In the final analysis, the reason for this war was caused by Han Cheng's increase of troops to Youzhou Daijun.

To put it bluntly, Han Cheng is the attacker and Yuan Shao is the defender.

Although Han Cheng was the attacker, it was an indisputable fact that Han Cheng's soldiers and horses did not have as many soldiers and horses as Yuan Shao's.

Yuan Shao is arrogant, even if he is a defender, how can he choose to defend at home obediently?

If you defend at home, first, it is not in line with Yuan Shao's identity as 'the first prince of the day'.

The second is that Yuan Shao occupies too much territory in Youzhou, and there is no such thing as Sanggan County, if every county is defended, even if Yuan Shao has a large number of men and horses, he will not be able to do everything.

In this way, Han Cheng will find an opportunity to concentrate elite forces and then break them individually.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's strategists, including Tian Feng, all unanimously believed: "Instead of such a passive defense, it is better to take the initiative." Directly led an army of 160,000 to encircle and attack Sanggan County from four directions. ”

Don't you Han Cheng have cavalry? I'll fight you in a siege. See how your cavalry plays?

Yuan Shao's army surrounded Sanggan County from four directions, each consisting of 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry.

The main task of the infantry was to storm the city.

If 20,000 infantry attack the city, it will be defended by at least 10,000 troops.

In the four directions of Sanggan County, Han Chengcheng needed to defend with 40,000 troops.

And the task of the cavalry is to prepare.

Once Han Cheng's cavalry left the city, then the 10,000 cavalry immediately caught up and entangled them.

and notify the armies of the other three directions to form an encirclement and annihilate Han Cheng's cavalry outside the city. ”

This strategy seems simple, but it is extremely targeted, because the probe found that Han Cheng did not lead many infantry this time, most of them were cavalry, and it was deliberately set up for Han Cheng's lack of infantry.

With my strengths, attack your weaknesses, the best way in the art of war.

Under Yuan Shao's order, the army moved.

In charge of attacking the northern city wall was the general Yan Liang; The one in charge of attacking the southern wall was the general Wen Chou; In charge of attacking the eastern wall, the general Gao Ran; In charge of attacking the western wall was the general Juyi.

Each of the four brave generals carried a dozen lieutenants. Because Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong under Han Cheng were too brave, if they were to fight alone, no one in Yuan Shao's army would be their opponents.

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As soon as Yuan Shao's army was dispatched, Han Cheng's intelligence battalion transmitted the news back to Sanggan County as quickly as possible.

Han Cheng hurriedly ordered all the troops of more than 60,000 to be transferred to Sanggan County.

Since there is going to be a decisive battle, then there must be a decisive battle.

Putting all the forces together is what a decisive battle looks like.

After the order to transfer the army was issued, Han Cheng gathered all the generals and many strategists together to study countermeasures.

Geng Wu, a lieutenant in the General's Mansion, took the lead in speaking: "Yuan Shao is menacing this time, and the lord can order a general to lead 20,000 cavalry to be stationed outside the city, and look at the army in our city from a distance, watching and helping each other."

If Yuan Shao's army attacked the city, the 20,000 cavalry would come to him from behind; If Yuan Shao's army attacks these 20,000 cavalry, the army in our city will give him a blow.

In this way, Yuan Shao's army could not successfully attack the city.

Yuan Shao's army has a large number of soldiers and horses, and he consumes a lot of food, and after a long time, he will inevitably be unable to resist retiring from the army. ”

After Xu Shu listened to Geng Wu's words, he immediately spoke: "Geng Zhonglang's strategy is good, but it is not suitable in this battle.

First, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses far surpassed us several times, and he would definitely not attack the city from only one direction, if my expectations were correct, Yuan Shao would inevitably attack the city from four directions at the same time.

The second is that we only arrived with 60,000 troops, and we didn't bring much food. If we fight a protracted war with Yuan Shao, we will not be able to bear it in the first place.

Therefore, in this battle, we are more anxious than Yuan Shao, and we need to fight quickly. ”

After listening to Xu Shu's words, Geng Wu was not angry.

Because what Xu Shu said is very right, his strategy is indeed lacking.

Then he said modestly: "Dare to ask Yuan Zhi what is the best way to break the enemy?" ”

Xu Shu smiled and said confidently: "Since Yuan Shao wants to give us an ambush on all sides, then I will give him a little face."

Yuan Shao's strategy of besieging Sanggan County on all sides is just right for attacking us now.

Our army is mostly made up of cavalry, which is really not suitable for defense.

But Yuan Shao forgot that we had five thousand Xuanwu troops.

In other words, Yuan Shao and his advisers fundamentally despised this Xuanwu army, which only had 5,000 men.

That's where we come in. There are three steps to this strategy.

The first step was to show weakness to the enemy, and arrange 3,000 ordinary soldiers and 2,000 Suzaku troops on the city walls in the east, west, and north of Sanggan County to defend themselves, but only 1,000 soldiers and 1,000 Suzaku troops were arranged on the south city wall to defend.

Yuan Shao was so overjoyed, and after seeing this scene, he would inevitably be overjoyed.

Then he ordered the main general in the south to increase his forces to attack the southern city wall, and strive to take Sanggan County as soon as possible.

The second step is to invite you into the urn. First, the people around the South City Gate were evacuated to other places and their houses were demolished, and then the army at the South City Gate gave up resistance and let Yuan Shao's army enter the city.

The third step is to catch turtles in an urn. When Yuan Shao entered the city, the Xuanwu army cut off his retreat at the gate of the city. Yuan Shaojun outside the city could not be allowed to come in, nor Yuan Shaojun inside the city could be allowed to go out.

Then all the cavalry were prepared around the south city gate, and when the Xuanwu army blocked the city gate, they killed it in one fell swoop, and wiped out the army that entered the city. Then he rushed out of the city and broke Yuan Shaojun outside the south gate in one fell swoop. ”

As soon as Xu Shu finished speaking, a scout horse from an intelligence battalion came in and announced: "Yuan Shao's army is divided into four routes and is coming towards Sanggan County. ”

Li Ru asked, "Who are their masters?" ”

Tanma replied: "The villain doesn't know, the villain only knows that the army coming to the north gate is wearing the banner of the word 'Yan', the army coming to the south gate is wearing the banner of the word 'Wen', the army coming to the east gate is wearing the banner of the word 'Gao', and the army coming to the west gate is wearing the banner of the word 'Ju'. There were about 40,000 horses in each direction. ”

After everyone listened, they all praised Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, you are simply like a god." ”

Xu Shu said a little flutteringly: "Where is it, you have praised it." ”

Li Ru called Xu Shu aside and whispered, "Yuan Zhi, your plan is good. The south gate happens to be the most unstable character of Wen Chou, which is suitable for the implementation of this plan.

If Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and other fierce generals were sent to lead 3,000 cavalry, and when Wen Chou's army attacked the city, he would have a better effect. ”

After Xu Shu listened, he instantly knew Li Ru's ability, although Li Ru's words were already very polite.

Xu Shu could only sigh secretly in his heart: "In terms of grasping people's hearts, I am not as good as this captain Han of the intelligence battalion." ”

He modestly said to Li Ru: "Captain Han's strategy is really the finishing touch, and Yuan Zhi has been taught." ”

Li Ru replied embarrassedly: "What Yuan Zhi said is too exaggerated. ”

Half an hour later, Han Cheng saw that all the generals and strategists agreed with Xu Shu's plan, so he said, "Just follow Yuan Zhi's plan."

Captain Han, Sima Yi, you two are responsible for the migration of the people around the southern city wall, and you must complete it within one day, and tear down all their houses on the remaining day, so as to facilitate the charge of our cavalry.

Wei Yan was responsible for the defense of the eastern city wall, Zhang Liao was responsible for the defense of the western city wall, and Zhao Fu was responsible for the defense of the northern city wall.

As for the southern wall, I came personally. ”

When the generals heard this, they hurriedly spoke: "The lord can't! ”

Han Cheng only said a few words, and then he dispelled their determination to dissuade him.

"Yuan Shaojun's soldiers rushed up the city wall, only my Tianlong Guards can guarantee that they will be driven down smoothly, other than that, can any other army do it?

The battle in the morning was a bit thrilling, in case it was self-defeating and Yuan Shao's army attacked the city, we would lose more than we gained. ”

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Everything went slowly according to the plan of both sides.

Two days later, Yuan Shao's army reached the city of Sanggan.

Along the way, the march was slow, and the physical strength of the soldiers under Yuan Shao's command was fully replenished.

Therefore, as soon as the army arrived, the order was given to attack.

Han Cheng's subordinate generals also followed the plan and led their men and horses to defend on the city wall.

Yuan Shaojun's sudden attack was different from Xu Shu's calculations. Xu Shu calculated that Yuan Shaojun came from afar, and he would rest for a day and attack the city on the morning of the second day, but in fact, it was noon when he arrived, and he began to attack the city.

The time of the siege has changed, so all preparations will change with the change of time.

It is still possible to show weakness to the enemy in the morning and invite you into the urn in the afternoon.

But once this time is shortened, Yuan Shao will also see that he is tired.

My army came to attack a city wall, how could it be that I couldn't support it for even half a day, if the Fenwu army was so weak, how could I not have subdued Changshan County?

It's too fake, and it's always not easy to believe.

Therefore, Xu Shu's strategy could not be implemented, and Han Cheng and other top-down generals were anxious.

In Yuan Shao's army, Tian Feng and other strategists gathered together and praised Tian Feng: "Brother Yuan Hao is really powerful. This strategy will definitely catch the Fenwu army by surprise. ”

Tian Feng just listened, didn't speak.

Sima Yi and Li Ru hurriedly came to Han Cheng's side and said to Han Cheng, "Lord, act according to the plan." ”

Sima Yi and Li Ru were carrying out the final tidying work around the southern city wall, and the two had similar tempers, and they got along very happily in the past few days.

Hearing Yuan Shaojun's sudden attack, the two looked at each other, said what they thought in their hearts, quickly reached a consensus, and came together to persuade Han Cheng to send troops to the enemy.

Seeing the two of them say this, Han Cheng couldn't help but ask: "The two of you don't know that if you act according to the plan, it will be difficult for Yuan Shaojun to be fooled." ”

Sima Yi said: "Of course I know this, but what if there is a fire in the city? ”