The outer city had already been killed by Zhao Yun, so Gao Yun asked Zhao Yun to lead a large group of soldiers and horses out of the city to line up outside the city in case Liu Biao attacked. He and Shalina led the ghost snatching camp of five hundred elites to wait at the gate of the inner city.

Seeing that Sun Ce and Gan Ning had returned with Sun Jian's Lingshu, Gao Yun hurriedly gave an order, and the whole army went out of the city and quickly retreated to Xuzhou.

The generals naturally knew that Changsha was located in Jingnan, which was by no means a good place, so they hurriedly led their teams, followed Gao Yun, and retreated sharply to the north.

As soon as he left the outer city of Changsha, he saw Zhao Yun flying horses, greeted Gao Yun, and said hurriedly: "Big brother, the scout came to report, Liu Biaofa sent three soldiers and horses, all out of Nanjun, and came to Changsha." Wei Yan's army has arrived in Yueyang, and he asked his eldest brother and sister-in-law to retreat in the direction of Liuyang. The younger brother led an army to the boundary of Wuchang to block the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou."

This situation was expected by Gao Yun, so he didn't react much, only nodded slightly, and said to Zhao Yun: "There is no need to do this, we will evacuate to the east together, as long as we retreat to Yuzhang, we will definitely break Liu Biao's soldiers and horses."

Although Zhao Yun didn't know what strategy Gao Yun had arranged, he didn't have time to ask in detail at the moment, so he hurriedly gathered the team, and the whole army left the official road, taking a shortcut and retreating to Yuzhang.

Wei Yan was ordered to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses, go out of Nanjun to take Changsha, just past the ground of Yueyang, and was welcoming Cai Mao to lead a team of remnants of the defeated army.

Under Wei Yan's inquiry, he learned that Gao Yun had led the Huwei army to evacuate eastward. On the one hand, he diverted to the southeast to chase Gao Yun's army, and on the other hand, he sent a fast horse back to the rear army to ask Liu Biao for instructions.

Liu Biao's purpose was just to pull out the nail of Changsha, so that he could take Jingzhou, and he didn't plan to fight with the Huwei army. But I didn't expect Gao Yun to make inches, and successively killed Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Huang Zhong, not to mention the soldiers and horses, and also broke Changsha City and killed Zhang Yun.

This made Liu Biao annoyed, after all, he was also a hegemon, where could he afford to lose this face. Immediately issued an order to let Wei Yan pursue the Huwei army.

Wei Yan's army was the main force of this pursuit, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses were all elite, including more than 10,000 cavalry, and the marching speed was extremely fast.

Wei Yan was defeated by Gao Yun last time, and he was not angry in his heart, but this time he took advantage of Gao Yun's retreat on all fronts, thinking that he must be rewarded with shame, so this march became more and more urgent.

Gao Yun led a large group of people and horses, while hurrying to ponder, Changsha County to the east to Yuzhang has more than 100 miles, just between the Liuyang River and the Laodao River, the terrain is flat, it is a rare smooth road without crossing the river.

And if Wei Yan wants to intercept himself, it will only be a hundred miles from Yueyang Xiali to the south and take the boundary east of Wuchang. But unfortunately, if you go straight from Yueyang to Wuchang, you have to cross two waters, which will inevitably consume a lot of time.

Gao Yun calculated repeatedly, and felt that Wei Yan would not directly take the east of Wuchang, and even if he marched in a straight line, the time to cross the river twice would be too long, and he would not be able to catch up with him at all.

Thinking about it this way, Gao Yun felt that his original strategy seemed to be a little different. According to the map given to him by Su Su, Wei Yan should have gone east in a straight line from Yueyang, to the border of Yuzhang County, and then south along the boundary line, and then settled at the mouth of the lower reaches of the Qining River.

If Gao Yun wants to return to Xuzhou, he can only go north from the western boundary line of Yuzhang County, because both Changsha and Yuzhang are widely distributed landforms. Gao Yun's army rushed, and it was naturally impossible to carry boats with the army, and it was impossible to cross the multiple waters flowing from east to west.

Only the western boundary of Yuzhang is the downstream area of seven or eight rivers such as Liuyang River, Qining River, Wuning River, etc., and there happens to be a dry road, which can go straight to Jiangxia in the north.

This is also the reason why Guo Jia wanted to occupy Qichun first, because the south of Qichun County is the northern boundary of Jiangxia, and within dozens of miles, it is the place of communication between the Tongshan Mountains and the Yangtze River Basin. If Gao Yun wants to return to Xuzhou, the army must cross the river from here.

Gao Yun has been marching for many years, and his heart is naturally like a mirror, and he knows Liu Biao's intentions when he counts the geography. It must be to let Wei Yan bypass the Qining River first, and when the river mouth goes down to the village, he will cut off his retreat; Then he and another army marched east along the south bank of the Qining River, entrenching Wuchang all the way and attacking him from behind.

In this way, the Huwei army seemed to be blocked into a pocket, with the army of Qining River and Wei Yan to the north, the Dongze River to the east, the Liuyang River to the south, and the defenders of Wuchang and Liu Biao to the west.

"What a fucking viciousness!" , Gao Yun scolded twice in his heart, and asked Sun Ce: "Bo Fu, how far is it from the western boundary of Yuzhang in front?" ”

Sun Ce grew up in Changsha and was very familiar with the geography of this area, so he didn't have to think about it, so he returned to Gaoyun and said: "Back to my uncle's words, it is estimated that there are still about sixty miles."

Gao Yun nodded, and asked again, "How far is it from Wuchang?" ”

Sun Ce looked in the north direction and said to Gao Yun, "Within twenty miles."

"Oh", Gao Yun nodded again, secretly thinking in his heart, "I don't know where the third child and Ziyi have gone, in case I encounter Wei Yan and they haven't arrived yet, then the damn will definitely suffer." If the war is stalemate, and Liu Biao is allowed to catch up from behind, the consequences will be even more unimaginable......."

After pondering for a long time, Gao Yun looked back at the soldiers behind him. Rushing all the way from Xuzhou, fighting again and again, with very little rest in between. Although the soldiers of the Huwei Army are all fearless in the face of death, there is an upper limit to their physical strength after all. By now, it has been obvious that he is very tired.

When Gao Yun saw this situation, he probably told Zhao Yun about the speculation in his heart, and then said: "The continuous fighting, to put it mildly, is that these brothers of our Tiger Mighty Army, even the eldest brother I feel tired." If you encounter the enemy army at this time, the consequences are really unimaginable.

Wei Yan marched east from Yueyang, and it was only sixty miles to the mouth of the Qining River, and no matter how much we rushed, we couldn't catch up with them. And if your third brother and Ziyi don't arrive, with our current strength, it will be difficult to break through Wei Yan's army.

And Liu Biao came from Nanjun, and the rivers were criss-crossing halfway, and it took two or three days to get to Wuchang. Now we have the grain and grass brought out from Changsha in our hands, which is enough to support ten days and a half months. The eldest brother pondered, we might as well occupy Wuchang first, and take advantage of these two or three days to rest the army.

First, wait for your third brother and Ziyi, and second, even if Liu Biao's two soldiers and horses come, let's wait for work and not be afraid of him! Fourth brother, what do you think? ”

Zhao Yun smiled, "The eldest brother's strategy will definitely not be wrong, and the younger brother also has this intention."

Gao Yun nodded, and asked Shalina's opinion again, and Shalina was of course what Brother Yun said.

In this way, the plan was set, and the army was rerouted to the north to take Wuchang.

Wuchang County is just a small city in the east of Changsha, which was originally under the rule of Sun Jian. Naturally, he did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly opened the city gate and received the army into the city.

Gao Yun led his troops and horses into Wuchang City and said to Zhao Yun: "Fourth brother, the Wuchang city wall is low and narrow, so you can't defend it alone. You can lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters and go out of the city three miles east of the city to camp."

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, and asked Gao Yundao: "Big brother, Liu Biaojun must have come from the west, let the younger brother go to the east of the city, but what does it mean?" ”