Hearing that Xu Shu had something to say, Yuan Mai bowed slightly: "Yuan Zhi has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Xu Shu first bowed to Yuan Mai, and then bowed to Fu Zhu, and then talked eloquently: "As Mr. Fu said, Luoyang is surrounded by enemies on three sides, easy to attack and difficult to defend, if you can't take the Tiger Prison Pass in the east and the Hangu Pass in the west, the two natural dangers, it will be like a wide open door, and Cao Jun can enter the Kou at any time." Since Cao's army launched a large-scale counterattack, it is the best policy for our army to retreat and retreat across the Yellow River.

However, in Shu's opinion, the two generals Zhao Yun and Wang Shuang should be ordered to move all the people from the occupied counties to the north bank of the Yellow River when they retreated, so that even if Cao's army recaptured Henan, it would not be able to restore Henan's productive forces for a while, and what was the difference between losing Henan? And we have a population of hundreds of thousands in Henan, which can not only reclaim wasteland, but also have sufficient military resources, and have a hundred benefits without any harm. ”

"Yuan Zhi's method is feasible, leaving Cao Cao an empty Henan, which is also a weakening of Cao Cao's strength!" Frustrated and must agree.

Yuan Mai thought about it for a while, but finally shook his head and rejected Xu Shu's suggestion: "Although Yuanzhi's method has small benefits, it will damage my reputation in the long run. Hundreds of thousands of people in Henan, blocked by the Yellow River, are they migrating on a large scale, is it not easy? At that time, Cao's army will chase and kill behind, and the beacons will be everywhere, and there will inevitably be many innocent people who died in the war or drowned in the river.

What's more, it is already August now, and it will be winter in a little more than a month, and the weather will turn cold, but where to find so many houses for the people to live in for a while? In the bitter cold, innocent people will die on the streets. In the past, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang. I will not tarnish my reputation for the sake of immediate gain. You know, our goal is the whole world, not the land of Henan! ”

Yuan Mai's idea is very simple, it is easy to migrate people, but in the process of migration, a large number of deaths are inevitable, and so many people have moved over. Placement and diet are also an issue. If you don't handle it well, your reputation will be ruined, and it will be even more difficult to win the support of people in other places in the future!

Listened to Yuan Mai's analysis. Xu Shu sweated on his forehead. Honestly frightened: "What Childe said is extremely true. Under the trade-off, it is still the son's long-term vision, but Xu Shu only cares about the immediate interests. Short-sighted! ”

"Huh...... Yuan Zhi doesn't have to blame himself, your suggestion is also to weaken the strength of the Cao thief, there is nothing wrong with it, if there is a suggestion in the future, it doesn't hurt to say it directly, there is no need to be stubborn. Yuan Maiwan smiled and comforted Xu Shu.

The plan stopped, and Yuan Mai immediately issued an order, allowing Zhao Yun and Wang Shuang to pack up the captured baggage and grain and retreat to the north of the Yellow River; At the same time, Xu Sheng also gave up the port of Heyin and returned to Mengjin downstream to standby.

In addition, the 10,000 horses of Yu Ban in the east were marching towards Hanoi and also needed to be prepared, so he ordered Liang Xi to lead his 5,000 men and horses to the east to meet the battle, dragging Yu Ban's team and waiting for reinforcements from the battlefield in Henan.

When Zhao Yun learned that Cao's army was attacking from two directions, he had already taken countermeasures in advance, and sent soldiers to load all the grain, gold and silver obtained from various county towns to the opposite bank of Mengjin, and then transported them across the Yellow River by the ships on the opposite side, and finally sent them to Huaixian.

After some looting, the granaries and warehouses of various counties in Henan were swept away, and Yuan's army obtained a total of 110,000 stone of grain, 120,000 stone of forage, more than a dozen carts of gold and silver coins, and thousands of weapons and armor, which was regarded as a bumper harvest.

When Yuan Mai's order to retreat reached Luoyang and Xingyang, Yuan's army had already transported all the supplies to the banks of the Yellow River, and immediately retreated north. Before Cao's army caught up, he retreated unscathed. The battle of Henan can be regarded as a complete victory.

After Yu Ban led his troops into Hanoi, he was stubbornly blocked by Liang Xi near Chaoge County, and it was difficult to break through the defense line for a while. A day later, Zhao Yun led 10,000 horses to support, and Yu Ban thought that it was difficult to win, so he led his troops to retreat in the direction of Changyuan, while sending people to ask Cao Cao.

Xiahou Yuan saw that Yuan's army automatically withdrew from Henan, fearing that Chang'an would be lost, and he did not dare to cross the river to find trouble with Yuan Mai.

With this lesson, Cao Cao did not dare to underestimate Yuan Mai, let alone withdraw the troops in Henan; In case Yuan Mai makes a comeback and takes Henan again, he can threaten Xuchang. It must be garrisoned with heavy troops to defend against the Yuan Mai army on the opposite side in order to make Xuchang peaceful.

In fact, if Yuan Mai is a little more resolute this time, he can order Zhao Yun and Wang Shuang not to retreat, and directly come to the city of Xuchang to deter Cao's army.

Of course, there is also a risk in doing so, if Zhao Yun and Wang Shuang go deep alone, and the follow-up reinforcements can't keep up, this team is likely to fall into a heavy siege, and the final outcome is unpredictable!

The battlefield is like a chess game, and no one dares to speak lightly of victory or defeat before they fall!

After discussing with the think tanks, Cao Cao not only left Zhu Ling and Shi Jian to lead 10,000 horses to be stationed in various parts of Henan, but also sent Yu Ban's troops to settle in Luoyang, and the military governor of various parts of Henan to compete with Yuan Mai on the other side of the Yellow River to avoid the fall of Henan again.

After the division of the Cao army, the pressure of the Yuan army in the middle was reduced a lot, and Wen Chou led 50,000 horses to confront Cao Ren and Xu Huang in the Yanjin area.

Yuan Shao's pressure was reduced, but Yuan Mai's trouble came.

Just when Yuan Mai was complacent about the harvest from Henan, the Huns, who were entrenched in Xihe, invaded Taiyuan. What's even worse is that the black mountain thieves in the east also gathered a team of 60,000 or 70,000 people, went down to the Taihang Mountain to attack Dingxiang and Leping, attacked the county seat, looted the gentry, plundered the army, and forcibly harvested the crops in the fields.

The south gate of Taiyuan County is Pingtao, there is a general Zhang Liao to guard, it can be said that a general is a pass, and the Huns are difficult to open.

After several battles, Zhang Liao used the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths, lured the Hun cavalry into the narrow valley of Daling County, set fire to it, and won a complete victory, killing more than 5,000 Huns, capturing more than 2,000 war horses, and beheading a member of the Hun general, which greatly dampened the morale of the Hun army.

After this defeat, Hu Chuquan knew that Zhang Liao was powerful, so he could only order the retreat, and he didn't dare to fight the idea of Taiyuan for a while.

After hearing that the main force had suffered heavy losses, they were afraid that Zhang Liao would come to copy the back road, and they did not dare to fight, so they hurriedly retreated. was dragged by the party Taishou to follow and cover up, and captured more than 500 war horses. As a result, the siege of the Xiongnu was lifted.

The Xiongnu entered the Kou with Zhang Liao to contend with, and easily repelled the invading enemy. But the Montenegrin thieves in the east are not so easy to deal with!

Compared with the Hun cavalry, the Montenegrin army was more difficult. The Huns were a nomadic people, coming and going like the wind, only plundering and not attacking cities. But the Montenegrin thieves are different, they rely on the strength of the crowd, and when they encounter a smaller county town, they besiege and attack, and after entering the city, they burn and loot, and only after returning with a full load, they retreat.

Although Tian Yu, who was appointed as the Taishou of Dingxiang, was able to use troops, his troops were limited, and he only brought 3,000 people when he went to work from Taiyuan, plus 1,000 county soldiers, and the initial strength was only 4,000 people.

Since he joined Dingxiang in March, Tian Yu has realized that the black mountain thieves on Taihang Mountain are a big problem, and the first thing he did after taking office was to recruit soldiers. However, Dingxiang is vast and sparsely populated, there are only ten county towns in the whole county, the total population is less than 100,000, and only 2,000 are recruited after more than five months of recruitment.

At this moment, Tian Yu's troops were only 6,000 people, and in the face of the Black Mountain thieves who were more than ten times his size, he had no power to levy at all, so he could only hold on to Dingxiang County behind closed doors to avoid the fall of the county office.

Zhang Yan led 60,000 Black Mountain troops to sweep around Dingxiang and harvested 50,000 or 60,000 stone crops. and Gongsun Xu's 7,000 men and horses approached the city of Dingxiang.

"Zhang Ping is difficult...... There are only 6,000 defenders in Dingxiang City, and since we have already approached the city, we should take advantage of Yuan Mai's campaign with Cao Cao and have no time to take care of it, besiege the city, and strive to break through the county administration in one fell swoop. As long as Zhang Pingnan is willing, the men and horses under the command of my Gongsun Xu are willing to attack the city as a precursor. I believe that the wealth in Dingxiang City must not be comparable to the county seat! In this way, the general can obtain the grain and goods in the city, and I can kill Tian Yu, a traitor seeking glory, how about it? ”

Seeing that Zhang Yan was still hesitant about whether to attack Dingxiang, Gongsun Xu immediately shouted loudly, trying his best to encourage Zhang Yan to attack Dingxiang. In Gongsun Xu's eyes, there are three enemies who must be killed, one is Zhao Yun, one is Yuan Mai, and the other is Tian Yu.

And now, Tian Yu has been trapped in Dingxiang City, and Gongsun Xu would rather pay all the costs to take Tian Yu's head to sacrifice his father's spirit in the sky!

Listening to Gongsun Xu's words, Zhang Yan's heart moved, and he immediately moved the idea of attacking the city.

Zhang Yan hesitated before, because he was afraid that he would pay a heavy price for attacking the county city, and he would have to divide it with Gongsun in the future, if there were too many dead people, the gains would outweigh the losses.

But since Gongsun Xu has now taken the initiative to put forward the burden of not having grain and grass, as long as Tian Yu's head is willing to attack as a precursor, why not do it?

"Ahem...... Zhang Yan coughed and reminded Gongsun to continue: "I am not a general in peace now, I have been ...... by Cao Gong It's not that Cao Gong is the Son of Heaven, and he has been canonized as General Zhaolie by the Son of Heaven! That's right, General Shoyeol! ”

After listening to Zhang Yan's words, Gongsun Xu felt a little disdain in his heart, and said in his heart that he was just a miscellaneous general, look at you excited! When my father was alive, he promoted me to the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty as a general of the expedition to the south, but what was the use? It's just an empty title!

"Yes, Zhang Zhaolie...... What do you think of my words? There is a request for others, but Gongsun Xu did not dare to be tough, and asked with a smiling face.

"What does General Gongsun mean that you don't want grain, grass and money?" Zhang Yan confirmed it again.

Gongsun Xu nodded, and said categorically: "Yes, I don't want a grain of grain, not a single coin, just Tian Yu's head!" As long as Zhang Zhaolie decides to fight, my people are willing to be pioneers! ”

"Hit!" Zhang Yan was overjoyed, slapped her thigh and made a decision, "Break the city!" ”

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