Zhang Liao, as the head of the five good generals of the Wei State in history, is a leader among his contemporaries in terms of martial arts, commanders, and the ability to arrange troops. But at the same time, he is also a person who understands current affairs, otherwise in Xiapi, when his former master Lu Bu and his comrade-in-arms Gao Shun, who was a friend of life and death, were executed, he would not have chosen to surrender to Cao Cao but would have gone on the road with them.

Yang Gao understood that this was not because Zhang Liao was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because he didn't want to die namelessly. Facts have proved that it is precisely because of his understanding of the times that he has the later Weizhen Xiaoyaojin. And his former comrades-in-arms in Xiapi are still under the light of Lu Bu today.

Yang Gao, who was familiar with this matter, immediately went to persuade him to surrender after learning that Cheng Biting Jin was about to capture Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao is not an arrogant person like Guan Yu, he still has a clear understanding of the general trend of the world, and now Yang Gao personally persuaded him to surrender and gave him enough face, Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation to go downhill and surrender.

In one fell swoop, he defeated the main cavalry of the Tang Army who came to Hebei to make trouble, and surrendered Zhang Liao, a wise and brave general. Yang Gao was quite satisfied with the outcome of this battle, and after a brief rest, Yang Gao and Yue Fei's army went north to Ye County.

At the same time, the 250,000 allied troops of Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Shao, who had temporarily abandoned their previous suspicions and reached an alliance, had also marched south, crossed the Huan River, and arrived at Fuyang County.

At that time, Yang Ye, the deputy commander of the marching army who handled military affairs on behalf of Yue Fei, made a decisive decision and ordered the generals Fu Youde and Yang Yan to lead 15,000 elite soldiers to the north at night, seize Fuyang County, block the road for Zhu Yuan's coalition army to go south, and gain time to wait for Yang Gao and Yue Fei to solve the problem and the Tang cavalry to come back and preside over the overall situation.

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In the tent, after listening to Yang Ye's account of the current situation, Yang Gao looked around at the generals in the tent and said in a deep voice: "The situation has been analyzed very clearly, what do you Aiqing think about this?"

At present, there are two choices in front of the Sui army, the first is to send a partial division to intercept the combined forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Shao in Fuyang, and gather the main force to take Ye County first.

If this tactic is successful, the harvest is undoubtedly huge, first of all, Ye County is the national capital chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the loss of the capital is a fatal blow to any army. Secondly, Ye County is the political, economic, and cultural center of Hebei, and it can be said that Ye County has controlled half of Hebei.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages, once the Sui army has been attacking Ye County for a long time, and the Sui army is partial to the division and cannot contain the Zhu Yuan coalition army, resulting in the main force of the Sui army being caught under the city, then the Sui army's northern expedition will inevitably end in a fiasco.

Another option was to send a partial division to confront the defenders of Ye County, while the main force would go north to defeat the Zhu Yuan coalition first.

This tactic also has both positive and negative sides, if the main force of the Zhu Yuan coalition army can be defeated, then the whole of Hebei can be decided. However, the Zhu Yuan coalition army has 250,000 people, which is by no means an enemy that can be easily defeated, and after the main force goes north, its own grain route will be exposed to the front of the Yexian defenders.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu's allied troops are overwhelming, so it is better to take Ye County first, with Ye County in hand, our army is backed by Jiancheng, and it has already taken a three-point victory."

This suggestion was made by Yue Fei's confidant Zhang Xian, and his view was supported by many generals such as Yang Ye, Wang Zhongsi, Lu Xiangsheng, Guo Zhiyun, and Zhang Yi (Zhang He, who became Zhang Xian's younger brother, Xiaolang had almost forgotten him before, and did not think of him until the recovery of Zhang Liao) and many other generals.

Zhang Liao, the general who had just surrendered, came out of the column and asked for battle impassionedly: "Your Majesty, the last general's new surrender has not made an inch of merit but has been treated favorably by Your Majesty, and when the army is attacking the city, the last general is willing to be the pioneer of the whole army and take Ye County for Your Majesty!" ”

"Your Majesty, I Lao Cheng is also willing to be a pioneer and take Ye County!"

Cheng Biting Jin captured Zhang Liao before, and he was promoted to the next level and received a reward of five hundred taels of silver, and now he is full of ambition and plans to make new contributions.

Under the leadership of Zhang Liao and Cheng Yanjin, Gao Chong, Yang Zaixing, Zhang He, Wang Zhongsi and others asked for war one after another, vowing to take Ye County!

"Wechen is against!"

In the midst of the passionate invitation to fight, Liu Bowen strode out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen opposes taking Ye County first!" ”

"Why?"

Yang Gao frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked in a deep voice.

Liu Bowen ignored the angry eyes of many generals in the tent, and said loudly: "The art of war is cloudy, the upper army is strategic, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, the next is the next attack, and the siege of the city is really the next strategy. Once our army can't attack for a long time and is caught under the city by Zhu Yuan's coalition army, our army's recovery of Hebei will inevitably end in a bleak ending! ”

"Not bad!"

Yue Fei, the commander of the Sui army, nodded with a somewhat solemn face, and said in a deep voice: "Through the previous battles, it is not difficult to see that Zhu Wenzheng, the defender of Ye County, does have some ability to defend the city, and it is not easy to quickly take Ye County!" ”

Liu Bowen continued: "Taking a step back, even if our army can quickly take Ye County in one go, then Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu will inevitably quickly withdraw their troops and retreat to northern Hebei after hearing the news, relying on Jiancheng to confront our army, so that the war in Hebei will inevitably be delayed for a long time." Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget, there is still a Li Yuan next to us, and once our army is dragged by Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu, he will inevitably send a new army into Hebei to attack and harass our army after a long time. Therefore, the battle in Hebei must be fast, and the enemy must not be left too much time to react! ”

"What Brother Berwyn said is extremely true, the war in Hebei must not be delayed for too long!"

Fang Xuanling came out to support Liu Bowen and said: "If you can defeat the 250,000 allied forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu in one fell swoop, then the situation in Hebei can be settled, and this move can also deter Li Yuan, in case he comes to fish in troubled waters again." ”

Chen Ping smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu were united this time because of the pressure of Your Majesty, but the two of them fought fiercely for the land of Hebei before. Wei Chen thought that it would be impossible for the two to truly unite without any guilt, and this time they must be wary of each other.

On the other hand, in Ye County, the defenders are all Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates, and they must be united in order to protect Zhu Yuanzhang's lair. In this way, on the contrary, the coalition against Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu has a better chance of winning. ”

"It's hard to break one person, but it's easy to break two!"

Yue Fei muttered, and immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen also agrees with Lord Liu's opinion, and goes north to meet the combined forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu first!" ”

"Well, in that case. Uncle Huang, I'm bothering you to lead the army to contain the defenders of Ye County! ”

"The old minister obeys!"

Yang Ye arched his hand and said with a full temperament.

"The rest of the generals!"

Yang Gao stood up as he spoke, straightened his waist and said loudly: "Go north with me to face Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Chu, the two traitors!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

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