After a few more days, Lu An sent people to invite battle almost every day, but Sun Cejun on the opposite side never moved, until early one morning, Lu An sent Huang Zhong out to invite battle, but a response soon came, and the opposite side had retreated last night.

"Zhou Yu, this guy is really decisive!" Looking at the temporary camp in front of him, which had been emptied, Lu An's face was not only full of joy, but full of solemnity. Being able to accurately judge the strength of both sides and retreat immediately is often more difficult to deal with than the kind of strong fighting spirit.

"Lord, what should we do now? Chasing? The generals on the side asked.

"No, Zhou Yu is thoughtful and good at strategy, I'm afraid there will be ambushes on the road!" Lu An shook his head and said, as he spoke, he asked Guo Jiajia and Jia Xu on the side: "What do you think?" ”

"What the lord said is very true!" The two smiled slightly and said in unison.

"Then let them retreat according to the lord's will?" Huang Zhong on the side was a little unwilling.

"Now that the Huaibei area is about to fall into the hands of Cao Cao, where else can they retreat except Shouchun?" Lu An smiled slightly, and immediately gave an order: "Inform the whole army to rest first, and then immediately leave for Shouchun." ”

"Whoa!" Everyone said in unison.

Yuzhou, Runan City.

Cao Cao's army drained the entire Runan that had been surrounded, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded from time to time in these days.

"Rush!" Xiahou Dianwei and other fierce generals led their headquarters soldiers and horses, from time to time to launch fierce attacks on the tall city wall of Runan, although they were forced back by the boulder crossbow arrows on the city wall, but the damage caused by the fierce generals on the city wall could not be repaired for the time being.

Cao Cao sat in the middle of the Chinese army, looking at the scene in front of him with a calm face, without any emotional fluctuations, only when he saw several generals on the front line rushing to the city wall to kill countless enemies, he would show a slight smile.

"Lord, presumably in a few days, this Runan will be taken down!" Cheng Yu on the side said with a little joy.

"Well, this Runan's guard Ji Ling has a little bit of ability, thanks to Dian Wei Xu Chu and them, otherwise I'm afraid it will take a little more time!" Cao Cao's gaze drifted to the very strong figures who rushed to the front, and smiled.

In this era of high martial arts to almost fantasy, the power of a super fierce general or super strategist is enough to subvert a war or a princely force, during the period of Cao Cao's attack on Runan, Dian Wei Xiahou Xu Chu and others took the lead bravely, not only killed countless enemies and severely demoralized the enemy, but even the tall city wall was destroyed, if it weren't for the number of the Runan defenders there were hundreds of thousands, and Ji Ling also had a little bit of command, I am afraid that this Runan City would have been taken long ago.

"After taking Runan, the entire Yuzhou will also fall into the hands of the lord, Guangling, Langya and other places will be taken away by Lu Bu, and the puppet emperor Yuan Shu will only be left in Huainan!"

"Huainan has Xuantong to help attack, with his ability, he must have had good results!" Cao Cao said.

"Lord, our spies in Huainan have sent information!" Whatever he said, just as the two were talking, a herald came to report the news.

"Read it to me!" Cao Cao touched the short beard on his chin and said softly.

"Lord Lu, the general of Yangzhou Mu Zhengdong, has captured Hefei City, occupying most of Huainan, and registering the people of Huainan, the puppet emperor Yuan Shu is now trapped in Shouchun and several county seats, and Lord Lu has now gone to Shouchun City and besieged." The herald quickly read the contents of the letter.

"Xuantong is really an extraordinary person!" Hearing the good news, Cao Cao smiled happily. In this way, the climate of the puppet emperor Yuan Shu is completely exhausted, and the Son of Heaven in his own hands will also play the greatest role.

"Lord, I'm afraid it's not good!" Xun Yu on the side heard very carefully about the registration of the people, and there was a pimple in his heart at the moment.

"Huh? What does Gongda think is wrong? Cao Cao asked in some surprise.

"I just heard the letter say that Lu Xuantong registered the people of Huainan and made a register, which is probably not made for us." Xun You smiled bitterly.

"You mean?" Cao Cao frowned, immediately thought of the consequences of the matter, and said with some surprise: "Xuantong won't do this, Lu Bu occupies Guangling and other places, he has a bad reputation, and he is not afraid of others gossiping, and Xuantong is different, he is recognized as a loyal minister of the Han family, this time I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to assist in the attack on Yuan Shu, if he occupies Huainan, I am afraid that he will immediately lose the reputation he has worked for, not only lose his reputation but also lose more than he gains." ”

"The lord has forgotten, in addition to the position of general of Zhengdong, Lu Xuantong also serves as the pastor of Yangzhou, which is personally sealed by the Son of Heaven, if he occupies Huainan, no one can say anything from the righteousness or the faith." Xun You reminded.

"Me!" Cao Cao immediately convulsed, and after reflecting on it, he slapped his thigh angrily: "I still think that Xuantong has been blocked very miserably in the past few years, and there is a shortage of materials in all aspects, why did he send troops so soon after receiving my letter, he must have already planned to occupy Huainan, and he was embarrassed to ask me for some grain and grass as military expenses, which is really annoying to me!" ”

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he regretted it, why did he forget that the other party had the position of Yangzhou pastor when he invited Lu An to send troops, so the other party recovered Huainan County, which itself belonged to Yangzhou, it was in accordance with the will of heaven, and the people of the world had no reason to accuse him at all, and now the other party will register the people of Huainan one by one, so it is needless to say that he has already made a wishful thinking to take Huainan for himself, otherwise where would there be that idle time to do this.

"Lure the wolf into the room, lure the wolf into the room!" As soon as he thought of this, Cao Cao's mind immediately couldn't calm down, and even the excitement of attacking the city soon faded a lot.

Of course, Cao Cao may not know the true combat effectiveness of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu under Yuan Shu, otherwise he probably wouldn't have the feeling of regret in his heart like now, because if Lu An didn't help him drag Sun Ce, then he didn't know if he could successfully take Huaibei.

"Lord, for today's plan, we can only quickly capture Runan, and then rush over when Lu Xuantong has not yet taken the whole county of Huainan, so that although we can't prevent Lu Xuantong from occupying Hefei and other cities, but we can also divide a little bit in Huainan, if we can take Shouchun down before Lu Xuantong, that is the best result." Xun Yu admonished.

"What Gongda said is very much in line with my wishes, and I will send down the order, and order the soldiers to step up a little more, and strive to take Runan within a few days, and I will reward the three armies at that time!" Cao Cao nodded again and again, and hurriedly ordered the herald to go to the front line to urge the war.

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Lu An, who knew that Shouchun City would be the location of the final decisive battle, did not rush to attack, but first returned to Feichun City to recuperate for a few days and brought out some things from Hefei City, and then went to Shouchun City.

Hefei is separated from Shouchun by several small counties, and under the principle that no matter how small a fly is, it is meat, and Lu An did not let go of these small county towns, took them down one by one, and installed his students from Changhe Academy to come to work.

In this way, after more than 20 days of marching, Lu An finally came to Shouchun City.

Judging from the importance of the topography alone, in fact, Shouchun City is not as good as Hefei, after all, Hefei can be called the gateway of Jiangdong to the Central Plains, but because Yuan Shu has always taken Shouchun as a place of governance, and ascended the throne here and established a palace, so Shouchun City is not inferior to Hefei at all, and even to some extent it is more prosperous. After all, no matter how violent Yuan Shu is, he can't watch his capital be lifeless.

Because Yuan Shu has been stationed here, the city wall of Shouchun City is very tall, and there is a wide moat outside, coupled with the team of elite armor on the city wall, it can be described as solid from the outside.

Looking at the city in front of him, which was armed to the teeth, Lu An estimated that Yuan Shu's current plan was to strictly defend it until he retreated, anyway, he had collected a lot of people's fat and ointment over the years, and believed that there was still a lot of grain and grass.

"Listen to the people on the city wall, hurry up and let Yuan Shu come out and surrender, he has no way to escape!" Under the city wall, Lu An ordered a high-pitched lieutenant to shout.

"Phew, Lu An, you lowly thief actually dare to attack me, I advise you to quickly and obediently withdraw from the army, I can also give you a king to do, otherwise I will pick your skin!" Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu himself was now on the city wall, and he jumped up and scolded at the moment.

"Hmph, Yuan Shu is a thief, you dare to be hard-mouthed when you die, you don't look at your virtue, you can't become a martial artist, you are useless except for your family background, even Yingjie is a courtier of the Han Dynasty, and how can you dare to rashly claim the emperor, where is the majesty of my Han Dynasty?" Lu An deliberately provoked under the city.

"Bastard, bastard, Lu Xuantong you are a dog, what is Yuan Benchu, but it is just a slave of my Yuan family, how can I be compared with me, I got the jade seal of the country, and now the Han Dynasty is in decline, and the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family have a high reputation, and I am the son of the Yuan family to call the emperor in accordance with the will of heaven, what's wrong?" Sure enough, as soon as Yuan Shao's name was mentioned, Yuan Shu immediately jumped out excitedly, what he hated in his life was that others said that he was not as good as Yuan Shao, but the fact is that Yuan Shao has always been treated more by everyone than him since he was a child, more respected than him, more courageous than him, and even people within his Yuan family said that Yuan Shao was the best candidate for the successor of the Yuan family, so that for a long time, the hatred and jealousy in Yuan Shu's heart can be imagined.