I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 307 Highly Recommends the Xuanwu Gate Inheritance Law
"What! Guo Yuan is dead!"

Yuan Tan was dumbfounded, and Gao Gan, Gao Rou, and others also stared in astonishment at the soldier who came to report.

"Liu Miao! Zhou Yu! Taishi Ci! Zhang Liao! All these people are here with me now! Mao Jin is nothing more than Zhu Huan and Huang Zhong! Yet you say Guo Yuan was killed?"

"..."

Yuan Tan touched his forehead, fearing that he might faint at any moment.

Gao Gan and Gao Rou quickly stepped forward to support Yuan Tan, their voices carrying a hint of retreat: "Young Master, things have come to this... let's retreat!"

withdraw?
At this moment, Yuan Tan felt only grief and indignation!

I thought this campaign against Guanzhong would be a turning point for me.

Unexpectedly, with Liu Miao's sudden appearance, Yuan Tan's dream of becoming the heir apparent was completely shattered.

If Hedong were to be lost now, Yuan Tan could hardly imagine what his situation would be like upon returning to Hebei!

"No! There is still a chance!"

"Liu Miao has not yet arrived in Hedong, nor has his main force. As long as we quickly head to Maojin and defeat Zhu Huan and Huang Zhong, the victor will still be us!"

Yuan Tan took one last look at the Guanzhong camp opposite him.

"We will win! We will definitely win!"

As Yuan Tan's banner moved towards Maojin again, Liu Miao immediately realized that something must have happened in the south.

"Let's go! Let's take a look!"

Across the river, Liu Miao and Yuan Tan chased each other relentlessly, refusing to give each other a comfortable and spacious distance.

Liu Miao only learned at this moment that Pang De had actually killed Guo Yuan, and he immediately burst into laughter!

"Hedong is nothing more than a piece of cake!"

Liu Miao immediately ordered all his soldiers to board the boats and head to the opposite bank of the river without any hesitation.

Ferry crossings and supplies are all minor matters at this point!

Countless armies swept across the banks of the Hedong River like a raging torrent, leaving Yuan Tan, who was marching south, unsure whether to resist or turn a blind eye.

The characteristic hesitation of the Yuan family reappeared in Yuan Tan, while Gao Gan and Gao Rou had already foreseen the outcome of the battle.

"Young Master, let's withdraw the troops!"

There's no hope!

Cutting your losses in time is also a form of wisdom!
If all the elite troops and generals under his command in Bingzhou are lost, Bingzhou's defenses will become even weaker, and it will no longer be able to face Liu Miao's invasions.

Yuan Tan, however, could not accept such words at all.

"Liu Miao first humiliated me, then my father, and then my brother! How can I let him off so easily!"

Yuan Tan wanted to make one last desperate attempt!
"Continue south! Ignore Liu Miao and the other soldiers!"

"If we defeat Zhu Huan and capture Maojin, then this battle will still have hope!"

Seeing that Yuan Tan still wouldn't give up, Gao Gan and Gao Rou were completely helpless and had no choice but to let it go.

Yuan Tan arrived at Maojindu as he had wished.

The chariots previously used for defense have been pushed aside.

The mighty river, its waters already subdued by Liu Miao's army, was left behind.

The vanguard, lined up, consisted of infantry led by Huang Zhong.

The cavalry brought by Ma Chao and Pang De stood in two rows on the left and right.

The central and rear armies were led by Zhu Huan, who had previously experienced a bloody battle.

These people actually dismantled their camp on their own initiative!
Yuan Tan laughed when he saw this!

He laughed out of anger.

These people really don't take themselves seriously!

Dismantle the camp and expose it to the open!
Is this a head-on confrontation with himself?
"Insanity!"

Yuan Tan's initial tension was instantly calmed down.

I thought I was facing a fortified fortress, and that I would be battered and bruised.

Unexpectedly, they actually broke apart their formation and wanted to fight me here.
Yuan Tan took another closer look at the flags on the opposite side.

Having determined that the banners of Liu Miao, Zhou Yu, and Taishi Ci were not here, Yuan Tan was completely convinced—

"Nothing but a rabble!"

"My men! Join me in defeating the enemy!"

"Here!"

Upon seeing Yuan Tan choose to charge, Zhu Huan, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

"call!"

"We were afraid that Yuan Tan would escape, so we lined up outside, but we didn't expect Yuan Tan to actually fall for our trap!"

As Yuan's army drew closer, Ma Chao was the first to lose his composure and urged his cavalry to flank them.

Yuan Tan didn't care, and simply ordered his cavalry on both flanks to take the lead.

Anyway, Zhang Liao's heavy cavalry are not here, so Yuan Tan doesn't believe his cavalry will be at a disadvantage!

What Yuan Tan needs to do is to crush them head-on and annihilate the central army where Huang Zhong and Zhu Huan are located!

When Huang Zhong saw Yuan Tan riding up, he stroked his beard slightly.

"In this battle, Xiu Mu and Meng Qi have shown their true colors. How can I fall behind them?"

Huang Zhong stared intently at Yuan Tan, and slowly began to exert force with his legs, gradually squeezing the horse's belly.

……

……

Danger! As Yuan Tan continued forward, a bad feeling lingered in his heart.

The guy opposite me is Liu Miaojun, no, that's not right!
Especially the veteran at the very front.

Yuan Tan felt that something was off about the other person's gaze!

That's not the look you're giving someone!
That's clearly the look a hunter gives his prey during a hunt!
In a panic, Yuan Tan looked to the side and was about to order his cavalry to ignore Ma Chao for the time being and rush directly to the enemy's rear army when he saw a scene that made his eyes widen in horror!
Our own cavalry... got pierced through!
It was as if a piece of cloth had suddenly been torn in the middle, and the tear was getting bigger and bigger, almost spreading to his body!
"Whose subordinate is this?"

Yuan Tan watched helplessly as Ma Chao, who had just come of age, crashed into his army like a shooting star, seemingly entering an empty field!

On the other side, Pang De, though not as swift as Ma Chao, still gained the upper hand in the cavalry battle and began to slowly whittle down Yuan's cavalry.

Without deploying heavy cavalry, how did the cavalry of Bingzhou lose to Liu Miao?
How absurd is this?
But this very thing is actually happening right in front of Yuan Tan!

Moreover, Ma Chao fights like a madman!
Upon seeing Yuan Tan's banner, he immediately spurred his horse and charged forward, completely disregarding the fact that he had no personal guards left to catch up with him.

But this one man and his horse were enough to immobilize the entire Yuan army!
Only when Ma Chao was no more than ten paces away from Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan could almost see the fine hairs on Ma Chao's face, did Yuan Tan exclaim in alarm, "Guards! Guards!"

If he didn't shout, Ma Chao wouldn't even recognize Yuan Tan.

This shout immediately unleashed Ma Chao's ferocity!
Forcibly pushing aside Yuan's army, Ma Chao thrust his spear into Yuan Tan's waist with all his might.

"Today, I have come by order of General Liu to punish the traitors of Han!"

But when Yuan Tan saw Ma Chao thrust his spear at him, his mind went blank.

It was only at this moment that this man, born into the Yuan clan of Runan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, and a warlord who once controlled a province, realized one thing—

So even members of the Yuan family can die!
Not every battle can be won.

Not every time was he able to be invited to Liu Miao's home for a "family visit" after a defeat.

On the battlefield, it is entirely possible for one to be killed by the enemy!
"Master!"

Gao Gan and Gao Rou quickly stepped forward and pulled open Yuan Tan's brocade robe.

"call!"

After seeing it clearly, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Chao's spearhead was off by exactly one or two inches.

Although a large hole was left in that precious brocade robe, at least no hole appeared on Yuan Tan's body!

"Young Master, let's retreat!"

Upon hearing the call again, Yuan Tan suddenly gasped for breath.

He is still alive!

He's not dead yet!

However, it was precisely because Yuan Tan realized that he was still alive that he finally understood that he was on the battlefield, not playing house with someone!
You could really lose your life!
Yuan Tan nodded repeatedly at the high-ranking officials: "Withdraw! Withdraw! It's time to withdraw!"

Gao Gan immediately rode to the rear and ordered the rear guard to be converted into the vanguard and to immediately withdraw from the battlefield!

Ma Chao's attack failed, and he wanted to pursue the enemy, but he was blocked by Yuan Tan's personal guards and could not go forward.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong also sighed slightly.

"They're young after all, a bit impatient, and don't know how to control their pace."

"If Meng Qi lets Yuan Tan in and then attacks, these Yuan soldiers will have absolutely no chance of survival!"

With things having come to this point, Huang Zhong could only gather his troops and wait for Liu Miao.

Liu Miao arrived quickly as well.

Upon hearing that Yuan Tan had escaped, he immediately whipped Kuai Hang's rump with his riding crop: "How could we let him leave so easily?"

"Mengqi, quickly lead your troops and pursue Yuan Tan with me!"

Zhou Yu advised, "Don't pursue a desperate enemy!"

Liu Miao retorted, "Bullshit! Haven't you heard of the saying 'eradicate evil completely'? If Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King, had killed Emperor Gaozu, would he have ended up committing suicide at the Wujiang River?"

Everyone:? ? ?
Everyone really wants to ask Liu Miao, whose side are you on, as a member of the Liu clan?
Liu Miao had already personally led his cavalry to pursue them. On the way, he saw countless Yuan soldiers who wanted to surrender, and he shouted at them in annoyance: "If you want to surrender, go to the front and line up! Don't get in my way!"

Yuan Tan, who was on his way, knew that Liu Miao was chasing him, and naturally he was constantly on the run for his life.

When people get tired, they can rest on the horse's back.

If the horse is tired, just switch to a warhorse!
Yuan Tan kept changing horses to escape, until he was almost at Zhiguan Pass when he suddenly saw a troop of soldiers coming from the east.

It was none other than Jiang Yiqu, whom Yuan Shao had previously sent to help Yuan Tan defend Hedong!
Jiang Yiqu was also frightened by Yuan Tan's crushing defeat, but his immediate priority was to stop Liu Miao.

When Liu Miao caught up, he saw a large force of Yuan's troops protecting Yuan Tan, and he cursed under his breath!
"This Yuan Tan doesn't seem like a member of the Yuan family at all. How did he run away so fast? How lucky is he? Could it be that when Xuande went to Hebei, he took the fortune of our Liu family with him?"

Liu Miao gave up the pursuit, but he was really unwilling to let Yuan Tan escape like this!

However, Liu Miao's eyes lit up very quickly!
"Xiansi! We are all relatives, why are you running so fast?"

Liu Miao shouted at the still-shaken Yuan Tan—

"You played well this time! Losing to me isn't shameful!"

"I only hope that your father will have the discerning eye to recognize your talent and directly appoint you as the heir apparent! To ensure the safety of Hebei!"

Yuan Tan was immediately filled with shame and anger as he looked at Liu Miao, thinking that Liu Miao was humiliating him!
Unexpectedly, Liu Miao quickly shouted, "But I've heard that your father dotes on his youngest son! That's unfair to you!"

"If all else fails, just get rid of your two younger brothers! Then the position of heir apparent will be yours for the taking! Hahahaha!"

"Liu Miao! You call yourself the son-in-law of the Yuan family! Stop talking nonsense!"

Yuan Tan immediately rebuked Liu Miao, but inevitably, a seed was planted in his heart.

"Get rid of Yuan Shang, and the position of heir apparent... hiss!"

Yuan Tan looked at Liu Miao with a headache.

How vicious!

It's truly frustrating to be enemies with someone like that!

(End of this chapter)