It's just that Yuan Shu thought things too simply. It is true that Sun Jian never disobeyed Yuan Shu's orders because of his kindness back then, even in a major event like the crusade against Dong Zhuo, which would involve his family and life if he failed. But after the battle against Dong Zhuo,

Later, Mr. Sun Jian

Even though they recognized Yuan Shu's true face, they still did not break up on the surface, but privately they no longer listened to Yuan Shu's words. They broke away from Yuan Shu's camp and just had to go to war. What Yuan Shu didn't know was that Sun Jian had already sent troops in the Lujiang area.

Stand ready.

Liu Biao on the other side broke with Sun Jian because he followed Yuan Shu's secret order to attack Sun Jian. Now he has nothing to do with Yuan Shu. After a year of development, he has grown in power and has become a powerful force that cannot be easily annexed.

And Wancheng's

Liu Bei has long since broken free from Yuan Shu's reins. Even the generals under Yuan Shu have lost their ability to restrain Liu Bei and have joined Liu Bei's account. Yuan Shu is now almost a bare commander, but the power under Yuan Shu will still make these forces

Feel threatened.

The forces in the Central Plains are almost finalized into a situation where the three forces of Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and Kong Rong restrict each other in the common defense system. In the north, the balance of victory has completely tilted towards Yuan Shao.

In the winter of 192, the raging cold winter had covered the entire Hebei region, and it was getting colder as you went north. This situation was very bad news for the Gongsun family alliance, which was in a stalemate with Yuan Shao. Because there was interference from foreign tribes behind them.

After a series of battles, the Gongsun family alliance has become a little reluctant, and the operation of the entire force seems to be somewhat inadequate.

Because of the extremely cold weather, and because almost all the stored food was used as military rations during the war, the people in the base area of ​​Peiping were already complaining, but the situation here is much better than that of Jicheng and Xiangping. Xiangping

On the one hand, it belongs to another

Gongsun Du of the Gongsun family sent his most elite troops to support Gongsun Zan's main force in the decisive battle with Yuan Shao. On the one hand, Xiangping had to deal with the bandits running rampant in the territory and to fight against the hordes of foreigners. There were almost no

In times of peace, one hundred

The people were living in dire straits. Although Jicheng had been captured by Gongsun Zan, and troops who had always been loyal to him were sent to guard the place to help maintain security and fight against the foreigners, the people there had no food, no clothing, no warmth.

Let the common people cherish endlessly

They loved the days when Liu Yu ruled them. They also thought about rioting, but those who wanted to start a riot were suppressed by Gongsun Zan's sergeants, and there was no resistance at all, not to mention that Gongsun Zan's main force was in Jicheng

nearby.

On the other side, Wang Kuang, the former prefect of Hanoi, had withdrawn his troops to support Jinyang under the pressure of Yuan Shao's partial division, leaving only a small number of troops to guard half of Hanoi. At this time, the prefect of Jinyang Zhang Yang had also led the entire army to actively prepare for war.

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, Gongsun Zan also sent his younger brother Gongsun Yue to lead five thousand Yanji cavalry to support. The three troops temporarily eased the differences between different forces and jointly resisted the pressure from Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan's main force was also fully prepared to attack the plains and fight Yuan Shao decisively.

Yuan Shao was not as tense as Gongsun Zan seemed. He simply sent his eldest son Yuan Tan, his nephew Gao Gan, and 10,000 troops out of the plain to prepare for a decisive battle with Gongsun Zan. On the other side, he sent generals Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead their troops.
Chapter completed!