As soon as the war ended, Xian Yufu retreated his troops to the north of the Giant Horse Water, set up a defensive formation, and announced that before the new Youzhou governor or Youzhou governor, Youzhou would be taken over by Youyan's guardian Xun You.
The Youyan Protector has not been officially appointed yet, and not many people know it, but Xun You is stationed in Danhan Mountain, which is a fact that both Han and Hu are aware of. Youzhou accepts Xun You's orders, which means obeying the scheduling of the court. Unless there is a
The imperial edict from the court, no one else must cross the Giant Horse Water and enter Youzhou, otherwise the war will begin.
Yuan Shao could also pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the Wuhuan people who assisted him in the battle, but the Xianbei people were panicked.
Yi Jing was broken and Gongsun Zan was destroyed. The reason for them to stay in Jizhou was gone. Once Xun You identified as an enemy, he was blocked south of the Giant Horse River and could not return north, and his hometown would become the target of Xun You's attack.
Many people resigned to Yuan Shao, and the rest were also worried and strongly opposed Yuan Shao's war with Xian Yufu.
Yuan Shao was very angry, but had no choice but to stop the army and withdraw back to Yi County for rest.
Taking this opportunity, Zhen Yao asked to see Tian Feng and asked Tian Feng to make a comment to Yuan Shao. Zhen Mi had a dream of the gods and needed to go to the Northern Mountain to worship the god Xuanwu, and the engagement had to be slowed down.
After hearing this, Tian Feng glanced at Zhen Yao. "You are panicked after hearing the news of the Emperor Xiu Tu Ze's victory?"
Zhen Yao was indeed a little panicked. If Yuan Shao knew that the news of Emperor Xiu Tu Ze's victory was spread by him, he would undoubtedly die.
He said hesitantly: "Mr. Tian Mingjian, I, Zhongshan Zhen family... I must be careful. Mr. Tian, you said... the emperor won one after another, and can the destiny of this great man... last for a while?"
Tian Feng thought about it carefully, sighed softly, and agreed. Zhongshan Zhen's mistakes were the first, and it was inevitable that he would look forward to it. He could understand such concerns. Now Yijing has been broken, and the situation in northern Hebei has stabilized.
The engagement of the family was not in a hurry.
The decision to marry the Zhen family was originally a temporary solution to win over the mighty powers in northern Hebei, but it is no longer so urgent now.
He was more willing to arrange a marriage between a large clan in southern Hebei and Yuan Xi.
Tian Feng accepted Zhen Yao's gift and agreed to make an offer to Yuan Shao and refuse the engagement for a while. However, he also reminded Zhen Yao that Yuan Xi was already an adult and now he has become a general in command. There are many people who want to marry Yuan Xi.
You Zhen missed it, but you can't blame others.
Zhen Yao was very grateful.
Yuan Shao summoned his advisers to discuss countermeasures.
There are two main questions: one is what to do with the reward after the victory? The other is to continue to advance to Youzhou or to switch to Yanyu.
Shen Pei sent messages continuously. Zhou Zhong was besieging Lujiang. He was attacked by Cao Cao and Liu Bei and could not move forward. Yan Liang, who was guarding Lujiang, fought alone. If he could not rescue, he would probably not be able to hold on for too long.
Tian Feng made a generous speech and suggested that Yuan Shao go to Yanyu.
His reason is very simple. Youzhou has the advantage of cavalry, but the others are useless. Jizhou has to support some money and food every year. Since Wuhuan and Xianbei cavalry have been included in the list, there is no need to go to war with Xun You again. It is better to stabilize the front line first.
In the Jumashui area, we first concentrated our troops to break the siege of Lujiang, defeated Yuan Shu with the momentum, and seized the entire Jianghuai area.
When the Central Plains are rich, if you take down the Central Plains, you will have enough spoils to reward the soldiers.
When Yuan Shao heard Yuan Shu's name, Yuan Shao was immediately moved.
In his opinion, the emperor was indeed a threat, but he was far away in Liangzhou and there was no direct conflict yet. Yuan Shu was a thorn in his flesh, threatening him at all times and had to be pulled out immediately.
Yuan Shao accepted Tian Feng's suggestion and announced that he would march south.
The great tribes in northern Jilin were very disappointed. First, the rewards were gone after the war, and second, Yuan Shao went south, and Jizhou would become the front line. A war could occur at any time, which would be extremely unfavorable to the resumption of production. They hoped to seize Zhuo County in one go and push the front line to Shanggu.
, In Guangyang, ensure the security of northern Hebei, and then concentrate troops to move south.
In order to appease the great tribes in northern Hebei, Yuan Shao decided to be appointed as the official title.
Ju Su tried his best to dissuade him. The court now only admitted that Yuan Shao was the prefect of Bohai. The prefect of Bohai was not qualified to be appointed as an official, nor was he qualified to be a title. Yuan Shao did this to be a rebellion openly, and the previous compromise with the court was no longer established.
How to deal with the attack on Jizhou if I am furious?
This time, Tian Feng stood opposite Ju Su.
He expressed with confidence that Liangzhou was in its inauguration, but the emperor was unable to attack Jizhou. He compromised with the court just to concentrate his troops and attack Gongsun Zan. Now that Gongsun Zan is dead, there is no need to compromise. He just took this opportunity to test it.
The confidence of the emperor.
Taking a step back, even if the emperor is angry and orders to attack Jizhou, it is not worth worrying.
The title of officials was granted to boost morale, and all the soldiers from Jizhou were enough to fight with the emperor.
Yuan Shao accepted Tian Feng's suggestion.
Ju Su was very disappointed, but he had no choice. He knew that Tian Feng was gambling, but there was no better way in Jizhou than to take a gamble.
Sure enough, after being granted more than a dozen generals and Marquis of Ting, the great tribes in northern Ji changed their minds and supported Yuan Shao to go south.
On the side of Yi Jing's ruins, Liu He stepped down his horse and stood still, motionless.
Several personal guards stood not far away, looking at each other and sighing.
After defeating Gongsun Zan, Liu He not only did not get rid of his body, but instead felt like he had lost his soul. He often came here for a long time and didn't know what he could see.
A cavalry rushed from a distance, protecting a carriage. The guards turned around and quickly recognized Yuan Tan and relaxed.
Liu He seemed to have not heard of it and remained indifferent.
The carriage arrived and followed. Yuan Tan got out of the carriage, slowly came to Liu He's side, and patted Liu He's knee.
"Gongheng, wake up. The old things are like dust and smoke. It's time for you to look forward."
Liu He slowly turned his head, looked at Yuan Tan, and smiled silently. "I am not loyal to my ministers, unfilial to my sons, and unrighteous to my friends. Do I have any future to see?"
"Gongheng, why is this? Follow me to go south. With your ability, when you arrive in the Central Plains, you will be able to unify your troops..."
"Can you?" Liu He interrupted Yuan Tan, shook the reins, and turned the horse's head.
Yuan Tan followed up with a little sad face. Liu He's question hurt him. He might not have the chance to win one alone even after following Yuan Shao, let alone Liu He.
It is precisely because of this that he needs Liu He's help even more.
Liu He is from Donghai and has an influence that cannot be underestimated in the Donghai. If Liu He is willing to follow him south, it will be helpful for him to plunder Xuzhou.
But this is just an idea, and he himself was not sure.
Unlike the ambiguity of the tribes in southern Hebei, the tribes in northern Hebei clearly support Yuan Xi. Unless he can get the support of the tribes in Yanyu and make great contributions in the war in the Central Plains, his position as his heir will be difficult to protect.
"Gongheng, I need your help."
"Do you really want me to help you?"
"certainly."
"Then you stay in Jibei and don't go to the Central Plains. Although you dare not say that you have made contributions, you will definitely be fine."
Yuan Tan smiled bitterly. "You know this is impossible."
"Then I can't help you."
"Where are you going?"
"I don't know." Liu He raised his head and looked into the distance. "Go out of the gate first and then make a decision."