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The sixth year of Jian'an passed quickly and the spring of the seventh year of Jian'an came.

For the past year, everyone in Cao Cao's forces seemed extremely calm and stable. After all, because he won the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao was free from huge peripheral pressure for the first time and could calmly accumulate strength.

But for Yuan Shao from Hebei, the past year was almost like a nightmare.

The failure of Guandu made Yuan Shao no longer have any tender feelings towards the Hebei aristocratic family, and he had a complete attitude of "those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish".

Simple and crude military suppression appeared in large and small places in Hebei. Yuan Shao almost completed the changes in Hebei in a manner that burned his heritage.

Yecheng.

Yuan Shao sat together with his true confidants, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji, to discuss matters in Hebei. Without the constraints of the Hebei faction, Yuan Shao's advisers could express their own opinions and gradually complete the centralization of power in Hebei.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the main seat, was excited and a little regretful when he saw this scene.

I am excited because the problems that have always existed in my power have finally been completely solved! But what I regret is why I didn't do it earlier, instead of waiting for the fire in Guandu to wake me up?

If he had just taken control of Jizhou for a year or two and had directly seized the military power from Ju Shou and at the same time forcefully suppressed people like Tian Feng, why would he have done this?

Fortunately...it's not too late!

When Yuan Shao got excited, he started coughing violently, which made Guo Tu, the judge who was discussing the matter, cast worried looks.

Since returning from the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's health seems to be getting worse day by day.

Others don't know this, but as Yuan Shao's confidants, it's impossible for them not to know!

"Lord..."

They only hope that Yuan Shao can persist for a few more years!

As long as we persist for five more years... no! Three years! The situation in the entire world will completely change!

Within three years, Yuan Shao must have completed the centralization of power in Hebei and continued to go south to wage war against Cao Cao.

With the centralization of power in Hebei, and the people under Yuan Shao's command united as one, Cao Cao in the Central Plains could not resist Yuan Shao, and could only lead him to death.

And when Cao Cao died and Yuan Shao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty back, with righteousness in hand, who else in the world could be Yuan Shao's opponent?

Liu Biao?

Don't forget that Liu Biao was originally from Yuan Shao's faction.

Liu Zhang?

Not to mention Liu Zhang, even his father Liu Yanzai still did not pose a big threat to Yuan Shao.

The remaining Sun Quan, Shi Xie, Ma Teng... can those people be called enemies?

Therefore, Yuan Shao's most critical task is to hold on until Cao Cao is dealt with. In this way, for Yuan Shao, the rest is a matter of smooth flow!

But the problem is that everyone knows it, but no one dares to say it openly.

When it comes to the issue of the monarch's lifespan, even the closest ministers dare not cross this natural chasm, so everyone pretends to be confused while pretending to understand.

In fact, Yuan Shao also had some vague awareness in his heart, but he himself didn't want to believe it.

After finally getting rid of Gongsun Zan, finally rectifying Hebei, and finally seeing hope of ending the troubled times... How dare Yuan Shao stop his dominance because of his own body?

Now Yuan Shao must hold on even if he can hold on, and even more if he can't hold on!

Otherwise, how could Yuan Shao be worthy of his comrades who supported him along the way?

"When the grain is harvested this year, we will dispatch 50,000 troops into the Taihang Mountains to suppress the bandits!"

"Without the support of those people, a little Zhang Yan won't be able to survive for many days! We can block most of the entrances and exits of Taihang Mountain and starve Zhang Yan to death!"

"Then, as soon as spring begins next year, let Yuan Tan attack Xuzhou! As long as we can attract part of Cao Cao's troops, I will immediately lead the army south and attack Yanzhou!"

"When the time comes, if Yanzhou and Qingzhou send troops together, Cao Cao's Xuzhou will definitely be in danger. At that time, Cao Cao will never be able to recover!"

Destroy Zhang Yan in one year and level Cao Cao in one year!

Yuan Shao's strategic blueprint looked so tempting, making everyone excited.

Even though Yuan Shao had just lost to Cao Cao in Guandu, everyone believed that if he had another fight with Cao Cao, the final winner would definitely be Yuan Shao!

But it's a pity.

Just a few months later, when Yuan Shao was preparing to send troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Yan's group, he suddenly fell ill on his bed.

"Send troops! Send troops! What are you doing around my bed? Send troops!"

After Yuan Shao fell ill, he was unconscious for a long time and awake for a short time, but every time he woke up, Yuan Shao would yell——

"Judgment match! Guo Tu! What are you doing guarding by my bed? Send troops! Send troops!"

Yuan Shao shouted until the end, his voice already filled with tears. When Shen Pei, Guo Tu and others saw Yuan Shao like this, they all fell on Yuan Shao and cried bitterly.

Only three days after he fell ill, Yuan Shao finally couldn't resist the intrusion of the disease and passed away in Yecheng after shouting "send troops" for the last time.

The fever has subsided, and now it’s time to swallow the razor blade... Sigh, our physique is so bad, we have to suffer all kinds of sins, and we didn’t skip it at all.
Chapter completed!