"That's good."
Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
As long as Yuan Tan returns to Yecheng before Yang Ling, the situation will not be as ruinous as imagined.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said,
"Go down with the order and cross the river!"
"Here!"
Everyone took the order together.
Following Yuan Shao's order, the Hebei army boarded the ships again and began to withdraw to the north bank of the Yellow River in a mighty manner.
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the other side.
After days of rushing, Yuan Tan finally saw Yecheng not far ahead.
After confirming that Yecheng was safe and sound and that there were no traces of war, his tired face couldn't help but reveal a smile.
"Whoever comes, go to the city immediately and notify Meng Dai!"
After a while, Meng Dai was appointed as the supervisor by Yuan Shao. After receiving the news, Meng Dai, who was guarding Yecheng, quickly led the people in the city to come out to greet Yuan Tan and his party.
"I've met the eldest young master!"
Meng Dai bowed respectfully to Yuan Tan.
"There is no need to be polite, Supervisor Meng!"
Yuan Tan waved his hand and said with concern,
"What's the situation in the city?"
"Returning to the eldest son, after learning that Zhang He surrendered to the enemy and Mr. Gongze was defeated, I immediately ordered the city gates to be sealed and no one to be allowed in or out."
Meng Dai replied,
"Everything is fine in the city now."
A big stone in Yuan Tan's heart completely fell to the ground.
But then he frowned and asked,
"Then have you found any traces of Cao Jun?"
"No."
Meng Dai shook his head and said in confusion,
"The scouts I sent have searched all over the twenty-mile radius, but no sign of Cao Jun was found."
As soon as these words came out, Yuan Tan and Wen Chou were both stunned.
The distance from Hanoi County to Yecheng is almost the same as the distance from Baima to Yecheng.
Even if Yang Ling had no ink marks, he should have almost reached the border of Yecheng by now.
But why were no traces of them found?
"Did they know that Yecheng was too strong to be conquered, so they retreated?"
Wen Chou scratched his bald forehead and guessed.
"How can this be……"
Before Yuan Tan finished speaking, an idea flashed in his mind, and a bold idea emerged.
"Yang Ling...he went to attack father!"
"No way?"
Wen Chou was taken aback, shook his head and retorted,
"He only has a total of five thousand troops, but the Lord has hundreds of thousands of troops!"
"Yang Ling always likes to take risks and take things by surprise!"
Yuan Tan spoke quickly and authentically,
"Although my father has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, he can only transport them across the river little by little."
"Once Yang Ling seizes the opportunity and attacks his father while he is halfway across the river..."
Although he had not finished speaking, how could Wen Chou and Meng Dai, as leading generals, not know what would happen next?
The faces of the two of them instantly became very ugly!
"Meng Jianjun, immediately send someone eight hundred miles away to inform father of this matter!"
Yuan Tan shouted sharply.
"Here!"
Meng Dai knew that the matter was important and did not dare to neglect it. He immediately called for several messengers and asked them to go to inform Yuan Shao without any effort.
"General Wen Chou, you and I will return immediately!"
Yuan Tan said in a deep voice.
"My lord, you came here in a hurry and haven't rested yet. Even if you rush back, you will be exhausted."
Meng Dai said with concern.
"So what, my father is in danger, how can I just sit back and watch?"
Yuan Tan sighed and followed,
"The two of us will go to Liyang to rest first. If Yang Ling succeeds in his sneak attack, we can just meet up with our father."
"That's fine!"
Meng Dai nodded.
So Yuan Tan and Wen Chou stopped staying and ordered the army to turn around and march towards Liyang.
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"My lord, Cao Cao hasn't moved yet, so he probably won't come over. Let's cross the river, right?"
Guo Tu said with a smile.
After the warships turned back several times, 20,000 to 30,000 troops had arrived on the north shore.
Yuan Shao thought for a moment, then nodded and said,
"Okay, let's all cross the river."
The crowd gathered around Yuan Shao and boarded the warship. In a short time, they arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River.
Looking at the busy warships transporting soldiers behind him, Yuan Shao's eyes were very complicated.
Yang Ling!
One day, I will personally capture you to avenge today!
At this moment, the Hebei Army, which was originally heading towards Liyang, suddenly experienced a commotion.
"What happened?"
Yuan Shao, who was already in a bad mood, said angrily.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what happened?
After a while, Lu Xiang, who was in a panic, rolled up to Yuan Shao and shouted,
"Lord, it's bad, Cao...Cao's army is attacking!"
"What?"
Everyone, including Yuan Shao, was shocked.
"Isn't Cao Cao on the south bank? How did he attack?"
Yuan Shao didn't react at this moment, thinking that the attacking Cao army was the troops led by Cao Cao.
"My lord, it's not Cao Cao, it's Yang Ling!"
Lu Xiang said in a panic.
Yuan Shao and others were completely stunned.
Yang Ling didn't attack Yecheng, but sneaked to the Yellow River and launched an attack on them?
Yuan Shao came to his senses and smiled in anger.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! As expected of Yang Ling, he is so bold! In this case, today is the day he dies!"
"Father, Yang Ling is coming fiercely. Why don't we take shelter for now and take a boat back to the south bank to garrison?"
Yuan Xi, the second son of Yuan Shao, suggested.
"It's just Yang Ling, how can I be afraid of him?"
Yuan Shao was born in the fourth generation and the third prince. After so many years of development, he became the overlord of the four states, which can be said to be infinite scenery.
However, this time he led nearly 200,000 troops southward, but suffered defeats one after another at the hands of Yang Ling.
How could he, who had always been proud, bear this?
"I will be stationed here today to see if Yang Ling has the ability to kill me!"
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he led everyone to a hill on the shore and placed his handsome flag on it.
Soldiers from all directions gathered and surrounded Yuan Shao and others.
At this moment, Cao Jun from the front also appeared in front of Yuan Shao!
Although they were far away, Yang Ling noticed the handsome flag representing Yuan Shao at a glance.
"I didn't expect that Yuan Shao didn't escape, but I underestimated him."
Yang Ling nodded slightly, his eyes full of respect.
He is worthy of Yuan Shao who can defeat Han Fu and Gongsun Zan and fight for world domination with Cao Cao!
"So what, today is his death day!"
Gan Ning sneered, took off the cloth strip from his body, and tied the weapon and his hands tightly together.
Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong on the side did not speak, but their eyes were full of fighting spirit.
Today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
As long as Yuan Shao is captured or killed, there will be no more war in the North!
"Brothers, just say one word and that's it!"
The feather fan in Yang Ling's hand suddenly swung down.
"kill!"
Without saying too much, Cao Jun roared in unison, and then followed the four generals Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Gao Shun to rush towards the hillside where Yuan Shao was.
