Seeing this situation, Yuan Shao was shocked.

Looking at the strategists around him, the strategists were also surprised.

"Why can their stones hit so far? Did you use any equipment? ”

Yuan Shao asked.

Strategists, you look at me, I look at you, it seems that there is no way to deal with it.

It happened suddenly, Yuan's attack had just begun, and they couldn't think of a way yet.

But instead of halting the attack, Yuan Shao forcibly ordered more troops to attack, asking them to speed up, fill in the ravines, and cross the moat to attack.

But it was in vain.

In the face of the resistance of the trebuchet, the dense and powerful military formation seems to be of little use.

After a day's siege, Yuan's army suffered relatively heavy losses, and Yuan Shao had to order to stop the attack and collect his troops and return to the camp.

In the evening, he proposed to postpone the attack and revise the tactics.

"After today's subordinates observed, they found that the stones used by the Guo thief army are very large, but the firing interval is relatively large, and the firing speed is also very slow.

So in order not to let the soldiers be hit, we have to let the soldiers spread out and advance quickly with relatively small formations, so that they do not know how to fight and do not know how to choose targets, so that we can also reduce the casualties of our army. ”

Yuan Shao nodded, feeling that what he said made sense, so he ordered to change his tactics and attack with a small army formation.

But in this way, the requirements for the number of shields are high, and the small army formation cannot accommodate more troops, and the strength of the attack is somewhat reduced.

Yuan Shao felt that this was okay, because he couldn't watch the army lose a lot of money.

Today, more than 500 soldiers were lost in the first battle during the day, which made Yuan Shao very faceless.

If you lose like this every day, you don't have to fight.

The advice of the frustrated professor is quite useful.

In the next few days, Yuan's siege losses were smaller, but the progress was still not fast enough.

Seeing that the food was being consumed day by day, even the ravines outside Handan City had not been filled, and the long-range strikes of the Zhendong Army were still sharp, leaving Yuan Shao helpless.

At this time, Karasuma Zuo stood up in Nanlou and took the initiative to make a suggestion to Yuan Shao.

"Although I am a Saiwai savage, I also know that I should be flexible when fighting, and now that General Yuan has light cavalry like us, which can carry food to the rear of the enemy army, why don't you use us?"

Yuan Shao was discussing strategies with Xu Yu and Fu Zhu at that time, but he was still a little surprised to hear Nanlou say this.

To be honest, Xu Yu proposed more than once to use Karasuma's light cavalry to make a detour south to attack Guo Peng's rear.

The front line is hard, the casualties are too large, the effect is not outstanding enough, if it becomes a protracted battle, it will be unfavorable to Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao felt that the Karasuma people might not be willing to go deep into the danger, it was more risky to do so, and there was a possibility that the whole army would be wiped out if they were not careful, and the Karasuma people were not stupid, would they agree?

Yuan Shao still wanted to try a frontal breakthrough, if the number of troops was large enough, it would also be a deterrent to the enemy.

He didn't expect that now Nanlou took the initiative to bring it up.

Probably because of his desire for meritorious service, seeing that Yuan Shao had not appointed him all along, he felt anxious, and he eagerly wanted to make meritorious service and want to fight.

"Is Nan Lou Gong willing to help me attack Guo Zifeng's rear?"

Yuan Shao walked up to Nanlou and shook Nanlou's hand.

"If I don't want to, why should I follow the general all the way south?"

Nanlou sighed very emotionally: "We went south just to make meritorious service to General Yuan, but now there is no merit to make, and I feel uneasy in my heart." ”

It's really good!

Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and immediately took Nanlou's hand and said happily: "With the help of Nanlou, I can finally rest assured!" ”

Then Yuan Shao asked Xu Yu to tell Nanlou about his sneak attack ideas.

It is to start from the current position, return to Yiyang County, and then set off from Yiyang County to Quliang County, pass through Lieren County, and then turn south and go straight to Puyang County.

Guo Peng's forward base in Yanzhou must be in Puyang County, and bypassing Guo Peng's defense and occupying Puyang County will be able to hit Guo Peng's logistics, cut off his food routes, and cause his entire army to collapse.

Nanlou said that although it was a bit difficult to do this, what he and his subordinates were best at was running from a distance.

"I will do my best to do this for the general!"

"Good! If this is done, the difficult building is the first merit, and there are many rewards! ”

Yuan Shao was very happy.

Then he warned a little about the difficult building, saying that the Dongjun Taishou set up by Guo Peng was Cao Cao, Cao Cao was more cunning, and he would definitely be careful to fortify in Puyang, and the difficult building should pay attention to hiding his traces, and not be discovered by Cao Cao in advance.

Nanlou nodded, indicating that he understood.

Seeing Nanlou go forward to prepare for battle, Fu Zhi walked behind Yuan Shao and asked in a low voice, "Does the general think Nanlou can do this?" And is this person really credible? I heard that Nanlou once fought side by side with Guo Zifeng, which may be a hidden danger. ”

Before Yuan Shao could speak, Xu You spoke.

"This time is different from the past, each is its own master, Nanlou is in the north, if you want to survive, you must rely on Ming Gong, not Guo Zifeng, and in order to get rid of such suspicions, you have to fight hard to show your loyalty, so I think that Nanlou will definitely do its best."

Xu You smiled lightly: "And whether it succeeds or not, it will be a help to us and others, and it will be better to weaken Guo Zifeng and not use our own soldiers and horses?" As for the Karasuma people, what does it matter to me whether there are more or fewer people killed in battle? ”

For this point, Yuan Shao and Fu Zhu both agree with each other.

Driving the tiger and devouring the wolf is wonderful.

Hahaha!

On August 27, the fourth year of Chuping, Nanlou left 5,000 cavalry to be commanded by Yuan Shao, and he took another 5,000 people to follow lightly and set off under the banner of Yuan.

Nanlou himself wore the Han-style armor of the generals of the Yuan army, and the soldiers under his command were mostly dressed as Han Chinese.

In this way, under the guidance of the guide, he officially set off with the grain bag on his back, arrived in Yiyang County, then went to Quliang County, then arrived in Lieren County, and then turned north.

Go to Qizhang County.

"General, our goal is to enter Wei County in the south, not to go north to Zhangxian County."

Several guides felt strange and asked about it.

Nanlou grinned, pulled out his knife, and slashed over the three guides with three swords, leaving only the last one who was the least daring to pee his pants in fright.

"Take me north honestly, and if you dare to point the wrong way, I'll cut you into slices, cook and eat you."

Nanlou's face was vicious, and the frightened guide almost fainted.

The 5,000 Karasuma cavalry did not go south, but turned north, and on the morning of 30 August, they arrived at Gwangpy County, and then turned southwest.

After going around in a big circle to ensure safety, his goal was Guangnian County.

An important transit point for the front-line Yuan army's grain.