Chapter 9 Chase the Central Plains 20th Festival North Moon, Jiyin County, Juancheng. The Northern Xinjiang Army pressed the border, and the momentum of the attack was extremely fierce.

On the city tower, the Yanzhou sergeant sat crookedly in the middle of the corpse and the pool of blood, seizing the short time between the attack to rest.

There was a suffocating panic and sadness in the bloody air. Xiahou Yuan and Wang Zhong, under the protection of several personal guards, hurried up to the city tower.

The military commander in charge of guarding the north gate of the city came up with a few junior officers and reported the battle situation to the two adults.

In the past seven days, the army retreated from Cangting to Dong'e, and then from Dong'e to Fancheng, and then retreated to Liqiu and Juancheng, almost losing a city every other day, and morale was extremely low.

Xiahou Yuan originally wanted to stay in Fan City for a few more days, but when he saw the dense Northern Frontier Infantry Army outside the city, he immediately changed his mind and led the army to continue to retreat.

In the face of the sharp attacks of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Xiahou Yuan was helpless and could only retreat again and again.

"My lord, have the reinforcements arrived?" The military commander asked in a whisper, holding a wounded arm. Xiahou Yuan shook his head, stretched out his hand and patted the disappointed military Sima on his face, and comforted: "Extrapolating the time, the army of the senior cadres should be very close to us, hold on for a while......

"As long as Gao Gan's army arrives in Juancheng, we can block the Northern Xinjiang Army north of the Lizi River." Wang Zhong pointed to the Northern Frontier Army under the city that was preparing to attack, and said very confidently,

"We are tired, and the enemy is even more tired. They traveled 500 miles in seven days, connecting three cities, and their physical strength had reached the limit, which could be said to be the end of the crossbow. Before he finished speaking, the drums under the city burst out, the sound of killing was like thunder, and a new round of attacks by the Northern Frontier Army began.

The military Sima and several subordinates hurriedly left Xiahou Yuan and Wang Zhong and ran towards their respective defensive positions.

"Drumming, drumming...... Raise your shield and be careful of the arrow array...... "In the earth-shattering roar, the sky above Juancheng suddenly darkened, and a huge cloud of black arrows rushed over with a roar that tore through the air.

"Let's go, let's go......" The guards dragged up Xiahou Yuan and Wang Zhong and retreated to the city.

"Withdraw quickly, ...... quickly" In the afternoon of the same day, Xiahou Yuan received a letter from Gao Gan. Gao Gan said that the thunder of the Northern Xinjiang Army burned my grain and grass, and the two cities of Baima and Puyang were in danger, so I had to give up support and return to Puyang as soon as possible.

Xiahou Yuan was very angry, thinking that Gao Gan had no sincerity to support at all.

"His army has reached the south bank of the Guzi River, less than a hundred miles away from us, and it is completely possible to cross the river to the north in one go."

"The safety of Baima and Puyang is very important." Wang Zhong disagreed with Xiahou Yuan's statement,

"Baima and Puyang were lost, and Dingtao was immediately exposed to the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and we may also be surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Pushui." Wang Zhong has always insisted on withdrawing from Dingtao after making great strides, and he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiahou Yuan's procrastination style.

Wang Zhong again proposed to abandon Juancheng and withdraw to the Pushui River before the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army did not block the Guzi River.

The Northern Frontier Army advanced extremely fast, and it was difficult to keep up with the weight of grain and grass for a while, which seriously restricted the attack range of the iron cavalry.

In addition, there are many rivers in the hundreds of miles from Fancheng to Dingtao, which causes the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army to dare not break away from the main army too far, so as not to be attacked because of the unfamiliar terrain.

This is also the main reason why Xiahou Yuan has been able to retreat safely.

"Every time the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked the city, it deliberately left us a way to retreat." Wang Zhong said,

"The Northern Frontier Army did this, obviously because they were worried that they would push us into a hurry, and they would hold on to the city and delay their southward movement. However, with the continuation of the war, the supply of grain and grass gradually became normal, and the distance from Dingtao became closer and closer, and the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army would soon start a roundabout outflanking, striving to encircle and annihilate us on the north and south banks of the Pushui River, and gain absolute superiority in strength for them to seize Dingtao. Xiahou Yuan rejected Wang Zhong's suggestion and ordered the army to continue to hold out.

In Xiahou Yuan's view, it would take time for Cao Cao's army to return to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi. Before Cao Cao's army returned, in order to block the Northern Xinjiang Army in Dingtao and Changyi, Cao Ren needed to make a lot of preparations, to requisition the people and to store grain, grass and ordnance, to transfer the property of the counties and counties that had not been attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and to advise the people to move south as much as possible.

Now Cao Cao needs time, and Cao Ren needs time even more. Although withdrawing to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi prematurely can save the lives of thousands of soldiers, the losses of the counties and people along the way will be very staggering.

Weighing the pros and cons, of course, while maintaining the strength of the troops, it is the best policy to block the attack step by step and try to delay the speed of the northern Xinjiang army moving south.

However, in the evening, the scouts delivered bad news from outside the city. Xiancheng on the Lizi River was captured by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and traces of the Northern Xinjiang Army's iron cavalry were also found in the direction of the Vertical Ting Ferry.

Now Xiahou Yuan was in a hurry. If the Pavilion was captured by the Northern Xinjiang Army first, the army would be completely surrounded on the north bank of the Lizi River, and it would be impossible to escape.

Xiahou Yuan immediately ordered to withdraw his troops overnight, cross the Lizi River, and withdraw to Chengyang City on the south bank of the Pushui River.

Late at night, the camp of the Northern Army. Yushi, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, Sima Yi and others gathered in front of the map, discussing the matter of crossing the river and attacking tomorrow.

"Tomorrow, after the army crosses the Gouzi River from the direction of the Hanging Pavilion, it will be divided into two." Koji Yi pointed to the map and said,

"The two adults, Jade and Jiang Wu, led the army to attack Chengyang, and Lord Zhao Yun and I led the army to attack Juyang."

"Juyang is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Dingtao, after taking Juyang, we will cross the Pushui River and attack Dingtao directly. Considering that Juyang is the barrier of Dingtao, Cao Ren should have a heavy army here, and the difficulty of attacking will be greatly increased. ”

"Chengyang City is located a hundred miles northeast of Juyang City, between the Leize and Pushui rivers, very close to the Vertical Ting Ferry, and the location is dangerous, which will pose a great threat to our grain and grass transportation and the main force of the army to attack Juyang. Now Xiahou Yuan's army is in Chengyang, in order to ensure the safety of grain and grass and help the main army quickly conquer Juyang, Yu Shi and Jiang Shun will lead a battalion of foot soldiers, a battalion of iron cavalry to surround Chengyang, and trap Xiahou Yuan in Chengyang. ”

"Let's take Juyang. Then began to attack Dingtao. ”

"Cao Ren is difficult to support alone, and he must ask Xiahou Yuan of Chengyang for help." Koji Yi's hand pointed to the Chengshi City on the map, looked at the jade and said,

"After Xiahou Yuan withdrew from Chengyang and rushed to Dingtao, you immediately crossed the Pushui River and killed Chengshi City eighty miles away."

"Chengshi City is located on the south bank of the Jishui River, in the east of the two cities of Dingtao and Changyi, about one hundred and fifty miles away from the two cities, its existence seriously threatens the safety of our left and right armies, we must take it as soon as possible, and completely solve this threat." Jade and Jiang Wu nodded repeatedly.

"Whether the grain and grass can be delivered to the front line in time will be directly related to whether the army can quickly conquer Dingtao and Changyi." Koji Yi refers to Sima Yi,

"If nothing else, the left and right armies will arrive at the front line of Dingtao and Changyi within the scheduled time. The amount of food, grass and ordnance consumed by the 100,000 army was very large. The transport routes of grain and grass must be shortened in order to speed up the transport and reduce the loss of the road. ”

"The speed of the people and grain and grass burdens from all over Hebei going south to the Central Plains is accelerating." Sima Yi said,

"The 300,000 people who rushed to the banks of the Yellow River at the earliest have already unloaded the grain and grass loaded on the fleet, and are now being sent to various battlefields."

"Dong Zhao and Guo Ce are now erecting boat bridges on the water surface of the Baili Yellow River along the direction of Puyang to Hemucheng, and it is estimated that the bridge of the three ferries of Changshoujin, Changganjin and Hemujin has been erected. The grain and grass baggage of Handan and Yecheng are transported from these places across the Yellow River to Dingtao, which will greatly shorten the time and distance of transportation. Sima Yi's face was gloomy, and he tapped Puyang on the map heavily,

"What is deeply disturbing is that Gao Gan's army is in Puyang, and if he repeatedly attacks our grain route, things will be in trouble." Koji Yi glanced at Puyang on the map, his thick eyebrows were deeply locked,

"Lord Gao Lan has to not only hold back Gao Gan's army, but also protect the grain route to Dingtao, with his current strength, it is indeed a bit stretched. It seems that if you want to take Puyang and ensure the safety of this grain route, you can only count on Lord Yan Liang's army to retreat to Hanoi and then attack from the direction of Liyang. ”

"Can you temporarily dispatch an iron cavalry to patrol back and forth along the Gouzi River to protect this grain road?" Sima Yi asked.

Koji Yi thought for a moment,

"After taking Juyang, I will give you a thousand iron horses." When everyone was discussing the details of the attack, there was a quarrel outside the big tent, and then Wu Ye, the commander of the Northern Army, hurriedly ran in,

"My lord, Lord Yang Qi wants to see you." Koji Yi was stunned for a moment. Yang Qi, Zhang Chao, Dong Wan, Wang Kai and other ministers of the DPRK and China followed behind the army on the right, and were specially responsible for pacifying the counties and rebuilding the county government offices, so as to stabilize the people of the counties and counties as soon as possible to engage in agriculture with peace of mind.

At present, the most important thing is to ensure that a large number of refugees will not break out in various parts of Yanzhou because of the war, and to ensure that the spring plowing and spring harvest in all parts of Yanzhou will not be delayed.

These ministers followed up very quickly, and they and the young Peng family members were busy with government affairs all night, so how could they have time to run to the barracks to make trouble?

Koji Yi was very strange, and hurriedly went out of the tent to greet the generals. Yang Qi is one of the most senior ministers in the court, and is now the Guanglu doctor in the court, and he also leads the Yanzhou assassin history.

When he saw Koji Yi, his face was full of anger,

"Lord Koji, you are now a big official, the shelves have been put up, and your subordinates are more horizontal than the other, and even I have to block the frame." Lu Yi's face was a little unbearable, first he said a few sorry words with a smiling face, and then in front of Yang Qi, he raised his foot and kicked the personal guard on duty.

"Are you blind? This is the famous Boss Yang in the DPRK, don't you know? The team leader looked at Yang Qi blankly with a pair of wide eyes, and then said very aggrievedly to Lu Yi: "My lord, this is the military camp, and this is the big tent that is being discussed in the military. Lu Yi couldn't cry or laugh, neither beating nor scolding, he looked at Yang Qi very embarrassed and said, "Boss, this matter ...... This one...... You please come to the big tent ......" Yang Qi was furious,

"Yilu? By what law? According to the law of the Great Han, your koji-sama will go to jail today. ”

"I'm going to jail?" Lu Yi was puzzled, looked at each other with Jade, Zhao Yun and others, and asked strangely,

"What's going on, sir?"

"What's going on?" Yang Qi waved his hands and shouted excitedly,

"Koji Yuntian, when it's time, you're still pretending to be crazy and stupid with me?" Koji Yi was unhappy, his face sank, he turned around and walked into the big tent, and scolded the old madman with a few words in his mouth.

Zhao Yun stretched out his hand to support Yang Qi, who was trembling with anger, and asked in a low voice while pulling him into the big tent, "Boss, what happened?" ”

"You're pretending to be deaf and dumb with me?" Yang Qi pushed Zhao Yun away vigorously, pointed at his nose and asked, "Let me ask you, how did you manage the army in Jinyang this year?" What have the soldiers of the Northern Army taught you? You can't get out of this matter, I'm going to impeach you, and you'......" Yang Qi pointed to Lu Yi, who turned to look at him, and roared angrily,

"I'm going to impeach you."

"From the beginning of the army's occupation of Dong'a, you connived at the soldiers of the Northern Army to kill the officials of the old government of Yanzhou, wantonly plundered and killed, adulterated their wives and daughters, and burned houses. Yang Qi's eyes were split, and his voice was hoarse,

"You go and see what your men are doing? Then you go and look at Juancheng, look at the fire in the city, look at the people in the city who are ravaged. ”

"Lu Yuntian, when did the Northern Frontier Army become more ferocious than the Xiliang people? Is it because you, a Xiliang person, have barbarian blood in your body? ”

"Yang Wenbo ......" Koji Yi's eyes widened angrily, and he roared,

"You can scold me, but you can't scold my ancestors?" Koji Yi kicked the table in front of him, and reached out to pull out the war knife on his waist,

"You want to die, Lao Tzu will fulfill you." Jade was frightened, and hugged Koji Yi in anger,

"Yuntian, are you crazy? When is this? Yang Qi was not afraid, he rushed up with his neck high, and aimed at Lu Yi is punch,

"Koji Yuntian, not only do I want to scold you, but I also want to beat you." There was a sudden chaos in the big tent.

"The imperial court has always been worried that the Huns will harm the Central Plains, but I didn't expect that now the Huns are honestly staying in the barracks outside the city, but our own army is doing everything in the Central Plains." Yang Qi was hugged by Wu Ye and Sima Yi, and he was so angry that his hands and feet danced wildly and scolded.

Lu Yi was pulled left and right by Jade and Jiang Wu, unable to move, and could only roar at the top of his throat.

"Yang Wenbo, I ordered this to be done, what can you do with me? The army is rapidly moving south for a hundred miles a day, and I have neither the troops to defend the city, nor the time to suppress the rich people in the city, what if I don't kill me? Am I relying on you powerless Confucian scholars to control the county seats? Rely on you bullshit and self-righteous scholars to ensure that the rear of my army is impregnable? Yang Wenbo, if you can't stand it, just go back to Jinyang for me, or I'll dive headlong into the Guzi River and die. Zhao Yun rushed out of the big tent and looked up in the direction of the city, a huge flame lit up the night sky, and Juancheng was struggling in pain in the sea of fire.

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