Huainan Yuan Shu, this inexplicable 'Xuzhou Bo! He raised 100,000 elite soldiers under his command and quickly approached the Huai River with murderous spirit.

To be honest, Hua Fei was not willing to fight with Yuan Shu. Because he knows that in war, it is the common people who suffer the most in the end. And his foundation is really too weak, and he needs stable time to develop.

If it is about Yuan Shuzhi's personality, Hua Fei is very clear. This person has always been extravagant and lascivious, and there are hundreds of wives and concubines in his harem. As for how Yuan Shu was going to satisfy his harems, Hua Fei didn't know.

It's just that he knows that these harems of Yuan Shu wear 'famous brands', and the food they eat is all the best things. There is nothing in this original, who makes Yuan Shu capable?

However, what made Hua Fei angry was that this guy's so-called "ability" came from his exploitation of the people under his rule and the abuse of soldiers.

Yuan Shu's harem and himself are indeed living like humans and dogs. But the soldiers under his command were hungry and cold, not to mention the people under his rule.

This Yuan Shu can be said to have no mercy for the soldiers and the people under his rule. He is like a greedy vampire, constantly sucking and ruling the blood and sweat of the people.

And even in history, under his corrupt rule. Originally, the Jianghuai area was the richest, but in the end it was made miserable, and many places were cut off from people, and there was even a phenomenon of cannibalism!

And this Yuan Shu, it can also be said that he is a catastrophe star in this world! Wherever he goes, the common people will suffer misery. From Nanyang back then, to Runan, to Huainan now, none of them have been spared.

There is no place that is not, because of his exploitation and oppression, the people are miserable. Hua Fei was fortunate to be a neighbor with him this time, if he hadn't been too busy taking care of himself, he would have wanted to kill this arrogant disaster star and remove this harm for the people in the Jianghuai area.

Of course, the current Yuan Shu has not yet reached the point of extravagance in history after becoming the emperor. In Huainan, he is just, he doesn't cultivate the law, and he robs them.

Moreover, there are only man-made disasters in Huainan now, but there have never been natural disasters. Therefore, the phenomenon of cannibalism has not yet occurred in Huainan.

Hua Fei only thinks about letting the people of Runan live a stable and good life first. At the same time, he himself can seize the time to develop internal affairs, accumulate money and food, and enhance his strength.

Unfortunately, things in the world are often contrary to wishes. The information obtained by Zhang Demei illustrates this problem. At this time, nearly a year had passed since Yuan Shu's army was defeated by Cao Cao.

Although Yuan Shu exploited the people excessively, his strength recovered extremely quickly because of this, and even reached the level of a big rise. Huainan has always been wealthy, and under his unprecedented exploitation, its total army has reached more than 150,000 people.

However, no matter how many troops he Yuan Shujun had, in Hua Fei's opinion, there was nothing to be afraid of! After some planning with the Cao people, Hua Fei formulated an operational policy to resist the enemy in the south of the Huai River, prevent the enemy from attacking Runan, and sabotage the development of Runan according to the dangers of the Huai River.

Hua Fei believed that in this era, Yuan Shu wanted to cross the Huai River to attack Runan. He will inevitably need more than one county town to serve as a jumping platform for stockpiling grain and grass and transit.

At this time, the Huai River was the ancient Huai River that had not been invaded by the Yellow River. It does not have it at present, and all the Hongze Lake in later generations is still a large river that flows into the sea independently.

Hua Fei once took the time to inspect this big river. At this time, the Huai River was wide and the water was turbulent, and it was not an exaggeration to call him a natural danger.

In the Huaibin River valley to the west of Huaibin County, it is more than 700 miles long. The current in this section is relatively gentle, as there are not too many tributaries flowing in.

On the north bank of the Huai River in this section, there are two county seats, Xi County and Huaibin. It's just that Hua Fei felt that these two cities were too far away from Shouchun, and Yuan Shu would definitely not take these two cities first.

And from Rushui all the way to the east, until the county seat of Xia Cai, this section of the river basin is nearly 1,000 miles long. Due to the inflow of Rushui, Yingshui and other water systems, the water flow speed of the Huai River appears to be more and more turbulent. The river is getting wider and wider.

On the north bank of this section of the basin, there is Fubo County in the west, and there is also a considerable distance from Shouchun. In the west to the east of Yingshui, the county town of Xiacai is closer to Shouchun.

Of course, there must be a river to cross, in the east of the Huaihe River basin of nearly a thousand miles, in the east of Fubo County, which is in the east of the Ru River, there is an ancient ferry, called Anfengjin Ferry.

Hua Fei turned the Buddha beads, and according to these terrains and Yuan Shu's heart, he quickly made a judgment and plan. And quickly issued an order to transfer troops.

So, a number of fast horses with a strong wind quickly rushed out of the city of Pingyu and ran in all directions. Inside and outside the city, people also shouted and neighed. The elite soldiers under Hua Fei's command followed the order one after another.

In autumn, on September 16, he was murderously leading an army of 100,000 people from Shouchun to Yuan Shu in Xia Cai County. Received a return from the scouts ahead.

Located in the north of Shouchun, the important town on the north bank of the Huai River -- Xiacai County, the city is waving flags, with a total strength of about 20,000 people. And between Xiacai County and Yingshui, hundreds of miles of Huai River defense line.

There are also more than 4,000 elite horsemen led by Tai Shici, the tiger general of Donglai, who are eyeing the area along the river, patrolling back and forth.

Yuan Shu heard this: 'Hiss! Oh, gasp! Although he is arrogant, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although he has been defeated repeatedly, he cannot be said to be a battle-hardened person after all.

He thought to himself, this Cai County, south of the Huai River, is an easy to defend and difficult to attack. And the reason why he came here is because this city is close to Shouchun.

And early intelligence said that there was only one general under Hua Fei's command in this city, with 1,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 tuntian soldiers to guard this place.

A city like this that is close and has few troops to defend. He felt that he could take it quickly, as a springboard to the 37 counties of Runan in the north.

However, what he didn't expect was that this Hua Fei was like a roundworm in his stomach, and he guessed his thoughts first. He was one step ahead of him, increasing his strength to more than 20,000 people, and also sent cavalry to patrol along the river.

Yuan Shu, who lost his first move, looked at the north with hatred and gnashed his teeth for a while. At this time, another scout returned, bringing him news from Fubo County.

When Mrs. Yuan heard it, Hua Fei actually had more than 20,000 heavy soldiers to guard it in Fubo County, and more than 2,000 elite soldiers were also stationed at the Anfengjin ferry in the two cities.

Yuan Shu learned that Hua Fei was fully prepared in these two county towns and a ferry. I can't help but cry out secretly! , He has been in battle for a long time, and naturally knows that whenever the army crosses the river, there are soldiers in front of the troops, and it is too late to set up the formation just after going ashore.

If the enemy suddenly meets the enemy at this time, or pursues from behind, the army will be in disarray. This tactic is known in the art of war as 'half-crossing and attacking!' ’

Seeing that Hua Fei was prepared, he was stunned for a while. Suddenly, holding a sword in one hand and pointing to the north in the other, he scolded angrily: "Damn Hua Pifu! I swear to kill you! ”

However, Yuan Shu can dominate one side, in addition to relying on the shadow of the ancestors, he still has some ability after all. After a roar, he slowly calmed down.

He soon commanded the army to advance to the south bank of the Huai River, facing the county town of Xia Cai and began to set up camp. And put on a situation of preparing to forcibly cross the Huai River and take Cai County.

But secretly ordered the army, Sokcho was a stick for people, and stood a little far away from Xia Cai County. He also ordered the defeated general Chen Lan to lead 10,000 troops, stationed in front of the military village, prepared to cross the river every day, and strictly guarded against the enemy's spies.

Then, after nightfall, he ordered the whole army not to light fires. Quietly withdrew from the military village in the night, and retreated nearly ten miles in the dark.

On the afternoon of September 17, Yuan Shu led a large army to withdraw to Shouchun. Knowing that Hua Fei had less than 50,000 elite soldiers, he divided his troops to refuse, so he immediately ordered to ride out of the city.

Quickly went to Huoqiu County, which was close to the Anfengjin Ferry, notified Huoqiu Ling, and immediately began to prepare the tools for crossing the river.

Then, he personally led the whole army out of the city again. Sneaking all the way quickly towards the weakness of Huafei's defense, the Anfengjin ferry, which was only guarded by two thousand elite soldiers, hurried away.