The tree dies, and the man lives.

The Yuan family took the initiative to launch a large army, dispersed, and contained the New Han army with a small army's non-stop attacks. Such tactics, at the beginning, may have just been carried out by Yuan Jun trying to do so, but when they saw this, it seemed that they could indeed contain the New Han Army, but they became more and more flexible, and they seemed to be determined to continue to deal with the New Han Army like this.

This, I am afraid that Liu Biao's Jingzhou loss, has sounded the alarm for the princes of the world. Because, no prince is willing to let others occupy his own power territory in vain, and no prince is willing to watch himself being forced to death by the enemy step by step.

Liu Biaozhi was going to die, and the reason why Jingzhou would lose was that he was not resolute enough in his counterattack against the New Han Army, even though there were hundreds of thousands of troops, he never dared to fight head-on with the New Han Army. They did not dare to fight head-on with the New Han Army, but they did not have the tactics to deal with it flexibly, so they could only go to the abyss step by step, and in the end, Liu Biao's Jingzhou Army was captured and subdued by the New Han Army one after another.

Yuan Shao plans to break the net with Liu Yiyu.

In this way, he ordered the generals below to take the initiative to attack, not to defeat and defeat the New Han Army, but to seek containment, but to contain the offensive momentum of the New Han Army.

At the crossing of the Yellow River, Liu Yi put on a posture to attack the north bank of the Yellow River, waiting for the attack information of the military horses of all sides.

I've been waiting for almost ten days.

Ten days, from what Cao Cao said, the time given to him by borrowing the Yellow River ferry has almost expired.

Liu Yi received battle reports from all sides and saw the New Han Army from all sides. When he hadn't been able to make substantial progress for the time being, Liu Yi couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Liu Yi was depressed, not because he wanted to talk about Zhao Yun and Tai Shici's ineffective fighting. Instead, Yuan Shao, a flea, is about to die, and he can still burst out with such a big energy, and he is still struggling to die, so that he can spend more effort, which really makes Liu Yi's heart unhappy.

In fact, the report of the generals of all parties. Liu Yi felt that the tactics used by Yuan Shaojun now had a little rudimentary form of guerrilla warfare in later generations. But it is far from being a real guerrilla warfare in later generations. Their tactics, at most, can only contain the Xinhan army for a while, and they will definitely not be able to do so for a long time.

Because, guerrilla warfare. It was built with the support of the broad masses of the people. It is possible to use it successfully. And Yuan Shao, what mass base does he have now?

But Liu Yi also undeniably denied that Yuan Shao's army and horses fought like this, and they could indeed temporarily contain their military horses, so that his new Han army could not let go of the attack on Yuan Shao for a while.

Early this morning, Hua Xin came to see Liu Yi again.

Leo knew why he came, but he couldn't see it.

As soon as they met. Hua Xin smiled and said hello to Liu Yi. It seemed a little difficult to say: "Taifu, I don't know when you will attack the north bank of Yuan Shao's Yellow River?" ”

"Mr. Hua, what's the matter? It seems that you seem to be very concerned about the offensive momentum of my New Han Army, do you want to see Yuan Shao destroyed by my New Han Army so much? Do you have a grudge against Yuan Shao? Liu Yi knew what Hua Xin wanted to say, but he pretended to be confused.

"Hehe, where is Taifu? I, Hua, have no grudges with Yuan Shao. It's just that Hua wants to remind Taifu that this ...... This Yellow River crossing has been lent to Taifu for more than ten days. In a few days, our Cao army will have to adjust its defenses, and when the time comes, we will also send troops to these Yellow River crossings. If Taifu hasn't launched an attack on Yuan Shao yet, then Taifu you ...... You're probably going to go back to the Tiger Prison, aren't you? ”

"Oh? You mean that? Alas, Mr. Hua, you should know that now, my new Han army is bound to win against Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao is not destroyed, the officers and men of our army are probably not too willing to withdraw their troops and go back. Liu Yi also said with a look of embarrassment: "To be honest, occupying your Yellow River ferry, I, Liu Yi, don't want to go." However, who told us to attack Yuan Shao from here? ”

"Uh, Taifu, that's not what I said." Hua Xin seemed to be a little anxious and said: "Taifu, Hua Xin was ordered by the prime minister to come to negotiate with Taifu. This is mainly to avoid a senseless dispute between our Cao army and the New Han army, and to avoid a war between our two armies. If these Yellow River crossings belong to your New Han Dynasty, we naturally have nothing to say, but Taifu you borrowed from us, this loan is due, if Taifu still doesn't pay it back, then it will be difficult for me Hua to be a man. On the one hand, Hua naturally wants to be tolerant for a few days, let Taifu finish the big thing, and then return the Yellow River ferry to us, but Hua Xin is just a minister, this talk can't be counted, if Taifu doesn't pay it back, I don't know how to explain to the prime minister, please Taifu Mo to embarrass Hua, right? ”

"Hehe, this, it's not easy to return it to you? But ......" Liu Yi said noncommittally: "I'm worried that if I Liu Yi withdraw the army now, after my Liu Yi is not in the Tiger Prison Pass, the soldiers of my Xinhan Army are afraid that they will not be able to help but come out of the customs again, and when the time comes, I will not be able to suppress the generals below." I'm afraid, it's going to clash with your Cao Jun again, which doesn't seem very good, right? ”

"Haha, Taifu is really good at laughing, how can this be? The soldiers of the New Han Army, who only listen to Taifu, who doesn't know in this world? Without Taifu's order, how could the New Han Army go out casually? ”

"Oh? Then Mr. Hua, you don't know anything. Actually, to tell you the truth, our New Han Army, every army, will have a general, they usually say that they obey the orders of my Liu Yi, but the generals are outside, and the king's orders are not subject to it. This, however, is the tradition of our New Han Army, and the autonomy of the generals of each army is very strong. Especially, when they see something that is beneficial to the New Han Army, they will usually act first and then report back to me. It was indeed convenient and quick to attack Yuan Shao's Hanoi from these Yellow River crossings. Now, Yuan Shao has been waiting on the other side of the Yellow River, so that our army will not have better fighters to attack and kill the river for a while, if Yuan Jun relaxes his vigilance soon and let our generals sense the opportunity, I am afraid that they will also fight this battle first, and then I am afraid that I will inevitably come to 'borrow' you Yellow River crossings again. It's better for Mr. Hua to report to Cao Cao, just say. I, Liu Yi, want to borrow it for a while longer, and when the time comes, I will definitely return to Zhao. I won't be left here. What's more, Mr. Xianghua, you have also seen that our New Han Army is borrowing these Yellow River crossings now, and it does not pose the slightest threat to your Cao army, right? Now that we have signed a non-aggression pact, I, Liu Yi and Cao Cao, are allies. He Cao Cao is now convenient for me Liu Yi, and I Liu Yi will naturally not forget him. Or. How about I send him ten warships as the cost of my Liu Yi borrowing these Yellow River crossings? ”

Liu Yi found an explanation. Said to Hua Xin.

"Uh, Taifu, you're really embarrassed Hua Mou, you know. The prime minister gave an order. The three armies are moving together, is it that I Huaxin has the final say? ”

"So what do you say?" Liu Yi spread his hands and said to Hua Xin: "Now, our New Han Army is intensively preparing to cross the river to fight, but now you say that you don't want to borrow the Yellow River ferry to us, then." Isn't our effort in vain? ”

"This ......" Hua Xin didn't seem to know what to say, and said after a long time: "So...... So when do you plan to cross the river to attack Yuan Shao? Our Cao army is a big army. It will arrive in these days, at most...... At most, this can only give Taifu three or five days. ”

Liu Yi's intelligence network has actually found out that Cao Cao has indeed gathered 300,000 troops now, and it seems that all of them are Cao Cao's elite divisions. In addition, Cao Ren was specially transferred from Yanzhou as the commander of the army, and he could come at any time.

At this point, Liu Yi knew that Hua Xin should not have deceived himself.

It's just that Cao Cao made a big show and mobilized 300,000 elites to come to the Tiger Prison Pass, which doesn't seem to be as simple as adjusting the defense. Among them, Liu Yi always believed that Cao Cao must have some purpose, otherwise, there was no need for Cao Cao to be so energetic.

But what purpose would Cao Cao have now? For a while, Liu Yi's heart really couldn't guess.

"Three or five days, three or five days." Liu Yi waved his hand and said undoubtedly: "After waiting for five days, I will tell you if you withdraw your troops and return to the Tiger Prison." Mr. Lao Hua has accommodating a few words in front of the prime minister. ”

"Taifu ......" Hua Xin was speechless for a moment.

However, he was still reluctant to leave, and seemed to have made a lot of determination, so he took out a roll from his bosom in a somewhat mysterious and excited way. Both hands were offered to Liu Yidao: "Taifu, it should be, Hua should not have handed this over to you, because of this, but it is the hard work of our army's secret agents." When Cao Cheng was fighting with Yuan Shao at the beginning, he wanted to surprise Hanoi with a surprise army, and he also worked hard for this. This is a secret beachhead that can be secretly landed on the other side, which Yuan Jun on the other side did not notice, and there was no Yuan soldier guarding it at all. But now, Prime Minister Cao Cheng has already given up the plan to seize Jizhou, and has reached an agreement with Taifu, and he no longer cares about Jizhou. Therefore, it is useless for the prime minister to keep it. It just so happened that it was Hua who kept this information at the beginning, and now he gave it to Taifu, hoping that Taifu could settle Jizhou as soon as possible. In this way, the Yellow River ferry can also be returned to Hua as soon as possible, so as not to make it difficult for Hua. ”

When Hua Xin presented it to Liu Yi, he looked calm.

"Oh? And such a thing? Liu Yi took it with a little surprise.

Of course, Liu Yi didn't believe it in his heart, at least, he wouldn't believe that Hua Xin would be so kind and want to give him this secret information.

"Taifu, you can not believe Hua, but, no matter what, this can be regarded as a reversal of the acquaintance between Hua and Taifu. How to decide, this, or Taifu you decide. After all, the beachhead, the terrain is also quite dangerous, even if Yuan Shao didn't notice it before, now or has noticed it, it is not necessary to send military horses to garrison. So, a qiē, it still depends on Taifu's own decision. Hua Xin looked at Liu Yi with his eyes, looking very sincere, without the slightest intention of dodging.

"Then thank you Mr. Hua for your kindness. If my Xinhan army captures a ferry on the other side of the river for our army to enter Hanoi, I will remember Mr. Hua, and in the future, there will be a good reward! Seeing this, although Liu Yi didn't believe it in his heart, he could only thank Hua Xin for turning it over.

"That'...... Please also ask Taifu to be trustworthy. Hua retired first and waited for the news of Taifu's triumph. Hua Xin then retired to Liu Yi.

After Hua Xin left, Liu Yi still looked at the secret that Hua Xin gave him, but it was a map with a section of the Yellow River and some mountains on both sides of the Yellow River. Above, there are some place names marked, among them, a section of the Yellow River on the opposite bank is described in detail, and the situation is explained.

Liu Yi looked at the terrain on the map and found that it happened to be the Yellow River crossing where he was, and the opposite bank of the Yellow River crossing, only ten miles downstream, was the secret ferry described on the map that could be used to cross the river and land.

This secret crossing is not on the map of the Yellow River crossing that Liu Yi now knows.

Another point, Liu Yi looked at the paper of this map and the ink painted on it, and found that this is really not a map that has been drawn recently to fool people, it is a bit old map, and it should have been made for a long time.

For a while, Liu Yi couldn't help but believe a little whether the secret landing ferry that Hua Xin gave him was true.

In any case, Liu Yi decided to send someone to dive to reconnoiter the situation first to see if he could land there, and more importantly, to reconnoiter whether there was any Yuan army stationed.

That night, Liu Yi sent ten special scouts who were proficient in water and forests, and asked them to scout quietly.

The ten soldiers had just been sent away, but Xun Yu suddenly arrived.

Xun Yu's expression seemed to be a little dignified.

As soon as he saw Liu Yi, he didn't even bother to take a sip of water, and immediately said to Liu Yi: "Lord, Cao Cao's actions are quite suspicious, after Xun discussed with the ministers of the court, he thought that Cao Cao must have a plan this time, I think, is our army suspending the attack on Yuan Shao?" Because they were worried that the lord would lose, the ministers specially asked Xun to come and ask the lord to return to Luoyang immediately. ”

"Oh? Mr. Xun, you came to see me overnight to persuade me to withdraw my troops and go back? Lewy frowned.

"Lord, we can't figure out Cao Cao's intentions, so now, under the situation that the progress of our military horses in all aspects and attacking Yuan Shao is not too good, we all think that it is better to be still than to move, we will withdraw first, and wait to find out Cao Cao's intentions. Yuan Shao's demise is a matter of time, and we don't need to be in a hurry. Xun Yu said with a worried expression.

"Well, don't worry, judging from the current situation, my New Han Dynasty wants to attack Hanoi directly from the south bank of the Yellow River, and the timing doesn't seem to be too ripe, I can't say, if there is really no way, our army is afraid that it will really have to withdraw to the Tiger Prison Pass."

Liu Yi also told Xun Yu about the situation he was facing now, and also told Xun Yu, and he was also suspicious of Cao Cao's actions, but he couldn't guess what Cao Cao's purpose was. (To be continued......)