Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains Section 63 August Xia, Jizhou, Handan. On the eve of dawn, the eldest princess led 10,000 Ula iron horsemen to the Handan camp first.

The general Li Hong led the officials, and Guo Ce, the assassin of Jizhou, led the officials of Jizhou to meet them. The eldest princess, surrounded by Lei Zi and a group of northern Xinjiang generals, hurried to the ministers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be polite quickly. It's going to be dawn, so don't crowd at the gate of the camp, let's go to the camp and talk. Li Hong stood up and looked up at the eldest princess, and a fair and slightly tired face met his eyes, which was even more beautiful and heroic against the background of the bright silver armor covered with dust.

The eldest princess smiled at him, her eyes revealing all kinds of tenderness. Li Hong was suffocated for a while, his heartbeat suddenly intensified, his body trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to look at the eldest princess for a while, and looked at the group of generals behind the eldest princess in a panic.

"General......" Lei Zi roared excitedly, and took the generals to pay respects.

"Alright, alright, it's all free." Seeing these familiar faces and hearing these familiar voices, a sense of intimacy arose spontaneously from Li Hong's heart, and the confidence that was strong enough to destroy everything suddenly gushed out, making Li Hong's waving hand tremble involuntarily.

"General......" Lei Zi and other generals bowed down and bowed again because they were too excited.

"Get up, get up......" Li Hong hurriedly took two steps and helped them up one by one. The generals gathered around him, and their eyes looked at him eagerly.

Li Hong wanted to say two words of gratitude, but those words choked in his throat and didn't say them for a long time. At this time, a faint fragrance came, and the eldest princess appeared beside him, gently snuggling his tall body intentionally or unintentionally, staring at him fiercely with a pair of affectionate eyes, and did not leave for a moment.

In front of the ministers and generals, Li Hong was very nervous, and the expression on his face was a little cramped and uneasy.

Suddenly, the eldest princess stood on tiptoe and tried her best to reach Li Hong's ear,

"I traveled thousands of miles to bring you reinforcements, and not only did you not even say a word of thanks, but you didn't even look at me." The eldest princess's resentful voice came into Li Hong's ears, making his heartstrings tremble and his face look ashamed, but he immediately realized that the posture of the eldest princess was too close to him, and he couldn't help but take a step back in a panic.

"Your Highness, Your ......Minister" He just wanted to make up for his mistake, but found that the charming little face in front of him was full of banter, and the thick affection in those watery eyes made his mind suddenly blank.

"General, are you feeling better?" The eldest princess's gentle and concerned voice rang in his ears again.

Li Hong barely calmed down and quickly glanced around. The ministers and generals were all looking at them, and the smiles on their faces were obviously warm.

Li Hong secretly smiled bitterly, bowed respectfully and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, the minister met Master Huatuo in Chenliu, and after his diagnosis and treatment, he has been much better." ”

"After receiving the report, I was very anxious, and immediately asked Master Xiangkai and Master Huang Da to go to Handan in a hurry." The eldest princess smiled with relief and said softly,

"I'm worried about you. Are you really okay," Li Hong nodded gratefully and stretched out his hand to please,

"Your Highness, I'm too tired to march around for days, so let's rest."

"You still know to care about me?" The eldest princess glanced at him, her expression was arrogant, and she suddenly showed all kinds of style. Li Hong's heart was suffocated, and he was almost out of breath.

The eldest princess has become more and more beautiful as she grows older, and Li Hong has a feeling of amazement when he sees her every once in a while.

After resting for a few hours, the eldest princess immediately convened a military meeting of the ministers in Xingyuan. Fu Gan told the eldest princess about the military situation of the Central Plains battlefield and other battlefields during this time.

"At present, in the direction of Hedong, Lord Yang Feng is fighting with Yuan Tan and Duan Xuan. Lord Zang Ba of Qingzhou had already eliminated Chen Deng's Xuzhou army in Gaotang City, and now he was leading his army south to Beihai, preparing to attack Xuzhou again after the decisive battle in the Central Plains. ”

"On the battlefield of the Central Plains, Yan Rou and Gao Shun have already led the infantry cavalry army to evacuate the front line of Chenliu and Yongqiu, and are now blocking the enemy in the area of Fengqiu and Wuchao on both sides of the Jishui River. Lord Peng Lie of Hanoi has already led his army to withdraw to Chaoge, and is blocking the enemy in the areas of Lugu Mountain, Muye, and Qishui River. On the battlefield of Guandu, after Yuan Shao burned down our grain and grass camps in the old city and Wuchao, he ceased fighting again, and still had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with us. The eldest princess frowned slightly, turned her head to look at Li Hong, the general sitting on her left, and asked softly: "So, the Central Plains battlefield still hasn't formed a decisive battle?" ”

"The momentum of the decisive battle has already been formed, but the decisive battle between the two sides has not yet been launched because Yuan Shao has decided to delay." Li Hong said worriedly,

"Now His Royal Highness has led the desert Hu to ride south, and after a long time, this news is bound to be exposed. It is too difficult to hide 70,000 iron horsemen on the north bank of the Yellow River. Once Yuan Shao gets the news, he will not take the initiative to fight. ”

"Hu Qi participated in the war in the Central Plains for only one month." The eldest princess's gaze turned to the map hanging on the side of the big tent,

"It's going to snow in the desert in November, so by the beginning of October, they have to return to the desert. The general needs to find a way as soon as possible. ”

"It's really not good, only to attack." Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"With 70,000 cavalry on the battlefield, we have the advantage in strength and can launch an all-out attack at any cost. As long as we can make a breakthrough in Guandu, we will still win this decisive battle. It's just that because we failed to inflict heavy losses on the rebels, it is estimated that the battles in the Central Plains next year will be very frequent, which is a heavy burden on Hebei's financial endowment. The eldest princess sighed softly,

"The general just fights the battle, and you don't have to worry about other things. Next year, even if we only eat one meal a day, we will have to get through this difficulty. "At dusk, Li Hong sent Lei Zi and a group of generals of the Ula Iron Cavalry out of the big tent.

"You go south along the Chi Road to Dangyin City, and meet Zilong (Zhao Yun) and Da Danyu Liu Bao from the Black Mountain." Li Hong walked slowly and instructed,

"All the Hu horsemen going south will be driven to several large valleys in the eastern foothills of Heishan and stationed. Zilong had already set up tents in these valleys and stockpiled grain and grass. When you arrive, rest for a few days. ”

"It does take a few days to recuperate." Lei Zi said,

"After entering the Flying Fox Fortress, we all marched at night, and after walking more than a thousand miles, the soldiers were exhausted, so we could not cross the river to fight."

"General, when will we cross the river?" A lieutenant asked.

"If Yuan Shao can't hold out, and the decisive battle in the Central Plains is delayed according to our predetermined strategy, then you will have to cross the river and participate in the battle in September." Li Hong said,

"There is one thing I want to warn you, during the period of the army in Montenegro, you must strictly restrain your subordinates, and strictly prohibit anyone from going down the mountain without permission. If a soldier violates the law and goes down the mountain to harass the people, there will be no forgiveness for killing. The generals agreed.

On the eve of dawn the next day, Yan Wuxing, Tie Yue, Arc Ding, and Abandoned City rushed to Handan with a large army. The general chatted affectionately with a group of old subordinates, and after they took their leave and rested, he hurried into his military tent.

Fengxue was lying on the Hu bed, already asleep. She went south with Yan Wudaunt's army, and after arriving at Xingyuan, she was taken by Fu Gan to the general's military tent to rest.

Exhausted from the days of marching, she fell asleep on a comfortable bed. Li Hong squatted beside her, stroking her soft long golden hair, hugging her delicate body, her body and mind gradually calmed down, and a warm and joyful feeling slowly permeated her body.

Li Hong leaned into her smooth cheek and kissed it gently. Suddenly, he saw a crystal teardrop, quietly rolling down Feng Xue's cheek.

On the eve of dawn on the third day, the Left Guard generals Xian Yufu and Karasuma Dadan Yu Tatun led their troops to Handan.

Regarding the stalemate on the battlefield of Guandu, Xian Yufu was also worried. But at this moment, Hu Cai has reached the north bank of the Yellow River one after another, and the inferior strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army is being reversed step by step, even if the battlefield situation does not develop as expected, the Central Plains War is still in hand.

Li Hong was more concerned about the Xianbei tribes on both sides of Liaodong and Wuhou Qinshui, and repeatedly asked about Kirby Xiong.

Xian Yufu asked with a smile, "Madame, are you worried about their safety?" ”

"Kirby Bear, Que Kun, Xiong Ba, and Split Wind are all her relatives, of course she misses them very much." Li Hong sighed,

"I have always wanted to let the Xianbei tribes in the central part of the country live a stable life, but Kirby Xiong is unruly and has repeatedly made enemies of the Han, and there is really no way to achieve his wish. Xiaoxue is too tired to live. ”

"Madame is in a bad mood?"

"It's you, you're alone in a foreign land, your brothers and sisters have become enemies, and your lives are in danger, can you be in a good mood?" Li Hong shook his head,

"I owe her so much." Xian Yufu smiled bitterly, reached out and patted him on the shoulder to show comfort,

"When will the eldest princess return to Jinyang?"

"Probably after the end of the war." Li Hong said,

"Yesterday she asked to cross the river to the Central Plains battlefield to supervise the battle, but I refused."

"Didn't she insist?" Xian Yufu asked curiously.

"It was hard to convince her, but in the end she agreed to stay in Handan."

"Now the court is the only one who can listen to your words, and she will ...... in the future" Xian Yufu thought about swallowing back the words again,

"After the war, will you go back to Jinyang?" Li Hong shook his head and said very resolutely: "If you don't beat Luoyang, I will never return to Jinyang." Xian Yufu stared at Li Hong for a while, and then stopped,

"Forget it, whatever you want. Our generation has nothing to ask for, but to calm the world and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, even if they have not lived in vain. Look at me...... "Xian Yu is supplemented by his hands to hold up his long hair,

"There are more and more white whiskers. After fifty, even if the days pass, the days are over, and the days are the days. Li Hong laughed,

"In a few years, when you are fifty years old, we will give you a birthday in Luoyang."

"Forget it, forget it." Xian Yufu said with a smile,

"Don't break my life, let me live a few more days. In a few years, Zilie (Xu Rong), Yuntian (Koyi), Feiyan (Zhang Yan), Zishan (Yan Liang), and many other people who came out of Youzhou with you back then will be fifty. I hope that before we die, we can see a day of social peace. Li Hong smiled,

"You have to be like Boss Zhao Qi, you have to live to be over ninety years old. In this way, you will be able to see the ZTE of Dahan. ”

"Live to be ninety? How many people in this world live to be 90 years old? Xian Yufu shook his hand and smiled,

"Don't say that you live to be 90 years old, even if you live to be 60 years old, you will live a long life. On the day of the Han Dynasty, we will definitely not see it, and the next generation is still about the same. Then he pointed to Li Hong,

"To be serious, if you want to stay in the Central Plains in the past few years, then leave Mrs. Xiaoxue by your side. She's so lonely, and she's not in good health, and if something happens, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Li Hong nodded,

"It hurts me to see the sadness in her eyes. You're right, I'll listen to you, keep her by your side, and make her happy. "On the eve of dawn on the fourth day, Xian Yuyin, Li Su, Gongsun Xu, Lou Lu, Shooting Yingtong, Shooting Tiger, Lu Huanyang and others led their troops to arrive.

At this point, all 70,000 Hu horsemen from the south arrived. That night, Li Hong bid farewell to the eldest princess and led the army south to Montenegro.

Fu Gan was ordered to rush to Liyang and erect ten boat bridges on the river dozens of miles long between Liyang Ferry and Changshoujin.

August 26, Junyi City. Liu Biao and Cao Cao urgently convened the generals of the Jingzhou Army, the Yanzhou Army, and the Xuzhou Army to discuss the military meeting in Junyi City.

Kuai Yue made a detailed analysis of the current battle situation at the military meeting, severely criticized Yuan Shao's strategy of delaying without fighting, and asked the generals to put the community first, work together, and bravely kill the enemy while the Northern Xinjiang Army was withdrawing from the battlefield.

The generals were in high spirits and their morale was extremely high. Kuai Yue then made an attack deployment. In addition to Liu Biao, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping leading the army to stick to the line of Quyuju and Junyi, the rest of the army immediately went north and attacked the first line of Fengqiu with a force of nearly 80,000 people, intending to kill the Jishui River, seize Yanjin and Suoju, encircle the Northern Xinjiang Army in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwucheng, and force Yuan Shao to wave his army across the chasm water for a decisive battle.

Cao Cao and Liu Biao wrote to Liu Bei in Hanoi at the same time, and used all their troops to cross the river from the direction of Yanjin to attack, in order to contain the northern iron cavalry stationed in Yancheng and Yanjin, and to respond to the army to seize Yanjin and Suojube.

On the same day, Yan Liang's troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew to the north bank of the Jishui River, and quickly moved to Fengqiu, Wuchao, Yanjin and Suozao.

August 27, Zhongmu. The news of the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army was sent to Zhongmu Yuan Shao as quickly as possible.

Yuan Shao immediately wrote to Liu Biao and Cao Cao that the Northern Xinjiang Army was retreating in batches, but it was not yet certain whether the Northern Xinjiang Army had decided to withdraw from the Central Plains, so he asked all departments not to attack blindly for the time being, in case they were hit hard by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

As soon as the letter was sent, Liu Biao's letter arrived. Liu Biao bluntly said in the letter that the grain and grass of the Northern Xinjiang army were burned and the morale of the army was weakened, and it was the best time to severely damage its main force, but in order to preserve its strength, the lord was reluctant to give the order to attack.

If this excellent opportunity is missed, and the Northern Xinjiang Army can successfully withdraw to Hebei, Sheji will suffer more killings.

We were fighting for the Han Society, even if we were broken. Since Lord Jin is unwilling to fight, then I have no choice but to order the Jingzhou soldiers to kill the enemy alone.

Yuan Shao was furious. The coalition army is originally a whole, and the whole body is affected by one attack, and all losses are lost, Liu Biao actually disobeyed the military order without authorization at this critical moment, and ordered his subordinates to fight alone, which is incredible.

Yuan Shao urgently told Liu Biao and advised him to calm down and observe patiently for a few more days. The allied army's food and grass can still last for half a month, and even if the Northern Xinjiang Army does run out of food and retreat, we still have a chance to pursue and destroy the enemy.

After Yuan Shao sent the letter, he stood alone in front of the map and thought for a long time. If the Northern Xinjiang Army withdraws from the Yanjin and Suojube lines, even if the coalition forces pursue the whole line, it will be too late.

On the front line of Yancheng and Baima, both are large plains, and the iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army can use their advantages to wantonly charge and kill and block the pursuit of the coalition army.

Liu Biao obviously saw this, so he was in a hurry to attack, wanting to cut off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army before the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew from Yanjin and Suojuo, and surrounded the Northern Xinjiang Army in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu, so that several large armies could launch a siege at the same time.

Although such a decisive battle would bring huge losses to the coalition forces, for the Northern Frontier Army, it was very likely to be the fate of the entire army.

Now that Liu Biao's army has been killed, Cao Cao must also be a follower, nearly half of the coalition army has gone to war, if he still does not move, then Liu Biao will either defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army and monopolize the world's merits, or be defeated by the Northern Xinjiang Army, completely ending the Central Plains War.

Of course, Liu Biao took the initiative to send troops to attack, by no means just thinking about the simple task of severely damaging the Northern Frontier Army, his main purpose was to coerce himself to send troops to a decisive battle, so as to consume his own strength and prevent himself from occupying the Central Plains in the shortest possible time and obtaining the foundation of the king's cause.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shaosi knew that his letter would definitely not be able to stop Liu Biao from sending troops, so he ordered the troops of the Guandu Battlefield, the Hanoi Battlefield and the Fengqiu Battlefield to prepare for an attack the next day.

August 28, Jishui River, Fengqiu City. Gao Ran was very excited when he saw the rebels coming in a mighty way, and while urgently admonishing Zhang Yan of Yangwu, he commanded the army to meet the battle.

But an hour later, he felt that something was wrong, the rebels seemed to focus their attacks on the Fengqiu and Wuchao lines, rather than Guandu, and look at the black army under the city to know that the rebels used to attack this time far exceeded their expectations.

"Urgently tell Lord Zhang Yan, I want reinforcements, I want reinforcements." When Gao Ran commanded the army in Fengqiu City to fight bloodily, Gao Shun and Guan Hai were also fiercely attacked by the rebels by the Jishui River, and the defense line was in crisis for a time.

Xu Xuan, Sun Fu, and Lu Su also received Liu Biao's letter, but they did not receive Yuan Shao's order, so they were in a dilemma.

Kuai Yue, who was in charge of attacking Fengqiu, was very annoyed when he saw Xu Xuan and the three of them standing still, and ran to Xu Xuan's camp in a rage, scolding Xu Xuan with a bloody squirt.

Are you Yuan Shao's house slave or the courtier of the Han Dynasty? You have been reading and reciting the scriptures for decades, and you don't know what loyalty is and what is social security?

Are all the oaths you have made on your knees before the Son of Heaven false? Xu Xuan scolded Kuai Yue speechlessly, his old face couldn't hold back, and he categorically ordered the army to go to the front line to participate in the battle.

But in order not to offend Yuan Shao, he still wrote an urgent letter to Yuan Shao to show his dilemma.

Xu Xuan led the army out, and of course Sun Fu and Lu Su didn't dare to shrink their heads, so they also followed Xu Xuan and quickly killed Fengqiu.

As soon as Xu Xuan's army was put into the battlefield, Yuan Shao's order arrived. Xu Xuan was overjoyed, and while sending someone to chase back the letter he had just sent, he commanded the army to attack the city.

The 7,000 defenders of Fengqiu City fought hard, but in the face of a rebel army ten times their size, their losses were too great, and the city was in danger.

At this moment, Zhang He and Zhang Liao led the army to kill. They were ordered to cross the water of the yin ditch from Yangwu East to support the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, and received a request for help from Gao Ran and Gao Shun on the way, and then dropped their baggage and rushed to help.

The timely arrival of reinforcements greatly alleviated the crisis. Guandu battlefield. Liu Pan and Wen Ping, under the command of Liu Biao, attacked from the front line of Qu Yuju and Junyi.

Lu Bu and Fan Li commanded the officers and men of the Southern Army to fight back. In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Shao's army attacked from Putianze to Guandu.

Xiahou Yuan commanded 7,000 men and horses to attack from Guandu to Quyuju. Koji commanded all battalions in northern Xinjiang to defend the north bank of the chasm.

Yangwu City. Zhang Yan received the news from various battlefields, and applauded excitedly.

"Urgently inform Handan, the rebels have attacked on all fronts, and the decisive battle has begun, please lead Hu Cai to cross the river to the south immediately."

"Urgently tell Lord Yan Liang, immediately rush to the front line of Yanjin and Suozao to command and block the attack, be sure to block Liu Bei's army on the bank of the Yellow River, and cover the withdrawal of the main army."

"Urgently inform the generals Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Gao Shun that the front-line battles in Fengqiu and Wuchao are temporarily under the command of Lord Zhang He." Zhang Yan paused, then turned to Sima Yi, who was writing at the desk, and continued,

"Tell Lord Zhang He to defend the seal hill and block the rebels on the west bank of the Jishui River."

"Give him a specific time." Jia Xu added,

"Let him adjust the deployment of troops as soon as possible."

"Hold on for at least four days, which is the second day of the ninth month. Until then, the rebels must not be allowed to cross the Jishui River under any circumstances, otherwise the main force of the army will be surrounded in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu. You tell him that even if you put people together, you have to keep them for me. Zhang Yan waved his hand vigorously,

"Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed." At this time, Wei Yan hurriedly walked in,

"My lord, the latest military situation, the rebels in the direction of Qingshuikou and Yanjindu still have not moved."

"Liu Bei didn't attack today, but he will definitely tomorrow." Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"Urgently tell Peng Lie of Chaoge City, attack immediately and recapture Qingshuikou for me."

"When are we going to withdraw from the Guandu battlefield?" Jia Xu carefully looked through the battle report sent by Lu Yi and Lu Bu,

"The rebels in the direction of Junyi and Qu Yuju have begun to attack, but Yuan Shao still hasn't moved."

"Yuan Shao is really patient." Zhang Yan shook his head again and again,

"The rebels' attack strategy is very clear, they want to break through Fengqiu, cross the Jishui River to capture Yanjin, and then surround us in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu to start an encirclement and annihilation. In this way, the main direction of attack of the big war has been moved to Fengqiu, and he only needs to contain our main force on the Guandu battlefield. ”

"So it's okay if he doesn't attack." Jia Xu praised,

"It's a really good move. It seems that Yuan Shao is confident, and he is also handy in command. ”

"Order Lu Yi and Lu Bu to retreat overnight, attract all Yuan Shao's main forces to the south of Yangwu City, let him and the rebels attacking Fengqiu form the illusion that they are encircling and closing, and trick the rebels of Fengqiu into attacking wildly, so as to arouse their fighting spirit, and they must arouse their fighting spirit." Zhang Yan waved his hands and shouted,

"The morale of the rebels is like a rainbow, so they can pursue it with indomitable courage." August 29. The Northern Xinjiang Army on the Guandu battlefield retreated on all fronts.

Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping did not hesitate, and the three-way army crossed the chasm and pursued at the end of the street. Liu Biao sat in Junyi, and planned the two battlefields of Guandu and Fengqiu in the center.

Yuan Shao hesitated again. He did not receive any news from Fengqiu, and he did not know if the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army was due to major changes on the battlefield of Fengqiu.

Could it be that the Northern Xinjiang Army can't withstand it, and the defense line of Fengqiu and Wuchao has been broken through by us? The scouts who crossed the river to find out the news hurried back.

The camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the other side was in a mess, and the Northern Xinjiang Army retreated in a hurry, a large amount of baggage was discarded, and even the tents in the camp were not removed.

"We found a large number of livestock internal organs and heads in a forest not far from the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and also found a large number of livestock bones in the camp."

"Killing livestock?" Yuan Shao was overjoyed and hurriedly asked,

"Have you gone to see the stove in the camp?"

"Look, it's all cold, and there hasn't been a fire for at least three days."

"Is the Northern Frontier Army really out of food?" Yuan Shao muttered to himself.

"My lord, don't hesitate, give the order to cross the river and pursue." Feng Ji hurriedly persuaded,

"Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping have already led the army to chase after them, once they give the Northern Xinjiang Army a bite back, we can't rescue it, not only Liu Biao will find trouble with adults, but we may also miss the opportunity to completely annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army."

"Annihilation of the Northern Frontier Army?" Yuan Shao scoffed,

"Don't even think about it. With their strength, at least half of the army can be guaranteed to successfully withdraw to the north bank of the Yellow River. Yuan Shao thought for a while, ordered the army to be divided into three routes, left, center, and right, and marched in unison, and asked the armies to keep a distance from each other, and to form effective protection and support.

In the afternoon, Yuan Shao's main army, under the command of Xin Ping, Jiang Qi, Meng Dai, Han Heng, Xia Zhao and others, crossed the chasm and approached Yangwu City.

Yanjindu. After Liu Bei received Liu Biao's letter, he didn't make any reaction, and he didn't even say anything to Gao Gan, Gao Rou, and Zhu Ling.

With his current situation, of course, it is better to follow Yuan Shao's order, and rashly take out Liu Biao's order, maybe he will be cut by Gao Gan on the spot.

In addition, he very much agreed with Yuan Shao's strategy of delaying without fighting. Of course, it would be best if he could force the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hebei, so that he could preserve a certain amount of strength.

His own strength still exists, and it is not easy for Yuan Shao to drive himself out of Xuzhou. When he returns to Xuzhou and uses Xuzhou's advantages to quickly recover his strength, it will be even more difficult for Yuan Shao to annex Xuzhou in the future.

However, Yuan Shao's order arrived the next day, which made Liu Bei feel a little uneasy. Yuan Shao was reluctant to fight a decisive battle, and Liu Biao disobeyed the military order to attack without any reason, and the contradictions within the coalition army have become public.

Although Yuan Shao was forced to order a decisive battle for the sake of the overall situation, it is no longer possible for Yuan Shao's order to be faithfully executed at this moment, and the coalition forces can still fight a decisive battle in this case?

Liu Bei smelled a breath of death. The ships from Luoyang had already arrived, and the battle to cross the river began at Yanjindu.

With Gao Gan and Zhu Ling directing the attack on the front line, Liu Bei appeared very leisurely, standing on a large boat moored in the middle of the river, watching the battlefield closely.

It didn't take long for his already solemn face to show a little panic. He found Yan Liang's battle flag, as well as the battle flags of Wang Dang, Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu.

This army, which was originally on the battlefield of Guandu, obviously retreated ahead of schedule, that is to say, on the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, more than a hundred miles away, the coalition army also encountered the Northern Xinjiang Army that had withdrawn in advance.

Yan Liang's army fought from Hanoi to Henan, and from Henan to Guandu, extremely strong, with this army to stick to the line of Yanjin and Suojube, the coalition army wanted to capture Yanjin and Suojube in a short period of time, it was almost a pipe dream.

Taking a step back, even if he occupied the ferry, Liu Biao commanded the army to occupy Fengqiu and crossed the Jishui River, but there was still a stronger Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry behind.

The next battle will be even more brutal. Liu Bei didn't know why Liu Biao was unusual, and suddenly changed Yuan Shao's battle strategy without authorization, but in his own opinion, Liu Biao obviously made a huge mistake.

Although he knew from Liu Biao's letter that after the coalition army was destroyed because of the destruction of the Xuchang grain and grass camp, the grain and grass could not be supported in October, but this was not a reason to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle.

Perhaps Liu Biao had a better reason, he did not dare to write in the letter for fear of leaking secrets, but it was indeed not cost-effective to exchange such a heavy price for the victory of the decisive battle in the Central Plains.

After this battle, how many troops do you have left? Cao Cao is finished, and he is finished, unless Yuan Shao also suffers unimaginable heavy blows, otherwise this great man will sooner or later become someone else's bag.

Liu Bei's brows were tightly twisted together, he had to think of a way, he couldn't just give up in vain. A small boat flew in.

Gao Gan sent someone to report that the Northern Xinjiang Army's resistance was too fierce, and the casualties of the assault officers were too great to rush up at all.

There are many ferries on the Baili River in the vicinity, and the Northern Xinjiang Army has limited troops, so it is impossible to station heavy troops on all of them.

Bei was desperate, and hurriedly ordered,

"Retreat." Cao Cao went mad and commanded the Yanzhou Army, the Xuzhou Army, the Jiujiang Army, and the Jiangdong Army to attack the Jishui River at all costs.

Cao Hong, Shi Lian, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Li Dian, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Ling, Sun Fu, Zhu Zhi, Lu Su and others all took the lead and launched fierce attacks on the opposite bank again and again with assault soldiers.

Zhang He, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wu Xiong, Guan Hai, and Chang Feng led the army to the death. The generals of the unified army, Cheng Lian and Zhang Zan were killed successively, Xiang Cheng and Sun Luan were seriously injured, and seven military commanders were killed.

The Northern Xinjiang Army, which was inferior in terms of troops, suffered heavy casualties. At the same time, the battle in Fengqiu City became more and more fierce.

Kuai Yue, Deng Yi, Pang Ji, Huang Zhong, Liu Hu, Xu Xuan and others commanded their respective armies to attack in turn, not giving the Northern Frontier Army time to breathe at all.

Gao Ran and Lei Zhong tried all means to defend the city. Zhou Hua, the general of the unified army, was killed, Xiao En was seriously wounded, and three of the five captains fell, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Zhang He faced a dilemma and had to ask Yang Wu for help. The rebels gathered more than 100,000 troops to attack the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, begging for a quick increase in troops.

August 30. Lu Yi and Lü Bu led the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to withdraw to the north bank of the Jishui River and retreated to the line of Yuanwu and Yangwu City.

Yuan Shao, Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping led the army to pursue the Jishui River and immediately began the river crossing operation.

At this time, Yuan Shao finally received the news from Fengqiu. Xu Xuanshu told Yuan Shao that the first-line attack of Fengqiu City and Wuchao was smooth, and the Northern Xinjiang Army could not support it and was crumbling, please don't chase too fast and too fiercely, and drag the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Yuanwu and Yangwu as much as possible, so as to win time for the coalition army to break through Fengqiu and Wuchao and capture Yanjin and Suojube.

Liu Biao also sent the news of the Fengqiu battlefield to Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping, and instructed the three to slow down their attack speed a little, and then give Cao Cao and Kuai Yue at least one day to attack on the Fengqiu battlefield.

In addition, Liu Biao also wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, on the one hand, informing the news of the Fengqiu battlefield, and on the other hand, saying that he would do his best to cooperate with Yuan Shao to win the Central Plains War.

But he did not mention anything in his letter about returning the command of the battlefield to Yuan Shao. At this moment, the command on the battlefield was divided into two, part in the hands of Yuan Shao, and part in the hands of Liu Biao, and the two of them each commanded the army under their control to attack on each battlefield.

Yuan Shao didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he held Liu Biao's letter, and an ominous premonition suddenly enveloped his whole body, making him shudder.

"Tell all the ministries to attack with all their might, don't stop, attack overnight, cross the Jishui River at all costs, and kill Yangwu City." Yuan Shao had only one thought at this time, to drive the Northern Xinjiang Army to the north bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible.

If the current terrible situation of the coalition forces continues to be maintained, and if the coalition forces block the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Yanjin and Suoju, and form a stalemate with the Northern Xinjiang Army, it will be the coalition forces that have the upper advantage in the end, and there will be almost no suspense.

He couldn't understand Liu Biao, this is a war, a big war that determines life and death, not any conspiracy in the court, fighting a war on the battlefield requires a unified command, which is the foundation of victory.

Did he forget all the lessons of the Jizhou War two years ago? Yuan Shao's army was attacking fiercely, while the armies of Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping were watching from the sidelines.

They were extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's approach, and they were unwilling to cooperate with the Fengqiu battlefield, so why deliberately drove away the Northern Xinjiang Army.

If you are afraid of the decisive battle, why do you run to the battlefield to do it? Jian Yong sent the latest news from Xuzhou.

Chen Deng wrote that the army had arrived at Gaotang City in Pingyuan County and was preparing to cross the river to attack the Ganling Kingdom of Jizhou. Yuan Shao was overjoyed.

According to the calculation of time, Zang Ba and Chen Deng have already entered Jizhou, and the Northern Xinjiang Army should retreat faster. While sending the news to Liu Biao, he ordered the army to intensify the attack.

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