In early April of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Handan, the general was in charge. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the middle of the night, the candles in the tent were brightly lit.

Zhennan General Chang Yuchun, Northern Xinjiang Army Division Jia Xu and others sat around and listened to the latest battle report.

"From the beginning of the river crossing to the present day, the army has been fighting in the south for four days." Sima Xu Shu of the General's Mansion said, "The army on the left has all crossed the Jishui River and is advancing to the Wuyan City of Dongpingguo County, and it is expected that it will arrive at the Wuyan City tomorrow to attack." ”

"Under the command of General Guan Yu, the army on the right has advanced rapidly along the Guzi River, and has arrived in Fancheng today to attack."

"General Wei Yan led his army across the Jishui River and was advancing towards Zhilu City, Jibei County. According to the time calculation, he should have arrived in Lucheng. Guan Hai received our order three days ago, and at this moment he is on his way to Lucheng, and it is estimated that he is very close to Lucheng. The two armies can meet tomorrow. The defenders in the direction of Lucheng probably numbered more than 5,000 people, and after the two armies of Wei Yan and Guan Hai converged, they would gather 16,000 troops to attack. ”

"On the battlefield of the Central Plains, the armies of all walks of life are advancing smoothly, and the only difficulty is the lack of recruitment and deployment of people. Due to the very tight time for the collection of people, the current number is far from meeting our needs, which leads to the rapid advance of the army and the slow transportation of grain, grass and baggage. In the next two to three days, if the situation does not improve, the speed of the army's attack will be seriously affected. ”

Chang Yuchun frowned slightly, and immediately said: "Order Xun Yu and Dong Zhao not to allocate grain and grass to the Jibei battlefield for the time being, and first concentrate all the people to transport grain and grass to the left and right armies to ensure the attack speed of the army." ”

Then he pointed at Wang Ling and said, "Send a letter to Wei Yan in my name, first surround Lucheng, wait for the civil affairs officials to rush to Jibei, and appease the officials in the city." After the people are requisitioned and dispatched, and the grain and grass are transported to Jibei, they will choose the opportunity to attack. ”

"How's the Henan battlefield?" Chang Yuchun's gaze immediately turned to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu replied: "The situation on the battlefield in Henan is currently more severe. After Yuan Shao led his army into Henan, Tian Kai immediately led his army to evacuate the city and retreat to Aocang, where he blocked the rebels according to the danger of Bianqu. At the same time, Zhang Nan, the general of Hanoi's Yuan army, led his army across Jishui and killed Ben Pinggao. Yuan Xi of Yingchuan led his army to Luoyang and was attacking Chenggao from the direction of the tiger prison. After Han Heng of Yingchuan and Ma Yan of Zhongmu City rendezvous, they are attacking Guancheng. ”

Zhang Fei said in the letter that after Yuan Shao arrived at Bianqu, the east bank of the Tun army did not launch an attack, apparently waiting for news from the direction of Hanoi, Tiger Prison and Guancheng. Once a breakthrough is made in any of these three places, Yuan Shao will definitely launch a thunderous blow. Now although Tian Kai's army has dragged Yuan Shao's main force, he has also been firmly dragged by Yuan Shao in Aocang, unable to divide troops to support other places. ”

Chang Yuchun leaned over and looked at the map carefully, and then whispered a few words to Jia Xu.

"The situation on the battlefield in Henan seems to be grim, but the initiative is actually still in our hands, and the army still has a certain advantage." Chang Yuchun looked at Xu Shu and said, "Order Zhang Fei and the others to hold on to their respective cities, and wait for the opportunity to seize the opportunity to beat Yuan Shao hard, no matter what, you can't let him transfer troops to support the Central Plains battlefield." ”

Xu Shu groaned a little and said cautiously: "Boren, we fought fiercely on the battlefield in Henan, not only successfully attracting Yuan Shao's main force back to Henan, but also attracting troops from Luoyang, Nanyang and Yingchuan to the Xingyang area. At present, the rebel army on the battlefield in Henan has surpassed us in strength and formed an encirclement, if the city of Pinggao in Hanoi is lost, or the loss of Chenggao, which is close to the tiger prison, the army is very likely to suffer heavy losses, so I think it is necessary to withdraw a part of the army now to help Tai Shi Ci and others stick to the line of Pinggao and Huai Thanh to ensure the safety of the army retreating north to Hanoi. ”

"Nope." Chang Yuchun shook his hand resolutely and said, "There are only 50,000 horses on the battlefield in Henan, and compared with the rebels, they are at a disadvantage in terms of troops. ”

"Boren, on the battlefield in Hanoi, we only have 10,000 people, if Yuan Shao orders Luoyang's army to reinforce Hanoi, it will definitely surpass us in terms of strength, and the battle in Hanoi will be very hard." Xu Shu persuaded, "Our goal of opening up the Henan battlefield has been achieved, and the army can retreat north at any time, and there is no need to fight to the death with Yuan Shao's army." ”

"Before the two armies of the lord and Yunchang do not take Changyi and Dingtao, we must not give up the Henan battlefield." Chang Yuchun said in a resolute tone, "Tell Zhang Fei and others that the battlefield in Henan will hold on for at least more than 20 days, please don't leave anything to chance, you must be firmly nailed to Henan, and you must do your best to defeat Yuan Shao and drag Yuan Shao, without my order, no one is allowed to evacuate Henan, otherwise there will be no mercy." ”

Xu Shu had to persuade again, Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Yuan Zhi, if we want to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, we must take Dingtao and Changyi, but if we want to take Dingtao and Changyi, with our current strength to attack the Central Plains, it is a little thin, because the retreat speed of Xiahou Yuan and Cai Yang is very fast and very resolute, once they retreat to Dingtao and Changyi and meet Cao Ren, the rebels will have nearly 50,000 horses to defend these two cities, which is too difficult for us to attack." ”

"At this time, if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's armies are killed one after another, the two sides will face off under the two cities, and in the case of close troops, it is possible to form a decisive battle in advance, but we don't want a decisive battle now, so whether we can drag all Yuan Shao's troops on the Henan battlefield is very important to achieve the ultimate goal of the Central Plains War."

Xu Shu saw that Jia Xu also agreed with Chang Yuchun's plan, so he didn't say anything anymore, but he was extremely uneasy.

If the 50,000 Northern Xinjiang Army was completely annihilated in the Henan Battlefield, the defeat of the Central Plains War would be inevitable, which was an important reason why the lord asked the army on the Henan Battlefield to withdraw to Hanoi immediately after the main army went south to the cities of Dingtao and Changyi.

However, now Chang Yuchun changed this strategy, and Chang Yuchun ordered the army on the Henan battlefield to hold out until the main army conquered Dingtao and Changyi before retreating.

How long can Zhang Fei hold out on the battlefield in Henan?

"How is the battle progressing in Xuzhou?" Chang Yuchun moved the papers piled up on the desk, and looked at Xuzhou on the map, "Gao Shun and Zang Ba have the latest battle report?" ”

"Gao Shun said in the letter that because Zhu Lingtun was heavily armed on the front line of Jucheng, the attack of the army was blocked, and the two armies are currently in a state of confrontation."

"Confrontation?" Chang Yuchun repeated in a low voice, "Confrontation? ”

He frowned, and after a little thought, he said: "If the battle situation in Xuzhou falls into a confrontation, Gao Shun will lose the initiative on the battlefield, and will be led by Zhu Ling, and it is very likely to repeat the mistakes of Yin Li and Wu Ba." ”

"On the battlefield of Xuzhou, Gao Shun has an army of 50,000 and Zhu Ling has an army of 30,000, and he does not have an absolute advantage in terms of troops." Xu Shu said, "If you want to open the gap from the front, it may be very small. ”

"Maybe it's very small, but you have to try, the army can't stand under Jucheng City." Chang Yuchun looked up at Xu Shu and said, "Send a letter to Gao Shun and Zang Ba, asking them to do their best to make progress on the battlefield in Xuzhou, so as to contain Xuzhou's forces and buy time for the main army to conquer Dingtao and Changyi." ”

"In addition, you specifically explained in the book that after Cao Cao and Liu Bei received the news of our attack on the Central Plains, if they withdrew their troops as quickly as possible, they should rush back to the Central Plains after ten to twelve days." Jia Xu added on the side, "If Gao Shun and Zang Ba can defeat Zhu Ling in the near future, enter the East China Sea, and threaten Pengcheng, Liu Bei will definitely divide his troops to support Xuzhou, then the number of people who rush to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi to block our main army will be reduced, which is very beneficial to our rapid capture of Dingtao and Changyi." ”

Xu Shu nodded and said, "I'll write to them immediately and let the flying pigeon pass the book to be sent overnight." If nothing else, in two days, Gao Shun will be able to receive our orders. ”

"Have Yang Qi, Yang Yi, Cui Jun, Jin Shang and others arrived in Dongwuyang?" Chang Yuchun turned his head to look at Wang Chang.

"It's already here." Wang Chang bowed and said, "They will cross the river tomorrow and go to the counties of the Central Plains to pacify the people." ”

"Keep them safe and don't have an accident." Chang Yuchun said, "Tomorrow you go to see Bao Zheng and ask him to send the officials at all levels recruited by Yang Qi and others from Handan University Hall across the Yellow River to help them rebuild the government offices at all levels and stabilize the counties and counties in the Central Plains as soon as possible." ”

Wang Chang hurriedly agreed.

"Mr. Wenhe, I plan to write a chapter and urgently play today's affairs to the court." Chang Yuchun stretched out his hand and spread out the blank book on the desk, "I will write the urgent report to the lord personally." ”

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Henan Yin, Bianqu East Ten Miles, Dingting, Yuan Army Camp.

As soon as Yuan Shao returned to his division and rushed to Bianqu, he received the information sent back by the scouts that more than 100,000 troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army had crossed the river and marched south, and he was stunned.

The nearly 200,000 troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly moved south to the Central Plains and burst down with a thunderous momentum, which was overwhelming. Such a huge operation, even with the strength of Hebei today, obviously cannot be completed in a short period of time. In other words, the previous moves of the Northern Xinjiang Army to go north to the desert to quell the rebellion were just cover-up behaviors. Last year, Xu You instigated the rebellion launched by five alien races in the desert, including Ding Ling and Jiankun, which did not cause much trouble to Hebei at all. Maybe it will be pacified by the Northern Frontier Army soon.

Hebei has carefully designed a scam, and the target is needless to say, it must be the Central Plains.

Now Cao Cao and Liu Bei are in Jianghuai, and they are dragged in Henan by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the Central Plains troops are empty, and they can't stop the Northern Xinjiang Army from moving south.

The loss of the Central Plains is a foregone conclusion!

As soon as the Central Plains was lost, Luoyang bore the brunt and became Li Yi's only target.

"I'm so angry...... Yuan Shao got angrier the more he thought about it, stood up violently, and overturned the case with all his strength.

Xu You, Feng Ji, Yuan Zhong, Chen Lin and others stood around Yuan Shao in panic, hesitating for a while. (To be continued.) )