Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 247 The Battle of Zhan City, Jia Xu's Great Chess?

Next step?What's next?
Looking at Zhang Liao's battle report, Liu Qing was stunned.

Isn't it the purpose to seize Yuan Shao's grain and grass?

Now that Huai County's camp, food and grass had been captured, and Zhang Liao made a decisive decision to seize Huai County while Wang Kuang was out of the city, which can be said to be a surprise.

"My lord, Wen Yuan has seized Huai County, and Yuan Shao has lost his foundation in Hanoi. How to deal with Yuan Jun is entirely up to the lord."

Liu Qing put down the battle report, looked at Guo Jia and said, "I'm not interested in Yuan Shao, but I am interested in Yuan Shao's soldiers and Yuan Shao's people."

"What about Yuan Shao's money and food?" Guo Jia asked again.

"Hasn't Yuan Shao's money and food been taken away by Chu Yan?"

Guo Jia smiled mysteriously, "I'm afraid my lord doesn't know how profound the Yuan family's background is. If Yuan Shao can be captured alive, in the name of the leader of the coalition army, wouldn't the Yuan family offer money and food with both hands?"

Liu Qing understood. In the name of the Black Mountain Army, Yuan Shao was captured alive, and then asked for money and food from the Yuan family. Liu Qing thought that pretending to be the Black Mountain Army and the Xiliang Army to attack Yuan Shao was already very disrespectful of martial arts. He didn't expect Guo Jia to go one step further. , it can be said that he stared at Yuan Shao.

The two of them were in Wude County, but the things they did were more than one without Wude.

Liu Qing said: Please continue Feng Xiao, I like it very much!
Yuan's plan to plot Bohai and attack Bohai's revenge, but remember it!
"Then what should be the next step?" Liu Qing asked.

"My lord, please send a letter to Zhang Ning and order him to attack Yuan Shao's army from the north. Without food and grass, Yuan's army will be defeated under the attack of Dong Zhuo's army and Baibo's army!" Guo Jia suggested.

"What about Huai County? It can't always be occupied in the name of the Black Mountain Army." Liu Qing asked.

Guo Jia thought for a while, then stood up, stroked his front and said, "Jia, let's go to Huai County!"

Liu Qing continued: "Then I will inform Zhang Ning to attack Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao will be completely defeated at that time. I want to let the scholars of the world take a look. The world is not up to Yuan's decision! The emperor is not someone They can all stand!"

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Wang Kuang's defeated army fled all the way west, and when they arrived at Yuan Jun's camp outside Heyang, they were exhausted, like the end of a crossbow.

Including Wang Kuang, everyone was unkempt, ragged, and ugly. During the journey, after the dry food they carried was exhausted, they began to kill horses to satisfy their hunger before they survived.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao was too shocked to speak after hearing the description of the two.

Huai County was lost, Huai County camp was also lost, and the 20 shi of grain in the camp was also lost...

This is the ration of my [-] army!
Yuan Shao only felt dizzy for a while, as if something was about to break through.

Splitting headache!

"Everyone, everyone, what should our army do!" Yuan Shao asked.

Whether civil servants, counselors or military generals joined the army, they were all silent.

A little bit of common sense knows that without Huai County, without food and grass, Yuan Jun in Hanoi County is like water without a source and a tree without roots.

If it wasn't for Wang Kuang's delivery of food and grass, which could still be used for a few days, the army might be in chaos immediately.

"Gongze?" Yuan Shao began to roll the roll, and Guo Tu was the first to call directly.

Guo Tu took a deep breath, took a few steps forward, and said, "My lord, the current plan is to send troops eastward and take back Huai County while our army still has food."

Yuan Shao thought for a while, but did not come to a conclusion, but continued to ask Chen Lin beside him: "What does Kong Zhang think?"

Chen Lin said: "My lord, Hanoi is quite rich, especially along the big river. It is better to collect grain locally. Moreover, you can also ask the Sima family of Wen County for help in this matter."

Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, Chen Lin's words won his heart more than Guo Tu's.

Because if, according to Guo Tu's words, he sent his troops east to attack and take Huai County, then the plan of marching into Luoyang would be in vain.

How could Yuan Shao be reconciled.

But there is a problem with this move.

"Sima Fang is now an official in Luoyang, the Sima family may not dare to help me." Yuan Shao said.

Sima Fang and Yuan Shao are still familiar. His childhood friend Cao Cao was often praised by him and recommended by him many times. After all, Cao Cao at that time was carrying the reputation of the eunuch.

"Whether it is successful or not, it is worth a try." Chen Lin said.

"At this time, I will hand it over to Kong Zhang and go to Wen County. Moreover, if the Sima family is willing to provide food, the Yuan family is willing to buy it at an increase of [-]% according to the market price!" Yuan Shao promised.

Chen Lin accepted the order and put the matter aside for the time being, but Guo Tu on the side, his opinion was not accepted, and his expression was not very good.

Yuan Shao said again: "I'm very curious why the camp in Huai County was attacked by the Xiliang army. Could it be that besides Zhu Jun, there are other Dong Zhuo soldiers in the north of Dahe? This Zhang Xiu, has anyone heard of him? name?"

Everyone shook their heads, Zhang Xiu's name was unheard of.

However, it was this unknown character who defeated Chun Yuqiong and Wang Kuang, indirectly inverting the fall of Huai County.

There is Xu Rong in the south, why is there another Zhang Xiu? Yuan Shao has to admit that Dong Zhuo's subordinates are really talented.

As for the Black Mountain Army, Yuan Shao also felt that he had made a misjudgment. Whether it was robbing Chunyu Qiong's grain and grass, or taking the opportunity to seize Huai County, it all showed that there must be insightful people in the Black Mountain Army.

His contempt has already paid the price.

On the other side, Jia Cong inexplicably remembered Li Wen's words, "Whoever controls the Black Mountain Army is the master of Hanoi." Unexpectedly, within a few days, Huai County, the prefecture of Hanoi, fell into the hands of the Black Mountain Army.

Yuan Shao originally planned to gather troops to attack Fan Chou, but at this juncture, something happened, Yuan Shao hesitated for a while.

"As for fighting against Fan Chou, do you have any suggestions?" Yuan Shao asked.

As soon as Guo Tu heard that his suggestion might be tampered with, he hurriedly said: "My lord, capturing Fan Chou is the prerequisite for the battle across the river, and it cannot be changed!"

Yuan Shao nodded, he didn't intend to change it at all, but the current situation has taken a turn for the worse. Although he didn't want to admit it, Yuan Shao understood that capturing Fan Chou was not the prerequisite for crossing the river, but preparing food and grass.

"Wen Chou! I will take you as the vanguard and march into Zhan City, and must drive Fan Cong out of here!" Yuan Shao said.

"Wen Chou takes orders!" Wen Chou, who had just come to gather, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility without even taking a rest.

After the accounts were disbanded, Chen Lin stayed behind.

"Kong Zhang, is there anything else?" Yuan Shao asked.

Chen Lin hesitated for a moment, and said, "Leader, I have something to do with you. If you hesitate again and again, it's better to talk about it first!"

"Oh? Kong Zhang, but it doesn't matter."

"If the subordinate's suggestion goes well, everything will remain as before. If it doesn't go well, the lord should also make a plan, and Chen Lin will leave."

After Chen Lin finished speaking, she saluted and left.

Are you planning for something bad?
Yuan Shao's heart skipped a beat, this plan meant to withdraw troops.

Chen Lin has always acted prudently, and it was probably because he felt that it was very difficult to prepare for the purchase of military supplies for him to say this.

It is not difficult to understand that the head of the family, Sima Fang, is an official in Luoyang. If Dong Zhuo learns that the Sima family provided Yuan Shao with food and grass, Sima Fang's life may be endangered.

"Ah!" Yuan Shao let out a long sigh while there was no one around.

It's tiring to be the leader of the alliance, and you have to take care of everything... For some reason, Yuan Shao remembered the time when he was the captain of Sili in Luoyang last year, when he wanted to kill and conspired with the general to become an eunuch.

The eunuch party has been eliminated, but another Dong thief has come!
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Recently, Dong Zhuo is in a good mood, has a good appetite, eats well, sleeps well, and before he knows it, he has gained weight again.

News of success on the battlefield came one after another. Xu Rong regained Liang County and cooked Li Min alive.

Xingyang is as stable as Mount Tai, and the East Road Alliance can't get in. Not to mention the second pass of Hulao and Sishui, they dare not even touch Xingyang.

On the northern line, Dong Zhuo was delighted by the news just now. Fan Chou broke Yuan Jun's camp, murdered and burned the camp, and retreated completely.

Yan Liang, who had crossed the river, had no choice but to temporarily guard Mengjin under Jia Xu's formation.

On the other hand, since Yuan Kui made Liu Bian the emperor, there were many vassals in the court. They quietly left Luoyang and went to Ruyang.

However, after Dong Zhuo recruited scholars on a large scale, he recruited many officials, including Xun Shuang, Cai Yong, Chen Ji, and Wang Yun, all of whom Dong Zhuo entrusted with important tasks.

Xun Shuang is Guang Luxun, Cai Yong is the censor of the government, Chen Ji is the minister, and Wang Yun is the servant. Chen Ji was able to rise directly because of Liu Qing. The king of Pingyuan recommended Liu Bei as the prime minister. Prime Minister Chen Ji recommended him to Dong Zhuo.

The battle in Hanoi was raging. In order to appease the Sima family, Dong Zhuo promoted Sima Fang to Jingzhaoyin to replace Gai Xun. Gai Xun and Huang Fusong were now serving as civil servants in Luoyang.

As for Dong Zhuo himself, although he has the title of Taiwei, everyone knows that Dong Zhuo is already the lord of Luoyang. First, he subordinated the Xiliang Army, defended the capital, and fought against the Kwantung Allied Forces. Furthermore, Dong Zhuo had a close relationship with the Empress Dowager Dong. , coupled with the power in his hands, above the court, has almost become Dong Zhuo's voice.

Even though some people complained about this, they didn't dare to do anything to Dong Zhuo.

Everyone in Luoyang knows that Dong Zhuo has two major shortcomings. The first is bloodthirsty and has a reputation for brutality. There are acts of plundering wealthy households and adultery.

Dong Huang, captain of the Sili school, was indifferent to this.

So Dong Zhuo was called "Dong Fat Barbarian" in Luoyang City.

There are those who criticize, and there are also those who flatter. With Dong Zhuo's current power, many officials directly persuaded Dong Zhuo to become a general and lead the world's troops. Dong Zhuo was still very interested in this title.

But everything deserves its name. After Dong Zhuo plans to destroy the Kwantung Allied Forces, he will be promoted to a general with his invincible military exploits!
For this reason, Dong Zhuo no longer cares about the title of Bingzhou Mu, so it is better to give it to the King of Bohai, after all——

Without him, where would I be today?

So Dong Zhuo issued a new order, sending Dong Yue to replace Xu Rong to guard Liang County, and the new Xu Rong was appointed as the general of Dongzhong Lang, and led the army out of Hulao to pacify the coalition army.

In the direction of Nanyang, there is no worry for the time being. Right now, Dong Zhuo is only concerned about the war in Hanoi.

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After Zhang Ning received Liu Qing's letter, he directly led his troops out of Jiguan and entered Yangfan. The southeast of Yangfan was the city of Zhan where Fan Chou was located, and further southeast was the camp of Yuan Shao's former army.

When the news of Baibo's capture of Yangfan reached Fan Chou two days later, Fan Chou still felt a little stressed.

Because Mr. Jia Xu's arrangement for him at the beginning was to guard Jiguan and resist the Baibo army from entering Hanoi. Later, for some reason, the mission was canceled and replaced by a surprise attack on Yuan Jun's camp.

Naturally, Fan Chou didn't know that the deployment of the Hanoi battlefield was changed because of a letter from someone.

Liu Qing: Not talented, so-and-so is right here.

Dong Zhuo directly ordered the release of Jiguan, which was occupied by the Baibo army, and Fan Chou unexpectedly achieved a lot of results. Now, Yuan Shao is marching towards Zhancheng, but at this time, the Baibo army also suddenly moved to capture Yangfan.

It looks like they are cooperating with Yuan Jun.

But after a rational analysis, Mr. Jia Xu put Bai Bojun in on purpose, and it should... maybe... not to target him!

What is incomprehensible is that before the Battle of Hanoi, General Niu Fu Zhonglang went to Donghe to crusade against the Baibo army.

So now Fan Chou panicked.

Fortunately, my soldiers and horses are all cavalry, so if you can't defend, you can't escape. Mr. Jia Xu gave him the right to take advantage of it.

Just when Fan Chou was about to run away, the delivery of a military order immediately petrified him.

There are very few military orders, and generally speaking, the fewer they are, the bigger the problem.

"Go out of the city and fight Yuan Jun with all your strength."

Fan Chou looked at the military order and fell silent. Now that he knew the purpose of Baibo's army, he felt relieved.

Thinking back to Dong Gong's confrontation with the Baibo Army in Hedong County now, the relationship is a big drama!

Use this to tell the world that Dong Zhuo and Baibo's army are hostile.

Then on the battlefield in Hanoi, the Baibo Army turned out to deal Yuan Shao a fatal blow.

high!Fan Chou secretly admired him, he had followed Dong Gong for a long time, so he naturally knew that Dong Gong didn't have such thoughts, so the one who planned this big game was naturally Mr. Jia Xu!
With such a plan, why worry about being invincible in this battle!

Fan Chou's confidence was greatly increased, and he immediately announced the assembly of troops.

This battle will definitely defeat Yuan Jun and make great achievements.

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Twenty miles outside the city of Zhan, Wen Chou's vanguard [-] cavalry stationed here. The southwest of this place is an undulating slope, while the road to the north is smooth, and it is a watery plain, a fertile field.

"The order is to be stationed here, the Lord's army will arrive tomorrow, and I will keep a close eye on Zhancheng on the sentry post. Don't tell Fan Chou's rats to run away!" Wen Chou said.

Dozens of cavalry sentries scattered in different directions, and the cavalry dismounted one after another, preparing to set up camp.

After a while, the cavalry sent out earlier suddenly galloped over with a hurried expression.

"General! Fan Chou leads the army to kill."

"What?" Wen Chou almost thought that he had heard it wrong, and that Fan Chou had not defended the city, so he came out unexpectedly.

"Really?" Wen Chou confirmed.

"It's absolutely true, moreover, they still came out in full force, with a lot more people than us!" the cavalry sentry said again.

Wen Chou frowned and began to think.

Fan Chou chose to attack at this time, because he knew his own movements, so that he could launch an attack when his footing was not stable. Wen Chou suddenly looked at Fan Chou with admiration.

He is not like the rats who were killed and fled back to Zhancheng to hold on, as passed down in Yuan Junzhong, but a brave and courageous general!
The rumors are false!

Wen Chou immediately ordered: "The army rests in place and recovers quickly. Weihuang, send someone to report to the Lord. Our army wants to fight the enemy here. Please send cavalry to help quickly!"

Lu Weihuang took the order to go, and Wen Chou said to the cavalier: "Check again! Whether Fan Chou is riding a stallion or a mare, let me find out!"

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