In the west of Pingyang, Yuan Shang's army was slowly marching towards Yecheng, the speed was not fast, after approaching the two battlefields of Chen Mo and Cao Cao, Yuan Shang became cautious, especially the news brought by the Jizhou army that escaped from Yecheng, which made Yuan Shang have to be cautious.

"Yuan Hao, you said that Chen Mo really set up an ambush in Yecheng?" Yuan Shang was riding on a horse and suddenly looked at Tian Fengdao beside him.

"Most of them are there, but Feng is more curious, now Chen Mo's troops should be fighting a decisive battle with Cao Cao, how can he design our army?" Tian Feng looked at the direction of Yecheng and frowned and thought: "And such a confidential matter, but he said that he didn't listen to the surrendering army, and even drove the surrendered army out of the city, as if he deliberately let these surrendered troops report to the lord." ”

If you want to say that Chen Mo is careless...... This is no longer careless, this is simply a lack of heart.

But the question is also here, is Chen Mo a person who lacks heart?

Obviously not, whether it is from the past, or Chen Mo's various performances since he entered Jizhou, this is not a person who lacks heart, as for believing in these surrenders...... is not young, and they are all people who have been in this Vanity Fair for many years, how can they be so naïve, that is to say, this news is clearly the news that Chen Mo deliberately released.

"What is the purpose?" Yuan Shang couldn't figure out what Chen Mo wanted to do even if he wanted to break his head.

That's a good question, I want to know too.

Tian Feng smiled and did not answer.

The frustrated teacher on the side pondered: "Lord, it's better to say what Chen Mo wants us to do?" ”

When Tian Feng heard this, he glanced at Fu Zhi and pondered, Yuan Shang on the side frowned and thought, "He doesn't want me to wait close to Yecheng?" Want me to join the fray? Why? According to the scouts, the battle line between the two sides is now extended, and even to Yanjin, and now leading our army to the battlefield, isn't it to suffer the enemy on their backs? ”

"There is a cloud in the art of war, if you can, you can't see it, if you can't, you can see it, the way of reality and reality, mysterious and mysterious, he also needs to think like this, in fact, I still hope that our army will go to Yecheng." Frustrated with a smile.

"Not necessarily." Tian Feng pondered: "Have you ever thought about it, if our army really goes to the battlefield, then Chen Mo and Cao Cao dare to continue fighting?" According to the following opinion, if our army is close to the battlefield, it is very likely that the two sides will stop their troops and make peace, and they will fall into a three-way confrontation. ”

"What's in it for him?" Yuan Shang was puzzled.

"Naturally, there is, the three parties are worried about being profited, and they dare not fight too much, and they may eventually fall into a stalemate, once they reach a stalemate, then the final fight is probably the consumption of grain and grass, that Chen Mo got the grain and grass in Yecheng, and slaughtered the gentry in the city, and got a lot, and can also transfer grain through the turbid Zhangshui and the state, and transport grain through Hanoi, in the end, I am afraid that the first thing that cannot be consumed is our army, and then we will be the first to kick our army out of occupation, and the Chen and Cao families will compete for Jizhou."

"There is another thing, if our army is pinned down here, the general may not be able to defeat Tai Shi Ci, if you take this opportunity after Tai Shi Ci defeats Zhao Zhao, Anping, Julu and other counties will be in the hands of the enemy, Chen Mo will take the first step to actually occupy most of the territory of Jizhou, our army has become a rootless wanderer, the back road is cut off, and the grain and grass are cut off...... "Feng Ji said this, he didn't dare to say it anymore, how do you look at it, they are dead ends when they join the battlefield!

"The thief has a poisonous heart!" Yuan Shang scolded, this Chen Mo thought so deeply: "In this way, is there a way out for our army to take Yecheng directly?" ”

Tian Feng nodded: "Chen Mo's army is fighting against the Cao army, in that Yecheng, in addition to the surrender army, there can't be too many soldiers and horses, his plan is just to confuse the public!" ”

"In any case, now in Yecheng, Chen Mo's defenders will not be too much, our army just took advantage of the situation to recapture Yecheng, as long as Yecheng is captured, then our army will be able to take the lead, then Chen Mo and Cao Cao will capture the state and county, but after all, this is the foundation of our army, and after a long time, the two armies will retreat!" Frustrated in agreement.

"In this case, send an order to the three armies to rush to Yecheng as soon as possible!" Hearing what the two of them said, Yuan Shang also had confidence in his heart, and immediately ordered to speed up the march to Yecheng, and with Jiang Yiqu and Wei Yuanjin as the vanguard, he led 5,000 troops to Yecheng to investigate first.

However, it was said that Jiang Yiqu and Wei Yuanjin led the vanguard army all the way to Yecheng, but they were not stopped at all, which made the two of them wonder, except for the occasional enemy scouts along the way, there was no discovery at all, which made the two of them wonder, is it really good to let the enemy soldiers come to the city like this?

It's just that when the two arrived outside Yecheng and looked at the open city gate, the two were a little dumbfounded.

"This ...... What does this mean? Jiang Yiqu looked at Wei Yuanjin, and his words were a little stammering, no matter how you look at it, it looks like an empty city.

Wei Yuanjin didn't speak, you ask me, who do I ask?

The two led the army to patrol outside the city, sending scouts to inquire everywhere, the east and west of the city were like the north of the city, and the gate was open, only in the south of the city, there were a large number of Guanzhong troops stationed.

"What to do? Do you want to enter the city? Wei Yuanjin looked at Jiang Yiqu.

Jiang Yiqu was a little moved, no matter what his situation was, he went first and then said, thought about it and said: "Beware of fraud, send a few troops and horses into the city to find out." ”

Wei Yuanjin nodded, and at that moment the two of them sent three hundred-man teams into the city, and instructed them to withdraw immediately once they encountered the enemy, not to fight, and if there was really no one in the city, then the city changed the flag.

The three groups of men and horses entered from the three city gates, and the imaginary battle did not happen, Jiang Yiqu and Wei Yuanjin breathed a sigh of relief and only waited outside the city.

A quarter of an hour passed...... Two quarters of an hour passed...... Half an hour passed, but none of the soldiers sent into the city came out, the banner at the head of the city had not been changed, and no obvious fighting was heard in the city.

What is this situation?

"It is impossible that there are no soldiers and horses in the city, we have too few soldiers and horses, if we are besieged by the enemy, we have no ability to escape, why don't we send more men and horses into the city?" Yuan Yuan thought about it.

"It's fine." Jiang Yiqu hesitated for a moment and nodded, this time he directly sent a thousand men and horses without dividing the troops, and entered the city directly from the north gate, so many people and horses, no matter how it is, it will not be wiped out in an instant, and there is not even a person who comes out to report the news, right?

Soon, there was a sound of fighting in the city, but in the end, no one came out, Jiang Yiqu and Wei Yuanjin were shocked and hurriedly withdrew their troops and set up camp.

"There is an ambush in this city." Jiang Yiqu looked at Wei Yuanjin and said: "This has not yet met the enemy, and it has lost more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, how to replace the main bus?" ”

Wei Yuanjin said with a bitter face: "Why don't you report the matter here to the lord first, and let the lord decide?" ”

"Good!" Jiang Yiqu nodded, although the first battle was lost, but more than a thousand soldiers and horses were silent, and there were many defenders in the city, and they were afraid that they would not be enough to clean up the remaining soldiers and horses.

At that moment, while the two were camping for the army, Pegasus reported the situation to Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang's army arrived in the afternoon, and the mighty army stopped outside the city, looking at the open city gate.

"There are indeed ambushes in the city, but now that the main force of our army has arrived, it is too arrogant to dare to do so!" Yuan Shang looked at the scattered defenders at the head of the city, frowned, and said, "Who entered the city before me and captured that Chen Mo?" ”

Jiang Yiqu and Wei Yuanjin were silent, this Yecheng today is quite weird, what is inside, no one knows, and it is precisely because they don't know that Yecheng is terrifying.

"The last will go!" Han Meng shouted loudly and took the lead in the battle: "Lord, please go to the battle, and you will capture that Chen Mosheng!" ”

"Okay, it's convenient for the general to have three thousand people, then Chen Mo is cunning by nature, be careful!" Yuan Shang looked at Han Meng and nodded with satisfaction, with Zhang He and Han Qiong not knowing whether they were alive or dead, now under Yuan Shang's command, if it comes to bravery, Han Meng should be the first, and Yuan Shang is more at ease when he fights.

"The lord will wait here for a while, and after the last general captures and kills that Chen Mo, he will invite the lord to enter the city!" Han Menglang laughed, immediately ordered three thousand soldiers and horses, and headed towards the city gate.

"Great!" Yuan Shang smiled as Han Meng led three thousand elites into the city with a fierce attitude, and when the fighting over there started, he was ready to immediately wave his troops to attack the city.

On the other side, above the enemy tower in Yecheng, Dian Wei looked at a large number of soldiers and horses coming here, and looked at Chen Mo with some anxiety: "Lord, there are a lot of people this time." ”

"About three thousand." Chen Mo nodded: "This is the limit of what we can bear, it depends on this time, whether we can scare Yuan Jun away, inform Zhang Yan, and prepare!" ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei agreed, and immediately waved the order flag to the city, and at the same time, on the city wall, a strong crossbow fixed on the female wall battlement was held by a famous Black Mountain Army with a rope, behind the female wall, a bamboo pole covered with armor, spears upside down, at first glance, it seems that there are thousands of troops.

Chen Mo looked at the sky that was gradually darkening to the west, and smiled slightly, the time was just right.

Han Meng led an army of 3,000 to rush in, and after entering the city, he looked at the city wall, but saw that the entire main street was made into a road, extending to the inner city.

It's just that before he ran halfway, he saw a crossbow in the distance that was more than twice as wide as the ordinary crossbow on the ground, his face changed, and before he could give an order, he saw a row of crossbow arrows break out of the air, the crossbow arrows were extremely powerful, and they could penetrate the three people before they were exhausted.

"Hurry back!" Han Meng snorted coldly and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat.

On both sides of the road, a famous soldier suddenly poked his head out, and shot at the Yuan army in the road, and the crossbow in the rear was still exerting force, Han Meng's war horse was shot, and when he retreated with a shield, he saw a lot of people on the city wall, the cold light was grinning, and the crossbow arrows fell like raindrops, and a piece of Yuan army died in the road.

"Don't run away from the thief!" The Yongdao suddenly collapsed continuously, only to find that the Yongdao was not strong, but at this time, seeing the enemy army killed, there were still a large number of soldiers guarding the city wall, Han Meng could only rush out with his head bored, the soldiers around him continued to fall to the ground with arrows, and the sound of fighting in the rear was increasing, and the Yongdao was constantly destroyed, and more and more Guanzhong troops were killed.

Han Meng didn't know how he managed to get out of the city, but the moment he rushed out of the city gate, he almost collapsed, plunged into the moat, looked around, and followed him to kill less than a hundred soldiers!