At the beginning of September of the second year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, Lü Bu led the army to cross the Jiangshui River first. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because the army was delayed in Xinhe for a day, Lü Bu was worried that Liu Biao's army had already reached Panhe, so he did not enter the Yellow Flood area, but set up camp at Guting, thirty miles away from Panhe.

The scouts came to report continuously: Liu Biaojun was not found in the direction of the Panhe River.

Lu Bu was very strange, and hurriedly ordered the scouts to expand the search area to a hundred miles, especially in the direction of the Great River, and to investigate it closely. Once Liu Biaojun found that the road to Qinghe was cut off, it was very likely that he would give up his plan to join the main force and instead go directly south to Pingyuan City, withdraw across the Yellow River and enter Qingzhou.

If the Northern Frontier Army delayed the time to encircle the main rebel army in order to encircle and annihilate the 25,000 people, so that the main rebel army could successfully break through the blockade and smoothly withdraw to the Central Plains, it would be an unforgivable crime.

After receiving Lü Bu's urgent report, Chang Yuchun immediately ordered Zhao Yun, who had already crossed the river, to join Zhang He's iron cavalry, turn to the southwest and quickly take Dongwu City, threatening the retreating rebel main force from the flank.

Ordered Gao Changgong to speed up the crossing of the river and quickly rush to the old pavilion.

Ordered Lü Bu to lead the iron cavalry to search slowly along the direction of the Great River, and once Liu Biao's army was in charge, he would immediately attack.

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Zhao Yun led the army to gallop more than 300 miles along the Great River, and rushed to the Luting line in Boping County, the intended place of blockade. The great river in this area is located at the junction of Qinghe Kingdom and Dongjun, sixty miles away from Ganling City.

The scouts reported that no main rebel force was found in the direction of Ganling City. This news made Zhao Yun very happy, and the Northern Xinjiang Army finally got ahead of the rebels. He ordered the army to rest for half a day at once, and then launched an attack on the city of Ganling.

"From the beginning of our siege of Gongsun Zhan, it has only been five days now." He handed the water bladder to Zhao Yun and wiped a handful of water stains on his beard, "I estimate that Cao Cao has just received the news of Dongguang's defeat, and the main force of the rebel army is probably crossing the Jiangshui River in the south, and it is still at least two hundred miles away from Ganling City. We still have plenty of time. ”

Yue Yun next to him said with a smile: "If we can completely annihilate the rebels this time, the world will be pacified in two or three years." ”

"It's not that easy." Zhao Yun shook his head and smiled.

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When Wen Ping and Gan Ning withdrew to Panhe, they received a letter from Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered them to retreat, and allowed them to act at the right time, so as to ensure their strength and safely withdraw to the Central Plains.

This letter was originally written to Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the East Route Army, but Gongsun Zan is now missing, and there are only 25,000 of the more than 100,000 people left in the East Route Army, and they are being encircled and intercepted by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and it is more difficult to break through than to ascend to the sky.

Just when the two were at a loss, Xiahoudun and Li Dian caught up.

The content of this letter was understood by Xiahoudun at a glance, Cao Cao wanted to sacrifice the army of the Eastern Route to cover the retreat of the main army to the Central Plains.

But now the facts have exceeded Cao Cao's expectations, and the army of the Eastern Route has been defeated and cannot cope with the retreat of the main army.

"I don't know if General Xiahou has a strategy to break through?" Wen Ping asked.

"Since the prime minister has allowed us to decide the retreat route on our own, and there is no need to return to Qinghe Country to join the main force, then we will go south directly and cross the river from the direction of Pingyuan City." Xiahoudun said without hesitation, "Zang Ba is running fast, it is estimated that he has escaped, now it depends on whether we can run fast or not." ”

"Straight south?" Gan Ning hesitated for a moment and said cautiously, "If nothing else, Plains City has been taken by the Northern Frontier Army, and it is too difficult for us to break through from Plains City." ”

"That's the only way to do it at the moment." Xiahoudun said, "We have no food and grass, we can't hold out for a few days, and we can only get replenishment by going south to Pingyuan City by surprise, and then crossing the river to Gaotang." After the Northern Frontier Army discovers us, it will definitely pursue us, so as to buy more time for the retreat of the main army. He looked at Wen Ping and Gan Ning and said, "The two generals don't want Liu Jingsheng and the Jingzhou army to die under the iron hooves of northern Xinjiang, right?" ”

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At the beginning of September, the Jiangshui River.

When Guan Yu learned that the rebels suddenly turned around and headed west, he immediately had a premonition that the rebels were going to run, so he hurriedly sent someone to report to Li Yi, and wrote to Chang Yuchun, asking him to allocate more troops to the battlefield of pursuing the main force of the rebels, and at the same time wrote to Zhang Fei, asking him to pay close attention to Yuan Shao's movements and prevent him from responding to the retreat of the rebels.

Then, Guan Yu urgently summoned Li Zhong and Sun Guan, and ordered the two to lead their own armies, at all costs, to enter Wei County as quickly as possible, take Qingyuan and Guantao, and cut off the retreat of the rebels.

Xu Huang was ordered to lead his army across the Qing River, closely follow the rebels, and try to delay the retreat of the rebels.

"I wonder if Zilong has already rushed to the front line of Luting?" Guan Yu's fingers kept tapping on the map, and said anxiously, "If he still attacks Ganling City first according to the original plan, then we will not be able to encircle the rebels in time, and the rebels may cross the river from the direction of Qingyuan and Guantao, so they will retreat across the Yellow River." ”

He thought about it again and again, and said categorically: "Quick, send someone to rush to the area of Ganling City to find General Zhao Yun, ask him to give up attacking Ganling City, immediately take Fagan and Guancheng, and cut off the way for the rebels to retreat south." ”

Sima Yan Zhi of the Zhengdong General's Mansion looked at him in surprise and did not speak.

Guan Yu turned his head and glared at him, and said loudly: "Are you deaf? ”

Yan Zhi lowered his head timidly and whispered, "General, General Zhao Yun is now under the command of General Chang Yuchun. ”

Guan Yujian raised his eyebrows, slapped his palm on the case, and said angrily: "The command is more than the right to command, as long as the rebels can be surrounded and annihilated, I would rather not have this general of Zhengdong." Give me the order to go. ”

Yan Zhi stood beside him and didn't move, his eyes quietly looking at Xu Maogong.

Guan Yu was furious, slapped him, and scolded: "You kid is lawless now!" ”

Xu Maogong's eyes were quick, he saved Guan Yu's arm, and said, "Yun Chang, what are you doing here?" Don't worry, let me figure it out. The battle is won, but you are guilty and demoted, what is this called? The lord has to make you angry to death. ”

"There's no time." Guan Yu roared angrily, "The eldest brother is still in Gonggao City, two hundred miles away, and when I want to give an order, the rebels have already run to the edge of the Yellow River." ”

"Okay, good ......" Xu Mao Gong loosened his arm and waved his hand to Yan Zhi and said, "You immediately write an order according to Yun Chang's wishes, cover my seal letter as well, and send more people to Ganling City to find General Zhao Yun." I immediately wrote to my lord and asked him to order Yun Chang to command the battle of Ganling, and all the troops in Jizhou were under Yun Chang's control. ”

Yan Zhi hurriedly agreed, he was worried that Guan Yu would beat him and run faster than a rabbit.

Guan Yu patted Xu Maogong's shoulder gratefully, wanting to say something but didn't say anything.

Xu Maogong is the chief military advisor sacrificial wine, and he has the responsibility of supervising the army, and he took the initiative to take the responsibility of overstepping his authority, which is equivalent to bearing all the faults of Guan Yu, and in the future, the court and the lord will blame it, and the responsibility is mainly Xu Maogong's.

Guan Yu knew that because of his personality, there were many people who had offended him in the imperial court, and with this overstepping his authority, there would definitely be many people who would be impeached and take the opportunity to fall into the ground. Now that Xu Maogong can share the responsibility, even if he is convicted, it is just a confession and a few months of punishment.

"Yun Chang, there are more than 100,000 rebels, and Li Zhong and Sun Guan may not be able to stop them." Xu Maogong pointed to the pavilion Tao on the map, and said worriedly, "In my opinion, it is better for you to let them gradually block the attack, first, to delay the retreat of the rebels, so that the army on the eastern battlefield has enough time to rush over from the east, and secondly, to let Yuan Shao see that the rebels have the hope of breaking through, forcing him to lead the army to come to the aid and take the opportunity to eat him together." ”

"In this case, Yuan Shao will come to the rescue?" Guan Yu scoffed, "Mao Gong, do you think too highly of Yuan Shao?" Now he wishes that we would kill Cao Cao's rebels, so that he can dominate the Central Plains and confront us across the river. ”

Xu Maogong smiled slightly and said: "From Yuan Shao's point of view, of course he hopes that we will kill Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan, so that he can easily take Jingzhou and the Central Plains, but the question is whether we are willing to stand with Yuan Shao?" ”

"We don't want to see Yuan Shao's strength expand dramatically, so we need to maintain the current situation where the forces of various states and counties are fighting each other, that is, if Yuan Shao escapes, we will put Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others back, and let them and Yuan Shao turn against each other and fight each other. As long as the strength of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao cannot develop, we can defeat them in the short term. Even if they were united, they would not be able to fight us for a variety of reasons. This can be seen from the current Jizhou battlefield. ”

"Yuan Shao won't be able to see our intentions?" Guan Yu will be skeptical.

Xu Maogong asked Guan Yu with a smile: "It is precisely because Yuan Shao is clear that it is difficult for him to make a choice. If you were Yuan Shao, what would you do now? ”

"I ......" Guan Yu blurted out that I was leaving, but suddenly found that this matter really couldn't be left at once.

Yuan Shao fled, Hebei put Cao Cao and others back, even if the two sides did not turn their faces, but this grudge was settled, and Yuan Shao's original intention was completely exposed, Yuan Shao wanted to capture the Central Plains in isolation, or wanted to continue to maintain the current three-legged situation It is no longer possible.

"It's hard, isn't it?" Xu Maogong said with a smile, "If Yuan Shao escapes, let us let Cao Cao and the others go, not only will his prestige be lost and lose face, but he will also make enemies with other princes and cause everyone to rebel and leave, which is the last thing Yuan Shao wants to see and cannot accept." In comparison, it is better for him to lose a little and rescue Cao Cao and others, so that when the strength of Cao Cao and others is greatly damaged, he not only wins the praise of the people of the world, but also justifiably forces Cao Cao and others to give up their hijacking of the imperial system, and then control and threaten the forces in the Central Plains through the imperial system, and rapidly increase their strength in a short period of time. If Yuan Shao can dominate the Central Plains before we cross the Yellow River in the south, then the situation of confrontation between these two powers across the river will still appear. Therefore, Yuan Shao will not only stay in Jizhou, but will also go to rescue Cao Cao and Liu Biao and others. ”

Guan Yu suddenly realized and said: "Mao Gong, you kid has too many ghost eyes, no wonder the eldest brother trusts you so much and makes you the chief military advisor!" (To be continued.) )