In fact, the Yingshui River in Yingchuan County was originally formed by the convergence of three tributaries that flowed from west to east to Xiyang County. This tributary according to Yingchuan City as the source is one of the three tributaries, from west to east along the way there are Yingchuan, Xuchang, Yingyang, Nanton, Wuping, Xiyang six cities, of which Xuchang, Wuping, Xiyang are located in Shuibei, Yingchuan, Yingyang, Nanton are located in Shuinan only.

As for Yingchuan and Yingyang, it is only a hundred miles away, according to the speed of the front of the army led by Huangfu Song, it is only two days away, if it is handed over to the cavalry to attack, I am afraid that the army can come to the city in half a day.

The reason why Zhu Yi attacked Yingyang is actually very understandable, because although the Han forward troops are brave and invincible, the number of people is indeed too small, and in addition to the fact that there have been more than a dozen large and small battles in the past month, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as the end of the strong crossbow in the real sense. Yingchuan City is strong, and there are many Yellow Turban thieves, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to take such a big city in one fell swoop with only these 3,000 tired soldiers.

However, Yingyang City is very different, as the southeast of Yingchuan City and Yingchuan into a horn of this small city, the defenders are insufficient, the shortage of armaments, coupled with the continuous inflow of the Yellow Turban defeated army for more than a month, the morale in the city is already extremely low, such a city is not to say that Zhu Yi carried the elite of the three thousand Han Dynasty, that is, the three thousand Huangfu Song led the recruits of Beidi County, and even have the possibility of winning a battle.

Therefore, for Zhu Yi wants to lead the army to capture Yingyang City, Huangfu Song is very relieved, hearing Liu Wei's words, Huangfu Song smiled and nodded, approving: "Zhu Zhonglang is my famous general of the Han Dynasty, if he can capture Yingyang, cut off Yingshui by the way, so to break through Yingchuan, capture and kill Bocai, it will be just around the corner." ”

Liu Wei pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked: "Yingchuan City is located in the upper reaches of Yingshui, if Zhu Zhonglang captures Yingyang, what is the use of cutting off Yingshui?" ”

In ancient wars, water source is a very important resource, if you can take the lead in occupying the water source, at least from the daily life of the army, you can use clean water to quench your thirst and cook, don't underestimate this little effect, you must know that there is no water purification method in the Han Dynasty, if the army can control the river, it can greatly reduce the risk of soldiers getting sick and avoid non-combat attrition, so where there is a war, occupying the water source is often the primary task of the armies of all parties, but Yingyang is located in the lower reaches of Yingchuan, Cutting off Yingshui can't have much impact on the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan City, so Liu Wei will have this question.

"Yingyang is a lonely city after all." Huangfu Song nodded slightly, and slowly explained to Liu Wei: "If Yingyang cannot be intercepted, the thieves will go east to the south to spread the news, so that the Nanton thieves will be able to gather people to help and encircle Zhu Gong, if so, Yingyang is in danger, and Zhu Gong is in danger." ”

When Liu Wei heard this, his brows were deeply locked, obviously there was still something to understand what Huang Fu Song said, Huang Fu Song saw it in his eyes, and immediately asked, "Does Your Highness have any questions?" ”

Liu Wei nodded and asked calmly: "If Zhu Gong breaks through Yingyang, he can't kill the thieves, right?" ”

"That's natural, it's reasonable to lose the army and get rid of some remnants." Huangfu Song replied according to his words.

"In this case, these remnants fled to Nanton City and truthfully reported the battle in Yingyang, and the guards of Nanton will naturally bring everyone to support, so wouldn't it be in vain for Zhu Gong to cut off Yingshui?"

Huangfu Songshu smiled: "Your Highness, do you know how many miles Yingyang is from Nanton?" ”

Liu Wei didn't know, so he didn't answer.

"Three hundred and fifty miles." Huangfu Song's smile is still the same: "If you sail along the river, the wind is very good, and the middle distance still needs one day and one night to arrive, plus the thief will send troops out of the city, and it will take six or seven days to run three hundred and fifty miles, which is already the fastest speed." ”

"That is to say, if the water source is cut off, the remnants of the army flee to Nanton to report the news, and the thieves will send troops to help, it will take half a month." Liu Wei was immediately amazed, and his heart was amazed.

Huangfu Song smiled and nodded, but he stopped talking.

"Huangfu Gong, our army is going to be stationed in Xiangcheng?" Since Liu Wei understood the key, he naturally had the next speculation.

Huangfu Song twisted his beard and smiled: "Not bad." ”

"How far is Xiangcheng from Yingyang?"

"More than two hundred miles."

"And what about the distance to Yingchuan?"

"One hundred and fifty miles."

Liu Wei thought for a while, and after a while, he asked again: "Yingyang is only a hundred miles away from Yingchuan, if the remnants of the army are really defeated and fleeing, there are several times more people who want to flee to Yingchuan than those who flee to Nanton." ”

"Not bad." Huangfu Song listened to Liu's argument like this, and did not take the initiative to speak, obviously to see what Liu Biao had to do about this matter.

Liu Wei continued to take care of himself and said: "If Yingyang is broken, the Yellow Turban Thieves will lead the troops to help in Yingchuan at the latest, and the troops will be able to come to the city in two days at the latest. ”

Huangfu Song still smiled and said nothing.

"But the Emperor Fu has already made a plan with Zhu Gong?" In the end, Liu Wei still asked Huangfu Songdao.

Huangfu Song shook his head and said: "I have never been careful, Zhu Zhonglang has always been a brave and fierce person, and after such a big attack on the enemy's hinterland, although it seems frivolous and arbitrary, it does not lose the demeanor of a famous general." ”

"The emperor thinks that he is a talented person, but he is a bad seed?"

Huangfu Song shook his head again.

"The Emperor Fu also thinks that Bocai is not an ordinary person, and he should have the ability to see opportunities and make decisions?" Liu Wei continued to ask.

"The name of Bocai is unheard of for ministers." Huangfu Song shook his head and said calmly: "However, I saw that he was not a capable person in the division of troops in Yingchuan County. ”

"That being the case, if Bocai leads the army to encircle the Yingyang Zhu Gong Department, how should the Huangfu Gong care?"

"If it is His Royal Highness, how should I decide?" Huangfu Song asked with a smile.

"When a strong army, rush to the aid of Yingyang, as the emperor said, Xiangcheng is more than 200 miles away from Yingyang, four days of travel, now I have 10,000 troops in front of you, you can arrive in Xiangcheng in a few days, if you can cross the city without entering, go straight to Yingyang, Zhu Gong or can be fine." Liu Wei replied truthfully.

"However, when I received the report of this battle, I had already sent a message to the front army, and I went north at full speed to take Yingchuan."

Liu Wei was shocked, he couldn't even grasp the battle report, and fell off his horse, and the tiger armor behind him quickly dismounted to pick up the battle report and hand it over to Liu Wei. Liu Wei's hands trembled slightly, and he took it in extreme horror.

"What about Zhu Zhonglang? What did he do? Liu Wei asked in a trembling voice.

"I have ordered the Chinese army to march at full speed, dividing 5,000 troops to aid Zhu Zhonglang, and the other 5,000 people to gallop to Yingchuan to prevent Bocai from returning to help."

"If the Chinese army is marching at full speed at this moment, how many days will it take to stay in Yingyang?" Liu Wei continued to ask.

"About seven days." Huangfu Song thought about it for a while, and then gave the answer: "If it is obstructed by thieves along the way, it may be at night." ”

"Zhu Gong may support it for seven days?" Liu Wei was quite angry.

Huangfu Song looked into the distance, sighed and said: "Although Yingyang is a small city, if the besieging side cannot fight the enemy several times, the casualties will definitely not be a small number. If Bocai hits the trick and goes all out to help Yingyang, Zhu Zhonglang is afraid that it will be difficult to support him for even half a day. ”

"Half a day?" Liu Wei didn't seem to believe his ears: "If it's difficult to support even half a day, what's the point of blocking the help of the Nanton thieves?"

"Stopping the help of the Nanton thieves is not the Yingyang that you want to occupy." Huangfu Song said: "If His Royal Highness is a Bocai, he knows that Yingchuan City is a place where soldiers must fight, and suddenly asked Yingyang City to break, how can he be willing to send troops to help?"

"Yingyang and Yingchuan are each other's horns, if Yingyang City is broken, and our army leads to block it, then Yingchuan will be a lonely city. Bocai will never let our army enter Yingyang. ”

"Not bad." Huangfu Song nodded: "Bocai will also send scouts to investigate the reality of our army, so naturally I know that it will take five or six days for our front army to rush to Yingyang, and if his Nanton reinforcements can know the news and rush to Yingyang with the power of a spark, it will only be five or six days."

"Even so, if Ruobo knew that Zhu Gong had not cut off Yingshui and blocked the news, he would naturally not send troops, just wait for the Nanton thieves to send troops to help." Liu Wei realized.

"Exactly." Huangfu Song twisted his beard and head: "Zhu Zhonglang cut off the river just because of that wave to lead the army to attack Yingyang, as he thought, our department will definitely gallop to Yingyang in the starry night, and Yingchuan has nothing to worry about."

"In this way, the Emperor Fu Gong still gave up Zhu Gong in the end?" Liu Wei sighed and said helplessly.

"This plan is Zhu Zhonglang's strategy in the end." Huangfu Song turned his head to Liu Wei and said: "If Yingchuan can't save Yingyang in the future, although Zhu Zhonglang will not be able to escape death, Yingchuan will also change hands in the end." ”

"Isn't Zhu Zhonglang's life worth a city?" Liu Wei couldn't stop drinking.

Huangfu Song stared straight at Liu Wei, his eyes were deep, and he listened to his sonorous words: "Your Highness, either Zhu Zhonglang's life is not worth a city, or my lives of tens of millions of soldiers are not worth this Yingchuan city, for Yingchuan, Zhu Gongwei can die, and my Huangfu Yizhen can also die, Zhu Gongwei's surprise attack strategy is naturally dead, His Royal Highness still doesn't know at this moment?" ”

Liu Wei was speechless, Yingchuan City connects the north and south of Yingchuan County, echoes the Tiger Pass to the north, and echoes the Xuanyuan Pass to the south, which is really the throat of the southeast side of Luoyang, although Zhu Yi's strategy is a desperate fight to injure the enemy and damage eight hundred, but if Yingchuan City can really be obtained, from a military point of view, it is an action of great strategic value.

"But what about after that?" Liu was stunned, and seemed to have fallen into the endless sorrow of Zhu Jun's martyrdom.

"After that, Luoyang will not have to worry about it, our troops will join forces in Yingchuan, and go south to Xu Tu Runan Chenguo, then there will be no worries." Huangfu Song's demeanor was calm, and he looked like a big victory.