Shouchun County Shoufu, a white-bearded old man wearing a Taoist robe said to Yuan Shu: "Yuan Gong, the purple qi shown by this talisman is in the land of the Lujiang River, and those who get purple qi can win the world." Now Lujiang is under the rule of Yuan Gong, and the will of heaven is in Yuan Gong! ”

The Taoist priest's name was Zhang Jiong, and Yuan Shu was convinced of the talisman he offered. Yuan Yin stepped forward and bowed to Yuan Shu: "Congratulations to the lord, now the Han Zuo is over, and the lord has the jade seal of the country." This is the mandate of heaven descended on the lord, why doesn't the lord obey the mandate of heaven and stand on behalf of the Han to stand on his own? ”

The strategist Yan Xiang dissuaded: "The lord can't, the Han family is declining, but the number of qi is not exhausted." Don't be in a hurry to claim the emperor, otherwise you will be attacked by the princes of the world! ”

Yuan Yin was Yuan Shu's younger brother, and Yuan Shu saw that Cao Cao was blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he felt that being the emperor could free him from the constraints of the Han court. Yuan Shu stood up and smiled: "Okay! This duke will be called the emperor today to obey the mandate of heaven and sweep away the rebellion in the world, and the secretaries must fully assist this duke. ”

Yuan Shu then proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun and called himself "Zhong Jia". With Jiujiang Taishou as Huainan Yin, he set up hundreds of officials, worshiped heaven and earth according to the Son of Heaven, and ascended to the emperor's throne. Sun Ben and Wu Jing wrote to Yuan Shu, persuading him that he could not, but Yuan Shu did not listen to the persuasion, but because he had to rely on Yuan Shu to fight against Han Xuan, he had to maintain a relationship with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu went to the palace to summon all the officials to discuss, Yuan Shu looked at His Royal Highness's generals, and Yuan Shu was very sorry for the lack of a brave and good fighting Sun Ce. sighed and said to everyone: "Han Xuan is now sitting in Jiangdong, and Sun Ce has also been captured by him. The Zhong family wanted to expel Han Xuan's army in Lujiang first and recover Anhui City. But then Cao Cao and Lu Bu are eyeing each other, what is the best plan for the secretaries? ”

Yan Xiang stepped forward and said: "Lu Bu and Cao Cao have been fighting for a long time, and I heard that Lu Bu has a daughter, and she loves her very much. His Majesty can send someone to Lü Bu to ask for the prince's marriage, reward him greatly, and order him to resist Cao Cao. ”

Yuan Shu asked, "Who can make it?" His Royal Highness stepped forward and bowed: "Han Yin is willing to go." ”

Yuan Shu then sent Ji Ling and Zhang Xun as generals, and Lei Bo as the deputy general to lead Ma Bujun with 50,000 troops to Shu County to assist Liu Xun in expelling Han Xuan.

When the news came, Han Xuan was shocked, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu to say that the first thing the emperor did was to deal with him.

Han Xuan was so anxious that he burned his eyebrows, and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss: "Yuan Shu sent 50,000 troops to assist Liu Xun, plus Liu Xun's subordinates Lujiang has at least 100,000 Yuan Shu troops!" If you have any good ideas, come quickly. ”

Zhang Zhao said: "Yuan Shu arrogates the emperor, and Cao Cao will definitely send troops, but Lu Bu's attitude is unclear. The lord can send someone to Cao Cao to explain his position and ask him for help, and at the same time send someone to Lu Bu to persuade Lu Bu to attack him. Then Yuan Shu's army can retreat! ”

Han Xuan knew that Lu Bu was very likely to send troops, but at the moment, he was blocking the attack of Yuan Shu's army, after all, his troops in Anhui City were only 10,000. 10,000 against 100,000, Han Xuan was not sure, he only hoped that Huang Zhong could hold on until he arrived.

According to what Zhang Zhao said, Han Xuan sent people to Cao Cao and Lu Bu for help. Han Xuan stood up and said: "Yuan Shu's army is strong, I will personally lead the army to Anhui City to supervise the battle, and the matter of Danyang will be related to Yuan Chang and Zibu." ”

Chen Wu said: "Big brother, why do you need to go in person. There will be many brave and unscrupulous people in the Yuan Shu Department, and the eldest brother will allocate me an army of 10,000, and I will bring Ji Ling's head to see me! ”

Han Xuan looked at Chen Wu and said, "Don't underestimate the enemy, this time our army has fewer enemies and more enemies, so we should be a surprise soldier." Chen Wu, I ordered you to be the vanguard, and led the army to go with me. ”

Chen Wu received the order, and Han Xuan looked around at the generals again: "Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, you two each lead 5,000 horses and infantry troops to respond to Chen Wu." Jiang Qin, order you to lead 5,000 sailors to Wancheng to rescue Huang Zhong. Gan Ning, you led the naval army to cover my army to cross the river. Jia Hua and Song Qian, you two will follow me to guard the Chinese army. Xu Rong and Huang Ergou, you are the second greedy wolf, and the soldiers of the second battalion of seven killings are with me, waiting for my military orders. The army is getting out! ”

More than 20,000 Han Xuan's army went to Anhui City to rescue Huang Zhong, leaving Lu Dai, Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun and others to guard Danyang. When Han Xuan's army arrived in Anhui, Ji Ling and Zhang Xun were leading their troops to storm Anhuicheng, and Huang Zhong and Zhang Hong led their troops to resist desperately, barely repelling Yuan Shu's army from attacking again and again.

If Han Xuan's 20,000 army shook the rear of Yuan Shu's army at this time, the outcome would be unpredictable. But Han Xuan didn't dare to take this risk, and Han Xuan asked Chen Wu to lead the army to attack the rear of Yuan Shu's army with bows and arrows first, using the mobility of the cavalry to harass.

Han Xuan couldn't train the white horse, so he could only take the lancers like the Wudang Army to general. Chen Wu was also bold, leading 800 Wudang troops to rush to Yuan Shu's 100,000 army.

"General Ji Ling, there are eight hundred cavalry rushing towards the rear of our army!" A sergeant of the rear army hurriedly came to report.

Ji Ling, dressed in gold armor and red robes, holding a three-pointed two-edged sword, stood on the platform and glared at him angrily: "Just eight hundred cavalry will panic you like this." ”

The soldier said: "I don't know who led these cavalry, all of them were extremely brave, and they constantly attacked the rear of our army with bows and arrows, and hundreds of soldiers were killed and wounded. ”

Zhang Xun said to Ji Ling: "I heard that there is a fierce general named Chen Wu under Han Xuan's account, and I heard that even Sun Ce was defeated in his hands, General Ji Ling must be cautious!" ”

Ji Ling looked at Zhang Xun and said, "General Zhang Xun, since this is the case, you will lead your troops to rescue the rear army." The siege of the city was handed over to the general. ”

Zhang Xun had no choice but to lead his troops and horses to meet Chen Wu. Chen Wu saw that Yuan Shujun turned back to rescue, and hurriedly led the army to retreat, and Zhang Xun chased after him.

Zhang Xun saw that he was getting farther and farther away from his own formation, and wanted to give up the pursuit, but Han Xuan led the army to suddenly kill at this time, and Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng led the troops to kill. Zhang Xun's troops were shocked and hurriedly retreated, and Han Xuan led the army to cover up and kill for a while, beheading more than 1,000 people.

Zhang Xun fled back in embarrassment, and Ji Ling laughed and said, "Why did General Zhang Xun look like this? Hahaha. ”

Zhang Xun lowered his head in shame and said, "Han Xuan led the army to ambush, and I fell for his ambush. General Ji Ling should be careful, Han Xuansu is good at using soldiers, in my opinion, it is better to stop the siege first and go to find Han Xuan's main force for a decisive battle. ”

Ji Ling's smile gradually disappeared, and he ordered: "Order the siege army to stop the siege, and order Lei Bo to lead five thousand troops and horses to explore the road first, General Zhang Xun, you and I will lead the army to follow." ”

Of course, Han Xuan would not lead his army to attack Lei Bo's advance force, once he was entangled, Zhang Xun and Ji Ling's 50,000 troops would catch up, and he would be surrounded.

Han Xuan led his army to retreat to Zongyang and rendezvous with Gan Ning, who was waiting there. Han Xuan divided the 20,000-strong army into ten roads, with more than 2,000 people on each road, and walked in three directions: northeast, north, and northwest.

Each unit has Han Xuan's general flag, Ji Ling and Zhang Xun led the army to chase after them, and when they saw Han Xuan's division of troops, they hurriedly sent the scout battalion to investigate. All the fast horses sent messages to say that these ten teams had Han Xuan's general flag, Ji Ling scolded this Han Xuan in his heart for not playing cards according to the routine, and the ancients only had one banner in the army.

Zhang Xun asked to himself, "Which military horse is where Han Xuan is?" Or are these ten suspicious soldiers? ”

Ji Ling clenched the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand and said, "It doesn't matter which one of them is right or not, our army will also divide its troops to pursue." I will lead 10,000 troops to attack the middle one, General Zhang Xun, you pursue the east one. Lei Bo, you pursue this one to the west. ”

Lei Bo dissuaded: "The general can't divide the troops!" Han Xuan's army is brave and brave, if the division of troops is in Han Xuan's plan, let him break us and the others. ”

Ji Ling scolded: "You are a small general, how dare you question this general? Could it be that you were defeated at the hands of Han Xuan and were afraid? ”

Zhang Xun also persuaded: "It's better to meet General Liu Xun first, and then divide the troops to chase after 100,000 troops." It is expected that no matter how good Han Xuan's army is, it is impossible for each army and horse to be able to fight against 10,000 with 2,000! ”

Ji Ling said disapprerovingly: "At that time, Han Xuan had already slipped away, how else could I catch that Han Xuan?" ”

Ji Ling divided his troops into ten routes, with 5,000 soldiers and horses each, to chase Han Xuan. The military horses led by the generals sent by Ji Ling were defeated by Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng and other generals.

Ji Ling led 5,000 troops to pursue him, and saw Han Xuan's general flag from a distance. Ji Ling waved his army to kill, Han Xuan's army was defeated, he threw away his armor and fled, Ji Ling chased after him and shouted with laughter: "Han Xuan, today I, Ji Ling, will capture you alive!" ”

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