However, he was very strategic, and he immediately saw through Zhang Yan's attempt to surround the point and send reinforcements.

The enemy is outnumbered, and he is still besieging the nearby counties, and if this situation is handed over to others, I am afraid that they will have to ask Yuan Shao for help.

However, he analyzed the weakness of the Montenegrin army, that is, because it was too large and complicated, the command was ineffective, and once the troops were divided, it was likely to lose command and fight indiscriminately.

He boldly divided his limited forces into two units and handed them over to Lü Kuang, Lü Xiang and others, so that they could launch a surprise attack on the enemy forces in various counties, and immediately retreat after they succeeded, holding on and waiting for reinforcements.

Zhang Yan really hit the plan, thinking that the main force of the Yuan army was really divided into two units. He asked his generals to lead 30,000 people to keep an eye on Lü Xiang, and personally led 20,000 main forces to attack Lü Mine.

Frustrated, he took advantage of the dispersal of Zhang Yan's various divisions, exterminated the leaders scattered in other places in one fell swoop, and then turned back to besiege the main force led by Zhang Yan himself.

Although Zhang Yan's troops were more numerous than frustrated, he was flanked from front to back, and his combat strength was inferior to Yuan's army, so he had to ask for help from the 30,000 people who attacked Lü Xiang.

However, when the 30,000 people heard that Zhang Yan was surrounded, they panicked, and on the way to support in a hurry, they were ambushed by a thousand crossbowmen and killed with hundreds of cavalry, and most of them were defeated.

Zhang Yan knew that the situation was not good, so he had to risk his death to break through, but fortunately, his martial arts were above Lu Mine, and thousands of dead soldiers followed him for many years, and finally defeated Lu Mine and broke through.

In this battle, the Montenegrin army paid the price of more than 5,000 casualties, and the loss of the Frustration Department was less than 1,000 people, and it seemed that the Yuan army had won an absolute victory.

However, Zhang Yan did not withdraw, but instead sent warriors who were familiar with the terrain to destroy the mountain roads, and the main forces were based on Hengshan and Langshan respectively.

Guheng Mountain is the Damao Mountain in the west of today's Baoding City, and Zhang Yan personally led the troops to retreat here, threatening the flanks of the soldiers and horses at all times.

And Langshan is the Langya Mountain of later generations, at this time, because the son of Liu Ju, the prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, once hid here from the "Witch Prison", so it was named Langshan. Lang is homophonic with wolf, and later it was also called wolf mountain.

The Montenegrin army that occupies this place can attack the counties of Zhongshan at any time, and this arrangement is to wait for Fu Zhi to leave, and then cut off his back road.

Fu Zhu, who was familiar with the art of war, knew that he could not rush into the Taihang Mountains in this situation, and once the enemy troops who were familiar with the terrain cut off supplies and blocked the roads, the result would be disastrous.

Therefore, although Fu Zhu was victorious, he could only entrench himself in the counties of Zhongshan Kingdom, and could not go deep into the Taihang Mountains and march to the Dai County on the other side.

On the other side, after Yuan Shao learned that Gao Ran was killed in battle and was blocked, he couldn't care about his own image and scolded Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zhan.

But what was even more annoying was Tong Yuan, who was so anxious that he almost lost his mind.

It turned out that Tong Yuan didn't care about Yuan Tan's Yecheng army at all, he attacked Zhang Yang unscrupulously, even if the latter stuck to the city and hung up the battle exemption card, he was also beaten down in several counties in the north.

Only then did Yuan Shao realize that Tong Yuan was by no means a feint, but really had a tendency to seize the party in one fell swoop and unify the state.

Yuan Tan's side was also eager to try, he didn't care about Yan Liang and Wen Chou's soldiers and horses, the fatigue after the secret rapid march, and Guo Tu, Xin Ping and others were in a hurry to ask for orders, go to the party, and eliminate Tong Yuan.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou said that the army had just moved south, so they should take a short rest and march to Tong Yuan for a direct decisive battle, so as not to give the enemy a chance to defend against danger.

The trial in the Huguan area also said that Tong Yuan was menacing, and it was estimated that he would not easily withdraw from the army. I hope that the Yecheng army will be fully prepared and do not have to worry about the temporary disadvantage of the party.

After Tian Feng, Xu You, and Feng Ji heard the situation on the front line, they were surprisingly unanimous that Tong Yuan was deliberately demonstrating, trying to lure the army deeper, maybe with some bad calculations.

However, Yuan Shao was a little annoyed and asked, "Now that Gongsun Zhan seems to be in command in person, and he has sent people to lurk in Youzhou." Na Tian Yu was obviously letting the tiger return to the mountain, but he was blocked by Zhang Yan again. ”

"The party in the south was attacked very badly, and our army did not participate in the autumn harvest and did not go to war, so it was very passive. Now that you know what the enemy thinks, do you have a clever plan to destroy the enemy? ”

Xu You said: "The thieves in the state are condescending, and it is inevitable to occupy the initiative. Therefore, our army must protect the three places of Shangdang, Shanggu, and Daijun, so that it will not be attacked everywhere. ”

"If you want to break the situation now, it is still the priority of South Road. Once our army defeats the enemy's leader, Zhang Yan will definitely be afraid, and the ambitious guys in Youzhou will not dare to act rashly. ”

Yuan Shao said, "So it's still the most important thing on the party's side, so who should the main battle and the main defense support?" ”

Xu You said, "I think we should take a break and recuperate, and then attack in one fell swoop and fight the enemy in a decisive battle." ”

Feng Ji knew that if Yuan Tan won, then the position of the prince would be determined.

He supported Yuan Shang, and naturally didn't want to see such a situation, so he said

"Lord, our army can't underestimate the enemy, the enemy clearly wants to lure our army, then the lord should personally beg the thief and beat the enemy."

Feng Ji meant that Yuan Shao should withdraw the siege to a certain extent, and then go south to Yecheng, and then personally command the army to rush to Shangdang and defeat Tong Yuan head-on.

Yuan Shao was entangled, if he personally commanded the army to help the party, then Yi Jing's side might not be able to take it.

Besides, Youzhou in the north is also very unstable, and if Gongsun Chan is not eliminated, there is no way to further subdue the powerful people in various places.

Tian Feng opened his mouth and said, "My lord, the focus of our army is still on the Yijing City Fortress. It is certainly dangerous on the side of the upper party, but our army should not fight a decisive battle with the enemy, but on the contrary, it should advance steadily to contain the enemy's attack. ”

"When Gongsun Chan is destroyed, whether it is a counterattack on the party or a complete control of Youzhou, the initiative is in our hands. With the cooperation of Wuhuan, Xianbei and other departments, Tong Yi is not our opponent. ”

Yuan Shao nodded, this was also his plan at the beginning, as long as Yuan Tan sent troops to rescue and protect Zhang Yang, there was no need to rush the decisive battle. The world will not comment on him Yuan Benchu who did not save him when he saw death, and deliberately beggared his neighbors.

Feng Ji saw that Tian Feng's plan was still beneficial to Yuan Tan, and he was not convinced that Tian Feng's ability was above him, and retorted, "With such an act, I am afraid that the world will think that our army is afraid of that child." ”

"Let's think about it, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses distributed in Tianshui and Chang'an, and they are only less than 40,000 people attacking Shangdang. They are just partial divisions, but our side has to wait for the main force to assemble before we can face the enemy? ”

"However, our side has an army of 70,000, plus Zhang Yang and the trial of soldiers and horses, we don't dare to rebel against the war boys, this is not to say that we are inferior to the other party."

Tian Feng was annoyed when he heard that Feng Ji had risen to the level of moral kidnapping in order to raise the bar with him.

He said angrily, "How can this be true! Fighting a war is a battle for the lives of the soldiers, how can they use false names to determine the strategy? ”

Yuan Shao felt a little unhappy when he heard this, and Tian Feng was too strong, which made him a little vigilant.

Among the generals in the army who participated in the meeting, some echoed Tian Feng, but more of them were stimulated by Feng Ji's morality and face, and vowed to prove that Yuan Jun would never be weaker than the Xiliang thief.