Jiujiang, Shouchun City.

The Guanzhong Army is resting.

This battle brought great casualties to the Guanzhong army, starting from the attack on Shangcai in Runan, all the way to the west, and fought three battles in Runan, with more than 2,000 battle losses and more than 5,000 casualties.

After entering Jiujiang, lightning raid, nearly 800 soldiers fell on the way to the march, entered Shouchun, did not rest, launched an attack on Shouchun City, bloody battle for several days, paid more than 3,000 soldiers in battle, and lost 8,000 tall wounds.

In fact, the strength of the Guanzhong Army is not very strong, and there are only less than 10,000 soldiers left who can fight, and there are several wounded battalions dragging it.

But laying down Shouchun still has a force.

Shouchun City, as the latest nest operated by Yuan Shu, has a lot of arsenals and grain depots, which is enough to supplement the logistics problems of the Guanzhong Army, and can be regarded as solving Huangfu Song's biggest worry.

However, the situation in Jiujiang is still a little tense now, and Huangfu Song has to be on guard when the soldiers and horses are resting.

"General, what to do with those Yuan army prisoners?"

An adjutant general walked into the lobby and asked Huangfu Song.

"Captive?"

Huangfu Song pondered for a moment and said, "Look at how much silk is in the treasury, which ones have come out, send them the travel expenses, and let them return to their hometowns!" ”

"Uncle, let them go, then will they take refuge in others!"

Huangfu Li disagreed: "Now in Jiujiang, there are still Ji Ling and Yuan Yin looking down!" ”

"It doesn't matter, the more chaotic the better!" Huangfu Song said indifferently: "If they want to take refuge in Ji Ling and Yuan Yin, let them go, anyway, we don't need them, and it's still a burden to take them, the most important thing for us now is to restore combat effectiveness, and everything else will be dealt with as appropriate!" ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant gave up his command and turned to leave.

"Father, I just got the news that Yuan Yin led the army to evacuate the territory of Shouchun and went south to Hefei, it seems that he is preparing to take refuge in Jiangdong Sun Jian!"

Huangfu Jianshou was in charge of the scout camp of the Guanzhong Army, and he was extremely sensitive to the news, and if there was any news that he could not grasp, he would immediately report to Huangfu Song.

"Yuan Yin doesn't have a few ways to go!"

Huangfu Song was not surprised by this: "He will either fight with us, or he will vote for the Ming Lord, Yuan Shu is dead, he will definitely not be able to stand on his own, but what I'm worried about is Ji Ling!" ”

"Uncle, this Cao Cao is also a waste, Cao Jun has such a strong force, he can't take care of a Ji Ling!"

Huangfu Li said coldly.

"Cao Cao?"

Huangfu Song squinted his eyes, his eyes flashed, the light was like a rainbow, and he said indifferently: "Don't underestimate him, among the heroes in the world, except for Minghou Mujing, I feel that he is the most difficult, even more difficult than Yuan Shao, with the strength of the Cao army, and the lineup, it is impossible not to deal with Ji Ling, he is deliberately hanging Ji Ling, now he should hide the siege of the city, Yuzhou, Runan, Jiujiang, are adjacent to Xuzhou, he is now strong soldiers, need more territory, do not take it at this time, when to take it!" ”

"Back then, I actually thought Cao Mengde still had the heart of the Han family, but after so many years, many people have changed!"

Huangfu Jianshou said with a sigh.

He has a slight friendship with Cao Cao.

"Four hundred years of the Huanghuang Han Dynasty, there may still be loyalty, but when Mu Longtu set a fire, it was not the city of Luoyang, but the Han family, and now the Son of Heaven killed his brother and mother, ruthless and unrighteous people, who will recognize his monarch, each has its own ambitions!"

Huangfu Song sighed.

He felt very lonely and tired, he didn't even know how long his loyalty could last, he once told himself that he had been a Hanchen all his life, but when he was a big man, he was a Hanchen, where did he go.

"Father, there is one more thing, Yuzhou Lu Bu, has already waved his troops to Nanyang, yesterday at noon, his vanguard army entered the territory of Nanyang from Yuzhou!"

Huangfu Jianshou said.

"What should come will come!"

Huangfu Song said lightly.

Nanyang's bait is still very useful, at least it can share a lot of pressure on him, so that he can calmly do what he wants to do.

"But my uncle is still Nanyang!" Huangfu Jianshou said worriedly.

"I believe in your uncle!"

Huangfu Song looked at the desk, there were a few secret letters on the desk, which were all sent from Nanyang, not that they were not delivered, but that he ignored them, in fact, when he left Nanyang, some people had become his outcasts.

For the sake of the Han family, he has to make a final effort.

If you succeed, you will be able to get rid of the Han thieves, revitalize the Han family, defeat, and die only a matter of time.

"Jianshou, continue to stare at Nanyang!" Huangfu Song said softly: "I want to see who is half a point better when Mu Jun and Lu Bu fight!" ”

"Yes!"

Huangfu Jianshou nodded.

"Uncle, what about the shepherds in Runan?"

"No matter!"

Huangfu Song said in a deep voice: "Don't stare at them, don't care about them, let them do what they want to do, Zhang Wenyuan, I have also observed a little over the years, he is a genius, see if he can play a role, can he open up a way for me!" ”

As he spoke, he paused and said: "The key is our own strength, from now on, the whole army will quickly rest and recuperate, and after placing the wounded soldiers, the elite soldiers will reorganize the military formation, if I am the most elite combat effectiveness!" ”

"No!"

Huangfu Li and Huangfu Jianshou nodded and took the order.

"The weather is getting colder and colder, this winter, Dong Zhuo, I hope you can hold on!" Huangfu Song stood up and walked to the courtyard, late autumn was approaching, the cold wind was blowing, and a trace of chill made him tremble a little.

………………………………

Nanyang, a chaotic war is about to start.

Shinno.

This is the front-line headquarters of the pastoral army, Xi Zhicai personally sits in charge, the news from all parties is reported here, and then the military order is issued from here, and there are countless fast horses coming in and out of here every day.

"Xi Sima, the vanguard of the state army, has begun to go south!"

The news delivered by Jing Wusi was much faster than that of the scouts, and Lu Bu had just mobilized his troops and horses, and the news had already arrived in Xinye.

"Keep watching!"

Xi Zhicai held the frame of the sand table with both hands, a pair of pupils flashed with sharp light, and looked at the Nanyang topographic map on the sand table, there were some things that he didn't understand very well, so he was irritable.

"Xi Sima, in fact, as long as we mobilize the army in Runan, we can cut off the road of the Bingzhou army, and even encircle and suppress them in the north of Nanyang!"

In the silent atmosphere, a general pretended to be bold and spoke to Xi Zhicai.

"It's not that simple!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head, he didn't tell these generals, he was not worried about Lu Bu, but Huangfu Song, who was far away in Shouchun.

Before coming out of Jiangzhou, Mu Jing had told him to be careful of Huangfu Song.

Huangfu Song, this is the person who once made the pastoral army suffer a big loss.

No matter what Huang Fu Song's political wisdom is, whether he is in reaction or layout on the battlefield, he is the best in the world, even Xi Zhicai has to admit that if the two armies face each other, he may not be Huang Fu Song's opponent.

But the current situation in Nanyang seems too obvious, it is the competition between the pastoral army and the Bingzhou army, and the Guanzhong army, although it occupies Wancheng, seems to have been out of the game early.

Would Huangfu Song make such a mistake?

Xi Zhicai thinks not.

So there is only one guess, that is, Huangfu Song was actually ready to give up Nanyang from the beginning.

Giving up Nanyang, is equivalent to giving up the base of the Guanzhong Army, the Guanzhong Army will become an ownerless spirit, there is no need to worry, if Huangfu Song wants to occupy Shouchun, it is unlikely, first of all, he attacked Shouchun too ruthlessly, killed too ruthlessly, and did not get the hearts of the people, in addition to the north and south of the army, the Cao Army and the Jiangdong Army, will not allow a Huangfu Song to occupy Shouchun, once the two sides eased up, they must be fighting in Jiujiang.

If it is said that there is the support of the imperial court and the Xiliang army as the backup, then Huangfu Song still dares to fight with the Cao army and the Jiangdong army in Jiujiang, but now the situation is somewhat clear that the Guanzhong army and the Xiliang army have reached a point where they have turned their faces.

Where did this Huangfu Song's confidence come from?

This is something he has been thinking about.

It doesn't seem very important, but he always feels that something is wrong, and he can't figure it out, so he scratches his head a little, as if there is a thorn in his heart, and he can't pull it out.

"Command the front line, first press the troops!"

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while and said: "Order Lei Hu and Shamoke to stabilize the city as much as possible, don't approach the northern border of Nanyang for the time being, and don't even approach Wancheng, even if the state army is aggressive, just endure this breath first!" ”

"No!"

The herald received the order, took the arrow and turned away.