Facts have proved that Cao Yuan's judgment was correct.

For the insufficient troops and weak defense, in the face of the multi-pronged attack from the Mikawa army, it was completely helpless and powerless.

Niu Song led the army to the rear of Jiexiu by surprise, and attacked Cao Yuan's army in the north and south, and easily broke through the heavy defenses set up by the Bingzhou army in the Bird Mouse Valley.

Cao Yuan commanded the army, attacked the city all the way, and approached Jinyang City step by step.

Meng Tu also led his troops and horses to break through Daling City.

Guo Yuan, who was in charge of the sentence, saw that there was a fire in the rear of his house, and the guards of the Guansai could be cut off from Jinyang City by the enemy anytime and anywhere, so he retreated without a fight, retreated south with the guards of the state of the sentence, and fled back to Jinyang City in a hurry.

So, Xu Kun led the army to take down the sentence without blood.

So far, the three-way soldiers and horses have successfully entered Taiyuan County from the south, west and north, and the plan to meet under Jinyang City has been realized in just half a month.

In the territory of Shangdang, in the face of the strong invasion of Xu Huang and Ma Lin commanders and horses, Shangdang Taishou was defeated in successive battles and could not resist, so he could only flee to Huguan with the remnants of the soldiers to defend it, hoping to rely on this Xiongguan in the territory to carry out the final stubborn resistance.

The only one who was unfavorable to march was the Gongxian Lu Yi Division.

The area around Chaoge was the key direction of Yuan's defense against the attack of the Sanhe army, and the forward troops sent by Koyi only crossed the border of Makino before they were resolutely counterattacked by Jiang Yiqu's army.

Seeing that Yuan's army was still powerful, as a suspicious soldier all the way, winning was not his goal, and his task of attracting the attention of the enemy army had been completed, in order to preserve his strength, he quickly withdrew his men and horses, and shrunk his troops and horses back to Gongxian and other places.

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Jinyang City, Thorn History Mansion.

The rapidly deteriorating situation made Gao Gan lose the ability to control the situation, and not long ago he learned that Zhong Changtong had quietly fled from the state, which made him lose the only reason he had left.

"Bang!" With a kick with a huge momentum, Guo Yuan was kicked to the ground heavily, and Gao Gan, who was still angry, continued to exert force, and he kicked Guo Yuan, a general with a face as white as earth and blood in his mouth.

"Dead slave, I let you defeat again and again, first defeated me with 20,000 troops in Yanmen, and then threw me a note, you said, next, do you want to plot the enemy army outside the city and sacrifice my Jinyang City."

Looking at Gao Gan, who was as crazy as a red-eyed gambler, where did the remaining generals in the hall, such as Deng Sheng, dare to take the initiative to dissuade him, and finally Gao Rou saw that Guo Yuan was likely to be killed by Gao Gan, so he hurriedly beckoned the others in the hall to step forward together, and hugged Gao Gan who was almost crazy, which barely saved Guo Yuan's life.

It wasn't until Guo Yuan, who was spitting blood, was dragged down by the soldiers, that the angry Gao Gan slowly recovered from the anger just now, he gasped, irritably tidied up his messy clothes, and asked uneasily:

"Right now, the enemy army outside the city is gathered, Shangdang and other places are attacked, and they have also lost contact with Jinyang City, what do you think we should do now?"

The civil and military officers in the hall looked at each other, and they didn't know how to answer.

The current situation has deteriorated sharply, has exceeded everyone's initial imagination, Jinyang City is in half a month into the rapid advance of the enemy army encirclement, although the city in a short period of time without food worry, but the army is less than 10,000, and if this continues, sooner or later it will be captured by the enemy army outside the city.

In such a desperate situation, where can everyone do anything?

Gao Rou looked at Gao Gan, who seemed to have changed his appearance, words and deeds, he knew that this series of blows recently was particularly fatal to his proud brother, how wise and majestic he was in the past, it could reflect how weak and powerless he was at this moment.

In such cases, a glimmer of hope is more helpful than an unrealistic response.

"Envoy, although the enemy army outside the city is fierce and has won consecutive battles, Jinyang City is not as strong as other cities, the city is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, and the enemy army can not capture it in a short period of time with the advantage of numbers. There are also dangerous passes such as Huguan in Shangdang that can be defended, and they will definitely not fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

"The messenger who urgently asked for help had already been sent out by Fuzhong, and he would be able to reach the camp of Yuan Gong in Hebei within three days. Yuan Gong will never sit idly by, and I believe that after receiving the emergency document, he will send troops and horses to rescue Jinyang in the near future. ”

"When the time comes, it will be too late to make the king join forces with the reinforcement army inside and outside the city and defeat the enemy army outside the city. Please also cheer up your morale, personally climb the city wall, and motivate the soldiers, and we are willing to serve to the death to defend Jinyang City. ”

As soon as Gao Rou's words were finished, the other civil and military officers were quick and quickly followed, and said loudly:

"Please boost your morale, I am willing to defend Jinyang City to the death."

"Yes, yes."

Gao Gan, who had regained some of his senses, listened to Gao Rou and the others' words, and finally regained some confidence in his heart, he nodded, and began to cheer up and say:

"I will personally climb the city wall, inspire the soldiers, and hold on together until the day when the Hebei army comes to help!"

In the end, the reinvigorated Gao Gan couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart, he had already severely punished Guo Yuan, who led the army to defeat and lost the sentence note, so how would his uncle deal with himself who lost his teacher and lost his land and fell into the hands of the enemy?

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Three days later, under the city of Yijing, the Yuan army camped.

"Gao Gan, this idiot, it's only been a few days, and he has defeated the lonely state like this, not only defeated tens of thousands of horses in one go, but also let the enemy army of Sanhe easily attack Taiyuan and Shangdang, he even has the face to send an envoy for help, this idiot should have died a long time ago!"

In the big tent of the boss, Yuan Shao, who learned of the dangerous situation in Bingzhou, was furious, and no longer deliberately maintained the image of the wise and calm master in front of everyone on weekdays, and scolded his nephew loudly in the tent.

He had just recently succeeded in luring Gongsun Chan to lead his army out of the city, and took the opportunity to eliminate a large number of main forces under Gongsun Zhan's command, but unfortunately, he still let the very vigilant Gongsun Chan flee back to Yijing, and the weakened resistance in the city continued, which made Yuan Shao's army have to besiege it.

He has decided to dig a number of tunnels at the same time at all costs, hollowing out all the foundations of Gongsun Zhan's Zhongjing, causing the hundred-foot-tall building used by the guards to resist his army to collapse with a bang, and completely become the last burial place of the Gongsun clan.

Unexpectedly, the senior cadres of Bingzhou would make such a big mistake for themselves at this critical moment.

and the state, they are all about to fall into the hands of Yan Xing.

This is a situation that Yuan Shao never wants to see.

For some reason, at this time, Yuan Shao reremembered Tian Feng's advice to him not long ago.

Perhaps, from the beginning, he should have listened to Tian Feng, returned to his division to sit in Yecheng, and left other generals to besiege the Gongsun clan here.

After all, in addition to Yan Xing's attack on Bingzhou, Jiang Yiqu of Chaoge also sent a battle report, claiming that he had found signs of enemy movement in Hanoi, and had just repelled a tentative attack by a group of enemy soldiers and horses a few days earlier.

The big war in the north will intensify next.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Yuan Shao still dispelled the idea of going to Tian Feng for advice again.

Before, he intentionally or unintentionally ridiculed Tian Feng's restraint and pedantry, but he didn't expect that the situation in Bingzhou, under the control of incompetent senior cadres, would erode into this appearance in a blink of an eye.

Maybe Tian Feng, an old man, won't say anything on the surface, but he must be proud in his heart, and in the future, he will be even more reckless in front of him.

Yuan Shao thought about it again and again, and only sent someone to urgently summon Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Geng Bao.

Then, in his big tent, Yuan Shao, who had a heavy face, showed two military reports from Gao Gan and Jiang Yiqu to the three people who came in a hurry.

Although Feng Ji and Guo Tu were both wise and resourceful, when they saw these two military reports, they still behaved the same as Yuan Shao at the beginning, their faces changed drastically, and it was unbelievable that in just a few days, the situation in Bingzhou had collapsed to such a point.

Similarly, they also remembered Tian Feng's worried words before, and Geng Bao was almost about to call out the words "Tian Beijia", but soon, their minds turned back and forth, and they also figured out why Yuan Shao only summoned them this time.

It's just that Tian Feng can put it aside, but the countermeasures are indispensable.

Yuan Shao asked the three of them to come here to discuss this matter in private.

As Yuan Shao's confidant and strategist, Feng Ji was the first to speak:

"Duke Ming, it seems that Yan Xing is not only to encircle Wei and save Zhao, but also to plan to merge states for a long time, so once it is launched, the offensive will be so fierce. The situation in Bingzhou is already like this, with the strength of Gao Thorn Shi, he can't resist it categorically, and he still needs to divide his troops and send a general to rush to the rescue of Bingzhou! ”

"What Feng Jun said is very true." Guo Tu also said: "Ming Gong, immediately send the general to lead the troops to set off, enter Changshan, pass through Jingcheng, and gallop to help Taiyuan." On the other hand, Chaoge originally had many battalions of soldiers and horses, which allowed General Jiang to choose the opportunity to send troops to attack and force Gongxian and other places to attack instead of defend, which could not only test the reality of the soldiers and horses of the Three Rivers, but also share some of the enemy's forces for the history of the high thorns in Bingzhou. ”

This time he personally conquered Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao transferred back Zhang He, a military general who had successfully proved his ability and loyalty in the pursuit of Luyi, and promoted Jiang Yiqu to Zhonglang General, and let him command the battalions and be responsible for the task of resisting the enemy army in Hanoi in the Chaoge area.

Geng Bao saw that Feng and Guo both perfected the strategy, and he could only add:

"Ming Gong, this matter still needs to be strictly blocked in the army, so as not to be used by people with intentions and take the opportunity to shake the morale of the army. The top priority at the moment is to solve Yi Jing's Gongsun Zan as soon as possible, as long as Yi Jing is broken, the army can turn to Sanhe, and when the time comes, Yan Xing's soldiers and horses are taking advantage of the weakness to attack are killing themselves, and our army can take advantage of the momentum of a great victory and sweep Sanhe. ”

"Hmm." Yuan Shao listened to the words of the three of them, closed his eyes slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he opened his eyes again.

"The words of the kings are deeply lonely. Since this is the case, let Chun Yuqiong lead the army of Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Zhang Yi, Ma Yan, and recruit all departments to quickly rescue Taiyuan. At the same time, he also sent an order to the song, asking Jiang Yiqu to lead the battalions of Wei Yuanjin, Lu Weihuang, Han Meng, and Zhao Rong to counterattack Gongxian, so as to test the reality of the enemy army. ”

Chun Yuqiong, is the first to follow Yuan Shao in the army, the status can be compared with very few, in the case of Hebei general Lu Yi defected to the enemy, Cui Juye died early, he is currently the most prestigious general in the army.

Although Yuan Shao intended to support Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He and other rookies in the army on weekdays, but the rescue and annexation of the state was related to the trend of the entire Northern War in the future.