June day, along the river,

Not only did the river fail to bring coolness,

Instead, it makes the air more humid and hot.

An army of tens of thousands of people marched across the plains,

Although the hot and humid weather makes people drowsy,

But the soldiers of this army seemed to be in good spirits.

Look at the flags they are flying,

It should be the troops of the annexed state,

They went all the way east,

From Wuguan,

Towards the situation of Henan Yin,

It was Cao Cao's territory.

The general who led the troops was a burly young general,

The appearance is majestic, the appearance is dignified,

The muscles all over the body seem to hide infinite power,

A dragon sparrow knife in his hand shines in the sun,

His name is Wei Yan, he has a long character and is from Yiyang.

was recruited by Tai Shi Ci before,

received Lu Bu's reuse,

It's just that there has never been a chance to charge.

This time, Lu Bu ordered Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to go south,

Ling Huang Zhong led a small number of people to gather the people to organize people to help the people in the severely affected areas.

In addition, let Wei Yan lead the elite soldiers to secretly borrow Cao Cao's territory,

Prepare to attack Yuan Shu in the south.

Their troops serve as vanguards,

After the attack of public opinion before,

Today, Runan has been reduced to a street rat.

After Yuan Shu became emperor,

Extremely arrogant and lascivious,

The construction of the palace was carried out in a big way,

At the same time, life is also extremely erosive,

The entire small court of Runan is up and down,

All the officials in order to climb up,

Whatever it takes to scavenge for money,

The entire Huainan region was almost scraped to the ground,

The people were miserable.

Last year was a drought,

This year there was another plague of locusts,

Although the Huainan area is not the most severely damaged,

But it also made the people worse,

Seeing that this year's widespread famine is already inevitable,

The tragedy of cannibalism can be seen everywhere between Jianghuai.

Pei Xiang Shu Shao (the word Zhongying) persuaded Yuan Shu to scatter grain to save the hungry people,

Yuan Shu was furious when he heard this, and he would behead him.

Shu Shao said: "I knew that I had to die, so I did this." I am willing to save the people from the calamity and hardship with my own life. ”

Yuan Shu was moved,

He took his hand and said:

"Zhong Ying, do you just want to enjoy the world's fame for yourself, and don't want to share it with me?"

Shu Shao ignored Yuan Shu's retention and went to his death.

This episode made Yuan Shu even more unpopular.

Wei Yan listened to the scout's detailed report,

Listen with interest,

He attaches great importance to the collection of intelligence.

At the same time, before the war,

He would even habitually order scouts to disguise themselves to collect some anecdotes.

On the one hand, through these, some hidden information that no one knows can be discovered.

For example, this little thing,

can understand what point Yuan Shu has reached now that he is unpopular with the people,

Even the officials under his command dared to blatantly oppose him.

On the other hand,

These things sound interesting a lot of the time.

It can also be regarded as adding some spice to the boring marching life.

Wei Yan raised his hand and waved the scout away,

Turning his head to look at a young man beside him,

Though this young man was clothed in the armor of a soldier,

But that inside-out temperament,

But it's definitely not something that an ordinary young person can have,

"Lao Xu!"

Wei Yan is a little younger than this person,

But the tone of his speech is old-fashioned.

Hearing Wei Yan's title,

The young man was clearly reluctant,

His brows furrowed slightly,

But he still bowed respectfully:

"General, subordinates are here!"

Wei Yan pulled the young man to sit down with a big grin,

He said with a slight complaint in his mouth:

"What subordinates are not subordinates. Although you serve as a personal soldier, it is only to deal with the orders of the lord, and your ability to serve as my deputy is more than enough......"

The young man was shocked when he heard this,

Hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed his head and said:

"The general is cautious."

Wei Yan glanced at the young man,

The other party's nervousness is beyond words,

He said nonchalantly:

"Xu Cheng, you are making a little fuss, the lord sent you to my side, but it couldn't be more obvious, this is to train you well. You three boys, you are really lucky, you have a good father, uh...... Of course, Dong Ye's father is not a good thing......"

The young man is Xu Cheng, the son of Xu Rong,

He, Dong Ye, and Dong Huang followed Li Su and Xu Shu to learn art.

This time Lu Bu attacked Yuan Shu,

deliberately brought the three of them out,

Xu Cheng threw it to Wei Yan,

The other two followed Lu Bu.

finally came a peer,

Wei Yan wanted to get close to him,

Have you ever thought that

This Xu Cheng is really better than blue,

is more old-fashioned than his father Xu Rong,

That is, when he was with Dong Ye and the others,

The situation will be slightly better,

It made Wei Yan a little depressed.

When Xu Cheng heard Wei Yan talk about Dong Zhuo,

The disrespect and mockery in the tone,

Although he can understand,

But still can't hold back the anger,

With a straight face, he said:

"If the general is fine, his subordinates will retire."

Wei Yan knew that his words were a little offensive to the person in front of him,

But he laughed it off,

Still pulling Xu Cheng and refusing to let go:

"Lao Xu, you're stingy. I let you be here, I really want to discuss something with you. ”

Hearing Wei Yan talk about business,

Xu Cheng stood up again.

Wei Yan pointed to the topographic map in front of him,

Pulled Xu Cheng over,

"The lord has made me a pioneer, this is a heavy burden, to tell you the truth, although I am very happy with the lord's trust, but I am still a little bottomless in my heart. Let's discuss and see how we can make a good start, and don't live up to the trust of the lord. ”

Xu Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard this,

A good start, doesn't this mean that Wei Yan means to take the initiative to attack,

And to use a beautiful victory,

to complete the burden of the Pioneers.

Don't look at Xu Cheng's character,

But at heart he is an out-and-out attacker,

Advocating the best defense is constantly attacking.

Therefore, after hearing Wei Yan's words,

He couldn't help but smile heart-to-heart.

Xu Cheng raised his head and looked at the huge topographic map,

Confidently stretch out your finger to a spot,

It is a place located in the northwest corner of Runan County - Xiping.

Wei Yan looked at the past,

My eyes couldn't help but light up,

Nodding with a smile,

Both of them chose the same location.

Three days later, the sun was already setting in the west,

Sowing the last of the heat,

Although there is a breeze blowing,

But it's still boring.

On the head of the city of Xiping,

The blue flag flutters in the wind,

Underneath the banner, the soldiers who defend the city,

yawning wearily,

listlessly waiting for the change of comrades to come.

Suddenly, a soldier stumbled upon it,

A black line appeared on the horizon ahead,

And it seems to be gradually staining the earth,

It's very fast.

"Enemy Attack ——!"

A terrible scream came from the mouth of the soldier who first discovered the enemy's situation,

Then there was a panic in the city,

Those soldiers of Yuan who were still drowsy,

They all looked into the distance with a drastic change in their faces,

Now the shadow is getting bigger and bigger,

Many experienced soldiers,

Immediately estimated the shadow in front of him,

At least fifteen thousand or more armies,

Due to the long distance,

can only see that they are wearing the black armor of the Han army,

As for the troops of the princes of which side,

Because of the distance,

There's no way to tell.

It didn't take long for the commotion to cease,

Countless soldiers surrounded a military general,

Walking quickly to the head of the city,

This person is thin,

But a pair of eyes are bright,

At this moment, he frowned and looked at the group of uninvited guests.

When the former soldiers at the head of the city saw this man,

They all saluted:

"General Le!"

The name of the one who came was Leku,

He is quite brave and strategic, and has won the trust of Yuan Shu,

Ordered it to garrison Xiping City.

After the time of a stick of incense,

All the preparations for defending the city above the head of Xiping City are ready,

The army has also come to the city,

Above the lieutenant general's flag,

Wei characters flutter in the wind,

Le frowned together,

He asked:

"Looking at the armor style, it should be a military force in Bingzhou, but is there a famous military general surnamed Wei in Bingzhou?"

The soldiers around looked at each other,

For a while, no one was able to answer this question.

Seeing this, Le chuckled,

"It seems that there is no one in the state, and a little-known guy was sent to be the vanguard."

At this moment the opposing troops stopped at a distance of three hundred paces from the city wall,

This position is just beyond the reach of the bow and arrow on the head of the city,

There are no giant instruments such as catapults in Xiping City.

Therefore, this distance is the safest limit distance.

Le took a step forward,

Out of the city came a figure,

Luck shouted and asked:

"Who is this coming? Don't you know that Xiping City is the territory of my Zhong family? You've crossed the line! ”

"A certain Yiyang Wei Yan is also, this time my family lord Gong Wen Hou raised troops to crusade against you rebels! What a Zhong family, but just a traitor! Bah! ”

The person who appeared here was none other than Wei Yan,

He led more than 10,000 elite soldiers,

appeared under the city of Xiping,

and sneered at the pleasures of the city,

Then Wei Yan hit the horse and turned around twice in front of the formation,

Then he commanded the soldiers behind him:

"Erlangs! At the head of the city are those thieves who are plotting rebellion, and tomorrow morning they will attack the city with me and kill all these traitors! ”

"Roar! Roar! Roar! ”

Wei Yan's voice fell,

The soldiers behind him roared loudly,

The momentum is earth-shattering,

Let all the people on the other side of the city of Xiping,

His face couldn't help but change.

Le's face suddenly turned blue,

I didn't expect the morale of the soldiers in the state to be so high,

This is also too late,

I'm afraid that with the morale of this force,

Directly after arriving, the siege battle,

It's not impossible.

Le saw the other party show off his might and slowly retreated,

The heart that was carried was a little lowered,

After seeing the other party a few miles away and setting up camp,

Only then did he walk down the city with a solemn face.

After returning to the mansion in the city,

Le's mood is still very heavy,

He sat in his position with a gloomy face.

The following middle-aged strategist spoke softly:

"The general is worried about the state army?"

Le raised his eyes and looked at the middle-aged strategist,

This man's name is Shi Rui,

is a well-known local reader,

After Yuan's operation,

showed a bit of talent,

I was appreciated by pleasure.

Seeing Shi Rui asking,

Le was relieved and said:

"Although I have long known that someone will come to attack, Your Majesty sent me here to defend against foreign enemy attacks, but in the original assumption, the first enemy to come should be Cao Cao, only he is the prince with the most reason and motivation to go south, and his main force is fighting against the Xuzhou army, even if he sends troops to come, there will not be too many troops."

After a pause, Le said with a bitter smile on his face:

"I never thought that the first to send troops would be Lu Bu's state army, using Cao Cao's territory, are they crazy?"

Shi Rui lightly twisted his beard with one hand,

While shaking his head slightly,

While pacing, he said slowly:

"No, no, no. I think it must have been Cao Cao who signed an alliance with Na Lu Bu, so that Lu Bu's army could boldly come to Runan. ”

When I heard this, my heart sank,

He also thought of this possibility,

It's just that I didn't want to admit it before,

Now I hear that Shi Rui also thinks the same way,

His brow furrowed even tighter.

Shi Rui glanced at Le's expression,

Whispered:

"The general doesn't have to worry, in my opinion, not only is Xiping not dangerous this time, but the general will also have a great merit at his fingertips!"

Le raised his eyebrows upward,

looked at Shi Rui curiously,

"Is that true, sir?"

Shi Rui pretended to smile deeply,

Le quickly got up,

Respectfully saluted Shi Rui,

"Please also ask Mr. Shi to teach me!"

After taking the posture enough,

Shi Rui said with satisfaction:

"I have carefully observed that although the enemy army is menacing, there is no large number of baggage and civilian men to follow, and it is obvious that the enemy is advancing lightly, so there are no baggage troops to follow."

Joy is also a person who knows the soldiers,

Hearing this, he immediately understood what Shi Rui meant,

"Sir, I mean...... Drag? ”

The corners of Shi Rui's mouth twitched imperceptibly,

scolded in his heart:

Fool!

But on the lips whispered:

"General, the enemy army has no baggage, although it is unbearable to fight for a long time, but if we drag on, the follow-up troops of the enemy army will also arrive. At that time, not to mention whether our army could hold this Xiping City without reinforcements, just talking about that great merit that day, the general would miss it! ”

Le's brows furrowed tightly,

He was even more confused by Shi Rui's words,

Shaking the head of chaos,

Asked Shi Rui:

"Sir, let's just say it!"

Shi Rui nodded,

simply no longer grasp,

Speak directly:

"Tonight, the general will lead the elite soldiers to steal the camp, and he will be able to win in one battle!"

"Steal the camp!"

Le gasped when he heard this,

It's not like he hasn't thought about this before,

but above the city,

The scene that I saw,

It's still vivid today,

Such an elite soldier,

But this is no ordinary rabble.

Even these subordinates, who have always been quite confident in him,

In equal quantities,

field battles with this force,

He didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to win the battle.

"Stealing the camp at night, although it can catch the opponent off guard, but it is also easy to fall into the ambush of the enemy, if it is ......"

Le hesitated.

"Hahaha, don't worry, general!"