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As soon as Guo Huai's words fell, he jumped out with an arrow step, jumping directly to the staircase of the city tower, and just after Xiangxia walked less than two steps, a deafening explosion sounded in his ears.

The explosion shook the sky completely, and the power generated by the two hundred thunderbolts shattered the entire city gate, not only that, but also blew up the soldiers hiding in the hole in the city gate, and the fragments of the city gate flew towards the soldiers and their faces, making the entire city gate unrecognizable, and even the city wall near the city gate was blown out of a crack.

Guo Huai and the other soldiers standing on the city tower were even more shocked by this huge explosion, their ears were buzzing, and they could only see other people's mouths moving, but they couldn't hear what they were saying.

Guo Huai rolled down the stairs, his head broke and he was bleeding, and his hand bones were broken. He shouted loudly, but the soldiers had innocent expressions on their faces, as if they couldn't hear what he was saying.

At this time, Zhao Yun led a group of cavalry to rush in from the city gate filled with gunpowder, white horses and silver spears, and all the spears were killed everywhere they went.

At this time, Guo Huai's ears seemed to be able to hear some sounds, the dull sound of horses' hooves, chaotic, groups of cavalry entered the city one after another, as soon as they entered the city, they killed people when they saw them.

Guo Huai's subordinates were still frightened by the tremendous power of the violent explosion just now, and they had no power to fight back, allowing the enemy to act arbitrarily in the city.

Guo Huai saw that the city gate was lost, turned around and ran into the city, but unexpectedly, a white horse galloped behind him. A knight in silver helmet and silver armor on horseback. The long arm stretches out. He picked him up by the waist and put him directly on the back of his horse, and then knocked him unconscious with a heavy blow, and took him prisoner.

After Zhao Yun captured Guo Huai, he commanded the cavalry to rush into the city and rushed to the east, west and north gates. And he stayed here with five hundred cavalry and occupied this city gate.

The fifteen hundred cavalry, divided into three teams of five hundred men each, rushed towards the three gates.

There were not many soldiers in the city, and before the soldiers defending the city could figure out the situation, they saw that the enemy cavalry rushed over, and they were unable to organize effective resistance, and under the fierce attack of Zhao Yun's cavalry, Zuihou was defeated and fled.

The cavalry then opened the other three gates. Welcome Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others outside the city into the city, and the inside should be outside. Crisscrossing the city of Liyang.

By the time Zhang Yan led Gan Ning and the Iron Chain Ring Horse Formation to Liyang City, Liyang had already ended the battle, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others had already occupied Liyang, killing 3,000 enemies and capturing 5,000, and even Guo Huai, the general of Jianwei under Cao Cao's account, was captured alive.

After Gan Ning saw such a scene, he was resentful, and only felt that he was a step too late and did not let him enter the city to kill the thief.

Zhang Yan comforted Gan Ning and told Gan Ning that he would always be the vanguard in this campaign against Cao Cao. Gan Ning's mood improved slightly, standing beside Zhang Yan without saying a word.

Zhang Yan led the army into the city, and asked Guo Huai to be escorted up in the county office, and first asked: "You have been captured, if you are willing to surrender to me, I can still make you the general of Jianwei......

"Now that I've been captured, I have nothing to say. If you want to kill, you will kill, if you want to chop, I Guo Huai only want to be a decapitated general, not a surrendering general! Guo Huai said righteously.

Zhang Yan saw that Guo Huai had no intention of surrendering, so he shook his head and said slowly: "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity......"

In fact, Guo Huai is still very well-known in history, but Guo Huai belongs to the later period of the Three Kingdoms, that is, the stage after the Three Kingdoms are really at their peak. Guo Huai was Cao Wei's courtier, and in the attack against Shu Han, he made many military exploits and gradually became a general of Cao Wei.

However, at this stage, Zhang Yan does not have such a demand for talents, as the so-called twisted melon is not sweet, even if he forcibly lets Guo Huai stay by his side, sooner or later there will still be problems.

It is better to conform to Guo Huai's meaning, kill with a knife, and also fulfill Guo Huai's name as a righteous man.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Yan shouted to the guards outside: "Come on, push General Guo out and kill him, and leave a whole corpse." ”

After Guo Huai heard this, he sneered, hugged his fist at Zhang Yan and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Prince Regent, leave me a whole corpse." But before I die, can I ask the Lord Regent one thing? ”

"Just ask!"

Guo Huai said: "May I ask the regent, what kind of weapon is that black iron ball used in your army?" I'm not alone, and I've studied the weapons of the past dynasties, but I've never seen this kind of weapon used by the regent, and I hope the regent will guide me. ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said: "It doesn't hurt to tell you, this is a weapon developed by me personally, called a thunderbolt, not to mention that you haven't seen it, even your lord Cao Cao has definitely never seen it." Let's just say that no one has ever seen this thing on this shijie except me. ”

Guo Huaihu asked suspiciously, "Where did the regent meet him?" ”

"In the dream, it was the immortal who gave me the dream."

The more Zhang Yan said, the more mysterious it became, Guo Huai knew the reason, and he didn't ask anymore, but said to Zhang Yan: "Regent, although I, Guo Huai, am defeated today, I am not convinced at all. I have lost to this weapon of yours, not your army, and if you fight me with real swords, you may not be my opponent. ”

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "No matter how you lose, you are defeated, this is a fact, and it is useless for you to defend yourself." If you're not convinced, I can't help it. Therefore, I can only be wronged that you are going to go to the underworld at such a young age. ”

After speaking, Zhang Yan waved his hand at the guards, signaling them to push Guo Huai out and kill him.

Guo Huai, under the leadership of the guards, walked out of the hall, and in a corner, he was directly terminated by someone who ended his young life, and he didn't shout until he died, worthy of being a man.

After the guards killed Guo Huai, they came over to tell Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan asked him to bury Guo Huai, and the matter was settled.

After Guo Huai's death, his subordinates surrendered one after another, and Zhang Yan rested for a day in Liyang. He left Liyang with Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Gan Ning, Lu Meng and other elite generals. Towards Yecheng mighty killing. Only Wei Xu and 3,000 soldiers were left to garrison in Liyang, and 5,000 soldiers were also taken away.

At the same time, the army led by Zang Ba, the general of the left, has entered the border of Hebei, all the way to the north from the disgust, the army drove straight in, as if no one was in the land, passing through villages and towns along the way without harassment, and the cities encountered were also surrendered without a fight because they were afraid that the enemy army would be strong.

But. Zang Ba and the others still did not enter the city, but only sent people to the city to make some purchases, replenish the military supplies, and then continue to advance, directly to the city of Nanpi.

Zhang He and Gao Ran are the pioneers of the left and right, the two are famous in Hebei, and Wen Chou and Yan Liang are equally famous, Bohai Taishou and Nanpi County Commander were once Yuan Shao's subordinates, and after Cao Cao seized power, he switched to Cao Cao. Because he took the initiative to dedicate the hiding place of the Yuan family, he was erased from Cao Cao's killing list. He has been holding his original official position.

At this time, when I heard that Zhang He and Gao Ran led the army to approach Nanpi, they did not expect that they were opponents, so they simply surrendered without a fight, took the initiative to open the city gate, and let Zhang He and Gao Ran enter the city.

Zhang He, Gao Ran and Bohai Taishou are also old acquaintances, after entering the city, they will drink and talk, during which they even said that the regent divided his troops to attack Hebei in three ways, and even the attack of Wuhuan and Xianbei was also planned by the regent, not to mention that Cao Cao's general trend has gone, and your surrender is right.

After Bohai Taishou listened, he had some lingering palpitations, because he wanted to fight at first, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it and surrendered. Now, though, it seems that he made the right move to surrender.

The next day, Zang Ba led the army to Nanpi, and Zhang He and Gao Ran directly welcomed Nanpi City.

Then, according to the original Jihua, Zang Ba asked Zhang He to go to Hejian and Gao Ran to Anping, responsible for recruiting these two counties, and informed the soldiers and civilians of Jizhou that the regent had come to Jizhou, and on the orders of today's son, he came to kill the rebellious thief Cao Cao, and hoped that the soldiers and civilians of Jizhou would cooperate together. In addition, Zang Ba made people hype up the benefits of the Han army, and strictly enforced military discipline, and did not commit any offenses with the common people.

And Xiahou Yuan, who was far away in the plain, as soon as he got the news that Zang Ba led the army to cross the river, he tried to surround Wei to save Zhao, so he led the army to storm Gaotang, but Zhang Yan obviously left a hand, let Bao Shao lead the army to garrison Gaotang, deliberately showing the empty state of Gaotang, luring the enemy deep, and then ambushing, and killing Xiahou Yuan was defeated, even Xiahou himself was wounded by arrows, and Zuihou had to retreat to the plain in disgrace.

However, Xiahou Yuan was not reconciled, ordered soldiers and horses, and together with Xun You, went north to Nanpi, preparing to drive Zang Ba out of Nanpi.

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After a day's long journey, Zhang Yan led the army to finally arrive in Yecheng, which was only thirty miles away.

Along the way, the army did not commit any crimes, and advanced in a hurry, the cavalry went first, and the infantry was led by Gao Shun.

In Yecheng, Xun Yu and Cao Hong never sent troops, but mobilized soldiers and horses from the counties around Yecheng, all of which were concentrated in Yecheng, preparing to hold Yecheng and wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements.

When the news that Zhang Yan defeated Guo Huai and occupied Liyang reached Yecheng, Xun Yu and Cao Hong were shocked, and what they didn't expect was how powerful Zhang Yan's army was, and it only took one day to defeat Guo Huai's army of 30,000 and occupy Liyang.

It was precisely because of the news of the battle in Liyang that Xun Yu and Cao Hong decided to fortify the wall, stick to Yecheng, and wait for reinforcements.

The battle report Xun Yu has been sent, but it will take a long time to rush from Jicheng to Yecheng, so no matter what, Xun Yu and Cao Hong must stick to Yecheng and wait for Cao Cao's return.

In the evening, Zhang Yan led Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, and Gan Ning to the outside of Yecheng City, and then circled around Yecheng and took a closer look.

Yecheng stands majestically in front of Zhang Yan and others, a moat outside is wide and deep, the four city gates are tightly closed, and the defenders on the city tower are all tense, ready for battle, and the defense is very tight.

"Yecheng is the first fortified city in Hebei, as long as we capture this city, the rest of the cities are not a problem, we can completely disintegrate Cao Cao's shili. Let's go, go back to plan the battle, and be sure to capture this city before Cao Cao rushes back to Yecheng! Zhang Yanlang said. (To be continued......)