In Yecheng, in the public house of the Assassin's Mansion, Yuan Shang, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, rubbed his hands and walked around, anxious and uneasy, covering his young and handsome face.

As soon as the news that Cao's army conquered Yangping and rushed towards Yecheng arrived, the young monarch immediately panicked, and hurriedly sent someone to bring his two most trusted advisers to discuss countermeasures.

"Now that Cao Jun is powerful, he is ready to speak, what good strategies do the two gentlemen have to teach me?"

Yuan Shang stopped and stared at the two henchmen in front of him.

What he complains about the most now is his father who has long since passed away.

Even if Guandu was defeated at that time and the 200,000 army was wiped out, in terms of comprehensive strength, the Yuan family was still far greater than the Cao family, so that Cao Cao did not dare to look north.

But his father didn't know if he was old and confused, so he abandoned his martial arts and divided the four states equally among the three brothers and a cousin, so that there were frequent civil strife in Hebei, and he could no longer make a fist to resist the Cao family.

Now it has been broken by Cao Cao, and the soldiers are coming to the city, and the situation is critical.

I have to say that this mess was caused by his father, but he had to carry the pot.

"The lord doesn't need to worry too much," Feng Ji didn't seem to be too worried, and took a step forward, the old god was saying: "Yecheng has been repaired by the ancestor several times, the city walls are high and strong, the moat is wide and deep, and the grain and grass in the city are enough to eat for two years.

And the generals and their families are all in the city, and they will be united in their hearts and will do their best to defend the city for the lord.

And the Cao army came in a hurry without repairing, this is a taboo for soldiers, if you want to break through my Ye City, it is a self-defeating way, and the lord is relaxed. ”

Yuan Shang was not so confident, and hesitated: "But...... Cao's army is strong, and has occupied Yangping as a springboard, even if my Yecheng can be defended for three months, five months, but it is a lonely city, if Cao's army is besieged for a long time, sooner or later the army will be disheartened, broken by thieves. ”

"Of course, we can't just defend passively," the judge said next to him: "The lord should order Guo Yuan to immediately break the small Cao army on the opposite side, and be sure to break out of Tongguan within three days."

Cao Cao led the army here, its rear must be empty, as long as Guo Yuan can attack the hinterland of the Central Plains, it will be like a bamboo, then the Cao army will retreat without a fight. ”

"Mr. Zhengnan is reasonable," Yuan Shang nodded, and beckoned his attendant to say, "Grinding ink, wait for me to personally write a letter to Guo Yuan, so that he can speed up his march." ”

Guo Yuan had 20,000 soldiers under him, while Zhang Liao, who was defending on the opposite side, only had 2,000 foot soldiers.

And as long as they hold Yecheng for a while, they can sit back and watch Guo Yuan sweep the Central Plains in turn.

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At this time, Guo Yuan's 20,000-strong army had already been slaughtered like a mountain and a sea, and the morale in Zhang Liao's military camp was inevitably low.

Looking at so many enemy troops on the opposite side, no matter how brave their Danyang soldiers were, it was impossible for them to be ten by one.

Everyone felt that they were going to be cold today.

The lord sent such a small number of soldiers to resist Guo Yuan's army, it was simply to send himself to death, which is not kind.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Liao was also worried, and he couldn't calm down.

At the beginning, Liu Ping sent him to lead the army, saying that there were other arrangements, but now that Guo Yuan is close at hand, he has not seen where the arrangements are.

No matter how high his force is, it is impossible for him to single-handedly defeat 20,000 enemy troops, right?

As for the 2,000 soldiers, they could not compete with an opponent ten times their size.

Just when his anxious throat was about to smoke, a personal soldier suddenly rushed in and said, "General, there are people outside the camp, claiming to be the general's old man who is visiting." ”

"The deceased?"

Zhang Liao wondered, where did he have any old friends here? There are quite a few enemies.

"Please come in," Zhang Liao ordered, whether it was an old man or not, you would know at a glance.

"No!" The soldiers went out, and after a short time, they brought in a man who was five big and three thick, and the man was wearing the clothes of the steppe people.

Zhang Liao only felt that the person was familiar, and suddenly remembered that this was not the right sage king he met when he accompanied the lord to the grassland to buy horses?

Later, this person went to Xudu to avenge his grievances, and Zhang Liao also saw him again.

At this time, when the big pawn saw Zhang Liao, he was immediately very enthusiastic, stretched out his arms and walked two steps to Zhang Liao, and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, warrior, you let me find it." ”

Zhang Liao knew that this was a friend rather than an enemy, after all, King Youxian was grateful to Liu Ping for helping the grassland people clear up the grievances of shoddy goods, Zhang Liao also smiled and said: "I don't know what to do next, please go to the tent to drink tea first." ”

"Then Yuan Jun has called, how can you have the time to drink tea, you better hurry up and pick up the goods first."

"Pick up the goods? Where does this start? Zhang Liao was puzzled, he didn't buy the goods, which goods did he take?

"You don't know yet, the noble man bought a batch of horses from my king, I won't deliver them to you personally, see if you can use it."

The grassland people always call Liu Ping a nobleman, after all, Liu Ping "raised prices" at the beginning, so that Qubei made a lot of money.

"Horses?" Zhang Liao's heart was shocked, his eyes became bright, and he hurriedly asked, "How many horses?" ”

"The king of my family has sold the horse to Yuan Shao last time, and now there are only about eight hundred high-quality horses that have just grown up on the grassland, since the nobles want to buy them, my family Xianwang ordered me to bring them all."

"Eight hundred horses!"

Zhang Liao's cheek muscles moved, and his heart was filled with uncontrollable joy.

With these 800 horses, he can form 800 cavalry, and then he can directly impact the position of the opponent's commander, as long as he can kill Guo Yuan, this battle will be won.

Only now did he know that this was the so-called arrangement of the lord.

In fact, Liu Ping pondered at the beginning that Zhang Liao was the master of Sun Quan's 100,000 army with 800 cavalry, as long as he could be equipped with 800 horses, it should be okay to defeat Guo Yuan's 20,000 soldiers.

But how can you get a horse?

He could only exchange salt for the desperation, after all, salt is a necessity that the grassland people also lack.

Therefore, Liu Ping made a special trip to summon Tao Qing to Chang'an and asked Tao Qing to quickly expand the scale of salt production.

Fortunately, Tao Qing was also powerful, and there was a good trust between Liu Ping and Qubei, so Qubei finally sent the horse before the war.

Zhang Liao followed Dadanghu to the outside of the camp, only to see dozens of grassland men driving hundreds of fiery war horses, and the sound of horse neighing was endless.

"Do you see it, they are all friends, we can't lie to people, these are all the best horses that have grown up in my grassland." The big pawn smirked at the horses, pointing to them.

"You really relieved my urgent need, thank you, thank you," Zhang Liao was overjoyed and saluted the big household.

"You're welcome," the big boss said boldly: "Aren't we friends with the surname Yuan, do you need our help?" ”

"Hahaha, since you are friends, you don't have to be polite," Zhang Liao looked up to the sky and laughed: "As long as I have these horses, I regard the Yuan army on the other side as a chicken, and my friends come from afar, and watch the battle from behind, to see how I can break the enemy." ”