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The night breeze gently blew over the camp, and Daxu fluttered weakly in the night sky, and there was a faint bloodshed in the air.

Inside the tent, the candles were lit up.

Yuan Shao sat quietly behind the desk alone, looking at the pile of papers on the desk silently with his eyes. After a long moment, he shifted his body and let out a low, bitter sigh.

In the past three days, the Northern Xinjiang Army has been like a crazy tiger, killing Bianqu and Dingting at all costs, and has been killing itself to Fengyunju.

He had no intention of fighting with the Northern Xinjiang Army, but the Northern Xinjiang Army did not give up, pressing step by step, and had to fight a decisive battle with himself. His own strength was at least twice that of the Northern Frontier Army, but the people on the opposite side, Lu Yi and Tian Kai, seemed to be held by someone with a knife on their necks, completely ignoring the disadvantages, and commanding the army to fight fiercely.

Especially the traitor of Koji Yi, who actually led a team of first-class soldiers to kill his own Chinese army several times. Koji himself is the most murderous, and within three days, he has killed four of his military candidates, three military commanders, and one school captain.

If you fulfill the wish of the Northern Xinjiang Army and fight to the death with them, your losses can be imagined, but if you retreat step by step, the morale of the army will become lower and lower, and you may be killed by the Northern Xinjiang Army at any time.

To fight or not to fight?

Today, Luoyang sent an urgent report that something had happened on the battlefield in Kansai. Yue Fei, the number one general in northern Xinjiang, gathered about 30,000 troops and stormed Shaanxi. Chun Yuqiong and Zhang Ji couldn't hold it, so they had to abandon the city and leave, sticking to Michi. Chun Yuqiong personally rushed to Luoyang and shouted at Lou Gui. Without reinforcements, Kansai would definitely not be able to hold it. As soon as Guanxi was lost, the connection between Guanzhong and Luoyang was severed, and Guanzhong would immediately fall into the front and back attacks of Western Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang, and Yuan Tan was very likely to defeat Chang'an.

Lou Gyu wanted to transfer troops from the battlefield in Hanoi.

The Hanoi battlefield was not going well. Gao Rou had already rushed to Hanoi at this moment. Zhang Nan conquered Licheng, but Tian Yu of the Northern Frontier Army burned Licheng when he evacuated Licheng. The fire burned for two days, blocking Zhang Nan's army on the south bank of the Jishui River, and the attack on Pingao had to be stopped.

Lou Gui believes that the safety of Luoyang at this moment is far more important than the safety of Henan. At present, the Northern Xinjiang Army only controls the three cities of Xingyang, Chenggao and Aocang in Yin, Henan, and is surrounded by its own large army, which will not pose a greater danger to Luoyang for the time being, on the contrary, the situation in Guanxi is much more serious, so he wants to transfer Zhao Rui's army to the Guanxi battlefield.

Lou Gui's opinion was opposed by Wen Chou, the defender of Luoyang. Wen Chou believed that Yue Fei's attack on the Guanxi battlefield was only to contain Luoyang's forces to cooperate with the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefields of Henan and the Central Plains, so he resolutely opposed the transfer of troops to support Guanxi.

Wen Chou was his own trusted general, and under his opposition, Lou Gui decided not to do so, and urgently wrote to Yuan Shao to find a way to deal with it.

Almost at the same time, Gao Gan's urgent report also came. Puyang City was lost.

This news shocked Yuan Shao. Gao Gan said in his letter: "I gathered about 15,000 troops before dusk to return to Puyang, but I was blocked by Pan Zhang's and Lu Qian's 7,000 men and horses at Punanting, ten miles south of Puyang City, and it was difficult to advance an inch. Li Jing and Zhanzhao commanded an army of 7,000 to attack Puyang. Although the 800 soldiers in the city held the city and refused to surrender, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, Puyang City still fell in the early morning.

Yuan Shao was remorseful, and at this moment he thought of the trial.

Judging from the development of the current situation, it was completely correct to advise him to stay in Baima and Puyang at the beginning. Returning to Henan by himself is tantamount to losing all the initiative on the battlefield.

If he is still in Baima and Puyang, it is impossible for Li Yi's army to reach the front line of Dingtao and Changyi. As for the Henan battlefield, even if he didn't come back to help, but because his army was eyeing the east of Henan, it would be difficult for Zhang Fei to do anything after taking Xingyang, at most he could only send troops to attack the Tiger Pass.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

Yuan Shao covered his cheeks with his hands and groaned in pain.

The curtain was opened, Xu You strode in, and said loudly: "Brother Benchu, Xiahou Yuan is in a hurry, Fan Cheng is lost, and the army of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun is rushing south. ”

Yuan Shao changed color in shock, and exclaimed in a lost voice: "Why is it so fast!?" ”

Xu You pushed open the document scroll on the desk and pulled out the map that was pressed under the document scroll. More than a dozen rolls of bamboo slips fell to the ground and scattered around the case.

Yuan Shao frowned, very dissatisfied with Xu You's unscrupulous and unmeasured behavior.

Since the trial was escorted back to Luoyang for crimes, Xu You replaced the trial to become the general of Zuo Zhonglang in the court and the head of the general's mansion, helping Yuan Shao to deal with military and political affairs.

Subsequently, Fu Zhu was secretly surrendered by himself and rushed to Xuchang to accompany the puppet emperor. And Guo Tu is also not allowed to trust himself. In this way, Xu You and Feng Ji have become the two strategists he relies on the most.

Xu You's power is great, and his former opponent has been driven out of Luoyang, which makes him feel a sense of arrogance. Recently, inside and outside the big tent, you can hear his domineering voice and the back of his commanding spirit everywhere.

After the long-pent-up depression was suddenly released, Xu You, who had a lonely temperament, couldn't help but get a little carried away. No, in the face of his own lord, he did not call him the lord, but he was the joy of the original brother and the first brother.

"Brother Benchu, please take a look......" Xu You didn't notice Yuan Shao's unhappiness at all, he moved the map to Yuan Shao, pointed to Fan Cheng on the map, and said to Yuan Shao, "After the right army of the Northern Xinjiang Army conquered Fan City, there are still more than five hundred miles left from Dingtao. Within this range of more than 500 miles, Xiahou Yuan still had two lines of defense to defend. ”

"The first is the defense line of the Guzi River, which is about two hundred miles away from Fancheng. On the north bank of the Lizi River, there are two cities, Juancheng and Xiaqiu. After Xiahou Yuan lost Dong'e and Fan City, his troops were damaged and he was no longer able to defend these two cities, and the loss of Puyang City and the failure of Gao Gan to support Juancheng directly caused Xiahou Yuan to lose the last ray of hope. He now has no choice but to withdraw his troops from the Guzi River. ”

"After Xiahou Yuan retreats across the Lizi River, he will reach the Pushui River defense line. On the north bank of the Pushui River, there are two cities, Juyang and Chengyang. If the Northern Xinjiang Army advances to the line of the Pushui River, there are still one hundred and twenty miles left from Dingtao, that is to say, as long as the Northern Xinjiang Army captures Juyang and Chengyang and crosses the Pushui River, it will also be under Dingtao City. ”

Xu You looked at Yuan Shao, who was silent, and said with a wry smile: "If nothing else, in seven to eight days, the right army of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be killed in Dingtao City." ”

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, turned his gaze to Dongping Kingdom on the map, and asked, "How is the right army of the Northern Xinjiang Army progressing?" ”

"Cao Ren said in the letter asking for help that Cai Yang is still holding on to Wuyan City, the county of Dongping Kingdom, and the situation is very critical." Xu You pointed to Ju Ye Ze on the map and explained, "After the Northern Frontier Army took Dongping Kingdom, on the vast plain four hundred miles north of Changyi City, except for the Juye City near Ju Ye Ze, which was still a little threatening to the Northern Xinjiang Army, there was no danger to defend. As long as the Northern Xinjiang Army takes the three cities of Wuyan, Shouzhang and Dongpinglu, it can go down and kill Changyi City. As for Ren Chengguo on the flank of the battlefield, although there is a certain threat to the Northern Frontier Army, Ren Chengguo has no defensive strength, and the Northern Frontier Army only needs to send thousands of cavalry to capture Rencheng after taking Changyi City. ”

Xu You's slender fingers connected to the city of Changyi on the map, and continued: "In my estimation, the Northern Frontier Army will not waste time in Wuyan City, and their iron cavalry may take advantage of the terrain to encircle Changyi first, cutting off the connection between Changyi and Dingtao, so as to help the army on the left to break through and kill Dingtao continuously, and strive to seize these two cities before Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies return to Yanzhou, so as to ensure that the army can gain a foothold in Yanzhou." ”

"Damn rebellious ......" Yuan Shao was furious, smashed his fist on the map, and said through gritted teeth, "I have the heart to support Dingtao and Changyi now, and it's too late." ”

"Puyang is lost, the white horse is in a hurry, and the reinforcements of Gao Gan have completely lost the possibility of support." Xu You pointed to Chen Liucheng on the map, "There are still 5,000 men and horses from Wei Yuanjin in the direction of Chen Liu, but Chen Liucheng is more than 600 miles away from Changyi, even if you give the order now, it will be too late for the army to march day and night." If you support Dingtao, there is still a few hopes. But ......"

Xu You groaned for a while, and said slowly: "If Xiahou Yuan can safely withdraw to Dingtao, there are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses from Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan in the direction of Dingtao, and they can completely hold Dingtao, we don't seem to have any need to support, and going will only increase casualties." ”

Yuan Shao said with understanding: "You mean, support Changyi? ”

"Yes." Xu You nodded and said, "Support Changyi." The failure of the high-level cadre's support cannot be a reason for the first brother to give up support, and you should continue to send troops to support. When the war situation in Henan was so tense, Brother Ben Chu resolutely sent troops to support for the sake of the overall situation, which not only won the hearts of the people of the world, but also won the trust of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Liu Biao and others. ”

Yuan Shao's face showed hesitation. Just now Xu You said that it was too late to support Changyi, and now he said that he wanted to support Changyi, what does he mean?

"Changyi is hard to hold." Xu You explained, "Changyi was lost, or surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and our support was in vain, so we not only sent troops to support Cao Cao, but also ensured that our strength did not suffer any losses, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"Ma Yan of Zhongmu City is now in charge of the city, and there are only 5,000 people left in Zhongmu and Chen Liu. If Zhang Fei forcibly broke through from the line of Zhongmu and Chen Liu, and joined the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army attacking Yanzhou in Dingtao and Changyi, not only would the entire territory of Yanzhou be lost, but even Henan would be divided into two by the Northern Xinjiang Army. Yuan Shao shook his head and vetoed Xu You's suggestion, "Chen Liu's troops can't support Changyi. (To be continued.) )