"Lord, Mr. Chen Xiaoqi is here!" On this day, in Liu Bei's camp under Xuchang City, Jian Yong suddenly came into the account.

"Please!" Although there was some surprise, Liu Bei still hurriedly signaled to invite Chen Zhen in. Not only Liu Bei, but others were also a little strange as to why Chen Zhen came here at this time. After a while, Chen Zhen came into the account, and after everyone met, Chen Zhen explained his intention this time.

"The general of my family, on the 25th of last month, personally led the army out of Liaoxi, attacked Youzhou, and fought against the national thieves with the emperor's uncle!" Chen Zhen's words were amazing. As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised. Previously, in order to lure Liu Bei, Cao Ying's excuse was to deal with Yuan Tan, and the Central Plains was empty. Unexpectedly, now that Cao Ying is trapped in Xuchang, Yuan Tan is really making trouble. With only tens of thousands of horses in Liaodong, he dared to fight with the hundreds of thousands of Cao troops who stayed in Hebei, should he be said to be fearless, or should he be said to be ignorant?

Liu Bei was stunned, and finally said with relief: "Mr. came from afar, I don't know anything." Now Cao Ying is trapped in Xuchang by us, and he can't move. Hebei has no leader, if the general can disrupt Hebei in one fell swoop, then it is okay to remove Cao Ying's fingers! Although Yuan Tan is nominally his student, he is also the legitimate heir of Yuan Shao, and the title of this general is also deserved.

"Exactly, if the general knows about this incident, the morale of the army will definitely be greatly boosted!" Chen Zhen couldn't hide his excitement. I have to say that the message transmission at this time is really inconvenient, from Liaodong to Xuchang, even if it is a carrier pigeon, it will fly for a few days. Chen Zhen came from the waterway, Yuan Tan had just sent troops when he came, and Chen Zhen couldn't say why he came because of the specific situation now. Liu Bei was not in a hurry, he received Chen Zhen first and then made plans.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of Yuan Xiansi's army again?" After Chen Zhen left, Liu Bei summoned everyone and asked. Everyone was silent for a while, and finally Pang Tong was the first to speak: "Lord, in the opinion of unification, Yuan Tan may have a forty percent chance of winning this time." ”

"Forty percent?" Liu Bei was surprised. I don't know if he feels that forty percent is too low, or too high.

"Exactly, right now that Cao Ying is trapped in Xuchang, it is true that the people of Hebei are flustered. However, when the Yuan family occupied Hebei, he did not care about the people's livelihood and regained the people's heart, and he had already lost the hearts of the people of Hebei. Yuan Tan's march may not have too many people responding. Moreover, Yuan Tan occupies the land of Liaodong, and the soldiers are only tens of thousands, and the Cao army in Hebei still has hundreds of thousands. In addition, Zhang Jaw and Xian Shao have all surrendered Cao Ying, and there are no generals under Yuan Tan, so I am afraid that the combat power is also poor! Pang Tong sighed. At this moment, a detailed writer came to report, saying that tens of thousands of Cao troops left Yecheng before, with Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba as generals, and Guo Jia accompanied the army to participate in military affairs and went to Youzhou to resist the enemy.

"With Guo Jia, Yuan Tan will have no chance of winning this time! Unless? Pang Tong shook his head, a little outrageous.

"Unless what?" Guan Yu asked a little strangely.

"Unless Guo Jia dies violently, Yuan Tan still has a chance of winning!" Pang Tong was a little spoofed, and everyone laughed when they heard it. At this time, the object of their conversation was lying in the car, bumpy all the way, rushing from Yecheng to Youzhou.

A few days later, this reinforcement army of 50,000 people came to Zhuojun, the capital of Youzhou. When the general of Zhengdong Xiahoudun learned that Guo Jia was sick, he was shocked and didn't care about talking to his nephew, so he hurriedly led people to visit Guo Jia in person.

"Mr. Fengxiao, Xiahoudun is incompetent, he failed to defeat Yuan Tan, and he has to bother Mr. Lao to go north, it's really my fault!" Looking at Guo Jia, who was already lying on the bed and couldn't get up, Xiahoudun's only remaining single eye was also full of guilt. Guo Jia smiled reluctantly and asked in a low voice, "General Xiahou, how is the current military situation?" "He didn't have the strength to say much.

"Yuan Tan said that he suddenly sent troops, took advantage of the unpreparedness of our army to go down to Liaoxi and Youbeiping, and seized the soldier talisman of the Taishou of Youbeiping, and opened the gate of Yuyang County. At present, Yuan Tan led a large army to sit in Yuyang, and his intention was only in Shanggu and Guangyang counties. I have waved my army to attack, but I have not been able to win! Xiahoudun knew that Guo Jia was not in good health, so he hurriedly tried to briefly explain the military situation. After Guo Jia listened, he smiled slightly and said, "Yuan Tanbing is stationed in Yuyang, it will be much easier!" ”

"What do you mean, sir?" Xiahoudun asked a little strangely.

"If Yuan Tan takes advantage of the situation to advance eastward to Guangyang, or goes north to capture Shanggu, the defenders will be disheartened, and they may be captured by him in a hurry. At present, he is sitting in Yuyang, and he seems to be fighting steadily, but his troops are insufficient, and once he is delayed, he will inevitably lose more and win less, but I don't know why he and Tian Feng want to make such a decision? Guo Jia smiled.

How did he know that Yuan Tan's move was really a last resort. Liaodong was not too rich in the first place, and it used to be able to kidnap the soft persimmon of Sanhan to raise soldiers. The year before last, Sanhan was broken by Cao Ying, and more than half of the people were taken captive, and Yuan Tan can only raise tens of thousands of horses now. In addition to Yuan Xi, who stayed in Liaodong, there were still 20,000 defenders, and no matter how crowded he was, he could only dispatch an army of less than 40,000 people this time. After marching to Yuyang, there was no longer the strength to march again. According to the suggestion of Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, it is best to take away all the money and grain from Yuyang and Youbeiping, and then move nearly 100,000 households to Liaodong as much as possible to recuperate and wait for the next march. After all, with Yuan Tan's current strength, being able to hit this step is basically the limit.

But how can Yuan Tan give up? Youzhou is the place where he made his fortune, and now he is finally taking advantage of Cao Ying's fierce battle in the Central Plains, and is expected to recapture Youzhou, how can he easily withdraw his troops? His views were also supported by Guo Tu, and the two of them discussed with Tian Feng for a long time, but their opinions could not be unified.

"Lord, now I am sitting in Yuyang, and I have no power to move west, so I can only wait for Cao Ying's army to attack. When Cao Ying solves the war in the Central Plains, we really can't match it! It's better to withdraw to Liaodong first, consolidate the foundation and wait for the next year! Frustrated said cautiously.

"Mr. Gong and Mr. said this is different, as the so-called opportunity cannot be lost, and the time will not come again. If you return to Liaodong, wouldn't it be in vain? Guo Tu clearly disagrees with Frustration's strategy. The two were arguing with themselves, but they saw the frustrated son Frustrated Hu come in from outside the door and handed Yuan Tan a letter with a look of disbelief.

"Huh?" After Yuan Tan finished reading it, he also sighed lightly. After everyone passed it on, it turned out that it was Zhengbei Zhonglang, who had already taken refuge in Cao Ying, who wrote Shao to Yuan Tan. Xian Shao told Yuan Tan that the current situation of Cao Ying's battle in the Central Plains was a complete defeat, and he was also trapped by Liu Bei in Xuchang and could not move, and his destruction was only in the blink of an eye. He was ordered to guard Daijun and Shanggu, and he didn't want to be buried for Cao Ying, but now he is willing to lead his troops to vote and dedicate these two counties. I also hope that Yuan Tan will not remember the old evil and spare himself for the crime of betrayal.

This letter immediately made Yuan Tan and others blow up. If it is really as stated in the letter, then Yuan Tan can simply take these two counties without much effort. But now the question arises whether this letter is credible or not.

"He is a loyal person, not a repeated. Now that Cao has been surrendered, he will never rebel again, this must be Xiahoudun's plan, tricking the lord into sending troops to the second county, and he will take the opportunity to cover up and kill! After reading it, Guo Tu first came to a conclusion.

"Not only that, if the lord acts rashly and Yuyang's garrison is empty, he can break through Yuyang in one fell swoop and annihilate all the lords!" Frustration looks even further. Hearing the words of the two, Yuan Tan was also shocked into a cold sweat. After settling down, Yuan Tan asked, "So according to your gentlemen's opinion, what should we do, and should we ignore it?" ”

"It's too passive to ignore it, and now that we don't have enough troops, it's not realistic to go to the second county. However, if it is properly deployed, it can also make Xiahoudun come to defraud Yuyang's army to suffer a small loss! Tian Feng stroked his beard and smiled when he heard this. At that moment, Yuan Tan adopted Tian Feng's words and wrote a reply to Shao, claiming that he would lead the army to accept the second county in a few days, so that they could get ready.

"Mr. Fengxiao, everything is as you expected, Yuan Tan really replied like this!" In the city of Zhuo County, Xiahoudun said excitedly. Guo Jia smiled a little tiredly, and then said: "That is the case, the general can break the enemy with the forces of the junior generals." ”

The next day, an army of about 30,000 people, under the leadership of Xiahoudun, left Zhuo County and headed for Guangyang. After settling in Guangyang, there was news that Yuan Tan personally led a military horse to leave Yuyang and drive to the upper valley.

"Yuan Xiansi really fell for the plan, and he sent Yuyang with me to defeat Yuan Tan!" When Xiahoudun heard this, he was excited and embarrassed, and immediately led the army to Yuyang to kill. A few days later, the group appeared under the fishing ground.

"Siege with me!" Xiahoudun looked at the few defenders on the head of the city, and said confidently. At this moment, a shout was heard, and a large banner appeared at the head of the city along with the defenders, and among them there was a triumphant frustration.

"Xiahou Lao'er, do you think this plan to divert the tiger from the mountain can hide it from me?" Frustrated Hu laughed and laughed, at this time, there was also the sound of horses' hooves behind Xiahoudun, but it was Yuan Tan who returned to the army to cover up and kill, ready to flank Xiahoudun's army with Frustrated Hu.

"Withdraw from me!" Xiahoudun also made a decision immediately, and immediately led the army to retreat when he saw that the momentum was not right. Frustrated Hu and Yuan Tan didn't allow him to leave as soon as he said, and hurriedly led the army forward to pursue. Xiahoudun personally fought to the death, relying on his battlefield experience far more than the two, so he barely stood out from the encirclement. Returning to Guangyang, a few men and horses, this battle has lost nearly 8,000 people.

"Uncle Yuanrang, I've seen through the strategy, so it's better to attack now!" Xiahou He, who went to battle with Xiahoudun, saw that the loss was not light, and he was a little annoyed. Xiahoudun looked at his nephew and scolded with a smile: "Why is your kid the same as your father, you like to come hard." Who said that Mr. Bonghyo's strategy was discovered, and the good show was still to come! At that moment, Xiahoudun sent an order to let the rest of the armies in Youzhou gather in Guangyang and prepare for a decisive battle with Yuan Tan.

Five days later, an astonishing news reached Yuan Tan in Yuyang, and Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard it.

(To be continued)