"King, the Han army retreated, and our army should continue to press south! Avenge the fallen soldiers! Bald Rose dragged his wounded body and said in a hateful voice. In the battle the day before yesterday, he was defeated by Sun Jian, begging to live on foot, this "cannon fodder army" that came south with Liu Yuan and played a huge role is no longer an organization, and only a few thousand and a half remnants of the army are defeated, and Bald Guilai hates it very much in his heart.

glanced at Bald Rose: "You sober up!" Seeing Liu Yuan's calm expression, Bald Guilai's expression was stagnant, and he didn't dare to answer.

Kebineng got up at this time and reported: "King, the last general thinks it is impossible." Looking at the performance of the Han army during these days, it seems that it is deliberately luring our army south, there must be a conspiracy, although the last general does not know what it is, but please beware of the king! ”

Liu Yuan smiled coldly when he heard this: "Kebineng's words are to the point!" With the arrival of the opportunity, this Xianbei will slowly reveal itself like a broken bag, and it will be more and more valued by Liu Yuan.

"Do you know how many Han troops are there in Taiyuan today?" Liu Yuan asked abruptly.

"Brother Wang! The news from the Shangdang, coupled with the size of its battalion last time, should have 40,000 or 50,000 people! Liu Qiu responded.

Liu Yuan said with a smile: "In the previous battle, Yuan, Cao, Sun, and Wang saw all the armies, but Zhang Yan, the black mountain thief, was not seen. Gu dared to predict that the Han army in the south was really bluffing, and its soldiers and horses were only more than 20,000! ”

"If it is as the king said, our army has no need to be afraid, 20,000 sudden cavalry, just go south to break it!"

"Reckless!" Liu Yuan scolded secretly in his heart: "The one who is worried about the lonely now is Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, with nearly 20,000 people, and it is impossible to have no trace." Not in the coalition camp, where should it be! ”

No one answered in the tent, Liu Yuan already had an answer in his heart, and said slowly: "Gu has sent Xu Bu Chiyi from Hedong to the east to enter the party and copy the back road of his coalition army. Now it seems that Zhang Yan is only afraid of attacking my rear as well! ”

When Kebi and Liu Qiu heard this, they couldn't help but look at the map of Taiyuan hanging in the tent, and their eyes followed Tongguo Water from east to west, Yuci, and then Jinyang!

"Jinyang's troops are empty, our army has a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance hoarded there, if the enemy army attacks, it will be in danger, and please ask the king to come back as soon as possible!" Kebi can decisively ask for his life.

Liu Yuan stared at the map and ordered solemnly: "Servant Gu Huaijing, you lead the soldiers of the Northern Army to travel lightly, and quickly go north to support, and the lone army will follow." Regardless of whether Jinyang is in danger or not, Lone will lead the army to return to the north! ”

"What about the Han army in the south? If it's approaching from behind? ”

"If they learn that Subu Chiti is in the Shangdang and dare to march north, then even if they fight hard and suffer heavy losses, they will be left behind!"

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"Ladies and gentlemen! The Xia army has retreated north, and Zhang Yan has already made a move, but I am afraid that Liu Yuan will notice it! On the Jingling side, Yuan Shao sighed when he heard the news: "It's a pity that we are preparing here!" ”

On the front line of Jingling and Zhongdu, Yuan Shao and others had already set up a pocket array in order to deal with Xia Cai's terrain, two hundred iron sword chariots, thousands of rhubarb crossbows, and thousands of large and small crossbows. Even a few days of rain are counted.

Liu Yuanruo relied on the mobility of his summer ride, and thought that the southern counties could be reached, and if he crashed into it, he would definitely not be able to please the counties with complicated terrain.

It's a pity that since Liu Yuan went south, he has always had doubts in his heart, but now when he saw that things were not good, he returned north without hesitation, which made the plan of Yuan Shao and others come to naught.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you want our army to take advantage of the situation to advance north?" Yuan Shao asked, affected by the previous defeat, there was obvious hesitation in his tone at this time.

"Lord, the Huns are fleeing north, and it is the time for our army to march!" Yan Liang said excitedly.

"What do Meng De and Wentai think?" Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

"No, you can!" The two had diametrically opposite reactions.

Immediately afterwards, several minds of the coalition army debated whether to march north to pursue the Xia army. Sun Jian and others thought that the army was not afraid of Xia cavalry at all, so they should take advantage of the situation to march and cooperate with Zhang Yan's actions in the north to defeat Liu Yuan. Cao Cao's side believed that the situation in Jinyang was unclear, and the main force of the Xia army was still there, so he should not take it lightly and rashly send troops north.

"Lord!" Just as the argument was endless, Guo Tu stepped into the account in a few steps and said: "There is news from Tongyu that there is an army in the east of the river that has crossed Huotai Mountain and attacked Shangdang!" ”

"What!" Yuan Shao was immediately shocked: "Hedong Army, is it Dong Zhuojun?" ”

"It's Xia Jun!"

Maybe it was dark under the lights, Yuan Shao and the others were not familiar with the affairs of Hedong, and they were suddenly surprised by Su Bu Chiyi's hand.

"There is a disaster in the rear, the party cannot afford to lose, Taiyuan is already dilapidated, it is not enough to deal with the Xia army, and the order is to withdraw the army and return to the party!" Yuan Shao "seemed unwilling" to order the withdrawal of the army, as for what he thought in his heart, others did not know.

Liu Yuan led the army north, and before he went far, he came from the side of Fugu Huaijing, and the army of nearly 20,000 black mountain thieves broke through to Yuci, and the 3,000 troops of Suli stationed in him could not defend, and had retreated to Jinyang to hold on. Lan Zhi and Su Li urgently ordered people to go south to ask for help, but they were met with reinforcements from Fugu Huai, and they had led the northern army to speed up to support.

"Whew!" Hearing the news, Liu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the Han army's backhand, he would be able to deal with it with much ease!

"Order, accelerate to the north, this Zhang Yan, don't you know that she was used as a gun? Lonely, go and educate him well! Restraining the horse's head, Liu Yuan coldly ordered, urging the healthy horse to gallop north.

Nearly 100 miles away from Jinyang, Su Li stood on the east city gate, looking at the Black Mountain army attacking from the Dongdu River, his expression was full of exhaustion. The enemy army that suddenly emerged from Tongguoshui caught him off guard and attacked it fiercely, but for one day, he couldn't resist it, so he had to retreat west to Jinyang and defend it according to the strong city.

Looking at some of the guards at the head of the city, most of them were prisoners, their morale was low, and their faces were hesitant. The morale of the army is not in order, these soldiers, ten percent of the combat power can not be exerted, and now it is not of great use after all. Su Li sighed in his heart.

The defense in the past few days has been quite difficult. If it weren't for the two thousand elite cavalry left by Liu Yuan to contain it from the outside, even if Jinyang City was strong, I was afraid that it would not be able to stop Zhang Yan's hard attack.

"Lord Situ, this matter of city defense is entrusted to the last general, but you have to worry about maintaining order in the city. The Han family in the city has to be strictly controlled, and Chang Lin must not be gullible in Jinyang, as long as the stability of the city is ensured, he will be able to wait for the arrival of reinforcements! Su Li bowed to Lan Zhi.

"Don't worry! Even if the old man lets go of this old bone, he will help the king keep Jinyang! "Lan Zhi is full of pride. There are Su Zhang and a cadre clan in the city to cooperate, and he is not worried!

"Is there any news from the messenger sent to Yanmen for help?"

"Not yet!"

Slamming the female wall, Su Li suppressed his voice and said to the general beside him: "Han Juzi, I was the general of Beicheng before, and I was broken by my Xia army. This time, do you still have the heart to stick to it? ”

Han Juzi's heart tightened when he met Su Li's eyes, and immediately replied: "My subordinates will fight to the death!" ”

"I hope so!"

At the same time, the Tonglu of the Shangdang also faced the threat of the army of Subu Chiyi.

"Jun Yi, thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have lost the city, and it would be difficult for me to protect my head!" Looking at the Xia army camp in the distance outside the city, Chun Yuqiong sighed.

"It's not my duty to do it!" Zhang He's expression was indifferent, staring at Xia Jun outside the city, his eyes were shining.