In the spring of the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Ying gave birth to a daughter for Zhou You. Since then, besides Zhou Ying, Zhou You has had three sons and four daughters in this world, but the oldest of these children was only three years old.

Zhou You's descendants were prosperous, and the civil and military men under his command were naturally happy. In their view, this was a symbol of God's blessing on Zhou You! And Zhou You was also very happy because of the birth of his little girl, and soon he even brought his wives, concubines, and children with him.

Travel for youth hunting.

It was this spring outing that made some people think it was a good time, and actually ambush Zhou You in the forest, intending to kill him.

All of this was naturally Zhou You's plan to lure the snake out of the cave. Cao Cao, who had secretly planned with those officials who were loyal to the Han Dynasty, in order to avoid Zhou You's excuse to kill him, and also to show his loyalty, Cao Cao took the initiative to block a poisonous arrow for Zhou You.

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Of course, there are two famous doctors at that time, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, who are now running medical schools in Xiangyang, so it is no problem for Cao Cao.

But in order to protect himself, he actually took the risk to block the poisonous arrow, which made Zhou You feel a little emotional, Cao Cao, he really deserves to be Cao Cao! He is cruel to his enemies, but even more cruel to himself! In this troubled world, no one can

It’s hard to stand up if you’re ruthless!

Just like Zhou You wanted to lure out and kill the courtiers who were die-hard loyal to the Han Dynasty this time, if they are not dealt with, there will be endless troubles in the future. They will cause greater troubles and kill more people! They seem to be loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Zhou You's actions may eventually force Zhou You to kill Liu Xie.

However, Zhou You never thought about killing Liu Xie, because there was no need! Historically, neither Cao Cao nor Cao Pi killed Liu Xie. Doesn't Zhou You still have the ambition of their father and son? If killing Liu Xie can stabilize the country, then

This means that the mountains and rivers obtained by traveling around are not what everyone expects. They are simply not stable!

So in the end, some foolish and loyal idiots still need to die. If they can't see the situation clearly, they will only become as corrupt as their loyal Han Dynasty.

Because these people planned to assassinate Zhou You, when Zhou You ransacked their homes, no one could raise any objections. Instead, they all said that Zhou You was tolerant and merciful, because Zhou You only killed the culprits and did not involve any large-scale involvement. Some of the accomplices were just

Their property was confiscated and they were sent into exile.

A few days later, news came from Guanzhong that Zhou Guanfu and others had defeated Ma Teng and Han Sui. Ma Teng and Han Sui were convinced and chose to surrender. The news that Xiliang was completely recovered also made Zhou You realize that he would fight Yuan Shao and dominate the world.

The time has come.

Two months later, in the early summer of the fifth year of Jian'an, in May of 197 AD, Zhou You officially took the oath of war in Xiangyang, gathering 450,000 elite troops from Jing, Yi, Yang, Xu, Yu, Qing, Yan and other states to go north to attack Yuan Shao.

There are 80,000 cavalry, 230,000 infantry, 140,000 navy, plus Zhou Guanfu, Li Jue, Guo Si, etc., as well as 150,000 elite Xiliang cavalry under Ma Teng and Han Sui, for a total of 600,000 elite troops.

Zhou You personally took command and divided his troops into three groups. He led the Chinese army to pass through Yuzhou and arrive at PY City, East County of Yanzhou, where they would meet up with Lu Bu and Chen Gong.

With Zhou Guanfu as the commander-in-chief of the left route army and Hu Jinghui as the deputy commander, he led Li Jue, Guo Si, Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and other generals, as well as Ma Teng and his son, Han Sui and Weng's son-in-law and other elite Xiliang soldiers into Hanoi, and forced the annexation of the state.

With Wenpin as the commander-in-chief of the right route army and Cai Mao as the commander-in-chief of the navy, they led Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Gan Ning and other young generals to attack Jizhou from Qingzhou from both land and water directions, and launched a surprise attack on Youzhou.

Yuan Shao did not expect that Zhou You would divide his troops to attack in three directions. This was clearly bullying his lack of troops! Moreover, since Zhou You dared to divide his troops and fight, he was obviously confident and confident that the three directions would advance together and break into his Jizhou, Bingzhou and even Gongsun Zan's Youzhou.

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This put Yuan Shao under a lot of pressure, especially since Zhou Yafu had just defeated Xiliang and won a great victory. You can imagine his sharpness! With the elite Xiliang cavalry, they could almost sweep Bingzhou.

And PY's Chinese army, commanded by Zhou You personally, also has Lu Bu, the most brave general in the world. The Chinese army is undoubtedly Zhou You's main force.

On the contrary, Wenpin, Cai Hao and others had only adopted a defensive strategy in Qingzhou to train the navy. However, Yuan Shao and his civil servants and generals did not pay much attention to it and only regarded it as a traveling auxiliary force.

After discussing with his counselors, and on Xu You's suggestion, Yuan Shao finally chose to attack the main force and engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the traveling Chinese army. As for Bingzhou, he focused on defense. Anyway, Zhou Yafu

His subordinates are mainly cavalry, so they should not be good at attacking cities.

According to Yuan Shao's investigation, the main force of Zhou You's Chinese army seems to be less than 300,000, but he has used Jizhou and Bingzhou to draw up an army of 400,000, and he feels that he can still fight Zhou You. As long as he can defeat Zhou You's Zhong,

If the army is the main force, then there is hope for a comeback.

In mid-May, before he led his troops to PY, Zhou You had already ordered Lu Bu to lead his troops across the river. With the help of firearms, he quickly captured Liyang, an important town in the south of Jizhou. Then his subordinate Zhang Liao quickly captured Yanjin, making him

Zhou You's army established a foothold in the southern part of Jizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Therefore, when Yuan Shao led an army of 400,000 to the south, the main force of the traveling Chinese army crossed the river and came to Yanjin to station, where they confronted Yuan Shao on the Yanjin and Liyang lines.

Naturally, the confrontation between the two sides was inevitable. The vanguard led by Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang first faced off against the vanguard led by Lu Bu. Lu Bu killed Yan Liang on the spot and killed Yan Liang's vanguard in one go.

It can be said that Yuan Shao was at a disadvantage from the beginning of this war. Yuan's army was demoralized first, while Zhou's army was at its peak and had an unstoppable momentum.

Such a situation made Yuan Shao feel a little at a loss. Fortunately, Liu Bei, who had now taken refuge in him, took the initiative to ask for a battle and led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to fight against Lu Bu.

When Zhou You and his army arrived, they happened to encounter a wonderful battle between the Three Heroes and Lu Bu. Moreover, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun teamed up to fight against Lu Bu. Even with Lu Bu's bravery, he could not face these three top warriors in the world.

, also fell into a disadvantage, and it was very difficult to deal with it.

"Ming Jin, let General Lu come back!" After watching for a moment, he saw that Lu Bu was having more and more difficulty in dealing with it. Looking at the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, it was obvious that Yuan Shao's main force was coming, so Zhou You ordered Chen Gong.

Chen Gong also hurriedly asked people to ring gold. Lu Bu, who heard the sound of ringing gold, couldn't help but ask Guan Yu and the others to entangle him. He quickly returned to the formation with the speed of the red rabbit horse. He saluted Zhou You respectfully on horseback and shouted:

"Prime Minister! Those three Yuan Jun generals..."

"I saw it! They may not be your opponent Fengxian alone, but if the three of them join forces, even Fengxian can't handle it." Seeing Lu Bu sweating profusely and looking a little breathless, Zhou You couldn't help but said: "

I really didn’t expect that Yuan Shao would have three such powerful generals under his command!”

Lu Bu continued: "Prime Minister, they are not Yuan Shao's people, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two sworn brothers of the former Pingyuan Commandery Liu Bei. As for the young white-robed general, he is a general under Gongsun Zan."

"Liu Bei... huh, this man claims to be a descendant of the Han Dynasty, but he is collaborating with rebellious people like Yuan Shao. He seems to be an ambitious person," Zhou You said with a cold snort, and then said: "Get ready, wait.

The decisive battle will come soon. The main forces of the two armies are fighting, but it takes three or two tiger generals to reverse the situation and decide the outcome. Since Yuan Shao wants to fight us in a decisive battle, let's use this battle to decide the outcome and let him lose.
Chapter completed!