In the Central Plains in September, it was already a cold autumn wind.

Yingchuan County, Xu County.

In the county seat, tens of thousands of elite Xiliang soldiers and horses are camped, and the camp tent is set up in the front and back, the left and right military tents, and the middle army camp tent is set up, and in the middle of the camp tent, Dong Zhuo's tall body kneels on the first place.

His huge eyes were wide like bronze bells, and he was looking at the battle report in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and his face was a little iron-blue.

"Lu Fengxian's defeat in Shanyang?"

He said gloomily: "Master Ben has such high hopes for him, but he really disappointed a certain one!" ”

Yanzhou's offensive has always been fierce.

Lu Bu was invincible, after opening the situation from Chen Liu, the troops were divided into two ways, attacking Dongjun, and sending troops to Jiyin, Cao's army was defeated and retreated again and again, so their attack was very smooth, and it was only a few months of hard work to take Dongjun.

And Jiyin was quickly breached.

Along Jiyin, he marched into Shanyang, but he didn't expect to encounter Cao Jun's stubborn resistance in Shanyang, and he had been blocked in Shanyang for more than half a year, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

Even so, Dong Zhuo was not too angry.

After all, Cao Jun is not an ordinary person.

As long as he holds on, when he and Huangfu Song's main force capture Yuzhou, they will be able to break through Yanzhou in one fell swoop and bring Yanyu and Yuzhou under the ownership of the imperial court.

This is a grand strategic deployment.

But now the news suddenly came that Lu Bu was defeated in Shanyang, and the army under his command was almost scattered, even if the elite Bingzhou wolf cavalry lost more than half, he had to retreat to Jiyin County to rest.

In this way, the strategy cannot be carried out.

Cao Jun and Yanzhou Yuan Jun are alliance armies, Cao Jun will inevitably go south to Yuzhou when he is empty, and he will be attacked on both sides at that time, which makes Dong Zhuo a little unable to advance or retreat.

"Lord, I'm afraid it's no wonder that Wen Hou is here!"

A staff member said: "As far as I know, the biggest key to this battle is the supply of grain and grass, no one expected that there was a problem with the transportation of grain and grass in Guanzhong, and the army of 100,000 was cut off for nearly three days, and the party was pursued by the Cao army with victory, and the army was defeated thousands of miles away!" ”

"Out of food?"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, he raised his head, looked at Li Ru, and asked, "Wen Wei, why is this!" ”

"This is the fault of the subordinates!"

Li Ru wore a green robe, bowed his hand, and said in a low voice: "The grain transported to Bishui Pass in Guanzhong was secretly burned, and when I got it, it was too late, in order to stabilize the army's heart, I suppressed the news and quickly transferred grain from Yanyu and Henan to the north, but I didn't expect that Cao Jun's reaction was so fast, and they were dispatched for less than three days after the food was cut off, resulting in the defeat of Wenhou's army!" ”

"Who is it?"

Dong Zhuo stood up, his eyes were round, and he was angry.

"At present, Wenhe is still inquiring, the grain was burned in Hongnong, it stands to reason that Hongnong Yang is inseparable, but his subordinates are still worried that someone is preparing to provoke a conflict between us and the Guanzhong family, so we can't make a conclusion!"

"Yang Biao?" Dong Zhuo's fists were clenched, and the killing intent was condensed.

"Lord, this matter must be stabilized, and not angered!" Li Ru said admonishingly.

"Humph!"

Dong Zhuo hadn't been so impulsive in these years, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and said coldly: "Since the grain and grass were burned in Hongnong, even if the Yang family is not the mastermind, it can't get rid of it!" ”

"This matter will wait for us to return to Chang'an, and then make plans!"

Li Ru arched his hand and said persuadingly: "Lord, it's just that now, we can't continue to fight, it's September, and after a while, once the winter comes, it will be even more difficult, and the battlefield confrontation will be much more difficult!" ”

"You want a certain family to withdraw their troops?"

Dong Zhuo was unwilling.

He poured out of the nest, mobilized the elite of Xiliang, the main force of Guanzhong, and the wolf cavalry of the state, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses went east out of Bishui Pass, if he could not calm Yanzhou and Yuzhou in one go, he was a little shameless and to the imperial court.

"Lord, a month ago, Li Yu and Guo Yan, two generals, tens of thousands of main forces, were ambushed by the Jiangdong Army and defeated in Ruyang City, and now the vitality has not recovered, ten days ago, General Huangfu's attack on Shangcai was frustrated and was forced to retreat for a hundred miles!"

Li Ru analyzed the current situation softly and said: "The offensive momentum, again and again, again and again, three times exhausted, now the morale has been frustrated, the fighting spirit of the soldiers has dissipated, and the Yuan army has Jiangdong Army to rely on, continue to attack, which is not good for our army!" ”

"But with such a withdrawal of troops, how can we face that Chang'an courtier, is it difficult for them to see a joke of a certain family!" Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and said coldly.

When he first set out on the expedition, he was full of ambitions, but now he is letting him go back in disgrace, and he can't lose face.

"Lord, face is small, we Xiliang people care about everything, we just don't care about a face, if you can achieve a great cause, just a joke, why worry about it!" Li Ru said bitterly: "Besides, we have achieved results in this battle, and have successively captured Yingchuan, Nanyang, Chenliu, Dongjun, Jiyin, and the land of the five counties, which is no less than the territory of a state, who in the world dares to laugh at us!" ”

"Having said that, just withdrawing the troops like this, I always feel a little unwilling, I could have leveled Cao Yuan's two anti-thieves in one fell swoop, but I couldn't stop here!"

Dong Zhuo sighed, and there was a lot of unwillingness in his voice.

They have been preparing for this battle for a long time.

It has been almost two years since the mobilization of Huangfu Song to secretly send troops, and a large amount of manpower and material resources have been invested.

"Wait until you go down first, I have something to talk about with my lord!"

Li Ru suddenly withdrew his left and right staff, leaving only the two of them in the entire big tent.

"What do you have to say?"

Dong Zhuo asked in a low voice.

"Lord, Yu Yan can't do it, we still have a chance, but if Chang'an is unstable, we will die without a place to bury!" Li Ru lowered his voice, for fear that the wall would have ears: "The lord Mo has forgotten, the news from Chang'an not long ago that Li Yu's nephew fought against the second son of Fu Wan, and there is also the Liu clan in it, this matter alone is not enough, but suddenly someone burned our grain and grass, if these two things are linked, it is the rear is unstable!" ”

"Instability in the rear?"

Dong Zhuo was frightened all of a sudden: "It's just a trivial matter, even if the Son of Heaven is a little dissatisfied, he won't dare to do anything with me, now inside and outside Chang'an, why not my general, if he is moved, isn't he afraid that I will kill him directly!" ”

"The Lord must not take this matter lightly!" Li Ru said: "The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, when the power of the Mu clan leaned towards the government and the opposition, the soldiers were like clouds, and no one dared to oppose him with his conceit, regardless of the rear Luoyang, and the magnificent troops were sent to fight with the heroes of the Kanto region, and in the end it was not because of the defeat of Luoyang, which led to the loss of the whole situation, does the lord think that we should follow in the footsteps of the Mu Yuan? ”

"Since the Taishi Quan Chang'an, he has been a little conceited, thanks to Wen Wei's reminder!" Dong Zhuo woke up suddenly, he would not forget how his current power came about, if he hadn't stabbed the pastor in the back, there would have been no Xiliang Army today.

If at this time, someone also stabbed him in Chang'an, then he Dong Zhuo was afraid that his life would not last long.

"Although there is unwillingness, but the cold winter is coming, this battle, this is the end!"

Dong Zhuo still gave the order.

"Order, Lu Fengxian led the army back to Chenliu to rest!"

"No!"

"Order Emperor Fu Song to quit Shangcai!"

"No!"

In the evening of the same day, military orders were passed from Dong Zhuo's military camp in Xu County and began to spread to the tents of various departments.

On September 28, Lü Bu took the lead in withdrawing his troops, leading the remnants of the army to withdraw from Jiyin County and rest in Chenliu.

On September 30, Li Yu led his subordinates to the Xiliang Army, withdrew from Runan County, and returned to Yingchuan.

On October 2, Huangfu Song saw that the general trend had gone, and led the Guanzhong army to withdraw from Runan County and return to Nanyang to sit in Wancheng.

On October 5, Dong Zhuo led the army from Yingchuan Xu County and began to return to Guanzhong.

This battle, which broke out in the fourth year of the early peace and lasted for nearly two years, can be regarded as coming to an end.

Now Cao Cao is busy rectifying Xuzhou, although Cao's army blocked the attack of the Xiliang army, but there is no power to counterattack, and in the end can only Chen soldiers in Shanyang County, and even dare not cross Jiyin, for fear of provoking disputes and fighting again.

And Yuan Shu, after this battle, the general trend has almost gone, the first prince in the past, most of the territory was discarded, and the troops under his command were lost five or six out of ten, and even the Jiangdong army could not be suppressed, and after the Xiliang army temporarily retreated, there was no idea of pursuing at all, and he could not defend it, stick to the city, and keep the two counties of Runan and Jiujiang as the foundation.