Letting Guan Hai shout and scold under the city, he had already sent two fast horsemen, one riding north, to find Xu You in the Bohai Sea, and let him and Zhang He quickly lead the army south to snipe the state army.

Riding south, he told Yuan Shao that there was no need to return to help, so as to avoid wasting the good advantage of the southern line, so that Lu Bu had a chance.

The city wall is high and thick, the food in the city is sufficient, and the defenders are not less than 20,000 soldiers, which is enough to hold on for more than two years.

Half an hour later, Tai Shi Ci arrived outside the city with 50,000 infantry troops, and estimated that the other party would not go out of the city to fight, so he retreated several miles and camped.

"Yecheng's Jizhou defenders can't hold out, how can it be good?"

Guan Hai scolded for a long time, the soldiers on the city wall just didn't go out of the city to fight, the city wall was high and thick, and they couldn't help the other party.

"Captain, attack!"

Guan Hai surrendered his hand and asked for his life.

"No, Yecheng is the seat of Wei County, the center of Jizhou, how can Yuan Shao not pay attention to it, the defenders in the city are sufficient, and 50,000 people will attack, and the gains outweigh the losses!"

Tai Shici analyzed.

Heading south from Yanmen County and passing through Jinyang, Guo Jia once told him that if the defenders of Jizhou held Yecheng and did not come out, they would not be able to stay there for a long time, and they should send heavy cavalry to attack quickly south to cut off the connection between Hanoi County and Jizhou.

He then sent a small group to spread rumors in Hanoi County, claiming that Yecheng had fallen, which shook the morale of Yuan's army at the crossing of the Yellow River and forced it to withdraw its troops and return to defense.

After the heavy cavalry and the infantry army each collided with Yuan's army once, the infantry and cavalry converged, and took advantage of Yuan Shao's return to Jizhou to enter Hanoi and flank Wang Kuang's defenders with Lü Bu.

In this way, Hanoi County can be taken down in one fell swoop.

"What if other counties in Jizhou react and encircle and suppress our army?"

Guan Hai asked Tai Shici.

"You lead the heavy cavalry, immediately set off to the south, this is not far from the two counties of Chaoge and Tangyin in Hanoi County, there is a river in front, let the cavalry in a team of 100 people, patrol along the river, and prohibit anyone from passing."

Tai Shi Ci immediately ordered, and from among the foot soldiers, he selected more than 100 people who could speak well, took off their military uniforms, and prepared to blend into Chaoge and Tangyin counties.

"No."

Guan Hai took the order and left, didn't take two steps, and turned back.

"What?" Tai Shi Ci asked.

"If Lord Du Wei is in danger of being surrounded and suppressed, please quickly withdraw his troops to the south and join me, with these three thousand heavy armored iron horses, in Jizhou, where can we go!"

Guan Hai returned to the road.

"You just have to carry out the order."

Tai Shi Ci frowned, scolded Guan Hai, and told him to go quickly.

......

In Lu Bu's camp, Xu Huang reported to him again.

If the grain and grass do not reach the front line, the soldiers will run out of food!

There is only one day left in the army!

"Tomorrow the grain and grass will arrive."

Lu Bu told Xu Huang to wait patiently, not to spread the news of the food shortage, and to send his henchmen to block the logistics office, and not to enter and leave at will.

Xu Huang was skeptical, and he had already begun to think about how to safely return to Yuanxian County to garrison while reducing the casualties of the troops.

"My lord, if you can't do anything, please give an order tomorrow and retreat to Yuan County, where the terrain is dangerous, surrounded by mountains on both sides, even if the Yuan army can cross the river, it will not be able to break through."

This is a very safe suggestion, but Lu Bu does not intend to take it.

Cao Xing replied in the letter that no matter how much grain and grass is collected tomorrow, he will arrive at the front line on time.

In front of Lu Bu was an excellent opportunity to control Hanoi, and after losing it, Yuan Shaoruo would spend his life here with him, and he didn't know how long it would take to take Hanoi County.

The most important thing is that Wen County, Hanoi County, is the nest of the famous Sima Yi family, and this person, even if Lu Bu can't use it, can't be used by others.

Even if Sima Zhongda is only eleven or twelve years old at the moment!

He must not allow the situation of the king and the family to share the world again.

Wen County, you must firmly control it in your own hands, it is best to find a way to ask the Chang'an Imperial Court for a Wen Hou!

"Gongming, Cao Xing will arrive tomorrow, don't prepare for the withdrawal of the army first!"

Lu Bu comforted Xu Huang again, he had already heard from Xu Huang's tone that the other party wanted to withdraw the army.

"But it's up to the adults!"

Xu Huang sighed softly and left the big tent.

......

A few days ago, Anyi County.

Cao Xing was trying to find a way to collect grain and grass, but he didn't dare to be too blatant, Tian Feng ordered that the soldiers should not clash with the people.

"Jun Sima, Mr. Yuan Hao ordered, Hedong Xinding, the army must not commit any offense against the people, and the grain and grass are collected, very little!"

His subordinates reported to Cao Xing.

"How much?"

Cao Xuan asked.

"Food and grass are only enough to sustain the front-line troops for half a day."

"You first load the grain and grass into the carriage, and I will go out and come back soon."

"No."

Changshi House.

"I don't know if the military Sima is visiting, I will miss the welcome!"

Wei Gu hurriedly welcomed Cao Xing into the mansion, and ordered his subordinates to prepare a banquet.

Although his position is slightly higher than Cao Xing, Cao Xing is a veteran by Lu Bu's side, which is incomparable to Wei Gu.

Cao Xuan asked Wei Gu not to be like this, he only came for one thing.

"The state herdsman is on the front line of the Yellow River crossing, and he is in urgent need of grain and grass."

After picking up the wine glass and drinking it all, Cao Xing spit out this sentence, and then kept silent, expecting Wei Gu's answer.

The decree on the collection of grain and grass has been promulgated for two days, and his subordinates have only collected some grain and grass from Hedong Wei's house, and Cao Xing is not satisfied with this.

Wei Gu looked embarrassed and said: "Now that it has not yet entered the autumn harvest stage, the Wei family can only maintain daily life, and everything that can be given to the military Sima has been handed over, and there is really no more!" ”

Seeing that Cao Xing didn't believe it, Wei Gu led Cao Xing, and took a turn around the Wei family's mansions in Anyi County, and the granaries inside had bottomed out.

"You can think of a way to let the remaining Haoqiang in Anyi County donate a part of the grain and grass to each other, keep accounts, and wait for this autumn harvest, and the county governor's mansion will return it to them!"

Cao Xing's tone was cold.

"This ......" Wei Gu hesitated for a moment, "Okay, I'll try, I can't guarantee how much I can collect." ”

On the second day, before Cao Xing set off, Wei Gu sent the grain and grass borrowed from the local heroes to the camp.

Not much, only able to sustain the front-line troops for a day.

This collection of grain and grass, in total, can make Lu Bu's troops hold out for another day and a half.

"Let's go!"

Cao Xuan ordered.

He went to Tian Feng last night, and wanted Tian Feng to open a back door and let him go to the local Haoqiang's house to forcibly recruit once, but Tian Feng refused.

Tian Feng had a negative attitude towards Lü Bu's military idea of sticking to the crossing of the Yellow River and wanting to enter Hanoi, which was too risky, risky, and had a low success rate.

Guo Jia's plan, Tian Feng thought about it, it was too radical, he didn't support Lu Bu to do that, so he wrote a letter to Xu Huang secretly, asking him to persuade Lu Bu to withdraw to Yuan County.

The grain transport team drove out of Anyi County and headed for Yuan County.

During this time, Du Ji happened to inspect Yuan County, and accompanied by the county governor Guan Zheng, visited the people of Yuan County.

When Wei Jin forced the widow to go to Yanmen County, Du Ji did not ask Guan Zheng in person, which made it easy for the other party to get off the stage, but just asked Guan Zheng to take him to the countryside to understand the situation.