Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 36 On the ninth month, Wei County, sixty miles northwest of Huangcheng, Xiaowu Pavilion.

After Jiang Wu was ordered to rush to the vicinity of Dangyin City, he found a serious problem. Montenegro belongs to the branch of Taihang Mountain, where the mountains are steep, which is not conducive to the iron cavalry to rush and kill.

Jiang Wu did not hesitate, and immediately led the army to retreat a hundred miles, lurking in Xiaowu Pavilion, preparing to kill the rebels who fled to Hanoi.

After Yuan Shao met with Han Qiong, he led an army of 10,000 to retreat to Hanoi first. When this army passed through Xiaowuting, Jiang Wu wanted to ambush him, but the scout reported that another rebel army had come fifty miles from the rear.

Considering the rapid retreat of the rebels, the armies of Zhang Yan and Zhang He did not keep up in time, Jiang Wu was worried that he would not succeed in the ambush and would be surrounded by the rebels, so he immediately decided to ambush the rebels' rear army.

Yuan Wei not only blocked his attack in the direction of Citing, but was also repelled by the fierce offensive of the Northern Xinjiang Army for ten miles. Just when he was panicking, he received an order from Yuan Shao.

Knowing that Yuan Shao was safe and sound, Yuan Wei was overjoyed and hurriedly withdrew overnight. Zhang Yan's attention at that time was focused on the battlefield of Sanshangting, although the scouts found that the rebels showed signs of retreat, but the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army was encircling and annihilating the rebels in the direction of Sanshangting at this time, and Zhang Yan could not recruit enough troops even if he had the heart to pursue.

Yuan Wei led the army to travel a hundred miles overnight, and the distance from the Northern Xinjiang Army was widened. However, Yuan Wei thinks that this distance is very dangerous, and the speed of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is too terrifying, and it can catch up in half a day.

He ordered the army not to rest, gritted its teeth, and continued to retreat westward. After passing through Neihuang City, the army could reach Dangyin City in Hanoi County after walking another hundred and fifty miles, and it would be safe there.

However, he was ambushed by the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry in the direction of Xiaowuting. Jiang Wu commanded the iron cavalry to suddenly kill and split Yuan Wei's army in two.

Yuan Wei's army fought fiercely for a day yesterday, and ran wild all night at night, and his physical strength was already exhausted, and everyone was exhausted, how could they have the ability to resist, and they suddenly dispersed in a hurry.

In order to preserve his troops as much as possible, Yuan Wei categorically ordered the army to abandon all grain and grass baggage, and the officers and men of the whole army did their best to flee in the direction of Montenegro.

The rebels suddenly collapsed, and the wolves rushed to the chest, although the northern frontier iron cavalry picked up a bargain, but also made Jiang Wu lose the opportunity to completely annihilate the rebel army.

Yuan Wei, Gao Gan and others escaped sixty miles in one go, and then they stopped to rectify the defeated army and appease the fugitives.

In the first battle of Xiaowuting, Yuan Wei suffered heavy losses, and more than 6,000 people were gone in a blink of an eye. If you add the losses in the past few months, only half of his 20,000 Yuzhou troops are left.

Jiang Wu did not continue to hunt and kill. Further on is the mountainous area, and if the rebels take advantage of the terrain to bite back, they will lose a lot.

At dusk that day, Zhang Yan and Zhao Yun led the army to rush more than 100 miles to Xiaowuting. Zhang Yan greatly praised Jiang Wu, believing that Xiao Wuting's ambush finally completed Yuan Shao's intention.

"After the Battle of Xiaowuting, the Battle of Jizhou is nearing the end." Zhang Yan smiled and said to the generals,

"During this time, everyone is very hard, and there is almost no time to sleep, so you can sleep well tonight."

"My lord, will the army continue to advance towards Dangyin City tomorrow?" Zhang He asked with a smile on his face. Zhang Yan hesitated,

"If the pursuit of the rebels continues, the army will enter Hanoi County, this matter ......" He looked at the generals who were full of fighting spirit, and shook his hand gently,

"I can't do anything about this, so I'd better report it to Lord Koji and see what the general says."

"My lord, is the battle over?" Wang Dang asked incredulously,

"I ran more than 300 miles with the army in one go, but I didn't catch a battle, this ......" He wanted to scold a few words, but when he saw that the big tent was full of the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army, he swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhang Yan said pleasantly,

"In the future, when you go south to fight the Central Plains, I will let you be the first to cross the Yellow River south and compensate you." Wang Dang smiled bitterly and was speechless.

"So, that's how the battle ended?" Li Su was still unfinished, and sighed very regretfully,

"Yuan Shao fled with more than 30,000 people, is this a heavy blow to Yuan Shao for us?"

"Of course, Yuan Shao was hit hard." Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"Zi Rebellion, you must always leave some people for Yuan Shao, otherwise the Central Plains will be dominated by Cao Cao's family."

"Can Cao Cao escape?" Li Su was very skeptical. Zhang Yan pointed to the generals in the tent,

"If you look at how many people there are here, you will know if Cao Cao can escape." In order to inflict heavy losses on Yuan Shao, Lu Yi arranged for 80,000 troops to kill on the front line of Fanyang and Neihuang in a short period of time, so that the Northern Xinjiang army pursuing Cao Cao only had 60,000 troops.

If the 60,000 army wants to annihilate Cao Cao's more than 50,000 horses, it is impossible, and Cao Cao will definitely be able to successfully break out of the encirclement.

"We used 150,000 troops in this battle, which lasted four months, exhausted Hebei's financial endowment, and we have to live a hard life for a period of time." Zhang Yan sighed,

At this time, Cao Cao fled back to the Central Plains, which was a good thing for Hebei. As long as the smoke of the Central Plains continues, Hebei will be able to get time to recover, and in the future, when we go south to the Central Plains to quell the rebellion, it will also be a little easier. "On the ninth day, Wei County, Liyang.

Xu You saw the dense northern frontier iron cavalry under the city, and without saying a word, he immediately suggested that Yuan Zhong order a retreat.

Yuan Zhong did not agree. Without receiving Yuan Shao's order, the unauthorized withdrawal of troops not only openly disobeyed the military order, but also put the front army in a dangerous situation.

Xu Yu scoffed. The appearance of the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry under the city is enough to explain the problem. Yuan Shao wants to withdraw his troops now, and he can only go in the direction of Hanoi, and his own army is no longer of any help to Yuan Shao at present.

Since it can't help Yuan Shao, why is the army still staying in Liyang? If the withdrawal is delayed, the army in northern Xinjiang will be discharged, and it will inevitably lose its troops.

"Withdraw, immediately withdraw to Chenliu." Yuan Zhong was still very hesitant, he was worried about Yuan Shao's safety.

"Brother Benchu will definitely be able to withdraw to Hanoi safely." Xu You patiently explained,

Yuan Shu successively took Changyi and Dingtao, and held the Son of Heaven hostage, only to wait for the army attacking Xuzhou to go north one after another, he will sweep through the Central Plains. In this case, only by withdrawing his troops could he ensure the safety of Cao Cao. Only when Cao Cao returns to the Central Plains and fights with Yuan Shu, and after both are defeated, will we have a chance to occupy the Central Plains. This is also the main reason why the first brother tried his best to crusade against Hebei. ”

"After the first brother withdrew, if Li Hong completely annihilated Cao Cao, it would be equivalent to fulfilling Yuan Shu and giving away the Central Plains, how could Li Hong do such a stupid thing? For Hebei, Brother Benchu and Yuan Shu have always been brothers. One of the Yuan brothers occupies Guanzhong and Kanto, and the other occupies the Central Plains, and the two join forces, how can Hanoi fight with only three states? So I guess that Brother Benchu has withdrawn to Hanoi, and Cao Cao is about to cross the river and return. Yuan Zhong was skeptical.

Although Xu You said it is very reasonable, but now that the Northern Expedition army is defeated, who knows if it will be wiped out?

Xu You was a little annoyed by Yuan Zhong's sluggishness.

"The Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry is under the city, what's the point of us staying here?" Xu You spread out the map, pointed to the Fan County and Dong'e area on the map and said,

"After Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei withdrew their troops, what they lacked most was grain and grass, coupled with the defeat and return, the army was disheartened, and it may not be Yuan Shu's opponent. Therefore, we must now immediately withdraw to Chenliu, threaten Dingtao and Changyi, force Yuan Shu to withdraw south to Xuzhou, and give Cao Cao some time to recover. ”

"Ziyuan, don't forget, now the Son of Heaven is in Yuan Shu's hands. If Yuan Shu coerces us to beat Cao Cao with the order of the Son of Heaven......" Xu Yu's eyes were on fire, and he wanted to kill the stupid fat man in front of him with one punch.

Yuan Zhong is pampered and well-maintained, and looks like a loyal elder. Although he studied the scriptures very well, he was at a loss for the confusing situation in front of him.

"We were ordered to crusade against rebellion, but Yuan Shu aided in the abuse, openly rebelled, hijacked the Son of Heaven, and did something that people and gods were angry about." Xu You said angrily,

"If we don't unite with Cao Cao to crusade against Yuan Shu now, Yuan Valve will immediately lose the hearts of the people and become a rebel in the world, do you know?" Yuan Zhong woke up at this time.

Xu You wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to help Yuan Shao take the lead in raising the banner of crusading against Yuan Shu, so as to take the initiative and prepare for dominating the Central Plains in the future.

"Ziyuan, Yuan Shu is very powerful now, we only have 10,000 ......"

"We are only threatening him, not fighting him." Xu You pointed to Peiguo on the map and said excitedly,

"If the threat doesn't work, we'll go south to Peiguo and cut off Yuan Shu's grain route."

"Do you want to tell Brother Benchu first?" Yuan Zhong thought that if Yuan Shao was willing to let Yuan Shu occupy the Central Plains, and the two brothers joined forces to fight against Hebei, it would be self-defeating.

After all, now that Yuan Shu has held the Son of Heaven hostage, it is not necessarily a bad thing for Yuan Valve, on the contrary, if it is handled properly, a bad thing may also turn into a good thing, and it will become a very beneficial thing for Yuan Valve.

Xu You glared at Yuan Zhong angrily, so angry that he almost vomited blood. He really couldn't figure out why Yuan Shao didn't hand over the military power to himself at such a critical moment, but handed it over to Yuan Zhong, who didn't understand bullshit.

Could it be that Zhang Miao's betrayal made Yuan Shao lose his trust in his old friend? Could it be that his loyalty is not as good as the blood relationship between the Yuan Valve clan?

"Do you know where Brother Benchu is now?" Xu You smashed his fist on the case, and said viciously: "Do you think that Yuan Shu occupies the Central Plains, which is good for Brother Benchu?" Stop dreaming, wake up. Yuan Shu is now the target of public criticism, and he will push the Yuan family into a place of no return. If you don't want to die, immediately order the withdrawal of troops. Yuan Zhong was taken aback by Xu You's hideous expression,

"Okay, okay, listen to you, listen to you." In September, Yanzhou East County, Gu Longju. Yan Liang, surrounded by a group of guards, hurried to Gulongju.

Wen Chou, Xu Huang, Wei Jun, Liu Ming, and Lu Huanyang hurriedly greeted them.

"Is there any news of Cao Cao?"

"The last to evacuate Gu Long were Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan." Wen Chou said,

"I rushed to Baishan Pavilion a little slower, and as a result, Cao Ren led more than 2,000 people out of the encirclement." Yan Liang scolded angrily.

In the battle of Fengting, Cao Hong and Man Pet ran away. In the battle of Baishan Pavilion, Cao Ren and Li Dian also ran away. Failed to kill the rebel generals in both battles, and Yan Liang felt a little aggrieved.

Wen Chou, Xu Huang and others were also sullen.

"If Cao Cao evacuated Gu Longju overnight, he should have reached the front line of Yangping and Dongwuyang by now." Wei Jun looked up at the sky and said helplessly,

"We're too late." Yan Liang snorted angrily, turned his head to look at Lu Huanyang,

"What's the matter with you? What are you doing in Fagancheng? Xiahou Yuan arrived in Gulongju, why don't you know anything? Hi Huanyang's face turned red, and he wanted to defend but didn't know where to start.

"My lord, when Xiahou Yuan was killed in Gu Longju, Le Jin surrounded Fagan City with thousands of men and horses." Wei Jun stretched out his hand and quietly slapped Yan Liang,

"It's no wonder Xiao Wang for this." Lu Huanyang followed Li Hong to kill the enemy in the frontier very early, and his seniority in the Northern Xinjiang Army was very old.

Wei Jun felt that it was very inappropriate for Yan Liang to pull down his face in front of everyone and blame Lu Huanyang, so he hurriedly reminded Yan Liang.

Now there is a rebellion in Liaodong, and the Xianbei man Kirby Xiong is king in the desert again, and after the Jizhou war is over, Lu Huanyang will immediately return to Youzhou to participate in the counterinsurgency war.

At this time, provoking Lu Huanyang is tantamount to offending the Karasuma people, if the general knows, Yan Liang will definitely be criticized.

Yan Liang was angry, he didn't pay attention to Wei Jun at all, his eyes widened, and he wanted to scold when he opened his mouth.

"Tiger head ......" Wen Chou grabbed him,

"I am responsible for not being able to stop the rebels. If I could have met Hu Zi (Wei Jun) and Youxian Wang half a day earlier, Cao Cao would not have run so fast. Yan Liang's face was like frost, and he didn't speak for a long time with his mouth closed.

"My lord, shall we start the pursuit immediately?" Xu Huang asked cautiously.

"You don't want to go." Yan Liang said,

"Your loss is too great, stay in Gulongju to rest for the time being." Then he pointed to Wen Chou, Wei Jun, Liu Ming, Lu Huanyang,

"You go first, don't go too fast."

"Not too fast?" Wei Jun was stunned for a moment,

"Why?"

"This battle is over." Yan Liang said coldly,

"Lord Liyi has an order, the whole army is approaching Yangping and Dongwuyang, and Cao Cao can be driven across the Yellow River."

"The battle is over?" Wei Jun scratched his beard suspiciously,

"Cao Cao is in Dongwuyang now, we can still fight." On September, Yanzhou East County, Dongwuyang.

Xun Yu took Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei to meet the Son of Heaven. Cao Cao and the others saw that the Son of Heaven was unharmed, and their frustrated mood suddenly improved, and Cao Cao even made a few jokes with the depressed Liu Biao.

"Where is Yuan Shu at the moment?"

"Yuan Shu immediately went north after capturing Fan County, and is approaching Dong'a." Xun Yu spread out the map and pointed to Dong'e City on the map.

"Is there any news in Xuzhou?" Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and asked. Xun Yu shook his head,

"Yuan Shu has severed the connection between us and Xuzhou." Liu Bei sighed,

"How much grain and grass do you have in the army?"

"It's only enough for the army to eat for half a month." Xun Yu said,

"The grain and grass are all in Dong'a. We must cross the river immediately and rush to Dong'e before Yuan Shu. "Jump to