Since Liu Xun led his troops to intercept and kill Gao Shun, Yuan Shu has been a little uneasy.

It didn't take long for a scout to run over in a hurry and said loudly, "Your Majesty, General Liu Xun was killed by Guan Yu with a knife. Gao Shun led 2,000 cavalry to crisscross everywhere, and no one could stop him. ”

"What?"

Hearing that Liu Xun had been folded again, Yuan Shu suddenly felt dark. This time the troops attacked Chen Xu, first the general Ji Ling was injured, and then several generals were lost one after another.

Now under Yuan Shu's command, there are few generals who can handle it.

Yan Xiang hurriedly asked, "What about the casualties of our army?" ”

The scout's expression was a little strange, and he hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "Although the thief army won a big victory, it did not open a big killing, and our army suffered less than a thousand casualties. ”

"This, how is this possible?"

When the generals of Yuan Jun heard the news, they were all a little dumbfounded.

Yang Hong asked again: "So the two thousand cavalry led by Gao Shun, has they retreated now?" ”

The scout replied, "They crisscrossed the rear army in all directions, and again and again broke up our formations, and then slowly retreated. ”

Everyone was even more confused, only rushing the formation and not killing people, and then calmly retreated.

What kind of medicine is sold in Gao Shun's gourd, everyone has no way of knowing.

Only Yan Xiang, after thinking about it for a while, his face changed slightly, and he shouted in a lost voice: "Could it be the thief army, trying to slow down the speed of our march?" ”

Yang Hong seemed to remember something, and his face became very ugly.

He hurriedly said to Yuan Shu: "Your Majesty, our military camp has been lost, and all the grain, grass and baggage have been taken. Now the soldiers have been walking for a day, and their bellies are full of hunger. ”

"If the marching speed is slowed down because of the continuous harassment of the Chen army, I am afraid that before we can reach Yangcheng, the soldiers will disperse in a hurry."

Yuan Shu also woke up suddenly, and only then did he think of the lack of food in the army. If you have been slowing down the pace of the march because of Chen Xujun's harassment.

I'm afraid that these routs that have been gathered with great difficulty will fall apart again.

After all, the soldiers had been hungry for a day. And now it is the cold winter season, and the soldiers are still marching through mountains and rivers, which consumes a lot of physical strength.

Originally, according to the marching speed of Yuan Shu's army, it only took this evening to reach Yangcheng.

However, due to the harassment of Zhao Yun and Gao Shun successively, they had no way to reach Yangcheng before dark.

As a result, 80,000 Yuan troops had to sleep in the wilderness for a night.

It must be known that the Yuan army, which has now lost its grain and grass, has no military supplies such as tents and quilts. Sleeping in the open on a cold winter day will make you feel how many people will freeze to death.

The soldiers lost the battle, and their morale was already a little low. Hunger combined with cold is likely to cause the soldiers to mutiny.

Thinking of the seriousness of the matter, Yuan Shu hurriedly asked Yan Xiang, "The matter has come to this, but what should I do?" ”

Yan Xiang thought for a while, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, we don't need to deal with the pursuers behind us, just move forward at full speed." ”

Yuan Shu said suspiciously: "If the thief army directly enters the formation, if you don't organize people to resist, won't the soldiers disperse in a hurry?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "Hasn't Your Majesty discovered that Chen Jun is a strategy to attack the heart? ”

"They know that they are inferior in military strength, so they don't dare to kill people indiscriminately. Because they knew that if they forced the soldiers of the rear army too quickly, even if their combat effectiveness was low, they could inflict heavy losses on the Chen army by virtue of their numerical superiority. ”

"It is with this in mind that the thief cavalry is only mainly harassing. As long as someone gives up resistance, they don't kill indiscriminately. ”

"Your Majesty just give the order, and the soldiers will all march on both sides of the road, leaving a wide road in between."

"Since the thieves want to harass back and forth, let them harass them. We just have to turn a blind eye and keep marching forward. ”

Yuan Shu heard Yan Xiang's strategy and said in a daze, "This, is this really possible?" If Chen Jun rushed into the formation and suddenly attacked the killer, what should he do? ”

Yan Xiang replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, according to our troops, we shouldn't be afraid of Chen Xu's pursuers. However, by now, the soldiers have long lost their fighting spirit. ”

"Chen Jun also knew this, so he dared to charge back and forth unscrupulously and harass the rear of our army."

"However, if Chen's army pushes people too much, even if the soldiers have no fighting spirit, they will never sit idly by. At that time, even if the thief army was many times larger, it was not afraid. ”

It was only at this time that Yuan Shu completely came back to his senses.

As Yan Xiang said, now according to the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Yuan Shujun is not afraid of Chen Xu's pursuers at all.

However, the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command had no fighting spirit. In addition, the pursuers behind do not kill indiscriminately, as long as they are not stopped, there will be no worries about their lives.

Chen Jun's strategy invisibly broke the morale of Yuan Jun.

Of course, Chen Jun did not dare to push too much. As the saying goes, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone tens of thousands of sturdy Yuan soldiers?

If they vainly tried to eat tens of thousands of Yuan troops with a few thousand cavalry, the consequences would definitely be to death.

The winter days are extremely short, and the sun sets early.

After Zhao Yun took his subordinates to rest and recuperate, he once again led two thousand cavalry to catch up with the rear of Yuan's army.

This time, he felt that the atmosphere was extremely strange.

On the official road, which was not spacious, Yuan Jun was placed one after another, forming two long dragons. In the middle of the two long dragons, there was a gap large enough for war horses to pass.

Even if Zhao Yun led people to shout loudly behind, Yuan Jun didn't seem to notice them at all, but he didn't hurry forward to march.

The only difference is that Yuan Jun, who was already marching close to both sides, had the same body and moved to the side again. As for the gap in between, it became more spacious.

Seeing this, Jiang Wu said with some doubts: "The thief army is so weird, could it be a fraud?" ”

This time, it was Zhao Yun's turn and the others to be suspicious.

They just followed Yuan Jun from a distance, but they didn't dare to really rush to the path that Yuan Jun got out of the way.

After half a pillar of incense, Zhao Yun finally became a little impatient, and he said to Zhao Huang: "Ziliang, you lead a large army to follow the enemy army far behind, and I will personally lead a hundred men and horses to rush over first to see what Yuan Jun wants." ”

Tang Chen hurriedly retorted: "The general is the commander of the first army, how can he risk his life? Leave it to me to test the enemy's intentions. ”

Jiang Wu also tried his best to fight.

Zhao Yun said: "The thief army's actions are strange and inscrutable. Although you are brave and brave, it is still a little difficult to be able to dominate the army freely. ”

"I have made up my mind on this matter, and I will wait until I say anything else."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun ordered a hundred elite cavalry and rushed into the Yuan army's array.

What surprised Zhao Yun was that no matter how they charged, how they shouted. The soldiers and soldiers of Yuan were all indifferent, and they still did not hurry forward to march forward.

Zhao Yun has always stubbornly believed that the Yuan army set up an ambush, and he only led a hundred cavalry to charge into battle, and he was about to lure the snake out of the hole.

However, he led a hundred cavalry to rush a distance of five miles, but there was no Yuan army to attack them. As for the so-called ambush, I didn't see any of them.

Seeing that Zhao Yun still wanted to charge forward, a confidant soldier hurriedly admonished: "General, we have already penetrated into the hinterland of Yuan's army. Rush forward again, if Yuan Jun suddenly cuts off our back road. Even if the general is brave, it is extremely difficult to break through. ”

Zhao Yun thought about it for a while, and felt that the pro-soldier was reasonable, so he cautiously led everyone to rush back.

However, Zhao Huang and the others, seeing that Zhao Yun had been gone for a long time, there was still no movement, and the three of them couldn't help but be a little irritable.

They were worried that the boss would be under siege, and when they were about to lead the troops to rush in, they saw Zhao Yun again.

The three of them looked at each other, and they all saw joy in each other's eyes.

"Drive!"

Zhao Yun rode a war horse, and it didn't take long for him to join Zhao Huang and the others.

Tang Chen asked impatiently, "General, what's going on with Yuan Jun?" ”

Zhao Yun frowned, and said with some uncertainty: "Yuan Jun acted like this, I don't know why. ”

In this way, Zhao Yun and the others followed Yuan Jun from afar. But as Yan Xiang expected, in the face of the Yuan army with a policy of non-resistance, Zhao Yun did not let people take the initiative to attack.

It wasn't until it was dark that he led his cavalry to slowly retreat.

At the same time, the heralds of the Yuan army kept reading out Yuan Shu's military orders from the back: "Your Majesty has an order, and the whole army rushes to Yangcheng at night." As long as you arrive in Yangcheng, you will have food to eat! ”

After running hungry for a day, Yuan Jun, who was already exhausted, suddenly heard the news and immediately talked about it.

Fortunately, at the end of this order, there is still some meaning of painting bread to satisfy hunger.

Therefore, even though Sergeant Yuan was dissatisfied in his heart, he gritted his teeth and persevered, marched slowly in the night, and rushed to Yangcheng.

Marching at night is definitely not an easy task. Especially in the cold winter, this is especially true for those soldiers who are poorly clothed and hungry.

At the end of the night, many soldiers got lost, and many soldiers fell forever.

Originally, it only took half a day's march to reach it, but Yuan Jun actually walked for a night.

It wasn't until the second day, after the sky turned white, that Yuan Shu led the army hungry and cold and arrived at the city of Yangcheng.

"Open the gates, open the gates!"

Yuan Shu sent more than a dozen soldiers to shout loudly, breaking the silence of the early morning.

The rest of the Yuan soldiers and soldiers also looked at Yangcheng in front of them with green eyes. At this time, how they wish that the city gate could be opened, and they could go into the city to drink hot water and have a hot meal.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of cannons in Yangcheng, and the city, which was originally unusually quiet, suddenly erected a banner that covered the sky and the sun.

A round of arrows rained down, killing all the Yuan soldiers who shouted more than a dozen.

Yuan Shu, who was hungry and cold, saw the big banner with the word 'Chen' erected on the city wall, and suddenly felt that his eyes were black and he almost fainted to the ground.