The Battle of Bingzhou came to an end, Zhao Yun took over the defense of Bingzhou, and Cheng Feng handed everything over to Zhao Yun, euphemistically calling it training. Zhao Yun is looking at these piles of things, and he is really fighting one after another. When he first started to build Jinyang City, he felt that it was not an easy task. Now that the whole Bingzhou is pressing on him, Zhao Yun knows what pain is. Now he would rather go out and fight with Lu Bu than bury himself in this document!
"General! Why don't you ask your lord to fetch a group of students?" Wang Yong asked. As expected, the child was injured again in this battle and is now wearing a bandage!
"Haha! There is also a shortage of people in Jizhou now. The students of Changshan College are still not enough to take on big responsibilities. You go and select 100-man captains from the army. Pick 200 and let them organize government affairs for me!" Zhao Yun laughed.
"Ah! Will this affect the construction of Bingzhou?" Wang Yong said
"No! On the contrary, it will be more beneficial! By the way, let people clean up Shangdang's moat quickly. Zhang Yan has helped us a lot this time! And while it hasn't snowed yet, hurry up and transport grain and grass. , we need to collect food to accommodate the refugees!" Zhao Yun ordered, the Han people have a hard time making a living, these refugees are everywhere, and there are a lot of them, as long as you have enough food, there will be a steady stream of people coming to help! Changshan probably had a lot of food at the beginning, but now he can't make ends meet!
"It's the general!" Wang Yong quickly went out to arrange it!
When Zhao Yun was worrying about government affairs, Cheng Feng of Changshan in Jizhou was not idle either. He never expected that Zhang Yan would come with loud thunder and light rain, but this was a good thing. After all, his troops were not enough to attack Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. ! Now Cheng Feng has used Zhang He to the extreme. While intimidating Cao Jun, he also harassed Yuan Jun. Even his own Dragon God Army was sent out to create suspicious soldiers!
"Guorang, do you think we have to line up an internal affairs expert to go to Zilong? This kid doesn't have any internal affairs talents!" Cheng Feng asked with some guilt.
"Haha! Don't worry, my lord, we can take photos of the first batch of 500 students and let them practice their skills!" Tian Yu said
"Well, I'm afraid they can't bear this burden!" Cheng Feng was a little unsure. After all, not everyone came from time travel!
"My lord, don't you always say that true knowledge comes from practice? Real gold is not afraid of fire. How can you grow without going through trials!" Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Okay! Just allocate two hundred people to Zilong and let him take these students to Bingzhou to cause trouble!" Cheng Feng thought for a while and said
"I'm going to pick someone right now!" Guo Jia said excitedly. This is the student he taught. This is his first time teaching and he is more excited than anyone else!
"There's no need to rush, now I want you two to give me an idea on what we should do next?" Cheng Feng quickly said, "The strategic goal of taking Bingzhou in this first step has been achieved, and the next thing is It’s a bit unexpected!”
"Yes, I didn't expect that Cao Cao would be defeated at the hands of Yuan Shu. This is a rare thing. What's more, he was defeated by Yuan Shu twice!" Tian Yu was also a little surprised. Once Cao Cao was defeated, he put Cheng Feng's plan and All deployments were disrupted, and the previous preparations were a waste of money and food!
"Haha, this is why we can't underestimate our opponents, because no one is weak, and we don't know what everyone's trump card is. Even now, no one can understand why Yuan Shu seems to have changed. The art of war and strategies are omnipotent!" Cheng Feng said with a bitter smile.
"Lord! Can Zhang He withdraw from Bingzhou?" Guo Jia looked at the map and said
"Here, Zhang He is Zilong's guarantee. Only if he handles the Bingzhou border well, can Zilong start production with peace of mind!" Cheng Feng said, somewhat confused.
"Haha, no need for it now. After Xiahou Yuan's army withdrew from Bingzhou, it has gone straight to Luoyang. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao must be going to war. My lord must make a gesture to Cao Cao, otherwise these two people will not be able to fight! "Guo Jiadao
"Yeah! It makes sense! It's just that our defense is not enough now, how can we attack?" Cheng Feng looked at the map and said
"Xuzhou!" Tian Yu suddenly said
"Xuzhou?"
"That's right! Now Xuzhou is the place of the Fourth War. Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu are fighting together. And the most important thing is that Yuan Shu is powerful. He has captured three counties in the south of Xuzhou. It can be said that he has occupied half of Xuzhou. If there is no external intervention, I am afraid that Xuzhou will change hands! This is why Cao Cao took the initiative to attack Yuan Shu twice before!" Tian Yu said
"But we have no one to lead the troops!" Cheng Feng was a little helpless. He had a lot of elite soldiers, but he didn't have enough generals. If there were more than enough to defend the city, the attack would be a bit stretched. There were too few commander-type talents. !
"That's a problem!" Tian Yu frowned. It's really hard for some clever women to make a meal without rice! "Internal affairs can be left to the students of the college at will. As long as the people agree with the decree, it can be passed. The worst thing is that the development will be slower, but we must not be hasty on this battlefield!" Tian Yu said with a bitter smile.
"Take your time, it seems that the recruitment list is not very effective anymore. As I said, train it yourself! We have the cost of trial and error!" Cheng Feng said with a smile,
"First drag the people to Bingzhou and let Zhao Yun discover it on his own!" Guo Jia also sighed and said, generals are trained on the battlefield, it is better not to use them on paper!
Not to mention the personnel lawsuit between Cheng Feng and Zhao Yun, Yuan Shao was also very worried at this time. Yuan Shu's reputation was growing day by day and he had gained most of the say in the Yuan family. He had failed frequently and was already at a disadvantage. Now that Bingzhou was lost, he only had Luoyang Sili Gyeonggi and a small half of Jizhou cannot support a large army in this small area!
"Lord! The land of Hebei is fundamental and cannot be lost! Chengfeng is currently short of manpower, but it is a good time for us to develop!" Guo Tudao
"What kind of development method?" Yuan Shao asked. Luoyang is still unstable and he has a headache. This guy actually wants to attack!
"The land of Liaodong!" Guo Tu said with a smile, "After Chengfeng captured Liaodong, he didn't send anyone to garrison it at all. He still used the Gongsun family. We can contact them and support them secretly, so that Liaodong can be separated from Chengfeng's forces. !”
"What a great idea! How to implement it?" Yuan Shao said
"The lord will appoint a counselor to secretly plan for the Gongsun family. He will strike Cheng Feng at the critical moment without revealing that he is one of ours!" Guo Tuyin said in a dark way.
"It's going to be a little difficult if you don't expose it!" Yuan Shao frowned. He was so happy that he couldn't do such a secret thing!
"I wonder if you have a candidate, sir?" Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan asked
"The second young master and Mr. Pang Ji can leave under different names!" Guo Tu thought for a moment and said.
"Absurd! Now our army is in need of talents to control Luoyang. Now if we provoke Liaodong, aren't we afraid that Chengfeng will attack us with all his strength? Everyone in Jizhou knows that Chengfeng regards Liaodong as a logistics base. I'm afraid it's not that easy to penetrate. !" Yuan Tan said angrily,
"First Master, please calm down! It is precisely because of the bumper grain harvest in Liaodong that we have to get it!" Pang Ji said.
"Huh?" Yuan Shao was stunned, but he didn't expect Pang Ji to agree to this!
"Lord! I can go by myself. It is better for the second young master to stay in Yecheng. If the matter is exposed, he can still deal with it. If the young master falls into Chengfeng's hands, the consequences will be disastrous!" Pang Jidao
"Okay! Here comes the gentleman!" Yuan Shao was overjoyed, but he didn't see the disappointment in Pang Ji's eyes!
"Yecheng is too close to Chengfeng! After seeing Zhao Yun's siege, I'm afraid that Yecheng can't be defended, so I asked the lord to go to Luoyang to guard it!" Guo Tu spoke again when he saw that the matter was successful!
"Humph! Yecheng is the foundation. The foundation of my Yuan family is here, and so are all the great families. If we can't hold on here, why not surrender to Chengfeng now!" Yuan Tan said angrily, feeling very unhappy. Now the more he looks at Guo Tu, the more displeased he becomes. He always feels that this person has two intentions!
"That's right, Yecheng can't be lost!" Jushou and others also hurriedly said, joking, their family's ancestral property is in Yecheng, if they lose it, they will be doomed!
"I personally guard Yecheng, and Ju Yitong Guan Gaolan can guard Luoyang!" Yuan Shao said. What worries him most now is not the lack of territory, but how to wrest the leadership of the Yuan family from Yuan Shu's hands. After all, the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family have disciples and former officials all over the world. It would be much easier if there was strong support from the family. Now most people in the Yuan family agree to support Yuan Shu, and they have given themselves too little support. In this way, they almost occupy Where is Hebei!
"Yes! Lord!" Everyone said yes, but they couldn't say too much. This was an internal matter within the Yuan family. It was hard for outsiders to say, and it was hard to say!
While Yuan Shao was arranging people according to the situation, Xia Houyuan also followed Zhang Yan, Cao Hong and others all the way south. After crossing the Yellow River, he arranged for Zhang Yan to return to Xuchang, and he and Man Chong led the troops straight to Luoyang! Yuan Shao has just occupied Luoyang not long ago and has not yet formed a strong rule. Now is the best opportunity to seize the territory. Otherwise, once Yuan Shao gets a firm foothold, it will be difficult to attack. After all, the confrontation between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo also gave Luoyang people Great impression!
"General! Our army moved too slowly. We rushed over like this, but it gave Yuan Jun enough time to prepare!" Man Chong looked at the slow-moving army and said
"I will lead the cavalry first! Sir, lead the army to advance slowly, giving Luoyang an illusion!" Xia Houyuan thought for a moment. Although Man Chong was also a general, Xia Houyuan preferred to call him sir!
"Good idea!" Man Chong was overjoyed. Xia Houyuan was famous for his sharp swords and fast horses. He also led the cavalry to travel five hundred miles a day and then killed the Yellow Turban Army!
The two agreed, and Xia Houyuan selected 7,000 elite soldiers, all of whom were cavalry. He took three days of food and weapons, quickly left the camp, and disappeared into the vast night! As the feudal lords separated themselves, people's diet levels skyrocketed, and the phenomenon of night blindness basically disappeared in the army!
Xia Houyuan, courtesy name Miaocai, was born in Qiao County, Peiguo (now Qiaocheng District, Bozhou City, Anhui Province). A famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and a descendant of Xia Houying, the imperial servant. In his early years, Xia Houyuan followed Cao Cao in his expeditions to all directions, and served successively as the Commander of Cavalry and the Governor of Chenliu and Yingchuan counties. Participated in the Battle of Guandu and was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass. He is good at running thousands of miles and fighting unexpectedly. He has put down the rebellions of Chang Xi, Xu He, Lei Xu, Shang Yao and so on. After the Battle of Weinan, Xia Houyuan led his army to annihilate the remaining tribes of Han Sui and the Qiang and Di tribes in the Guanlong area, which shocked the Guanyou area. With his meritorious service, he moved to the west to conquer the generals and was awarded the title of Marquis of Bochangting. After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan was responsible for guarding Hanzhong. In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei led his army to attack Hanzhong, and Xia Houyuan was attacked and killed by Huang Zhong. After his death, his posthumous name was Min, and he was worthy of being in the temple of Taizu (Cao Cao)!
Of course, Xia Houyuan's reputation is not big enough now. After all, Guan Erye rarely leads troops alone at this time. Xia Houyuan galloped all night, taking full advantage of the cavalry. He actually traveled more than 700 miles in one night, and then stopped without resting. After another day's journey, they arrived at the Sili area in the evening of the next day. At this time, Ju Yi and others had just sorted out the government affairs for the day and were discussing the next work!
"This time we withdraw from Bingzhou to Luoyang, it's a serious blow to morale!" Ju Yidao said, he felt very disappointed. The Euphorbia warriors he trained were just wiped out by the regiment. It really has no value. ah!
"General, there is no need to worry. Although morale is low, we still retain a lot of soldiers, especially those who have been baptized by the fire of war. I believe that the Euphorbia soldiers will be retrained soon!" Zhang Nan said quickly!
"The most important thing now is not the morale problem, but that if we lose Bingzhou, it has disrupted the master's layout, so Luoyang cannot be lost again!" Xin Ping said.
"Follow your instructions, sir!" Several generals saluted quickly. They knew that the reason for losing Bingzhou was not Xin Ping's fault, but that their soldiers did not dare to fight Zhao Yun!
"General Ju Yi can select suitable soldiers from the entire Luoyang army and retrain the Euphorbia soldiers! Four generals, Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Zhang Wei, and Ma Yan, each guard one of the city gates! General Han Meng is the governor of Luoyang's military affairs! In addition, the Lord sends Tong The two generals Guan Gaolan led 50,000 troops to support Luoyang, so we have 100,000 elite troops! Enough to withstand Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu's attack!" Xin commented.
"Yes, sir!"
"Report! A group of cavalry suddenly appeared outside the city and was discovered by our army's scouts!" A sudden shout made the few people who had just settled down unable to sit still again!
"how many people?"
"Less than ten thousand, but they are all cavalry!"
"I'll go out and take a look!" Han Meng said. As the strength ceiling among this group of people, he has this confidence!
"General, there is no need to go out of the city to fight!" Xin commented
"Why?" Everyone was also confused.
"The person coming should be Xia Houyuan. He is the only one who has the ability to attack thousands of miles. Since he is a cavalry, he will not attack the city, let alone less than 10,000 people! This must be Xia Houyuan's surprise attack plan. Once our army leaves the city, he may be Fraudulently opening the city gate!" Xin commented
"Sir, you are saying that Cao Jun's purpose is to launch a surprise attack. Now that we have seen through it, can we use his plan to his advantage?" Zhang Nandao
"Although Xia Houyuan is not famous, he is a first-class general. His purpose of coming this time is not our Luoyang. I am afraid that the Sili Gyeonggi area around Luoyang is his purpose!" Xin commented
"Many fertile fields in Luoyang are in Sili Gyeonggi and other places. If they are occupied by Xia Houyuan, we will lose a lot of food and grass?" Zhang Wei was puzzled.
"How can a mere tens of thousands of people guard our food and grass? I think Xia Houyuan must have other purposes! Now ask General Han Meng to come out of the city, raid Zhang Xiu's camp, drive Zhang Xiu away first, and then deal with Xia Houyuan. !" Xin commented
"Zhang Xiu has been stationed outside Hangu Pass for a long time and cannot attack at all. He is just showing off. If our army moves, he will definitely retreat. In addition, if Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass are guarded, Luoyang will be as stable as Mount Tai!" Xin Ping saw Several people were a little puzzled and spoke again.
Luoyang City is surrounded by fortresses, with many great passes and a dangerous situation. There are eight passes around it: Hangu, Yique, Guangcheng, Dugu, Fuyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, collectively known as the "Eight Passes". It has always been easy to defend but difficult to attack. Yuan Shao also had bad luck this time. Fortunately, Han Meng was not a reckless man. After occupying Luoyang, he immediately firmly occupied these eight passes and rebuilt Hulao Pass. , this is what Xin Pingxin relies on!
"Okay! I'll take Zhang Xiu back to Wancheng first!" Han Meng said with a smile.
"It's a good time to rob the camp tonight!" Xin Ping smiled, with a ruthless smile!
Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji's nephew, surrendered to Cao Cao after cooperating with Cao Cao to welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. However, he also knew that Cao Cao was not at ease with him, so he spent most of his time in Wancheng motionless, fearing that Boss Cao would find an opportunity. Click yourself! This time he was asked to send troops to attack Luoyang. He completely followed the advice of the poisonous scholar Jia Xu and waited for the opportunity to act, determined not to fire an arrow!
"Sir, now that Prime Minister Cao has defeated Yuan Shu, but we are still unable to work, will he find an excuse to get rid of us?" Zhang Xiu asked,
"It's not a big problem! Cao Cao has few troops now and doesn't dare to confront us head-on. After all, we still have 30,000 Xiliang cavalry in hand. Coupled with the old general's prestige, many Xiliang people came to us from Liangzhou and Chang'an. Therefore, we are still safe, but the sudden increase in troops in Luoyang is not good for us!" Jia Xu frowned and said, now he has too little information and does not know how many people there are in Luoyang. According to his assumption, Zhang Xiu can Capture Luoyang, tie up Ma Teng in the west, rely on Cheng Feng in the back, connect Liu Biao in the south, and join forces with several people to destroy Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but now they are in a passive situation!
"Then what should we do, sir?" Zhang Xiu asked. He knew that the middle-aged scribe in front of him was famous for being ruthless, and there must be a way!
"Don't worry, let's take a look at the situation. Xia Houyuan is here now. We can go to him to borrow food. If he doesn't give it, we will return to Wancheng on the pretext of insufficient food and grass. If we do, we will go with him and see what he does!" Jia Xudao
"this?"
"Don't worry, Xia Houyuan will not let our soldiers die in vain. After all, Cao Cao is short of soldiers now, and we are also his soldiers in name!" After Jia Xu finished speaking, he walked out with a smile, but he always felt that Something was about to happen, but even thinking about it brought no results. In the end, it all came down to the fact that things were changing too fast. Even before my layout started, it had already changed!
It was night, the autumn wind was bleak, and Han Meng quietly left the city. Everyone held a chopstick in his mouth in order not to make any sound. It was really like a man holding a chopstick in his mouth, and a horse picking the bell! Three thousand troops went straight to Zhang Xiu's camp. The horses, towers, and patrols along the way were dispersed before they could react. Han Meng and others took the lead, killing everyone on sight and setting fire to fire. In a short time, Zhang Xiu's army There was chaos, the troops trampled on each other, many people received their lunch boxes before they woke up, and there were countless casualties!
"Haha! Kill all these brats!" Han Meng laughed and rushed to kill Zhang Nan and others several more times. After Zhang Xiujun gradually stabilized, the two of them ran back to Luoyang without much delay!
"Hmph!" Looking at Yuan Jun retreating, Zhang Xiu was furious. He didn't expect the ship to capsize today. Jia Xu was also a little embarrassed, and his beard was burned a lot!
"Each battalion comforts the soldiers and counts the supplies!" Jia Xu said,
"Sir, can I send troops to pursue you?"
"No! We don't know if Yuan Jun has an ambush. Besides, our army has been seriously damaged and all our food and grass have been destroyed. We should seize the time to return to Wancheng to rest!" Jia Xu said with a gloomy face.
"This? Seconds! Haha!" Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted. That night, Zhang Xiu's army was wiped out, but he did not run away by himself. He wrote a letter to Xia Houyuan, roughly saying that he was attacked by a sneak attack and was seriously injured. Whatever, it doesn’t matter whether he believes it or not!
