At the same time that the Jingyang War ended, the two battlefields in Youqing also came to an end.
Here in Qingzhou, Yuan Shao and Chi You are coming fiercely. Liu Bei and Dou Jiande will definitely not be able to defeat them. Therefore, they can only defend the city peacefully.
If they went out to fight in the field even though they knew they couldn't defeat them, wouldn't Liu Bei and Dou Jiande become fools?
Especially after several tentative battles, Liu Bei and Dou Jiande completely settled down. Chi You was still as brave as before, and they still couldn't defeat him when he should have been defeated.
Liu Bei and Dou Jiande still didn't believe it. They were huddled in the city. Even if Chi You was able to fight, would he still be able to fly up the city wall?
Not only Chi You, but also the famous generals in the opposing army were closely watched. As long as they dared to approach the city wall, they would be attacked by crossbowmen.
Therefore, compared with the various exciting duels in Jingnan, Qingzhou was extremely monotonous. Liu Bei and Dou Jiande were huddled in various cities, and Yuan Shao and Chi You had nothing to do.
Yuan Xi, Xu You, and Yan Keqiu of the Yellow Turban and other counselors of the Yuan Army have all devised many strategies to lure Lao Liu and Lao Dou out of the cities.
However, there are only a few counselors out there, so how can they fall into the opponent's plans so easily?
On Dou Jiande's side, there are Su Qin, Shi Bo, Ling Jing, and on Liu Bei's side there are even more, Liu Xuanchu, Liu Wenjing, Liu Yong, Shen Buhai, Gan Pan, Gan Luo, Gan Mao, Zhu Wu, Wu Yong, Jian Yong, etc.
How can it be so easy to get plotted when a large number of people come down and check each other's deficiencies?
Every time, even if Dou Jiande or Liu Bei thought they saw a fighter opportunity and thought they had a chance to counterattack, there would always be a counselor who stood up and poured cold water on them, and in the end it was nothing.
Therefore, after nearly a year of fighting here in Qingzhou, although Yuan Shao and Chi You each gained something, they were just some scraps, which were far worse than they had previously expected.
Moreover, the bandits on the Taihang Mountains came down to plunder every few days, and the situation in Youzhou was constantly changing. These attracted too much energy from Yuan Shao, and it was impossible for Yuan Shao to attack Qingzhou with all his strength.
Even Gongsun Shu, who was defeated by Yuan Shao, appeared among the robbers in Taihang Mountain.
At first, after Gongsun Shu was defeated all the way, he fled north. He originally wanted to find a prince to seek refuge with. However, there were two princes in the north, Qin Zheng and Liu Bang, and he was temporarily unable to decide which one to choose.
On the other hand, he was a prince after all. Although he was defeated by Yuan Shao in just a few days, he still had some scruples about joining other princes as a prince.
Coincidentally, at this time, a group of Taihang mountain bandits came to rob him regardless of life or death, but this gave Gongsun Shu some other thoughts.
In the Taihang Mountains, bandits from the three states of Hebei are concentrated here. There are at least hundreds of bands of large and small bandits. The stronger ones have thousands of people, and the weaker ones have about a hundred or so people.
, even if some of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, but if these people are gathered together, maybe tens of thousands of them can be gathered.
If he could unify all the bandits in the Taihang Mountains, it might be an opportunity for him to make a comeback.
Moreover, with so many people in hand, even if you really want to find a prince to take refuge in the future, you will have more weight in your hand, and you will get more benefits and status.
Therefore, Gongsun Shu temporarily gave up the idea of finding a prince to seek refuge with, and instead began to act as his mountain king.
Being harassed endlessly by bandits, and Gongsun Shu, his former enemy, also appeared again, completely strengthened Yuan Shao's determination to suppress the bandits. Now, Yuan Shao paid even more attention to Qingzhou.
not enough.
As a result, several forces have been fighting each other for nearly a year, but the battle has always been tepid, and the delicious food in the eyes of Chi You and Yuan Shao has become a piece of tasteless food.
The most important thing is that their respective armies are exhausted after continuous battles and are no longer suitable to continue fighting for such a long time.
Compared with Qingzhou, the situation in Youzhou is much more exciting. Han Xin's first step of the plan was implemented very smoothly, attacking Li Tang openly, attacking Yuyang secretly, and finally conquering Yuyang in a battle.
But the next step was more difficult. Liu Bang, who was completely alert after losing Yuyang, took Le Yi as his general and commanded all his troops to resist Qin Ji and Zhang Han.
Le Yi is also a god-level commander, and it is not difficult to fight against Qin Ji and Zhang Han on his own. With Le Yi personally taking charge of the defense of Guangyang County, the defense everywhere can be said to be almost airtight.
On the battlefield where the two parties fought, Chong Heihu and Xia Yu, Du Hui and Cheng Jing, Tian Zaibiao and Ruan Wengzhong, the battle between these three groups was exciting.
However, in the subsequent battles, Qin Gou fully demonstrated his power as the most powerful general of the Qin clan. Even when he single-handedly faced off against the enemies Du Hui and Chong Heihu, he still had the upper hand.
In the battle between the fierce generals, there was still a lot of back and forth at the beginning, but after Qin Gou made his move, Liu Bang was beaten and complained endlessly.
In fact, Han Xin's original idea was to avoid Le Yi's main force and attack the southern part of Guangyang County, and then attack Zhuo County westward.
In this way, Liu Bang was trapped in the northwest of Youzhou. They could continue to attack Liu Bang if they went west or north. If they went south, when the time came, they could attack Jizhou, the largest state in Hebei.
Among the four states in Hebei, Jizhou is the most important. Its geographical location is reasonable, and its population, money and food are among the best in the world. Only by finding an opportunity to capture this place can we achieve a true hegemony.
However, no matter how good Han Xin's idea is, he is not the commander of this army after all, and he does not have the final say on how to fight.
Compared with attacking the southern part of Guangyang County, Qin Ji was more interested in attacking the northern part of Guangyang County, where Liu Bang's administrative seat, Jixian County, was located. And this place naturally became a place that Le Yi had to guard and defend to the death.
Therefore, although Qin Ji and Zhang Han jointly launched offensives here, they were still beaten back by Le Yi again and again.
After these two people lost one after another, they began to seriously reconsider Han Xin's suggestion, but at this time, Liu Bang had been given enough preparation time.
In the end, although the southern part of Guangyang County was captured, Zhuo County did not win the full victory and only captured the small half to the east.