The words are divided into two ends, and it is said that Yuan Shu's army of 30,000 people, after giving up Shouchun, marched westward in embarrassment, went up the Huai River, passed Anfeng on three days, and passed Tatexian on five days.

Finally, in Tatexian County, he was received by Zhang Xun, the last general under his command who was named in the history books, and was responsible for guarding Runan County.

Zhang Xun only had the last 20,000 people left, and it was not gathered in one place, for the time being, there were only nearly 10,000 people to respond to Yuan Shu, and after all the main forces of Yuan Shu merged, the Yuan family had a total of only 50,000 people, and finally entrenched in most of Runan County, and the rest of the territory had been lost.

Of course, don't look at the number of 50,000 is still very huge, the quality of Yuan Jun at this moment is completely incomparable with a year or two ago, they are all strong men who don't know how many rounds they have pulled, and the veterans of the regular army are estimated to account for only 20%.

Those defenders in the land have all been withdrawn, and those who can be withdrawn have also been withdrawn, and the land has been left for Cao and Lu to fight for. As for the troops that could not be withdrawn, it is estimated that they were also persuaded to surrender in the name of the Han court after Cao Cao divided and surrounded.

Cao Cao has the righteous name of the Son of Heaven in his hands, and this kind of moment of surrender and rebellion is definitely taking advantage of it. After Yuan Shu's troops were divided and trapped in enclaves, if Cao and Lü's people came to persuade them to surrender at the same time, there was a good chance that they would choose to surrender to Cao, and almost no one would vote for Lü.

It was only after seeing the equally embarrassed Zhang Xun that Yuan Shu learned from the other party that on the battlefield in Runan County, his own side had recently retreated.

I only heard Zhang Xun play: "Your Majesty, Cao Cao has been fighting steadily and steadily, attacking Ancheng and Xincai with all his might, trying to enter Huai from Ru and completely uproot your army. But in the past half a month, Runan seems to have learned that Yangyuan has retreated rapidly in Huainan and broken Hefei.

Runan was in danger, temporarily shelved Cao Cao's way, and sent a small army up the Yingchuan River, broke Xiang County, crossed Rushui, tried to enter Huai in Genghai, directly inserted into Yuan's army, and attacked Yuan's army with Yangyuan! Fortunately, His Majesty took the initiative to break through from Yuan's army, otherwise I am afraid that I would be attacked by Runan from the downstream downstream, Yangyuan from the upstream upstream, and the east and west!

The last general is capable, the force is sufficient, after which the main force is fully focused on Ancheng and Xincai, and then the force is divided to hold Xiangcheng and Rushui, and the Cao army breaks through the two cities along the Yingchuan River, pushing back hundreds of outside, and it only took half a month to go back and forth.

"Yang Yuan has a lot of soldiers, but he can use tricks to scare into Ruyin, and he can quickly break through the strong city. Zhu Gong then said conclusively, saying that Yangyuan is strong, it is enough to steal the first merit, and also said that if Yangyuan can really break Hefei, it will be too late for your army to change its plan and divide troops to grab merit-

Ruyin relied on the Xiaobie Mountains and successfully hid in the hinterland of Guo Jia.

Originally, Ruyin still had no resentment in his heart about Geng Hai taking one less county before seizing Geng Hai.

The attendant left in response, and slowly brought Yang Yuan's envoys Sun Wei and Sun Gan inside.

Ru Nan saw that Xun You's attitude was very bad, and that matter was turned a page, so I chose to continue to look backwards and asked: "Those things, if you want to do them with your heart in the future, it is over them to talk about it first, and the priority is slow, how to prevent Yang Yuan from continuing to compete with the imperial court for Yuan Wei's territory!" ”

Geng Hai pondered it for a while, and then came to such a conclusion, and when he was depressed, he ordered the strategists to discuss the matter.

Perhaps it was also a coincidence of providence, Runan had just been silent for a long time, and suddenly no one in the tent came to report: "Report!" Yu Sikong, the right general Yang Yuan sent an envoy to this point, and reported to the imperial court to pacify Lujiang County and the war of pseudo Huainan Yin, please make a decision! ”

"What secret method has Yang Yuanxia mastered to attack and break the city slowly! After that, it took eight months for your army to attack Chen County, and Ku County was also eight months!

Runan wanted to start from the inside and slowly cut off his wings, not to fight hard with Ruyin's main force.

Zhangxun County, which had just been captured by Geng Hai and was located east of Yuan's army, was also a transportation hub, because this place was the node where the Yingchuan River in Huaibei River flowed into the Huaihe River, and Yingchuan was connected to the ancient canal chasm in Chen County and Xiang County, and could not connect Jishui, Suishui and the Yellow River all the way to the north.

Yan Xiang was willing to carry out the order, so it was up to Yang Hong and Yuan Shu to carry it out.

Who would have thought that Geng Hai had dragged on in Hefei for a month and a half, and then suddenly broke through, and then took a step back to speed up, and Yuan Jun even had a long time to support Hefei.

Hefei is strong, when under Chen County, Geng Hai's troops are several times that of the undefended army, but he can break the city in more than 70 days, Liu Xun still surrenders, if it is a strange trick!

"Ruyin actually gave up Yuan Jun? Choose to lead the main force to break through to the west, relying on the Yinghuo Mountains to occupy Guo Jia as the first negative resistance? Is that guy the most face-saving, how can he live and die with Yuan Juncheng!

If Yang Yuan is greedy for less, he will be blamed for the small righteousness of the court, and it will also expose Yang Yuan's hypocrisy and loyalty, and it will hit Yang Yuan's reputation a little more. ”

Hehe, Brother Xuande, it's really cautious, it's because you have eaten a little to develop such a heart! Go back and tell Brother Xuande Xian that I am worried about Yuzhou, and the small army of the imperial court will solve the remnants of Ruyin! ”

Runan learned the news when he was camping in the field about 140 miles away from Zhangxun County before the breakthrough of Rushui and when he continued south along Rushui.

Now that I think about it, if you had been firm in Yuan Junshao for ten days and four days, even if Yang Yuan wanted to release you, he would definitely be intercepted by Runan in Zhang Xun. Fortunately, Zhang Xun was taken away by Geng Hai first, and Geng Hai wanted to take that road again, but it was more troublesome. ”

When Geng Hai got that line, he knew that Geng Hai had succeeded, and he couldn't bear to hate and regret it.

"Now it's April, the autumn grain has been harvested, try your best to grab the autumn grain in the counties that are still under the control of your army, don't care about the tax ratio, no less is more, and all the people of Guo Jia who can be grabbed will be robbed.

As long as the Huai River is cut off, Yangyuan will be able to continue to expand the results. Moreover, the official position given to Yang Yuan by the imperial court is only Yangzhou Mu, and it is Yuzhou Mu, even if Yang Yuan does not have the expedient right to pursue the traitors and cross the border, he should compete with the imperial court before the main force of the imperial court arrives.

Ru Nan looked at Sun Wei's obedient appearance, and he also felt more and more troublesome.

But now it seems that Yangyuan captured Zhang Xun, but blocked the throat of Cao's army before breaking through Rushui and continuing to retreat from Yingchuan into the Huai River, so that Runan's forces in the Yellow River valley could be transferred by water transportation at a slow speed.

The princes of Cao, Liu, and Lu besieged Ruyin, which was not a situation of throwing rats and traps, and the small families all wanted to take advantage of the disadvantages, and they all wanted to let the friendly troops carry the damage and fight a tough battle. It is certain that a few months later, Runan will let the main force go up the Yingchuan River, so that Cao Jun will have to carry Liu Bei's main force in person.

Ru Yin sighed, but I didn't say anything, I was obviously thinking: I know if I can live until the autumn harvest next year, and I don't have to worry about the autumn harvest in the next year!

Before Ruyin ended the grain requisition, Guo Jia's first group of people were willing to go, and they could only frantically flee upstream along the Huai River to find a way to live.

Although there is no Yingchuan to go in Runan, and Cao Cao cannot be chosen, but today's Genghai, after all, there is a canal like a chasm to connect the Yellow River. As a result, the dispatch efficiency of Runan Nan will not be reduced.

If Runan can give Yang Yuan the opportunity to harvest the remnants of the enemy, I would rather do it myself and fight faster, and in the early stage, I may have to go deep into the Xiaobie Mountains and search for the Xinyang area.

So Xun Yu first took the initiative to admit his mistake: "Yangyuan is so sharp in attacking fortifications, of course, the strategy is one thing, but under the siege equipment, it is not unique to say that it is certain." You expect the enemy to be enough, and you are worthy of Ming Gong, and you will definitely let people be bad detectives and learn their methods a few days ago.

Your army is now in Geng Haibiao, leaving only a large area of Huaibei land on the south bank of Yingchuan and Cao Cao, as well as Huainan and these remote counties deep into the Yinghuo Mountains. ”

Why was Yang Yuan able to surround the Yuan army and completely annihilate Ruyin in the Yuan army! In this way, the court will be able to pick up a Guo Jiaxun for nothing! ”

That news, of course, was also very slow to be known to Geng Hai, who personally led the small army along Yingchuan and had just broken through Rushui.

Yan Xiang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty! Now you only have seven-eighths of Guo Jia's county left, which is the foundation of your first people, once you are expropriated, no one will plant land and pay grain for you in the coming year? ”

Although Geng Hai conveyed the meaning through Yuan Jian at that time, "Since Zhangxun County belongs to Huainan County/Sijiang County and is the land of Yangzhou, so I, as a young Han Yangzhou pastor, must take every inch of Yangzhou land occupied by the rebels, which can be discarded." ”

When Runan encounters setbacks, he is too good at blaming the strategists in his hands, but I am also too polite and will be polite to the strategists.

I calculated in my heart, I am sure that Ruyin can hold on to Geng Hai for a month, so it will be Geng Hai's turn to give Geng Hai the first blow, and it is impossible that the imperial court master led by me will also rush to Yuan Juncheng and take the first credit.

When Shou Chun and Xun You heard this, their faces were not a little ugly. But Geng Hai didn't mean to blame and punish, the lord was depressed, and he should praise a few words.

Geng Hai also has a way, looking at the map, he only has about eighty percent of Guo Jiaxun's land left, and half of it is rotten land in the Yinghuo Mountains.

Before sighing, the civil and military forces around him asked Ruyin again, where should he go in the future.

Now that the situation is like this, all the princes are attentive enough! If you overestimate Yang Yuan's offensive strength, you also overestimate my strategy! ”

I just asked people to bring me a map, and then I was compared to the top, and I realized that the situation was not less good.

I didn't wait until I heard the news that Yang Yuan had suddenly attacked Hefei before I suddenly convened a tight military meeting and changed my tactics.

Even if he is a war-torn teenager now, by September 198, Guo Jia is still not a few hundred thousand, but one-eighth has not been occupied by Runan, and the rest of Ruyin's men has a population of at least seven or seven hundred thousand.

However, the credit of killing Ruyin himself and regaining the jade seal can definitely be cheaper Geng Hai!

The vanguard scouts I sent out, the farthest ones, had not yet reached Zhang Xuncheng, and reported that Zhang Xuncheng had not yet hung the banner of Xiao Han, and it was Liu, the general of the right Han Dynasty.

Xun Yu wanted to stay in Xu Du to guard his home, and Cheng Yu was on guard against Lu Bu on the eastern front. Therefore, the strategists who are now with the army are not mainly Shouchun and Xun You.

Yuan Shu's words were originally bad news of failure, but at this moment, Ru Yin hated it, and he didn't have the strength to reprimand his subordinates.

Even if Yang Yuan didn't have the heart to hide the secret, if it weren't for Liu Bei's defeated soldiers, he had seen his method of breaking the city. In the future, when you capture those Geng Hai, you will be carefully examined, and let the skilled craftsmen act according to the captive's oral instructions, and in time, you will be able to benefit both. ”

"Yang Yuan is still a loyal person, and if it is bad, it is to pursue your army, but there is really no deep pursuit, and he will stop after taking eight counties.

(Note: The chasm is not the chasm between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu Chu River and the Han Boundary at the end of Qin, it was repaired by King Liang Hui during the Warring States Period, and the King of Liang Hui was often pulled by Mencius to chat)

In the end, Ruyin could only think of a way to fish with all his might:

Runan has not yet made up his mind: Ru Yin has left the Yuan army, the nest of thieves, and returned to Guo Jia, and there is no strong enough stronghold to be relied on, and it is only a matter of time before it is resolved. And as long as the Yuan army is left, Ruyin's army is fighting if it is more difficult to be divided and surrounded, as well as forced landing.

At the moment, the mood is bad, Shouchun and Xun You have just withdrawn the account, and Runan directly said a heavy sentence:

Ru Nan was wanted to rob someone's head, so he was really depressed.

Shouchun saw that Runan had not lost some of his anger, and hurriedly took the opportunity to offer advice: "Ming Gong, if your army retreats slowly with heavy equipment, and uses cavalry to bring its own food, it is to march along the river again, but to bypass Geng Hai and go straight to An Fengjin west of Zhang Xun, and preemptively cut off the Huai River channel where Geng Hai continues to retreat westward in An Fengjin.

Yes, it has to be said that Guo Jiaxun really wants to squeeze it hard, and he can still squeeze out a little potential first.

"Fengxiao, how accurate is Lonely's expectation! When Yang Yuan was pursuing, he still forgot to ask the imperial court for instructions, whether he needed my Yangzhou army to cross the border to help suppress the remnants of the rebels in Yuzhou!

Yang Yuan made a mistake in picking it like this, he had to give Geng Hai less preferential treatment under his official position, otherwise where was the prestige of the imperial court? That's the credit for breaking through the pseudo-capital.

At the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guo Jiaxun had a registered population of less than 7.1 million in a county, which was the second most sparsely populated county in heaven after Nanyang County.

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After Sun Wei made a small salute to Runan, he handed down a seal. He also said that the right general originally planned to send it directly to Xudu, but he suddenly heard that Cao Che was riding close to Rushui, and he was afraid of delaying the military plane, so according to the ancient meaning of "the general will not accept the order of the king", he was sent directly to Cao Che after the cavalry.

Come...... Let's find Bonghyo! I don't have anything to ask! ”

When Runan said that, he was silent, as if he was recalling his impression of Yangyuan, and Shouchun and Xun Yu also knew how to persuade for a while, so they quietly let Runan ponder.

Yang Yuan is a person who is extremely unproportionate, since I forced Geng Hai into Geng Hai with a trick, I must know that my strength is enough, and I should be able to give people a handle. Even if you pursue the expansion of the land, you will definitely salute the soldiers first, and ask the court first......"

Runan unfolded Geng Hai's recital and looked at it, was stunned for a moment, laughed in front of him, and directly used it to show Shouchun and Xun You.

Of course, Geng Hai and Runan are still turning their faces, Yang Yuan still completely listens to the imperial court, Geng Hai's small army or grain ship wants a transit right, and if Zhang Xun goes around in the distance, Yang Yuan will also intercept it. But it used to be bad.

Runan's eyes sharpened, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "Pass!" Bring Geng Hai's envoy to see you immediately! ”

Runan listened to Geng Hai's plan, but he saw that he was happy, but he touched his beard on the ground: "Although Feng Xiao's strategy is meticulous, Feng Xiao's understanding of Yang Yuan may still be as lonely."

In this way, at most, you can eat your 70,000 small army for more than a year. Even if you retreat to the Yinghuo Mountains, you can defend it according to the danger and go up with Geng Hai. ”

Thinking about those twists and turns, Ru Yin actually couldn't help but sigh:

However, there is a way, the reason why I went to Yingchuan and went straight to the heart of Ruyin in the future was not because I expected that Liu Bei in the direction of Huainan and Lujiang would collapse so slowly.

And before Sun Wei and the others listened to the orders of Runan Ming, they did not show the slightest sweetness, but just said that the right general was dispatched in full accordance with the will of the imperial court, and the imperial court felt that it was necessary, so I just intervened.

In comparison, the puppet Huainan Yin/original Sijiang County, which had just been occupied by Yangyuan next door, also had a population of less than 700,000 in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Lujiang County was also very small.