Yuan Shu was extremely unpopular in Huainan, and the act of being the emperor was opposed by most of the famous people of the world, so after Liu Bao launched a mutiny, it almost did not cause any resistance, except for Ji Ling who fled to Jiangdong with a small number of soldiers and horses, Yan Xiang refused to surrender Liu Bao was killed, and the rest of the civil and military officials in Yuan Shu's territory were all submissive to Liu Bao. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That is to say, Liu Bao used a bloodless mutiny, almost bloodless, to swallow all of Yuan Shu's belongings.

"I knew that Liu Bao was not ambitious, and he dared to take him in, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu, you are stupid enough, you really deserve it."

Zhang Yuan sneered, without the slightest sympathy for Yuan Shu's tragedy, and showed the information to everyone.

Cheng Chu said with emotion: "Liu Bao's mutiny, except for Yan Xiang and Ji Ling, no one is loyal to Yuan Shu, and it is really embarrassing for him to be the master to such an unpopular point." ”

Everyone was embarrassed, and they all sighed because of Yuan Shu's unpopularity.

"Yuan Shu deserves to fall to this point, but now his soldiers and horses have been stolen by Liu Bao, which is not a good thing for us, Liu Bao's little prince of the Huns is more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu's stupidity." In the midst of sighs, it was Li Dingguo who first saw the benefits of the Song family.

Everyone was reminded by him like this, their expressions changed, and the atmosphere immediately became solemn.

The difficulty of capturing and annexing the state is still vivid, and it took them a lot of effort to drive Liu Bao away.

Now that Liu Bao is resurrected, his command once again has tens of thousands of troops, and he is also backed by the support of the rich land of Huainan, which is really like a tiger.

The thought of facing an extraordinary general who has regrown his teeth makes everyone feel a little jealous.

Zhang Yuan's young face was still confident, and he said proudly: "What about Liu Bao's resurrection, I Zhang Yuan was not afraid of him back then, and I am still not afraid of him today, Huainan I must take it, even if it is the resurrection of the overlord, I Zhang Yuan will also block and kill God, and Buddha will block and kill Buddha"

The pride of hunting echoed in the lobby, and everyone was infected by it, and the fighting spirit increased greatly for a while.

Zhang Yuan slowly stood up, raised his hand to the west, and said sharply: "Order the whole army, Keriba camp to march west, follow me to defeat Liu Bao, and sweep Huainan." ”

As soon as the sky dawned the next day, Zhang Yuan led an army of 25,000 and slaughtered towards Yicheng City.

A few days later, Zhang Yuan's army reached the east of Yicheng City.

At this time, Liu Bao had completed the reorganization of Yuan Shu's army, in addition to the 3,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in Shouchun, Liu Bao commanded 20,000 Huainan troops, gathered in Yicheng City, and blocked Zhang's army from advancing westward.

Yicheng is the last barrier to Shouchun, Liu Bao will definitely do his best to hold on, Zhang Yuan is not surprised.

To Zhang Yuan's surprise, on the shore in the south of the city, there was a small village, more than 200 warships, and nearly 3,000 sailors.

Although Zhang Yuan's army marched westward along the river bank, the grain and grass had to be transported by water, and if he did not destroy these 3,000 sailors, his grain route would be threatened to be cut off at any time.

Zhang Yuan can see why Liu Bao is not afraid of the turmoil in the army after the mutiny, that is, he relied on receiving Yuan Shu, a naval army of 3,000 people.

The road ahead was blocked, and as a last resort, Zhang Yuan could only order to stop advancing, and the whole army was separated from Yicheng by fifteen miles, and camped to form a confrontation.

After the camp was completed, Zhang Yuan sent Pegasus to inform Yang Zhi and led the only 1,000-strong naval army to the front line.

Because the Huaishui water flow is not as wide as the Yangtze River, Zhang Yuan did not expect that Yuan Shu would quietly build a naval army, so before the war, he did not greatly develop the naval army, so he only retained a naval army of 1,000 people, and the warships were mainly based on small boats that washed away.

At this point, no matter what, it can only rely on a thousand water troops.

During the seven days of waiting for Yang Zhi's navy, Liu Bao could be regarded as showing off his might, repeatedly sending Uwei to command his naval warships, rampaging on the Huaishui, intercepting Zhang Yuan's distant grain ships, and approaching the large battalion along his coast to release arrows.

Zhang Yuan naturally held back the fire in his belly, but he could only swallow it forcibly and let Liu Bao show off his might.

Seven days later, Yang Zhi finally led a thousand naval troops and nearly 100 large and small warships to the Yicheng front.

As soon as Yang Zhi arrived, Zhang Yuan immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

"Wen Xiang, Liu Baojun has been showing off his martial arts for many days, I will wait for you to come, how to deal with Liu Bao's army, do you have a way" Zhang Yuan asked impatiently.

"Although Liu Bao's navy has a large number of sailors and the warships are larger than ours, the Uwei he chose was originally a landlubber, and he can have some skills in water warfare, and the last general is not afraid of others having many ships, but he is afraid that he will not dare to fight." Yang Zhi's eyes burned with hunting intent, and he was confident.

He also believes that Yang Zhi is definitely not bragging, although Liu Bao's water army looks strong, it is definitely not Yang Zhi's opponent, but if he sticks to the water village and avoids the battle, it will be difficult to attack it if he forms a horn with Yicheng.

Liu Bao avoided fighting without fighting, he couldn't use Yang Zhi to destroy his water army, he couldn't transport grain and grass with confidence, Liu Bao's water army could attack the Huai River grain road at any time, and even transport surprise soldiers, surprise attack Xutai, cut off his way back.

In other words, as long as Liu Bao's army is not destroyed, he will not be able to obtain the right to control water, even if he has an advantage over Liu Bao in terms of morale, he will not want to capture Yicheng, let alone Shouchun.

Yang Zhi's navy is not a large number, and it is possible to destroy the enemy's navy if it is engaged on the water, and it is a bit unrealistic to force it into the enemy's water camp if he only relies on this water army.

His thoughts flickered, but the corners of Zhang Yuan's mouth raised a sneer, "Wen Xiang rest assured, Liu Bao has relied on his strong naval army and flaunted his power for so many days, you can see that he has no fear, and he will never choose to shrink back, Wen Xiang has confidence in you, just go to war." ”

Zhang Yuan's eyes clearly saw Liu Bao's psychology.

Gao Gong also poured a sip of wine, nodded and said: "What the lord said is good, Liu Bao thinks that our navy is a weakness, and he must want to use a big victory to establish his prestige and subdue those who are not subservient, as long as we dare to fight with him, he will definitely do his best." ”

Yang Zhi no longer had any doubts, jumped up, and said angrily: "Then tomorrow Sheng will lead a thousand water troops to the west and fight Liu Bao to the death." ”

Zhang Yuan also said proudly: "Okay, tomorrow I will be on the shore with all the generals to witness you Yang Zhi rampant on the water and become famous in Huainan." ”

The decision has been made, Zhang Yuan did not hesitate, and ordered to kill sheep and pigs that night, and rewarded the soldiers of the navy army to strengthen his momentum.

The next day, before the sky was clear, Yang Zhi led a thousand sailors, all out of the camp, and headed upstream.

A hundred warships, large and small, sailed out of the waterway in an orderly manner, and no other noise could be heard except for the sound of rowing and hitting the current, and the sound of the sailors' horns when they exerted their strength.