Gao Ran's death was actually a great tragedy, because he could have been transferred directly to Huguan without obeying Chun Yuqiong's orders.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao's direct order to Gao Ran from Anyi, Hedong, needs to make a detour to Jinyang, and then pass it from Shangdang to Kuicheng, and then from Kuicheng to Xiuwu. It took about half a month for such an order to be transmitted. When the herald rushed to Xiuwu, Gao Ran had already arrived in Dangyin, and when the herald rushed to Dangyin again, he was stopped behind by Chen Gui, who was following Gao Ran. Moreover, even if he could get lucky enough to pass under Chen Gui's nose, by the time he arrived at Dangyin, Gao Ran had already been killed by an arrow on the shore of Zhangshui.

There are tragedies, and naturally there are comedies. For example, Chen Gui, who hit the big luck, this guy actually really stopped Gao Ran, who was rushing to the road, and shot Gao Ran in the chaos. If Chen Gui is allowed to go head-to-head with Gao Ran, or change the battlefield, the three Chen Gui are not Gao Ran's opponents.

The five generals under Yuan Shao's command, although Gao Ran ranked low, he was also tied with Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Lu Yi. Who can Chen Gui be tied with? At most, it is Deng Hai, who is also from a turtle......

If the fall of Gao Ran was only the beginning of the decline of Yuan Shao's power, then the fall of Yecheng was the acceleration of this process.

After Tai Shi Ci successfully ambushed Gao Ran in Wucheng, he learned that Chen Gui had actually made a miraculous feat, so he planned and asked Chen Gui's 5,000 men and horses to immediately change into the clothes of Gao Lan's troops, and then let Chen Gui take Gao Lan's corpse to Yecheng and pretend to run wildly, while Tai Shi Ci led the army to pretend to pursue behind.

Gao Ran and several of his lieutenants were basically killed by Tai Shici, and only two or three of them were also seriously injured, so Chen Gui removed the chins of these people, leaving them speechless, and then let his subordinates carry them together to "escape" to Yecheng.

When approaching Yecheng, Chen Gui lined up his wounded men in front, and these soldiers were wearing clothes that had been pulled directly from the captured wounded soldiers, and they didn't look flawed. Wait until you come to the city. Chun Yuqiong, who got the report, hurried to the city to inquire, and Chen Gui said that he was the leader of Gao Lan's personal army, and Gao Ran was ambushed by Tai Shici on the way back to Yecheng, and there were less than 5,000 of more than 15,000 people left. Chun Yuqiong thought about the actions that Xian Yufu had done on the other side of the river in the past few days, and then corresponded with the reply of the pro-soldier leader under the city, and believed seven points. At this moment, Tai Shi Ci led the rank and tail to chase and kill, and it was less than five miles away from the remnants of the army outside the city.

Chun Yuqiong couldn't help but feel sad when he thought that Gao Ran actually died on the south bank of Zhangshui in order to save himself, he couldn't watch Gao Ran's remaining brothers be killed by Tai Shici again. So he immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and before Tai Shici arrived, the remnants of the army outside the city were put into the city.

And so, an even greater tragedy began......

Chen Gui, who infiltrated Yecheng, immediately took control of the south gate of Yecheng, and Tai Shici, who followed him, successfully led the army into the city, and the two troops together had almost 20,000 people, more than the defenders of Yecheng, plus the defenders of the city suddenly changed. In a panic, it was difficult to organize an effective counterattack, and the Zhenwei army that entered the city not only had cavalry to open the way, but also Tai Shici, a killing god, took the lead in the charge, so Chun Yuqiong's defeat was inevitable.

It is worth mentioning. Xian Yufu, who has been serving as a feint in the north of Fushui, sent a lot of fine works to be distributed near Yecheng, Tai Shici had just led the army to intercept Gaolan successfully, and Xian Yufu got accurate information here. So he immediately crossed the river with his army, just in time for the second half of the siege of the defenders of the city.

More than 30,000 tiger and wolf elite soldiers dealt with more than 10,000 panicked defenders in Yecheng, and the battle became no suspense. After half a day passed, the Yuan army hiding in all corners of Yecheng was searched out, and Chun Yuqiong, Guo Tu and Feng Ji, who were dressed in soldier clothes and mixed among the captives, were identified by the surrendered Yuan soldiers one by one, and Yecheng completely changed hands.

After Tai Shici took Yecheng, he only rested in the city for two days, and then urged Chen Gui to return to Hanoi, while he led the Zhenwei army to the west to rush to Huguan, Xian Yufu and Zhenwu Battalion stayed in Yecheng, took care of the prisoners, took care of all the wounded soldiers, and maintained order in Yecheng.

When Tai Shi Ci led his army to approach Huguan, it was too late to know about the loss of Yecheng and the death of Gao Ran. Yuan Shao's deployment was to let Gao Ran divert to Huguan, strengthen the defense of Huguan, and cut off the communication between Jizhou and Bingzhou, which shows that the defense of Huguan at this time was still very weak. In fact, Yuan Shao transferred all his troops to Hedong, and Huguan was between Wei County and Shangdang County, and Wei County and Shangdang were both Yuan Shao's territory, so only 2,000 defenders were deployed in Huguan.

Tai Shici, who came to Huguan, repeated his old tricks, and still sent a team of soldiers to pretend to be Jizhou Yuan Jun to walk in front, but successfully deceived the gate open, and then controlled Huguan in the shortest time.

After taking Huguan, Tai Shi Ci still felt that it was not enough, so he sent someone to send a letter to Xian Yufu who was left behind in Yecheng, and asked Xian Yufu to contact Tian Kai in the garrison Qinghe, and sent all the more than 20,000 Yuan army prisoners who had been captured in several battles to Tian Kai, so that Xian Yufu could send five to eight thousand soldiers and horses to Huguan to join Tai Shici.

After Xian Yufu received Tai Shici's urgent letter, where could he sit still, he left 10,000 troops to stay in Yecheng, waiting for Tian Kai to come and receive the prisoners, but he rushed to Huguan with 5,000 soldiers.

After Xian Yufu saw Tai Shici, he said in the first sentence: "Ziyi, you can't take credit from me anymore this time, I heard that Zhang Xu's army is still garrisoned in the south of Taihang, I want to lead the army to Tianjing Pass and block Zhang Xu in Taihang, how sure are you of this?" ”

Tai Shici said: "Now Zhang Yan is leading the Black Mountain Army to stir up trouble in Taiyuan and Shangdang, there is almost no Yuan Army in Shangdang, as long as you are fast enough, you will definitely be able to block Zhang Xu." ”

"Then I'll lead the army to Tianjing Pass, but 5,000 troops are a bit small, how about you lend me another 5,000?"

"No problem, as long as I can catch Zhang Xu, I will borrow you 10,000 people!" Tai Shi Ci is broad-minded and will not compete with Xian Yufu for credit at all. Since he was able to win the Huguan Pass as quickly as possible, he could naturally see that the encirclement of Zhang Xu was another fighter, and the reason why Xian Yufu was called over from Yecheng was actually to give this credit to the buddies who fought side by side.

In the end, Xian Yufu asked Tai Shici to borrow 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus the 5,000 people he brought to Huguan himself, which was exactly enough for 10,000.

The fighter plane was fleeting, Xian Yufu did not dare to delay more in Huguan, and after rectifying it, he immediately killed from Huguan to Gaodu, and when he passed through Liting, Yangtou Mountain and Hyunshi along the road, he did not stop at all. The Montenegrin Army, which was making trouble in the territory of Shangdang, was startled by Xian Yufu, who suddenly rushed out, and by the time they saw the banner of the Zhenwu Battalion, Xian Yufu had already led his men and horses to the south like a gust of wind.

Tianjing Pass is located twenty miles south of Gaodu City, is a pass at the northern end of Taihang Mountain, and the importance of its geographical location is similar to the Jiguan Pass at the southern end of Yiguan and Huguan at the west end of Fukou Mountain. Xian Yufu led the army to take the unguarded Gaodu City, using it as his own grain and grass logistics base, and then sent 5,000 soldiers to take the Tianjing Pass, which was also guarded by troops, very smoothly blocking the road to Zhang Xu's return to the north.

However, it was said that when Xian Yufu arrived in Gaodu, Chen Gui, who had made great contributions, had successfully returned to Hanoi, and reported to Zhao Yun his journey to Wei County in a very timely manner. Zhao Yun learned that Tai Shi Ci had taken Yecheng and had already gone to Huguan when Chen Gui returned, so he immediately guessed Tai Shi Ci's next intentions. Zhao Yun then ordered another of the two generals of Danshui Hum Ha to appear and take 10,000 Shen Xi troops to Kuicheng.

Danshui "Hum Ha two generals", Chen Gui and Deng Hai are also!

Deng Hai was ordered to go out to battle and raised Zhao Yun's handsome flag all the way, but before he arrived in Kwai City, Zhang Xu, who had been captured by Zhao Yunsheng once, hurriedly retreated thirty miles north from Kwai Cheng and hid in Taihang Cheng.

Deng Hai wanted this effect, he didn't come to fight with Zhang Xu this time, as long as he forced Zhang Xu into Taihang, he would complete the task assigned by Zhao Yun.

Not long after, Zhang Xu, who retreated into Taihang, finally found that he had become a rat burrowing into the bellows, and the way in and out had been blocked. Zhang Xu was so anxious that he led his troops to attack Tianjing Pass at night, trying to break out of a way out, but was beaten by Xian Yufu, who was guarding the pass, and retreated back to Shannei.

The war progressed to this point, Yuan Shao worked hard to get the land east of the river, but lost three and a half counties in Jizhou, if you add the Shangdang that has been controlled by Tai Shici and Xian Yufu, it is equivalent to losing half of the territory.

However, it's not over yet.

The crisis in Hanoi had actually been resolved, and Zhao Yun asked Zhang Yang to send troops to replace Deng Hai to defend Kwai City and continue to block Zhang Xu, while he himself led 20,000 Shenxi troops to the Kei Pass.

When Wen Chou saw Zhao Yun who came to visit, he was ashamed and hated to find a crack in the ground to get into, but Zhao Yun did not say anything to ridicule him, but comforted Wen Chou and said: "The matter has come to this, General Wen can no longer return to the Yuan camp, if you still want to make contributions on the battlefield, then follow me to Yiguan." ”

Wen Chou understood what Zhao Yun meant, and after a little thought, he agreed to Zhao Yun's proposal, accompanied Zhao Yun into Yiguan, and met Hao Zhao, who was still holding on.

Hao Zhao returned the tiger talisman and the seal letter to Wen Chou, and Wen Chou solemnly handed it over to Zhao Yun, who then announced in public that Wen Chou and Hao Zhao were the vanguard of the Shenxi Army, and Wen Chou's original soldiers and horses were incorporated into the Shenxi Army.

After integrating the troops of Wenchou, Zhao Yun immediately launched an attack on Zhu Ling in the central part of Yiguan. The soldiers and horses under Zhu Ling's command were still Wen Chou's subordinates, with a total of only 6,000 people, and they could not resist the Shenxi army led by Zhao Yun at all. After suffering three defeats in a row, Zhu Ling fought and retreated, and escaped from Yiguan with the remaining 2,000 remnants.

A few days later, Zhao Yun led 30,000 troops to appear near Hedong Zhenyi. (To be continued......)