Chapter 481 The Sorrow of Cangting

"Yingchuan Victory, Yingchuan Victory!"

He rode a fast horse and broke into Lihu (now Dongming area in Shandong Province). The school on the horse was galloping while shouting loudly.

Lihu is not a big city.

Compared with cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, this place is like a market town. The total population of the city is only 8,000 households, with a population of about 30,000. But just a few days ago, a fierce battle occurred outside this small town.

The two sides of the war were Yuan Shao and the Guanzhong soldiers dominated by Xu Shu.

The total force was nearly 150,000, and they fought for two days on a piece of land with a radius of nearly 100 miles.

The Hanoi army paid more than 8,000 lives and dragged Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops to Lihu. Just as the fierce battle between the two sides was fierce, Dong Qi led the trolls to attack Yuan's army with iron armored chain horses, and cut off Yuan Shao's men and horses in half.

Yuan Shao's army was defeated!

General Yu Yuanjin was captured alive by Dong Qi, while Yuan Shao escaped from Lihu under Gao Lan's desperate cover and retreated to Puyang.

Gao Lan was also killed by Han De in the chaos...

"It's almost done!"

Dong Qi took off his armor and sat in the lobby of Lihu Mansion. He smiled and said, "After this battle, Yuan Shao's power in Henan has been destroyed. Next, it depends on when General Han Sheng can take over Yecheng, when our three-way army of trolls can occupy Jizhou."

What Dong Chu mentioned was not Henan in later generations.

What he mentioned in Henan means the south of the river. After the Lihu War, Yuan Shao's troops in Henan were almost gone.

Xu Shuye is already in his thirties and looks more stable than he did back then.

Behind him, there were two people standing. Neither of them were very young, vigorous and extraordinary.

One of these two people was named Lu Zhao and the other was Xing Yong, who was the assistant recruited by Xu Shu when he was in charge of Hanoi. Lu Zhaonian Fang Jiguan was from Dongping, and his name was Zizhan; Xing Yong was from Zheng, Hejian, and he was also a fellow villager of Zhang He. He was twenty-five years old and his name was Ziang.

Over the past few years, Hanoi's governance has been quite effective.

Xu Shuchang praised Lu Zhao and Xing Yong in a letter to Dong Qi. It can be said that Dong Qi is quite familiar with these two people, but today is the first time we meet... In fact, it is not the first time we meet. He had already met Lu Zhao in the battle the day before yesterday.

"What Qiansui said is not bad!"

Xu Shu smiled and said, "It's only because Yuan Shao is mean and polite. He only knows how to suppress others with his family background, but does not know how to be polite to his subordinates. Ju Su's investment in Xuzhou was a helpless move. He actually promoted the purge in Jizhou, which made everyone in danger. Tian Feng had great talents, but not only did not use them, but instead imprisoned them in a cage... However, if not, how could Xinpi Hanqiong secretly surrender to Qiansui? He could not use them, but Qiansui could use them."

Dong Qi couldn't help laughing.

As early as three years ago, Xinpi had contact with Chang'an when he went to Chang'an to discuss the purchase of armoured war horses. The Xin family said that it was a large Yangdi clan. When he saw Yuan Shao's family background, he went to Jizhou. However, after a long time, he found that Yuan Shao was not as rumored, but was a wise master worthy of entrusting. Later, due to Jushu's affairs, Xinpi was also worried that his family would be implicated.

However, at that time, when the situation was still unclear, Xinpi did not immediately defect to Chang'an.

In his opinion, he did not make any contribution. Even if he defected to Chang'an, he might not be able to be reused, so he stayed in Jizhou.

At the same time, Xin Pi secretly colluded with Han Qiong, decided to find an opportunity, and after making great contributions, they joined Dong Qiong together.

Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, and the troops in Jizhou remained behind, and even the every move of Yuan Shao's army had already been delivered to Dong Qi through Xin Pi. After Onozawa was defeated by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao had the idea of ​​joining forces with Cao Cao. Once this news was notified, Chen Gongliang Xi, who was in charge of Luoyang and the governor of the war, immediately responded, changed the original combat plan, and informed Dong Qi.

According to Dong Qi's earlier plan, he first eliminated Cao Cao, occupied the land of Yanzhou, and compressed Yuan Shao in a narrow area.

But if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao join forces...

In early August, Zhongshan Kingdom suddenly raised troops to rebel! Zhen Yi's brothers joined forces with Su Shuang and Zhang You to kill the prefect of Zhongshan and announced their surrender to Chang'an. The rebellion of Zhongshan Kingdom was equivalent to cutting off the connection between Taiyuan and Jizhou. Tian Yu captured Zhuo County, and Zhang Liao suddenly turned and attacked Chang'an. Three large armies restrained all the troops of Taiyuan, Chang'an and Qinghe Kingdom, allowing Zhen Yi to develop in Zhongshan Kingdom.

Jizhou suddenly became in chaos.

Dong Qi was very happy with this situation in Jizhou, but he didn't like it. The tone of Xu Shu's speech when he was talking to him seemed a lot more absent.

No matter what Xu Shu thought, in Dong Qi's eyes, he was his little brother.

But now, when Xu Shu used a tone of his subordinates speaking to his superiors, Dong Qi was very unhappy. However, there was no sign of his face.

"Look at Yuan Shao, I think there will be some movement in Puyang in the next few days."

"Here!"

After Dong Qi finished speaking, he was about to get up and leave. At this time, a noise came from outside, and then he heard cheers all over the city.

A great victory in Yingchuan?

Dong Qi was slightly stunned. Will the war in Yingchuan end so soon?

The school ran to the lobby and submitted the battle report to Dong Qi. He still shouted excitedly: "The Yingchuan victory, Xuchang has been seized."

Oh, it turned out that he had captured Xuchang...

Dong Qi took the battle report, glanced at him with a glance, frowned slightly, and a look of sadness appeared on his face.

Xu Shu could see clearly from the side and quickly asked in a low voice: "Qiansui, what happened?"

Dong Qi said: "Xun Yu, dead!"

"Is Xun Yu dead?"

"Yes, he burned the palace and killed the pseudo-Emperor Liu Xie. Xuchang had already surrendered the city, and the families of Cao Cao's subordinates and families have been arrested."

After saying that, Dong Qi sighed softly, "Yuan Zhi, immediately send someone to Xuchang and tell Pang De that he must block Ju Hu and Xu You and his troops in Yingchuan. Lu Meng has cut off Ju Hu's way back. Eliminating this team is equivalent to cutting off Liu Bei's arm."

"The official understands!"

Xu Shu took Lu Zhao and Xing Yong and left in a hurry.

Dong Qi walked out of the lobby and looked up at the sky. In his heart, there was endless emptiness and loneliness.

All dead!

First it was Lu Bu, then Guan Yu... plus Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Taishi Ci, Huangfu Song and others who died in his hands before, Dong Qi did not feel at all happy. One familiar figure after another disappeared... Who will be the next one? Where will this world go?

He doesn't know...

Meng Tan and Han De followed Dong Qi and followed closely.

The two of them didn't understand. It was a good thing, so why did Dong Qi suddenly become so lonely?

"Thousand Years!"

Dong Qi suddenly woke up and turned his head and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm fine... but the old friends left one by one, and I felt a little touched... By the way, Lao Han, how old is your youngest son this year? I remember, you have four sons, the older one is 18 years old this year."

Han De's face turned red and he laughed.

"Lord Lao is concerned about my eldest son, the same age as the prince. My youngest son is nine years old this year and entered the village school last year."

Dong Qi listened as he walked. Suddenly he seemed to remember something and a smile appeared on his face.

Han De, I seem to remember it!

In the storytelling of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he had four sons, collectively known as the Five Tigers of the Han Family, but eventually died at the hands of Zhao Yun.

I really didn't expect that the guy who had been following him for almost twenty years was also a great man. I believe that in this life, they will not conflict with Zhao Yun again.

"By the way, is there any news coming from Chang'an these two days?"

Meng Tan thought for a while and shook his head, "It shouldn't be. If there is anything, that boy Huang Rong must have sent it here early. He is very reliable in doing things and knows the priorities. If a letter arrives in Chang'an, Huang Rong will definitely send it as soon as possible."

"I heard that Chang'an has been very uneasy these two days."

Han De smiled silly, "With the eldest son here, nothing will happen. Don't worry, lord..."

Dong Qi scratched his head in distress.

It seems that everyone is very confident in Dong Ji. Hope! I hope he can control the situation in Chang'an and not change.

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The battle situation in Kanto is ever-changing and dazzling.

After the two brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi arrived in Changping, Lu Meng led 3,000 troops and quietly occupied Yan County [now Luohe, Henan] in a silent manner, cutting off Ju Hu and Xu You's return to Runan. Lu Meng was good at using strange troops, and had unexpected effects.

When he occupied Yan County, it was the day Guan Yu was killed.

When Ju Hu and Xu You discovered that the situation in Yingchuan was not good and were about to withdraw their troops, Pang Lin and Kuai Yue, led Dian Cun Dian to see that they had seized Fenqiu and occupied Yangyin, and cut off the connection between Yingchuan and Nanyang.

One hundred thousand Xuzhou troops were trapped in the Linying area all at once, with no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. They were in a dilemma for a while and were very embarrassed.

After taking Xuchang, Pang De sent Dong Shuo and Dong You to join forces with Yang Wei to defeat the Wei family and kill Liu Pi. Zhuge Jin took advantage of the situation to capture Meng County, capture Liang State, and restrained the troops from Pei County, Runan, and could not go to rescue Ju Hu.

Three days after Xuchang was defeated, Yuan Shao was ambushed by Xinpi in Puyang.

The youngest son Yuan Shang was shot and killed by Xin Bi's son Xin Chang outside Puyang City. Yuan Shao took these thousands of defeated soldiers and fled to Cangting in a hurry.

At this time, Dong Qi's men had already controlled most of the towns in Dongjun. Chen Dao led 30,000 troops to the White Army, captured Dong'a and Fan County, repelled Cao Chun's Tiger Cavalry Camp, isolated the connection between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and formed a siege of Cao Cao.

To the north, there are great rivers obstructions.

Going south, there are white iron cavalry...
Chapter completed!