Chapter 776

In addition to asking Gongsun Zan to send troops to harass Yuan Shao's hinterland, Huangfu Chaobo also sent people to Changshan on Pang Tong's suggestion, hoping that Zhang Yan would send troops to help.

Pang Tong believed that with Zhang Yan's ability, he would not be unaware of the truth that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. Moreover, in order for Zhang Yan to fight, Huangfu Chaobo promised to sell him another 3000 rhubarb crossbows. Of course, it's just for sale, not for free. It's just that the price is a little cheaper than usual.

Nowadays, in the army of Huangfu Chaobo, there are 10% to 20% crossbow soldiers in almost every battalions. In the army of Huben and the army of Longxiang, the big yellow crossbow is still two stone big yellow crossbow, which makes the combat effectiveness of crossbow soldiers more than 10%.

As Pang Tong expected, Zhang Yan agreed to send troops without hesitation after meeting the envoy of Huangfu Chaobo.

Also on the 15th, after entering the territory of Runan, the 50000 troops of Yuan Shu's army suddenly turned to the East and pointed to xiapi. For a moment, the world was in an uproar. Just as Cao Cao was about to send someone to censure Yuan Shu, another army of Yuan Shu began to invade the territory of Runan. Yuan Shu's move made Cao Cao feel as if he had swallowed a fly.

At the same time, Nanyang Zhang Ji sent his nephew Zhang Xiu to lead 20000 soldiers and 10000 cavalry troops, with a total of 30000 troops to block up Nanyang. He had already got the news and led Chen to be ready.

On the 16th, the army of Marquis Wenhou Lvbu went out of the bird and mouse Valley and arrived at Yong'an City. But it was an empty city waiting for Lvbu. A few days ago, the garrison and most of the people in the city went down from Fenshui to Pishi county. As for the people who did not want to leave, the officials, according to the requirements of the prefecture, distributed some money and grain to them, and then did not care about them any more.

Therefore, when Lv Bu's army entered Yong'an, they found that there was no grain of rice in the government's warehouse and no copper coin in the county government. However, the people who had not left the county had a lot of money and food in their hands, but after entering Bingzhou, Lu Bu had strictly enforced military discipline according to the requirements of the Chen palace, and soldiers were not allowed to plunder the people under his rule.

Now Lu Bu sent troops to Hedong with the purpose of occupying Hedong, so he would not allow soldiers to plunder the people of Hedong.

I didn't expect to face such a situation when I entered Hedong, which put Lv Bu in a dilemma. In desperation, on the one hand, he sent people from Taiyuan to transport the food and grass needed by the army, on the other hand, he led the army to continue to go south. I hope I can gain something in other cities.

Unfortunately, when the army arrived in Yang County, the situation was still the same as that in Yong'an. Oh, it was a little different. There were a little more people here than in Yong'an. This is true of Pingyang and Xiangling.

At this time, Lu Bu's army had entered Hedong for 200 Li, but tens of thousands of troops were indeed like travelling. There was no war, let alone harvest. But next, if there is no harvest, the Lvbu army will be miserable.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Qin Yi and Xue LAN, Lu Bu ordered the army to enter Xiangling, and then sent people to urge Chen Gong to transport grain from Taiyuan, while sending people to continue to explore the situation of other cities in Hedong.

A few days later, Taiyuan's grain and grass finally arrived. At the same time, Chihou, who went south to inquire for information, also brought information from Linfen and Jiangyi. Let everyone breathe a sigh of relief, the two cities have a large army defense. According to the information provided by the people in the surrounding areas, there are at least 10000 garrisons in Linfen City, and more than 10000 garrisons in Jiangyi city.

According to the original arrangement of Huangfu Chaobo, it was originally intended to defend only the cities south of Pishi, Fenshui and its tributary Huishui. However, after the discussion of all the people in Hedong, combined with the situation of the army in the county, they decided to include Linfen and Jiangyi into the defense area.

Jiangyi is a key city that enters the southern plain from the north of Hedong. If Jiangyi is not guarded, Lu Bu's army can directly enter the most prosperous area of Hedong. After careful discussion with the officials and generals in Hedong, Zhang Chao decided that Huang Fu Jianshou, the county commander, would lead the troops to guard Pi's family, Yang Feng, the Deputy General of Yingyang battalion, would lead Yingyang battalion's first military school, Linfen, an ordinary military school, and Tian Yu, the commander of Yingyang battalion, would lead Yingyang battalion's infantry and cavalry schools, plus two military schools to guard Jiangyi. As for Anyi City, Zhang Chao and Zhu Hao are responsible for the defense.

After the discussion, Zhang Chao immediately reported the results of the discussion to Huangfu Chaobo. After receiving Zhang Chao's request, Huangfu Chaobo immediately recruited Pang Tong to discuss Zhang Chao's plan carefully. Finally, several people thought Zhang Chao's plan was feasible, so Huangfu Chaobo replied and agreed to Hedong's arrangement.

With the consent of Huangfu Chaobo, the generals of Hedong can make arrangements. Within a few days, the troops were in place.

On September 22, when the army was replenished with food and grass, they continued to go south in two directions. First, Wei xuhou Cheng and Qin Yi led 20000 troops to attack Linfen along the southwest of Fenshui. On the other hand, Lu Bu led Cao Xing and Xue LAN to attack Jiangyi from Xiangling.

As for general Zhang Liao under Lv Bu, he is still fighting in Yanmen to help Wang Kai, the governor of Yanmen, stabilize the situation in Yanmen. The reason why Zhang Liao and Chen Gong didn't go out with the army, and they had a good time with Lv Bu in recent years, and their tails were up in the sky. However, only Chen Gong and Zhang Liao in the army poured cold water on him from time to time. In addition, they were strongly opposed to sending troops to Hedong, so Lv Bu didn't let them go with the army.

The idea in Lu Bu's heart is that without you two, my Lord can sweep the world.However, I didn't expect that after the invasion of Hedong, there would be no harvest at all. Instead, I needed to transport grain and grass from Taiyuan to support the army. Although Lu Bu didn't say anything, he felt that he had no face.

On the 24th, the two armies of Lu Bujun arrived at their destination almost at the same time.

After a day's rest, the next day, the two armies launched an attack on their target city at the same time.

Facing the attack of Lu Bu's army, both Jiangyi and Linfen were well prepared. Although Lu Bu was strong, it was only in his personal combat power and the command of cavalry. There was still a lot of inadequacy in the command of infantry, especially in attacking cities and pulling out villages.

Although Cao's character is good, there is still a little gap compared with Tian Yu. In addition, there are 20000 troops in Jiangyi city. Facing Lu Bu's 30000 troops, Tian Yu didn't feel much pressure.

Yang Feng in Linfen is also like this. Although he has only 10000 troops, he has been fighting in the north and South under the command of Huangfu Chaobo in recent years. In addition to the influence of Huang Zhong and pangtong, he is no longer the yellow scarf thief in the past. Ten thousand troops can defend twenty thousand enemies and attack the city with ease.

Therefore, although Lu Bu's army went south to Hedong in a fierce manner, it did not get any benefit from Hedong.