In the summer of May, the soldiers and horses of Hedong, who were strong in the army, used troops in the name of Zhang Yang's indulgent soldiers to occupy the city of Hedong, and the two generals Xu Huang and Ganling led the troops from Hedong and went straight to Dongyuan City.

On that day, Lu Bu was still staying at his home in Qin Yilu City, infatuated with Du's graceful carcass, and he had no intention of leaving.

Qin Yilu, who was in the camp outside the city, did not wake up with a hangover, because Lu Bu did not return to the camp, even if he woke up, he could only continue to pretend to be drunk.

Lu Bu's other generals took most of the soldiers and horses and scattered to various places in the jurisdiction, going to attack the township and the dock fort, wanting to plunder the people, livestock, goods and grain on this territory.

So, when the blood-stained scouts hurried into the camp on horseback and shouted urgently, the remaining soldiers of the entire camp began to prepare for defense in a panic, but it was too late.

The vanguard of the Hedong army, with lightning speed, broke through the hastily deployed Lu Bu camp and took advantage of the situation to surround Dongyuan City.

Lu Bu, who was in the city, was surprised to hear that the army of Hedong had been killed, and the military camp outside the city had also been broken by the army of Hedong, where could there still be a heart of resistance, the wall of Dongyuan City was broken and low, where was the place to defend, he hurriedly ordered that while the army of Hedong had not completely surrounded Dongyuan City, the remaining soldiers in the city and the families of the soldiers hurriedly withdrew from the city and retreated to Hanoi.

The incident happened suddenly, and the soldiers and horses in the east of the river suddenly killed. Lu Bu, who retreated in a hurry, didn't have time to gather other generals who were scattered and plundered, and he couldn't take care of the backward family members, so he could only take Chen Wei, Li Hei and other personal guards, step up his horse and gallop, and run in the direction of Jiguan.

Along the way, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and other generals and a number of defeated soldiers were re-gathered, and many generals under Lu Bu did not have time to retreat, such as Song Xian and Hou Chengcheng simply abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and took refuge in the soldiers and horses in Hedong.

Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses unfortunately encountered Xu Huang's army, after being surrounded by the army of Hedong, Zhang Liao fought hard, most of the soldiers around him were killed, his own war horse was also seriously injured and died, he couldn't kill the encirclement on foot, looking at the crossbow machine in the hands of the Hedong soldiers, he had to surrender and be captured.

At this point, Xu Huang's 10,000 soldiers and horses, almost only converging with the advance of Ganling's army, had already recovered the lost territory of Dongyuan, and defeated the 1,000 or 2,000 troops of Wenhou Lübu.

But the goal of the Hedong soldiers and horses was not only to regain the lost territory, after taking Dongyuan, the horses did not stop, and Xu Huang led the army to Jiguan.

Lu Bu's subordinates, who entered Jiguan in advance, only had a remnant of the defeated army, and the army had no fighting spirit, so they could resist the offensive of the Hedong army, so they had to abandon Jiguan again, continue to retreat to Hanoi in a panic, and send people to Zhang Yang of Yewang to report to him.

This time, the soldiers and horses of Hedong did not come just for revenge, looking at their momentum, the soldiers and horses of Hedong wanted to use this excuse to fully capture Hanoi County!

The down-and-out Lu Bu was reminded by Wei Xu and Cheng Lian around him, and soon thought of the deep meaning in it.

The Hedong soldiers and horses used him to lead the army to invade the source of Hedong and attack Hanoi County in a big way, with the purpose of encroaching on the territory of Hanoi County, so Zhang Yang's wild king will become the primary target of Hedong soldiers and horses in the future.

With the defeat of these remnants of the army, he ran to Yewang City, and soon ran into the army of Hedong. In the eyes of Lu Bu and the generals under his command, this time everyone was deceived by Yan Xing in Hedong.

Hedong is not easy to bully, and Hedong's soldiers are strong and strong, compared to Zhang Yang in Hanoi, they are still much better.

Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses are still scattered in other cities, and some of them were sent to the party, and now at this time and the army in Hedong will be defeated, Zhang Yang must only be able to hold on to the city to protect himself, if he runs to the wild king, maybe, he will be trapped in the city like Zhang Yang.

And once Zhang Yang is defeated, maybe he will sacrifice Lu Bu, the first troublemaker, in order to let the Hedong side retreat.

Last time, after Li Dao Guo Yan and others captured Chang'an, they also sent people to Hanoi, and asked Zhang Yang to kill Lu Bu who defected, but Zhang Yang did not feel the strong oppression of Chang'an at that time, and the temptation of high-ranking officials and Houlu was not as great as Lu Bu's, so Lu Bu was safe and sound.

But this time, the soldiers and horses of Hedong are coming to the city, but it is not necessarily.

It is better to take this opportunity to go to Wenxian County, Huai County and other places in Hanoi to replenish the source of troops, grain and grass, and wait and see the battle situation after recovering some strength.

If Zhang Yang can't keep Hanoi County, then he can only find a way out as soon as possible and go to Chen Liu to defect to Zhang Miao.

In the past, he was afraid of Zhang Yang's face, and he didn't dare to plunder in Hanoi, but now that the soldiers and horses in Hedong are attacking in a big way, Zhang Yang is too busy to take care of himself, and it is Lu Bu's opportunity to make a profit.

Lu Bu did not go to Yewang, but went straight to Wen County, originally wanted to gather valleys to train troops and watch the battle situation, but he did not expect that after Xu Huang and Ganling successively attacked Hanoi County, another army of soldiers and horses in Henan was also led by Zhai Hao to cross the river from Heyang Ferry into Hanoi.

Lu Bu, who had an unstable foothold, could only curse this cadre in Hedong in his heart, and marched together with multiple soldiers and horses, obviously planning for a long time, so at the beginning, he put on a posture of wanting to die in Hanoi within two months.

Xu Huang led the army to break through the Kei Pass!

Gan Ling leads the army into Hanoi County!

Zhai Hao of Henan marched into Wen County and defeated the remnants of Lu Bu's army!

The two armies of Xu Huang and Ganling joined forces, defeated Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses in Yewang, and besieged Zhang Yang in Yewang's city!

Zhai Hao led the troops, attacked the city on the periphery of the wild king, and constantly swept the weak cities!

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The battle report of the battle between Hadong County and Hanoi County soon spread to several surrounding forces.

Shaanxi County, Chengzhongguan Temple.

When Zhang Xiu heard the summons, he was walking into the hall when he saw Zhang Ji standing in the hall, ecstatic holding a battle report, and laughing.

"Uncle, what are you?"

Zhang Ji glanced at his nephew, raised the battle report in his hand and said with a smile:

"I said that Yan Yanming in Hedong can endure a lot, and those cities in Xihe will be given to Guo Aduo, and he will retreat after a small victory, without even squeaking. Sure enough, I want to make up for the deficiency, and I fell in love with Zhang Yang's Hanoi County! ”

After Zhang Xiu approached, he stretched out his hand to take the battle report handed over by Zhang Ji, and after reading it hastily, he said in surprise:

"The battle was provoked by Lu Bu, he was defeated in a row, and finally fled, allowing the Hedong army to easily attack Hanoi from two ways."

"Lu Fengxian, he is not stupid, you must not forget, how he ran from Yuan Shu's command to Yuan Shao's command."

Zhang Ji sneered and shook his hand.

On the surface, it seems that he is a defeated general who has lost consecutive battles, but in fact, he understands the situation in Hanoi more clearly than others. In this situation in Hedong, the two armies are advancing hand in hand, where they are just coming for revenge to recover the lost territory, it is clearly premeditated, rushing to annihilate Zhang Yang, all according to the big county of Hanoi. ”

"At this time, where can he resist the army in Hedong, it is better to take advantage of the battle between Hedong and Hanoi, and the people on both sides can't take care of this opportunity of his Wenhou, plunder the population and goods, gather grain and grass, train soldiers and horses, and sit and watch the changes in the war situation in Hanoi."

After listening to his uncle's analysis, Zhang Xiu thought about it and felt that it was reasonable, and had to admit that his uncle's analysis hit the nail on the head, and he saw through Yan Xing in Hedong and Lu Bu in Hanoi.

He recalled the military affairs since the beginning of spring, and exclaimed:

"It's no wonder that since the beginning of spring, Hedong has been taking advantage of us to transport grain, grass and ordnance to Henan by land, on the surface, it looks like he wants to call for exile and restore production in Henan, but in fact, he has set his sights on Zhang Yang, the weakest of the neighboring forces, early on, and wants to concentrate his forces and swallow Hanoi County in one go."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu paused again, looked at Zhang Ji in surprise, and said in surprise:

"Uncle Dare to Love From the very beginning, he saw Hedong Yan Yanming's plan!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Ji smirked and continued:

"Otherwise, you think that I will get out of the way so easily, let Hedong send grain and grass to Henan, and send a message that our army is short of food, and I want to transfer to Wuguan and go to Nanyang to eat!"

"I just wanted to lure Yan Yanming from Hedong to make a move, and sure enough, he couldn't help it, he was young and vigorous, and he actually transferred all the soldiers and horses in Hedong to Hanoi, wanting to eliminate Zhang Yang and Lu Bu in one go, and swallow Hanoi County."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ji looked at the young and heroic Zhang Xiu again, and said without a lack of beating:

"Although Yan Yanming of Hedong is good at using soldiers, he still doesn't see the situation very clearly, he only sees the immediate benefits in his eyes, but ignores that there are strong neighbors around him, his soldiers and horses are stronger than Zhang Yang in Hanoi, but all the soldiers and horses are on the expedition, and the territory is empty, at this time, there will be more powerful opponents to intervene, take them together, and sit on the fisherman's advantage!"

"In the final analysis, he is still too young and vigorous, Xiu'er, your ability to lead troops to fight, the martial arts of trapping and charging, uncle doesn't have to worry, but you still have to take this as a warning for your eye to see people and situations."

Zhang Xiu's father died early, and the uncle in front of him seemed to be his respectful relative, after listening to Zhang Ji's teaching, he nodded hurriedly and said:

"Since the beginning of spring this year, there has been a shortage of rain, droughts in various places, and military rations in prefectures and counties are also in short supply.

Zhang Ji had returned to his position at this time, he listened to Zhang Xiu's words, smiled coldly, and said proudly:

On the surface, the states and counties of the Central Plains are due to the shortage of food and grass and ceased fighting, but in fact, it is not because of the strong power of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, Li Dao and Guo Yan that they cannot annex each other in a short period of time, so they have to suspend the plan."

But at this time, it is an opportunity for other weak forces, and they can take advantage of the fact that these strong forces are unable to take care of themselves, and take the opportunity to swallow up other weak forces to strengthen themselves. I have heard that Cao Cao of Yanzhou raised the banner of avenging his father and attacked Tao Qian in Xuzhou, while Yuan Shu in Huainan was also stepping up his attack on Lujiang and other counties. ”

"At this time, the surrounding forces have been restrained by themselves, unable to take care of the outside, or exhausted from fighting, it is the time for me to wait for my uncle and nephew to use troops on a large scale!"

Listening to Zhang Ji's knowledge of the war situation in various places, as well as his insight into the current situation, Zhang Ji couldn't help but admire his uncle's plan even more, and he couldn't help but say excitedly:

"Since my uncle thinks that the time has come for us to use troops, where do you want to use troops in my uncle's heart?"

"Naturally, it's Hedong! Only a fool would think about an expedition to the labor army, transfer to Wuguan, go to Nanyang to eat, and fight with Liu Biao, and when the Hedong and Hanoi in front of him have been exhausted, it should be my turn to Hongnong soldiers and horses to appear. ”

After listening to Zhang Ji's words, Zhang Xiu was not surprised, but after thinking about it, he said with some hesitation:

"It's really a good opportunity in front of us, but when we were last year, we Hongnong had just signed an alliance with Hedong to form an alliance to crusade against Zhu Jun, but now we suddenly turned our faces and attacked Hedong for no reason, I am afraid that it will cause the jealousy of Li, Guo and Duan Xuan of Huayin in Guanzhong."

Zhang Ji immediately shook his head, looked at Zhang Xiu and said:

"Otherwise, Guanzhong is now dead Fan Chou, Li Dao and Guo Yan are on the same footing, if it weren't for some scruples, they would have already started a war, at this time they wouldn't take care of our Hongnong at all, as for Huayin's Duan Xuan, hehe, I can give Huayin City to his garrison, and I can besiege the city with a large army at any time and take Huayin City back from his hands, he can't protect himself, where dare to meddle in the war."

"As for the excuse of using soldiers in Hedong, I have already thought of this!"

When Zhang Xiu heard Zhang Ji say this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes and looked at her uncle curiously.

I saw Zhang Ji sneering and stretching out a finger, and said:

"Borrow food! I want to send an envoy to borrow grain from Hedong, and I said that my Hongnong's soldiers and horses are going to march to Nanyang to eat, but the grain and grass are not enough, so I will borrow 500,000 stone grain from Hedong first, and when my army has defeated Nanyang, the general grain will be gathered, and then the amount will be returned. ”

Zhang Xiu listened to Zhang Ji's words, and gasped in his heart, secretly sighing that his uncle is really Jiang Gui's nature, and his methods are old and spicy, this big opening is to borrow 500,000 stone of grain, but I am afraid that after the envoy arrives in Anyi, General Pingbei, who is personally received, will be so angry that he will be like thunder.

It's just that when ——, Zhang Xiu lamented that his uncle's methods were old and spicy, he thought of another possibility, and couldn't help but open his mouth and ask:

"Then if Hedong is forced by the army to come out, agree, and first transport a batch of grain and grass to my Hongnong, then won't my excuse for using troops in Hedong be useless?"

Zhang Ji heard Zhang Xiu's consideration, glanced at him approvingly, and continued:

"Hedong is not without resourceful people, Yan Yanming is also a person who understands current affairs, of course he may be like what he did in Xihe last year, take a step back, wait for the opportunity, send us a batch of food, delay us immediately turn around and send troops, so as to give him time to transfer some soldiers and horses from Hanoi."

"Therefore, I will send an envoy to Hedong this time, not only to borrow grain, but also to borrow the road, my Hongnong's army, will pass through Henan, go south to Jingzhou, and attack Nanyang."

"False Dao Defeat!"

After listening to his uncle's words, Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up and he immediately blurted out.