Han Xuan sighed: "Cao Cao is still so powerful, it seems that this Jizhou will soon fall into his hands." ”

"It's not so fast, Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Handan, and Handan's defender Lu Yi led his subordinates to the camp first and defeated Zhang Liao and other generals for a while. However, Zhang Liao's ambush was defeated for a while, and both sides had their own victories and defeats. Chen Wu said.

"This Lu Yi is a talent, in the past, Yuan Shao relied on his command to first ascend the camp to break Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteousness. He was not killed by Yuan Shao as he was in history, and he was enough for Zhang Liao and them to drink a pot with him. But this Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not dead, why haven't they heard from them? Han Xuan suddenly discovered an important problem.

Chen Wu also felt strange: "After Yuan Shao's death, Yan Liang and Wen Chou did not take refuge in Yuan Tan or Yuan Shang. It was as if the two of them had evaporated from the world. ”

"Ignore them first, Lu Yi is facing Cao Cao and most of the strategists and generals under his command, and it is only a matter of time before Jizhou falls into the hands of Cao Cao. We must prepare quickly, recuperate, develop the population and production, and train our troops and horses. In preparation for Cao Cao's army to go south! By the way, I have reached an alliance with Liu Du and Liu Bei to jointly guard against Cao Cao! Han Xuan took out a piece of silk silk that had been torn from his body, and kept it firmly even when he was in trouble on the street.

"Are you saying that you will respond to all changes with the same, and wait for Cao Cao to lead the army south to fight a decisive battle with us?" Chen Wu asked.

Han Xuan told Chen Wu what he had been thinking about for a long time: "Cao Cao's northern expedition, there is a place where he will definitely not go to conquer. ”

Chen Wu asked where it was, Han Xuan stood up and pointed to the large map hanging behind his seat, pointed to the area east of Youzhou and said, "Liaodong!" ”

Chen Wu still shook his head and said, "If you want to go to Liaodong, you still can't get around Cao Cao!" ”

But seeing Han Xuanchang laughing for a while, Chen Wu suddenly realized: "You mean to take the sea route and send the navy to occupy Liaodong?" ”

Chen Wu also smiled, he was almost substituted into the thinking of the ancients, forgetting that they Jiangdong had a powerful navy and navy. There are now thousands of warships in Jiangdong, and there are many sea ships such as building ships, since Yizhou has been occupied, how can Liaodong not be taken?

Han Xuan looked at the map and said: "This operation can be described as opening up the second battlefield, our navy will occupy the land of Sanhan first, and wait and watch the movements of Gongsun Du and Cao Cao. ”

Chen Wu was already enthusiastic after hearing this, he didn't have a good impression of the stick, this cross-sea expedition to the ancestor of the stick country, he stood up happily and looked at the peninsula, and said to Han Xuan: "Let me go, I want to beat the sticks to cry dad and call mother!" ”

Han Xuan waved his hand: "I have a more suitable candidate for this operation, Xu Rong!" ”

"Xu Rong will lead the troops, but it's not better for me to go." Chen Wu behaved like an angry young man, this battle could be described as raising the prestige of our country, and he naturally wanted to go.

Han Xuan explained: "That Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du was recommended by Xu Rong and appointed by Dong Zhuo back then, and Xu Rong and him are fellow villagers, wouldn't it be better for me to send Xu Rong now?" ”

Han Xuan then went to Wu County with Chen Wu in person to meet Xu Rong.

Just when Han Xuan was planning an expedition to Liaodong, the war in the northern land had not stopped. Yuan Shang attacked Yuan Tan, who was entrenched in the plains, and he learned that Cao Cao had broken through Yin Kai and besieged Jizhou, so he personally led the army to rescue him.

The general Ma Yan said: "From the main road, Cao Cao will have ambush soldiers; You can take a small road, from the West Mountain out of the water mouth to rob Cao Ying, and the siege will be lifted. ”

Yuan Shang listened to his advice and led the army first, ordering Ma Yan and Zhang Kai to break off. Cao Cao has already been reported in detail. Cao Cao said: "If Yuan Shang comes from the main road, I should avoid it: if he comes from the Xishan path, he can be captured in a battle." I expect that Yuan Shang will raise the fire as a trumpet and make the city respond. I may divide my forces and strike at them. ”

So Cao Cao's distribution has been decided. However, it is said that Yuan Shang went out of the mouth of the water and went east to Yangping, and the army was in Yangping Pavilion, seventeen miles away from Jizhou, and leaned on the water. Yuan Shang ordered the sergeants to pile up firewood and hay and wait until the night to burn the fire; Sent the chief bookkeeper Li Fu to pretend to be the governor of Cao Jun until the city. Yelling: "Open the door!" ”

The trial recognized Li Fu's voice, put it in the city, Li Fu said: "Yuan Shang has Chen soldiers in Yangping Pavilion, waiting to answer, if the soldiers in the city come out, also raise the fire as a number." ”

The judges and teachers piled grass and set fire in the city, so that they could communicate the message.

Li Fu said: "There is no food in the city, so the old and weak soldiers and women can surrender; Cao Cao will not be prepared, and I will attack him with troops after the people. ”

The trial followed Li Fu's plan, and the next day, a white flag was erected on the city, with the inscription "The people of Jizhou surrendered." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "This is that there is no food in the city, teach the old and weak people to surrender, and there will be ambushes in the future." ”

Cao Cao taught Lu Bu and Xu Huang to bring 3,000 troops each and ambush them on both sides. Eventually, when I saw the city gate open, the people helped the old and the young and walked out with white flags. As soon as the people came out, the soldiers of the city suddenly came out.

Cao Cao taught the herald to move the red flag, and the soldiers of Lu Bu and Xu Huang went out to kill indiscriminately, and the soldiers and horses in the city were killed and retreated to the city. Cao Cao led the crowd to attack Yuan Shang's army in the future, and Cao's army killed all kinds of troops and horses together, and the two armies fought, and Yuan Shang was defeated.

Yuan Shang led the defeated troops to retreat to Xishanxiazhai, and urged Ma Yan and Zhang Kai to come to help, but he didn't know that Cao Cao had ordered Lu Kuang and Gao Xiang to recruit An Mayan and Zhang Kai. The two came and surrendered with Lu Kuang and Gao Xiang, and Cao Cao was named a partial general.

Cao Cao marched to attack Xishan on the same day, and first made Lü Kuang, Gao Xiang, Ma Yan, and Zhang Kai cut off Yuan Shang's grain road. Yuan Shangqing knew that Xishan could not hold it, so he fled to the mouth overnight.

Yuan Shang had not yet set up camp, the flames rose together, the Cao army ambushed the soldiers, the Yuan army did not have time to put on armor, and the war horses did not have time to put on the saddle. Yuan Shang's army was defeated and retreated fifty miles.

Yuan Shang had no choice but to send Yuzhou Assassin Shi Yinkui to Cao Cao's camp to ask for surrender. Cao Cao pretended to agree, but sent Lu Bu and Xu Huang to rob the village overnight. Yuan Shangjun abandoned all the ribbons, knots, armor, and baggage, and fled to Zhongshan.

Cao Cao returned to the army to attack Jizhou, but he could not hold out, and Cao's soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Xu Yu offered a plan and said: "Why don't you decide the water of the Zhanghe River to flood it? ”

Cao Cao listened to Xu You's strategy, first sent soldiers to dig a trench outside the city, Cao Cao added ten times the number of soldiers and excavated, and the trench was two feet deep. Cao Cao ordered the army to divert water into the trenches, and the water in the city was several feet deep.

The grain and grass in Yecheng ran out again, and a large number of soldiers starved to death. Xin Bi was outside the city, carrying Yuan Shang's silk clothes with a gun, recruiting people in the city. The judge was furious, and pulled more than 80 relatives of Xinbi to the city to behead them, and threw their heads down the city.

Xinbi cried a lot, judged his nephew and judged Rong, and had a good relationship with Xinbi, and when he saw Xinbi's family killed, he felt very guilty. So he secretly wrote a book of dedication, tied it to an arrow, and shot it to the city. The sergeant picked up the letter and presented it to Xinbi, who presented it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao first ordered: If you enter Jizhou, Hugh will kill the Yuan family; Those who surrender to the army and civilians are not allowed to die.

At dawn the next day, Xianrong opened the west gate and let Cao Bing in. Xinbi jumped on the horse and entered the gate, and the Cao soldiers then entered Yecheng. On the tower of the southeast city, seeing that Cao Cao's army had entered the city, he led dozens of horsemen down to the city to fight to the death, and was catching up with Xu Huang. Xu Huangsheng was captured and judged, tied up and escorted out of the city.

On the way, he met Xin Bi, who gritted his teeth and whipped the judge with a whip and scolded: "Match! You kill my whole family, and I will kill you today!" ”

The judge also scolded: "Xinbi thief! Lead Cao Cao to break my Jizhou, I hate to kill you! ”

Xu Huang escorted the trial to see Cao Cao, and Cao Cao smiled: "You know who offered the door to pick me up?" ”

The judge was puzzled: "I don't know." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "This nephew is also dedicated to the honor." Yesterday I went to the city, why are there so many crossbow arrows in the city? ”

The judge sighed: "Hate less! Hate less! ”

Cao Cao asked, "Qing is loyal to the Yuan family, and he can't do otherwise." Will you surrender to me today? ”

Xin Bi cried and bowed to the ground and said: "More than 80 members of my family were killed by this thief. May the prime minister kill him, and hate him with snow! ”

The judge said awe-inspiringly: "I was born as a minister of the Yuan family, and died as a ghost of the Yuan family, not like a thief who is a sycophant thief!" Kill me! ”

Cao Cao taught people to lead out the trial and execution, and Cao Cao sighed: "There are so many righteous people in Hebei!" ”

After the trial died, Cao Cao was moved by his loyalty and ordered him to be buried in the north of the city. Guo Jiajin said: "When the lord newly enters Jizhou, it is advisable to use the famous people of Qing, Hebei, You, and the four states as his subordinates, so as to win over the hearts of the scholars. ”

Cao Cao nodded: "What Feng Xiao said is very much in line with my wishes!" ”

The generals invited Cao Cao into the city, Cao Cao was just about to get up, only to see a knife and axe hand coming, Cao Cao saw that it was Chen Lin.

Cao Cao glared at Chen Lin angrily and said: "You are the first to do for Yuan Benchu, but you still insult me; Why did you insult my grandfather? ”

Chen Lin replied: "The arrow is on the string, and I have to make my ears." ”

Xu Huang, Cao Hong and other generals persuaded Cao Cao to kill Chen Lin; Cao Cao cherished Chen Lin's talent, so he pardoned him and ordered Chen Lin to do it.

(End of chapter)