Lu Bu suddenly withdrew to Yanzhou Yan County, and Zhang Miao was greatly disappointed.

Regarding the sudden withdrawal of troops, Lu Bu himself felt that it was not righteous enough, so he sent someone to tell Zhang Miao that when Yan County was stabilized, he would keep his promise and cooperate with Zhang Miao to attack Kaifeng.

With Chen Liujun's own strength, it was difficult to make a difference, Zhang Miao had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat eastward and stationed at the junction of Chen Liujun and Henan Yin.

The war in Kaifeng temporarily entered a stalemate stage.

In the Yingbei area, Liu Mang's main force and Hou Junji's troops were also in a stalemate.

In Yingdong, Wang Zhongsi was stationed in Changshe. Gao Yu cooperated with Hou Jun's department to strictly guard against Yangzhai, Yingyin, Yanling and other places.

The war in Yingdong is difficult to make progress for a while.

With the existing strength of the Luoyang Army, it is difficult to launch a strong attack in both the north and east directions of Yingbei at the same time.

If you want to take Yingchuan, you can only choose one of them as a breakthrough.

After Liu Mang and Du Ruhui carefully studied the situation of the enemy army, they decided to use Yingdong as a breakthrough.

Fate Chang Yuchun is the general, Du Ruhui is the military division, stationed in the area of the negative Huangju and Yuhan Mountain, and contains the main force of Hou Junji's Yingbei.

Liu Mang led Gao Zhong and 10,000 main forces, quietly withdrew, and turned to Xinzheng from Yuyuan Pass.

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Liu Mang arrived in Xinzheng and immediately summoned Fu Youde, Wang Zhongsi, Yue Fei and other generals to Xinzheng to discuss the next strategy and tactics.

The situation of other surrounding princes also plays a key role in the next strategy and tactics.

What worries Liu Mang the most is Yuan Shao's dynamics.

Yuan Shao did not directly intervene in this duel.

However, Jizhou deployed a large number of troops in the southeast.

Yuan Shao's purpose is nothing more than two.

Taking advantage of Liu Mang's main force to fight in Yingchuan, he attacked Si Li, who was empty of troops.

Or, take advantage of Cao Cao's war with Yuan Shu, Lü Bu, etc., and attack Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

Judging from the current situation, Yuan Shao is more likely to use troops against Cao Cao.

Lao Cao is cunning.

He would not be taken advantage of by Yuan Shao in order to conquer Yuan Shu. Cao Cao never dared to use troops against Yuan Shu, but devoted his main energy to defense.

The north is against Yuan Shao, and the west is against Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.

Although Cao Cao did not directly participate in the Battle of Yuzhou, his existence also played a role in containing Yuan Shu and Lu Bu.

And Liu Bei of Xuzhou was the only prince in the alliance who directly started a war against Yuan Shu.

Because of the geographical location, Liu Bei was most worried about being squeezed or even eaten away by Yuan Shu, so he was also the most proactive.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu, from Pengcheng in Xuzhou and Xiapi respectively, launched attacks on Peiguo in Yuzhou and Jiujiang in Yangzhou under Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's subordinate generals Qiao Rui, Ji Ling, Yuan Yin, etc., led heavy troops to deploy in the Peiguo and Jiujiang areas.

Liu Bei's subordinates, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Shi Tianze, Wu Yunzhao and other fierce generals, but Yuan Shu has an absolute advantage in troops, and he mainly sticks to it.

The two sides fought several times, each with a victory or defeat.

Although Liu Bei's Xuzhou army failed to capture Peiguo and Jiujiang, it also firmly pinned down Yuan Shu's main force in the south on the southeast line.

As for Sun Ce and Liu Biao, they did not take the initiative to participate in the war.

However, Liu Mang didn't expect them to take the initiative to attack Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce and Liu Biao both focused on sticking to their own land, dispatching naval armies to cruise along the Yangtze River, and also played a leading role.

And the little overlord Sun Ce, taking the opportunity of the melee in the Central Plains, sent a membership to expand his territory.

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Judging from the current situation, Liu Mang's short-term strategy has two choices: first, march into Dongjun and Chenliu, and first eliminate Lu Bu and Zhang Miao. Second, concentrate forces to seize Yingchuan.

First of all, the advantage of eliminating Lü Bu and Zhang Miao was that it could eliminate the pressure on his own east and also reduce the pressure on Cao Cao's west.

Then, in conjunction with Cao Cao, from the northeast, launched an attack on Yuan Shu.

However, there are drawbacks to this strategy.

Dongjun and Chenliu were originally Cao Cao's territory, which was occupied by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao.

If Lü Bu and Zhang Miao were eliminated, Cao Cao would definitely take back Dongjun and Chen Liu.

Dongjun and Chenliu are extremely important in terms of geographical location. If all of them are returned to Cao Cao, it will affect the strategy of developing southward in the future.

And if these two places are not returned to Cao Cao, with Lao Cao's character, he will definitely not send troops to participate in the war.

Even, the rupture of the alliance that led to Yuan Yuan is unknown.

For Dongjun and Chen Liu, Liu Mang was more worried not about Cao Cao but about Yuan Shao.

Dongjun and Chenliu are the most convenient passages from Jizhou to the south of the Yellow River, and Yuan Shao has always been thinking about this.

The reason for the rupture of the alliance between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, in addition to the locust plague, is that Dongjun and Chen Liu.

Cao Cao's Dongjun and Chen Liu were seized by Lü Bu and Zhang Miao, and Yuan Shao not only did not help Cao Cao regain the territory, but used all means to restrict Cao Cao's recapture.

Central Plains, like a huge dining table.

And Dongjun and Chenliu are delicious meals on the table.

The princes of the Central Plains are all staring at these two pieces of deliciousness.

Lü Bu and Zhang Miao were the two weakest princes in the Central Plains.

The reason why they were able to occupy Dongjun and Chen for nearly two years was because of the mutual jealousy of the surrounding heroes.

There is a law in the political game and the struggle for hegemony among the great powers: the place coveted by the heroes at the same time is often the safest.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many small vassal states in the Central Plains, with no more than 10,000 people in the whole territory, were able to establish a country for decades or even hundreds of years, which is a clear proof.

The surrounding princes are all salivating, but who knows that as long as they grab the food first, they will definitely become the target of public criticism.

Dongjun and Chenliu, that's the case.

Liu Mang, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and even Liu Bei and Yuan Shu all thought about these two places all the time, but no one dared to take the lead.

Now, if Liu Mang first used troops against Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, the result can be imagined.

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Dongjun Lu Bu and Chen Liuzhang Miao, although the weight is not large, is an important weight to maintain the balance of the Central Plains.

Their existence can temporarily maintain the temporary stability of the Central Plains, and temporarily avoid conflicts with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

And Yuan Shu is the public enemy of the Han Dynasty, and the use of troops against him is a righteous move.

The strategic direction of the next step has been clarified, but how to eliminate the enemy of Yingchuan still needs to be carefully planned.

At present, the enemy of Yingchuan is divided into three parts.

Hou Junji of Lunshi, Yixiang, and Yangcheng gathered the main force of Li Zhu, about 60,000 people.

Yanling Chen Lan Department, about 20,000 people.

From Runan to support Yingchuan, the enemy Gao Yu troops stationed in the Linying area were about 20,000 people.

Among the three enemies, Chen Lan was brave and scheming. He was ordered to stick to Yanling, and as long as he harassed and contained it with a small force, he would not dare to act rashly.

The rest is how to deal with the enemy Hou Junji and Gao Yu.

Fu Youde, Wang Zhongsi, and Yue Fei offered suggestions, and Liu Mang quickly determined the next tactics.

Ordered Fu Youde to enter Yangwu in the east, lead the defense of Yuanwu, Yangwu, and Kaifeng, and maintain the deterrence of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao.

Yue Fei's first department was quietly mobilized to Xinzheng and cooperated with Wang Zhong's subordinates to prepare for a new round of attacks on Yingdong.

At the same time, he ordered Yingbei to meet Chun and Du Ruhui, cooperate with Yingdong's strategy, and launch an attack on the Lun clan! (To be continued.) )