"Ladies and gentlemen, the Xiongnu invaded the territory of our Han Dynasty, destroyed my clothes, slaughtered the scholars, and in Taiyuan, the people were displaced and complained. The virtuous county in the territory rose up to resist, and was also ruthlessly slaughtered by that Liu Yuan. Such alien thieves are more troubled than Dong thieves. Now we are waiting for the volunteers to come here, unite as one, unite as a thief, and return the peace and tranquility of the people of the state. Let that Liu Yuan see my heroic style, which is beyond his humiliation! The princes gathered to discuss matters, and Yuan Shao was in the main position and talked eloquently.

"Yuan Gong is right, resisting the Huns is the righteousness of the world, and my Sun Jian is willing to lead his sons and daughters to be the vanguard of the army. I want to see how much the neck has hardened over the years! As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, Sun Jian got up and answered, arrogant, attracting applause from the audience.

"Brother Wentai is brave!" Cao Cao got up and praised at this time, but then his eyes were slightly condensed, and he slowly said his thoughts: "But today's Huns are different from the past, and they must not be underestimated." Tens of thousands of cavalry troops equipped with stirrups and shoes have more than doubled their destructive power, and I am afraid that everyone here has experienced this! ”

In addition to Zhang Yan, the remnant of the Yellow Turban, everyone present had some contact with the new-style cavalry, especially Yuan Shao and Sun Jian. Yuan Shaozai sighed: "Meng De's words are reasonable, I also underestimated Liu Yuan and the Hun army before, and Fang Zhiyang was defeated!" ”

"Our heroes gather here, watch the princes, before the battle, how can we show cowardice. The Hun cavalry is sharp, and the elite soldiers under my command are not weak! Seeing Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's "jealousy" of the Huns, Sun Jian immediately cheered up.

"Yes, Sun Poyu is a real hero, I, Zhang Yan, am willing to lead my sons and daughters to fight!" Zhang Yan couldn't interject all the time, and finally couldn't help but interject at this time.

Everyone looked at it, and not many people looked at this kind of yellow scarf remnant. I don't know where it came from, and dare to fight with them in the summer, although it has the name of a general in a difficult situation, it is not a rat ant who shrinks in the mountains. Or he led the Montenegrin army of 20,000 to come, and he could use it, and there was a place for him above this hall.

"My lord! Ladies and gentlemen! At this time, Xu You got up and saluted, and ordered someone to take the Taiyuan map and said: "In view of the previous defeat, it is not that the soldiers of our army are not brave enough, but they are underestimating the threat of the Hun cavalry to our army's back road!" ”

Avoiding the important and talking lightly, attracting everyone's attention, Xu Yu stroked his beard and said: "Now, Cui Taishou of Yanmen is threatening Jinyang from the north, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou has led his iron cavalry to the west, I am equal to this, and I should also raise troops to the north, and the three parties will work together to attack Xia, Liu Yuan will be attacked on several sides, and our pressure will be much less." This time, we should be more cautious, step by step, and advance layer by layer, so as not to give the Xia army an opportunity to take advantage of. At the same time, the strength of the Xia army lies in the cavalry army, our army should be mounted by cavalry, and the elite cavalry under the command of all the princes should be gathered in an army, even if it is not its opponent, it will not give up the initiative to the enemy when fighting. ”

"Ziyuan is talking about this, I'm afraid that it will not be enough to deal with Xia Jun!" Cao Cao asked with a slight squint.

"Not bad! According to this method, our army marches cumbersomely, and we have to always take care of the back road, and we can barely deal with Liu Yuanxia's cavalry, but it is almost impossible to defeat and repel it! Xu You said loudly.

Everyone looked at him, Xu You enjoyed this kind of attention, and chuckled: "If you want to defeat the Xia army, you should use strange and risky." Our coalition army can gather large troops, go north with great fanfare, attack the city and break the thieves, recover the lost territory, and attract the Xia army to the south. At the same time, another division was sent from Gu County to the west along the Tong River! ”

"Jinyang!" Cao Cao and Sun Jian let out a loud sigh at the same time, their eyes shining.

looked at Yuan Shao, saw his relaxed appearance, and at the same time arched his hand: "Yuan Gong!" It works! “

"It's just that who led the army to copy Liu Yuan's back road?"

Everyone looked at Zhang Yan.

……

The preparations were sufficient, and in less than a day, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Wang Kuang led a large army to march to Taiyuan, aiming directly at Mianshangju in the west.

"General! I can't stand it, so let's get out! "Mianshangju, this small stronghold, Yan Rou was ordered to guard here. However, at this moment, facing the pressure of an army of almost 25,000 people from Yuan Shao and others' coalition army, they were in danger, and after several fierce attacks, some of Yan Rou's men and horses lost more than half of them, and they couldn't stop it.

Yan Rou stood on the top of the village, looking at the dense and fiercely attacking Han army, and didn't know what to think in his heart. Terrier Yang once, and now he gathers again, and he Yan Rou has to flee again.

"Withdraw!" With a roar, Yan Rou decisively led the remnants of the army to withdraw from Mianshangju and retreat to the northern boundary without hesitation.

The coalition forces took advantage of the situation to occupy Mianshang, and after a short pause, they continued to advance northward.

Yan Rou led the remnants of the defeated army, rushed to the north in a hurry, and fled outside the city of Jiexiu, where he wanted to enter the city to rest for a while, and saw Liu Qiu leading the army to the north.

"Prince Qiu!"

After looking at Yan Rou's defeated army for a while, Liu Qiu had a little contempt in his eyes, and said solemnly: "I am ordered by the king to accept your withdrawal north to Jicheng!" ”

"What about the southern counties?"

"All to the Han Army! Without further ado, can you still run? Liu Qiu's voice was slightly cold.

A trace of shame flashed on her face, Yan Rou gritted her teeth and said, "Yes!" After that, he followed Liu Qiu and marched north.

The alliance of princes was not in a hurry, but marched slowly and steadily. Yuan Shao was not in a hurry, Jiexiu, Wu County, Zhongdu and other counties moved, the Xia army withdrew, and the counties and clans reacted, gathered people to seize the city, and welcomed the "Wang Shi".

Yuan Shao and the others, just like that, did not encounter any resistance, and easily went north again and occupied Qi County. Learned from the previous lesson, the army was stationed in Qi County, and the horses and horses were strong, and they did not move again.

Standing at the head of Qi County again, Yuan Shao sighed with sincerity: "Two months ago, I was here with a large army, but I ventured into the north and was broken by the Xia army!" Now, I will never make the same mistake again! ”

Guo Tu and Feng Ji stood behind them, and when they saw that Yuan Shao's tone was a little embarrassed and angry, they couldn't help but persuade: "Lord! ”

Immediately, I heard Yuan Shao laugh a few times: "Go!" Summoning all the gentlemen, it's time to discuss what to do next in Qi County! ”

Jinyang, hearing the arrival of the Han army, Liu Yuan said contemptuously: "This Yuan Shao really doesn't have a long memory!" ”

Resolutely ordered to abandon the southern counties, and wanted to lead the Han army north, and give him another hand. However, Liu Yuan also knew that Yuan Shao suffered a big loss last time, and this time he was afraid that he would not rush north again. It's just that, whether it's hooked or not, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

Now that the soldiers are strong and strong, Liu Yuan originally intended to lead the heavy troops to the south and fight with the enemy on the front line of Zhongdu and Jiexiu, but in that case, it will become him Liu Yuan who fights on the long line, and the terrain in the south is complicated, which is not good for him. Don't look at him now occupying Taiyuan, but it is still the Han army that is fighting at home. Taiyuan was unstable, and Liu Yuan did not dare to go south rashly.

The most important thing is that Liu Yuan always felt that the Han army was really strange here. Even though his Xia army had the advantage at this time, no matter how convenient it was, Liu Yuan still didn't dare to be careless.

Cao Cao and Sun Jian are not easy to deal with, and when he first heard that the coalition army had these two people, Liu Yuan was very surprised.