The Hedong County Government and the army began to run at high speed, and Yan Xing took advantage of this gap time to take the time to go to the backyard, the military situation was like fire, maybe he couldn't wait for Cao Yuan's soldiers and horses to arrive, he might have to lead the army out of the city in advance.

At this time, it is necessary to explain the situation to the bride in the backyard, the concubine, and his sister.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Yan Xing met Yan Wan and Dong Dai, followed by a team of maids with swords and knives, Yan Wan saw Yan Xing suddenly return to the backyard, his face was shocked, and he wanted to salute and avoid leaving, but he was stopped by Yan Xing who was in a hurry.

Looking at Yan Wan and Dong Dai, as well as the maid with a sword behind them, Yan Xing's brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Since Pei Shu got married and there was a female monarch in the backyard, as Yan Xing expected, Pei Shu, who was very good-hearted, quickly kept the backyard in order, whether it was the guards or a group of slaves and maidservants, only Pei Shu was the first to look forward, Yan Wan could no longer be as willful as before, nor could he arbitrarily command the guards, and he went out of the city to hunt.

In desperation, Dong Dai paid Yan Wan's attention again, and couldn't mobilize the guards in the backyard, so she simply trained the maids around her into female soldiers, so there was a team of maids with swords and knives behind them.

"Big brother, do you have something important to tell your little sister?"

Yan Wan looked at Yan Xing, who frowned slightly, and then looked at him and noticed the female soldiers behind him, worried that Yan Xing would be angry for a while and remove all her maid weapons, so wouldn't she be able to succumb to the orders of that Pei family girl from time to time in the future.

Yan Wan had no choice but to laugh and pretend to be calm and ask.

Yan Xing was worried about the military situation, but he didn't pursue this matter, but nodded, and let Yan Wan follow him, Yan Wan could only agree, and waved Dong Dai to quickly take those female soldiers down.

Dong Dai originally wanted to know what happened to Yan Xing's sudden return to the backyard, but it seemed that Yan Xing didn't plan to let himself follow, so after thinking about it, he had to leave with those female soldiers first.

Yan Xing took Yan Wan to the lobby, and then asked the maidservant to summon his wives and concubines. After a while, Pei Shu, Lu Yue, and Zhang Rui arrived, among them, Zhang Rui's lower abdomen was slightly raised, supported by the maid, and she was obviously pregnant.

When the three girls were seated, Yan Xing saw that the number of people had arrived, and Yan Xing did not hesitate, and immediately spoke:

"Hongnong's envoy came to Anyi today, and he has been driven away by me, but Hongnong's soldiers and horses must be guarded, in order to stabilize the defense line southeast of the river, I plan to personally lead the army to leave Anyi, which is to pack up clothes and bags, and rush to the military camp outside the city as soon as possible."

Although the gap between General Yan Xing and Hongnong, the urgency of the situation is understated, but all the women here are wise and careful people, how can you not see that the more light Yan Xing's words, the more urgent the battle situation is, otherwise why should he be a general, too guard, personally lead the army, and leave the city quickly.

Among them, Zhang Rui's face is difficult to hide the worry, since she is pregnant, she is more likely to be sentimental with her weak personality, when Yan Xing is in Anyi, after returning to the backyard, he can always go to see her, laugh with her, and accompany her to relieve her boredom.

But he didn't expect Yan Xing to leave again suddenly, the battle was dangerous, and Zhang Rui, who had been separated for a long time, couldn't help but worry about Yan Xing again.

Yan Wan didn't have so many worries, she had always believed in her brother's ability, she just asked with some expectation:

"I heard that most of the soldiers and horses in Hedong went to Hanoi, and the generals also went to conquer Zhang Yang and Lu Bu, and my brother led the troops south at this time, it must be an urgent military situation, the man should fight, the daughter should be lucky, and the little sister is not talented, but she is also willing to serve the work of dogs and horses."

As he spoke, Yan Wan secretly glanced at Pei Shu, let your means be clever, govern the people in the backyard obediently, and restrain me more, but in the event of a war, the women in the cool land will not let the eyebrows be shaved, they can fight immediately, and they can shoot with a bow, you can't compare, right? If I go out of the house, see what you can do with me.

Lu Yue (Xiaolu) also looked at Yan Xing, if the military situation is urgent and the rear personnel are urgently needed, she can also assist in transporting and treating the wounded, she is free and easy by nature, and she does not like to be restrained, in fact, after being accepted by Yan Xing as a concubine, she also feels that she is not as comfortable as before.

But how could Yan Xing let his concubines and sisters run to the battlefield, he shook his head, refused Yan Wan's invitation without hesitation, and then told Zhang Rui to take care of his body, and the women to follow the teachings of the housewife Pei Shu, Yan Wan should no longer run out of the house to cause trouble and other things, and then let them all retreat, only the housewife Pei Shu stayed.

"The war is urgent, and I don't know how long it will last, and the time after I leave is hard for you."

Yan Xing gently held Pei Shu's hand, Pei Shu smiled, feeling the rough calluses on Yan Xing's big hand, and said:

"The husband is fighting outside, and he is even more hardworking, taking care of the backyard, taking care of the sisters, and teaching the sister-in-law well, which is originally a matter within the concubine's responsibility, how dare the concubine say that he is hard, and I hope that the husband will take care of his body, don't overwork for the military and politics, and the affairs of the family, the concubine will take care of it, and wait for the husband's triumphant return."

Yan Xing listened to Pei Shu's words, and thought that since he married Pei Shu at the end of the autumn of last year, he had always gathered less and left more, and soon after his marriage, he drove to Xihe to command the retreat of the enemy and the withdrawal of the army.

Although Pei Shu is a bride, she has no regrets, shoulders the heavy responsibility of the housewife in the house, and keeps the house in order, so that Yan Xing has no worries, and when the war is urgent, she never asks about the military and politics, or confides her sorrows, but carefully packs up her clothes for Yan Xing, and silently prays for Yan Xing's victorious return.

This kind of sincerity is no longer something that can be expressed between words, Yan Xing can only gently hug Pei Shu into his arms and say slowly in her ear:

"Wait until I get back."

"Well, concubine to you!"

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The situation in Hedong was very urgent because of Hongnong's robbery, and the war process in Hanoi County did not seem to be as smooth as Ganling and Xu Huang expected.

Although the army in Hedong has been gathering momentum for a long time, once it is launched, it carries the wrath of thunder, and it is unstoppable, and Zhang Yang and Lu Bu are defeated and retreated. However, with the siege of Zhang Yang in Yewang City, after Lu Bu fled to Ji County, the battlefield situation slowly stalemate, and the Hedong army did not make great progress on the battlefield for the time being, and both sides entered a difficult siege battle.

It is said that entering the second stage of the battle, Ganling and Xu Huang's siege and reinforcements were also very smooth, and the two troops and horses sent by Zhang Yang to Shangdang to plunder heard that the rear was lost, and they both gave up besieging Shangdang's dock fort and hurried back, but as soon as they entered Hanoi, they encountered the hedong army in the field.

There is no doubt about the result, Gan Ling commanded the army to attack, Xu Huang, Dian Wei and other generals led the elite cavalry to break through the formation, and defeated the exhausted Zhang Yang army, and the Hedong soldiers and horses defeated and captured the last two troops and horses of Zhang Yang.

It stands to reason that Yewang City has become a lonely city, and Lu Bu, who ran to Ji County, has no intention of marching, and Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses, who are poor in donkey skills, should be demoralized in the city, but contrary to the norm, Zhang Yang's army is actively deployed in the city, putting on a strict defense and waiting for rescue.

Gan Ling and Xu Huang didn't understand what confidence Zhang Yang's army had at first, and dared to continue to fight the trapped beasts, but the food in the city was still abundant for the time being, and after a period of siege, Yewang was isolated in the city and the food was exhausted, and the morale would decline, and the time to attack the city would come.

It's a pity that the armies of Gan Ling and Xu Huang did not wait for the fighters who had run out of grain and grass in Yewang City, but waited for the news that Yuan Shao sent troops to rescue Zhang Yang.

This was unexpected by Gan Ling, Xu Huang and others, even Yan Xing did not expect that Yuan Shao would need to deploy a large number of troops on the border of Youji and Qingzhou, and the army was short of food and grass, and many soldiers needed to eat mulberries, so he sent troops to aid Zhang Yang, who had betrayed him.

When Yuan Shao was stationed in Hanoi and crusaded against Dong Zhuo, people like Zhang Yang and Yu Fuluo of the Southern Xiongnu came to join Yuan Shao of the Dong coalition army, but when it came to the time when Yuan Shao returned to fight for Jizhou, he faced the powerful offensive of Gongsun Zhan, but Zhang Yang and the Southern Xiongnu saw a bad opportunity and did not hesitate to turn their backs on Yuan Shao and leave.

Although Zhang Yang was ostensibly coerced and defected by Yu Fuluo of the Southern Xiongnu, after escaping from Yuan Shao's command, he seized Hanoi and became independent, accepting the official position of the Chang'an court still controlled by Dong Zhuo, as if he had made up his mind to break away from Yuan Shao's control.

At the moment, Yuan Shao not only abandoned his previous suspicions, but also sent his general Lu Yi to rescue Zhang Yang, who was besieged by Hedong soldiers and horses. Lu Yi's movements are not slow, he has already arrived in Gongxian County, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Although Lu Yi is a cool person, his fame in Hebei is not small, whether it is Jizhou changing hands between Yuan Shao and Han Fu, or Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fighting for Hebei, or Yuan Shao defeating the Black Mountain army, you can see his Lu Yi's figure.

Gan Ling and Xu Huang, who were besieging the wild king, suddenly felt tricky, and fought with a Hebei general like Lu Yi who was good at using soldiers, not to mention the unpredictable outcome of the battle, just to deal with a behemoth like Yuan Shao's forces in the future, it would be a troublesome matter.

For this reason, there are only two countermeasures in front of Ganling and Xu Huang at present, one is to attack the city in advance, and strive to capture Yewang City before the reinforcements of Luyi arrive, so as to wait for the arrival of Luyi's reinforcements, and then decide to attack and defend, and the other is to divide the troops, continue to besiege Yewang City all the way, and go all the way to repel the reinforcements of Luyi.

Gan Ling and Xu Huang couldn't decide on these two countermeasures for a while, although they also sent fast horses to Anyi to ask Yan Xing's opinion, but in a hurry, they still needed to set a countermeasure, so they summoned a group of generals and colonels in the army to discuss together.

Among them, Yang Feng, Ma Lin, Meng Tu, Dian Wei, Ma Wan and others in Hedong, they don't know much about Lu Yi and Zhang Yangjun, and they can't make any clear judgments, they are all only Ganling horses, and Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng, and Song Xian are all generals who have followed Lu Bu to stay under Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang for a period of time, and their opinions, Gan Ling and Xu Huang want to hear more.

In the face of Ganling's inquiry, Hou Cheng and Song Xian, who were both generals, were very active, they newly invested in Hedong soldiers and horses, and did not make an inch, although Ganling treated them politely, but they had no soldiers and horses in their hands, and they had no prestige in the army, so they were eager to establish military exploits.

After getting Gan Ling's acquiescence, the two of them immediately analyzed the information they knew about Zhang Yang and Lu Yi for Gan Ling. According to their analysis, the soldiers and horses under Zhang Yang's command originally had about 10,000 old soldiers, and with the newly recruited soldiers, they could be expanded to two or three people, which was relatively powerful.

But since the Hedong sent troops, Hedong soldiers and horses against Zhang Yang's army, even won consecutive battles, Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere to plunder grain and grass, and were suddenly broken by the Hedong soldiers and horses, and then besieged the city to send reinforcements, eliminating the remaining two support armies, although there are nearly 10,000 Zhang Yang soldiers and horses in the city at present, but under the many defeats, the remaining veterans and elite soldiers have been less than half, and they are all temporary recruits.

In addition, Zhang Yang's army was defeated by the Hedong soldiers in a row, and its morale was exhausted, and it was the weakest at the moment.

And Lu Yi, who came to rescue the wild king, is the number one general under Yuan Shao, who has experienced a hundred battles, and most of the soldiers under his command are veterans of a hundred battles, and it seems that it is easier to defeat Lu Yi in the field than to defeat Zhang Yang in a storm.

But the candidate and Song Xian both swore that they had been under Lu Bu's command, and when Yuan Shao took Lu Bu to attack the Black Mountain Army, they had seen Lu Yi's soldiers in Changshan, which was really not an easy opponent to mess with.

Therefore, the suggestion of the two was to capture the city and eliminate Zhang Yang before Lu Yi rushed to Yewang, so that they could wait for work and invite the strong enemy Lu Yi to fight.

After listening to the suggestions of the candidates and Song Xian, Gan Ling was noncommittal, just a few words of encouragement, and asked about the reality of Yewang City and how he had captured this fortified city.

Prior to this, Gan Ling and Xu Huang also tried to launch several feints, but found that the Yewang City that Zhang Yang painstakingly managed was indeed a strong city defense, and the ordinary rushes, ladders, and trebuchets were not effective, so they could only temporarily besiege it first, and wait for the morale of the enemy troops who were defending to be exhausted before attacking the city.

Candidate, Song Xian knew that this was an opportunity for the two of them to make meritorious contributions, and hurriedly continued to analyze for Ganling, they also stayed in Yewang for a short period of time, and they couldn't know the specific details of Yewang City, only knew that Zhang Yang worked hard here, built and strengthened the city defense, and built Yewang into a strong city, and Zhang Yang himself was also a military official in the border area, and it may not be enough to fight with soldiers, but it is still more than enough to defend the city.

Therefore, Song Xian suggested that a large army be launched, earth and stones should be transported, soil should be gathered into mountains, and then the slopes of the mountains should be used to attack the city walls all the way, and with the cover of archers, the city could be broken in one fell swoop.

Hou Cheng proposed to change the current way of encirclement and annihilation, open the net on one side, untie the encirclement in the east, let Zhang Yang have the idea of escaping and joining forces with Lu Yi, and then attack the city on three sides, induce Zhang Yang to lead the army to flee, and finally strive to annihilate the remnants of Zhang Yang's army in one fell swoop in the outskirts of the eastern city of Yewang.

Listening to the siege strategy of the candidate and Song Xian, Gan Ling, who was the main general, nodded, but did not immediately agree, but set his eyes on Zhang Liao, who had been standing aside from the beginning and was silent.