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The one-month deadline for the agreement with the main party was coming soon, but the Northern Xinjiang Army had not yet been able to take all of Hanoi. Xu Da was in a hurry, and the overseers stormed Xiuwu City.

If he can take Xiuwu City, the front of the Northern Xinjiang Army is the county of Hanoi County, and Xu Da plans to conquer Huaicheng before the end of the month, so that even if he is recalled to Jicheng by the lord, his face will look better, but his strategy was denied by Tai Shici and Sima Yi.

There are heavy troops in the direction of Huaicheng, and Huaicheng is tall and strong, and there is the Qinshui River in front of the city to block, if you forcibly attack, the army will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Catapult and Sima Yi suggested that Xu Da divide his troops to attack Shanyang City north of Huaicheng, and then kill from the direction of Shanyang City to the area of Yewang City and cross the Qinshui River, cut off the enemy's grain route, and force the enemy troops stationed in Huaicheng to quickly retreat.

Tai Shi Ci said to Xu Da: "The main purpose of this battle is not to occupy the entire territory of Hanoi County, but to threaten Luoyang, if the army loses too much, even if it hits the area of Heyang and Wen County, it will not be able to stand still, and it will be defeated back by Yuan Shao's army in the end." ”

"The lord has repeatedly said that our purpose is to threaten Luoyang, contain Yuan Shao's forces, and make him unable to take care of the Central Plains." Tai Shi Ci persuaded bitterly, "It doesn't matter if we don't occupy the whole of Hanoi before the snow falls, as long as we attract Yuan Shao's army to the Hanoi battlefield, our goal will be achieved." The lord will not punish you for not taking all of Hanoi. ”

Xu Da couldn't listen at all.

Although Tai Shici was once the personal guard general of the lord Li Yi, and had experienced every major battle since the rebellion in Liaodong, he had always been by Li Yi's side after all, he had never been with Xu Da, and he had no outstanding achievements.

When Li Yi appointed Tai Shici as the deputy commander of the Fourth Infantry Corps, many officials in northern Xinjiang had very opinions. Xu Da, as the commander of the Fourth Army, also had a dispute with Li Yi for this.

Xu Da thinks that people like Li Zhong, Li Xin, Li Yi and others have followed the lord and fought many battles and made many military exploits, are they not as good as Tai Shici? Why doesn't the lord use it? Could it be that because Tai Shici used to be the lord's personal guard general and was closer to the lord, he should be reused?

Li Yi explained for a long time, and in the end, there was a sentence, the reason why Tai Shici was able to become one of the rich commanders of the Seven Infantry Legions was not because of his combat exploits, but because he had this ability. Merit is important, but ability is even more important. I Li Yi employs people, and ability is the most important thing.

Xu Da still had an opinion on this, but he couldn't resist Li Yi, so he could only agree. It's just that after Tai Shici arrived in the Fourth Legion, he has been faintly rejected by Xu Da.

Tai Shici was very dissatisfied when he saw Xu Da's refusal to accept his opinion, and he fought with reason, not afraid of him at all because of Xu Da's prestige. After all, he has followed Li Yi for many years, and he has seen too many big scenes.

On the contrary, at this time, Sima Yi shrank his head and sat on the side without speaking, he was a little afraid of Xu Da.

Xu Da was so angry that he almost overturned the case. Sima Yi was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to invite Xun You over.

Xun You didn't care whether the two sides were right or wrong, he first blamed Tai Shici for a few words, and then said to Xu Da: "Ziyi committed a crime, disobeyed military law, and dragged out a hundred heavy rods." ”

Xu Da suddenly heard Xun You say such a heavy punishment, and without thinking, he immediately waved his hand to stop it, and said, "What did you commit?" Ziyi and Zhongda and I were discussing strategies to break the enemy, and I just raised my voice a little louder. What kind of mess are you messing with? ”

Although Xu Da is very strict in governing the army, he rarely punishes his subordinates, if it is not a serious violation of the law, he usually punishes things slightly, and sometimes even scolds two sentences, which is also one of the reasons why Xu Da has a high prestige in the army.

Xun You smiled: "If you don't fight Ziyi now, you won't have a chance in the future?" ”

Xu Da was stunned for a moment and asked, "The lord has sent a letter?" Do you want me to go back to Jicheng now? ”

Xun You nodded and said, "The holy decree of the imperial court has arrived, you and I will leave immediately." ”

Xu Da looked down at the map that he threw to the ground and sighed. This time I lost my face, and I can't talk nonsense next time.

He walked over and picked up the map, reached out and dusted off the ashes on it, handed it to Tai Shici, and said, "Fight well." If you win this battle, the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army will trust you and obey you. ”

Tai Shi Ci asked a little inexplicably, "Is the general really leaving?" ”

"The lord sincerely wants to give you this credit, and you don't let him down." Xu Da barely squeezed out a smile, "Now, you can fight as much as you want, you are the commander of the army." ”

Tai Shici was surprised and delighted, and turned his head to look at Xun You.

"Before Brother Tiande left Handan, he said to the lord that if he couldn't take Hanoi in a month, the army would be handed over to you as commander, because ......" Xun You looked at Xu Da and said with a smile, "You won this battle, which shows that the lord has vision and discernment, and even if Brother Tiande loses, he will lose to the lord." But if you win this battle for others, there will be no place for Brother Tiande's face. Haha......"

Tai Shici looked at Xu Da with emotion, not knowing what to say.

Xu Da sneered, patted him on the shoulder hard, and said, "When we hit the Central Plains, we'll see you again." ”

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On the third day after Xu Da left, Sima Yi led an army to attack Shanyang City, killing the Qinshui River and dealing a heavy blow to the Hanoi army.

The grain route was cut off, and the Hanoi army was in danger. Han Qiong, Han Hao, and Guo Tu dispatched reinforcements to block the northern Xinjiang army that infested Yewang and Wenxian on the one hand, and on the other hand, they commanded the army to withdraw from Xiuwu and defend Huaicheng.

The letter asking for help was sent to Luoyang in a hurry, and Yuan Shao was shocked, and immediately summoned Fu Zhu, Chen Lin, Gao Rou and other strategists around him to discuss whether to send Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao in the direction of Chen Liu to support Hanoi.

He was adamantly opposed. He said to Yuan Shao: "At this moment, the Central Plains battlefield is stalemate, once the army in the direction of Chen Liu is transferred to Hanoi, Cao Cao must know that the battlefield in Hanoi is tight, and he will seize all the time to attack Yuan Shu." If Yuan Shu can't hold on, withdraw from Changyi, and defeat Yanzhou, then our plan to threaten Cao Cao to send the Son of Heaven to Luoyang will fail. ”

Fu Zhu advised Yuan Shao to transfer troops from Luoyang, and then rescript Shi Huan's army from Yingchuan, Yuzhou, to Luoyang to defend Gyeonggi.

However, Gao Rou opposed the suggestion. Gao Rou said: "The eldest prince of Guanzhong has sent news that Han Sui and Ma Chao are gathering troops in Yi County, and it is estimated that they will definitely be able to attack Fufeng County by the end of this month." In addition, news also came from Linjing in Anding County that the army of Zhang Liao, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Army, had been dispatched, and it was estimated that he would threaten Chang'an in order to cooperate with the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Hedong to feint to attack the west. In this way, it is very likely that the two armies that invaded Guanzhong will get in touch and join forces to attack Chang'an. ”

"The eldest prince has only more than 20,000 people in Guanzhong, and if the rebels have an advantage in strength, Chang'an is bound to be dangerous. The only ones who can support Guanzhong are Chun Yuqiong in the west and Yuan Xuan in Nanyang. Chun Yuqiong's army is now facing the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanxi, and it cannot be requisitioned, so once Chang'an is critical, we can only requisition troops from the direction of Yuzhou. ”

Gao Rou suggested that Yuan Shao should not levy the troops of Shi Huan, Gao Gan and others for the time being, but abandon Yuan Shu and quickly transfer Chen Liu's army to Hanoi.

Gao Rou said: "Giving up Yuan Shu is equivalent to forcing Yuan Shu to re-establish the imperial system as soon as possible. Once Yuan Shu re-establishes the imperial system, the situation in the Central Plains will still be favorable to us. If Cao Cao wanted to survive, he had to send the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, and he had no choice. When the Son of Heaven arrived in Luoyang, we first let Cao Cao beat Yuan Shu, and then cut down the dying Cao Cao with a knife, so that the Central Plains can be obtained. ”

Yuan Shao hesitated again and again and followed Gao Rou's advice. Frustration and persuasion were fruitless, and they were helpless.

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In mid-October, Yanzhou, Changyi City.

The news that Sun Ce captured Lujiang and waved his army to attack Jiujiang County was sent to Changyi. Yuan Shu was extremely shocked, and Li Ye, Ji Ling and others were also unexpected, one by one they were dumbfounded, and the anger and frustration in their hearts reached the extreme for a while.

People can be shameless, but not shameless. One can abandon loyalty, but one cannot trample on it in this way.

At that time, if Yuan Shu did not have Sun Jian's help, Yuan Shu could also cross Jing and Henan, but without Yuan Shu's support, Sun Jian would not be able to occupy the three counties of Jiangdong no matter what. However, now that Yuan Shu supported Sun Jian to get the three counties of Jiangdong, his son actually turned around and attacked his benefactor?

What does Sun Ce have? There is no illustrious family background, no mountain of wealth, no superhuman talent, the only thing he has is his father's reputation and his own bravery, as well as a group of subordinates loyal to his father, but with these alone, he can fight against Liu Xuan, Wang Lang, Xue Li, Zhu Hao, and Zhenrong? Can you defeat the tens of thousands of armies that these people have?

Yuan Shu did his best and gave Sun Jian all the help he could, food, money, troops, ordnance, as long as Sun Jian needed it, he sent it to Jiangdong.

Although Yuan Shu's purpose was to occupy the four counties of Jiangdong, Yuan Shu's mind was not in Jiangdong, but in the Central Plains, the world, and the four counties of Jiangdong had no substantive meaning to him. The reason why he asked Sun Jian to attack Jiangdong was mainly to make up for the debt of Sun Jian's serious injury when he was in Xiangyang, in fact, Sun Jian was not the only choice.

Yuan Shu treated Sun Jian so wholeheartedly because Sun Jian treated him wholeheartedly back then. He believed Sun Jian, but the truth gave Yuan Shu a ruthless blow.

Sun Jian's entire army was annihilated in the East China Sea, leading to the complete failure of Yuan Shu's plan to occupy the Central Plains. But at that time, Yuan Shu still had a chance, and he could make a comeback.

But today's betrayal of Sun Ce is a fatal blow. Yuan Shu never had a chance to make a comeback, and the so-called hegemony was a big dream in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Yuan Shu laughed miserably, and was disheartened for a while.

He originally hoped to regain his fame through a vigorous betrayal, but God played a joke on him. was also betrayed, but he was completely sent into the abyss of defeat. (To be continued.) )