Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains 59th Festival on August, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, Xuchang. Yan Rou and Jiang Wu were ordered to lead the army across the Langtang Canal and quietly lurk at the confluence of the Langtang Canal and the Whirlpool River.

In order to facilitate the attack, the soldiers were all changed into the armor of the Henan Army and the Yanzhou Army, and the battle flags were also replaced with the banners of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

After the scouts found out that Xu Xuan, Cao Hong and others had led their troops north to kill Chen Liu, Yan Rou and Jiang Wu immediately led their troops across the vortex river overnight and quietly killed Yanling, a hundred miles away.

The hills around Yanling are vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the iron cavalry running, but it is conducive to the iron cavalry to hide its traces. Under the guidance of several guides, the army traveled 80 miles in one night and arrived outside the city of Yanling.

Twenty miles southwest of Yanling City is the Wei (ei) water river, after crossing the river and then forty miles southwest is Xuchang.

Therefore, whether it is Yanling City or the banks of the Weishui River, the coalition army has a heavy garrison. Yan Rou was worried that after dawn, the traces of the army would be exposed, so he deliberately asked the guide to take the army to detour from the path outside the city, and rushed directly to the Weishui River to seize the pontoon bridge and kill Xuchang directly.

However, when the army marched ten miles southwest of Yanling City, it was dawn. It was early in the summer daybreak, and Yan Rou had already calculated at this time, but due to the night march, there were various abnormalities along the way, and the army still failed to reach the river before dawn.

The five thousand iron horsemen brought by Yan Rou and Jiang Wu are all Biansaiula iron cavalry, although many of the cavalry are Han Chinese, but they are all from the border counties without exception, and their speaking accents are too different from those of the Central Plains, you can hear it when you hear it, and it is impossible to rely on the clothes and armor of the coalition army at this moment.

Yan Rou and Jiang Wu discussed. Time waits for no one, just rush over and forget it. The main purpose of this raid was to disturb the rear of the coalition forces, even if the army was exposed prematurely, as long as the iron cavalry could kill the city of Xuchang, the goal could still be achieved.

At this moment, the scouts reported back, and the gates of Yanling City were opened. Out of the city came a convoy of grain transporters, about fifty or sixty wagons, and more than thirty soldiers guarding grain.

Yan Rou barely thought about it, and waved his big hand,

"Ambush them and kill them all. Find some shrewd soldiers disguised as grain carriers and grain guards and enemy vehicles, and immediately capture the pontoon bridge. "This allied army was very unfortunate, and ten miles out of the city was in a different place on a hill.

Jiang Wu asked a few frightened guides to put on the clothes of the grain guards, and expanded the number of food guards to one hundred, and then led them to the pontoon bridge with the food.

The pontoon bridge over the Weishui River is guarded by about 500 people. The soldiers guarding the bridge did not doubt their identity.

Recently, there has been a big war in Henan, and the army often comes and goes from here, and the soldiers who protect the bridge have long been accustomed to it, and they haven't even raised their eyes, as if they haven't seen it.

Several bridge guards stepped forward for a routine check. The guide was so frightened that he stammered. The soldiers who checked were very strange, and they wanted to ask carefully, but Jiang Wu couldn't help it, and took the lead in attacking, and cut off a human head with a knife.

"Brothers, kill me, seize the pontoon, and ...... quickly" The horn sounded. Some of the Iron Knights rushed onto the pontoon bridge and killed the other side, while some of the soldiers disguised as civilians raised their weapons and slaughtered the panicked rebels at the bridge.

The main force of the iron horsemen, who was slowly approaching from afar, heard the sound of the horn, and immediately beat their horses and galloped wildly, roaring in.

For a time, on both sides of the Weishui River, the war horses neighed, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The five hundred soldiers were killed and wounded, and even those who ran fast with legs and feet were killed by the iron cavalry that pursued them.

Seeing that the traces were exposed, Yan Rou immediately ordered a thousand iron horsemen to turn around and kill Yanling, surround the city, and protect the pontoon bridge.

He and Jiang Wu each led 2,000 men and horses, killed Xuchang City all the way, and rushed to the grain and grass camp outside Xuchang City with a grain convoy all the way.

If there is an opportunity, they will rush into the grain and grass camp and set fire to the grain. Forty miles away, in a blink of an eye. Although there were many checkpoints along the way, they were caught off guard, and these people were all bloodily slaughtered by the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry.

Liu Biao and Fu Zhu in Xuchang City were shocked when they heard the news, they didn't know how many northern Xinjiang iron cavalry came, so they could only close the city gate and defend the city, while urgently asking for help from the surrounding cities, and sent people to urgently tell the official to cross Yuan Shao and Chen Liu's Kuaiyue, and quickly dispatched troops to help.

Originally, there were nearly 10,000 troops stationed around Xuchang City, but this time, in order to achieve the purpose of counterattack, Yuan Shao transferred all of them to the battlefield of Chenliu.

Yan Rou fought until the city of Xuchang, and he ordered all his troops to run around the city, pretending to kill the troops and horses to shock the defenders in the city.

The baggage camp ten miles outside the city was very panicked. For the Central Plains War, Yuan Shao built an unprecedented battalion outside Xuchang City, and the grain and grass transported from Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou were first concentrated in this camp, and then uniformly deployed by the imperial court.

Who knew that in such a safe place, there were iron horses in the northern frontier. Almost everyone thought that the front line had been defeated, and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry had reached Yuzhou.

The grain guards and the people were very frightened, and under the command of Captain Zhang Sheng, they dragged out thousands of baggage carts from the camp and set up a car formation outside the camp as fast as possible.

At this moment, a small group of soldiers escorted dozens of grain trucks and galloped over. Behind the convoy, the rumbling of horses could be faintly heard, and it was clear that an army of iron horsemen was following after them.

Because the scene was so chaotic and everyone was in danger, the grain convoy was put into the baggage camp without any interrogation.

Jiang Wu led the iron cavalry to roar and kill. The 5,000 soldiers guarding the heavy battalion did not wait for the iron cavalry to approach, and immediately fired their bows and crossbows, and in an instant dark clouds covered the sun and arrows flew all over the sky.

The northern iron cavalry could not get close, so they could only wait in formation from afar. Suddenly, thick smoke billowed from the camp, beams of flames rose into the air, and in the midst of the screams of horror and despair, huge hoards of grain and grass were engulfed in flames.

Zhang Sheng's soul flew out of the sky, and he could only shout helplessly for a while. Tens of thousands of people in the camp were heartbroken, and under the threat of the scorching heatwave, they finally collapsed and fled in all directions.

The army of 5,000 guards was the first to be scattered by the wolf-rushing people, and then they also dropped their weapons and fled with their heads in their hands.

Jiang Wu did not hesitate anymore and led the army to kill wantonly. Yan Rou under the city of Xuchang saw that the raging fire had burned half of the sky, and knew that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, so he immediately blew the horn and retreated with the army like a whirlwind.

At dusk, Liu Biao, Fu Zhu, Wang Lang and other ministers hurried to the baggage camp under the escort of a team of personal guards.

The fire here is still burning, and it is estimated that it will not be extinguished for a day or two. The fugitive men and soldiers saw that the iron cavalry of the northern frontier had withdrawn, and they rushed back one after another from all directions.

Zhang Sheng knew that he was deeply responsible and killed himself. Liu Biao's face was pale, his emaciated body kept trembling, and he was so angry that he couldn't even speak.

This is the largest grain and grass camp, although there is one each in Wancheng in Luoyang and Nanyang, but the scale and number of stockpiles are not as large as here.

The destruction of this large battalion can be said to be a fatal blow to the coalition forces. Liu Biao turned his head to look at Fu Zhu. Frustrated was staring blankly at the ashes floating in the air, beads of sweat running down his cheeks.

His expression is very strange, angry, desperate, depressed, and miserable, giving people a feeling of death.

"Can the existing grain and grass last until after the autumn harvest in October?" Liu Biao stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and asked weakly.

Frustrated and shook his head,

"If the number reported by the counties is true, if the officials in Luoyang and Wancheng do not fill their pockets, they should be able to support it for a month." Frustrated paused, shook his head,

"If you save a little, a month and a half at most." Liu Biao's eyes were dark, he felt dizzy, the sky was spinning, and his body shook involuntarily.

Wang Lang, who was standing behind him, grabbed him and asked with concern, "My lord, are you uncomfortable?" It's too hot here, so let's go back to the city and discuss. Liu Biao gasped violently and stood firmly.

"What else is there to discuss? Urgently tell Lord Yuan, fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, and fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, otherwise we will be defeated. ”

"How could the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry be killed here?" Wang Lang sighed sadly,

"Didn't Xenodu (Kuai Yue) and Meng Yu (Xu Xuan) say that they had already surrounded Yan Rou and Gao Shun's army in Chenliu? There are 90,000 troops there, and there are three lines of defense: the Bishui River, the Langtang Canal and the Whirlpool River. How could they be so negligent and make such a fatal mistake? ”

"I can't blame them, if we want to complain, we can only blame ourselves for being too careless, and we didn't deploy heavy troops in the area of the Weishui River in Yanling." Frustrated with a sigh and didn't continue.

Who is to blame? If Yuan Shao had heeded his advice and had not transferred the troops stationed in Xuchang to the Chenliu battlefield, why would the situation he had today?

Thousands of troops rushed to the battlefield of Chenliu, but they did not play any role in the battle situation, but on the contrary, left a fatal hole in their own rear.

"The iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army is haunting, and it is impossible to prevent it." Wang Lang hesitated for a moment and said,

"Maybe they just wanted to harass us and scare us, but who knew that they accidentally burned down our grain and grass camp. The advantage of the Central Plains battlefield was recaptured by the Northern Xinjiang Army in a blink of an eye. Liu Biao and Fu Zhu looked at each other, and Qi Qi sighed.

"Blocking messages." Liu Biao waved his hand,

"Find ways to block the news, don't shake the morale of the army." When he returned to the city, he immediately wrote to Yuan Shao, asking Yuan Shao to immediately move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang.

The Northern Xinjiang Army retreated in great strides on the battlefield of Chenliu, attracting all the forces of the coalition army to the city, apparently to cover and respond to this iron cavalry that had been lurking somewhere for a long time to take the opportunity to sneak attack Xuchang.

The purpose of this iron cavalry is not to provide food and grass, but to the little emperor in the city. But today's result was a bit unexpected, they didn't grab the little emperor, but burned the grain and grass of the coalition army.

The Northern Xinjiang Army did not know how much grain and grass the coalition army had stockpiled, and even if they burned the grain and grass camp in Xuchang, they would not have thought that the coalition army could only support it for more than a month.

Again, the Coalition is not very clear about this issue. That is to say, as long as the imperial court and the generals of the front-line unified army are consistent, downplay this matter and conceal the actual situation, none of the officers and men of the various departments will realize that the crisis is imminent.

But there is one thing that is imminent, and that is the safety of the Son of Heaven. We have already seen the sharpness of the iron cavalry in the northern frontier, Li Hong used the retreat on the battlefield in exchange for this fatal blow, and the advantage we did our best to regain was lost in a blink of an eye.

If the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry killed the little emperor in a sneak attack, the consequences would be even more terrible. In the Central Plains War, the reason why adults were able to form an alliance to resist Hebei was because of the Han Dynasty.

Without the imperial rule of the Han Dynasty, the states and counties were independent, and it was difficult to form alliances, and it was easy to be broken by Hebei.

The Jizhou War last year and the Central Plains War this year all illustrate the fact that no one can pull all the states and counties under the same banner except for the emperor today.

Isn't the prestige that adults can have today also due to the respect for the Son of Heaven? I don't know if you have considered it, if we win the Central Plains War, when the adults are busy pursuing the Northern Xinjiang Army to recover Yanzhou, Liu Biao takes the opportunity to hold the Son of Heaven hostage and move the Son of Heaven to Xiangyang, what does it mean to the adults?

Liu Biao's strength doubled, the states and counties gathered in Xiangyang, and the strength of adults decreased sharply. Today, the adults have just eliminated Cao Cao, and there will be another Liu Biao immediately, and the dream of the adults to calm the world is probably still far away.

If Liu Biao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the world, then the adults would have to be attacked on three sides, Luoyang has Hebei Li Hong in the north, Han Sui in the west has the border, and Liu Biao in the south, when will the adult's hegemony succeed?

The Son of Heaven moved to Luoyang and the emperor returned to Kyoto, which shocked the world and boosted the morale of the coalition army, I am afraid that you and I can not imagine.

This is probably the main reason why Li Hong was worried and frightened, and then sent troops to attack Xuchang. At the moment before the Central Plains War entered the decisive battle, if the Son of Heaven returned to Luoyang, the chances of winning this battle would be greatly increased.

Taking a step back, if we lose this battle, or draw it, and let the Northern Frontier Army gain a firm foothold in Yanzhou, then the next fierce battle will be launched in the area of Guan and Luo.

We need the support and help of all states and counties, just like this Central Plains War, we must join forces to fight Hebei.

At this time, if the Son of Heaven is in Luoyang, in order to protect the Son of Heaven, the states and counties will spare no effort to go north to help.

On the contrary, if the Son of Heaven is not in Luoyang, how many people will go north to help? Maybe some people wish that the Lord and Li Hong would lose both in order to profit from it.

My lord, maybe you didn't want to move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, maybe Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others also tried their best to prevent you from moving the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, but after the Central Plains War, we need a long time to recover, and we need more time to unite with other states and counties to go north to conquer, so for the sake of your own hegemony, you must take advantage of this rare opportunity, under the pretext that the safety of the Son of Heaven cannot be guaranteed, and immediately move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang.

At present, Liu Biao's army is in a hurry to fight a decisive battle in the Central Plains battlefield because of the shortage of food and grass, and at this moment he has to submit to you, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei are no longer able to pose a threat to you because of the great loss of strength.

Therefore, this is a God-given opportunity that must not be missed. In mid-August, Henan, Zhongmu City. Yuan Shao received an urgent letter of frustration in panic.

The Xuchang grain and grass battalion was successfully attacked by the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry and was destroyed. The existing grain and grass cannot support the autumn harvest in October, so please be sure to complete the decisive battle before mid-September, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Yuan Shao was shocked. The battlefield advantage that had been won with great difficulty was wiped out in the blink of an eye.

He hurriedly invited Feng Ji, Xin Ping, Yuan Zhong and others to the big tent, and everyone was stunned when they heard the news.

"Can the news be blocked?" Yuan Zhong said worriedly,

"If it leaks, the army will collapse."

"Probably about the same. The grain and grass on this side of the Guandu battlefield are transported from Luoyang and Guancheng, and there is no big problem for the time being. Yuan Shao handed the letter to the three of them,

"Brother Jingsheng (Liu Biao) has ordered Nanyang Wancheng to transport all the grain and grass to Xuchang as soon as possible, as long as it can meet the needs of Chen Liu's battlefield, the army's morale will not be chaotic."

"Do you order Xenodu (Kuaiyue) to immediately capture Chenliu and pull the 90,000-strong army to the area of the chasm water so that the decisive battle can be quickly decisive?" Xin Ping asked.

"I've given the order, but Xenomorph has repeatedly delayed and is reluctant to attack the city." Yuan Shao shook his head angrily,

"Chen Liu's Northern Xinjiang Army has about 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the losses in the forced siege are very large, so Heterodu is unwilling to fight, Cao Hong is also unwilling to fight, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are even more unwilling to fight, and there is only one Meng Yu (Xu Xuan) left alone, and he can't help it."

"They are counting on the Northern Xinjiang Army to abandon the city and leave, picking up a cheap one for nothing." Feng Ji sneered,

"If the Northern Xinjiang Army doesn't leave, they won't go north. Now there is not enough food, and there is not much time left for us to fight a decisive battle. ”

"You can't just tell them that there's not enough food, right?" Yuan Shao said helplessly,

"Brother Jingsheng will definitely tell the Xenometer about this matter, it is estimated that they are about to attack the city." The letter was uploaded from Yuan Zhong's hand to Xin Ping's hand, and then from Xin Ping's hand to Feng Ji's hand.

Neither Yuan Zhong nor Xin commented on any opinions. Feng Ji just looked at it, and immediately became furious,

"He, like Tian Feng, is a crow's mouth. How can the battle be lost if it comes to this point? Did he hope that the adults would be defeated and give Luoyang to him? Yuan Shao's face suddenly sank.

Yuan Zhong and Xin Ping looked at each other and were silent. Feng Ji pointed to the frustrated letter and refuted it one by one.

The purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry's sneak attack on Xuchang was to kill the little emperor? It's a joke. How many iron horsemen attacked Xuchang?

Even if they have 10,000 people, but there are 3,000 defenders in the city, there are 5,000 men and horses in the grain and grass camp outside the city, Yang Zhai 200 miles away, and Xun Chen's 20,000 recruits, can they beat Xuchang?

Enough time to take Xuchang? This is simply the crime of prevaricating the burning of the grain and grass camp for himself.

This iron cavalry ran to Xuchang to harass our rear, forcing us to transfer troops back to help, and creating an opportunity for the Northern Frontier Army to break through smoothly on the battlefield of Chenliu.

However, Liu Biao, Fu Zhu and others neglected to take precautions and committed unforgivable crimes. The barracks of grain and grass were burned, and the sins were not forgiven.

Your Majesty has today's prestige, thanks to the respect for the Son of Heaven? This is even more of a big joke, and the frustration is simply talking nonsense with his eyes open.

Back then, the adults formed an alliance to fight Dong with the order of the inheritance system, and honored the Son of Heaven? Have we honored the Son of Heaven in Chang'an for so many years?

Is it because of this that the adults have no prestige? The Jizhou War, the Central Plains War, the adults are just adapting to the situation, if there is no today, can't the adults form an alliance to resist Hebei?

If we don't form an alliance to fight Hebei, although our days will be a little sad, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others may not have much time.

Everyone is in order to survive, in order to resist Hebei to form an alliance, what does it have to do with respecting the Son of Heaven?

The Central Plains War was won, and Liu Biao still dared to hold the Son of Heaven hostage? What is he holding the Son of Heaven hostage? Against us?

If he dares to confront us, we will destroy him. At that time, Li Hong of Hebei lost and urgently needed to recover, so we could pretend to make peace with him and stabilize Hebei.

Then gather the main force to go south to conquer Liu Biao and cut off his head. Hijacking the Son of Heaven? Is the Son of Heaven also held hostage by Liu Biao?

I think that when I say this, it is clearly a separation between Lord and Liu Biao. The adult and Liu Biao have a fight, who benefits?

Li Hong, Hebei. Tian Feng has close contacts with Hebei, and it is estimated that he is too. He is now deposed to Xuchang by adults, dissatisfied, and has hooked up with Hebei.

I heard that his younger brother Fuzong is in the Jizhou Mansion and is very powerful, so we can't help but guard against it. Yuan Shao's face became more and more ugly.

"Don't you think it's incredible that the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry casually attacked Xuchang and burned the heavily guarded grain and grass camp?" Feng Ji suddenly thought of something, and said with a nervous expression,

"Could it be a leak of frustration? In addition to him, how many people know that the troops on the front line of Yanling and Weishui have been transferred to the Chenliu battlefield? If Frustrated betrayed the adults and secretly took refuge in Li Hong, we ......" Yuan Shao's eyes suddenly widened, and the extreme shock and fear made him involuntarily shiver a few times in a row.

Feng Ji is still gushing and analyzing. Taking the Son of Heaven to Luoyang violated our original agreement with Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others, which was obviously to drive a wedge between the adults and the three of them.

At this time, it was a critical moment in the war, and the relationship between the adults and them broke down because of this incident, can the adults still command them?

They are extremely dissatisfied with the adults, and they are bound to join forces to fight against the adults, how can this battle be fought? Can you still win?

Also, Tian Feng was imprisoned, Xu Youjiu was executed, Cao Cao was facing death, Xuchang's grain and grass camp was burned, and so on, all of which made Fu Zhu see his tragic end.

Does he have any other options? He could only betray like Xu You, and then turn against him.

"Enough......" Yuan Shao suddenly slapped his palm on the desk,

"Don't say it, I've got it."

"My lord, this is all speculation, Yuan Tu doesn't have any credentials, you must not put Lord Fu in prison in anger." Xin Ping saw that Yuan Shao's face was wrong, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"My lord, we all know very well what Lord Fu is, after so many years, how can he ever behave unfavorably towards adults?" Yuan Zhong also earnestly persuaded,

"In the past few months, Tian Feng has been imprisoned twice, Xu Yu has betrayed, and Luoyang is already panicked. Sir, you have to be careful. ”

"Before Xu You's betrayal, how could he have had unfavorable words and deeds towards adults?" Feng Ji sneered,

"If my guess is right, and Fu Zhu also betrayed your lordship, then we will indeed lose this battle, and we will lose it badly."

"Yuantu, be sober, don't be suspicious." Xin Ping looked angry, pointed to his nose and said,

"If he betrayed the adult, what did he write this letter for? He didn't think he was dying fast enough? Feng Ji pushed away Xin Ping's hand,

"You know what? If the adults are tricked, listen to the words of frustration, and move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, then once the Central Plains War fails, the Northern Xinjiang Army will surround Luoyang and attack Luoyang. Liu Biao, Liu Bei and others will also be restrained in Luoyang. At that time, there will inevitably be another decisive battle between Hebei and the coalition forces. If we still fail, will Li Hong have already pacified the world? Does he still need to travel thousands of miles south to conquer? Can't you see such a vicious scheme? ”

"Yuantu, you're going too far." Yuan Zhong shook his head and sighed,

"Lord Fu originally had good intentions, but when I said this to you, it turned into a conspiracy. We don't know how things will develop, and Lord Fu is also speculating, but your speculation is alarmist. ”

"If you think it's alarmist, that's right." Feng Ji smiled proudly,

"You have to be ahead of everything else, you have to think about everything, you have to be foolproof. Otherwise, we don't even know who cut off our heads. ”

"Then you say, how should this matter be handled?" Xin Ping asked angrily,

"I can warn you, Lord Fu must not be arrested, otherwise something will definitely happen to Luoyang."

"Let him escort him and move the Son of Heaven to Nanyang Wancheng." Feng Ji thought for a moment and said,

"Whether he has dealings with Hebei or not, and whether he betrayed the adults or not, we can't trust him now, and we must transfer him to the farthest place from the battlefield."

"Nanyang?" Wai Shao, Xin Ping and Yuan Zhong all looked surprised,

"Move the Son of Heaven to Nanyang?"

"That's right." Feng Ji nodded and said,

"First of all, we are not willing to take the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, that's for sure. Secondly, we must ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven, who is very important to us at the moment and cannot have an accident. Of course, the Northern Frontier Army wanted to kill him, but Cao Cao wanted to hold him hostage even more. Cao Cao is not only a butcher, but also a villain who does all kinds of evil. You forced him to be anxious with this kind of person, and he did everything. His tiger and leopard ride is not in Xiaopei now. Xiaopei is not far from Xuchang, if the tiger and leopard ride swaggered into the city and openly held the Son of Heaven hostage, we are really dumbfounded, and we can only let Cao Cao go. Third, of course, it is to take care of Liu Biao and Liu Bei's emotions. Liu Biao and Liu Bei are both ministers of the clan, so I am afraid that something will happen to this son of heaven, and we are always on guard against us moving him to Luoyang. Now that we've moved the Son of Heaven to Nanyang, which is close to Jingzhou, he should be relieved, right? You should be fighting the war with all your heart, right? ”

"Xianyi (Yuan Xi) is in Nanyang and is recruiting new soldiers, we will hand over the Son of Heaven to him and let him protect him." Feng Ji looked at the three of them,

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to do that? Isn't it more conducive to the security of the Son of Heaven and the current war situation? Yuan Shao nodded again and again,

"It's a good idea." He looked at Xin Ping and Yuan Zhong with an inquiring gaze. The two agreed that as long as they didn't arrest Fu Zhu now, everything else would be trivial.

"Let George (Simbi) do this." Yuan Shao said to Feng Ji,

"The court will hand over the mess to Fu Zhi, let him do it. The Son of Heaven went to Nanyang, Brother Jingsheng should have gone to the battlefield in person, right? ”

"He's old and timid, and he's afraid to go to war." Feng Ji teased.

"You think you're young?" Yuan Shao sighed sullenly,

"We are almost fifty years old, and we are old, and I don't know if we can see a peaceful day in the world." Xin Bi was ordered to travel south to Xuchang day and night and move to Nanyang.

Yuan Shao personally sent him out of the mansion and repeatedly told him to be careful and not to have an accident. As soon as Xin Bi left, an urgent report came from Luoyang.

Yuan Tan reported urgently, he got the latest news from Xiliang, Pang De led the army to leave Wuwei County in a hurry because of the war in the desert.

Pound's departure was tantamount to a failure of mediation, and Han Sui and Ma Chao immediately went to war again. Pound's departure from Xiliang also triggered another serious crisis.

Due to the lack of troops, Wuwei County burned Dangqiang and other Xiqiang species roared down from Hexi, Chen soldiers on the Yellow River, threatening Jincheng County.

Han Sui was attacked on both sides and was too busy to take care of himself, and the threat to Guanzhong was lifted. Yuan Tan said in his letter that the threat of Xiliang was lifted, and I had no worries, and I should do my best to attack Hedong and respond to the battlefield in the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao had always been worried that Han Sui would be unfavorable to Guanzhong, and after getting the news, his mood suddenly improved a lot.

The next day, a better message was delivered to Guandu. Xuzhou Jian Yong and Chen Deng urgently reported that at the beginning of this month, Qingzhou Zang Ba was rebelled and had withdrawn from Langya State.

Zang Ba's petition for guilt and a letter to Yuan Shao were also delivered at the same time. Jian Yong and Chen Deng said in their letters that they had discussed with Zang Ba that they would gather 20,000 troops to attack Pingyuan County and Ganling State in Jizhou this month in order to contain the forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed. If Chen Deng and Zang Ba can conquer Gaotang in Pingyuan County, after the army crosses the river, they can directly enter the Ganling Kingdom in Jizhou and directly smash the rear of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

At this moment, Jizhou's troops are empty, and there will inevitably be chaos, which will directly affect the Central Plains battlefield. If Li Hong had no choice but to urgently transfer the iron cavalry back to aid Jizhou, the decisive battle would be very beneficial to the coalition forces.

Yuan Shao calculated the time, Chen Deng and Zang Ba's army should be about to arrive in Linzi, if nothing else, in August, they will be able to cross the Yellow River and enter Jizhou.

"Order, ride eight hundred miles to Xuzhou Jian Yong, so that as long as he gets the news that Chen Deng and Zang Ba have entered Jizhou, he will report it immediately, without any delay." At this critical moment, good news came from the battlefields on the east and west flanks, which made Yuan Shao very happy.

He hurriedly convened the generals of all ministries to discuss and deploy the strategy of the decisive battle. In mid-August, Henan, Yangwu City.

After ten days of aggressive fighting, the coalition forces stopped. Zhang Yan was very anxious, and continuously urged Chen Liu's Gao Shun to withdraw as soon as possible, and drove the coalition forces on the Chen Liu battlefield to the Guandu battlefield as soon as possible.

At this time, Yan Rou came with the news that the iron cavalry had successfully attacked Xuchang and burned Xuchang's grain and grass camp. Zhang Yan, Jia Xu and others didn't care.

There are many places where the coalition forces have stockpiled grain and grass, and burning a large grain battalion will not affect the morale of the coalition troops, let alone the development of the war situation.

Zhang Yan urged Yan Rou and Gao Shun again to withdraw from Chen Liu, so as not to waste time. Handan Xingyuan also sent a message at this time, Zang Ba pretended to betray Hebei, has won Chen Deng's trust, and is now gathering troops and horses with Chen Deng to attack Jizhou, and it is estimated that he will be able to cross the river north and enter Jizhou at the end of this month.

After this news is sent to Yuan Shao, the attack strategy of the coalition forces may be sharper, and Zhang Yan is requested to pay attention to taking advantage of this news and appropriately withdraw part of his troops to Jishui at the end of this month, so as to attract the coalition forces to cross the chasm and fight a decisive battle as soon as possible.

Zhang Yan, Jia Xu, Ke Ma Yi and others laughed when they heard the news. Here Xu Yu pretended to betray the coalition forces and fled to Hebei.

There, Zang Ba pretended to betray Hebei and attracted Xuzhou's army to Qingzhou. Both things are beneficial to Hebei, and it seems that not only the decisive battle in the Central Plains has a good chance of winning, but even Xuzhou may take advantage of the situation.

"How is Xu Yu doing? Or do you drown your sorrows with wine every day? ”

"He's in very bad condition, and if he didn't drink, he would probably go crazy." But Ma Yi's smile gradually faded, and he sighed softly,

"He is arrogant and conceited, singing with a sword, dashing, how can he ever suffer such a blow?"

"Did he say anything?" Zhang Yan asked,

"We don't ask him, and he doesn't ask us?" Sima Yi shook his head in disappointment,

"He's been drunk all day, what can he say?"

"Forget it, let him go. When it comes to critical moments, he will naturally speak. Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"Although he was drunk, his head was very sober."

"Since he's here, he won't go home empty-handed." Jia Xu spread out the map on the desk and said with a smile,

"Let's not talk about him, let's take a look at Xuzhou. If Lord Zang Ba arrests Chen Deng and disarms the Xuzhou army, how sure is he that he will take Xuzhou? ”

"How many troops are there in Xuzhou now? Do we have any sure news? Zhang Yan asked.

"Absolutely. Since Lord Zang Ba has been said by them, they must always show some sincerity. Wei Yan picked up Xingyuan's letter and looked at it,

"Chen Deng took 5,000 Guangling soldiers to the north with Lord Zang Ba. Jian Yong led 5,000 troops to garrison Pengcheng, Tancheng and Kaiyang. In addition, there are thousands of temporary recruits who are training in Pengcheng. Then he looked up at Zhang Yan,

"I think that if you want to fight Xuzhou, the army of Lord Zang Ba and the armies of Chen Gong and Wu Dun in Rencheng can enter at the same time. Lord Zang Ba attacked Langya and Donghai, and Lord Chen Gong attacked Pengcheng and Xiapi, and then the two armies converged in Guangling. ”

"It's that easy." Jia Xu shook his head and smiled,

"The Central Plains is too far away from Qingzhou, and when we send the news to Lord Zang Ba, the Xuzhou army may be about to flee to Xuzhou. If you want to take Xuzhou, there is only one way, and that is to completely annihilate the coalition forces on the battlefield in the Central Plains. When everyone was chatting, a guard came to report, and two adults, Yuan Yao and Liu Ye, came to see him.

"Yuan Yao?" Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment,

"What is he here for? Want to go back to Yangzhou? "Jump to