In May of the summer, Hedong soldiers and horses were preparing for war, fighting against the name of the Henoi prefect Zhang Yang's indulgence invading the soldiers of Hedong city, and launched a large number of troops. The two generals Xu Huang and Ganling led their troops from Hedong and headed straight for Dongyuan City.

On that day, Lu Bu was still staying at his home in Qin Yilu City, obsessed with Du's graceful body, and he had no intention of leaving even after the sun was noon.

Qin Yilu in the camp outside the city was hungover and had not woken up because Lu Bu did not return to the camp. Even if he woke up, he could only continue to pretend to be drunk.

Lu Bu's other generals took their troops and horses to all parts of the jurisdiction, going to guide villages and forts, and wanted to plunder all the population, livestock, goods and food on this land. He never worried that the Hedong soldiers, which had not been moved, would suddenly come from Hedong in large numbers.

So, when the blood-stained scouts hurriedly ran into the camp on horseback and shouted loudly, the left-behind soldiers in the camp began to prepare for defense in panic, but unfortunately everything was too late.

The vanguard of the Hedong army defeated the Lu Buying Pan who was in a hurry with lightning speed and surrounded Dongyuan City.

Lu Bu was surprised to hear that the army in Hedong had arrived, and the barracks outside the city had been defeated by the Hedong army, and there was no way to resist. The walls of Dongyuan City were broken and low, and there was no place to defend. He quickly ordered that while the Hedong army had not yet completely surrounded Dongyuan City, the remaining soldiers and families in the city hurriedly retreated out of the city and retreated into the territory of Hanoi.

Suddenly, the troops from Hedong suddenly arrived. Lu Bu, who was retreating in a hurry, had no time to summon other generals who were scattered and plundered, and did not care about his backward family. He could only take Chen Wei, Li Hei and other personal guards to speed up their horses and run towards Jiguan.

Only along the way did they regain the generals of Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and other generals and a group of defeated soldiers, but many generals and soldiers under Lu Bu had no time to retreat. For example, Song Xian and Hou Chengru simply abandoned their weapons and surrendered and surrendered to the soldiers and horses in Hedong.

A group of Zhang Liao's troops unfortunately encountered Xu Huang's army. After being surrounded by the army in Hedong, Zhang Liao fought hard. Most of the soldiers around him were killed, and his war horses were seriously injured and died. He could not escape the siege on foot. Looking at the crossbow machine in the hands of the soldiers in Hedong, he had to surrender and be captured when he was exhausted.

At this point, Xu Huang's 10,000 troops almost only met with the vanguard of Ganling's army, and had recovered the lost territory of Dongyuan and defeated the one or two thousand troops of Wenhou Lu Bu.

However, the goal of the Hedong soldiers was not only to recover the lost territory. After taking down Dongyuan, Xu Huang led his army to Jiguan again.

Lu Bu, who entered Ji Pass early, had only one group of defeated soldiers under his command. The army had no intention of fighting and could not resist the offensive of the Hedong army. He had to abandon Ji Pass again, panic and continued to retreat to Hanoi, and sent people to ask the Ye Wang Zhang Yang for emergency.

This time, the Hedong soldiers did not come just for revenge. Judging from their momentum, the Hedong soldiers wanted to use this excuse to capture Hanoi County in an all-round way!

The down-and-out Lu Bu passed Wei Xu by his side and Cheng Lian reminded him that he soon thought of the profound meaning of this.

The Hedong soldiers and horses took advantage of him to invade Hedong's source and attacked Hanoi County in a large-scale manner, with the purpose of encroaching on the territory of Hanoi County. Then the Ye Wang where Zhang Yang is located will become the primary target of the Hedong soldiers and horses in the future.

With these defeated generals under his command, they ran to Yewang City and would soon run into the army in Hedong again. In the eyes of Lu Bu and his generals, this time everyone was deceived by Yan Xing from Hedong.

Hedong is not easy to bully, and Hedong is strong and powerful, which is much better than Zhang Yang in Henoi.

Many of Zhang Yang's troops were scattered in other cities, and some were sent to Shangdang. At this time, the decisive battle with the army in Hedong would definitely be defeated. Zhang Yang would have to be able to defend himself. If he ran to the Ye Wang, he might be trapped in the city like Zhang Yang.

Moreover, once Zhang Yang was defeated, he might even give Lu Bu, the culprit, to get the Hedong side back to retreat.

Last time, after Li Jue and Guo Si and others captured Chang'an, they also sent people to Hanoi to promise high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and asked Zhang Yang to kill Lu Bu whom he defected. However, at that time, Zhang Yang did not feel the strong oppression of Chang'an, and the temptation of high-ranking officials and generous salaries was not as good as Lu Bu's, so Lu Bu was safe and sound.

But this time, the troops and horses in Hedong are at the city, but it may not be necessary.

It would be better to take this opportunity to go to Wenxian, Huaixian and other places in Hanoi to replenish the troops and food, and wait and see the situation after some strength is restored. If Hanoi still has the power to turn the tables, join forces with Zhang Yang to repel the attack of the Hedong army.

If Zhang Yang could not even protect Hanoi County, then he could only find a way out and run to Chenliu to join Zhang Miao.

In the past, he was worried about Zhang Yang's face and did not dare to plunder in Hanoi. Now that Hedong's troops are attacking, Zhang Yang is too busy to take care of himself. It is the opportunity for Lu Bu to make profits.

Lu Bu did not go to Yewang, but went straight to Wen County. He originally wanted to gather in the valley to train troops and watch the situation of the battle, but unexpectedly, another army in Henan was in Xu Huang and Ganling successively attacked Henei County, and was led by Zhai Hao to cross the river from the Heyang Ferry Crossing into Henei. The troops pointed to Wen County.

Lu Bu, who was unstable, could only curse this general in Hedong in his heart. Multiple troops marched together. It was obvious that he had been planning for a long time before he had put on a stance at the beginning that he wanted to die in Hanoi within two months.

Xu Huang led his army to break through Ji Pass!

Gan Ling led a large army into Hanoi County!

Zhai Hao from Henan marched into Wen County and defeated Lu Bu's defeated generals!

Xu Huang and Ganling joined forces to defeat Zhang Yang's army of the wild king and besieged Zhang Yang's army in the wild king city!

Zhai Hao led his troops to capture the city and conquer the land on the outskirts of the Ye King, and constantly swept away the cities with weak troops!

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The battle reports of the battle between Hedong County and Hanoi County were soon spread to several surrounding forces.

Shan County, the official temple in the city.

When Zhang Xiu heard the call, he was about to walk into the hall. When he saw Zhang Ji standing in the hall, he was ecstatic and laughing loudly.

"Uncle, are you?"

Zhang Ji glanced at his nephew, raised the battle report in his hand and said with a smile:

"I said he is so tolerant of Yan Yanming in Hedong. The cities in Xihe were given to Guo Aduo after replacing the hands. Xiaosheng retreated without even saying a word. It turns out that he wanted to make up for the shortcomings. He fell in love with Zhang Yang's Hanoi County!"

After Zhang Xiu approached, he reached out to take the battle report handed over from Zhang Ji. After reading it quickly, he said in surprise:

"Lu Bu took the battle to the end. He was defeated in a row and finally fled, allowing the Hedong army to easily attack Hanoi from two routes."

"Lu Fengxian, he is not stupid. Don't forget how he ran from Yuan Shu to Yuan Shao's command."

Zhang Ji sneered and shook his hand.

"On the surface, he is a defeated general who has lost consecutive battles, but in fact, he is more clear about the situation in Hanoi than others. In this situation in Hedong, the two armies are advancing together, and they are not only for revenge and regaining lost territory. It is obvious that he has already planned to annihilate Zhang Yang and all of them are based on the Hanoi county."

"At this time, his few defeated generals could not resist the army in Hedong. It would be better to take advantage of the battle between Hedong and Hanoi. Both sides did not care about his opportunity to plunder the population, wealth, gather food and grass, train troops, and observe the changes in the war situation in the Hanoi."

After listening to his uncle's analysis, Zhang Xiu thought about it and felt it was reasonable. He had to admit that his uncle's analysis was so sharp that he could see through Yan Xing from Hedong and Lu Bu from Henoi's hearts.

He recalled the military affairs since the beginning of spring and said in amazement:

"No wonder since the beginning of spring, Hedong has been waiting for us to transport food, grass and weapons to Henan by land. On the surface, it seems to be about to call for exile and restore production in Henan. In fact, I have long been focusing on Zhang Yang, the weakest of the neighboring forces, and want to concentrate troops and swallow Hanoi County in one breath."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu paused for a moment, looked at Zhang Ji in surprise, and said in surprise:

"It turns out that my uncle saw Yan Yanming's plan from the beginning!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Ji smiled proudly and continued:

"Or else you thought I would give up the road so easily, let Hedong transport food and supplies from Henan, and would also send a message saying that our army was short of food and wanted to transfer to Daowu Pass and go to Nanyang to eat!"

"I just want to lure Yan Yanming from Hedong to take action. Sure enough, he couldn't help it. He was young and energetic. He actually transferred all the troops in Hedong to Hanoi, hoping to eliminate Zhang Yang and Lu Bu in one breath and swallow Hanoi County."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ji looked at the young and handsome Zhang Xiu again and said with a lot of beatings:

"Although Yan Yanming from Hedong is good at using troops, he still doesn't understand the situation clearly. He only sees the immediate benefits in his eyes, but ignores that he has strong neighbors around him. His troops are stronger than Zhang Yang in Hanoi, but all the troops go on the battlefield, and the territory is empty. At this time, a stronger opponent will intervene, take them down together, and guard the fisherman's advantage!"

"After all, he is still too young and energetic. Xiu'er, you don't have to worry about your ability to lead troops to fight and your martial arts to charge in battles. But you still have to take it as a warning to people and their eyesight."

Zhang Xiu's father died early, and the uncle in front of him seemed to be his relative. After listening to Zhang Ji's teachings, he nodded quickly and said:

"Since the beginning of spring this year, there have been a lot of rain and droughts in various places, and military rations in prefectures and counties are also very short of military rations. Although Hedong has heard that it has promoted military farming and water conservancy construction and accumulated some grains, it has not expected that it would dare to squander so much, putting all the troops, horses, and grains into this war."

Zhang Ji had returned to his position at this time. After hearing Zhang Xiu's words, he smiled coldly and said proudly:

"It is normal to save natural disasters and poor military rations. At this time, how can we hold troops and do nothing? On the surface, the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains ceased to fight due to shortage of food and grass. But in fact, it was not because of the strong power of Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Li Jue and Guo Si that could not annex each other in a short time, so we had to temporarily suspend the project."

"But at this time, it is an opportunity for other weak forces. Just when these powerful forces are unable to look outside, they can take advantage of the opportunity to annex other weak forces to strengthen themselves. I have heard that Cao Cao from Yanzhou raised the banner of revenge for his father and attacked Tao Qian from Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu from Huainan was also stepping up his attack on Lujiang and other counties."

"At this time, the surrounding forces have been restrained, unable to take advantage of the situation, or exhausted, it is time for our uncle and nephew to launch a large-scale military service!"

Listening to Zhang Ji knowing the battle situation everywhere and seeing the current situation, Zhang Ji couldn't help but admire his uncle's plan even more. He said excitedly:

"Since my uncle thinks that the time for us to use troops has come, where do I want to use troops in my uncle's heart?"

"Of course it's Hedong! Only idiots think about working on an expedition, transferring to Daowu Pass, running to Nanyang to eat, fighting with Liu Biao, and waiting for Hedong in front of him, Hanoi is already exhausted, so it's my turn to appear."

After listening to Zhang Ji's words, Zhang Xiu was not surprised, but after thinking about it, hesitatingly said:

"It's indeed a good opportunity in front of us, but last year, Hongnong had just signed an alliance with Hedong to form a coalition force to attack Zhu Jun, but now he suddenly turned against each other and attacked Hedong for no reason. I'm afraid it will cause fear from Li, Guo, and Duan Wei from Huayin in Guanzhong."

Zhang Ji shook his head immediately, looked at Zhang Xiu and said:

"Otherwise, Guanzhong is dead now, Fan Chou, Li Jue, and Guo Si are in the same situation. If there were no concerns, the war would have started long ago. At this time, they would not have taken care of our Hongnong. As for Duan Wei from Huayin, hehe, if I can give Huayin City to his garrison, I can siege the city at any time and take Huayin City back from his hands. He can't protect himself, so how dare I interfere in the war."

"As for the excuse to use troops in Hedong, I have already thought about this!"

When Zhang Xiu heard Zhang Ji say this, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide and looked at his uncle curiously.

Zhang Ji sneered and stretched out a finger, saying:

"Borrow grain! I want to send envoys to borrow grain from Hedong, and I said that my Hongnong's troops would march into Nanyang to eat, but the food was not enough. I first borrowed 500,000 stones of grain from Hedong. When our army conquered Nanyang, the general's rations were collected, and then he would return them as much as possible."

After hearing Zhang Ji's words, Zhang Xiu took a breath in his heart and sighed that his uncle was indeed Jiang Gui's nature and was skillful. This big talk was to borrow 500,000 stones of food. I was afraid that when the envoy arrived in Anyi, General Pingbei, whom he personally met, would be furious.

But———When Zhang Xiu sighed at his uncle's skillful methods, he thought of another possibility and opened his mouth and asked:

"If Hedong was forced to agree and transport a batch of food and grass to my Hongnong first, wouldn't our excuse to use troops to Hedong be useless?"

When Zhang Ji heard Zhang Xiu’s consideration, he looked at him with praise and continued:

"Hedong is not without wisdom. Yan Yanming is also a person who knows the current affairs. Of course, he may be like what he did in Xihe last year, take a step back first, wait for the opportunity, and send us a batch of food, delaying us immediately to send troops, so as to give him time to draw some troops from Hanoi."

"So, this time I sent an envoy to Hedong, not only to borrow grain, but also to borrow passages. My Hongnong army must pass by Henan, go south to Jingzhou, and attack Nanyang."

"Fake a lie to attack Guo!"
Chapter completed!