He sent troops in the morning and marched for forty miles. After a short rest, he captured a county town. He spent two hours marching, eating for an hour a day, and actually attacked the city and fought in less than half an hour. With his strong soldiers who had been through many battles, he attacked the defenders who had not passed through any battles, and naturally went down in one go.

Cao Gong went south to fight for the world, and confronted the Sun and Liu families on a border that stretched for 4,000 miles. How could there be heavy troops everywhere in these 4,000-mile defense lines? The center of support is nothing more than Hanzhong, Xiangfan and Hefei. In addition to these three, the heavy troops are in Xuchang, Yecheng and other places; most counties and counties are inevitably loose. Usually, the troops of a county do not exceed 5,000, and it is considered that it can arrange more than 3,000 people within the scope of the county.

The hard bones are still behind.

According to the meaning of Xuande Gong, Lei Yuan was needed to try his best to attract the main force of the Cao army, and even make Cao Gong go east in person... Then we have to continue to make the noise. How to make a big fuss and how to deal with it after it is big, we need to adapt to the situation. It is important to know that by then, not only will the rock-beating arrows be smashed, but there will be thousands of thunder!

Thinking of this, Lei Yuan was a little confused for a moment.

Seeing that the county had been captured, the chief general pulled his horse out of sight. The entourage looked at each other and did not dare to disturb him. Even the army and horses behind him stood still.

Lei Yan rode a horse from a little far away, shouting as he ran, "Sect Master! Sect Master!"

When he got closer, he saw Lei Yuan falling into deep thoughts and hurriedly dismounted and silenced.

He gave Li Zhen a questioning look, and Li Zhen only shook his head and said he didn't know.

Lei Yan hesitated for a while, and finally bowed forward and said, "Sect Master! The county has been broken. I dare to ask the Sect Master to restrain the army, so don't bother the hometown."

Lei Yuan was alarmed by his words and quickly asked Li Qi to go and pass the order.

The county is the ancestral land of the Lei family. Many of the residents and people in the city have kinship and marriage relationships with the various families in Huainan. Therefore, the Lei family came here to return home and did not plunder and slaughter. Moreover, the military disciplines of the Lei family have always been strictly restricted by Lei Yuan, and most of the officers at all levels in the department were promoted by Lei Yuan personally. They knew that Lei Yuan's temperament was not to joke about his life's future; they also knew that Lei Yuan rewarded and punished him in moderation, and would always give rewards and compensation at appropriate times.

However, the Liangzhou cavalry team who entered the city at this time were also famously fierce characters. It is hard to guarantee that they did not do anything. These old soldiers and fierce soldiers who had been in the army for many years were all fierce and evil figures in Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and they were all vicious everywhere. Now they are far away from their hometown and the old master comes to the battlefield thousands of miles away, and they will inevitably be a little irritable. If they use their temperament to do it, the people of the county will be in great trouble.

But after all, they followed Lei Yuan for a short time and suddenly stopped them from enjoying the fruits of victory as they were used to, which would probably arouse dissatisfaction.

Ma Zhong immediately took a step forward: "General, I will take the lord to go and pay the merits to the soldiers on the spot."

Li Qi went to order military discipline, while Ma Zhong went to record his merits and could make some verbal wishes to be granted official awards. With these soft and hard tricks, the situation would not be out of control.

"Okay, you go too!"

Ma Zhong and Lei Yan left together.

After being interrupted by Lei Yan, Lei Yuan felt that his thoughts were in chaos and suddenly lost his mind. He turned around and looked at his subordinates and rushed into the city.

After entering the city, I was inevitably busy and it didn't stop until the evening.

Many people were engaged in the work, and the officials stayed busy until the evening. They felt that there were no omissions, so they bowed and left.

Lei Yuan stretched and headed to the inner courtyard behind the second gate.

His residence in the county town was the old house of the Lei family. After decades of going forward, it was probably a powerful local clan. After the clan was destroyed by Yuan Shu, the Lei family in Lujiang occupied it. After the Lei family evacuated, it was regarded as the military camp of the county garrison.

When he passed through the hall along the long corridor, sometimes he saw the pattern of the aristocratic family, and sometimes he saw the traces of drastic demolition because of the convenience of garrison. Lei Yuan couldn't help but feel a little moved. In this chaotic world, the transformation between success and failure was too fast. No matter how powerful he was, if he was not careful, he would only be in a state of death.

Thinking of this, he turned back to the main hall and took the map.

After entering the dormitory, he asked someone to light the lights, and he spread out the map and thought about it carefully.

This map was accumulating that he wandered around the Jianghuai area when he was young, and he drew every stroke by himself. The cities, fortresses, roads, rivers, bridges, and ferries above were all deeply remembered in his heart. In fact, without using a map, he could clearly replicate the vast terrain around him in his mind.

But there is a map that always seems to be more intuitive.

His fingers slowly moved along the river marker on the map, and he gently muttered the place names he passed by.

Suddenly there was a pair of slim hands in front of her, holding the oil lamp to illuminate Lei Yuan. Lei Yuan looked up and saw a beautiful woman standing shyly in front of her. I don’t know when she entered the room, but the entourage outside didn’t report it.

I think because this place is a county, I have many old friends and relatives in my family, and some things are not easy to stop my entourage.

"You go out. There is no need to serve me here." Lei Yuan said politely.

Although his words were light, they fell into the woman's eyes like a sledgehammer. She took a few steps back and her eyes turned red on the spot.

"Hanzhang!" Lei Yuan said loudly.

Li Zhen came in with a response.

"Take her out." Lei Yuan said.

Li Zhen was stunned. When he wanted to explain, Lei Yuan cut off his words and said in a deep voice: "Do it now!"

Li Zhen took the woman out with sweat.

Lei Yuan stood at the door of the dormitory, watched Li Zhen go out and come back, and waved to him.

His eyes made Li Zhen's face pale in an instant, and he couldn't help but kneel down to the ground: "General..."

"Go out and get twenty military sticks. Next time, you don't have to stay by my side." Lei Yuan said.

Li Zhen walked out of his knees, and soon the crackling sound of beating military sticks sounded in the courtyard outside.

Lei Yuan shook his head.

To be honest, this is a common thing in the army, and Lei Yuan did not have moral integrity and insisted on posing as a saint. However, after the news of Li Zhen being beaten out, it should be able to stop many people from trying to flatter. He was in front of the enemy, and he really didn't have the spirit, let alone the interest. At this moment, the only thing he was thinking about was the battle situation.

But he was still unable to make up his mind about the next move.

The Marquis of Wu sent his army to cross the mountain with the purpose of asking the Lei clan troops to block the reinforcements from the east for the troops from Jiangdong. However, Lei Yuan's actions would not be targeted. Xuande Gong asked Lei Yuan to create momentum as soon as possible to attract the main force of the Cao army. With the power of the Lei clan in Lujiang, this is not difficult.

However, Lei Yuan knew the ability of Wu Hou to use troops. If Princess Cao came, ten Wu Housings would not be the opponent if they were tied together. Even if Cao Gong did not come, in the history that Lei Yuan was familiar with, Wu Hou was regarded as the background of various generals from Cao's army to make military achievements.

Then, if the Wu Hou was doomed to fail, Lei Yuan's actions between Jianghuai must ensure that he could retreat safely without Jiangdong's support.

The two are conflicting.

If you want to create momentum as soon as possible, it is nothing more than siege cities and plunder land; but you need to protect yourself, and it is best to hide in the county and be prepared to evacuate at any time. How to grasp the two? If you want to siege cities and plunder land, where should you start next? Shouchun, Lu'an, or Anfeng?

The strategic value and importance of these cities are decreasing in turn, while the marching route and subsequent retreats are increasing in turn. It is really difficult to decide what choice to make.

At this time, Li Qi said in an outside world: "General, we have found an emergency military newspaper transferred from Lu'an in the local barracks."

"Oh? Come and see it."

Li Qi presented the military newspaper.

Lei Yuan opened it and said that the military situation in Jiangdong had been discovered by the detective, and the Hefei garrison Zhang Liao was on high alert and asked all counties to defend with peace of mind without panic. General Fu Bo's army was tens of thousands, and he would go to Lujiang to support within three or five days. He quickly checked the date when the letter was signed, which was sent to Huan County two days ago.

"General Fu Bo? Xiahou Dun?" Lei Yuan murmured to himself.

Li Qi asked, "General?"
Chapter completed!