Yuan Shao wanted to retreat, it was not so easy, after all, Liu Jian's army was opposite him, and if Yuan Shao wanted to retreat now, he would inevitably face Liu Jian's full pursuit.

But things have come to this point, and eventually there will be a retreat.

If you retreat, you will suffer a lot of losses.

But if he does not retreat, the result he faces is that Liu Jian may swallow up all his army through battle after battle.

In February of the third year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao and Liu Jian launched a battle in Luoyang, Yuan Shao was repeatedly invincible, morale was frustrated, and all the heroes of Jingzhou asked Yuan Shao to withdraw their troops, and now whether it is the military spirit or the people's hearts, they are unwilling to fight again, so even if Yuan Shao stays here, it is useless.

Finally, Yuan Shao had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

But there is no doubt that the risk of withdrawing troops now is still very huge.

Once the northern army is attacked, it will inevitably cause Yuan Shao heavy losses.

But there were losses and had to be withdrawn.

In order to be able to evacuate properly, Yuan Shao found his confidant and favorite general, Wen Ping.

And Wen Ping is also the best general at defense among all the people under Yuan Shao.

And today, he also recommended two newcomers for Yuan Shao, saying that these two can be of great use.

A person is a native of Yiyang, surnamed Wei Mingyan, and his characters are long.

The other is Yuan Shao's native people, Runan Chen to the word Uncle Zhi.

The two of them were young, but they were valued by the clerks, and they had been kept under the account to listen to them, and this time they found a good opportunity and recommended them to Yuan Shao.

For the recommendation of the clerk, Yuan Shao immediately agreed and was promoted.

"Zhongye, Luoyang is no longer advisable, everyone has no enterprising heart, they can only retreat, but if you want to retreat, Liu Jian will raise a large army to attack, I am afraid that the loss is not small, you are the longest defensive general under Yuan's account, at this time, can you teach me?"

Wen Ping's face showed a bit of solemnity.

He pondered seriously for a moment before he said slowly: "My lord, according to the last general, it is impossible to retreat without any losses at all, and the only way to reduce the losses is to the minimum. ”

Yuan Shao nodded seriously and said, "How to reduce it to the minimum?" ”

Wen Ping Zhengse said: "It can only be done in various parts, and the generals of each department will lead their soldiers and horses back to Nanyang County, so that Liu Jian's main forces should not know which army to attack, and they will also be divided...... The division of Liu Jian's army is still relatively beneficial to us, after all, his cavalry is gathered together, and the destructive power is quite huge. ”

"Once the two sides engage head-on, the damage of their cavalry to us is almost incomparable."

"But if we can divide the soldiers and horses, and his cavalry will also be divided, although it will also cause damage to our various units, but it will not be able to exert such strong combat effectiveness, so that the losses can be minimized."

"Although there will still be losses in this way, it is the safest way."

Yuan Shao let out a long sigh when he heard this.

"So far, I can only do this, I have asked Huang Zu and Zhou Tai to lead soldiers and horses from Nanyang to respond."

"The two of them will greet them, and it will play a role somewhat."

……

Subsequently, Yuan Shao began to give orders for the troops to begin to retreat.

The news of Yuan's army's intention to retreat soon reached Liu Jian.

His side had been prepared for a long time.

According to Liu Jian's assumption, in order to prevent his own side from chasing and attacking him, Yuan Shao will definitely break it into pieces, divide the soldiers and horses into small divisions, and retreat towards Nanyang County from different directions and roads, after all, Nanyang County is very close to Sizhou, as long as these soldiers and horses enter the jurisdiction of Nanyang County and enter any city in Nanyang County, they will have the ability to garrison and get food supplies at the same time. ”

Although all parts of the soldiers and horses on this road will still be chased and beaten by Liu Jian, the losses will be much less.

Now sure enough, Yuan Shao did what Liu Jian thought.

Liu Jian immediately found Guo Jia and Xun You.

He asked these two people for their opinion, how should he launch the next attack on Yuan Shao now?

Xun You immediately gave advice to Liu Jian.

He believed that Yuan Shao's troops and horses were reduced to zero, and he really avoided a situation in which he could suffer the greatest attack and the greatest loss from his own side.

But this does not mean that he will not lose nothing, he can also divide the soldiers and horses into several roads, but there is no need to scatter the soldiers and horses like Yuan Shao, as long as the main pursuit road is chosen.

Regardless of the other party's scattered troops, they still had to take the most important roads and retreat to Nanyang County in the end.

As long as they can follow these main roads to pursue and kill them, they will be able to obtain the greatest benefits of the war, and they will not have to be led by the nose by the Yuan army.

In this way, not only will the best effect not be achieved, but it may also be counterattacked by the other side, and the other side will suffer losses.

As for dividing the main soldiers and horses of several sides into several roads, Xun You felt that his own soldiers and horses were Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Liao, and Hua Xiong, and the five soldiers and horses were enough to pursue, and the rest of the generals were all commanded by five generals to chase and kill.

At the same time, Xun You also suggested that Liu Jian send Xu Huang, who had just attacked the city in Hongnong County, as a response force that could meet the five routes of soldiers and horses at any time from the side, so that it could play the role of a surprise soldier.

In the end, Xun You stood in front of the map and roughly analyzed the border situation between Luoyang and Nanyang for Liu Jian.

At the same time, he made a clear consideration of how many troops should be led by General Zhulu on the road to Nanyang County.

It can be said that Xun You basically made a very comprehensive refinement of the pursuit battle to Liu Jian this time, so that Liu Jian could directly adopt and implement it, and there was no need to modify it at all.

After listening to Xun You's words, Liu Jian was very satisfied, and he couldn't stop nodding.

"It's also thanks to Gongda that he is here to be able to have such subtle remarks."

"My heart is very comforted!"

Speaking of this, Liu Jian turned his head to look at Guo Jia on the side, and said with a smile: "Is Feng Xiaojue's public words feasible?" ”

Xun You's deployment was very thorough, and he couldn't find any fault at all, Guo Jia nodded with admiration and said: "Gongda's arrangement for the prime minister is thorough, and there is absolutely no second person who can think so hard for the prime minister, thinking about it so far." ”

"On the matter of pursuing Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, Guo agreed with Gongda's opinion."

Xun You seemed to hear Guo Jia's off-string meaning.

"In the pursuit of Yuan Shao's soldiers, Feng Xiao completely listened to my opinion, it seems that after pursuing Yuan Shao's soldiers, Feng Xiao has other strategies to advise the prime minister?"

Guo Jia nodded with a smile and said, "Gongda is really a master, and he saw through Guo's intentions at once. ”

Xun Yu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Why is Fengxiao so humble, you and I are people from the same county, we know each other, you Guo Fengxiao is very famous in the land of Yingchuan, I have long admired Ling, and it is really a lifelong blessing to be able to hear Fengxiao's high arguments today." ”

Guo Jia hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, how dare Lao Gongda praise it like this." ”

"Since Gongda has said this, then I'll tell you."

"Prime Minister, according to me, it is not enough to just pursue Yuan Shao's troops this time, we should take this opportunity to conquer Nanyang County in one fell swoop, and we will have the greatest strategic gain."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Jian and Xun You were stunned.

Then I heard Liu Jian say slowly: "It's not that I haven't thought about conquering Nanyang County, it's just that I've been looking for a suitable time, does Feng Xiao think it's the right time now?" ”

Guo Jia nodded affirmatively.

"Prime Minister, no matter what others think, but Guo feels that now is the most appropriate time."

"Although the prime minister previously let out the wind and wanted to capture Nanyang County, but for the clans in Nanyang County, although the prime minister had this preparation, they would never have thought that after Yuan Shao withdrew his troops, we would make preparations to capture Nanyang County while pursuing."

"After all, we have just experienced a war between all sides, on the Jiangdong side, although Cao Cao and Liu Xuande have reached a negotiation agreement, they have not completely withdrawn their troops, and Sun Ce's side is at war with General Gongsun Zhan, and it seems that he still has the upper hand."

"Although Yuan Yi of Yizhou retreated back to Hanzhong, the soldiers and horses were still displayed in Hanzhong and did not return to Chengdu."

"Over there in Liangzhou, Han Sui, Ma Teng and Zhang Yide's fight is also undecided."

"At this time, the Nanyang clans don't think that we will defend and attack at this time, while pursuing Yuan Shao, counterattacking Wancheng, and taking Nanyang County into our hands."

"And, even if they did, they wouldn't have thought we'd be so fast."

"According to Yuan Shao's inference from us, they will think that after this pursuit, we will first gather troops and horses, mobilize grain and grass, and prepare siege equipment, and then raise troops to Nanyang."

"And we're doing the opposite."

"In this way, the other party will only think that we are chasing the enemy, and will not think that we are going to launch a large-scale attack on Nanyang County, so as to seize a surprise opportunity."

"What does the Prime Minister think?"

Liu Jian slowly stood up and paced back and forth in the handsome tent.

When he was young, he stopped.

"The method Bonghyo said is feasible, but there are some risks."

"It's just that it's not a big risk, and it's really worth a try."

Guo Jia heard Liu Jian say this, and then arched his hand and said: "Please also ask the prime minister to prepare early." ”

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction.

……

Just when Liu Jian repelled Yuan Shao on the Luoyang side.

On the Western Front, Zhang Fei's battlefield also saw tremendous progress.

The infiltration of the Han army into Jincheng County has reached a certain level.

The prestige of the current Liangzhou Production Corps in Jincheng County is increasing day by day, and many local heroes in Jincheng County and Beidi County began to take the initiative to contact Zhang Fei and express their willingness to submit to the imperial court.

And these people were originally united with the Han Sui rebels, and they were important beings supporting the rebels.

From now on, they have flattered Zhang Fei's production and construction corps, which means that the influence of the rebel soldiers and horses in Liangzhou is getting lower and lower.

And the reason why Han Sui's rebels were able to recruit the general's Qiang soldiers as their wings in Liangzhou was mainly because of the support of the great heroes in these places.

If the great tycoons in these places also began to move closer to the imperial court, it was very likely that Han Sui would be cut off from recruiting Qiang soldiers in Liangzhou in the future.

This is what Han Sui resolutely cannot tolerate.

Originally, Han Sui wanted to retreat to Jincheng County and Dunhuang County and other places, but now that his base camp Jincheng County has been so seriously infiltrated by the imperial court, Han Sui can't do it if he doesn't get mad.

However, Han Sui is also a person who understands, and he knows that if he kills in Jincheng County now and turns against the local heroes, then the final result is that he will not be able to gain a foothold in Jincheng.

The reason why Zhang Fei was able to infiltrate so quickly in Jincheng County and the Beidi Army was because he had previously subdued four rebel leaders such as Li Kan and Yang Qiu.

This move not only greatly increased Zhang Fei's prestige, but also caused the morale of the rebels to be unprecedentedly low.

So Han Sui now has to redeem the defeat no matter what.

It's just that in order to chase and kill Li Kan and other four generals, he lost a while, and was defeated by Zhang Fei, and almost lost his 20,000 most elite soldiers.

This battle greatly lost Han Sui's vitality.

Now, let him immediately organize his soldiers and horses and have another battle with Zhang Fei...... At the same time, he guaranteed that he could win Zhang Fei. To be honest, Han Sui also has no bottom in his heart.

In the end, Han Sui could only consult with his good brother Ma Teng.

After thinking about it carefully, Ma Teng felt that it was still very difficult to completely defeat Zhang Fei with the leaders of the rebel army alone.

Now it is necessary to gather other forces and cooperate with them to fight Zhang Fei together.

Ma Teng believed that Yang Ju, the leader of the Baima Di people, and Song Jian, who called Wang Zhiguan a rebellion in Caohan, were candidates they could unite.

Cooperating with the Di people and Song Jian can greatly expand the strength of the rebels.

Han Sui understood Ma Teng's words.

Subsequently, Han Sui sent people to communicate with Song Jian and Yang Ju, the leader of the Di people, saying that everyone had been dominant in the northwest for many years, and once they were broken, it would be a situation of cold lips and teeth.

On the one hand, Ma Teng led Liang Xing, and the leaders of the two tribes set off from Jincheng County, and secretly pointed the soldiers and horses to Hanyang County, intending to coerce Liu Biao in Hanyang County, so that Liu Biao asked Zhang Fei for help to relieve the current pressure on Jincheng County.

After Zhang Fei knew Han Sui's actions, he immediately took action.

Zhang Fei personally supervised Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses to attack Ma Teng's troops in Hanyang County.

At the same time, he sent an envoy to Longyou to recruit Song Jian, the king of He Shouping Han, in the name of the imperial court.

Zhang Fei made it clear that although Song Jian rebelled against the Han Dynasty and claimed the king, but now the situation in Liangzhou is special, and Song Jian, as a native of the border county, is not reasonable, so he can be forgiven to some extent, as long as Song Jian removes the prince, he can be re-appointed as a Hanchen.

He Zhang Fei was willing to be a guarantor, recruited Song Jian back to the Han Dynasty, and made him a knight.

Although Zhang Fei did this, Song Jian may not agree.

Zhang Fei also knew this, he was just trying to contain Song Jian.

Subsequently, Zhang Fei supervised Lü Bu and Zhang Xiu and fought against Ma Teng's army on the border of Hanyang County.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle.

Zhang Fei made Lü Bu lead the army to attack Ma Teng's main force and block Ma Teng and Ma Chao.

And he and Zhang Xiu attacked Liang Xing and broke it overnight.

When Liang Xing was fleeing, he was shot to death by Zhang Fei's Yanyun knight with a short arrow.

Subsequently, Zhang Fei returned to the division with Zhang Xiu and attacked Ma Teng together with Lu Bu.

However, this time Ma Teng was very tough, and he actually blocked Zhang Fei and Lu Bu's footsteps.

This time, he reused a general, Nan'an Pound, so that he and Ma Chao led the left and right armies to raid and kill respectively, but it was also extremely difficult to fight.

However, there is no way to stump Zhang Fei with such a tactic.

(End of chapter)