Yan Bei expected that he would be attacked on all sides.

Since the torrential rain fell in southern Hebei, the Yan clan's advantages in the south have been completely canceled out, not to mention others, even he himself does not think that he can resist the attack of the two princes by relying only on his subordinates Lu Yi and Zhang Liao. Yanbei, who was extremely anxious on the north bank of the Yellow River, was ready to punish himself after defeating the battle, and there was nothing he could do.

In Yanbei's view, war is to obey orders from top to bottom and complete the mission at all costs. From every general to every soldier, do what you have to do, and the battle will naturally be won. But if he loses this two-year battle, the first person to be blamed will be himself. He didn't do what he should have done, because the commander couldn't command the generals under his command, because the river of natural disasters was blocked, and he lost the battle?

It's not wrong at all!

The army of 50,000 people, and hundreds of generals and colonels above the military marquis, were all buried in Henan and buried in the ground - this is the worst plan in Yanbei's heart for this battle. Without overall control, the various departments could not communicate, and even the troops and ordnance could not be replenished, which was the dilemma that Yanbei sent to Henan needed to face.

It's strange to win!

But so far, the situation has not only not been bad, but has also won one after another. Lu Yi broke through the Yuan's vanguard army earlier and plundered the three counties of Qingbei, and then expressed his concern about the situation in the subsequent battle report, and the inability to get ordnance supplies made his subordinates' combat strength decline one after another, but Yuan's spirit has been frustrated, and he does not dare to press the whole army to attack the north rashly, not only will the three counties of Qingbei never spit out, but also advance the battle line to the front line of Qi and confront Yuan's army.

Lu Yi can defend the three counties of Qingbei, and there is nothing strange about Yanbei. To be honest, the Yuan family has no background, the war in the north, the Yan family and the Yuan family have been fighting each other for several years, and the Yuan family has not bargained for anything, but the talents who gathered around him through fame in the early years either died on the battlefield or became prisoners of the Yan family. Without good generals, what use can there be no more soldiers?

But Yanzhou is different, before the rainstorm came, the Yan clan did not have the slightest foundation in Yanzhou, Zhang Liao led the army to be thrown away from Dongjun like crossing the river in the dark, and used 30,000 soldiers to face Cao's 60,000 army and tens of thousands of people, the situation is not difficult.

Yanbei didn't even expect Zhang Liao to be able to defend Dongjun, he just hoped that when the day turned good, Zhang Liao would still have thousands of remnants to occupy which unknown hill in Dongjun would stick to the camp.

There was no more to look forward to.

But on the contrary, although Zhang Liao did not defend Dongjun, he really fought a beautiful battle by himself! Obviously, he has always been partial to the division, but he is too violent, and when the main force is kicking (liao four sounds), he forcibly rounds the situation back, and turns the premeditated battle into a battle.

In Yanzhou, on the south bank of the Yellow River, the Yan and Cao armies invested nearly 100,000 troops and more than 150,000 manpower; The generals Cao Ren, Yan Rou, Le Jin, and Li Dian marched in thousands of miles, and fought more than ten battles in large and small battles, and Xiahou Yuan, who was known for his rapid march, and Zhang Liao, the general of the Yan army, marched nearly three thousand miles!

Can't it still be called a battle?

If this is not a battle, I am afraid that only the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Qiang Rebellion, the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, and the Li Guo Rebellion can be called a battle.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Yan Bei looked down at the battle reports piled up on the case, looked up at the big river with restless water, scratched his head and wanted to write a letter to Cao Cao to send. If nothing else is said above, it will be written: 'Brother Meng De, this is really not Yan's original intention!' ’

Failed to show the respect of the princes, the feelings of old friends. Isn't the basic etiquette of the two armies in fighting a battle to show their attention by doing everything they can to deal with the enemy army? Say anything, send an army of 100,000 to the south!

actually sent a general to block the invincible Cao clan who occupied the Central Plains in the two states, wouldn't he underestimate Cao Cao.

What a faux pas!

Of course, the above are all Yanbei stealing his own fun, he really picked up the treasure. A battle that should have been a big defeat turned into a draw, which is much higher than a big victory. And more importantly, he finally found the most suitable person to be the coach under his subordinates.

The so-called generals and handsome talents, in fact, there is not much difference, they all have to experience bloody battles step by step from small soldiers, and they must also experience defeat after winning battles. If the experience is sufficient, the commander of the troops and horses is strategizing inside, and the troops can be dispatched outside so that there will be no mistakes or mistakes, and such a person can be a general or a commander.

But there is also a difference between generals, the general is good at generals, because he leads the strongest in an army. For example, Yan's general Lu Yi is undoubtedly one of the best generals of this era, and there are only a few people in the world; And the handsome general is good at generals, not because his command ability is superb, but under the command of the handsome, he will be able to bloom more dazzlingly.

If Zhang Liao and Lu Yi are reversed, the results of Yanzhou may be better than now, and Lu Yi will never be like Zhang Liao, and all the battles faced by the headquarters will be defeated. No matter what the army of Yan Rou, Yan Zhi, Zhang Nian, Bei Yan and others is, any enemy general who fights against Lu Yi will probably not get a very good end. But the same possible result is that all the tribes are defeated, and the Dulu Yi is victorious.

Under the premise of not having the baggage of the rear army, it is already difficult to keep one's own side undefeated, so it is not that Lu Yi is bad, but that Zhang Liao's way of dealing with it is better.

Yan Zhi is only in the first battle, and in the face of a general of the Cao clan like Cao Ren, how easy is it to protect himself? But if you use Hu cavalry to attack the Minfu army, I am afraid that victory is much more difficult than defeat; Yan Rou led the Wuhuan army to intercept the Cao soldiers and horses at the mouth of the valley road, and laid down suspicious soldiers.

From beginning to end, he was looking for an opportunity to use a second-rate army to drag the enemy's first-class main force, and waited until the enemy's second-rate army was tired to the point where its combat power declined, and then broke it with a first-class army in one fell swoop.

In the long run, it is a blessing for his subordinates to have a general like Zhang Liao who can fight. But for Yan Bei now, a letter received from the south was the most pleasant thing for him.

"What is the king thinking?"

Guo Jia saw Yan Bei open the letter and looked at it twice, and then he was stunned without saying a word, and after a long time, he couldn't help but ask, so that Yan Bei came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "I remembered that before the expedition this year, in the Zhao Palace, Huan'er asked me why our Han family wanted to hang a bow at the door of the house when the child was full moon, and asked me if he also wanted to hang a small bow when he was a child...... Child, innocent. ”

Guo Jia chuckled, Yanbei has been on the expedition for several months, even if he does not return to his hometown and does not see the enemy, it is paradoxical enough, and asked, "How did the king answer?" ”

"I said that I hoped that he would be heroic in the future, and he would be able to lead his army south to pacify the princes and rule the world. At that time, Yan was still thinking, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in my life, this is the most likely opportunity to clear the princes, but I was trapped in Hebei by a heavy rain, and I will recuperate for another five or eight years, and when people are determined, the war will not be easily decided! ”

"But if he asks me now, I will say that I hope he will be wise and martial in the future and be able to rule the world......" Yan Bei bit his lip and suddenly smiled slyly, and said: "Mountains and rivers together, I have done it all for my father!" ”

Saying that, Yanbei flipped through the letter and said: "Look at it, Liu Biao sent troops to attack Yuzhou, Zhang Xiu led the army to Yingchuan, Mengde's backyard...... Misfire! ”