Three days later, it still could not be relieved, and when Yuan Shu transferred troops and sent generals, he found that Yang Feng, Han Xian and other generals who had come to surrender before had gradually disobeyed the military orders and moved to Xuzhou.

As a result, Guangling Chen Deng directly set up the military camp thirty miles away in the south, which had the intention of greeting.

Sun Ce even gave up expansion, gathered troops and horses from Jiangdong, and firmly occupied the southern part of Yangzhou.

The officials sent by Yuan Shu before, if they did not surrender to Sun Ce, they would be immediately killed by Sun Ce, and as a result, the entire southern part of Yangzhou had been completely cut off by Sun Ce within ten days.

Most of the territories occupied before were lost, and Sun Ce seemed to have carefully planned and planned for a long time.

Just because there were not enough ships and cavalry, they could only be stationed outside Hefei for the time being, and they were not allowed to enter again.

The south fell, and Yuan Shu could only ask Yuan Huan and Liu Xun to lead the old army of Lujiang to attack Sun Ce's army, saying that it was to repel it, but in fact it was mainly to prevent him, and he could no longer let him enter Lujiang, and then threaten Jiujiang.

At the same time, Ji Ling was ordered to be the general, and Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Le were to join the army, and they did their best to meet the Cao army.

The lost land mentioned in the battle report will be snatched back with their own efforts.

At one time, there were more than 200,000 troops, more than 100,000 stone grain, and there were large and small battles for hundreds of miles on the battle line, and the rivers, mountains and dwellings in Huainan were all suffering.

However, the situation was thus tugged at a turn and could not be won quickly, Cao Cao accelerated the dispatch of the Chinese army after the beginning of spring, and the Chinese army he personally commanded arrived at the battlefield in March and began to command the battle, receiving the situation and waiting for the opportunity.

Guangling.

In the central government office of the city, in the main hall, Chen Deng, who had grown a mixed beard, was receiving information from various places, and there was a soldier standing in front of him, talking about the military situation.

"The original Guangling Taishou Wu Jing has withdrawn from the Guangling realm, withdrawn the soldiers and horses, and rushed to Jiangdong, and Sun Boyang, the general under Yuan Shu, also spoke out against Yuan."

"Yuan Shu's Lei Shu and Chen Lan would rather fall into the grass and gather as thieves than be powerful with Yuan Shu, and within this month, they will fall apart, and Yuan Shu can only rely on more than 200,000 people."

"Huainan is in turmoil, and there is no peace, the people are in panic all day long, and the scholars are secretly communicating with relatives and friends, praying to prove their innocence."

"In this way, although Huainan is known as the Zhong family, but it must not last long, Taishou now has the edict of the Son of Heaven himself, worship Guangling Taishou, can use the name of Chen to collect a large number of scholars, recruit talents under his command, and stabilize Guangling."

"If we follow the previous strategy of sending Taishou first, we are now done."

Chen Deng's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he put one hand on the desk and kept tapping his fingers.

What was said around the fireplace was fulfilled one by one, and the judgment of that Guo sacrificial wine was really not nonsense.

He had expected that once Yuan Shu could not stand the edict of the Son of Heaven and the suppression of Cao Gong, he would definitely choose to rise up and forcibly spend several years to stabilize his position.

There is nothing wrong with this idea, because he already has a huge territory in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also a land of fish and rice, rich in products, and can support the people and enrich the army.

Once the usurpation is carried out, wait for a year or two to carry it over, and then you can rely on the people in the territory to grow grains and salvage fishery products, so it will gradually become richer.

Or, when the rest of the princes see that he is fine, they will also refuse to obey the edict of the Son of Heaven.

In this way, Cao Cao's so-called "righteousness" banner no longer works.

But the result is that he can't carry it.

The hearts of those who will be after the incident are unpredictable, but most people will not follow the unrighteous teacher, which will require too many hardships and dangers.

These situations have been mentioned many times by Guo Saijiu and Zhang Shaoqing on the fireplace.

It was widely recognized, and now it seems that it is true.

"I take Guangling, I should focus on governance, stick to this land, unite people's hearts, and I will be able to win great achievements in the future."

Chen Deng smiled at the person in front of him and said, "Write two letters for me and send them to two places." ”

"One was sent to the front of our army, and I told Bo Chang that the current situation in Guangling, Wu Jing has led the army to withdraw from the realm of Guangling, and the great event that the monarch expects can be accomplished, and it will definitely be able to contribute to Guangling."

"The second letter was sent to Xiapi to my father Gui, asking him to immediately send someone to inform Bao Xuzhou to participate in the war, and send General Yu Ban to lead his troops south along the river to secretly increase his troops."

"Yui."

Joining the army was ordered, and the main book was ordered to be written one by one according to Chen Deng's intentions, and then the flying cavalry sent out a letter, and at the same time, Chen Deng increased his troops to the border, and set up more than 60 secret posts to strictly investigate Wu Jing's withdrawal of 20 miles.

On the sixth day, he found that Wu Jing's soldiers and horses had gone and returned, so he set up an ambush and attacked him, killing more than 2,000 people, carrying countless burdens and thousands of soldiers.

Prisoners, more than 1,000 people, Jing led the crowd to flee, running to the southeast, Chen Deng took advantage of the victory to pursue, seemed to be greedy for merit, chased out of the Guangling border, was blocked by Sun Ben, and fought in the wilderness.

However, halfway through, Yu Ban led 2,000 horsemen to come, and broke the soldiers of Sun Ben and Wu Jing, completely expelled them, and occupied the mountain roads, waterways, and ferries outside Guangling, with a population of more than 70,000 people.

At this point, Sun Ben and Wu Jing no longer had the idea of seizing Guangling and going north to occupy Xuzhou, so they rushed to Sun Ce and left, bent on attacking the traitor Yuan Shu, and made peace with Chen Deng.

In the past half a month, Chen Deng's name has resounded throughout Guangling and some areas of Huainan.

……

The news spread to Cao Ying, twenty miles outside Shucheng, where Zhang Han's army was stationed, and the first cavalry was Zhang Han and Zhang Liao, both of whom had 800 horsemen under their command, and belonged to elite cavalry.

In addition, Xu Huang and Cao Xiu led 6,000 foot soldiers to camp as outposts, and rejected Liu Xun's troops here.

Liu Xun was the Taishou of Lujiang and was sent to attack outside the city of Shu to defend against the invasion of Zhang Han.

Among Cao Cao's generals, Zhang Han's fame is not small, and he can even be ranked among the top few, and he is a very noteworthy figure in the military intelligence report.

Liu Xun didn't dare to slack off, so he built a high city wall and set up posts along the road to control the pass.

With such a defensive posture, even if Zhang Han is talented, it is difficult to break through, so the two sides can only confront each other.

Zhang Han Battalion, the main camp.

"Nashu City is strong, the strong attack will definitely die, and it can't be attacked again, Liu Xun is also a ruthless man, 30,000 soldiers and horses defend the city, and there is no intention of attacking."

When Xu Huang scolded angrily, there was still some admiration in his words, not everyone can be a turtle.

Although Shucheng is not large, the southern city is very close to the river, and the other three sides are under construction of strong walls.

Now there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Han only has seven or eight thousand here, and more than 1,000 are cavalry, good at field warfare but not good at attacking fortifications.

He couldn't think of anything but calling his father, so he spent it.

Anyway, Shucheng is not a necessary route for the Chinese army, a place that must be conquered, it is just blocking Zhang Han, and the other troops and horses have not been affected.

"No way, drink a bar, just wait for the time."

Zhang Han stabilized Xu Huang's mentality, drank in the army together, and then suddenly stunned, and said, "Why don't you let the soldiers drink together tonight?" ”

"Isn't that messing up military discipline," Gao Shun retorted directly to him, looking slightly displeased.

But it immediately occurred to me that Zhang Han was not such a person, he may be cynical and distracted, but there has never been a precedent for joking with the lives of soldiers.

"What does the prince mean, to show the enemy to chaos?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then Zhang Han shouted directly: "Jia Xu, where is Jia Xu!?" ”

"Lao Jia, you're not going to assassinate me again, are you?"

"No, no!" Jia Xu hurriedly came out of the corner, he hid in the army and sat down, just to have a stable meal and drink some wine to invigorate his muscles and bones.

In recent months, too much training has made his body much tougher than before, and now a little drinking every day can relax his muscles and invigorate his blood, and he will be refreshed for a day.

"I'm here, I hear you! The strategy is very good, it should be to show the enemy with arrogance and no one in sight! Jia Xu said loudly, laughing chivalrous, like a madman lying drunk in the hall, of course, it may also be really a little drunk.

Zhang Han said with a bitter face: "Arrogant, no one in your eyes?" How do I pretend to be like? ”

Jia Xu smiled: "Just be a little more restrained." ”

Zhang Han: "......"

Jia Xu continued: "Shucheng can't hold out, if it keeps forcibly attacking, it will shake the hearts of the army, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the disparity in strength is huge, even if they send 20,000 troops and leave 10,000 to defend the city, in common sense, it can still be helpless." ”

From this point of view, Liu Xun did not dare to go out of the city to meet the attack, which was nothing more than two possibilities, one was that Yuan Shu ordered him to defend it to the death, and he could not lose Shucheng with a military order; The second is that Liu Xun is intimidated by the prestige of the prince and wants to explore the truth and truth. ”

After he finished speaking, he hurriedly trotted to Zhang Han's side with a wine bowl, crouched down grovelly, and said in a low voice: "I am suggesting, even if you want to show chaos and lure the enemy, you can't immediately order the whole army to drink." ”

"In this way, unlike the truth, it should be doubled on the first night, and the routes of the patrol will be set in the most convenient places in Shucheng, that is, on both sides of the city, the main road ahead, and in front of the two ordnance battalions."

"After three or five days, the patrol will be reduced and doubled, and a group of soldiers will be ordered to patrol day and night, and they will not work in shifts, and they will inevitably show fatigue."

"If you stay for ten days, you can make the soldiers drink, and secretly change the soldiers and horses on patrol, so that the brothers who worked hard before can go to rest."

When Jia Xu said this, he took a sip of wine after thinking about it, and said with a smile: "This is the appearance of luring the enemy, if Liu Xun wants to make meritorious contributions, he will attack it." ”

"And I heard that Liu Xun and Cao Gong originally had a relationship, although they were their masters at this time, but there was friendship first, if he was defeated, he might not resist stubbornly. The prince only needs to lure him out, and then defeat and capture him, and he will open Shucheng and lead the people to leave the unrighteous and throw themselves into the righteous army. ”

"Well said," Zhang Han touched a bowl with him for the first time, with a relaxed smile on his face, "Wenhe, then do you think Liu Xun will be tricked?" ”

Jia Xu pondered for a moment, nodded firmly, and said, "Yes!" ”

"Junhou, Dian Wei, and Cao Ang Gongzi are all important figures in Cao Ying, and they are known as elite soldiers, but in fact, there are fewer soldiers and horses than Shucheng."

"If Liu Xun wants to become famous in the world and be rewarded for meritorious service, he will definitely not miss this good opportunity." Jia Xu's eyes showed a confident brilliance, which made people unconvinced.

Zhang Han thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that instead of waiting for other armies to conquer here, it was better to give it a try, if he could capture Liu Xun, then there would be two waterways connected to Hefei, and Yuan Shu's retreat could be blocked.

Lujiang Army, in the west of Huainan, there are mountains between the two counties, the land bypass is very far, a hundred miles are impassable, only a few rivers are connected, the traffic is not convenient.

It is more difficult to take the road, and if you want to go to Huainan through the Lujiang River, it is easy to be cut off by water.

Zhang Han and others walked the Chengdong Lake of Anfeng Huoqiu, along the Lujiang River where Yangquan entered, and after more than 100 miles to the south, they had used the edict of the Son of Heaven to obtain most of the territory of Lujiang County, but now the most important city is this Shucheng.

Liu Xun's position cut off Zhang Hanjun's way, but Zhang Han's task had actually been completed, and Cao Cao's order to him was to take the opportunity to occupy the Lujiang River and wait for the opportunity to contain some of Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses.

The use is that the fame of Zhang and Dian attracted many times the number of soldiers and horses to garrison and disperse a part of the main force, which was very helpful to Cao Cao in a frontal battle, of course, Cao Cao never said anything to death when he gave an order.

Especially for Zhang Han, the space given is very sufficient, because he understands Zhang Han too well, once he says the order to death, Zhang Han will definitely leave his post without permission after he achieves it, go to play by himself, and will never have the idea of making progress on his own and going further.

"Good!" Zhang Han made a decision while chewing the meat, and said: "According to Jia Xu's plan, Lao Jia has made a military order, you go back and inform the department, select the elite to patrol, and patrol day and night, this is a chore." ”

Jia Xu: "I didn't-"

"However, although the bitterness is bitter, if it is done later, each person will be given three rewards."

"Thank you, Marquis!"

"Xie Shaoqing! Triple reward, then it will not be bitter, each step taken is the previous three steps. ”

Zhang Han looked at the army in the distance, crying and laughing: "You can count." ”

"Come, since you have already made a plan, let's talk about wine today, and start tomorrow, try to see if you can make Liu Xun get into the plan!"

Zhang Han held up the wine and drank with the soldiers.

But he was still thinking about what Jia Xu said, in those two situations, in fact, he tended to the second one, after all, he and Dian Wei had already spread their reputation before the war, and the more suppressive achievement of the generals under Yuan Shu was to capture Lu Bu.

Therefore, they will invisibly treat us as an enemy stronger than Lu Bu, so that they will have four times as many troops as me, but they do not dare to leave the city camp, but retreat to Shucheng, the main road.

Looking at the situation of the two armies, our army is marching in winter, losing a lot of men and horses, and the tired division relies on a big victory to boost morale.

And Liu Xun's soldiers and horses were waiting for work, gathering and stationed on the city, and came violently, preparing to fight to test whether they could truly stand on their own.

They must have an advantage psychologically, and now it depends on whether our army's fatigue can make Liu Xun's courage rise slightly.

While thinking about it, Zhang Han took a deep sip of wine, and he was always a little awkward in his heart.

He felt that something was missing, but he couldn't think of it for a while, that is, there was a lack of an introduction to Liu Xun to take the bait.

Cunning prey will never be fooled if you don't see the benefits, especially on the occasion of this big war.

……

During the three days, Zhang Han led the army to fight during the day, shouted and scolded under the city, and forced Liu Xun to go out of the city to meet the battle.

At night, additional manpower was dispatched to patrol, and open and dark posts were set up to be on standby.

Regardless of day or night, the face of the generals and soldiers is majestic, one by one, on the first day or two, it is indeed a little stunned that the soldiers and horses of Shucheng are indeed frightened, and they can't help but be afraid in their hearts, Zhang Han's soldiers and horses are well-armed, majestic, and extraordinary.

Moreover, the horses under the cavalry are all high-headed horses, and the horses are rare, and you can tell at a glance that they are not ordinary.

But after watching it for three or five days, something is wrong.

Zhang Han's soldiers and horses are obviously tired, they are no longer as fierce and majestic as before, and even Zhang Han himself is weak.

When Liu Xun heard this, he immediately went to the city to take a look, and saw that it was indeed the case, but he was not sure yet, so he would take a look again.

He sent cavalry out of the city at night to investigate, and the people who inspected Zhang Han's camp were also strong, and there were already people who had fallen behind.

This weakness does not come from hunger, but from weariness.

Zhang Han has a small number of soldiers, and although he is an elite soldier, the fatigue of the confrontation has already appeared.

His soldiers and horses, even in the winter of last year, braved the severe cold and freezing from the mountain road, went through a lot of hardships to enter the territory of Anfeng, and only raided the Lujiang River at the beginning of the year, this is the end of the strong crossbow!

Golden opportunity!

Liu Xun was overjoyed, and immediately called to join the army to keep an eye on it day and night, check carefully, and must not be deceived by Zhang Han.

Even, he plans to find a chance to give it a try......

(End of chapter)