"Lord, all the household registrations in the city are here, where should I go next?" Wei Yan asked his people after sorting out the household registrations in the city, looking at Chu Nan.
"Let's set up a defensive line and stabilize the rear!" Chu Nan shook his head. These people really know how to fight and kill.
"Deploy a defensive line?" Wei Yan looked at Chu Nan in astonishment and didn't understand why: "My lord, our army has won the first battle and its morale is high. It's time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Many cities are empty now."
"Well, you just need to take people to bring back the food and grass from the surrounding cities. There is no need to occupy the cities." Chu Nan thought of something when he heard this, looked at Wei Yan and said: "Remember, you are not allowed to disturb the people."
"Lord, why is this?" Cao Xing asked puzzledly: "Since we can take the city, why not take it?"
"What's the use of taking it?" On this list, Wei Yan understood Chu Nan's thoughts and shook his head: "It will only distract our army. If Cao Jun comes to attack, these cities will have no defense. Instead, Cao Jun will separate our troops."
If you want to defeat these cities, you must first defeat Cao Jun, otherwise these cities will be useless!"
"What Chang Wen said is right." Chu Nan summoned a map, did some processing and said: "The land of Runan is not our army's home field after all. Sending troops to attack here is not only to share the pressure for my father-in-law, but also to prevent Cao's army from attacking with all its strength.
We are not willing to open the battlefield in the areas we control, so as not to damage the people's livelihood."
"Lord, can you just come out?" Wei Yan looked at Chu Nan and said speechlessly.
"Well, Ruyin is surrounded by waterways. We can build a defense line based on the water to make it difficult for Cao's army to move forward." Chu Nan nodded. There are no big water systems around Ruyin, but rivers of two to three feet can be seen everywhere, crisscrossing like a spider web.
Generally speaking, this kind of terrain, although not too dangerous, is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Of course, it is unrealistic for you to find the only way to find a house here. The Huai River has shrunk when it reaches here. In addition to the convenience of transporting supplies, it is impossible to rely on the Huai River for defense like Shouchun.
It's impossible.
"It is naturally beneficial to stop." Seeing Wei Yan's constipation, Chu Nan explained with some humor: "First of all, we have to wait for work in leisure, so our army does not need to travel long distances to find the enemy."
Although based on the marching speed of this world, as long as the general is not a waste, rushing will not consume much morale, and without having to travel long distances, it will still give the enemy a clear target, and the initiative to attack will be in the hands of the enemy.
Wei Yan obviously thought of this and asked Chu Nan about it.
"There is no need to worry too much about this. Wen Chang, by occupying this place, we have taken the initiative. We can know that the enemy will definitely attack. At this time, our army has two options. One is to defend, just like Wen Chang
As I said, we have lost the initiative, but one of our troops can wait for work, and the two of us can take this opportunity to stabilize what we have now and form a joint defense. It will not be easy for the enemy to make a surprise attack. The longer the time goes by, the more solid our foundation will be here.
, it would be best if we can defeat the enemy. If not, this place has already been taken by our army, and it will be difficult for the enemy to take it back."
"The other is the attack. Unless all supplies are taken by water, a large number of troops will be needed to maintain the food roads. The second is the away battle. The roads are unfamiliar and the common people will not support us at least. We may be attacked by major noble clans at any time.
, You may not lose, but you will be very tired." Chu Nan briefly explained the pros and cons that he understood and said: "The other party cannot let me wait here, they will definitely attack, and this battle will be fought!"
"I will listen to my lord in the end." Wei Yan still wanted to fight him out, but Chu Nan made it clear, and it was obvious that he would not listen to him.
Chu Nan naturally knows that Wei Yan likes an aggressive style, but there is no way. His character is to calculate defeat before calculating victory. If the enemy is not good, it is okay to use Wei Yan's strategy, but in this kind of big battle, Chu Nan feels that stability is the priority.
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"Now we will first find out where the enemy's main force is." Chu Nan pointed at the map and said, "Ru'nan is so big. If we don't know where the main force is, how can we attack? It's better to stay quiet and wait."
In addition, Chu Nan also wanted to see if there were any forces suitable for him to win over in the land of Runan. After all, Runan was still Yuan Shu's territory not long ago. Cao Cao had acquired Runan not long ago, and the people were not attached to it. If now,
It would be great if there were several large-scale rebellions in Runan.
In the next few days, Chu Nan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wei Yue, Cao Xing and other generals began to set up a defense line with Ruyin as the center, and at the same time sent many teams of exploration horses to explore the enemy's location.
What is different from the past is that Chu Nan did not deal with the matter of farming immediately this time. The enemy is currently facing, time is too tight, and the enemy army can arrive at any time. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Chu Nan to release his troops and horses to deal with the nobles.
If the enemy comes over at this time, they will definitely be caught off guard.
Cao Xing, Wei and Yue were released outside the city, while Wei Yan was on the other side. Chu Nan and Huang Zhong stationed troops in the city. The three parties formed a Z-shaped defense. If there was a problem in any direction, the other two parties could provide timely support.
On the other side, go to Cai.
After receiving Cao Cao's order to attack Chu Nan, Xiahou Dun immediately notified Cai Yang and Lu Zhao to join forces with him. After the three troops gathered in the Shenting area, they immediately marched eastward to prepare for a head-on attack by Chu Nan.
"Chun Nan? Who is he?" On horseback, Xiahou Dun read Cao Cao's letter again. The letter told him not to be careless and to be careful about this person.
Although he respected Cao Cao very much, Xiahou Dun didn't have much impression of Chu Nan. He frowned and looked at Cai Yang beside him.
"General, this man is Lu Bu's son-in-law." Cai Yang expressed that he was not sure, but Lu Zhao smiled and explained: "Last year, I went to Xuchang on behalf of Lu Bu to seek an official position. He was quite courageous, and he defeated Kong Wen in the court.
Vomiting blood."
"It's him." Xiahou Dun had an impression and shook his head: "How can a man with a wagging lip and a loud tongue lead an army? Lu Bu is still so unbearable!"
"General, I heard that this person seems to have some strange skills, and there are monsters and beasts around him to help him, which is quite evil." Lu Zhao advised: "General, don't underestimate him."
"Monster?" Xiahou Dun heard the words and said with a smile: "Interesting, I haven't eaten the meat of a monster for a long time. If you really see it, you will be in for a treat!"
"Is the meat of this monster beast really so delicious?" Cai Yang couldn't help but ask. He knew that Xiahou Dun had hunted monster beasts, but monster beasts were almost eaten out in the Central Plains, so unless they went into the mountains
Lao Lin, otherwise it would be difficult to meet him.
There were many people under Cao Cao who loved to eat monsters. The most famous one in the past was Dian Wei. Before he defected to Cao Cao, he hunted monsters everywhere to eat. If he couldn't find any, he would kill two tigers to eat them.
Xu Chu is good at this, and then Xiahou Dun. Unfortunately, the monster beasts are extinct now. It is difficult to find a few monster beasts in this Central Plains.
"Well, you will know after you have eaten it. Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer of these monsters. Sometimes I envy our ancestors in ancient times, at least they don't have to worry about monsters eating." Xiahou Dun said with some reminiscence: "Dian Wei Na
When we were together, the two of us tried to go to the deep mountains and forests to catch monsters, but we were late..."
Thinking of his former friend's unbearable death in Nanyang, Xiahou Dun felt uncomfortable in his heart.
When Lu Zhao saw this, he didn't mention it again. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a general coming from the front and saluted Xiahou Dun: "General, there is a man in front of the army, wearing Xuzhou military uniform, asking to see the general!"
"Oh?"
"Here!"
The general left, and after a while, he came to the central army with a general wearing the uniform of the Xuzhou Army. He had an ordinary appearance and no amazing temperament. He held a wooden box in his hand and saluted Xiahou Dun: "The last general Wang Tong
I’ve met General Xiahou!”
"General Xuzhou?" Xiahou Dun looked at the visitor and raised his chin and asked.
"Yes." The person who came was naturally Shi Asuohua Wang Tong. He handed the wooden box in his hand to Xiahou Dun and said in a deep voice: "By the order of my family's envoy, I specially send this to the general!"
Xiahou Dun glanced at him, and a guard stepped forward, took the wooden box, and then opened the wooden box directly. A processed human head lay quietly in the wooden box.
"Young man with a yellow mouth, how dare you insult me!?" Seeing the head, Xiahou Dun's eyes gleamed with fire, and he shouted angrily: "Come here, capture this man, cut off his head and send it to Chu Nan!"
"General, my envoy got this head, but he was killed in front of the battle. The general killed me today, but he killed the envoy and spread the word. General, are you not afraid of making people laugh?" In front of everyone, Shi A didn't want to reveal his identity, so he just watched.
Xiahou Dun said loudly.
"Laughing?" Xiahou Dun sneered: "How to laugh?"
"The general is laughing at him for not daring to associate with the envoy, but he only dares to kill the envoy to vent his anger." Shi A said bravely.
"How dare you!" Lu Zhao frowned and shouted: "How dare the thief General An insult my general!"
Shi'a didn't answer, he just looked at Xiahou Dun, broke free and came up to tie his soldiers, while revealing the bamboo slips on his chest, he winked.
Xiahou Dun frowned: This person still dares to challenge me at this time? He is quite courageous!
Just as he was about to speak, Cai Yang swung his horsewhip and rolled up the bamboo slip on the other person's chest. Xiahoudun didn't notice it, but he did. He immediately rolled up the bamboo slip and opened it, and his face suddenly became weird.
"What's wrong?" Xiahou Dun looked at Cai Yang in confusion.
"General, please look!" Cai Yang showed the words on the bamboo slip to Xiahou Dun with a strange look on his face.
After Xiahou Dun looked at it, he looked at Shi A, waved his hand and said: "Get this person first, and wait for me to interrogate him personally."
"Here!"
Some soldiers tied up the opponent and took him aside.
The army set out again. Xiahou Dun looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he asked Cai Yang, "Why is he here? And he has become the envoy of Chu Nan?"
"The general doesn't know either. It's not too late to ask about this matter tonight." Cai Yang shook his head: "But since he can come to Chu Nan, he will definitely be of great use to our army in this battle."
"Then what is said on the bamboo slip is true." Xiahou Dun still didn't believe it, this was so weird!