One day at the end of February, Yingchuan Camp.

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Sun Jian have been holding each other here for more than half a month, and there has been no more major war, so they have long felt numb. On this day, I also rested early, but in the middle of the night, I was suddenly woken up by the officers under my command.

"Look, General, there's a fire in the east! That place should be in the direction of Yangcheng, right? ”

Guan Zhaosun got up one after another, couldn't see clearly for a while, and then carefully searched along Yingchuan with his followers, walked for more than ten miles, and finally saw that it was indeed Yangcheng in the distance that was on fire.

"We were still discussing whether to attack Yangcheng in a roundabout way a few days ago, but Yangcheng was burned down directly? Could it be that Dong Zhuojun has made up his mind to completely give up Henan Yin? Sun Jian was the first to react.

Guan Yu nodded with a solemn face: "Most of the time, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu are stationed here, and it is impossible for there to be other sources to transport food supplies, and the source of military food for the enemy army that we knew before is completely dependent on Yangcheng."

Once Yangcheng is burned, it means that the enemy army has eaten up the last grain in Yangcheng, or it has been transferred. It is impossible for Lü Bu to stay on the north shore for long. It seems that the death of Qiao Mao and Han Fu's retreat have made Dong Zhuo no longer have to fight with our army, and he is no longer afraid of showing weakness. ”

Sun Jian was slightly stunned, he didn't think about these problems from a logistical point of view when he was fighting, so he didn't think about it in that direction at first.

Mainly because since Sun Jian entered the army to fight against Dong, he has passed through densely populated and rich areas with plenty of grain, so he is used to eating wherever he goes, and he also feels that it is natural for local officials, soldiers and civilians to give him food on the spot-

The first few who dared not to provide food to Sun Jian, whether it was Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, or Zhang Zhi, the Taishou of Nanyang, were all killed by Sun Jian.

If you don't give food, you will kill someone who is willing to give food, this is Sun Jian's logistics philosophy.

I have to admit that in terms of seeking Dong Dayi, Sun Jian is indeed a hero. But in the settlement of the spoils of war, the distribution of spoils, the raising of food...... and all other issues related to money and food, Sun Jian is also a little offended by doing things, and his methods are more impatient and rude.

Everyone has their own style of acting, even if they are heroes, they are not exempt from vulgarity, and no one is perfect.

After understanding Guan Yu's speculation, Sun Jian asked rhetorically: "In this case, our army should immediately pursue Lu Buluo?" ”

Guan Yu thought about it? Persuaded: "Don't rush it for a while? At least wait until tomorrow morning to see if the camp on the opposite side is really empty. And what if they were prepared to retreat? We can't catch up with anything.

The enemy only needs to retreat fifty miles to reach Yuyuan Pass and Wushi County. At that time, the enemy army can rely on the county behind them to eat? However, our army had to leave the Yingchuan Grain Road and cross the valley between Taimur Mountain and Shaomu Mountain in Songshan to transport grain.

In my opinion? Why don't you cross the river and leave a small number of soldiers and horses in the ruins of Yangcheng to monitor the enemy army and block the Shaomur Valley? Our army will go west and find another way to enter the city? I think Yique Pass is good, there is Yishui to transport grain, steady and steady. ”

Guan Yu said this, isn't he more knowledgeable than Sun Jian? After all, there are so many victories in a row? Guan Yu is also a little floating, and he is already so proud that he feels that he is a "famous general".

The reason why he is serious is only because he was infected by Liu Bei's tradition of "not disturbing the people and harming the people", so he is accustomed to bringing his own grain and grass when he fights a war, and will not give priority to plundering to solve the food problem.

Of course, after recovering the occupied area? Should the people in the occupied areas be taxed, should they pay grain or should they be levied, but there are systems and rules for that? It's not wartime raids.

Sun Jian thought for a while: "For the sake of righteousness, if you can really take advantage of the chaos of the enemy's retreat to capture the Yuanyuan Pass?" Then, of course, the people of Wushi County should sacrifice a little for the great cause of the world. Let the remnants of the Wu clan and the Yanshi contribute to the recovery of Luoyang. ”

Guan Yu frowned slightly: "I heard that Dong Zhuo has moved away at least two million people from Yin, Henan, even if there are still scattered people in the Wu clan and Yanshi?" I'm afraid the number is only thousands, tens of thousands. Tens of thousands of our troops are fed here? Are you afraid that you will have to scrape the last ration of these people? in order to sustain the army for a month. It's only February, and they'll all starve to death if they can't carry the autumn harvest! ”

Sun Jian: "There are still hundreds of thousands of people scattered in Yin in Henan, and the sooner they are recaptured from the hands of Dong thieves, they will suffer less." If you can, try not to starve to death, but if you have to do it, in order to save hundreds of thousands of people, you will starve to death of 10,000 or 20,000 people of the Wu clan and Yanshi, and they will be regarded as loyal to the Han Dynasty. ”

Guan Yu shook his head: "Try it, it's too early to say this, I don't think Lu Bu will let people grab Yuyuan Pass, I will lead the troops to the west, turn into Yishui, and collect rafts from the new city into Yique." ”

Sun Jian didn't stop him, if Guan Yu was late in Luoyang because of this, he couldn't blame him.

And on the other hand, Guan Yu's method could not be copied by Sun Jian, because even if Sun Jian counted the capture of the previous battle with Huaxiong, he could only raise a thousand cavalry, and his troops would be too time-consuming if they detoured too far along the edge of the mountains by land.

Guan Yu is different, he already has Zhao Yun's 3,000 cavalry, and has an additional 2,000 war horses captured when he killed Huaxiong, if Guan Yu wants, he can let 5,000 people ride horses and detour, leaving 3,000 infantry troops to walk slowly, this mobility advantage is his biggest capital to detour.

The two armies made their own preparations, and until dawn the next day, they first carefully crossed Yingchuan to the north bank, and reconnoitred the abandoned camps of Hu Zhen and Lü Bu.

I found that it was really just a false flag, and there was nothing of value left except for the flag and wood, and it was obvious that it had retreated.

"Chase!" Sun Jian immediately ordered the whole army to grab the territory. However, he still had a long mind, and ordered Cheng Pu and Han Dang to go out with the 1,000 cavalry they had just formed to search, so as not to be ambushed in the dangerous place between Shaomu Mountain and Taimu Mountain.

Guan Yu saw that Sun Jian was cautious, and did not say much, and took his men and horses along the west detour of the southern source of Yingchuan - the source of Yingchuan is bifurcated, one to the north, deep into Shaomu Mountain, and one to the west, along the southern foot of Shaomu Mountain. It was at this fork in the river that Guan Yu and Sun Jian parted ways.

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"This Li Wenyou's strategy is not reliable, he was hundreds of miles away in Luoyang, how could he think of the front-line military situation? This Sun Jian asked Cheng Pu and Han Dang to search first, so cautiously moving forward.

If we let them go, we are afraid that we will also be blocked from retreating back to the pass. If you don't let go, you will kill at most a thousand cavalry in a while, and you won't be able to hurt Guan Yu and Sun Jian. ”

Hu Zhen, who was ambushed in the dense forest on the west side of Shaomu Mountain on the west side of Yuyuan Road, felt that it was not easy to handle after observing Sun Jian's advance from a distance.

He could only ambush two or three thousand people a little, and no matter how many ambushes he had, he couldn't hide on this hillside. Coupled with the hasty preparation time, he was ready to ambush the enemy vanguard and get a vote and leave. If the pioneer is spared, although it can cause greater casualties to Sun Jianjun, it is unknown whether Hu Zhen can go back alive.

If 3,000 volts fight to the death with 20,000 or 30,000 main forces, even if you are ruthless to the enemy at the beginning, as long as the enemy plays with you, sooner or later you will be completely annihilated.

It's just that Hu Zhen hasn't discussed it personally, don't look at his intelligence value, but he is still willing to use his brain more than Lu Bu, who is detached from morality. As for Fan Chou, there is no problem with loyalty and selling strength, but he is completely a reckless person who is not afraid of death.

After thinking about it, Hu Zhen, who felt that it was more important to save himself, chose to retreat temporarily, and retreated to Yuyuan Pass before Cheng Puhan blocked the road.

"Congratulations to Captain Hu for setting up an ambush and returning victorious." As soon as he returned to Yuyuan Pass, Lu Bu congratulated Hu Zhen.

Hu Zhen's face was gloomy: "General Lu wants to make fun of him, and Hu returns in vain." But on the way back, I also thought of a new trick. ”

Lu Bu feigned a smile: "Oh? I am willing to hear the details, and the cloth will definitely cooperate. ”

Hu Zhen: "Anyway, Xiangguo is going to give up Luoyang, let's fight here, it's nothing more than the prestige of killing Sun Jian last before leaving." Even so, now Sun Jian is still too cautious and not arrogant enough, so we can't carry out Li Shangshu's ambush strategy. Then we will find a way to make Sun Jian more proud, maybe this strategy can be used again after a little change. ”

Lu Bu: "Oh? How to make Sun Jian proud? ”

Hu Zhen: "The reason why Sun Jian is cautious is because he is afraid that the natural danger will be difficult to attack, so he must fight steadily." It is better for us to leave only one or two thousand remnants in the pass to defend it, and the rest of the army will withdraw to the Gushi County and set up an ambush on the mountain road from Yuyuan Pass to the Wushi County.

If Sun Jian had paid some casualties and captured Yuyuan Pass, he would definitely be completely satisfied, and he would no longer have to worry about an ambush behind him, and then he would have advanced with light troops in a thousand days. Who would have thought that someone would even give up the dangerous Xiongguan, but set up an ambush behind the pass. ”

Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and then he showed a bit of ruthlessness.

Indeed, the ambushes were all laid before Xiongguan, how could there be ambushes after the fall. If you still have the strength to ambush, wouldn't it be good to guard the pass?

It's human nature.

But only under Dong Zhuojun's current special situation of "I am not sincere, long-term, and holding on to the pass, I just want to get back face before leaving", he will "not go all out to defend the pass, and then set up an ambush after the pass is lost".

Because if he defends the pass with all his might, as long as Sun Jian suffers a large number of casualties, he will not go all out to tackle the key problems, so that the two sides will still be frozen, and he will not be able to meet Dong Zhuo's request for a quick battle and a quick victory of "killing and injuring the enemy's vital force before leaving".

Lu Bu finally hit it off: "Okay, then leave some of the old, weak, and injured soldiers in this pass a few days ago, and don't defend it too ruthlessly, lest Sun Jian lose his temper when attacking the key points." ”

The two of them left more than 1,000 people to guard the pass, and sincerely told those who stayed: The army retreated on the orders of Dong Xiangguo, and you can defend it if you can.

In this way, even if these people were captured by Sun Jian after breaking the pass, what Sun Jian heard was that "Hu Zhen and Lu Bu's main force had already withdrawn".

Half a day later, Sun Nuran arrived at Yuyuan Pass and carried out a tentative attack. Although the guards are few, because they have the support of Xiongguan, the soldiers don't know the truth, so the tentative attack of the first two days is still defended - who let Sun Jian not have a cloud ladder and a rushing car when he was tempted.

However, it was only two days.

On the third day, as Sun Jian got ready, he took out his heavy siege weapons, thinking, "Attack for two more days, if the enemy's weakness is pretended, if there are still reinforcements for the defenders in Guan, then I won't let my children sacrifice in vain, and take a detour to chase Guan Yu."

However, fortunately, after Sun Jian built a heavy siege weapon, after only one day of bloody attack and two or three thousand casualties, Sun Jian captured Yuyuan Pass.

Suddenly, Sun Jianjun's morale was bursting.

Standing on top of the Guancheng Tower, overlooking the Songshan Mountains on both sides, Sun Jian swallowed thousands of miles in his chest like a tiger:

"Is this the Yuyuan Pass in the Eight Levels of Luoyang! Win any of the eight levels of Luoyang, and you can go straight to Luoyang! Get out of this Songshan Road and take Wushi County, and the front is all plains! ”

If you look at the Baidu map of later generations, you will know that there is only a distance of 5.5 kilometers from the ruins of Yuyuanguan to Wushi County (Fudian Town, Yanshi County), and it has passed the most dangerous section of Songshan Road.

The back is wider and smoother, and after walking the last 11 miles of mountain roads, the front is full of Luoyang Plain!

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PS: It's not a spoiler, but I still want to say that Sun Jian won't die.