Yanzhou, Xiancheng.

Yuan Shao's army went down to the village five miles outside the north gate of Xiancheng for a whole day, and it has not moved. Yuan Shao mobilized the whole army to brainstorm ideas, and it was necessary to come up with a way to break the chain of iron horses within one day.

In Yuan Shao's view, if he doesn't want to come up with a way to crack it, he is absolutely not allowed to send troops. In addition, Yuan Shao also learned the news of Zhang Yan's increase in troops.

According to the scout's report, Zhang Yan increased his troops by 20,000 at dusk yesterday, and by the evening, he had increased his troops by another 50,000.

Today, inside and outside Xiancheng, Zhang Yan's army totaled 82,000 people, more than Yuan Shao's elite Jizhou army.

As for Zhang Yanweishenme's ability to send so many more reinforcements, the scouts have not found out any news, only knowing that Zhang Yan received 70,000 reinforcements one after another yesterday, and these 70,000 troops are neat and well-trained, and they don't look like newly recruited soldiers.

Yuan Shao had a headache, and before he could think of a way to break the iron chain horse formation, Zhang Yan came with 70,000 reinforcements, which undoubtedly broke the balance of strength between the two armies.

For this reason, Yuan Shao also specially found the person in charge of the scout army who told him that Zhang Yan only had 130,000 troops, and questioned him face to face, and when he saw that the other party could not answer, he beheaded the man for the crime of delaying the fighter plane.

That night, snow fell in the sky, and snowflakes fell one after another, like Yuan Shao's mood at the moment, which was extremely complicated.

However, the snow is not very big.

Yuan Shao lifted the roller curtains in the big tent and looked at the snowflakes falling outside, which slightly relieved his depressed mood.

"Lord, I thought of it!" Suddenly, Tian Feng, who had been staying in the big tent, suddenly thought of a plan. Said immediately.

Yuan Shao listened. Immediately turned his head and asked, "Say it quickly!" ”

Tian Feng said: "The iron chain horse formation is certainly powerful. However, because the soldiers were covered with thick armor, and the war horses were also covered with war armor, as well as the iron cables locked on the war horses, they were all very heavy, plus the weight of people, which showed that the back of a war horse carried at least two or three hundred catties of weight. War horses carrying such heavy weights must not be able to run fast. And. Such a battle formation requires a very flat ground to be effective. Imagine if the chain of iron horses walked on the potholed road, would it be able to exert its effect? ”

"Definitely not!" Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, and he immediately understood what Tian Feng meant, and hurriedly said, "Strategist, I think I understand what you mean." I will then order the whole army to dig a ravine, so as to prevent the chain of horses from harming our army again. ”

Tian Feng hurriedly said: "The lord is slow. It's not enough to stop the chain horse formation from appearing on the battlefield, you must completely defeat these chain horse formations. Let Zhang Yan know that our army is not so easy to bully. ”

"However, those cavalrymen are wrapped in thick armor and are invulnerable, how can our army defeat them?"

Tian Feng said with a smile: "Although those cavalry are invulnerable, the war horses under their seats are not invulnerable, as long as they find a way to kill their mounts, those cavalry will lose their advantage." As soon as they fall from their horses, our soldiers can rush up, remove the helmets of those cavalrymen, and behead them on the spot, and the chain of horses can be broken in one battle. ”

Yuan Shao hahadaxiao got up and said to Tian Feng: "In this way, the military advisor already has an idea, right?" ”

Tian Feng nodded, and immediately revealed his own strategy and plan.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao was full of praise.

At this moment, Xin Ping walked in from outside, saluted Yuan Shao, and then hugged his fists and said, "Lord, Cao Cao's secret report!" ”

"Show me!"

Xin Ping handed it to Yuan Shao, and after Yuan Shao opened it and looked at it, he sighed heavily and said, "This Cao Mengde, why is it not as good as day by day?" I gave him 100,000 troops, in addition to the 30,000 troops lost by Gao Gan in Hedong, he also had 70,000 troops, why did he still reach out to me for reinforcements? ”

Tian Feng and Xin Ping, who were present, glanced at each other, and Xin Ping said: "Lord, I'm afraid that Cao Cao is not incompetent, but wants to preserve his strength." ”

"What do you mean by that?" After hearing this, Yuan Shao immediately asked.

Xin commented: "Cao Cao is very good at using soldiers, he has a lot of talents, and he has a large army in his hands, I don't believe that a tiger prison can stop him." The lord and Cao Cao have known each other for many years, and they should understand Cao Cao's treachery. He didn't move at this time, I'm afraid he was sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight. If the lord and Zhang Yan fight to lose both, this is probably what Cao Cao is most willing to see. Moreover, his subordinates suspected that Cao Cao could not escape the blame for the death of Gao Gan. ”

Yuan Shao frowned, seemed to be interested, and commented to Xin: "Go on." ”

"Whoa!" Xin Ping first hugged a fist, and then said: "When our army captured Bingzhou, Cao Cao once applied to the lord for a time to be the assassin of the state, but at that time, the lord was persuaded by us and others, and he was reappointed as the nephew of the lord, Gao Gan, as the assassin of the state, but only Cao Cao was a Jinyang Taishou, and he was still under Gao Gan. Cao Cao is a man of great talent, not a person who has lived under others for a long time. His subordinates had received a secret report before, saying that Cao Cao was recruiting soldiers under the banner of the lord in Bingzhou, but secretly trained them to become his own private soldiers. In the past five years, Cao Cao has personally presided over the conscription of Bingzhou, and Cao Cao often buys people's hearts in Bingzhou, and his reputation is much higher than that of Bingzhou. This time, the lord appointed Gao Gan as the commander of the Western Route Army and led an army of 100,000 to the south first, but Cao Cao didn't know what idea he used, so he asked Gao Gan to attack Hedong with an army of 30,000, so that it caused a later tragedy. As soon as Gao Gan died, the war was imminent, and the lord could not arrange a suitable person to become the commander of the Western Route Army, so Cao Cao just picked up this one and became the commander in chief. Now, after arriving in Henan, I have never fought a battle, and I have been standing still, I must be suspicious, and I ask the lord to know it! ”

Tian Feng also added oil and vinegar on the side and said: "Lord, Cao Cao has ill intentions, it is advisable to withdraw as soon as possible, if it is late, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it by then!" ”

After Yuan Shao heard this, his brows furrowed into the word "Sichuan", and his face became more and more ugly. Before he could speak, a scout walked in from outside, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he knelt on the ground, holding a secret letter, and said aloud: "Lord Qi, Yecheng is urgent!" ”

When he heard these words, Yuan Shao's heart suddenly became inexplicably nervous, the four words "Yecheng Emergency" are simple, but they are very important. Yecheng is his lair, and the person in charge of staying in Yecheng is his third son Yuan Shang, if Yuan Shangyou has nothing important, he will definitely not send any urgent reports. And once an emergency report is issued, it means one thing, something happened in Yecheng.

Yuan Shao quickly opened the letter, took out the letter and looked at it hurriedly, and sure enough, without his guess, something really happened to Yecheng.

According to Yuan Shang's report, a few days ago, a mysterious army secretly crossed the Yellow River, first captured Dongwuyang, and then went all the way to the north, Yin'an, Fanyang, Neihuang and other counties, and with lightning speed under the city of Yecheng, until this time, Yuan Shang knew that the person who led the army was Zhao Yun, the general of Gongsun Zan in the past. At this time, Zhao Yun had already taken refuge in Zhang Yan and became General Huwei.

Yuan Shang once sent an army out of the city to fight Zhao Yun, but the piece of armor killed by Zhao Yun was not left, so he insisted on not fighting.

Zhao Yun tried to attack Yecheng several times, but could not be attacked for a long time, so he led his troops and horses to attack the rest of the counties, swept Zhao County, Julu, Anping, Qinghe four counties in three days, attacked the government along the way, opened the official warehouse to release grain, and looted the treasury of various places, and is now stationed in Ganling County.

Yuan Shang had few soldiers and was unable to defeat the enemy, so he had to write a letter to inform Yuan Shao, praying for reinforcements to be sent back to Jizhou to defeat Zhao Yun.

Yuan Shao then handed over the secret report to Xin Ping and Tian Feng to watch, and then asked him about countermeasures.

Xin commented: "The middle route army is the main force, and it must not move a single soldier, and it must meet Zhang Yan here wholeheartedly." The subordinates thought that Zhao Yun was alone in the depths, without any reinforcements, and the East Route Army was the closest to Ganling County, so the lord might as well give an order to the East Route Army and let the eldest prince send some soldiers and horses to Ganling County to eliminate Zhao Yun. ”

Yuan Shao glanced at Tian Feng and asked, "What is the opinion of the military advisor?" ”

"That's what I mean, too." Tian Feng said, "In addition, since Cao Cao is blocked outside the Tiger Prison Pass, it is better for the lord to send someone to give him an order, so that he can lead the army to avoid the Tiger Prison Pass and come to Puyang to support the lord." Zhang Yan's increase of 70,000 troops is the most haode excuse. After Cao Cao led the army to arrive, the lord immediately took away his command, so that all the army was in the hands of the lord, and the superior forces were concentrated to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Yan, and the victory was determined in one battle! ”

Yuan Shao nodded, and immediately called Chen Lin and asked Chen Lin to write two orders, one to Yuan Tan and one to Cao Cao, and he began to follow Tian Feng's deployment and began to get busy overnight.

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Qingzhou, Jinan County, Licheng.

Qingzhou Thorn History, Zuo General Zang Ba led the army to hold on to Licheng, outside the city was densely packed tents, and the banner of the Yuan army fluttered in the wind over the barracks.

The walls of Licheng have long been stained red with blood, and outside the city is a sea of corpses and blood, and the air is filled with an incomparable smell of blood, and the wind cannot be blown away.

Zang Ba stood on the city wall, with the broken general Lu Dai standing beside him, and behind him were his generals Wu Dun, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Sun Kang, Chang Feng and others, all of whom looked at the numerous troops outside the city, their eyes full of hatred.

More than ten days ago, Yuan Tan suddenly led an army to attack Qingzhou, from the banci to Qiancheng, and occupied Le'an County, and then led the army straight to Licheng.

Fortunately, Zang Ba got the news early in the morning, so he quickly made a decision, gathered his troops, gathered all of them in the city, and held on without fighting.

For more than ten days, Yuan Tan has been launching a fierce attack on Licheng, and the soldiers of the whole city, under the command of Zang Ba, have repelled the attacks of Yuan's army again and again, and they have been guarding this city until now.

In the barracks outside the city, Yuan's army began to be crowded, Zang Ba saw it, and immediately ordered: "The enemy army is starting to move again, it seems that they want to attack again, pass the order, all battalions stick to the defense line, and must hold this city." ”

"Whoa!" Everyone said in unison.

Sure enough, after about a stick of incense, Yuan Tan gathered another group of soldiers and horses, killed them from the barracks, and went straight to Licheng.

"Archer prepare!" Zang Ba shouted. (To be continued......)