When Yuan Shu announced the temporary measures for each army, Yang Feng had a serious look on his face. He returned to the army and said to the commanders: "In the current war, how can we let each department do its own thing? It's really nonsense. Doesn't this mean that military discipline will be neglected? We'll wait.
Since we have followed the army so far, how can we welcome defeat? We must first find a way to remain undefeated."
This time the Baibo Army accompanied them, and only Han Xian stayed in Xiapi to guard the rear. Therefore, only Dugu Qubei was accompanying the Baibo Army. The others who came with him were the newly recruited Zheng Bao, Zhang Yu, Chen Bao, Gong Du and other locals.
Rogue bandits, as well as Xuzhou wealthy families such as Chen Gui and Cao Bao.
After listening to what Yang Feng said, Dugu Qubei proposed to split his troops with Yuan Shu and lead his headquarters to attack Xinzheng in the north first. In this way, the Xuzhou army and Yuan Shu's army were at odds with each other. Even if something happened to Yuan Shu's army, it would not affect the headquarters. If the two armies were in a stalemate,
, this unit can be used as a surprise force to win with one blow. Xinzheng is a rich county, so before the war begins, you can also search for some food and property.
Yang Feng greatly agreed, and immediately led his army northward. While leading the army to surround Xinzheng, he sent out his cavalry to trample and ravage all the immature crops in the fields. He also plundered the fields and obtained 10,000 people, men and women, and hundreds of carts of food and supplies, and drove them to Xinzheng.
Under the city, as a hostage. Wang Kun, the commander of Xinzheng, couldn't bear it and tried to negotiate with Yang Feng. He could give up the city, but he wanted Yang Feng to withdraw fifty miles and release the people.
In the forest of Xingshan Mountain, after freeing the people, they suddenly came out of the forest to attack. They chased the soldiers and civilians out of the city and pursued them all the way to Mi County. Along the way, corpses and flags could be seen everywhere.
Henan has been managed by Guan Yu for nearly four years. Although it is not as prosperous as before the chaos, it is still safe and prosperous. When it encountered such a disaster, even Chen Gui, who was accompanying the army, could not bear to look at it. He secretly said to Cao Bao: "Henan is a country.
Gyeonggi is the residence of the emperor and the place of kingship in the world. Yang Feng was born as a thief and said he wanted to achieve great things, but when he came here, he treated us like an enemy country. Don't the people still regard us as enemies? It seems that we won't be able to stay here long.
Got it!"
After the Baibo Army captured Nanzheng, the time gradually reached summer, and heavy rain fell every three or four days, so that the water in Yuzhou, Henan Province rose, and the land was muddy, which was not suitable for the army to fight. So Yang Feng was here
After stopping, he sent people out of the city to search the countryside and inquired about the Han army.
On the tenth day of April, news came from the scouts by the river that Han troops were passing by the river bridge one after another and arriving at Luoyang. Most of the enemy must be arriving soon. Yang Feng did not dare to be careless and let people approach the river bridge secretly.
Go and look at the flags of the various departments of the Han army to identify the generals in the Han army.
After losing four scouts one after another, he received news that in addition to Liu Bei's Jinyang Army, there were also the Southern Xiongnu Army, Xihe Army, Hedong Army, and Shangdang Army who came with Liu Bei this time, totaling about seven soldiers.
There are about 140,000 troops, including the 60,000 troops left in Henan.
Hearing that Duan Yan's Yanmen Army and the Xianbei Yi never made any move, Yang Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said to his subordinates: "Thanks to the rise of Xianbei in northern Xinjiang, they not only defeated the Yan people, but also contained the Jinyang elite. Otherwise, I wouldn't know.
How to fight." After saying this, he immediately wrote a letter to Yuan Shu, suggesting that he make preparations in advance.
In the letter, he spent a lot of pen and ink analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each Han army for Yuan Shu. For example, the Southern Xiongnu Army "is cunning and tolerant in nature and is not good at attacking fortresses, but it can fly on horseback and shoot, just like the Black Mountains." The Xihe Army "was founded by Chen Chong. The soldiers are highly civilized, their formations are miraculous, and they have the soul of a brave man to fight to the death." The Jinyang Army is "a direct descendant of Liu Bei, has excellent armor and a good bow, sharp blades, and is best at fighting in the field" and so on.
The envoy flew to Yuan Shu's camp in Yangzhai, but encountered Yuan Shu drunk and unable to see what was going on. He had to hand the letter to his clerk and return Yang Feng's order. Yang Feng heard that Yuan Shu was drunk and unconscious, and was so shocked that he could not speak. Come, Half Day Fang said: "I have seen Chen Tingjian who was guarding the city in white on Lishi City. I am afraid I will never see Yuan Gongdao drinking and waiting for the enemy!" The envoy asked: "Why can't I see you?" Yang Feng smiled bitterly and said: "Yes. If you want to see him, I'm afraid you have to go to the imperial prison of Chang'an to see him. Do you want to go?" The envoy shook his head repeatedly, sighed and resigned.
In the summer and April of the third year of Yanxing, the Eastern Han Dynasty envoy Chijie Kaifu, General Chijie, annexed the prefectural shepherd. Liu Bei arrived in Luoyang with 80,000 troops. After joining forces with Guan Yu's army, he gained 140,000 troops. On the way here, Liu Bei had already obtained With the news of Sun Ce's secret defection, he knew the layout of Yuan Shu's army clearly. He only reorganized the army slightly, leaving ten thousand people to guard the Luoyang passes. Then he came out from the scorpion, and many mounted scouts began to appear south of Songgao Mountain. .
Less than fifteen miles to the south of Songgao Mountain is Yangcheng. The guard of Yangcheng is Ji Ling. As soon as he got the news about Yang Feng, he sent people to capture the Han army's cavalry, and sure enough, they got something. After they were escorted into the city, , Ji Ling personally interrogated and learned that a 140,000 Han army had arrived at Sheyuan Pass, less than 20 miles away from him. He quickly went to Yuan Shu's camp and reported to Yuan Shu.
Ji Ling saw that Yuan Shu was speechless after listening, so he encouraged him and said: "Liu Bei has traveled thousands of miles from Jinyang. He must be exhausted before he can establish a stable footing. But tonight, we can send out elite boats to sneak attack on Shuoying River, and we will definitely gain something!" Yuan Shu said Hearing this, his face looked troubled. It turned out that it was raining from the sky at this moment, and it started to rain from small to heavy. Soon it was like a downpour, soaking the clothes of Yuan Shu's soldiers. Many soldiers were burning charcoal to keep warm. Yuan Shu said: "This How can we fight when it rains heavily? It’s better to summon all the ministries first and wait until the rain stops.”
That night, Sun Ce sent Deng Dang to go back to the secret meeting place and meet Liu Bei. He presented him with the map of Yuan Shu's army that he had just drawn and pointed out the positions of each army one by one.
When Liu Bei saw Yuan Shu's army, he didn't know that in addition to Yuan Shu's main camp in Yangzhai, there were also Ji Ling's army in the north and Wu Jing's army in the west. The three camps were in a tripartite shape, and they were in the north of Ru River and in the south of Ying River. Deng Dang said to Liu Bei: " Although Yuan Shu is incompetent, there are still many capable people in the army after all. Danyang's bravery is also famous all over the world. It deserves the saying that the army is in great glory, and the general must not underestimate the enemy."
Liu Bei played the map and asked: "Does Yuan Shu have many horses in his army?" He replied: "There are more than 30,000 horses, and I have brought all I can!" Liu Bei said to himself: "It seems that his words of decisive battle are true. This is not a joke." At this point, Liu Bei asked Sun Ce what he was doing and said, "Then what does your young master plan to do?" Deng Dang said, "As long as your majesty issues an edict to forgive us, then Give my young master a military position, and he will be 80% sure that he can stop the governor of Yuzhou from participating in the war."
Liu Bei smiled and said to Xu Shu behind him: "Yuan Zhi, take out the things!" Xu Shu immediately took out a long box, opened it carefully, and took out two things. Deng Dang took a closer look, and it was the edict that Sun Ce longed for.
With the seal! Liu Bei solemnly said: "If we win this battle, Bo Fu has five achievements, how can the imperial court be stingy with the reward?" He pointed at the seal and said: "When the Dong Dynasty was attacked, Sun Wentai was defeated by General Yuan Gongluo.
A fake seal, but he almost achieved unparalleled achievements. Today, the imperial court awarded General Bo Fu Polu the official seal to take on the task of conquering Jiangdong. I hope his father's reputation will not be ruined!"
On the second day, the sky gradually cleared up. Although there was still a lot of moisture between the sky and the earth, the rain had stopped and the field of vision was very wide. Ji Ling went to find Yuan Shu again and persuaded him to take the initiative to send troops, break camp and march north to look for fighters. But Yuan Shu
Still impatient, Ji Ling had no choice but to pester him repeatedly, so he lost face and said directly: "Our army is divided into three battalions, located between two rivers, and Yang Feng is in the east as a foreign aid, and the soil is soft and wet at this time.
It is really a great advantage for the Northerners to advance! If Liu Bei comes, he will only die, so why move his army?"
Ji Ling had no choice but to order his troops to build more forts after coming out. The general was puzzled, so Ji Ling said: "Although our army has a marshal, it cannot conquer the masses. How can we fight with the brave men? It is better to hold on to the fort first and watch Liu Bei."
How to arrange it and other things, let’s take a look and talk about it later!”
Two days passed, and Yuan Shu was happy to see that Ji Ling no longer came to bother him. In the evening, he summoned Shi Yiguan and other famous people to drink and write poems together. There were also some bandit and bandit leaders who were appeased, some who wrote poems, and some who were fencing.
Fencing was so joyful. When Shi Yiguan agreed to write a monument for Yuan Shu when he entered Luoyang, the whole audience cheered, as if he had won a complete victory.
Unknowingly, we played like this until late at night. It was late at night, and just after Haishi, the Han army that was stationed in Songgao Mountain suddenly broke out of camp and set off along the mountains around Sheyuan Pass, heading west to Lunshi, and after crossing the Yingshui River
The army turned and rushed toward the southeast.
It has to be said that Yuan Shu's boast is not unreasonable. Liu Bei and Xu Shu Xunyou looked at the situation map presented by Sun Ce and found it difficult for a while. The three camps not only echoed each other, but more importantly, they blocked most of the water crossing areas and recorded the situation.
The Lingbu also occupied the Jishan mountain road, giving the Han army only a gap of less than ten miles, which was the Yanggan Mountain where the Han army traveled.
If the Han army crosses the river from here, the line will be stretched, and the grain road will be exposed in front of Yangcheng. If you are not careful, it will be cut off in the middle, making it difficult to see the beginning and the end. Even if the Han army successfully crosses the river and defends the grain road, the enemy will not be able to cross the river.
The two wings of the army are like wild geese spreading their wings, one wing is on the mountain and the other is on the water, directly covering the unexpanded front line of the Han army. If the Han army attacks the headquarters, it will be like an insect that has thrown itself into a trap, and it will be impossible to win.
If Liu Bei were in a normal battle, he would definitely send a surprise force to lure the enemy north of Yingshui River, and then set up an ambush to defeat him. If that failed, he would send another detachment south from Yanzhou to harass Yuan Shu's route and force Yuan Shu to withdraw.
Let's pursue.
But this time, with Sun Ce as his internal support, he planned to give it a try. So before leaving, Liu Bei summoned his generals one by one and said to everyone: "Tomorrow we will fight, and I will lead the army to attack first. When we are in a stalemate with Yuan Shu, I will
The general will pretend to be defeated and retreat, luring the bandits to pursue him. If you take the opportunity to attack his back, you will be sure to win!" After this person retreated, he said the same to the next person, and everyone got the general.
He received the secret order and left excitedly.
Guan Yu was quite puzzled. When no one was around, Liu Bei quietly said to Guan Yu: "Our army's attack this time is actually a risk of life. Regardless of whether Sun Ce responds or not, before the battle line is opened, no matter how brave the sergeant is, he will die.
, the outcome is unpredictable. Once the front army suffers a setback, it will be difficult to communicate with the front and rear, and it will be out of control. I told everyone this, and when the time comes and encounters a small setback, the departments will not panic and will not be able to control it.
Instead of running away, he will rush to attack the pursuers first."
Guan Yu stroked his forehead and suddenly realized it. He kept saying how wonderful it was, and whispered to Liu Bei: "Sun Tzu said, 'It can fool the ears and eyes of soldiers, make them ignorant, and make them have no worries.' This seems to be what he meant. Han Xin can make people die.
Then the next life, brother can make people put themselves to death without realizing death, then the next life!"
Liu Bei pointed to the military tent and sighed to Guan Yu: "This is Fa Xiaozhi's strategy. Although he is young, he is very wise and cannot be ignored. Yun Chang, you must treat him with great courtesy. We have him in our army."