Liu Pan asked Zhang Yun for an answer.

"The enemy army is strong, our army is weak, of course we must be cautious, we must not rush forward, so as not to be exploited by the enemy, and then we will still lose?"

Zhang Yun's words were very casual.

The whole person was also quite casual, eating and drinking in the barracks, and even took the dancing girl to show him, and a group of generals around him watched the dancing girl dance with drunken eyes.

Is this here to fight?

The soldiers are half dead in front of the army, and the beauty is still singing and dancing in the tent!

This is the act of scum!

Liu Pan was a little annoyed, and said loudly: "Liu Envoy Jun ordered us to attack with all our strength and capture Runan County and Yingchuan County, why didn't the general attack?" Why didn't you carry out Liu Yuanjun's order? ”

Zhang Yunyi slapped the table and said angrily: "Am I not attacking? When did you see that I wasn't attacking? Also, I want to tell you, Liu Pan, don't think that you are the nephew of the envoy and can do whatever you want!

In the barracks, I am the commander, you are my general, you have to listen to orders! If not, I'll behead you, and no one will be able to say anything, do you understand? ”

Liu Pan was furious, his face turned red with anger, and he shook his hand and left.

Zhang Yun drove Liu Pan away, scolded with disdain on his face for a while, and continued to drink, and continued to have fun with his cronies and generals, hugging the dancing girls and laughing and laughing, and there was a lot of demons dancing in the big tent.

Liu Pan rushed out of the camp tent in a huff, and met Huang Zhong of the old department outside the camp.

Huang Zhong followed Liu Biao very early, he was one of the oldest generals in Jingzhou, he was over forty years old, he was still very brave, his strength was endless, he ate a lot of meat and food, he was bold and popular, and he was quite popular in the army.

This time in the Northern Expedition to Runan, Liu Biao asked Huang Zhong to also go to war with the army, Liu Pan thought that Huang Zhong could lead the army to attack and give the Wei army a good look at the color, but Huang Zhong told Liu Pan that his duty was to guard the camp, not to lead the army to attack.

"In this Northern Expedition, Zhong's duty is to guard the camp, not to march into the army."

Huang Zhong said helplessly: "General Zhang arranged it like this, and Zhong couldn't do anything about it, so he could only obey the order." ”

Liu Pan was very angry.

"He is not fighting at all, this is completely passive avoidance of war, he is very afraid of Guo Zifeng, he does not dare to fight with Guo Zifeng at all, such a person commands the whole army, this battle should not be fought at all! No, I'm going to tell the envoy on the table and remove him from his position! ”

Liu Pan decided to write a letter to Liu Biao, asking Liu Biao to remove Zhang Yun from his post and replace him with him to lead the war, so that a better situation can be expected.

As a result, when he was writing a letter, the news was somehow known by Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun broke into his camp and quarreled with him, and finally Zhang Yun was so angry that he had no choice but to agree to let Liu Pan lead an army to attack Langling County.

Liu Pan gave up, snorted, picked up an army of soldiers and horses, and led the army to attack Langling County.

"The enemy is good at fighting! You have to be careful! Don't go in vain! ”

Zhang Yun also reminded him in front of many people before he sent out the army.

Liu Pan pursed his lips, didn't take it seriously, got on his horse and led the troops to leave.

Langling County is one of the more important counties in the south of Runan County, but because Zhang Yun's main attack direction this time was to attack Wufang County from Wuyin County, and Langling County was not within the scope of attack, Liu Pan wanted to lead an army to attack here and open the defense line in the south of Runan County, so as to drive straight in.

Liu Pan was very confident in himself, and led the 5,000 Changsha headquarters to attack Langling County, and indeed drove straight into the territory of Runan County all the way, without encountering the obstruction of the Wei army.

Liu Pan did not doubt this, because he did come with the idea of a surprise attack, and when the main force of the Runan Wei army was pinned down by Zhang Yun, he wanted to find another way, detour through the hinterland of the Wei army, raid the Wei army from behind, and defeat the main force of the Runan Wei army in one fell swoop.

Then he was ambushed by the main force of the Wei army without accident.

Guo Lie led 5,000 cavalry to ambush Liu Pan on the road, Liu Pan's army was not prepared for this, and when the Wei army suddenly came out, Liu Pan was still ordering the army to bury pots and make rice, cut down wood and establish camps.

In this way, very suddenly, the Wei army came out, and as soon as it came out, the offensive was very fierce, with thousands of arrows fired together, and the iron cavalry was vertical and horizontal.

Liu Pan was caught off guard, and was succeeded by Guo Lie's sneak attack, and the 5,000 Changsha soldiers under his command were in turmoil and had no choice but to fight to the death, so the whole army was wiped out after a period of killing, and more than 2,000 people were killed, and the rest were basically captured, and only about 100 people escaped.

Liu Pan himself fought desperately to escape, but was chased by Guo Lie with his personal guards and stabbed Liu Pan to death with a spear.

The news of Liu Pan's tragic death was quickly transmitted back to Zhang Yun's military camp through these routs, and Zhang Yun looked shocked and quickly reported the incident to Liu Biao.

Saying that the Wei army was strong, they were at risk of being defeated by the Wei army, and the army was in turmoil and asked to retreat.

In the report, he also added fuel and vinegar that Liu Pan did not listen to the commander's orders and dissuasion, and wanted to take the headquarters of the Sha soldiers to attack Langling County, breaking away from the formation of the large army, resulting in the defeat of the Wei army and death on the battlefield.

Anyway, he Zhang Yun has a little fault, a small fault of not being strict, but this is obviously not the main factor.

When Liu Biao learned of this, he was quite shocked and very sad, crying bitterly for the death of his good nephew, but he didn't know who to blame.

Is it Zhang Yun's fault?

Obviously, Zhang Yun can't be blamed entirely, because Liu Pan himself took the initiative to ask for an attack, and Zhang Yun is at most not strict with his subordinates, and he must severely punish Zhang Yun for this, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public.

Taking this opportunity, a large number of civil and military forces persuaded Liu Biao to withdraw his troops, and the front-line army was already in turmoil, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would be counterattacked by the Wei army into Nanyang County, and at that time the gains would outweigh the losses.

Liu Biao's mind was in turmoil, and in desperation, he unwillingly ordered to retreat, retreated to Nanyang with the army, and continued to hold the city tightly, not to fight.

Zhang Yunru was granted amnesty, and he retreated to Wancheng after leading his troops in time, ending this rather absurd Northern Expedition.

Liu Biao's offensive failed under the combination of the inside and the outside, and the loss of troops and the discarding of many heavy horses took place in mid-September.

And until this time, there was only one prince left in the Tri-State Alliance who was still fighting in the army, and that was Sun Ce and Sun Bofu.

It is also the most threatening way.

Sun Ce basically marched at the same time as Liu Biao, and the army took a boat and the troops were divided into three routes.

The huge fleet of inland river sailors ignored the wolf smoke beacon tower set up by the Wei army on the riverside, and swaggered and ignored the boats across the Yangtze River, entered the water of the water, and entered the boundary of the north of the river.

From here, Sun Ce's sailor was actually unimpeded all the way, and he couldn't be stopped at all.

They had previously believed that Guo Peng's army would not be able to stop them on the waterway, and the only way was Hefei, and Sun Ce's first target was Hefei.

Along the river to the north to Hefei, the strategy, as long as Hefei is taken, Jiujiang will basically be in hand.

After Sun Ce's fleet swaggered along the water through Lujiang County into Chaohu Lake, the partial division led by Cheng Pu also entered the waterway and aimed at Lujiang County itself.

Cheng Pu led the army to disembark at a suitable place, landed, and began to arrange for the army to set up camp, lay a solid foundation, and cover the landing of the remaining army.

Cheng Pu nodded, and immediately ordered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to form a formation.

The generals Jiang Qin and Ling Cao led their respective armies to form a formation on the ground, with their backs to the waterways and the ships in the waterways, with large shields on their heads, spears in their hands, and the tall ships with crossbowmen were fully loaded with crossbowmen, ready to strike at the approaching Wei army.

After a short time, Cheng Pu completed the gathering of the military formation, and also saw from afar that a large area of the Wei army was slowly approaching.

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