"Take Jingzhou?"

Cao Cao's eyes moved, as if he had suddenly received some inspiration.

He stared at the map, focused his mind for a long time, and then looked at Cheng Yu.

"The land of Jingxiang is rich in thousands of miles and has a million household registration, which is indeed a big piece of fat meat."

Cheng Yu nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "Although Liu Biao was weak, he had received the support of the powerful Jingxiang, and his strength should not be underestimated. The most important thing is that if you want to take Jingxiang all, you must have a navy army, and we did not. Yu thought that it would be better to join forces with Sun Ce to quickly divide Jingzhou."

Cheng Yu's words made Cao Cao suddenly enlightened, as if he had seen a new way out again, and a hint of excitement began to flash in his eyes.

After a while, Cao Cao laughed: "Ziyuan, you are indeed very wise. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost missed such a treasure land of abundant water."

"Meng De has been awarded too much. I came to join me from afar. I have suffered a lot from my efforts. I will regard this proposal as my gift for Meng De."

The person who was proud and stroking his beard and laughing was Xu You.

After betraying Yuan Shao that day, he thought that he had a deep hatred for Yuan Fang and did not dare to defect to him. After a few considerations, he had to take a small road south and go to Yuzhou to seek refuge with his old friend Cao Cao.

Just as Xu You thought, Cao Cao was thinking about his old love and admired his talent even more. He not only readily accepted it, but also stayed with the guests above.

Xu You was repeatedly angry and disgraced from Yuan Shao. Now that he was treated like this, how could he not be satisfied with Cao Cao?

Under the tent, Dian Wei, Cao Ren and other generals of Cao's camp listened to Xu You. They even openly called Cao Cao's name, but not the lord. However, they clenched their fists secretly and looked angry.

Cao Cao had the temperament, but he didn't mind. After praising Xu You, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Jiangdong to join forces with Sun Ce to divide Jingzhou.

"Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang, you are really amazing. First he drove me out of Yanzhou, and now he defeated Yuan Shao's army of 200,000. However, the grudge between you and me is not over yet. After I seize Jingzhou and regain my strength, you and I will fight again..."

Cao Cao stroked his short beard and stared at the vast land of Jingzhou on the map. A cold and ferocious face quietly appeared between his burnt face.

...

South of Baima City.

The Southern Army, which had a great victory in 70,000, surrounded the small city, and was besieged by Yuan Shao's general Zhang He, and less than 6,000 remaining soldiers.

Two other people were surrounded by them at the same time.

One is Yuan Tan.

After being injured by an arrow and burned his face, Yuan Tan was placed in a white horse to recuperate and did not participate in the battle on the front line.

Who would have thought that Yuan Shao was defeated too suddenly. The army was defeated thousands of miles away and was only concerned about fleeing to Liyang. In a panic, he forgot to pick up his son Yuan Tan from the white horse first.

The other person is Ju Su who was imprisoned by Yuan Shao and imprisoned in prison.

Now, these two people are trapped in this lonely city together with Zhang He, who was ordered to hold on to the white horse and cover the defeated soldiers to retreat north.

Yuan Shao's move to repair the problem of losing the sheep still helped his life. Under Zhang He's cover, nearly 70,000 defeated soldiers finally fled back to Hebei alive.

If the white horse cannot get off, Yuan Fang cannot take advantage of the situation to cross the river, seize Liyang from the north, and aim at Hebei.

So he ordered the pursuit to stop, and the entire army surrounded Baima, first defeated Yuan Shao's last stronghold on the south bank, and then considered going north.

After three days of siege, Baima City still couldn't get down.

"This Zhang He is really capable. After such a big defeat, he is indeed a general."

Zhumayuan looked at the remaining White Horse City, and Yuan Fang sighed, his appreciation for Zhang He was not concealed in his words.

Guo Jia beside him smiled strangely and said, "My lord, don't forget that Zhang He is just a general, and Yuan Tan is the real commander in the city. These two people are trapped together, so why don't you use some tricks?"

Guo Jia smiled in a tricky way, Yuan Fang's sword-brow moved slightly, and he immediately understood Guo Jia's unspoken plan.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, Yuan Fang smiled and said, "Wen Ziqin, follow me to Baima City."

As he said that, Yuan Fang had already rode out, Wen Chou was very clever and had not yet understood, so he didn't even think too much and followed him quickly.

The two riders ran and headed straight to the south gate of the White Horse.

On the top of the city, Yuan Tan was holding a crutch and supervising Zhang He to lead his army to resist the attack of the Southern Army.

Seeing the Southern Army retreating, Yuan Tan's tense nerves finally relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief, secretly glad that he had escaped another disaster today.

The remaining soldiers on both sides did not repel the excitement of the enemy. They were all dejected and their emotions became increasingly depressed.

Zhang He beside him murmured: "If the lord doesn't send troops to rescue us, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a few days..."

When Yuan Tan heard this, he immediately became angry and said sternly: "Father will never leave us behind. He will definitely regroup and kill the river to save us. Don't say such disheartening words."

After being scolded by Yuan Tan like this, Zhang He's brows were deeply condensed, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but he had to suppress it.

At this moment, outside the city, Yuan Fang and Wen Chou rode their horses and rushed over.

As soon as Yuan Fang attacked, although he only had one horse, he was like a god descending to earth, which made all the enemy troops on the city tremble and his nerves immediately tense up.

Yuan Tan was also panicked, not knowing what Yuan Fang had.

Yuan Fang was outside the city of Ma, Ru Ren's eyes shot straight to the top of the city, and he whispered loudly: "The soldiers in the city all listened. Yuan Shao was scared by me. He had no courage to come to save you. It is still time to surrender. Otherwise, after the city was broken, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The thunderous shouts shook the city, and all the enemy soldiers heard it, and they all changed color.

Seeing this, Yuan Tan shouted anxiously: "Don't let him disturb the morale of the army. I am the eldest son of the Yuan family. With me here, my father will never leave us."

Then, Yuan Tan shouted to Yuan Fang: "You bastard, don't be too proud too early. This time you just won by luck. His father will make a comeback soon and will definitely destroy you, a traitor!"

Yuan Tan cursed hysterically, but Yuan Fang turned a blind eye and glanced at Zhang He next to him.

"Zhang He, I know that you repeatedly advise Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao refused to listen. Even a loyal minister like Ju Shu can imprison him. Can you really be buried with such a narrow-minded mediocre master?"

Yuan Fang openly scolded Yuan Shao in front of Yuan Tan, and the meaning of surrender in his words was clear.

Zhang He's body was shocked and he remained silent, as if he was a little shaken by being said.

Yuan Tan became more and more angry, knowing that Yuan Fang was trying to make a divisive plan. He opened his mouth and wanted to fight back.

At this time, Wen Chou pointed the gun at Yuan Tan and said angrily: "Yuan Tan, you despicable villain, I, Wen Chou, fought for your Yuan family and was trapped in the Baima Ferry, but you deliberately did not ship to save me. I wanted to kill me. Today, you were abandoned by Yuan Shao, which is the retribution you deserve!"

Wen Chou scolded him angrily and happily exposed Yuan Tan's despicable behavior.

The soldiers on the city wall all looked at Yuan Tan in surprise, shocked by their eldest son. He could do such a thing.

Zhang He also stared at Yuan Tan suddenly, his eyes full of shock and doubt.

You know, he and Wen Chou both belong to Hebei generals. Although they are both from Yuan Shang's sect, they are still serving the Yuan family.

If Yuan Tan had only made his own selfishness, he would have revenged his hatred and was so cruel that he wanted to use the enemy's hands. Eliminating Wen Chou would have been extremely despicable.

"Don't listen to this traitor's nonsense. Who is Yuan Tan? How could I do such a shameless thing? You must not fall into his plan of separation."

Yuan Tan argued himself annoyedly, but after all, he was guilty and was not so confident in speaking, and he didn't dare to look at him with a head-on look.

Zhang He's brows became deeper and deeper. Looking at Yuan Tan's expression of anger, astonishment, he was vaguely convinced that what Wen Chou said was true.

Yuan Fang saw all the changes in the hearts of the people on the city and knew that his purpose had been achieved.

The eagle eye swept away the enemy city again, Yuan Fang pointed at Yuan Tan from a long spear and said sternly: "The only enemy of Yuan Fang is Yuan Tan. I will give you two days. As long as you can capture Yuan Tan and surrender the city, I, Yuan Fang, will not blame you for your previous crimes. Otherwise, I will razor the white horse to the ground and keep my life!"

After giving the final warning, Yuan Fang said nothing more, turned around and pulled his horse, leaving Wen Chou with him.

The enemy soldiers on the city were frightened when they heard this, and they all looked at Yuan Tan secretly, as if they were staring at a fat prey.

Yuan Tan felt the change in the soldiers' minds, and was as if he was on his back, and shouted anxiously: "Shoot the arrows for me and shoot them."

The soldiers were no longer moving and all looked at Zhang He. Here, they only followed Zhang He's orders.

Zhang He said coldly: "Use his martial arts skills, even if they shoot arrows, they won't hurt them. Why bother to hurt their faces? Let's rest."

After saying that, Zhang He turned around and strode down the city.

"Zhang He, you--" Yuan Tan gritted his teeth, but had nowhere to vent, so he had to watch Zhang He go away.

Looking back at Yuan Fang's leaving figure, Yuan Tan said angrily: "Little bastard, my father will definitely not leave me. When I am rescued, you will be destroyed sooner or later. I will definitely~~"

...

Li Yang.

In the dim hall, the weak Yuan Shao lay on the couch, looking at the information in his hand, and kept sighing silently.

"Lord, the eldest son is surrounded in the White Horse City, and is in danger. Please send troops quickly and cross the Yellow River again to save the eldest son."

Xin Ping almost cried and asked Yuan Shao to save Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan is the backbone of their Ruying faction. If Yuan Tan is in danger, Ruying faction will lose power in Yuan Shao's group, which is something he will never want to see.

"Of course, the eldest son wants to save him, but our army was defeated, the army was in chaos, and the soldiers were exhausted. In this case, if you force yourself to go south, you are afraid that not only will you not be able to save the eldest son, but you will be defeated by Yuan Fang again. If you lose again, you are afraid... "

The speaker was Shen Pei who arrived from Yecheng. He had such difficulties, so he naturally tactfully implied Yuan Shao not to save Yuan Tan.

Yuan Shao, who was lying on the couch, was in a very complicated mood. He held the information in his hand tightly and weighed the pros and cons.

In his mind, Yuan Tan's figure gradually appeared, his one-armed body, and his face that was burned by the fire, which was hard to see.

Such a silence of body and dignity no longer have any of his demeanor.

Then, Yuan Shang, his handsome and graceful face and figure appeared in his mind.

"Save him back, just let him live in humiliation. Instead of doing this, it is better to let him die in a tragic battle, which can be regarded as freeing him..."
Chapter completed!