Yan Liang was in a desperate situation, and even a decisive battle was an extravagant hope.
Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are more than ten miles away. Although there is no siege, there is no hope.
Yan Liang had only a few days of food and grass, but they were far away from the territory they controlled, so they could not escape.
The best way is to fight it out.
However, the enemy has strong heavy cavalry. Their morale is low. If they are broken through by heavy cavalry, the whole army will collapse.
Yan Liang is too understand, so can't choose.
Three days later, Yan Liang did not think of a better way. It was time for him to make the final choice.
In the past three days, the morale continued to be low. Yan Liang knew that if he went on, he would not need to be attacked by the enemy, and he would break up first.
"Lord, in the future, Liang can't continue to serve. Please take care." Yan Liang knelt on the ground and cried out.
At this time Yuan Shao did not hear Yan Liang's last cry, but it was not easy at all.
The information has reached him.
This is terrible news.
"Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu, I will die with you." Yuan Shao held back for a long time and then scolded him.
These days, he has gone through hell.
At the beginning, there were many successful reports. Yuan Shao was very excited when he entered youpeiping and Liaoxi county.
Even let Yan Liang lead the army alone, because the war was not very difficult, Yuan Shao wanted to use troops in other directions, so only let Yan Liang go.
Originally very smooth, even Yuan Shao thought that in a few days, Zhang Yu's power will no longer exist.
But within a few days of entering western Liaoning, the bad news came and Zhang Yu appeared.
When Zhang Yu appeared, he quickly cut off his contact with Yan Liang's army.
Yuan Shao was shocked at how Zhang Yu came back from the grassland.
At this time, he still has a chance to send troops decisively, but there are more than 250000 troops in Yan Liang's army. How can Zhang Yu eat such a huge army.
Of course, he couldn't eat it, so Yuan Shao just asked the soldiers in Yuyang county to meet him. As long as Yan Liang withdrew to Pinggu County, he would be fine.
Where to know, Zhang Yu's goal is Pinggu County.
After the capture of Pinggu County, Zhang Yu also pressed the news for a few days.
A few days later, it was too late for Yuan Shao to get the news again, but at this time, if he could send troops and horses, he could save some of them.
Yuan Shao also hopes that the soldiers in Jixian county can rescue Yan Liang. If it doesn't work, Yan Liang will come back all the way and withdraw to Yuyang county to save some soldiers.
However, Zhang Yu has lured out all the troops of Yuyang county and wiped out most of them. In this way, what Yan Liang wants to pass through is not a right Beiping County, but Yuyang county.
This problem has come. The sneak attacks along the road have made him lose a lot of food and grass.
There is also the problem of morale. The soldiers are under too much pressure.
"Lord, please send troops quickly. My subordinates are willing to help general Yan." Wenchou knelt on the ground and begged.
Yuan Shao shook his head. It was too difficult to rescue Yan Liang.
Jixian county is captured by Zhang Yu. There is information that Zhang Yu has been fortifying the fortifications there. Yuan Shao knows the defense of Jixian County, and it can't be defeated in ten days and a half months.
In addition, to rescue Yan Liang, a lot of soldiers and horses have to be deployed. Most of the soldiers and horses are stationed at the front line at this time. It's not so easy to mobilize them. Most of the mobile soldiers and horses have been sent by Yan Liang to attack Liaodong. Other soldiers and horses should not be moved lightly.
In this way, Yuan Shao did not have enough troops.
To break through Jixian County and save Yan Liang in Yuyang county is not something that can be solved by thirty or fifty thousand soldiers.
Sending 30000 or 50000 troops is no different from delivering vegetables.
Yuan Shao didn't speak. Wen Chou was worried, but there was no way.
Finally, Yuan Shao scolded Zhang Yu.
Depressed not only with Zhang Yu's enemies, but also Cao Cao.
Cao Cao issued an imperial edict to announce Zhang Yu's death.
Now that Zhang Yu is alive, he still kills all sides.
In this way, it seems that the imperial edict has no authority.
This is a blow to the authority of the imperial edict. Originally, the imperial edict had a little effect. In this way, the effect was greatly weakened, which was not good for Cao Cao.
Cao Cao held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.
Originally, Zhang Yu did not die, Cao Cao also considered, but did not expect that this time Zhang Yu not only did not die, but also strong return, the army did not lose much.
Cao Cao did not think of this situation.
Moreover, they also got information that Zhang Yu had cheated the Xiongnu and Xianbei. If this was spread, Cao Cao intended to kill the meritorious officials with the help of someone who had a heart.
In the eyes of the common people, it would be counted on the emperor Liu Xie. Liu Xie had a great influence on the people. In this way, the influence would be affected.
That's what he didn't want.
"Zhugong, Zhang Yu has returned unscathed. After this battle, he can't weaken much of his strength. He will recover soon. He must be very passive to us at that time."
Zhang Yu's Revenge psychology is so heavy that Cao Cao has learned it. This time, Zhang Yu will survive, but Zhang Yu will retaliate for his falling into the well, so he must prepare in advance.
Cheng Yu came out and said, "my Lord, I'll talk to Zhang Yu secretly. I'll do some good and expose this matter. We have a common enemy, Yuan Shao. There's no need to have a stalemate with Zhang Yu. "
Xun you came out and said, "Lord, if Zhang Yu wants revenge, he will retaliate. Don't care. His means are limited. Naturally, we can fight back. We can cooperate with Zhang Yu and never compromise."
Man Pang also came out and said: "Lord, when we associate with Zhang Yu, our interests are in the first place. Although we offend him this time, he is also a wise man. His means of revenge are limited. We don't have to pay attention to it. In the future, he will continue to cooperate with us if necessary."
Several other counsellors and generals all expressed their opinions, which were quite mixed, and Cao Cao was hard to choose.
"Zhang Yu really can't see it from a general perspective. This trip to the grassland is so dangerous that it's OK. What's more surprising is that he didn't choose to attack Xiongnu this time. Instead, he attacked Yuan Shao, which directly put Yan Liang's 200000 troops into a desperate situation. It's estimated that he will be in trouble again."
Cao Cao continued: "Zhang Yu has established an advantage in one fell swoop. I estimate that he will soon take control of Youzhou, and then we will form a north-south attack on Yuan Shao. There is a lot of room for cooperation in the future. "
When people listen to what Cao Cao said, they all know that it is reasonable and think that Cao Cao wants to compromise with Zhang Yu.
In fact, compromise is reasonable.
However, Cao Cao said: "in future cooperation, if we want to take the initiative and distribute more interests, we can't be too weak, but the relationship can't be too rigid. This compromise is necessary, but it can't give Zhang Yu any substantial benefits."
People nodded, but Cao Cao was still forward-looking and saw the changes in the future from this war.