"So, did Lu Fengxian really surrender this time?"

"If our army wins, Lu Bu will really surrender; If our army is defeated, Lu Bu will surrender by fraud. True or false is inconclusive for Lu Bu. It's all about the stakes! Jia Xu smiled and analyzed Lu Bu's personality characteristics.

"The military advisor is reasonable, he is the general!" He Xian criticized himself, "Yuan Shang is assisted by Cao Cao, and Zhang Yan, a black mountain thief, and his strength should not be underestimated. Wen He can have a clever plan to teach me? ”

"Without him, only to surround the point to help! The city wall is high and thick, and it is not the way to attack it. Only by trapping and detaining its food and grass will make it collapse without a fight. And Yecheng is where Yuan Shang's foundation is, and Yuan Shang will definitely not abandon it. When the time comes, our army only needs to wait for work and defeat the Yuan army that has returned to help! ”

Although Jia Xu's plan of "encircling points and sending reinforcements" is easy to say, the actual implementation is not as simple as imagined. The main difficulty is that the strength of the Nanyang Army is not so sufficient. If Yuan Shang's whole army returns to help, and Koyi goes out of the city to assault, it is really difficult to say whether he will win or lose. Therefore, He Xian refused to give Yuan Shang's whole army a chance to come back to help.

He Xian replied to Yuan Tan and Lu Bu with a handwritten letter, agreeing to Yuan Tan's request, maybe if Nuo Lu Bu could surrender sincerely, he would promise it to the high-ranking officials. But there is one condition, Yuan Shang's troops must be restrained as much as possible and not allowed to return to Yecheng. As long as He Xian can capture Yecheng, even if they complete the task.

In fact, He Xian didn't want to attack Yecheng at all. But this handwritten letter gave Yuan Tan and Lu Bu the illusion that He Xian was storming Yecheng, so the possibility of Yuan Shang wanting the whole army to return to help was greatly reduced. Because if Yuan Tan and Lu Bu sincerely surrender, they will definitely do their best to complete the task. He Xian did not make it clear how many tens of thousands of troops they needed to contain Yuan Shang, so theoretically speaking, as long as they worked hard, it would not be considered a breach of the agreement.

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Outside Jixian County, the news that the Nanyang army captured Liyang and trapped Yecheng finally reached Yuan Shang. Jia Xu ordered Pang De's cavalry to attack everywhere and encircle and suppress the messengers from Yecheng, but after all, it was not foolproof.

"Strategist, what's going on?" Yuan Shang handed the letter asking for help to Feng Ji with a shocked face. Yuan Shang was able to inherit Yuan Shao's family business and sit in Yecheng, which contributed to discipline and trial. Therefore, after Yuan Shang took power, the power of the two was further enhanced. Feng Ji was respected by Yuan Shang as a military advisor and fought with the army. And the trial, after being appointed as the governor of Ji, is fully responsible for guarding the rear of Yecheng.

Before Yuan Shang sent troops, Yuan Shang had made a prediction with Feng Ji and Xianbei, and they agreed that the Nanyang Army would not choose to send troops before the autumn harvest. Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of this time difference to defeat Yuan Tan, unify Jizhou and Youzhou, and then turn around and fight He Xian. But now the Nanyang army even took the risk of running out of military rations to send troops brazenly, which caught Yuan Shang off guard.

Feng Ji was also surprised after reading the letter of request for help in a hurry, after the Zhongmu War, Cao Cao looted the grain of the people in Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which is an indisputable fact. In order to stabilize the livelihood of the people in the two states, He Xian undoubtedly wants to allocate grain to help the two states. In this way, the shortage of food in the Nanyang Army is almost a sure fact. Could it be that He Xian is ready to sacrifice the people of Yanzhou and Qingzhou?

"Lord, it no longer matters why He Xian sent troops. The top priority should be to convene Cao Mengde and Zhang Feiyan to discuss the matter of returning to Yecheng! Yecheng is the foundation of our army, and there is no room for loss! "Feng Ji Dao.

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "The military advisor is reasonable!" Come on, quickly invite Meng De and Zhang Yan to the big tent to discuss matters! ”

Cao Cao and Zhang Yan learned that the Nanyang army had invaded Jizhou, and the troops besieged Yecheng and remained silent.

Yuan Shang was anxious: "Brother Meng De, you have always been resourceful, but you have come up with an idea?" ”

Cao Cao, who is forty-two years old this year, has already appeared on his temples, and compared to Cao Cao in history, Cao Cao in this world is very sad. The foundation that was finally established in Yanzhou was destroyed by the Nanyang army, and a number of generals Xiahoudun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Ren were killed in succession, and Xun Yu, who was regarded by Cao Cao as "Xiao He in the world", was captured and surrendered to the Han Emperor, although it did not serve He Xian, but it was also a major loss for the Cao army. Not to mention, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Zhong Xuan, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Le Jin, Li Dian, and other civil and military generals who have contributed great to Cao Cao in history are all serving in He Xian. It is no exaggeration to say that in addition to Cao Cao's relatives, He Xian recruited almost all the Cao generals he recruited. Can Cao Cao not be sad?

But even so, Cao Cao also has Cao Cao's pride, he is not Yuan Shang's subordinate, so he does not call Yuan Shang the lord. When Yuan Shao had not yet died of illness, Cao Cao lived in the plains but refused to serve Yuan Shao as the master, so he once aroused the disgust of the judges, Feng Ji and others, and they all spoke to Yuan Shao, saying that Cao Cao had bad intentions, and if he did not drive away as soon as possible, he would sooner or later harm the foundation of Jizhou. But Yuan Shao knew in his heart that without Cao Cao's help, how could his sons resist the Nanyang army? Cao Cao certainly has the threat of Cao Cao, but he can't hold Jizhou, and the so-called foundation is all floating clouds. Yuan Shao couldn't let Cao Cao surrender, and Yuan Shang naturally didn't have this qualification.

"Does the Shogun want to hear the truth? Truth be told. Cao Cao said sincerely.

After Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang both received the title of general of the chariot cavalry, so Cao Cao called Yuan Shang "the general".

Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment, thinking about when, of course he listened to the truth.

"Mengde said it, Ben would never blame." Yuan Shangdao.

"The best policy: stop fighting with Brother Nai, shake hands and make peace, and resist the Nanyang Army together!"

When Yuan Shang heard this, his face immediately darkened, "It's not that the general doesn't want to stop fighting, but Yuan Tan doesn't give up, and provokes three times and twice...... In this way, if you can say that Yuan Tan will surrender and hand over all the soldiers and horses, Ben will be willing to give him the title of Youzhou Mu without blame for the past, how about it? ”

Cao Cao shook his head and thought: "Where is this shaking hands and making peace, this is clearly persuasion!" If Yuan Tan is willing to surrender, does Lao Tzu still need to talk nonsense here? ”

Cao Cao couldn't say these words.

"Strategy: Give up Yecheng, the whole army will step up the capture of Jixian, kill Yuan Tan and Lu Bu, and rebuild the defense line based on Youzhou!"

Hearing Cao Cao's decision, Yuan Shang was even more speechless. Yecheng is the foundation of the Yuan family, how can Yuan Shang give up easily?

"These two strategies, one left and one right, are too extreme, doesn't Meng De have a more moderate and reasonable suggestion?" Yuan Shang didn't think about it, so he rejected Cao Cao's suggestion.

Cao Cao seemed to have already guessed Yuan Shang's thoughts, shook his head and said, "There is only one last plan over there, divide the troops!" ”

Yuan Shang: "Divide the troops, how to divide the troops?" ”

Cao Cao: "Cao is willing to stay in Jixian County with General Zhang Yan and continue to attack Youzhou for the general." The general led the army to return to Yecheng immediately! ”

"This ......" Yuan Shang looked at Feng Ji beside him.