Yuan Yun touched a few strands of beard on his chin, although he was almost thirty, but the matter of growing a beard always made him feel uncomfortable, so every time he bathed, he would let Qing'er get rid of it, this problem was criticized by many people at first, and even Xu Yi always joked that Yuan Yun was similar to the eunuchs in the palace, but after hearing that this could avoid respiratory diseases, some people began to imitate it, causing Yuan Fu to open another industry, that is, razors.

Hehe, Yuan Yun shook his head, feeling that it was really undesirable to think about this kind of thing on the march, watching the army stretch out on the ground like a long snake, he could only lift his spirits a little, this time is not the time to feel homesick.

The 20,000-strong gunpowder army had left Luoyang for five days, and originally planned to leave by boat, but later, under Jia Xu's advice, Yuan Yun chose to take a land route and went straight to Xuzhou through Xudu.

The most critical thing in this is to clear the Sima Yi forces in Xudu, after all, he has been in business for many years, and some remnants are normal, and the army is coming out, one is to deter some people, and the other is to meet with Xiahou Yuan, after all, guarding Xuzhou is not just a front-line matter, and it must be dealt with with Xiahou Yuan and Guo Jia.

Today's Luoyang is once again taken over by Cao Chong, and Jia Xu is used as an assistant, and only in this way will Cao Ang rest assured that he will go on the expedition, because among all his younger siblings, he trusts Cao Chong the most.

Cao Chong was very unhappy about this, because he had never participated in a decent battle, and he thought that he could go to Xuzhou with Yuan Yun, but in the end he took such a job.

"Although General Huang Zhong is very old, the leader of the army is not ambiguous at all, the front, middle and rear armies move smoothly, and they can take care of each other, so even if someone sneaks up, we don't have to worry too much." When Zhuge Liang spoke, he had already come to Yuan Yun's side, and the two quickly rode side by side.

Seeing Zhuge Liang holding the reins in one hand and shaking the feather fan in his hand with the other, he was very worried that this thing would fall off the horse, but after remembering the other party's superb riding, he finally let go of his worries, and then said with a smile: "Lao Dang Yizhuang refers to people like General Huang Zhong, this time we went to Xuzhou mostly defensively, so there is no need to fight, General Huang only needs to do a good job of command." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "General Huang Zhong was angry before, after all, when the world was calm, he did not get too many military merits, although His Majesty was kind and sealed the Guannei Hou, but he was probably uncomfortable in his heart, so he had already petitioned Liang before he came, but everything that needed to be charged into battle must be completed by him." ”

Yuan Yun thought about Huang Zhong's temperament, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "Promise him, it's just that when arranging tactics, it's better to minimize such battles, at such an old age, I don't want General Huang Zhong to be lost here." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and agreed, because he thought the same thing.

After saying this, Zhuge Liang changed his words and said: "Our gunpowder ammunition configuration is very scarce, although we are equipped with a lot of rifles, but there is a lack of ammunition, this time when we arrive in Xuzhou, we must first take the defensive, and only when Xu Yi and Xiahou Nan have complete supplies can we consider the next step." ”

Yuan Yun frowned, now the team that lacked ammunition was not only them, but also Cao Ang and Guo Jia's were very short, and when facing Sima Yi's prepared army, they could indeed only take the defensive first.

"As for the strategy of landing in Liaodong and then smashing directly into Sima Yi's rear, Liang also feels that it must be placed behind, because once we arrive in Xuzhou, we will recruit Wang's big ship, and Sima Yi will inevitably be aware of it."

When Zhuge Liang said this, he pulled the horse's head slightly, and after seeing that Yuan Yun also pulled the horse's head, he continued: "The defense of Xuzhou must be started before we can arrange it, and at that time, as long as it is dragged on the battlefield, we can go to Liaodong from land and water, so that the opponent's head and tail are difficult to take care of is the best result." ”

Yuan Yun snorted and said: "After meeting General Xiahou Yuan, I also think so, now Lu Xun's power in Yangzhou is very inflated, and Guo Jiajun's team is still on the way, so the pressure on Xu Du is very great, General Xiahou Yuan cannot send troops to assist Xuzhou at this time, and can only rely on us to resist Sima Yi."

However, once Lu Xun was executed, the situation would be very different, and when Guo Jiajun's division would inevitably move north, General Xiahou Yuan could also come to support, and it would be difficult for Sima Yi to leave at that time, but it was ......"

Yuan Yun paused slightly, then looked at Zhuge Liang and wondered, "How did Kong Ming know that Sima Yi would definitely come to attack Xuzhou?" It stands to reason that His Majesty is in Guandu, whether it is in terms of the convenience of logistics and supply, or in terms of combat effect, it is more reliable to attack Guandu. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and then shook his feather fan and said: "If Sima Yi directly attacks His Majesty's Guandu, his name on the side of the Qing monarch is equivalent to self-defeating, this is not the point, the point is that Sima Yi's resentment towards the lord is probably the key, plus once Xuzhou is broken, you can command Xudu, and you can also unite the Yangzhou forces in the south, which is equivalent to taking half of the country."

And even if His Majesty held Guandu, he was unable to go north to attack Yecheng, so in Sima Yi's case, he would choose Xuzhou first. ”

Yuan Yun smiled bitterly and said with a smile: "It seems that my head is more valuable than the Son of Heaven in the eyes of some people." ”

Zhuge Liang also laughed and said: "That's inevitable, once the court loses the lord, most of the morale will be lost, not to mention other aspects, Your Majesty is also because of this, you have always been very special to the lord, even if you have been idle at home for so long, you still have no intention of forcing you, and every year when rewarding, you will never leave a share of the Yuan family, this is the hard power of the lord." ”

Naturally, everyone loves to listen to good words, so Yuan Yun was praised by Zhuge Liang so much, and he felt so comfortable that he was almost humming.

"It's a pity, the lord is too small after all, it's just a market splash with the skills of the immortal family, and I don't know how the old man Zuo Ci took a fancy to you back then?" Zhuge Liang's last words suddenly made Yuan Yun, who was just about to take off, cool down.

After the road was stabilized in the world, it has always been the main project of development, so Yuan Yun's army can now enjoy such benefits, the army marched very fast on the flat avenue, and entered the Xuzhou territory ten days after leaving Xudu.

Chen Deng greeted him at the border very early, and when he returned to Xuzhou City with Yuan Yun, he kept introducing the precautionary measures in Xuzhou today, but he could guess from his frowning brows that now Xuzhou will rebuild the abandoned fortifications, which is not going well, and he wants to block Sima Yi's northern army, Chen Deng himself is unreliable.

After hearing Chen Deng's report, Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang finally made a very reluctant decision, that is, to completely abandon Beihai, raze it to the ground, withdraw all the personnel, and abandon the fortifications there, and only prepare in Xuzhou.

It is estimated that the last thing they want to hear is Xu Yi and Xiahou Nan, after all, they have been operating in Beihai for many years, and now they have to blow up all the achievements they built before within a few days, which is really very unacceptable.

And the other one who is very reluctant is naturally the senior sister Diao Chan, she had to give up the base camp that the Wang family has operated in Beihai for many years, and then moved to the Xuzhou dock with the fleet, but when Yuan Yun saw Diao Chan at the dock, he found that for the destruction of the Wang family's base camp, this senior sister is not the same thing at all, she cares more about the safety of the waterway.

The abandonment of Beihai and the fact that Diao Chan's fleet went south to Xuzhou made it impossible for Cao Ang, who wanted to support Guandu, because once Sima Yi mastered Beihai, he would inevitably close the course of the river as soon as possible to prevent any ships from passing.

The only good news is that Cao Chong actually caught Sima Yi's eldest son Sima Shi in Luoyang, this teenage young man, turned out to be the commander of Luoyang Xizuo, and he planned to launch the bombing of the gunpowder workshop before.

Cao Chong's approach was also very ingenious, first of all, he once again strengthened the garrison of the newly built gunpowder workshop, turned the surrounding ten miles into a no-man's land, and transferred the most loyal palace guards, and then distributed all of them around the gunpowder workshop, so that it became impossible to destroy it.

Then Cao Chong began to work on the team that transported gunpowder every day, deliberately transporting the largest amount of gunpowder in a centralized manner, which immediately attracted Sima Shi, but Cao Chong himself didn't expect that Sima Shi would personally lead the team to carry out a sneak attack.

At the same time that this news was transmitted to Yuan Yun, Cao Chong also passed it to Cao Ang, the son of heaven, and Cao Ang's handling method was very direct, directly ordering someone to cut off Sima Shi's head, and then sent it to Guandu, and was hung on the banner.

When he heard that Sima Shi's head was sacrificed to Cao Ang, Yuan Yun immediately laughed, in this way, the Sima clan's usurpation of Cao Cao's seizure of the world, I am afraid it will not really happen, because the most important Sima Shi is gone, and then as long as Sima Yi is pacified, I believe that Sima Zhao will not be able to escape, so that the Jin Dynasty will be completely yellow.

Half a month later, Sima Yi's army really chose to attack Xuzhou first, and Qingzhou sent troops to quickly occupy Beihai and other important places, only to find that Yuan Yun had adopted a scorched earth policy along the way, and all the people moved south, and everything that could be used was burned.

When Zhu Shuo under Sima Yi swept the Beihai, Chen Deng finally completed the fortifications in Xuzhou, although there are still many unsatisfactory places, but now there is finally some defensive appearance, Zhu Shuo can only fight a tough battle if he wants to attack again.

At the same time, the first to confront each other was the corps led by Guo Jia, who chose the old way of Yuan Yun's invasion of Yangzhou, and faced the 50,000 army led by Chaisang and Lu Xun, and the two sides immediately launched a huge attack and defense of the city.

Xiahou Yuan, who got the news, also began to march into Chibi, preparing to fully support Guo Jia who was fighting after crossing the river, in this situation, if Lu Xun did not get Sima Yi's support, he would inevitably be completely wiped out, and Yuan Yun guarded Xuzhou, Sima Yi wanted to pass how easy it was, so the result can probably be known without guessing.