Chapter 58: The Coalition's Goals
The complete abandonment of Yanzhou was the first decision of the Combined Army.
But of course, they won't be cheap like this, Fang Yun, all the people of Yanzhou have been forcibly relocated to the Ruyin area, and they will migrate back depending on the situation, or stay there like this, or move to Yuzhang or Lujiang.
In the original plan, Yanzhou, Yuzhang, Nanyang and Danyang were all places that could be abandoned, but at the same time, as the price of Liu Biao's participation in this battle, Xiahou Yuan and Wei Yan led 10,000 troops respectively, together with a large number of war weapons, to kill Jiangxia County and Changsha County.
From another point of view, the purpose of Xiahou Yuan and Wei Yan is actually to create a way back for this battle. Even if he was defeated by Fang Yun in the end, there was still a place to retreat.
As expected, after they abandoned Yanzhou, Fang Yun did quickly occupy the entire Yanzhou and began to advance steadily. Slightly unexpectedly, the other side did not garrison troops in various cities, but piled up large troops at the front line.
It is also true that almost all of the population here has been evacuated, and these cities have lost their defensive value. But no one can deny that in this way, Fang Yun's supply line has been stretched.
After a short time, Zhou Cang's department, Han Meng's department, Xu Le's department, and Fang Yun's department began to converge, and Zang Ba, Xie Ran, and Zhang Yan also began to advance towards the front line, obviously since Yanzhou had been defeated, Fang Yun had no intention of ignoring it.
For this reason, he even gave Zang Ba and Zhang Yan a Martial Soul Pill each to improve their strength and let them directly advance to the innate generals. They also gave Horcruxes and mounts. Leave them behind. The main thing is also to allow them to stabilize their good realm.
Originally. He thought that if Yanzhou was defeated, the main mission of the system would be over. However, the system does not indicate that the main quest has been completed, and according to the system, it is still in a state of war, and the quest settlement has not yet begun. Obviously, there is no point in hastily knocking down the goal, and it must be held to the end to achieve the goal, otherwise it will be captured today and taken back by others tomorrow. That doesn't really make sense.
"Hahaha, what kind of Combine Army, are you afraid of us?" On the way to the march, Zhou Cang couldn't help but tease. As a military general, he went on an expedition, but he couldn't get a battle, so it's strange to say that he was refreshed. For the combined forces that retreat without a fight, it is normal to ridicule a few words.
"Yuanfu, although the other party retreated without a fight, but took away the people of Yanzhou, so that there is not much difference between us and not fighting Yanzhou. The key is that the other side has now assembled superior forces. I'm afraid the next battle will not be easy. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Fang Yun immediately enlightened him.
Seriously. If the other party had divided his troops to guard at the beginning, Fang Yun would indeed be sure that he could break the other party individually. Who knew that the other party didn't play this hand, and he didn't even eat his own bait, so he retreated directly. Although they can quickly converge and gather superior forces to continue southward, the unknown whereabouts of the other side are indeed fearful.
"Report, there are spies from Jingzhou who have come to report that the enemy army is attacking Jiangxia Army and Changsha County at the moment!" At this time, a spy hurriedly came to report, and all this information was passed on by members of the Han Soul Organization in Changsha County and Jiangxia County.
"Ha, I said why didn't they dare to fight us head-on, it turned out that they were bullying Liu Biao!" Zhou Cang laughed.
In fact, it's not just him, many people have this feeling, that is, the United Army is a group of lords who bully the weak and fear the hard.
At first, in the name of Qingjun's side, he mainly planned to hold together to improve his momentum, or play the princes again. Who knew that this road would not work, so they simply united to become a real coalition regime, and by the way, Yuan Shu was pitted.
Of course, there are also elements of Yuan Shu's death, but the United Army's style of bullying the weak and fearing the hard has naturally become the first impression of other forces. Later, he said that it was Qingjun's side, but he directly attacked Liu Xuan's Yuzhang County, which confirmed this impression. This is even more true now, obviously the two sides have started a war, and the other party doesn't think about how to deal with Fang Yun, but directly attacks Liu Biao.
This so-called combined army, in the eyes of Zhou Cang and other generals, is actually no different from a soft egg.
"Do you know how many people the other party has sent, and who is the leader?" Fang Yun asked. No one knows Liu Caosun and the three guys better than him, not to mention the others, just saying that the 'Appearance of Destiny' they are still wearing on their heads at the moment is enough to make him feel jealous.
Why can't the law of cause and effect kill them, especially why can Liu Bei still achieve the throne with three ups and downs? It is precisely because they are the true emperors of the chosen one that the law of cause and effect cannot have much effect on them. Now the law of cause and effect also plays immortal Fang Yun, just because he has also obtained the Destiny of Heaven.
This was also the main reason why Heavenly Dao did not dare to directly destroy Fang Yun even if he directly attacked and improved the strength of the combined army through the surrounding law of cause and effect. If it was in the Yellow Turban Army before, there would be a war today and a war tomorrow, if it weren't for the system to help block a lot of cause and effect, I am afraid that it would have been destroyed a long time ago, where would there be today's infinite scenery?
But he wouldn't talk about it among the generals, the law of cause and effect weapons and the cosmic alliance or something, they are so unfamiliar to the people of this era, I'm afraid they didn't think that the so-called gods and Buddhas are the spokesmen of alien civilizations on the earth. As for the so-called fairyland outside the sky, it is actually just another planet.
It is not difficult to understand, for example, if an ancient person comes to the modern age, the modern age is actually like a fairyland for them from ancient times. Look at the iron boxes that can walk like flying without the traction of horses, look at the iron birds that can fly without flapping their wings, and look at the towering concrete buildings, for them this is a fairyland.
Many Xianxia texts have clearly pointed out that the so-called fairyland is just a world where a group of more powerful people are located. And no one can guarantee whether there is a more advanced world above this world.
The reason why Taoyuan Xianxiang is called Xianxiang is only because the technical research contained in it transcends this era. For the people of this era, everything about those people inside is as if it were an immortal means. That's all.
Since the law of cause and effect can't be played, Liu Sun and Cao can't die. And according to their character. It's not the kind of run, this attack on Jiangxia and Changsha must not be with all your might.
Sure enough, when he heard that they had only sent 20,000 troops, and that it was only Xiahou Yuan and Wei Yan who had gone to attack the two counties, Fang Yun confirmed his thoughts.
The whereabouts of Sun Ce's main force are still unknown, and LĂź Bu, who is known as the strongest force in the late Han Dynasty, is also missing. If the two of them add up to their own desperate efforts, they are afraid that they will be afraid of three points, and the fact that their whereabouts are unknown is very worrying.
"Intensify investigations. Scatter the spies, and I want to know all the wind and grass within a hundred miles! Fang Yun immediately ordered.
"Whoa!" The spy hurriedly took the order, and then began to go down and command. After a short time, the spies were divided into ten shifts and quickly dispersed to ensure that there were spies passing within a radius of 100 miles at all times.
"Lord, isn't this too long, and others will be angry to destroy their own prestige?" Zhou Cang couldn't help but complain.
"Attach importance to the enemy tactically, despise the enemy strategically, and if you can't even do this, let alone march to fight. Now the enemy is dark and I am clear. And they have also been operating in Yanzhou and Yuzhou for several years, so they must be guarded against! Fang Yun said very seriously.
The village or force that formed a good relationship with the Yellow Turban Army at the beginning. Many of them went north with Buji. The remaining ones are under the administration of the Combine Army, and the bond with the Yellow Turban Army has become weaker and weaker, and even long since disappeared. It may have been their home turf, but now it's someone else's.
Fortunately, it is precisely because of the continuous wars, especially the large number of people taken away by Bu Ji and Guan Hai at the beginning, that this place has always been congenitally deficient. The fact that the size of the Coalition Army has not been able to grow is directly related to this. Otherwise, if it is at its peak, it will only take two years for the United Army to pull up a million troops, and when the time comes, it will be impossible for others to lose their temper.
At present, Fang Yunjun has begun to arrive in the Chen State, and it will not be long before he will enter the sphere of influence of Runan County. This way, as before, there was no trace of the enemy, and even Fang Yun couldn't help but wonder if the other party was really afraid of fighting him.
It has been more than twenty days since the troops were dispatched, and no enemy has appeared for twenty days, which is indeed very strange. What's worse is that everyone's nerves, which were originally tense, are now slowly beginning to relax. But if you continue to tense up, that's really not a good thing.
At this time, the situation still happened! It's not an enemy attack, but a request for help from Nanyang County! At the same time, a spy hurriedly came to report, saying that Jiangxia County and Changsha County had been broken one after another, and the other party had begun to launch an attack on the four counties of Jingnan and Jiangling, and Liu Biao sent people to ask for help.
The situation in Nanyang County was also not optimistic, and Sun Ce and Lu Bu launched a general attack on Liu Biao and Xu Huangjun at the same time. Xu Huang was injured and had already retreated to Tongguan, and his command also injured 5,000 soldiers. Liu Biaojun was almost wiped out, and the veteran Wang Wei was even beheaded by Tai Shici.
The other party is now in Tongguan, and it seems that he has prepared to attack Sizhou. What Xu Huang means is that he hopes to be rescued. At the same time, there is also information from Xie Ran, saying that he has received a letter asking for help, and he has taken the first step to pull out, and will soon arrive at the front line to support.
At that moment, Fang Yun understood that the other party was playing the drama of encircling Wei to save Zhao.
I'm afraid that not only Sizhou, but also Jinyang, especially Jinyang, is also the main target of their raid, and they plan to take advantage of the gap between themselves and the main force to the south, take other ways to bypass themselves, and directly attack Jinyang. When the time comes, let's not mention that his family is there, and Liu Wei is also there, if the surprise attack is successful, then the result is unimaginable!
"Lord, give the order!" After getting the information, everyone became solemn, and finally Zhou Cang came to Fang Yun and said very solemnly.
Whether to continue to go south or quickly return north to rescue depends on Fang Yun's words! (To be continued......)
PS: The hand that the combined army is currently playing is probably analyzed as follows: using Yanzhou as a bait, and even attacking Jingzhou as a suspicious strategy, so that Fang Yunjun's battalion does not dare to advance lightly. At the same time, it quickly passed through Yingchuan County to the north, attacked Tongguan and even further raided Jinyang. In such a situation, whether Fang Yun would return to help or continue to invade south was all in his thoughts.
At the beginning, it was said that it was the Qingjun side, but it was really the first very long foreshadowing, and the coalition army was originally formed for the Qingjun side. But to put it bluntly, it was to control the emperor, so it was natural to bypass Fang Yun and attack Jinyang directly.
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