P looked up at the city wall, Ji Ling's face was filled with despair. Behind him, the soldiers had almost lost all their soldiers. Now there was a strong city blocking the road, and there were pursuers pressing behind him. There was no way out in front of Ji Ling.

"Ji Ling is not a man of his head yet!" A slightly immature voice suddenly rang out.

Ji Ling pulled out his horse and turned around, but saw a young general from Gao Chongjun crossing the horse and raising his sword to kill the general. The sharp blade flashed with a scattering light, and a ray of blood-red pierced Ji Ling's eyes from the tip of the knife.

It was a sharp blade that drank blood.

Ji Ling shivered and felt fear for the first time in her life.

Just as Ji Ling turned around, his back was exposed naked in front of the soldiers on the city. Zhu Huan, who was standing at the top of the city, saw it clearly. With his wave of his hand, a dense rain of arrows swept over Ji Ling, who was alone in a horse.

Ji Lingqiang cheered up and raised three sharp knives and shouted: "Ji is here, so those who are brave will come and take it!"

A cold smile appeared on the young general's face, and the sword in his hand rolled towards Ji Ling's neck with a wonderful arc. Seeing his opponent's insult, Ji Ling shouted angrily, using all his strength to hold the knife over.

Just at this moment of lightning, a sharp arrow mixed with the sound of wind shot down from the city and suddenly penetrated into Ji Ling's unblocked back. Ji Ling felt pain and groaned muffled. The knife in his hand couldn't help but ease it.

"Remember, my name is Ding Feng!" This is the last sentence Ji Ling heard. Ding Feng, who was determined to win, did not waste this good opportunity. After the crackling sound of cutting into the neck bone in the knife, Ji Ling's hair-dressed head soared into the sky, and a thick stream of blood spurted out from the neck cavity that had lost its head.

It was this fleeting help that took Ji Ling's life.

Ji Ling's face was pale due to blood loss in the air. He glared and suddenly bit Ding Feng's back of the knife with his mouth. Ding Feng shook it hard for a few times, but he couldn't get it away. Then he simply grabbed Ji Ling's hair with his hands and pulled it hard, so that Ji Ling could let go. At this time, Ji Ling's headless body remained upright, rising and falling with the ups and downs of the war horse, until he rushed out more than ten feet away and fell to the ground.

Ding Feng used the tip of his knife to lift Ji Ling's head and waved towards the city. On the city tower, Zhu Huan held a bow and arrow in his hand, staring at the battle situation under the city.

It was Zhu Huan who shot the fatal arrow just now.

It turned out that after Zhu Huan's army entered Xiquyang, it was about to encounter rains for several days, causing the Luojian River to soar. Zhu Huan then drove his army to board a boat and quickly attacked the Chengde area. Chengde's Yuan Shu army only paid attention to the movement in the direction of the Feishui River, and had no precautions against the Luojian area to the east, so he was robbed and killed by Zhu Huan.

In the battle of Xiaoyaojin, due to the sudden appearance of Zhu Huan's army, Yuan Shu's 20,000 army lost its only rear support point. In an isolated situation, the chief general Ji Ling was killed, and more than 14,000 surrendered to Yuan Shu's army.

After this battle, Yuan Shu's main force was completely lost. If he wanted to stick to Shouchun, there was no hope. Under the advice of the chief secretary Yang Hong and others, Yuan Shu sent an envoy to Yecheng to ask for his half-brother Yuan Shao and begged to take it in; on the other hand, he packed up gold, silver and jewelry, and prepared to move across the Huai River and move towards the Xiacai area on the north bank.

On July 2, the third year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu bribed thousands of people in Shouchun to cross the Huai River north. The one who stayed in Shouchun was his general Zhang Xun, and less than 5,000 newly recruited soldiers.

Compared with Yuan Shu's miserable miserableness, Gao Chong was full of energy after his victory. Not only did he successfully obtain a large fertile land in Huainan, but he also obtained 10,000 strong surrendered soldiers. With just a little training, these surrendered surrendered soldiers could replenish the soldiers lost in the fierce battle.

On July 3, 3rd year of Jian'an, Gao Chong's army gathered in Chengde City. The total number of elite troops at the time of departure has now increased to 30,000. In addition to Gao Chong, Zhu Huan and Huang Zhong's teams have been nearly doubled.

Chengde, the meeting hall.

"Xingba, is the young general who killed Ji Ling from your army?" Gao Chong looked at Ji Ling's head on the table and said.

Gan Ning stepped forward and said, "It is Ding Feng, the commander of our army."

"A sergeant can kill the enemy general Ji Ling. Xingba's army is really hidden and lying on the tiger, and many heroes emerge!" Gao Chong glanced at Mei Gan standing aside, Lei Xu sighed.

"Heqia, give Ding Feng the first contribution and be promoted to the Marquis of Military Affairs!" Gao Chong said loudly. Ding Feng's deeds aroused Gao Chong's memories of the past. He was like Ding Feng, a sergeant in Liu Yao's army, and he only relied on his passion and courage.

"Gan Ning, Zhu Huan, Huang Zhong, and the commanders who defeated the powerful enemy all made achievements and made special salary of 200 stones. Lei Xu and Mei Gan were not afraid of difficulties and fought bravely, and had a salary of 100 stones. We should do our best to rectify military affairs and pay 50 stones." Gao Chong glanced around and finished speaking in one breath. This time, the reward for the soldiers who had made great contributions in combat was to further stimulate combat effectiveness and ensure the smoothness of the final battle of Shouchun.

Then, Gao Chong stepped forward to Xu Shu and bowed and said, "Yuan Zhi, if you don't have your dispatch in this battle, you won't know how to win. Chong is here to pay tribute!"

Xu Shu hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "I can't use the favor to the general!"

Gao Chong said, "Don't refuse Yuan Zhi. Chong knew that your ambition was not for fame and fortune, but for the purpose of showing your ambitions in life. Picked Yuan Zhi as a military advisor. He should bow to him. Now that we have crossed the river and fought north, our army is not far away from Ying Shang. I don't know who else in Yuan Zhi's family, so I will send someone to help him immediately."

"The only old mother is still there at home. Shu is walking away for several years. He is worried about it." Xu Shu's eyes were red and he whispered. Xu Shu was so filial. When Gao Chong asked about his family, the complex of missing mother hidden deep in his heart was touched and shed tears without feeling sad.

Gao Chong comforted him: "Don't worry, Yuan Zhi, Chong sent someone to Ying to take your mother to support him."

Xu Shu said gratefully: "I can't repay this kind of kindness even if I treat me like this!"

"My generals, from now on, all the soldiers who have fallen into battle in our army, the elderly, weak and young, and the young, will be pulled out of the treasury from the treasury to provide for it. This is a law. If there is any violation, it will be severely punished." Gao Chong turned around and shouted at the generals.

On July 5, the third year of Jian'an, Gao Chong led Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Zhu Huan and other generals to launch an army of more than 30,000 people to advance to Shouchun, Yuan Shu's old nest.

Shouchun is located on the southern bank of the Huai River, which leads to Ru and Ying Rivers in the south, connects to the prosperous areas of the three Wus in the east, and is the hinterland of the Central Plains in the north, and is connected to Chen and Xu in the west. There are rivers and lakes outside, and Huai River and Fei water conservancy inside, which studs the key points of the north-south exchange. In the south of Shouchun, there is Shaobi, which is fertile and can irrigate thousands of hectares of fertile land, which is enough to serve as a resource for war and defense.

In contrast to the battle between Xiaoyaojin, the Yuan Shu army in Shouchun is now depressed. They almost did not resist much and abandoned the towering and solid city walls. The guard Zhang Xun hurriedly rushed north before he was Gao Chong even entered the city.

Shouchun City is a basket-shaped city, with a surrounding area of ​​about ten miles, and an outer land of more than twenty miles. Four additional cities were built around the main city to serve as screen protection. In October of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led dozens of generals and nearly 100,000 troops to capture Shouchun, personally posed arrows and stones, and killed several generals in succession, and then he broke through the city. This shows the sturdyness of Shouchun city walls.

However, less than a year later, when Gao Chong led his army to the city of Shouchun, only pieces of bluestone were left here for people to commemorate. The entire city of Shouchun was already an undefensive city.

When Gao Chongjun entered the city, the scene he saw was a mess of destruction and chaos.

Shouchun, once one of the five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period, is no longer the same as before. The palaces, terraces, granaries, treasurys, ancestral temples, worship clubs, gods, residences, inns of officials, as well as the houses, markets, hotels, shops distributed in the outer city, and everything was buried deep in the ruins with years of war.

For the city of Shouchun, the prosperity and glory of the past have become a thing of the past.

Shouchun, conference hall.

Gao Chong once again recruited all the generals to discuss the next combat plan.

Ding Feng changed into a new armor and stood proudly at the end of the generals. This was the first time he was allowed to participate in a meeting discussing the military's combat strategy. His young face was full of pride.

"Pampered coach, that old boy Yuan Shu is not running fast. As long as we push our troops to chase north, we will definitely be able to capture and kill Yuan Shu's remaining troops!" Huang Zhong hugged his beard and said in a deep voice.

Huang Zhong's troops had seized the ferry on the Huai River. They just waited for Gao Chong to give him an order and then raised their troops to go north. In Huang Zhong's opinion, although he had achieved some results on his own side, he always felt that it was a little worse than Gan Ning and Zhu Huan.

"If you can catch up with Yuan Shu, you can seize the jade seal!" He Qiao Jian said.

"What do the military advisor think?" Gao Chong saw the generals asking for battle in unison, so he turned his attention to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu thought for a moment and advised: "All the generals said that our army's victory depends on the bloody battle of the soldiers. Now Yuan Shu is betrayal of all relatives and all the plants and trees are soldiers. As long as we work harder, the whole Huai Shang will be ours."

"I think I'm the last!" Before Xu Shu finished speaking, he saw Liu Ye, who had not seen him for many days, strode into the hall with a man of about twenty-seven or eight.

And the one who said this was this young scholar who was not astonishingly handsome.

"Ziyang is back!" Gao Chong said happily.

Since Zhu Huan and Liu Ye led their troops to occupy Linhuai, Liu Ye disappeared after leaving a letter, but said in his letter that he wanted to visit a wise man who could support Gao Chong. Could it be that the think tank mentioned in Liu Ye's letter was the person in front of him?

"I have a favorite coach. Ye recommends someone to you. His surname is Lu, his name is Su, his courtesy name is Zijing, and he is from Dongchuan, Linhuai. He is a man of strategy and a hidden strategy. He is a hero of the world and should be of great use." Liu Ye pointed his hand at the person beside him and advised him.

"Sir, since he has talent, why did he stand up in the age of time? He is a commoner?" Gao Chong sneered.

If it were the same, Gao Chong would definitely not be so ridiculous. However, as soon as Lu Su came in, he refuted Xu Shu's words. At this moment, he stood with his hands on his face and looked conceited. Gao Chong's mentality, who was in the joy of winning the war, had already deviated.

Lu Su laughed and said, "My Yuan said to Guangwu in the past: In today's world, not only the king chooses ministers, but also the ministers. In Su's eyes, there is no wise ruler in the world who can help, so he will not surrender!"

Seeing that Lu Su's words were arrogant, they were concise and clear, Gao Chong said unconventional: "The words that Mr. Xu had refuted were unclear. Can you explain them in detail?"

Lu Su laughed and said, "What's the difficulty? The general set up his troops in Huainan and the troops were rushing far away. This is a taboo for military strategists. If the troops are sent north to pursue Yuan Shu, the entire army is thousands of miles away from Yuzhang. Isn't the general afraid of changes in Yuzhang? If Yuzhang fails, the general will find it difficult to take care of both the north and south, the army will have no food and grass, and the army's morale will be unstable. Guiyang, Lingling and Luling are far away from Lingnan, and it is difficult to reach. In this way, it will be far from a great collapse."

Lu Su's words were really shocking. No one had such a harsh warning to Gao Chong before. Even Xu Shu and Liu Ye had once reminded him, but he did not mention it after Gao Chong strengthened the defense of Shiyin Mountain. Now, Lu Su's words were like a bucket of cold water pouring into Gao Chong's feverish mind.

As Lu Su said, Sun Ce has not made any movement for a long time since the defeat of Wancheng. Although Chen Deng from Guangling and the bandits were restrained, based on Gao Chong's understanding of Sun Ce, such peace is absolutely not acceptable.

"I'm very fond of the general, and Zijing's words are very good. With Sun Ce's knowledge and ability, it is absolutely impossible for us to live in the two worlds. In that case, as long as we spend time, our army's strength will definitely surpass him. This is something Sun Ce would never want to see." Liu Ye also advised.

"Hmph, can we not fight Shouchun with just a few sweet words? In my opinion, this person surnamed Lu may be a lobbyist of Yuan Shu!" Huang Zhong, who was eager to make contributions, couldn't help but shout.

Seeing that everyone was arguing fiercely, Ding Feng also said, "Yuan Shu fled in a panic. As long as we chased the Huai River, he would not be able to escape. Then I, Ding Feng, will be the first to take the jade seal and offer it to the coach."

Lu Su glanced at everyone calmly, turned his eyes to Gao Chong, and said, "Since the general does not listen to the advice, Su will take his leave. I believe that with the general's mind and ability, he will understand which is right and wrong!"

Gao Chong was moved by Lu Su's words in his heart. Seeing that Lu Su was about to leave, he hurriedly gave Liu Ye a wink. Liu Ye understood and grabbed Lu Su who was about to step into the door.

"Don't be angry, Zijing. This is not what my favorite handsome guy means." Liu Ye comforted.

That night, Gao Chong retreated and sent the guards to Liu Ye's place to pass the message. A moment later, Liu Ye was accompanied by Lu Su to Gao Chong's residence.

"In the opinion of sir, how should our army do it?" Gao Chong gave a deep tribute and said in a deep voice.

Lu Su said in a deep voice: "I don't know if the country is important or the jade seal is important in the general's heart?"

Gao Chong said: "Of course, the country is important. Although the jade seal is a symbol of royal power, it is just an object. With the jade seal, it does not mean that it is the emperor. Yuan Shu in front of him is the best proof."

Lu Su said: "Okay——. It's good that the general can understand this principle. Now the Han Dynasty is in danger and the world is in trouble. All heroes are rising up. Cao Cao uses the emperor to order the princes to surrender to each other. Their powers are over the Central Plains. This is not to be planned. For the general's plan, he can only reach Jiangdong to see the bank of the world. Now the general's internal troubles are not yet determined, but he sends troops to the Huai River. This is a taboo for military strategists. In terms of Su's view, it is better to leave an army in Huainan and guard the fertile land. The general's main force will return to Yuzhang as soon as possible and defend various passes. In this way, Sun Ce has no plans."

Gao Chong nodded and said worriedly: "Mr.'s words are reasonable, but it's just that the enemy is about to be defeated. If you retreat to the south, why are the soldiers in the army rebelled? "

"Those who do great things should make a decision immediately and must not hesitate. I have said this. I hope the general will understand clearly!" After Lu Su said that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Sir, wait. I have many negligence in the previous episodes, so I hope that Mr. will not abandon it. Early tomorrow morning, even if I order Gan Ning and Zhu Huan's army to return south from the waterway, the main force will follow up from behind. Here in Huainan, Huang Zhong's unit will temporarily stay in attack instead of defending. It is best to be able to defend Shouchun. If you cannot, you will retreat to the Xiaoyaojin area to reorganize the army." In the face of the decision to advance and retreat, Gao Chong finally made up his final decision.

Lu Su stopped and said happily: "The general is indeed as Brother Ziyang said, "He is close to the virtuous and respectful of the scholars, good at accepting good words. Su should assist him and apply his own strength."

The next morning, the main force of Gao Chong's army left Chengde and retreated along the old Feishui Road to Xiaoyaojin. Before he could reach the place where he fought with Ji Ling that day, he saw a general in front of him coming here with more than ten remaining soldiers.

When they approached, Mei Gan, who was in charge of the patrol, could see clearly that this person was Chen Lan, who was guarding Wancheng.

"People's coach, Li Shu betrayed Sun Ce, Wancheng lost!" The news brought by Chen Lan was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. Unexpectedly, the loss of Wancheng was unfortunate for Gao Chong, for Gao Chong, not only lost the territory he had finally obtained, but more importantly, it cut off the way Gao Chong's army retreated to Yuzhang.

"How did Wancheng lose it?" Gao Chong's face was as deep as water.

Chen Lan wiped the blood from her face and said, "After Huang Zhong led the army away, I was ordered to guard Wancheng with Li Shu. Most of the soldiers in Wancheng were Li Shu's troops, and there were not many people in the city since they crossed the south. Li Shu secretly communicated with Sun Ce. Two days ago, Li Shu raised his troops to occupy the government office. Our army was defeated, so we had to break out and rush over to ask the coach for help!"

"What the hell are you doing? You can't even defend Wancheng!" Lei Xu's arrogant and arrogant aura was extremely corrupt. He no longer cared about his past friendship with Chen Lan, and pushed Chen Lan to the ground.

"Lei Xu, calm down. Chen Lan fought hard to break through the siege and reported this news to us. Mei Gan, take Chen Lan down to rest quickly." Xu Shu persuaded.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Wancheng mutiny may be just the beginning, and even greater adverse news is still coming!" Lu Su, who had been watching coldly, said.

"Sir, are you talking—." Gao Chong's words came to his mouth and swallowed them back. At this moment, he really didn't want the guess in his heart to become a fact.

Lu Su looked serious and said, "Li Shu is used to being two-faced and three-pointed sword. If there is no greater temptation, he will never rebel. The only explanation now is that Yu Zhang has really changed! If the coach does not believe it, you can send the scout to inquire about the news."

Gao Chong's face turned pale. He knew that Lu Su's words made sense, but he didn't dare to imagine what Yu Zhang would be like now.
Chapter completed!