Yuan Tan also felt that Guo Tu's grasp of the overall situation was a master.

He thought that it was quite risky to kill Huguan in the case of insufficient supplies, and it was too embarrassing to flee directly to the east.

In addition, this trial is Yuan Shang's person, and once the army fails to counterattack the party, he cannot fully support it. After the defeat, it is estimated that he will pour sewage on himself in order to support his younger brother Yuan Shang in order to expand the voice of the Hebei people.

Yuan Tan was bent on becoming the superior of the inheritance cause, and he wanted to control his subordinates to check and balance each other day and night, but he ignored that Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, and the judge were all loyal and upright people.

In the end, under the pressure of all parties of reality and illusion, he chose Guo Tu's clever plan.

And this march to the Taihang Mountain Road to the Marquis Kingdom will become his last experience of leading the army.

"Tell the lord that many heroes in the Taihang Mountains have sent a message, saying that Yuan Tan's army is marching all the way south from the mountains to Lu County or Shehou State."

Zhang Fang and the others were slightly surprised, this Yuan Tan army was really as expected by the lord and Yang Fu, and did not bravely kill back to the party, nor did he flee directly.

Xu Huang analyzed: "The other party's choice should be a compromise behavior that neither wants to give up nor dares to fight rashly." Think about how an arrogant person like Yuan Tan would indeed do this.

"However, how could Mr. Yang Fu predict the other party's behavior in advance?"

Yang Fu was very impressed by Xu Huang's analysis just now, although this person is a military general, his strategy and analysis have been better than most strategists.

"We don't predict the enemy, we drive him to do it," he explained. ”

"Hiss"

"Huh?"

Xu Huang seemed to have suddenly comprehended something, but Zhang Fang was still confused.

Yang Fu continued: "If the enemy has the possibility of such a favorable action for our side, then we will create conditions for them to act like this. ”

Tong Yuan took over and said, "Actually, the key is themselves, we just created a situation that frightened the other party, but gave them some hope." ”

"If the opponent is a safe and bad face, he will definitely retreat to the east and fight again in the future. On the contrary, if they are distracted and concentrate on the soldiers and horses, they will also see that our army does not have the situation to immediately assemble and prevent them from returning to the division Huguan. ”

Then he mysteriously pulled out a piece of silk silk, which read, "Tan is narrow-minded, brave on the outside but cowardly on the inside, so happy with great achievements, not good at governing the army." ”

"This is the analysis strategy that I asked Mr. Jia Xu in Yongzhou to ask for half a year ago. He also gave me an analysis of Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang, all in one sentence. ”

Yang Fu sighed: "Jia Xu is worthy of being the wisest person in Yongliang in my northwest, admire and admire." ”

Tong Yuanxin said, "Although Mr. Jia Xu has never done anything with Yuan Shao, he can't analyze all his advisers and generals like Xun Yu, but if it is better than analyzing people's hearts, maybe Jia Xu is better." ”

Xu Huang also secretly wrote down Yang Fu's "driving the enemy" and Tong Yuan and Jia Xu's "psychological analysis" this time, and he will also use it in army management and strategy in the future.

Yuan Tan's army entered the Taihang Mountain along the Qingzhang River.

The Zhanghe River in later generations, known as Zhangshui at this time, is mainly formed by the confluence of clear Zhangshui and turbid Zhangshui in the mountainous area south of the Shehou Kingdom, and then flows through the prosperous Yecheng.

During the Warring States Period, Ximen Leopard of the Wei State dug twelve canals in Yecheng to control floods, irrigate farmland, and increase the yield several times. It is called the Twelve Canals or Ximen Canal.

After Yuan Tan's army marched eastward into the mountain, he left the river into the mountain and marched south along the main road. Suddenly, he found that the Xinxi Liang Army was already following behind, and even among the nearby mountains, there were also the figures of the other party's scouts.

It turned out that the Montenegrin army had been roaming the Taihang Mountains for many years, and it was originally entrenched in the eight parts of Digen, Qingniujiao, and Zuo Zhang.

Previously, after Yuan Shao defeated Yu Poison and killed the imperial court Jizhou Muhu Shou, he implemented the strategy of frustration and swept northward, destroying all the large and small Black Mountain Army.

But the landless peasants can't be killed after all, and Yuan Shao doesn't have the strength to look for and kill in the mountains day after day, so there are still some remnants of various Montenegrin troops, gathering cottages and building dock walls here.

Among them, there was a young commander of the Montenegrin Army with the name of Pimple, and he gathered three or four thousand troops to develop in the area north of the Shehou State.

This time, he actively responded to Tong Yuan and Zhang Yan, and specially attacked Yuan Shaojun, who had entered the mountain.

Yuan Tan's army marched to a mountain basin and set up camp. This small basin is located in the middle of the mountains, large enough for a large army to take a short break, with roads from east, west, north and south.

The mountain road to the east, you can return to the Qingzhang water again, as long as you go along the river to the southeast, the whole journey is estimated to be ninety miles of mountain road, you can reach the Shehou country where Zhang He is located.

And continue to the south of the road eighty miles, you can reach the Shangdang County Lu County of the Karling Township. This place is said to be the seat of the ancient Li country, the surrounding roads are smooth, and the east and west go for forty miles, involving the Lu County of the Hou State and Shangdang County.

After Yuan Tan originally came from entering Taihang Mountain, he had already sent scouts to take the first road and rushed to the Marquis State to inform Zhang He to bring troops to meet him.

However, what he was waiting for was the terrible situation of Zhang Ji leading the Xinxi Liang army to follow step by step, and the mountain road being blocked by the Montenegrin army.

Yuan Tan was familiar with the plains, and the campaign he commanded to capture Qingzhou was swift and swift, but it was in the plain terrain, facing the third-rate Tian Kai and Kong Rong, who was notoriously bad at military affairs.

This time, the towering mountains around him, and the treachery of following and not fighting with the Xinxi Liang army, made him at a loss.

Yuan Tan panicked in his heart, this majestic mountain seemed to be extremely cold and steep in early winter, he felt terrified just staying in the mountain, and he didn't know where enemy soldiers would emerge.

He convened a crowd of civil and military councils, hoping that they would find a way.

Jiang Yiqu, who has been in charge of the Chinese army, said: "Eldest son, although the current situation is not good, our army is complete with soldiers and horses, and the food is enough for thirty days. We just need to be a good guard and march normally. ”

Yuan Tan was still flustered, and asked, "Normal march?" The mountains around here are full of Black Mountain troops, I wonder where they will come from? What if we are flanked by the enemy? ”

Wen Chou said, "Young master, I think that although Zhang Ji's pursuers are quite numerous, they are not our army's opponents. It's better to attack his troops with all his might, cripple them, and then turn around and drive the Montenegrin army. ”

Yuan Tan wanted to retreat quickly and didn't want to risk fighting, so he didn't say anything about Wen Chou's opinion.

Guo Tu's eyes turned around and guessed everyone's thoughts.

He said in a steady tone, "Young master, the enemy army is not good, we must not fight the Montenegrin army to the east at the same time when there is Zhang Ji's army behind us." Now it is better to take the main road south at once, reach the country of Guli, and contact all parties. ”

As soon as Yuan Tan heard that he was taking the road, it was like a drowning man grasping at a life-saving straw. I admired Guo Tu's insightfulness more and more, and felt that his methods could always balance various situations, so he decided to adopt them.