Chapter 662

Yuan Shao was not a fool.

The viewpoint that "you only win if you listen to Ju Shou" is purely cuckold behavior.

Listen to Ju Shou's "three-year fatigue of Cao"?

You wouldn't even have a place to cry!

(PS: The truth of the "three-year fatigue of Cao" was detailed previously, so I won't repeat it here.)

……

Nowadays,

within the scope of Jizhou, what Yuan Shao said was already completely inferior to Ju Shou.

Especially in Ye City and the nearby commanderies, it was less that Yuan Shao was the lord and more that Ju Shou was the real boss.

"Ju Gongyu, the path to death is one you chose yourself."

"I, the Grand General, will no longer accompany you."

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Yuan Shao's eyes.

He did not believe Ju Shou could defeat Gu Yi,

nor did he believe Ju Shou could block Gu Yi from invading Ye City.

Rather than waiting for death, why not take this opportunity to escape this den of dragons and tigers?

Never underestimate the courage of an ambitious hero.

Among the monarchs of the late Han period, Yuan Shao could firmly rank in the top five.

Indecisiveness is just a stereotype the world has of him.

The real him had countless methods and often didn't care about "face."

For instance, seizing Jizhou from Han Fu had absolutely nothing to do with Ju Shou.

It relied precisely on Yuan Shao's own planning and ruthlessness.

Using Qu Yi to defeat the White Horse Followers and winning the Battle of Jieqiao also had nothing to do with Ju Shou; that was Yuan Shao's own art of managing people.

Facing a crisis,

Yuan Shao now decided to abandon Ju Shou.

Because he understood that the roots of Ju Shou and the Jizhou aristocratic families were here.

No matter who fled, Ju Shou and the Jizhou aristocratic families would not flee.

But Yuan Shao was different!

He was a native of Runan, Yuzhou.

Jizhou, especially the land of Ye City, was merely a location he chose to achieve hegemony.

It is just like Liu Bei in the original history.

As a native of Youzhou, he finally achieved his foundation in Yizhou.

Never hang yourself on one tree.

Changing your mindset and changing to a place to develop—why not?

However, it is easy to say,

but the actual operation is still full of difficulties.

At this moment,

within the Yuan camp, the only person Yuan Shao could trust was perhaps only the remaining general, Yan Liang.

Ultimately,

Yuan Shao decided to rendezvous with Yan Liang and lead a portion of his trusted troops to flee toward Bohai Commandery in Jizhou.

It was not that Bohai was necessarily safe,

but compared to other parts of Jizhou, Bohai Commandery could already be considered a pure land.

This was at least the place where Yuan Shao raised his army.

Moreover,

Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, was currently serving as the Administrator of Bohai.

Bohai was also close to Qingzhou and could act as a horn with Cao Cao.

At worst, he could continue to flee north to Youzhou to hold his ground.

As for his second wife, Lady Liu, and his third son, Yuan Shang, who remained in Ye City, Yuan Shao could no longer manage them.

Lady Liu and Yuan Shang had already become part of the Jizhou aristocratic families.

Yuan Shao could only pray for their good fortune.

Moreover, after the previous betrayal by Xu You, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, and others,

Yuan Shao's level of paranoia was perhaps no less than Cao Cao's, and perhaps even a step further.

Under such circumstances,

Yuan Shao could no longer care about so much.

He was an ambitious hero, not a puppet.

There was no reason for him to be constantly controlled by Ju Shou and the others.

Furthermore,

when it came to scheming, it should be he, Yuan Benchu, playing Ju Gongyu, not the other way around.

……

Yuan Shao's departure was not within Ju Shou's considerations.

Or rather,

he had never thought that Yuan Shao, as the lord, would be the first to give up and quit!

Therefore,

when the messenger reported to Ju Shou that Yuan Shao and Yan Liang had led troops to leave toward Bohai, Ju Shou was stunned on the spot!

"Yuan Benchu!"

"You coward!"

"You have betrayed me!"

Ju Shou cursed bitterly, looking exactly like a woman deceived by a scumbag.

But his cursing could not change any reality.

Ye City was the base camp of the Jizhou aristocratic families.

At this moment, only Shen Pei and thirty thousand soldiers remained to garrison it; Ju Shou had to return his army to rescue Shen Pei as soon as possible.

Furthermore,

once Ye City was lost,

everything of the Jizhou aristocratic families would be declared finished.

For himself, and for the Jizhou aristocratic families,

Ju Shou had become a grasshopper firmly tied to the rope, with nowhere to flee.

……

Ye City.

Dark clouds gathered, and the sky was filled with haze.

Shen Pei stood on the city tower, looking at the large mass of troops slowly appearing in the distance, his heart filled with sorrow.

Compared to Ju Shou, Shen Pei's character was much more upright.

Although he was also a member of the Jizhou aristocratic families, he had his own principles.

Even if Ye City were truly to fall,

Shen Pei would fight to the last moment without hesitation.

Surrender?

In his cognition, these two words did not exist.

But…

him not surrendering did not mean others would not surrender.

Below the city tower not far away,

the two figures that slowly appeared caused the garrison troops in the city, who were originally full of fighting spirit, to instantly fall into an uproar.

……. ===== CHAPTER 663 =====