Zhao Yun led the crowd back, Zhang Yan personally went to greet him, and what Zhao Yun did in Jizhou was closely watched by Zhang Yan.

During Zhao Yun's trip to Jizhou, 5,600 enemies were annihilated and more than 1,000 were killed. In addition, Zhao Yun recruited 300 brave people such as Xiahoulan from his hometown, and brought back countless looted property.

Zhang Yan then incorporated these 300 people into Zhao Yun's command, and the property they looted was used as a reward, and hundreds of elites were drawn from elsewhere to replenish Zhao Yun's 10,000 troops.

That night, Zhang Yan gathered the generals and held a big banquet in the city to welcome Zhao Yun's triumphant return.

Jia Xu, Ruan Yu, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Gan Ning, Su Fei, Lu Meng, Zhang Wu, Chen Sun and others accompanied.

The next day, Zhang Yan was still asleep when he was suddenly woken up by a rapid knock on the door. He opened his hazy eyes and immediately asked, "Who?" ”

"Lord, it's me, Jia Wenhe."

"Strategist?" Zhang Yan quickly got dressed, and after opening the door, he saw Jia Xu standing outside the door with an excited face, so he asked, "The military advisor is so happy, is there any good news?" ”

Jia Xu said: "It is indeed good news, the Jinyi guard sent by the lord yesterday came back with scouts today, and investigated the situation of Baimajin clearly, where it was indeed Yuan Shaojun's place to hoard grain, and sent heavy troops to guard, and there were four guards, namely Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, and Zhao, each of the four led an army, stationed in the east, south, west, and north of Baimajin, each leading 5,000 soldiers and horses, responsible for guarding the grain and grass camp in Baimajin. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "Are there ambushes along the way?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head. said: "Within a radius of thirty miles." Except for this one. There is no more Yuan Jun. ”

Zhang Yan said slowly: "So, what the arrow book said last night is true, and it is not Yuan Shao's plan to lure the enemy into depth......

Jia Xu was also very strange: "However, such a confidential matter, few people should know about it, but in the letter, not only did he explain the place where he hoarded grain, but even the name of the guard was also said." is exactly the same as the news that Jinyiwei inquired, who will leak the secret to our army? ”

"No matter who it is, this shows that there are people in the Yuan army who don't want to see Yuan Shao win. This messenger must have wanted to see us defeat Yuan Shao. It seems that there are still people in Yuan Shao's army who are loyal to the imperial court. Zhang Yan said with a smile.

Jia Xu asked, "Lord, should our army be deployed immediately?" ”

"The soldiers are very fast, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, immediately call a meeting of the generals!"

"Whoa!"

Subsequently. Zhang Yan sent people to call the generals separately, and then gave some orders.

Grain and grass are essential for marching and fighting. Yuan Shao has 200,000 troops in Puyang, if there is no such grain and grass to supply, then what will Yuan Shao's army eat and drink here?

As long as Yuan Shao's grain and grass camp is destroyed, within three days, Yuan Shao's army will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, Zhang Yan will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and he will definitely be able to win the entire war.

Therefore, in this operation, Zhang Yan carefully selected 5,000 elite cavalry, personally ordered the generals, and let Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Gan Ning, and Lü Meng follow him on the expedition, each leading 1,000 elite light cavalry.

Zhao Yun, on the other hand, was arranged by Zhang Yan in the position of the striker, leading an army of 10,000 to challenge in front of Yuan Shaojun's camp in order to attract Yuan Shaojun's attention.

In addition, Zhang Yan sent people to quickly send secret letters to Tai Shici and Xu Huang, asking them to lead the elite cavalry to Puyang, ready to participate in the decisive battle with Yuan Shao at any time.

After Zhang Yan made the arrangements, he personally put on his horse, took Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Gan Ning, Lu Meng and other 5,000 elite horsemen, disguised as Yuan Shao's army, and quietly galloped out of the south gate.

At this time, Zhao Yun, who had already gathered his troops and horses, led an army of 10,000 from the north gate of Xiancheng to rush out of the north gate of Xiancheng, and went to the front of the trench dug by Yuan Shaojun, and then began to fight and curse non-stop.

At this moment, in Yuan Shaojun's camp, Yuan Shao was angry. He received a war report from Jizhou, Zhao Yun with only 10,000 horses, rampant in Jizhou, burned and looted the bullies, opened warehouses for the people to release grain, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi each led an army to pursue, but was left behind by Zhao Yun far behind, and the second army came to Yecheng City, which made Yecheng suffer some losses.

Although Zhao Yun Zuihou led the troops to retreat, but he left an extremely far-reaching damage in Jizhou, won the support of the people, and robbed a large number of property, the key is that as the rear of Jizhou, after suffering from Zhao Yun's devastation, the hearts of the people around the country fluctuated, and the people had a great move to migrate.

In addition, Yuan Tan slaughtered the city in Qingzhou, which provoked public anger, so that the people of Qingzhou attacked it en masse, so that the army retreated in Gaotang City and did not dare to come out, and then all the places occupied were lost, and Zang Ba, who defeated Mount Tai, together with Kong Rong, Wang Xiu and others, led the soldiers and civilians of Qingzhou, and surrounded Chun Yuqiong, Zhu Ling, and Jiang Yiqu in Gaotang City.

"Insufficient success, more than failure!" After Yuan Shao read the battle report from Qingzhou, he scolded angrily, "Thinking about a martial artist, reckless ability, bad for me!" It's really mediocre! ”

At this moment, a soldier ran in from outside and immediately reported to Yuan Shao, saying that Zhao Yun led 10,000 horses and horses to fight outside the camp.

As soon as Yuan Shao heard Zhao Yun's name, he immediately became angry, and said angrily: "Zhao Yun'er, you deceive me too much!" Send the order down, let Wen Chou lead the army into battle, Zhang He, Gao Ran swept the formation, and I will arrive later. ”

"Whoa!"

Yuan Shao's army stretched for more than ten miles, and Yuan Shao's Chinese army tent was located in the middle of the entire military camp, five miles away from the former military camp where Wen Chou was located.

Therefore, he had to mount his war horse and lead the people forward for five miles to reach the camp where Wen Chou was.

The order was quickly passed out, and when the herald passed by Gao Ran and Zhang He's camp, he passed the order, and Gao Ran and Zhang He each took five hundred relatives to the forward camp with the cavalry.

In the forward camp, Wen Chou closed the gate of the village, and his subordinate soldiers gathered in the camp, with long spears like a forest, bows and crossbows, looking at Zhang Yanjun, who was constantly shouting in front of the camp, and Zhao Yun, who was showing off his might.

For Zhao Yun, Wen Chou is no stranger. In the battle with Gongsun Zhan, Wen Chou had fought against Zhao Yun several times, but at that time, Zhao Yun only appeared as a general, and fought alone with him in front of the battle, and the result was that he fought for more than 30 rounds without winning or losing, and his strength was not reduced, and his marksmanship was not chaotic, Wen Chou was secretly surprised, and he was impressed by Zhao Yun.

At this time, Zhao Yun appeared in front of Wen Chou as a leading general, and Wen Chou also heard about Zhao Yun's deeds in Jizhou, and he had more and more respect for Zhao Yun.

As the saying goes, heroes cherish heroes.

Wen Chou's age is far more than ten years older than Zhao Yun, and he has always been very important to Zhao Yun because of his outstanding martial arts, and he has repeatedly suggested to Yuan Shao to capture Zhao Yun alive and use it for his use. Therefore, when Zhao Yun followed Gongsun Zhan to fight, although he often charged, he never encountered a cold arrow, which was all the credit of Wen Chou.

At this time, the old man is in front of him, but he is no longer a person.

Wen Chou is still the same Wen Chou, but the difference is that Zhao Yun is no longer the original Zhao Yun.

At this time, Zhao Yun was General Huwei under Zhang Yan's account, one of the five tiger generals, and he was deeply valued by Zhang Yan. is far from Zhao Yun, who was a pawn under Gongsun Zhan's tent back then, whether it is status or reputation, it is no longer the same.

"Yuan Shao'er, shrinking turtle, dare to come out and fight me to the death?" Zhao Yun's subordinates have been shouting non-stop, one after another, and they seem to be very noisy.

Wen Chou's subordinates couldn't listen anymore, but Wen Chou was the only one who was calm and calm, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"General, the enemy generals deceive people too much, it is better to let the last general go into battle and kill their prestige!" One of Wen Chou's generals couldn't stand it anymore, so he clenched his fists and begged for his life.

Wen Chou shook his head and said, "Zhao Yun is brave and good at fighting, you are not his opponent." Without the order of the lord, no one is allowed to go to war privately, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

Then the people stopped talking, but the invective in their ears never stopped, and they simply covered their ears and stopped listening.

After a while, the herald rode his war horse and hurried over, came to Wen Chou's face, stuffed a token directly into Wen Chou's hand, and said breathlessly: "Lord...... The lord has an order, let the general go into battle to kill the enemy, and Hugh must let the enemy general run rampant! ”

Wen Chou received the order, and immediately shouted at his subordinates: "Open the gate of the village and go to battle with me!" ”

Outside the camp of the Yuan army, there was a deep and wide trench, which was specially dug by the Yuan army to block the attack of the iron chain horse formation. In addition to this, even in the barracks, ravines of different sizes were dug in case of emergency.

The gate of the village slowly opened, and the soldiers of the Yuan army, who had been holding back their strength, followed Wen Chou and walked out of the camp one after another.

At the forefront were about five hundred soldiers, each of whom carried a wide and thick plank, and then set it up on top of the trench to pave a wide road.

Wen Chou drove his horse forward, stepped on the plank and crossed the trench, and the rest of the people also crossed the trench one after another, and then set up the formation.

Soon, Wen Chou's troops were all lined up, and there were not many of him, but 5,000 elite cavalrymen who had experienced a hundred battles.

The formation on this side had just been established, and Zhang He and Gao Ran each led five hundred cavalry to the front line.

Wen Chou saw Zhang He and Gao Ran coming, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"I'll be ordered by the lord to come and sweep the battle for General Wen!" Zhang He and Gao Ran replied in unison.

Wen Chou said: "Since this is the case, then there are two generals Lao." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wen Chou raised his gun, took a few steps forward, and shouted to Zhao Yun, who was riding a white horse opposite: "Today's showdown will definitely determine the winner and loser, Zhao Yun, if you have any last words, just explain it first." ”

"Phew! Don't be ashamed, it's not certain who will die today! Zhao Yun took a sip of Wen Chou, his eyes were full of hatred, because Gongsun Xu, the son of the old lord Gongsun Zhan, was stabbed to death by him, "Don't talk nonsense, let the horse come!" (To be continued......)