me, General Taotie, come. You have accomplished a great feat by capturing Qinghe, but you don't have to lose your life anymore." Lu Bu politely refused Zhang.

Yan.

"This..." Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan was a little moved.

Originally, he thought that after successfully surrendering, even if the imperial court pardoned the millions of Yellow Turbans, they would still be used as cannon fodder, but now it turns out that is not the case at all.

Today I have no intention of treating them as cannon fodder, let alone killing them.

"I, the Yellow Turban, will never be able to repay the kindness of the Emperor." Zhang Yan thought secretly in her heart and was filled with gratitude.
Chapter completed!