Dian Weixi said: "Lord, you are fine. ”

Ma Yue smiled, knocked down the seven or eight wolf tooth arrows on his back, and said: "Thanks to the golden silk soft armor woven by Yu Niang, otherwise this time General Ben would have choked even if he didn't die." ”

At this time, Ma Zheng beside him suddenly burst into tears.

Hearing Ma Zheng's cry, Ma Yue's heart was on fire, and he slapped Ma Zheng in the face again, scolding: "What are you crying about, you can cry and wipe your tears when you are too old, like a girl!" ”

Ma Zheng stopped crying and said to the horse: "Father, it's useless to blame the child. ”

Ma Yue's heart softened, his tone turned soft, touched Ma Zheng's little head and said, "Son, now do you understand why your father wants to kill?" These Xianbei people are mortal enemies of us Han people, if you don't kill them, they will kill you in turn! Today is your fate, because you are the son of General Pingxi, but after many Han children were snatched away by the Xianbei people, it is impossible for so many troops to chase and rescue, what should they do? ”

Ma Zheng was silent, but there was a hint of hatred in his big black eyes.

Ma Yue's eyes turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "They can only be brutally killed by the Xianbei people, and none of them want to live!" ”

"Understood, Father!" Ma Zheng nodded, clenched his little fists, and said hatefully, "Father, from today onwards, the child must be familiar with military books, practice martial arts diligently, and when he grows up in the future, he will be a general who leads the army to fight like his father, and kills all those despicable and shameless Xianbei people." ”

"Hmm."

Ma Yue nodded expressionlessly.

In fact, Ma Yue really wanted to tell Ma Zheng that you should not only be a general who leads the army to fight, but also a commander who commands the general, and the emperor who rules all the people in the world, but unfortunately, Ma Yue himself is only a Pingxi general now, and he himself is only in the exploration stage of the art of controlling the subordinates, and there is nothing to teach Ma Zheng at all.

Fortunately, Ma Zheng was only nine years old, and Ma Yue had time to teach this eldest son slowly.

Just this kung fu, Jia Xu, Guan Ning, and Fu Zhu, the three gentlemen, also rode fast horses and caught up breathlessly, after all, these three are Ma Zheng's teachers, and Ma Zheng's captivity is not a trivial matter, and when they saw that Ma Yue, Ma Zheng's father and son were all safe and sound, Jia Xu and the three of them breathed a long sigh of relief, and a boulder in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

During this time, the horse butcher was destined to stop.

Ma Zheng had just been snatched back, and Jia Xu brought another annoying news.

Jia Xu secretly pulled Ma Yue aside, lowered his voice and said: "Lord, Gongzi Zhan injured Gongzi Shuang (Wang Shuang, Wang Yuan's son, because Wang Yuan died in battle, Ma Yue adopted Wang Shuang and gave him the surname Ma), I heard that the eldest lady said that the injury was not light, the ribs were kicked and broken three times, and the internal organs were also injured, and they vomited blood. ”

"." Ma Yue's face changed, and he lowered his voice when he came back to his senses, "Shuang'er is already twelve years old, but Zhan'er is only six years old, and a six-year-old doll can beat a twelve-year-old half-grown child?" ”

"You don't know, my lord." Jia Xu said in a low voice, "Gongzi Zhan is born with divine power, and he can lift hundreds of pounds at a young age." ”

"This little wolf cub!" Ma Yue put his hand on his forehead and said to Jia Xu, "Let's look back at Shuang'er's injuries." ”

"My lord."

Jia Xu suddenly whispered.

Ma Yue turned around and said, "What does Wen He say?" ”

Jia Xu's mouth shook twice, shook his head and said, "No, I don't have anything to say." ”

Ma Yue's eyes froze, and he said in a low voice: "Wenhe, don't you say that General Ben also knows that Zhan'er is born with divine power, and he is bound to become a brave and good general in the future, so that Zhan'er's prestige in the army will surpass Zheng'er, and with the presiding officer of the army, Zhan'er will threaten Zheng'er's status, is that so?" ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "The lord is Mingjian." ”

"That's a real problem." Ma Yue paced back and forth a few steps with his hands in his hands, and said gloomily, "It seems that this is the only way to make a decision." ”

Jia Xu said: "What is the policy? ”

"After all, Zhan'er is from Nai Zhenerduo, and he has Hu blood." Ma Yue sighed lightly and said, "From today on, only Zhan'er martial arts are allowed to be taught, and he is not allowed to be taught, especially not allowed to teach him the formation of military calligraphy!" In this way, even if Zhan'er is brave and good at fighting in the future, he will only be a fierce general who charges into battle, and he will never become a general who can strategize, and it will not be enough to pose a threat to Zheng'er's status. ”

Jia Xu heard the loneliness in Ma Yue's words, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

"Alas~~" Ma Yue let out a long sigh and said, "The ruthless emperor family since ancient times! ”

Ma Yue gradually walked away, just red and sunk, pulling Ma Yue's shadow on the grass, a gust of cold wind blew, swinging the blood-red cloak behind Ma Yue, this figure looked so lonely. Jia Xu's throat twitched, and he wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he really didn't know how to comfort his lord.

……

Runan, Valley of Broken Souls.

Zhang Xun led 10,000 elite soldiers to crowd in the depression outside the valley, as far as the eye could see, the surrounding flames were soaring, and the flying smoke and dust covered the sky, the Valley of Broken Souls and the surrounding mountains and mountains were completely shrouded in the raging fire, and in the burning fire, from time to time there were birds and beasts from the forest, however, it was too late to escape and was scorched by the flames.

Such a fierce fire is enough to glisten to iron, let alone humans, animals, and beasts.

"Hahaha~~" Zhang Xun pressed his sword and stood solemnly, looking up to the sky and smiling, "Didn't Cao Jun deceive the enemy and want to ambush the general's army?" They must not have imagined that General Ben would actually plan and burn it to ashes with a fire, hahaha~~ General Ben really wants to see, what kind of expression should Cao Apu have now? ”

In a trance, Zhang Xun seemed to see thousands of Cao soldiers wailing and struggling in the flames, and then disappeared in the raging flames.

"Boom~~"

In the sound of the burning horn, Zhang Xun suddenly heard a strange sound, and at the same time, the ground under his feet suddenly trembled.

"What sound?" Zhang Xun asked in shock, "The ground seems to be shaking too." ”

"Oh my God, the ground is really moving!" The general of the Cheng army responded in horror, "It can't be that the ground is cracked, right?" ”

"Ground cracks?"

Zhang Xun was taken aback when he heard this, there was a fire all around him right now, even if he wanted to escape, there was no way to escape, if the ground was really cracked, then he and his 10,000 elite soldiers would be buried alive by the collapsed mountain!

"No~~" Suddenly, a pro-soldier screamed miserably on the north side of his fingers, "It's not a crack, it's water, it's a flood!" ”

"Well, the flood?"

Zhang Xun and dozens of generals Huo Ran turned around, and saw a huge flood peak rushing from the valley on the north side, the huge wave that rose high was mixed with countless broken branches and boulders, where the huge waves passed, the fire was extinguished, the branches were broken, the forest was wiped out, and the mud and rocks collapsed, and the sound was extremely terrifying.

"It's not good, it's flooding, run!"

Zhang Xun shouted, turned around and ran, but after running less than two steps, he reluctantly stopped his steps, for no other reason, because except for the direction from which the flood was rolling, all other directions had been covered by monstrous torches, and if you wanted to avoid the flood, you had to break through the raging fire.

At this moment, Zhang Xun finally knew the pain of having no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth! He could only watch as the soldiers under his command fled into the fire in panic, and then were burned into ashes by the merciless fire, and those who did not dare to rush into the fire were completely drowned by the surging flood.

Suddenly, a huge wave surged, smashing Zhang Xun to the ground.

……

Ten miles away, on a high mountain.

Cao Ying saw the surging flood rushing under his feet, and said to Guo Jia: "Alas, once this Yingshui bursts the embankment, I don't know how many people will suffer from the pond fish again." ”

Guo Jia persuaded: "This is also a helpless thing, if you let the Cheng army occupy Runan, let the brutal Yuan Shu govern Runan, I am afraid that the situation of the people of Runan will be even more miserable, the so-called long pain is better than short pain, the lesser of the two is this truth, the lord does not have to blame himself." ”

Cao Ying nodded, and said quietly: "This battle needs to end as soon as possible." ”

Xun Yu on the side said: "Don't worry, my lord, Zhang Xun's 10,000 elite soldiers are afraid that they have become fish and shrimp in the water at this time, and the 20,000 troops left in the Ruyin camp are no longer worrying after losing Zhang Xun's command, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Guan Yu, Zangba, and Yu Ban The six generals have each led a large army to attack together, and the victory should be expected." ”

……

Koto.

After Huang Gai captured the old town, according to Xu Shu's strategy, he ordered the soldiers to go out of the city during the day and enter the city at night, which was the case for ten consecutive days, and Danyang Annihilated the Emperor to report to Wanling (Danyang County) urgently, saying that Sun Jian had gathered at least 50,000 Wu troops in the old city! Danyang Taishou Liu Miao believed it to be true, and hurriedly dispatched soldiers from various counties to Wanling to gather, and ordered the general Tai Shici to lead 3,000 troops to set up camp over cold water to resist the Wu army.

Tai Shi Ci and Danyang Taishou Liu Miao are fellow villagers, and the two have been good to each other since childhood. Half a year ago, Tai Shi Ci's old mother died of illness, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Kong Rong happened to step down and enter the court, Tai Shi Ci brought dozens of cronies to Danyang County to join Liu Xuan, Liu Xiang was really overjoyed to see Tai Shi Ci, and immediately took it as the captain of Danyang, relying on it as his left arm and right arm.

However, Liu Miao soon knew that he had been tricked!

When the attention of the Danyang army was all focused on Huang Gai in his hometown, Sun Ce, Sun Jing, and Pan Zhang took advantage of the situation to attack Jurong, Moling, and Shicheng counties, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's Wu County Navy also attacked Wuhu Port, and when Sun Miao reacted, the northern counties of Danyang County had already fallen into the hands of the Wu army, and the Danyang Navy in Wuhu Port was also wiped out by the Wu County Navy in one fell swoop, and the downstream section of the Yangtze River Waterway was completely controlled by the Wu County Navy Army.

Liu Miao hurriedly reported to Shouchun in an expedited manner of 800 li, and ordered Tai Shici to lead his troops north to Liyang, thinking that it was a barrier to Wanling.

After the Wu army captured the northern counties of Danyang and Wuhu Port, Sun Jian then ordered Sun Jing to defend Shicheng and Pan Zhang to defend Jurong, and the two armies were in a horn position to resist the possible counterattack of the Danyang army, and ordered Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to lead 3,000 naval troops to swim on the Yangtze River to meet Sun Jing and Pan Zhang's two armies at any time.

The arrangement stopped, Sun Jian personally led 8,000 Wu County elite soldiers to Huainan to the north, deceived Chen Lan with a plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, in just half a month, the Wu army even won the battle, even under the ten cities, the soldiers pointed directly at the Huainan town of Hefei, Hefei is the southern barrier of Shouchun, once lost, Shouchun will be completely exposed to the Wu army's soldiers!

At this time, Chen Lan still thought that Sun Jian's main force was still in Jiangdong, and it was only a small force of Wu army that turned to Huainan, and was stationed in Liyang, raising ships to prepare to cross the river to attack Wu County.

[Gongsun Zan in the first few chapters, Yuan Shu in these chapters, and some melee battles between the Kwantung princes in the back, because the Liangzhou army did not participate in the war on a large scale, is not the focus of the description of this book, so it will be omitted.] Since it is a brief writing, the description of some explanations and schemes will not be so detailed and complete, and the time transition will be very fast, if the princes of the East are destroyed within one chapter, don't say that the swordsman writes him too rubbish, the swordsman writes one hundred and eighty chapters for the demise of each prince, but the question is whether you are willing or not? ]

……

Heqi, Zhou Shang's official residence.

Zhou Shang was originally the Taishou of Lujiang, but after Yuan Shu became the emperor, Lujiang County was changed to Huainan Yin, and Zhou Shang was no longer qualified to serve as the Taishou of Lujiang, so he was sent by Yuan Shu to the military town of Heqi to be the Taishou.

Partial hall.

Sun Jian hugged his fists and said, "Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Shang returned the salute and said, "General Sun." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and sat down, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu stepped forward to see Zhou Shang and Sun Jian respectively as a junior, although Zhou Shang had not met Sun Jian, but because of Zhou Yu's relationship, his impression of the Sun family has always been very good, and he and Sun Ce's maternal uncle Wu Jing are also close friends, so he asked Sun Jian: "I don't know how Lord Wu Jing is lately?" ”

Sun Jian said: "Very good, thank you Lord Zhou for your concern." ”

Without waiting for Sun Jian to speak, Zhou Shang took the initiative to say: "Yuan Shu went against the grain and tried in vain to usurp the Han Dynasty and claim the emperor, which can be described as a great crime. ”

Sun Jian said: "I don't dare to ask for it." ”

"Uncle, General Sun." Zhou Yu on the side stood up and said loudly, "There is no need to be so anxious about the dedication of the city, why not wait for Chen Lan's 20,000 troops to arrive before reasoning?" ”

Sun Ce knew Zhou Yu the best, and said hurriedly: "Does Gongjin already have a good strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said something, Sun Jian, Zhou Shang, and Sun Ce immediately applauded when they heard it.

……

In April of the seventh year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (194), the land of Jianghuai had just entered the annual rainy season, and the bad news was transmitted back to Shouchun one after another.

First of all, Zhang Xun was defeated, and the 30,000 army was defeated by the Cao army, and finally only 8,000 remnants fled back to Shouchun in embarrassment, and then Chen Lan was in Heqi in Sun Jian, Zhou Shang's internal and external strategy, and the 20,000 army was blocked by 8,000 Wu County elite soldiers in Heqi City and killed the whole army.

Following Zhang Xun and Chen Lan, Lei Bo also fell into Chen Gong's plan, and was defeated in successive battles, Dongcheng and Yinling fell one after another, and Lei Bo had to lead 10,000 remnants to return to Shouchun. In this way, in less than three months, the three-way army sent by Yuan Shu was completely routed, and most of the 70,000 elite casualties were lost.

In mid-April, the armies of Cao Ying, Sun Jian, and Lu Bu arrived at the foot of Shouchun City at the same time, forming a joint encirclement.

However, Cao Ying, Sun Jian, and Lu Bu's three-way coalition army was not easy, although Shouchun was surrounded, but the defenders in the city still had nearly 50,000 people, but the three-way coalition army besieging the city, the total strength was only more than 40,000 people! Judging from the comparison of forces, the coalition forces do not seem to have the strength to attack.

If you can't storm it, you can only besiege it for a long time.

But the problem is that there is abundant grain and grass in Shouchun City, and it is more than enough to insist on half a year, but it is a three-way coalition army, due to the rainy and muddy roads, the supply of military food began to be tight, Cao has many soldiers, Yanzhou has a thin foundation, and the military food is the first to run out, as a last resort, Cao Ying had to borrow some military food from Sun Jian, and Lu Bu is also appropriately even, but in this way, the coalition army can only hold out for half a month at most.

In other words, if Shouchun cannot be captured within half a month, the coalition forces can only choose to retreat.

……

Changan.

As early as the end of March, in order to better grasp the progress of the war in Yangzhou, Ma Yue secretly returned to Chang'an.

In the hall of Ma Yue's official residence, almost all the civil and military cronies under the command of Ma Butcher have gathered together, and civil officials such as Jia Xu, Fu Xu, Fu Xie, Fa Zhen, Li Su, and military generals such as Xu Huang, Fang Yue, Gao Shun, Xu Chu, Jutu, Dian Wei, Li Meng, and Wang Fang are lined up on both sides, and it seems that they are also full of talents.

Li Su took the lead in the ranks, clasped his fists and said respectfully: "My lord, according to the detailed report, in February, Yuan Shu sent the generals Zhang Xun, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan to lead the army to take the initiative to meet the three-way coalition army of Cao Ying, Lu Bu, and Sun Jian, trying to keep the enemy out of the country, but in the end they were defeated by the coalition army, Zhang Xun and Chen Lan were killed in battle, and Lei Bo was also beheaded by Yuan Shu in anger. ”

With the performance of his trip to Jiangnan, Li Su has won Ma Yue's high trust, and has now taken over the work of diplomacy (in fact, being a lobbyist, intimidating the surrounding weak forces when necessary), intelligence espionage, etc., from the hands of the military advisor Jia Xu.

"Hmm." Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "What's the situation now?" ”

Li Su said: "Now Cao Ying, Lu Bu, and Sun Jian's three-way coalition army has formed a siege of Shouchun, but there are nearly 50,000 elite soldiers in Shouchun City, while the three-way coalition army only has 40,000 troops. ”

Jia Xu suddenly asked: "Ziyan (Li Subiaozi), has Huainan entered the rainy season?" ”

Li Su said: "Back to the military division, Huainan has entered the rainy season half a month ago. ”

Jia Xu said: "Once Huainan enters the rainy season, the roads will be muddy and difficult to walk, plus Huaishui, Yingshui, and the Yangtze River flood almost every year, roads and bridges may be blocked, so that the grain and grass of the coalition army will not be able to help, and Shouchun is Yuan Shu's old nest, and there must be a large amount of grain and straw in the city, and it should not be a problem to hold on for a year and a half." ”

Ma Yue said: "Wen He is saying that the coalition forces can only fight quickly? ”

"Not the Coalition." Jia Xu said, "It's Cao Jun who must fight quickly!" If Yuan Shu cannot be destroyed in this battle, Lu Bu will definitely not participate in the second crusade, and Sun Jian will also face the flanking attacks of Liu Jian and Wang Lang and will not be able to send troops, so that Cao Jun will have to face Yuan Shu who has relieved himself alone, and Nanyang Chen Ji and the lord always threaten Cao Ying's side, miss this time, Cao Ying is afraid that he will not find a chance to destroy Yuan Shu again. ”

Ma Yue said: "If the battle is resolved quickly, what are the chances of the coalition army winning?" ”

Jia Xu said: "If the two armies set up a posture for a head-on decisive battle, the chance of victory for the coalition forces is zero!" But don't forget that the coalition army has top military divisions such as Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, and Xu Shu, while Yuan Shu's subordinates only have incompetent people such as Jin Shang and Ge Xiang, so he thought that the coalition army would win in the end. ”

"Got it!" Ma Yue slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "In other words, the battle of Shouchun will be decided within January." Once Yuan Shu is defeated, the Cheng empire that he has painstakingly managed will collapse overnight, and Nanyang Chen Ji, Danyang Liu Xuan, Lujiang Liu Xun, Huiji Wang Lang, Yuzhang Xu Gong and others will support their own troops and fight for themselves. ”

Jia Xu said: "The lord is wise. ”

Ma Yue smiled gloomily and said coldly: "Then our army will choose to send troops at this time and give Cao Ying a ruthless blow from behind!" Even if you can't get rid of the small court of Xuchang in one fell swoop, you have to let Cao Ying steal chickens instead of a handful of rice, Cao Ying consumed a lot of manpower and material resources in the battle against Yuan, but in the end he got nothing, hehe! ”

(To be continued)