In the spring and March of the second year of Jian 'an, Li Tianxing used Zhou Yu's plan to defeat Yuan Shu in Huainan. Yuan Gonglu lost 150,000 troops and dozens of generals such as Zhang Xun, Liang Gang and Lei Bo. Chen Ji and Li Feng surrendered and lost most of Huainan. He only took a few thousand soldiers across the Huai River and fled to Hebei to join Yuan Shao. This battle caused Li Feng's name to shake the world, and all the vassals looked at him in a new light.
In Huainan City, Li Feng was discussing the matter of pursuing Yuan Shu.
Chen Deng said," My lord, you should immediately order people to hunt down Yuan Shu. If he escapes to Hebei, the strength of the two Yuan brothers will increase greatly. I'm afraid they will become our great enemy in the future."”
Dian Wei immediately rushed out and said,""My lord, let me go. I promise to bring Yuan Shu's head to you.”
Li Feng waved his hand and said," I've already occupied the land. There's no need to force me. Besides, there's no need to chase after a desperate enemy. Yuan Shu has already suffered a great loss after this battle. What's the use of only a few thousand soldiers?"”
When Chen Gong heard this, he was about to leave the office to remonstrate when Zhou Yu tugged at his sleeve and shook his head slightly, so he did not say anything.
Seeing that Chen Gong and Zhou Yu didn't say anything, everyone fell silent.
After the meeting ended, Chen Gong and Zhou Yu walked out of the tent. Chen Gong pulled Zhou Yu to the side and said,""Why did Gongjin stop me from remonstrating with my lord just now? If we don't kill Yuan Shuqi, we won't let the tiger return to the mountain?"
Zhou Yu patted Chen Gong's shoulder and said with a smile,""Gongtai is so unwise. How can you not see my lord's heart? Yuan Gonglu was a walking corpse, and now his vitality was greatly damaged. How could he make a comeback? This was not within the lord's consideration at all. If you let him go, not only can you show your reputation of benevolence and righteousness, but also when he goes to Yuan Shao's place, a mountain can accommodate two tigers, and two tigers fight each other, one of them will be injured. This is the lord's favor. Haha."
Realization dawned on Chen Gong, and he couldn't help but laugh.
Huainan had been pacified. Li Feng was afraid that Xuzhou would be empty, so he left Zhang Liao and Chen Gong to guard Huainan. He led his army back to Xuzhou.
When the people of Xuzhou heard that Li Feng had won a great victory and returned, they supported each other and went out of the city to welcome him. For a moment, the streets were empty.
Not long after he returned to Xu Prefecture, Sun Qian, who was in charge of intelligence, reported two major events to him. One was that Cao Cao had successfully seized the emperor's capital, Xuchang, and Guanzhong had been settled. The other was the death of Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and Liu Bei became the prefect of Beiping. Li Feng was very clear about the outcome of the first matter, but the second matter shocked him quite a bit. Liu Bei was an ambitious person. Although he did not occupy Xuzhou like in history, he still obtained Beiping. If he had a better strategist, Yuan Shao would not be his match at all. Fortunately, he did not have Zhuge Liang. Thinking of this, Li Feng could not help but feel a trace of comfort in his heart. Li Feng asked about Gongsun Zan's death.
It turned out that Gongsun Zan had sent troops to Jizhou for revenge against Liu Bei and others for the incident in Yizhou and the murder of his brother. As a result, he had fallen into the trap of Ju Shou and was surrounded by Yuan Shao's army at Renqiu. He was seriously injured and rescued by Liu Guanzhang. However, he still died and handed Peiping over to Liu Bei before he died.
At this moment, in Xuchang City, Cao Cao, who had just captured Guanzhong and welcomed the emperor back, was discussing with his officials. Cao Cao was sitting on it with a worried expression. Beside him was his number one general, Hu Chi Xu Chu.
At this moment, Cao Cao said in a low voice,""Everyone has worked hard to bring back the emperor this time. In the future, we can use the emperor to command the vassals. This is very powerful for us. However, Li Tianxing has Xuzhou under his control, and now he has taken over Huainan. In the future, we will have a strong enemy. I want to send a victorious army to attack Xuzhou. What do you think?”As he spoke, he looked at his chief strategist Guo Jia.
Guo Jia said," I don't think it's the right time to attack. Li Tianxing's army has already taken Huainan and returned to Xuzhou. If we attack Xuzhou now, the number of victories will be difficult to predict. Besides, Guanzhong has not been pacified, Li and Guo have not died, and the emperor has just arrived here. The vassals of all walks of life are eyeing you like tigers eyeing their prey. You can't stay away from them at this time.”
"Then what do you think we should do?" Cao Cao asked. Don't tell me we're just waiting for him to grow bigger?"
Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and said,"In my humble opinion, my lord's current strength is not enough to destroy Li Feng." Li Feng is famous for his benevolence and righteousness. His advisors are as many as clouds. If you attack him, one of the two tigers will be injured in the fight. I'm afraid others will catch the fisherman. Our army should stabilize Guanzhong, defend Xuchang, and then attack Wancheng to eliminate worries in the future. Then, when Yuan Shao and Liu Bei were both injured, they sent troops to the north to pacify the north. Finally, he led the northern army south again, then Li Feng and other people are not worth worrying about.“
Cao Cao's words to Guo Jia were like a cloud being lifted to see the blue sky. He said happily,""Feng Xiaozhen was given to me by the heavens. After saying that, he laughed again.
"My lord, you praise me too much," Guo Jia said modestly. Now, my lord, you should make friends with Li Feng so that you can calmly pacify the north.”
Cao Cao thought for a moment and said,"Then let Li Feng be the general of the Eastern Town and the governor of Xuzhou." I'll deal with him after I pacify the north. Liu Bei was also appointed General of North and Governor of Beiping, and he was sent to fight Yuan Shao.”
A few days later, the imperial court's appointment arrived. Li Feng knew that this was Cao Cao's intention, but he couldn't embarrass himself now. The other party was now using the emperor to command the vassals, and his current strength was not enough to compete with Cao Cao, so Li Feng accepted this appointment.
At this time, the news from Hebei also came. Yuan Shu had successfully escaped to Hebei. The two Yuan had joined forces. Although their forces had increased, Yuan Shao did not give Yuan Shu too much military power. This caused Yuan Shu's dissatisfaction, and the friction between the two continued. As for the people in his territory, because both of them were from the Yuan Clan, their supporters were divided into two factions, causing the Yuan Clan's internal conflicts to be serious and their strength to be greatly reduced.
Liu Bei, who was in charge of Beiping, was reorganizing his army. He had Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as generals, Tian Yu as the military advisor, Gongsun Zan's old generals Wang Men, Shan Jing, Guan Jing, Jian Yong, and other civil officials. His power was also slowly developing. The White Horse Cavalry left behind after Gongsun Zan's death could not be underestimated. Although their strength was not as good as Yuan Shao's, Yuan Shao would not be able to destroy Liu Bei as easily as Gongsun Zan.
The situation in the north became a little complicated, and the outcome was unpredictable.
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