Chapter 176, Guandu's first battle Fengyun Meeting, Yecheng lost the appointment with Feiyan

The battle of Guandu kicked off, Cao Cao was never arrogant or discouraged, listened to the advice of Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others, divided the troops, and fought cautiously and calmly:

On the first road, he first sent Lu Bu to surrender to Zang Ba, and led the elite troops from Langyu to Qingzhou, occupying Qi, Beihai, Dong'an and other places. contain Yuan Shao, consolidate the right flank, and prevent Yuan's army from attacking Xudu from the east;

On the second route, he ordered Yu Ban to lead 5,000 foot riders to guard Yanjin, an important ferry port on the south bank of the Yellow River, and assist Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, who was guarding Baima, to prevent Yuan's army from crossing the river and driving south;

On the third route, the main force of the Chinese army built fortifications in the area of Guandu to block Yuan Shao's frontal attack, while Cao Cao himself led his troops into Liyang County, Jizhou.

At the same time, he also sent advisers to distribute rewards to appease Guanzhong and win over the warlords of Liangzhou to stabilize the flanks.

This time, Cao's army used only 50,000 troops to hold the key passes, focus on fortification, wait for work, and strike later, occupying a very favorable position. The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, although many places can cross the river, but where the official crossing is, it is the upper reaches of the chasm, on the verge of Bianshui, the west is connected with Hujiao, Gong, Luoyao Pass, and the east goes down to Huai and Si Ershui, which is the barrier of Xudu, and must be the important and contentious place of Yuan Shao to seize Xudu. Fortified here, close to Xu County, Cao Cao's logistical supply was much better than Yuan Shao's situation in lengthening the front.

In June of the third year of Jian'an, the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao gradually entered the stage of stalemate.

Yuan Shao marched to Liyang in an attempt to cross the river to fight a decisive battle with the main force of Cao's army.

He first sent the general Yan Liang as the vanguard and led the army to attack Baima County and attack Cao Cao's Dongjun Taishou Liu Yan. The intention was to take down the fortress on the south bank of the Yellow River and ensure that the army crossed the river.

Guo Jia offered a plan for Cao Cao, thinking that Yuan Shao had many soldiers, so he asked the lord to attack the east and west, disperse his forces, first lead troops to Yanjin, disguise to cross the river to attack Yuan Shao's rear, so that Yuan Shao divided his troops to the west, and then sent light cavalry to quickly attack the Yuan army attacking Baima, and if he was unprepared, he could defeat Yan Liang.

Cao Cao thought so and adopted this plan, so he pretended to cross the river from Yanjin, but Yuan Shao was really fooled and hurriedly sent troops to Yanjin Ferry, resulting in the dispersion of his troops. Cao Cao took the opportunity to lead the light cavalry, with Zhang Liao and Xu Chu as the vanguard, and rushed to the white horse, and the two generals were brave, rushed into the army of ten thousand and killed Yan Liang, and the Yuan army was defeated and left.

After Cao Cao relieved the siege of Baima, he moved the people of Baima County to retreat west along the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao was not fooled, so he led his army across the river to pursue, all the way to the south of Yanjin, and sent the generals Wen Chou and Liu Bei to continue to pursue Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao only had 1,000 fine cavalry, while Wen Chou had 5,000 cavalry, Liu Bei had 1,000 cavalry, and there were infantry chasing behind. Someone suddenly shouted among the pursuers, "Cao Cao has been defeated, we will pick up the money and lead the horse!", Wen Chou, Liu Bei and others couldn't stop drinking in the front, and there was chaos in the rear, and the soldiers were fighting for property on the riverside - Cao Cao took the opportunity to turn around and launch a fierce attack, and quickly defeated the Yuan army. Wen Chou was killed in the rebellion, Liu Bei took the opportunity to escape, Cao Cao returned to Guandu in victory, and the three armies celebrated excitedly.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao's side has lost Yan Liang and Wen Chou in a row, and his morale has been depressed, and he is in a downturn.

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But on the other side, it was the summer season, the plains of Yanzhou were undulating, the long river was swallowing, and there were no towering hills and mountains, only a vast and continuous scenery. Because of the proximity to the Taihang Mountains, the weather is cloudy and uncertain, like a child's face, changing three times a day. What's more, in late summer and early autumn, it is a season of frequent rainstorms and frequent droughts and floods.

In Baima County, East County, there is a Qiancui Lake, adjacent to Baima Mountain, with thousands of blue waves, and the white lotus in the lake is in full bloom, and the fragrance is intimidating. There is a forest by the lake, with dense branches and leaves, ancient trees, blocking the scorching sun during the day, jagged and sloping, cool and clear. At night, there are bursts of insects, and there is silence and emptiness.

A group of short and energetic men walked quickly through the forest at night, covered with sweat and soaked through the back jacket. Under the moonlight, I saw that these people were dressed in good clothes, full of armor, with horsewhips and weapons around their waists, and at a glance they knew that they were soldiers who abandoned their horses and entered the forest.

The first person, his eyebrows were furrowed, a flaming red scarf was tied around his neck, and there was an unruly aura in his handsomeness, and he whispered to the people behind him: "...... The hands and feet are neat, don't let the son wait for a long time. Everyone sang in unison, and they all hurried away in high spirits.

After turning a large black pine forest, another apricot forest appeared in front of me. After bypassing the apricot forest, there was a strange forest with dense longitudinal branches, and everyone turned around in the east of this strange forest, and it was difficult to move forward no matter what, and they couldn't help but be amazed.

The leading young man in the red scarf was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "This must be the formation laid by the son." As soon as he laughed, he raised his breath and shouted, "Childe—Childe—it's Feiyan!" The voice spread far away, as if it were constantly echoing in the forest.

The people stopped going any further, but stopped where they were. After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps in the dense forest, and a young man really walked out.

Zhang Yan's eyes were hot, and she suddenly rushed forward, bowed her head and bowed: "-Childe, Feiyan can be regarded as seeing you again!"

Qi Han hurriedly helped him up, looked him up and down with a look of surprise.

I haven't seen her for a long time, Zhang Yan is much more mature than the last time we met, her arms are strong and powerful, her body is vigorous, and her narrow black eyes are bright and bright.

"Feiyan...... How did you find here?"

Qi Han was only wearing a thin white single coat, as if he had just woken up from sleep, his face was a little pale, and he asked excitedly, his voice was extremely rough and ugly. Zhang Yan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and remembered his clear and pleasant voice in the past.

Pressing the doubts in her heart, Zhang Yan held Qi Han's hand tightly and said, "Childe, let's go in first and then talk." ”

Qi Han nodded, and walked into the forest hand in hand with him, followed by more than a dozen of Zhang Yan's cronies, all of them blushing, looking at the two people in front of them with excitement - this time I finally saw Zhang Feiyan's "son" who was like a god!

Everyone walked out of the strange forest, and two thatched huts appeared in front of them. A streaming stream meanders by, and the moonlight shines through the gaps in the trees and shines on the stream, breaking the waves and turbulent, and the silver light is brilliant, as beautiful as pearl silk. The grass is dotted with flowers like stars, and the breeze blows through, making people feel cool all over. There is also a faint fragrance of flowers, mixed in the meantime, elegant and lovely, and the smell is intoxicating. When Zhang Yan saw it, he was secretly surprised in his heart: "I don't want to think that there is such a quiet and beautiful place hidden in this valley! ”

This group of rough and accustomed men, when they saw this paradise-like dwelling at first glance, and thought of the ghostly woods of Shicai, they were more and more speechless. I even think that this "Qi Gongzi" who can make Zhang Feiyan bow his head and recognize the lord is a strange person like a mountain spirit, similar to the previous sect leader, he is proficient in Qimen magic.

The walls of the hut are made of pine trees that do not have bark, and they are covered with fine green vines. At this time, it was the end of summer, and it was still unbearable heat, and when everyone saw this house, they felt a sense of coolness.

ordered his cronies to wait in the grass by the stream, and Zhang Yan walked in hand with Qi Han. The layout of the house is simple, there are many small bottles and small jars on the reed wooden frame, a medicinal fragrance, next to the pine case, there is a yaoqin, and there is nothing else.

“…… Feiyan has always acted in accordance with Gongzi's policy, secretly contacting all departments of the Montenegrin Army, expanding forces, and uniting troops, but not resisting the officers and soldiers - but a few years ago, when Cao Cao attacked Lü Bu, Zhang Yang of Hanoi was going to send troops to help Lü Bu, but he was killed by his subordinate Yang Chou, and surrendered a county in Hanoi to Cao Cao, which meant to help the army. At that time, Gongzi and Zilong's brother were both in Xuzhou to help Lu, and Yan ordered the leader of Zhenggu to kill the rebel general Yang Chou and recapture a county in Hanoi, so as to reduce the pressure on Xuzhou. A few days ago, Cao Cao suddenly started a war with Yuan Shao, Cao Ren and Shi Jian took advantage of the unpreparedness, and the strange army raided, killed the leader of Zhenggu, and captured Hanoi.

Zhang Yan reported the past one by one, and caught a glimpse of Qi Han sitting quietly on the side, listening to himself, the moonlight sprinkled on him, his clothes were better than snow, and his pale skin seemed to be transparent. Qi Han's eyebrows were calm, and his face was a little thin, compared to when he was in Youzhou before, it seemed to have changed a little, but Zhang Yan couldn't say where it had changed. I just feel that he seems to have experienced a lot of changes, and at this moment he is defenseless and unguarded, revealing a sense of vicissitudes and misery, just looking at him, I feel that my throat is slightly blocked - not the excitement of meeting, but the inexplicable distress for no reason.

Qi Han seemed to be unimpressed by Zhang Yan's scrutiny, nodded and said: "Although the leader of Zhenggu is Zhang Yang's general, he is a native of Montenegro, and he has always admired Zhang Yang for keeping benevolence and righteousness. He was originally a patriarch of the Taiping Sect, and it is understandable that you are now avenging him and attacking Cao Ren Shi Lian in Hanoi - after all, he is in urgent need of appeasement, and the people in Montenegro are also watching you. He took a sip of cold tea and coughed heavily, his voice still hoarse and unpleasant, "...... It's been three months since I met you in Yecheng, and I didn't think you would be able to find me......"

Zhang Yan heard that he agreed with him, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "That day, Pegasus from the Jizhou headquarters submitted a letter from the son, I was shooting dogs and fighting with Cao Ren, and seeing that the son in the letter asked me to meet in Yecheng, I didn't care about attacking Hanoi, so I immediately collected my troops, led dozens of cronies, and rushed to Yecheng. Who knows, the agreed deadline has arrived, but Childe has not shown up for a long time...... Yan was anxious, only worried that something had happened to his son, so he sent his subordinates to look around in the nearby counties...... Grunt. ”

He also poured a sip of cold water, "It's been three months, and I haven't been able to find any news of my son, Yan didn't dare to give up, so she ordered them not to stop and continue to look for ...... It wasn't until early yesterday morning that someone finally saw the secret mark of the son in Baimadu, and his subordinates were overjoyed, so they followed the direction left by the secret mark and rushed here......" 166 Reading Network