Chapter 521

Haunt the food road

Liu Bei was prepared for a long time, and laughed at him, "There is a shortage of food in the camp. Yide led his troops to carry the food and grass, but he has not returned to the camp yet. Respect, now the Marquis of Wu ordered the strong walls to clear the fields, and the large piece of land south of the Yellow River and north of the Ji River are empty, and all consumption must be replenished from the rear, which is indeed inconvenient."[]

Lu Su did not think much about Zhang Fei's disappearance. He heard some complaints in Liu Bei's words and hurriedly comforted him: "Uncle Uncle, thank you for your hard work. If there is insufficient food and grass, there are still many in our army. Just take it." After a pause, Lu Su asked someone to take out the map and point it to Liu Bei, "Now that Yuan Shao has changed his order to Jiao Chu, and the two generals Zhang Nan are vanguards and chase our army quickly. In the Battle of White Horse, the Youzhou army did not lose any losses and its morale is strong. You and I will join forces to set up an ambush in the Yanjin area to suffocate their spirit."

Just when Lu Su and Liu Bei were discussing ambushing Jiao Tuo in the big tent, and Zhang Nan's Youzhou army, Zhang Fei took Pei Yuanshao as the vanguard and led 10,000 soldiers into Jizhou. They carried dry food, wandered all the way day and night, walking only on the small road, avoiding Yuan's army's checkpoint and castle, with only one target, that is, to take advantage of the emptiness of Jizhou to raid Yecheng, the foundation of Yuan Shao.

Without a response before and without rescue, Zhang Fei's move actually put himself and this ten thousand people in danger. However, Zhang Fei had to do this as a brother who had sworn brothers with Liu Bei. The relationship between the three of them was even more close than that of their brothers. Liu Bei, as a relative of the Han Dynasty, had ambition that was comparable to that of the sky, but he always had bad luck and failed repeatedly. Although he now has the title of general, he is actually just the commander of a single army. Even if he defeated Yuan Shao in this battle, with the strong strength of the Hebei army, there were enough troops to defend these territory, the "Jizhou and Youzhou" that Zhou Yu promised to Liu Bei was too illusory.

Facing reality, Liu Bei's ambitions have been eroded a lot, and his depression often flows out when no one is around. Zhang Fei really couldn't bear to see his elder brother so depressed, so he decided to go deep into Hebei alone.

This is a dangerous move. If you succeed, you can shake Hebei, occupy several counties, and then sweep across Jiyou. If you lose, you will probably be unable to protect your wealth and your life will not be able to return to your hometown.

"Forget it~~" In the camp where he was temporarily living, Zhang Fei looked at the stars in the sky and sighed several times. The scene when Liu Bei saw him off again appeared in front of him. From Liu Bei's expression, Zhang Fei read out his reluctance and perseverance, and also saw his luck.

Obviously, in order to achieve great achievements, the eldest brother made up his mind to sacrifice himself to take this big risk. Although the eldest brother had a strong brotherly affection in his heart, even though this plan was first come up with him.

"Looking north... I just went north all the way north while Yuan Shao's army was outside. Jizhou was weak and captured the prosperity of Yecheng, Jizhou for his elder brother. It was the basis of entrepreneurship. How could he fall into Zhou Yu's hands?" Zhang Fei silently made up his mind that this trip was unpredictable. He was not unaware that the responsibility on his shoulders was really heavy. If this was not the case, it would not be enough to give Liu Bei the capital to compete with Zhou Yu.

This time, Zhang Fei had already decided to die when he crossed the river north.

Yanjin, Yuan Jun camp.

After several ambushed by Lu Su and Liu Bei's coalition forces in Jiao Chu, the Yuan army vanished nearly a thousand troops, but this did not affect the progress of the 200,000 troops. They set off from the White Horse and captured Yanjin two days later.

Needless to say, Yanjin was an empty city, and there was only the turbulent Yellow River water at the Yanjin Ferry, and even a boat could not see it.

"The empty city is another empty city, and I didn't even see a figure. Could it be that everyone here is dead?" In the military tent, Yuan Xi was still pacing back and forth without taking off his armor, and his impatience was revealed in his voice.

Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan stood aside with their heads down. Although they marched cautiously, they were also caught in several ambushes by the enemy. Although the losses were not large, their morale was still frustrated and they were scolded by Yuan Shao. As their chief general, Yuan Xi naturally had no connection.

Yuan Xi had two confidant advisers. Han Heng was a former leader in Youzhou and was in charge of Youzhou. Tian Chou's position was in charge of the provincial governor's office and followed the army. At this moment, when he saw Yuan Xi was in a bad mood, he stepped forward to comfort him and said, "Lord, I thought it was Zhou Yu's plan to clear the country. Zhou Yu moved all the aristocratic people here in advance, leaving no supplies and food for me to the Hebei army because he was afraid of the military power of our army."

Yuan Xi frowned and said without saying goodbye: "Even if we can't collect food and grass on the spot, I am rich in Hebei. My father has already prepared enough food and supplies and transported them continuously along the way. How could Zhou Yu starve my 200,000 army to death?"

Tian Chou thought about it, his face suddenly became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord, my army needs a lot of food, grass and supplies, and now all of them are transported from Hebei. The food route is too long. I am afraid that Zhou Yu will send his army to rob me of the food route."

"Ah~~Yes," Yuan Xishen moved. If the food road was robbed and the army was short of food, the morale of the army would be unstable. How can we continue to march? Zhou Yu's plan was indeed vicious and we need to remind his father quickly. If he received his father's praise, the loss of Youzhou Army as a vanguard would not be too great.

Yuan Xi hurriedly stepped into Yuan Shao's central army tent, but saw Yuan Shaozheng discussing matters with Feng Ji, Xu You, Xin Ping and others. Yuan Shao's face was as usual, but the gods of several counselors were quite serious, and obviously they encountered a difficult problem.

"Xi'er, sit down." Yuan Shao waved and called Yuan Xi to sit on his left head.

Yuan Shaosan and Yuan Tan led the army in Qingzhou to fight against the troops along the Chen Gong. Yuan Shang was in charge of Yecheng, and Jizhou was the foundation of Hebei. His status was too important. Even if the army went south, there would be someone who could be guarded. Yuan Shao had taken Yuan Shang to fight to train him, but was persuaded by Yuan Shang's mother. Her reason was that Jizhou needed to be guarded, but she was secretly worried that if Yuan Shang had any accidents in the army, the Yuan family's foundation would fall into Yuan Tan's hands.

Since ancient times, it is said that "the father's army will go to battle". Since Changhe San cannot be with him, Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Xi to lead the Youzhou army to come in person. Yuan Xi did not go south either. He had long felt his father's preference for Yuan Shang, and he could only stay in the cold and remote Youzhou. Yuan Xi often complained in his heart, but Yuan Xi still led the army south under the persuasion of Tian Chou and Han Heng. On the one hand, he knew the important xin of this battle, whether the Yuan family could win the world, and this battle decided the role of xin. On the other hand, Yuan Xi also hoped to win the favor of his father through his performance. If the Yuan family's foundation could be passed on to him, wouldn't that be a great good thing?

Therefore, Yuan Xi tried his best to show himself during the march along the way, but his ability was limited and he failed to excel. With Tian Chou's guidance this time, if he could make arrangements early and send heavy troops to guard the food road, it would be a great achievement.
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