(Dear friends, I am really embarrassed. I caught a cold due to a cold. I hung two bottles of water yesterday and went to bed early, which seriously affected my writing. Today's chapter is too late, please forgive me!)

After Yuan Shao's handbook was read by everyone in the hall, he returned to his elder brother's handbook. The elder brother gently placed the handbook on several tables beside him and said in a harmonious voice: "Donald Yuan's proposal to "echo the two armies of Xuchang"? Do you think it is feasible?"

When I heard my elder brother ask this, I immediately calmed down. Originally, I was a little worried that my elder brother would be blinded by victory after the last victory over Cao's army, and would really send troops to Xuchang at Yuan Shao's request. You should know that although the loss of 30,000 people is not small, for Cao Cao, it is far from being hurt. If our army rashly sends troops to Xuchang, it will only lead to defeat. Yuan Shao's proposal is simply to treat us as a gun. After we consume Cao Cao's troops, he will reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But now it seems that the elder brother is very clear about Yuan Shao's plan to form an alliance with our army. The elder brother does not agree with Yuan Shao's proposal to send troops. It is just because we have a common need with Yuan Shao - with the help of the other party to distract Cao Cao from the attention, he agreed to Yuan Shao's proposal to form an alliance.

Hearing the elder brother's inquiry, everyone in the living room looked solemn and thought seriously. After a while of silence, Sun Qian spoke first, but seemed a little hesitant in his tone, "My lord... Although he has formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, our army sent troops to Xuchang at this time, and Sun Qian thought... it is quite inappropriate!"

The eldest brother nodded slightly but did not speak. After inspecting the hall, his eyes finally fell on me who was slightly closed and lowering his head to me. Some time ago, my success in making suggestions seemed to make my eldest brother full of expectations for me, "Third brother, what do you think?"

I raised my head, frowned slightly and said, "Brother, Yuan Shao's intentions are bad. It is called alliance. In fact, it is just to use our army to consume Cao's army."

The eldest brother nodded and said, "Yeah, the third brother is right. So... in your opinion, shouldn't we send troops?"

I pondered for a moment, shook my head and said, "No! I want to send troops! But the target is not Xuchang. Xuchang is the fundamental position of Cao Cao, and I must be very careful. Moreover, Xuchang has been under Cao Cao's rule for many years, and the people have settled. If our army goes north to Xuchang, it will only lead to a hard expedition without success."

The eldest brother asked in confusion: "It's not Xuchang? Where should we march?"

"Map!" The personal soldiers in the mansion quickly took the map and hung it on the wall. I came to the map, found the location of Runan with my hands, and then extended my fingers to the right. Suddenly, I stopped at a place, frowned and pondered for a moment, "It's this!"

Everyone in the hall gathered in front of the map. When they saw the place I pointed, the elder brother said in a lost voice: "Shouchun!"

"Yes, Shouchun! Zi Zhong, can you tell who the Shouchun guard is? How many soldiers are there in the city?" I turned to Mi Zhu and asked. Since Sun Qian was a different position and was busy with government affairs, the intelligence collection work he was originally responsible for is now taken over by Mi Zhu. The Mi family's shop business is everywhere, and the people are very wide, so it is best for him to collect intelligence.

Mi Zhu thought for a moment and replied: "The prefect of Shouchun is Li Tong, the general under Cao Cao, and there should be no more than 10,000 soldiers in the city."

"As expected, the Shouchun defenders were not strong. Besides, Shouchun had not been under Cao Cao's rule for a long time, and the people were not determined. If you send a group of elite soldiers, it would be a big problem to obtain Shouchun! Shouchun's fertile field is a thousand miles away, which is the foundation of the great good!"

After staring at the map for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "This strategy is very wonderful! It has not violated the alliance with Yuan Shao, and it can also avoid fighting with Cao's army and expending troops. But who should lead the army to attack Shouchun?"

I bowed to my elder brother and said in a deep voice: "Our army first obtained Runan, but the people's hearts are not yet at ease. My elder brother is absolutely unable to leave Runan. In order to prevent Cao Cao from attacking again, I also need my second brother to help my elder brother guard Runan. This strategy is my own way to attack Shouchun!"

The eldest brother thought for a moment, looked at me and said, "Third brother, that's it, but... I've been reunited after the three brothers left and they actually want to..."

"Brother, this expedition is related to our army's long-term plan. If it goes well, it will be one month soon and two months later. After taking down Shouchun, our brothers will be able to reunite again. Now, in order to prevent Yuan Shao, the main force of the Cao army has no time to divide the troops south. This is a good opportunity for our army to advance. If it is lost, it may be difficult to find it in the future!"

The eldest brother sighed lightly, and was silent for a moment and said, "...third brother, since that's the case... when are you going to go to war?"

"The sooner the better. The year is approaching, and the Shouchun defenders will not expect our army to send troops at this time, and they can attack the enemy without preparation."

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Two days later, at the fifth o'clock in the morning, the sky was hazy and bright. In the north wind, the eldest brother, second brother, Sun Qian and others all came to the east of Runan City to give me a farewell ceremony.

"Third brother, be careful when going on this expedition! Your second brother and I are waiting for you to return triumphantly in Runan!" The eldest brother pulled my sign language and said earnestly, with a little reluctance in his eyes when he spoke.

"Well! Brother, don't worry, I'm awake!" After saying that, I came to my second brother again and looked straight into my second brother's eyes, "Second brother, I'll leave Runan's defense to you. I'll leave my brother's safety to you!"

The second brother nodded slightly and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, third brother. If the second brother is here, there will be the eldest brother; even if the second brother is not here, it will definitely make the eldest brother safe and sound!" After that, the second brother stretched out his right hand to me.

I also stretched out my right hand, and my two powerful hands were tightly clasped together.

"Three brother, take care of yourself!"

"Second brother, take care of yourself!"

After saying goodbye to everyone who saw him off, I led the army quietly left Runan in the morning light.

This time I went to Shouchun, I called nearly 7,000 soldiers in total. Among them, the Tiger Gun Battalion and the Bear Gun Battalion had a total of 2,000 people (the number of people who were short of the group due to death or serious injury and disability in battle has been completely supplemented, but the combat capability of the newly added soldiers is still quite different from the original soldiers), 1,000 people in the Wind Cavalry Battalion (the Wind Cavalry Battalion was temporarily divided into two, Lin Bao led 1,000 cavalry to go out with me, and Zhao Yun led the remaining 1,200 cavalry to station in Runan), and 4,000 new recruits directly under my jurisdiction.

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Shouchun is slightly southerly in the east of Runan, about 400 miles away from Runan. Shouchun is under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, located on the southern bank of the Huai River, and leads Ru and Ying Rivers to the south, connecting the three Wushu areas in the east, connecting Chen and Xu to the west, with rivers and lakes outside, Huai and fertilizers in the west, and is an important geographical location, which is a key transportation link between the north and the south. For a long time, Shouchun was a madman in the late Han Dynasty, where Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu, was a madman in the late Han Dynasty, and became the capital. After Yuan Shu was a madman in the late Han Dynasty, he became the capital. However, Yuan Shu, who was more ambitious and talented than his brother Yuan Shao, lived a arrogant life and did not care about the military and civilians, and ended in a miserable end. After that, Shouchun fell under Cao Cao's rule.

After four consecutive days of marching, our army finally arrived at Yingshang County, about 90 miles away from Shouchun City. Since our army set out on this expedition this time, we did not carry a large amount of food and supplies. Each soldier only carried rations for about 5 days, and everything was light and fast, and hiding was the most important. Today, the soldiers' food had almost been exhausted, and there was still nearly a hundred miles away from Shouchun, and at least one day's march would be allowed to reach it. Therefore, we had to replenish food and grass. Yingshang County in front of us was an excellent supply location.

I asked the cavalrymen of the Fengqi Camp to secretly capture a few people from Yingshang County, and then inquire about the situation in the county town in detail. According to their information, there were only a thousand soldiers stationed in Yingshang County, and they were all county and state soldiers with extremely weak combat power. In this way, seizing Yingshang should be an easy task.

At dusk that day, after letting the soldiers take a break, I ordered Lin Bao to lead the Fengqi Battalion to raid Yingshang City. The defenders who were unable to defend were unable to react in time, closed the city gate, and were rushed into the city by the Fengqi Battalion and controlled the city gate. The next thing became very simple. The remaining 6,000 infantry of our army entered the city one after another. The outnumbered defenders and almost never experienced the battle formation soon chose to surrender under the leadership of the county magistrate.

That night, in the Yingshang County yamen, I convened the captains of various battalions to discuss the plan to capture Shouchun.

"General, although Shouchun has not many defenders, the city is strong, and forcibly attacking the city is not a good strategy! If the defenders in the city can be lured out of the periphery of the city and annihilated them, and then seize the city, it is a good strategy!" said Wei Yan, the captain who followed me to fight this time.

After capturing Yingshang County, I inquired about Shouchun's military information in detail from the county lieutenant of Yingshang. Since Yingshang County escorted a batch of military rations to Shouchun not long ago, I was quite familiar with Shouchun's situation. What he said was almost the same as the information Mi Zhu had. At this time, the number of defenders in Shouchun City was only 56,000. However, Shouchun had a strong city that was even better than Runan. After all, this was once the place where Yuan Shu established the capital. Moreover, the guard Li Tong was not a good man. Cao Cao could hand over such an important town to him with confidence, which shows that his ability was indeed extraordinary.

After hearing Wei Yan's words, I asked with interest: "Yeah! Wen Chang thought how should we lure the defenders in the city out?"
Chapter completed!