There are many generals under Yuan Shu.

But it's rare to be able to get to the top of the house.

Those who can lead the troops to fight, and those who can lead the troops to fight, are simply not a concept.

And the number of the latter in Yuan Shu's army can be counted on one hand, and among them, there are only two or three people who deserve to be named.

Ji Ling, this is already the number one general under Yuan Shu.

Of course, in addition to these people, there is also an extremely special existence under Yuan Shu's hands.

That is Sun Jian, who was listed by him as the assassin of Yuzhou.

Sun Jian Sun Wentai, Rong Ma half a life, great military achievements, is a marquis for military merits, which is very rare in the last years of the entire Han Dynasty.

Its ability to lead troops in battle, arrange troops, and fight on the battlefield is absolutely first-class in the world.

When the princes of more than ten roads crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, as the vanguard, led his troops to defeat Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army one after another, which is enough to prove that his strength is not weak.

It's just that times have changed, and now it's not what it used to be.

Today's Sun Jian is no longer the little role that was wantonly manipulated by Yuan Shu on the Heluo battlefield, and when he casually pinched the supply of grain and grass, he could only retreat from the army, even if he was bullied, he only dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Although it is still nominally subordinate to Yuan Shu.

In normal times, you need to follow the appointment.

But Sun Jian, who has already gathered a group of capable officials around him, and has a unit that belongs to him and only obeys his own orders.

has changed from a simple subordinate to a semi-subordinate and semi-cooperative relationship.

If Yuan Shu wants to mobilize Sun Jian to carry out difficult tasks and arrange the army under his command, he must discuss with Sun Jian.

At this moment, under the gaze of everyone.

Sun Jian remained silent.

The old god stood in place, his eyes a little erratic, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

See this.

In desperation, Yuan Shu could only look at Ji Ling, who was standing behind Sun Jian.

Fortunately, as the number one general under his command, Ji Ling is still reliable, and in the face of the gaze cast by his own master, he came to the center of the hall even if he came out of the ranks.

Then he said to Yuan Shu.

"Lord, in the opinion of his subordinates, it is almost impossible to confront the two combined forces on the battlefield and win at the same time."

"Even if our army has enough food and food, it will be difficult to gain an advantage on both fronts after dividing the troops."

"So according to the current form, the subordinates have two words dedicated to the Lord."

……

Yuan Shu nodded silently.

motioned for Ji Ling to continue.

And after getting his permission, Ji Ling took two steps forward, and then gestured with his hands and said.

"First, at the moment, our army must not be trapped in Luyang County, and must go out of the city to find fighters and take the initiative to engage the enemy."

"Otherwise, once the enemy army forms an encirclement from the north and south, Luyang will become a lonely city, and no matter how much grain and grass we have, we will definitely eat it after being cut off from the supply road."

"Liu Biao is backed by Jingzhou, and the Cao family is the lord of Yanzhou, although our army has a lot of grain and grass reserves, but it is hard to consume, I am afraid that it will not be able to fight these two."

Yuan Shu bowed slightly.

Ji Ling is telling the truth.

Relying on the tall city to hold on to it is certainly safe, and it can hold back the enemy's footsteps.

But what's the point?

I don't have any reinforcements.

"Another word, continue to say, take the initiative to go out of the city to engage the enemy, what kind of tactics should it be?"

Ji Ling bowed slightly to Yuan Shu.

swept his gaze over Sun Jian, who was at the front, and then analyzed in a calm and powerful voice.

"Taking the initiative to go out of the city to fight, the strategy adhered to should be to drag one side, and then go all out to win the victory, the longer this battle drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, and we must fight quickly."

"On this premise, if our army can concentrate most of its forces, we will defeat one of them first."

"That will surely deter the other side, demoralize them, and destroy the already weak alliance to win the odds!"

……

In a word.

Yuan Shu's eyes suddenly lit up.

It's not that it's a brilliant strategy.

It was really a few suggestions that I had offered before, but in Yuan Shu's opinion, they were all undignified, and he had to keep his voice down. Not only do you have to keep your voice down, but you also have to expose your own shortcomings.

It made him look ugly.

But for now, the proposal is different.

Listen, as long as one side can be defeated, the coalition will collapse and morale will collapse, so that you can win a big victory for your own side, instead of being wronged and suing for peace.

This is very important in Yuan Shu's opinion.

Therefore, Ji Ling just finished speaking.

Yuan Shu couldn't help but say to Sun Jian: "Wentai, what do you think of this idea?" ”

Sun Jian, who had always acted as an invisible person, finally looked up at him after Yuan Shu threw the question over, and then looked around left and right.

Only then did he nod and responded: "The Cao family has more troops than Liu Biao, and there are many people in the Cao army who can fight well. ”

"And since you want to drag one side and defeat the other side, it must be weak first and then strong, so Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng are the best breakthroughs."

"In Xia Bucai, I am willing to lead the troops to fight with Liu Biao and relieve the danger of the siege for Luyang!"

……

Sun Jian's Yuan Shu was overjoyed.

"Wow".

Huo Ran stood up.

He doesn't care which is weaker or stronger, the important thing is that Sun Jian is willing to take the order.

As long as Sun Jian comes out, no matter who fights, the battle situation can be said to be half decided.

"Good!"

"With Wentai's words, why should our army be invincible!"

"According to what you said, I will personally lead 10,000 people out of the city to the north, and hold back the Cao family's footsteps to the south, and I will do everything possible to leave you enough time for a decisive battle."

"You will lead all the remaining soldiers and horses, and Ji Ling and Zhang Xun are also your vanguard or deputy generals, so you must defeat Liu Biao in the shortest possible time!"

looked at Yuan Shu's excited appearance.

Sun Jian nodded silently.

It should be.

It's just that at an angle that everyone can't see, Sun Jian's gaze is looking at the ground.

Full of thoughts and memories.

The main reason why he said that he wanted to face Liu Biao was not who was strong and who was weak, but that he was unwilling to become an enemy with Cao Ang and meet on the battlefield.

After all, Cao Ang was kind to him.

And it's a life-saving grace.

If you want to talk about it, he, Sun Wentai, still owes Cao Ang a great favor, and if he can't pay it for a while, how can he meet his benefactor?

That's why it's said.

…………

The time quickly advanced from August to September.

Autumn is also coming to an end.

The weather in various places has also begun to change from cool to cold.

However, for Yuan Shu.

No matter how cold the surroundings are, they are not as good as his heart, which is simply cold.

It's really that he overestimated his own ability.

The so-called strategic purpose of leading more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to drag Cao's army southward is simply empty words and has completely become a joke.

Cao Jun's combat effectiveness is simply outrageously strong.

Especially in the case of Zhang Liao, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and other famous generals, and Cao Jun dispatched nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses.

The so-called more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Yuan Shu are really no different from paper paste.

Even with the use of various means.

It is also pressed to the ground and rubbed.

The defensive line outside the city was defeated one after another, and in just a few days, all the areas east and north of Luyang County and in both directions had been lost.

Yuan Shu was directly beaten back into the city.

And that's it, counting the time that Cao Jun traveled on the road, if you get rid of this, I'm afraid it will take less time to defeat Yuan's Shu Division.

……

If that's all.

That's not a big deal.

After all, Yuan Shu also bought Sun Jian several days.

And Sun Jian led the vast majority of the troops under Yuan Shu's command, far exceeding Liu Biao's number.

As long as you play properly, not to mention defeating Liu Biao, there is no problem in achieving a big victory.

But herein lies the problem.

At the beginning of the war between the two armies, Sun Jian was indeed a succession of battles, whether it was by Huang Zu, who went north from Jiangxia, or by the general under Liu Biao.

can almost be said to be pressed and beaten by Sun Jian.

If Sun Jian was given a certain amount of time, he would have been able to continuously expand this advantage, so as to achieve a complete victory against Liu Biao's forces.

It's just that what Yuan Shujun lacks is precisely time.

In order to achieve certain results in an extremely limited time to relieve the pressure on Luyang County, Sun Jian fought extremely aggressively in the next few battles.

And here's the problem.

……

In a battle with Huang Zu, Sun Jian was greedy for merit and wanted to kill Huang Zu in a battle, completely defeating one of Liu Biao's two divisions.

Lead your men into the forest.

As a result, he fell into Huang Zu's ambush, and a large number of archers were hidden in the dense forests on both sides.

The army led by Sun Jian was inconvenient to shuttle in the forest, and it was unintentional.

Even if he received a head-on blow.

And Sun Jian, as the commander of the three armies, was shot in his right arm by an arrow, and if it weren't for his cronies, he would have snatched him back.

I'm afraid that Sun Jian has already folded on the battlefield.

But even if he survived.

He also lost the ability to go to the battlefield in person.

At the same time, the commander was ambushed and wounded by arrows, which in itself was a blow to the morale of the army.

In the next process of dealing with Huang Zu and Wen Ping, Yuan Shujun could no longer achieve consecutive victories, but won and lost each other, and was dragged into the quagmire.

And so it goes.

This became a big bad news for Yuan Shu's overall plan.

Therefore, Yuan Shu made an important decision.

That is to change the previous strategy, no longer defend the enemy outside the city, and take the initiative to find fighters.

Instead, he comprehensively reduced his troops, ordered Sun Jian to immediately lead his troops back to the city, and the whole army stuck to the county seat of Luyang County, and resolutely did not go out of the city again.

Although Ji Ling and others had already demonstrated the disadvantages of sticking to the city before.

But for Yuan Shu, it collapsed immediately, and dragged on for a long time, dragged until it collapsed.

He still knows the difference.

Nothing could be worse than now.

Maybe he dragged on for a while, and the Cao family forces that went south from Yanzhou couldn't bear it first, and abandoned Liu Biao to withdraw his troops and return to the division?

…………

Dead.

Located in the Cao army camp ten miles east of Luyang County, the main tent of the Chinese army is brightly lit.

Cao Cao, Cao Ang, father and son.

and with Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao and other generals in the army, they are gathering together to discuss the next plan.

However, compared to before, when Yuan Shu was deliberating, there was a dull and depressive atmosphere.

At this moment, the atmosphere among Cao Jun can be said to be quite relaxed, and many people have a smile on their faces.

After all, it is easy to play all the way and win easily, can this not be with a smile on your face?

"Wen Yuan, what is the situation in Luyang County now, is Yuan Shu still closed?"

Listen to Cao Cao's inquiry, which sat at the top of the seat.

Zhang Liao bowed slightly, and then reported.

"Back to Cao Gong, the last general has sent people to keep an eye on them day and night outside Luyang City, always pay attention to their movements, and report back whenever there is any movement."

"According to what they said, the four gates of Luyang County are now closed, and there are sentry posts every five steps on the head of the city, and Yuan Highway has obviously made up his mind to stick to it and will not go out of the city again."

After getting the exact return.

The smile on Cao Cao's face was even worse.

I couldn't help but nod my head again and again.

"Haha, Yuan Highway also took the back word, and actually suffered a defeat on the north and south lines, so it won't work if he doesn't shrink up now."

"I have to say that our ally Liu Jingzhou still has some strength, and even the world-famous general Sun Jian has suffered a big loss at his hands."

……

Listen to his father Cao Cao mention Sun Jian.

Cao Ang, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but raise his head, and then asked Zhang Liaodao.

"Wen Yuan, are you sure that Sun Jian is still alive and not that he has died in battle?"

Zhang Liao nodded heavily.

In an extremely conclusive tone, he said to Cao Ang: "General Hui, this matter can be confirmed!" ”

"Just yesterday, my subordinates and General Xiahou also saw Sun Jian, whose right arm was wrapped in a white cloth, patrolling the city surrounded by a group of people."

Zhang Liao finished speaking.

Over there, Xiahou Yuan took over and said, "When the last general participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he had seen Sun Jian many times, so the last general can be sure that it is him!" ”

Both generals have been certified.

Cao Ang naturally did not suspect that there was a fake.

After a slight bow.

I thought about it in my heart.

Unexpectedly, Sun Jian, this guy, actually escaped with his life, and did not die in the hands of Huang Zu as in the history books, but was only shot in the right arm.

Substitution of injuries for death.

If you want to say that, this old boy should owe himself a great favor.

After all, it could be that Cao Ang came to this era, stirred up the situation in the world and changed the pattern of all parties.

How could Sun Jian live?

……

Just when Cao Ang's thoughts were flying.

I heard Cao Cao's voice coming.

"Zixu, did you send the messenger sent by Yuan Shu?"

Cao Ang, who came back to his senses, nodded.

A relaxed and freehand reply.

"Naturally, I sent it back."

"At the beginning of the war, the envoy sent by Yuan Shu had already promised all kinds of benefits, but he was fashionable and failed to impress the child."

"Now that Yuan's army has been defeated, what is the use of sending envoys at this time?"

Speaking of which.

The corners of Cao Ang's mouth rose slightly.

"Besides, as long as Luyang City is broken, according to the agreement between us and Liu Biao, whoever gets what will belong to him at that time."

"No matter how much Yuan Shu promises now, when the city is broken, it will all be ours, so why bother to do anything with him."

That's what I said.

Everyone laughed.

There was a burst of cheerful laughter throughout the tent, and the air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

……

After a burst of laughter.

The crowd finally calmed down.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and asked, "The words of the son are very good, and the father also has this intention." ”

"In my opinion, Yuan Shu's defeat and the city is broken, it's just a matter of time, he can't hold on for long, but now besieging Yuan Shu, in addition to our army, there is still Liu Biao."

"How to grab more loot before Liu Biao is also a difficult problem."

Faced with his father's doubts.

Cao Ang smiled mysteriously.

"Don't worry, father, children have their own plans!"

……

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