In early September, Qinghe Country, five miles southwest of Tobu City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the vast plains, several large armies were marching rapidly.

At the forefront was Gao Shun's Seventh Army of the Northern Frontier Infantry. On their two wings, Gao Changgong's Third Cavalry Regiment galloped with them, and the dust raised fluttered in the air, like a soaring eagle spreading its huge wings.

Twenty miles behind them, the armies of Chang Yuchun and Li Jing were advancing in unison.

Closely followed by the army were more than 100,000 people, and thousands of carriages carrying grain and grass galloped on the gallop road, and on both sides of the gallop road, you can still see patches of sheep from time to time.

Chang Yuchun stood on the edge of the road with his chest open, holding half of his shirt as a fan, fanning it every now and then, his black and fluffy chest hair was soaked with sweat, and his face was also beads of sweat.

"Lao Chang, you are a general......" Xu Shu stood beside Chang Yuchun, looking at his disheveled appearance with a look of contempt, "You are so ...... Simply ......"

Chang Yuchun glared at him viciously, as if he wanted to eat him in one bite, and said angrily: "This bullshit is hot to death...... The lord should come and see it in person, in this kind of weather, how can we rush to Qingyuan and Guantao for 300 miles in two days to rush to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao? Even if they arrived, at least half of them could not fight. ”

Then he remembered something, gritted his teeth and scolded: "I should have killed that Wang Wei, he dared to lie to me, let me be delayed in the Dagu River for a day, a day, a day......"

When Xu Shu heard the word "lord", his head was already drooping, the contempt on his face turned into anger, and he kept muttering: "The lord is a madman, he treats us people as wild horses in the desert." ”

"What did you just say?" Chang Yuchun suddenly put his head to his ear and said loudly.

Xu Shu was frightened, and hurriedly retreated again and again, and said, "Old Chang, it is impossible for us to rush to the battlefield in two days. Would you better ask the lord for a day of grace? ”

"The lord can give me a day of leniency, but Cao Cao won't." Chang Yuchun sneered, "One day, Cao Cao can run to Yecheng and take refuge with Yuan Shao." ”

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In early September, Wei County, thirty miles southeast of Ping'en City, on the banks of the Qinghe River.

Sun Guan walked slowly on the embankment, enjoying the cool breeze blowing from the river.

In the valley, the exhausted soldiers fell to the ground and fell asleep. After two days and two nights of rapid marching, the army traveled two hundred and fifty miles, and finally arrived at the planned place of crossing.

It is forty miles away from Qingyuan City, and it is also forty miles away from Guantao City.

The scouts had already crossed the river to reconnoiter the army, and if the rebels had not yet arrived in Qingyuan, the army would begin to block in Qingyuan.

If the rebels had already occupied Qingyuan, then there was no need for the army to go to Guantao City, which was sixty miles away from Qingyuan, but directly inserted into the Daliuxu thirty miles in front of Guantao City.

Sun saw Li Zhong, who was soaking in the river and closing his eyes to enjoy the coolness of the river.

"You didn't let the soldiers go down to the river to bathe, but you secretly ran here." Sun Guan's tone was very dissatisfied.

Li Zhong smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't take it as an example, don't take it as an example...... Everyone went down to the river to bathe, and the movement was too loud, and once the traces of the army were exposed, it would be troublesome. When a person goes down to the river to wash, the situation is different. ”

"Hurry up." Sun Guan picked up the clothes by the river and threw them to him, "Let the soldiers see it, where do you put your face?" ”

Li Zhong had no choice but to put on his clothes and follow Sun Guan back to the embankment, and asked, "Why don't you sleep and wander around?" ”

"Can't sleep." Sun Guan sighed and asked worriedly, "I don't know if General Zhao's iron cavalry can reach the vicinity of Guantao in time." ”

"Old Sun, don't count on it." Li Zhong said with a smile, "The lord is in the bow high, too far away from Ganling City, and when Zilong receives the news, it will be too late for him to grow wings and fly." I guess he may follow Yun Chang's orders and take Fagan and Yuancheng first, but he will definitely not come to join us. ”

Sun Guan asked, "Look, should we send someone to the Yuancheng area to contact General Zhao first?" ”

"Without an iron horse, I can still block Cao Cao." Li Zhong said very arrogantly, "He worked hard under the city of Xindu for more than ten days, but he got nothing and was physically and mentally exhausted. It's just this kind of idiot, come one and I'll fight the other. ”

Sun Guan smiled bitterly and said: "General Li, can you prevent Yuan Shao and Cao Cao from meeting, it is directly related to the great cause of Zhongxing, how can you ...... such a major matter?"

"Okay, okay, I'm ......" Li Zhong hurriedly hugged Sun Guan's shoulder, "I'll send someone to Yuancheng to contact Zilong immediately, and ...... immediately"

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In early September, Xuzhou, Donghai County, Qu County.

In the sea east of Qu County, hundreds of warships, large and small, were engulfed in flames.

Sun Jian's face was pale, looking at the raging flames on the sea, he couldn't wait to fly to Quxian County immediately and personally kill the city tower with a knife.

He looked up at Qu County, gritted his teeth and said, "Chen Deng, I'm going to crush your bones and scatter ashes." ”

Sun Jian led his army north along the coast from mid-August, rushed to Qu County, and began to siege the city. As a result, for more than ten days, not only did he not conquer the city, but Chen Deng seized the opportunity to cross the sea at night and sneak attack Yuzhou Mountain, burning Sun Jian's large and small warships and many grain and grass baggage.

Sun Jian roared like thunder in anger, and led the men and horses back to Qu County. He gritted his teeth and swore that he would take the county seat at all costs. This is not only for revenge, for their own face, but also for their own hegemony and survival, to put it better, or for the great cause of Zhongxing.

However, when Sun Jian met the embarrassed Sun Ce and Huang Gai on the way, his heart was almost broken.

After Chen Deng burned Sun Jian's warship, grain and grass, and led Sun Jian from the camp to Yuzhou Mountain, he immediately returned to Quxian County and attacked Sun Jian's camp. Because Sun Jian took away the main force, Sun Ce, Huang Gai and others were outnumbered, so they had to abandon the camp and flee.

At this time, Sun Jian ran out of grain and grass, not a grain of grain was gone, he had to retreat, there was no way out, and the warship returning to Jiangdong was burned to ashes, and the army could only march south along the coast, through Guangling County, and then cross the river and return.

Sun Jian retreated with more than 8,000 men, and the soldiers were tired, hungry, depressed, and walked very slowly, only to be ambushed by Chen Deng again near Haixi County, Guangling County at dusk. Sun Jian lost more than 1,000 people again and fled.

Chen Deng was still unsatisfied, and set fire to the mountain on Sun Jian's way to escape. Sun Jian, under the escort of his son Sun Ce and others, escaped with great difficulty, and finally fled back to Jiangdong with Sun Jian, and only 800 soldiers remained.

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In early September, Yanzhou, Jiyin County, Dingtao City.

Yuan Shu had a nightmare, he dreamed that the flames were rolling on the sea, and Sun Jian was drenched in blood, screaming miserably in the fire.

Yuan Shu shouted, jumped up, covered in sweat, frightened, and sat on the seat for a long time.

Although a nightmare could not be explained, it was enough to make the uneasiness in Yuan Shu's heart more and more serious, and he even smelled the bloody smell of defeat and saw that the shadow of death was approaching him step by step.

He first failed to hold the Son of Heaven hostage, and then he couldn't attack Tao for a long time, and the three armies of Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, and Sun Jian have not yet arrived in Yanzhou because of various willingness, and the plan of the three armies and himself to join in Yanzhou at the end of August seems to continue to be postponed, and the development of the situation is too different from his expectations.

Fortunately, the situation in Hebei is developing in its favor.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao felt very bitter in his heart, regardless of whether the general Li Yi believed in himself or not, but at least so far, the general Li Yi kept his promise, if the capture of the Central Plains failed this time, he could only blame himself for his lack of ability.

Am I really inferior to Yuan Shao? Am I not even as good as the descendant of Cao Cao's eunuch?

There are more than 30,000 troops in Xuzhou, Liu Bei took 20,000 people away, and launched an attack from three directions with an army of 30,000 at the same time, but he was continuously blocked, why? Is it because the attack time is too short? There is not much time left, it has been more than ten days since the attack was launched, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei should have gotten the news and started to retreat.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei had safely evacuated the Yellow River by the end of the month, and had been slow to capture Xuzhou and Yanzhou, their defeat would have been inevitable.

When Yuan Shu was thinking nonsense, Li Ye, Yan Xiang, and Ji Ling walked into the big tent one after another.

"Any news?" Yuan Shu wiped the sweat from his face and motioned for the three of them to sit down.

"Xuzhou's grain and grass are still being transported to Dongwuyang." Li Ye was in a low mood and said weakly, "It's been more than half a month, and Sun Jian hasn't taken the East China Sea yet, it's really unimaginable. In order to guard against our surprise attack, Cao Cao stationed heavy troops in Pengcheng and Xiapi, so Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui could not attack for a long time, which is understandable. But why can't Sun Jian attack for a long time? Does Liu Bei have heavy troops stationed in the East China Sea? According to our investigations, there were only 3,000 people in Chen Deng. And Sun Jian also said that Chen Deng only has 3,000 people and can go down with one drum, but he has not yet won the East China Sea? ”

Yuan Shu barely squeezed out a smile and said, "This kid may be in trouble. ”

Li Ye sneered: "I told you a long time ago not to hand over such a major matter to him, but you didn't listen. You have always been very accommodating to Sun Jian because you were very guilty about what happened back then, which we understand, but you can't ......"

"Alright, alright......" Yuan Shu shook his hand at Li Ye again and again, "I believe in Wentai, he will soon take the East China Sea." As long as Donghai is won, he can quickly go west to rendezvous with Qiaorui and take Xiapi, rendezvous with Zhang Xun to take Pengcheng, and then rush to Yanzhou to join us and take Dingtao. Whether or not he can go north is directly related to whether or not we can occupy the Central Plains. Wentai is not a child, he knows the seriousness of things. ”

Li Ye was about to say more, but Yan Xiang, who was sitting on the side, grabbed him and said, "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk more, let's think of a remedy." (To be continued.) )