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For several days, the Yuan army outside the city did not move, and the Yuan army was in a deep ditch and high fortress, not only Zhang Yan's iron cable chain horse formation was useless, but even the infantry who wanted to sneak attack at night may not be able to get their wish.

The war between Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao has been going on for more than a month, and at the beginning of the war, Yuan Shao's three-way army basically pounced on Zhang Yan's territory with the posture of a tiger descending the mountain, and the 350,000 army roared over, which made the people of the Central Plains panic for a while.

However, with Zhang Yan's step-by-step response later, and the armies from all walks of life went to the front line one after another, holding on to various dangerous places, Yuan Shao's army would not be allowed to drive straight in.

And in the past two days, the battle reports have also been transmitted to Xiancheng.

Yongzhou side: Niu Jin, the general of the Xiao cavalry, led the army to defend Chencang, and the armies of Ma Teng and Han Sui could not attack for a long time, but they lost their troops and lost their generals, and the soldiers they brought less food and were demoralized. Yongzhou Assassin Shi Zhong Xuan saw the opportunity, went to the enemy camp alone, moved with emotion and reason, and successfully persuaded Ma Teng and Han Sui to take the initiative to withdraw from the army.

Sent along with the battle report from Yongzhou, there was also a private letter from Zhong Xuan, in which Zhong Xuan mentioned that he hoped to make Ma Teng and Han Sui marquis, so as to calm his heart, and let Zhang Yan not worry about the affairs of the northwest, he would handle all this properly.

After reading it, Zhang Yan immediately replied, planning to seal Ma Teng as the Marquis of Wugong County, Han Sui as the Marquis of Meiyang County, and the food and euphemism are all 1,000 households.

Wugong County and Meiyang County are both in Yongzhou, but Ma Teng and Han Sui are in Liangzhou. Although the marquis was rewarded, if Ma Teng and Han Sui went to take office, they had to enter Yongzhou. Restrained by Yongzhou Thorn Shi Zhong Xuan.

Besides. Zhang Yan also specially asked Zhong Xuan to hold the festival. entrusted all the affairs of the northwest to him, while he concentrated on dealing with Yuan Shao.

Qingzhou: Zang Ba's troops were defeated and retreated to Mount Tai, Yuan Tan led an army to slaughter tens of thousands of people in Licheng, and sent a large army to attack Qi County, Beihai, and Donglai. However, it was also clearly written in the war report that because of Yuan Tan's massacre of the city, everyone in Qingzhou hated him. Fearing that they would encounter the same fate, the people spontaneously organized themselves to resist Yuan's army entering Qingzhou, and the flames of the uprising spread throughout Qingzhou. The Beihai Taishou Kong Rong and Qingzhou Beijia Wang Xiu, Donglai Taishou Buqi, Qijun Taishou Yan Jian and others were closely united, and gathered tens of thousands of young adults in the Beihai area, and cooperated with Zang Ba in Taishan to attack Yuan's army together.

For a time, Yuan Jun became a rat crossing the street, everyone shouted and beat him, and he couldn't eat well. Sleep poorly, even if well-equipped. is well-trained, and it can't withstand a few days and nights of tossing, but was driven to the Gaotang area by the people of Qingzhou, who were filled with righteous indignation and defended their homes and defending the country.

Yuan Tan led the army into Jizhou, and the soldiers and horses left behind were not enough to deal with the flames of the Qingzhou uprising, so Yuan's army could only retreat in the Gaotang area, waiting for reinforcements.

On the other hand, Zhao Yun's lone army went deep into Jizhou, and in just ten days, he swept the entire Jizhou, turning Jizhou upside down. Not only that, but also attracted half of Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses to come back to help, and let Yuan Xi in Youzhou also send troops to support, but when Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi's two armies rushed to Jizhou, Zhao Yun suddenly rushed out of Jizhou, resolutely crossed the Yellow River south, entered Cangting, and was heading in the direction of Xiancheng.

After reading these battle reports that had just been sent, Zhang Yan suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.

In fact, at the beginning of the war, when he learned that Yuan Shaobing was divided into three ways and killed the Central Plains, Zhang Yan, who had always been worried, breathed a sigh of relief.

In Zhang Yan's view, what he was most worried about was that Yuan Shao commanded an army of 350,000 and concentrated a little to attack. Because his troops are not as large as Yuan Shao's, and in this way, it means that there is a big decisive battle between the main forces.

But Yuan Shao chose to divide his troops and advance, which was undoubtedly a favor from God.

Yuan Shao divided his troops into three directions, and it seemed like three sharp knives stabbed directly, but as long as one sharp knife could not play its due role, it would affect the remaining two route armies. Not only that, but the supply of grain and grass will also become a huge problem.

In fact, Zhang Yan has been closely following the entire war situation. Throughout the war, Cao Cao's approach has always made him very incomprehensible.

Zhang Yan once fought with Cao Cao, and knew Cao Cao's strength, this person was very good at using soldiers, and he had heavy troops, why did he perform so mediocre in this war?

When Zhang Yan learned that Cao Cao had led an army of 70,000 into Hanoi, Zhang Yan's adrenaline suddenly increased, and for him, Cao Cao was far more terrible than Yuan Shao.

In Zhang Yan's entire defense system, the defense of the western front was not weak, but Gao Gan first entered Hedong to attract Tai Shici to the rescue, and Xu Huang, who went to help, had not yet arrived, Cao Cao just took advantage of this vacancy, led the army to break through the defense, entered the undefended Hanoi, drove straight in, and crossed the Yellow River south with lightning speed, entered the Henan border, drove Zhang Hong, and occupied the old capital Luoyang.

Even if Xu Huang reacted very quickly and occupied the Tiger Prison Pass, with Cao Cao's current strength, if he wanted to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, Xu Huang might not be able to defend it. Once the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, Ao Cang will be directly exposed to Cao Cao's troops, Ao Cang is in danger, Xingyang is in danger, and even Chen Liu, Yingchuan and other places are directly exposed to Cao Cao's troops.

However, the development of events was beyond Zhang Yan's expectations, and instead of attacking, Cao Cao did not move.

Because of this delicate detail, Zhang Yan seemed to be able to guess what the reason for Cao Cao's immobility?

Even now, Zhang Yan has not been able to figure out what role Cao Cao played in this war?

In Hanoi, the army he led was defeated by Tai Shi Ci one after another, and even when Cao Hong was driven away by Tai Shi Ci, Cao Cao still stood still.

Is Cao Cao sitting on a mountain watching the tiger fight?

Zhang Yan couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't figure it out.

"Lord, someone has shot an arrow book from the castle tower!" Jia Xu, the military advisor, came to the hall with an arrow tied to the letter and bowed to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan took the arrow book, opened it and hurriedly read it, and after reading it, his brows suddenly furrowed, and his eyes were full of doubts.

Jia Xu observed Zhang Yan's every move, and hurriedly asked, "Lord, is something happening?" ”

"See for yourself!" Zhang Yan gave the letter to Jia Xu.

After Jia Xu read it, he closed the letter expressionlessly, and said slowly: "There is no payment, the origin of this letter is unknown, the lord should not be gullible, his subordinates are worried that this is a ploy by the enemy to lure the enemy deep." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yan did not make any statement, but shouted at the people around him: "Bring the map!" ”

The soldiers presented the map and directly spread it out on the several cases in front of Zhang Yan, and the map of Yanzhou was clear at a glance.

Zhang Yan pointed at the map one by one, and then asked: "Military Division, Yuan Shao led the army south, if you transport grain and grass from Jizhou, you have to cross the Yellow River in the middle, and it is time-consuming and laborious to go back and forth, if you are a grain officer, how will you transport grain and grass?" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he already knew that Zhang Yan began to believe what was written in the letter. He glanced at the map and said slowly: "I will transport all the grain and grass to the south bank of the Yellow River at one time, and then secretly hoard it in one place, once the army is short of food, it can be replenished quickly." ”

Zhang Yan asked again: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." Therefore, the grain and grass must be stored in a very secret place, at least, the average person will not be aware that this place is a place where the grain and grass are stored. Strategist, if you were Yuan Shao, where would you store your grain and grass? ”

Jia Xu glanced at the map again, Zuihou stopped his eyes on the very inconspicuous place of Baimajin, and then said to Zhang Yan: "There is nowhere else but Baimajin." ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said to Jia Xu: "I have the same opinion as you. If I were Yuan Shao, I would also hoard grain and grass in Baimajin. This shows that the contents of this epistle are true. ”

Jia Xu said: "The soldiers are not tired of deceit, even if it is proved that what is written in this letter is true, Bai Majin is really the place where Yuan Shao's army hoards grain, how can the lord know if this is a ploy by Yuan Shao to deliberately lure the enemy deeper?" ”

"The military advisor was right to be worried. Naturally, I won't lead my army easily, and before I go to Hakumasin, I will definitely send scouts to investigate. Zhang Yan said.

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan called a brocade guard and asked him to take five elite scouts to Baimajin in the starry night to investigate and see if Yuan Jun's grain and grass were really hoarded there.

Baimajin is in the territory of Baima County, only ten miles away from the ancient ferry port of Baima County, this area, the terrain is high and uplifted, although it is on the bank of the Yellow River, but there is no low-lying wetland, and the terrain is flat, in the place of five miles north of Baimajin, there is still a river embankment, and the terrain of Baimajin is much higher than the river embankment, even if the Yellow River bursts, flooding, Baimajin here will never be flooded.

Perhaps it is the advantages of this area that Yuan Shao chose as a place to hoard grain.

Jin Yiwei left with the scout, and Zhang Yan waited quietly in Xiancheng, but he did not know who sent the letter.

However, in order to verify the authenticity of the letterhead, and whether there is an ambush by Yuan Shaojun around, Zhang Yan must be cautious and cautious, as long as he takes a wrong step, then what awaits him in front of him may be an abyss.

As soon as the Jinyi guard left here, another scout arrived, and as soon as he entered the hall, he immediately announced: "Lord Qi, the army led by General Huwei Zhao Yun has arrived in Xiancheng, and General Zhao Yun sent someone to ask the lord, how will the army be settled?" ”

Zhao Yun's return is undoubtedly good news for Zhang Yan. He immediately walked out of the hall and said to Jia Xu: "Let's go, let's go together to meet our hero Triumph!" (To be continued......)