The changes in Fuyang soon spread to Shouchun, and when he learned that Fuyang had fallen, Yuan Shu was anxious, and immediately ordered his son Yuan Yao to personally lead the army and come to Nanyang to help.

At the same time, Yuan Shu sent someone to urge Yuan Shikai to come to Shouchun, Yuan Shikai did not delay this time, and after arranging the defense line, he returned to Shouchun.

As soon as the father and son conspired, Yuan Shikai also felt that it was right to give up Huainan, although Shouchun was a tall city, it would definitely not be able to stop the full attack of the imperial court.

And Yuan Shikai also analyzed that the imperial court is probably just trying to take Huainan now, and will not kill Chen Guo, rather than sit back and wait, it is better to fight and take Jingzhou, maybe something big can be expected, even if you can't take the whole territory of Jingzhou, you can take a few counties, it's still okay.

"Father, if you want to plot Jingzhou, you must find Sun Ce, the Sun family has long been ambitious, then Sun Ce has the courage of an overlord, if you can attack from both sides, then Liu Biao will be defeated. Moreover, if the imperial court gets Huainan, it will inevitably recuperate, so that it can give us a chance to breathe. ”

Yuan Shikai analyzed, making Yuan Shu nod again and again, this illegitimate son who suddenly appeared was more angry than other children, and Yuan Shu immediately agreed to Yuan Shikai's plan.

Yuan Shikai's plan was to withdraw the army in batches, and he first led the army to protect Yuan Shu to Zaoyang, leaving a group of cannon fodder to resist the Han army.

When he stabilizes in Zaoyang, then the entire Huainan will be evacuated.

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Outside Chengde City, Jinyiwei sent the latest information.

After reading it, Ming Jian immediately convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss, and after informing him of the situation, Ming Jian let everyone speak freely.

Xu Chu said angrily: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shikai secretly returned to Shouchun, Yuan Shu must want to run away, our army should speed up the attack, and must not let Yuan Shu escape!" The last general asks for an order, and tomorrow he will lead the army to attack Chengde! ”

Ming Jian smiled: "What do you think of Zhongkang's meaning?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shu can't resist the development of the situation, and it is indeed possible to give up Huainan, but now that Yuan Shu is destroyed, how to deal with Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Ce in Changsha?" They are more shrewd than Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu, and on the surface they still obey the imperial court, but in fact they occupy one side and harm the interests of the imperial court. Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, that is, to drive the wolf and swallow the leopard, Yuan Shu has only one direction to go this time, that is Nanyang, why don't Your Majesty let him go, then Liu Biao and Yuan Shu will be pinched to the death, and when they are both defeated, Your Majesty will send a large army to Jingzhou! ”

Guo Jia's words are in accordance with the art of war, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao will inevitably fight to the ground, and the court will reap the benefits of the fisherman, which is the maximization of benefits.

However, Ming Jian is still a little unbearable, if there is a war between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, Jingzhou will definitely say that there will be trouble, and it will be the people who will suffer at that time.

Feng Xiao's words are also reasonable, but once Yuan's army enters Nanyang, the people will inevitably be affected. What I want to ask is, if our army attacks with all its might, can we destroy Yuan's army? Ming Jian asked.

Guo Jiadao: "Your Majesty, if Yuan Shu is trapped in Shouchun, you can, if Yuan Shu breaks through, if our army wants to destroy Yuan Jun, it will be difficult." If Yuan Shu is allowed to escape, it will also harm the people of Nanyang, so that Yuan Shu will not be able to intensify the expropriation and extortion in order to fight Liu Biao at that time, and the people will be miserable. ”

"Well, since our army is unable to completely annihilate Yuan's army, let's force Yuan Shu to give up Huainan, and order the defenders of Ruyin to leave some space for Yuan Shu so that they can go to Nanyang."

Ming Jian listened to Guo Jia's analysis and still agreed with his opinion.

In fact, it is not very difficult to completely annihilate Yuan Shu, but in that case, the imperial court will have to invest more troops.

The policy implemented by Mingjian does not support this plan, which also makes Mingjian difficult enough. Sometimes after a big war, the imperial court has to invest more time and manpower and material resources.

And without harming the fundamentals of the area controlled by the imperial court, Ming Jian could still accept the plan that Nanyang would be occupied by Yuan Shu.

Of course, Yuan Shu's departure may not last long.

If he is in a hurry and fights with the Jingzhou army, it will be very much in line with Ming Jian's appetite. I'm afraid that after this kid learns a lesson, he will also come to recuperate, and it will not be so easy for the court to deal with him at that time.

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The situation in Huainan gradually became tense, and the Han army formed a coercive trend, constantly shrinking the defense area of the Yuan army.

Although Yuan Shu had to be let go, the Han army still had to give Yuan Shu a feeling of despair, so the Han army's attack was very strong, and the fight made Yuan Jun feel a strong sense of oppression.

Under the city of Chengde, the Han army shot the Yuan army through a large bow and crossbow, destroying the city defense, and after a few days of fighting, the city of Chengde was already dilapidated.

Within two days, Chengde City was broken.

However, most of Yuan's army had already withdrawn, and Zhang Xun was nowhere to be found.

On the one hand, Ming Jian ordered people to approach Shouchun, and on the other hand, restored the economic development of Chengde and appeased the people. Compared with Yuan Shu, the policy of the imperial court was so good that it was heavenly, so within a few days, the situation in Chengde was also stabilized.

Cao Cao, who was in the Ping'a direction, also used a lot of bows and crossbows and cavalry, constantly encroaching on Yuan's army. The Yuan army on this side was even stronger, and in order to buy time for Yuan Shu, they resisted very fiercely.

Cao Cao also gave up the method of attacking in order to reduce casualties, so this allowed Yuan Shu's plan to be implemented.

A month later, under the organization of Yuan Shikai, 100,000 Yuan troops suddenly appeared in Ruyin and attacked Ruyin with all their might, and in just a few days, a road to Zaoyang was opened.

The defenders of the Han army received the will of the imperial court, and they also deliberately relaxed their defenses, and after retreating for more than 100 miles, they let the Yuan army pass.

And Jin Yiwei soon sent back the news that Yuan Shu had emptied the Shouchun Palace and ran to Zaoyang with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

After getting the exact news, Ming Jian ordered an all-out attack, which was a real devastation, and the remnants of the defeated army left by Yuan Shu would be completely unable to resist, they surrendered one after another, and the entire Huainan was quickly swept away by the imperial army.

Half a month later, Ming Jian sat in the Shouchun Palace!

It's just that after entering Shouchun, the harvest is very small, and Yuan Shu moved everything that this palace can move, leaving an empty city.

However, you can still vaguely see the former scene of the palace, and in terms of architectural style and architectural quality, Yuan Shu is indeed extravagant enough.

With huge pillars, floor space, and all kinds of rare woods, Yuan Shu is very luxurious.

Even a large number of palace maids and eunuchs who were too late to take away exceeded three thousand.

On the one hand, Ming Jian ordered Zhang Bang to settle the people, and on the other hand, he ordered the army to enter Ruyin, completely cutting off Yuan Shu's retreat.

The situation in Nanyang began to be tense, after Yuan Shu's army entered Zaoyang, Wen Ping and Huang Zhong did not dare to march again, and the Jingzhou army quickly increased troops to Wancheng, and the war was about to break out.