"Speed, speed up."

"We must kill the enemy before they react."

Zhang Ming took 40,000 people and sneaked all the way, and after leaving Jizhou, Zhang Ming sped up.

Out of Jizhou, many situations are uncontrollable.

Zhang Ming moved forward quickly, ignoring pedestrians along the way.

There were many passers-by, and Zhang Ming did not hide them.

All the way, directly pounced on the county town of Shangdang.

Yuan Shang's 20,000 troops were stationed here.

The brothers of the Yuan family were not wary of Zhang Ming and Cao Cao.

Instead, they were on guard against the steppe tribes in the north and the Xiliang army in the west.

This will be because Cao Cao and Zhang Ming have just had a big battle, and they each lost more than 100,000 people.

They judged that in the short term, the two sides did not pose a threat to them.

In their opinion, there is not a year without thinking about recovery.

At this time, Cao Cao was indeed like this, he now recruited 50,000 troops, half of which were unarmed.

Some of the food and grass are not available, and they train once every three days.

You can't train every day, and when you train, you will consume a lot of food and grass.

No way, money and food are not so easy to raise.

Zhang Ming and the others quickly walked all the way to Yunzhong County.

On the way, I ran into some county towns and ignored them directly.

When there was still a day to go, the army in Yunzhong County discovered Zhang Ming and them.

They hurried to call for help, and then closed the gates.

Suddenly, the city became nervous and hurried to defend.

Cloud City, like a great enemy.

"Hurry up, get all the supplies to the city."

"Mobilize all of them."

"Whoever doesn't have a weapon, hurry up and find it."

There was a panic in the city, and no one thought that Zhang Ming's army would suddenly kill him.

It came as a surprise.

Before they could get ready, Zhang Ming and the others arrived at the city and surrounded the city.

"Big brother, the cities in the state are relatively poor, they are not well prepared, we are confident that we will take it within three days."

Bingzhou has always been poor, but the people are fierce and the city is relatively simple.

Zhang Ming nodded, he had already arrived here, now he was not in a hurry, let the soldiers rest first.

Zhang Ming had the soldiers stationed, while he went out alone.

Riding a horse and carrying a group of people, Zhang Ming took a turn under the city.

This Shangdang county town is just a little better than an ordinary county seat.

There is no way, and the state can't afford to build a large city.

"Who is the defender of the city?"

Zhang Ming returned to the west gate and shouted at it.

"Under Li Yi."

"General Li, it's a pity that I haven't heard of it."

The guards in the city are not angry, he is really not famous, so he will not be angry.

"General Protector, we have all heard of your name, even if you let the horse come and attack, we have nothing to say if you lose."

This Li Yi was simply the same, knowing that he couldn't beat him, and he didn't have much hope.

"General Li, it's better for you to simply surrender."

"No, how can anyone surrender before they fight."

Li Yi did not agree to surrender.

Zhang Ming didn't continue to persuade him to surrender, he just said, it's best to surrender, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't surrender.

"General Li, another part of our army has launched an attack from the two counties in the north, and your 20,000 people are trapped here, but no one can come to the rescue."

Li Yi also said simply, he said: "Duke Yuan is also kind to my family, I followed the three sons here, and I should defend the city for him wholeheartedly, if you can attack the city, I will order surrender." ”

Hold on, the situation in front of them, they can't hold on.

Then there has to be a decision.

"Okay, General Li is really noble, I underestimated you a little before."

"No, you don't underestimate me, I Li Yi knows who knows, I really don't have much ability, I can't be a general, it's just that the three sons of the Yuan family, there are no talents to use, and the talented people have left."

After ending the conversation, Zhang Ming took people back.

Shangdang County is the southernmost county in Bingzhou.

Conquer this county, and the entire state will be strategically surrounded.

Zhang Ming is not in a hurry, according to the plan, the north will fight first.

When the time comes, as soon as there is a fight on both sides, the soldiers and horses of the annexed states will be concentrated, and they will not dare to divide the troops.

And the two places, close to 70,000 people, were directly abandoned.

With this arrangement, Zhang Ming and the others will be able to concentrate on annihilation, first kill half of them, and then concentrate on half of them, so that they can end the battle as soon as possible.

The third son of the Yuan family definitely did not dare to divide his troops to guard, and he did not dare to come to the rescue.

Zhang Ming's army rested for two days and fully recovered its strength, and he was about to start preparing for the siege.

At this time, in Cao Cao, there was a fierce quarrel.

Cao Cao was shocked when he received the news that Zhang Ming had sent troops to merge the state.

Call all your counsellors.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhang Ming actually sent troops to merge the state at this time, if the state is also taken by Zhang Ming, most of the entire north is in his hands, he has no worries, and the army will all be pressed over there."

The state was seized, and the pressure on Cao Cao was the greatest.

Cao Cao can be described as panic.

"My lord, according to the news, Zhang Ming will transfer all the elites to Bingzhou, leaving some newly recruited troops in Jizhou."

Xun You reported the news he got.

Man Pang suggested: "Lord, this is a good opportunity for us to send troops to Jizhou, and we can't let Zhang Ming take the state, otherwise we will completely lose the initiative in terms of strategy." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Lord, we can't send troops, we haven't recovered at this time, the cost of sending troops is too great, plus we send troops to Jizhou, we can't help Zhang Ming, and he won't retreat." ”

Sending troops to Jizhou?

Guan Yu will immediately call them from Xuzhou to Xuchang.

Cao Cao had a headache.

If he doesn't send troops, Zhang Ming will take and merge the state, which will not benefit them at all, and he will not have the strength to send troops.

If the army goes less, it is useless, and if it goes more, Yanzhou will not be guaranteed.

"Okay, then no troops."

Cao Cao made a very difficult decision.

He rubbed his head and said to everyone: "Although we will not send troops, we should also prepare for a big war immediately. ”

"Mobilize more people to find money, go to Jingzhou, Changsha and other places, and find Liu Cousin Sun Ce and them to buy grain and grass."

Cao Cao is about to explode.

Faced by the enemy on both sides, this loss was so great that it did not even have the strength to send troops to intervene.

After a little discussion, it was decided to recruit another 100,000 troops, and then Cao Cao would advance to the south.

"Xun Yu, you immediately lead an army to the south to reclaim and expand our strategic maneuver, I will give you money, farm tools, seeds, and you must immediately create a fertile soil."

Cao Cao decided to develop the south on a large scale.

In the future, if Zhang Ming fails to compete for the north, there must be a place to go.

The south was sparsely populated, so Cao Cao transferred his army to go first.

Moreover, Cao Cao sent Wang Zuozhicai's Xun Yu out.

Cao Cao intends to focus on the development of Yangzhou.

Tighten your belts and develop the South first, and once they fail, they will not run out of places to go.

Cao Cao still has a strategic vision.