Ji Ling and Han Xian attacked for many days. Although they almost broke the city several times, they were unable to break through the city defense in Xia Pi. After many days of battle, Yuan Shu's army was exhausted, and at the same time, the food and grass were consumed, so they suspended the attack and prepared to rest for two days before attacking the city. At the same time, Ji Ling sent a messenger to Yuan Shu's camp to ask for food and salary.

When Yuan Shu saw the messenger, he listened to his report and said, "You go back and tell Ji Ling Han Xian, and when the food and money are transported from the rear, you will send it to them immediately." It turned out that Yuan Shu's main camp had insufficient food and money, and was waiting for the food and money to transport it in the rear. As the saying goes, the three armies had not moved their food and food first, and Yuan Shu's army had been fighting for a long time, and his morale was inevitably declining. He had to use food and money to reward the three armies to boost morale.

Yuan Shu was in a good mood today because the battle situation in Xia Pi was better than he expected. Yuan Shu estimated that according to the current situation, as long as the food and wages were transported, he would be able to break the city within a few days. After conquering Xia Pi, Xuzhou would be like a turtle in a jar and could not escape.

Yuan Shu asked his personal soldiers to bring wine and delicacies, and he drank it himself in the big tent. Before he knew it, he became a little drunk and fell asleep on the couch with his clothes.

I don’t know how long it took, Yuan Shu was suddenly awakened by a burst of rapid calls. General Yang and others were standing in front of the couch with an anxious look on their faces and shouting at him. Yuan Shu only felt a dizzy and painful heart, and said angrily: “It’s late at night, what’s going on?”

General Yang said anxiously: "Lord, I just received the news that the 200,000 grain and salary escorted by General Chen Ji was robbed by Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, leading cavalry to the north of Huaiyin!"

Yuan Shu was shocked and jumped up suddenly, shouting, "What?" Then he shouted in angrily, "It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! How could Chen Ji's 20,000 troops be robbed of food and wages by them? What did he do for food!"

General Yang sighed and said, "The enemy appeared very suddenly, and Chen Ji's long journey was already very tired. When the battle lasted, I heard that our army was defeated by the opponent's sudden charge of the cavalry. Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were even more brave and brave enough to enter a state of no one! Although General Chen Ji tried his best to stabilize his position, he was defeated like a mountain and could not be forbidden! After the half-day battle, Chen Ji's 20,000 soldiers were killed and injured, and the remaining fled to Huaiyin! All the food and salary were robbed by Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun!"

"Damn it! Damn it! Chen Ji really deserves!" Yuan Shu shouted and cursed in anger, then rushed to the general Chen Lan standing beside him and shouted: "Send the order immediately! Capture Chen Ji! Ming Zhengdian punishment!" Chen Lan Yingnuo and prepared to send the order. General Yang quickly called Chen Lan and clasped his fists at Yuan Shu and said: "Don't worry, lord, please don't blame him for your defeat. Now it's time to use people. Please stop the lord's anger and make Chen Ji a meritorious person!"

Yuan Shu roared angrily: "Chen Ji defeated the spirit of our army, and the more hateful one was actually robbed by the enemy. 200,000 yuan of food and salary! It would be impossible to relieve my hatred if I didn't kill him!" Then he shouted at Chen Lan: "Go and send the order!" Chen Lan did not dare to delay and ran away quickly. General Yang continued to persuade him, but Yuan Shu just refused to listen.

Yuan Shu suddenly thought that although Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun had robbed 200,000 grain and salary, it was so much that it was not easy to transport it away. At this moment, they should still be on the road. If they sent cavalry, they would definitely be able to take back the food and salary. As soon as they thought, they immediately called General Zhang Xun and ordered him to lead all 50,000 cavalry to the direction of Huaiyin, and be sure to take back the food and salary. General Yang was shocked and hurriedly advised: "Lord! This place is still more than 300 miles away from Huaiyin, and the enemy's army was determined to attack our food and salary supply line, how could it be unprepared! General Zhang Xun would definitely not be able to catch up! Even if he caught up, the enemy would burn the food and salary, and our army would be in vain!"

Yuan Shu scolded, "Nonsense!" Then he ordered Zhang Xun to act immediately. Zhang Xun ran out of the tent and quickly gathered nearly 50,000 cavalrymen and hurried out of the camp and rushed straight to the southeast.

A day later, 50,000 cavalry felt that there were no enemy figures near Huaiyin, and only saw a large number of deep ruts left on the ground. The 50,000 cavalry immediately followed these ruts and traced them down until the shore of Wenshui. However, they saw a floating bridge on the Wenshui River burning only a little remains. Zhang Xun could not, so he had to lead 50,000 cavalry back and report to Yuan Shu: "Lord, when the general arrived, the enemy had already crossed the Wenshui River with food and wages. The floating bridge had been burned. The general was unable to do so, so he had to come back first to report!"

Yuan Shu was furious and shouted: "Useless things! Wouldn't you quickly build a floating bridge and chase after them? He actually let them run away! It's really abominable!"

Zhang Xun quickly explained: "It will take at least two or three days to build a floating bridge. At that time, the enemy must have retreated into Ju County. Moreover, our army only carried two days of food and grass and could not cross the river to attack!" Ju County, a hundred miles southeast of Xia Pi, is also on the bank of Wenshui. Since Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun and others have already passed the Wenshui River, they can retreat into Ju County in less than half a day.

Yuan Shu was so angry that he heard Zhang Xun's explanation. He called his personal soldiers to drag Zhang Xun down and beat a hundred military sticks. Zhang Xun lay on the marching couch, and his personal soldiers were applying medicine to him. He grinned in pain, and felt resentful and unlucky.

Yuan Shu thought that the food and money were short of food and money were at risk of interruption, and on the one hand, he rushed back to Huainan to re-collect food and money, and on the other hand, he sent his subordinates to plunder food and money in various towns and villages near Xuzhou. However, Jia Xu had long expected this move by his opponent. When Yuan Shu's army was still attacking Huaian, he made suggestions to Ai Lang, and ordered the people of all towns and villages within hundreds of miles around Xuzhou to bring food and money to hide in the mountains, or to hide in Xuzhou. Therefore, Yuan Shu's army plundered everywhere and worked for two days, but failed to plunder much food and money. Instead, he was ambushed by Lu Bu's army several times, killing and injuring thousands of people.

In the past few days, Yuan Shu's army's food and salary have become even more tense. The people in the army are fluctuating and they have the idea of ​​retreating.

General Yang suggested that he immediately retreat to Huaiyin and Huaian and other places, and wait until the food and wages are transported to revitalize morale before launching an attack. Yuan Shu felt helpless and had the idea of ​​retreating.

At this moment, the gate of Xuzhou City opened, and Lu Bu personally led an army of 60,000 out of the city to approach Yuan Shu's army to challenge. The sound of war drums was astonishing as the earth!

Yuan Shu was shocked when he heard the movement outside, but then he looked overjoyed and shouted: "Lu Bu thought our army was short of food and had an opportunity to take advantage of it! We can take this opportunity to destroy Lu Bu's main force and invade Xuzhou in one fell swoop!"
Chapter completed!