Kunyang, the Weixuan camp, the scouts frequently come in and out, and constantly pass on the news from all walks of life. Early this morning, a good news came that Wei Yan and Tai Shi Ci took Luyang without blood, and prepared to rest in Luyang for a night, and then went southeast to prepare to enter the Nanyang Basin from Fang Chengshan.

Xi Zhicai and the others read the battle report sent by Wei Yan and immediately suggested: "When Wei Yan is ordered to use light cavalry to escort Wang Zhao and some other people and horses to come quickly, you can use the heads of Zhang Ying and others to threaten the counties along the way, or you can let Wang Zhao deceive and open the city gate." ”

Wei Xuan nodded and agreed to immediately send someone to inform Wei Yan quickly, so that Wang Zhao and the others could join Xu Rong as soon as possible.

At noon, Xu Rong's messenger also arrived, and they had successfully taken Li County and Ye County. Yuan Shu basically did not garrison soldiers and horses in these two counties, and some county soldiers naturally fled when they saw a veteran general like Xu Rong. At this point, all the county towns north of Funiu Mountain in Nanyang County have been taken, as long as Wang Zhao and others are transferred from Luyang, then the north of Funiu Mountain will be connected with Yingchuan and Henan. Even if there is a truce now, Wei Xuan still accounts for a large area, and the focus is not on population and territory but on strategic location.

Composed???????????????? Rongbu was about to cross the Fang Chengshan Pass to attack Bowang, and such a speed must have been unexpected by Yuan Shu. However, the next Bowang will try a tough battle, because the terrain here is not far from Wancheng, which Yuan Shu must hold.

But what made Wei Xuan even more unexpected was that in the evening, Runan wore an astonishing news, Sun Jian fought with Lu Bu in Zhengyang, and in less than an hour, Lu Bu was defeated and retreated, Sun Jian led his troops to pursue all the way, and as a result, he was ambushed by Ji Ling, Ji Ling led his troops to kill from both sides, and Lu Bu also turned around and killed Sun Jian's army. Sun Jian was first wounded by Lu Bu, and then by a feather arrow. Although Huang Gai, Han Dang and others desperately protected Sun Jian and fled from the battlefield, they died of blood loss before Sun Jian returned to Pingyu!

The news was transmitted back by Zhang Fei, and before he arrived at the Zhengyang battlefield, he encountered Sun Jian's defeated army, but fortunately, because of Zhang Fei's timely appearance, several generals and more than 2,000 remnants of Sun Jian's army were able to return to Pingyu smoothly. Because Sun Jian died, the defenders in Pingyu City were all in chaos, and many wealthy families in Runan County began to defect. And Zhang Fei was also numb, and sent someone to ask what to do next?

Fa Zheng, who was waiting for Sun Jian's reply in Runan, suggested that Zhang Fei temporarily garrison Pingyu to assist Sun Jian's subordinates in defending the city.

In addition to the envoys sent by Zhang Fei and Fa Zheng who came to Kunyang to deliver the letter, there was also a personal soldier under Sun Jian, who described the situation on the Zhengyang battlefield to Wei Xuan in detail.

Since Lu Bu entered Runan, he has burned and looted everywhere, and has constantly coerced the local youth, and the team has developed rapidly. Sun Jian may have seen Lü Bu's destruction of the place and the expansion of his ranks that he decided to lead his troops out of Pingyu to fight Lü Bu.

Lu Bu was brave, and Sun Jian was not far behind, so at first the two sides fought several times inseparably, and later Sun resolutely took his own soldiers, together with Huang Gai, Han Dang and others, to recruit hundreds of dead soldiers in the team in the name of protecting the people of Runan. The two sides fought again, and Lu Bu's army was really caught off guard and had to retreat in the southwest direction.

Now it seems that Lu Bu naturally pushed the boat down the river and ran in the southwest direction for nearly twenty miles, introducing Sun into Ji Ling's ambush circle.

The next battle was naturally very tragic, Ji Ling had 30,000 soldiers and horses, Lu Bu also had 13,000 or 4,000 people, and under the siege of four times the force on three sides, Sun Jian still took the lead in leading everyone to break through.

At this time, Lu Bu took Gao Shun, Hou Cheng and others under his command to cover up and kill all the way behind.

In order to bring out more soldiers, Sun Jian turned back and went back to fight with Lu Bu, the two sides fought fiercely for thirty or forty rounds, Sun Jian was stabbed by Lu Bu, Huang Gai and others saw this and took their own soldiers to desperately protect Su Youjian, and stood out from the encirclement.

After many soldiers volunteered to stay and break off, Sun Jian was unwilling to retreat in the direction of Pingyu with the remnants of his army, but as soon as he broke out of the encirclement for only a dozen miles, he suddenly rushed out of the woods on both sides of the four or five thousand elite enemy troops. Sun Jian, who was at the forefront, was the object of key care, with more than a dozen arrows in his body, and the war horse under his crotch died on the spot. Huang Gai and others had to divide their troops again to intercept them, but Sun Jian, who had changed his horse, was too seriously injured and died of excessive blood loss in less than a dozen miles after running out.

It was originally a two-on-two war, but this time Sun Jian, the main general of the Yuzhou battlefield, was killed, which was not only a blow to morale, because no one could replace him???????????????? Guarded Yuzhou for Sun Jianzhen. And the main battlefield Runan is Yuan Shu's hometown, and with Sun Jian here, he can rely on Sun Jian's courage and deterrence. Without Sun Jian, it would be easy for Yuan Shu to encourage the wealthy clans of Runan.

Wei Xuan called Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu, Zuo Ci and others, Wei Xuan glanced at Zuo Ci with a wry smile and said: "Dao Chief, Wentai's fate has been tribulated, is this catastrophe over?" Who should Yuan Shu or Lu Bu take charge of Yuzhou? ”

Zuo Ci shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Second son, Ci is a Taoist priest and not a god, and he can only deduce one or two appearances, just as he couldn't know exactly who the person who should be robbed was before, and he couldn't know how many people would be robbed." As for Yuzhou, Ci boldly speculated that it would be Yuan Shu. ”

Wei Xuan had no choice but to ask Xi Zhicai: "Military advisor, Wentai is dead, Lu Bu is brave, Ji Ling is resourceful and good at soldiers, Runan is afraid that he can't keep it, if Runan loses, Peiguo will definitely be obtained by Tao Gongzu." Yuan Shu and Lü Bu will definitely launch an attack on Liang and Chen when they gain a foothold in Runan. How should our army respond? ”

Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said: "My lord, although Sun Yuzhou is dead, there are still nearly 20,000 soldiers under his command, and his son and grandson Ce are not far from Yuzhou in Lujiang. The lord should first send someone to Pingyu to ask about the plans of the soldiers under Sun Yuzhou's command, if he is willing to belong to the lord, it is naturally a good thing, it is better to abandon Peiguo and Tao Xuzhou for a truce, and then shrink the troops and horses to stick to Pingyu, and then wait for General Xu and other three troops to take Wancheng and then attack Ji Ling and Lu Bu. ”

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Wei Xuan nodded and asked, "What if Wentai's subordinates leave Yuzhou and go south to join Wu Jing?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "This may be bigger, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai." Han Dang and the others are all old subordinates who have followed Sun Yuzhou for many years, if Sun Ce raises the banner in Lujiang to avenge his father, everyone will definitely go south to vote. The lord can say that Sun Ce, the son of Sun Yuzhou, is the assassin of New Yuzhou, and ordered Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng and others to stay in Pingyu to assist Huang Gai, Han Dang and others to hold on and wait for Sun Ce to arrive in Pingyu and still be able to fight with Lu Bu and Ji Ling. Even if he loses, he can save Sun Ce and other generals from escaping Runan smoothly. ”

Wei Xuan nodded and turned to Jia Xu again, Jia Xu also looked worried: "When Sun Yuzhou was in Runan, the people of Runan could not be completely attached, and now he is newly mourned, and his son is young, the wealthy family of Runan will definitely vote for Yuan Shu, and Pingyu is likely to become a lonely city." The lord should give up Runan and Tu Nanyang, so that Sun Yuzhou's subordinates can drag Lu Bu and Ji Ling first. General Zhao Yun replaced Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng Pingyu, and Shangcai went to Xiping to cruise around to block Ji Ling, and Lu Bu attacked Yingchuan while waiting for an opportunity to harass Ji Ling's army grain road. Ordered Zhang Fei to join General Xu Rong's army to speed up the attack on Wancheng. ”

The statements of Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu seem to be similar, but in fact, the starting point is completely different. Xi Zhicai was obviously more friendly to Sun Jian and his subordinates, no matter what choice they made, leaving Zhang Fei and Fa Zheng in Pingyu could resist for a while, and also ensure the safe retreat of these people. And Jia Xu completely regarded all the soldiers under Sun Jian's command as cannon fodder, and their only role was to drag Lu Bu and Ji Ling to facilitate Wei Xuan's action against the Anyang army.

From Wei Xuan's point of view, if Peiguo and Runan can't hold it sooner or later, it is better to abandon it decisively, Jia Xu's approach is right, and Jia Xu wants to exchange Zhao Yun for Zhang Fei is also worried about Liu Bei who is passing by, this time there are 5,000 Liu Bei who sent troops to attack Peiguo, only Zhang ???????????????? Flying away from the battlefield in Yuzhou is the most reassuring.

What the two have in common is that they have no confidence in acquiring Sun Jian. In this case, Wei Xuan might as well simply give Sun Ce a favor, so he said: "Military advisor, Mr. Jia, cousin Sun Ce should go quickly for the history of the state assassination." Yuan Shu and Lu Bu have to continue, and in addition, Gongyou should go south and say that Liu Jingsheng will raise troops to the north as soon as possible. The defenses along the Three Rivers also need to be redeployed. ”

Xi Zhicai nodded when he heard this, no matter whether he could convince Liu Biao or not, this kind of off-the-field effort could not be stopped. Jia Xu stood up and said, "My lord, to prevent Lu Bu and others from sneaking up on Yingchuan, General Zhao's light cavalry is more suitable than Captain Zhang's heavy cavalry. ”

Wei Xuan glanced at Jia Xu with a smile, and the old fox was worried that Zhang Fei was right, so he said: "Then let Zilong set off immediately and enter Runan, and Yide can stay in Pingyu for a few days and then find a chance to see if he will go south directly and enter Nanyang County or come back to Kunyang first and go south with Wei Yan and the others." Xiaozhi will stay in the Zilong camp and join the army. ”

Wei Xuan actually regretted it a little, Sun Jian's ally was very important to him, he really didn't expect that it had only been half a month since the war began, and Sun Jian would hang up inexplicably. Although the exchange of Runan for Nanyang, it seems that Wei Xuan has taken a big advantage, but since then, a barrier in the east has been gone, and the four counties of Shanhe and Yingchuan have all become the front line. Even the newly acquired Nanyang County is surrounded by forces such as Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Zhang Lu and Li Dao.

However, if you recall carefully, unless your own deployment seems to have no way to save Sun Jian, dispatching Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun straight to Pingyu from the beginning may be able to save Sun Jian, but then your own deployment will be completely disrupted, Wei Xuan has become the main force of the attack, and Yuan Shu will definitely deploy defenses in Nanyang layer by layer. If Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, Li Dao and any of the Montenegrin army launched an attack on Sanhe, Wei Xuan would be in a hurry. This would be contrary to Wei Xuan's established truce phalanx for two years.

It's useless to regret it, since Sun Jian is dead, it's useless to think more, Wei Xuan can only continue to transfer troops to clean up the situation as soon as possible, so that Wei Yan and Tai Shici can quickly go south, and at the same time start to expand the scale of the county army in Hedong and Yingchuan.