Chapter 134: Who Said There Were No Friendly Forces
Gao Shun's army rushed into the city, and the two battalions of elites took the lead, followed by the family's private soldiers, and started street battles with the defenders of Chao County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The defenders in Chao County only had 6,000 people under Zhang Duo. When they heard that Zhang Duo had died in battle, his morale was greatly damaged, and after a simple resistance, countless officials began to control the soldiers and organize the surrender. The main general has a very heavy impact on the soldiers, if the general general dies in battle, at most it will only lead to a downturn in the troops led by the young general, and it will have little impact on the overall soldiers, but the main general will die, and the dragons will have no leader.
Gao Shun only took a small midnight to control the entire Chao County.
Chen Gong came to the county office, first appeased the civil and military officials who surrendered in Chao County, and then discussed the military situation with Gao Shun and the others.
"I wonder how the battle is going in Liyang? Whether the lord's army has conquered Xia Liyang. ”
Gao Shun didn't know the situation of the battle in Liyang, and the two of them went deep behind the enemy alone, and they didn't know the movements of Lu Bu's army. They thought that their army was in a stalemate with Zheng Bao in Liyang, but they didn't expect that it would be tonight, Liyang would be broken by Zhang Liao.
Chen Gong said: "Now write a war report and send it to the Liyang army. ”
Gao Shun reminded worriedly: "If the messenger is captured by Zheng Bao, won't he leak the military information?" ”
"Send not only messengers, but also messengers. I just want Zheng Bao to catch the messenger, so that he can know that the nest is lost, and withdraw his army to come back to the rescue, so that our army can pursue him. Chen Gong touched his beard and said.
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When Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan, heard that Yuan Shu was in a stalemate with Lu Bu's army, he summoned his subordinates and said: "Yuan Shu has no merit and good skills, and is rampant with the times, arrogant and arrogant, and he will still perish." Now the army is gathered in Chengde and Tuzhong, and I will go out of Anfengjin, attack Shouchun, seize the jade seal of the country, and dedicate it to Xuchang. ”
Staff Wang He said: "The lord is also the minister of the East China Sea, and he can send the soldiers of the East China Sea out of Xuyi, cooperate with my Runan army, and attack the west and north roads, plus the first army of Lu Bu on the east road, Yuan Shu will be attacked on three sides, and Shouchun can be broken." In this way, not only can he win the jade seal of the country, but he can also take Shouchun by Lu Bu first. If Lu Bu is unhappy in his heart, the lord can send Xuyi's soldiers and Runan's soldiers to attack Lu Bu. ”
"Good. Go quickly and prepare what the army will consume, and set out in three days. Xu Xuan said. He was worried that Lu Bu and Yuan Shu would divide the victory and defeat before his army was overwhelmed, which would affect him to pick up the leaks.
Xu Xuan intervened sideways, which directly led to the collapse of Yuan Shu's army.
In the past few days, all the grain and grass that Yuan Shu had transported to Tuzhong was burned by Lu Bu's cavalry and Zang Ba's infantry, and he sent the general Zhang Xun to lead the army to encircle and suppress it many times. Needless to say, once Zhang Xun's infantry chased after him, Lu Bu's cavalry shot while running, not only could not touch a single hair of Lu Bu's cavalry, but also suffered heavy casualties, and very few could run back to the city. Zang Ba is not easy to mess with, if he can fight, he will fight, if he can't beat it, he will run into the dense forest, and when Zhang Xun's soldiers scatter to search, they will be broken.
Unable to send grain and grass to Tuzhong to supply Ji Ling's army, Yuan Shu frowned.
"Report! Runan Xu Xuan attacked An Fengjin yesterday. An Fengjin is lost! ”
"What?" Yuan Shu was shocked. Anfengjin is the west barrier of Shouchun, where the Huai River and Yingshui meet, is an important strategic location in Runan, once lost, Shouchun will face the enemy army in the west and north, Yuan Shu then stationed a heavy army here, before he dared to personally conquer Lu Bu.
"What does He Kui eat? The army guarded and let Xu Xuan's old puppet sneak attack succeed? "Yuan Shu sent his general He Kui to guard Anfengjin, specifically to defend against the enemy in the west. Now that An Fengjin is lost, Shouchun is in danger.
"He Kui opened the city to surrender to the enemy, but did not defend it." The soldier said.
"Destroy the three clans of He Kui!" First Lei Bo and Chen Lan rebelled, and then He Kui defected to the enemy, which made his Zhong family irreversible, and Yuan Shu hated these rebellious ministers and thieves to death.
An Fengjin was lost, so that Yuan Shu no longer had the confidence to stalemate with Lu Bu, and the good situation was about to collapse. Yuan Shu is not stupid, but he is very aware of his situation, once he and Lu Bu are deadlocked in the line of Chengde and Tuzhong, his foundation will be uprooted by Xu Xuan, and he will have nothing.
Yuan Shu anxiously summoned the military generals and said: "I used to be like Mount Tai to Xu Xuan, and I accepted it as the third duke. On the contrary, the old man did not think about retribution, fell into the well, and fell into the danger of survival, which is really hateful. ”
"Your Majesty, scolding and condemning is useless, and the plan now is to retreat from the strong enemy first. Xu Xuan turned against the water, and our army fell into the east and west of the enemy's attack. Lu Bu on the east road has Ji Ling in Tu Zhong to contain him, and he is worry-free for a while, but Xu Xuan's army on the west road hits the heart of our army directly, which is more dangerous than Lu Bu, please Your Majesty withdraw as soon as possible to defend Shouchun. Yang Hongchao Yuan Shu suggested.
Yuan Shu couldn't make up his mind after hearing this: "But in this way, Ji Lingjun has no food and grass supplies, and seeing Chengde's heavy troops retreating, will he open the city to surrender to the enemy?" ”
Zhang Xun said: "General Ji Ling is loyal to His Majesty, even if he dies in battle, he will not have dissent, please don't be suspicious of Your Majesty." ”
Strategist Yan Xiang hurriedly came out to object: "Although there are two enemy forces today, the real danger is in Lu Bu's army, and the soldiers under Xu Xuan have been sleeping for fifteen or sixteen years, and they have already become old and weak, and they will no longer be able to lose the prestige of breaking the yellow scarf in the past." On the contrary, although Lu Bu's army is small, it is fierce and abnormal, and the harm is very profound. Once the city is broken, the scholars will not be protected. The subordinate will attack Lu Bu first, and when Lu Bu is defeated, His Majesty will bring the power of a great victory, and Xu Xuan should not worry. ”
Yang Hong angrily pointed at Yan Xiang: "Fool's opinion! If Shouchun is lost, how can the Zhong family protect the world? ”
Yuan Shu trusted Yang Hong even more, Yuan Shu wanted to be the emperor the year before last, and the most fierce opposition was this Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu had long been dissatisfied with Yan Xiang, of course he would not adopt Yan Xiang's suggestion.
Yan Xiang saw that Yuan Shu resolutely withdrew his troops to aid Shouchun, and wanted to preserve Yuan Shu as much as possible, so he bowed down again and said: "I heard that there is a great talent here, why don't Your Majesty invite you to ask about the decision, maybe there is a strategy for retreating." ”
Yuan Shu asked casually, "Who?" ”
Yan Xiang said: "Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Liu Xiu, the son of Emperor Guangwu, is named Liu Ye and his name is Yang, and he is rare and talented, and the villagers call him a talent of the world. ”
Yuan Shu was arrogant and rude to people with low status, but he was courteous and polite to the children of the high family, after hearing that Liu Ye was the emperor, the people in the royal family, the anxious mood calmed down, and said: "Where is it now? ”
Yan Xiang said: "It's in the city." ”
"Hurry up, please."
Liu Ye was soon invited by Yuan Shu to the temporary palace built in Chengde City.
Yuan Shu saw Liu Yesheng's majestic appearance, his eyes were bright, neither humble nor arrogant, and he had a heart of love for talents: "I have heard for a long time that Liu Ziyang can be literate and martial, and he is really a young talent." Now that I am facing the enemy army, can I have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy? ”
Liu Ye saw Yuan Shu claiming to be respectful in front of him, he was slightly unhappy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, and bowed down and said: "Yuan Gong's account is full of talents, and he has his own clever strategy. He is shallow in his knowledge and has no foolish opinions. ”