"Regarding the matter of supporting Changyi City, did Brother Benchu accept my suggestion?" Xu You turned a blind eye to Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction, and when he saw Yuan Shao speak, he immediately asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yuan Shao was angry, waved his hand and said, "Since you are so concerned about this matter, you can do it yourself." ”

Xu You was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "What does Brother Ben mean is to let me rush to Chenliu and lead the troops to support Changyi City?" ”

"Can't you?" Yuan Shao asked rhetorically.

Xu You glared at Yuan Shao, snorted coldly, stood up and turned to leave, and said as he walked: "This matter is urgent, I will leave overnight." ”

He didn't salute either, and hurried out of the tent.

Chen Lin looked at Yuan Shao in surprise, and persuaded in a low voice: "Lord, this place is more than three hundred miles away from Chen Liu, and when Brother Ziyuan arrived, Wei Yuanjin left early with the army." ”

"I don't want to see him." Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said, "I get angry when I see that face, I can't wait to cut him." ”

Chen Lin, Feng Ji and the others looked at each other, knowing that Xu You had offended Yuan Shao ruthlessly, and it was difficult to persuade them again.

"Lord, Gao Gan asked for reinforcements, he wants to recapture Puyang City." Chen Lin thought for a moment, frowned and asked, "Lord, do you want Jiang Qi to lead the army to support?" Since Li Jing has taken Puyang, he will naturally not let go easily, the strength of the two armies is close, and the senior cadres will definitely not be able to take Puyang. Once his troops are too damaged, he is attacked by the Northern Frontier Army, and then loses the white horse, and he will be in great trouble. ”

Yuan Shao lowered his head in contemplation.

"Lord, with our strength, even if we take Pinggao City, we will not be able to encircle and annihilate this Northern Frontier Army." Chen Lin persuaded, "There are more than 20,000 horses and horses from Liyi, Tian Kai and others in Aocang, and they can return to Pinggao at any time, as long as they hold a few ferries on the Yellow River, the Northern Frontier Army can retreat calmly." Since the Northern Frontier Army will withdraw sooner or later, why should we put all our forces here to confront them? ”

"If we want to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, Baima and Puyang cannot be lost, otherwise we will have to free up some troops to defend the flank of the battlefield in the future." Feng Ji's hand drew a few times on the map, "It's better to take advantage of the fact that the Northern Xinjiang Army has not gained a firm foothold in Puyang and take it back." ”

"Okay." Yuan Shao nodded and said, "The book tells the senior cadres, guard the white horse first, and then go to Puyang, don't go to the middle of the plan, and lose the white horse." I lost the white horse and told him not to come back to see me, and to jump into the Yellow River by himself, so as not to be embarrassed. ”

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Jiyin County, Juancheng.

The Northern Xinjiang Army pressed the border, and the momentum of the attack was extremely fierce.

On the city tower, the Yanzhou sergeant sat crookedly in the middle of the corpse and the pool of blood, seizing the short time between the attack to rest. There was a suffocating panic and sadness in the bloody air.

Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ba, under the protection of several personal guards, hurriedly walked up to the city tower. The military Sima who was in charge of guarding the north city gate greeted him with several junior officers and reported the battle situation to the two.

In the past seven days, the army retreated from Cangting to Dong'e, and then from Dong'e to Fancheng, and then retreated to Liqiu, Juancheng, almost every other day, losing a city, and morale was extremely low.

Xiahou Yuan originally wanted to stay in Fan City for a few more days, but when he saw the dense Northern Frontier Infantry Army outside the city, he immediately changed his mind and led the army to continue to retreat.

In the face of the sharp attacks of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Xiahou Yuan was helpless and could only retreat again and again.

"General, have the reinforcements arrived?" The military commander asked in a whisper, holding a wounded arm.

Xiahou Yuan shook his head, stretched out his hand and patted the disappointed military Sima on his face, and comforted: "According to the calculation of time, the army of the senior cadres should be very close to us. Hold on for a while longer......"

"As long as Gao Gan's army arrives in Juancheng, we can block the Northern Xinjiang Army north of the Lizi River." Xiahou Ba pointed to the Northern Frontier Army under the city that was preparing to attack, and said very confidently, "We are tired, and the enemy is even more tired." They traveled 500 miles in seven days, connecting three cities, and their physical strength had reached the limit, which could be said to be the end of the crossbow. ”

Before he finished speaking, the drums under the city burst out, the sound of killing was like thunder, and a new round of attacks by the Northern Frontier Army began.

The military Sima and several of his subordinates hurriedly left Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ba and ran towards their respective defensive positions, shouting in their mouths: "Beat the drum, beat the drum...... Raise your shield and watch out for arrows......"

In the earth-shattering roar, the sky above Juancheng suddenly darkened, and a huge cloud of black arrows rushed over with a roar that tore through the air.

"Let's go, let's go......" The guards dragged Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ba and retreated to the city, "Quickly retreat, quickly ......"

In the afternoon of the same day, Xiahou Yuan received a letter from Gao Gan. Gao Gan said in his letter: "Pan Zhang of the Northern Xinjiang Army burned my grain and grass, and the two cities of Baima and Puyang were in danger, so I had to give up support and return to Puyang as soon as possible. ”

Xiahou Yuan thought that Gao Gan had no sincerity to support at all, and said angrily: "His army has reached the south bank of the Lizi River, less than a hundred miles away from us, and it is completely possible to cross the river to the north in one go." ”

"The safety of Baima and Puyang is very important." Xiahou Ba disagreed with Xiahou Yuan's statement, "Baima and Puyang were lost, and Dingtao was immediately exposed to the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and we may also be surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Pushui line." ”

Xiahou Ba has always insisted on withdrawing from Dingtao after making great strides, and he is extremely dissatisfied with Xiahou Yuan's procrastinating style. Xiahou Ba once again proposed to abandon Juancheng and retreat to the Pushui River before the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army did not block the Guzi River.

The Northern Frontier Army advanced extremely fast, and it was difficult to keep up with the weight of grain and grass for a while, which seriously restricted the attack range of the iron cavalry. In addition, there are many rivers in the hundreds of miles from Fancheng to Dingtao, which causes the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army to dare not break away from the main army too far, so as not to be attacked because of the unfamiliar terrain. This is also the main reason why Xiahou Yuan has been able to retreat safely.

"Every time the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked the city, it deliberately left us a way to retreat." Xiahou Ba said, "The Northern Xinjiang Army did this, obviously because it was worried that it would force us into a hurry, and the city would be held to the death, delaying their speed of going south, but with the continuation of the war, the supply of grain and grass gradually became normal, and it was getting closer and closer to Dingtao, and the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army would soon start a roundabout outflanking, striving to encircle and annihilate us on the north and south banks of the Pushui River, and gain absolute superiority in strength for them to seize Dingtao." ”

Xiahou Yuan rejected Xiahou Ba's suggestion and ordered the army to continue to hold on.

In Xiahou Yuan's view, it would take time for Cao Cao's army to return to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi. Before Cao Cao's army returned, in order to block the Northern Xinjiang Army in Dingtao and Changyi, Cao Ren needed to make a lot of preparations, to requisition the people and to store grain, grass and ordnance, to transfer the property of the counties and counties that had not been attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and to advise the people to move south as much as possible.

Now Cao Cao needs time, and Cao Ren needs time even more. Although withdrawing to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi prematurely can save the lives of thousands of soldiers, the losses of the counties and people along the way will be very staggering. Weighing the pros and cons, of course, while maintaining the strength of the troops, it is the best policy to block the attack step by step and try to delay the speed of the northern Xinjiang army moving south.

However, in the evening, the scouts delivered bad news from outside the city. Xiancheng on the Lizi River was captured by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and traces of the Northern Xinjiang Army's iron cavalry were also found in the direction of the Vertical Ting Ferry.

Now Xiahou Yuan was in a hurry. If the Pavilion was captured by the Northern Xinjiang Army first, the army would be completely surrounded on the north bank of the Lizi River, and it would be impossible to escape.

Xiahou Yuan immediately ordered to withdraw his troops overnight, cross the Lizi River, and withdraw to Chengyang City on the south bank of the Pushui River.

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Late at night, the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Sima Yi and others gathered in front of the map to discuss the matter of crossing the river and attacking tomorrow.

"Tomorrow, after the army crosses the Gouzi River from the direction of the Hanging Pavilion, it will be divided into two." Guan Yu pointed to the map and said, "Gongming and Fengxian led the army to attack Chengyang. Zilong and I led an army to attack Juyang. ”

"Juyang is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Dingtao, after taking Juyang, we will cross the Pushui River and attack Dingtao directly. Considering that Juyang is the barrier of Dingtao, Cao Ren should have a heavy army here, and the difficulty of attacking will be greatly increased. ”

"Chengyang City is located a hundred miles northeast of Juyang City, between the Leize and Pushui rivers, very close to the Vertical Ting Ferry, and the location is dangerous, which will pose a great threat to our grain and grass transportation and the main force of the army to attack Juyang. Now Xiahou Yuan's army is in Chengyang, in order to ensure the safety of grain and grass and help the main army quickly conquer Juyang, Gongming and Feng Xian led an infantry army and a cavalry army to surround Chengyang and trap Xiahou Yuan in Chengyang. ”

"After we took Juyang, we immediately began to attack Dingtao. Cao Ren was unable to support himself, and he must ask Xiahou Yuan of Chengyang for help. Guan Yu's hand pointed to the Chengshi City on the map, looked at Xu Huang and said, "After Xiahou Yuan withdrew from Chengyang and rushed to Dingtao, you immediately crossed the Pushui River and killed the Chengshi City eighty miles away. ”

"Chengshi City is located on the south bank of the Jishui River, in the east of the two cities of Dingtao and Changyi, about one hundred and fifty miles away from the two cities, its existence seriously threatens the safety of our left and right armies, we must take it as soon as possible, and completely solve this threat."

Xu Huang and Lu Bu nodded repeatedly.

"Whether the grain and grass can be delivered to the front line in time will be directly related to whether the army can quickly conquer Dingtao and Changyi." Guan Yu pointed at Sima Yi, "If nothing else, the left and right armies will arrive at the front line of Dingtao and Changyi within the scheduled time." The amount of food, grass and ordnance consumed by the 190,000 army was very large. The transport routes of grain and grass must be shortened in order to speed up the transport and reduce the loss of the road. ”

"The speed of the people and grain and grass burdens from all over Hebei going south to the Central Plains is accelerating." Sima Yi said, "The 300,000 people who rushed to the banks of the Yellow River at the earliest have already unloaded the grain and grass loaded on the fleet, and are now being sent to various battlefields. Dong Zhao and Bao Zheng are now erecting boat bridges on the water surface of the Baili Yellow River along the direction of Puyang to Hemucheng, and it is estimated that the bridge of the three ferry crossings of Changshoujin, Changganjin and Hemujin has been erected. The grain and grass baggage of Handan and Yecheng are transported from these places across the Yellow River to Dingtao, which will greatly shorten the time and distance of transportation. (To be continued.) )