Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains, Section 31 |Yuan Shao did not accept Fu Zhu's suggestion, believing that by the time Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies entered Yanzhou, the superiority of the Northern Xinjiang Army in terms of strength was not obvious.

With the frontal resistance of Cao Cao's and Liu Bei's armies, as well as the threat of the rest of the armies of Yanzhou and Xuzhou on the flank battlefields of Rencheng, Pengcheng, and Peiguo, it was completely possible to block the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi.

We can't give up Dingtao and Changyi, and if we give up Dingtao and Changyi, the Northern Xinjiang Army will be able to quickly advance to the line of Fengqiu and Chenliu.

In this way, they can not only directly threaten the safety of Luoyang, but also have enough time to stabilize and consolidate the occupied counties and counties of Yanzhou, so as to obtain grain and grass on the spot and enter into a protracted confrontation with us.

The longer the war lasts, the more unfavorable the tide of the war may be for us. If we stick to the line of Dingtao and Changyi, and the two sides repeatedly fight fiercely in the hinterland of Yanzhou, the Northern Xinjiang Army will not be able to effectively control the occupied counties.

When we solve the Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefield in Henan, we can unite the Jingzhou Army to march east into Yanzhou, deploy heavy troops on the front line of Fengqiu, Chenliu, and Xiangyi, and form a confrontation and decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

At that time, the Northern Frontier Army had not been able to gain a foothold in Yanzhou, and was at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and the longer the war lasted, the more favorable the situation would be for us.

Yuan Shao's idea is very reasonable, and there is no latest news from the Yanzhou battlefield so far, and no one knows whether the Northern Xinjiang Army has killed Dingtao and Changyi.

Fu Zhu was unable to refute for a while, so he had to temporarily abandon the controversy on the Yanzhou battlefield and instead concentrate on dealing with the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield could not solve it quickly, Yuan Shao's army would not be able to free up its hands to aid Yanzhou, and Liu Biao's Jingzhou army did not dare to risk going hundreds of miles to kill directly in the area of Dingtao and Changyi because it did not have a stable rear.

Without the assistance of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, Cao Cao, who was at a disadvantage in terms of troops and was seriously short of grain and grass, was too difficult to stick to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi.

However, even if Cao Cao wanted to defeat Dingtao and Changyi, he must have a premise, that is, Yuan Shao must first solve the Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefield in Henan.

Otherwise, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Yanzhou battlefield will leak down, and the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield will form an east-west flank attack, and there will be no room for salvation in this battle.

When everyone was racking their brains for the battle, the news from the battlefields was also sent to Xuchang one after another.

There was far more bad news than good news, which made Yuan Shao worry and couldn't sleep at night. At this moment, the eagerly awaited Liu Biao finally arrived.

Whether the Central Plains War can be finally won depends to a large extent on the troops, money and food that Jingzhou can transport.

For this reason, Yuan Shao specially invited the Son of Heaven to go out of the city with his ministers to greet him. Liu Biao was grateful, and swore in front of the Son of Heaven that he would kill the rebel and save Sheji at the cost of breaking his bones.

After entering the city, Yuan Shao invited Liu Biao to Shangshutai.

"Brother Jingsheng, now that the situation is here, the Jingzhou army must immediately go north along Xinzheng and Yuanling and kill Guancheng." Yuan Shao gave Liu Biao a detailed introduction to the situation in the Central Plains, explained the countermeasures, and then put forward his own requirements straightforwardly.

"Yes." Liu Biao agreed,

"I immediately ordered Wen Ping and Liu Hu to lead the army north to Henan. But ......" Liu Biao pointed to Guan Cheng on the map and said,

"Yan Liang suddenly marched east into Zhongmu, intending to enter Yanzhou, and the purpose of joining his main force to capture Chenliu has been exposed, and at this moment, we will kill Guancheng, and we may not be able to force Yan Liang to withdraw his army."

"After Yan Liang led the army to Zhongmu, in order to prevent Yan Liangdong from attacking and occupying Chenliu, your main army in the direction of Aocang has already divided its troops to the south, but Lord Xinbi, who was originally stationed in Chenliu, has led his army to support Dingtao. Now Chen Liu's troops are thin, once the direction of Zhongmu fails to block and Yan Liang rushes through Zhongmu, Chen Liu will be in danger. If Chen is lost, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be defeated by the enemy, and defeat will be inevitable, so Henan will directly face the attack of the northern Xinjiang army. We are not well prepared, how sure are you to hold Henan? ”

"Look at Henan ...... again" Liu Biao's hand drew a circle between Xingyang, Chenggao and Ao Cang on the map,

"After your main force divides its troops to the south, the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Aocang can immediately support Pingao. Pinggao is not lost, and the northern Xinjiang troops in Xingyang, Chenggao, and Aocang can continue to hold on and hold us back if the rear road is safe. After Yan Liang entered Yanzhou and joined the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to take Chenliu, these troops could immediately retreat to Hanoi. At that point, we lost the opportunity and lost the battle. Liu Biao looked at Yuan Shao and said solemnly,

"My opinion is that it is better to quickly reinforce Chen Liu." Yuan Shao smiled slightly, already understanding what Liu Biao meant.

Now that his reinforcements are approaching Zhongmou, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are blocking the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Dingtao Changyi, and it is impossible for Yan Liang to rush through Zhongmu at this moment.

Even if he rushed through Zhongmu, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army was unable to kill Chen Liu, and Yan Liang's lone army went deep, and it was inevitable that he would be surrounded and annihilated.

Therefore, as long as the Jingzhou army kills Guancheng and blocks Yan Liang's retreat, Yan Liang can only give up the plan of advancing east to Yanzhou and retreat quickly for safety.

Once Yan Liang retreated, the Jingzhou army would be attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guancheng, and Liu Biao was unwilling to suffer this loss in the end.

"Brother Jingsheng, in the current situation, we have lost control of the Henan battlefield, and the possibility of encircling and annihilating Yan Liang is very small, I estimate that Yan Liang will have already withdrawn to Xingyang before your army arrives in Guancheng." Yuan Shao smiled bitterly,

"My current goal is only to force Yan Liang away from Henan, and then concentrate my forces on the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu to block the Northern Xinjiang Army, and confront the Northern Xinjiang Army for a long time."

"Compared with the Northern Frontier Army, we have two advantages, taxes and troops. In order to play these two advantages and use them to defeat Li Hong, there is only one way. That is to use the advantage of troops to drag the Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefield of Yanzhou, so that he gradually fell into a financial crisis. The scale of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on the Central Plains was very large, and the money and food consumed were also very amazing. Hebei's financial endowment is actually unable to support this war at all, which can be seen from the strategy of the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack the Central Plains and achieve a quick victory. When Hebei's financial endowment was exhausted, it was the day when the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew. Yuan Shao looked at Liu Biao very confidently, waved his hand and said: "In this battle, as long as we successfully block the Northern Xinjiang Army in the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu before May, we will have an absolute chance of winning." Liu Biao thought about it carefully.

The distance between Guancheng and Zhongmu is very close, and once the Jingzhou army goes north, Yan Liang will definitely get the news.

Regardless of whether he withdraws in time or not, the defending forces in the direction of Guancheng will defend the city to the death. As long as one's own army slows down the pace of the march and slows down the pace of the attack a little, it will be difficult to get caught in the front and rear of the Northern Frontier Army.

Yuan Shao's main army was in Henan, and the army of fifty or sixty thousand surrounded Yan Liang, not only did not drive him out of Henan, but let Yan Liang break through the encirclement and kill Zhongmu, which is not difficult to see Yuan Shao's thoughts.

Now that the situation in Henan is out of control, not only do you not try to encircle and annihilate Yan Liang in the Zhongmu area, but instead want to consume my troops, you have gone too far.

"Since I had that kind of faith in the first place, of course I have to do my best." Liu Biao said with a smile,

"I immediately wrote to Xenodu (Kuai Yue) and asked him to supervise the follow-up army to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible."

"Brother Xenodu is still in Xiangyang?" Yuan Shao hurriedly asked.

"It will take time for Changsha's army to move north to Xiangyang. As long as Liu Pan and Huang Zhong's army arrives in Xiangyang, Xenodu will lead the army to rush north. Liu Biao then said angrily,

"You also know the situation in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang in the west, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong in the east, and the three wolf-hearted things are eyeing Jingzhou. After the main force of the army went north to the Central Plains, I was very worried about the safety of Jingzhou. ”

"Brother Jingsheng has a way to deal with it?" Yuan Shao frowned and said,

"Is there anything the court can do to help?"

"The Imperial Court?" Liu Biao glanced at Yuan Shao sadly, and let out a long sigh,

"If Liu Zhang, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu still have the imperial court in their eyes, how can they fight Jingzhou?" Then he did not shy away from saying the countermeasures he envisioned,

"There are many internal contradictions in Yizhou, and under our discord, Liu Zhang will definitely not be able to attack Jingzhou in the short term. But Zhou Yu of Yuzhang ......" He looked at Yuan Shao and said with a wry smile,

"I'm worried about him, Huang Zu may not be able to block his attack. Now that the Central Plains War broke out, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's attack on Jianghuai was abandoned halfway, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were likely to take the opportunity to occupy Jianghuai. After their strength increased greatly, their target of attack must be Jingzhou. ”

"We've taken that into account." Yuan Shao comforted,

"In order to prevent Sun Ce and Zhou Yu from taking the opportunity to occupy Jianghuai, we pardoned all Yangzhou officials except Yuan Shu, and let Yan Xiang, Li Ye, Liu Xun, Yuan Yin, Liu Fu and others take their own counties. In this way, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would have no excuse to continue attacking. In the current situation, if the two dare to fight Jingzhou, they are a Han rebellion. I believe that the two of them will not be confused to such a point. ”

"What about Yuan Shu's army?" Liu Biao hurriedly asked,

"Can anyone take refuge in Jiangdong?"

"At present, in addition to Liu Xun leading the army to take refuge in Cao Cao, the army of Ji Ling and others is still obeying Yuan Shu's orders in the Jianghuai area, which is enough to resist Sun Ce and Zhou Yu." Yuan Shao said,

"It is better for these two people to stay in peace and security in Jiangdong, so as not to incur public wrath, lest they get into trouble in the future and bring about their own defeat." Liu Biao had a smile on his face, but secretly scolded Yuan Shao a few words in his heart.

did not pardon Yuan Shu, but pardoned Yuan Shu's subordinates, this kind of despicable and shameless thing Yuan Shao also did. Although it seems that this is conducive to stabilizing the situation in Jianghuai and splitting Yuan Shu's forces, it is actually to give Yuan Shu a chance to breathe and retain Yuan Valve's strength, in the final analysis, Yuan Shao is still seeking benefits for Yuan Valve.

Cheng Yu and Sun Qianfeng rushed to Xuchang. The latest news brought by the two shocked Yuan Shao and Liu Biao.

The Northern Frontier Army's attack was far faster than they expected. According to the time calculation, the army of Koji Yi has now surrounded Dingtao, and Changyi, which was surrounded by Li Hong first, is estimated to be in danger.

As for Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who hurriedly went north to support, it is very likely that they will be blocked by the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry, and it will be difficult to advance an inch on the front line of Chengwu and Liangqiu City.

The situation on the battlefield in Yanzhou was frustrated. At present, it is impossible to stabilize the front line on the line between Dingtao and Changyi, and what is more serious is that if the second line of defense is not established on the line of Fengqiu and Chenliu as soon as possible, it is estimated that after the Northern Xinjiang Army conquers Dingtao and Changyi, it will kill Chenliu directly.

If Chen Liuliu is lost, the Northern Xinjiang Army can enter Henan to threaten Luoyang. At this moment, it has become an urgent matter to block Yan Liang in Zhongmu and force Yan Liang to retreat to Xingyang.

"If Yan Liang does not retreat, our armies from all walks of life will be firmly pinned down by him, not only will we not be able to establish a second line of defense in time, but we will also be unable to advance eastward to support and respond to Cao Cao and Liu Bei." Frustrated and said eagerly,

"Immediately order Lord Xin Ping to send another large army to the south, and form an encirclement and annihilation with the Jingzhou army that is attacking Guancheng in the north, forcing Yan Liang to quickly withdraw his troops."

"Simply encircle and annihilate Yan Liang and hit the Northern Frontier Army hard." Sun Qian said excitedly,

"This is a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate Yan Liang."

"Guancheng is only one hundred and sixty miles away from Zhongmu, and in the case of insufficient troops to contain our army in the direction of Zhongmu and Aocang, the northern Xinjiang army on the front line of Aocang and Xingyang can go south to rescue Yan Liang at any time." Frustrated, he pointed to the map and said helplessly,

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, in the northeast of Guancheng and Zhongmu is the chasm water, and our army cannot block the support of the Northern Xinjiang Army from the northeast. In this way, when the Northern Xinjiang Army blocked Yuan Xi's army on the front line of Chenggao and Hugao Pass, the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Aocang and Xingyang could immediately kill Guancheng and Zhongmu unimpeded. At that time, it will not be us who will encircle and annihilate Yan Liang, but the Northern Xinjiang Army who will encircle and annihilate the Jingzhou army that has managed the city. ”

"Then what if Yan Liang doesn't withdraw and continues to attack Zhongmu?" Liu Biao hurriedly asked.

"If the Northern Xinjiang Army wants to hold Pinggao, Chenggao, Aocang, Xingyang, Guancheng and other cities and ensure Yan Liang's retreat, it needs a certain number of troops, so Yan Liang's attack on Zhongmu's army is not very large, and the news of Han Heng and Ma Yan may not be accurate." After a little thought, he said categorically,

"Urgently tell Lord Xin Ping and ask him to launch an attack on Ao Cang and hold back the troops in the direction of Ao Cang. Then tell Lord Yuan Xi of the Tiger Prison and ask him to launch an attack on Cheng Gao and threaten the safety of Xingyang. Frustrated Zhu turned his eyes to look at Liu Biao, arched his hand and said,

"Please tell Wen Ping and Liu Hu urgently, the speed of attacking Guancheng must be fast and fierce, so that Yan Liang feels threatened and has to retreat." Yuan Shao and Liu Biao each gave orders, and the eight hundred miles of fast horses rushed out of Xuchang City one after another.

However, the atmosphere in Shangshutai in the city became more and more tense as Fu Zhu continued to analyze the battle situation.

Lord Sun Qian just brought the latest news, Gao Shun of the Northern Xinjiang Army and Zang Ba of Qingzhou, together with the Yellow Turban Army Guan Hai and Chang Xuan, defeated Guan Yu of Xuzhou in Jucheng.

This news is bad news for us, because we can get a positive answer from this matter, Zang Ba and Guan Hai have returned to Hebei, and Li Hong easily occupied Qingzhou without spending a single soldier and obtained the land of the six counties of Qingzhou.

Although Qingzhou suffered from the Yellow Turban disaster many times in the past few years, since the death of Sima Ju, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, the county has gradually stabilized.

After several years of painstaking governance, except for the counties near Mount Tai, the rest of the places have begun to recover.

When we attacked Jizhou the year before last, the Qingzhou army was already self-sufficient in grain and grass. After Zang Ba and the Yellow Turban Army captured Qingzhou, in order to survive, they maneuvered between us and Hebei, left and right, and received financial support from both sides, so Qingzhou's recovery speed was faster.

Now that Li Hong has not only obtained the land of the six counties of Qingzhou, but also the tens of thousands of troops in Qingzhou, and the wealth of Qingzhou, his strength is even stronger, and we have to reestimate the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the time they can support on the battlefield in the Central Plains.

Frustrated, his hand pointed to Langya County, Xuzhou,

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't take the battle of Jucheng too simply." Judging from the results of the current battle of Jucheng, the Northern Xinjiang Army has achieved the goal of containing the forces of Xuzhou.

But the purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army must be more than that, otherwise Gao Shun of the Northern Xinjiang Army would not have traveled thousands of miles to Xuzhou to fight.

With the strength of Zang Ba and Guan Hai, the strength of the Xuzhou army to attack Xuzhou to contain the Xuzhou army was enough, and the Northern Xinjiang Army did not need to put its limited forces into the Xuzhou battlefield at all.

"If Guan Yu loses another game and retreats to Donghai County, it is not difficult for us to see another purpose of the Northern Frontier Army." The frustrated hand then crossed the map of Mount Tai, Lu Guo, and Ren City,

"He can take advantage of the weak strength of these counties and counties, sweep all the way, firmly occupy the southern part of Yanzhou, prevent the Xuzhou army from attacking Yanzhou from the south of Yanzhou to threaten the rear of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and then ensure that the Northern Xinjiang Army stabilizes Yanzhou in the shortest possible time, ensure that the army gets grain and grass replenishment from Yanzhou on the spot, and at the same time can also ensure that the grain and grass baggage of Jizhou and Qingzhou are safely transported to the battlefield."

"But these two purposes are not the main purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army, it has a more important purpose, that is, to protect the flank of the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army and help the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army make a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield." Frustrated's hand kept twiggling across the map.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, if we retreat about 500 miles from the line of Dingtao and Changyi, and retreat to the line of Fengqiu, Chenliu, and Xiangyi, then the left and right flanks of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be under our attack."

"Our troops stationed on the line of Baima, Yanxian, and Yanjin will attack the right flank of the Northern Frontier Army. The armies of Liangguo, Peiguo, and Pengcheng in Xuzhou were to attack the left flank of the Northern Frontier Army. ”

"The left and right flanks of the Northern Frontier Army are under our attack, and the advance of its main army will inevitably be hindered. If it blindly attacks and distances too much distance from the protective armies on the left and right flanks, it is very likely that it will be besieged by us under Chenliucheng, so once we retreat to the line of Fengqiu, Chenliu, and Xiangyi, the army of the Northern Frontier Army protecting the flanks of its main army must catch up quickly to cope with the advance of its main army. ”

"So, where are the troops protecting the left and right flanks of the main army of the Northern Frontier Army now?" Puyang on the map of frustration fingers,

"In addition to Gao Lan, who occupies Puyang, the army that protects the right flank of the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army should also have Yan Liang, who is currently fighting fiercely with us on the battlefield in Henan. Since Yan Liang could not break through the main forces of Zhongmu and the Northern Xinjiang Army to join Chenliu, he had no choice but to retreat to Hanoi in a hurry, and instead cross the river from the direction of Liyang to attack the Baima, Yanxian, and Yanjin lines, so as to protect and respond to the main army's attack on Chenliu. ”

"The army protecting the left flank of the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army, except for some of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, its main strength should be the army of Gao Shun, Zang Ba, and Guan Hai. Once the armies of these three people enter Taishan County, Lu State, and Rencheng State from the direction of Langya County, their main infantry army will quickly advance westward, from Shanyang County and Jiyin County in Yanzhou to Liang State in Yuzhou, and then from Liang State to Yanzhou Chenliu County, and then from Liang State to Yanzhou Chenliu County. Its army will start the attack from Rencheng of Renchengguo, and take the cities of Fangdong, Shanfu, Jishi, and Boxian all the way, and finally take Xiangyi, complete the protection of the left flank of the main army, and completely cut off the connection between Yanzhou and Yuzhou and Xuzhou. Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others suddenly woke up.

The infantry of the main army of the Northern Xinjiang Army was already insufficient, and it was unable to help the iron cavalry to attack the city on the flank battlefield.

The cities on the flank battlefield are now under our control, which will seriously threaten the security of the main force of the Northern Frontier Army.

The arrival of the three armies of Gao Shun, Zang Ba, and Guan Hai solved the problem of insufficient siege troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the flank battlefield.

They will take the key cities on the flank battlefield and help the main army to advance rapidly to Chenliu. Frustrated and sighed,

"If Lord Liu Bei has enough troops to help Xuzhou, then he just fell into the ** plan of the Northern Xinjiang Army. After Gao Shun and the others' army took Langya County, they would advance all the way and kill under Xiangyi City unimpeded. On the contrary, Gao Shun's attack will be stubbornly blocked by Lord Liu Bei in the area of Fangdong and Boxian, and we may still have the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the Northern Xinjiang Army under Chen Liucheng. After Liu Bei learned that Guan Yu was defeated in Jucheng, he immediately sent Zhang Fei to lead an army of 10,000 back to Xuzhou.

At present, in the area of Fangdong and Boxian, that is, on the flank battlefield after the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army broke through Dingtao and rapidly advanced to Chenliu, there are only 20,000 troops of Liu Bei, and this part of the army may still support the frontal battlefield when Cao Cao can't resist.

In this way, the only people who could rush to the flank battlefield to attack the Northern Xinjiang Army were Jian Yong of Pengcheng in Xuzhou and Zhang Fei who returned to Xuzhou.

"We don't have enough troops, we seriously don't have enough." Frustrated, he looked at the map and shook his head again and again.

"Before the end of this month, the follow-up army of the Jingzhou army could not rush to the Central Plains, and the army of Xuzhou was dragged by the Northern Xinjiang Army, so it was difficult to rush to the front line of Fangdong and Bocheng in time to attack from the flank and delay the advance of the Northern Xinjiang Army." He looked up at Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, who had very ugly faces, and said with a wry smile,

"It seems that we can't block the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu. At the moment we do not have enough troops to rush to the battlefield, and we do not have enough time to deploy our forces. ”

"What happens if you can't stop it?" Yuan Shao subconsciously asked.

"Retreat to Luoyang." Frustrated said,

"Although the Prime Minister proposed to establish a third line of defense on the front line of Xingyang and Zhongmu, it takes troops and time to build a third line of defense, and we just don't have time."

"How can I buy time?" Yuan Shao looked at everyone with a sad face. Liu Biao, Liu Xian, Feng Ji, Yuan Zhong, Wang Lang, Hua Xin and others bowed their heads and pondered, hesitating at a loss.

Who would have thought that the battle situation would change so quickly, and at this critical moment, the direction of Xuzhou would also ignite the flames of war.

In order to attack the Central Plains, Hebei has been planning for a long time, and it can be said that everything that should be thought of has been thought of. The ensuing changes in the tide of battle left everyone overwhelmed, struggling to deal with it, and they had no power to fight back.

Yuan Shao's gaze turned to Fu Zhi. Frustrated with a calm demeanor, there were still a little laugh lines on the corners of his mouth, and there was a trace of imperceptible coldness hidden in his eyes when he looked at everyone.

With years of interaction with Frustrated Professor, Yuan Shao suddenly realized, and his nervous mood involuntarily relaxed.

"What do you do?" Liu Biao was physically and mentally exhausted, and asked weakly.

"Give up Dingtao and Changyi, let Cao Cao and Liu Bei establish a temporary defense line in the area of Jiyang, Yiju, and Bocheng, give the army to attack and kill Yan Liang, establish a second line of defense in Fengqiu and Chenliu, and establish a third line of defense in Xingyang and Zhongmu to gain time." Before the words fell, the faces of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and the others immediately changed.

Abandoning Dingtao and Changyi, the Yanzhou army could only defend in the hopeless situation of rescue, although this could allow Cao Cao and Liu Bei's troops to strengthen the city defense, store grain and grass, and rest the army's time, but Cao Cao had to pay the price of tens of thousands of people.

It is difficult for the Yanzhou army stationed in the two cities of Dingtao and Changyi to have a chance of survival. Cao Cao was willing to make such a big sacrifice?

He and Liu Bei led the army to return to the Yanzhou battlefield day and night, in order to hold Dingtao and Changyi, and maintain the strength of the Yanzhou army.

Liu Biao was silent for a while, and then whispered: "Even if Cao Cao agrees to our plan, who knows how long Dingtao and Changyi can hold out under the attack of the Northern Frontier Army?" If the Northern Frontier Army takes Dingtao and Changyi soon, we will be in the same predicament. ”

"Urgently transfer troops to reinforce the Central Plains battlefield." Frustrated said,

"We immediately asked the Son of Heaven to issue an order to requisition the Yangzhou army."

"There are three troops in Yangzhou. One was Yuan Shu's army, and the other two were Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of Jiangdong. ”

"Yuan Shu's men have split, but they still obey Yuan Shu in name. Now that Yuan Shu is sick in bed, he can no longer be a director, and he is a waste person, so it is better to pardon Yuan Shu than to kill Yuan Shu, so as to close Yuan Shu's old department. Let Ji Ling, He Yi, Liu Xun and others lead the army north to support. ”

"Jiangdong Sun Ce's army is far away from the Central Plains, but his father went north to ask Dong Jianxia for his world-famous exploits, and this alone makes it possible for Sun Ce to be ordered to go north. Although Sun Ce did some things badly, I believe that at this time, he will not disgrace his father no matter what. ”

"Zhou Yu was born in a family of eunuchs, with his family background and personality, after receiving the holy decree, he will definitely be ordered to go north to crusade against rebellion."

"After the Yangzhou army goes north, the Central Plains battlefield can get at least 30,000 to 50,000 troops to reinforce it." Frustrated and waved his hand excitedly,

"As long as the Prime Minister is willing to make sacrifices, buy time for us to establish a blocking line, and buy time for the Yangzhou army to go north, we will be sure to block the pace of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu, and fight to the death with the Northern Xinjiang Army." The plan was unanimously approved by everyone.

The war situation has developed to such a point, as long as the method can be thought of, it must be done and tried, and there is no longer the slightest scruple or hesitation.

The letter told Prime Minister Cao Cheng and asked him to weigh the gains and losses carefully. At this time when the survival of society is at stake, no matter what the cost, we must bear it. ”

"Given that generals at all levels on the battlefields of Tao and Changyi were promoted to higher ranks to encourage morale."

"In addition, give Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, and Ji Ling, Liu Xun and others as generals." Yuan Shao stood up, and said with his fingers, Feng Ji and the others,

"You immediately draft a decree, Brother Jingsheng and I will go to meet the Son of Heaven, ask the Son of Heaven to personally draft the decree, and invite Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to the battlefield in the Central Plains." Late at night, Liu Biao dragged his tired body back to the post house.

Don't drive Liu Xian to accompany Liu Biao to chat a few words, asked about the situation of meeting the Son of Heaven, and then changed the topic and asked in a low voice: "My lord, are you familiar with Lord Fuzhi?" Liu Biao smiled,

"The foundation that we can have today is inseparable from the great help of the frustrated teaching. Among the civil and military officials in Luoyang, officials from Jizhou occupy many important positions, and these people basically listen to frustration, especially a group of generals in the army. At this time, Ben Chu first drove Fu Zhi out of Luoyang, and then used Fu Zhi again in less than a month, which shows that the strength of Fu Zhi is no longer under Ben Chu's control. It is very unwise to be frustrated at the beginning, which is equivalent to slashing yourself. However, luckily, he came to his senses immediately......"

"My lord, what do you think of the strategy that Lord Frustration proposed today?" Liu Xian saw that Liu Biao had the meaning of talking eloquently, and hurriedly interrupted him.

"Oh?" Liu Biao understood what Liu Xian meant. He smiled faintly,

"Frustrated and loyal to the beginning, but the original ......" Liu Biao shook his head,

"The more critical the moment, the more admirable the talent."

"Today's strategy is clearly playing on the topic. Although Gao Shun of the Northern Xinjiang Army appeared on the battlefield in Xuzhou, it is difficult to say whether the battle situation will develop along the assumption of Fu Zhu. I think that Fu Zhu is simply alarmist, and his purpose is to take advantage of the opportunity to weaken Cao Cao's strength. As for transferring Yuan Shu's army and Jiangdong's Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's army to the Central Plains battlefield, the purpose was the same. He wanted to use this battle to destroy all his opponents. Once Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu lost their troops on the battlefield in the Central Plains and their strength was greatly damaged, then after the Central Plains War, Yuan Shao could rely on his own strength to quickly stabilize the society. ”

"But......" Liu Xian hesitated for a moment and asked,

"My lord, you say, can Cao Cao accept Yuan Shao's suggestion? Will Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu be ordered to go north? ”

"Of course, when is this? Once the Central Plains War failed, Li Hong immediately laid the foundation for dominating the world. How many days can Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu live? Liu Biao sneered,

"As long as they are not idiots, as long as they still have loyalty to the big man in their hearts, they will definitely be ordered to go north. Knowing that the future is worrisome, they also have to fight hard. At this moment, when there is both glory and loss, who dares to take the society and take their net worth and life as a child's play. ”

"However, once the Central Plains War is won, Yuan Shao ......" Liu Xian looked at Liu Biao cautiously and said in a low voice,

"We are all descendants of the clan, so we can't help but guard against it. Yuan Shao suddenly changed his course and respected the Son of Heaven, in fact, his original intention was to serve the Son of Heaven to command the world, which was a step further than what he had done in the past. The Central Plains War was won, Cao Cao and others were weak, their family was dominant, plus his merits were world-......, if he wanted to " Liu Biao shook his head and sighed,

"Forget it, don't think about this kind of thing for the time being, it's in vain to think about it, let's take one step at a time. We don't know what the outcome of the Central Plains War will be, who will win and who will lose, so for the sake of the community, everyone should work together at this moment. In any case, the biggest enemy at the moment is not Yuan Shao, but Li Hong. If the Central Plains War is lost, if we want to turn things around again, it will all depend on Yuan Shao to fight Hebei. If Yuan Shao doesn't fall, we still have hope, if Yuan Shao falls, I'm afraid that the country of this big man will ......"

A gust ......of night wind blew, the candle flame suddenly went out, and Liu Biao and the words in his mouth were suddenly swallowed up by darkness.

In mid-April, Jiyin County, Yanzhou, Dingtao City. Under the blue sky, billowing smoke soared upwards and enveloped the entire city.

The sound of war drums, the sound of fighting, the roar of ballistas, and the roar of arrows tearing through the air were intertwined, converging into thrilling waves that shook the heavens and the earth.

Cao Ren stood under the big wall, looking through the gap in the shield, looking at the dense siege army under the city in front of him, and his heart trembled.

"Zixiao, did you see it, that's Lu Bu's battle flag." Xiahou Yuan's angry voice sounded from behind Cao Ren,

"The left and right armies of the Northern Frontier Army have converged." Cao Ren slowly closed his eyes, trying his best to calm his excitement.

Changyi was lost, the life and death of the family were uncertain, and the heavy responsibility of blocking the Northern Xinjiang Army fell on his shoulders.

Big brother, where are you? Where's the reinforcements?

"......Boom" There was a loud bang, and the ballista roared loudly beside Cao Ren, as if to pour out all the grief in his heart.

"Zixiao, do you want to send someone to send the news of Changyi's loss?"

"We'll talk about it in the evening." Cao Ren shook his hand,

"Find a few scouts who know how to swim ......overnight," he said, and before he could finish speaking, the corner of his eye swept to a flaming flame flying in the air.

The stone artillery of the Northern Frontier Army is firing again.

"Disperse, disperse quickly......" Cao Ren roared, pulling Xiahou Yuan to dodge quickly. The burning stone roared all the way, like a fire dragon with teeth and claws, dragging a long black tail, and crashed headlong into the flagpole of Daxu,

"When ......" sounded, the flagpole was overwhelmed and broken. The big stumbling fell and staggered down the city.

The soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army under the city thundered with joy, and the huge roar was like a shocking and angry wave, overwhelmingly crashing into the sky.

Dingtao City trembled violently at this earth-shattering roar. Koji Yi opened his arms, and on the deafening battlefield, he shouted wildly, and his voice was hoarse,

"Hit, hit, hit me......"

"Order the chariot battalion, give me a full blast, knock down the tower, burn it, burn it for me......"

"My lord, my lord......" Sima Yi stood behind Lu Yi and shouted repeatedly,

"Lord Lu Bu has arrived......" Koji Yi seemed to have not heard it, sitting on his war horse and shouting and roaring, as if he was fighting bloodily on the castle tower.

The guards around were as excited and excited as Koji Yoshi, and the roars rose higher and higher. Lu Bu and Fan Li looked at the cheering figure of Liyi, looked at each other and smiled.

Sima Yi's voice was hoarse, but Lu Yi still didn't hear it, Sima Yi couldn't help it, rushed up on his horse, and hugged Lu Yi's waving arm.

"My lord, Lord Lu Bu has arrived......" Ko Yi turned his head suddenly, beckoned to Lu Bu and Fan Li, then turned the horse's head and quickly caught up,

"How many people came?"

"Except for Liu Yu and 3,000 people who stayed in Changyi, everyone else has arrived." The sound on the battlefield was too loud, and Lu Bu could only open his mouth and shout,

"When are we going to besiege the city?"

"Take a break and don't fight today." Koji Yi scolded and pointed to the city in the distance and said,

"There are too many troops in the city, at least more than 10,000 people. If we forcibly attack the city, even if we destroy all the army, we will not be able to take the city. "Lu Bu, Fan Li was taken aback,

"Ten thousand?" The combined infantry of the northern and southern armies is only 45,000, and 1/2 of the siege is removed along the way