Linzi City was once the capital of Qi State, and at this time it was the seat of Qingzhou and the political and cultural center of Qingzhou.

More than 100 miles to the west of Linzi is Le'an County, more than 80 miles northwest of Le'an is Zouping, more than 100 miles southwest of Zouping is Ju County, more than 70 miles to the southeast of Ju County is Jinan, and there is a small city called Tugu 50 miles east of Jinan.

At present, half of Yuan Shao's forces are attacking Jinan, and the other two are stationed in Juxian and Zouping on the south bank of the Yellow River. The remaining one is the 50,000 defenders under Yan Liang in Linzi City.

Judging from such a situation, it is clear at a glance that in terms of the distribution of Yuan Shao's troops, Linzi City is the easternmost lonely point.

To say that the terrain around Linzi is also very good, Dongping, Changguo and these places can also be connected to form a multi-point mutual aid defense line.

But now that Gao Yun has arrived in Linqu, and it is only more than a hundred miles away from Linzi City in the north, it is impossible to give Yuan Shao a chance to move the front.

Therefore, Tian Feng's strategy can be said to be the best choice, and it is also the most favorable for the overall situation.

Although Linzi City is the core of Qingzhou, behind it is Xuzhou, which is the territory of the Huwei Army. Your Yuan Shao's base camp is on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the supply line comes from Hebei. Linzi City is a lonely army for Yuan Shao at the moment.

Moreover, the decisive battle between the soldiers and horses of Hebei and the Huwei army lies in the number of troops. If the line is lengthened, then this advantage will be completely gone, and it will become a refueling tactic, which will inevitably be broken by the Huwei army.

Therefore, Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao to give up Linzi, that is, to withdraw his fist first and gather troops in a small area in order to compete with the Huwei army.

At present, Juxian, Zouping, and Le'an are undoubtedly the best choices, first, Juxian and Zouping themselves are the base camps, and there is no need to move grain and grass; Second, the three cities were not far from each other, and if they needed reinforcements from each other, they would be able to pat their horses; Moreover, if you can't beat it, you can also rely on the mutual cover of the city and retreat to Hebei step by step.

The only thing to move here is to give up Linzi and let Yan Liang retreat to Le'an. But it was this point that made Yuan Shao's boss reluctant.

In Tian Feng's view, unless Gao Yun is defeated or repelled in this battle, he can only retreat to Hebei, then any city is meaningless. Therefore, temporarily abandoning one city and one place is just an ordinary change in strategic deployment, and it is a common thing.

But Yuan Shao didn't think so, he felt that Linzi City was the core of Qingzhou, the city was high and wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he gave up, the Huwei Army would definitely take it back. Then it will be difficult to attack the city by yourself.

So Yuan Shao hesitated and was very reluctant. At this time, Guo Tu stood up again to refute Tian Feng and said: "Yuan Hao's words are ridiculous, you said that General Yan Liang's defense of Linzi is a lone army. However, Le'an is located between the three cities of Zouping, Juxian and Linzi, if Gao Yun seizes Le'an, then for our army, isn't the Huwei Army alone? If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible to break through the high clouds if my three-way army is surrounded by three routes, and then divide the troops to cut off the grain route of the Huwei army? ”

Hearing Guo Tu say this, Tian Feng just smiled disdainfully, and didn't want to argue with him at all. Because Tian Feng felt that Guo Tu's comments were purely mentally retarded. Obviously, although Le'an is between Linzi, Zouping and Juxian, it is between the east and west. And Gao Yun's supply lines are all in the south, and behind Le'an South is Dongguan County, which is Changguo, and the Huwei Army can be said to be fighting at home. Where did the lonely army go deep and cut off other people's food routes, it's a joke.

So Tian Feng smiled disdainfully, feeling that he was too imbecile, and it was completely out of his style. But his posture made Yuan Shao very uncomfortable. Yuan Shao has always been arrogant, and he doesn't like others to be very arrogant in front of him, and he also suffers this loss.

So as soon as Tian Feng was like this, Yuan Shaoxian was displeased, waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Don't fight!" The company has its own decision! ”

His so-called decision-making actually felt that Guo Tu's idea was very good. But with the lesson of the last frustration, he didn't dare to refute Tian Feng in public, because if he was said like last time, he would still slap himself in the face.

Therefore, although Yuan Shao did not directly deny Tian Feng, he still arranged soldiers and horses according to the suggestions of the trial and Guo Tu. Tian Kai, a general who was transferred from Zouping, led 20,000 soldiers and horses to Linzi to help Yan Liang defend the city; Send Lu Yi to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to the west, and set up a camp in Tugu to block Zhao Yun's reinforcements.

Yuan Shao himself still led most of the troops and horses, surrounded Jinan, and kept attacking the four gates, wanting to take Jinan as soon as possible, so as to gather troops and fight a decisive battle with Gao Yun.

But Guan Yu's city is not so easy to fight, Jinan has been operating under Guan Yu for more than two years, and the fortifications are quite complete. Moreover, there are more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the Tiger Roar Order, coupled with the power of Gao Yun's crossbow, Hebei soldiers and horses are completely unable to get close.

After three days of fighting, the soldiers and horses of Hebei suffered countless casualties, but there was no progress, and Yuan Shao's hair was almost gray.

Koji Yi was ordered to guard the earthen drum, and the military order given to him by Yuan Shao was to block Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses, which made Koi Yi too much of a headache.

Koji Yi had fought against Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's combat power had already made him very frightened. And Changshan Zhao Zilong is recognized as the first general of the Huwei Army, and he doesn't dare to think about what it will become.

If he was stationed in the earthen drum, Koji would not be too afraid, after all, it was relatively safe to be protected by the city wall.

But if you want to intercept Zhao Yun, it will be different, in case Zhao Yun doesn't pay attention to the earth drum at all, then he must go out of the city and take the initiative to fight. This increases the risk factor too much.

Therefore, as soon as Koji Yi arrived in Tugu, he hurriedly sent scouts from near and far to inquire about the news and report back from time to time.

Before noon on the third day, the West Road scout Pegasus reported, "Report! General Qiyu! It was found that the Huwei Army of the Brigade was coming from the West Road, and the Chinese army would write the words 'Tiger Roaring Order Overseer Zhao Yun'! It's less than thirty miles away! ”

As soon as Koji Yi heard this, he stood up suddenly, fidgeted in a panic, and paced back and forth in front of the hall. I asked myself, "What should I do?" What to do!? ”

The soldiers in the hall looked at Koji in unison, and more than a dozen pairs of eyeballs moved back and forth with Koji Yi's footsteps.

Koji Yi thought for a long time, and suddenly ordered: "Quick! Fast! Herald! Send more soldiers to the city, beating drums and shouting on all sides! ”

These soldiers and colonels were stunned at the same time, and said in their hearts: "What are you doing here? Drumming? Whoop? Scare the Year Beast? Scare Zhao Yun away? What does this do? ”

But I didn't dare to say that it was not good, and hurried to arrange it one by one, the four walls were covered with defenders, and the war drums of the whole battalion were lifted to the walls, beating on all sides, the drums were bursting, and tens of thousands of people howled! Howl! The shout, the scene, is really spectacular.

In fact, one purpose of this arrangement is to attract Zhao Yun's attention and play the earthen drum. In this way, relying on the city wall defense, it is relatively safer.