Han Fan stood under the eaves and watched everyone's figures disappear into the darkness, not moving for a long time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was a loud bang ...... "boom", and the gate of the mansion collapsed. The soldiers of the northern frontier came in like a tidal wave.

After holding out for a long time, Xingyang City was finally broken by the Northern Frontier Army.

Early in the morning, outside the city of Xingyang.

Koji Yi once again reported urgently, Jiang Qi's army was approaching step by step, and quickly asked for support.

"There are only 5,000 people in Liyi now, and the rest of the army has come with the general to fight Xingyang, and Aocang City is not an easy city to defend and difficult to attack, I am afraid it will be difficult to block the onslaught of Jiang Qi's 30,000 army." Tian Kai sat on the grass, spread out the map, pointed to Ao Cang City, and said, "If Ao Cang is lost, Yuan Shao's army will cut off our eastern retreat, and the cone formation will be broken immediately." At the same time, if the reinforcements from the Luoyang direction conquered Chenggao, the army would be surrounded in Xingyang and fall into a desperate situation of annihilation throughout the year. ”

Yu Poison rubbed his dry eyes, yawned lightly, and said: "Unbelievable, we have been crossing the river to attack Henan for five days, and the reinforcements from the direction of Luoyang have not yet killed the Tiger Prison Pass, and Guo Tu in Hanoi has not attacked for a long time, which gives us plenty of time to capture Xingyang and complete the cone-shaped formation." ”

"Now that Xingyang has fallen, the cone defensive formation has been formed, as long as we quickly adjust the deployment of troops and consolidate the cone formation, it will not be a problem to hold here for two to three months."

Tian Kai groaned slightly, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Let Koyi's men and horses return to Aocang first." Cheng Gao currently has an army of 15,000, and Wang Wei's army can be transferred to Aocang to support first. In addition, the defensive strength of Guancheng is enough, and the Yuan army in the direction of Zhongmu is not capable of conquering Guancheng in the short term, so I plan to personally lead the army to support Aocang. ”

Zhang Fei frowned slightly, kept patting his thigh with the horsewhip in his hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "Although we seized the opportunity and took Xingyang, our goal was not achieved, and Yuan Shao's main force is still on the front line of Baima and Puyang." We spent so much money to attack Henan, and only 30,000 of Jiang Qi's troops were attracted as a result. ”

Zhang Fei shook his head again and again and said, "We have to find a way to attract Yuan Shao's main force to Henan as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Fei walked in front of Tian Kai, pointed at Aocang City on the map, and ordered: "Brother French, you concentrate 25,000 people in Aocang and try to inflict heavy damage on Jiang Qi in order to pull Yuan Shao's main force to Henan, this method is not bad, but have you thought about it, the target of the imperial court's attack this year is the rebellion in northern Xinjiang, once the war in northern Xinjiang begins, we will withdraw to Hanoi, and our time to fight in the south is very limited." Maybe half a month, maybe a month, but at most it will not be more than the end of April, and we will definitely have to withdraw from Henan. We can estimate this matter, and Yuan Shao can also guess that it is not far from ten. If ......"

Zhang Fei looked at Tian Kai and said with a helpless wry smile: "If Yuan Shao besieges and does not attack, confronts us here, and waits for us to withdraw his troops, will Jiang Qi still take the initiative to attack Ao Cang and fight you in a decisive battle?" ”

Tian Kai closed his eyes tiredly, stretched out his hand and pulled off his battle helmet, and said, "If you don't fight, you have to fight." Jiang Qi didn't fight Ao Cang, so we took the initiative to beat him. As long as we defeat Jiang Qi and Yu Ban will be in the Tiger Prison Pass again, if Yue Fei and Xu Da in Hedong can take the opportunity to attack Guanxi, Luoyang will be in crisis on all sides. Luoyang is very important to Yuan Shao, and he will definitely come back to help. ”

"But we're running out of time." Zhang Fei said worriedly, "The imperial court will let us withdraw our troops at any time." ”

"What can you do?" Tian Kai asked.

"Kill Han Fan and give his head to Yuan Shao." Zhang Fei waved his horsewhip and chopped it down like a war knife, "If one head is not enough, all the officials of the three cities will be killed." I don't slaughter the city, I kill these scholars who betrayed the Han Dynasty. ”

Tian Kai was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Yide, Han Fan is a repeat offender of the imperial court, and killing him must be approved by the imperial court, and he must be held responsible for killing him without a holy decree." In addition, Han Fan is a person from Yingchuan Han Valve, and his cousin Han Rong is in Jicheng now, and killing Han Fan will cause you trouble. ”

"Kill." Zhang Fei glared at each other, and said murderously, "The Han is rebellious, everyone will be punished, killed." ”

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Luoyang.

Due to the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army on Henan, Yuan Shao's letter had to be sent to Luoyang from the direction of Yuyuan Pass via Yingchuan.

After receiving Yuan Shao's letter, Fu Zhu sent someone to send Yuan Shao's letter to Guo Tu to Heyang, and urged Guo Tu to immediately attack Pinggao.

At this moment, Chenggao has been lost, Xingyang's life and death are uncertain, and Shaancheng in Guanxi is under fierce attack by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and Chun Yuqiong and Zhang Ji have asked for help several times. Fu warned Guo Tu that if Hanoi did not go to war again, Luoyang would be in danger.

After Guo Tu received Yuan Shao's order, he still did not order troops to attack Pinggao. He wrote back to Yuan Shao, once again explaining his understanding of the war situation in Hanoi and Henan, and stubbornly believed that sticking to Heyang and Wenxian was the right way to ensure the safety of Luoyang.

Guo Tu lashed out at Frustration in the letter, believing that the loss of Chenggao and the siege of Xingyang were all caused by Frustration's self-use, exclusion of dissidents, and deliberate preservation of his own strength. If Fu Zhu immediately sent troops to support Cheng Gao when he received Cheng Gao's request for help, the Northern Frontier Army would not be able to capture Cheng Gao at all.

In addition, he told Yuan Shao that after Li Yi put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Jizhou that year, he had close contacts with the officials of the Jizhou government, such as the Fu Zhu and the judge, and the personal relationship between them had been very good for many years.

Guo Tu said: "Now that Hebei is strong, these Jizhou people may sell their masters to seek glory, and the lord cannot help but guard against it." Since these people were able to betray Han Fu and take refuge in the lord back then, why can't they betray the lord and turn to Li Yi now? ”

At this time, he also wrote back to Yuan Shao, explaining that he did not send troops to the Tiger Prison to rescue Chenggao and Xingyang, and block the southward movement of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

In the letter, Fu Zhu said: "Since Hedong Yue Fei and Xu Da led the army to attack Guanxi, Luoyang was under the threat of the Northern Xinjiang Army from three sides, and in order to ensure the safety of Luoyang, he could only stick to the eight passes of Gyeonggi. ”

As for the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Henan, Fu Zhu did not care about this, and he made an analysis to Yuan Shao, believing that the Northern Xinjiang Army attacking Henan would soon withdraw its troops in order to avoid fighting on two fronts, so there was no need to worry. The top priority at the moment is to take advantage of the Northern Xinjiang Army's conquest of the Hu people in the desert to quickly take the Central Plains, so as to prepare for the future crusade against Li Yi in the north, pacify the world and revitalize Sheji.

However, in order to alleviate the heavy losses caused to Luoyang by the Northern Xinjiang Army crossing the river to the south, it is better to force the Northern Xinjiang Army to withdraw from Henan as soon as possible. In order to achieve this goal, the only way was for Guo Tu to open up the situation on the battlefield in Hanoi, threaten the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and force the Northern Xinjiang Army to withdraw to the north bank of the Yellow River.

Frustrated thought that Guo Tu would definitely send troops, but who knew that when he woke up, Guo Tu was still in Heyang. Fu Zhu was furious and ordered the arrest of Guo Tu in the name of Yuan Shao.

The news leaked out. After Guo Tu found out, he immediately made preparations. The officials who were ordered to go to Heyang to arrest Guo Tu were arrested as soon as they crossed the Yellow River.

Fu Zhu was mad this time, and he personally led people to rush to Heyang.

Guo Tu saw that the matter was getting bigger, and he was a little frightened, but he thought that he had repeatedly disobeyed orders, and once he was arrested, his life might not be guaranteed, so he simply made a heart and fought against Fu Zhu to the end.

He immediately ordered the Yellow River to be blocked, and Fu Zhi was not allowed to go ashore. At the same time, he hurriedly told Yuan Tan in Guanzhong with an eight-hundred-mile fast ride. Now the only one who can save him is Yuan Tan.

The matter became bigger and bigger, and Chen Lin, who stayed in Luoyang, hurriedly told Yuan Shao while persuading peace.

After Chun Yuqiong of Kansai heard about it, he returned to Luoyang overnight with a team of people, lest something happen to Luoyang.

After Yuan Tan got the news, he sent the chief Shi Liu Xian to Luoyang day and night, and hurriedly told his father Yuan Shao to attack Fu Zhu.

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Chenliu County, Yanzhou, White Horse Camp.

Yuan Shao wanted to withdraw his troops and return to Henan.

Xingyang is lost, and the head of Yin Hanfan in Henan is now on the table. There are more than 30 heads outside the big tent, and a few of them are Yuan's disciples.

What especially made Yuan Shao angry was that at this critical moment, Luoyang was in chaos.

The trial is strongly discouraged.

Feng Ji said coldly: "If the army does not withdraw quickly, I am afraid that it will not only be Henan that will be lost, but even Luoyang will be given to Li Yi." ”

The judge scoffed: "The matter in Luoyang is very easy to solve. killed Guo Tu, and Luoyang immediately calmed down. As for Henan, it only occupied three cities for the Northern Frontier Army. After the Northern Frontier Army captured three cities, it had become the end of the strong crossbow, and if it advanced, it might fall into the encirclement of regiments, and if it retreated, it would be in danger of losing the army, so it could only hold on to the city. At this time, as long as we make a breakthrough on the battlefield in Hanoi, the Northern Xinjiang Army has no other way but to retreat north. ”

Yuan Shao sneered, reached out and picked up a few copies of the book from the desk, and said coldly: "Zhengnan, take a look for yourself, see what Han Fan and Guo Tu said?" ”

The judge hurriedly glanced at it, couldn't help but tremble with anger, and said loudly: "Guo Tu, a despicable villain, is greedy for life and afraid of death, so he doesn't dare to take the initiative to attack, but he wantonly slanders good people for his own selfishness. ”

"What is the explanation of Han Fan's words?" Yuan Shao's eyes forced him to look at the match, and he asked angrily.

"Han Fan is purely a communiqué personal vendetta." The judge smashed the bamboo slip in his hand to the ground, "Han Fan has always been obsessed with us for the death of his cousin Han Fu. He said that we fornicated with Li Yi and betrayed the lord, what proof do we have? Can Fu Zhu's refusal to send troops to rescue Xingyang also serve as evidence of fornicating with Li Yi? ”

"The lord wants to return to Henan, why are you trying to stop it?" Feng Ji pointed to the match, and asked in a cold voice, "Do you think we should go back to the army to rescue after the Northern Xinjiang Army occupies Henan and takes Luoyang?" I think you are fornicating with Li Yi and plotting against him. ”

The judge was about to split, pulled out his long sword, and said sharply: "Feng Yuantu, you dare to spew blood?" ”

"Take down the ......" Yuan Shao took the case and scolded angrily, "The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, what are you afraid of?" Go to the prison camp first, and wait for Luoyang's affairs to be clarified. (To be continued.) )