Chapter 368: Deliberation

He has been working for the Yuan family all his life, and now the Yuan family is about to perish, either to die or to escape, so Guo Tu does not want to continue to live, even if he is good at fighting for power and power, but he is also a dignified person, a dignified villain,

Looking at the soldiers of the Cao Army who were actively preparing for war under the city wall, Guo Tu couldn't help but show a heavy expression, Yuan Tan was already dead, and Linzi City would definitely not last long, after all, although his words could deceive him for a while, it was an indisputable fact that Yuan Tan could not come back.

Now, Zang Ba is finally well prepared, although he doesn't want to storm Linzi City, but now there is only this way, no matter what, Linzi City itself will always have to conquer,

The whining charge finally sounded, and the soldiers of the Cao army began to launch an offensive against Linzi City, but what made Zang Ba feel relieved was that the soldiers of the Yuan army on Linzi City obviously did not have much combat effectiveness, and the soldiers of the Cao army attacked the wall of Linzi City in a short time.

Guo Tu was very surprised that Cao Jun was able to attack the city wall of Linzi City so quickly, but it is understandable to think about it, the self-army and the Yuan army have been fighting for a long time, and a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed.

The strong combat effectiveness of the Cao army has made the Yuan army soldiers change wave after wave, and most of the Yuan army soldiers who are now guarding the city wall are recruits who have never fought before, with these recruits, how can they pose a threat to the Cao army.

There are not any Yuan soldiers in Linzi City who still have combat strength, but those are in Wang Xiu's hands, for these Yuan soldiers with combat effectiveness, how can Wang Xiu be handed over to Guo Tu to command,

However, since it was decided that Cao Jun could not conquer Linzi City lightly, Wang Xiu naturally would not sit idly by, just when Yuan Jun was a little unable to hold on to the walls of Linzi City. Wang Xiu ordered people to support Guo Tu, and with the help of reinforcements, the first round of attacks by Cao's army ended in failure.

For such a result, Zang Ba obviously couldn't accept it, and he had already attacked the city wall. And the soldiers of the Yuan army were also defeated by the self-army, but in the end, it ended in failure.

What Zang Ba didn't expect was that even though Linzi City was already in danger, there were still many diehards of the Yuan clan who worked for him, you know, Yuan Tan was dead, and even the body was still not far from the city. God knows exactly what these people want to do.

In Linzi City, Wang Xiu was obviously very satisfied with today's events, opposite Wang Xiu, Xin Bi looked at Wang Xiu with a smile, at this time, he admired Wang Xiu a lot, I am afraid that Guo Tu does not know now, he is just a villain who is being used.

For Guo Tu, Xin Bi didn't have a good impression. Looking at all the Wenchen generals under the command of the Yuan family, that person has not been calculated by Guo Tu, in order to fight for power, he has persecuted the lives of many people, such a person is not a pity to die, so he calculated Guo Tu for Wang Xiu. Simbi is very supportive.

Sitting opposite Wang Xiu, Xin Bi felt full of emotion, thinking that he would definitely die this time, but he didn't expect that it was actually another village, fortunately, Wang Xiu was not a diehard under Yuan Tan. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do.

However, for Xin Bilai, he is still very wary of Wang Xiu, Wang Xiu can calculate Guo Tu, then he has the possibility of calculating himself, if he accidentally deals with this person, I am afraid that he will unknowingly fall into his calculations.

"When do you think I'll surrender?" Looking at Wang Xiu, Xin Bi asked in a deep voice, such days are still very painful for Xin Bilai, in case the Cao army attacks the city, will Wang Xiu's calculations be in vain soon?

However, Wang Xiu was obviously much more relaxed than Xin Bi, he looked at Xin Bi who had a slightly anxious look, Wang Xiu said comfortingly: "You can rest assured, although this Linzi City seems to be easy to attack, but in Xiu's opinion, it can still support for a while." ”

"But don't forget, Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 troops are already approaching Linzi City, if you add Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 people, can Linzi City still be able to hold it?" Simbi hurriedly reminded,

Speaking of this, Wang Xiu's expression changed, Xin Bi's words were what he was most worried about, he was confident that he was holding Linzi City to Zang Ba, Zang Ba only had nearly 10,000 Cao troops under his command, especially after the battle with Yuan Tan, he was nearly half injured, and now, he only had 5,000 warriors under his command.

Although the soldiers under his command are not as many as Zang Ba, but there are also 2,000 warriors who can fight, if they are used to defend the city, it is difficult to make a difference without several times the enemy army, of course, this is not counting the new recruits, in total, they and Zang Ba's combat power is equal,

However, Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 Cao troops are all soldiers under the command of Cao Jun, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to those under their command, if these people suddenly appear under the city, Wang Xiu will definitely abandon the city and surrender immediately.

Before Zang Ba arrived in Linzi City, he could still grasp the whereabouts of Xiahou Yuan's army, but now that Zang Ba was surrounded outside the city, it became very difficult to collect intelligence, because he had lost a lot of spies, and if he died at this rate, he would have no one available in a few days.

Now, he can only guess where Xiahou Yuan's army has gone, but his guess is not accurate after all, if there is really any accident, then he will really regret it.

Sighing secretly, Wang Xiu immediately cleaned up his mood, he looked at Xin and then smiled: "Don't worry, I have my own calculations in this matter, and I won't get in the way." Hearing Wang Xiu say this, and finding that Wang Xiu was also quite confident, Xin Bi was not good at what to say.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Jun assembled early to stand by, in front of the three armies, Zang Ba sat on horseback, looking at Linzi City not far away, Zang Ba's heart made up his mind, and now he said that he personally went into battle to attack the city wall, if he couldn't take the city, he would rather die on the battlefield,

Hearing this news, the soldiers of the Cao army under Zang Ba were naturally highly motivated, and the deputy generals under his command were obviously very worried, but they obviously didn't want Zang Ba to take such a risk.

However, their advice obviously had no effect, because Zang Ba was already iron-hearted, and throughout the several battles with Yuan Tan, he was at a disadvantage, which made Zang Ba feel very sorry for Cao Cao and Du Chen's trust.

Cao Jun's reputation is a hundred victories, but when this remark comes to him, it becomes a joke. To deal with Yuan Tan's 2,000 people, he has to pay twice the number of the enemy's army, how can he be worthy of the name of Cao Jun's elite, and now he wants to prove that the world wants to prove that Cao Jun is definitely worthy of the name of elite.

"Lord Thorn. This move is dangerous, and I hope you will think about it carefully. The lieutenant general beside Zang Ba comforted,

Zang Ba shook his head, he was already determined not to conquer Linzi City, and he swore not to give up.

"Charge the whole army." Zang Ba waved his sword and shouted, and then, the army of Cao Jun went straight to Linzi City,

looked at the menacing Cao Jun. Guo Tu on the city wall obviously showed a different kind of feelings, looking at the Cao army so aggressive, and then looking at these Yuan soldiers who did not have much morale on the wall of Linzi City, the defeat of the Yuan army was obviously not unreasonable.

Cao's army is strong, especially under the leadership of Zang Ba, Cao's morale is obviously much higher than Yuan's, in a short time. The soldiers of the Cao army attacked the walls of Linzi City again,

The time is ripe. Zang Ba led the soldiers of the Cao army to rush up, and Zang Ba knew that the defenders in Linzi City still had Yuan's army, and as long as Cao's army attacked Linzi City, they would swarm from under the city.

The last time the siege failed, it was because these reinforcements were not well prepared. Today, he personally led the troops, and he would definitely not be beaten down by Yuan's army again.

Seeing that Zang Ba really attacked in person, the soldiers of Cao Jun were naturally greatly encouraged. Even though the Yuan army under Wang Xiu supported the city wall, the Cao army was obviously superior.

The news that the city wall could not hold on reached Wang Xiu's ears, he was obviously extremely surprised by this news, how could this be possible, Zang Ba only had those thousands of soldiers under his command, how could he do it,

However, when Wang Xiu knew the news, it was obviously too late, at this moment, Zang Ba led the soldiers of the Cao army to occupy the city wall of Linzi City, and at this moment, there were no Yuan soldiers on the city wall who could compete with the Cao army.

Not long ago, Guo Tu had died under the chaotic knife of Cao Jun, and now that Guo Tu was dead, those newly recruited Yuan troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered, with these people taking the lead, those elites under Wang Xiu's command obviously did not have the courage to continue fighting.

People have the heart of conformity, seeing that most of the soldiers of the Yuan army have surrendered, how can they continue to fight, after all, their lives are their own, if they die, then they will really disappear.

The gate of Linzi City has been opened, and the Cao army rushed into Linzi City, and when he heard the news, Wang Xiu obviously knew that the current matter had reached the point of no return, and he had calculated everything, but he did not expect that Zang Ba's offensive was obviously so fierce,

But fortunately, he still had a hand, he glanced at the guards beside him, and then said in a deep voice: "Come on, quickly behead Xin Bi, and then carry his head to see me." ”

Now, Xin Bi has been controlled by Wang Xiu, and the reason why he was left alive was to fear that something unexpected would happen, Xin Bi was an important adviser under Yuan Tan, and with his head, he was also a credit.

Wang Xiu's guard soon returned, and in his hand, he was obviously carrying a human head that was still dripping blood, yes, this person was Xin Bi, looking at his shocked eyes, he obviously did not expect his life to end like this,

He was very wary of Wang Xiu, but compared with Wang Xiu, Xin Bi was obviously a lot weaker, and he didn't expect that Wang Xiu would actually kill himself and curry favor with Cao Jun, after all, both of them had the intention of surrendering, but Xin Bi knew what, even if he knew, Wang Xiu would obviously not let him go,

Xin Bi didn't know that he might be able to live a few more days, but if he knew, Wang Xiu would obviously not let him go.

Due to Wang Xiu's "defection", Cao Jun pacified Linzi City very smoothly. Zang Ba led the Cao army to occupy the Thorn Mansion, while Wang Xiu appeared in front of Zang Ba with Xin Bi's head.

Looking at Wang Xiu, and then at the head of Xin Bi in Wang Xiu's hand, Zang Ba nodded slightly. For the Wang Xiu in front of him, Zang Ba still has a good impression. If it weren't for Wang Xiu's defection, he wouldn't have been able to occupy the entire Linzi City so quickly and lightly.

Looking at the human head in Wang Xiu's hand, Zang Ba did not speak. At this time, Wang Xiu said in a deep voice: "General Zang Ba, Xin Bi is the mastermind who ordered people to defend Linzi City. The reason why he did this was to avenge his brother Xin Ping. ”

"Xin Ping?" Zang Ba was slightly puzzled, but he quickly came back to his senses. Although Zang Ba knew that there was a person named Xin Ping, he didn't remember that he had killed Xin Ping.

Seeing Zang Ba's slightly puzzled expression, Wang Xiu said in a deep voice: "Xin Ping and Yuan Tan went out together that day, and now that Yuan Tan has died, then Xin Ping must have also died in the chaos." And the reason why the general didn't know it was because he didn't notice it. After all, who cares about a person in the chaotic army. ”

Zang Ba nodded, he had been beaten by Yuan Tan at that time. Moreover, all his attention was focused on Yuan Tan's body, and it was normal not to notice Xin Ping. Thinking of this, Zang Ba didn't doubt Wang Xiu's words.

Took Linzi City. Zang Ba immediately ordered someone to quickly notify Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao. Now that Qingzhou has been completely controlled by Cao's army, Xiahou Yuan's Yuan army seems a little redundant. Zang Ba believes that with his own presence, he can successfully suppress the entire Qingzhou.

Xiahou Yuan was the first to receive the news from Zang Ba, and after getting the news, he ordered the soldiers of the Cao army to camp on the spot. Now that Qingzhou has been pacified, his role as a reinforcement has been lost.

Although Qingzhou was very happy to pacify Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan was a little helpless in his heart. The purpose of leading the team to Qingzhou was to fight, but when he arrived in Qingzhou. I didn't spend a single soldier, this is not the battle I wanted.

I thought that Linzi would give me a little surprise, but I didn't expect Linzi City to be conquered by Zang Ba so quickly, and I became a superfluous person.

At the moment, his situation is very embarrassing. Today, most of Hebei has been calmed down. Only the two brothers Youzhou, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are still struggling to support. However, presumably, the lord will send troops to Youzhou in a short time, and he is afraid that he will not be able to catch up.

Now he can only wait for Cao Cao's military order, but he has no chance to come to war.

Xiahou Yuan's idea was not wrong at all. Today, there are no less than 100,000 Cao soldiers in Jizhou. So many soldiers. Cao Cao really didn't pay attention to Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 people. 20,000 people is dispensable for today's Cao army, but Qingzhou needs these soldiers even more.

In order to take Qingzhou, Zang Ba in Xuzhou spent a lot of troops. Now that Qingzhou has just been pacified, it needs to be suppressed by strong force. The strategic position of Xuzhou is very prominent, and it naturally needs elite soldiers to defend it. With Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 Cao troops stationed, he can rest assured.

Soon after. He will go straight to Youzhou. At this moment, Cao Cao felt very relieved. Yuan Shao almost forced himself to be cornered, but now, most of Yuan Shao's territory belongs to him, and Yuan Shao has been dead for a long time. As long as you take Youzhou, you will be able to dominate Hebei.

Now that Cao's army is strong, taking a Youzhou is obviously a piece of cake for Cao's army. Even if Yuan Xi was well prepared, no matter how hard he tried, he was only a state land, how could he be the opponent of Cao Jun, who was so strong in combat.

"Zhongdeok, where is Silang now?" Cao Cao turned his head to Cheng Yu beside him and asked. Now Cao's army is pressing, and Yuan Xi is actively preparing for war. Since it is a decisive battle, it is naturally indispensable to ask Du Chen to give advice by Cao Cao's side to feel at ease.

Cheng Yu was slightly stunned, then turned his head and said, "The news from yesterday, in a few days, Si Lang will arrive to meet you." ”

Cao Cao nodded, and then asked again, "How is the situation with Yuan Xi'er?" ”

"What else, Yuan Xi has been actively preparing these days to defend against our army's attack. During this time, he did not recruit soldiers in Youzhou. Our army's spies in Youzhou have come to report that Yuan Xi has indiscriminately pulled all men into the army. Cheng Yu said lightly.

Hearing this, Cao Cao showed a trace of disdain. It seems that this Yuan Xi's move is definitely digging his own grave. Not to mention whether these soldiers he recruited have combat effectiveness, even if Yuan Xi is allowed to defend it.

Yuan Xi defended the city, but also pushed Youzhou to the point of no return. These young and strong men are all laborers in the family, and Yuan Xi forcibly conscripted these people into the army to cut off the labor force in the family. Without labor, how do you let your family live? The people can't live anymore, so how can Youzhou continue to survive.

Yuan Xi is not a fool, he naturally knows what is wrong with this move. At that time, I only had this way. With the city and Cao Jun's hard fight, he is definitely not Cao Jun's opponent.

Yuan Shang's Yecheng is stronger than all of Youzhou, but what is the final result, it is still not to abandon the city and surrender. Moreover, Yuan Xi obviously supported Yuan Shang and said that Cao Jun's catapult is unparalleled in the world, and the city defense like Yecheng can't prevent Cao Jun's catapult, relying on the city of Youzhou. Possibly.

In terms of conspiracy and trickery, Yuan Xi considered himself not Cao Jun's opponent. In terms of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Yuan Xi is obviously still no match for Cao Jun. In the end, all Yuan Xi could do was to helplessly garrison his troops, hoping to overwhelm Cao's army with the absolute superiority of his troops.

That's what Yuan Shao did back then, with the help of absolute military strength. Yuan Shao almost routed Cao's army. If it weren't for the accident at the critical juncture, the soldier Cao Jun who would have failed in the end.

Yuan Xi knew that the soldiers under his command did not have much combat effectiveness. But for Yuan Xi, most of the old and weak belong to cannon fodder, and they can sacrifice that kind at any time. Although the combat effectiveness of these cannon fodder is relatively weak, Yuan Xi does not believe that with a large number of cannon fodder, he cannot defeat thousands of Cao troops.

Yuan Xi has a lot of cannon fodder, even if it is ten for one, Yuan Xi has the strength to support it. Moreover. Yuan Xi had so much cannon fodder to defend the city, which reduced the losses of the Yuan army a lot, and if the Cao army wanted to defeat himself, it obviously took a lot of energy, material resources and manpower.

Although this move was a fatal blow to Youzhou, as long as it could defeat Cao's army, it was worth it. Defeat Cao's army, he can still win a place in Youzhou, and he can still save his life. But if you lose. Either he will go into exile on the border and survive in the wilderness. Or die in Youzhou.

Yuan Xi was also quite conscious, and he knew that Cao Cao would never let himself go lightly. Falling into Cao Cao's hands, he naturally knew his fate. Otherwise, how could he be so desperate to resist Cao Jun.

Under Cao Cao's expectations, Du Chen led the army to finally join Cao Cao.

At present, the most important figure in front of Cao Jun is to eliminate the two brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. The battle report of Qingzhou has come. Although Cao Jun took Qingzhou, Du Chen was obviously somewhat dissatisfied with Zang Ba's appearance.

But in any case, the outcome of the war is still the most important. Although Zang Ba in Qingzhou suffered heavy losses, Cao Cao had already asked General Xiahou Yuan to lead 20,000 soldiers to aid Zang Ba, and there should be no problem in Qingxu and Xuzhou.

Now. There are really not many enemies in front of Cao Jun. Except for Liu Bei and Jiangdong Sun, who can also be called heroes, everyone else is a stepping stone for others, even though they have a very good geographical location, but their fate has been arranged.

In the conference hall, Cao Junzhong is discussing how to capture Youzhou. Everyone was particularly concerned about this matter, after all, this was the last battle of the Battle of Hebei. As long as Youzhou is taken down, the whole of Hebei will become Cao Jun's back garden.

Hebei was quite important to Cao's army, and after taking Hebei, Cao's army occupied most of Hebei's territory. With these territories, Cao Jun no longer has to worry about grain and grass. After all, there is enough grain and grass in Hebei, which is enough for Cao's army to consume.

The problem of grain and grass has been bothering Cao Jun for a long time, and Cao Jun racked his brains for these grains and grass. However, after Cao's army completely occupied Hebei, the problem could be solved, which was what Cao Cao and Cao's generals wanted to see the most.

All the generals of Cao's army are arguing about how to take Youzhou, and in order to be able to conquer Youzhou in the shortest possible time, everyone expresses their opinions and quarrels. At this moment, Cao Cao opened his mouth and said, "Enough, Silang, what do you think?" Suddenly, the council hall was silent, and everyone looked at Du Chen, Du Chen groaned for a while, and then said: "According to Chen, instead of attacking, it is better to sit and wait for Yuan Xi to perish." ”

"It is known that Yuan Xi conscripted all the labor force to defend the city. And this is a self-defeating approach. According to the current situation, Yuan Xi will be finished sooner or later, this is just a little longer and a little shorter. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to take Youzhou without blood! Du Chen said whimsically.

Du Chen's remarks made everyone slightly stunned, in all fairness, Du Chen's strategy is definitely the best. As long as Cao's army made the illusion that the army was pressing, Yuan Xi would not dare to withdraw the soldiers in Youzhou lightly. And Youzhou has lost so much labor, so it is naturally not far from extinction.

However, Cao Cao finally shook his head, he looked at everyone and then said: "Silang's plan is really good, but if this happens, then the foundation of Youzhou will be destroyed. Even if our army conquers Youzhou, what is the use. Besides, if Youzhou becomes a wild land, how can our army resist the foreigners. ”

Du Chen nodded, and then said: "What Meng De said is very true, but Chen is not thoughtful. ”

And at this time, Cao Cao saw that Du Chen had no good way, so he said: "In this case, I will wait until I have just arrived here, rest for a few days, and then discuss how to deal with Yuan Tan!" The people obeyed. They all walked out, but Du Chen didn't go.

To be honest, dealing with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, Du Chen really didn't think there was anything to discuss, whether it was strength or combat effectiveness, the Cao army was far stronger than the army in Youzhou. Moreover, Yuan Xi has been scared like this by Cao Jun, how can his army be Cao Jun's opponent.

As the so-called soldiers are blazing, a general is a nest of bears, and a lord is terrified when facing Cao Jun, not to mention that the soldiers under his command have reached that point, it is an indisputable fact that the Youzhou Army is not the opponent of Cao Jun, as long as there is no difference in the battle, it is difficult for the Youzhou Army to make any amazing moves.

Tell Cao Cao about his thoughts. Cao Cao nodded slightly, what Du Chen said was not bad at all, now the Cao army is like a rainbow, and the Youzhou army has been so frightened by the Cao army that it can't shrink, even if they have a towering city wall, the Youzhou army is still not the opponent of the own army.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't take Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang in his eyes, even if the two of them added a piece, they might not be worth Yuan Shao. Even Yuan Shao is not his opponent, let alone his two unsuccessful sons.

Now that he has made up his mind, Cao Cao decided to send troops to Youzhou tomorrow, and at this moment he is no longer in the mood to spend it with Yuan Xi, you must know that Cao Cao's plan is very long-term, after destroying Yuan Xi. After Cao Jun recuperated for a while, he prepared to head his troops at Jingzhou.

Everyone knows that Jingzhou is definitely the richest, after taking Jingzhou. There is no enemy in the world who can compete with him, and Cao Cao is absolutely imperative for Jingzhou, and he thinks that handing over Jingzhou to Liu Biao is really a waste of resources.

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't wait to take Jingzhou, compared to Jingzhou, Youzhou is really nothing, so Cao Cao really wants to cut through the chaos quickly, end the battle of Hebei as much as possible, and then deal with the Jingzhou group, after all, Jingzhou is more difficult to conquer than Hebei,

Although Liu Biao is only a scribe, his reputation is obviously not bad, and Jingzhou is rich, so the soldiers under his command are naturally very sufficient, and Jingzhou is also a place rich in strategists, and it is obviously still a little difficult to take Jingzhou.

Du Chen naturally knew Cao Cao's intentions, and at the same time he was also calculating how to take Jingzhou, because the sooner he won Jingzhou, the sooner he could retire, for Du Chen, he obviously wanted to avoid the Battle of Chibi as much as possible.

For the Battle of Chibi, Du Chen still has a certain degree of confidence, after all, he understands the details of the Battle of Chibi, as long as there is no burning of the history of Chibi, Du Chen has the confidence to destroy the Sun-Liu coalition army with a crushing momentum, after all, the Sun-Liu coalition army is only tens of thousands of people, they are definitely not the opponent of the Cao army,

A few days later, Cao Jun went on an expedition, and after getting the news, Yuan Xi was obviously shocked for a while, he had expected that Cao Jun would go on the expedition, but when this moment really came, Yuan Xi said that it was impossible not to worry,

Cao Jun's combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to his Youzhou army, thinking that Zhang Yan led the army to attack him, although he occupied the geographical advantage by sneak attack, but the army at that time was his own elite division, and when facing Cao Jun, it was still defeated.

Yuan Xi knew that those were not the regular army of the Cao army, but just the bandits in Jizhou, in the face of the bandits, his elite could not form an army, if he really faced the elite of the Cao army, what would happen to him?

If you really face Cao Jun's elite, then your result will be the same as Gao Gan, and now, both Yuan Tan and Gao Gan have reminded Yuan Xi, after all, both of them died in the hands of Cao Jun, if you don't deal with it carefully, the fate of the two of them will be their own end.

"Second brother, the Cao army's army is coming, can the current city alone withstand the Cao army?" In the conference hall, Yuan Shang asked in a deep voice,

Hearing Yuan Shang's question, Yuan Xi naturally frowned, now is not the time to discuss this, if he can't resist Cao Jun, then he will only have a dead end, so he looked at Yuan Shang, and then said in a deep voice: "If you can't stop it, you have to block it, do you want to be the same as the eldest brother." ”

Hearing Yuan Xi's words, Yuan Shang shrunk his neck, he didn't want to die, otherwise he wouldn't have ventured out of Yecheng that day, and now he can only look forward to Yuan Xi, after all, he is no longer a general, and now he needs Yuan Xi to protect himself,

But fortunately, at such a moment of crisis, Yuan Xi did not give up on himself, but obviously, he still looked at the face of the soldiers and wealth he brought, but no matter what, he was still alive.

The Youzhou army has long been ready for battle, since Yuan Xi was defeated by Zhang Yan, he began to find ways to defend Youzhou, but Youzhou is a flat river, and there is no danger, otherwise he will defend the Cao army according to the terrain, and there will be a surprise effect,

Yuan Xi is not a fool, he naturally will not look at the defense line to fight with the Cao army, he concentrated all the forces of the Yuan army and concentrated them in several more important cities in Youzhou, as for other places, Cao Jun likes to let them take it,

"Lord, I think our army should send out all the cavalry, first, to harass the Cao army from the flank, and second, to surprise and attack the Cao army." A general under Yuan Xi said in a deep voice,

Hearing this, Yuan Xi nodded slightly, the cavalry is the elite under his command, although there are not many of them, but they are a force that they rely on for survival, and it is obviously very wasteful to defend the city with strange soldiers, after all, after getting off the horse, the combat effectiveness of these elites is not as good as stepping up,

"Jiao Touch, gather all the cavalry, and leave the city tomorrow." Yuan Xi thought about it and said, Jiao Touch turned out to be a general under his father, but after his father's death, Jiao Touch surrendered to him, so for Yuan Xilai, Jiao Touch is definitely trustworthy.

In addition, Jiao Touch's martial arts are really good, so Yuan Xi ordered him to lead the most elite cavalry under his command.

Jiao Feng got up and clenched his fists and said, "Don't worry, the last general will definitely complete the task." "Yuan Xi is good to himself, and he really treats him as a lord, although Yuan Xi is still a little less hot than Yuan Shao, but he is obviously a lord worth following,

However, it is obviously not enough for the cavalry to have Jiao Touch alone, after all, Jiao Touch is only a military general, and he is still not enough in terms of resourcefulness, for the sake of prudence, Yuan Xi arranged his own master Feng Yi to Jiao Touch's side,

In order not to let the two have a disagreement, Yuan Xiqian told Wan Zhi that Jiao Touch would listen to Feng Yi in everything, after all, Jiao Touch was easy to act recklessly, but Feng Yi would not, he had followed him for many years, and he had also been the master bookkeeper for many years, so he should not be affected by the love and make any rash moves.

Although Jiao Touch was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, he also knew that the current form could only be like this, Cao Jun was like a bamboo all the way, not only occupied Jizhou and the state, but even the eldest prince's Qingzhou was conquered by the Cao army, if he had some strange thoughts at this time, Youzhou would only be conquered by the Cao army,

"This move is also forced to be helpless, you also know how reckless your own character is, even if there is a deputy general looking at you, I still don't feel at ease, let you listen to Feng Yi in everything It's not that you don't trust you, but that you're afraid that you will do something foolish." Looking at Jiao Touch, Yuan Xi said in a deep voice.

Jiao Touch was in control of his most elite cavalry, and he was afraid that his move would hurt Jiao Touch's heart, so he spoke steadily, and Jiao Touch nodded fiercely, and then turned his head to Yuan Xi and said: "Rest assured, the last general will definitely not be confused at this critical moment of life and death." (To be continued......)