Qiaorui's withdrawal meant that the siege of Xiapi was lifted.
With the defeat of Yuan Shu's five armies and the withdrawal of Qiao Ruileibo's two armies, the entire Xuzhou battlefield was basically over.
At this point, except for Guangling County in Xuzhou, which was still in the hands of Liu Bei, all other counties in Xuzhou fell into the hands of Boss Cao.
It was impossible to spit out the meat he had eaten. Although Liu Bei felt bitter in his heart, he could only watch helplessly.
The next step after capturing Xuzhou was for the armies of Lu Yan and Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu's base camp, Shouchun!
After discussing with military advisor Xun You and other generals, Lu Yan decided to set off the next day.
The night before leaving Pengcheng, Lu Yanta paid a special visit to Chen Deng and had an in-depth discussion with him.
The content of the conversation included but was not limited to politics, military, and business, but more importantly, the opportunity of communication allowed Chen Deng to better understand Cao Ying's strategy and his true views on the family.
Chen Deng has a very good vision. Unlike many people who only focus on immediate interests, he values long-term things more.
Although current interests are equally important, future opportunities are even more important. Chen Deng saw this and was destined to have a good development.
The premise is that he must live...
After a detailed discussion with Lu Yan, Chen Deng calmly accepted the order to be transferred to Dongjun.
Although Dongjun does not have the help of his own forces, Chen Deng believes that with his outstanding abilities, he can still manage Dongjun into another Peng country.
After talking about the business, Lu Yan glanced at Chen Deng, whose face was a little red, and reminded: "Yuanlong, you better not eat sashimi from now on. I will ask Hua Tuo to give you a prescription.
Help you cure your disease."
The two were chatting happily, but unexpectedly Lu Yan suddenly said, "You are sick!"
"Sickness? The official's body has always been strong, where did the disease come from?" Chen Deng was confused and asked with some discomfort in his heart, "Lu Qiaoqi, how did you learn that Deng likes to eat fish and is even sick?"
"
"I'll tell you... I've learned some medical skills on my own, and when I looked at Yuanlong's face, I noticed something was wrong." Lu Yan casually gave a reason.
"Lu Qiaoqi actually knows medical skills. He is really versatile! I admire him!" Chen Deng responded in a perfunctory manner. After all, no one would be happy if they said they were sick, right?
Lu Yan didn't care much, he just mentioned it casually because he felt sorry for Chen Deng's talent.
Maybe it's because Chen Deng's current symptoms are not obvious yet. As soon as he discovers a physical problem, he will seek medical treatment without anyone telling him.
...
The next day, generals Zhang Liao and Cao Ren, who commanded the Yingchuan reinforcements, came to the governor's mansion to report to Lu Yan.
After entering the hall, Cao Ren and Zhang Liao clasped fists and bowed: "General Cao Ren (Zhang Liao), come and report!"
"Just waiting for the two generals! Haha!" Lu Yan smiled and helped Zhang Liao and Cao Ren.
The years of friendship between Cao Ren and Lu Yan have long since lost so much etiquette and respect.
After the official report was finished, Cao Ren immediately complained: "Sir! You have made it so hard for us to pursue you!"
Lu Yan ignored Cao Ren's bitter words and asked, "Are there any bandit troubles along the way?"
"Yes, but they were all destroyed by me and Wen Yuan." Cao Ren grinned and continued: "There is no way! Yuan Shu's five armies were all destroyed by you, sir, and we can only pick up some remnants.
Soup Lengzhi, get some bandits to enjoy..."
Lu Yan lightly punched Cao Ren on the chest and said, "Yuan Shu is in Shouchun City. He has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. You can fight some of them."
Cao Ren was a little dismissive, but curled his lips and said: "I hope so!"
...
The Yingchuan army came under the command of Lu Yan.
Now the army of only 20,000 people is actually filled with nine generals: Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Xiahou Lan, Wei Yan, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Le Jin!
Sometimes too many strong generals can be a problem.
No, Lu Yan was rubbing his forehead at this moment, looking at the eager generals under the tent, he couldn't help but feel a little entangled in his heart, "How about this... How about giving them two thousand soldiers each..."
Then, a ridiculous thought suddenly came to Lu Yan's mind, "I don't know how many generals Yuan Shu has left... I always feel that even if all the generals under Yuan Shu's command come out, I'm afraid they won't be enough to fill the gap between these people."
of..."
"Sigh..." Lu Yan couldn't help but feel a little troubled for a while, and sighed again: "There are too many strong generals, and sometimes it is a kind of trouble..."
No, Cao's army is far more than just nine generals like Lu Yan!
Don't forget, Boss Cao also has generals such as Tai Shici, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, etc. on his side, and Liu Bei also has Guan Yu and Zhang Fei...
Look at Cao Jun's configuration, it's simply insane!
Cao Cao's army marched from Xiapi, and Lu Yan led his troops to press the border.
But what made Yuan Shu most uncomfortable was that Sun Ce suddenly sent troops to attack Lujiang from the south of Shouchun.
Three directions were attacked at the same time, which made Yuan Shu unable to take care of both ends.
Yuan Shu learned that Sun Ce not only left but also turned his guns to attack him, so he hurriedly summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss in the main hall.
Yang Hong, a counselor under Yuan Shu, stood up and said: "Your Majesty! Floods and droughts have occurred frequently in Shouchun in recent years, and everyone is short of food. Now the enemy is attacking from three sides. If our army takes the initiative to fight, it may be difficult to resist the enemy."
"Is there any countermeasure?" Yuan Shu sat on the dragon chair, looking a little depressed.
After Yang Hong thought for a moment, he replied: "It is better to strengthen the walls and clear the country, and recall all the troops who have gone out to defend Shouchun City.
The city of Shouchun is high and deep, so it would be a fool's errand for the enemy to capture it quickly.
Cao's army's food road was long and difficult to transport.
We only need to send out rangers to harass their food routes so that their food and grass cannot be delivered on time; when their soldiers, horses and food and grass are exhausted, the army will inevitably change!"
Yuan Shu thought to himself, "Isn't the following strategy Cao Jun's method to deal with Ji Ling? But it is quite suitable to use it on Cao Jun himself now."
"Okay, just as you said..." At this point, Yuan Shu hesitated and asked, "Then I..."
"Your Majesty will command Lin's army to return west to Runan. First, Your Majesty has a deep foundation in Runan and can recover his strength as quickly as possible. Second, Your Majesty can also temporarily avoid the sharp edge of Cao's army and frustrate Cao's army." What Yang Hong was thinking about was.
thoughtful...
Yuan Shu felt that Yang Hong's words made sense, so he ordered: "Recall the three armies of Qiaorui, Lei Bo, Han and Siam, and then appoint Ji Ling as the general to lead the army. He will lead a total of 100,000 soldiers to defend Shouchun City!"
"The city is alive but the people are alive, but the city is destroyed and people will die!" Ji Ling was once again given the important task, and he quickly stood up and knelt down on one knee to swear a poisonous oath.
After losing contact for more than ten days, Ji Ling finally returned to Shouchun with 5,000 remaining soldiers.
After explaining the details of his defeat to Yuan Shu and all the officials, Yuan Shu just punished him by demoting him by one rank.
At this moment, facing the invasion of Cao Jun, Yuan Shu needed Ji Ling, the most trustworthy general, to take action, which also proved that he was right in not punishing Ji Ling severely.
Yuan Shu adopted Yang Hong's strategy, plundered all the food that could be found around Shouchun City, and hoarded it all in Shouchun City. He also left Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo, and Han Xian with 100,000 troops to defend Shouchun City.
Spring City.
As for Yuan Shu himself and other civil and military officials, they packed up all the gold and jade treasures they had hidden and rushed to Runan.