Nanda Battalion, the main general's tent.

Zhou Liang's short and fat body sat on the seat at this time, and after listening to the initiative of Xu Huang and Zhang Liao, he suddenly became clear in his heart, and dared to feel that the second general had lost troops under Yecheng in the near future, and he couldn't attack for a long time, thinking that the hussar general had sent him to urge him to ask for the guilt. After all, the great reputation of the school affairs is there, whether it is a high-ranking civil minister or a general in charge, they can't help but be afraid.

Thinking of this, Zhou Liang was also a little proud in his heart, but he knew that his mission had nothing to do with it this time, so he laughed and said:

"The two generals don't need to be afraid, they didn't come to the army to ask for guilt. Instead, he was ordered to inform the two generals that the hussar general had led 10,000 elite soldiers from the Kansai to march from the wild king and would arrive in Yecheng in a few days. ”

"The hussar general actually led his troops to the scene?"

Xu Huang and Zhang Liao looked at each other, their expressions a little shocked.

Zhou Liang nodded, "That's right, the hussar general said that the Yuan clan in Hebei is a hundred-legged insect, and it will never be broken." Yecheng is the location of the fortified city that Yuan's painstaking management is, and the general Zuo Wan of the army must not underestimate the enemy, so he decided to lead his troops in person, command the armies, and conquer Yecheng. ”

"The hussar general really sees thousands of miles and anticipates the enemy like a god." The second generals Xu and Zhang complimented repeatedly, but their faces were inevitably a little bitter, after all, the schedule of the soldiers and horses led by the hussar general was coming soon, and they had just lost the battle before this.

"Haha, the two generals don't have to worry, the so-called lost east, harvest Sangyu, although the siege of the city in the army is frustrated, but if you can besiege the city and send reinforcements, first break one or two Hebei reinforcements, it may not be able to pass the merits in front of the hussar generals' army, and Liang is in charge of the affairs of the people in the eastern part of the country, and this attack on Yecheng can also be somewhat useful."

"Oh!" Xu Huang and Zhang Liao's eyes lit up when they heard this, although they had been in the army for a long time, they had also heard about all kinds of powerful methods related to the shogunate's school affairs, and when they heard Zhou Liang's words quite confidently, they thought that if they could use the power of the Kanto school affairs, this Yecheng might really be able to break through, and their minds immediately became active.

"Then I'll rely on Zhou Peng's department to help!"

The two generals saluted in unison, with a smile on their faces.

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As the focus of the Third Northern War, Yecheng in Hebei Province became a battleground for Yan and Yuan. Between the ten months, the two families have increased their troops, the Guanxi side is the hussar general Yan Xing led 10,000 elite soldiers to the front, commanding Xu Huang and Zhang Liaozhong to besiege Yecheng, and on the Hebei side, Yuan Shang summoned the people and horses of the counties to prepare to rescue Yecheng and meet the Xiliang army.

Compared with the Yan and Yuan families who have already fought hard, the pressure on Cao Cao is undoubtedly much smaller, with Yuan Shangjun attracting a large number of troops in Guanxi on the front line, although Chen Liu, Yingchuan and Yingchuan were also harassed by the enemy general Wei Xuan, but with the Cao army of Yu Ban and other troops who stayed behind, Cao Cao still could resist, plus the Son of Heaven had moved the capital to Juancheng, Cao Cao had no worries for the time being, so he made up his mind to eliminate Yuan Tan first and take all the land of Qingzhou.

For this reason, Cao Junjian, who was strangled by Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses at Mulingguan and Pukou Road, should have borrowed the road from Yuan Shang in Hebei to cross the river north into the territory of Pingyuan County, and launched a fierce attack on Yuan Tan's Qingzhou soldiers and horses from the north bank of the Dahe River, and broke through the multiple lines of defense deployed by Yuan Tan on the southern front to resist the invasion of Cao's army.

In just one month, the Cao army has captured Gaotang, Zhu'a, Lixia and other important cities, if it were not for the heavy rain in recent days, I am afraid that Cao Jun's troops have been pointing directly at Linzi City at this moment.

Inside Linzi City.

Yuan Tan and Guo Tu Junchen sat and stood together, their faces full of gloom, and there was a depressing and anxious atmosphere in the inner room.

They originally thought that they had invited reinforcements from Guanxi, and Yuan Shang and Cao Cao's armies would definitely withdraw their troops to defend themselves if they were in the rear, but they didn't expect to be happy too early, although Yuan Shangjun really hurriedly withdrew his troops back to rescue Yecheng, and even the Qingzhou city that had just been conquered, but Cao's army was unwavering, and he wanted to destroy his own forces first.

As the Cao army took advantage of Hebei to cross the river from the north bank to attack Qingzhou, Yuan Tan's heavy defense line in the south was unexpectedly broken through, and the Qingzhou soldiers and horses were constantly defeating the battle, so that in the back, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou would turn around and flee as long as they saw the banner of the Cao army from a distance, and easily surrendered many cities to the attacking Cao army.

The people in Linzi City are already in a precarious situation.

"I've decided, I can't wait any longer, let's order him to do it."

Yuan Tan stared at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard in front of the case, suddenly gritted his teeth, and broke the silence.

Guo Tu's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Ming Gong, Cao Ah is treacherous and suspicious, if you do it in a hurry, I am afraid that you may not be able to succeed, but it will make many righteous people lose their lives in vain." ”

"Aren't they just dead, what, when they die, they are still afraid of death, hehe, wait any longer, I am the one who is afraid of death."

Yuan Tan sneered frantically, now that he was in danger, he couldn't care about anything else except his own life.

He would rather take a risk than sit idly by.

"Tell him that if I die, the evidence of their collusion with foreign enemies will definitely fall into the hands of Cao Apu, and when the time comes, they will not escape death."

“。。 Promise.. Seeing Yuan Tan's appearance, Guo Tu didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he hurriedly took the order and bowed down and retreated.

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A few days later, Cao's army camped.

Cao's army, which swept Qingzhou and invaded the territory of Qi, was stationed in Xi'an, thirty miles away from Linzi, because of the heavy rain for several days, the camp was damp, and Cao Cao's Chinese army moved into the city, and he was ready to wait until the weather cleared, and led Cao's army to take advantage of the situation to go south and attack Linzi City in one fell swoop.

This time, Cao Cao attacked the east and west, feints to attack Qingzhou to bypass the Muling Pass in the south, Pukou Road and other dangerous points, and the army in the field took advantage of the Hebei River to cross the river to the south, and easily broke through Yuan Tan's heavy defense line from behind, which can be said to give full play to the "good attacker moves above the nine heavens, and the enemy does not know what he is defending", and the Qingzhou soldiers and horses are caught off guard and retreated.

Now the Taishan soldiers and horses of Zang Ba, Sun Kang, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others on the southern front have also successfully passed through the Muling Pass, Pukou Road and other dangerous points, and divided their troops to attack Qi State, Beihai and other counties, and won successes one after another. On the enemy side, Yuan Tan, who was helpless, could only retreat to Linzi City with the remnants of the defeated army, and it was not far from the end of Linzi falling and dying.

This series of hearty victories also aroused the endless fighting spirit of the Cao army soldiers, many of the new soldiers in Yan and Henan after the battle of Nanyang and Qingzhou also quickly transformed into useful veterans on the battle array, and the whole army was ready to go south to attack Linzi City after the rain, all according to Qingzhou.

Of course, among the excited Cao Jun, there are also a very small number of people who are anxious and even anxious, and Xu He is one of them.

As a regular servant of Cao Cao, Xu actually has another secret identity, that is, the secret room of the Yuan clan in Hebei, in addition to guarding Cao Cao on the surface, he also secretly contacts pedestrians, and reports Cao Cao's recent situation and the movements of the Cao army that he can know to the Yuan clan in Hebei from time to time.

This kind of two-faced thing was not burdened in Xu He's heart, and even for a long time, he felt that it was a wise decision.

After all, with the strength of the Yuan clan at that time, the Xionghe Shuo, and the first soldier as the crown of the heroes, secretly maintaining contact with the Yuan clan in Hebei was a rational choice for the civil and military forces of other camps, and many people even suffered from not having this hidden way to serve the dragon.

But how could they have thought that the seemingly powerful Hebei Yuan clan would quickly decay under the strong blow of Yan Yan in Guanxi, and even the Hebei Foundation fell apart after Yuan Shao's death because of the Yuan brothers' rivalry.

After Yuan Shao's death, the collapse of Yuan Shao's shogunate made Xu's channel to contact Hebei interrupted for a long time, seeing that the situation of the Yuan clan in Hebei became more and more embarrassing, Xu He once thought that this secret would sink forever with the decline of the Yuan clan in Hebei, and there was no possibility of being known by others.

As a result, after Cao's army invaded the territory of Qi, someone actually contacted Xu him.

It turned out that when Guo Tu defected to Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, he also took away some of the documents and files before the General's Mansion, and Xu He, a member of the Cao Army, was also among them.

At present, Yuan Tan of Qingzhou is in extreme danger, and he can only hope for Bo Lang in Linzi, so he secretly sent pedestrians to contact Xu He and secretly ordered him to find an opportunity to assassinate Cao Cao as soon as possible, otherwise his collusion with foreign enemies and bribery over the years will also be revealed, and he will still be unable to escape death if he does not do it at that time.

In the face of the persecution of the evil words of the comer, although Xu gritted his teeth with hatred, he was helpless. He knew that if his deeds were revealed, he would definitely be unable to escape death, but if he was lucky, he might be able to take Cao Cao's warrant and escape from Cao's camp in chaos.

So, on this night, looking at the dripping rain outside the tent, Xu finally relented, he took two henchmen, each with a sharp blade, and rushed to Cao Cao's handsome tent in the city.

The rain was still dripping, and as he approached the heavily guarded tent, Xu had unconsciously raised his heart to his throat.

"Hey, Captain Ding isn't here?"

Seeing that Ding Fei, the captain of Cao Cao's guard tonight outside the hall, was missing, Xu Xu's eyes lit up in his heart, and he was ecstatic in his heart, he forcibly held back the excitement in his heart, and asked in a pretending ordinary tone.

"The lieutenant felt sick in his stomach and went to the toilet."

The guards who were armed with soldiers did not suspect him, and replied to themselves.

God help me! After confirming Ding Fei's absence from the mouth of the armorer, Xu already had a plan in his heart, he glanced at a henchman, signaling him to stay outside to support and contain the other armorers, and he took another henchman, claiming that he had something important to see, and after letting the armor report, he took the initiative to untie the sword on his body and slowly walked into the inner hall.

Under the candlelight, Cao Cao, who was dressed up, leaned on a table, looked at Xu He and another sergeant who were slowly walking in, frowned and asked:

"What's the matter late at night?"

"Ming Gong, this person is the corporal Chen Wu, he accidentally obtained two letters from another sergeant in the camp, and came to report to the villain, and the villain knew that it was very important after seeing it, so he could only rush to see Ming Gong overnight."

"Oh, bring it up."

Looking at the nervousness and panic on Xu He's face, Cao Cao's heart moved, and he beckoned Xu to take the two letters, and in the slightly dim candlelight, he looked at them quickly.

At the beginning of the letter, it was as good as Cao Cao expected, and it was indeed a secret letter that leaked information about the movements of his army and the location of his army to the enemy army in Qingzhou, but when he saw the back, the content of those important decisions in Cao's army was vague, but I was afraid that the writer himself was not clear, and this part of the content was just a guess, which made Cao Cao suspicious in his heart, and he was about to ask the sergeant who got these two letters from, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that Xu He, who was slowly retreating, was reaching out behind him, and his heart tightened, Immediately shouted:

"Xu him!"

Xu He, who was shouted by Cao Cao, was shocked, he took out the short blade hidden behind him in a panic, and quickly pounced on Cao Cao, but he was suddenly drunk and his movements were inevitably a little flustered, and he was raised by Cao Cao, who was hastily resisting, and stopped the fatal blow.

Cao Cao, who was dressed up, did not have a sword on his body, and he could only push away Xu He's short blade with a few efforts, and hurriedly got up and stood up.

"Someone—"

"Chen Wu!"

The two shouted out almost at the same time, and the sergeant Chen Wu, who was also frightened, also took out a short blade at this time, and pounced fiercely, the two of them were sandwiched left and right, and Cao Cao, who was close to him, was defenseless, left and right, although he dodged a knife from sergeant Chen Wu, but his right arm was inevitably stabbed by Xu He's short blade, and under the pain, the few pieces used to resist in his hand also fell off his hand.

"Kill!"

Xu He, who was difficult to ride a tiger, also went crazy at this time, he shouted with red eyes, and once again held a short blade and wanted to kill Cao Cao. Cao Cao's potential was also stimulated under the crisis, and he fought for the danger of being stabbed by another sergeant Chen Wu, avoiding Xu He's short blade, and pushed away Xu He's right arm holding the knife, and his right leg also kicked out with all his might.

"Ahh

But Cao Cao was also uncomfortable, he was also hit by the sergeant Chen Wuyi in the side ribs, and the body without armor was suddenly drenched in blood, Cao Cao endured the severe pain and took off the short blade, and repelled the sergeant Chen Wu with all his strength.

"Catch him, or he'll all die!"

Xu, who got up again, had already heard the footsteps outside the hall, and he yelled to beckon Sergeant Chen Wu to continue the attack, Cao Cao could only hold the short blade he had snatched in one hand and cover the bleeding wound with the other, and staggered to the side, while continuing to call for the guards outside the hall.

"Huhuhu-" Sergeant Chen Wu was repulsed, and lost his weapon, but when he heard Xu He's shout, he was also fierce, and rushed up with his bare hands, and at the moment when he was stabbed by Cao Cao's short blade, he grabbed Cao Cao's arms tightly like a wild bull, and refused to let go of death, so that the injured Cao Cao couldn't break free for a while.

Seeing this, Xu He, who was following him, sneered, and pounced again with his blade.