Unsatisfactory things are often eight or nine, and they can be the same as others. Yuan Xi is not stupid, it is impossible for him not to know that his choice to send troops to the imperial court at this time will provoke thousands of people. But how can the fish and the bear's paw in this world be easily both, and often the result is to choose one or the other.

Once the grassland falls into the control of the imperial court, Hebei will be attacked on all sides, and it will be even more difficult to resolve the predicament at that time. In order to avoid Hebei falling into an unfavorable situation in the future, Yuan Xi could only give up his reputation and chose to send troops to the imperial court at this time.

At first, Yuan Xi did not want to start a full-scale war with the imperial court, his original plan was to send an army so that the imperial court could not compete with the people on the grassland with all its might, as long as the time dragged on, maybe there would be a turnaround. But Tian Feng denied his naïve idea, he had already torn his face, so why should he have illusions, either he didn't do it, or he wanted to do it. The imperial court will not be grateful to Yuan Xi because of the mercy of Hebei's subordinates, and the original plan of the imperial court will be ruined.

For Tian Feng, Yuan Xi has always been obedient and trusting. Since Tian Feng expressed his opposition, Yuan Xi immediately changed his original plan and launched an attack on the three prefectures controlled by the imperial court, namely Merge, Yan, and Qing. Originally, Qingzhou was not the target of the attack, but the words of Zhu Ling, who took the initiative to ask Yuan Xi for help, reminded Yuan Xi that the naval garrison of the imperial court was in Qingzhou, and if it could be destroyed, then the eastern coastal area of Hebei would be able to relieve the threat of landing operations of the Han army at all times. Even if they can't completely annihilate Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's troops, they can only destroy the opponent's warships, and they can greatly relieve the pressure on the east coast of Hebei.

Hebei Yuan Jun attacked, and the external excuse was still the Qingjun side, this time not only Xun Yu was honored to win three consecutive championships, but also Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others were also fortunate to be on the list. The three-way army, the East Route Army, led by Zhu Ling, led 50,000 horses to fight into the green; The Western Route Army was led by Zhang Jaw, and 150,000 horses went out of Huguan to enter Bingzhou; Yuan Xi personally led 300,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and enter Yanzhou, pointing at the hinterland of the Central Plains.

In the face of Yuan Jun's provocation, Liu Xie was very angry, but anger alone could not solve the problem. At present, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are leading 200,000 people to confront the Qiang people under Danhan Mountain, and Pang De and Ma Chao also led 100,000 troops into the grassland not long ago.

The timing of Yuan Xi's choice to send troops was really too good, just in time when Liu Xie had no more soldiers and horses at hand. There are soldiers in the imperial court, and there are 100,000 Han troops stationed in the Western Regions. There are also men and horses used by the imperial court to guard against Jiangdong and Jingnan, and the number of people has reached 200,000, but the same people and horses are similar to the situation in the Western Regions, and far water cannot quench the thirst of the near, not to mention that the "border army" cannot be adjusted lightly, otherwise it will easily attract the prying eyes of people with intentions. At present, only Yuan Xi's family sent troops, but who can guarantee that Sun Quan and Liu Bei will not take advantage of the situation to raise troops after discovering the emptiness within the imperial court.

Where to transfer troops? Liu Xie has a headache, now he only has half of the Son of Heaven's pro-army on hand, in order to raise 100,000 horses for Ma Chao and Pang De respectively, Liu Xie transferred a lot of people from his own pro-army. There are county soldiers available in each county, but it will take at least half a month to complete the assembly, but Yuan Xi of Hebei will not wait for Liu Xie to gather his troops and horses before starting the attack.

"The lord doesn't have to worry, my Han is not without soldiers, but he is missing a little time, even if some places are occupied by Yuan Jun, but the minister believes that in the end, Yuan Xi will not only spit out the original counties and counties he occupies, but also lose Hebei with profits."

“…… Wen Ruo, how do you know my idea of fighting Hebei? Liu Xie asked in confusion when he heard this.

"Lord, you and I have known each other for a long time, what kind of temper do you have, can I still not know? If you don't take advantage of it, you will suffer. ”

“…… Are you praising me or scolding me? ”

"You just think I'm praising you."

“…… Wen Ruo, if you learn badly, you will have less contact with Fengxiao in the future. Liu Xie said a little depressed.

Seeing Liu Xie's depressed face, Xun Yu couldn't help but smile. At first, when he heard that Yuan Xi from Hebei Province had sent troops, Xun Yu was really a little flustered. It was too bad to come, almost all the main forces available to the imperial court were sent to the grassland at this time, and Yuan Xixing attacked with 500,000 troops, just hearing this number can make people's faces change.

But after seeing Liu Xie, Xun Yu suddenly calmed down, although Liu Xie was annoyed that Yuan Xi was making trouble for himself at this time, but out of annoyance, there was no trace of regret and fear, which means that the situation in front of him did not make Liu Xie feel out of control.

"Lord, the Yuan army is attacking in three ways, I don't know if the lord can come up with a way to deal with it?" Xun Yu opened his mouth and asked Liu Xiedao.

"What else can be done, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will come to the earth. He Yuan Xi wants to fight, then he will fight, who has my Han been afraid of? Liu Xie replied when he heard this.

"Then who is the lord to send to deal with the three-way Yuan army, is there a candidate?"

"The Middle Route Army is naturally in charge of me personally, and the Eastern Route Army doesn't have to worry, I don't believe that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu will not be able to handle a Zhu Ling, when I asked them to form a navy, I allowed them to act cheaply if they were in trouble, and I don't know if they will seize the opportunity this time. Only this candidate for the Western Route Army...... Not...... What do you recommend? Liu Xie thought about it and asked Xun Yudao.

"The commander of the Yuan Army's Western Route Army is Zhang Jaw, this person knows a lot of strategy, and he is the premier general of the Yuan Army. Xun Yu replied after thinking about it.

Xun Yu was on the matter, but his words annoyed the generals in the court. Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, and he said that he was not an opponent before he fought with that open jaw, but a few people who ate the bowl of rice of the military generals could stand it. These people didn't dare to go to Situ for trouble, so they came to Liu Xie and took the initiative to ask for help, hoping to compete with Zhang Jaw.

Liu Xie is quite happy about this, not to mention whether these guys who came to ask for war can handle Zhang Jaw, this heart alone is worthy of praise, at least they are not cowardly before fighting. However, praise is praise, and the stakes are very high, and Liu Xie will not make a big deal about the country in order to give these guys a chance to prove their ability.

Xun Yu has no enmity with these people, since there is no enmity, then what he said must be pertinent, and with Liu Xie's understanding of Zhang Jaw, there is really no handsome talent who can fight with Zhang Jaw in front of him.

What to do?

Just when Liu Xie was at a loss, Lu Zhi came to the door. The veteran is out of the horse, a top player, Lu Zhi is highly respected, he is in charge, and the rest will not have any objections, and Lu Zhi is also a handsome talent, but it is a pity that he was born at the wrong time, and he is already old when he is useful.

"Master Lu, I'm afraid I'm going to have to work hard for you this time. I don't know who Lu Shi wants to assist? ”

"It's enough to bring Dian Wei under my command." Lu Zhi opened his mouth and was about to leave, and Liu Xie is now the number one general under his command. But since it was Lu Zhi who opened Chrysostom, Liu Xie naturally would not refuse, and with Lu Zhi's leadership and Dian Wei's bravery, it was really not easy for Zhang Jaw to take advantage. And for the sake of safety, in addition to Dian Wei, Liu Xie also transferred Dian Man, Xiahou Heng and Zhang Yan in the pro-army to Lu Zhi to ensure that Lu Zhi's side was foolproof.

The three ways to deal with the men and horses were determined, Liu Xie led the Son of Heaven's army out of Tongguan and rushed to Hugao Pass, and Lu Zhi led his troops to cross the Yellow River and rushed to Shangdang to meet the Hebei West Route Army. The two groups of people gathered along the road to gather the soldiers from all over the country who had been ordered to assemble, and when they arrived at their destinations, there were no less than 50,000 people and horses gathered around them, and the rest of the men and horses also arrived in the starry night.

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Penglai, Qingzhou

In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the 50,000 people Zhu Ling brought this time were all light horses, and after entering Qingzhou, they were even more non-stop, eating and living almost all on horses, just to be able to kill Sun Ce and Zhou Yu by surprise. Now that he was about to reach his destination, Zhu Ling didn't dare to order the team to rest at this time.

To be able to hold on until now is to hold on to one breath, once the army is allowed to rest, the breath of holding will be released, and it will be difficult to bring it up again. Zhu Ling planned to go all out, for this purpose, after entering Qingzhou, he gave up taking the camp step by step, attacking the city, and went straight to Penglai along the coast.

It is reported that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's water village is in Penglai, even if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu will not be defeated this time, as long as all or most of the warships under their command can be burned, the hard work is worth it.

"Kill!" After letting his light cavalry take a breath and adjust his state, Zhu Ling raised the iron gun in his hand and rushed towards the Han army water village set up on the shore first. Zhu Ling's governance of the army has always been strict, and it is a common requirement to prohibit orders, seeing that Zhu Ling is the first soldier, although the soldiers under his command are tired at this time, they still urge the horse to chase after him as soon as possible.

The battle was simpler than imagined, the Han army's defense seemed to be too lax, and the sporadic resistance could not stop the Yuan army's offensive at all, the walled gate was quickly breached, and the two warships docked on the shore were also ignited by the fire-starting things that Yuan Jun carried, but looking at the burned warships, Zhu Ling was not happy at all. Zhu Ling had already heard of this navy of the Han Dynasty, and when the Han army took away the two counties of Lelang and Daifang earlier, Zhu Ling had a strong interest and vigilance in this army that could cross the sea and fight.

Only two warships were burned, and where did the rest go? With this question, Zhu Ling planned to interrogate the captured Han army captives. But before he could give the order, he heard the sound of killing outside the water village.

"General, no, we are surrounded by the Han army." The adjutant general rushed over in a panic to report to Zhu Lingyu.

"Where did the Han army come from?" Zhu Ling asked angrily.

In order to achieve the goal of surprise, Zhu Ling raced against time, and did not send scouts after leading his troops to the Han army's water village, and directly launched an attack on the Han army's water village. Zhu Ling thought that he was taken by surprise and that the Han army would not be defenseless. But he didn't want those Han troops who were ambushed outside the camp not only to watch their own water village being breached by themselves, but also to launch a counterattack after Yuan Jun cheered for victory and relaxed his spirit.

One bad news is often followed by worse news. Just when Zhu Ling shouted loudly for his soldiers to fight, dozens of sail shadows appeared from the sea level, and the main force of the Han army appeared.

"Boats, boats, warships of the Han army." Someone in the Yuan army screamed repeatedly, which made Yuan Jun, who was already in a panic, even more panicked.

"Don't panic! Obey me! Seeing this, Zhu Ling shouted loudly, hoping to stabilize the morale of the army. But Yuan Jun was a tired division, with the last breath of morale gritted his teeth and took the Han army water village, he thought that the overall situation had been decided, and he could finally rest and recuperate and relieve the fatigue of the way, but he didn't want to just relax down, and the Han army appeared, and there were so many of them.

"The whole army will break through with me!" Judging from the reaction of the Han army, his surprise attack plan this time had already been known to him, but he just waited for his work and waited for his troops to throw himself into the net, but he laughed at himself and thought he had a plan.

"General, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, leave quickly!" The adjutant general suggested loudly to Zhu Ling.

"I'll use you." Zhu Ling scolded secretly in his heart, raised his gun and shouted, "The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!" Soldiers! Rush with me! ”

Easy to come and hard to go! It is easy for Zhu Ling to enter the Han Army's Water Village, but it is not easy to kill from the Water Village again. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu finally waited until the prey took the bait, how could they easily let Zhu Ling escape.

After receiving that Zhu Ling led his troops to attack his own department, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu agreed on a strategy, intending to wait for Zhu Ling to throw himself into the net. In fact, the water village set up on the shore is not the real water village of the Han army, but just a bait to lure Zhu Ling into being fooled. The real water village is not in Penglai, but on the island across the sea from Penglai. The bottom structure of the sea ship is different from that of the inland ship, the draft is deeper, and it is easy to run aground on the coast like the usual inland ship.

When Zhu Ling led his troops to attack the water village on the shore, Zhou Yu had already seen the smoke rising because of the burning, but at that time, the warships of the Han army were hidden by Zhou Yu on the other side of the island, and Zhu Ling did not expect that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would be set up on the island in the water village, and when Zhou Yu led his troops to appear in the sight of Yuan Jun, it immediately caused chaos in Yuan Jun.

The Han army had been prepared for a long time, but Zhu Ling did not expect it, and the soldiers under his command also experienced a psychological change from heaven to hell, and that kind of psychological blow could not be reinvigorated in a few words.

Zhu Ling wanted to run and regroup, but the problem was that the Han army waited for work and endured until now, how could it be easy to let Yuan Jun escape.

"Zhu Lingxiu is gone! Sun Ce is here! Sun Ce immediately crossed his knife and intercepted Zhu Ling's way and shouted loudly.

Seeing this, Zhu Ling couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, the demeanor of the former Jiangdong overlord was still the same, and what was even worse was that he was his enemy at this time.

Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence! Zhu Ling didn't have time to catch up with Sun Ce, at this time the Han warship had not yet docked, and the only way to escape was to take advantage of this time. And Sun Ce wanted to capture Zhu Ling alive, so he didn't kill Zhu Ling, but this difference in thought made Zhu Ling break through Sun Ce's obstacle.

At this time, it was no longer the time to cherish the horse, in order to get out of the battlefield as soon as possible, Zhu Ling stabbed the horse with a short knife, and the horse screamed violently under the irritating crotch, and took out the strength to eat milk and ran wildly, leaving Sun Ce and many others behind in an instant. Sun Ce is reluctant to hurt the horse, the horse he is riding now is given by Liu Xie, which belongs to the Rolls-Royce in the BMW, usually the baby is not good, and he even slept with the horse for two days when he first arrived, until Da Qiao became angry, Sun Ce's love for horses was reined in. Let him stab the horse's ass with a short knife like Zhu Ling, Sun Ce would rather have that knife on his body.

Zhu Ling ran away, but the 50,000 light horsemen under his command were not so lucky. Don't look at it as a cavalry, but a war horse is not a machine, as long as the equipment is okay and a little fuel can run non-stop. has been on the road, when attacking the Han army's water village, they have almost exhausted the last trace of strength of the war horses, and when the main force of the Han army is killed, these war horses have no strength to support their masters to rush out of the encirclement.

Of the 50,000 Yuan troops, not many were killed, and most of them chose to surrender on the ground, and Sun Ce had to wait for Zhou Yu to lead the naval army to land to assist him in collecting the prisoners.

"Gong Jin, it's a pity that Zhu Ling ran away." Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu with some regret.

"Bo Fu, when we eat meat, we also have to leave soup for others to drink, and it's not a good habit to eat alone." Zhou Yu smiled when he heard this, comforting Sun Ce.

Sun Ce just felt that it was a pity that he didn't capture the enemy generals alive, but he didn't think about eating alone, even these Yuan army prisoners who were captured at the moment, Sun Ce also planned to share some credit with the surrounding counties. It's just that Zhou Yu's words made Sun Ce a little curious, "Gong Jin, do you mean that Zhu Ling's guy can't run away?" ”

"Hmph, where can he run? In order to achieve a surprise effect, he went all the way to go deep alone, completely ignoring whether his back road was safe or not. Now that he has fled alone, if he wants to return to Hebei, the soldiers of the counties and counties along the way will not let him pass easily. Zhou Yu explained with a smile.

"Huh...... If he can really escape back to Hebei, then I have to admire him. The more Sun Ce thought about it, the more interesting he felt, and he couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

"Don't care if that Zhu Ling can escape back to Hebei. Right now, we have broken Yuan Xi's Eastern Route Army, which is a great achievement, I don't know how the Holy Lord will reward you and me after learning about this. ”

"Gong Jin, is it a bit early to think about the court's reward at this time? The war is on, and there are still many battles waiting for us to fight, so you and I should ponder what to do next, right? Do you go directly to the hinterland of the river by land and sea, or do you wait here for the Holy Lord's orders? ”

"Hmm...... Let's wait. Although the generals will not be subject to military orders abroad, we have just made great contributions, so it is better to be cautious at this time. Zhou Yu thought for a moment and replied.

Five days later, the good news reached Liu Xie's hands, and Liu Xie was overjoyed. The combat effectiveness of the combination of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu is really not to be underestimated, and in a blink of an eye, they solved Yuan Xi's Eastern Route Army for themselves.

"Someone is coming, pass on the book to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. Tell them that since Hebei has disregarded the righteousness and is good at raising swords, the court will not tolerate it this time, and order the two of them to let go of it, and everything is aimed at completely recovering Hebei. Liu Xie commanded.

"No."