Great Han Empire

Chapter 816 The Heroes of Troubled Times Compete in the Central Plains
At the beginning of April, Yanzhou East County, Linyi City.

After Lu Bu took Chiping without bloodshed, he ordered Wei Yan to stay in Chiping temporarily, and dispatched civilians to unload food, grass and luggage from the boat immediately, and transport them to the front with the army.

At this moment, the three armies of Yan Rou, Fan Li and Wu Xiong had gathered under the city of Linyi.After Lu Bu and Wei Jun arrived, [-] troops surrounded the city of Linyi.

Lu Bu, Yan Rou, and Fan Li stood at the foot of the city, all with ugly expressions on their faces.

After Cai Yang withdrew from Chiping, he promptly stationed in Linyi and defended the city, defeating the northern army's plan to encircle and wipe out the wilderness.Although the Northern Frontier Army captured Chiping and bought time for grain and grass unloading and stockpiling, attacking Linyi may slow down the advance of the Northern Frontier Army and allow the cities of Dongping Kingdom enough time to strengthen their defenses.

Fan Li believed that this situation was caused by Lu Bu's improper command and temporary change of strategy.If according to the original plan, he crossed the Huzi River overnight and surrounded Linyi, the rebels who withdrew from Chiping in the middle of the night might have been wiped out.However, considering that no one can accurately predict the time of Cai Yang's retreat, it is not easy for him to blame Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with Yan Rou.Calculated according to the time, if Yan Rou didn't chase after the thousand rebels who retreated to Qingting, he would definitely be able to surround the city before Cai Yang arrived in Linyi.Yan Rou was a well-known general in northern Xinjiang, and was directly under the control of the general. Even if Lu Bu was dissatisfied, it was not easy to show it on his face, so he could only sigh bitterly to himself.

Yan Ruan, like a fence, thinks that Lu Bu is too self-righteous.The strategy made by the general himself, why did you change it arbitrarily?Okay, let's complicate things.He was also annoyed with Fan Li.After the rebels escaped from Chiping, you led the army to pursue them. You failed to catch up after only forty miles. Is it because of your poor command or the lack of elite soldiers of the Southern Army?At this time, he forgot about the continuous march of the soldiers of the Southern Army for a day and a night.The soldiers of the southern army were exhausted, they wanted to chase the enemy but were unable to kill the enemy, and Fan Li was worried that Yan Rou's iron cavalry hadn't arrived in Linyi yet, so he didn't dare to chase too fast, but instead chased the enemy into Linyi by accident. Yicheng.

The three of them were unhappy, and none of them spoke.Yang Yi, Guo Xun and other generals of the southern army came in several times to ask for instructions, asking whether to attack the city immediately.Lu Bu just shook his head and did not give an order for a long time.

"Has the general arrived at Qingting?" Lu Bu asked Yan Judao.

"It's already arrived. The general is preparing to cross the river to attack Gucheng." Yan Rou handed Li Hong's letter to Lu Bu, "The general ordered you to send the food, grass and river crossing equipment to Qingting tonight."

"Does the general know that we have surrounded the rebels in Linyi?"

"I don't know yet." Yan Rou said, "I have sent someone to report to the general."

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The scouts rushed over, "The rebels are crossing the river at Linshan Pavilion twenty miles ahead."

Lu Bu, Yan Rou, and Fan Li looked at each other, and at the same time bent down to look at the map laid on the ground.

"This is an empty city." Yan Rou whipped her whip to the ground and cursed, "Order all the cavalry to attack Linshan Pavilion immediately, quickly..."

The sound of passionate horns soared into the sky, colorful flags were flying all over the sky, and teams of cavalry turned their horses around and galloped towards the Great Plains in the south.

In an instant, a huge roar shook the earth, and smoke and dust covering the sky and the sun swept across Linyi City.

Lu Bu let out a long breath, sat down on the ground exhaustedly, and slowly closed his eyes.He is really grateful to Cai Yang now, if not for Cai Yang's trick, he would definitely bear all the responsibilities for delaying the speed of advancement.

"Send the order, attack the city immediately, attack the city." Fan Li excitedly waved his horsewhip again and again, and ordered loudly.

"Urgently tell the general that the Southern Army will cross the Jishui River tonight and march towards Dongping Kingdom."

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At the beginning of April, Yanzhou Dongjun, Dong'echeng.

The mute let out a wild roar, letting go of the spear stabbed by the enemy, and the sword in his hand pierced into the enemy's lower abdomen like lightning, "Kill..." The shield in his left hand hit the enemy's forehead almost at the same time.

The screams went straight into the mute's ears, and the animal nature in his body was suddenly aroused, "Get out..." The mute roared again, concentrating all of his body's strength and bumping into it.

The enemy's corpse flew out of the city wall in the air, and the scarlet blood sprayed out with the dagger drawn by the mute, splashing the mute's head and face immediately.The mute cursed loudly viciously, stretched out his tongue to lick the blood spattered on his mouth, and turned around and shouted, "Humpty, lead someone to cut off the sling, lower the suspension bridge, quick, quick..."

The hunchback's spear flickered, like a spirit snake spitting out letters, and killed two people in a blink of an eye, "Brothers, follow me, kill to the tower, kill to the tower..."

The enemy counterattacked frantically, intending to kill back the northern army that rushed up the city wall first, but this northern army is too powerful, one person is as fierce as a tiger and completely disregarding life and death, two people can stick to their backs and defend themselves with more than enough protection. Individuals can form an attack, and four people can block and move forward invincibly.

Three spears roared towards them.The dumb sword stood there, and the shield in his hand greeted him with all his strength. With a sound of "dang", the spear pierced the shield fiercely. The huge impact force made the dumb tiger's mouth shatter, and his body involuntarily retreated rapidly.The soldier behind the mute let out a roar, and his short body supported the mute's body.The soldiers on the left and right sides of the mute each raised their sabers, and chopped them down with lightning speed, and the two spears broke at the waist.The unarmed enemy quickly retreated, but two bloody spears suddenly shot out from behind the mute shield, piercing through the enemy's body like sharp arrows.The remaining enemy was about to raise his spear to stab again, when the mute in front of him suddenly squatted down, and the short soldier who was holding the mute just now straightened up suddenly, and the short crossbow raised in his hand let out an ear-piercing scream in an instant.The enemy who was close at hand had no way to hide, and was shot upside down by the three crossbow arrows.

"Kill..." The mute jumped up, and chopped off the two soldiers covering him with a knife at the same time, the body that flew upside down was cut into blood and blood, and fell down the long stone steps in the air, " Brothers, kill, open the city gate, open the city gate..."

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Qu Yi came with a team of cavalry on flying horses.

Qin Yi, lieutenant of Yueqi school, and Chen Jian, lieutenant of infantry school, stepped forward to greet them.

"You won Dong'a so quickly?" Qu Yi looked at the banners dancing wildly in the wind on the tower, smiling happily, "Old Qin, Chen Dazi, you two are too powerful." The whip in Qu Yi's hand was between the two He knocked hard on the battle helmet a few times, "Xia Houyuan ran away?"

"Masters Zhao Yun and Jiang Wu have led the iron cavalry to chase them down." Chen Jian cupped his hands and said, "Xia Houyuan moved very fast, and probably fled a hundred miles away along the Huzi River."

Qu Yi looked at the two in surprise, "So accurate?"

"We caught the magistrate of Dong'e, and he said that Xia Houyuan left Dong'e last night." Qin Yi sneered, "No matter how fast this kid runs, he can't run as fast as our cavalry."

"Urgently order Zhao Yun and Jiang Wu to stop chasing immediately, rest on the spot, and wait to join the army." Qu Yi whip pointed at the messenger behind him, and said loudly, "Tell Sima Yi, don't transport food, grass, and supplies to Dong'e, and send them directly to Cang. The pavilion was transported to Fancheng."

"Send Yushi and Liu Ming to immediately lead the follow-up army to protect the food and supplies, and rush to Fan City day and night."

More than a dozen messengers suddenly agreed and rushed away.

Qu Yi yawned, sat on the horse and stretched comfortably, "It's been two days and one night, and the soldiers are very tired. I ordered them to rest for four hours immediately, eat and sleep."

"Are you going to the city to take a rest?" Chen Jian asked.

"It's fine here." Qu Yi got off his horse and pointed to the green grass, "I'll sleep first, I can't hold on anymore. Remember to bring me some food."

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In April, in Handan, the general went to the gate.

In the middle of the night, the candles in the big tent were brightly lit.

The right general Zhang Yan, the governors of the two prefectures Shi Jiaxu and others are sitting together, listening to the latest battle report.

"From crossing the river to today, the army has been fighting south for four days." Sima Fugan said, "The army on the left has all crossed the Jishui River and is advancing towards Wuyan City, the county government of Dongping Kingdom. It is expected to arrive at Wuyan City tomorrow. attack."

"Under the command of Master Qu Yi, the army on the right advanced rapidly along the Hu (hu) Zi River, and today it has arrived at Fan City and launched an attack."

"Lord Wu Xiong led his army across the Jishui River and is advancing towards Lucheng, the prefecture of Jibei. According to the time calculation, he should have arrived in Lucheng. Lord Wu Dun of Qingzhou received our order three days ago, and he is now rushing On the road to Lucheng, it is estimated that it is very close to Lucheng. The two armies can meet tomorrow. There are about 2000 defenders in the direction of Lucheng. After Wu Xiong and Wu Dun meet up, they will gather [-] troops to attack."

"All the armies on the Central Plains battlefield are advancing smoothly. The only difficulty is the lack of recruitment of civilian husbands. Due to the tight time for recruiting civilian husbands, the current number is far from meeting our needs, which leads to the rapid advancement of the army and the slow transportation of food, grass and luggage. In the future Within two to three days, if this situation does not improve, the army's attack speed will be seriously affected."

Zhang Yan frowned slightly, and immediately said: "My lords Tian Chou and Dong Zhao are urgently not to allocate food and grass to the Jibei battlefield for the time being. First, gather all the civilians to deliver food, grass and luggage to the left and right armies to ensure the attack speed of the army."

Then he pointed to Wang Ling, "Leave a letter to Master Wu Xiong in my name, first surround Lucheng, and ask Liu Xu and Wang Kai to rush to Jibei immediately to appease the officials in the city. After the food and supplies are transported to Jibei, we will choose an opportunity to attack."

"How about the battlefield in Henan?" Zhang Yan's gaze immediately turned to Fu Gan.

"The situation in the Henan battlefield is currently more severe."

"After Yuan Shao led his army into Henan, Zhang He immediately led his army to withdraw from Yuanyuan City, return to Aocang, and block the rebels according to the danger of Bianqu."

"At the same time, Zhu Ling of Hanoi led his army across Jishui and rushed to Pinggao. Yuan Xi of Yingchuan led his army to Luoyang and was attacking Chenggao from the direction of Hulao. Han Heng of Yingchuan and Zhongmucheng After rendezvous with Ma Yan, he is now attacking Guancheng."

"Yan Liang said in his letter that after Yuan Shao arrived at Bianqu, he stationed his army on the east bank and did not launch an attack. He was obviously waiting for news from the direction of Hanoi, Hulao and Guancheng. Once a breakthrough was made in any of these three places, Yuan Shao A thunderous blow will surely be launched. Although Zhang Yun's army has held back Yuan Shao's main force, he has also been firmly dragged by Yuan Shao in Aocang, unable to divide his troops to support other places."

Zhang Yan leaned over to look at the map carefully, and then whispered a few words with Jia Xu.

"The situation on the battlefield in Henan looks grim, but the initiative is still in our hands, and the army still has a certain advantage." Zhang Yan looked at Fu Gan and said, "Order Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Xu Huang and others to occupy the city. Stand firm, wait for the opportunity to seize the opportunity, and give Yuan Shao a hard blow, and no matter what, he must not be allowed to deploy troops to support the Central Plains battlefield."

Fu Gan pondered for a while, and said cautiously: "My lord, we fought fiercely on the Henan battlefield, not only successfully attracted Yuan Shao's main force back to Henan, but also attracted the troops from Luoyang, Nanyang and Yingchuan to Xingyang. The area. At present, the rebel forces on the Henan battlefield have surpassed ours and formed a siege. If the city of Pinggao in Hanoi is lost, or Chenggao, which is close to Hulao, is lost, the army is likely to suffer heavy losses. Therefore, we I feel that it is necessary to withdraw part of the army to help Wen Chou and Zhang Liao to stick to the front line of Pinggao and Huaicheng, so as to ensure the safety of the army's northward retreat to Hanoi."

"No." Zhang Yan waved his hand decisively, "There are currently only 4 troops on the battlefield in Henan. Compared with the rebels, they are at a disadvantage in terms of strength. It is absolutely impossible to send troops back to Hanoi at this moment."

"My lord, we only have 1 people on the battlefield in Hanoi. If Yuan Shao orders Luoyang's army to reinforce Hanoi, they will definitely surpass us in terms of strength. The battle in Hanoi will be very difficult." The goal has been achieved, the army can withdraw northward at any time, there is no need to fight to the death with Yuan Shao's army."

"We must not give up on the Henan battlefield until the two armies of the General and General Quyi have not taken Changyi and Dingtao." Zhang Yan said firmly, "Tell Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other adults that the Henan battlefield will at least have to be defeated." Hold on for more than 20 days, please don't take chances, stick firmly to Henan, try your best to defeat Yuan Shao, hold Yuan Shao, without my order, no one is allowed to evacuate Henan, otherwise they will be killed without mercy."

Fu Gan wanted to persuade him again, but Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Yancai, if we want to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, we must take Dingtao and Changyi, but if we want to take Dingtao and Changyi, our current strength to attack the Central Plains is a little weak, because Xiahou Yuan He and Cai Yang retreated very quickly and resolutely, once they retreated to Dingtao and Changyi and joined Cao Ren, the rebels would have nearly 2 troops defending these two cities, which is too difficult for us to attack."

"At this time, if the armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao arrive one after the other, the two sides will face each other under the two cities. If the troops are close together, a decisive battle may be formed in advance, but we don't want a decisive battle now, so can we drag all Yuan Shao's troops in The Henan battlefield is crucial to the realization of the ultimate goal of the Central Plains War."
Seeing that Jia Xu also agreed with Zhang Yan's plan, Fu Gan said nothing more, but felt extremely disturbed.

If the [-] Northern Frontier Army were wiped out on the Henan battlefield, the failure of the Central Plains War would be inevitable. This is exactly what the general asked the army on the Henan battlefield to withdraw to Hanoi immediately after the main force in the south went to Dingtao and Changyi. important reason.However, now Zhang Yan has changed this strategy. Zhang Yan ordered the army on the Henan battlefield to persist until the main force conquered Dingtao and Changyi before retreating.

How long can Yan Liang last on the battlefield in Henan?

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