Ji Ling was rescued by his subordinates, and Li Jin saw that there was no hope of killing, so he waved his spear and killed the enemy horsemen who rushed over one by one, and jumped on an ownerless horse.

The horse followed the dynasty and rushed forward, Chen Lan and Chen Ji rushed towards Li Jin with their personal guards, Li Jin turned his body sideways, and dismounted the enemy generals who were chasing from behind one by one.

Chen Lan and Chen Ji were no exception, one was knocked away after fighting, and the other was stabbed to death with a horse pistol.

Er Chen was killed and injured, so frightened that the horsemen did not dare to follow, and turned around and ran back to their own formation.

Li Jin didn't have a head, and rushed straight to the city gate, Xiao County gate, and Li Jin returned safely.

Ji Ling, who had palpitations, stared at the place where the battle just now, the corpses of more than a hundred people and the horses that had lost their control, and he was stunned.

If it had been evening, he would have probably been one of those corpses.

"Collect Chen Ji's body, clean up the battlefield, and retreat ten miles!"

Several generals died, hundreds of people were broken, morale plummeted, and there was no hope of attacking, and Ji Lingzhi chose to retreat.

The battle situation was reported to Yuan Shu here, and Yuan Shu scolded his mother.

"Rubbish! Even Li Jin can't kill him, he is only one person, and he can't kill him when he goes out of the city alone, what is he going to eat. The more Yuan Shu thought about it, Li Jin was just a little-known person before, and he crippled Ji Ling and the others as soon as he made a move.

How could Xu Ding's subordinates always have such fierce generals.

"The lord now seems that this first lieutenant army is not a weak army, Li Jin is so good, this Li Cheng is also very human, otherwise Xu Ding would not have sent only one foot soldier to support Xuzhou." Yuan said:

"I don't think it's necessary to test Xiapi, it's better to concentrate on breaking through and attacking Lu County."

I used to think that Xu Ding had never allowed the First Army to go out to fight, and I thought that the First Army was very weak and that it was to protect Li Quan.

Now it seems that if it can be ranked first, the strength of the first lieutenant army should be ranked in the top few, not to mention the strongest.

None of the Li family is simple.

Li Jin's wonderful performance overturned Yuan Shubu's original image of the First Army at once.

Of course, if Xu Ding is here, he will definitely laugh.

The top ten lieutenant armies are not ranked by strength, but only because of the different chronological order of their establishment.

The strength of the first lieutenant army is really not strong.

The martial arts of Li Gan and Li Quan's father and son can only be said to be average, and they are a little far from Li Jin and Li Dian brothers.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why Li Jin fought alone, he knows very well what kind of strength his uncle has, the first army rarely fights abroad, if he can't establish some authority, the enemy army will inevitably treat the first lieutenant army as a soft persimmon.

Uncle Li Gan's Xiapi City was bound to be fiercely attacked by Yuan's army.

That's why he went out of the city against Wang Xiu's instructions to fight a dangerous battle.

Yuan Shu thought for a while and said: "Yaoqing, didn't you say that attacking Lu County is very vulnerable to being attacked by Pengcheng and Xiapi State, even if we break through Lu County, it is not safe to occupy Pengcheng or Xiapi, and we can't advance to Danxian with peace of mind, why do we have to attack Lu County first now?" ”

"Yaoqing, didn't you say that Wang Xiu's cloth is a long snake formation? We need to start from both ends, attack the middle, and be easily attacked by the snakehead and snake tail, even if we can break through Lu County, we can't safely kill Danxian and go deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou. Yuan Shu asked puzzled.

The strategy proposed by Yuan Jian is diametrically opposed.

Yuan Jian said: "The lord is here and now, at first we thought that the first captain was very weak, and we could use our advantage in strength to attack from both sides, killing the head and tail of the snake first.

Now it seems that our judgment has been wrong, and we need to adjust our strategy and concentrate on attacking Lu County.

There is no strong army of the first lieutenant army here in Lu County, they are all Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers.

These Danyang soldiers are indeed elite soldiers, but they don't have decent command, Wang Xiu only let a Yan Jian supervisor who is not familiar with military affairs, which is a big loophole for him. ”

Yuan Shu stared at the map, looked at it again and again, and then said: "There is no problem in capturing Lu County, but what about after capturing it?" How do we deal with the first lieutenant army on both wings, if Wang Xiu and Xue Zong order at the same time, and rush to the aid of Lu County at the same time, we will be caught in passivity, and it will be easy for him to close the door and beat the dogs, and encircle and annihilate us. ”

"There are two ways, one is that we open up the way to Danxian, get in touch with the family in Xuzhou, and obtain their support, so that after our army passes, we can completely ignore Wang Xiu's first lieutenant army, go straight to Danxian, take Tao Qian, and then the center will blossom, and in turn surround Wang Xiu and them." Yuan Shu said at this time, Yuan Shu frowned slightly, he didn't use the name of the fourth and third princes as well as Yuan Shao, and the family in Xuzhou was like leaving him, and he ignored him, and wanted them to be the internal response, which was a bit suspenseful.

So Yuan Jian then said: "The second method, we will concentrate on breaking through Xiapi, attack Lu County first, lure the snake out of the hole, on the one hand to block Wang Xiu's reinforcements from Pengcheng, and on the other hand wait for Li Gan, Jiang Qin and others to come out of Xiapi, the main force will attack the empty Xiapi, no matter what method is used, in short, take Xiapi first."

As soon as Xiapi is broken, we will be able to go deep into other places in Xuzhou, and at the same time, Wang Xiu should be in a hurry, because we can quickly kill from the direction of Liangcheng to Danxian, completely bypassing Li Jin and Wang Xiu, as well as the various Xuzhou soldiers and horses deployed behind Lu County. ”

Yuan Shu said: "Except for these two, there is nothing else?" ”

Yuan Jian shook his head: "Is there no more at the moment?" Unless we have a strong enough water army, we will go east along the Huai River. ”

Yuan Shu thought for a while, and finally said: "Okay, just according to the method you said, I hope this time we must succeed, we can't be dragged by Wang Xiu for too long, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zhan may not be able to buy us too much time, Xuzhou we have to eat as soon as possible." ”

Regardless of whether the alliance attack Xu was successful, Yuan Shu felt that taking Xuzhou early would have an advantage in the face of any kind of outcome in the future, and he would not give up halfway.

After so many years of crusading against Dong Zhuo, he is very eager to expand and occupy more territory.

But after so many years of fighting, the territory has shrunk, and others have grown one by one.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, Yuan Shu's heart is uncomfortable.

Faced with the sudden concentration of Yuan Shu's army to attack Lu County, Wang Xiu and the others did not react much.

In fact, he deliberately let Yuan Shu fight.

The reason why Lu County seems to be very weak is not just an introduction?

is to let Yuan Shao go and knock here.

Because Yuan Shu's army was transferred from the two wings to the middle, it would take some time, and it would take some time to build the pontoon bridge.

Procrastination is one of Wang Xiu's major strategies.

Yuan Shu's army crossed the river and stormed Lu County for a day, the city changed hands, and Yan Jian withdrew with his soldiers and horses.

The situation of the first land that Yuan Jian expected did not happen, and neither Wang Xiu nor Li Gan sent troops to support Lu County.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's army did not have a chance to take advantage of the weakness to attack Picheng.

Jiang Qin's army was straddling in the two rivers outside Xiapi City, and did not give Yuan Jian a chance.

"Peng Cheng and Xiapi haven't moved, what about Xiao County?" Yuan Chuan asked the scouts on his side.

The spy replied: "There is no movement in Xiao County, the enemy army is quiet, and the navy and army continue to adopt a conservative strategy, shrinking in the city and on the opposite bank. ”

"What does Wang Xiu mean by this? It's so easy for us to take Lu County, what does he want to do? "The victory came too quickly, too easily, but it made Yuan Lian feel unreal.

As a resourceful man, he learned that this was not so simple.

Ignoring the other party's intentions is a taboo for soldiers.

Yuan Shu didn't care about this, and said directly: "Yaoqing, since Lu County is broken and there is no movement on the two wings, let's directly send troops eastward, first sweep Wuyuan and Fu Yang and other places, and catch Tao Qian." ”

Yuan Jian said: "Lord, I don't think it's better to rush eastward, it's okay to send a forward to try to move forward, or wait for Peng Cheng's reaction, and contact the family in Xuzhou, especially the Cao family, and try to win them over, this time I feel that the atmosphere near Xuzhou is a little weird."

We haven't seen through what Wang Xiu wants to do, so we can't move forward rashly. ”

Yuan Shuda frowned, now that the long snake formation has been broken, he still doesn't dare to move forward, and he still plays guess with Wang Xiu, isn't it stupid?

However, Yuan Shuzhi listened to Yuan Shu's opinion very much, so he said: "Okay, I will wait for three days, and after three days, there will be no other moves, the army will advance into Danxian, as long as heavy troops are sent to guard Lu County, even if Wang Xiu and others want to seize and surround us in Xuzhou, our army is not afraid of him." ”

In order to guard against Wang Xiu's move, Yuan Shu ordered Runan to send 50,000 troops to the east to build its own grain route and back road.

This coincides with Yuan Lian.

Muhara Castle!

Cao Bao and a group of family representatives quietly gathered, and when they saw that everyone had arrived, Cao Bao said: "I believe that the one in the west has been in contact with each family, what do you think?" ”

"I think it's okay, now the old man's meaning is obvious, he wants to go all the way to the dark, and he doesn't care about our life or death, why should we call Xuzhou's life and death!"

"That's right, now half of the military power is given to Wang Xiu and others, and there is also the shadow of Qingzhou in government affairs, once the threat from the west is gone, the old man will immediately send Xuzhou to Xu Ding, and then our real hard days will come."

"Although the one in the west has this to show reliability, but he is also the fourth and third dukes, everyone has the same interests, he has won Xuzhou, and he must reuse our Xuzhou people!"

"That's right! That's right! If we continue like this, we will be annexed by Qingzhou sooner or later. ”

In the midst of a voice falling west, someone suddenly said worriedly: "But can this one in the west really protect Xuzhou, can he stand on his feet?"

Yuzhou Mountain is in my Xuzhou, Donghai County, Langya County, and Guangling County are all next to the Yellow River, who can stop the Qingzhou water army, are we? It's still the one on the west side.

Are we going to move west? ”

As soon as this person's words came out, everyone was dumbfounded, and they were all silent and did not speak.

Except for one Xiapi country and Pengcheng country, the other counties are all by the sea.

The edge of the Qingzhou Navy has not been stopped so far.

What's more, Xia Pi and Peng Cheng are also penetrated by Surabaya and Huaishui, and where can they be migrated.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the people from Guangling County did not come, and the people from Langya County did not come, I think their attitude is obvious." Cao Bao glanced at everyone, and then said:

"My suggestion is to stand in line first, Yuan Shu and Hao, Xu Ding, it is not our ideal candidate, let them fight first, who can really stand in Xuzhou in the end, we are voting with our feet."

"But now that this Yijing in the west has captured Lu County, the next step is coming at us." Cao Bao's thoughts are similar to everyone else, and they don't want to stand in line, and now the world is too chaotic.

The last time Chen Jiayi took the initiative to stand in line, he was removed from Xuzhou.

Investment is risky, and you need to be cautious.

"What are you afraid of, Wang Xiu and Yan Jian can't stop Yuan Shu, Xiahou Bo can also block Yuan Shu, and our army can block it, Yuan Shu wants Wuyuan City, so let him take it?" Cao Bao sneered:

"Yan Jian can retreat strategically, can't we, he goes east, we go north. I believe that Yuan Shao is not a fool, and naturally understands that there is no point in beating us. ”

"That's good!"

"Yes! Yes! Let them fight, and we will also retreat strategically. The crowd chimed in.

So under the leadership of Cao Bao, three days passed on Yuan Shu's side, and he did not receive the news of the Xuzhou family's service, and of course he did not receive the news of refusal.

It's as if mud had been thrown into the sea, and it had never happened at all.

For this reason, Yuan Shu was so angry that he scolded Cao Bao and the others again.

"Lord, this may not be good news, since the family in Xuzhou does not want to serve, but they did not refuse, this is the acquiescence of us to take Xuzhou, as long as we take Danxian and capture Tao Qian alive, they will depend on us whether they are willing or unwilling." Yuan Jian persuaded optimistically.

"Hmph, I'm slowly cleaning them up when I take Xuzhou." Yuan Shu said: "Now immediately send troops, wipe out Xiahou Bo and Yan Xuan, and take Wuyuan City." ”

Soon, Ji Ling led the army straight towards Xiahou Bo in the east.

Xiahou Bo resisted Yan Jian as ordered, and continued to retreat eastward, setting up roadblocks along the way, but finally retreated to Zushui and retreated to Liangcheng.

Then Ji Ling waved his army to the north to take Wuyuan City.

Xiahou Bo retreated to Liangcheng, and Ji Ling could not cross the river in this area to the east, otherwise he would be attacked by Jiang Qin of the downhill country.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's army must take Wuyuan City first, cross to Donghai County, and attack Danxian from north to south.

In this way, the route of Yuan Shu's army was stretched again.

Not surprisingly, Wuyuan City was knocked down by Ji Ling with almost no effort.

Of course, Cao Bao and the others waited for Ji Ling to attack for half an hour before retreating.

After all, fake fighting is also a technical job, and it must be pretended to be presentable, not too stumbling.

Of course, Ji Ling didn't chase Cao Bao, he thought that this was not the first time he had fought with Cao Bao's goods, and this guy was not worthy of being a martial artist.

Every time, I ran away obediently without fighting.

Therefore, Binding Yang City is just a stone's throw away, but it is still in the hands of Cao Bao and the others, and Ji Ling is not interested in fighting them at all.

After capturing Wuyuan City, Yuan Shu's army crossed Donghai County, and then diverted to the east to attack Danxian.

Pengcheng!

Wang Xian was playing chess with others, and when the middle-aged man on the opposite side fell into the sunspot, he let out a long sigh: "I lost a son and a half, and I let you win again!" ”

The middle-aged man on the opposite side smiled: "Although Shuzhi lost one and a half sons on the chessboard, he won one and a half sons on the battlefield, and this boring game can end early." ”

"The chessboard is the chessboard, the battlefield is the battlefield, and the game is not at the last moment, who knows who the winner belongs to?" Wang Xiu shook his head slightly, reached out and picked up the white son and put it in the chess box and said:

"But since Zibu is confident in this, I think I should be able to win, so let's complete this most crucial step together."

The middle-aged man stood up and hugged his hands and saluted: "My lord, please do what you want." ”