Yuan Shao led an army of 30,000 all the way to the north, and finally arrived at Leleping County half a month later, and two days before Zhang Nan learned that Yuan Shao had broken through the Huguan defense and entered Shangdang County, and was only two days away from Leping!

Then, Zhang Nan hurriedly convened his ministers to discuss how to deal with Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao was menacing again and again, and Zhang He was fighting on both sides, plus the number of soldiers Yuan Shao was twice that of Zhang Nan.

In this way, a group of civil and military forces under Zhang Nan's command gave Zhang Nan two suggestions: either surrender to Yuan Shao, or from the counties of Taiyuan, the whole line of young and strong, and defend Leping!

In the end, Zhang Nan decided to defend Leping for a period of time to see if the war could turn around, if there was no turnaround, he would surrender Yuan Shao!

In this way, Yuan Shao led an army of 30,000 to arrive at the county seat of Leping County without encountering any resistance, and then joined forces with Zhang He's soldiers, and then sent Fu Zhi to Leping County to say that Zhang Nan was surrendered!

Zhang Nan did not give a clear answer, but only said that he needed to think about it for a few days. After receiving Zhang Nan's reply, Yuan Shao replied to Yuan Shao again:

"Lord, this Zhang Nan is obviously a delaying tactic, and he has no intention of surrendering to the lord, now the lord might as well continue to attack Leping, so as to give Zhang Nan continuous pressure, so as to force Zhang Nan to surrender as soon as possible!"

Yuan Shaosizhi felt that it made sense, so he gave advice from Lefang, and then ordered Han Meng, Zhang He, and Chun Yuqiong to lead the army to besiege Leping day and night.

Zhang He and Dian Wei attacked the city wall of Leping County several times, but it was only because of Zhang Nan's desperate resistance that they were able to drive the two down several times!

After Zhang Nan lost nearly 10,000 soldiers, he knew that he could not compete with Yuan Shao, so he tied himself up and opened the city gate to beg Yuan Shao to surrender!

And Yuan Shao was naturally overjoyed when he learned that Zhang Nan had surrendered, and then personally untied Zhang Nan, appointed Zhang Nan as the general of Leping Zhonglang, and continued to lead the 20,000 soldiers under his command!

And with Zhang Nan as the forward and Zhang He as the rear army, he collected all the counties of Taiyuan County. In a month before and after, Yuan Shao successfully won Taiyuan County!

Yuan Shao appointed the judge as the county guard of Taiyuan County, presided over the pacification of Taiyuan County after the war, and appointed Zhang He to lead an army of 30,000 to garrison Taiyuan County, waiting for orders to attack north or west and join other counties in the state.

Then Yuan Shao ordered Zhang Nan to lead 20,000 troops as the vanguard, and personally led 30,000 troops as the rear army, and returned to Shangdang County again.

One is to collect other counties in Shangdang County; The second is to gallop west to aid Guo Tu, Ju Yi, Jiao Touch and Gao Ran to attack Hexi!

Previously, Guo Tu sent a letter to Yuan Shao saying that the capture of Shangdang County had gone smoothly, and Jiao Touch had already encountered Cen Bi with the eldest son of Shangdang County!

Jiao Touch led an army of 40,000 people, and there was a fierce general Ju Yi to help, and at the same time, Jiao Touch was also resentful of Cen Bi taking advantage of the fire to rob, so once he came into contact with Cen Bi, he went to war directly!

And Cen Bi learned that Jiao Touch's 40,000 troops returned to support his eldest son, and he knew that this expedition to Shangdang County was almost over, as long as he kept the current results, half of the territory of the entire Shangdang County would be obtained for himself!

Then, Cen Bi remembered his alliance with Yuan Shao, so he sent an envoy to Guo Tu's army and discussed with Guo Tu that he would be caught on both sides!

At this time, Guo Tu is still five or six days away from his eldest son, and this distance is still what Guo Tu can maintain in order to maintain the distance from the focal touch!

When Cen Bi's envoy entered the big tent to explain his intentions, Cen Bi smiled and asked, "As Cen Taishou said, if you capture the eldest son and defeat Jiao Touch, how should the Shangdang County be distributed?" ”

The Cen Bi envoy replied: "Naturally, whoever beat it down will be counted as whoever!" ”

"The messenger can know that now I am anxious and hateful to Cen Taishou, and I want to kill Cen Taishou and then quickly, if I send troops now, it will definitely be to rescue Cen Taishou, and I don't need to be paid for rescuing Cen Taishou? Earlier, Cen Taishou was asked to send troops to attack Jiao Touch, and my lord promised to divide the party equally, this is the reward promised by my lord! But now the messenger said this, let me tell me how to send a bus to the Lord! Guo Tu said!

Jiao Touch is already Yuan Shao's minister, and this mission to Cen Bi is naturally in vain! On the night when the envoy returned to the Cen Bi camp, Jiao Zhi received Guo Tu's military order, so he led the army to attack the left and right flanks of Cen Bi overnight.

And Guo Tu took advantage of a few days of marching, and it was only a short half-day distance from the Cen Bi camp, and that night, Guo Tu ordered all the troops under his command to change to the banner of Jiao Touch, and then marched all the way to the Cen Bi camp to cover the past!

After nightfall, Jiao Yi led 20,000 troops to enter the camp of the Cen Bi army on the left road, and Ju Yi led 20,000 troops to enter the left camp of the Cen Bi army.

Cen Bi still has 30,000 troops in the army at this time, although the attack of Jiao Touch is more urgent, but Cen Bi has been strictly guarding against Jiao Touch these days, so when Jiao Touch and Ju Yi attacked the camp, Cen Bi also defended well.

And after Cen Bi learned that Jiao touched all the 40,000 troops and only attacked the left and right battalions, he was relieved to send all the soldiers under his command to the left and right battalions to resist, but the Chinese army only left 3,000 personal guards!

At night, Guo Tu led 30,000 troops to arrive at Guo Tu's camp quietly, and there were no horns or drums, and the 30,000 troops silently entered the Cen Bi camp!

But Cen Bi didn't notice it at all, when the 30,000 army came to him, but it was too late, Cen Bi had no choice but to lead his personal guards to break through, and at the same time notify the left and right armies to break through as soon as possible!

In this way, the four armies of Cen Bi, Jiao Touch, Ju Yi and Guo Tu fought viciously all night, ending with the cen bi fiasco! After dawn, Cen Bi gathered the remnants, and there were only 10,000 soldiers killed with Cen Bi!

"Lord, why did there suddenly become tens of thousands of troops under the tent last night? Could it be that both the left and right armies are suspicious? Feint? There are no 20,000 troops at all? Cen Bi's junior general said!

"It shouldn't be, the army attacking head-on should be elite, otherwise I can't resist for a moment with three thousand guards!

I thought about it last night, and I felt that it should be the young man who Cen Bi recruited in the eldest son city in the past two days, and Jiao touched all these young men into the army, so that they could form an army of 70,000 last night! Cen Bi said!

"Jiao Touch dares not to place a single soldier in the eldest son city, isn't Cen Bi worried about Guo Tu attacking the city, not worried about Guo Tu cutting off his foundation? Or did Jiao Touch have surrendered to Yuan Shao? Xiao will continue to say!

"Probably not, if Jiao Touch really surrendered to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao would definitely not dare to let him command an army of 40,000, if Jiao Touch was a fraudulent surrender, an army of 40,000 would be enough to defeat Guo Tu's 30,000 army! It's just that now that we have failed miserably, what should we do? Cen Bi thought about it, and then denied!

"The lord, now he can only return to Hexi County, let Jiao Touch and Yuan Shao fight, when the two are both defeated, the lord is rectifying the army to attack Jiao Touch, maybe there is a chance to drive Yuan Shao out of Shangdang, so as to get the land of Shangdang County!"

"However, if Jiao Touch ignores the tailgating and attacks our army, what will happen?" Cen Bi thought about it and asked again!

"If this is the case, I think the lord can only rely on the Yellow River to defend it! Besides, if this is the case, presumably this Jiao Touch may not surrender to Yuan Shao, but it is very likely that he has reached an agreement with Yuan Shao! Then the lord needs to be careful! ”

"It seems that this can only be done, order the army to continue to retreat, and when the Yellow River is crossed, all the ships along the coast within a hundred miles will be burned, so as to prevent the anxious dog from jumping over the wall and crossing the river to attack us!" Cen Bi commanded!

Hearing this, the young general took the order and left, and then the Cen Bi army retreated westward without pause.

After Cen Bi withdrew, Guo Tu summoned Gao Ran, Ju Yi and Jiao Touch to discuss.

"Cifan Cen Bi has withdrawn, and Shangdang County will inevitably be taken down, but if you want to get the land west of the river, you still need to use some stratagem!

Now Cen Bi only has 10,000 troops, Jiao Touch, I ordered you to lead the 20,000 troops of the headquarters and the 20,000 troops of Ju Yi to pursue along the way, and recover the counties west of Shangdang, but on the way to march, cook and sleep, the 40,000 army can only put on the scale of 20,000 troops!!

And I will lead an army of 30,000 to put out a sign of 30,000 troops defending the city and 30,000 troops attacking the city, so as to tempt Cen Bi to be fooled, so that it will be convenient for you and others to pursue! Don't let Cen Bi relax! ”

After Guo Tu finished arranging, everyone took the order and left. And Guo Tu personally wrote a letter to inform Yuan Shao of the battle situation in the party! It's just that Guo Tuwei once thought that Yuan Shao was only two days away from his eldest son!