Nanyang.

Sun Jian once again captured Liangcheng and captured Guangcheng Pass, and the forward pointed directly at the Yangren. Xu Rong and Song Xian resisted slightly, and then led the army to retreat. Sun Jian learned the lesson of the last time and did not dare to go deep alone, but stationed troops on the front line of Yangren and Guangchengguan, waiting for Yuan Shu's army to come and meet.

Sun Jian wrote a letter to Yuan Shu, asking him to immediately lead a large army to come, and the two sides attacked Xincheng and Luhun together.

Yuan Shu had no intention of attacking Dong Zhuo. What are you doing attacking Dong Zhuo? Henan Yin and Hongnong County are the territory that the hussar general has taken a fancy to, and he must not rob him, so the fight is also in vain.

There is no territory to occupy, can it be said that he will continue to move west into Qinwang? That's even more nonsense, I don't want to, Yuan Shao is even more unwilling. The Son of Heaven is back, and the heads of himself and Yuan Shao's gang are about to fall to the ground. As long as I take Jingzhou, I will take the initiative. If the army of Northern Xinjiang wants to be the king of Qin, it must first solve the problem of money and grain, and if you want money and food, you will ask me. When they begged me, did they dare to agree to my terms?

After Yuan Shu received Sun Jian's letter, he immediately ordered Qiao Rui to lead 3,000 soldiers and rush to Luyang with grain and grass. Soldiers can not be discharged, but food cannot be withheld. If Sun Jian really helped the hussar general to bring down the territory of Yin and Hongnong County in Henan, he could also get a lot of credit. This credit is for nothing, and it didn't cost me a single soldier anyway.

Li Ye and Yan Xiang had already persuaded Yuan Shu, and they no longer insisted on sending troops to attack the Xiliang army.

Yuan Shu saw that the war in Luoyang had started as promised, and stability had been restored in Nanyang, so he immediately quickly transferred the army stationed in the north of Nanyang to Xinye and Chaoyang, and at the same time sent Yang Hong to Xiangyang, on the grounds that the army attacking Luoyang was short of food and wages, and asked Liu Biao to allocate money and grain to Nanyang again.

Yuan Shushi opened his mouth and asked for a number that Liu Biao couldn't take out.

In order to buy time to quell Huarong Beiyu's rebellion and settle the dispute between Wuling Cao Yin and Changsha Sudai, Liu Biao had to swallow his anger and meet Yuan Shu's unreasonable demands again and again. But this time he couldn't bear it anymore, because he couldn't come up with so much money and food. The gate lords of Xiangyang were also angry, and Kuai Yue and Cai Mao immediately decided to take advantage of the opportunity of Yuan Shu's army to go north to fight the Western Liang army, recapture Nanyang, and drive Yuan Shu away.

Liu Biao hesitated. Now all kinds of armies are attacking the land of Gyeonggi to fight King Dong Qin, and at this time, he suddenly attacked Yuan Shu, whether he succeeds or fails, it will seriously affect the great cause of King Dong Qin, and it will leave an indelible stain on his name.

Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and other Jingzhou officials tried their best to persuade Liu Biao. The Bei Yu Rebellion in Huarong County has been pacified by Kuai Yue, Huang Zu and Wen Ping, and the South County and Jiangxia County in Jiangbei of Jingzhou have also been stabilized. Now Jingzhou has an army of 30,000 and its strength is not bad, so it is completely possible to take advantage of Yuan Shu's defenselessness to fight in a fight.

Cai Mao said: "If the lord doesn't fight Yuan Shu now, he will be driven out of Jingzhou by Yuan Shu immediately." The Hussar General's attack on the land of Gyeonggi has more than 100,000 troops, and I heard that there are 50,000 iron cavalry alone, and even the main iron cavalry stationed in the Xianbei Prairie has been requisitioned by the Hussar General to Hedong, which shows that Dong Zhuo will be defeated, and Hongnong County and Henan Yin will definitely fall into the hands of the Hussar General. The relationship between the hussar general and Yuan Shu has always been good, and the attack on the land of Gyeonggi has merit, as long as Yuan Shu speaks, the hussar general will definitely force the lord to hand over Jingzhou to Yuan Shu. At that time, where will the lord go? ”

Kuai Yue had a different opinion from Cai Mao, but he also agreed to attack Yuan Shu, and he said: "After the hussar general captured the land of Gyeonggi, he will then attack Chang'an, and he will go west to King Qin. If the Son of Heaven returns to Luoyang to regain power, the fate of Yuan Valve can be imagined, so Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu may not really help the hussar general to attack the Xiliang army. Judging from the fact that Yuan Shu was forced to ask for money and grain, Yuan Shu did not intend to pay for money and grain, but in Jingzhou, he wanted to find an excuse to fight Xiangyang and occupy Jingzhou. Why don't we just do it? ”

"The lord occupies Nanyang, and he completely dominates the seven counties of Jingzhou. In the future, after the Son of Heaven returns to Beijing to govern, the lord can prove to the Son of Heaven that he not only has nothing to do with Yuan Shu, but also has made great contributions to the defense of Dong Qin, Wang Gongweisheji. ”

Liu Biao was moved, and he said to Yang Hong menacingly: "You go back and tell Yuan Highway that I have money and food, but I just won't give it to him." If you have the ability, you ask him to come to me in Xiangyang, see that I don't break his leg, cut off his head and feed it to the dogs. ”

When Yuan Shu heard this, he laughed and ordered Ji Ling to lead an army of 15,000 to attack Xiangyang, and if Liu Biao was caught, he would be chopped up and fed to the dogs.

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Huya Lieutenant Liu Xun suddenly appeared in Wancheng. Yuan Shu saw that he was very embarrassed, and laughed and teased: "What, you and Yuan Benchu lost the gambling money?" Come to me to hide from the debt? ”

Liu Xun was also Yuan Shu's gambling friend in the past, and when he was in the capital, the two had a good relationship. Liu Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Highway, you and Yuan Benchu turned their faces, but don't sprinkle this anger on me." If I had known that your brothers were now turning against each other, I would not have gone to Hebei in the first place. ”

Yuan Shu laughed and said, "Zitai, what did you do to offend Yuan Benchu and make it so miserable." ”

Liu Xun immediately told him about the defeat in Hanoi, and finally said helplessly: "After I go back, I will definitely be cut down by Yuan Benchu, so I thought about it and came to Nanyang to find you." ”

Yuan Shu was very surprised and asked, "So, Luoyang can't fight?" ”

"I guess I can't fight it." Liu Xun said, "After Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang and my army were all wiped out, Yuan Shao's strength was greatly reduced. However, the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro is very powerful, its momentum is flourishing, and its strength has also been greatly expanded, and it will definitely continue to attack Jizhou. Now Yuan Shao withdrew his army to Qingshuikou, just in case. ”

"Last autumn, after the hussar general left the Central Plains, the Yellow Turban Army, which had just been wiped out, revived, ravaging the four prefectures of Yanqing, Xu and Xu. In particular, the Runan Yellow Turban Army, under the leadership of Liu Pi, Gong Du and others, developed rapidly, and it is said that it now has a scale of more than 100,000 people, and is now attacking Yanzhou. “

"Now, Yuan Shao's defeat, the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro has gone down the mountain, if Yuan Shao's army can't resist the Yellow Turban Army, he can only immediately cross the river and retreat to Dongjun in Yanzhou. As soon as the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro got off the mountain, they would first attack Jizhou and Yanzhou, and then they would join up with the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and swept Henan and Hebei with overwhelming momentum. Many prefectures and counties in Hebei, Yan, Qingdao, Xu, and Henan are completely finished this year. Jizhou itself is difficult to protect, how can there be grain and grass to supply the army in northern Xinjiang? Therefore, the war in Luoyang will definitely not be able to fight. ”

Yuan Shu nodded again and again, immediately called Li Ye, briefly introduced the situation, and finally said: "Immediately stop transporting grain and grass to Sun Jian." Don't send it anymore, it's a pure waste of food. ”

Li Ye hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, the grain and grass cannot be cut off, this is related to the lives of Sun Wentai and more than 10,000 soldiers. The lord can write a letter to Sun Wentai, telling him the specific situation, and please withdraw the army immediately. ”

"You don't understand that." Yuan Shu said with a smile, "Wentai has a stubborn personality, is arrogant, and refuses to admit defeat. If I had told him that Yuan had been defeated in Hanoi, he would have attacked even more. In his eyes, Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army were not vulnerable at all, and it was an easy matter to take Henan Yin and Hongnong County. Therefore, there is only one way to get him to withdraw his army, and that is to cut off his food and grass and force him back. ”

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March of the second year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (191 AD).

On the beginning of March, Nanyang.

At the beginning of March, Ji Ling's army ambushed near Xiangyang.

In the past year or so, the officers and men of Yuan Shujun have experienced wars, and their strength has grown rapidly, and they have not collapsed because of the sudden ambush. Ji Ling was also unfazed, calm, and calmly commanded the army to launch a counterattack.

Liu Biaojun originally had an absolute advantage in terms of strength and morale, but as Yuan Shujun stabilized his position and counterattacked effectively, this advantage was gradually lost, and he was beaten by Yuan Shujun and retreated.

Ji Ling came to the battle in person, shouting for a fierce battle, brave and brave, and the soldiers were inspired, all of them took one as ten, and moved forward. Liu Biaojun couldn't resist it, and watched Yuan Shujun break through.

Ji Ling knew that Liu Biao was ready to fight, the strength of the two sides was equal, and a forced attack would inevitably suffer greater losses. Immediately withdrew the army in a hurry and returned to Chaoyang City, and urgently reported to Yuan Shu for help.

Yuan Shu was furious and urgently ordered Liu Xun to rush to support with 5,000 soldiers.

Liu Biaojun won the first battle, and his morale was greatly boosted. Kuai Yue immediately reorganized the army and civilians, and led the army to storm Chaoyang City. Because of the lack of troops, Liu Biao and Cai Mao urgently summoned the gate lord families of Nanjun and Jiangxia County, as well as clans from various places, to recruit private soldiers from them. In a short period of time, Liu Biao gathered an army of 6,000 and set off for Nanyang.

The two sides fought fiercely in Chaoyang and Xinye.

Yuan Shu never expected that Liu Biao would have a strength similar to his own in less than a year, which strengthened his determination to defeat Liu Biao. He knows very well that if he doesn't defeat Liu Biao now, Liu Biao will defeat him in the future.

Just when Yuan Shuwei did not have enough troops to gain an advantage on the battlefield and was at a loss, Sun Jian appeared angrily. Yuan Shu was overjoyed, he thought that Sun Jian had withdrawn his army, and he was suddenly overjoyed, and said that Liu Biao was dead now.

Yuan Shu is very self-aware, although his army is now considered an elite soldier, and its combat effectiveness is good under the command of Ji Ling, but compared with Sun Jian's army, there is still a big gap.

Yuan Shu was elated, but Sun Jian was about to split, he held the handle of the knife in one hand, pointed at Yuan Shu with the other, and scolded angrily: "Yuan Highway, you are a big traitor, and your sin is unforgivable!" ”

Yuan Shu was completely inappropriate, he jumped as high as he was, beat his chest and complained: "Wentai, the big traitor is Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng, that old bastard actually beat me, he wants to capture Nanyang, and he wants to kill us all." Did you know or not? I've thrown all my forces into it to stop him, but I still can't stop him. Wentai, save me, save Dahan Sheji. ”

Sun Jian was stunned for a moment, then became even more angry, and said sharply: "You still dare to lie to me? ”

Yuan Shu immediately swore an oath, and then took out a lot of battle report documents from the desk next to him and handed them to Sun Jian, saying: "Wentai, look at it, look at it, if Liu Jingsheng doesn't kill this villain, where is the reason?" ”

Sun Jian glanced at the words on the paperwork a few times, and immediately scolded angrily. (To be continued.) )