Jizhou, Yecheng.

"You're finally here!" Looking at the more than 10,000 soldiers behind Zhu Fu and Zhang Yang, Zhang Ren breathed a long sigh of relief. Since Zhang Ren captured Yecheng, although the Yuan army did not launch a counteroffensive against Yecheng, the news of various troop movements kept coming, which made Zhang Ren have to be vigilant at all times, and even personally inspected it until late at night every night.

"Haha, Zhang Duwei's words, but he doesn't look like a person who can do such a terrifying thing~" Hearing Zhang Ren's words, Zhu Fu and Zhang Yang immediately laughed.

"Duwei Zhang?" Zhang Ren looked at the two of them in surprise when he heard this, and then looked around, as if he was looking for Zhang Duwei in the mouth of Zhu Fu and the others.

"Haha, don't look at it, we said that Zhang Duwei is Wenxin you!" Zhu Fu laughed and said, "This is the lord's order, this is your order." ”

However, after Li Yi heard the news, he was directly promoted to the rank of cavalry captain, and he was promoted at the same time, as well as Wen Chou, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao. Tong Fei was appointed as the county warden of Hanoi, and Yan Liang was appointed as the county warden of Wei County.

"Does the lord mean to give up Handan and expand the advantages of Wei County?" Zhang Ren looked at the letter of appointment and asked curiously.

The lord didn't say anything, just let Wen Xin and General Yan judge for themselves according to the situation. However, it must be on the premise of being able to maintain the existing advantages. Zhu Fu said in a deep voice.

"I see." Zhang Ren nodded when he heard this, then looked at Zhu Fu and Zhang Yang and said with a smile, "But with Zixin and two helpers, it may not be impossible to expand the existing advantages~"

Zhu Fu is Zhu Jun's eldest son, although he has just performed the crown ceremony this year, he is also an outstanding young talent. Although Zhu Jun was only willing to stay in the Great Dao Academy, he still handed over his son to Li Yi. And Zhang Yang, although he only became Li Yi's subordinate in the second year of Zhongping, is already a very good general with his steady personality, as well as his excellent martial arts and ability to command troops.

Speaking of which, with Zhang Yang's ability, if he is in other forces, I am afraid it is not difficult to mix with the general of the unified army, but on Li Yi's side...... Well, Li Yi's only purpose in sending him over was to hope that he could assist Zhang Ren and Zhu Fu, who were not too experienced.

After some politeness, the three of them quickly followed Zhang Ren into the mansion where he lived and discussed the current form. "According to the inquiry, Yuan Shao had already led his army south to Qingzhou and handed over Gongsun Zan and the north to Liyi. In addition, Jiang Yiqu and others were sent to Julu and other places to guard the ......," Zhang Ren kept explaining.

"In this way, although the city defense force has been strengthened on the Wei County side, there are actually no generals who have come to defend it?" Zhu Fu asked in some surprise when he heard this.

When they arrived, they always felt that Yuan Shao would definitely lead the army to recapture Yecheng desperately, after all, this has always been the ruling center of Jizhou, coupled with the developed commerce and dense population, no matter what aspect, Yuan Shao could not let go.

"It was a man named Xun Yan who became the city guard of Wei City, and it is said that he is a child of the Xun family, but he has no reputation." Zhang Ren said in a deep voice.

"The children of the Xun family, ......" Zhu Fu's expression was a little solemn, "In the past, the Xun family's eight dragons were famous all over the world, and Fu also heard his father mention that almost all the children of the Xun family were talented. Since Xun Yan is a child of the Xun family, even if he is not famous, he cannot be underestimated. ”

"Well, that's what Ren thinks too." Zhang Ren nodded when he heard this.

For the children of the family, they have never underestimated it, nor dare to underestimate it, after all, they have all learned from Cai Yong, Sima Hui and others.

"Where's Handan?" Zhang Yang asked in a deep voice.

"General Yan is still in a stalemate with the enemy under the city of Handan, the walls of Handan are strong, and Chun Yuqiong's troops are more than General Yan, in a short period of time, I am afraid there will be no changes." Zhang Ren said with a wry smile when he heard this.

Seeing this, Zhu Fu and Zhang Yang didn't say much, although Zhang Ren's words didn't sound like good news, but Zhu Fu and the two could hear that although Yan Liang's side couldn't capture Handan City, they didn't need to worry about anything.

Their guess was right, there was really nothing to worry about on the Handan side, because Yan Liang had already suppressed Chun Yuqiong's troops in the city and could only defend them. It's just that...... But as Zhang Ren said, in the face of Handan City, which has strong walls, whether it is Yan Liang, Wen Chou or Fu Zhu, there is no good way.

For half a month, Yan Liang and the three of them tried their best, from digging hollows with cover to digging tunnels in the camp, and all kinds of siege equipment were put into battle in turn, but they were all easily disintegrated by the enemy. I have to say that Chun Yuqiong is worthy of being the general entrusted by Yuan Shao, of course, the assistance of Gao Ran and Guo Tu cannot be ignored.

It seems that Yan Liang can only attack? It's a pity that in Yan Liang's opinion, it is impossible to use a forcible attack on Handan. Because when the army is not superior and Handan City has a strong city wall, the only result of the strong attack is to put yourself in a desperate situation after losing a large number of troops.

However, Yan Liang did not plan to withdraw from the army, because he still had a chance to break the city, although this opportunity had not been able to wait.

"Alas, on public night, there is no news from the city?" Yan Liang looked at Wen Chou on the side and sighed helplessly.

"No, I guess the enemy is too heavily guarded." Wen Chou shook his head and said.

"Na Chun Yu Qiong was originally a general of the Xiyuan Army appointed by the first emperor himself, and his status was the same level as that of Yuan Shao, so it was impossible to be poor in ability. And that Guo Tu is said to be Guo Beijia's brother, and he is also a talented and talented person. As for Na Gaolan, after this period of observation, he is also a calm general. In this case, if you want to count on them to cause chaos in the city, I am afraid that there is not much chance......" said in a deep voice.

In fact, there is another sentence that I didn't say, that is, the people in Handan City at this time are just some subordinates and disciples of the Wen family. It is a group of crop men who are attached to the landlord.

Although the Wen family often taught them martial arts in their spare time, it was too different from the kind of teaching of the Li Yi family. After all, the Wen family is in the prosperous Jizhou, and the practice of martial arts is more just to strengthen the body and deal with the robbers that may be encountered when going out. And what about the Li family in Bingzhou? Practicing martial arts is to deal with the Hu people!

People of this level are about the same or slightly stronger than ordinary soldiers, and the number is not very large, even if they really make trouble, if there is no good opportunity, what role can they play?

"Can we only retreat?" Yan Liang heard the meaning of Frustrated Teaching's words, and sighed helplessly. Whether from a sentimental or practical point of view, he hopes to be able to win Handan.