Chapter 260(2/2)
"Yan Liang, we have failed. It is better to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. I heard that a good minister chooses his master, and a good bird chooses his wood. The two of us will join forces and dominate the world again."
Wen Chou arrived with his troops. After he took refuge with Qin Kai, he recognized Qin Kai as his master and in turn persuaded Yan Liang to surrender.
Gao Lan betrayed Yuan Shao, and in addition to Li Ru, Zhang He also lobbied for him.
Qin Kai took advantage of the interpersonal relationships among the generals in Yuan Shao's power to recruit these generals and counselors one by one.
"Wen Chou, how could you betray my lord!"
Yan Liang is more loyal than Wen Chou. In this case, it seems that the loyalty is not enough to recruit.
"Capture him first!"
Qin Kai knew that he could not directly persuade Yan Liang to surrender, so he would try to capture Yan Liang alive first, and then talk.
Anyway, it falls into the hands of Qin Kai, and under the premise of Wen Chou surrendering, Yan Liang will surrender sooner or later.
"A hundred birds pay homage to the phoenix!"
"Liuhe marksmanship!"
"A prairie fire!"
Zhao Yun, Yang Zaixing, and Qin Kai used military skills at the same time to attack Yan Liang.
Yan Liang was severely injured in front of powerful military skills. Finally, his physical strength was exhausted. The sword in his hand was shot away by Yang Zaixing.
"Domineering seal!"
Fuhao replenished her military skills and blocked Yan Liang's force, reducing Yan Liang's force to 60.
This kind of force can be guarded by an ordinary general.
"Yan Liang has been captured without mercy. If you still resist, we will be killed without mercy!"
Qin Kai mentioned Yan Liang and shocked Sergeant Yuan Shao who was crowded near the teleportation array.
"General Yan, who was the bravest of all three armies, was actually captured alive..."
"And General Wen Chou surrendered!"
"I'm waiting for you!"
The surrounding sergeants of Yuan Shao saw that Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the two most powerful generals of Yuan Shao, were either captured or surrendered. Their morale was in great confusion. They abandoned their weapons and surrendered to Qin Kai who had invaded Liyang City.
"Death to those who resist!"
A general from Yuan Shao's power wanted to resist, but was killed by Huang Feihu riding a five-color sacred bull.
At this point, Yuan Shaojun in Liyang City completely collapsed.
Liyang City fell into the hands of Qin Kai.
Having this bridgehead to attack Yanzhou also means that the territory north of the Yellow River belongs to Qin Kai.
"Yuan Wei, Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Ju Shou, Tian Feng and other senior officials of the Yuan family and counselors escaped through the teleportation array in advance. They probably went to Cao Cao's territory."
"Xu You, Wu Sangui and others are missing."
"Chun Yuqiong, the general of the Yuan army who was in charge of the logistics, immediately went to defect to Cao Cao after learning that the front line was unfavorable."
"On the other hand, the guards like Yan Liang, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang who were delaying the battle were overtaken by us and captured by us."
Xun You, Guo Jia and other counselors counted the results of the battle.
In the Battle of Jieqiao, Qin Kai suffered huge casualties in order to storm Jieqiao, and then turned it into a great victory, capturing hundreds of thousands of Yuan Shao's troops in one fell swoop.
The subordinates of Yuan Shao's forces who captured the most prisoners this time were the generals.
There is no other way. These generals charge at the front. Once defeated, they are responsible for breaking up the rear, covering the lord, and the counselors retreating.
Yuan Shao lost four powerful generals in one fell swoop: Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan. In addition to the losses of middle and lower-level generals such as Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu, Ma Yan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang, Yuan Shao's power was completely destroyed.
Even if Yuan Shao takes away a group of counselors, without enough generals, it will be difficult to implement the counselors' strategies.
This is equivalent to Guan Yu. After Liu Bei lost the elite troops of Shu Han, Zhuge Liang no longer had enough troops and generals to realize the "Longzhong Duel".
The current power of Yuan Shao may be reduced to the situation where "Yuan Shao has no generals and Yuan Tan is the vanguard".
"The biggest result is the annexation of Jizhou, followed by the conquest of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei, and finally the battle of Jieqiao with event rewards."
Although the process of this decisive battle on the boundary bridge was difficult, Qin Kai fought for nine consecutive days, and his body was exhausted. Fortunately, the victory was fruitful, and Qin Kai's efforts were not in vain.
In Xiapi City, Yuan Shao led his troops and teleported directly to the city controlled by Cao Cao to meet with Cao Cao.
It is impossible for Cao Cao to open the cities in the rear to Yuan Shao, otherwise what would happen if he occupied the magpie nest?
It’s not like Yuan Shao didn’t have a similar dark history.
Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, was killed because Yuan Shao occupied the magpie nest.
So Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao and others to teleport to Xiapi, a city on the front line, and asked Yuan Shao to help him deal with Yuan Shu.
"It's a pity that I am tied up in Xuzhou, otherwise I could personally lead the troops north to support you at Benchu."
Seeing Yuan Shao's downfall, Cao Cao felt a little gloating, but when he thought that if he was defeated by Qin Kai, his fate would not be much better than Yuan Shao's, he couldn't help but feel sad.
"Mengde, give me a place to recruit troops and horses. I plan to issue a proclamation to call on all the princes in the world to attack Qin Kai!"
Yuan Shao was furious.
He still has one chance to make a comeback, and that is to imitate the heroes of Guandong in attacking Dong Zhuo and launch the second Eighteen Route Princes!
"oh?"
Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
Although Yuan Shao was defeated miserably, the reputation of the Yuan family in Runan remained.
If Qin Kai grows in power in the north and supports the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, becoming a powerful official, equivalent to Dong Zhuo's second, then Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will have the opportunity to mobilize all the heroes of the world again to form a coalition to conquer Qin.
"It's just that it's not easy to convince the princes of the world to join the war."
Cao Cao knew that not all princes had issues with Qin Kai.
In the Battle of Jieqiao, Sun Jian and Liu Biao only sent a few soldiers and horses to participate in the battle. Princes such as Liu Yan of Yizhou, Lu Bu of Guanzhong, and Ma Teng of Liangzhou did not participate.
Yuan Shu and other princes even joined Qin Kai's camp.
Jushou said: "In the previous battle at Jieqiao, the outcome was unpredictable, and many princes were still waiting to see the situation. But now that Qin Kai has occupied Youzhou and Jizhou, it is bound to expand wildly. The other princes are frightened and will not ignore it."
"Indeed."
Cao Cao thought about it carefully, Qin Kai's expansion was like a sharp knife hanging above Cao Cao's power, and Cao Cao was restless from then on.
Qin Kai's power was even stronger than Dong Zhuo's.
"I will assign counselors to lobby the princes from all over the world, and together we will accomplish something."
Yuan Shao expressed his decision.
Chapter completed!