Great Han Empire

Chapter 757: A Storm of Troubled Heroes

Xun You said in the letter that this news had reached Kanto as early as the beginning of this month, but the reliability was very low.Because if Ma Chao rebelled, his father Ma Teng and the Guanzhong cavalry would be wiped out. Ma Chao is not an idiot, and he would not dare to do such a disobedient thing anyway.Xun Yu believed that this was a divorce scheme by Hebei, and the reason why Yuan Shao concealed it was obviously because he believed in Ma Teng and worried that Cao Cao and others would be unfavorable to Ma Teng.

It can be seen from this incident that Hebei has done everything possible to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army.

This unsophisticated divorce plan in Hebei seems to have no effect, but it does give us a chance to hit Yuan Shao hard. We can use this divorce plan again on the basis of this divorce plan, and the plan hits the mark.We first leaked this news to Ma Chao in secret, making Ma Chao suspicious and wary of Yuan Tan, and then at the right time, we killed Ma Teng, forced Ma Chao to rebel, caused chaos in Guanzhong, and forced Yuan Shao to be unable to march into the Central Plains.

In this way, we don't have to worry about the Yuan brothers.The reason why we dare not boldly enter Jizhou now is because we are worried that the Yuan brothers may attack the Central Plains while we are in a decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army.If Yuan Shao falls into the Guanzhong rebellion, then Yuan Shu will fight us for the hegemony of the Central Plains by himself, he will simply seek his own death.Isn't this exactly what we need?
Under the protection of this double divorce plan, the adults can put down all their burdens and do their best to attack Jizhou.If Jizhou can be captured, my lord will own Hebei and the Central Plains at the same time, so hegemony can be achieved.

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Cao Cao thought for a long time after reading Xun Yu's letter.

For me, the primary purpose of the Northern Expedition is not to occupy Jizhou, but to severely damage Li Hong and consume the strength of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu and others.Only when the strengths of all parties ebb and flow can one survive and develop.

Yuan Shao has developed too fast in the past few years. If he hadn't intended to separate himself, or fight Yuan Shu openly and secretly, he would have bowed his head and surrendered. But it was also because Yuan Shao, like Li Hong, was plotting to usurp the great Han society and dominate the world. He wanted to eliminate all his opponents, so he had to fight hard.

However, the big man has come to this day, the prestige of the emperor and the court has disappeared, and it is impossible to turn the tide on his own. At this time, whether it is for the sake of the world or for his own survival, he must choose a correct path.With his current strength, it is undoubtedly a dream to assist the emperor Zhongxing Dahan. The most realistic thing is to separate one side, first build "Huan and Wen's merits", and then pursue the king's career.

I am in the place where the Central Plains fought four battles, not to mention developing, even surviving is very difficult.The reason why I want to form an alliance with Tian Kai and Liu Bei is not only to fight against Li Hong and Yuan Shao, but also to gain time for myself to develop. The real purpose is to turn the three into one.Whether it is Tian Kai or Liu Bei, sooner or later they will all become victims of their own hegemony.

Today's Northern Expedition War is the first step towards hegemony.

In my heart, the most ideal outcome of the Northern Expedition War is that Li Hong suffered heavy injuries and was unable to cross the south of the river for a few years; Bow down.As for Yuan Shu, he hoped that this fierce ghost on the road would not change his nature, but intensify and lead an army to attack the Central Plains.As long as Yuan Shu launched a surprise attack on his back at the right time, not only would he not hate Yuan Shu, but he would also like to thank Yuan Shu for his help.Without Yuan Shu's attack, how could he preserve his strength?How can he complete the hegemony in a short period of time?

To be honest, I never thought about occupying Jizhou.With Li Hong's force and the powerful Hu tribe cavalry, even if he occupies Jizhou, he will not be able to gain a foothold.What's more serious is that after occupying Jizhou, several forces will inevitably have fierce struggles in order to carve up the interests of Jizhou. At that time, without Li Hong's counterattack, the Northern Expeditionary Army will be defeated by itself.

Now all forces can form the Northern Expeditionary Army to attack Jizhou because each has its own purpose.Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu want to annex the Central Plains, and they want to separate one side. Tian Kai wants to severely injure Li Hong to temporarily eliminate the survival crisis facing Qingzhou. Liu Biao and Liu Bei are clan ministers. In name, they want to fight against rebellion, but in fact they are also for their own sake. Survive.After all, Li Hong and Yuan Shao are too strong, if they don't take advantage of this opportunity to hit hard, they will all be wiped out in the future.

However, after two months of attack, due to the continuous retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the battle situation did not develop as he had imagined.

Now that the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army still exists, Yuan Shao hesitates in Yecheng, and the battle situation has temporarily fallen into a stalemate.

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According to Xun Yu's method, Yuan Shao can be dragged into the Central Plains. I believe that when Ma Chao rebelled, Xu Rong in Hedong would not turn a blind eye, and Li Hong might focus on Guanzhong and compete with Yuan Shao for Chang'an.

But how to break the current stalemate?If the stalemate cannot be broken, Xun Yu's plan of alienation cannot be implemented, and Yuan Shu will not attack the Central Plains when he needs it.

Cao Cao summoned Cheng Yu, Mao Jie, and Guo Jia to discuss the matter.

"I don't know if my lord has noticed. The time when Hedong used the alienation plan is not much different from the time when the rebellion occurred in Liaodong Frontier County. They were both in June." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and said cautiously.

Cao Cao waved at him, "Feng Xiao, you continue to talk. We are discussing, and it doesn't matter if we make a mistake."

Cao Cao liked this young subordinate very much.Xi Zhicai died of illness last year, and Cao Cao lost a close friend who advised him. For this reason, he often complained to Xun Yu. At this time, Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia to him.

Guo Jia was born in Yangdi, Yingchuan County, and was born in a family of officials.Although his family is not very rich, they can be regarded as a famous family in Yangzhai.Guo Jia studied under Sima Hui (Mr. Shui Jing), a highly respected Confucian.Sima Hui was also from Yangdi, and he valued this talented disciple very much. He once took him to visit famous scholars in You Xueying and Ru'an area, so Guo Jia was very famous among young scholars in Yingchuan and Runan areas.He came to Luoyang from Yuan Shao, thanks to the recommendation of Xun Chen and Yuan Wei, but there are too many Yingchuan celebrities under Yuan Shao, such as Xu You, Xin Ping, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xin Pi, There are many people who are more famous than Guo Jia, and he has no bright future at all.

Guo Jia left Luoyang in this depressed situation and went to his friend Xun Yu.Because of Cao Cao's background, he didn't have many famous scholars under his command. In addition to the betrayal of Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others, almost half of the famous scholars in Yanzhou disappeared. Guo Jia was fortunate to be appreciated and reused by Cao Cao.

"My lord, I think that although the Hu and Han rebellions happened in Liaodong, Li Hong may not invest his troops to put down the rebellion." Guo Jia said seriously, "This kind of estrangement that can be seen through at a glance just shows that Li Hong wants to cover up His intentions. His main force must be on the front line of Xindu City."

Cao Cao, Cheng Yu and the others looked at each other, wondering what the thin young man wanted to say.Since Tian Shao crossed the river and fled to Qingzhou, dozens of rich families from Liaodong, Lelang and other places have also fled to Qingzhou one after another. It threatened the security of Youzhou.

"Yu Peng is Li Hong's confidant, and Gongsun Zan is a strong general in the northern border. The two rushed to Youzhou, can't that explain the problem?" Mao Jie asked, "The northern border army has been retreating, and the blocking is also very bad Resolute, now that Li Hong has even given up on Ganling City, this shows how difficult the situation he is facing. If Li Hong hadn't transferred his iron cavalry to the Youzhou battlefield, why would he retreat so repeatedly regardless of the cost?"

"That's the problem." Guo Jia said, "Li Hong lured the enemy deeper, and the situation seems to be getting worse and worse for him, but when we look at ourselves, don't we also feel that the situation is getting more and more dangerous? This time We finally formed a decisive battle situation, but Li Hong avoided the fight, which made us fall into a great passive. Now if we want to accomplish the goal set before the war, we must quickly break the current deadlock."

Cao Cao nodded appreciatively.

"I don't think it's a stalemate now. On the contrary, it's the best opportunity to capture Jizhou now." Cheng Yu picked up Xun Yu's letter and said, "Isn't that what Wen Ruo said in the letter?"

"Lord Xun doesn't know much about the situation on the front line." Guo Jia hesitated, then looked at Cao Cao, "My lord, with our current strength, even if the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army has already gone north to Youzhou, it will be difficult for us to occupy Jizhou. Our strength is not enough, it is better to complete the goals set before the war."

"But in this case, we will divide our troops to go north." Cao Cao said with a frown, "Once we divide our troops, three situations will occur. One is that the army attacking Nanpi will be attacked by the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army. I can see it, but if Yuan Shu doesn't take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains, we won't be able to get out quickly, and we may be hit hard by the Northern Army because of insufficient troops. Second, if the Northern Army concentrates all its main forces on the front line of Xindu , we are the first to be hit, which we do not want to see. Third, if we cannot get out quickly, it will be very difficult for the northern army to hit Yuan Shao hard. Yuan Shao's strength is not damaged, even if this If the estrangement can be successful, it will be very difficult for us to stop the Yuan brothers from jointly capturing the Central Plains."

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Cao Cao's words seem to be a negative attitude towards Guo Jia's suggestion. He seems to support Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and Mao Jie's suggestion to take advantage of the opportunity of the Liaodong rebellion to quickly capture Jizhou.

Cheng Yu and Mao Jie's confidence was greatly boosted by this, and they tried their best to explain the feasibility of this strategy.The two believed that if the army could take Xindu and advance all the way to the Zhangshui River, then Yuan Shu would most likely launch an attack on the Central Plains, but with the troops we have secretly left in Yanzhou and Xuzhou at present, we can completely stop Yuan Shu.In addition, after we kill Ma Teng and force Ma Chao, Guanzhong is bound to be in chaos, and Yuan Shao is unable to take care of the Central Plains. At this time, not only can he not cooperate with Yuan Shu to capture the Central Plains, but he has to attack Jizhou with us, lest we retreat and let Li Hongteng Make a move to capture Guanzhong.Of course, in order to prevent Yuan Shu from taking advantage of the opportunity, the army remaining in Yuzhou will also help us fight Yuan Shu together.

As a result, the various armies of the Northern Expeditionary Army had no choice but to attack with all their strength.As for how to preserve strength in subsequent attacks, consume other opponents, and occupy Jizhou alone, then adjustments must be made at any time according to the development of the battle situation.

"This method has seriously deviated from the goal of our Northern Expedition." Guo Jia said sharply, "We cannot pin our hopes of occupying Jizhou on the Liaodong Rebellion, let alone on the divorce plan that has no clue so far, although we all want to Occupying Jizhou, including people like Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, but in fact the Northern Expedition Army is in a state of disunity, and there is no way to work together. Once the news of Yuan Shu's attack on the Central Plains comes, Liu Bei, as the clan minister, even if he is willing to stay on the battlefield in Jizhou, but What about the generals of the Xuzhou army? And Yuan Shao, let alone whether the divorce plan will be successful, even if it is successful, his strength can easily deal with the rebellion in Guanzhong. The possibility of him choosing to continue attacking Jizhou with us is very slim. It may be to withdraw troops to protect ourselves, and then wait until we and Yuan Shu are both defeated before taking action."

"Don't think that today's emperor and the imperial court have any binding force on Yuan Shao and the officials of the states and counties." Guo Jia sighed, "Today's emperor and the imperial court are actually a facade. The reason why we want to rebuild the imperial line is mainly to fight against Li Hong and Yuan Shao. If you still expect people like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to respect the emperor and the court and revive the great man, it is a joke. You better give up your illusions about the Yuan brothers, they are our enemies just like Li Hong, forever our enemies, under no circumstances should we imagine that they will join us."

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Guo Jia's words made Cheng Yu and Mao Jie fall into deep thought.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia approvingly, feeling very happy.Guo Jia finally said what he dared not say.The emperor and the imperial court are just a facade, except for the prime minister and his followers who support this facade, everyone else is the enemy of this facade.

Since you are surrounded by enemies, kill them all the way you deal with them.

"When will Yuan Shu attack the Central Plains?" Cao Cao asked.

"As long as we reach Xindu City, Yuan Shu will definitely rebel." Guo Jia said without hesitation.

"If the main force of the northern border army is concentrated on the front line of Xindu City, will we be hit hard after we divide our troops to attack Nanpi?"

"Sun Tzu said: Ten will surround it, five will attack it, double it will divide it, the enemy will be able to fight, if it is small, it will be able to escape, and if it is small, it will be able to escape." Guo Jia smiled slightly, "Northern Frontier Army One Retreat again and again, resolutely not to fight us, what is the reason? Is it because 10 people beat us 5 people?"

Cao Cao laughed, "How to hold Yuan Shao down?"

"Your Prime Minister is worrying too much." Guo Jia smiled, "Li Hong hastily retreated six hundred miles within two months. Get out of Jizhou safely."

Cao Cao slapped the case hard, and praised loudly: "Feng Xiaozhen is the son of this world (Zhang Liang)."

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At the end of July, Yuan Shao wrote back to Cao Cao that the rumors of Ma Chao's rebellion in the Guanluo area were Hebei's scheming schemes and must not be trusted.If you are worried, let Ma Teng come to Yecheng and help me fight Yecheng.In addition, Yuan Shao also gave a positive reply to the news of the Liaodong rebellion in the book.This news is currently blocked in Hebei, and only a very small number of Hebei officials know, but according to the secret news from Jinyang, some of the northern Xinjiang cavalry in Jizhou have indeed returned to Youzhou, and now it is time to seize Jizhou The best chance.

Cao Cao immediately summoned Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Tian Kai, and Ma Teng to discuss the matter.He showed Yuan Shao's letter to everyone, and tried his best to appease Ma Teng who was panicked, asking him not to take this matter to heart.Like Master Yuan Shao, we absolutely trust you.Ma Teng was very grateful.

"Now we are working together, taking advantage of the fact that Li Hong is facing the enemy, we will take Jizhou in one go, get rid of the rebellion as soon as possible, calm the world, and revive the great man."

Cao Cao was high-spirited and ambitious, and decided to use his army to kill Xindu.

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The generals of the Northern Expedition Army gathered in Ganling City.

Guo Jia explained the attack strategy in detail.

Starting from the end of this month, the army will start from Ganling City and attack Qinghe in three ways. If there is no accident, they will reach Jianga River, two hundred miles away, in ten days.After crossing Jiangshui, attack another [-] li, which is the city of Xindu.

There are about [-] Northern Xinjiang infantry troops on the opposite side of us, but according to scouts, some of them are still stationed in the direction of Nanpi in Bohai County, so our early attacks must be very fierce, we must advance quickly, and we must force Li Hong transferred more northern troops from the direction of Nanpi to the direction of Xindu City.

If the Northern Army cannot defend Xindu City, not only will it lose half of Jizhou, but it will also quickly lose the entire Jizhou because of the ensuing slack in the army and the chaos of the people. Therefore, the Northern Army can abandon Ganling City, but it will never I will not give up Xinducheng.The decisive battle under Xindu City is inevitable.

The reason why the northern border army chose Xindu City to fight us is very simple. They can use their iron cavalry to ambushe our food and grass on the [-]-mile long road. They are trying to drag us down and defeat us. .

It is undeniable that this method of the Northern Border Army can not only preserve its own strength, but also defeat us. As long as they stick to Xindu City for three or more months, our situation will be very dangerous.Even if we are undefeated, at most we can only get half of Jizhou before winter comes, or we will retreat to the south of the Yellow River without success.

The northern army fought in Jizhou, not only had sufficient food and grass, but also enough time, but we didn't have it. We had to find a way to quickly defeat the northern army and occupy Xindu City.

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Guo Jia pointed to Nanpi City on the map.

"After the army crossed the Jiangshui River, it confronted the northern army at the foot of Xindu City. At this time, we divided our forces to attack Nanpi."

"At this time, most of the northern border troops stationed in Nanpi City have already arrived in Xindu City. The garrison troops in Nanpi City are weak, and the army can be defeated in one battle."

"After taking Nanpi, this partial army immediately crossed the Zhangshui River northward, and went straight to Hejian County, which was 150 miles away, to reach the rear of the Northern Frontier Army. It is to cut off the retreat of the Northern Army, to hit the morale of the Northern Army, and to disturb the hearts of the people of the Northern Army."

"The northern frontier army's retreat has been cut off, morale is low, and people's hearts are in chaos. Ren Li Hong has the talents of heaven, but he can't turn the tide. At this time, he can only lead the army to retreat."

"Once the northern Xinjiang army retreats, this partial division will immediately set up formations along the Zhangshui River and the Hutuo River to attack, and cooperate with the main force to attack front and back."

"Even if we can't defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army in this battle, we can still beat the Northern Xinjiang Army into a mess." Guo Jia's slender fingers slid across the middle of Jizhou on the map, "So half of Jizhou is in our pocket."

The atmosphere in the big tent rose.

"The rest will be easy to handle." Guo Jia's voice suddenly became very excited, "In order to lure the enemy to go deep, Li Hong withdrew more than 100 million people to the north-central counties of Jizhou. After conquering half of Jizhou and returning in a big defeat, the consequences can be imagined. Fear, anger, disappointment, grief... The people of Jizhou will soon be in chaos. There are millions of people in the north-central counties of Jizhou. The immediate consequence must be the complete loss of Jizhou."

"The northern army can only retreat in embarrassment, but we can easily get the whole of Jizhou." Guo Jia's fair face gradually turned red, and his voice became more high-pitched, "The Great Han Society is just around the corner."

The big tent suddenly boiled, and the cheers were deafening.

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Under July, Yecheng.

Riding fast for eight hundred miles, he rushed into the gate of the city.

Inside the government office, Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Ding Li, the prefect of Wei County, and others were sitting in a secluded garden, enjoying the cool air and chatting together, without the tense atmosphere of soldiers approaching the city at all.

Wu Ye, the Marquis of the Northern Army, hurried in with a bamboo slip in his hand, "My lord, Mr. Tian Chou is in a hurry to write."

Zhang Yan saw that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly handed over the cattail fan in his hand, "It's too hot, let's fan."

Zhao Yun pointed to the stone drum beside him and said with a smile, "Sit down first and take a breath."

"What's urgent, Mr. Tian?" Lu Bu waited for Wu Ye to sit down, and asked, pointing to the bamboo slips in his hand, "Did the ten thousand horses arrive in Handan?"

"The war horses have arrived in Handan, [-] horses." Wu Ye slapped his cattail fan vigorously, "Master Tian said that on the [-]-mile road from Handan to Lecheng, there are seven grain and grass camps to supplement the cavalry army. food."

Lu Bu nodded, "Have the Yueqi Camp and the Huben Camp arrived at the Handan Camp yet?"

"I can arrive tonight." Wu Ye took a sip of cold water and wiped the water stains on his mouth, "Changshuiying and Huqiying have arrived in Handan."

"Which of you two will go first?" Zhang Yan looked at Zhao Yun and Lu Bu, and asked with a smile.

"Let me go first." Zhao Yun said, "Zifeng (Jiang Wu) and I will go to Handan tomorrow, and we will leave with [-] iron cavalry, the Yueqi camp, and the Huben camp first. Brother Fengxian will show his face in front of Yuan Shao's camp tomorrow. Then go to Handan and follow up with Changshuiying and Huqiying."

"Brother Fengxian, if Yuan Shao plays tomorrow, you will have a good time." Jiang Wu smiled from the side.

"Yuan Shao is escaping the summer heat in Pingyang City. I expect him to fight at least until autumn." Lu Bu sneered, "It seems that he has made up his mind not to shoot an arrow. It doesn't matter if I show my face tomorrow." Then he cupped his hands and said to Zhang Yan , "We are all leaving, Brother Feiyan is going to be tired."

"It's too easy for 2 people to guard a city." Zhang Yan waved his hand and smiled, "My lords, when you go to the east, there will be bloody battles every day, so it's not easy to fight."

"Forty-five thousand cavalry entered the battlefield, as many as there are." Jiang Wu waved his hand vigorously, full of pride, "Brother Feiyan, see you on the bank of the Yellow River."

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At the beginning of August, under the command of Cao Cao, the army of the Northern Expedition attacked Qinghe with overwhelming momentum.

The northern Xinjiang army blocked for three days, and then withdrew across the Jiangshui River.

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In August, Jiangshui River and Yangfang crossing.

Sitting on the hot grass, Huang Tong looked at the busy soldiers of the chariot battalion in the distance, with a taunt on his lips.It was a waste of effort to work hard for a day under such a big sun, but it was about to break before shooting a few stones.Retreat, retreat, retreat all day long, what kind of battle is this fighting?I have fought in the Northern Xinjiang Army for so many years, and I have never fought such a useless battle.This is just like when I was in the Yellow Turban Army in the past, I ran away after a battle, and ran for tens of miles or hundreds of miles. How can this have the prestige of the Northern Xinjiang Army?
A few soldiers lay under the shields, cursing while avoiding the scorching sun.Huang Tong knew what they were scolding without listening.Withdrawing from the banks of the Yellow River to the Jiangshui River, the soldiers became more and more resentful and uneasy.Why on earth are you retreating?Can't beat the enemy or is my Shangguan brain broken?Is this battle really going to be lost?Resentment and panic gradually permeated the entire northern border army as this summer became more and more terrifyingly hot.

"Uncle, I suspect that General Qu is a traitor?" The stick lay on the grass, put his mouth next to Dahei's ear, and whispered, "He wants to betray the general."

"Don't talk nonsense, you will be killed if you say that." Dahei was startled, he hurriedly got up and looked around, and then slapped the stick hard, "Don't talk nonsense."

Stick grinned aggrievedly, and muttered unconvinced: "We have so many people, why do we have to withdraw? Can't we defeat the enemy? My family is not here, my family is in Dongwuyang. Even if I die in battle, I will die in Dongwuyang." Wuyang."

"What do you know?" Dahei lay down lazily, closed his eyes and yawned, "This is a war, not a fight. Wherever the Shangguan told you to fight, just go there. Why do you think too much?"

"Of course I'm thinking about it." The stick pointed to his head, "My head is about to fall off, can't I still think about why I want to drop it?"

Dahei ignored him and slept with his eyes closed.

"Uncle, what do you think the general is doing now? Does he know that we have retreated to the Jiangshui River?" Stick was so bored that he couldn't help but leaned into Dahei's ear to talk again.

"know."

"He definitely doesn't know." Stick said, "The general is victorious in every battle, and he will never let us retreat."

Dahei opened his eyes to look at him, suddenly thought of something, and sighed softly.General, where are you?This battle should not have been fought like this.If I lose, I will lose everything, my wife and children, thatched cottage, happiness, everything.

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"Boom..." The war drum sounded feebly.

Ban Yun turned his head and glared at the soldiers who were beating the drums, "Three meals a day, are you eating for nothing? Beat hard for me."

The drum sound was slightly louder, but still weak.

Ban Yun came up angrily, he rushed to the soldier in a few steps, raised his leg and kicked, "You are looking for death..."

The soldier got angry too, and slammed the drumstick on the ground, "Isn't it just a retreat? What's there to be proud of? After retreating for hundreds of miles, I'm ashamed. What's the point of knocking? It's fine if there's noise. .”

"You don't want to live anymore, kid?" Ban Yun roared angrily.

"Is it still alive? If you withdraw like this, you will die sooner or later." The soldier bent his neck and roared louder than Ban Yun.

Ban Yun wanted to fight but was reluctant to fight. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent, so he kicked the drum on the ground over, "Beat the drum for me, gather, retreat..."

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A group of more than 200 people staggered and listlessly followed Ban Yun and walked northward.

"My lord, are you going to retreat again?" Huang Tong chased after Ban Yun and said angrily, "The enemy is still more than ten miles away from the Jiangshui River, why are you in such a hurry to retreat?"

Ban Yun lowered his head and shouted angrily: "When I become a general, I will tell you why?"

Huang Tong knew that he was getting more and more angry recently, so he didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly stopped, opened his mouth and cursed silently at his back.

"What are you scolding me for?" Ban Yun suddenly turned his head, his eyes widened and he shouted, "Are you looking for a beating?"

Huang Tong was so frightened that he turned around and wanted to run, but he collided with a galloping orderly and sat down on the ground.

"My lord, the military marshal has an order, ordering you to hurry eastward and meet him at Bailingdu."

"Xiangdong..." Ban Yun's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, "You mean Xiangdong?"

The orderly didn't answer him, but turned and ran away.

Huang Tong jumped up from the ground and shouted happily, "My lord, it's east, not north, we don't need to retreat, we are going to fight."

Ban Yun lifted his spirits, raised his arms high, and stood on the side of the road and roared loudly, "Brothers, go east, let's go east..."

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In August, Xinducheng, the general walks away.

Sima Yi walked into the big tent with several volumes of documents in his arms.

Li Hong and Jia Xu were lying on the map laid out in the middle of the big tent and discussing something in low voices. Seeing Sima Yi walking in, he raised his head and asked, "Zhongda, do you have an urgent report from Youzhou?"

Sima Yi shook his head.

Li Hong sighed softly, stood up slowly, and walked anxiously behind the desk.

Yan Wuwei has not found Bu Dugeng so far, and Kirby bear on Huoyunyuan quickly became king on Huoyunyuan as if he felt threatened.Kirby Bear's move disrupted the imperial court's deployment, and also stirred up waves among the Hu tribe in the desert.The child of the Xianbei tiger clan grew up, and gradually showed his tiger's fangs to the big man.

Yu Peng and Gongsun Zan arrived in Youzhou together, but before the two of them assembled their troops, bad news came from Liaodong that the Xianbei people had attacked Fuyu.The news provided by Karasuma man Tadun is completely opposite to the news provided by Liaodong prefect Gongsun Du.Gongsun Du wrote to the imperial court and Wang Ze, the governor of Youzhou, that the Xianbei, Karasuma and Fuyu people joined forces to attack the frontier fortress.Xuantu County was occupied by the Xianbei people, Lelang County was occupied by the Fuyu people, and the Karasuma people captured the Liaodong vassal state, and he was leading an army to attack the three counties, swearing to defend the country to the death.

Of course, Gongsun Zan didn't trust the Karasuma people. He rejected the advice of Yu Peng and Wang Ze, and immediately led his army into the Karasuma tribe in Youbeiping.King Wuyan of Khan and Lu couldn't beat him, so he fled to the north of Dayan Mountain in a panic and surrendered to King Kebixiong of Xianbei.The Wuwan people in Liaoxi and Liaodong were furious when they heard the news, and King Bailang Tadun immediately assembled an army to fight Gongsun Zan to the death.Gongsun Zan needed a lot of food and supplies to march into western Liaoning to suppress the rebellion, but the imperial court could not provide him with it, so he had to station troops in Feirucheng in western Liaoning, waiting patiently for the end of the Jizhou war.

The confrontation between the Karasuma people and Gongsun Zan severed the connection between the court and Liaodong, and now no one knows what happened there.

After eight years of internal war in the big man, all the barbarians in the desert know that the big man is no longer the big man in the past, and the leopard is no longer the brave and invincible leopard in the past.The big man is about to collapse, and the leopard without the protection of its mother is like losing its soul, without its sharp teeth and bloody claws, the leopard is no longer sharp.

Without a powerful man, the barbarians feel that the night has passed, and they are about to see the golden sun.Without the bloody leopard, the barbarians felt that the storm had stopped and the blue sky was about to reappear.

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"General, Liaodong is three thousand miles away from here. Even if there is news, it will take a while." Jia Xu walked to Li Hong's side and comforted him softly, "The distance from Liaodong to Qingzhou is very short. If there is war in Liaodong, there must be someone Crossing the sea to take refuge in Qingzhou, therefore, the rebels should get the news of the Liaodong rebellion before us, which is of great benefit to the development of the war situation."

"General, the rebellion in Liaodong will help us defeat the rebels." Sima Yi also persuaded, "When we defeat the rebels, General Gongsun can send troops to Liaodong. With his bravery, putting down the rebellion in Liaodong is not easy."

Li Hong smiled wryly, "It's hard. With the power of the three states in Hebei, not only do we have to feed tens of millions of people, but we also have to guard the frontiers and calm the world. It's hard..."

"If this battle can be fought well, it will not be difficult to pacify the world." Jia Xu persuaded again, "Winning the Battle of Jizhou will also be a huge shock to the barbarians in the desert. There are still very few people like Kirby Bear who dare to openly confront the big man."

Li Hong didn't speak, and sat behind the desk, silent for a long time.

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"When will Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Jiang Wu come to Hejian Kingdom?"

"Soon, they will arrive in two or three days." Sima Yi bowed and replied, "According to your order, they will cross the Zhangshui River and enter Bohai County in the near future."

"Where is Lord Gao Shun's army?"

"We are about to enter Anping Kingdom and arrive at the front line of Xindu City." Sima Yi said, "Masters Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Zhang Liao are leading their troops to Bohai County."

Li Hong looked at the map and was stunned for a while.

"Three days later, order the army to withdraw to Xindu City."

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(End of this chapter)