In August of the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, the continuous plum rain had just passed, and the humidity had not yet dissipated, but Shouchun was shrouded in the haze of war. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Later, the general and leader of Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu raised 60,000 horses, known as 100,000, crossed Yuzhou and went south, entering the Huai River.

At first, in order to compete with Yuan Shao for the hegemony of the Central Plains, Yuan Shu personally led his troops to attack Yanzhou, but was resisted by Cao Cao, the assassin of Yanzhou, and was cut off by Liu Biao in Jingzhou, resulting in a great defeat. It was not easy to return to the army to defeat Liu Biao and recover the base camp Nanyang.

Nanyang was once the largest county in the world, with a population of more than two million, and its wealth was also at the forefront of the Han Dynasty, almost a small state. However, in the past few years that Yuan Shu has occupied, he has been reckless, tyrannical and tyrannical, and almost hollowed out Nanyang. At the same time that Yuan Shu's power increased greatly, the people were struggling to make a living and fled one after another.

Yuan Shu knew that Nanyang's potential had been exhausted, so he had a plan to transfer the base camp.

In addition to Nanyang County, he also controls Yuzhou, which ranks first in the world in terms of the number of household registrations, and the level of wealth is not far from Nanyang. It is said that it is more appropriate for Yuan Shu to use Yuzhou as his base camp, and the Yuan family is also a wealthy family in Runan, but he thinks that a Yuzhou is far from being able to support his ambition of Yuan Highway.

Just when he was struggling with whether to re-enter Yanzhou and fight with Cao Cao, he suddenly received a holy decree from the imperial court, and he was canonized as the pastor of Yangzhou.

In fact, Yuan Shu has long coveted Yangzhou, and has been sending generals to go in the past, but he can't, and then he put it down for various reasons, of course, there are also reasons why he feels that Yangzhou is remote and poor.

The arrival of this holy decree reminded him of Yangzhou again, and he immediately found someone to understand the current situation in Yangzhou, and the result made him overjoyed, but he did not expect that Liu Miao, who he had always looked down on, would actually govern Yangzhou in an orderly manner, with sufficient household registration and a surplus treasury.

Yuan Shu quickly made a decision, compared to gnawing on the hard bone of Yanzhou, Yangzhou's fat meat was obviously more in line with his appetite.

He also did not forget to thank Wang Yun for winning benefits for him, and secretly decided in his heart that when he caught Liu Miao's child, he would give it to Wang Yun as a thank you, obviously he guessed that Wang Yun's move was to use his hand to deal with Liu Miao. Although it is a little uncomfortable to be used as a knife, what does it matter compared to the benefits? Left and right are just going to pinch an ant to death.

Yuan Shu led the army straight forward, and on the other hand, he spread the word that the counties of Yangzhou had surrendered, and instructed his younger brother Tao Qian to contain Cao Cao.

As soon as Yuan Shu's army arrived in Runan County, he received a report.

"Liu Miao crossed the Huaishui River and captured Shen County and Longkang, and the main force was on the north bank of the Huai River, relying on the two counties of Ping'a and Xia Cai to set up a camp."

"How many soldiers are there?"

"About thirty thousand."

Yuan Shu sneered, "Liu Miao'er, arrogant!" With such a small number of troops, they still dare to cross the river to fight, is it possible that they want to learn from Xiang Yu and fight without water? ”

General Zhang Xun said loudly: "Isn't this just right, when the time comes, Liu Miao's soldiers and horses will be driven into Huaishui and the river will be blocked, and the lord can directly step on the corpse bridge and enter Shouchun." ”

"Haha! That's exactly how it should be! Yuan Shu laughed loudly, and the generals in the tent also laughed.

"Lord, do you want to divide a division to cross the river and attack its rear?" At this time, a strategist suggested.

Yuan Shu waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Our army has a lot of food, morale is strong, and the uprightness is enough to crush Liu Miao, why do you need to do this?" ”

Yuan Shu ordered his troops to speed up, and he was eager to rush to the shore of Huaishui immediately, and capture Liu Miao alive in a battle, so that he would understand the tragic fate of repeatedly disobeying him.

On the north bank of Huaishui, Ping'a City, Liu Miao personally commanded 30,000 troops to be stationed here, and the main camp was located in the city.

Of the 30,000 soldiers and horses, 20,000 were systematically trained elites, and 10,000 were ordinary soldiers. In order to keep the elite at its peak at all times, Liu Miao adopted the form of regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers to cooperate in combat. Elite soldiers are regular soldiers and the core force of operations; Ordinary soldiers are auxiliary soldiers, who are responsible for camping, arming, patrolling, cleaning the battlefield and other auxiliary work, in order to liberate the regular soldiers and concentrate on fighting.

Compared with Yuan Shujun, 30,000 soldiers is really a bit small, but this is already the maximum number that Liu Miao can draw. Of course, there are more soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, but Jiangdong is not long in coming, and soldiers and horses are still needed to be stationed and maintained, and the direction of Xuzhou cannot but be guarded. Liu Miao asked Li Jing to be stationed in Jiangdong to take advantage of the town; Xu Da was stationed in Huailing to guard against Tao Qian.

In recent days, the weather had cleared, but the air was still cool and damp, which made the crossbowmen a little worried, and they had to wrap their bowstrings so that they would not be affected by moisture. On the battlefield, weapons are the lives of soldiers.

Unlike the crossbowmen, the rest of the footmen only had to wipe their knives and guns, and this kind of weather made them feel good. Many soldiers were joking and having fun in the camp, and it could be seen that Liu Miaojun's morale and state were good.

In the tent of the Chinese army, the first pre-war meeting was going on at this time.

Liu Miao wore a helmet and armor, sitting alone in the main seat, his young face and bright military uniform made him look heroic. His gaze swept over the generals one by one, and his heart was full of excitement and pride.

"I just got the report that Yuan Shujun has set up camp twenty miles away from here, what do you think?" Liu Miao spoke first.

"Lord, according to the normal itinerary, Yuan Shu shouldn't be so fast? And the barracks are so close to us, does he want to do it quickly? Yue Fei wondered.

Liu Miao nodded appreciatively, "Yes, it wasn't so fast, but after Yuan Shu heard that we crossed the river and set up camp, he traveled day and night, two days in advance. ”

"This is completely ignorant of our army, since Yuan Shu despises us so much, it is better to give him a dismount first. Berwyn, what do you think? Wang Meng stroked his short beard and said.

In this battle, Liu Miao brought Liu Ji and Wang Meng with them, and they were the left and right military divisions.

Liu Ji didn't expect Wang Meng to be so active, and he threw out his thoughts before he could discuss it with the generals, he looked at Wang Meng and instantly understood what the other party meant. After all, Yuan Shu has a good reputation and many powerful soldiers, although the soldiers are not afraid, but I am afraid that they are still a little apprehensive in their hearts. If you can give Yuan Shu a blow first, you can not only severely defeat the spirit of Yuan Shu's army, but also stabilize our army's morale and enhance morale.

So Liu Ji smiled: "I also have this intention." Yuan Shu was tired from afar, and he was marching in a hurry, if he could take advantage of his unstable foothold and go to the robbery camp, he would definitely have a great chance of victory. What does the lord think? ”

Liu Miao thought about it and felt that this plan was feasible, although Yuan Shu had many soldiers, his weakness was also obvious, that is, he did not have his own elite, and he lacked top generals, even if he was prepared, he should not have much loss.

The decision has been made, Liu Miao asked: "Tonight, it is advisable to use cavalry to rob the camp, and the troops are not too much." Who can go to the camp? ”

As soon as the words fell, almost all the generals stood up, even Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan, the two female generals. Liu Miao was very relieved to see that the morale of the generals was high, but he couldn't send everyone out, so he had to personally order the generals.

"Xue Li, Zhang Liao listen to orders!"

"In!" The two generals came out of the crowd.

Liu Miao instructed: "Xue Li led two thousand Yiding cavalry, Zhang Liao led two thousand Xuanjia troops, and tonight the third watch went to Yuanshu's camp to rob the camp." Xue Li went first and was responsible for attacking the camp, and Zhang Liao responded later. The purpose of this battle was to disrupt the enemy camp and demoralize it, but to control the casualties of our troops. In addition, the two generals should also pay attention to safety. ”

"The last general obeys!" The two generals replied.

Seeing that the rest of the generals looked at Xue Li and Zhang Liao enviously, Liu Miao said in a deep voice: "Tonight's robbery camp is just an appetize, generals don't worry, Yuan Shu has a hundred thousand elite soldiers waiting for you!" Not only that, but defeating Yuan Shu this time was only the first step. As today, with the heroes standing side by side and the war is continuous, I take it as my responsibility to revive the Han Dynasty, and there are many opportunities for generals to make meritorious contributions in the future. I only hope that you can work together with me to sweep the world and restore the foundation of the Han dynasty for eternity! ”

Liu Miao's words were sonorous and powerful, and this was the first time he had expressed his heart in public.

Hearing this, Wen Wu was full of enthusiasm, and they all got up and responded: "I am willing to serve death!" ”

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