The army did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

This has always been the standard of ancient marching operations, and Yuan Yun has really seen this time, if it was Li Dao, who had previously crusaded against Chang'an, and let him see the ancient wars, then this was the first time he saw the ancient group army fighting.

The gunpowder army, Xu Chu's army, and Xiahou's army were divided into three roads, and they crossed the big river of Guandu with the momentum of each other's horns, and then entered the territory of Jizhou.

As the vanguard of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in Chenliu, they had already begun to gallop in Jizhou half a month earlier, expelling all targets that affected safety.

At this moment, judging from the intelligence, Yuan Shang is still stuck with Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, the two sides have each other's offense and defense, Yuan Shang relies on the number of the army, Yuan Tan relies on the familiarity of the terrain, and the advantage of the landlord, can barely defend the north of Mount Tai, and the battle between the two sides is difficult to solve for a while.

The trucks woven in thousands of units pulled a long straight line on the road, but fortunately, the rain has not been very abundant recently, so there is a lot of trouble, otherwise once the road is muddy, these trucks with a lot of heavy loads will definitely be stuck in the mud, not to mention the six cannons.

Yuan Yun and a thousand cavalry received the six cannons sent by Pu Yuan in Guandu, and then repaired for a day, and at the same time gathered grain and grass in Guandu, and waited until Cao Ang, Xu Chu, and Xiahoudun's large army arrived, and then really started this expedition.

After embarking on the journey, Yuan Yun was appointed by Cao Ang as the guard of the grain and grass battalion, and the current task of the thousand cavalry only needs to follow the grain and grass team, and the rest is to constantly send scouts to reconnoiter around.

After entering Jizhou, Xu Chu and Xiahoudun suddenly disappeared, but Yuan Yun was not worried, because he knew very well that the task of these two generals was to ensure the safety of the left and right flanks of the Gunpowder Army, and with their experience in marching and fighting, there was no need to think too much about them at all.

At the same time, Cao Cao ordered the defenders to shrink their lines in Beihai and put on a posture of retreat, so that Yuan Tan could draw his hand against his younger brother Yuan Shang, creating more time for the Gunpowder Army to attack Yecheng.

After walking for three days, Yuan Yun gave up riding a horse, but chose a hay wagon to travel, such a long time of horseback riding, so that his inner thighs were red, and to this day he still has not adapted to being on horseback for a long time.

Fortunately, August in the north was not so hot, so within a few days of being in the truck, Yuan Yun returned to his vigorous appearance.

In the past few years, Yuan Yun has been taking good care of his body, and the nutrition that should be supplemented has never fallen, and he has had several serious illnesses, so his resistance is much better.

Looking at the starry night, Yuan Yun comfortably leaned against a pile of hay, Cao Ang had already given the order, camp during the day and march at night, so the army could only take advantage of a little moonlight to slowly move towards the northeast.

The big truck built by Yun Ji has installed the most primitive shock absorber parts on the wheels, so the truck that Yuan Yun is sitting in is relatively comfortable, shaking and shaking people very leisurely, pillowing his arm, holding a straw, and even occasionally humming two songs, which is not like a march at all, more like an outing.

As long as there is wind in the northern summer night, it will still be a little cool, but it is much more comfortable to march like this, blowing such a small breeze, walking on the night avenue full of stars, so that Yuan Yun always hopes that one day he can bring Cai Wenji and them together.

"My lord, we are going to march in a hurry starting tomorrow, you better rest." Shi Shen rode on the side of the truck, and saw Yuan Yunzheng staring at the night sky with bright eyes, so he gave a special reminder.

Yuan Yun stretched comfortably, then shook his head, and said: "This time the camp will be until tomorrow evening, I can rest whenever I want, so don't worry, don't you appreciate such a beautiful starry sky for a while, wouldn't you be sorry for yourself?" ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun buttoned his ears, then tilted his neck to look at the countless trucks in front of him and behind him, and suddenly said helplessly: "The only regret is that it is too noisy, so much noise from the wheels of the car is really annoying." ”

Shi Shen saw that Yuan Yun was unwilling to rest, so he no longer persuaded him, but changed the topic and said: "After we entered Jizhou, there were more spies from the surrounding enemies, it seems that the news of our arrival must have reached Yuan Shang, and the speed of the march in the future must be greatly improved, and if we can reach Yecheng as soon as possible, we will win half of the victory, haha." ”

Yuan Yun snorted, and suddenly smiled: "At this time, it depends on Zhuge Liang's strength, whether he can hold back Yuan Shang's 200,000 army is the key to conquering Yecheng this time." ”

"Can it work? Hasn't the lord been scolding that Zhuge Liang for being cheeky? After Shi Shen finished speaking, his face was full of worry.

Yuan Yun laughed and said: "Cheekiness is the most important quality of a strategist, if he Zhuge Liang didn't have this cultivation, Lao Tzu would be so polite to him, how much advantage he would have taken advantage of, unlucky."

The previous invincible spies sent information, Zhuge Liang suggested that Yuan Tan continue to shrink, causing Yuan Shang to go deeper, and finally adopt guerrilla tactics to constantly harass Yuan Shang's rear supply lines.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's work is done perfectly, at least Yuan Shang wants to withdraw his troops now, but it is very difficult, and we will start to move to daytime tomorrow, and it is also because we need to hurry up, so we have made adjustments. ”

At this time, Xiao Liu's horse came, and when he arrived, he immediately reported: "Lord Qiqi, the invincible new information has been sent." ”

Yuan Yun smiled, stretched out a hand casually, and then took a letter handed by Xiao Liu, Shi Shen immediately found a wind lantern at this time, and then jumped into the truck, and it was carefully delivered to Yuan Yun's eyes.

Yuan Yun looked at it for a while, then suddenly frowned and ordered Xiao Liu: "Hurry up and send the letter to Cao Ang Shizi in the back." ”

Shi Shen saw Xiao Liu go away, and immediately blew out the wind lamp, he didn't want to set this hay wagon on fire, the most terrible thing is that some of these trucks are still pulling gunpowder, that thing sees the fire, thinking about it makes people tremble all over.

After choosing a comfortable position to sit down in a pile of hay, Shi Shen asked suspiciously: "Lord, is there something wrong with Qingzhou?" ”

Yuan Yun nodded and said: "Yuan Shang's 200,000 army is divided into three routes, one of which is returning to Yecheng, with more than 70,000 people, led by Xuan Pei and Su You, and Wu'an County Ling Yin Kai has garrisoned Maocheng to protect the grain road to the Shangdang, and the frustrated Hu who guards Handan has also begun to strengthen the city defense, and the other party is now fully operational, it is estimated that it is to prevent us, and the next march cannot be so leisurely, the other party will definitely launch a tentative attack." ”

After saying this, Yuan Yun finally straightened up from a pile of hay, and then ordered: "Shi Shen, order it now, starting tomorrow, the number of scouts sent out will be doubled, each of them needs to be equipped with a pack horse, and the range will also be expanded to fifty miles away." ”

Shi Shen jumped on his horse as soon as he turned over, and then called a few heralds to come over to explain, Yuan Yun looked at Shi Shen's skillful movements, and felt envious, but he didn't expect Shi Shen to be a Han man who was so skillful in getting on and off horseback, and almost all Han men in this era have these skills.

It is no wonder that the foreign tribes in the north do not dare to invade easily, even if the Central Plains is turned upside down, those nomadic tribes are at most harassing the surrounding areas, and the army does not even dare to think about it, because everyone's riding skills are actually similar, but there are still cities to defend in the Central Plains, and those nomadic tribes really have no advantages at all.

Yuan Yun fell back into the hay again, but now he didn't have any intention of looking at the night sky, but carefully studied the topographic map in his mind, these were all hand-drawn maps that Invincible and Zhao Si had spent a lot of effort to get back, even if they looked at it a few more times, it would not be too much.

If the road to the party has been mastered by Yuan Shang's men, the high-ranking cadres of Bingzhou may come to support at any time, and with this supply line, Yecheng can be said to have a steady stream of foreign aid support.

The only thing that can be held hostage is Cao Ren's soldiers and horses in Hanoi, but they will definitely not help like this, because Cao Ren can't wait for the Gunpowder Army to be wiped out this time.

If the gunpowder army continues to advance like this, it will immediately face Liyang, which is now considered the place where the most battles are frequent, because Cao Cao had sent Le Jin to constantly harass this place before.

And Liyang is the gateway to Yecheng, Yuan Shang has been strengthening the construction of the city defense here, and now it is a strong city, and the defenders are also battle-hardened soldiers, and it is not so easy to conquer.

As for the detour proposed by some adjutant generals, it is simply a joke, once the gunpowder army bypasses, it is equivalent to facing Yecheng, Maocheng, and Liyang's three-sided attack, even if there is Xu Chu and Xiahoudun's wings, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape the fate of the whole army being annihilated.

"Let's take Liyang to practice first." Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, originally he only wanted to fire the first shot in Yecheng, but now it seems that he can't wait for that time.

According to the invincible intelligence, although the area of Liyang is not large, the city wall is unusually strong, and Yuan Shang also built a moat at great cost in order to ensure that the city is not lost.

After integrating the information sent by the invincible in his brain, Yuan Yun found that the city gate of Liyang was also designed as a hanging gate, even if it was blown open by artillery, there was still a moat blocking it, and if you want to conquer this city, you need to fill this river, this is a big project, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for 20,000 gunpowder troops to do this.

"This moat is a real headache." Yuan Yun complained helplessly.

Shi Shen heard Yuan Yun's complaints, and immediately comforted: "Why do you need to be so troubled, since they like to cower in the city, we will set up a cannon, and then bombard the damn with our lives, this is called closing the door and beating the dog." ”

Yuan Yun listened to Shi Shen's suggestion, the dog-headed military advisor, and could only frown helplessly, just wanting to teach a few words but was suddenly stunned.

After a long time, Yuan Yuncai laughed and said: "It's really right for you to be a dog-headed military, let's use the cannon to entertain the enemy, not only that, but the gasoline we brought can also come in handy." ”

Shi Shen looked confused, when did he become a dog-headed military advisor, and since he was a dog-headed military advisor, why did the lord listen to himself? This is simply a very contradictory thing, I don't know what it is, I don't know what it really is.

Yuan Yun didn't have time to take care of Shi Shen, so he jumped down from the hay wagon in an instant, untied the reins of the horse tied to the tail of the truck, and then took a lot of effort to ride on.

After turning the horse's head slightly, Yuan Yuncai shouted to the truck behind him: "Jiang Gan, hurry up and get out of Lao Tzu." ”

After a short time, Jiang Gan ran down from a truck behind, arrived at Yuan Yun's side, and immediately hugged his fists and said, "What is the matter with Yuan Hou calling the little one?" ”

Yuan Yun pointed to the trucks in front and back, and said: "Ben Hou is going to discuss the strategy with Cao Ang Shizi now, and you will be responsible for the escort here, if you dare to sleep at this time, Lao Tzu will pick your skin when he comes back." ”

Jiang Gan was overjoyed, Yuan Yun trusted him so much, he naturally would not be negligent, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Although Yuan Hou can go with confidence, from this moment on, he will start to patrol the front and back of the grain and grass brigade to ensure that nothing will go wrong." ”

Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction, Jiang Gan, the unlucky guy of Chibi, has always been extremely dirty written by history, but he has worked in Xincheng all these years, and he is a good manager, at least there has never been a problem with the statistics of workshop materials in his hands, you must know that the materials of Xincheng workshops are thousands, and it is definitely not a job that can be completed so easily.

Jiang Gan should do this kind of secretary work, let him be a spy lobbyist, that is definitely a tyrannical thing.