At the end of June of the second year of Xingping, Yuan Yao, under the advice of Liu Xun, led the crowd to break through the siege, gave up Shouchun, and went north to Runan County.

But under the offensive of Sun Ce and Lu Bu, even if they abandoned the city and left, it was definitely not so easy.

Sun Ce and Lü Bu, plus Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Chen Wu, Han Dang, Zhou Yu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Wei Xu each led an army, followed the pursuit from ten directions, and stormed the rear of Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses.

Nearly 60,000 troops under Yuan Yao's command resisted desperately under the leadership of Liu Xun and Zhang Xun, but they were still defeated.

Gold leaf, wealth, grain and grass, war horses and ordnance are lost in countless quantities.

Poor Yuan was so majestic back then, but today it has fallen to this.

Under such huge losses and sacrifices, Yuan Yao finally broke away from the clutches of Sun and Lu and ran out of Huainan.

It's a pity that the price paid is really too great, and the loss is really too great.

And Jiujiang, Lujiang and other places in Huainan, after this battle, were completely controlled by Lu Bu and Sun Ce.

The two had a clear division of labor, divided the land and ruled, Lu Bu guarded the north and the soldiers Shouchun, and Sun Ce guarded the south to occupy the Lujiang River, the two were each other's lips and teeth, each recuperated, and moved his eyes to the Jiangxia Army and Changsha County in the west and Guiyang County and Nanhai County in the south.

Under the guidance of Liu Xun, Yuan Yao rushed north, bumping and bumping along the way, and couldn't bear to gamble, but finally arrived in Runan County.

When they came to the border of Runan County, Liu Pi, Gong Du, and Zhou Cang were already waiting for them with three Yellow Turban armies.

After all, Yuan Yao was young, and after such a huge change, he was already exhausted, but now when he saw the three Yellow Turban generals at first glance, he knew that there was still hope for life, so he couldn't help but feel sad and cried bitterly.

The three leaders of the Yellow Turban Army hurriedly comforted Yuan Yao, and while they were persuading each other with good words, they were secretly lamenting Yuan Yao's fate in their hearts.

Silly child, cry what to cry about! How big is it? What is there to cry about? …… The days you cry are still to come.

That night, the three Yellow Turban generals set up a banquet in the big tent on the border of Runan, and set up a banquet for Yuan Yao and others to suppress the shock.

The young Yuan Yao suffered many hardships, and involuntarily drank a few more knights at the banquet, and he was already drunk in a short time.

"Smack——!

Taking advantage of the wine, Yuan Yao threw the wine lord to the ground fiercely, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Hateful Lu Bu, Sun Ce!" Back then, they were just vassals under my father, who were the only ones, what were they? It's just my Yuan family's dog! I still need to rely on my father to provide food for my life, and now I am so forced to rebel! It's ...... It's worse than a dog! The thieves caused my Yuan family to lose the foundation of the family business, and I will never break with them in this matter! Never! ”

Looking at Yuan Yao's hateful expression, the kind-hearted Liu Bi persuaded him.

"Don't worry about the lord, the so-called victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers, as long as the lord leaves a useful body, after lying on the salary in the future and preparing the army and horses, he can raise the soldiers back to Huainan to take revenge, and the great hatred of today."

Yuan Yao was drunk, blushing and nodding: "What General Liu said...... Very reasonable! You have a vision! I am a descendant of the Yuan family, how can I allow others to bully? And when I respect one side in the future, I will worship General Liu as a general and rely on him as a pillar! ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Yao took advantage of the wine to turn his finger at Gong Du and Zhou Cang, and said, "You two, it's the same!" All worship the general! ”

When Liu Bi and Gong both heard this, they both showed joy on their faces, and they got up vigorously and thanked Yuan Yao - although it was pretended.

Zhou Cang's nose let out a soft snort, although he was disdainful, but the potter's plan was there, and he had to obey it, so he also got up to express his gratitude to Yuan Yao.

Liu Xun saw that Yuan Yao was drunk, and he was a little carried away, so he didn't know what his surname was, and hurriedly reminded: "Lord, our current crisis has not passed, and we have to discuss how to go north in the future!" ”

Yuan Yao laughed, pointed at Liu Pi and said, "With General Liu and General Gong here, we want to go to Hebei, and it should be difficult to come." ”

"To Hebei?" Liu Pi understood in his heart, but he pretended to be suddenly aware on his face, and said, "Does the lord want to go to Hebei to join Yuan Shao?" ”

"No!" Yuan Yao waved his hand at Liu Bi drunkenly, and said, "It's not a defection...... It's temporary! Temporarily living there, understand? ”

Liu Bi obviously doesn't particularly understand.

It's not all about asking for food!

But for him at the moment, it doesn't matter how Yuan Yao brags, his main goal at the moment is to fool Yuan Yao to Xuzhou.

"Lord, it's not impossible for you to go to Hebei to live temporarily, but I don't know which route the lord intends to take?"

Yuan Yao smiled, pointed at Liu Xun, and said, "Liu Gong's meaning is to let me go straight from Runan County to Yingchuan, and then go to Hanoi to Hebei...... What does General Liu think? ”

Liu Bi frowned, revealing a look of embarrassment.

"General Liu's admonition is not bad, but if it crosses the territory of Runan and Yingchuan, it will inevitably pass through Cao Cao's territory...... It is necessary to know that Cao Cao has many generals and generals, second only to Yuan Gong of Hebei. ”

Yuan Yao frowned when he heard this.

Cao Cao, is this guy so powerful?

After thinking carefully for a while, he saw him and said, "Then according to General Liu's opinion, which way should we go to Hebei?" ”

Liu Bi hurriedly admonished: "According to a certain family, the current lord may wish to go to Wu County and Chaoqiu County in the west of Xuzhou, and go north through these two counties to enter the Taishan Military Land and merge into Qingzhou, this road should be relatively safe." ”

Yuan Yao burped when he heard this, and suddenly nodded: "Oh! This trail ...... It's good, it's good. ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Liu Xun was in a hurry, and hurriedly got up and said, "Lord, you can't go this way!" Nawu County and Chaoqiu are located in Xuzhou, and the lord is afraid of encountering Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, so is it difficult not to be afraid of pottery merchants blocking the way? You need to know that the surname Tao and our Huainan Yuan family have a deep hatred! ”

Liu Biyan smiled when he heard this: "The general's words are inevitably a little childish, last year the pottery merchant and the general fought for Yuzhang, although there was a fight, but the death of the general was not the pottery merchant, it was a death of illness...... Although the strength surnamed Tao is not under Cao Cao, he has the name of a gentleman after all, and his actions are quite restrictive. ”

Yuan Yao seemed to understand: "Go on." ”

Liu Bi continued: "And now the potters have just taken over Xuzhou from Tao Qian's hands, I am afraid that they may not have the spare strength to put pressure on our army, but Cao Cao of the Central Plains, he first took Yanzhou, then Yuzhou, and occupied Lu'an before, the west is still encroaching on the realm of Guanzhong, it is the momentum of the development of the heart, according to my opinion, rather than choosing the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, it is better to choose the pottery merchant to come more stable, besides, the realm of our county and Chaoqiu, but the border of Xuzhou West, if you go to Yingchuan, it is in the hinterland of Cao Cao's jurisdiction!" ”

After that, Liu Bi saluted Yuan Yaoshen again, and said: "Compared with the two, which one is more dangerous, the lord should be able to see it." ”

Yuan Yao doesn't know anything about military affairs, but the words "border" and "hinterland" can still be heard more or less.

He nodded heavily and said, "Yes, General Liu's words are very good...... You have lived in Runan for a long time, and you must know more about the strength and deployment of Tao and Cao than we Huainan people. ”

Liu Xun scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.

If he really did what Liu Pi said, if Cao Cao couldn't wait for people in Yingchuan, wouldn't all his plans be empty?

I am still waiting for Yuan Yao to make a meeting gift to Cao Cao.

Liu Xun just wanted to persuade Yuan Yao a few more words, but suddenly felt someone beside him gently pull his sleeve.

turned his head to look, but it was Liu Ye, who had been sitting beside him and had not said a word from beginning to end.

Although he didn't understand what he meant, Liu Xun knew that when it came to resourcefulness and strategy, Liu Ye was far above him.

So, Liu Xun swallowed the next words.

Yuan Yao saw that Liu Xun no longer raised objections, and immediately made a big plan.

"Good! Then according to General Liu Pi's words, let's go to Hebei on the western border of Xuzhou! ”

……

Liang Guo, Xiao County.

Yan Xing's 20,000 elite soldiers and horses have been stationed here for a long time.

If nothing else, he was ordered to be stationed here, and always waited for Cao Cao's military order, and as soon as the military order arrived, he immediately sent troops to hijack Huainan and others on the western front of Xuzhou.

In fact, Yan Xing didn't understand very much, if he were to change to himself, if he went north to the land north of the river, he would definitely choose to go to the realm of the three rivers...... But Cao Cao insisted on arranging himself in Xiao County, which was competing with Xuzhou on the western front, and he didn't know what to say about it?

When Yan Xing left Xuchang, he heard an insider from Sikong Mansion say that this use of troops was a strategy secretly set for Cao Cao by Jia Xu, the head of the Eagle and Snake Mansion, who rarely showed up on weekdays.

Yan Xing is not very familiar with this Jia Xu...... Or should it be said that all the generals in the entire Cao camp are not familiar with this inconspicuous principal.

Why did Sikong listen to him like that?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Yan Xing still did according to Cao Cao's military orders.

He is a soldier, and it is his duty to obey military orders, not to mention that Cao Cao is also kind to him.

At the beginning of Jincheng, Han Sui also valued himself quite a lot, and threatened to marry his daughter to him in the future, but he never implemented it.

And Han Suijun was born in the thief army, and he paid attention to seniority, with Yan Xing's age in Han Sui's army before, if he wanted to get ahead in Han Suijun, he had to take at least ten years.

However, after Cao Cao was surrendered to Yan Xing, he used his talents and promoted him exceptionally, and directly appointed Yan Xing as a captain, and after he was appointed as a general, he promoted Yan Xing to a partial general.

As a general, this promotion speed is no different from riding a rocket.

With this kindness and virtue, the young Yan Xing is naturally toothless and unforgettable.

No matter which way the Huainan army took this time, Yan Xing had already made up his mind, and he had to share Cao Cao's worries if he said anything.

But the news of the Huainan Army has not yet arrived, and on the Xuchang side, Cao Cao's letter has arrived.

The content of the letter made Yan Xing unbelievable.

He wondered if Cao Cao had written it wrong......

Although he didn't know why Cao Cao wanted to do this, Yan Xing still decided to follow the general's order.

Besides, Cao Cao was able to leave such a private matter to himself—Yan Xing thought to himself that Cao Cao had already treated him as a confidant.

Yan Xing's heart was somewhat excited.

A few days later, Zhang Ji was ordered to lead his troops to Yan Xing's tent to listen to the order.

Zhang Jinai is a famous general in Wuwei County, Liangzhou, and became famous very early, while Yan Xing was also born in Jincheng, Liangzhou, but compared with Zhang Ji's fame, it is really too far behind.

Rao is like this, generals cannot be disobeyed, Zhang Ji's reputation in Liangzhou is five times greater than Yan Xing, and now he has to listen to Yan Xing's dispatch.

"General Zhang!" Yan Xing smiled at Zhang Ji and said: "When I was in Jincheng, I had heard of the general's tiger power for a long time, and I only hated not to see it. ”

When Zhang Ji heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, General Yan is the main general, Ji is the deputy general, General Yan said this, isn't it a torture?" Ji is old, a young hero like General Shangyan! ”

"General Zhang doesn't have to be too humble!" Yan Xing grabbed Zhang Ji's hand, and walked into the tent, while saying: "This time to rob the Huainan Army, Sikong sent the general to come over to help, on the surface it is to be a deputy general for the line, but in fact, it is to see that a certain person is inexperienced and not old enough, so I specially let General Zhang guide me, the general and the line are both from Liangzhou, so there is no need to say anything modest!" ”

Zhang Ji laughed when he heard this: "It's rare that General Yan is young, but he acts so seriously, Cao Sikong really didn't see the wrong person!" ”

Yan Xing's face was smiling brightly, but there was already frost in his heart.

Of course, Cao Sikong didn't look at the wrong person...... If he's wrong, how can I take the opportunity to kill you?