Li Xian returned to Huaixian to lead the men, first went to Yewang and Zang Hong to join forces, and worshiped Zang Hong as the general of the An army. Then the army crossed Jishui, arrived at Yixian, crossed the river along the Yidao, and then passed through Pingyin and entered the city of Luoyang.

After Luoyang was burned by Dong Zhuo and forcibly relocated to Chang'an, there were not many people in Luoyang City and near Luoyang.

Even when some people fled back to the rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an two years ago, they were still empty and sparsely populated.

Li Xian's men and horses passed through the city of Luoyang, and the place they passed through was still full of desolation, and there was a dilapidated scene everywhere.

It was hard for him to imagine that this was once the capital of the Han Dynasty.

The destructive power of war is beyond his imagination, and he has seen a lot of dead people on the battlefield, but a once prosperous city has become so dilapidated, and the impact on his psychology is also great.

Although his current goal is to become a hegemon, the purpose of hegemony is also to make the people's lives stable.

He also felt that the current emperor Liu Xie was actually quite pitiful, the country and the family couldn't be defended, and he was chased around like a doll, which was also the saddest emperor in history.

As a person who has crossed over from the 21st century, Li Xian's loyalty to the monarch is not serious, but it has been nearly ten years since he crossed over, and he has been more or less affected, and he also hopes that one day he can welcome the emperor back to Luoyang.

Although Luoyang is now managed by the Luoyang Order, there is nothing to manage, and when he learned that Li Xian's army was going to pass through, the Luoyang Order and the officials all ran out.

They were mainly afraid that Li Xian would ask them for grain, and where would Luoyang be able to collect grain now.

Zang Hong looked at the countless burned houses, sighed and said to Li Xian: "General, it's better for us to live in Luoyang, I am confident that we can attract the people." With the people, we will have the source of soldiers and military rations, and then we can go to Xudu to welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, and the general can achieve the meritorious cause of protecting the country. ”

The frustrated professor next to him shook his head and said: "No, although Luoyang is defeated, it is still the capital of the country, if the troops are here, they will be jealous of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao." The general's troops are still weak at this time, so they can't be too eye-catching, and it is difficult for Luoyang to improve without ten years. ”

Li Xian felt that if there was no war, it would be easy to build Luoyang into a prosperous city, but now Luoyang is surrounded by strong troops from all directions, where can you develop steadily.

Even if it is self-contained, it is only self-preservation, and it is more difficult to develop. What Li Xian wants now is not only his own stability, he wants all the people to be stable.

He thought of what Xun Yu had told him about "ending the war with war", indeed, the world has become like this, and it is difficult to manage it in a unified manner without going through the baptism of war.

Facing Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Liu Biao Sun Ce and other princes, he didn't know if he could compete with them for the world, but he had to do it anyway.

"Gonghe is right, Luoyang is not suitable for us to Antun now, we still have to go to Jingzhou." He said to Zang Hong.

"Zhang Xiu has surrendered to Cao Cao, Nanyang is now in Cao Cao's hands, and Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, and Cao Hong are guarded, can we easily conquer it?" Zang Hong has a hand in governing the state and county, and he doesn't seem to be so good at marching and fighting.

Li Xian chuckled and said: "Zixiao, it's just a reckless man, Zilong, Boping and Junyi, any of them can beat him, don't worry." Not to mention Cao Hong, it's just Zhang Wenyuan......"

Gao Shun continued: "General, I am familiar with Wen Yuan, and when the time comes, let me persuade him to surrender." ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Li Xian looked at Gao Shun and laughed, he believed that Zhang Liao would descend, because Zhang Liao was a smart person.

After staying in Luoyang for two days, the army went south out of Yique Pass, passed through Liang County, and arrived at Luyang.

Yuan Shao also sent Yan Liang to lead the troops in Liyang at this time, making a posture of wanting to cross the river and march to Baima, Cao Cao was busy ordering Xiahou Yuan to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Chenliu to prevent Yan Liang's soldiers and horses from crossing the river to Xudu in the south.

Cao Cao personally sat in Xudu, and he thought that Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Zhang Liao and others held on to the city of Nanyang, and they could still hold it.

However, when he knew that Li Xian had obtained Zang Hong and Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses, he was very worried. Previously, Li Xian only had 10,000 horses, and Nanyang Caoren and them had a total of 8,000 people.

Now Li Xian has more than 15,000 people, and as long as one city is captured, the other two cities will be difficult to defend.

Therefore, he sent Yu Ban to Kunyang with 2,000 men, not only to support Cao Hong, but also to meet Cao Hong and others in case they were lost.

On 12 May, Li Xian left Zang Hong to lead 3,000 people and his family members to stay in Luyang, and personally led the army into Bowang County.

Bowang County is between Wan County and Ye County, Cao Ren has slaughtered Huyang before, and now he has killed a lot of powerful people in the county in Wan County, when the Bowang County Commander knew that it was Li Xian who led the troops, he immediately led the county officials out of the city to surrender.

Li Xian led the troops into the city, and went out to calm the people, so that the people would not be alarmed.

At the same time, let the generals lead their own soldiers, strictly abide by the four military laws, and all offenders must be dealt with according to the law without mercy.

There were many soldiers in the army who were brought from Changshan, and they had been bandits before, so Li Xian appointed Xiahou Lan as the military leader.

Xiahoulan was also known for his majesty when he was in Changshan, and the sergeants and soldiers of the army also knew that Li Xian was very strict in governing the army, and no one dared to offend.

Yuan Shao just wanted to march to cross the river, but he did not move in Liyang, and Li Xian expected that Cao Cao would soon lead his troops to Nanyang, and he must take Nanyang counties as soon as possible.

He sent for a military council to be held in the Great Horde.

After everyone arrived, they saw a map of Nanyang County on the case.

Li Xian pointed to Sui County, Wan County, and Ye County and asked, "Tell me, which city should we attack first?" ”

Zhao Yun leaned forward, pointed to Wanxian and said: "Wanxian, fight Wanxian first, and at the same time send people to lead the troops to ambush on the road from Wanxian to Wanxian to block the rescuers from Wanxian." ”

Gao Shun next to him immediately continued: "Zhang Wenyuan of Sui County can be intercepted by me." ”

Li Xian looked at Fu Zhi and wanted to hear his opinion.

Fu Zhu looked at the map and said, "I'm afraid that Cao Ren will not fight, if we storm the city, we will definitely lose our troops." Even if we capture Wanxian, if Cao Cao leads the troops, we will be difficult to defend. ”

Li Xian remembered that when Zhou Yu's vanguard attacked Jiangling in history, Cao Ren ordered Niu Jin to lead 300 people to charge into battle.

Cao Ren is the kind of person who doesn't admit defeat, maybe he will fight.

"Peping, you take 3,000 people to attack Wan County, you can't storm it, just stop them from coming to help Wan County. It would be better if Zhang Wenyuan could be persuaded to surrender. Li Xian ordered Gao Shun.

Gao Shun arched his hand and said, "No." ”

"Xiahoulan, you take 2,000 people to Wanxian to call for battle, remember, if Cao Ren fights, you can only lose, not win. And you can't lose too many brothers, that is, when the enemy army goes out of the city, you have to run, can you do it? ”

When Xia Houlan heard that he was only allowed to defeat and not to win, he said in embarrassment: "General, why is this only allowed to lose?" Even if I only have 2,000 men, I will be able to capture Wanxian. ”

"No, even if you can capture Wanxian, we will lose too many soldiers, and it will not be worth it. As long as you lose, you will be meritorious, and I will receive you after your army. ”

Xia Houlan wanted to say something more, but said to Xia Houlan with a smile: "General Xiahou, General Li wants to paralyze Cao Ren, make him think that our army is weak and not afraid, and lure him to fight lightly, so that he can defeat him." If you storm the city, that's the next step. ”

Xia Houlan had no choice but to respond: "No." ”

On the second day, Gao Shun led 3,000 people to Sui County, Xiahou Lan led 2,000 people to Wan County, and Li Xian took Zhao Yun to lead 3,000 people to meet Xiahou Lan's army ten miles behind. Fu Zhu and Zhang He stayed in Bowang County, paying attention to the movements of Ye County, and if Cao Hong led troops to help, they would intercept them in the middle of the road.