Two days later, Yuan Shao led the remnants of his troops and finally arrived at Bohai Prefecture's administrative center, Nanpi City. It had only been less than 20 days since he led his troops to attack Pingyuan Prefecture. However, there were only 16000 people left out of the original 100,000 plus troops. Moreover, all of them looked dejected.
"Guo Jia, do you know your crime?" Two hours after Yuan Shao arrived at Nanpi City, he immediately gathered a group of strategists and generals for a meeting. At this time, a few of his trusted generals had already learned of Yuan Shao's experience. The moment the meeting began, Xun Chen stood out from the crowd and pointed the spearhead at Guo Jia, who was standing at the bottom of the table.
As one of the earliest strategists to follow Yuan Shao, Xun Chen understood Yuan Shao's temperament very well. The reason he targeted Guo Jia was, of course, to give Yuan Shao a way out and save Yuan Shao's face.
Of course, Xun Chen also wanted to find a scapegoat to restore the morale of Yuan Shao's troops. After all, Guo Jia looked like a young boy in his twenties. Using him to help Yuan Shao get out of this predicament was the most appropriate choice.
"I heard that it was this boy who came up with the wrong idea that caused the governor's defeat …"
"Yes, the governor has already surrounded Pingyuan City for half a month. If this drags on for another two days, the guards in the city will collapse on their own …"
"This boy should be punished severely!"
“.....”
As soon as Xun Chen spoke, Yuan Shao's subordinates all agreed. These people were all familiar with Yuan Shao's temperament. Most of them had the same thought as Xun Chen. They wanted to find a scapegoat for Yuan Shao's failure so as to not embarrass Yuan Shao.
Guo Jia was stunned by this situation. Although Guo Jia had seen through Yuan Shao's temperament before this, he still had some doubts. Before this, he had mentally prepared himself to explain to Yuan Shao and take the initiative to apologize. However, that was only due to etiquette as a subordinate to his superior. Guo Jia didn't think that it was his strategy that caused Yuan Shao's failure.
After all, Guo Jia was well aware of the situation Yuan Shao was in at that time. If he hadn't appeared in time, Yuan Shao would have been defeated even more miserably. After he arrived at Yuan Shao's camp, he first saw through the deliberate weakness of the defenders on the plains. After that, he helped Yuan Shao block some of the losses caused by the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain. In the end, he even persuaded Yuan Shao to make up his mind to retreat. It could even be said that he had directly saved him from danger!
The only thing was that the opponents were also very strong. Although Guo Jia had come up with several good strategies for Yuan Shao, he was still able to defeat Yuan Shao. However, most of them were seen through by the opponent and dealt with in time. This was also the main reason why Yuan Shao was defeated in the end.
Therefore, to a certain extent, although Guo Jia was a direct participant in Yuan Shao's defeat, he had also minimized Yuan Shao's losses. Yuan Shao himself was probably more aware of this point. It was just that Yuan Shao was too affected by the outcome of the battle.
"Guo Jia, how do you think I should deal with this matter?"
Although everyone present wanted to punish Guo Jia, Guo Jia was only surprised at the beginning. After that, he returned to his usual calm appearance. This scene naturally made Yuan Shao feel even more uncomfortable. Therefore, Yuan Shao directly asked.
Yuan Shao's question undoubtedly confirmed his attitude of blaming Guo Jia, which made Guo Jia's heart turn cold. He originally had a glimmer of hope for Yuan Shao, but from now on, he had completely given up on Yuan Shao.
"Guo Jia admits that he was wrong. Please punish him as you wish."
After all, Guo Jia was only about 20 years old at this time. After being criticized by Yuan Shao and his subordinates, even if he still maintained a calm expression on the surface, in fact, his heart was churning violently. Intentionally or unintentionally, he also showed some of his nature.
"You! You … "
After hearing Guo Jia's words, Yuan Shao suddenly became even angrier. He originally thought that Guo Jia would admit his mistake and beg for mercy, but he didn't expect that Guo Jia had no intention of begging for mercy. This made Yuan Shao feel embarrassed.
"Arrogant!"
"This kind of crazy person should be punished severely …"
“.....”
After Guo Jia finally spoke, it immediately caused a wave of anger from Yuan Shao's advisors and generals. They all suggested that Yuan Shao punish Guo Jia.
"Put him in jail for now. We will punish him later!"
Yuan Shao said with disgust as he looked at Guo Jia angrily.
"Go! Hurry! "
After receiving Yuan Shao's orders, two guards from the two sides of the hall immediately walked out, pushing and shoving Guo Jia away, directly throwing him into the Death Prison.
If it was a normal game process, this scene shouldn't have happened. However, it was precisely because of Yang Rui's rise in Qingzhou that Guo Jia's situation changed. This was something that Yang Rui would never have thought …
~~~~~
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
“.....”
At this moment, at the foot of East Peace City, the tens of thousands of soldiers that Yan Liang and Wen Chou had brought over were still attacking the city incessantly. This siege had already lasted for two days, but they were still unable to take down the seemingly weak East Peace City!
Yan Liang and Wen Chou stood outside the south gate of East Peace City. Both of them felt helpless. If it weren't for the fact that all of their soldiers were cavalry, they would have already thrown themselves into the siege battle. Unfortunately, cavalry couldn't do much in a siege battle. Thus, Yan Liang and Wen Chou could only wait.
However, what made Yan Liang and Wen Chou rather excited was the news that a cavalry scout had just sent over, saying that Hejian Wencheng's Han Fu had already sent over tens of thousands of soldiers to reinforce Eastern Ping Shu City. They would arrive in about a day's time. In this way, the two of them would not be too bored.
For Yan Liang, Wen Chou and their 40000 Sixth Grade Hebei Cavalry, Han Fu's tens of thousands of reinforcements were like food on a platter. It was a good opportunity for the cavalry that hadn't been able to kill any enemies for the past month to get some exercise.
"Reporting to the two generals, the Governor's army has suffered a setback in Pingyuan County. I summon the two generals to temporarily retreat to South Skin City …"
Just as Yan Liang and Wen Chou were about to launch a powerful attack against Han Fu's reinforcements, the messenger from South Skin City brought an unexpected news. While the two were shocked, they had no choice but to immediately gather their troops and prepare to retreat to South Skin City.
"Reporting to General Han, Yuan Shao's army … Yuan Shao's army has suddenly retreated!"
Han Dai, who was in East Peace City, quickly received the news of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's retreat. She stood up abruptly and walked to the south gate. Looking at the receding tide of Yuan Shao's troops, Han Dai let out a long sigh of relief.
Even though Yuan Shao's soldiers had yet to pose a substantial threat to East Peace City, Yan Liang and Wen Chou's strength still made Han Dai very wary. If the two of them directly participated in the siege battle, no one in the city would be able to stop them!
~~~~~
After finally repelling Yuan Shao's troops in Pingyuan County and reclaiming all the lost counties, Yang Rui also let out a sigh of relief. At least in this phase of the confrontation, Yuan Shao did not gain any advantage.
Currently, Yang Rui had too many things to deal with. The two systems in Qingzhou required manpower and manpower. At the same time, he also had to actively expand his military strength. Furthermore, Yang Rui still wanted to participate in the [Dong Zhuo's Rebellion] storyline. There was also the matter of the migration of the NPC civilians in Heyin County. He did not know if they had reached Qingzhou in the past month …
However, Yuan Shao's threat still existed. While dealing with these matters, Yang Rui still needed to invest a large amount of manpower and military strength in Pingyuan County. Furthermore, it was necessary to contact Han Fu in Jizhou. As Yang Rui had angered Yuan Shao, most of the pressure had been shouldered by Qingzhou. Now, it was necessary to take advantage of the victory to urge Han Fu.
Therefore, Yang Rui first sent a messenger to Jizhou. As usual, Chen Lin drafted the document. As the previous two times did not work, this time, the document also contained some elements of coercion. It vaguely expressed that Yang Rui wanted to give up the territory north of the Yellow River and defend the Yellow River. If Yang Rui really did so, it was no different from throwing all the pressure from Yuan Shao to Han Fu.
Of course, it was impossible for Yang Rui to truly give up his territory in Pingyuan Prefecture. It was just that Yang Rui had spoken nicely to Han Fu the previous two times without receiving any response. This time, Yang Rui had vaguely expressed his dissatisfaction.
Chen Lin had put a lot of effort into this matter. The previous two documents that she had drafted did not have the desired effect. This was undoubtedly a loss of face for Chen Lin. Therefore, this time, Chen Lin was really angry about the document that she had drafted!
This was something that Yang Rui deeply felt after reading the document. He experienced what it meant to be "written condemnation". In fact, Chen Lin's related skills were in the field of verbal condemnation. Therefore, the document this time was more imposing. In other words, Chen Lin was more suitable to draft a declaration of war.
However, Yang Rui was somewhat wrong about Han Fu. In fact, when Han Fu received Yang Rui's second secret letter, he gathered the strategists and generals to discuss a more mature idea. He also sent a messenger to Pingyuan City to pass on the message. However, at that time, Pingyuan City was surrounded by Yuan Shao's troops and Yang Rui was leading the cavalry to cause a ruckus behind Bohai County. After the messenger could not pass on the message, he returned to Jizhou. However, Yang Rui and the rest did not know about this.
After recovering the various counties in the plains, it had already taken three to four days. Yang Rui was preparing to head to Qingzhou to start expanding the army first, but at this time, he unexpectedly received a secret letter from Yuan Shao's messenger!
"Yuan Benchu wants to share Jizhou with me? Is this his true intention? In my opinion, it is just a stalling tactic … "
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