The date of the arrival of Huangfu Song's army was earlier than Zhang Huang had predicted.

Counting the days, about ten days after Zhang Huang came to Puyang, he and Bu Si had already heard the rumors, saying that there was a menacing elite army, taking advantage of the night to quietly force the Yellow River near Yan County in the south, and conquered the Yan County ferry with lightning speed.

"How can this be true? Didn't you already tell them to be on guard?! ”

Hearing this bad news, Bu Si was furious, you must know that after he received Zhang Huang's warning, he immediately ordered all the counties in Dongjun to be on guard day and night, beware of Huangfu Song's army that was about to attack Dongjun in the near future, but he didn't want to, the Yanxian ferry in the south was still easily taken by Huangfu Song.

The ferry was taken, which meant that Zhang Huang and Bu Si could no longer use Jishui, a branch of the Yellow River, as a natural danger to prevent the menacing Huangfu Song's army from setting foot in Dongjun. The latter can continuously transport grain and grass and other strategic materials to the army through this ferry.

[Coming so fast?] ]

Zhang Huang also changed slightly, because according to his estimate, Huangfu Song should have at least half a month to arrive in Puyang, after all, Nanyang Yellow Turban is not a vegetarian, and the new Qu Shuai Zhang Mancheng is still a general that Ma Yuanyi is optimistic about.

However, the fact is that Huangfu Song led his army to attack within ten days after Zhang Huang arrived in Puyang.

Zhang Huang was really taken aback, after all, how could he have imagined that the Huangfu Army would have such an attack power, so that it conquered Nanyang in just a few days, which was simply the best in the world.

It wasn't until Zhang Huang ascended to the heights and surveyed the approximate number of Huangfu Song's troops that he breathed a long sigh of relief.

He found that the strength of Huangfu Song's forced crossing of the Yellow River this time was only seven or eight thousand people, and there was no doubt that he must have entrusted most of his troops to his good partner Zhu Jun and asked him to lead the army to encircle and suppress Nanyang. And he was on his own, but he followed the art of war and came to attack Puyang quickly, obviously wanting to hit Bu Si, the commander of the Yellow Turban Qu in Dongjun, by surprise.

It's a pity that this time Huang Fu Song is destined to be unable to do so, after all, after getting Zhang Huang's warning, Bu Si, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal of Dongjun, immediately ordered someone to strengthen the defense facilities of Puyang, with 30,000 or 40,000 Yellow Turban elites in the city, Huangfu Song wants to break through this city with seven or eight thousand troops, which is obviously still a little unrealistic.

"Little Heavenly Master, right now, our army should take the initiative to counterattack Yan County. Or do you just care about guarding Puyang? After all, regardless of Zhang Huang's identity as the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turbans in the world, just because he defeated the Northern Army, which had always had outstanding achievements, in Pingxiang and Guangzong, Jizhou, it was enough for Bu Si to attach great importance to Zhang Huang's opinions.

"Hmm...... Defend Puyang. ”

It is not difficult to judge from Zhang Huang's words that he is still full of fear of Huangfu Song. After all, it stands to reason that the best strategy to hold Puyang and even the entire Dongjun is nothing more than to hold the various crossings along the Yellow River, so that even Huangfu Song's army can quietly cross the Yellow River. However, it is extremely inconvenient for this army to carry its baggage, logistics, and other materials without water conservancy.

As the name suggests, Yanxian is one of the few medium-sized ferries in the southwest of Dongjun, and it has great strategic significance.

But even so. Zhang Huang still dispelled the idea of counterattacking Yanxian, after all, he didn't know anything about Huangfu Song's army, and more importantly, when Huangfu Song fought the Yingchuan Yellow Turban in Changshe. Under his command are two powerful men, Sima Sun Jian and Cao Cao, the commander of the cavalry. Sun Jian's strength does not need to be detailed, it is a great hero who can fight with the earth sword, and he is a group of heroes with the most powerful power who are currently standing at the top of the whole world; As for the latter, Cao Cao. Although Zhang Huang is not clear about Cao Cao's strength for the time being, he knows that he came out of the imperial court at a young age, and from the very beginning, he followed his most trusted confidant brother, the first person in the Xiahou family and the Cao family, the two close families to the first person to fight in force, and one of the pillars of Cao Wei in history, Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuanrang.

Sun Jian alone is already a hero who makes the current Zhang Huang unattainable, plus a young leader who once defeated Li Tong, Chen Zhi, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici with the strength of one person, Xiahou Dun, if there are these two fierce generals in the Huangfu Song army, it is fair to say that Zhang Huang is not optimistic about his performance on the battlefield.

It can only be said that Zhang Huang did not know the intelligence of Huangfu Song's army, so he did not know that Huangfu Song left Sun Jian in Nanyang, and ordered the latter to assist Zhu Jun in exterminating the Nanyang Yellow Turban; And Cao Cao, because his father Cao Song had a relationship with the court in the court, he had been given the title by the imperial court after the first war of Changshe, and was transferred to Jinan to serve as the minister of Jinan, and of course, Zhang Huang was secretly afraid of Xiahoudun, and naturally followed Cao Cao to Jinan.

If Zhang Huang learns this information, I believe he will be greatly relieved, after all, his jealousy of Huangfu Song, five or six out of ten is based on Sun Jian and Xiahou Xuan, if these two are not there, then it will be another matter.

A day later, Puyang received news that an army had appeared under the city and was stationed on the west side twenty miles away from the city.

Hearing this, Bu Si, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal of Dongjun, guessed that this was the army of Huangfu Song, the general of Zuo Zhonglang, sent by the imperial court to suppress them.

"Little Heavenly Master, do you think that Emperor Fu Song will forcibly attack the city?"

Inviting Zhang Huang to climb the city tower together, Bu Si looked at the open space next to the distant forest on the west side, and saw that the place was empty a few days ago, and now a simple camp has been erected. Regardless of whether the soldiers' tents in the camp were completed for the time being, at least the outside barracks were all built, which made Zhang Huang and Bu Si have to dispel the idea of sneaking up on him while Huangfu Song's army had just arrived and had not gained a firm foothold, so they could only honestly spend it with Huangfu Song day by day.

Hearing Bu Si's inquiry, Zhang Huang thought for a while and said, "I wish he was here to attack the city!" …… If it really comes to attack the city, our army has at least an eighty percent chance of victory; But on the other hand, if he doesn't come to attack the city, I'm afraid that the chances of our army winning this battle will be drastically reduced by half......"

At this time, Zhang Huang had already seen it, and he found that Huangfu Song's army was mostly cavalry, and it was the Sanhe cavalry. If nothing else, when Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun divided their troops, Huang Fu Song took away most of the cavalry in the army, and left most of the infantry to Zhu Jun, so that the latter could besiege and attack Nanyang.

And the greatest advantage of cavalry is nothing more than mobility. To put it in layman's terms, cavalry is almost a class that reigns supreme in the wilderness, and no other class has the level of threat of cavalry in the vast wilderness. This threat is not only the ability to fight, but also includes the ability to harass and sneak attack.

As for what Zhang Huang just said, if Huangfu Song really attacked Puyang, which was already well prepared, then his fate would definitely not be much better than the Northern Army on the Jizhou battlefield. I am afraid that Huangfu Song will abandon Puyang and not attack, and play the tactics of besieging without attacking and sneaking up on other strategic places of the Yellow Turban Army.

Bu Si glanced at Zhang Huang suspiciously, and before he could communicate with Zhang Huang, he saw a cavalry from the Huangfu military camp from a distance. Galloping towards Puyang.

"Bell, bell, bell, ——!"

Immediately, the alarm bell on the head of Puyang City was loud, and it turned out that the Puyang Yellow Turban, who had also noticed the incoming cavalry team, immediately sounded the alarm bell.

"......" Zhang Huang and Bu Si glanced at each other and said nothing.

Thinking about it, they all felt that Huangfu Song would not send a cavalry to attack the city, so they were not in a hurry and waited quietly for Huang Fu Song's moves.

As Zhang Huang and Bu Si guessed, Huangfu Song defeated the Yingchuan Yellow Turban, the Chen State Yellow Turban, and the Runan Yellow Turban one after another. He was not arrogant enough to think that the cavalry alone could conquer Puyang, and the reason why he led a cavalry out of the camp was just to see how Puyang would respond to it.

No, run far away to the high soil slope about two miles away from Puyang. Huangfu Song ordered his command to scatter more than 1,000 Sanhe cavalry in all directions, guarding and patrolling around, while he himself took a few people and rode his horse up the dirt slope to observe the movement on the tower of Puyang City from afar.

"Puyang...... Ready to go? ”

In the accompanying group. There is Huangfu Song's subordinate son Huangfu Li, he saw that although the alarm bell was loud on the city tower on the west side of Puyang, there were no additional defensive soldiers on the city wall. Not to mention the signs of panic in those Puyang yellow scarves, Huangfu Li said in great confusion.

"......" Huangfu Song, who was in the prime of his forties, did not say a word, and his blazing eyes sharply scanned the movement on Puyang in the distance.

As Emperor Fu Li said, Emperor Fu Song also felt a little incredible in his heart.

These days, he swept away the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans and the Chen State Yellow Turbans with lightning speed, and even the Runan Yellow Turbans also annihilated most of them. Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for the Puyang Yellow Turbans to learn that several friendly forces on the front line had been defeated. Now at first glance, seeing that he Huangfu Song led a cavalry to Puyang, Puyang's side would logically feel frightened and puzzled, how could it be so calm?

"Maybe it was our army that conquered the relationship between Ferry's Yan County, so that the Yellow Turban Thieves learned about the arrival of our army?" Huangfu Song's son, Huangfu Jianshou, speculated tentatively.

Hearing this, Huangfu Song couldn't help but glance at his son Huangfu Jianshou and his son Huangfu Li, and sighed slightly in his heart.

It is true that as the son of his Huangfu Song, Huangfu Jianshou has also been strictly trained since he was a child, but unfortunately, this son does not have much talent in martial arts, and he can only be a civil official in the future, which makes Huangfu Song can't help but feel a kind of sadness of a tiger father and a dog. But fortunately, Congzi Huangfu Li's intuition on the battlefield is quite keen, and he can often find the key point in a burst of blood, which makes Huangfu Song feel a little comforted.

After all, the Huangfu family has been a famous tiger general for generations, and since the ancestors, they have served as the general of Duliao, the Taishou of Beidi, the Taishou of Yanmen and other important positions of border guards, as if every male of the Huangfu family is born to be a general on the battlefield, such as Huangfu Gui, one of the three Mings in Liangzhou, and then the current Huangfu Song.

But when it came to Huangfu Jianshou's generation, as the future heir of the family, he rarely had the qualifications to lead the troops to fight and conquer on the battlefield, which made Huangfu Song can't help but have a headache, but fortunately, he inherited the qualifications of the Huangfu family from the son Huangfu Li, otherwise, Huangfu Song really doesn't know how to explain this matter to his ancestors in Jiuquan in the future.

"It's not the relationship between Ferry Yan County, it's the news that leaked." Huangfu Song quietly reminded his son Huangfu Jianshou: "If it is only the ferry Yan County, most of the Puyang Yellow Turban thieves will send troops to stop us, after all, they don't know the reality of our army, even if they send troops just to test our army, it is understandable." …… But now, nearly 40,000 Puyang Yellow Turban thieves closed the city gate and did not come out, and regarded our army as only seven or eight thousand troops like a flood of fierce beasts. Therefore, even if he learned that the ferry Yanxian was attacked by our army, he would turn a blind eye......" As he spoke, he raised his hand in the direction of Puyang, and said, "My son and take a closer look, although the alarm bell is loud on the tower of Puyang City, there is no sign of panic running in the city, what does this mean?" ”

"Description...... Did the thieves know that our army would come? Huangfu Jianshou replied tentatively.

"Not bad!" Huangfu Song nodded, and then added, "Even if ordinary soldiers don't know, but the generals in the thief army. Most of them are clear, yes, seeing that our army suddenly appeared, the thieves were not in a hurry. ”

"......I see," Huangfu Jianshou suddenly realized, and then asked suspiciously, "But Father, if Puyang has been prepared, then how should our army capture this city?" ”

Huangfu Song's eyes also became solemn when he heard this, to tell the truth. Just swept to the neatly placed horses and antlers under the city, he felt a little bad in his heart, and now he looked carefully at the movement in Puyang City, where would he not know what was going on? This Puyang Yellow Turban thief. It is clear that he has already known the strength of his Huangfu Song's army, and he has prepared to defend early, and in this case, he rashly attacked the city, even if it was his Huangfu Song. I'm afraid it won't be good.

But even so, Huangfu Song was not in a hurry, although the army under his command was all Sanhe cavalry. It seems that he has encountered the same problem as the Northern Army in the face of Guangzong City, but in the final analysis, his Huangfu Song's ability is obviously not at the same level as the so-called fifth battalion captain of the Northern Army.

Looking at Puyang Cheng, who seemed to be solemn, he smiled lightly and shook his head, Huangfu Song asked calmly, "The thieves seem to be prepared, in that case, you can tell me what our army should do." ”

Although Huang Fu Song did not name names, the people nearby still set their eyes on Huang Fu Jianshou and Huang Fu Li, everyone knows that this is Huang Fu Song sparing no effort to cultivate the future pillars of these two Huang Fu families.

Under the eager eyes of several generals of the Sanhe Cavalry and several generals of the Huangfu family, Huangfu Jianshou and Huangfu Li lowered their heads and pondered for a moment, as if they were calculating the disadvantages of attacking Puyang in their minds.

After a while, Huangfu Jianshou, the "eldest son" of the Huangfu family, frowned and took the lead in saying, "The art of war is cloudy, if the enemy is difficult to take, then the enemy will be saved......

Huangfu Song glanced at his son approvingly, but did not speak, as if waiting for the following.

However, it is a pity that although Huangfu Jianshou is familiar with the military book, he cannot apply it well to the actual battlefield, so that after reciting a few sentences from the military book, he still failed to summarize a specific and reliable tactic.

"Second brother, let's talk about it."

Huangfu Jianshou smiled bitterly and glanced at Huangfu Li, who seemed to be confident. The latter never interjected rashly when Huangfu Jianshou answered, and it is obvious that Huangfu Li always remembers the identities of both parties: in any case, Huangfu Jianshou is also the eldest son of the Huangfu family, and he will inherit the position of the head of the Huangfu family in the future, and he Huangfu Li, no matter how good he is, can only inherit the division at most.

This is the rule of this era, otherwise why would Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu argue endlessly because of this acute issue, and even completely embark on the road of opposition to this.

However, there is no such contradiction between Huangfu Jianshou and Huangfu Li, firstly, the Huangfu family is not as prosperous as the Yuan family of the four doors and three dukes; Second, the polite Huangfu Jianshou is a disciple of Confucianism, and Confucianism contains mutual affection and love for brothers. As for Huangfu Li, as long as he always abides by his duty, he will naturally not contradict Huangfu Jianshou.

"Second son, in that case, you can talk about it." Huangfu Song called Huangfu Lidao. Although the latter is not Huang Fu Song's parent, because he has lived together for a long time, and Huang Fu Song is also very happy with the talented Huang Fu Li, he has already subtly regarded Huang Fu Li as his second son.

"Yes." Huangfu Li hugged his fist to his father, Huangfu Song, and immediately glanced at Huangfu Jianshou with kindness, then lowered his voice and said, "Since Puyang has been prepared, it is difficult to do anything about attacking strongly, so if our army does not attack, as Brother Jianshou said, attacking the enemy will be saved!" …… What Er means is to leave a Sanhe cavalry to contain Puyang, and then our army will immediately move to the north to attack Cangting and Dong'e. ”

Huangfu Song secretly praised in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't show it on his face, he asked lightly, "What if Puyang is indifferent?" ”

Obviously, Huangfu Li also guessed that his father was testing him, and immediately replied when he heard the words, "Then our army will capture Cangting, cross the Yellow River and go to Jizhou, I heard that the northern army is in an unfavorable situation in Jizhou, but if our army arrives, cooperate with our army's military situation, and want to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves trapped in Guangzong, it will not be a problem." …… As for Puyang, if our army captures all the ferries in Dongjun, it will be just a lonely city, waiting for death! ”

Huangfu Song was satisfied, and asked again, "Then what if the Puyang Yellow Turban goes out of the city to pursue our army?" ”

Huangfu Li was not in a hurry when he heard this, and said calmly, "In the wilderness, the cavalry is the king, and the Puyang Yellow Turban is a foot soldier, and it is feasible to defend the city, but how can it be the opponent of the cavalry in the wilderness?" Not to mention the Three Rivers Cavalry? ”

"Good! Good! Huangfu Song nodded with satisfaction, and after glancing at Huangfu Li approvingly, he once again cast his eyes in the direction of Puyang, his eyes were full of sarcasm, "Puyang thieves tighten the city defense, and they seem to be like hedgehogs (hedgehogs), but unfortunately, the thieves are mediocre!" ”

With that, Huangfu Song returned to the army with the group and gave the latest order.

As Zhang Huang worried, Huangfu Song really abandoned Puyang and did not attack, and waved his army north to attack Cangting. In the final analysis, Huang Fu Song does not follow the principle of recovering one city after another like Lu Zhi, his tactics are more targeted and purposeful, and to put it in layman's terms, Huang Fu Song is a soldier who is good at tactics and strategy.

Two days later, Huangfu Song left the 503 river cavalry as a guise and ordered it to monitor Puyang's every move, while his army waved his army to the north to run to Cangting.

Especially Bu Si, who had to ask about the news, his face suddenly changed greatly.

Let you build Puyang as impeccable as an iron bucket, but Huangfu Song simply ignores Puyang, what can he do? !

Rao is Zhang Huang, and at this time, there is a kind of astonishment that his IQ is crushed by the famous generals of this era. (To be continued......)