Liu Feng was not worried in vain, according to his uninterrupted intelligence, Yuan Shu was likely to admit it, abandon Nanyang, the largest county in the world, and choose to seize Xuzhou eastward. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the first prince of Kwantung and the first prince of the world after the split of the Western Liang Army, Yuan Shu, who occupied the richest area of the Han Dynasty, was by no means a weak person, and his strength was beyond doubt. But now, Yuan Shu is still going to lose.

In addition to the jealousy of the surrounding princes due to its strong strength and the excessive dispersion of the territories under its rule, the mistake of its strategic choice is also one of the main reasons.

In fact, as long as the territory is large, there are more places that need to be defended, everyone is similar, the problem of Yuan Shu is that his territory is too long and narrow, almost every place needs to be defended, and there is not much strategic space.

Who is around Yuan Shu? Dongfang is Tao Qian, the old princes, although he has never been brilliant, but after all, he has been in business for many years, and Yuan Shu relies on the Yuzhou family, and the contradiction between the Xuzhou family and the Yuzhou family also makes it not so easy for Yuan Shu to take Xuzhou. If it hadn't been for the good time, Yuan Shu wouldn't have even had a chance to get involved in Xuzhou's affairs; Needless to say, Cao Cao in the north, the heroes of the troubled times, even if they are placed in the entire long history, they are also in the forefront, and there is Yuan Shao behind him to support and make it difficult with Yuan Shu; Liu Biao in the southwest did not want to recapture Nanyang all the time; Yingchuan in the northwest, Yuan Shu gave Sun Jian, who was attached to him, and he didn't know where he got the confidence, thinking that he could subdue this Jiangdong tiger, once the war started, Sun Jian would not join the besieging side is not certain; Now, there is another Zhang Ji from the West, although he only brought a part of the Xiliang Army, but the strength of the Xiliang Army is obvious to all, otherwise Dong Zhuo would not have won the court because of this.

Liu Feng, who is only separated by a river, even if there is a "small misunderstanding" between him and Yuan Shu recently, he still maintains a good relationship with Yuan Shu, but in fact, Liu Feng is always thinking about going north to recover Lujiang and Jiujiang counties and become a veritable Yangzhou pastor.

Originally, Yuan Shu's territory was long and narrow enough, but now he chose to attack Xuzhou by mistake, so how could Tao Qian, who only had the last county left, not work hard. After Yuan Shu and Cao Cao reached an agreement, they occupied Pengcheng State and stopped fighting, but Tao Qian took this opportunity to take the initiative to contain part of Yuan Shu's army in Xuzhou.

After Cao Cao retreated, he did not directly unload his armor, but most of the troops were stationed in the territory of Mount Tai, and there were also army transfers in Jibei and Renchengguo, and there were faint signs of attacking the encircled Lu State, and other counties bordering Yuan Shu, such as Chenliu, Jiyin, and Shanyang, also took action, although Yuan Shu was very sure that Cao Cao would not turn his face with him at this time to attack Lu State, but he also had to leave enough troops to defend it, just in case. It is the same with Yingchuan, after Sun Jian refused Yuan Shu's order to return for reinforcements, Yuan Shu was not at ease on this side, and he also needed to leave enough troops. Jiangxia Huangzu went north, recovered several counties in Nanyang, and approached Runan, where a large army was also needed to defend. Even along the Yangtze River, Yuan Shu was not so relieved, leaving an army to prevent Liu Feng from falling into the well.

Therefore, Yuan Shu did not have many troops to support Nanyang. With the defenders of Wancheng, there are less than 4 million defenders.

It is said that it is enough for so many large armies to defend the city and Wancheng, which has many people, even if there are enemies several times their size, they can hold on for a long time, but it also depends on who is the main general.

Yuan Yin was obviously unqualified, when Zhang Jicai broke through Nanxiang, he originally wanted to send troops to clear the news immediately, but as soon as he heard that Liu Biao also sent a large army to attack Nanyang, he was immediately frightened, and he didn't dare to send a soldier out of the city. But later statistics, Wancheng, which had not been fought for several years, was only guarded by more than 1 million troops, and since the troops were transferred out one after another, they have not been replenished. Therefore, Yuan Yin immediately ordered the surrounding counties to send troops to Wancheng to assist in guarding Wancheng, and finally mobilized millions of troops one after another, and some people were found and defeated by Zhang Ji and Liu Biao's army when they left the county. This is also the reason why Liu Biao and Zhang Ji were able to advance so quickly, because the elite soldiers in each county were all withdrawn. In addition, since Yuan Shu became the ruler of Nanyang, the people have always been in dire straits, hating them to the core, and even wishing that Liu Biao would take back Nanyang, after all, Liu Biao's reputation for benevolence is still very marketable here.

Liu Biao did his best this time, and he was bound to snatch Nanyang away from Yuan Shu, even if he shared it with Zhang Ji. Except for Jiangxia's Huang Zujun who threatened Runan, the remaining two routes of soldiers and horses totaling 5 million troops were all invested in the battle in Wancheng. And Zhang Ji, although he only brought more than 1 million people, in the past few months, with the help of Jia Xu, Shengsheng doubled the army and besieged Wancheng with Liu Biao.

Just when Liu Feng was heading south, the battle in Wancheng had lasted for more than twenty days, and it had almost reached its final stage. Yuan Yin and other generals who did Yuan Shu were obviously not the opponents of Jia Xu, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others, and the soldiers under his command were often affected by their skills, and they almost did not cause civil strife. Yuan Yin has repeatedly asked Yuan Shu to continue to send troops to support, but there has been no definite news.

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When Liu Feng and his entourage came to Shiyang, Bai Jian and Xun You had just conquered here, and the city was still a sign after the war.

Liu Pan is definitely a tiger general under Liu Biao, and he is brave in battle. Historically, when Liu Pan guarded Youxian County, he often plundered Yuzhang County. You must know that at that time, Xiaobawang was in Jiangdong, and it was when Jiangdong was the most aggressive, but even so, Liu Pan was not afraid. It wasn't until Sun Ce sent Tai Shici to Yuzhang to establish the governor of Jianchang in the county that Liu Pan's disaster was quelled. It can be seen that even if Liu Pan is not as good as Tai Shici, it is not much worse, and it needs to be suppressed by a talent like Tai Shici. It's a pity that countless characters have been drowned in the long river of history.

When Liu Pan arrived in Yuzhang, it was not as difficult as Liu Feng, but there were many big clans who spontaneously welcomed him, so he easily occupied several counties in the southwest. When Bai Jian arrived, he was already ready to meet the enemy in Shiyang.

Originally, Liu Pan wanted to continue to march north and directly snatch the entire Yuzhang with Liu Feng, but at this time, Zhang Jidong came, Liu Biao sent troops to Nanyang, and strictly ordered Liu Pan to delay time, and Changsha would not give any more funding. So Liu Pan guarded the city here, consuming time little by little. Shiyang alone blocked Bai Jian's time for half a month. This is also because the county soldiers here were initially organized and never uniformly trained, and the sense of belonging of these soldiers is not strong, and the execution is not high. Otherwise, Liu Pan will stay longer.

Of course, Bai Jian's side is similar, and most of the troops going south are the private soldiers and defenders of the original Nanchang clan, and they are in the same situation as Liu Pan. However, he has Xun You's help here, which is a lot easier, because Liu Pan has no military advisors around him. And his previous partner Huang Zhong had long been left by Liu Biao as a bodyguard.

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"Meet my lord." Although the war had just ended, when Liu Feng arrived, the two still took the time to greet them.

"Bai Duwei, Gongda, you're welcome, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?" Liu Feng said with a smile.

"Fortunately, it's just that he has the trust of the lord, this Liu Pan is not easy to deal with, and he failed to win Yuzhang quickly." Bai Jian blamed himself.

"There is no need to blame yourself, Liu Pan's ability is very strong, and there are not many more soldiers and horses under your command than him, it is good to have today's results." Liu Feng said, "I came this time, and I have brought you another million army, hoping to defeat Liu Pan in one fell swoop." ”

"The subordinates will do their best." Bai Jian said solemnly.

"Okay, clean up as soon as possible, leave some people to guard here, and then set off immediately, let's go together to meet this Liu Pan for a while." Liu Feng was infected and arrogant.