The exact distance between Handan City and Yecheng is fifty-seven miles, and Yuan Shao, the general of the chariot cavalry who set out from Yecheng, led his most elite troops to cross Pushui and settled in Liangqi City in the middle of the two cities on the same day, and took this moderately distance city as his base camp, and prepared to reach the front line in the afternoon of the next day, that is, Handan City to personally supervise the battle.

The reason why it was so hurried was not only because the attack on Handan was a strategy that had been in place from the beginning, but more importantly, when Yuan Shao came to Yecheng, he soon found that the atmosphere on Wei Jun's side was not right...... The frustrated professor who originally had a good impression of him was closed for a while, and the local scholars also talked about it, not to mention the fact that Xun Wenruo had returned to his hometown before.

And Yuan Benchu also quickly woke up, his previous actions towards Han Fu still caused strong dissatisfaction among the Hebei clan, big households, and even some Yingchuan people!

On the one hand, he hurriedly went to the homes of local talents in Jizhou, such as Fu Zhu and Liu Hui, and invited them in person; On the other hand, when the most important talents, stocks, soldiers and horses were all in their hands, they immediately adopted the advice of Chen Gong and others, that is, to immediately launch a military attack on Handan.

The reason for this is simple: first, war is inevitable and is meant to be started immediately. Second, military action has always been the most serious and thorough gamble, and once a war starts, it does not even require a military victory, but only military activities, and the slightest internal contradictions before it will be immediately covered up or even eliminated.

In other words, although the expedition was planned, it was still a bit hasty...... One of the most obvious flaws is that the political propaganda is not strong enough!

Chen Lin's article was written in a hurry within half a day, and it hasn't had time to be printed for two or three days, and I don't know if it will be revised after it is issued; Then Yuan Che had 80,000 people in his hands, and he only lied to 100,000 in a daze...... It could have been falsely claimed to be 500,000; In the end, the two sides confronted each other along the entire line of the Yellow River Valley, and only after the war had already begun, the overall military and diplomatic strategy was temporarily formulated, which was very crude.

Therefore, on the evening of this day, in the city of Liang Period, Yuan Shao also had to see the stitches and conduct a re-examination of the overall situation with a group of staff and generals, just in case.

"How is there in the river, Zhang Junyi led 5,000 soldiers in Yan County, can he withstand Gongsun Zhan?" As a map of Jizhou was hung on the screen of the temple hall in the county, with the help of candles in the hall, Yuan Shao asked about it first. "Do you need more troops?"

"Zhang Junyi is proper, and he is fighting in his own township, and the five thousand soldiers are also elite, and his subordinates are just a pity that they have to be divided into one way to defend the road, but it seems wasteful, how to talk about increasing troops?" As a member of the Shogunate, Chen Gong naturally took the lead.

"It's Duizi, with Zhang Junyi leading 5,000 soldiers against Gongsun Bogui's more than 4,000 cavalry, and Gongsun Fan behind him, it's good enough." Feng Ji disagreed.

"If that's not the intention, there is only a confrontation there, and Handan must be captured here!" Chen Gong's reason is also direct.

"In any case, there are already 80,000 people here, and it is always appropriate to besiege a city, right?" Feng Ji also frowned more and more.

"Where did the 80,000 soldiers come from? It is clear that there are only 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, and among the 50,000 soldiers, there are 10,000 newly surrendered soldiers......" Chen Gongtai scoffed.

"Auxiliaries are soldiers, too! When these auxiliaries and recruits participated in the two battles, and the soldiers in the front had any shortcomings, they could make up for them, and the people would be recruited again...... Besides, this force is taken into account the autumn harvest, and when the grain is put into storage after the autumn, it is completely possible to do a large-scale mobilization, our lord holds the 19 counties of Qing, Yan and Hebei, all of which are large counties, and there are always 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 people in a county! An army of 400,000 can be gathered in a moment! Guo Tu also joined the discussion.

"Is the foot kidding?" Chen Gongtai was furious. "Before the 400,000 army has gathered in Hebei, it will eat itself, who in the world can raise it? Moreover, on the battlefield in one place, a maximum of 100,000 soldiers is already the limit, and it is useless to have more! ”

"I'm just saying that we don't lack reserve soldiers and horses, so there is no need to worry about this matter, as for the 400,000 words, it is to take advantage of the autumn queen to send grain, maybe we can take the opportunity to deceive and intimidate the world......" Guo Tuqing knew that he had done something wrong in Wei County before, where did he dare to come directly with Chen Gong?

"Who is the world? Who is the world? "Chen Gong has been under Yuan Shao for more than half a year, how can I not know who Guo Tu is, so I am too lazy to save face for this kind of person." General Wei has been fighting for more than ten years, and he doesn't know how many soldiers our logistics can support? And the small princes around who can affect the overall situation at this time are just Hanoi Zhang Yang alone! ”

"Just to scare Zhang Yang." Seeing that Guo Tu was scared and didn't dare to say anything, Xin Ping had no choice but to come out. "In the following opinion, I don't expect Uncle Zhang Zhi to cooperate with us on this, but he is a grass on the wall, and it is necessary to intimidate him so that he will not fall directly to General Wei, so that he will get out of the way."

"Having said that, it can be claimed to be 400,000, but it is ridiculous and generous." Another person refuted it loudly, but it was frustration. "I have been in Hebei for many years, and I have also had the privilege of reading some hand-recorded textbooks of General Wei in Changping, who often say that military affairs such as the harvesting of soldiers, horses, grain and grass are related to life and death, and we must seek truth from facts...... In fact, in this battle, we are 40,000 elites, 10,000 recruits, and 30,000 auxiliaries, and General Wei, the so-called Guanzhong and Youzhou armies, is 40,000 soldiers, plus more than 10,000 garrison soldiers and horses gathered here in Handan, it is 50,000 against 50,000, evenly matched. At this point, he was frustrated and paused for a moment, but continued to speak earnestly. Even after the autumn harvest, with the advantage of our short logistics line, we can gather tens of thousands of more soldiers, but General Wei is mostly cavalry, and they are still evenly matched! ”

"Everyone knows that General Wei and Ming Gong are evenly matched! Everyone knows that no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, because of logistics, a big war will cost 100,000 people at most! As for what the public rule just said, I just want to tell you that our Ming Gong's territory is more concentrated and the population is larger, so the follow-up replenishment of soldiers and horses is far better than that of General Wei! Moreover, if we take down Handan before he gathers his army here, and the balance of strength is said, it can be eliminated. Xin commented on the correct color and said to everyone in the hall, and then, his people turned to Yuan Shao again and raised their voices to tell him. Ming Gong, in fact, this is our chance to win...... In the future, once the two sides have a decisive battle, General Wei's two bases are too far apart, once the soldiers and horses are lost, it will be difficult to gather again, but we don't need to be afraid of General Wei and his good battles, because we are consumed, and the replenishment speed and replenishment potential of our soldiers are far better than his! ”

"Well said!" When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately clapped his palms. "Zhongzhi's words are mysterious! I have also been friends with Gongsun Wenqi for many years, how do I not know that I am worse than him when it comes to military affairs? However, although its men and horses are strong, the land it occupies is barren, and the population is smaller than mine, and the terrain is long and narrow, so it is not conducive to conversion. In other words, if I lose a setback, I can make a comeback in a moment, and if he loses a game, he will lose strength and be difficult to move, and at this time it will be the same as in front of us, so that we can concentrate our troops and horses to conquer the city! ”

Many of the staff members agreed with this statement, and they all bowed their heads and said yes.

"Just now, I probably understood some of the meaning of the king." With the bright candle flame in the hall, Yuan Shao waved his hand on the map again and made a slight summary. "Although Gongsun Wenqi and I are intertwined and difficult to clear for a while, roughly speaking, we are here in Jizhou, from the southwest to the northeast, a thousand miles of duel...... And now, what we have to do is to stabilize Zhang Yang, hold the river, and then concentrate the army to capture Handan, right? ”

"The lord is wise and powerful!" Guo Tu preemptively praised.

"What do you say about Julu, do you want to divide the troops properly?" Without waiting for Yuan Shaoqian to say a word or two, Xu You, who had not spoken, suddenly interjected and asked.

"Handan City is particularly forward, you don't need to go to Julu to be surrounded by groups, and there is a Julu Daze in the middle of Julu County, surrounded by water networks, and it is flooded in summer, which naturally hinders the march of the army, but there is no need to worry about Dong Zhao, Dong Gongren and the soldiers and horses behind him jumping from here to cut off our back road." Fu Zhi hurriedly added.

"Although there is no need to worry about the other party's attack, you can't just leave it alone." Xu Youzheng said. "Especially in these seven or eight counties south of Juluze, wouldn't it be ridiculous if you don't take it down?"

"The key is Handan, although our army has a large number of soldiers, it should also be like a tiger fighting a rabbit, with all his strength, it is inappropriate to divide troops at this time......" Chen Gong still resolutely opposed the waste of troops.

"There is a strategy under it, without a single soldier, you can take Julu half of the county." Xu You said proudly.

"Ziyuan, just say it." Yuan Benchu didn't care.

"Please have dozens of blank letters of appointment stamped with the seal of your chariot and cavalry general with me, and then accompany me as a cavalry guard, let me go to Julu, and visit the local Haoqiang Dock Fort and the big and wealthy ......"

Everyone instantly realized that Xu Ziyuan was going to sell his official position, and he might have to make a fortune by the way...... But there was no objection.

After all, this plan is absolutely feasible, and this guy can be regarded as a public and private thing, as long as it can really put Dong Zhao in the direction of Julu into trouble, what is it?

"I'll give it to you right away!" Yuan Shao thought for a moment and simply replied. "The matter over there will be handed over to Ziyuan."

"Thank you...... Ming Gong. Xu You raised his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but be proud, but he rarely changed his name.

But at this moment, Feng Ji suddenly remembered another thing: "When it comes to all parties, what does Yanzhou say?" If Handan is easy here, will General Wei simply abandon Handan and drive the elite of Guanzhong to attack Chen Liu? Moreover, what did Cao Mengde say? He is not embarrassed or embarrassed now, he is stuck in northern Henan, it is inevitable that he will be resentful, right? What if, instead of being able to stop us at that time, we turn against us? ”

When Yuan Shao and Chen Gong heard this, they both frowned.

You know, others don't know, Yuan Benchu actually knew very well that Yuan Highway was a waste, so when he used the strategy of the day, he was actually a little mentally prepared.

But the waste is in such a situation, which he never expected - even Sun Jian's subordinate martial artists can't control it, not to mention that he himself is in danger, and it also affects himself! Therefore, at this moment, Yuan Shao doesn't know how to explain to Cao Cao, but if he doesn't explain, Feng Ji's reminder will need an idea, because Cao Cao, who was originally used as a barrier in Yanzhou, may become a big trouble!

After all, Cao Mengde and his Yuan Benchu were good friends, but they were also close friends with Gongsun Wenqi!

"Don't worry about Chen Liu." Seeing that Yuan Shao frowned, Chen Gong was also about to ask for guilt, but Xu You, who was already eager to try, disagreed. "Meng De will never let Gongsun Wenqi go straight to Yanzhou, let alone directly turn against him......"

"Does Ziyuan have anything to say?" Yuan Shao couldn't help but move slightly in his heart.

"What can you say?" Xu Ziyuan sneered. "The word right is as sweet as a glutton, but how many people who have tasted it will really let go? Whether it is Cao Mengde, Liu Xuande, or Sun Wentai, they are all heroes in the world, although this kind of person has their ability and character, but now that they have actually divided the place and become the lord of one party, no matter who they were attached to before, and who they had a personal relationship with, they will be meaningless, and they will only think about what they can do...... For them, this time, I'm afraid that you and Wen Qi fought in Hebei for seven or eight years before deciding the winner, and then they took the opportunity to sweep the Central Plains and then come back to fight each other! How could any party be so easily cut out the other's back? Therefore, Chen Liu's place is just arranged as usual, if he is really weak, Cao Mengde will definitely go north to Chen Liu, and help you at the beginning! And on the other hand, if you really break Handan and go out of Taihang one day, and are ready to join the party and attack Taiyuan, you must be strictly guarded in Yanzhou! ”

Under the lights, Yuan Shao and everyone in the hall were silent, and after a long time, they slowly bowed their heads: "What Ziyuan said is very true, the trend of secession in the world has been achieved, and there must be a consciousness in the heart of each for its own aspirations, each for its master, the old to attack each other, and the brothers to fight against each other...... However, if Meng De and they are willing to surrender in the future, I will always have a place for him to go here! ”

"This time and that time!" Xu You sneered more and more when he heard this. "At the beginning, today I saw that Meng De was weak, so he was so generous, if he was strong in the future...... You've won, and at most you're crying and you're giving the order to show the public, right? ”

Yuan Shao was silent again, but when he came back to his senses after a while, he put aside the topic and made up his mind: "What you said tonight is quite my heart...... In this case, he used Rou to Meng De, Weiling Zhang Yang, Hejian to prevent, Julu to chaos, and finally sent the whole army to attack Handan...... Everyone will go back and rest today, except for Ziyuan, let's see you tomorrow under Handan City! ”

Everyone had their own thoughts, and they didn't say much when they heard the words, but gave their hands and said goodbye.

The next afternoon, when the weather was hot and dry, Yuan Shao really came to Handan City despite the hardships, and then dressed neatly, beat drums and gathered generals, and prepared to personally supervise and distribute the war.

It is said that at this time, Yuan Shao's army was headed by Chen Gong, and there were Feng Ji, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, Xun Kan, Guo Tu, Chen Lin, Shi Yi, Xi Wei, Guo Yuan, Peng Xuan and others; The people who led the troops independently included Fu Zhu, Cui Yan, Wen Chou, Yu Ban, Ju Yi, Ji Yong, Wu Anguo, Han Meng, Gao Lan, Li Gan, Li Jin, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Zhao Chong, Cheng Wu, Tian Yin, Xue Fang......

These people, the former can be regarded as having mixed origins, and some of them have a sense of attachment to Yuan Shao, but the latter are almost all local powerful factions in Qing, Yan, and Hebei Prefectures, and they may have high abilities, but in another time and space, one is counted as one, and they are all people who can be found in the annals of history, not indiscriminately.

Of course, the reason why so many people can be gathered is mainly because Yuan Shao's territory is very compact and the transportation is convenient (the Yellow River in this year is a natural grain transportation channel because of the stability of the golden embankment and the peaceful water situation), so he does not need to set up a special retainer, and the entire central team can be taken with him.

In fact, at the same time that Yuan Shao officially sent troops, the families of many of these people also moved to Yecheng with Yuan Shao's family.

However, aside from the Zhang Jaw and Xu You, who are responsible for various leaders, there are also special missing characters here:

For example, Cheng Yu, although he accepted the position of Zhonglang general, on the grounds of old age and illness, only sent his eldest son Cheng Wu and the local tycoon Xue Fang to lead the troops here...... Of course, this is understandable, Cheng Zhongde is really in his fifties, and according to his opinion over the years, he is really old, so no one has much to say. However, Cheng Yu is still responsible for guarding Cangting in his hometown, which is the famous passage from Qingzhou and Yanzhou to Hebei, which is considered a key point of transportation and has the meaning of maintaining logistics, so it is not idle.

Correspondingly, the absence of Gongsun Fang and Gongsun Qian's uncle and nephew seems to be a bit deliberate...... This is not to say that Yuan Shao unloaded the mill and killed the donkey before, on the contrary, both of them were reused at that time, and they all jumped to two thousand stones, and Gongsun Fang became the prime minister of Jibei and went to Jibei to settle down; Gongsun Qian became a Zhonglang general, but he went to Beihai to lead the previous Yellow Turban captives to preside over Tuntian!

All in all, the official gave a lot of money, the rewards were sufficient, and they were also given real positions, but they were far away from the plains and Hebei.

Of course, there is also the issue of the position of Fu Zhu and Cui Yan, and this assignment seems a bit ridiculous, but it is a matter of course.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Shao and Xu Yu had discussed the future strategy in detail before they decided to start an army to divide the territory, Yuan Benchu knew that Gongsun Xun was in the front, so if he wanted to quickly sweep the locality, he had to get the support of the local powerful faction, and if he wanted to get local support, he could only 'treat people with leniency'!

Therefore, most of its soldiers and horses are led by local powerful factions, and there is a faint attitude of such a few soldiers.

As for Fu Zhu and Cui Yan, although they are from the family and are famous for their wisdom and learning, they are also local representatives, so they are still allowed to lead the soldiers and horses as generals - Fu Zhu Jia Zhonglang General, who led half of the 10,000 local soldiers in Wei County, and Cui Yan also added Zhonglang after the death of his brother, and led the Qinghe recruits who were reorganized after the old blasphemy war that day.

But no matter what, back in front of him, at this moment, under the afternoon sun, Yuan Benchu climbed the temporary stacked and rammed general platform under the scorching sun, looking around the left and right, the real generals are like clouds, the strategists are like weaving, and there are even more banners and banners, and the armor is dazzling......

How so?

Handan City is in front, Qing, Yan, and Hebei are in the nineteen counties, and 80,000 troops are in hand, Yuan Benchu's pride is spontaneous, and the anxiety that was left behind by Gongsun Xun has finally disappeared without a trace!

I don't know why, Yuan Shao even had a sense of empty satisfaction, as if he had reached the peak of his life.

"What's the situation in the city?" Yuan Shao held his knife and stared left and right, and it took a long time to calm down, and then he sat on the Tai Lieutenant chair in the middle of the platform and asked about the matter.

"Return to Ming Gong." It is still Chen Gong who is in charge and comes out to tell each other. "There are 10,000 local garrisons of Zhao in the city, and after Chaoge Guan Yu returned to the north, another 3,000 soldiers came here...... As for the people in the city, there should be 10,000 households, about 30,000 or 40,000. ”

"Didn't Guan Yunchang return to the north with the people?" Yuan Shao was strange for a while. "How come there are only thirty or forty thousand people in the city?"

"The soldiers brought by Guan Yunchang, except for the military dependents, the rest have been placed to the north of Xiangguo County." Chen Gong was not in a hurry and continued to report. "It is said that even the thirty or forty thousand people in the city also sent the old and weak to the rear...... Those who are left behind are those who can help defend the city. ”

"In other words, this trial is already prepared to be besieged, so the city will not be crowded and there will be no shortage of food?" Yuan Shao frowned slightly.

"It's not all." Although it was a public return, Chen Gong couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. "His people also built a camp on the west side of the city, in order to protect the horns, at this time by Guan Yunchang led 3,000 soldiers to station, half of the camp is under the cover of the city wall, and the other half is around, but there are simply ten antlers and obstacles!"

"......" Yuan Shao was silent for a while.

"Ming Gong!" Seeing this, the frustration was also directly listed. "Although the other party is well prepared, they didn't see our military power at that time, so they can still give it a try...... Anyway, it's too late to storm the city today. ”

In fact, Yuan Shao is still immersed in that strange sense of satisfaction, so he is naturally busy.

And with Yuan Shao's nod, a young scholar behind him also immediately came out.

"Tell your uncle," Yuan Shao looked at the man and repeated in as earnest a tone as he could have said to him in the morning. "I know that he is a loyal martyr, and he has no intention of dishonoring him, but at this time, my army is gathered, and resistance will only increase casualties, and after the city is broken, there will be something unbearable; And if he can sacrifice the city and is willing to stay, I have here his position as a lieutenant general, and the soldiers and horses will still belong to him; If you are willing to go, I may lead the whole army to withdraw calmly, and never pursue it without authorization...... If you violate this oath, you will be punished by man and God! ”

"Ming Gong is too magnanimous!" As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Ju Yi and others next to him raised objections in public.

"My subordinates thought they could." Without Yuan Shao to speak, or to speak in frustration who was obviously leading this persuasion, Chen Gong blocked these arrogant generals with a black face. "If you really attack the city, although you can go down, how many lives will it take to fill it?!"

The generals were stunned for a while, but they had no choice but to sit back and watch the young scholar, that is, the nephew of the judge, Xianrong, go to the city.

After a while, everyone saw clearly on the platform, a person wearing armor and a high crown appeared on the city gate tower, as if he was a famous Hebei celebrity who had been famous for more than ten years and a confidant of General Wei.

After a moment's scrutiny, he waved his hand, and then a basket was suspended from the city gate, and he went to the city safely, and talked to his own uncle face to face.

"Half a month ago, when Yuan Shao didn't come to Yecheng, I wrote to you and your father to bring your family to Handan, why didn't you come?" When the judge saw his nephew, he asked. "Instead, you're here now?"

"Back to my uncle." Jurong replied with a respectful salute. "Before, it was because of my father that they were thinking about the family business......"

"Family business, family business!" The trial is not colored by the knife. "The most important thing in the world is you short-sighted people! Throw away those family inheritances today, will my prince be so stupid as to ignore them? In the future it will only be compensated tenfold! Why don't you understand? ”

"Then you have to have a life to enjoy it!" Xian Rong retorted reluctantly. "Although it is a little crooked, but now it seems that it is not right not to enter the city? Uncle, did you ever think that 100,000 people would come to surround you with one person and one city? Outside the city, Fu Gonghe, Chen Gongtai, Feng Yuantu, Xin Zhongzhi, Xun Youruo, these people's talents are no worse than their uncles, and the brave people who lead the troops are countless......"

"So, you're here to persuade you to surrender today?" The trial finally got impatient. "Yes or no?"

"Yes!" Xianrong hurriedly leaned over again.

"How much gold and silver is Yuan Benchu going to use to buy me?" The judge sneered slightly.

"Yuan Gong is full of sincerity, and he is not using gold and silver to humiliate his uncle." Xian Rong immediately stepped forward, explained Yuan Shao's conditions in detail, and pleaded again. "Uncle...... Yuan Gong knows that you are a loyal person, and even the name and festival have been considered for you, and you just don't want to stay because you will lose today, so why not lead your troops north and wait for General Wei to come back? It also saves the unbearable things, and saves you and me from fighting against blood relatives! ”

The judge raised his head and sighed, and then shook his head solemnly: "I knew that you kid was not a weapon before, but I didn't expect you to be so unsuccessful!" ”

Xian Rong was helpless, how could he not know that this trip had failed?

"That's Yuan Benchu and his staff, generals?" The judge looked around, but suddenly pointed to the high platform hundreds of steps away in front of the city gate tower.

"Exactly." Xianrong was puzzled for a while.

"The blue sky and the white sun are clear." The judge sighed. "Finally, I ask you, since you have entered the city, are you willing to defend the city with me?"

Xianrong bowed his head and was silent.

"I see, you get in the basket now!" Holding on to his saber, he simply pointed to the bamboo basket hanging on the city wall.

Xian Rong was helpless, but he didn't dare to stay longer, so he could only bow his head and retreat, and then simply get into the basket.

After a while, as the soldiers of Zhao Guo on the city wall gradually lowered some ropes, and after calculating the length, the judge who had been holding the handle of the knife suddenly pulled out his knife and directly cut the rope that was dragging on the city wall in two...... Then he ignored the screams of the city, and went downstairs with a knife.

Handan is the ancient capital, the city wall is five zhang high, second only to Chang'an, Luoyang's seven-zhang ritual system, and although there is room for trial, half of the knife is put down, but the height of two or three zhang fell down for a while, and Jurong also broke two legs on the spot!

And just as Zhengnan said before, the blue sky and the white sun are also clear, so on the platform of Yuan Jun's generals, the people who saw this scene from a distance, from Yuan Benchu down, hundreds of generals were silent.

"Command the whole army to prepare for the siege!" After another moment, Yuan Benchu was the first to react, but he walked away directly, leaving only many generals looking at each other.

—————I'm the dividing line for breaking my leg—————

"At the beginning of Jian'an, Yuan Shao surrounded Handan with 100,000 people, tried to defend the city, and recommended himself to enter the city to persuade him to surrender. However, Rong didn't say a few words, and the basket was suspended on the ground for more than three feet, with a knife and a broken rope, Rong fell and his legs were broken. Shao was furious, abandoned the crowd and returned to the camp, and summoned all his henchmen to discuss it, so as to humiliate himself and want to kill him to repay him. Xin commented: 'If you insult your uncle, you will kill your nephew, if you insult Ming Gong in your face, how can you add it? If you want to kill Ming Gong, how can you add it? Honor should be rewarded and punished! 'Shao Yuyun. —"The World Speaks New Words". Speech

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