The four years of the first peace passed silently, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fifth year of the first peace.

Zhuang Shaoyou and his family in Puyang for the New Year greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and people in the city, Puyang City was lively for the first time, and the heartfelt smile was filled with everyone's faces.

Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhuang Shaoyou immediately reconvened the Zhuang Ding and continued to dig the moat!

On the first day of February, late at night, Zhuang Shaoyou, who was asleep, was awakened.

The Intelligence Department urgently summoned the information, and Yuan Shao of Jizhou sent troops!

After receiving the news, Zhuang Shaoyou immediately convened a meeting of military advisors, and the annual work meeting at the beginning of the year had fully discussed the war that would occur this year, so this time it was to discuss how to deal with Yuan Shao's premature invasion.

General Staff Tian Feng pondered for a long time before saying: "General, if Yuan Shao moves, then the other princes will almost raise their troops, otherwise Yuan Shao will never come to Puyang alone to take risks!" They are afraid of our army's sailors and want to take advantage of the Yellow River to freeze and rush to cross the Yellow River! And at present, Puyang's moat is only more than half of the way, which is better than nothing! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou pondered for a moment and said: "I came to attack before spring ploughing, this is beyond the expectations of General Ben, they are exchanging injuries for injuries!" That's it, we still have some family background, so let's fight with them!

Pass on my military orders! Hurry up and finish the moat, do whatever you can, and bring in the river within five days!

Qiao Mao, immediately organize people to mobilize the people of western Yanzhou to move eastward, preferably to the east of Onozawa! This year, the spring ploughing in western Yanzhou is abandoned! Tell those people that this year's rations, General Ben gave them money, and their losses, General Ben covered! Give them peace of mind and move as soon as possible!

Tai Shici, send your cavalry to defend along the river, encounter Yuan Shao crossing the river, and block it with all your might!

Wu Liang, the Intelligence Department is fully monitoring the movements of the princes in the world, and will report as soon as there is news!

Huang Zhong, your First Legion continues to garrison Puyang and step up combat readiness!

Order, the Second Army took over the defense of Juye and Taishan counties!

Order, the Third Army divided its troops to guard Dingtao and Qamdo, to guard against the enemy from the direction of Yuzhou, and beware of Cao Cao who flanked Chen Liu!

Order, the Fourth Army Corps assembled in Zhucheng and made a strategic posture of attacking Xuzhou!

Order, the Fifth Army Corps assembled in Yanzhou City and prepared to rush to the aid of Puyang!

Order, all the naval combat brigade of the naval division and half of the five-masted warships of the inland river brigade were immediately set off to enter the Yangtze River basin and attack Huainan and Jingzhou! Mo Yu, you are solely responsible for this matter, and this general has granted you the right to act cheaply! In addition to innocent people, you can dispose of all the soldiers and horses of Huainan and Jingzhou at will! The only principle is: only take advantage, do not suffer!

Ladies and gentlemen! The first phase of the Yanzhou War is about to begin! May you all work together to fight the enemy! ”

All the subordinates in the hall stood up and bowed, and said loudly: "I am willing to serve the general!" ”

"It's all gone!"

The battle meeting was short and orderly, and the war machine under Zhuang Shaoyou's command began to operate overnight, and the atmosphere in the city became much more solemn. However, the people in Puyang City are unusually stable, and most of the people in the city have experienced the last bloody battle in Puyang. Therefore, I am very confident in Zhuang Shaoyou, especially after witnessing the whole process of Puyang from a big city to a military fortress in three years, the people are naturally full of confidence.

The people spontaneously organized themselves to assist the city in all kinds of war preparations, and everything was in harmony and order.

The 200,000 people outside the city started work day and night, digging with all their might.

Three days later, the main body of the moat was completed, and all that remained was to lead the yellow into the river, Zhuang Shaoyou made a decision and ordered the strong men to return to their respective hometowns, leaving only the local strong men in Puyang to continue to finish the project.

On the third day of the second lunar month, Yuan Shu's army appeared in the north of Yuzhou, with a total strength of 60,000 troops! The target is directed at Dingtao City, Jiyin County.

On the same day, the Scout Intelligence Department sent news that Cao Cao had gathered 25,000 elite troops and headed for Chenliu, which had threatened the flank of Jiyin County.

Zhuang Shaoyou was very shocked when he heard the news, he had a good relationship with Cao Cao when he was in Luoyang, and now this guy sent troops to fight without saying a word, and 25,000 elite soldiers, obviously not to make up the numbers!

Too late to grieve at the loss of friendship, Zhuang Shaoyou immediately ordered the Third Army stationed in Dingtao and Qamdo to move closer to Puyang immediately.

On the fourth night of the first month of February, Yuan Shao's army arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, with a total of 60,000 people! Later, I learned that Yuan Shao was accompanied by the 15,000 iron cavalry of Zhang Yang, the Taishou of the Shangdang, and the commander of the army was Lu Bu!

At the same time, another group of men and horses appeared on the north bank of the Yellow River, sixty miles east of Yuan Shao, and the Intelligence Department reported that this was the combined army of Sun Zan and Liu Bei, the Taishou Gonggong of Beiping, with a total of 25,000, all of them elite cavalry!

Tai Shi Ci's cavalry divided into two groups and prepared to intercept Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan.

Zhuang Shaoyou didn't have time to hesitate, and ordered Tai Shici to immediately lead his troops to retreat and return to Puyang!

The rapid action and unity of the coalition army disrupted Zhuang Shaoyou's previous plan a lot, and in less than four days, Dingtao and Shanyang fell, and all the princes of Hebei successfully crossed the river! Zhuang Shaoyou, on the other hand, did not engage in any engagement, so he gave up a large area of territory and retreated to Puyang.

So far, Puyang City has gathered a total of 60,000 people from the three legions of Tai Shici, Huang Zhong and Sun Guan, plus 3,000 city defense troops.

The city of Yanzhou, a hundred miles east of Puyang, was guarded by Bao Xin's Fifth Army. The reason for this unfavorable situation is that because the Yellow River is frozen, the powerful sailors have no use of force.

On the seventh day of the second month, the coalition army divided into three routes to besiege Puyang, and the east road was the 25,000 iron cavalry of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, cutting off the connection between Puyang and Yanzhou City. The south road is Yuan Shu's 60,000 army, and the west road is Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao's 85,000 army, of which there are 35,000 iron cavalry!

The total strength of the coalition army reached 170,000, including 60,000 cavalry, and the siege follow-up was insufficient, but the field combat ability was undoubted!

The momentum of the coalition army made those princes who were watching were all excited, and began to send troops one after another.

Since Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao announced the start of the army to fight against Zhuang Shaoyou last year, there has been no movement this spring, but now the battle situation in Puyang has made Liu Biao finally make up his mind and is determined to beat the water dogs! Completely get rid of Zhuang Shaoyou's economic slavery!

On the ninth day of the second lunar month, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao sent 20,000 elites to cross the river and sail north to Puyang.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, Ma Teng announced that he would lead 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry to prepare to march into the Central Plains and participate in the coalition army.

On the same day, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian under the coercion and temptation of Yuan Shu, finally announced the cavalry, sent 30,000 horses to march to Puyang, Qingzhou's Fourth Army immediately took the initiative to attack when they heard the news, and surrounded Ju County, an important town in the north of Xuzhou, forcing Xuzhou soldiers and horses to reroute to the north to aid Ju County, and Xun You and Guan Hai and Xuzhou soldiers and horses immediately retreated to Zhuxian after a little battle, defended according to the danger, and threatened Xuzhou from time to time.

The Second Army under the command of General Wen Ping worked hard to squeeze out 10,000 horses, all the way to the west, raided Changyi, which was occupied by Yuan Shu, annihilated 2,000 troops of Yuan Shu's army, and then continued to advance towards Dingtao. When Yuan Shu heard this, he immediately sent 10,000 elites to help.

Unfortunately, after marching at an incredible speed for six hours, the Wenpin army attacked Dingtao at night, and most of the 5,000 defenders in the city were annihilated, and the rest fled north.

Due to the actions of Wen Pingjun, recovering the lost territory is secondary, and the key is to cut off the connection between Yuan Shu and Huainan.

On February 11, Yuan Shu sent another 20,000 horses to try to recapture Dingtao in one fell swoop and reopen the passage to Huainan.

Yuan Shu's 30,000 horses are not chasing, and they are not chasing, and they are in a dilemma for a while!

On the twelfth day of February, the south gate of Puyang City suddenly opened, and a team of iron cavalry was killed in the city, and they rushed towards Yuan Shu's military camp. Fortunately, Lu Bu of the West Road led the Hezhou Iron Cavalry to arrive in time, and Zhuang Shaoyou hurriedly withdrew his troops.

In this battle, Yuan Shu lost 4,000 men and horses, while Tai Shici's 10,000 iron cavalry only lost more than 100 horses. The battle loss ratio is one to forty!

Yuan Shu jumped like thunder and shouted: Why is it always lonely who is injured?

This forced to start calling himself lonely.

Zi said: The shameless person is like Sifu!

According to the news from the northwest of the Intelligence Division, when Ma Teng led his troops into the border of Yongzhou, he was intercepted by Dong Zhuo's 100,000 troops and was forced to retreat.

When the news came, the princes of the Central Plains were in an uproar, and they all scolded Dong Zhuo for misleading the country, and scolded Zhuang Shaoyou for being in cahoots with Dong Zhuo.

Zhuang Shaoyou was overjoyed when he heard the news, and praised Brother Dong Zhuo for being righteous enough!

Actually, here's the thing.

After in-depth investigation and study, the great governor of Nanyue came to an astonishing conclusion that the cause of the incident was that a general surnamed Niu under Dong Zhuo's command and a general surnamed Yan in Xiliang and Ma Teng had a big fight over a famous prostitute. Unfortunately, Ma Teng's vanguard was the general surnamed Yan, and Dong Zhuojun was the general surnamed Niu on duty that day.

As a result, the two confronted each other, and Dong Zhuo was well-known for protecting his shortcomings, so he couldn't help but say that the gathering of people should not let Ma Teng pass!

Later, the great governor of South Vietnam wrote a book "War and Prostitutes", which is called the five famous works together with the books of Luo someone, Cao someone, Shi someone and others!

On 14 February, Wen Ping led his troops to attack Mengxian in the Liang State of Northern Henan, which was only 30 miles away from Suiyang, the seat of the Liang State, which was an important town in northern Henan and belonged to Cao Cao's sphere of influence, and was garrisoned by Cao Cao's general Li Tong, with 6,000 defenders in the city, and was well guarded.

After thinking about it carefully, Wen Ping gave up his plan to attack Suiyang and turned east, marching to Peiguo, Cao Cao's ancestral hometown.

Cao Cao's hometown was full of chickens and dogs, and all those who were related to their relatives fled and died.

But though the living run away, the dead can't.

Cao Cao is in Cao Ying, and his heart is about the ancestral grave, if the ancestral grave is dug up because of himself, he is a family sinner.

Fortunately, Wen Ping is a civilized person and does not have the bad habit of robbing tombs. It's just that after opening the Cao family's warehouse and eating and drinking, he replenished the dry food, and then continued to advance eastward!

At this time, Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou, who learned of Wenpin's moves, immediately mobilized 15,000 men and horses to garrison Pengcheng, blocking the passage of Wenpin's march into Xuzhou.

Wen Ping immediately turned south and entered Yuzhou County.

The 10,000 horses of Wen Ping made a big circle in Yuzhou, which deeply attracted the attention of the princes of the world, among which the most worrying was Yuan Shu, followed by Cao Cao.