The next day, the army marched north.

Qin Qiong led the Iron Cavalry as the pioneer, mainly responsible for reconnaissance work, and quickly reported back when encountering the enemy.

Di Qing led the front army as the main vanguard, opened the road in the forest, and built a bridge in the river.

In less than a day, the army had crossed the Huai River and entered the boundary of Yuzhou.

Along the way, Qin Qiong's iron cavalry recruited and suppressed many scattered Yellow Turban soldiers.

From the mouths of the captured Yellow Turban soldiers, it was learned that they were indeed soldiers under Fan Chong's command, mainly because of the chaos between Yang Lin and other rebels in the rear of Yuzhou, so that Fan Chong was determined to clean up Runan and avoid affecting the battle between the front and the main force of the Han army.

As mentioned earlier, the troops under Fan Chong's command were much more well-trained than those under the original Yellow Turban Commander, and they reacted more quickly when they encountered attacks.

However, in the edge of Yuzhou here, these Yellow Turbans who came out to search were just the Yellow Turban soldiers that Fan Chong had just recruited, which were relatively much inferior, because it was not Di Qing's turn to make a move, and Qin Qiong's cavalry alone solved them.

As the army approached Runan, the Yellow Turbans became more tightly organized, often just coming into contact with a group of Yellow Turbans, and a large number of Yellow Turbans surrounded them a few moments later.

Qin Qiong led the iron horsemen, although it was easy to defeat these surrounded yellow scarves. However, the cavalry was enough to break through the Yellow Turban formation and even wipe it out, but it was not so satisfactory to say that it was necessary to clean up the results of the battle and control the overall situation. After all, it was only when a large army came to capture the prisoners that the cavalry could cooperate with the army to capture some soldiers who tried to escape.

"General!"

Bao Hong naturally marched with the generals in the Chinese army, and at this time, news came from the front army.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that it was a former army messenger, Bao Hong hurriedly met him.

"Meet the General!" The people who came hurried forward to pray.

"There is no need to be polite in the army! Tell me what happened to the former army? Bao Hong greeted with a smile.

"General Yu, I got the news from the prisoners that the other side has begun to shrink its forces, fortify in Runan City, and prepare to fight our army head-on." The messenger spoke.

"Oh? The news of our army's northward march was known to Fan Chong! Bao Hong smiled. I thought he would send out soldiers little by little to be eaten by us! ”

"Herald Di Qing, Qin Qiong! Don't let your guard down! Bao Hong said in a deep voice, "But since the other party has shrunk the defensive line, then our marching speed can also be appropriately accelerated." So the vigilance work must be more careful! ”

"Yes!"

The heralds, led by the guards, went to collect the tokens.

"A few gentlemen, Fan Chong has made it clear that the carriage and horses are going to have a big fight with us, how do you think we should deal with it?" Sending away the messengers, Bao Hong greeted the staff of the military advisors beside him.

"Where is Dong Zhuojun?"

Several military advisors looked at each other, but it was the old man Ling Jing who took the lead in speaking.

"If Dong Zhuojun has already gone north to attack Yingchuan, or even endangered the battlefield of Changshe, then the other party should not be so calm and relaxed to line up here to confront us head-on."

"But if Dong Zhuojun didn't go north. Instead, he was also attacking Runan, which was even more unreasonable, and Fan Chong could not have the heart to send so many people to hunt down Yang Lin and his righteous army. ”

"So, the first question now is, where did Dong Zhuojun go after defeating Peng Yue?"

Ling Jingyi said that Bao Hong remembered that he had indeed not heard any news about Dong Zhuo from the Yellow Turban captive. Where did that guy run after defeating Peng Yue?

According to Ling Jing's analysis, no matter which path Dong Zhuo takes. Then Fan Chong in Runan can't be like this.

The information is limited, and everyone does not say that they have no opinion on this issue, but can only say that there is no absolute evidence for conjecture. Speaking out affects the overall judgment.

"Don't talk about this, let's just say how we should deal with the Yellow Turban army led by Fan Chong!" Bao Hong ended Dong Zhuo's discussion, "Fundamentally. Our purpose is to support the Changshe battlefield, whether we can defeat Fan Chong is not the key, the key is how to affect the Yellow Turban Army on the Changshe battlefield. ”

"The so-called siege of Wei to save Zhao. Wei was Pang Juan's base camp, so the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao could be implemented. Xi Zhicai said, "As the center of Yuzhou, Runan can be described as a central hub, and it is a very important place to be able to quickly support various places. The other party is now sending heavy troops to guard it, obviously knowing this situation. In addition, the size of our army is not large, and there is no need for a head-to-head showdown. ”

Bao Hong nodded, although the scale of the generals has expanded a lot recently, the number of soldiers is only a little after all, and it is completely incomparable with the army of those local warlords, not to mention the mighty Yellow Turban army.

"In that case, what can we do not confront Fan Chong and them head-on, but also effectively threaten the main force of the Yellow Turban in the Changshe?" Bao Hong continued to ask.

"Since you are not ready to fight with Fan Chong's main force, you can only choose to fight in a roundabout!" Xi Zhicai said with a smile, "The most basic method is undoubtedly to cut off the other party's grain route and cut off the supply of Runan to the frontline battlefield. ”

Cut off the grain!

Bao Hong didn't know what to say for a moment. I remember when I watched the romance, Zhuge Liang Sanqi Zhou Yu said that Cao Cao has always liked to use the strategy of cutting off people's grain roads, and Cao Cao's defense of grain roads is also very strict. But Zhou Yu forced Zhuge Liang to cut off Cao Cao's grain route, Zhuge Liang thought of a way, and said to Lu Su, who came to visit, that it was rumored outside, Zhou Yu was good at water warfare, Lu Su would dig traps and other positions to defend, and land warfare was scum. The angry Zhou Yu gave up the plan to force Zhuge Liang to rob the grain and took matters into his own hands.

Looking back, Xi Zhicai, an early staff member of Cao Cao in the original history, actually robbed grain for the first time, which really makes people don't know what to say.

"In that case, why not add a sound to the west?" Immediately afterwards, Xun You also spoke, "Since the Yellow Turban Army sent Fan Chong to guard Runan, it undoubtedly shows that they also realize the importance of the grain route in the rear. At this time, Fan Chong would naturally deliberately strengthen the protection in this regard. If we attack rashly, we may fall into their calculations. ”

"So we pretend we're going to confront him head-on, and then we're going to steal food?" Hearing this, Bao Hong said with a smile.

"Exactly! Let's just make an attitude of going head-to-head with him, and even send someone to challenge him. Xun You continued, "As long as we attract their attention in the front, then the success rate of the grain robbery in the rear will be greatly improved. ”

Bao Hong nodded, his eyes turned to Li Zuoche, who was playing soy sauce, and Yan Ying and Tian Qi, who arranged government affairs to Yu Yunwen and others, and ran to Yan Ying and Tian Qi to see what they had to say. (To be continued.) )