Lu Bu and Zhang Yang were both Ding Yuan's subordinates, and their relationship was very good at that time, and they have not broken contact over the years. Therefore, after Lu Bu arrived in Hanoi County, he was warmly welcomed by Zhang Yang.

After the banquet was over, Zhang Yang took Lu Bu to a small room.......... Hey, why does it sound so weird?

Zhang Yang asked: "The general appointed you as the governor of Hanoi, is it going to use troops against Jizhou?" ”

Previously, the imperial court repeatedly issued orders to Cao Cao to let the Yanzhou soldiers withdraw from Xuzhou, but Cao Cao never listened, which eventually led to the Battle of Pengcheng. Now the imperial court issued an order to Yuan Shao to ask Jizhou to stop using troops against Youzhou, but Yuan Shao also ignored it. It's as if history repeats itself, and all the scripts are ready-made.

Lu Bu said proudly: "Yes, I'm here to play the forward for the general!" ”

"Although the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are majestic, but the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, Jizhou Mu now has the land of Hebei, I am afraid that the general may not be Yuan Shao's opponent!"

Lu Bu sneered: "What is Yuan Shao, he was actually attacked by the Black Mountain Thieves and broke through Yecheng, how can this kind of anointed disciple be the opponent of the great general?" Not to mention the general, give me 100,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to cut off Yuan Benchu's head! ”

"By the way," Lu Bu remembered something, ordered someone to take the edict of the imperial court, and said: "The Son of Heaven ordered to recruit Sima Lang into the court as an official. ”

"Sima Lang? I'm afraid that he will refuse to obey the edict! ”

"Hey, he's just an insignificant guy, I'll tie him up if I don't obey him!"

After two years in the tooth soldiers, Lu Bu became stronger, and both his strength and martial arts have made great progress. He said arrogantly: "I have a red rabbit horse, trekking through mountains and rivers like walking on the ground." There is also a divine weapon like Fang Tian's halberd, who else in the world is my opponent? ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I often worry that the Hebei army will kill me, but with Fengxian, I don't have to worry about it!" ”

In Yecheng, Yuan Shao heard the news that the imperial court had appointed Zhang Yan as the acting county taishou and sent Lü Bu to Hanoi, so he immediately gathered all his advisers and asked, "Could it be that Chen Cheng wants to attack us?" ”

Guo Tu said: "Chen Cheng didn't even dare to stay in Yanzhou, and now he should just want to test the reaction of the lord." ”

Tian Feng said: "When a leaf falls, you know that the world is autumn, and the general has always planned and then moved. Before tackling the key problems, now Liangzhou spent two years training the army and hoarding grain and grass; Before attacking Yanzhou, Liu Bei was appointed as the pastor of Xuzhou, and Fu Gan and Xu Rong were sent to Henan. Now appoint Zhang Yan as the acting county governor, and appoint Lu Bu as the governor of Hanoi, I am afraid that he is already planning to start a war against us! ”

"Hmph, what kind of general is Chen Cheng?" Yuan Shao was a little disdainful when he mentioned this person, "Cao Mengde is too incompetent, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses are trapped in Xuzhou, even if Chen Cheng is not ready to do it, he can't help it when he sees such a good opportunity." If he dares to raise an army to invade my borders, I will let him know that he has been able to win battles only because he has encountered some chickens and dogs! When he met me Yuan Shao, he would definitely call him to come and go! ”

Tian Feng said: "Having said that, it is also necessary to guard against it. If the Xiliang army is allowed to enter Hebei, I am afraid that the scene from a few years ago will be repeated. ”

A few years ago, the Youzhou army broke into Hebei, burned, killed and looted, and caused great damage. It took a long time for the Hebei people to drive out the Youzhou army, but the losses caused were irreparable.

Xun Chen said: "Zhang Yang has always been in awe of the lord, it is better to send someone to Hanoi to put pressure on Zhang Yang, maybe Zhang Yang can be put into the command of the lord." ”

Yuan Shao was interested in this proposal and asked, "Who can do it?" ”

Xun Chen said: "My brother Xun Yu, with Wang Zuozhicai, is currently in Yecheng, and can go to Hanoi." ”

"Xun Yu?" Yuan Shao laughed and said: "I have heard the name of Xun Wenruo for a long time, but unfortunately I can't use it." Then, as Youruo said, let Xun Yu go to Hanoi. ”

Frustratedly, he said: "Stabilizing Zhang Yang is a feasible strategy, and it is a top priority, or to defeat Gongsun Zhan's army as soon as possible." As long as Gongsun Chan is eliminated, our army will no longer have to worry about the future. ”

Yuan Shao said: "This is exactly what I want, I can appoint Ju Yi as the commander on the same day, Gao Lan, Zhang He, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals as deputies, send 100,000 troops, and attack Youzhou!" ”

Ju Yi was born in Wuwei, Liangzhou, and Chengyi was still a fellow villager, and once defeated Gongsun Zhan's Baima Yicong in the Battle of Jieqiao, so he was appreciated by Yuan Shao and became the head of the generals in Hebei. However, it was precisely because of that turning battle that Ju Yi became arrogant, thinking that if he hadn't fought to the death, Yuan Shao would not have the current situation at all.

Hebei has recovered in the past two years and has saved a lot of money. Therefore, even though it is in the spring ploughing, it can also mobilize 100,000 soldiers and horses to strike at Youzhou. The Youzhou army had to enter Hebei every year and plunder, and the soldiers and heroes on the border suffered great losses.

Although their large estates had a good defensive effect on rogue bandits, in front of the regular army, they were just a stronghold for storing grain and grass and providing manpower. Yuan Shao also hated Gongsun Zan very much, Youzhou and Jizhou had been fighting for so many years, and the hatred between each other had long been indissolvable, before enough blood was shed.

Sending troops in the spring is in essence a tactic that hurts people by itself, delaying spring ploughing, and both summer and autumn harvests will be affected. Jizhou's family has a big business and can afford to consume, but Youzhou is already extremely poor, and delaying spring plowing is not just a matter of hunger.

Yuan Shao gave an order, and dozens of generals rushed towards Youzhou with more than 100,000 elite soldiers and horses. Once upon a time, the Youzhou army ravaged Hebei, as if it was bullying a little girl. Now the situation has turned over, in the past, it was the Hebei people who had deep ditches and high bases, closed without fighting, but now they have been replaced by Youzhou people with deep ditches and high bases closed without fighting.

The Jizhou army is menacing, and Gongsun Zan now has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, so he can only hold on to the city. If the Hebei people did too much, such as throwing off the city and going deep alone, then they would send cavalry to strike at the enemy, and in addition, he would defend the city with all his heart.

It's not that Gongsun Chan likes to defend the city, he is a cavalry commander and is good at leading cavalry battles. The problem is that war horses eat more than people, and if they go out to fight, the consumption of food will be doubled. Now that Youzhou is already poor, where can you dispatch troops on a large scale?

Although Ran was very reluctant, Gongsun Chan now had no choice but to squat in the city aggrievedly, watching the Hebei army show off its might outside. Gongsun Chan felt very aggrieved, and Ju Yi outside the city also felt aggrieved. Siege warfare was very troublesome and bloody in those years, and as long as the defenders were determined, the besieging side could often only destroy the opponent one after another.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least four months to force a city to submit, or if the defenders do not receive any supplies or reinforcements. If the defenders had enough food and grass, it would have been more than a year.

Ju Yi, Gao Ran and others also tried to storm the city, but the result was that they lost their troops and gained nothing. Send soldiers and horses around the city to plunder Youzhou? I'm sorry, but the people of Youzhou are so poor that they can't even eat. The Jizhou army often traveled for several days, and the things they grabbed could not make up for the food and grass consumed.

If you're not careful, you might be taken advantage of by the Youzhou Raid.

After trying many methods, Ju Yi and the others could only form a confrontation with the Youzhou army. Yuan Shao, Ju Yi and others believed that the Hebei family had a big business and could afford to consume it, and sooner or later the Youzhou army would be starving and unbearable. But as it turned out, they were all wrong.

Gongsun Chan can't squeeze out much food, but there is still foreign aid. Potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and other miscellaneous grains from Bingzhou and Guanzhong hung the last breath of the Youzhou army, and the defenders reclaimed the land in the city and planted a lot of potatoes and other things. When there is no war, a person only needs two or three potatoes and a few bowls of cold water to mix for a day.

Although the Youzhou army was so hungry that their eyes glowed green, they still managed to hold on. Ju Yi is out with an army of 100,000 people, even if he doesn't fight, the daily grain will be 600,000 catties, plus the consumption of the people and the transit, at least nearly 10,000 stone of grain and grass will be consumed every day. With such a large consumption, he almost didn't eat Yuan Shao poorly.

Hebei has a large population and abundant products, which is true, but Yuan Shao's utilization efficiency of manpower and material resources is far inferior to Cao Cao, nor can it be compared to Chen Cheng. Confronting the people of Youzhou, one month is easy and pleasant, two months are okay, and when it is three months, the grain and grass in the rear are a little too fast to keep up. By the sixth month, the people of Youzhou were still holding on, but the Hebei army had already begun to starve.

As a last resort, Ju Yi, Gao Ran and others could only let the soldiers reclaim the fields around the camp and plant some potatoes and sweet potatoes indiscriminately, hoping that after the harvest, the soldiers' stomachs would be filled. Both the Jizhou army and the Youzhou army dug deep trenches and built the camp extremely strong, and whoever launched the attack first would lose a large number of troops.

Unable to open the situation quickly, the front line was plunged into a long standoff. Later, it was not so much that they came to fight as that they were engaged in military cantonment on the border. In order to get more food, both sides often sent small groups of soldiers to sneak into each other's territory, cut vines, and dig potatoes.

Potatoes can be eaten on their own, and vines can be given to livestock. If you are hungry, you can eat sweet potato leaves or something. The long confrontation seemed to have no end in sight, and both sides were gritting their teeth and insisting, hoping that the other party would be unable to hold on after the sun came out tomorrow.

However, each time it was met with disappointment. After the summer harvest, Yuan Shao transported a lot of grain and grass to the front. Half of the grain collected was transported directly to the front-line army before it entered the warehouse. This kind of consumption method made Yuan Shao feel unbearable. On more than one occasion, he gave Ju Yi orders to settle the battle quickly.

Ju Yi also obeyed orders at first and organized soldiers to launch a large-scale attack. But the result was no different, except for thousands of dead and wounded, the Jizhou army did not get any results. Later, Ju Yi completely ignored Yuan Shao's elves, and said to the generals: "The state pastor is not on the front line, how can he know our hardship?" If you don't know how to fight, don't point fingers! ”

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