Ge Zhaojun invaded Hebei in 202, and Yuan Tan's army had extremely weak defenses from the west, allowing its passes to be easily breached.
While Ge Zhaojun's large forces are showing off their power within their own ranks, there is actually no solution to the current fragmented situation of Yuan Tan's army.
As for the forces that had rebelled against Yuan Tan's army, when faced with the invasion of Ge Zhao's army, some chose to resist and some chose to be loyal to him. However, no matter what their choice was, they would not cause too much trouble to Ge Zhao's army.
"Then who can cause me the most trouble? First of all, if we exclude the princes of the Central Plains, not to mention that they themselves will be reduced to a pot of porridge, even if we send troops to cross the Yellow River and attack Hebei, how many troops can be drawn away? His neighbors will not be happy. die?"
"So the force I need to pay most attention to is actually Gongsun Zan's army further north. Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong is the only cavalry unit in the game that can be compared with the Xiliang cavalry."
This made Ge Zhao's army somewhat constrained in its advance route after its initial overwhelming momentum, because it wanted to avoid irritating the border with Gongsun Zan's army.
But as long as the two sides continued to expand, confrontation was inevitable. When Yuan Tanjun's territory was almost swallowed up, the two sides finally began to fight.
As for Yuan Tan, it is worth mentioning that even at this point, the Yuan family is still fighting among themselves. His younger brother Yuan Shang took this opportunity to launch a coup, causing Yuan Tan to flee Yecheng in a hurry.
After Yuan Tan lost Yecheng, there was no big enough stronghold left. In the end, I don't know what the AI was thinking, but it magically went to Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao never broke away from the Yuan family. After Ge Zhao's army left the east, he became a vassal of the Yuan family. Although he later became more and more obedient to the Yuan family, he did not directly break his skin.
Perhaps for this reason, Yuan Tan actually went to live under Cao Cao. So although Cao Cao now lost Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he held Yuan Tan hostage to the Yuan family.
Looking back at the borders of Hebei, although Ge Zhaodu seized the opportunity through a surprise attack on Hebei, he was unable to communicate enough with the locals, so he was suppressed by Gongsun Zan for a while.
In this way, the time came to 203. Ge Zhaodu changed his thinking and was no longer obsessed with competing with Gongsun Zan for Hebei. Instead, he led the main force north to the grasslands to conquer the nomadic tribes.
Yes, it's the same method. Ge Zhaodu wants to use the nomadic forces on the grassland to attack and harass Gongsun Zan from the rear, thereby creating opportunities for his own victory.
When Ge Zhao's army was in a stalemate with Gongsun Zan's army in Hebei, the situation in the Central Plains changed drastically at this time, because one of the hegemons, Xiu Xiu, was killed in Guan Yu's surprise attack because of Xu Shu's suggestion.
After Zhang Xiu was killed in battle, his son Zhang Quan came to power, but he was unable to control such a large territory. Fortunately, Cao Cao's army chose to unite with him to suppress Liu Bei's army, which allowed him to continue to survive.
As for Liu Biaojun not coming to participate in the situation in the Central Plains this time, it was mainly because he was launching an invasion of Jiangdong and trying to unify the land south of the Yangtze River.
In this game, Sun Ce died in an assassination in 199. After his death, Sun Quan could not smoothly succeed to the throne because his third brother Sun Yi launched a rebellion, which severely damaged the Sun family's foundation and attracted Liu Biao to spy on him. Anyway, I have been calling and still have no results.
However, Ge Zhaodu's strategy of nomadic harassment was a great success. Gongsun Zan focused on one thing and neglected the other, causing him to lose the momentum of his previous rapid progress.
By 204, most of the land in Hebei fell into Ge Zhao's hands, and the signs of Gongsun Zan's defeat were already very obvious, and it could be said that it was just around the corner.
When Ge Zhao was about to digest Gongsun Zan's demise, the news that Yuan Shangjun surrendered to Cao Cao's army quickly broke out the conflict between him and Cao Cao.
At this time, Cao Cao had united with Zhang Quan to eliminate Liu Bei, and then fell into conflict with Zhang Quan. He defeated Zhang Quan and had to surrender to Liu Biao, making Cao Cao the only warlord in the Central Plains.
When Yuan Shangjun saw that Ge Zhaojun was about to unify Hebei, he actually chose to surrender to Cao Cao's army. After all, his father and Cao Cao were old acquaintances, and there was no need to break up in this world line.
So in the second half of 204, the Battle of Guandu broke out in the game world line, but Cao Cao was weaker than in history, and Ge Zhao was stronger than in history.
But Ge Zhao's strength is empty, because the two large parts of his territory belong to Hebei and Guanxi respectively, and can only rely on grassland for unstable connection.
Guo Jia, the counselor of Cao Cao's army, was keenly aware of this, so he came up with a strategy of alienation. In the next few months, spies of Cao Cao's army flew to Kansai like flakes, causing local loyalty and public security to decline.
This situation forced Ge Zhao to fight quickly and defeat Cao Cao's army in a frontal decisive battle before the situation deteriorated to a certain extent.
Cao Cao also consciously tried his best to delay the decisive battle, but Ge Zhao's army came out from both Kansai and Hebei, so the decisive battle was only a matter of time.
The final result was that although this strategy caused a lot of trouble, and some small countries in the Western Region took the opportunity to rebel, before the situation worsened to the most serious point, the main forces of both sides had already fought decisively in the Central Plains.
The decisive battle ended with the victory of Ge Zhao's army. The main elite of Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses, which also declared that it was only a matter of time before the Central Plains changed hands.
"Okay, the next step is garbage time," the experienced Ge Zhaodu judged, "Hebei Central Plains is in my hands, and it is only a matter of time before other places are conquered."
"Actually, this is also a problem of "Three Kingdoms". As long as you play the hegemony route, once the advantages are accumulated, it will be garbage time."
The fact is as Ge Zhaodu judged. In 206, Ge Zhaodu took over the Central Plains, and in 208 Liu Biao died of illness. The Jiangnan he had unified before was immediately divided, and his two sons, one occupying Jingzhou and the other Yangzhou, fought with each other.
Under this situation, Ge Zhao captured Jingzhou in 210, Yangzhou in 212, and pacified Jiangnan in 213, so the overall situation of the world was basically decided.
After that, the time was mainly due to the long distance, and it was delayed until 216, when the world was finally unified and China was unified again.
Of course, in order to experience new functions, he also rebuilt the Protectorate of the Western Regions, restored the four eastern counties of Han and Liao Dynasties, and even made the Japanese surrender, which was considered a successful conclusion.
"Okay, this is my last "Three Kingdoms" video. Considering that this game will no longer have major updates, unless it is for nostalgia after more than ten years, there will not be this video again."
When he said these words using a recording device, Ge Zhaodu was filled with sadness, as if he had finally completed a journey.
The game didn't take too long this time, mainly because many routine templates had been fixed, so Ge Zhaodu ended the recording of the Three Kingdoms on the last day of December.
