Chapter 381: Attack Handan

After Xu Chu's 'too naïve' farce, the military discussion finally began.

According to the news from Yuan Tan's envoy, Yuan Shang's reinforcement army was divided into two parts, the front army was a cavalry team led by Yuan Shang himself, numbering about 20,000 people, and the rear army was an infantry army and a baggage army, which was personally suppressed by Feng Ji. In addition, the spies reported that the Handan defenders behind Yecheng had begun to mobilize, ready to reinforce Yecheng, and the person who commanded the Handan army was frustrated. Xun You, as Cao Cao's mastermind, naturally stood up to solve the current situation.

Hearing his son's name, his body trembled subconsciously, and then he didn't make any movement, standing aside like a stone statue. Although he, as Li Wei's general, is logically unable to participate in and does not have to participate in such a military meeting, Li Wei must let him attend, and he can only do so. Frustrated professor really attended, didn't say a word, and kept playing soy sauce on the side.

Yuan Shang returned to aid and set to go to the pavilion Tao Guangping all the way to meet with Handan's frustration and then rescue Yecheng, but it is not ruled out that Yuan Shang forcibly marched in order to quickly rescue Yecheng, and then entered Yecheng from Zhangshui all the way to Yangping Neihuang. Cheng Yu looked at the brief map in the tent and waved his hand.

"If this is the case, you can send two generals to lead the troops and horses to defend the waterway of Neihuang, and then send a special force into Guangping to intercept Yuan Shang, and you can also threaten the defenders of Handan on one side, so that they cannot send troops to assist Yecheng. Guo Jia is good at scheming and waving his hands. Cao Cao thought this plan was good and accepted it one by one.

"Hmm...... Zhang He, Gao Lan, listen to the order!" Cao Cao pondered for a while and shouted.

"The last general!" Zhang He and Gao Ran replied with their fists clenched.

"Ling Ru and the others led an army of 50,000 to enter Neihuang to defend the Zhangshui waterway and guard against Yuan Shang's return army. Cao Cao obviously considered that the two were from Hebei, and they must be familiar with the dangerous roads.

"No!" Zhang Gao and the two of them returned to the column after receiving the order.

"Li Wei, Zhao Yun, obey the order!" Cao Cao then shouted.

"The last general!" replied Li Wei and Zhao Yun with their fists folded.

Li Wei led the headquarters army and 40,000 troops, with Zhao Yun as the deputy general, and marched into Guangping day and night to garrison Yuan Shang's reinforcements. ”

"No!" the two men received the order and retreated into the column. Cao Cao then arranged the tasks of the various armies, and then decided to personally lead the army to attack Yecheng.

"Second brother, please take care of the logistics. Half an hour later, Li Wei led 20,000 cavalry, and at the same time brought his own 300 private soldiers in the camp, and confronted Mi Fang on horseback. Li Wei divided the army into three, and the rear army of 10,000 people, including logistics, was handed over to Mi Fang for management, and the security was handed over to Zhao Yun's deputy general, Liao Hua.

"Rest assured, Anmin promises not to let your army go hungry. Mi Fang patted his chest and said.

"Liao Hua, I know that you are cautious by nature, and the military governor will hand over the grain and grass to you to take care of. Li Wei instructed Liao Hua behind him, and the latter clenched his fists to receive the order.

"The whole army set off!!" With Li Wei's order, 2,300 cavalry marched in the direction of Quang Binh. Zhao Yun and Gao Shun were his left and right deputies, and the Chinese army let Fu give command, and Zhou Cang was his deputy.

……

Li Wei led 2300 cavalry across Zhangshui and quickly marched to Quang Binh, finally occupying this dangerous place, camping and waiting for the arrival of the other two armies.

The 50,000 quartermaster baggage was not a quantity that could be solved in a day or two, and it took a month to transport it from the rear to the camp in Quang Binh alone. On the other hand, Yuan Shang really did what Cheng Yu expected, and Tao Guangping planned to join the frustrated Hu in Handan all the way, but he was intercepted by Li Wei, a roadblocker, and had to set up camp fifty miles away to confront Li Wei and find another way back.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, in April, Li Wei received the news that Cao Cao's army attacking Yecheng had been frustrated and was repelled by the judge who was responsible for guarding Yecheng, and decided to use tactics to aid Cao Cao's army.

"Second brother, the primary purpose of this trip is to bluff and make the illusion that Handan has been captured, so you have to beat gongs and drums and hang more flags along the way, and at the same time slowly march to make a scene of attacking Yecheng before and after. I've sent someone to inform the lord, presumably the lord's guild will take the next step. At the same time, I will send another hundred Danyang soldiers and Zhou Cang to assist you in case of a sneak attack by Yuan Shangjun. In the big tent of Guangping, Li Wei instructed Mi Fang.

"Mi Fang takes orders!" Mi Fang knew how much he was capable of, so he had been in charge of logistics or garrison work since joining Cao Cao's army, but there was still blood in his chest. Now that he has this opportunity to serve as the commander of 5,000 people, Mi Fang officially holds his fists and takes his life.

"Zilong, the defense of the camp here has been reinforced, so I will hand over this place to you to guard alone, and leave you with 20,000 elite heavy armor and 5,000 archers, be sure to guard this place, don't let Yuan Shang break through. Li Wei instructed Zhao Yun.

"What does the general want?" Zhao Yun asked one by one when he heard Li Wei's tone as if he had a different intention.

"I intend to send troops to attack Handan, cutting off the back road of Yecheng and Yuan Shang. Li Wei did not hide his intentions, said.

"The general thinks twice...... There are clouds in the art of war: the first army is to attack and strategize, the second is to attack the enemy, and the second is to attack the city; there are also clouds: ten are to encircle it, five to attack it, and to fight it twice; now our army has divided 5,000 troops as a bait army, and if we divide the army to attack Handan again, the gains will outweigh the losses. Frustration stood up and persuaded.

"Sir's statement is indeed reasonable, but the success of this trip depends on Mr. alone. Li Wei looked at the frustrated professor and said with a slightly meaningful smile.

"The general is going to let me go down and persuade my son to surrender?" Fu Zhu is a smart man, and after thinking carefully for a while, he asked in an affirmative tone.

"That's right. I have heard that the frustrated Hu is a man of filial piety, and quite strategic, and he succumbed to Yuan Shang only for fear of burying his ability. Now that there is a gentleman here, father and son are the same thing, isn't it a beautiful thing. "Lai Wei Dao.

"Do your best under it. Frustrated Zhu didn't want his son to be foolish and loyal for a faint master like Yuan Shang, so he waved his hands.

……

In Handan City, Fu Hu sat on the main seat, and below him were his deputies, a group of generals and county guards, he was thinking about an important matter, standing in front of the fork in the road of choice.

Three days earlier, Li Wei had led a large army to encircle Handan. Originally, he thought that he would face the siege of Li Wei's army, but he didn't expect an unexpected person to come out of the opponent's formation, a relative he thought had been killed in battle.

"Father, you ...... You...... Still alive?!" Frustrated Hu asked in surprise and joy when he saw Frustrated Grant riding out of the formation.

"Idiot, if you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait! Whether it is Yuan Tan or Yuan Shang, neither Yuan Tan nor Yuan Shang is the master, for the sake of the people of Hebei, my son should surrender as soon as possible. Fearless of the arrows, he rode to the city and shouted at the frustrated hooves on the tower.

"Father, ...... are you?!" Frustrated Hu couldn't imagine that his father's first words when he met him were not to make himself loyal, but to surrender to the enemy army. Because the concept couldn't be changed for a while, Frustrated Hu was actually stuck by the city wall, until after returning to his senses, Frustrated Hu had already returned to the formation, and Frustrated Hu had to return to the city council hall, which happened to the above scene.

"Hao Bodao, you are my lieutenant general, should you surrender at this time?"

"I think so...... The drop. Hao Zhao thought about it for a while, and then clenched his fists and said.

"Reason. Frustrated Hu didn't get angry, but only asked for reasons for surrendering, for he now needed someone to give him advice on his next steps.

"Yu private, the general's father surrendered in front of the battle and the general refused, unfilial; Yu Gong, Cao Sikong supported the Son of Heaven to ask for no ministers, and the three sons of the Yuan family let the land of Hebei be destroyed in the war for their own selfish interests, for the sake of the people of Hebei, is the ...... It's time to surrender!" Hao Zhao's words made Frustrated Hu breathe a sigh of relief, because he no longer needed to be entangled between loyalty and filial piety.

"Order! The whole army lays down its arms, opens the four gates and surrenders the city!" With an order from Frustrated Hu, Li Wei led a soldier to enter this ancient city of the Warring States without a single soldier.

"The surrender of the frustrated prince is really a righteous move, and the general does not want the two armies to fight and cause the lives of Hebei to be miserable. Li Wei picked up the frustrated hu who was kneeling and begging to surrender, and said gratefully.

"The general has won the award. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been in a dilemma, and he is just an unfaithful person, how can he be righteous. Frustrated Hu said with a wry smile.

Today's son is loyal to the Han family, not the Yuan family, and today the son is loyal to the Han family, and filial piety to his father, so how can he be disloyal. Li Wei's words finally gave Frustrated Hu a reason to go down the stairs. Later, Frustrated Hu asked Li Wei about his father's whereabouts, and learned that his father was now working under Li Wei and was now waiting to meet the former.

"You are Hao Zhao, Hao Bodao?" asked Li Wei after letting him take Frustrated Hu to see Frustrated Hu, looking at the young man who was originally standing beside Frustrated Hu.

"The last general, Hao Zhao, has seen General Zhendong!" Hao Zhao said with a fist in court.

"Are you willing to make a partial general for me?" Li Wei naturally knew Hao Zhao's ability, he, like Huang Zhong, only got the opportunity to show his talent after middle age, so he naturally wanted to accept him as a partial general, but he was afraid that the other party would not want to.

"The last general is willing to !!" but Li Wei looks at his prestige too much, the number one military general in the world plus the feat of retreating the Huns alone in the past, he is now the 'idol' in the eyes of the young generals.

Since Hao Zhao agreed to his invitation so happily, Li Wei naturally would not treat his subordinates badly and made him a captain of the Overseer Army one by one. Hao Zhao was originally just a county lieutenant in Handan, but now he has become a school captain, so he is naturally overjoyed and thanks to Li Wei.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, in May, Zhendong general Li Wei led a large army to surround Handan, and his military division was persuaded to surrender to his son and Handan Taishou before the battle, and the latter surrendered the city three days later, and Yecheng suddenly became a lonely city, surrounded by Cao Cao's army.

When Cao Cao learned the news of the capture of Handan City, he was overjoyed and added Frustration Hu as the general of Lijie Zhonglang, and still served as the Taishou of Handan, and then transferred Li Wei to lead the army from Handan to the south and attack Yecheng.

After Li Wei received the order, he asked Hao Zhao to take the Fu to the Guangping camp to replace Zhao Yun and stationed in Guangping to guard against Yuan Shang's army, and then let Zhao Yun divide 10,000 elite heavy armor from the Guangping camp to march with Li Wei's two armies and surround Yecheng.

Collect! Hit! Recommend!

Sneaking up...... Don't be too public...... Hush~~~~~

(l~1`x*>+``+