According to the scout's report, Zhang Yan immediately judged that Yuan Shu was going to escape.

With Zhang Yan's shout, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao both looked at each other, and they were also a little suspicious of Zhang Yan's words, so they asked, "How did the lord know that Yuan Shu was going to escape?" ”

Zhang Yan hurriedly explained: "Our three-way army encircled Shouchun, and after receiving more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, there were as many as 110,000 soldiers and horses, and Xu Chu had 50,000 soldiers and horses along the way, and Liu Xun also had 20,000 soldiers and horses, adding together, a total of 180,000 people. 180,000 people gathered in Shouchun, if Shouchun is surrounded, you can enclose the inner three layers of Shouchun City, the outer three layers, Yuan Shu can not escape. According to the scout's report, Yuan Shu still has 35,000 troops in Shouchun City, and now that the army is all out of the city, Shouchun is like an empty city, no matter how stupid Yuan Shu is, he will definitely not be stupid enough to ignore his own safety. Therefore, I thought that Yuan Shu must have been mixed with Zhang Xun's army and sneaked out of the city, wanting to go elsewhere! ”

"Now that our army has surrounded Huainan on all sides, even if Yuan Shu escapes, where can he flee?" Zhang Liao asked.

Zhang Yan didn't think about it, and immediately said: "You must be going to Jizhou!" ”

"Jizhou? Isn't Jizhou Yuan Shao's territory? Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are brothers, the two have always been at odds, how could Yuan Shu go to Jizhou? Xu Huanghu said suspiciously.

"Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have always been at odds, they are brothers who break bones and connect tendons, and they share a father, nothing is impossible. Now Yuan Shu is lonely, and he will inevitably go to Yuan Shao, and if the two Yuan gather together, they will get back together. That is the greatest threat to our army. So. Don't let Yuan Shu escape from Huainan! ”

The voice fell. Zhang Yan reined in the horse, immediately jumped off the horse, and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Bring the map!" ”

Xu Huang and Zhang Liao also jumped off their horses, surrounded Zhang Yan's side, and handed Zhang Yan a map to his own soldiers, Zhang Yan spread out the map, looked at it carefully, and immediately said: "Here!" Yuan Shu must be trying to escape from here! ”

Xu Huang and Zhang Liao glanced at the map. But the place Zhang Yan was referring to was Runan.

"Our army attacked from the east, north, and south, and the only way for Yuan Shu to take was to flee westward, first to Shaobi, to avoid the encirclement of our army, and then to the north across the Huai River, so as to enter the territory of Runan. Runan is not the scope of our army, and it is also the weakest place, Yuan Shu led the army, which can be driven straight through Chenliu and Dongjun. After crossing the Yellow River, you can reach Jizhou. This one way. It is the safest way, and I guess Yuan Shu will inevitably take this path. ”

"The lord is high, and the five bodies that the last general admires will be thrown to the ground!" Xu Huang and Zhang Liao said in unison.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said: "This is just my guess, whether it is really as I said, it is still unknown." But in order to prevent this from happening, our army must prepare early......"

As he spoke, he lowered his head again, glanced at the map, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he immediately said to Xu Huang: "General Xu!" ”

"The last general!" When Xu Huang heard Zhang Yan call him, he was excited, knowing that there was another big task to be handed over to him, so he immediately responded with a fist.

Zhang Yan said: "You immediately lead a thousand cavalry, quickly go to Wangji Village, here is the junction of Xia Cai, Shouchun, Anfeng County, but also the Huai River, Yingshui confluence, according to the scout report, there is an ancient ferry in Wangji Village, is the only ferry within a radius of dozens of miles, Yuan Shu wants to cross the Huai River north, will inevitably pass through this ferry, you go to occupy this ferry, do a good job of ambush." I will then mobilize 20,000 elite soldiers for you to command, if Yuan Shu leads the army to arrive here, you must give a blow here, take Yuan Shu down, if he can't be captured alive, let Yuan Shu become a dead corpse. In short, no matter what, Yuan Shu could not be allowed to cross the Huai River. ”

"Whoa!"

Xu Huang responded, immediately turned over and jumped on horseback, ordered a thousand cavalry from the headquarters, and quickly galloped towards Wangji Village.

At this time, Zhang Yan ordered the scouts to go to the rear army, and asked Gao Shun to lead 20,000 elite soldiers, and immediately went to Wangji Village in a hurry, and the whole army was dispatched by Xu Huang.

Subsequently, Zhang Yan jumped on horseback with Zhang Liao, took two thousand cavalry, changed the direction of travel, and quickly went to Shaobei, but let Li Dian lead an army of 10,000 to follow, and let Chen Ying, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Yang Xiu, Gu Yong, Mi Fang and others lead the rest of the army to Shouchun, and everything obeyed Jia Xu's orders.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Liao together, led the cavalry to speed up the horse, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, they did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and rushed towards Shaobi non-stop.

……

Shaobei.

Mei Cheng led an army of 5,000 to arrive here first, according to Zhang Xun's instructions, first set up camp here, and when Yuan Shu and Zhang Xun led the army to arrive, Mei Cheng had already set up the camp, Yuan Shu and Zhang Xun directly led the army into the camp to rest.

"Bixia, let's rest here for the time being tonight, you can temporarily avoid Zhang Yanjun's edge. I have set up a number of secret posts around me, and if I find something happening, I will come back immediately to report it, and the battalion has also strengthened its defenses, Bixia can rest assured. Early tomorrow morning, our army will immediately rush to Runan. Zhang Xun stood in the big tent and said respectfully in front of Yuan Shu.

"There's General Lao! Along the way, there are many places that need to rely on the general, and please ask the general to protect my safety! Yuan Shu said.

Zhang Xun nodded and said, "Bixia rest assured, Weichen will do his best to ensure Bixia's safety." ”

"Good. General, those gold, silver and jewels I brought must not be lost, this is my lifeline, even if I arrive in Jizhou, if Yuan Shao is not willing to be the emperor, I can also use those gold, silver and jewels to recruit troops and horses, so as to regroup in the future! ”

"Bixia, rest assured, I have allocated 10,000 soldiers and horses to Huang Yi, and this 10,000 people is enough to ensure the safety of this batch of gold, silver and jewelry."

"Good, good. General, you're tired too, so go down and rest! ”

"Bixia should also rest early, Weichen will retire!"

Zhang Xun went out of the big tent and did not go to sleep, but personally inspected the camp and checked the security of various places, and then went to rest with peace of mind.

At this moment. Mei Cheng's tent. More than a dozen generals surrounded Mei Cheng in the tent. These people all came to congratulate Mei Chengrong on his promotion to hussar general.

The group drank happily and ate meat, and when the wine reached the third round, someone suddenly said: "I heard that Bixia brought hundreds of boxes of gold and silver jewelry this time, and hundreds of carriages were loaded alone, you say, what will Bixia do with this batch of gold and silver jewelry?" ”

"Hell knows. It won't be rewarded to us anyway! A general said with some complaint.

"Damn, the brothers worked hard for Bixia, and sometimes they even gave up their lives, but in the end, what did Bixia give us? I'm still a fucking pauper! The other general drank two more glasses of wine and said drunkly.

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the generals also began to tell about the bitterness in their hearts, and they had already learned that the rewards and punishments were unknown, and they favored the villain. Listen to slander, and change the order every day. and immorality, etc., have been poked out.

The more everyone talked, the more they felt aggrieved, and at this time, suddenly a person actually proposed to rebel against Yuan Shu, robbed the gold, silver and jewelry, and everyone returned to their hometowns, or moved elsewhere, so that they could live a rich life.

At this time, Mei Cheng suddenly coughed lightly, and said sharply: "The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes, it's okay to complain here, don't take drunk words seriously, otherwise, I will be the first to behead you all!" ”

After everyone heard this, they didn't dare to say anything anymore and continued to drink with their heads down.

However, there are always one or two reckless people who are not interested.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, a jar of wine was knocked to the ground, shattered, and all the fine wine in it flowed out and seeped into the dirt on the ground.

"Damn, what Lao Tzu just said is true, everyone is born and dies here, but in the end you won't get anything. Instead of living like this, it's better for everyone to get together, go against the damn, rob Yuan Shu's treasure, we divide it equally, and spend it as much as you want! ”

"Shut up!" Mei Cheng roared angrily, "If you dare to say more, I will let you splash blood on the spot immediately!" ”

"General May! Even if you kill the last general, the last general is still the same sentence, we have followed Yuan Shu from birth to death for so many years, but what did we get? Liu Xun is Yuan Shu's confidant, right? As soon as Yuan Shu ascended the throne, he named him a general of the chariot cavalry, this official position is not small, right? But what about Liu Xun? He did not accept Yuan Shu's canonization at all, and even openly rebelled, and said that Yuan Shu was a thief, and led troops to attack from Lujiang. Now that all kinds of armies are gathered in Huainan, there are more than 100,000 people, how many troops are there in our army? There are only more than 30,000 people, and among these more than 30,000 people, the vast majority of them are recruits who have never been on the battlefield. Even General Ji Ling was defeated at the hands of the enemy, if we continue to follow Yuan Shu, the end will definitely be the same as Ji Ling. Why don't we turn around now, rob the gold, silver and jewelry, and then flee elsewhere, maybe there is still a chance to live! ”

Mei Cheng and many generals heard it clearly, but everyone had nothing to say about the drunken words that this person said.

Seeing that Mei Cheng didn't say anything, the generals immediately clamored, saying that the general was right, and then everyone unanimously hugged Mei Cheng and said: "General, we are all brothers who have followed the general for many years, and now Yuan Shu is gone, either we kill Yuan Shu and go to the imperial court, or we rob the gold, silver and jewelry, and then flee to other places, in short, we don't want to follow Yuan Shu anymore, please make the decision for us!" ”

Mei Cheng frowned, he didn't want to follow Yuan Shu for a long time, although he had the position of hussar general on his head, but only he knew that this position was a false position at all, and it was not recognized by the world. Moreover, this time he is going to Hebei with Yuan Shu and attributed the emperor title to Yuan Shao, once Yuan Shao ascends the throne, once he is a son of heaven and a courtier, he is not Yuan Shao's subordinate, how can he be reused?

Mei Cheng thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision, and said to the generals under him: "What you said is right! Yuan Shu is indeed the general trend! If we follow him so desperately, he won't be grateful to us! Why don't you do it, kill Yuan Shu, rob the gold, silver and jewelry, and then go to Zhang Yan together? ”

After hearing this, all the generals looked at each other, and Zuihou replied in unison: "The last general is willing to take the general's horse as the leader!" ”

Mei Cheng was excited when he saw that he gave some orders, and then asked the generals to return to their respective battalions and meet to attack them in groups. (To be continued......)