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On the wide river of nearly ten miles up and down, dozens of pontoon bridges cross the river, and countless soldiers are crossing the bridge with weapons, leading war horses, and pushing heavy baggage carts. Although the team is orderly, there are too many people, people shouting and neighing, mixing together, waving flags, and the heralds galloping, which still makes people a little dizzy.

Yuan Shao immediately stood on the high slope on the bank of the river, and his heart was surging. For this moment, he has been preparing for a long time, Liu Xiu is still looking at the city under Pingyu City and sighing, Cao Cao is still "recuperating" in his hometown, only Huangfu Song with 10,000 troops is left to guard Liyang, under his coercion, Huangfu Song can only be trapped in the lonely city, dare not make any moves, and watch the crossing of the Yellow River and enter Yanzhou.

After crossing the Yellow River, he was only eight hundred miles away from Pingyu, and when Liu Xiu received the news, he should have entered Chenliu County, two or three hundred miles away from Pingyu at most, and it was not far from his hometown Runan.

After being away from home for so many years, I finally set foot on the land of my hometown again. If you can defeat Liu Xiu in front of your hometown, what glory will it be?

Yuan Shao had made careful arrangements for this, he had already sent someone to meet Cao Cao, whether Cao Cao accepted his invitation or not, and attacked Liu Xiu with him, as long as Cao Cao did not move for the time being, his goal would be achieved. He had an army of 80,000 and a staggering 30,000 cavalry, a proportion that had never been seen in the Han army, and even in the face of Liu Xiu, who swept the grasslands of northern Xinjiang with cavalry, he had enough advantages.

Liu Xiu can fight again, in the face of absolute superiority in troops, can he still scatter beans into a soldier? As soon as he thought of those Taoist priests in Liu Xiujun, Yuan Shao wanted to laugh, these tricks pretending to be gods and ghosts were okay to deceive those ignorant ordinary people, how could they deceive a well-informed family like him.

Except for the time of Xuanyangzi.

"General." Tian Feng, escorted by several retinues, came on horseback. A few steps in front of Yuan Shao's horse, he restrained the war horse, but did not dismount, sat on the horse and said loudly: "General, Feng has a foolish opinion. Be sure to ask the general to adopt it. ”

Yuan Shao frowned slightly, he was very dissatisfied with Tian Feng's attitude, is this a suggestion or an order? He coughed lightly: "If Yuan Hao has anything to say, please speak up." ”

Tian Feng said loudly: "General." We should send some to defend these pontoon bridges, preferably to conquer Puyang. ”

"Attack Puyang?" Yuan Shao shook his head: "Yuan Hao, we have to venture across the river this time, and we can only fight quickly and defeat Liu Xiu before he is ready." Attacking Puyang will only delay time and allow Liu Xiu to have plenty of time to prepare. I'm afraid it's not quite right. ”

Tian Feng shook his head again and again: "General, if you don't win, you will lose first." The general led the main force to fight a decisive battle with Liu Xiu, and if he did not win, he would inevitably retreat to Hebei. At that time, the pontoon bridge is the only way for the general to survive, how can he not protect it? Moreover, conquer Puyang. Even if we don't win the decisive battle, we can defend the city and establish a foothold in Yanzhou. Choose the opportunity to fight again, and you won't be defeated. ”

Yuan Shao heard the evil fire in his heart, and said in his heart, I just crossed the river, you are invincible again, and you are defeated, are you deliberately hurting my morale? Am I definitely not Liu Xiu's opponent, since this is the case, then what am I doing crossing the river, why didn't you say it when I decided to act?

Yuan Shao's face sank. Biting his lip, he didn't say a word.

Guo Tu felt Yuan Shao's anger and smiled slightly: "Yuan Hao, the general raised the army of 80,000 tigers and wolves to attack Liu Xiu, who was under the Jiancheng City, and Wen Yuan Hao. Wu is in the south, it is the time to win the battle and chase the north, why should Yuan Hao grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? Could it be that after leaving Jizhou, Yuan Hao had no confidence? ”

Tian Feng was furious, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Guo Tu, what nonsense are you talking about, whether it is Jizhou people or Ruying people, since they are both serving under the lord's account, why do you have to divide each other, are you provoking Jizhou people and Ruying people to disagree?" ”

Guo Tu smiled casually: "I'm just worried that Yuan Hao has this idea, since Yuan Hao doesn't have it, it's even better." He knew that there was no point in arguing with Tian Feng, even if Tian Feng won the quarrel, the key depended on what Yuan Shao thought. The stronger Tian Feng is, the more he is ostracized in Yuan Shao's heart, but it is a pity that Tian Feng is such a smart person, but he doesn't even understand such a simple truth, and what face does he have to call himself a wise man.

Tian Feng saw that Guo Tu avoided fighting and did not bother to argue with him, and continued to loudly tell Yuan Shao the reason for attacking Puyang. Yuan Shao was annoyed in his heart, but he couldn't reprimand him in front of so many people, he only felt that Tian Feng was buzzing like a fly and was upsetting, so he waved his hand and interrupted Tian Feng's words: "Yuan Hao, what you said is very reasonable, I will give you 5,000 people, can you take Puyang and keep the pontoon bridge?" As you know, Liu Xiu's subordinates are tough, and I must ensure that I have enough troops to advantage. ”

Tian Feng was shocked, 5,000 people took Puyang? What are you kidding, Puyang is the county of Dongjun and the front line of the war, and it has long been used to fighting, but it is not comparable to an ordinary county seat. If it weren't for Yuan Shao's army, he couldn't see the end at a glance, but he was afraid that the people in Puyang City would rush out to ask for their lives now. Besides, I'm a military strategist, and I can give advice, but I don't want to lead the troops, so it's not appropriate for you to give me this task. He just wanted to explain again, but when he saw Yuan Shao's impatient eyes and Guo Tu's contemptuous expression, he closed his mouth again. He understood that Yuan Shao's order was not impulsive, but annoying him, and he wanted to take this opportunity to let him stay here and no longer advance with the army.

Tian Feng was suddenly disheartened. Alas, forget it, if you can't take Puyang, at least you can keep the pontoon.

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At the end of July of the fourth year of Zhongping, Yuan Shao brazenly crossed the Yellow River and entered the territory of Yanzhou. Cao Cao, the general of Wei, did not move, and let Yuan Shao drive straight in. The counties along the way saw that Yuan Shao was powerful, and after analyzing the comparison of the strength of the two sides, they surrendered. In order to grab time, Yuan Shao did not occupy those county towns at all, but encouraged the county commanders who came to surrender, promised high-ranking officials, and ordered them to return to the cities to garrison, and then led the army to soar straight forward, all the way to Runan.

Liu Xiu, who was besieging Pingyu City, heard the news, and on the one hand, in the name of the edict of the Son of Heaven, ordered Cao Cao to lead the army to meet the enemy, and on the other hand, he broke the siege from Pingyu City and personally led 40,000 cavalry to meet the battle. Cao Cao ignored it and continued to stand still, watching Yuan Shao pass through Dongjun and enter Chenliu County.

For a time, Dongjun, Chenliu and Chenjun were in turmoil, and people were panicked. After so many years of fighting, Chen Liu has been controlled by Cao Cao, and the Yuan family has not been able to enter Chen Liu when he has the most upper hand, Chen Liuren still psychologically identifies with the imperial court, and has always regarded the Yuan family as a rebel, even if there is contact, it is also quietly carried out in private, and suddenly, Yuan Shao's army appeared in the land of Chen Liu, wearing turbans, bearded Hu people, unable to see their heads at a glance, and the smoke and dust stepped on were like several long dragons, covering the sky, making Chen Liuren's heart foggy and unable to see the future. Those who have the strength defend the dock, those who do not have the strength flee from the wind, and there are not a few who surrender.

Along the way, although he didn't see the people eating pot pulp to greet him, he didn't encounter any resistance, which made Yuan Shao feel very comfortable. What does this mean? It shows that the imperial court is already unpopular, as long as Liu Xiu is defeated, and Cao Cao is subdued again, the world will be at your fingertips.

On this day, Yuan Shao's forward general Yan Liang arrived in Fule County, Chen State. The west side of Fule County is sand water, and the south side is the water crossing, guarding two waterways. Yan Liang was rewarded by the scouts, and Li Jun, the commander of Fule County, was a native of Runan, who was originally a personal guard by Liu Xiu's side, and later made meritorious service as the Fule County Order. Hearing that Yuan Shao's army was coming, he had already collected most of the people into the city, and the rest of the people had also been sent over the water, ready to fight Yuan Shao to the death.

Yan Liang was dismissive. His purpose was not to siege the city, and he had little interest in Fule County. Of course, if this Li Jun dared to come out to find death, he would not let him go back alive.

"Where is Liu Xiu?"

"It's not clear yet, but his scouts have already appeared on the west side of Shashui, and it should not be far from here."

Yan Liang was a little hesitant. On the one hand, he sent scouts to probe again, and on the other hand, he sent people to report to Yuan Shao urgently, the armies of the two sides were about to make contact, and the victory or defeat of the first battle was related to the morale of both sides, and they should not act rashly. He only brought 10,000 troops, and if he encountered Liu Xiu's main force, he had no chance of winning.

But as soon as his news was sent, the news of the scouts came again, Liu Xiu's forward general Lu Yi only brought 5,000 people, and was building a pontoon bridge on the sand, looking like he hadn't found Yan Liang's men and horses, and was about to enter Fule City.

Yan Liang was overjoyed, and immediately made his own decision, since the other party only had five thousand people, he had to eat him, and if he was allowed to enter Fule City, the trouble would be even greater.

At the sound of the order, the soldiers suddenly became excited. This journey has gone too smoothly, so smooth that people can't imagine it, I knew that Yanzhou people couldn't fight so much, and they should have come a long time ago. After a few days of driving, I finally ran into the enemy, and the number of them was only half of my own, and this credit was given for nothing.

Starting from Yan Liang, almost everyone's eyes lit up, and it seemed that this first battle had been held in the palm of their hands.

The soldiers clenched their weapons and let go of their steps to run, and the scouts rode their horses, delivering the latest news back and forth like arrows. Yan Liang was excited, and rode to the front with his personal guards.

"General, the enemy has built a pontoon bridge and is crossing the river."

"General, enemy scouts have discovered the traces of our army."

"General, the other side is retreating."

Yan Liang shouted: "How about the pontoon?" ”

"They're demolishing, but it's too sturdy and not fast enough."

Yan Liang was overjoyed, stood up from his horse, raised his spear and shouted: "Guards, come with me, and seize the pontoon bridge." ”

"Whoa!" The five hundred knights responded with a bang, kicked the horse's belly, and the horse suddenly accelerated and rushed out of the ranks, rolled up a wild gallop, and rushed forward.

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