Two days have passed in the blink of an eye, Zhang Fan has been scouting around, but he did not wait for the news of Yuan Shao's battle, but waited for a bad news, Jizhou was attacked by the Xiliang army!

Li Dao Guo Yan's army entered the territory of Jizhou from the Taihang Mountains, more than 200,000 horses attacked frantically, and Zhang Liao was caught off guard.

Zhang Liao immediately mobilized a large army, but the matter was in a hurry, and the preparation was too late, the 100,000 garrison army he gathered was besieged in Guangping, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry roamed outside the city wantonly, and the entire Jizhou was under threat!

"How so!" Zhang Fan was shocked: "Isn't the Xiliang Army fighting a decisive battle with Lu Bu, why did they suddenly arrive in Jizhou!" ”

Tian Feng hurriedly said: "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is unparalleled, our garrison is insufficient, and the combat effectiveness is much inferior to the Xiliang Army. ”

This is really beyond everyone's expectations, Maocheng and Handan are border places, and there are more garrisons and horses, and there are 350,000 horses in each city, that is to say, Zhang Fanjun's garrison killed nearly 100,000 in one day, you must know that the strength of the entire Jizhou is definitely not more than 1.3 million, and it is divided into various places, such losses can be called terrifying!

Fu Chen looked at the overall situation, frowned tightly, and said: "The Xiliang army is menacing, but the main station of our army is in Qingzhou, the base camp of Jizhou is empty, although Zhang Liao is strong, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop his troops, but if our army retreats, Yuan Shao will definitely raise a large army to join Cao Cao, and then we will not only be difficult to protect the land of the three counties of Qingzhou, but also may be attacked by Yuan Shao across the river and burn the war on the land of Jizhou!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Fan couldn't help frowning and pondering while being anxious, and now Jizhou is in a period of vigorous development, if it goes through the baptism of war, I am afraid that all the previous efforts will be put into water, what to use to compete with other princes?

The situation is dangerous and complicated, if Zhang Fan returns to Jizhou, Qingzhou will definitely be difficult to protect, and if he does not return, Jizhou will have to endure the poison of the Xiliang Army, which is a complete dilemma, for a dead end!

"What should I do?" He asked himself in his heart, but he could not find the answer, his thoughts were like a mess, and he couldn't make sense of it.

This was a setback for Zhang Fan, which made him understand the complexity and horror of war, strong enemies are surrounded by strong enemies, and they may pounce at any time and give him a thunderous blow!

Xu Shu proposed a compromise solution, saying: "The strength of the Xiliang Army is more than 200,000, and the main battle strength of our army is not a small amount, we can transfer garrison troops from Jizhou to Qingzhou, we lead the army to help, as long as the Xiliang Army is quickly defeated, there is still a possibility of recovery!" ”

Zhang Fan is silent, this is indeed a way, but the symptoms are not cured, if there is only Yuan Shao in Qingzhou, this method can be preserved, but the problem is that Cao Cao in Yanzhou is also eyeing him, Cao Cao is a hero, there are good and fierce generals under his command, and he is not weaker than his own side, his strong combat power is probably only comparable to the main force of Zhang Fanjun, if you want to use standing guard forces to resist, even if you have the water danger, it is simply impossible!

"Is there only one way to give up Qingzhou? So what have I been fighting for so many days? ”

Zhang Fan was angry from his heart, and he was angry: "This must be Yuan Shao's trick, colluding with the Xiliang Army, and the wolf is a traitor, how can I let him get his wish!" ”

"My lord?" Xu Shu, Tian Feng and the others looked over with some concern, afraid that Zhang Fan would take risks.

Zhang Fan has extraordinary courage after the key, and can even be said to be a little arbitrary, but he is not the kind of master who works desperately as soon as his head is hot, I saw his eyes squinted slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "I want to kill Yuan!" ”

"Don't be impulsive! Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood! Xu Shu, Tian Feng and others hurriedly persuaded and spoke earnestly.

Zhang Fan flicked the sleeves of his robe and said: "I naturally understand this, but now the situation is extremely critical, if our army retreats, Qingzhou will not be guaranteed, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are still very likely to enter Jizhou, when the time comes, our army will be alone against the three major forces, how many chances can we have?" ”

"At a special moment, with a special method, I want to cripple Yuan Shao and make him enterprising, if he is unable to make a plan, it will be impossible to sit back and watch Cao Cao get too many benefits, although there will be no conflict on the surface, but there must be many constraints in the secret, and it also gives us time to concentrate on dealing with the Xiliang army!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone thought about it carefully, and found that it was really like this, before Yuan Shao's main force had been slaughtered, and had to cut the land to sue for peace, now although a new army has been pulled, but also his heritage will be consumed, if this army is defeated again, he Yuan Shao let alone enter Jizhou, even the recovery of Qingzhou is delusional, and at this moment if Cao Cao wants to attack Jizhou, Yuan Shao must be afraid that it will sit big, and in turn threaten himself, there will definitely be some containment.

Having said that, but there was still some omission, Xu Shu hurriedly said: "What if Cao Cao attacks directly from Yanzhou?" ”

"Impossible!" Zhang Fan replied categorically, and said: "If Yuan Shao is successfully defeated, I will let Tiebi withdraw from Rencheng County, leaving a county of land for Cao Cao, Cao Cao is now unstable in Yanzhou, and he will definitely not choose to attack Jizhou directly, but will get the immediate benefits, as long as he occupies Rencheng County and enters the boundary of Qingzhou, Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to sit idly by, the two will contain each other, and the tripartite joint efforts will be resolved!" ”

"The strong man broke his wrist, it's a clever plan, I can't wait!"

Xu Shu Tianfeng was amazed, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Fan higher, this plan can be said to be seamless, but the only key point is how to defeat the main force of Yuan Shao's army, because if Yuan Shao still has the strength to forge ahead, his vision will not be on the mere Rencheng County, after all, the land of Jizhou is far richer than Qingzhou, he will definitely unite with Cao Cao to attack Jizhou first and take great profits, and if he has no enterprising strength, then he will never let Cao Cao fight for this huge benefit, because if Zhang Fan is really defeated, Xiliang Jun and Cao Cao have become the biggest beneficiaries, but he Yuan Shao has become a weakling, not only did he not get the benefits, but his own strength was even more squeezed, if Cao Cao fought back, I am afraid that Qingzhou would lose Cao Cao's gains!

Zhang Fan's plan is brilliant, it is completely considered from the overall situation, which is also what he is good at!

Xu Shu, Tian Feng and other strategists may be even better in targeted strategies, but when it comes to the overall situation, Zhang Fan thinks that he will not be weaker than anyone!

After formulating the strategic plan, Zhang Fan raised his hand and saluted, and said to Xu Shu Tianfeng and others: "Please also ask Mr. to teach me how to severely damage Yuan Shao's army!" ”

"Not arrogant or impatient, good as flow, really the master!"

Xu Shu Tianfeng glanced at each other, and suddenly smiled slightly: "So ...... so."

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