After deciding to go to Xuzhou, Yang Yi began to make preparations.

The Han people located to the west of the Yellow River all moved into Wuyuan County, while the people in the Dongxihe area all moved into Lishi. Once Yang Yi's main force withdrew, the shrinkage of his power was inevitable. Without the protection of the Han army, Hu and Han people lived together

The people of this land are almost like lambs slaughtered by the barbarians.

In addition to relocating the people, the most important thing is food. The distance from Lishi to Pengcheng is more than two thousand miles, and lack of food is fatal.

Yang Yi didn't have much food in hand, so he could only concentrate it as much as possible at this time. However, the cattle and sheep in the army were not available, and they could be exchanged for food on the road.

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And another more important thing is horses.

Yang Yi knew very well that Cao Ang lacked almost everything in Xuzhou except war horses.

Although Cao Ang had accumulated a large number of war horses before, war horses were consumables after all, and Xuzhou could hardly replenish them.

This time when he went south, Yang Yi didn't know when he would be able to return. In order to ensure a sufficient supply of horses, he stocked up on horses several months in advance. In addition to those raised by the army, he also took out a large amount of supplies to discuss with the southern Huns. The entire Xiongnu camp was

The number of troops was only five or six thousand, but there were tens of thousands of horses.

In late August, Yang Yi made all preparations.

At this time, there were 6,500 Xiongnu soldiers under Yang Yi's command, 1,600 soldiers from Xihe County under Xu Huang, and 2,300 soldiers from Shangjun County under Zhang Liao, totaling more than 10,000 people.

In addition, there are more than 3,000 new soldiers. These people are said to be new soldiers, but in fact they are ordinary people who are willing to follow Yang Yi to Xuzhou.

Yang Yi is also willing to take them.

Almost all the people in the border areas are trained. With a little tempering, they will become a strong army.

The entire retreating team consisted of more than 13,000 people, which was considered a powerful force in the sparsely populated Bingzhou. This was also the reason why Yang Yi dared to go to Xuzhou.

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There are many roads from Lishi to Pengcheng, but the biggest challenge for Yang Yi and his party is to get out of Bingzhou.

There are three roads out of Bingzhou, one is along the Fen River and enters Hedong. This road is facing the main force of Niu Fu, and Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence is along the way, so it will definitely not work.

The second option was to enter Hanoi via Shangdang County. Yang Yi thought about it for a while and gave up. Shangdang is a basin with not many roads in and out. If Dong Zhuo blocked the north-south road, Yang Yi's troops would probably be trapped in Shangdang.

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The third road goes eastward, passes through Taiyuan County, and then enters Jizhou via Jingxing.

Cao Ang and Han Fu are also considered allies. As long as they enter Jizhou, they are barely safe.

Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and Cheng Gongying had no objection to Yang Yi's decision. Everyone's goal was to evacuate to Xuzhou safely, and no one wanted to fight the main force of Dong Zhuo's army.

On August 25, Yang Yi ordered Xu Huang to lead a group of cavalry to march westward, making a posture of approaching Jiexiu.

At this time, the main force of Dong Zhuo's troops, Niu Fu, was stationed in Pingtao, his lieutenant Li Jue was stationed in Yong'an, and his lieutenant Guo Fan was stationed in Wu County. The three troops were scattered in the east of Lishi in the shape of a pin, which not only protected Taiyuan behind him, but also

Block Yang Yi's eastward path.

Yang Yi knew very well that during this period of time, Niu Fu could not hide the large-scale gathering of troops and hoarding of supplies. The reason why Niu Fu did not move was because he was not clear about Yang Yi's purpose.

Once the army evacuates hastily and Niu Fu figures out Yang Yi's intentions, he will inevitably be chased and intercepted by Niu Fu.

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The Taiyuan area is also a basin, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are only a few roads. Once encountering Niu Fu's troops and being attacked from the front and back, and faced with a dilemma, the retreat of the army is likely to become a rout.

Therefore, if the army wants to withdraw, it must not show its intention to withdraw.

Yang Yi ordered Xu Huang to raid Jiexiu, posing for a decisive battle. Niu Fu was immediately shocked when he learned the news. Jiexiu is located at the southernmost end of the Taiyuan Basin. Once Yang Yi's troops occupied Jiexiu, the entire Niu Fu

The part was cut into two pieces.

Ushifu was also careless.

He always felt that he was coercing Yang Yi, and never thought that Yang Yi would take the initiative, so he relaxed his vigilance in the direction of Jie Xiu.

After receiving the news, Niu Fu immediately ordered his captain Zhang Ji to lead his troops to support Jie Xiu.

Niu Fu's reaction was very sensitive, but unfortunately this was a trap set by Yang Yi. As soon as Zhang Ji's troops moved, Yang Yi ordered Zhang Liao to lead his troops south and ambush Zhang Ji on the only way to rescue him.

Zhang Ji was caught off guard and lost more than 2,000 troops, and returned to Pingtao in disgrace.

Xu Huang did not attack Jiexiu again, but returned directly to Lishi.

When Niu Fu heard the news, he was furious. Knowing that he had fallen into Yang Yi's trick of luring the enemy, he wanted to lead his troops to attack Lishi immediately. However, the terrain of Lishi was complicated, and he did not dare to act rashly.

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Two days later, Yang Yi ordered Xu Huang to lead a group of cavalry out of Wenshui, in a posture of approaching Taiyuan.

Niu Fu was shocked again when he heard the news.

Taiyuan has a large amount of supplies but not many troops. Once it falls, their and Yang Yi's offensive and defensive posture in Bingzhou will change dramatically.

So Niu Fu had to send more troops to support.

Xu Huangming set out to attack Taiyuan. On the way, when he heard Niu Fu's troops coming for reinforcements, he turned around and fought back. He and Zhang Liao from the Wenshui direction attacked Niu Fu's reinforcements in two directions. They won another battle and beheaded nearly two thousand people.

Two consecutive defeats greatly dampened Dong Zhuojun's morale.

Niu Fu finally understood that Yang Yi was not attacking the city at all, but his purpose was to consume his troops. However, he was led by the opponent, exhausted to deal with it, and suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this situation, Niu Fu decided to concentrate his main force on the two main roads from Lishi to Taiyuan, Wenshui and Zishi. At the same time, Duobu scouts were more vigilant and blocked Yang Yi in Lishi.

After more than ten days of this, Yang Yi attacked twice more, but found nothing again.

Niu Fu knew that his strategy was working, so he continued to use this method to resist Yang Yi.

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After more than ten days, Yang Yi seemed to have admitted defeat and did not attack again. Niu Fu was so proud that he almost blocked Yang Yi's contact with the outside world. Seeing that winter was approaching, and there was no support from Taiyuan County, it was hard to see what Yang Yi was doing.

How to spend winter.

As the days passed until the end of September, Yang Yi, who was entrenched in Lishi, seemed to have lost all movement.

At this time, Niu Fu's lieutenant Jia Xu knew something was wrong, so he persuaded Niu Fu to take the initiative to test. Niu Fu was reluctant at first, after all, Li Shi was a tough nut to crack.

But unable to withstand Jia Xu's persuasion, he finally raised his troops and headed west.

However, Niu Fu fought until they reached the bottom of Lishi City, and then they discovered that Yang Yi's main force had left early. After asking the locals, he learned that Yang Yi's troops had left for almost half a month.

Niu Fu was a little confused.

Yang Yi must have retreated to Wuyuan County. So Niu Fu immediately sent troops to pursue westward, but until they crossed the Yellow River, the pursuers found no trace.

At this time, Niu Fu was full of suspicion, but he never expected that the main force of Yang Yi's command would have already gone all the way north, detouring around Fenyang Yi (governing the west of Jingle County, Shanxi Province today) and heading straight for Taiyuan.

Fenyang was a county in the former Han Dynasty, but was later abolished.

After the Huns moved south, the Han people in the entire Luliang Mountains were almost extinct, so neither Liu Jing nor Niu Fu thought about this land at all, and it was just right for Yang Yi to take advantage of it.

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Xihe's army came out from the north of Taiyuan and immediately occupied Langmeng, while Niu Fu's main army was left far behind them.
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