three kings

Chapter 126 Unifying Huainan

Of course Yang Hong didn't dare, Sun Can's army was already approaching the city, if he attacked by force, he would rely on the strength of his armor.Breaking Shouchun is just a matter of time.And the seven members of his family are all in Shouchun, how can he not be afraid?Seeing that Liu Hua is so staunch, he canceled the idea of ​​using him as a hostage.

Yang Hong smiled and said: "Mr. Zijing, don't get me wrong. It was just a joke before, and my lord also hopes to form an ally with Taishou Sun and not invade each other." As he said, he winked at Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu doted on Yang Hong very much, and almost obeyed him, seeing him winking, he acquiesced.

Yang Hong said cunningly: "Mr. Zijing, it is rumored recently that Liu Biao's army attacked Jingzhou. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Liu Hua felt happy, you two guys are still playing tricks in front of me.Well, I will tell you everything you want to know as you wish.He sighed for a long time, and said in a somewhat downcast voice: "Nowadays, the Sun and Yuan families are no longer hostile. It's okay for Hua to tell you. Liu Biao, that unrighteous man, took Cai Mao as the general while our army was away, and Kuai Yue As a lieutenant general, he intends to attack Runan, which is extremely hateful."

Yang Hong also had righteous indignation on his face, and said angrily: "Liu Jingsheng is indeed hateful. Back then, my lord borrowed food from him, but he not only refused to give it, but also made provocative words everywhere. This person is the common enemy of our two armies. Why don't you and my two armies work together? , together to annihilate them, and then divide Jingzhou equally. What does Mr. Zijing think?"

Liu Hua rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "You don't need to worry about Yang Changshi. Although Liu Biao's army is powerful, as long as our army leads all the troops to support, it is still possible to win."

Yang Hong rolled his eyes quickly, thinking: "Put all the troops, doesn't that mean leaving an empty city? If our army attacks at this time, wouldn't Sun Can be in a dilemma?" Thinking of this, Yang Hong He showed a sinister smile and said, "Since Mr. Zijing said so, he must be sure of victory?"

Liu Hua said casually: "As long as your army doesn't attack... no, no... of course. Liu Biao is nothing, he is no match for the elite soldiers under my lord's command." After he finished speaking, he secretly looked at Yang Hiro glanced at him and saw that there was nothing unusual about him, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Hong was secretly happy. Hearing Liu Hua's panting voice, there was a trace of disdain on the corner of his mouth. Liu Hua, a wise man who "hidden the art of latitude and longitude in his chest, and hidden in his belly the strategy of stabilizing the country", was nothing more than It's just an old man trying to catch his name, and he let out the words from my mouth so easily,
With this contemptuous view, the two conspired and decided to return all the cities except Hefei to Yuan Shu.

Liu Hua bid farewell again and left the city.

Shouchun government office.

Yuan Shu glared at Yang Hong angrily, and shouted: "Yang Hong, what do you mean? Sun Can and I are at odds with each other. It is shameful to truce, but now you have to form an alliance with him. Not only that, Huainan is a large territory, as long as you Back to the small part, what is the meaning of this? Could it be that your heart is for Sun Can's child?"

Yang Hong smiled strangely and said: "My lord, don't get angry, Hong has a wonderful use. Just now Caihong talked with Liu Hua, and learned two pieces of information that are very beneficial to our army. First, the Jingzhou army is too strong, and Sun Canjun is always there. The possibility of defeat, therefore, the opponent must devote all its troops to support Runan. Second, Sun Can's army cannot face the attack from both sides."

Yuan Shu turned his head, which had become fat due to his extravagant and lustful life in recent years, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yang Hong explained: "First, it shows that the other party will use all the troops to support Runan, which means that the guards in Huainan City will not exceed [-]. Second, it shows that Sun Can's army is limited in strength and can only deal with one side's troops. If the enemy is attacked from two sides, Sun Can's army will surely perish.

Therefore, Hong used the strategy of showing weakness to show that our army is afraid of the strength of Sun Can's army, and blindly go along with them. When they send troops to Runan, hehe... that is the best time for Sun Can's army to perish. "

A sharp light flashed in Yuan Shu's eyes, and he said with a sneer, "Sun Canjun is dead, good, good! If Sun Canjun really perishes, I will give you a lot of rewards."

In the next six days, Sun Can's army withdrew completely and returned to Hefei County in one breath.

Immediately afterwards, they supported Runan with great fanfare, for fear that others would not notice it.

The army marched to Shucheng and rested for a day.That night, Sun Can secretly ordered Zhang Fei, Hua Xiong, Zhou Yu, and Zhou Cang to lead an army of [-] troops each, and enter Huoshan to hide. that power.

Then continue to rush to Runan with great fanfare.

Not long after, the news about Sun Canjun was rushed to Yuan Shu by the spies sent by Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu had a very comfortable time during this period, because he felt very excited when he thought of Sun Canjun's imminent destruction.The fat all over the body is beating.

When he saw the news as Yang Hong expected, he realized that Yang Hong's plan could be implemented.Immediately, he was going to conquer Hefei himself, and decided to personally push Sun Canjun to extinction in order to fulfill his little vanity.

On May [-]th, Yuan Shu rashly attacked Hefei with an army of [-] troops. Five days later, Yuan Shu easily captured Hefei. Immediately, Yuan Shu went south to attack Wan County. However, within a day, Wan County also returned to Yuan Shu's arms.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed. The three richest cities in Huainan were Shouchun and Hefei in Jiujiang County, and Wan County in Lujiang County.Now the three cities have been recovered.

Yuan Shu was naturally extremely happy and proud.He felt that he had seen the end of Sun Can, and the wariness in his heart dropped to the extreme again.

Yuan Shu took Tongcheng and Longshu counties again, and planned to go north to attack Lu'an County.There is only one way to cross Lu'an, and that is to go through the foot of Huoshan Mountain.

Huo Shan.

Zhou Yu looked at the topographic map of the foot of Huoshan Mountain that he had personally drawn in the past few days, and began to study it carefully.Strategies are not his strong suit, nor is it his hobby.His ideal is to lead the army on the battlefield, to be a general, not a strategist.This is his first time leading the army, he must not make any mistakes, and told himself that he must win well.

He went through the battle plans such as layout, ambush, interception, etc. in his mind, and finally showed a satisfied smile.

At the foot of Huoshan Mountain, Yuan Shu couldn't wait to urge the soldiers to move forward, not knowing that he was getting into the pocket designed by Zhou Yu step by step.

Suddenly, there was a cannon sound in front of the hillside, arrows like locusts, rolling logs, and flying stones slanted down.

Yuan Shujun, who was not on guard, suddenly wailed, and everyone panicked.

On the left and right sides of the avenue, the two armies came to fight, and the flags were marked with big characters Yamen General Hua Xiong and Qi Duwei Wei Zhoucang.

Yuan Shu fell down suddenly, his heart was already chilled, but when he saw that one of them was Hua Xiong who was invincible in front of Sishui Pass, he was even more frightened.

In the valley on the right there was another sound of killing, drums and horns were loud and dusty.

The sound of shouting and killing rushed straight down from the mountain, as if there were soldiers and horses all over the mountains and plains.The smoke and dust rose up to cover the sun and the sky, the flags were unfurled inside, and the knives and guns were shining, it seemed to be a heavenly soldier!Yuan Shu's expression changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly patted his horse and retreated.

In the oblique stab, the two armies rushed out, Yuan Shu ignored the two armies and fled south.

Hua Xiong was like a bolt of lightning, wedged bravely into the enemy group.There were figures dangling everywhere, as soon as he saw a soldier in blue armor with a big knife in his hand, he would mercilessly chop down and cut the opponent into two pieces.

General Liang Gang saw that Hua Xiong had slaughtered his soldiers frantically, so he couldn't help but go to fight Hua Xiong with red eyes.

At the end of the battle, Hua Xiong raised his saber and slashed across, beheading Liang Gang under his horse.

Liang Gang's friend Le saw Liang Gang's life and death, cried out in grief, and also killed Hua Xiong.Le was even worse, just a three-in-one was split into two by Hua Xiong.

Yuan Shujun lost two generals in a row, and his morale declined.

Yuan Shu even pulled his horse and ran, not daring to stay for a long time.

Suddenly a group of men and horses blocked the way in front of them. The leader, with a leopard head and eyes around him, and a swallow jaw and a tiger beard, was Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide.It turned out that Zhou Yu had already expected that Yuan Shu was afraid of death and would run ahead when he escaped, so he asked Zhang Fei, the most skilled martial artist, to lead the army to intercept him here.

Zhang Fei obeyed Zhou Yu's order, flew forward and shot Yuan Shu, cutting his fat body in two.

Once Yuan Shu died, the soldiers in the army had no desire to fight anymore.

Sun Canjun yelled again and again: "Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"The descendants do not kill!"

After a series of blows, the morale of these soldiers fell to the bottom, and they knelt down and surrendered one after another.

After the victory, Zhou Yu reoccupied Wancheng, Hefei and other places.

When Zhou Yu occupied Wancheng, Sun Can had already led an army to conquer Shouchun and beheaded Yuan Yin, Yuan Shu's nephew.

It turned out that Sun Can's army did not return to Runan, but went down the Huaihe River and entered from Wujiang Port to attack Shouchun. Shouchun had only [-] soldiers. How could it be against Sun Can's sudden heavenly soldiers? Killed the city tower and captured Shouchun.

Immediately, Sun Can led his army to the south, and Zhou Yu led his army to the east. The two men were invincible and conquered all the way.

Meet up in Liyang together.

At the north gate of Liyang, Sun Can led an army slowly approaching.

Zhou Yu, who had taken down Liyang, and all the generals went up to pay homage: "See my lord."

Sun Can dismounted and helped up the generals one by one, and said with a smile: "All the generals are the mainstay of Can's army, please get up quickly." Then, watching Zhou Yu pat him on the shoulder, he said: "Gong Jin, the credit for this battle is very important. Wei. He took advantage of Yuan Shu's timidity and killed Yuan Shu first, allowing our army to capture Huainan without any effort. It is a great fortune to have Gongjin's help."

On May 26th in the second year of Chuping (AD [-]).

Sun Can officially took over Huainan and took the fertile land of Huainan as his own.

At the same time, Cao Cao saw that he was powerful, so he sent people to Langya County to meet his father and family.When passing through Xuzhou, Tao Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou, kindly entertained the Cao family.On the day the Cao family left, Tao Qian sent Captain Zhang Kai to escort him with five hundred soldiers.Unexpectedly, Zhang Kai was greedy for money and killed Cao's family members.

Cao Cao was furious when he heard the news, and led his army to Xuzhou. Wherever he went, there were no chickens or dogs, no trees on the mountains, and no pedestrians on the roads.

(End of this chapter)