One look at Qu Yi's expression told Luo Yan that he had fallen into a quandary.
But this was exactly what Luo Yan wanted.
A lack of confidence was bad, but so was excessive conceit. It was good to know that beyond every man stood another, and beyond every heaven lay another sky.
The current attack on Youzhou could only be considered war on easy mode. The eventual great war against Yan State in Liaodong would not be nearly so simple.
Once Youzhou fell, Hebei would have to take the place of its warlords in defending against the Hu people.
In Henan, there were also two formidable enemies, Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Neither was easy to deal with. If they maintained their present arrogance, defeat would come sooner or later.
As the vanguard, Qu Yi led the army in an unstoppable advance. Almost no city could hold out for three days.
Yuan Shao followed with the main army to support him. The most important task for everyone in Hebei was to provide auxiliary troops and logistical support for the First-to-Scale Death Warriors and the Great Halberd Soldiers.
Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu, who were fighting each other in Ji City, had never expected Yuan Shao to cut his way from the frontier into Youzhou's heartland so quickly.
In this bloody conflict, Gongsun Zan, who commanded more troops, gradually gained the upper hand. But Liu Yu held Ji City, and with that great Youzhou city behind him, Gongsun Zan could not break in for the time being.
Faced with Yuan Shao, who clearly intended to strike swiftly at Ji City and take Youzhou in a single battle.
Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu both knew that they could not keep fighting. To preserve Youzhou, they would have to work together.
But