Lu Su made the decision, and Xinpi was responsible for refining the plan.

The biggest problem is the lack of troops. Lu Su's main force is less than 10,000 people, and there are more than 50,000 military farm soldiers. Of course, the military farm soldiers can fight, but their main task is military farms, with limited training and average combat effectiveness. It is okay to be responsible for baggage transportation and even assist in combat. If you encounter the Western Liang soldiers, you will not be able to see enough. Besides, Xun Yan is eyeing Hanoi, so he must keep some people on guard.

Lu Su decided to invite troops, and he had to invite at least 10,000 main forces. With 20,000 main forces, he would be sure to take Hongnong.

After receiving the report, Sun Ce made a decision after deliberation by the Military Affairs Office, and quickly made a decision to transfer Xu Sheng, Lu Meng and Jiang Qin to lead their troops to assist, and Junyi governor Lu Dai took over the defense of Xingyang and shared the pressure of Lu Su. At the same time, Sun Ce transferred his letter to Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao, asking him to send troops to help, and provide some food.

The Yima was galloping, and military newspapers were frequently spread. Nanyang, Yingchuan, and Chenliu took action quickly.

Xun Yan from Hanoi received the news and did not dare to be careless and entered a state of war readiness again. The war before the autumn harvest caused him a lot of losses. Hanoi's crops were robbed and burned by him, destroying nearly half of them. If he did it again, he would be unable to hold on and could only ask Yuan Tan for help.

In the late November, Jiang Qin, who was stationed in Luyang, arrived first. Then, Xu Sheng led the navy to Luoshui and arrived at Luoyang. Lu Su immediately ordered the two of them to enter Hangu Pass. He thought there would be a fierce battle to attack the city, but he did not expect that before the forward Jiang Qin arrived at Hangu Pass, Dong Yue withdrew and gave up Hangu Pass.

Xinpi was surprised and happy, and a little confused. The victory came too suddenly, and he was not even mentally prepared. However, he did not lose his mind, but was more cautious. He suggested that Lu Su send Jiang Qin to Hangu Pass and move forward slowly to prevent accidents. Jiang Qin went up to the Luo River and took Yiyang and Lu Family. These two counties were separated from Shan County, and Luo River was also available for transportation, which was convenient and could be easily seized. After taking down the Lu Family City, you could threaten Shan County from the south.

After thinking repeatedly, Lu Su rejected Xinpi's proposal. Dong Yue gave up even such an important pass as Hangu Pass. In Xin'an, the possibility of blocking Wulu County is not high, and he is likely to retreat directly to Shan County. There are only two possibilities for this: either to lure the enemy into the depths and let us not succeed, or ambush us in Wushan, or he has no intention of fighting at all. No matter what the reason is, you should not hesitate at this time and advance quickly without giving him a chance to breathe. If you can conquer Shan County in one breath, the troops will face the Yellow River, the Lu family, and Yiyang will not need to be beaten. If Dong Yue defends Shan County to the death and refuses to retreat, we will not have much significance for us to take down the Lu family, and we will give up sooner or later, and instead disperse our troops and affect the current attack power.

Although Xinpi felt that Lu Su was too risky, he was a military advisor and had only the right to suggest and no decision-making. Since Lu Su made a decision, he could only formulate a combat plan according to Lu Su's requirements, and at most he reported the plan to the Military Advisory Office for archive.

At this time, Lu Meng also led his troops to Luoyang. Lu Su immediately handed over Luoyang's defense to Lu Meng, personally led the main force to advance westward, and ordered Jiang Qin to pursue Dong Yue, but he wanted to send more scouts to not be ambushed by Dong Yue. Xu Sheng led the navy to the Yellow River and went up the river.

After receiving the order, Jiang Qin began to chase after him. Even Xin'an and Malechi were not interested in taking over, leaving only one battalion of soldiers to take over Hangu Pass, and the rest rushed forward to pursue Dong Yue.

Dong Yue never expected Jiang Qin to chase him so hard. He walked as a car. As soon as he entered Shan County, Jiang Qin followed one after another and almost stopped him outside the city. Dong Yue caught him off guard and quickly asked Jia Xu for advice. Jia Xu was also a little surprised. He asked Dong Yue to retreat to Shan County, crossed the Yellow River by himself, and entered Dayang. At the same time, he sent people to the main pillar, forty miles east of Dayang.

The main pillar is a stone mountain in the center of the Yellow River. It divides the river water into three troughs, also known as Sanmen, the Shenmen in the middle and the Ghost Gate on the south side. The water flows rapidly and cannot sail, and only the human gate on the north side can sail. Therefore, the following 100 miles is the Sanmen Gorge in later generations. The valleys are sandwiched and the beaches are dangerous and fast. It is called the Three Gorges in the Yellow River. It is in the middle of winter, and the water volume is not as good as the flood season. Jiangdong is good at boat racing, so it is probably not very effective.

Jia Xu did not expect to defeat Lu Su in the water battle, which was simply impossible. He just wanted to know how determined Lu Su was, whether to go to Shan County or to take over the entire Hongnong. To the west of Shan County is the county seat of Hongnong County, which is almost impossible to conquer the frontal attack. If Lu Su plans to besiege Hongnong for a long time, he will definitely send a navy to the current.

Not long after, he saw the navy led by Xu Sheng.

Seeing the warship full of soldiers and baggage rising upstream, Jia Xu realized that trouble was coming.

Lu Su was determined to take Hongnong and didn't plan to leave.

Of course this is not a clever choice. There is the imperial court in the west, Yuan Tan in the east, and there are also the people from Xiliang in the middle. Lu Su had to confront three opponents at the same time on the Thousand Mile Front, which was definitely not a responsibility he could bear with a single war zone supervisor. But if Sun Ce increased his troops to Henan or even took over Henan in person, the imperial court would have to shift its focus and prevent Sun Ce from breaking into Guanzhong.

In this way, the battlefield center will be transferred from Nanyang to Henan, and even Hongnong.

For Sun Ce, this certainly increased the burden and could face collapse at any time. But it was not only Sun Ce who was in danger, but his situation was even more dangerous. First of all, he had to face was that he had to fulfill his promise and hand over Hedong to Dong Yue. Although Hedong was only a county, the population was more than Bingzhou, and there were also Yanchi and Iron Officials. Giving Hedong was equivalent to handing over more than half of the population and wealth.

In addition to the loss of strength, the situation also was very unfavorable to him. In addition to facing the attacks between the court and Yuan Tan, he also had to face Sun Ce. In the past, he was an ally with Sun Ce, so he not only did not have to worry about Sun Ce's threat, but also had to get support from Sun Ce. Now Sun Ce has turned against him, and as the weakest contender in all directions, he may be swallowed up at any time. He originally wanted to remain neutral between the court and Sun Ce, but now he has to make a choice. Otherwise, he will finish before Sun Ce collapses.

It was obviously a wonderful chess game, but when I met a rash man, he not only messed up the chess game, but also smashed the chessboard.

What to do? Jia Xu is in a difficult situation. At this point, he cannot suddenly change his words, give up the slogan of revenge for Dong Zhuo, and turn to Sun Ce, so he has to order Dong Yue to give up Shan County and retreat to Hedong. Once it is too late, the retreat will be cut off by Xu Sheng, and Dong Yue can't even retreat even if he wants to.

After receiving the news, Dong Yue did not dare to neglect and crossed the river as soon as possible. Finally, he retreated safely to Hedong before Xu Sheng arrived.

Lu Su's entry into Shan County also ushered in the first test after entering Hongnong County, which can also be regarded as a difficult problem that Jia Xu gave him. If he could not conquer Hongnong, he would not only not be able to cross the river to attack Hedong, but also had to send heavy troops to guard Shan County. The isolated army would go deeper, and a long-term confrontation would be very unfavorable to him. If the attack was frustrated, the losses would be too great, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Hongnong County was the ancient Hangu Pass. During the Western Han Dynasty, at the request of General Yang Pu, General Louchuan, Emperor Wu of Han moved Hangu Pass three hundred miles east of him, so the pass lost its meaning as a fortress and became an ordinary county town. Later, it was the capital of Hongnong County. As the former Hangu Pass, although the current Hongnong County is not considered a pass and ten thousand people cannot open, the terrain is dangerous, and it is still a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult.

Dong Yue occupied Hongnong for several years, but he was unable to enter Hongnong. This was the control of Hongnong Prefect. The current prefect Fu Yun is from the northern part of Liangzhou. He was recommended by Huangfu Song to serve as Hongnong Prefect. Fu Yun has never taken Dong Yue seriously. In recent years, he has been continuously strengthening the city defense to prevent Dong Yue from taking advantage of him. Faced with the sudden Lusu army, Fu Yun was also not afraid. While sending a letter to the court for help, he mobilized the people of the whole city to go to the city and prepared to defend Hongnong.

Lu Su ordered Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin to go up the river to capture Hu County in the west of Hongnong, blocking reinforcements from Guanzhong, and preparing for the attack on Hongnong.

Upon receiving the news, Jia Xu sighed and sent someone to contact Zhao Qu, who was still stranded in Hongnong, urging the court to reply.

Zhao Qu was in Hongnong, and he was so angry that he had nothing to say. In his opinion, Lu Su was so soon that he was at the city, so naturally Jia Xu led the wolf into the house, raised the enemy and respected himself, and forced the court to agree to his conditions. At this point, he had no other choice. If he did not agree to Jia Xu, Jia Xu and Lu Su would join forces, let alone Hongnong could not defend it, Guanzhong was also in danger. Crossing the river from the east, you could bypass Tongguan and enter Fengyi directly.

The emperor was furious and tore Zhao Qu's letters to pieces.

"Don't be fooled!" The emperor was so angry that his face was pale and his lips were trembling. "Tao Tutor Huangfu is my master, a hero who pacified the Yellow Turbans and saved the Han Dynasty. Can it be used for transactions? Jia Xu put forward such a ridiculous condition. You don't sing the drum to attack him, and you still want to bargain with him?"

Yang Fu and Zhao Ang knelt down in front of the emperor, sweating profusely, and dared not say a word. Of course, they did not intend to agree to Jia Xu. In their eyes, ten Jia Xu were not as good as one Huangfu Song. How could the Huangfu family be compared with Jia Xu and others? But they did not expect Jia Xu to use such a detriment, and directly gave up Hangu Pass and Shan County, leading Lu Su to advance straight in.

If Fu Yun hadn't been to Hongnong, Lu Su would have knocked directly.

The problem is serious now. The court not only has to face Lu Su, but may also be attacked by Jia Xu. If Jia Xu joins forces with Lu Su, it will be a matter of time before Hongnong falls. Once Hongnong falls, Tongguan alone cannot stop Lu Su, and even more so, Jia Xu.

The emperor sighed, waved his sleeves, signaling Yang Fu and Zhao Ang to retreat. He knew that these two people were not malicious, but were too young, and underestimated Jia Xu's viciousness, thinking that if they were all from Liangzhou, they could be united as one. They didn't think that Jia Xu and others were Dong Zhuo's old subordinates. The reason why they were obedient over the years was not to change their minds, but to have limited strength and could not do evil.

Speaking of which, this is due to Sun Ce's death of 20,000 elite Xiliang soldiers in the first battle.

"It's a blessing that the prince built Tongguan, and it was also the will of heaven." The emperor stood in front of the map and looked at Tongguan, which was not far from Hongnong, and felt deeply moved. Although Hongnong was in danger, it was not the Hangu Pass of the year. If there were no reinforcements, it would not last long. Fortunately, after moving westward into the pass, Wang Yun asked Wang Hong, the then prefect of Hongnong, to build Tongguan. Tongguan was located further west, which was more conducive to defense, so as not to prevent Dong Zhuo from fighting against Guanzhong after killing Dong Zhuo. It was useless at that time, and some people said it was a waste of manpower and material resources, but now it plays a crucial role.

"Zi Yang, what can you do?"
Chapter completed!