Wu Han led 50,000 Han troops, starting from Luoyang, all the way north, first crossing the Yellow River, going to Hanoi, entering Jizhou, after replenishing a part of the grain and grass in Jizhou, the Han army continued to go north, and soon entered the Dai County of Youzhou.

The Han army went all the way north to Pingshu in Dai County.

Now the main force of Lu Fang's army is in Pingshu, led by generals Jia Lan and Min Kan.

More than 60,000 people from the Jia Lan Department were stationed in Pingshu, and more than 50,000 people from the Minkan Department were stationed in the ancient city of Guangling.

Guangling is an abandoned ancient city, the city defense is not strong, and there will be no people in the city to assist the defenders.

After Wu Han made a judgment on the situation of the enemy army, he decisively chose to attack the Min Kanbu stationed in Guangling.

Wu Han personally commanded the army to attack the city, the morale of the Han army was high, the offensive was like a tide, the strength was equal to the Han army, and the Min Kanbu who held the city was difficult to resist, and hurriedly asked for help from Jia Lanbu.

Guangling and Pingshu are close at hand, Guangling City is an abandoned ancient city, and Pingshu City is actually the new city of Guangling City, and the distance between them is not even ten miles.

After Jia Lan received Min Kan's rescue, he immediately led an army of 60,000 and went out of the city to rescue Guangling.

Wu Han asked Zhu Youdai to continue the attack on Guangling, and Wu Han himself personally commanded 20,000 Han troops, broke away from the siege battle, and took the initiative to meet the Jia Lan troops who came to help.

With only 50,000 soldiers and horses, against more than 100,000 enemy troops, it was clear that the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, but the Han army led by Wu Han had the momentum that our strength was far superior to that of the enemy, and it was attacking the city and taking the initiative to meet the main force of the enemy.

20,000 people faced more than 60,000 Lu Fang's army, the difference in strength between the two sides was huge, Wu Han personally commanded 10,000 Han troops, resisted the enemy head-on, ordered the traitorous general Hou Jin, led 5,000 Han troops, as their own left flank, stormed the enemy's right flank; Ordered Wang Chang, the general of Han Zhong, to lead 5,000 Han troops as his own right flank and slammed the left flank of the enemy.

This is a classic trident formation, and it is also a typical attacking formation.

In Wu Han's dictionary, there was never a defense, even if the enemy was outnumbered, when the two armies clashed, he had to play a powerful attack.

Wang Chang and Hou Jin are both battle-hardened veterans.

Wang Chang was born as the leader of the Green Forest Army, and led the Green Forest Army to run rampant in the world more than ten years ago, and Hou Jin was born in the Western Expeditionary Army.

The Han army led by these two people was like a tiger descending from the mountain, deeply inserted by the two wings of Lu Fangjun.

Jia Lan can also be regarded as the number one general under Lu Fang, but in the face of the trident composed of Wu Han, Wang Chang, and Hou Jin, he is really helpless.

It's not that he can't command troops, it's not that he can't set up formations, and it's not that there is anything wrong with his temporary command, but he really can't fight.

The 20,000 Han troops commanded by Wu Han were like 20,000 death squads, and the soldiers rushed forward to kill with their lives.

And the soldiers of Lu Fangjun did not come to Dai County to play with their lives, but came to Dai County to loot, planning to grab a plate full of money, so that they could go home to live the days of their wives and children hot kang, who wants to play with you?

In terms of momentum, Lu Fangjun, who had more than 60,000 people, lost a large part of the Han army from the beginning, and with the full-scale outbreak of the battle, the morale of Lu Fangjun became more and more depressed with the all-round contact between the soldiers of both sides.

On the other hand, the morale of the Han army is getting stronger and stronger, and the momentum is becoming more and more aggressive.

The two armies of Hou Jin and Wang Chang were like two knives, cutting Jia Lanjun into three sections.

The front army of Jia Lanjun had the onslaught of Wu Han's army in front and the squeeze of Wang Changjun behind it, and more than 10,000 former army officers and soldiers were difficult to take care of, and the camp was in chaos.

Wu Han, who has been on the battlefield for many years, how could he miss such an opportunity?

He rushed to the fullest in the first place, leading his men and men to deliver the final blow to the enemy.

Under the impact of the Wu Han Army, Jia Lan's former army was defeated, and the people were scattered and fled by the Han army.

As soon as the front army was defeated, the middle and rear armies behind were also in chaos.

Seeing this, Jia Lan realized that his own side had no skills in this battle, so he immediately made a decision and ordered all the officers and men of the army to withdraw from the battlefield to the north.

Jia Lanbu wanted to run, Wu Han didn't plan to let them go, he led his troops to chase and kill, Jia Lanbu fled in the direction of Lishi County, the soldiers ran all the way, died all the way, and there were countless casualties.

As soon as Jia Lanbu ran, where did the Min Kanbu in Guangling City still have the heart to defend the lonely city alone.

Afraid that he would be surrounded by the Han army and it would be difficult to get out, Min Kan hurriedly ordered the whole army to withdraw from the north of the city.

Min Kanbu is even worse than Jia Lanbu.

When Jia Lanbu fled, the front was at least unimpeded, and when Min Kanbu fled, there was Zhu You's pursuit behind him, and Wu Han's interception in front.

This battle took place in Pingshu, where the 50,000 Han army led by Wu Han broke the Lu Fang army led by Jia Lan and Min Kan.

After the battle, the casualties of the Han army were less than 10,000, while on the side of Lu Fang's army, Jia Lan's troops lost more than 20,000 people, and Min Zhan's troops also lost more than 20,000 people.

The original army of 110,000 people was only 60,000 after the battle, and there were many wounded soldiers among them.

Jia Lan and Min Kan, as well as the soldiers under his command, were all frightened by Wu Han.

At the beginning, they had fought against Feng Yi's Western Expeditionary Army, and although Feng Yi was powerful in battle, he was not as fierce as Wu Han.

The Han army commanded by Wu Han really didn't want to die in battle, and Wu Han, as the main general, took the lead and didn't want to die, who can bear this?

Lu Fangjun first broke and fled to the Shan clan, Wu Han led the army to chase and kill, Lu Fangjun did not dare to fight, immediately evacuated, and fled north to Beipingyi.

When the Han army chased after him again, Lu Fangjun still didn't dare to fight, and the whole army continued to flee north and ran to Daoren County.

In Daoren County, Lu Fangjun only rested for one day, and before the Han army pursued them, they had taken the initiative to evacuate and continued to go north, running to the junction of Dai County and Bingzhou, Gaoliu County.

Gaoliu County is located in the territory of Dai County, belongs to Youzhou, in the west of Gaoliu County, is the Yanmen County of the state, it is not only the boundary city of the two counties, but also the boundary city of the two states, the location is very important, very strategic value.

If the Han army recaptures Gaoliu City and can resist Lu Fang's army in the territory of Bingzhou, if Lu Fang's army occupies Gaoliu City, it will be equivalent to opening the gate of Daijun, so for Gaoliu, both sides are bound to win.

It's just that at present, Lu Fangjun has been beaten to no morale at all, and the soldiers have no confidence in the upcoming decisive battle.

Facing the great Sima, Wu Han and Wu Ziyan, they never thought that their side still had the possibility of winning.

You must know that although Lu Fang's army is defeated again and again, fleeing and fleeing, there are still more than 60,000 troops to fight, and the current strength of the Han army is only about 40,000 people, in terms of strength, Lu Fang's army still occupies an absolute advantage.

However, in terms of momentum and psychology, Lu Fangjun has completely collapsed, and what people want is to grab more money and food in Gaoliu County, and then they can return to Bingzhou alive and live a few comfortable days.

The soldiers of the whole army have such a mentality, how can this battle be fought?

In Lu Fangjun's view, the battle has been lost, and the situation of the Han army on the other side is also not optimistic.

The Han army is a succession of battles on the battlefield, and it is right to play a triumphant song, but in fact, the Han army is already at the end of the crossbow, not because the Han army's combat strength is not good, but because the army is about to run out of food.

Lu Fangjun was like a locust crossing the border, and wherever he passed, he robbed all the money and grain, and the Han army wanted to solve the food problem on the spot in Daijun, but could not find a grain of grain.

Li Tong raised grain and grass for them from Jizhou, only 20,000 stones, where is this enough for tens of thousands of soldiers to eat?

Tens of thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of mouths, are all open, waiting to be fed, Wu Han has no way to do this.

The life of the Han army was very hard, and the army should have more meals after successive victories on the battlefield, but Wu Han could only continue to reduce meals in order to save food.

At the beginning, it was reduced from three meals a day to two meals a day, and when the Han army was about to approach Gaoliu, there was less food in the army, and Wu Han could only reduce it to one meal a day.

The officers and soldiers in the army are all strong men and young men, and they have to travel long distances, and they have to go into battle to kill the enemy and maintain their physical strength, which is very important, but in the case of one meal a day, where do the soldiers still have physical strength at all?

The situation on the battlefield is so interesting and weird.

The officers and men of Lu Fangjun were already holding the mentality of losing, and the officers and men of the Han army were becoming more and more desperate about the situation of lack of food in the army, and the soldiers on both sides did not think that they could win this battle.

Just when Lu Fangjun was about to take the initiative to evacuate Gaoliu, the relationship between Lu Fang and the Huns played a role again.

The Huns unexpectedly passed through the Great Wall north of Gaoliu, entered Daijun, bypassed Gaoliu County, and launched a surprise attack on the Han army advancing towards Gaoliu.

The Han army was not afraid of the Huns, but the soldiers of the Han army had been starved to the point that their legs were weak and their eyes were dizzy, and in the battle with the Huns, the Han army's operations were not smooth.

But even so, the Han army eventually repelled the Huns and forced the Huns to Gaoliu.

The Xiongnu converged with Lu Fang's army in Gaoliu, which slightly boosted the morale of Lu Fang's army, and the total strength of the army changed from more than 60,000 to more than 80,000.

On the other hand, the Han army, after a battle with the Huns, was no longer able to advance, nor was it able to engage the enemy head-on.

The Han army, which could only eat one meal a day, was stationed at the border of Gaoliu and rested temporarily.

Wu Han urgently sent a letter to Luoyang, and the content was just two words, begging for food.

If there is no more food to deliver, there is no need to engage the enemy, and the side itself will be defeated first.

Liu Xiu also wanted to send food to Wu Han, but Liu Xiu couldn't get food at all now.

Wu Han in the north needs grain, and Geng Yi, Gaiyan and other departments in the west also need grain, and Liu Xiu is already anxious about food.

On this day, Liu Xiu received the news that worried him the most, the Luoshui in Hongnong County was overflowing, the river burst its embankment, and Yiyang, Lushi and other places in Hongnong were affected, and the victims were as many as hundreds of thousands.

This disaster came too badly, when the imperial court was most short of food, there was such a natural disaster, and it happened in Hongnong County.

If it happened in other states and counties, maybe the state and county governments could still find a way to solve it by themselves, but Hongnong was completely unable to solve it by himself now.

In order to support the Western Expedition, the Sili area has just raised grain, and Hongnong is a large county that has donated grain, and the surplus grain of the whole county has been transported to the battlefield of the Western Expedition.

Now that Hongnong County is affected by the disaster, where is the food available in the county government for disaster relief?

The Hongnong County Government could only urgently report to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to provide grain for disaster relief.

When the news reached Luoyang, Liu Xiu was at a loss when he saw it.

The war in the north, at a critical moment, is in urgent need of food, and now Hongnong is affected by the disaster again, and is also in urgent need of food, but at the moment, the food that Luoyang can take out is only 100,000 stone of emergency food, which is not enough at all.

The next morning, the entire court was covered with gloomy clouds.

Liu Xiu looked around at the ministers present and asked: "At present, the predicament of the imperial court, all the monarchs are also well aware, who has a good plan to deal with it?" ”

Taizhong Doctor Han Hao came out of the ranks and said: "Your Majesty, Da Sima has won a series of battles in Daijun, if he is forced to withdraw due to food shortage, it will be a pity!" In addition, Hongnong Yicheng, Lushi and other places were affected, and the victims were as many as 200,000 or 300,000 people, and the imperial court must provide disaster relief in time, otherwise, these many victims ran into Henan and Luoyang, and the capital will be in chaos! ”

Liu Xiu frowned and said in a deep voice: "I know very well how serious the problem is, what I need to know now is how to deal with it!" ”

Han Hao pondered for a moment, raised his head, and said, "Your Majesty, Yu Quanguo...... Raise taxes! ”