By the time Ji Ling was defeated, the four-way army of Han Hao, Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, and Chen Ji under Yuan Shu had gone to the third, and the danger of the siege of the public was lifted in an instant. When Cao Ying returned to the city, Xun You finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although everything is in his calculations, but as the saying goes, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, if something goes wrong, not only will the wisdom be lost, but the lord will also be affected.

When Cao Ying returned to Pingyu, it was already five watches, and it was about to dawn, but he did not rest, but let the wine and food be prepared below, but to celebrate.

It was not because Cao Ying was urgent, but because Cao Chun had to rush back to Chenliu as soon as possible, Cao Ying had to suppress his fatigue and seize the time to celebrate.

"This battle is a big victory, Zilian, Zihe is a great achievement!" Cao Ying raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Of course, Gongda is even more indispensable. Everyone, please toast! ”

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"Chen left emptiness, although he temporarily concealed his jaw, but in order to prevent omissions, Zihe had to rush back urgently. The eldest brother will not leave you, and he will drink and eat to his heart's content, and then go on the road. Cao Ying said: "Now that the three-way soldiers and horses of Yuan Shu are broken, although the current situation is quite good, I am afraid that Yuan Shu will try his best to fight back, and the elite brought by Zihe will have to stay in Pingyu." As for the tens of thousands of captives, they will be handed over to Zihe and brought back to Chen Liu, haha, let Yuan Highway's soldiers go to fight Yuan Benchu, I really want to! ”

Cao Chun got up and hugged his fists and said, "It's not Yuan Shu's soldiers, but the eldest brother's soldiers!" ”

"Hahaha well said!" Cao Ying laughed, very relieved.

After a banquet, Cao Chun immediately took Zhang Xun and the three of them, led more than 50,000 prisoners, and took advantage of the slight light of the sky to quickly return north, hoping that Chen would stay.

After Cao Chun left, Cao Ying did not rest, but talked with Xun Yu Bingzhu to discuss the next offensive strategy.

Not to mention what Cao Ying's strategy is to deal with Yuan Shu, let's look at Liu Biao.

Liu Biao withdrew the army, leaving only enough men and horses to guard the northeast of Jing and Wenpin, sitting in Wancheng, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all transferred to Jiangxia, more than 200,000 troops, with Cai Mao as the main general, Huang Zu and others as the deputy general, the army was drawn and attacked Lujiang.

At the same time, Sun Quan, the second son of Sun Jian in Jiujiang, took advantage of Yuan Shuzheng's dispatch of troops and horses, preparing to encircle Cao Ying, expel him from the country, and when the internal control was weak, he took a cadre of about 40,000 soldiers and horses such as Huang Gai and Huang Gai to fight Jiujiang, cross the river from Liyang, and enter Danyang County. And at a very fast speed, he took the eight cities of Shicheng, Moling, Jiangcheng, Hushu, Jurong, Wuhu, Liyang, and Danyang, and the soldiers approached Wanling, the capital of Danyang!

Zhou Xin, the Yangzhou assassin of the Yuan Shu Department who was sitting in Danyang, issued more than ten urgent documents in a row, requesting Yuan Shu's support.

When Yuan Shu was dreaming of driving Cao Ying out of Runan and regaining the lost territory, Sun Quan first rebelled, and then the news of Liu Biao's attack on Lujiang came, which made him anxious and overstretched for a while. Later, Zhou Xin asked for help, and was about to allocate troops and horses to the south to suppress it, but he got the news that Cao Ying broke Han Hao, Zhang Xun, and Ji Ling's three soldiers and horses, Zhang Xun, Chen Lan, and Le surrendered, and Han Hao and Ji Ling died!

"How so!?"

Yuan Shu's hair was scattered, his eyes were red and red, as if he was choosing someone to eat, and he kept shouting and scolding in his mouth, and his subordinates trembled and trembled, and they didn't dare to move.

"Ji Ling and Han Hao are dead! Zhang Xun, Chen Lan and Le surrendered! Is there anyone else available for my Yuan Shu!? Can I still hold Yuzhou?! ”

Yuan Shu roared like a wounded beast.

"Liu Biao's thieves attacked my Lujiang, Sun Quan Xiao'er broke Danyang, and the land of my Yuanshu and Liangzhou was in flames! You say, what should I do?! Say! Rubbish! It's all rubbish! ”

Yuan Shu yelled loudly while throwing things around, and after a long time, the anger in his chest was gradually suppressed.

At this time, Yuan Lian, the hallmate, dared to speak: "Lord, the only way to do this is to send troops and horses to intercept it, as for Runan"

"Runan" Yuan Shu how did he not know what Yuan Shu meant?

Now that Cao Ying has broken through his three-way heavy army, the land of Runan can be said to have fallen into Cao Ying's hands. If there is no matter of Sun Quan and Liu Biao, you can still gather heavy troops and recapture Runan, but unfortunately now that you are facing enemies on three sides, you can't draw troops and horses at all!

That is, to abandon Runan.

Yuan Shu was distressed. Runan was the place he had tried his best to make the capital, but now it was lost!

"Cao Apu! You have deceived me so much! ”

Yuan Shu lowered his head, and his teeth rattled: "There will be a day, and you will definitely be able to return the principal with interest!" ”

"You say, what now?"

Yuan Shu raised his head violently, and his cold eyes made Yuan Shu take a few steps back.

"My lord, only for now, I can only try my best to resist and protect all the territories." Yuan Jian said.

Yan Xiang on the side got up, looked directly at Yuan Shu, and said: "I also ask the lord to give an order to dispatch the three generals Chen Ji, Lei Shu, and Yang Feng to withdraw their troops and horses, guard Cai, Ping'a, and Yicheng, and defend Cao Ying; The three generals Li Feng, Han Xian, and Yuan Yin were ordered to send troops to Yangquan, Chengde, and Hefei to counterattack Liu Biao. ”

"Do you want me to give up the three eastern counties of Yuzhou?" When Yuan Shu heard this, his eyes narrowed, and a cold glow appeared.

"Not bad!" Yan Xiang was not afraid, and said: "Now that the Cao thief is strong and I am weak, only by shrinking the defense line and concentrating troops can we stop him from moving south." As for Lujiang, there must be no room for loss, otherwise the lord will only have Jiujiang and a county left, and there will be no chance to turn over! ”

Yan Xiang's words were very ugly, and Yuan Shu was very displeased, and said, "What is a county? What about Danyang? What about Kure? What about Yangzhou in the south?! ”

"Lord, now that Sun Quan is attacking Danyang, the lord is still unable to look south. Moreover, there is the Yangtze River in the middle of Huainan and Yangzhou, and when the lord stabilized Jiujiang and Lujiang, Sun Quan must have also laid down Danyang and other counties, at that time, how could Yangzhou still be counted in the name of the lord? Yan Xiang said solemnly: "Now I can only try my best to stabilize the second county of Huainan, there is no other way!" ”

Yuan Shu was silent.

Yan Xiang's words are very reasonable, and they cannot be refuted at all.

"Okay, give the order."

At the same time, Luoyang.

Yuan Shao looked at the black-clothed man who suddenly appeared in front of him, his heart was extremely nervous, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword trembled a little.

"You, You"

"Yes, the general's eyes are like torches. I belong to Youzhou, and on the orders of my master, I have something to tell General Yuan. The man in black's face was indifferent and cold, like a stone.

"What's the matter?" Hearing this, Yuan Shao finally relaxed a little. Just now, he was afraid that this person was an assassin sent by Liu Yuan to assassinate him.

"My master said that Cao Ying had defeated Yuan Shu, and Yuzhou was about to fall into his hands. If you don't want to be next to a stronger enemy, then send your troops quickly. Taking advantage of the fact that Cao Ying had not returned to the army at this time, he defeated Yanzhou. Otherwise, when Cao Ying completely pacifies Yuzhou, you will no longer be an opponent. ”

With that, the man in black turned around and disappeared.

The disappearance of the man in black did not make Yuan Shao relax his vigilance instantly, but still stood there for a long time with his blade, until a quarter of an hour later, Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the Taishi chair behind the desk.

After a few breaths, Yuan Shao realized that his back was already cold.

But he didn't want to move. The tea kung fu that confronted the man in black was as tiring as if he had walked on the battlefield.

With his eyes slightly closed, Yuan Shao's heart echoed with the words of the man in black.

From the words of the man in black, it is not difficult to see what Liu Yuan meant. It's just a matter of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf. Yuan Shao is a tiger, and Cao Ying is a wolf. And Liu Yuan is a hunter who sits on the mountain and watches the battle of wolves and tigers.

Yuan Shao knew this, but he was helpless.

This is a yang scheme, a naked yang scheme.

Even if he knew that he and Cao Ying were fighting and both were defeated, it was Liu Yuan who benefited, but Yuan Shao had to do it. Because if you don't do it, you will die in the hands of Cao Ying first.

Yuan Shao sighed, picked up the secret report on the table and looked at it again.

"Jaw Opening"

Let's press the Central Plains War, and then look at Youzhou.

Let's say that Huang Zhong and Wei Yan drove the carriage all the way through Yanzhou, passed Puyang, and at the Baimajin ferry, Zhou Tai personally led people across the Yellow River. Later, it went straight north, passed through Jizhou, and entered Youzhou.

On this day, the three carriages finally arrived in Yuyang.

Wei Yan and Huang Zhong jumped out of the carriage at the same time, looking at the majestic city in front of them, and still felt very new in their hearts - although they had seen many cities of the same style along the way, Yuyang City was the capital of Liu Yuanzhi after all, and it was not comparable to those cities.

The Erqiao sisters and the mother and daughter of the Huang family also got out of the car, and then, the two sick numbers, Huang Xu and Sun Jian, accompanied by Sun Shangxiang and the medical soldiers, slowly got out of the carriage. In the end, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan each brought Sun Ce and Zhou Yu out.

"This is Yuyang City?"

Sun Jian raised his head and looked at this city full of novel styles, his face full of shock.

"This city wall is less than three zhang high, which is about the same as an ordinary county seat!" Sun Ceqi said: "Such a city is not suitable for the identity of the King of Yuyang, right?" ”

"Hey, but not necessarily. You look at how deep the doorway is! It can be seen that the city wall is thick. With such a thick city wall, it can be increased by several zhang at any time" Zhou Yu was carried by Wei Yan and said.

As soon as these words came out, even Wei Yan and Huang Zhong nodded yes.

At the beginning, when Yuyang City was built, Liu Yuan originally planned to build this Yuyang into a fortress. Later, because of the violation, it was shelved and only three zhang of the city wall was built. Today, there is no need for it.

First, who has the ability to hit Yuyang?

Of the two, Liu Yuan wants to dominate the world, while Yuyang is not suitable for Yanjing, and there is no need for expansion.

Wei Yan and the others were staring at the city wall over there, discussing the strategic and military affairs, while Er Qiao and a few other women took a fancy to its style and chattered.

This cadre and others stopped outside the door, there were beauties who captivated the country and the city, there were peerless and fierce generals, there were sick numbers, there were wounded, and there were a group of peculiar people. The people of Yuyang, merchants, hawkers, mercenaries and farmers who passed by couldn't help but look at each other curiously.

The guards guarding the city gate seemed to turn a blind eye.

"Brother Wentai, don't come to harm?"

At this moment, a warm and mellow voice sounded in everyone's ears.

When everyone heard this, they seemed to be attracted, and they all turned their faces and looked at where the sound came from.

Liu Yuan was dressed in a coarse cloth robe, and only Dian Wei was by his side, and walked over slowly.

"Yuyang King?" Sun Jian was a little unsure. After all, the two of them have not met much, and after a few years, Liu Yuan has changed a lot, and he is a little unrecognizable for a while.

"Haha" Liu Yuan laughed and clenched his fists slightly: "Brother Wentai." ”

"This is the Yuyang King?" Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, Sun Shangxiang, the mother and daughter of the Huang family, and the sick Huang Xu, staring at Liu Yuan with seven or eight pairs of eyes, looked at the plainly dressed, majestic and tall young man in front of him, but with no authority at all, they were all a little incredulous.

In their minds, the world-famous Yuyang King should be a high-minded, god-like figure. At present, it seems that the image in my mind is contrary.

"Brother Zihong!"

Xiao Qiao screamed happily and ran over, and Da Qiao followed closely behind, with some nervousness in his eyes.

"Alas, Yu'er, Ying'er, long time no see!"

Liu Yuan smiled and looked at the two sisters in front of him, who were both beautiful and had diametrically opposite surnames, and was very happy in his heart.

Xiao Qiao ran in front of Liu Yuan, but immediately stopped, his expression was a little twisted and shy, and his face turned red.

"Come, come, let me see." Liu Yuan took two steps forward with a smile, stroked Xiao Qiao's flying hair, and said with a smile: "Yu'er has grown up, hehehe"

Xiao Qiao hummed, lowered his head, and twisted his clothes with his two little hands, very shy.

"Ying'er." Liu Yuan smiled again and nodded to Da Qiao. Da Qiao was also happy in his heart, and Wen Jing's face turned red.

(To be continued)