But he said that Jia Xu led an army of 40,000 to the four counties east of Sili Prefecture.

Jia Xu had already made a military order before he set off, so he did not have any delay in entering the army this time, first divided the troops into three routes, and quickly broke through the three counties of Hedong, Hongnong and Henan with the momentum of ploughing and sweeping the holes, and then the three counties jointly sent troops, ready to break through the last Hanoi County with a thunderous attitude, but at this time, there was a sudden accident.

Originally, Hanoi's Taishou was Wang Kuang, one of the eighteen-way princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo at that time, he was upright and resolute, and he was a loyal Han man, but he was ambushed and killed by General Xu Rong of Dong Zhuo's army when the alliance army was scattered, and then Hanoi County fell into chaos, and the newly appointed Taishou candidate of the imperial court had not yet taken office, and at this time it was in a state of leaderlessness, and the affairs of the county were handled by several families in the county, such as the Sima family.

Originally, according to Jia Xu's plan, the three counties of Hedong, Hongnong, and Henan were taken first, because the Taishou of these three counties were more inclined to Dong Zhuo's forces, so the quick removal of them was on the one hand to occupy these three places before Dong Zhuo reacted, and on the other hand, it was also to gnaw off the most difficult bones, leaving Hanoi County, which did not have unified command, to take it on the way back.

In this battle, Jia Xu deliberately let Guo Jia and Liu Ba, who arrived later, go to the other two divisions to participate in the command, hoping to let them grow up as soon as possible, Tai Shici and Zhang Liao followed Jia Xu's side, and several little guys did not live up to everyone's expectations, especially Guo Jia and Liu Ba, each led a troop to take a county in about ten days, which was a little slower than Jia Xu's speed.

However, under the good situation of the continuous victory of the Bingzhou army, Hanoi County, which was the most readily available, went out of business.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the county seat of Hanoi County was Huai County, with a total population of more than 800,000 people, which was a very large city in China at that time. During his tenure, Taishou Wang Kuang worked diligently to develop farming, so Huaixian County has high walls and solid cities, abundant grain and grass, and a large population of the people.

This city is the last stop designed by Jia Xu, if this place is captured, then these four counties will all be included in Lu Bu's pocket, and the military order that he made before will be completed.

Xu Huang and Liu Ba partnered to attack Hanoi from Hongnong, and in the first three days, they broke two cities in a row, and almost did not encounter decent resistance, and the troops marched all the way, and the battle was unusually smooth.

In the afternoon of this day, the troops were rushing to their next destination, Pinggao, a city of nearly 100,000 people. According to the original plan, after arriving at Binh Gao, their unit would rest in place for a day, and then wait for the other two troops to arrive at the designated location before jointly attacking Hanoi County.

Xu Huang sat on the horse, and from time to time turned his head to look at the weak scholar next to him, who was also riding a war horse, with a look of respect and admiration in his eyes.

Liu Ba looked at the topographic map in his hand intently, looking up at the surrounding environment from time to time, his brows furrowed.

Xu Huang is cautious and studious, quite a Confucian general, although Liu Ba in front of him is much younger than him, but in terms of strategy, Xu Huang admires him so much. The ancients said: If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher. Therefore, Xu Huang also used every opportunity to learn from Liu Ba, so he always observed Liu Ba on the way to the march, and discovered his abnormality at the first time. He asked, "Little sir, but what anomaly did you find?" ”

Since the two cooperated, Xu Huang had been convinced to call Mr. Liu Baxiao, for this title, Liu Ba also felt very proud, every time he heard Xu Huang call him so, he always had a smile on his face, but this time he frowned and said: "General Xu, the front should be the Qianlong Valley, the terrain is long and narrow, the cliffs on both sides are steep, and the end is a good place for ambush." ”

Xu Huang nodded and said, "Exactly, the Qianlong Valley is nearly three miles long, but the narrowest place is only two or three zhang ......."

Liu Ba suddenly opened his eyes and interrupted Xu Huang's words: "It's not good, General Xu, quickly order the troops to stop advancing, there must be an ambush ahead!" ”

Although Xu Huang was puzzled, out of trust in Liu Ba, he quickly raised his hand and ordered the troops to stop advancing. Only then did he turn his head to Liu Ba and ask, "Little Sir, but there is a problem with the Hidden Dragon Valley?" ”

Liu Ba nodded and said: "Exactly, the general can send a team of scouts to investigate, if my expectations are correct, the front should have been set up by the enemy to set up an ambush, if our army really rushes into it, I'm afraid it will be a big deal." ”

Xu Huang waved his hand when he heard this, and there were immediately soldiers around him to convey the order.

I saw a small group of people scattered to find out the news, and after the tea work, there was a report that there were many rolling stones and trees on the cliffs on both sides of Qianlong Valley, and there were traces of the enemy in the distance.

After hearing the report, Liu Ba suggested: "General Xu, we should return along the road we came, make a detour to Zhou County to meet General Zhang He, and then wait for the order from the military division." ”

Xu Huangqi said: "Little sir, it's just an ambush, let's bypass it, if the military plane is delayed......" Speaking of this, Xu Huang stopped talking, but Liu Ba could naturally understand the meaning of his words.

Liu Ba's tightly knit brows suddenly opened at this moment, and his eyes once again returned to their former brilliance and said: "Hahaha, General Xu, we met an interesting opponent this time, I estimate that the military division and General Zhang's side should have encountered a similar situation." ”

Xu Huang was even more puzzled, looking at Liu Ba and waiting for him to answer his questions.

Liu Ba didn't sell Guanzi either, unfolded the topographic map in his hand and gave Xu Huang an answer: "General, please see, our army has broken through Heyang, Mengxian, Wenxian and other places since Hongnong entered Hanoi. General, please recall, what is unusual in these three places? ”

Xu Huang thought about it himself, he was also a resourceful person, otherwise he would not have been evaluated by Cao Cao as a 'good general of the five sons', and now that the war is going well, he only said that it was because of the strength of the state army, but he didn't think much about it.

This careful reflection immediately revealed the problem, although the troops were all the way to the ground, but the resistance suffered in Hongnong County far exceeded the resistance of Hanoi County, although at this moment Hanoi County did not have too much command confusion, but there would not be such a huge difference, and after careful observation, it was suddenly found that the resistance in the cities of Hanoi County was weak, and it seemed that it was intentional.

This is not to say that Xu Huang's ability is really poor, but at this moment, he is still young after all, and he has not experienced many battles, so it is inevitable that he will be negligent, after all, he is just a general. But Liu Ba is different, he and Guo Jia themselves prefer strategies and strategies, and what they have learned is mainly in this aspect, although the experience is also a little immature, but they are much more sensitive than Xu Huang, so they found the problem in advance.

After Liu Ba saw the change in Xu Huang's expression, he took the lead in explaining: "General Xu must have also discovered the clue, the other party is doing it on purpose, if our army crosses the Hidden Dragon Valley, I am afraid that it will be wiped out, but if we take a detour, then no matter which way we go, we may encounter sniping, after all, the enemy is dark and I am clear at this moment, and we don't know who the enemy is until now." Hanoi has been in a state of chaos since the death of Wang Kuang. If this kind of chaos is not camouflaged, then it is better to say, even if it encounters sniper attacks, it must be able to win with the strength of our army, but if this kind of chaos is camouflaged, then it is not something that our partial division can bear. ”

After listening to Liu Ba's analysis, Xu Huang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, but he thought of another thing and asked, "Then why don't we cross the river to the south to join the military division?" Ah, it occurred to me that if the little gentleman's hypothesis was true, then the enemy would have blocked the riverbank...... Then will our army just retreat to Wenxian? ”

Liu Ba shook his head and smiled: "No, no, no, if we really do this, then we won't be able to complete the task, presumably this is also one of the other party's purposes." We turned back the way we came, but we went north to join General Zhang He's troops. ”

"In this way, wouldn't it be faster if I went north directly, wouldn't it be very likely that I would stagger with them for a return trip?"

"In the next guess, General Zhang He and even the military division may encounter the same situation, if we go south to converge with the military division, there may be the situation that the general you just said, but if we go north to meet General Zhang He, the relative resistance is less, yesterday's line reported that General Zhang He has broken the wild king, and today's target should be the state and county. Although we made a long detour, we were able to bypass the enemy's arrangement, and if General Zhang He had encountered a similar situation, Guo Jia would have suggested that we turn back the same way and then go south. Liu Ba pointed out the described route on the topographic map with his hand to Xu Huang for inspection.

Xu Huang nodded, and ordered the troops to be drawn according to Liu Ba's suggestion.

At the same time, more than a hundred miles north of Xu Huang and Liu Ba's troops, Zhang He and Guo Jia also encountered the same problem, there was a large jungle on their way to Zhou County, and the cautious Zhang He sent many scouts early, but unexpectedly found the enemy's ambush, and the forward troops suffered some losses, Guo Jia immediately suggested that the troops go south to meet Xu Huang and Liu Ba and then make plans.

After the two armies converged, they rested in place for a day, and after everyone discussed, they led the troops directly along the plain between Pinggao and Zhou County to take Huai County, and marched in the plain area with a wide field of vision, and the enemy could not ambush them, and with their two troops, a total of more than 20,000 troops, it was enough to deal with any situation in a county, and sure enough, there was no resistance along the way.

On the third day, they finally arrived at Huai County, but found that Jia Xu's troops were stationed ten miles south of Huai County, and the camp and other official affairs had been built.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, after listening to the reports of Zhang He and Xu Huang, Jia Xu frowned slightly, a glimmer of light flashed in his deep eyes, and he muttered in a low voice: "Could it be them?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all focused their eyes on Jia Xu.