Chapter 365: Bloodless Blades
"Escape?" Jia Xu stood in front of the map again, quickly skimmed to the side, and then fixed his eyes on Yuan Shao in the north.
Lü Bu was famous for leading cavalry armies, so he categorically would not abandon his martial arts and go to Jiangdong. Therefore, Sun Jian was the first to be excluded. Cao Cao and Lu Bu had a feud for occupying land and seizing power, and Lu Bu refused to surrender to He Xian, and he would definitely not surrender to Cao Cao. Xiliang is too far away, Youzhou and Yizhou can't climb, and the only possibility is Jizhou north of the Yellow River, that is, to serve Yuan Shao.
"It seems that there are capable people under Lu Bu's command! was able to find the last trace of life in this dead end. Jia Xu said with emotion.
"Could it be that the military advisor also thinks that Lu Bu's arrangements in Yingchuan County are all tricks. The real main force has fled Yingchuan and gone elsewhere? He Xian asked.
"Lord, please look! From Yangzhai all the way to the north, you can follow the border area of Yin and Chenliu County in Henan all the way to Zhongmu Dagang Guandu. Recruit enough ships from Guandu to go north to Jizhou! Jia Xu pointed to the map and drew a straight line from Yingchuan to Guandu on the edge of the Yellow River.
"Yingchuan to the north, will pass through the defense area of the Tiger Pass, Lu Bu is not afraid that Zhang Liao will lead the iron cavalry under his command to entangle his march? In that case, it would be difficult for Lu Bu's foot soldiers to resist. He Xian asked.
That's true, so at first he thought that Lu Bu would not flee north. But now it seems that under the circumstance that it is impossible to escape the first battle, Lu Bu chose Cao Cao as his opponent instead of my Nanyang army. “
"What do you mean by that?"
"After Lu Bu enters the Yin Land Boundary in Henan, he will definitely quickly turn to the east. Before Zhang Liao attacked, he entered the territory of Chenliu County. Cao Cao stationed 20,000 of Cao Ren's horses in the land of Chenliu. Lü Bu only needed to defeat Cao Ren as soon as possible and get rid of Cao's pursuit. You can go all the way north to the Zhongmu area, and then enter the Guandu Port under the jurisdiction of Yin in Henan. “
He Xian laughed and said, "Lu Bu knows each other!" Then do you want to inform Wen Yuan to lead the army to Guandu to intercept Lu Bu's army? “
Jia Xu pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's better not to!" If Zhang Wenyuan leads fewer troops, I am afraid he will not be Lu Bu's opponent; If there are too many soldiers, the Tiger Prison will be empty. Lu Bugou jumped over the wall in a hurry, couldn't cross the official crossing, led troops to the west to attack the Tiger Pass, and harassed the Luoyang area, which had finally stabilized, then the gains outweighed the losses! “
He Xian nodded and said: "To be able to get Yuzhou without bloodshed, I have to thank Lu Bu for his cooperation." Let's let him live! According to Lu Bu's unruly personality, Yuan Shao may not be able to control him. At that time, Lu Bu will be the cancer of the Jizhou army! “
"The lord is wise!" Jia Xu patted He Xian's ass at the right time.
In October, He Xian led his troops from Runan to Yingchuan County, and everywhere he went, the county orders surrendered one after another. He Xian asked, and the county order frankly said that this was Lu Bu's order. Before the war, the counties had to recruit young men and show a posture of perseverance. In this way, even when the Nanyang army was in the city, the county commander chose to surrender. Lu Bu will be exonerated from blame.
Sure enough, the scenes of beacon fire everywhere in Yingchuan County before were all illusions, and they were made by deliberately confusing the Nanyang Army.
All the way from Runan Xingping to Yingchuan Yangzhai, the Nanyang army did not encounter decent resistance. When Lu Bu secretly evacuated, he took all the 30,000 elites with him. The rest of the soldiers were all Yuzhou soldiers who had been eliminated at the beginning, and they had no morale, and no one wanted to work hard.
Liu Dai had already led the remnants of Yangzhai City and the local squires to open the city gate and welcome the Han Dynasty to enter Yingchuan twenty miles outside the city.
He Xian was very happy, continued to retain Liu Dai's position as Yanzhou pastor, and promised to recapture Yanzhou from Cao Cao, and let Liu Dai return to Nanyang Wancheng to live temporarily. Liu Dai thought to himself: Whether or not I can recapture Yanzhou has nothing to do with me, it is a battle between you heroes. But on the surface, Liu Dai didn't dare to say this, and thanked him in his mouth. After all, from now on, Liu Dai will have to work under He Xian's account, and his own food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as the expenses of the family, will count on the money He Xian gave him.
The Nanyang army regained Yuzhou without a single soldier, disappointing a group of princes who wanted to watch a good show. In particular, Yuan Shu gave up a piece of Nuoda's foundation and wanted to delay He Xian's attack. At best, it can also defeat both the Nanyang army and the Lu Bu army. Unexpectedly, the brave Lu Bu didn't even have the courage to fight with the Nanyang Army, so he went north to Yuan Shao with the soldiers, horses, money and food given by Yuan Shu. When Yuan Shu heard the news, he was immediately furious, spitting blood and fainting on the dragon chair of Dacheng Kingdom. The whole Shouchun mourned, lest He Xian lead troops to attack Yangzhou again.
Yuzhou is newly surrendered, and the people's hearts are unstable and need to be appeased. He Xian urgently transferred Cheng Yu from Luoyang and recommended him as the assassin of Yuzhou, and was fully responsible for the people's livelihood and political affairs in Yuzhou. Yang Wei Yan, a general of Yangwei, and Pang De, a deputy general, led 30,000 floating chacha troops to garrison Yuzhou, and were fully responsible for the military of Yuzhou. The system of separation of military and political affairs in the Nanyang Army was implemented from Yuzhou.
After settling the affairs of Yuzhou, He Xian led Zhao Yun, Wen Ping, Xu Huang Lusu and the rest of the 20,000 Nanyang soldiers back to Wancheng. Re-attacking Yuan Shu, it's not that He Xian doesn't want to, but he can't. It has been nearly half a year since the 100,000 Nanyang Army went out, and the consumption of grain and grass is a huge number. Although the Nanyang Army has accumulated a little grain and grass after these years of accumulation, it is not enough to be able to squander it wantonly. And although Yuan Shu is weak, if he wants to lay down Shouchun, it is impossible to achieve it without three or five months. To sum up, He Xian decisively chose to accept it when he saw it and returned to Nanyang.
And from the news sent back by Chen Liu, Lu Bu pretended to be a horse thief and captured Weishi City. Cao Ren didn't know what the plan was, so he led 10,000 soldiers and horses from Chen Liucheng to Wei's to quell the rebellion. Halfway through, he was ambushed by Lu Bu, and all 10,000 soldiers and horses were annihilated. Cao Ren himself was also seriously injured, if it weren't for the desperate breakthrough of the pro-guard army, Cao Ren would have become the soul of Lu Bu Fangtian's painting halberd. After defeating Cao Ren, Lü Bu did not dare to pursue, bypassed Chen Liucheng, and went north to capture Junyi City, making the last supply of grain and grass. Then he turned to the northwest and ran to Guandu without stopping.
Because Cao Cao wanted to seek Xuzhou, he arranged the main forces in the area of Dongjun. By the time the news of Cao Ren's attack came, Lu Bu had already raided Junyi. By the time Cao Cao arrived at Junyi, Lu Bu had already left Chenliu and went to Guandu. The angry Cao Cao knew that there was no hope of revenge, so he immediately wrote a personal letter to Yuan Shao, denouncing Lu Bunai for being a treacherous person, and he must not be taken in, otherwise, he would suffer from it sooner or later.
Cao Cao's handwritten letter arrived at Yuan Shao's mansion in Yecheng-Yuan Shao together with Chen Gong, an envoy sent by Lü Bu. Yuan Shao convened his advisers to discuss whether to accept Lu Bujun's service.