The alliance that conquered Yuan Shu was actively transporting troops to prepare for war.

The Yuan Shu group has also been fully prepared for a long time, reorganizing its armaments and deploying defense.

Yuan Shu and his staff, according to the information they had, analyzed the situation of the princes of all walks of life in the Luoyang Allied Army.

They believe that although Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Sun Ce of Jiangdong have their hearts set on Luoyang, these two people have their own plans and will not do their best to attack Yuzhou.

And Cao Cao was restrained by Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and others, and it was difficult to divide his troops to attack.

In the Luoyang Alliance, only Liu Mang and Liu Bei are the fierce opponents.

Yuan Shu's deployment was aimed at Liu Mang and Liu Bei.

The generals Liu Xun and Yuan Yin were ordered to command 20,000 troops respectively and garrison the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang in Yangzhou.

The generals Qiao Rui and Ji Ling, each commanded 20,000 troops, guarded Peiguo Xiangxian and Fuli, and controlled Liu Bei in Xuzhou.

With Hou Junji as the commander, Li Zhu as the marching Sima, Li Tianyan, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Liang Gang and others as the generals, commanding 80,000 elite soldiers, stationed in the northern part of Yingchuan, and went all out to fight against Liu Mang.

Changshi Yang Hong, Zhang Xun, Le Qi, etc., led 30,000 troops to guard Nanyang.

And Yuan Shu, personally commanding nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, sitting in Shouchun, supporting all parts of the country at any time.

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Yuzhou has a huge military advantage.

For this battle, most people in the puppet Han court were quite optimistic.

They believe that with the existing strength of both sides, it is not said that they are holding on to the danger, even if they take the initiative to attack Luoyang, they also have a great possibility of victory.

Even many people told Yuan Shu that they should take the initiative to attack before the Luoyang army launched an attack and burn the war to Luoyang!

However, Hou Junji resolutely disagreed with the initiative.

Hou Junji is ruthless and cunning, and he also knows the art of war. More importantly, he knows Liu Mang and understands Liu Mang's army.

In the battle of the party on Yanchi, Liu Mang took the initiative to attack and won by surprise when the number of troops was inferior.

Now, Liu Mang has jumped from an inconspicuous place to a minister of the Luoyang court. From a fledgling teenager, he has grown into a prince of a town who scolds Fang Xuan.

And Liu Mang's army also grew from about 20,000 people at that time to more than 100,000. The generals under the account are even more difficult to count.

Liu Mang is no longer what it used to be.

Hou Junji regretted it.

He heard that Lin Chong and Shi Jin were all reused by Liu Mang. And Xu Shiji even became the commander in charge of Hedong military affairs.

If he had chosen to defect to Liu Mang, Hou Junji would be confident that with his own ability, he would at least be better than that Xu Shiji!

Perhaps, he has now become a commander like Su Dingfang and Xu Da!

However, all this only exists in fantasy.

Not only did he make a wrong choice, but because of Chao Gai's death, he became the mortal enemy of Liu Manglin, Chong Shi Jin and others;

There is no turning back when you open the bow......

What makes Hou Junji feel relieved is that in the past few years, Yuan Shu has trusted him. Rise through the ranks and become the commander in command of nearly 100,000 troops!

did not choose to take refuge in Liu Mang, which is Hou Junji's regret.

And Liu Mang didn't take the initiative to recruit himself, but it was an even more serious mistake!

Hou Junji wants to be an opponent to make Liu Mang realize that not recruiting himself will become the biggest mistake Liu Mang has made in his life!

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Hou Junji is confident, but also cautious.

He has enough confidence in the army he controls. But in the Shouchun court, those courtiers who can only talk rhetorically have no confidence.

Taking the initiative to attack Luoyang will lengthen your own supply line. There is no hope that Shouchun's wine bag and rice bag will supply grain and grass in time.

Therefore, Hou Junji repeatedly made suggestions to Yuan Shu, and finally persuaded Yuan Shu to adopt a strategy of holding on to the danger to resist the attack of the Luoyang army.

When the enemy was repeatedly defeated, demoralized, and lacked provisions, he swung his army north into Luoyang and defeated Liu Mang in one fell swoop.

Yuan Shu finally agreed with Hou Junji's idea, and Hou Junji, also in the north of Yingchuan, built a solid line of defense.

Ordered Lei Bo to guard Yang Qianshan Lunshi City, Liang Gang to guard the negative Huang Ju, and Li Tian Yan to guard Yang City. With these three cities, hold the Songshan passage. Hou Junji strictly ordered the three generals to hold on and not attack, in case of the enemy's plan.

He also ordered Chen Lan to garrison Yanling. It echoes with Zhang Miaojun, who was stationed in the city of Wei's family in Chenliu County.

Hou Junji and Li Zhu are located in Yangzhai, the administrative office of Yingchuan County. Prevent the Luoyang Army, from the Xinzheng area, to attack Yingchuan.

In this way, it was connected with Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, and Lu Bu of Yanzhou East County, and completely blocked the southward passage of the Luoyang Army.

According to Hou Junji's assumption, although the Luoyang Army has strong combat effectiveness, it is from afar after all. On a long-distance march, the consumption of grain and grass is several times that of holding on to the city. As long as it drags on for two or three months, there will definitely be problems with the supply of the Luoyang army.

At that time, all it is necessary to wave the flag and send out an army of 80,000 men. Even if you can't win Luoyang in one fell swoop, at least you can reap a big victory.

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While Hou Junji was building a defensive line in the north of Yingchuan, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao were also actively preparing for war.

Since the assassination of Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu has been embarrassed all the way.

was first defeated by Li Dao Guo Yan, and then in Hongnong and Luoyang, he was defeated twice by Liu Mang's Bingzhou army. also lost Song Xian and Wei Xu's two generals.

It wasn't until he followed Chen Gong's advice and took advantage of Cao Cao's expedition to Xuzhou to attack Dongjun that Lu Bu finally had a place to stay.

In his heart, Lu Bu looked down on Yuan Shu.

However, the western part of Yanzhou East County, which he occupied, was not only a small area, but also had no danger to defend except for the Yellow River in the north.

There is not enough food and there is a shortage of troops. Most of the army's supplies were supported by Yuan Shu.

This situation forced Lu Bu to stand on Yuan Shu's side.

After more than two years in Dongjun, rectifying the soldiers and horses, cultivating and recuperating, and receiving Yuan Shu's funding, Lu Bu finally recovered.

Yang Feng Han Xian's Baibo army completely collapsed, and Lü Bu accepted part of Yang Feng's remaining troops, and his soldiers and horses also grew to nearly 40,000.

For Lu Bu, the ideal situation is to maintain the status quo for the time being. He didn't want to get involved in the decisive battle between Luoyang and Shouchun.

However, his situation forced him to stay out of it. If Yuan Shu is defeated, Lü Bu will lose his source of food and grass. And the existing Dongjun will also be recaptured by Cao Cao sooner or later.

Lü Bu ordered Zhang Liao Chen Palace to garrison Puyang, and Gao Shun and Hou Cheng to garrison Baima.

Lü Bu himself led the generals Cheng Lian, Cao Xing, and Hao Meng, and led 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yan County in the west of Dongjun.

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And Luoyang and Shouchun started a war with themselves, and Zhang Miao, who was left behind, was also very uneasy.

ordered his brother Zhang Chao to be stationed in sour jujubes. The former generals of the White Polish Army, Han Xian and Shi Bao, were stationed in Junyi. General Liang Shitai, stationed in the Wei clan, guarded the Jialu River (chasm).

Zhang Miao himself was stationed in Chen Liucheng.

Zhang Miao was defeated and fled from Hanoi, and almost all his soldiers and horses were lost.

Thanks to Han Xian and Shi Bao leading part of the Baibo army to vote, Zhang Miao was able to piece together a team of more than 20,000 people.

Zhang Miao knew very well that the people under his command, no matter the number or the degree of training, were not the enemies of the Luoyang Army.

The only thing Zhang Miao could do was to pray secretly, hoping that the flames of war would not burn to Chen Liu, and not affect his weak self.

War, however, does not sympathize with the weak.

Sooner or later, it will come...... (To be continued.) )