After reading the letter, he realized that Yuan Tan had made almost identical suggestions to him. Yuan Tan took the initiative to ask Ying to attack Yuzhou, but in view of his previous experience in besieging Lu County, he felt that the siege was protracted and difficult to achieve results in a short period of time, so he suggested that the infantry besiege the city and the cavalry raid to take the hinterland of Runan. Runan is Yuan's own county, and there are many protégés, old officials, new friends and old friends, and most of them are families with a certain strength, as long as they hold Yuan Shao's warrant, those families will provide food and solve the logistics supply of these cavalry.

Sun Jian and Sun Ce were good at fighting, but they had a weakness that they could not overcome: there were few cavalry. Sun Jian only had more than 300 horsemen around him, and he lacked a source of war horses, so he relied on Bingzhou and Guanzhong to supplement them. In peacetime, there is no problem, once the war starts, the loss of war horses increases, these cavalry can not replenish the war horses in time, the combat effectiveness is rapidly decaying, and they will soon be reduced to a situation of being beaten.

Therefore, even a few hundred cavalry can crisscross Runan. Runan was in chaos, Sun Jian couldn't do anything, Sun Ce naturally wanted to give up Yuzhang and rush back to Runan. Even then, he could not solve the fundamental problem. They controlled Runan by force, but did not win the real hearts of the people, and now Runan is allowed to come and go, and the essence of foreign power and middle cadres is seen through, and their rule naturally collapses.

This strategy was in line with Yuan Shao's intentions, not only to make full use of the advantages of cavalry, but also to make these advantages Yuan Shao's. Yuan Tan also had cavalry, but the number was not large, that is, about a thousand people, which was not enough to undertake the task of attacking Runan in batches, and he had to get reinforcements from Yuan Shao. The rushing cavalry wants to pass through Runan unimpeded, and they also need the support of the Runan family, who will not give Yuan Tan face, but will only respond to Yuan Shao's call.

Yuan Tan undertook the task of besieging the city, but it was difficult for him to break the city, basically there was hard work, no credit, and all the credit went to Yuan Shao, who sent cavalry reinforcements. Yuan Tan put forward this suggestion, which is tantamount to admitting that his ability is limited and cannot be separated from Yuan Shao's support.

This point was something that Yuan Shao couldn't declare, but it was the most satisfying reason, so he immediately accepted the plan.

Fu Zhu's feeling is not exactly the same as Yuan Shao's, but he is not against this plan. This is indeed the most feasible plan at the moment.

Yuan Shao immediately discussed specific matters with Fu Zhi and Tian Feng, who to send to lead the cavalry into battle, and how many cavalry to send into battle.

Tian Feng recommended one person: Liu He. Liu He is the son of Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, who is in the prime of life and is in the prime of life. A few years ago, he was in Youzhou with Liu Yu, and he had a good relationship with the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people, and he was also familiar with cavalry combat. If he is sent to the battle, Liu Yu will definitely be able to support it, and the source of cavalry will be solved. Liu He led the cavalry to fight for Yuan Shao, and the conflict between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu intensified, which would further force Liu Yu and Yuan Shao to form an alliance and contain Gongsun Chan, so that Gongsun Zhan's threat would be minimized.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and praised Tian Feng for his good recommendation, and then sent someone to invite Liu He to come, asking him to write a letter to Liu Yu and ask Liu Yu to send cavalry reinforcements.

After Liu He escaped from Guanzhong, he was first detained by Yuan Shu, and now he was retained by Yuan Shaoqiang, like house arrest, unable to get out, he was already suffocated, and he was very excited to learn that he could lead the army to go out. His father Liu Yu was originally very close to Yuan Shao, but later Yuan Shao wanted to recommend Liu Yu as the emperor, and the relationship became a little stiff. If he can take this opportunity to get back together and fight Gongsun Chan together, it will be beneficial to both of them, as well as to himself. The world is in turmoil, he is in the prime of life, how can he watch others make achievements, but he wastes his years.

More than ten days later, Liu Yu replied to the message, he discussed with a few Wuhuan adults, gathered three thousand Wuhuan elite horsemen, and was already on the way south, asking Yuan Shao to prepare to respond.

A few days later, 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry arrived at Ganling. Yuan Shao arranged for Chun Yuqiong and Wen Chou to go on the expedition with Liu He, and Xun Chen was the military advisor. Xun Chen is Xun Yu's brother, Ru Ying's famous man, and the Runan family has a wide range of contacts, from him into Runan, can assist Liu He, Chun Yuqiong and others to contact the Runan family, borrow military resources, grain and grass, and guide the cavalry to rush to various places.

In the middle of December, the weather was very cold, the Yellow River froze, Liu He and others led 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry to cross the Yellow River and enter Yanzhou. Prior to this, Yuan Tan had gathered 40,000 people to station in Shan Father. Knowing that Liu He was coming, he immediately led his troops to attack Liang State, sent Cheng Yu to take Meng County, Zhu Ling to take Yu County, and he personally led the main force to surround Suiyang.

Lu Dai had already received the news, made sufficient preparations, and defended the city. But he only saw the Yanzhou army led by Yuan Tan, and did not see the cavalry led by Liu He and others. When the scouts who remained outside the city took great difficulty to tell him the news of the large number of cavalry entering the city, he was astonished, but helpless. Yuan Tan was outside the city, he defended the city more than enough, but he was unable to go out of the city to stop it.

A few days later, 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry passed through the Liang State and appeared in Runan. Liu He, Chun Yuqiong, and Wen Chou each led 1,000 people to attack the entire territory of Runan from different directions. Xun Chen sent envoys to various counties to contact his good family and prepare to receive Liu He and others.

The Runan family responded one after another, some only secretly provided grain and grass, and some simply pulled up the banner, attacked and killed the county magistrate, occupied the county seat, and announced their response to Yuan Shao. For a time, people were panicked, and Runan was in chaos.

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Pingyu, on the north shore of Gepi.

Ellan stood in the car, looking at the skyrocketing fire in the distance, and gritted her silver teeth.

Most of the workshop has been caught in flames, countless bearded Wuhuan cavalry galloping on horseback, crazy killing, the cries of craftsmen, the excited shouts of Wuhuan cavalry, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, mixed together, stimulating everyone's eardrums.

Hundreds of Wuhuan cavalry rushed in, and the soldiers responsible for guarding the workshop did not have time to react, and when they rushed out of the camp, the Wuhuan cavalry had already rushed into the workshop to kill people and set fire. Two thousand soldiers centered on the carriage, formed a circle, and waited for the battle. From time to time, craftsmen or family members who survived fled into battle. They gathered around the carriage, some shivering, some crying quietly, and many children were so frightened that they were covered by their parents.

But more people are angry. The workshop has become their home, it is their hard work, and now it has been set on fire by some black-headed Wuhuan people, how can they not hate it. Many young men took up their weapons and automatically assembled to prepare for battle.

The Wuhuan cavalry saw Ellan and tried to attack, but they failed to do so, and dozens of people were knocked down by a rain of arrows. They were very unwilling, galloping back and forth around the circle, the sound of horses' hooves was deafening, and the horses burst to the front of the formation from time to time, shot one or two arrows and quickly left. Some people were hit by arrows, and some people were frightened by the war horses that rushed in front of them, but Chang Nu led the guards to reinforce from all sides, intercepted them in time, and finally maintained the formation, and did not let the Wuhuan cavalry find a chance to break the formation.

The two sides were in a stalemate for half the night, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the Wuhuan cavalry left in a daze and disappeared into the night.

Early in the morning, Xu Kun led two thousand Danyang soldiers to rush to reinforcements, but he didn't see a single Wuhuan cavalry, only the workshop that was burned to ruins and the corpses that were all over the place, and he was so angry that he scolded.