After the shared discussion of Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, and Tian Feng, the four top strategists, Yizhi believed that the time was now fully ripe to go to Hebei. The internal stability of the state, the absence of strong enemies outside, coupled with the well-trained soldiers, the treasury and grain were piled up every year, which was the period of ending the division of the princes.

He Chen is also high-spirited, Lao Tzu has been in this world for so many years, has done so many things, made so many preparations, and finally began to lead the troops to go out to defeat the princes and heroes who have left a heavy mark in history, and the first one is Yuan Shao, who is currently in the north and has the most power.

In the first year of Jian'an, in the spring of 196 AD, He Chen issued a list of documents, saying that Yuan Shao was not a subordinate, wanted to establish himself as the emperor, and refused to accept court documents, which was actually a thief of the Han Dynasty. Subsequently, the state marched with 100,000 troops, and sent troops to Jizhou in three ways.

All the way Gao Shun led the "Angry Waves Army" as the left army, out of Leping County Shangai, took the "Weize Pass" (now Niangzi Pass), attacked Jingcheng, and coerced the Changshan counties.

Jingcheng is located at the junction of Hebei and Bingzhou, is the throat of Jin and Hebei, and Niangzi Pass is called the ninth pass of the Great Wall, and it is the place where the soldiers of all dynasties must fight. The Great Wall on the southeast side winds along the mountains, towering and straight. The west of the city is surrounded by the peach river, which is continuous all year round. Dangerous mountains, river valleys, and the Great Wall build a natural barrier between Shanxi and Hebei.

On the other hand, Wei Yan led the "Hurricane Legion" out of the party and into Baicheng.

The Mo River flowing down from the Taihang Mountains rushes out of a deep valley, and the outlet of the valley is in Bobi Town, Huixian County, called Mengmen Pass. Mengmen Pass mountain stone color peculiar, also called Zixia Pass, according to this can cross the Yellow River in the south to attack Bian, Zheng, east to Heze, Daimyo, north to Anyang, Handan, is the military important place that can be attacked and retreated in the south of the three mountains.

In the end, He Chen personally led an army of 70,000, with Huang Zhong's "Burning Legion" as the vanguard, Zhao Jun and Ma Yu as deputy generals, Dian Wei, Ji Ling, Huang Wudie, Zhang Xiu, Gan Ning and other generals, and transferred Zhao Yun to lead 10,000 cavalry as the three-way rescue envoy, Guo Jia as the military advisor, Jia Xu as the staff, Tian Feng as the Sima of the army, Chen Lin as the main secretary, and Li Yan as the governor of the three-way grain and grass. Then the army swept out of the party, and the soldiers were in full swing.

The main road of the three armies echoed each other from afar, and the momentum was huge, and for a time the northern beacon fire continued, and Jizhou was shaken and uneasy.

Due to He Chen's deliberate operation for many years, the south three paths in the Taihang Eight Paths, the middle two paths or light or dark have been controlled, and now the three roads have passed, almost like a broken bamboo, Gaoshun Lianke Shiyi, Lingshou, Zhending counties, and most of Changshan County fell, and Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army held against Jiumen. Wei Yan's army on the right was also extremely sharp, winning seven battles and seven victories, and even killed Jiang Qi, the general who guarded Anyang.

Unlike the left and right armies, which marched all the way, the middle army led by He Chen was strongly blocked by the Hebei army at Fukou. The main reason is that the location of Fukou is too important, and it is only a few hundred miles away from Yecheng, the capital of Jizhou, Yuan Shao sent Han Meng, a famous general in Hebei, to lead 20,000 elites to defend the defense line of Fukou and Shenwei. If it weren't for He Chen's use of martial arts skills to chisel a small mountain road, and then the three thousand flying axe warriors who are good at mountain warfare took advantage of the night to cross the mountains and mountains and sneak attack the pass, it is estimated that I don't know when this pass will be broken. Once the pass is successful, there is almost no danger to defend this line in Hebei, and Huang Zhong even broke Chaoge and Wei Zhujun, beheaded nearly 10,000, and then the army entered the siege of Handan City.

In less than ten years, under the attack of the soldiers of Jizhou on three sides, more than one-tenth of Jizhou's territory was completely lost and lost.

Yuan Shao was shocked, engaged in the trial and matching in the middle of the governance, and did not drive to engage in Guo Tu's suggestion, with Zhang He, one of the four court pillars in Hebei, as the vanguard, a total of 100,000 troops, the fierce generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou as the left and right envoys, Gao Ran as the envoy, sent the famous general Ju Yi to the general 20,000, into the letter capital, in order to reject the Gao Shun army. He also asked Xiao General Chun Yuqiong to lead 20,000 horses, and the night star rode quickly to support Yecheng. Later, he sent envoys to the Karasuma, Bai Di, and Xianbei tribes, and made heavy promises, with a total of 80,000 barbarian soldiers, leaving 50,000 high-ranking cadres and horses to refuse to defend Gongsun, and a total of 300,000 troops were raised before and after, and they were fierce, wanting to eliminate He Chen's big trouble in one fell swoop.

In March, the Bingzhou army broke through the big city of Handan, killed Wang Zhao, and slaughtered 10,000 soldiers. The amount of money collected is innumerable, and the grain and grass are like mountains. Then the army began to besiege Yecheng.

Since 184 A.D., after the Jizhou government was moved from Xindu to Yecheng, this place has become the cultural and commercial center of Hebei. It can be said that Yecheng is the façade of Jizhou, and if this place is lost, the blow to the confidence of Yuan Shao and even the Hebei Group will be extremely heavy. It's just that Yecheng is a Han Weijian city, the city wall is nearly ten meters high, and the city wall has eight gates and 2 gatehouses. It is equipped with an urn city, an enemy tower, a war house, a sentry tower, a hidden soldier cave, and a city gate, and the defense system is complete, and it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In March, Yuan Shao's reinforcements had reached Boling.

In the middle of the year, He Chen listened to Guo Jia's opinion, left Wei Yan's army to continue to besiege Yecheng, pulled the main army north, and began to fight with Yuan Shao's main force in Julu and Guangzong.

Julu is a place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight, whether it is the famous "Battle of Julu" at the end of Qin, or Liu Xiu's crusade against Wang Lang at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, or the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, or the "Battle of Jingyan" of Zhu Di, the king of the Ming Dynasty, all took place here. From the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, Julu has been named Nanyi County, and it was not renamed Julu County until the beginning of the Sui Dynasty. Julu is named after the mainland, and the continent is also known as Guangaze. It is named after the alluvial plain in front of Taihang Mountain, the terrain is flat, except for the Zhangshui surrounding, there is almost no danger to defend.

In that year, Xiang Yu was in the south of Zhangshui, with 60,000 horses, and a battle in Beishui, breaking Wang Li's 400,000 army, Zhang Han had no way out, and finally led 200,000 Qin troops to surrender, and Xiang Yu established a leading position in the righteous armies from all walks of life. After this battle, the Qin Dynasty existed in name only. Now the situation is almost similar, the same generation of dynasties is falling apart, and the same number of people are being beaten with less. It's just that I don't know if He Chen can replicate the determination of the overlord of Chu to be brave and fearless, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and fight in the north water.

He Chen's 70,000 horses were in the south of Zhangshui, looking at the giant deer across the river.

The source of Zhangshui comes out of the southeast mountainous area of Jin, and there are two sources of Qingzhang River and Turbidity Zhanghe. The two sources are called Zhanghe River after the confluence of Hezhang Village on the southwest border of Hebei. It flows eastward to Guantao into the Wei River.

Yuan Shao's main army is stationed in Julu City. Jiang Qi, the general of Zhangshui, led 30,000 people to the north bank of Zhangshui, with a forest of arrow towers, dense guard towers, closed the river and locked the road, controlled the important ferry port of Zhangshui, Sanhejin, and guarded it with heavy troops, blocking and merging the state army. Another general, Peng An, led 10,000 elites and stationed them in the sweat of the Zhangshui tributary to prevent He Chen from sending people to smuggle in.

In the south of Zhangshui, He Chen looked into the distance by the river, and could vaguely see the military village company camp on the other side, and he couldn't help but smile and said to Tian Feng behind him: "Yuan Hao, now Yuan Shao guards this Zhangshui defense line and it is difficult for birds to cross, and it is not leaky." What can you do? You are a giant deer who grew up in the ground, you should be extremely familiar with the environment and terrain here, and you should have some hidden waterway trails to use, right? ”

Tian Feng's official position has soared all the way because of He Chen's trust, and now he is ranked in Jiuqing, although this is still an empty shell, but at least it represents how important the position in Uncle He's mind is. He stroked a few wisps of whiskers, shook his head and smiled: "The general laughed again, this giant deer is almost a flat river except for Zhangshui, which is convenient for the Huchuquan cavalry, but it makes the attacking and defending side a big headache. ”

He Chen deliberately turned pale, and said with a bitter face: "No, you also know that since the beginning of the army, General Ben is the best at conspiracy and trickery, and he really wants to put down his troops in a dignified manner, although he can defeat Yuan Shao and them steadily, but he is not happy to fight like this." ”

"Hehe, General Hugh is pretending to be here, and two days ago, he secretly sent Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to each lead tens of thousands of horses to evacuate the camp, but I don't know where to go. Then he sent the young general Wang Ling to lead thousands of men and horses to secretly touch the direction of Shangqinghe. Tian Feng is upright and respectful, although he has severely reprimanded He Chen several times for his words and deeds Meng Lang is frivolous, but the latter just can't change it, and in desperation, he can only stare at one eye and turn a blind eye.

"Oh? Then I have to listen to Yuan Hao's thoughts. He Chen was not surprised.

"Now Yuan Shao's 300,000 troops have entered Xindu, Hebei's number one general Wen Chou led 100,000 soldiers to guard Julu, and his troops were stationed in Zhangshui, Wanghu Village, Guanting and other places. Another tiger general, Yan Liang, led 50,000 troops to garrison Gaoyi, which was thirty miles away, and they were each other's horns, and it should be noted that according to the news reported by Malai, at least half of Yan Liang's men were cavalry, and if a war broke out, it was very likely that they would go around our rear from the flanks and cut off the supply of our army's food routes. Or when our army is defeated, encircle and pounce. As for Zhang He's 50,000 men and horses, according to the current situation, they have already begun to cut down wood and build boats and bridges on the upper reaches of the Zhangshui River, and they will go down the river and attack our army's camp in as little as three or five days or as many as ten days. Only Gao Ran's movements are unknown, which makes people a little worried. ”

"Yuan Hao's analysis is extreme." He Chen nodded and smiled.

In this case, the lord still transferred troops out and shorted Zhangshui Dazhai, which must be for Ren County. Ren County is the road connecting Zhongshan County, extending in all directions, if our army occupies, you can go out to fight everywhere, everywhere to flank the Yuan army, while disturbing the supply line, retreat can be back to the mouth, at the same time can also be connected with Gao Shun, stronghold and guard. ”

"Pat pat pat pat rang out" applause.

"Yuan Hao really has an extraordinary vision, and almost all of them are guessed for you." He Chen had to sigh.

"It's just that now there are only 40,000 soldiers in Zhangshui Dazhai, although with the momentum of Dazhai, they may be able to hold it for a while, but if Wen Chou and Zhang He do not hesitate to kill their soldiers and attack at night, I am afraid that the situation will be dangerous."

"Hehe, I'm afraid they won't dare to come, if they really come, General Ben will let them kowtow and bleed, and remember their surnames for a long time." In the end, He Chen laughed fiercely, and the strong confidence that emanated from the depths of his heart infected almost everyone around him.

(To be continued)