As the assassin of Yanzhou, Xu Ji knows better than anyone that even if he has the position of assassin, Yanzhou is far from being peaceful, and the appearance of Chen Gong is enough for him to be vigilant. And during this period of time, the multi-party conquest has actually sent all the troops he has recruited in recent years, and the only one left in Yanzhou is Xu Hao's pro-guard army, although this pro-guard army is elite, it is also the smallest number of troops under Xu Ji's command, and even the number of Phantom is on it, this is only the number of Phantom's elite combat part, if you add the intelligence collection manpower, the number of Phantom is almost on par with the army under Gao Shun.

So of course Xu Ji didn't have time to be idle, the life of the previous period obviously made him a little slack, who had been tense, and now, after a little rest, he immediately set off again with the shadow, the purpose of this trip is Jiuli Mountain.

There was obviously not much time left for Xu Ji, because soon after his departure, the double reeds of Zhang Yan and Gao Shun had already begun to be staged.

Zhang Yan's "victory" would directly lead to the speed of Yuan Shu's army. Therefore, this meant that Xu Ji must rush to Jiuli Mountain before Yuan Shu's army marched in full force.

Shortly after Xu Ji left, the armies of Zhang Yan and Gao Shun finally engaged in battle in the plain between Dong'a and Dongping.

This should be the second meeting between Zhang Yan and Gao Shun. Two years ago, when Zhang Yan was still the leader of the Montenegrin Army, he had already fought with Gao Shun, who was still in charge of the Yanzhou garrison, and was defeated because he could not withstand the cavalry impact of Gao Shun's army. So this time, no one is optimistic about Zhang Yan.

Just when everyone thought that Zhang Yan would be defeated, Zhang Yan proposed to fight Gao Shun alone.

Zhang Yan and Gao Shun both jumped on their horses and held guns. There were more than 30 rounds of fighting, and the last was the last. Gao Shun was "stabbed" in the thigh by Zhang Yan, and blood flowed.

Gao Shun was "defeated" and returned. Zhang Yan "pursued" behind him, but "fortunately" the Yanzhou army was well-trained, so they stood firm, so Zhang Yan's attack was fruitless.

The two sides fought in a dogfight, and then both sides withdrew.

In the next few days, Zhang Yan, who was "victorious" in the first battle, repeatedly "invited to fight", and the Yanzhou army held the barracks but did not go out. After all, Gao Shun was "wounded", and there was no way to personally lead the army to deal with Zhang Yan's army.

This news reached Yuan Shu's ears, and Yuan Shu was overjoyed. I didn't expect this Zhang Yan to defeat Gao Shun, a famous Yanzhou general, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he wanted to order the army to speed up, but General Changshi Yang thought it was inappropriate, and thought that there was no need to speed up the march, and the reason was also very sufficient: "The Yanzhou army has always liked to use conspiracy and trickery, and the lord must not act rashly. What's more, Zhang Yanwei is arrogant and untamable, and he will be our enemy in the future, wouldn't it be better to let him fight with the Yanzhou army first? ”

Yuan Shu thought so.

So he just led the army to Wuping in Qian County - not bad at all as Xu Ji expected.

In the Seven Routes Army under his command. Only the two armies of Qiao Rui and Lei Bo stayed in the area of Yingchuan County, Zaiyangren and Yingyang, and relied on the danger of Songshan to deploy defenses to prevent the Yanzhou army originally under the command of Xu Huang, who had recovered from his wounds, from attacking Yuzhou from here.

However, all of this was not what Xu Ji expected - it was precisely because of this period of time that Xu Ji would gather three thousand shadows in a hurry, and it was precisely because of Xu Ji's efficiency that he would have time to come to Jiuli Mountain and ambush in this deep mountain.

Zhang Yan and Gao Shun saw that Yuan Shujun's movements were not bad at all with Xu Ji's expectations. I was impressed in my heart, and I became more confident in the Yanzhou war. He also implemented the strategy set by Xu Ji when he left.

As a result, Zhang Yan's army began to "violently" "attack" Gao Shun's camp. Gao Shun couldn't "gain a foothold" and began to "retreat" back. Stick to the east and don't come out.

Faced with this situation, the greedy Yuan Shu still refused to speed up the march. Wandering around the county.

At this moment, Liang Xi suddenly commanded an army of up to 30,000 people to cross the river in Puyang, came to the back of Zhang Yan's army, and began to attack Zhang Yan's base camp Dongping.

"Fortunately", Zhang Yan left part of the army in Dongping, and the defenders in Dongping "struggled to resist" the "attack" of Liang Xi's army, and on the other hand, sent people out of the city to "ask for help" from Zhang Yan, who was "besieging" Dong'e.

Zhang Yan was "shocked" and hurriedly commanded the army to retreat, everyone can see this, if Dongping misses, Zhang Yan will have no place to live.

Zhang Yan's army quickly withdrew and began to carry out a "surprise attack" on Liang Xi's army that "besieged" Dongping, and the army led by Liang Xi, who was the former head of Yanzhou's internal affairs, was naturally not Zhang Yan's opponent, and began to retreat to the river, where he set up camp to resist Zhang Yan's army. The obvious use of the strategy of "putting death to death and resurrection" fell into a stalemate with Zhang Yan's army, which was in high morale.

At this time, Dong'e's Gaoshun army set out from Dong'e again and began to harass Zhang Yan's Dongping City, making Zhang Yan's army "look ahead and look backwards" and "attack" the Liang Xi army that camped behind the river.

In this way, Zhang Yan's army gives people a feeling of being attacked on their backs.

Yuan Shu was taken aback when he got the news, he didn't expect that Liang Xi, who was chased by Zhang Yan some time ago, would organize an army so quickly, and he was even more bold enough to attack Zhang Yan from behind.

Although he didn't want Zhang Yan to sit big, if Zhang Yan suffered a defeat, it would be harmful to him and no benefit, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates for advice, and everyone thought that they had to speed up the march.

At this moment, Zhang Miao, the Taishou who had been thrown by Xu Ji in the high pavilion of Chen Liu, also sent a letter, which included a joint signature from the Yanzhou family, asking Yuan Shu's army to march quickly to help him defend Chen Liu, thinking that once Zhang Yan's army was defeated, Chen Liu, who had no barrier, would become the next target of the Yanzhou army. At that time, Chen Liu was surrounded by enemies on both sides, and the armies of Gao Shun and Liang Xi were extremely threatening to him.

Of course, Yuan Shu knew this point, not to mention that when Liu Dai served as the assassin of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao's army was defeated in the hands of Zhang Yan, and if it wasn't for the Gao Shun army to help, he killed Zhang Yan's general, and Zhang Miao's army and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei at that time, had been directly wiped out by the Montenegrin army.

Later, when Liang Xi served as the assassin of Yanzhou, he once indulged the Montenegrin army in order to fight against the clans, and the army of Bai Huan and others at that time carried out fierce attacks on the clans of various counties and counties in Yanzhou in order to seek a way to survive. Later, Liang Xi was incorporated into the army, so it is said that the family of Yanzhou has the heart to resist the rule of Yanzhou. There is no such force.

Some time ago, in order to support the "confrontation" between Zhang Yan and Gao Shun's army. The various families have taken out a lot of materials, which can be said to have taken out the most resounding family background, and there is no room for maneuver in the desperate war with the Yanzhou army.

Among them, Chen Liu's family is one of the examples, after all, Xu Ji served as Chen Liu's southern post supervisor before, this background is enough to make Chen Liu's family contribute, and Chen Liu's Taishou Zhang Miao has naturally bet on all his net worth, this time, Yanzhou's family can't afford to lose. Therefore, without the protection of Zhang Yan's army and Yuan Shu's army, it is now a problem for the families in Yanzhou to protect themselves.

As for the confrontation between Zhang Yan and Gao Shun, they were not optimistic about Zhang Yan, after all, Zhang Yan was defeated by Gao Shun back then, and the courage of Gao Shun's Yanzhou army was obvious to all, they just hoped that Zhang Yan's army could slightly block the footsteps of Gao Shun's army before Yuan Shu's army arrived.

Fortunately, that Zhang Yan lived up to the "expectations" and faced Gao Shunhou. actually chose to fight Gao Shun alone, and even "stabbed" Gao Shun, which made all the big families in Yanzhou breathe a sigh of relief.

You must know that Lu Dao Gao Shun is a famous general in Yanzhou, although his martial arts are not famous, but his reputation ranks among the top ten generals in Yanzhou. Zhang Yan was able to stab Gao Shun when he was single-handed, which shows the high level of force.

In the eyes of these big families, they think that Zhang Yan knows how to play up his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. Since the frontal impact of the army cannot be Gao Shun's opponent, then choose to go head-to-head. As a result, he hit with one blow, and he was obviously quite talented.

After this incident. Zhang Yan's evaluation in people's hearts immediately soared.

Just when the clans of Yanzhou were rejoicing in the successive victories, the attack of Liang Xi's army across the river once again alarmed these clans.

No one is a fool, although Zhang Yan's army is powerful, Zhang Yan's martial arts are "on the top" of Gao Shunzhi, but so what? Anyone can imagine that once Gao Shun's injuries healed and he could go to the battlefield to lead the troops to fight, Zhang Yan's good days would soon come to an end, although Zhang Yan's army had been reorganized after the surrender of Yanzhou, and the army's equipment and training were the same as the regular army in Yanzhou, but after all, the time was still short.

The Yanzhou army under Gao Shun is the most elite army in the world, and Zhang Yan is simply not his opponent, especially in the plain area between Dongping and Dong'e, Zhang Yan, who is good at fighting in the mountains and forests, is even less likely to be the opponent of Gao Shun's army, which is good at attacking on the plains.

Once Gao Shun's illness is cured, where will Zhang Yan have a chance to win?

Because the clans of Yanzhou expressed great dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu's slow march, they jointly asked Yuan Shu to support Zhang Yan in Zhang Miao's letter.

Yuan Shu is the same as ordinary princes, they all rely on the support of the family to become strong, Yuan Shu knows that if these family members are dissatisfied with themselves, then even if they occupy Yanzhou in the future, there will be a lot of inconvenience.

Because of these many reasons, Yuan Shu finally decided to send troops to Wuping and sent the Five Route Army in his hands to the Yanzhou battlefield in an all-round way.

As Xu Ji expected, Yuan Shu sent his number one general Zhang Xun to Chen Liu, and this Zhang Xun brought a total of 60,000 elite soldiers from Yuzhou, which shows that Yuan Shu attaches great importance to Chen Liu.

However, this Zhang Xun really had some vision, and as soon as he arrived in Chenliu, he immediately found that the Chen Palace under Zhang Miao was extraordinary, so he personally went to the Chen Palace's mansion to invite Chen Gong and asked Chen Gong to assist in defending the Chenliu area.

Chen Gong was happy - although he did not say that he wanted to take refuge in Yuan Shu, Chen Gong was very willing to unite with Zhang Xun to defend Chen Liu and attack the Yanzhou army.

Zhang Xun, on the other hand, completely followed Chen Gong's advice and began to divide his troops to guard the Chenliu area.

Among them, there are 45,000 soldiers in the four places of Bishui Pass, Hujiao Pass, Guandu, and Chen Liucheng, and 15,000 people follow Zhang Xuntun's Soldier Changshe and connect with the four places end to end.

The most taboo thing about besieging the city is that there are reinforcements from outside, as long as Zhang Xun's army has reinforcements in Changshe, the Yanzhou army is not qualified to besiege the city.

The best thing about this layout is that you can cross the river at any time to attack the Liang Xi army opposite Yamato.

When Chen Gong proposed this layout, Zhang Xun immediately saw the benefits and was about to cross the river. From the Tiger Prison Pass, attack Wuchao, Yanjin, Pingqiu, Baima and other places controlled by Liang Xi.

The reason why Zhang Xun had this proposal was because now Liang Xi's army was "fighting" with Zhang Yan's army in Dongping. That is to say, there will not be many troops in Wuchao, Yanjin, Pingqiu, Baima and other places, and these places can be fought in one battle.

But Chen Gong denied this plan. He believed that the main role of Zhang Xun's army in Chenliu was not to attack Liang Xi, but to prevent Yu Ban's army in Hedong County from crossing the Taihang Mountains to attack Hanoi and surprise attack the Tiger Pass. Although Yu Ban is an unknown person, the Yanzhou Army has always pulled out a person casually is a person, and this Yu Ban will naturally be no exception, otherwise how could he be entrusted with a heavy task?

And because of the obstruction of the big river, even if he crosses the river to attack Wuchao and other places, Liang Xi will have plenty of time to come back to help.

Zhang Xun thought so.

In fact, this is the advantage of Chen Gong, and it is also the disadvantage of Chen Gong. It is precisely because of Chen Gong's keen view of the overall situation that Chen Gong has such an erroneous judgment.

Not to mention whether Yu Ban could think of it, just to say that it would take time for him to take over Xu Huang's authority itself, and of course this army would not appear in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Moreover, the combined strength of the four places of Wuchao, Yanjin, Pingqiu, and Baima did not exceed 10,000 people. With the strength of Zhang Xun's army, he could still capture one or two cities before Liang Xi's army retreated.

This can be regarded as Xu Jibing's danger, Xu Jicao has already calculated that Chen Gong does not have the courage to cross the river at this time to attack several cities controlled by Liang Xi.

In fact, Liang Xi had a total of 50,000 troops in his hands, which was the army that Jizhou received from the Zhen family two years ago.

This army is not a regular army trained in Yanzhou, it can only be regarded as a militia trained in Jizhou, and it is far from being systematically trained, and its only strength is because it was once a private soldier of the Zhen family. So the ability to work together is good.

According to Xu Ji's opinion, only 10,000 troops were left in Wuchao, Baima, Yanjin, Pingqiu and other four places.

The remaining 40,000 troops followed Liang Xi's army from Puyang City to cross the river and play with Zhang Yan and Gao Shun.

However, Liang Xi felt that it was too risky to do so, so he secretly left 10,000 soldiers in Liyang just in case. This was of course to prevent Yuan Shu's army from crossing the river and attacking as soon as it reached Chen Liucheng. If Xu Ji asked in the future, of course, it was on the grounds that "the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be accepted".

Who knew that Zhang Xun's actions were completely out of Xu Ji's expectations. Zhang Xun's army did not dare to cross the river at all. This made Liang Xi, who later retreated to Puyang City on the other side of the river, admire.

But this is a later story, and now Liang Xi's army in Wuchao and other places is facing Zhang Xun's army across a big river. It's calm.

At the same time, Yuan Shu ordered his own general, Chen Ji. Led 30,000 troops, crossed the west bank of Yingshui, came to the east bank, and deployed defenses in the areas of Xiyang, Xiangxian, and Xiao County, making a posture that seemed to attack but not attack, and seemed to defend but not defend, and closely monitored Peiguo in the northeast of Xiao County.

The rest of Chen Lan's 20,000 troops were stationed in Shanyang and Fengxian, echoing Chen Ji's army from afar, and at the same time closely monitoring Wenshui to prevent Xuzhou's Bocai army from heading north.

As for Yuan Shu's generals Li Feng and Liang Gang, the two armies with a total of 50,000 people marched straight to Dongping, of course, to support Zhang Yan and attack Liang Xi's army with Zhang Yan, while Yuan Shu's own 50,000 troops were steadily fighting behind and moving forward.

Of course, it was impossible for Yuan Shu's actions to hide from Xu Ji's eyes, and information continued to come to Xu Ji.

Xu Ji knew that the time had come, so he sent a message to Xuzhou, ordering the long-idle Bocai army to turn around immediately and prepare to cross the river, and even ordered Guo Jia to launch a full-scale operation against the new Xuzhou assassin Cao Bao, so as to confuse Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's sight.

And at this time, Yu Ban's army, which was far away in Hedong County, had also received Xu Ji's letter, knowing the whole Yanzhou strategy, and even more knowing when he should start attacking Zhang Yun's Jingzhou army, which could make Chen Liu's Yuan Shu army take it lightly.

After Zhang Yan, Gao Shun, and Liang Xi received information about Yuan Shujun's movements, they immediately began the next step of the plot.

First of all, Zhang Yanjun, before the two armies of Li Feng and Liang Gang rushed to Hedong, launched an attack at night, "sneak attacked" Liang Xi's camp, and succeeded in one fell swoop. Liang Xi's army was "defeated" and crossed the river overnight in a boat that stayed by the river, and "escaped" back to Puyang on the other side of the river.

However, Zhang Yan's army did not get cheap, just as Zhang Yan's army attacked Liang Xi's camp at the same time, Gao Shun's army attacked at the same time, Gao Shun, who had not appeared on the battlefield for a long time, suddenly appeared, and under the leadership of Gao Shun, captured Dongping City controlled by Zhang Yan in one fell swoop.

Because the main force of Zhang Yan's army was "attacking" Liang Xi's camp outside, not many people stayed in Dongping City, so Gao Shun and Zhang Yan played a scene and captured Dongping City overnight without arousing the suspicion of others.

Zhang Yan knew that Gao Shun had already occupied Dongping City, pretending to be unable to gain a foothold, and hurriedly discarded the Liang Xi camp that had been captured, and fled to Dongjun in a "hurry", preparing to "repair" in Dongjun, in fact, he was waiting for Yuan Shu's arrival.

The news of Zhang Yan's defeat and retreat quickly reached Yuan Shu's ears, and Yuan Shu was taken aback, he was not sure that his army of Li Feng and Liang Gang could defeat the Yanzhou army, after all, the number of Li Feng and Liang Gang's army and Gao Shun's Yanzhou army was only 10,000 men. And the Yanzhou army is enough to be the elite of ten, in this case, how could Yuan Shu send his army to die?

Moreover, because Liang Xi had crossed the river, it was meaningless for Li Feng and Liang Gang to go to Dongping, so Yuan Shu hurriedly sent someone to recall the two armies of Li Feng and Liang Gang.

Li Feng was ordered to deploy defenses on the front line of Dongjun, Jiyin, and Dingtao, while Liang Gang retreated to Juye, Qixiang, and Liuxian, and strictly ordered the two not to engage the Yanzhou army before his arrival, and he accelerated the pace of the march. Fight for a rendezvous with these two armies.

After "defeating" Zhang Yan's army, Gao Shun made a slight repair, and then rushed to Dongjun to prepare to confront Yuan Shu head-on.

And Liang Xi, who crossed the big river, had already sent people to pass through Chaoge three days before his feint, and crossed the Taihang Mountains to Hedong County to meet Yu Ban. Yu Ban prepared to attack Zhang Yun's Jingzhou army and cooperate with the actions of the Yanzhou battlefield.

At this time, the Bocai army had also arrived at the Surabaya River and was preparing to cross the river.

Gao Shun's army came slowly and marched towards Dongjun. In the name of beauty, he didn't want to fall into Zhang Yan's ambush because of chasing Zhang Yan.

Therefore, Zhang Yan's army quickly arrived in Dongjun.

At this point, the Yanzhou army and Yuan Shujun were in full contact.

For a time, the eyes of all the people in the world were focused on Yanzhou.

At this time, Xu Shu floated from Yanzhou to Puyang City, which was controlled by Liang Xi. (To be continued......)