After two months of preparation, Zhang Yu's soldiers and horses were all mobilized.

At this time, Sun Ce did not have the slightest intention of attacking Zhang Yu, Sun Ce was fighting with Cai Mao in the west, and he didn't care about this side.

Zhang Yu and Cao Cao have already prepared.

Zhang Yu did not go to the Western Front in person, but handed it over to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Yu is still in New Beiping, and he is studying the cabinet on this day.

"Lord, we will attack on the western front first, and then launch the eastern front half a month later, so that Cao Cao will be tired of coping."

Now, the soldiers and horses on the Eastern Front have not been fully assembled, and a premature assembly will expose Zhang Yu's goal.

"Okay, this king immediately ordered Wen Yuan to attack."

Zhang Yu agreed to the plan, so he ordered Zhang Liao to attack.

On Zhang Liao's side, there will be Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, as well as a young general.

The arrangement of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong there was also to attract Cao Cao's attention and make them believe that they were going to attack there.

At the same time, Tai Shici's attack near Yecheng also attracted Cao Cao's attention.

Cao Cao was anxious, and at this time he personally inquired about the logistics before he knew how much the war on the Western Front had affected them.

Basically, Cao Cao's territory has entered a state of stagnation and development.

A large number of men were requisitioned, and their money and food were used to fight wars.

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't even get a reward for the soldiers.

After Zhang Yu ordered the attack, it was fully operational, and a large number of reinforcements continued to be transported to the western front.

The next day, Xi Zhicai came to Zhang Yu and said, "Lord, we can persuade the prince of the Yuan family to cooperate with us and counterattack Cao Cao together." ”

"The Yuan family?"

Zhang Yu asked, does this Yuan family dare to fight Cao Cao now?

Xi Zhicai said: "Lord, the Yuan family still has hundreds of thousands of troops, they are obviously unwilling to lose so much land, and they are thinking about fighting back, at this time, we should not refuse to cooperate with them." ”

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said: "You can try this matter, this king wants you to go to Changshan County to plan this matter, and at the same time help Wenyuan." ”

Xi Zhicai immediately agreed.

Zhang Yu said again: "Everything is based on safety, don't take risks." ”

Xi Zhicai went to prepare, and set off two days later.

A few days later, Zhang Liao received the news.

In Changshan County, an army of 300,000 has been gathered.

"Hansheng, you take 50,000 heavy cavalry to follow the infantry, in the middle."

"Zilong, you take 30,000 light cavalry to attack the rear of Cao's army."

"Huang Xu and other young generals, gather 50,000 cavalry, and set off from the right road."

Zhang Liao began to distribute the army, starting from several roads.

Each of them will be ordered to begin preparations.

What Zhang Liao wanted to fight was the new city established by Cao Cao there.

The new city has not yet been built, and it has only been built in a rudimentary form, but the city wall is half completed and can be used as a city wall.

Cao Jiang received the news that he had sent the workers and men into the city to take refuge, and there was no one outside the city to continue building the city.

Zhang Liao gathered an army of 250,000 and rushed towards Cao's army.

The generals of the Cao army are ready.

The armies were also ready.

Zhang Liao's Chinese army was slow and not in a hurry, and they also brought some siege equipment with them.

More than 100 miles away, Zhang Liao and his team arrived two days later, and after arriving, they built a camp.

On the fourth day, Zhang Liao and the others finished their preparations, and then surrounded the city that had not yet been named.

"Wenyuan, their city is only half built, just like an ordinary county town, we can completely attack it." Huang Zhong said.

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "Of course we can, but we are not in a hurry in this battle, we can fight slowly, pay attention to casualties, the key to winning the victory is actually on the outside line." ”

The outer line, that is, the logistics system of Cao Jun.

In fact, Cao Cao suffered a loss, and this time they have hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in the city, which is enough for the army and your people to use for half a year.

After Huang Zhong reminded him, this Zhang Liao had an idea, so he naturally did not continue to persuade him.

Zhang Yu's overall strategy, Huang Zhong naturally knew that he would also launch an offensive on the Eastern Front, and they were really not in a hurry at all in this battle.

Zhang Liao began to arrange, and the Cao army in the city has also been strengthening their defenses.

Xiahoudun was the main general, and he had 160,000 troops in his hands, which were placed in the city, and there were other armies around this area.

Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Yuan are all here.

When a new day arrived, Zhang Liao began to attack, attacking in a decent manner.

The three are missing one, and the fight is not intense.

After a day of fighting, both sides lost more than 3,000 people each.

Xiahoudun had been watching the battle from the top of the city.

In the evening, Zhang Liao and the others retreated.

Xiahoudun said to Cao Hong and Xiahouyuan: "This Zhang Liao is going to besiege us for a long time, and when they are fighting today, they still have a small number of recruits training. ”

Yes, after all, these soldiers and horses were recruited in a hurry, although they were all added to the veterans, and the number of recruits in each army was only about a quarter, but it also affected the combat effectiveness.

So Zhang Liao sent 20,000 people to train in the rear every day.

The attack was not fierce on the first day, and the attack was the same on the second day.

Three days passed, and the offense was maintained at a certain intensity every day.

During the three-day offensive, more than 8,000 people were killed and wounded on both sides.

In three days, Zhao Yun and his soldiers and horses had already killed more than 200 miles, and searched more than 200 miles of places.

"It seems that Cao Jun has already transported all the grain and grass in advance." Zhao Yun said after searching for it.

In the past, Cao Jun was still transporting grain, grass and other materials, but at this time, these activities of theirs stopped.

This completely proves that Cao Jun has hoarded a lot of grain and grass in the city, and there is no need to transport it in the short term.

Zhao Yun searched around for more than two hundred miles, and he had already been discovered, and someone had been staring at Zhao Yun.

However, Zhao Yun led light cavalry, which came and went quickly, often out of their surveillance, and they could only search according to traces.

Zhao Yun jumped to the outside line just to sneak attack Cao Jun, but three days passed, and there was no goal.

Zhao Yun hid in a dense forest to study the map.

"The surrounding Cao troops have all retracted, and my 30,000 soldiers and horses will have no effect in a short period of time."

Zhao Yun tapped lightly on the map, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Just leave the battlefield and give Cao Jun a blow elsewhere." ”

Changshan County was important because they were on the western front and were adjacent to six counties, four of which were Cao Cao's territory.

Occupying here, several directions can be attacked, which is why Cao Cao cares so much.

"I have 30,000 light cavalry, if I bring enough food and grass, it is not a problem to attack for thousands of miles, and with 30,000 cavalry, threaten them in one direction, so that they have to step up the back road, which can completely disrupt their arrangement." Zhao Yun looked at the map analysis.

He thought of two directions, one was to attack Julu County on light horseback, but this Julu was the essence of Jizhou, the city was tall, and it was impossible to defeat it.

The second was to attack the Zhao State in the southeast, so that the Cao army that was fighting in the war felt that the back road could be cut off at any time.

(End of chapter)