On September 11, in the middle of the night, in the city of Liang Period, Yuan Shao, who slept with his wife Liu and his young son Yuan Shang, was carefully woken up from the couch - the guards reported through the maid, Xu You came to the city, and he wanted to immediately face Yuan Che to ride.

In this regard, Yuan Shao, who had already grown a lot of hair, could only sigh, but he still got up immediately to summon him, as if he had expected Xu You's arrival...... This is understandable, thinking that Zhang Yide took down Quliang City, which belongs to Wei County, a few days ago, like a rabbit, how could Yuan Shao, who was only stationed in Liang Period City dozens of miles away, not know? And Qu Liang is lost, so it is expected that Xu Ziyuan will fail in Julu, and it is even more natural for him to come back in a hurry to ask for guilt.

It's just that no one thought that this guy would come so quickly and urgently!

So, in the middle of the night, Yuan Benchu, who was sympathetic to his subordinates, just put on a coat and hurried to the back hall, and he saw Xu Ziyuan's eyes sunken and covered with dust, plus his expression was in a hurry, his demeanor was at a loss, and his usual demeanor was completely lost, and the resentment in his heart immediately disappeared by seven or eight points.

However, Yuan Shao's heart softened, but before he had time to sit down and speak a word of comfort, on the other side, Xu Ziyuan could see the other party, but instead he directly stepped forward and grabbed the sleeve of his own Yuan Che rider, and said amazingly:

"Ming Gong quickly sent troops to Handan, otherwise the 20,000 troops of Fu Gong and General Han will not be guaranteed! And Gongsun Wenqi has arrived in Hebei, at this time is gathering troops and horses, Chen Gongtai Taihang to suppress bandits, the next strategy across the mountain is already incompetent, take advantage of the last fighter plane, send the whole army to surround Handan again is the right policy! ”

Yuan Shao sat in the hall and was stunned for a moment, before he sneered at the henchman who was tugging at his sleeve and not moving: "Ziyuan, I didn't mean to blame you on Julu's side, and you don't have to talk nonsense in order to get rid of it...... I still have some news here, it's nothing more than Zhang Yide suddenly coming over, his people are brave and can be called ten thousand enemies, so you can easily rely on the county guards to sweep away your local thieves, and the rabble is fighting in the county, how can you threaten the situation of the frustrated prince? ”

"Did you think I was here to get rid of my guilt?" Xu Ziyuan was furious, and in the middle of the night, he directly pulled the other party's sleeve and scolded angrily. "What's my sin?! On that day, I was just a huge deer with a pile of blank appointment documents, and I didn't spend any food and grass on the soldiers, and now I am defeated again, I just lost that pile of documents! If you talk about crimes, the Yingchuan, Yanzhou, and Hebei people under your command have gathered an army of 70,000 or 80,000, spent so much money and food, and lost so much manpower, and they can't gain a foothold under the city of Handan...... Shouldn't they all be killed?! As for you, the general of the chariot cavalry, you can't even distinguish between merit and demerit in your heart, and as the commander-in-chief, you actually gloat when you see that your subordinates can't make meritorious contributions, what qualifications do you have to compete with Gongsun Wenqi for the world?! ”

Yuan Shao's face was blue and red, and the blood gushed up for a while, and he had an unbearable headache...... For a moment, he was almost so angry that he wanted to order the guards to cut this man.

However, as soon as he came, Yuan Benchu already had similar thoughts in his heart, he knew that Xu Yu had not spent any of his money, food, and troops, and he also felt that the other party was not at great fault; Second, Yuan Shao was scolded by the other party, but he reacted suddenly, he was here for two consecutive months, Yecheng reorganized, recuperated, and suppressed bandits, coupled with the situation of holding each other everywhere, he actually had some slack and avoided the war, and then forgot that the overall situation was dangerous......

However, Xu You scolded too much, Rao is Yuan Benchu had the intention to spare the other party at this time, but the breath in his heart was difficult to swallow, but Xu You himself was already extremely out of shape, and his indignation filled his heart, so the two were actually deadlocked.

I don't know how long it took, but Yuan Shao still sighed reluctantly in his heart, and then held his forehead and snorted: "It's because my head has come back, and I am confused for a while, so I don't have to worry too much about it......"

Xu You has followed the other party for many years, how can he not know that he has just died, he is simply turning around on the knife edge, but now, since the other party has been soft, it is useless to make any more calculations.

So, the person spread his hand, raised his head and sighed: "At the beginning, you and I were certainly out of shape, but the overall situation is in front, we have known each other for half a lifetime, and in the private room, it is ridiculous to twist so much for the sake of some face...... Now, in terms of major events, as far as you are concerned, there are only two things: believe me and not believe me, where is there anything else to say? ”

Yuan Shao held his forehead and thought for a while, but suddenly called his cronies and guards in and asked: "Is General Li Jin still stationed ten miles south of the city and has not yet left?" ”

The guard leaned over and said yes.

"Let him not go to Hanoi to find trouble with Yu Poison, and quickly go to Handan City to support Fu Zhi!" Yuan Benchu immediately ordered, but he came completely according to Xu Ziyuan's suggestion. "Go to Xin Zhongzhi again, tell him that the last batch of reorganized and trained troops on the Wei County side do not need to continue, and all of them will be handed over to his governor, and let him leave immediately and follow Li Jin to Handan. Finally, I will send a message to Chen Gongtai in Yecheng, as well as Guo Gongze here, and ask them to prepare immediately, mobilize the troops who are resting everywhere, gather the whole army, and prepare to counterattack Handan! ”

An order has been given, and the person in the seat held his forehead and looked at Xu You, who had calmed down: "Ziyuan, I have done my best to save Handan as you said, and I have also summoned the whole army to prepare to attack Handan again immediately, but it is your turn to explain to me in detail what is going on!" ”

The other party trusted him so much, of course Xu You had no intention of resentment, so he could only tell all the things about Julu Junnan in one hundred and fifty ten, and carefully explained his own inference logic for the other party.

"You mean, just one thing that Zhang Yide burned the pontoon bridge to conclude so many things?" After listening to the explanation, Yuan Shao hesitated. "Isn't that a lot of heart?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have more or less mind, you just see whether the calculation is reasonable or not." Under the lights in the back hall, although the shape is still embarrassed, Xu You, who is facing away from Yuan Shao, has recovered a little bit of grace in his words, at least he can sneer and twist his beard. "Originally, I only asked you, Zhang Yide leveled ten cities in more than ten days, gathered six or seven thousand troops, and even beat me to the ground, so why did he burn the pontoon bridge? Don't you have the intention to gather the whole army to go to Handan, worried that the emptiness behind you will be ridden by Anping's soldiers and horses? Otherwise, they should take the opportunity to try to attack Anping and force me, a defeated man, to burn the bridge! ”

"Didn't Zhang Yide know that his soldiers and horses were all newly surrendered thieves, and they were all rabble, and he could only support the battle with the blood and courage under the winning streak, so he took the initiative to break the bridge and seek stability?"

"The thieves are right, and the rabble is also right, but there are three things that have to be mentioned on Julu's side now......" Xu Yu still said with his back. First, Zhang Yide has thousands of enemies, and he is like a wolf and a tiger, how can he stop easily? Second, Dong Gongren was stoic and forbearing, forbearance for months, once launched, how could there be no follow-up plan? Third, although these two people are considered to be Gongsun Wenqi's people, they have different temperaments from Gongsun Wenqi, especially Dong Zhao, who sat back and watched the thieves of the southern county rise up one after another, but once calmed down, it shows that his wisdom is not weaker than mine...... In short, this person cares a little bit about the death or death of these thousands of thieves, only he knows! ”

Yuan Shao was speechless in thought for a while, and then said slowly: "You mean, it is precisely because this group of thieves can only use their momentum to fight that Dong Zhao and Zhang Fei will attack Handan quickly?" It's good to win, and Dong Zhao won't feel distressed if he loses, otherwise, these thousands of soldiers can only be used as auxiliaries and accompaniments? ”

"That's exactly what it means." Xu Ziyuan gritted his teeth and replied. "That's why I came here without any sentry and rode all night...... But even so, I also came from Anping to cross Qishui from afar, but after the autumn harvest, the military food everywhere is sufficient, the logistics are safe, Zhang Fei is like a wolf and a tiger with troops, and whether Handan City can be in time can only be said in two ways. ”

Yuan Shao bowed his head slowly, and he actually believed the other party's judgment in his heart.

However, after these words, for some reason, only the two of them fell into a strange silence in the back hall, and no one made a sound for a long time, only the lights flickered.

I don't know how long it was, but Xu Yu sighed faintly: "Why didn't you ask me anymore at the beginning, how to conclude that Gongsun Wenqi has arrived in Hebei, and the subsequent measures of blocking Taihang Mountain across the mountains are useless?" Actually, this matter is my own speculation, just based on the intuition of many years of acquaintance with others. ”

"I have a similar instinct about this, and I am here, but I have already noticed some signs from the shadows in the mountains." Yuan Shao's headache was relieved a little, but he could only speak slowly. "For example, the first messenger sent to Beitaihang, except for the first reply that Zhang Yan responded to my solicitation, and then there was no news, but after a long time, a letter came from the side of Zishan, saying that the envoy accompanied the attack on Changshan, the sword had no eyes, and died in the stray arrow, but then sent a new envoy to the past, it was also like a mud cow into the sea, Hao did not respond, and it has been more than a month since the time...... So I already have a guess, Gongsun Wenqi must not wait for the autumn harvest, and leave the Sanfu army to this point in advance, and Zhang Yan has already been eliminated by him! The reason why it was not launched was because Sanfu's soldiers and horses had not yet arrived. ”

Xu Yu was speechless for a moment.

"Ziyuan." This time it was Yuan Shao's turn to raise his head and sigh. "You are too rude today, and the reason why I can tolerate you is not only because you and I have known each other for many years, but also because although you are extremely indignant, you do not think that you have lost all the wealth and goods you have accumulated in Julu, but that you put the overall situation first, and what you persuade me to do is also a military theory...... You asked me how I could win against Gongsun Wenqi, in fact, I thought it was here, although we have our own shortcomings, but if we can unite as one, I will try my best to support the overall situation, you try your best to show wisdom, why can't you compete with Gongsun Wenqi? ”

Xu Ziyuan wanted to speak and stopped.

"That's it!" Yuan Shaofu got up again. "You have worked hard all the way, just settle down here with me for the time being, what about me, I have a slight headache, and my young son is sleeping with me, I can't rest at ease for a while, and I have to go back to take care of and rest...... Tomorrow, we have to prepare for a heavy attack on Handan, so let's rest early! ”

After that, he held his forehead and turned to the back bedroom, but Xu You sighed faintly, but he didn't move for a long time.

There was no word all night, and the next day, Li Jin sent to Handan first, and arrived that night, but he ran into Zhang Yide and Guan Yunchang head-on to attack the frustration and Han Meng under Handan City...... In a momentary crisis, Li Jin ignored the camp and ignored the frustration according to Xu You's prior reminder, but drove the whole army around to the east of the camp and attacked the flank of Zhang Fei's department.

It is said that Li Jin's soldiers and horses are the elite of the family that have been gradually sharpened since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the brother dies, so although his department has been damaged by various wars for many years, it has been frustrated but not dispersed, defeated but not defeated. And Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses, as Xu You said, are just the surrendered thieves gathered in a hurry, all relying on a bloody and brave spirit...... In fact, in this battle, just in case, the few reliable county guards were all left behind by Dong Zhao in Quliang City, because he was afraid of being involved, and he did not dare to attack at night, and chose to attack the enemy camp in the evening, which was also a helpless move.

As a result, the battle between the two sides was fierce at the beginning, and even Li Jin's soldiers and horses rushed in, which was already a little tired, plus a slight numerical disadvantage, but was at a disadvantage; But the battle lasted until the night, and the deep fatigue and rabble posture of Zhang Fei's subordinates who had been fighting for more than ten days were undoubtedly revealed, Li Jin personally held a spear and shouted forward, and the six or seven thousand thieves in the south of Julu County completely collapsed, and the whole army fled!

The sky is dark, nothing can be done, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can't find the target if they want to use beheading tactics, so they can only collect their troops and retreat, especially Zhang Yide, whose troops have no discipline, and they can only return to Ji Ze dozens of miles behind them if they want to retract, and even Quliang City has hope, which can be called a complete defeat.

And in the next few days, I saw that Yuan's army was endless, densely packed, but it was back again, and this time not only was the soldiers full of food, but the momentum was more vigorous, but there were tens of thousands of newly surrendered bandits from the South Taihang Mountain, and the number was even larger...... In fact, when Yuan Benchu issued a document on the transportation of grain and mobilization documents from officials in 19 counties and states in the three prefectures under his rule, as well as a request for Cao Cao to go north, Chen Liu and Zhang Yang together to destroy Yu Poison, who had fled to the edge of the Yellow River, he simply openly claimed to be an army of 500,000!

This number is naturally imaginary, but according to the observation of the judge in the city, the soldiers and horses under the city are indeed better than the previous one, and there should be no less than 100,000, and if you count the people who have mobilized in various places to transport grain, I am afraid that there will always be 300,000.

"Handan's most dangerous time has come." On the west wall of Quliang City, looking at Ji Ze in front of him because of the rising autumn water, Dong Gongren's face was extremely serious, and with his black face, it was even more mad. "Handan City was dragged by frustration, held each other for several months, although the soldiers and horses in the city, the people are not in danger of breaking the city, but they can not easily go out of the city activities, but to be on guard, at this time it is actually extremely exhausted, and Yuan Shao made a comeback, and the autumn grain is in storage, the foundation is deep, the momentum is flourishing, and he has been in the Liang City for several months, there must have been some preparations for the siege...... Maybe you can attack the city directly! And although Guan Yunchang is brave, how can he easily buck the trend? ”

Zhang Fei remembered that his soldiers and horses were easily broken by Li Jin before, and it was irrefutable: "The soldiers and horses are tired, and they are really helpless...... However, I also missed the opportunity in the first place, if I hadn't burned the pontoon bridge that day, why did I do this? ”

"This matter has nothing to do with the burning of the bridge." Dong Zhao still has a cold face. "Rather, it is said that the things of the world have their own laws, just as the tide of the sea rises and falls, and as the waters of a river rise in autumn and dry up in winter...... Now, it is the time when the other side is really at its peak, and Handan is the weakest; As for a little wait for half a month, or even less time, the prince will lead the army here, which is the time when our side is the most prosperous, and the other side is gradually weak. These things are already in the calculation, and as for us and others, in the midst of the general trend, what we can really do is nothing more than to do our best to maintain one or two when my decline coincides with the prosperity of the other; And when my prosperity coincides with the decline of the other, I can destroy the withering and decaying, and win three more points, so as to calm down the turmoil and stabilize the world earlier, and that's it. Of course, if you want to use Guan Yunchang and judge the wisdom of Nan, you should have expected it a long time ago, and you should have already been ready to do your part. ”

Zhang Fei sighed slowly.

"A few months ago, in the rear Liang Period City, there had already been logging to make ladders and crashing into countless trees, and this time I made a special trip." Under the city of Handan, Yuan Shao, who went and returned, lived on the platform, although the soldiers and horses looked more prosperous, but his people were not arrogant, but because Gongsun Xun was just around the corner, he became extremely serious and cautious. "Demeng's frustration and hard work are maintained here, not only to keep the camp, but also the defenders of Handan are exhausted, and it is time to go down with a drum...... General Ju! ”

Ju Yi immediately went out of the queue when he heard this.

"Guan Yun has 3,000 soldiers and horses, and they are still horns outside the city, you looked for me on the road before, and I will let you speak again today...... So, what do you think should be? Yuan Shao asked coldly.

"The subordinates think that they should not hesitate to suppress the bow and crossbow in the city, regardless of the dead and wounded, but use the bow and crossbow to control it!" Ju Yi held his head high, and his Liangzhou accent made countless officers and staff on the stage look sideways for a while. "Defeated before, it was our army that thought that there were countless soldiers and horses, and everything was perfect, and it used some bells and whistles but useless strategies, which was controlled by Guan Yunchang...... In fact, Guan Yunchang is indeed a rare general of the bear and tiger, and he has outstanding intelligence, but if he can exchange his life for his life regardless of the casualties, his people may not be able to control it, and Handan City may have already been captured, so why is he still powerless under the city today? ! ”

Next to Chen Gong, Xin Ping, and the biggest hero in the army at this time, his color changed at the same time, and even Xu Ziyuan glanced at this martial artist coldly.

And Ju Yili ignored it, but he looked at Yuan Shao and asked for battle: "If Ming Gong is willing to fight with his subordinates with 2,000 armor soldiers and 4,000 crossbowmen, and it is not based on damage, then his subordinates are willing to guarantee the head of the item, and Guan Yunchang must not delay the siege!" ”

"Good!" Yuan Shao also ignored the offended strategists, but also raised his voice against him. "There is something I want to talk to the generals...... The white horse thief steals the country, so that the authority of the Han family falls, and I am a general of the chariot and cavalry, and I am pushed to kill the thief by the 19 counties of the three states, so there must be some temporary expediency...... You must know that military merit should be knighted! ”

As soon as these words came out, Ju Yi was as stunned as the people around him, but he was ecstatic, and knelt directly on the ground and said: "Ming Gong forgive me...... Forgive me! Among the subordinate clans, they were originally the great clans of the plains, and they were ...... for sins decades ago moved to Liangzhou for some reason, and only returned to Hebei to join the army after the chaos in the world...... If you can be a pavilion marquis in the plains, even if the minister dies, he can also treat the ancestors, and there are no regrets in this life! ”

"I will have four thousand armor soldiers and six thousand crossbowmen with you." Yuan Shao didn't agree, nor did he promise, but still coldly and coldly. "If Guan Yunchang can still go out to camp and mess with my siege strategy, you don't need to say anything about the Pavilion Marquis of the Plains and the Pavilion Marquis, I will be in the Junchen and bury you back in the Plains."

Ju Yi was not shocked or rejoiced, and he kept kowtowing.

"General Ju went to arrange to stop Guan Yunchang first. The rest of the whole army, except for Fu Zhu and Han Meng, who moved to the east of the city to be stationed as a rear army, all cultivated for a day, and tomorrow morning, after a full meal, they climbed the city on all sides! At this point, Yuan Benchu grabbed the silk hat on his head and threw it on the platform, and then drew his knife again. The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, if there is a bad pool, from the public station below, you can be beheaded! ”

Of course, Chen Gong and the others knew what Yuan Benchu meant...... At this time, although the whole army was extremely prosperous, and the soldiers and horses were better than before, because Gongsun Xun did not know when it would arrive, the situation was more critical than before...... Therefore, under the overall situation, no one made any more superfluous moves, but under the leadership of Chen Gong, they came out one after another!

Yuan Shao made a comeback, and 100,000 people besieged the city, of course Guan Yunchang would not sit idly by, and it was impossible for Zhengnan to give in, the personalities of the two of them determined the choice of the two of them.

But Guan Yun came up and tried to hinder it, but he encountered Ju Yi's life-for-life style - although Guan Yu's subordinates still chose to rely on the city wall to attack, although the defensive troops on the city wall had a triple advantage in range and accuracy and strength brought by a high degree of superiority, but the number was far less than that of Ju Yi's department, which seemed to be crazy, and the armor soldiers desperately moved forward, and countless crossbowmen behind him took turns to shoot with huge casualties, and then also brought great damage to Guan Yu's subordinates who had held out for several months.

But what's even worse is that Guan Yunchang himself was actually hit by an arrow in his arm, and he had to retreat to the camp to heal and hold on.

At the same time, Yuan Shao sent troops from the south, east, and north of the city at the same time, and tens of thousands of troops were almost all attached to the city, and several city gates collided at the same time. And don't say it, in the afternoon, the north city gate was actually smashed open, but at this time Yuan Jun found out that the south of the trial was by no means sitting idle on the city for several months, and there was actually a huge urn city in the city gate, Chen Liuzhao led the troops to pour in, but was ordered by the trial, and shot directly into a hedgehog, and finally it was a majestic Qu Chang of his subordinates, regardless of life and death, who rushed in with a big shield and snatched his body back.

The first day of the battle ended with this urn city luring the enemy, and it fell in a hurry.

But the trial in the city was still gloomy, because he clearly saw that while Yuan Jun was forcing these elite infantry soldiers who were obviously Taihang Mountain bandits to climb the city and the local heroes to attack the city gate, they were actually simultaneously letting the auxiliary soldiers and people pile up the earth and build the mountain...... And this time, not to mention that Guan Yunchang had no heavy rain to expect at all, he was even hit by an arrow in the arm...... All in all, compared with the first time he came, Yuan Shao obviously made all the preparations, and then gave full play to his greatest advantage - numerical suppression.

Quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, Zheng Zhengnan has not heard this sentence, but he definitely understands this meaning, when the 100,000 army does not have any excess manpower wasted, when the method of frustration is used to use the previous autumn rain to trap each other with the defenders of Handan for several months, Handan at this time is really entering a crisis.

Guan Yu, who couldn't pin his hopes on reinforcements, or even on the outside of the city, exerted his might again...... At this time, there can be no fluke mentality!

"Tell the order to go down, demolish the palace, take the ready-made plates, and build a new building on the city wall in front of those two dirt hills!" The judge turned back and commanded with a dark face. "And then condescendingly, shoot the construction site!"

Although the officers and officers behind him looked at each other, they did not dare to say much, but continued to obey the order after a short pause...... In fact, since King Chen died in battle, many princes and kings in the world have been abolished, and few people care about it, as for the palace, it is needless to say, Luoyang is deserted, thinking that Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he did not forget to pick up the tombs of the sons of heaven to steal the goods, not to mention the residence of the princes and kings?

At the same time, in the camp of the Yuan army, in the big tent of the Chinese army, although there was no military discussion, Yuan Shao also personally inspected the camp outside, but it was still a busy scene here, Chen Gongtai, who was in charge of the shogunate, sat under the side of the main seat, and dozens of staff members of the general's mansion, including Guo Tu and others, who did not lead the army, were also all lined up on both sides to dispose of official documents...... After all, there are more than 100,000 troops here in Handan, as well as the people of the counties and counties of the three states, the transportation of grain and grass, and the so-called daily state affairs, all of which have to be gathered here, how could Yuan Shao do it himself?

"What?" Chen Gong had just checked the casualty report sent by Guo Tu, wrote down his name, stamped his seal, and then put away the paperwork, but when he looked up, he found that Guo Gong was still standing in front of him, and he immediately asked coldly.

"Go back to the long history." Guo Tu knew that the other party hated him, so he laughed and said it bluntly. "There is something I want to report to Changshi...... Xu Ziyuan sent someone to dig a grave! As early as in Qingzhou, when the long history had not yet entered the curtain, the lord had a clear announcement that it was strictly forbidden for our soldiers to invade the mausoleum......"

"I know......" Chen Gong replied coldly as he lowered his head and collected his official documents.

"The best thing for Changshi to know about this decree is ......"

"I mean, I already know about Xu Ziyuan going to dig a grave nearby." Chen Gong said awe-inspiringly. "I didn't think it was against the law...... Handan is the ancient capital, the surrounding mausoleums are either rich or expensive, and the building materials inside are mostly good wood, Zhengnan has long before the first siege of the city, and the nearby big trees are cut down and transported back to the city for use, and our army's wood equipment is mostly transported from the back beam period, which is time-consuming and laborious, therefore, Xu Ziyuan suggested that the stone cannon should be raised at the same time to attack the city, because the manpower is surplus and the wood is insufficient, so I will allow him to take materials on the spot, can't it? ”

"How much is it moral, isn't it?" After being stunned for a long time, Guo Tufang sneered and said.

"If the white horse thief wins, your Guo clan is wiped out, and your Guo Gong is beheaded for public display, then there is no need to worry about morality...... On the contrary, it is Xu Ziyuan, who has been an old friend of the White Horse Thief for many years, maybe he can still sit on it and comment on your and my head! Chen Gong said as he took another official document and reviewed it carefully, but his mouth did not stop. Guo Gongze, the enemy is at present, I just hope to do your own things immediately, and serve the public with peace of mind...... Otherwise, I will definitely ask the lord for his life, and first behead the villain who is still messing with my army's heart today! You must know that there are many talented and immoral people in the main public scene, but you are the only one who is short-sighted and ridiculous who really ignores the overall situation! ”

Guo Tu angrily brushed his sleeves and left, but Chen Gong ignored it, but continued to bow his head and do things.

One night was peaceful, and on the second day, the two sides continued to fight, and the bricks and stone wooden buildings began to be piled up on the head of Handan City, which made the Yuan army of the base soil mountain quite restricted, but the trial also saw the construction site of the cannon under the city from afar, and his face was even more gloomy...... The earth mountain is not a day, and the stone cannon is not a day, but it is as strong as Guan Yu's injury and Ju Yi's desperate obstruction regardless of the dead and wounded, as well as the restrictions of both sides in disregard of common sense and customs, and their respective means, all undoubtedly show that the war has entered a new stage.

On the third day, Yuan's army climbed to the top of the city for the first time, and although it was immediately ousted, it still greatly boosted the morale of Yuan's army.

On the fourth day, Xin Ping presided over the digging of the tunnel and was forced to stop halfway, because the water system in Hebei was abundant in autumn and the entire underground water line was too high, so they easily dug the spring, and then the tunnel collapsed and collapsed, killing and injuring dozens of people.

On the fifth day, Tsuchiyama was the first to cross the height of the castle wall and shoot at the castle, but the temporary tower built by demolishing the palace maintained the height of Tsuchiyama.

On the sixth day, Xu Yu successfully tested the artillery......

But it was in the evening of this day that Zhang Yide suddenly made a comeback like Yuan Shao! He led 500 knights who didn't know where to get them, so they repeated their tricks, pretending to be Yuan's army, and actually took advantage of the battle to pass through the Yuan's army camp in the west, and then they attacked the people who climbed the city under the city!

The main attacker in Xicheng was Lu Kuang, and he was caught off guard, and was actually killed by Zhang Yide!

It is said that the trial of Zhengnan is Zhang Fei's superior in Qinghe, and the two have known each other for several years, but at this time, the judge was more excited to see the old man in the city than when he saw Guan Yu, and he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to take the risk of opening the west gate, so that Zhang Yide could enter the city calmly.

The arrival of reinforcements is still recognized as a tiger and wolf general in the world, but it boosts the morale of the people in Handan City.

"It's okay to enter the city." On the platform, after Yuan Shao learned the news, he looked at the majestic figure that appeared on the city wall from afar, but he didn't care. "The stone cannon has been completed, so let him be martyred with Zhengnan, in the name of his righteousness!"

"Leave the stone cannon alone." Xu You, who was standing on the side, also saw Zhang Fei who appeared on the city wall to boost morale, but his face was gloomy and his words were amazing. "In my opinion, the camp should have been abandoned at once and turned back to avoid being flanked from both sides, or cut off from the back road......"

Yuan Shao was stunned for a while, but suddenly woke up: "Ziyuan said that Gongsun Wenqi has arrived?" ”

"As I expected, his striker should have arrived in Jize, otherwise where did Zhang Yide come from?" Xu You sneered. "Handan is surrounded by water, and he doesn't know that our stone cannon will be activated tomorrow, and Jize is the intersection of Zhao State, Wei County, and Julu, which is naturally suitable for choosing the direction of sending troops, not to mention, the water rises in autumn, and the lake spreads there, just to cover the assembly ......of the army."

"Xu Ziyuan, how sure are you?" Chen Gong's eyes were red, and he questioned with a knife. "The stone cannons were built by you personally, and dozens of stone cannons were fired at once, maybe the city could be broken tomorrow! Even if it can't be broken tomorrow, maybe it can be broken the day after tomorrow! Then we turned against Handan, that is, what if General Wei arrived? And now the 100,000-strong army, fighting for several days, spending countless times, and suffering thousands of casualties, actually chose to withdraw before breaking the city......"

"I'm not sure!" Xu Yu raised his voice and directly interrupted the right. "But I know that if I can't capture Handan in a few days, and Gongsun Wenqi's Youzhou Assault Cavalry all appears behind him, cutting off the passage between us and Liang Qicheng, then the 100,000 army will be wiped out! Ben Chu and Chen Changshi only want to say two things below, one is that if Gongsun Wenqi arrives, it will be the time of the decisive battle, compared with it, one city and one place is meaningless; Second, that is under the city of Handan, for us, it is not a good place for a decisive battle! ”

On the stage, there was silence for a while.

"Who's going to break the queen?" After a while, Yuan Shaofang asked.

"No one needs to break the queen!" Xu You looked at the sunset and replied in a trance. "After the discussion of Dong, the horse business in the north gradually became extinct, but before that, there were still enough horses in Hebei and the Central Plains...... I've calculated, let's gather the war horses together, there are seven or eight thousand people, and it is still a strong cavalry force, which can be gathered and handed over to General Wenchou for unified use...... And after the 8,000 cavalry is broken, Zhengnan and Zhang Yide in the city, and Guan Yunchang outside the city, all of them are powerless. ”

"Then let's do it!" Under the sunset, Yuan Benchu only felt that his head was unbearable, but he still forced himself to speak. "The whole army withdrew to Liang Period City in an orderly manner, and waited for the old people to visit according to the city!"

Everyone was silent for a long time before receiving the order.

Since this matter was agreed, on the morning of the second day, Yuan Jun threw down the precarious Handan City, demolished the stone cannons, took the initiative to retreat, and the army went to the Liangqi City behind him in an orderly and layered manner...... There was no unobstructed attack by the enemy. On the evening of the same day, the 20,000 troops who took the lead rushed to Liangqi City, which was only thirty miles away, and did not see the rumored Youzhou army along the way.

On the third day of the armistice, Yuan Shao led the main force of 40,000 people who had been packed up, and the second group withdrew, and also calmly arrived at the Liangqi city located at the center of Yecheng and Handan. Then he still used this as a line and built defenses, but he still didn't encounter any Youzhou army.

At this time, there were already people in the army who were resentful and asked Xu Yu to behead, and some people even said that he was Gongsun Xun's old friend and was a spy, but he was reprimanded by Yuan Shao.

In the early morning of the fourth day after the withdrawal began, the last group of 30,000 foot soldiers of the main force set off to return to the army, and still did not see the rumored main force of the Youzhou army, but when they left Handan, they encountered the joint robbery of Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide...... That's the way it should be...... However, due to the early arrangement, Wen Chou drove 8,000 cavalry out of the camp to block, but he once forced back the second general who did not have many cavalry.

However, at noon on this day, when Chen Gong led Ju Yi, Li Jin and others to lead the last 30,000 main forces to only ten miles away from Liang Period City, countless Youzhou cavalry suddenly appeared densely in the northeast direction...... Obviously, it came from behind Ji Ze! Wen Chou guarded against the two generals Guan Zhang who dropped out behind him, and on the other hand, he sent countless sentry horses without his life, but he could see it clearly, the so-called 'Youzhou Assault Cavalry' is based on a thousand horses, with clear banners, but there are no less than 20 people, and there are actually any flags related to Zhongzhong, Hedong, Bingzhou, and even Xiliang!

So far, not to mention that Chen Gong, who was in charge of the last 30,000 troops, immediately stopped retreating on the spot according to the original plan, and set up a chariot formation as a precaution, not to mention that Yuan Shao heard the news and immediately mobilized the whole army from Liang Qicheng to rescue Chen Gong, not to mention that Wen Chou led 8,000 cavalry to start in a hurry and tried to block one or two head-on.

Just said one thing, that is, when a scout with an arrow in the knee hugged the horse's neck and desperately reported it, saying that it was the direction of Ji Ze, and no less than tens of thousands of foot soldiers poured out, and he saw with his own eyes that there were thousands of white horse cavalry guarding the center of the foot soldiers, and the umbrella cover honor guard and the white horse flag were all there, and when they came straight here, everyone no longer doubted Xu Ziyuan's mind.

Obviously, General Wei Gongsun Xun has really arrived.

—————I've really reached the dividing line—————

"At the end of the Han Dynasty, Guan Zhang and won the words of ten thousand enemies, and Yuan Shaochu besieged Handan...... Judging and defending the city, Guan Yu divided 3,000 troops, went out of the city to build a camp, and joined the army Guo Jia followed, saying: "Although the enemy is numerous, and it is undecided, it can be broken if it is attacked." So the next day, he struck three attacks on the enemy's camp Tian Yinbu, beheaded the camp and broke the camp, frightened the people, and Shao was slightly depressed. The next day, he built a mountain of earth and wanted to lure the feathers and capture them. Jia Jin said: "This ten-sided ambush strategy is also, the general can be a little slow." Yu said: "It's not his words, but also looks at success or failure." 'Naiqu thousands of people out of the camp, around the city slowly, and to the front of the earth mountain, just to see the thunderstorm is great, but to take advantage of the rain to attack, break it, and behead the general of the Yuan army, Gao Lan, before returning victorious. Shao was not only frustrated, but also in the heavy rain, he knew that he could not do anything, so he left with 100,000 people who could not do it...... After a few months, Handan was tired, and after the autumn harvest, the soldiers and horses were complete, so he sent another 100,000 people to surround Handan. When Zhang Fei was in the city, he said to Guan Yu: 'General Wei is the best, there will be a big war, we are the minions of General Wei, if we don't bend his momentum first, then the big war will not be." 'Yu Da praised, and the two generals were cavalry, and they had seven hundred people, and pursued and attacked them. Shao worried, is to make Zhonglang Wen Chou rate eight thousand, wings and block, feathers, flying with seven hundred to ride into eight thousand horses, killing and wounding more than 100 people, is out, such six or seven, blocking the horse scattered and difficult to control, and finally can not get out. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume sixty-nine. Biography XIX

The poem said: General White Horse begged Dong Cheng, and the righteous returned to his hometown.

The palace maid is like a flower full of spring palace, only now only partridges fly.

The battlefields of a hundred battles were exhausted, and I suddenly heard that the south of the city had been encircled.

The light of the armor opened to the sun, and the black clouds overwhelmed the city and wanted to destroy it.

repay the king's will on the golden platform, and carry the jade dragon to die for the king.

Raid the camp to kill the Hebei general, and one person leads a thousand horsemen to carry the knife back!

End of this volume

PS: Thank you very much to the new master JDjason, unconsciously almost 108 heroes...... At the same time, congratulations to Mr. Xiong on both his children!

One more thing to say, this time one is 996 for a day, it's too hurtful, but other than that, the main thing is that I rewrote it again, at the beginning this chapter was written from the perspective of Zhang Fei and Dong Zhao, but I was extremely dissatisfied with the writing, so I deleted it and restarted, of course, I was still not satisfied...... In fact, there are problems with the whole volume, and the most important one is the perspective of the non-protagonist, so after writing it, I want to finish the worst and most struggling volume in one go...... Of course, I also know that there are too many pigeons to talk about it, but I have to reiterate that this book is by no means a eunuch, and then I will try to keep the word count as much as possible per month. I hope everyone is chasing books.