Wei Yan thought for a long time, and sighed: "Xu Huang is both wise and brave, extremely shrewd, and ordinary means will definitely not work." Especially in the past, it was not possible to use the city fraudulently, and it was not possible to attack the city directly, or it would not be possible to transfer the tiger away from the mountain and Xu Huang. As long as Xu Huang is still in Handan City, we will not be able to capture Handan, after all, our strength is too weak. ”

Lu Meng's eyes rolled, his face showed a look of anticipation, and said, "Adjust the tiger from the mountain, you can give it a try." ”

Chen Zhi asked, "Little General, why did you turn the tiger away from the mountain?" ”

Lu Meng sat up straight and said, "Cao Cao has arranged a total of three defense lines in the north, one is Xu Huang in Handan, the second is Zhang Jaw in Feixiang County, and the third is Cao Hong stationed near the Zhanghe River. These three troops are guarding the safety of Yecheng, the capital of the Wei State, what do you think if we abandon Handan and pretend to attack Cao Hong? ”

Dian Man shook his head and said, "Boss, Xu Huang must be guarding Handan, and he won't care if Cao Hong lives or dies." We divided our troops to pretend to attack Cao Hong, but it didn't work. ”

Lu Meng glared at Dianman and said, "How can you know if you don't try." ”

Dianman muttered and said, "It's useless to try!" ”

Lu Meng is the chief general of the vanguard army, but Lu Meng has a very good relationship with Dianman, and it can be said that he wears a pair of pants, so Dianman has no scruples when he speaks. Lu Meng glanced at Dian Man angrily, and his face showed a helpless expression, but he couldn t stand the period when he was blocked in Handan City.

In Lu Meng's thoughts, he should decisively go all the way, and finally arrive at Yecheng and come to the city. The army besieged Cao Cao in Yecheng and forced Cao Cao to surrender, which was the most perfect thing.

Now that he was stopped by Xu Huang, Lu Meng had a pimple in his heart.

Wei Yan took the initiative to say: "General Lu, you lead a part of the soldiers to hide outside Handan City, and I will lead the rest of the soldiers to pretend to attack Cao Hong, test Xu Huang's reaction, and see if Xu Huang will send troops." ”

Lu Meng nodded and agreed directly.

……

Handan City, the county capital.

In the study, Xu Huang sat cross-legged. He looked at Zhu Wu, who was standing below to report the news, and asked in a deep voice: "Lu Meng led his troops to leave Handan and rushed towards Cao Hong, has this matter been confirmed?" ”

Zhu Wuyu reported: "General, the Shu army has already left the camp, and the news is absolutely correct. ”

Xu Huang shook his head, with a sneer on his face, and said, "Things are not so simple, Lu Meng is not very old, but he is extremely cunning. Lu Meng has a tough temperament and will not give up Handan easily. ”

Zhu Wu said: "General, could it be that Lu Meng pretended to withdraw? ”

Xu Huang said with a serious face: "You're right, Lu Meng just pretended to withdraw. He wanted to use the opportunity of attacking Cao Hong to force me to send troops, and then attack Handan. It's a pity that Cao Hong and I both have our own tasks, and my responsibility is only to garrison Handan and block the Shu army heading south. If they want to go, let them attack Cao Hong. The order was given to close the gates of the city and not to send troops. ”

"No!"

Zhu Wu clenched his fists in response, turned around and left.

……

Wei Yan led his soldiers out of Handan and put on a posture of feigning to attack Cao Hong. However, after the army had traveled half the way, the news that came back was that Xu Huang did not move at all.

Obviously, Xu Huang made up his mind not to save Cao Hong.

In desperation, Wei Yan led his army back and joined up with Lü Meng's army. The army re-encamped, but the faces of Wei Yan, Lu Meng and others were very solemn.

Chen Zhi's gaze swept over Lu Meng's face, but he secretly shook his head in his heart.

Lu Meng had already gotten into the horns of the bull and had become irrational.

Suddenly, Wei Yan's eyes lit up and said, "General Lu, since Handan City can't be taken, just give up Xu Huang and attack Cao Hong, who is stationed in Zhanghe, or Zhang Jaw, who is stationed in Feixiang County. Anyway, these two people can attack, and if they take Zhang Jaw or Cao Hong, they can also go south, so why attack Xu Huang? ”

Lu Meng said stubbornly: "No, just attack Handan." ”

Chen Zhi said: "Little general, it's not your fault that you can't take Handan. Our soldiers are less than 10,000 elites, but Xu Huang is guarding a fortified city and a complete fortification. Under such circumstances, it is normal that Handan was not captured. Besides, Xu Huang is not a shrimp soldier and crab general, but a wise and brave general under Cao Cao, which is not easy to deal with. ”

Lu Meng sighed and said, "Everyone, is there really no way?" Think again, think of a way to break the enemy! Chen Dao, Wei Yan and Dian Man looked at each other, and their faces showed helplessness.

"Report!!"

Just as the four of them were speechless, the voice of a soldier suddenly sounded outside the big tent.

"Come in!"

Lu Meng shouted weakly, and saw the curtain of the tent rolled up, and the soldiers hurriedly walked in. The soldier saluted Lu Meng and the others, took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Lu Meng, and said, "General, this is something that Your Majesty just sent for the general to read." ”

Lu Meng waved his hand to let the soldier stand back, and quickly read the contents of the letter.

Suddenly, Lu Meng wilted like a balloon that had been popped.

Dian Man took the letter from Lu Meng's hand and read it quickly. Unlike Lu Meng, Dian Man's face showed a look of surprise, and he said happily: "Your Majesty asked us to temporarily stop attacking Handan, and the army he led is almost here." Hey, that's a good thing. As long as His Majesty comes with a large army, it will be easy to break Handan. ”

"What a fart!"

Lu Meng's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "We are the vanguard army, but we have not achieved an inch, what is good." ”

Chen Zhi and Wei Yan thought about it, and it seemed that this was the truth.

However, Handan City is a strong city, and it is indeed frustrating not to be able to take it. But Wang Can led the army to come, at least there was hope of taking Handan.

……

Two days have passed in a flash.

Huang Zhong, the commander of the left army, and Zhao Yun, the commander of the right army, led 50,000 troops to Handan respectively, and 100,000 troops were stationed outside the city. Wang Can also led the Chinese army to arrive and join Lü Meng's vanguard army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Cangao sat above, and below were Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhao Yun and other military generals.

Lu Meng stood in the center of the big tent, and behind him stood Wei Yan, Dian Man, and Chen Dao. Lu Meng clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the last general will lead the vanguard army to attack Handan, but he can't attack it for a long time, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Wang Can waved his hand and said: "It's not your crime to be able to capture Handan, don't care." ”

Lu Meng silently retreated, and Dianman and the others also returned to the queue.

Wang Can instructed: "The army will rest for a day and start attacking Handan tomorrow." ”

"No!"

All the generals responded in unison, and their faces showed excited looks. For the 10,000 pioneers led by Lu Meng, Handan is a fortified city, but for the more than 100,000 troops under Wang Can, Handan is just a small county town. After all, there are countless siege equipment in the camp, and it is not difficult to attack Handan, and it is difficult for Xu Huang to defend it.

……

Handan City is now panicked.

In the past, Xu Huang thwarted Lu Meng's siege, and the soldiers defending the city could still be complacent, and even the people in the city felt that Xu Huang was really powerful. However, Wang Can's more than 100,000 Shu soldiers came to the city, and a powerful deterrent force suddenly broke out outside the city, which overwhelmed the soldiers defending the city, and the people also felt that Handan could not hold it.

On the city tower, Zhu Wu stood beside Xu Huang and said in a low voice: "General Xu, before the last general left, His Majesty had an order, if Handan cannot be defended, please General Xu give up Handan." ”

Xu Huang shook his head and said resolutely: "Hold on and don't retreat!" ”

The four words are sonorous and powerful, and they are loud and loud.

After Zhu Wu heard this, a look of admiration appeared on his face. However, Zhu Wu's eyebrows couldn't hide his deep worry, facing more than 100,000 Shu troops, no one could calm down.