Xuzhou, Pengcheng, General's Mansion.

Snowflakes of information followed, and Zhang Yan sat there, frowning, with a gloomy face.

There were more than a dozen letters on the several cases in front of him, except for the news that Tai Shici led the army to successfully rescue Hedong, the rest were bad news.

In general, Yuan Shao issued a document on the crusade against Zhang Yan, in the form of an edict, in the name of the Qing monarch.

As a result, the war broke out in full swing, and Yuan Shaobing divided into three routes, forcibly crossed the Yellow River, and led an army of 350,000 to compete with Zhang Yan in the Central Plains.

The Western Route Army, Cao Cao has occupied Hanoi, and the main army broke into Henan, Henan Yin Zhanghong soldiers retreated to Guguan, Huyi General Xu Huang guarded the Tiger Pass, Yingchuan Taishou Yang Xiu in order to prevent Cao's army from advancing south, personally led the army to block the Yique Pass, Dagu Pass, and Xuanyuan Pass from Luoyang to Yingchuan.

The Eastern Route Army, Yuan Tan avoided the real and the false, led the army to cross the Yellow River from the Yanci, and occupied the Qiancheng at the fastest speed, Le'an was too shou Yin Li to resist, abandoned the city and fled. Yuan Tan then occupied Le'an County, sent the general Jiang Yiqu to lead an army of 10,000 to take Linzi, and led the rest of the army to attack Jinan County, where Qingzhou Assassin Shi Zangba was located, hoping to eliminate it in one fell swoop.

In the middle route army, Yuan Shao took Yan Liang and Wen Chou as the vanguard generals, and forcibly crossed the Yellow River from Liyang, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were brave and good at fighting, and the soldiers and horses led by them were as high as 50,000 people, and the guard of the river embankment was a militia regiment, with a strength of only 2,500 people, although they tried their best to resist, but in the end it was difficult to escape the doom of the whole army.

Yokono general Li Dian led the Tenth Army to support, but was defeated by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who were in their prime, and the Tenth Army was beaten and fled. Suffer heavy casualties in battle. A regiment was almost wiped out.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou gained a firm foothold in Baima. Led the army to block the road within a radius of 30 miles, Yuan Shao's follow-up army landed on Baima one after another, and more than 100,000 troops camped in Baima, stretching out more than ten miles away.

In addition, Ma Teng and Han Sui were still confronting Niu Jin under Chen Cangcheng, and Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army also completely took refuge in Yuan Shao.

In just one day, Yuan Shao's army of more than 300,000 people crossed the Yellow River. The Yellow River is dangerous, in the face of Yuan Shao's powerful military power, it is simply useless and vulnerable!

News! News! News!

In addition to bad news, it is still bad news!

Since coming to this shijie, Zhang Yan felt such numbness on his scalp for the first time. Although it was freezing outside, he was sweating coldly, and there was a little chill on his back.

Seven years, seven years.

Zhang Yan has been here for seven years, and he has been attached to a small county lieutenant. Step by step, I have come to where I am today, and I have the results I have now. It's really not easy.

After seven years of hard work, he has his current territory, but now, in front of Yuan Shao's powerful military power, he feels that he is so small.

Could it be that his hard work in the past seven years has to be subverted by Yuan Shao?

No!

Never!

This year is the fifth year of Jian'an, 200 AD, this year in history, is the year of the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, when Yuan Shao marched to Guandu, the south bank of the Yellow River heard the wind and fell, Cao Cao at that time, should be in a similar mood to himself now, right?

Now, Zhang Yan finally experienced the feeling of being overwhelmed by the cold in a high place.

He could even predict that the officials under him were about to move, in the face of Yuan Shao's powerful forces, as subordinates, they might choose to surrender, but he had only one way to go, that is, to fight to the end.

Yuan Shao may give others a chance to surrender, but he will definitely not give himself any chance, so he can't surrender, and he must not lose, once he loses this war, everything he has will be gone!

The hall was unusually quiet, and the Sili Captain Jia Xu, the Great Si Nong Chen Qun, the Tingwei Zhang Zhao, the Guangluxun Dong Zhao, and the Gong Cao Peng Xu Xuan, Wei Jing, Liu Ying, Yu Tuo, Cheng Bing, Sima Lang, Wang Xiang, Yang Jun, Huan Jie, Ruan Yu, Liu Yan and others who were standing on the side were all frowning, standing in two rows, without saying a word.

"Yuan Shao raised an army of 350,000 and wanted to compete with me in the Central Plains, but our army had a bad start, although it was defeated again and again, but the overall strength has not been weakened. Now that our army has reached the critical point of life and death, if we don't unite and get through this difficult time together, I am afraid that I will become the soul of Yuan Shao's sword. Zhang Yan thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind, and then said slowly, "This battle is an inevitable battle, either I die or you die, it should be a very cruel battle." You are all my confidants, and if you don't want to go through trouble with me, please bring it up as soon as possible, and I will let you go and give you some money and food. If you sentence me to go when I fight Yuan Shao on the front line, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Chen Qun first said: "If there is no general, I will not have such a status, Changwen can have everything today, it is thanks to the general, Changwen is willing to follow the general to the death, and he will never deviate from this life and this life!" ”

The rest of the people also said in unison: "We are willing to follow the general to the death, and we will never deviate from this life and this life!" ”

Zhang Yan looked around at the people in the hall, no matter what they said from the heart, or they were dealing with themselves, anyway, their ugly words had already been said in front, if someone defected, he would definitely not show mercy.

"Yuan Shao's soldiers are many generals, which is incomparable to our army, but our army is not numerous, but all of them are excellent soldiers, and they are fully equipped, if they really fight, they may not lose to Yuan Shao. I have already made a decision, I will personally lead the army to Puyang tomorrow, and I must completely defeat Yuan Shao in Puyang! ”

"Whoa!" Everyone responded in unison.

Subsequently, Captain Jia Xu asked, "Lord, how do the two armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Tan deal with it?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yan said: "Cao Cao's army has entered Henan, Zhang Hong and Xu Huang have blocked all passes, Henan does not have much population, as long as Zhang Hong and Xu Huang stick to not fighting, no matter how many Cao Cao's soldiers are, there is no way to take them." But just in case, Xu Xuan and Huan Jie, the two of you went to the Tiger Prison and served as a staff officer for Xu Huang. ”

"Whoa!" Xu Xuan and Huan Jie, the two responded in unison.

Zhang Yan continued: "As for the Qingzhou side, I will entrust it all to Zang Ba, as long as I try my best to hold off Yuan Tan's main force, and after I defeat Yuan Shao, I will send troops to the rescue." Yu Turn, you go to Qingzhou for me and tell Zang Ba about my decision. ”

"Whoa!" Yu flipped his fist.

Jia Xu then said: "Lord, Yuan Shao issued a document to crusade against the lord, in the name of the Qing monarch's side, this is obviously an edict, and his subordinates think that the lord is going to Puyang, so he must bring Bixia with him, and let Bixia expose his lies in front of Yuan Shao." In addition, envoys should also be sent to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao respectively, and the lives of Empress Yuan and Cao Guifei should be used as a threat to make them retreat. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yan nodded again and again, and immediately said, "That's it!" ”

"Also, there are not enough troops on the front line, does the lord consider transferring the two armies stationed in Lujiang to the front line together?" Jia Xu suggested.

Zhang Yan was silent for a moment, still thinking about whether to transfer Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to the front line. Because, he was worried that Liu Biao would take advantage of the situation, or Sun Ce would make a hindrance and rashly transfer 20,000 troops, once Liu Biao and Sun Ce knew, he was afraid that they would be ready to move.

Jia Xu seemed to be able to guess what Zhang Yan was thinking in his heart, and immediately said: "What the lord is worried about is nothing more than Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and his subordinates have a plan, which can transfer Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to the front line, and will not let Liu Biao and Sun Ce not notice it at all." ”

"What's the solution? Say it! Zhang Yan said anxiously.

Jia Xu said: "Our army has 70,000 militia, still in Shaobi Tuntian, these 70,000 militia are Yuan Shu's surrender of the year, now is a very time, subordinates think, this liliang, should also be used, although the combat effectiveness is not as good as the regular army, but it can give our army a strong momentum, as long as it is used properly, the militia will also play a huge role." The subordinates felt that it would be better to transfer 20,000 people from them and secretly go to the garrisons of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to act as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's soldiers and horses, so that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's army could be transferred to the front line. In addition, the lord can also hand over the remaining 50,000 militia to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun for command, so that it is equivalent to an army of 70,000, as long as they are issued military uniforms, weapons and battle armor, who can know that they are militiamen? ”

Zhang Yan laughed and said, "If you say so, then wouldn't I have troops everywhere?" The militia policy has been in place for many years, and it has already been quite effective, and now that it is a time of war, it is indeed good to use it. Dasi Nong! ”

Chen Qun hurriedly arched his hand and said, "What does the lord command?" ”

"The militia has always been under the jurisdiction of your Dasi Nong Mansion, and you and Hu Cao Peng Yang Jun will handle this matter together, and you must count the number of militias under your jurisdiction, and issue weapons, armor and military uniforms to them, all of which are under the management of the local county government, and when necessary, you can mobilize them to the front line."

"Whoa!" Chen Qun and Yang Jun bowed their hands together.

Zhang Yan made proper arrangements, so he took Jia Xu, the captain of Sili, as the military advisor, Ruan Yu as the marching secretary, Wang Xiang as the main book, Sima Lang and Liu Yan as the staff officers, and only took 2,000 cavalry guarding the pro-army to protect the current son of heaven Liu Xie, and rushed towards Puyang.

Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, Dong Zhao and others all stayed in Pengcheng to stabilize the situation in the rear, and left 8,000 guards and pro-army, led by Xu Sheng, to protect the safety of Pengcheng.

Zhang Yan went on the road, non-stop along the way, the son of heaven Liu Xie was pampered, but he couldn't stand this kind of toss, but Zhang Yan was so anxious that he left with Jia Xu and a thousand cavalry, and the rest of the people all stayed to protect the son of heaven Liu Xie.

At this moment, the smoke on both sides of the Yellow River is everywhere, and the Yuan army has surrounded the inner three layers and the outer three layers of Puyang City, and the right general Yu Ban and the Hengye general Li Dian, the rebellious general Chen Ying, and the Puyang Changshi Mao Jue, trapped in the lonely city, swore to resist, and repelled the Yuan army's wave after wave of attacks.

Under the city of Puyang, the corpses were piled up, and the blood flowed like a river, and even the city walls were stained red with blood.

Puyang City, like a flat boat in the sea, is suffering from layers of huge waves and is crumbling...... (To be continued......)