In late April of the fourth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yanzhou Chen Liu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After Zhao Yun led his army to deter the defenders in the city with an arrow array, he immediately wandered nearby, looking for an opportunity to attack. At this time, Yuan Shao's army had already advanced to the line of Junyi and Xiaohuang, and it was only more than a hundred miles away from Chen Liu. Zhao Yun was anxious and summoned the generals to discuss.

Sima Yi said to Zhao Yun very humbly: "General Zhao, you give me a thousand cavalry, and I will take the city in three days." ”

Zhao Yun agreed.

Sima Yi found Yue Yun, selected a thousand Xianbei people and Karasuma people from among the cavalry, and then set off with the army.

Yue Yun saw that the team was getting farther and farther away from Chen Liucheng, and couldn't help but ask very strangely, "Zhongda, where are we going?" The city is behind us? ”

"Will you kill people and set fires?" Sima Yi asked with a smile.

Yue Yun nodded in surprise.

Sima Yi pointed to those Xianbei and Karasuma knights again, and asked Yue Yundao, "Will they all be able to?" ”

Yue Yun said with some disapproval: "Of course." Who wouldn't kill people and set fires? ”

"That's good." Sima Yi smiled, "From now on, we will burn, kill, and loot in nearby villages. To put it bluntly, you can do all the bad things you can. ”

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The killing of the Northern Xinjiang Army was very bloody, and thousands of people fled to Chen Liucheng.

Yuan Sheng was heartbroken and wanted to open the city gates. Xu You resolutely disagreed, and the two quarreled over it.

On the third day, Sima Yi returned to the city of Changyi with the thousand people, and he did something that made Zhao Yun furious. He actually commanded the cavalry soldiers to attack the people who had fled to Chenliu City, and drove the people into the moat. For a while, the crying under the city of Changyi shook the sky, and it was miserable.

Yuan Sheng took advantage of Xu You's drunkenness to open the city gate and let the people outside the city take refuge in the city. Hundreds of soldiers from the northern frontier, who had long been disguised as refugees, took advantage of the chaos and rushed in.

Half an hour later, Chen Liucheng was lost.

Yuan Sheng and Xu You fled from the city in panic in the chaos and rushed to Junyi to ask Yuan Xi for help.

After Yuan Xi, Xianbei and others heard the news, they were dumbfounded.

"Chen Liu's loss?" The judge dragged his beard fiercely, with a look of despair and anger, "Why did you lose Chen Liu?" How could Chen Liu lose it? ”

Xu You hung his head, shook his head again and again, and said: "I said that the city gate cannot be opened, it cannot be opened, and the refugees cannot be let in, but he just won't listen to ......."

Xu You pointed his finger at Yuan Sheng, and said without tears: "The benevolence of women, the benevolence of women." The Northern Xinjiang army burned and plundered outside the city, chased and killed refugees on horseback, and even drove them into the moat, all in order to induce us to open the city gates. Do you have a brain? Why are you so stupid? ”

Yuan Sheng drooped his head, cried and mourned, and didn't say a word, letting Xu Yu complain.

"What about you? What are you doing? Why don't you stop it? The judge glared at Xu Yu and roared angrily, "Chen Liu's defense is in charge of you, you don't stay on the city tower, where did you go?" ”

Xu Yu was speechless.

The judge shook his head helplessly and asked Xu You, "When did you like to get drunk?" Didn't you stop drinking when I left the camp? ”

Xu You smiled bitterly, moved his mouth, and swallowed back what he wanted to say, only to let out a long sigh of pain and desolation.

The judge remembered what happened to him, and his heart was bitter, and the two of them were sick and sympathetic. He stretched out his hand and patted Xu You, no longer reproaching. This time, Xu You's guilt is great, and his official position will definitely not be kept, if Yuan Shao cherishes the old feelings, he may be able to live a half-official life in Luoyang.

"How many Northern Frontier troops are there in Chen Liu?" The judge sat down next to Xu Yu and asked in a low voice.

"About 10,000 people. Judging from the banner, it should be Zhao Yun's army. Yuan Sheng said in a hoarse voice, "They have been wandering outside the city, haunting and impermanent. I thought that they were alone in the depths, just trying to cut off Cao Cao's grain route and block Cao Cao's retreat, and I didn't expect that they would have the heart to seize the city. Yesterday, I estimated that you were already approaching Chen Liu, they might be retreating, and they did make a retreat, I thought it was nothing, so I ordered the city gate to be opened, who knows......"

"Ten thousand?" The judge stabilized his mood and said slowly, "The Northern Xinjiang Army has two cavalry armies to attack Chenliu for a long time, the purpose is obvious, it is to help the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Dingtao battlefield defeat Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and delay the speed of our eastward rescue, so as to buy time for their main army to defeat Cao Cao and Liu Bei and quickly advance to Chenliu." If Chen Liu is controlled by us, we still have the possibility of rescuing Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and the second line of defense based on the three cities of Fengqiu, Chen Liu, and Xiangyi can still play a role. If Chen Liu's loss is made, the war situation will deteriorate, and the situation in the Central Plains will be very unfavorable to us. ”

"At present, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are still continuing to attack on the Dingtao battlefield, and the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army is still on the north bank of the Jishui River, so we should still have enough time to recapture Chenliu." Xu Yu said with a strong spirit, "Zhengnan, the matter is not as serious as you imagined, we still have time." ”

Qiwei opened her mouth and wanted to refute him, but when she saw Xu You's embarrassed appearance, she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth. He tried his best to suppress the anxiety and resentment in his heart, turned his head to look at Yuan Sheng, and asked in a calm tone, "How much grain and grass does Chen Liu have?" ”

"Not much." Yuan Sheng said, "After Zhang Fei hit Zhongmu, the reinforcements on the Henan battlefield increased, and the grain, grass and baggage were sent to the Henan battlefield first, and Chen Liu was not replenished for the time being. In the past, we took away a batch of grain and grass for Wei Yuanjin, and a few days ago we sent a part to Cao Cao, and now there is not much left. ”

The judge asked again: "How long can 10,000 people last?" ”

Yuan Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Five to seven days, ten days at most." ”

"Zhao Yun has been running for a long time, and the grain and grass must not be replenished, so he can only barely survive by burning, killing and looting. Now that they have taken the city, the situation is very different. The judge sighed softly, "It is extremely unwise to pin the hope of retaking Chen Liu's life on Cao Cao. Cao Cao and Liu Bei, like us, had the first priority not to fight hard with the Northern Xinjiang Army, but to maintain their own strength. As long as you have strength, you can block the Northern Xinjiang Army and drag the Northern Xinjiang Army. The disadvantage of the Northern Xinjiang Army is that it does not have enough financial endowments, and if we continue to confront the Northern Xinjiang Army and drag on the war indefinitely, sooner or later the Northern Xinjiang Army will have to withdraw to Hebei because the financial endowment is unsustainable. ”

"Avoiding a decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army, stationing heavy troops on the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu, and fighting with the Northern Xinjiang Army for a long time is the only way for us to reverse the situation in the Central Plains and defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army. We know this, Cao Cao and Liu Bei also know that now that the Northern Xinjiang Army has taken Changyi, and its main forces are all concentrated on the Dingtao battlefield, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will soon retreat. There is too little time left for us to reclaim Chenliu. ”

The judge turned around and walked to the side of the case, opened the map, and said to everyone: "Tell you a bad news, White Horse City is lost. Yan Liang and Gao Gan were defeated in Pingyang City, and have now withdrawn to Yancheng to hold on. ”

Xu You and Yuan Sheng were shocked when they heard this.

The judge relayed the situation to the two of them and said: "Yan Liang suffered a large loss, and half of the more than 40,000 troops were lost, and they were embarrassed. The entire army of Gao Gan was annihilated. The Northern Xinjiang Army first attacked Yan Liang, lured Gao Gan out of White Horse City, and then turned around and surrounded Gao Gan. At that time, it was already dark, and the various units of the Northern Xinjiang Army were very chaotic in the process of mobilizing and encircling, and the senior cadres took the opportunity to fight their way out of the encirclement, and finally fled back to Yancheng with only more than 100 people. ”

The judge frowned and continued: "Originally, we planned to go north to support Baima and block the Northern Frontier Army on the White Horse line, so as to threaten the flank of the main force of the Northern Frontier Army and delay their offensive speed. The lord also agreed to this plan, but now that the white horse has been lost, Chen Liu has also been lost, and the northward support has no effect, so we can only concentrate on taking Chen Liu first. ”

Xu You and Yuan Sheng looked at each other, their faces happy. If Chen Liu can take it back, the guilt of both of them will be reduced a little.

"Mr. Jeongnam, what about Hakuba? Don't want it? If Zhang Fei takes advantage of the victory and breaks through the line of Yancheng and Tingjin, the Northern Xinjiang Army will directly threaten the hinterland of Henan. Yuan Xi was dazed by the deteriorating battle situation, and his speech was a little stammering, "Zhao Yun's soldiers and war horses all need food, but Chen has not much food to supply for a long time. As long as we divide our troops to surround Chen Liu, Zhao Yun will definitely break through after the grain and grass are exhausted. ”

After finishing speaking, he felt that his reason was too far-fetched, so he added: "Even if Cao Cao and Liu Bei want to retreat, it will take a while. There are many soldiers in northern Xinjiang, and in order to eat them, it is necessary to encircle and chase them, so that we will have enough time to surround Chen Liu. ”

The meaning of Yuan Xi's words was obviously to follow Yuan Shao's order, use the main force to go north to block Zhang Fei, respond to Cao Cao and Liu Bei's retreat with a force, and then send a force to surround Chen Liu.

Now he has some resentment in his heart. If he had followed his own idea and quickly divided his troops to support Chen Liu, how could Chen Liu have lost it? The trial was too careless, thinking that the troops could scare away the cavalry of the northern frontier by entering Junyi City, and it caused such a big disaster. When my father found out, he would definitely blame himself for his incompetence.

"Zhao Yun has no food to eat, can't he kill horses?" The judge said helplessly, "The situation on the battlefield has changed drastically, and we must immediately revise our strategy for the war. Don't worry about anything now, concentrate all your forces, and recapture Chen Liu as quickly as possible. ”

Yuan Xi was silent and hesitated.

The judge was furious, his blood surged, and he shouted loudly: "Recapture Chen Liu, we can hold on for a while." If we lose Chen Liu, we will retreat to Luoyang. ”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and his hands kept waving. Suddenly, his eyes went black, his thin body shook twice, and he fell to the ground.

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly raised the matching, shouting and shouting.

Yuan Xi became more and more flustered. He hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind to enter Chenliu.

At this time, Luoyang's safety is the top priority. If the Northern Xinjiang Army broke through Chen Liu and killed Luoyang, my father might cut off his head in a fit of rage. (To be continued.) )