Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 549 The Critical Seven Days

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Lu Xun received an urgent report from Xu Sheng, leaving Zhang Wu's guards to Sun Da, and marched quickly to Nanpi.Gan Ning went deep alone, which made him uneasy. He immediately ordered Xu Sheng and Zhuge Dan to pursue Gan Ning.

Time, time, the loss caused by four days is immeasurable, Lu Xun can only hope that Xu Shu can take Youzhou and go south to Zhongshan as soon as possible, so as to form a joint attack on Yedu.

On the same day, when Cao Cao's troops returned to Chang'an, they also received news that Yuan Mai had sent out his army, Wuhuan had been destroyed, and Yuyang had fallen.

"Careless." Cao Cao chuckled. "Su Bo and Tian Yin conspired against each other. If Yan Rou hadn't been mobilized, Yuyang wouldn't have fallen so quickly."

"My lord, should we go back to Yedu or Xudu?" Cheng Yu asked.The two places represent different directions of using troops.

"Do you think Zhou Weiguo is seeking Yedu or Xudu?" Cao Cao asked back.

"Zhou Weiguo's use of troops is always unexpected and elusive. I thought it was possible. Maybe he was watching how the lord would respond. If he returned to Yedu, he would choose Xudu. If he returned to Xudu, he would choose Yedu."

"Wenhe, what do you think?"

"There is no one who knows Zhou Weiguo better than Duke Ming. Since Duke Ming has made plans for Hebei, he only needs to send another general to guard Xudu."

Cao Cao laughed, and ordered Cao Hong to lead ten thousand people back to Xudu, to defend the capital with Cao Zhen and Xiahoushang, and ordered Yujin and Xiahoudun to strictly guard the pass.Order Cao Chun to lead tigers and leopards to gallop to Yedu, and three generals Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin led [-] people to the party to return to aid Jizhou, and led an army of [-] to Hanoi via Luoyang.

On October [-]th, Xu Shu's [-] troops surrounded Jixian County, the governor of Youzhou. Jia Kui and Xianyufu occupied the city and held on for several days.On the sixth day of November, Han Qian, the son of Biejia Han Heng, formerly known as Youzhou, led his troops to rebel and opened the city gate at night to welcome Xu Shu into the city. Jia Kui and Xian Yufu died in the rebellion.

When Cao Cao marched into Youzhou, all the generals surrendered, but Han Heng said: "I have received the kindness of Yuan Gong and his son. Now he is ruined. Wisdom can't save him, and bravery can't die. Yu Yi is lacking. How can I surrender Cao Cao." Returning to his hometown in Daijun, Cao Cao recruited many times, stayed behind closed doors, and finally died at home.After Jia Kui invited Han Qian to work in Youzhou, Han Qian heard that Yuan had bought it back. In order to fulfill his father's wish, he recruited hundreds of former officials and servants to revolt.

Xu Shu couldn't help sighing, is this the Hebei righteous man?Immediately, Han Qian was granted the title of "Biejia" in Youzhou, recruited all counties to surrender, and sent people to take Yuan Mai to Jixian County again through the process.

On the same day, Xu Shu received the battle report from Liang Guang: One day ago, Xianbei Shanyu Kebineng returned to Fanyang, Liang Guang listened to Liu Zhi's persuasion, and used the Xianbei cavalry pommel horse Laoton to attack head-on. Three thousand Liaodong cavalry defeated the Xianbei cavalry. Under the protection of more than a hundred soldiers, he fled back to Xianbei.The reinforcements were defeated, and Fan Yang's defenders surrendered in Kaesong.

Seventeen days after the troops were dispatched, only the two counties of Shanggu and Dai remained, and all the other counties of Youzhou were taken. The loss of our troops was only a few thousand, and the results of the blitzkrieg were brilliant.The confrontation with Xianbei was unexpected by Xu Shu, and the killing of nearly two thousand horses would inevitably lead to revenge from the Xianbei people.Xu Shu urgently sent someone to Xuantu to send a letter to Bo Cai, telling him to be careful.Xu Shu decided not to take the two counties of Shanggu and Daijun for the time being, as a buffer with the Xianbei people, and let the Xianbei people plunder.

Before receiving any news from Lu Xun, Xu Shu decided to go south. He left Wang Ji to lead a battalion to help Yuan Mai and Han Qian guard Youzhou, ordered Liang Guang and Liu Zhi to go south from Fanyang to Hejian to rescue, ordered Guan Hai to be the vanguard, and himself and Chen Dao The leader went south to Zhongshan.

Zhuge Dan and Duanmu Ling fought against Yan Rou in Hejian, but lost the first battle.This time Lu Xun sent troops of all types of infantry, as well as Gan Ning, Xu Sheng and others' water and land mixed soldiers, while Yan Rou had [-] light cavalry consisting of Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Zahu under his command, and more than ten thousand Bohai navy to help. The gap between the upper infantry and the light cavalry was revealed. If it weren't for Xuzhou soldiers' well-equipped equipment and sharp arrows, they would hardly be Yan Rou's opponents.

The most exasperating thing was that, seeing the two armies clashing, Su Bo and Tian Yin refused to go out of the city to help.In fact, they can't be blamed entirely on the two of them, they originally hoped that Yuan Mai would respond when they raised their troops, but they didn't want to wait for the reinforcements so that they would not suffer heavy losses, so they came up with the idea of ​​preserving their strength.

After losing more than a thousand people, Zhuge Dan sent people to Nanpi to report to Lu Xun, while discussing countermeasures with Duanmu Ling.

"I see that most of Yan Rou's army are barbarians. Although the barbarians are fierce, they are the most greedy and difficult to control. If we fight against him tomorrow, the general may feign defeat. If he discards his armor, weapons, and food, the barbarians will surely rob them. I order The independent battalion will attack it."

"One defeat is not enough, at least two defeats are required to lure his Qingqi out."

On the eighth day of the eighth day, Zhuge Dan once again confronted Yan Rou, and lost more than ten li.On the ninth day of the ninth day, they lost again in the confrontation and retreated more than ten miles.Yan Rou is ecstatic, the enemy army is nothing more than this, if they fight again tomorrow, they will never retreat unless they are wiped out!
On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Rou led the attack, Zhuge Dan refused to fight and abandoned his food, throwing away his helmet and armor along the way, throwing away his weapons and flags all the way.Sanqian Huqi had long coveted these excellent equipment, and immediately snatched them, and the formation was in chaos for a while, Yan Rou scolded several times and couldn't stop it, so she had to order the pawns to follow quickly.

Duanmuling saw that Hu Qi was in disorder, so he immediately jumped up, and the five thousand independent battalion turned back to fight back.The Independent Battalion is the most elite infantry in Xuzhou other than the Guards Battalion. The coordinated operations are even higher than the Guards Battalion. When the Independent Battalion approaches, Hu Qi stops fighting. It is too late to attack. Thirty steps Outside, the soldiers of the Independent Battalion had already raised their hand crossbows and pressed the spring, and the short arrows swarmed in like locusts, causing the horsemen to fall off their horses one after another.

Each shot three crossbows in a row, Hu Qi pulled his horse away in a panic, Duanmu Ling chased after him, and Zhuge Dan also led the army to regain his weapon again and followed.After all, the two-legged ones couldn't catch up with the four-legged ones. After running back for twenty miles, Yan Rou joined the pawns to stop the decline. After counting the loss of nearly two thousand horses, he grinned in pain.

Most of the family property accumulated over the years was destroyed. Yan Rou was in pain and hatred, and rectified the troops and horses to attack the Xuzhou army again. He believed that although he was tricked, the remaining soldiers and horses were enough for a battle. As long as they defeated the enemy, the Hejian rebels would surely surrender. .

Duanmuling and Zhuge Danwan didn't expect Yan Rou to be so powerful, they hastily ordered all battalions to form formations and prepare for the final decisive battle. "Success or failure depends on one action. The only way to survive is to die." The two smiled wryly.

This is a team that should not have appeared. According to the plan, he should have been strangled by Guan Hai and Liang Guang's iron cavalry in Yuyang, and that infantry should have been surrounded by Gan Ning and Xu Sheng in Nanpi.They didn't know that Lu Xun in Nanpi was more anxious than them, and lost his chances again and again. Seven days was enough to make the army passive!

The strong wind caused a four-day delay in the departure of the army. Hejian was rude in the first battle. He stayed in Nanpi for seven days longer than the original plan. The plan to plot Hebei with lightning failed!
(End of this chapter)