After Liu He swept away the remnants of the Southern Xiongnu who were blocked on the road to the north at the fastest speed and the lowest cost, he went straight to Taiyuan, the hinterland of the state, and did not enter the county along the way, and did not attack the city, and after just a few days, he came to Longshan, which is located twenty miles southwest of Jinyang City, the seat of Taiyuan County.

It was only at this time that Gao Gan, the nephew of Yuan Shao, who stayed in Bingzhou, noticed Liu He's intrusion, and after a period of scramble, he was disappointed to find that he was unable to deal with Liu He, who was alone in the depths.

Yuan Shao's troops were mainly distributed in Jizhou and Bingzhou, and the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou were particularly strong, the military generals initially had Yan Liang and Gao Gan two generals, and later Yuan Shao sent Wen Chou and Gao Lan and others over, and the scribes successively had Feng Ji, Li Fu, Peng An and Wang Yan and others entered Bingzhou to deal with political affairs.

Now Yan Liang and Wen Chou led an army of 30,000 to Gaoliu to attack Xu Rong, taking away the strategists Feng Ji and Peng An and others, while Gao Gan led the remaining 20,000 troops to stay behind to maintain stability in the rear and provide food and grass for Yan Liang and Wen Chou at the same time.

Gao Gan mistakenly speculated on Liu He's private relationship with Duan Xuan, and also overestimated the combat strength of the Baibo army and the Southern Xiongnu tribes, so he didn't expect that Liu He would break through from Luoyang City to Jinyang City within ten days. Just a few days ago, the news that Xizuo sent back from Luoyang also said that Liu Heqin led a mixed army of 10,000 foot cavalry through Kaifeng and entered the territory of Yanzhou Chenliu.

Gao Gan has been in charge of the state for many years in history, except because he is Yuan Shao's favorite nephew, he still has some real skills, otherwise Yuan Shao would not dare to hand over such an important position to him.

Gao Gan knew very well that Liu He did not follow Yuan Shao's premeditated route to return to Youzhou this time, but unexpectedly chose to break through from the direction of Bingzhou, which not only directly threatened his position in Bingzhou, but also once he broke through from Taiyuan County to Yanmen County, Yan Liang and Wen Chou's grain route would inevitably be cut off, and then they would be attacked by the abdomen and back, which was extremely dangerous!

Inside Jinyang City. A group of civil and military officers under Yuan Shao gathered in the Assassin's Mansion, and everyone discussed with sad faces how to intercept Liu He.

Gao Gan said first with a gloomy face: "Liu He's sudden appearance of the army to the west of Longshan shows that there must be some conspiracy between him and Duan Xuan, I have already sent a fast horse to send an urgent report to Gao Liu and Yecheng, I hope everything is still in time." ”

Wang Yan reminded: "The general also needs to send a detailed work to Jiexiu and Baibo Valley to spy on it, although this move will not help, but it can figure out how Liu He broke through the layers of barriers between Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo, if Yuan Gong asks in the future, we will also have a detailed explanation." ”

Gao Gan nodded and agreed to Wang Yan's proposal.

Yuan Shao's brother-in-law, Li Fu, continued: "Yuan Cai doesn't need to be so panicked. Although Liu He marched quickly, he only had 10,000 horsemen under his command, and he couldn't help Jinyang, which had a high wall and a strong city, as long as he defended Jinyang, Liu He couldn't help us! ”

Gao Gan glared fiercely at Li Fu, a straw bag who did not learn and did not know how to only oppress the people, and wondered how his uncle could send such a stupid guy to serve as the Taishou of Taiyuan County.

Gao Lan's cousin Gao Huai coughed dryly twice and said, "There is some truth in what Master Li said, if we are based on Jinyang." Liu He naturally couldn't help us with the cavalry under his command alone, but if he walked around Jinyang and went straight to the direction of Gaoliu, we couldn't stop it at all. ”

"Then we will set up an ambush on the road where Liu He may march. Delay his marching speed, and then ask General Yan to send troops back to help and completely eliminate Liu He in Yanmen County! ”

When Li Fu said this, his face was proud. Seems to have come up with an insightful idea.

Everyone frowned and remained silent, pondering Li Fu's suggestion.

Wang Yan first broke the silence in the hall and said, "Yuan Gong's original plan was to ambush Liu He on the way back to help. Wipe it out on the march from Yanzhou to Jizhou. Now Liu He unexpectedly chose to break through from the direction of Bingzhou, although Yuan Gong's arrangement failed, but this is not our opportunity. General Yan and General Wen have joined forces to besiege Gaoliu for more than a month, but there has not been much progress, since this is the case, why not send someone to get in touch with them, let them temporarily give up attacking Gaoliu, return to the division and merge the state, and join forces with us to exterminate Liu He in the territory of the state! ”

Li Fu clapped his hands and praised: "What Wang Zhen said is to the point!" Although Xu Rong, the defender of Gaoyanagi, is good at fighting, he can only defend the city, and we, as the attackers, come and go freely, so we can temporarily stop the operation of attacking Gaoyanagi, first turn back and eat Liu He's lone army, and then turn around and continue to attack Gaoliu. At the beginning, the three armies attacked Youzhou together, but we did not make progress along the way, if we can solve Liu He, not only the morale of the army will be greatly boosted, but also the first credit can be regarded as grabbing! ”

Gao Gan couldn't help but look at Li Fu's anxious eyes, wondering why Li Fu, who had never been four or six, could have such insight today.

Li Fu looked proud, thinking that the local young general he had just recruited was really powerful, and these opinions were obviously not refuted by everyone.

Gao Ping, another cousin of Gao Ran, said: "What Master Li said just now is very reasonable, we really can't trap Jinyang by ourselves, we must send troops to block Liu He's march along the way, and buy some time for General Yan and General Wen to come back and help!" ”

Gao Gan said with a hesitant face: "The truth is true, but it is not easy to stop the advance of the cavalry under Liu He, I am afraid that there will be fewer people sent to fill the pit for him, and after there are more people sent out, Jinyang will be in danger of losing again!" ”

Li Fu then recommended himself, claiming that he was willing to lead 3,000 infantry alone to the upper reaches of Fenshui, twenty miles northeast of Jinyang, to intercept Liu He.

Gao Gan did not know that Li Fu had just recruited Hao Zhao, and he was very suspicious of Li Fu's ability to command the army, so he appointed Gao Ping as the chief general and Li Fu as the supervisor of the army, allocated 5,000 infantry to Gao Huai, and ordered Gao Huai to set up an ambush on the east bank of Fenshui to prevent Liu He from crossing the river.

Just as the troops in Jinyang City were arranging their formations, in the temporary camp on the west side of Longshan Mountain, Liu He was also discussing the next action plan with several important civil and military subordinates.

Guo Jia first said: "This time we deliberately approached Jinyang, so that the senior cadres found out the whereabouts of our army, it is estimated that now they must have made a plan to stop our army, but for the time being, it is impossible to know who will lead the troops out of the city." ”

Tian Chou carefully looked at the march map, pointed his finger near Fenshui, and added: "No matter who leads the troops, the best place to ambush our army must be on the east bank of Fenshui. ”

Zhao Yun agreed with Tian Chou's analysis and said: "When Fenshui reaches the Jinyang area, the river is much shallower, and now it is the early autumn season, although our army can cross the river on horseback, but we must abandon the vehicles that transport baggage, and it is easy to suffer from the Yuan army on both sides of the river in the middle of the crossing. ”

Liu He, who has been listening to everyone's discussion, explained to everyone: "There is a reason why I asked the troops to deliberately expose the whereabouts of our army this time, so that the senior cadres have time to respond. Although I could not receive the latest information in the direction of Takayanagi during the march, I guess the brothers must have been very hard to defend, and in order to give them a sigh of relief, the best way to do this is to bring the Yuan army that was besieging the line from Takayanagi to Banshi back to Bingzhou. ”

The few people around Liu He were all people with flexible minds, and when they heard this, they already understood Liu He's good intentions.

It was the first time for Xu Huang, who had participated in this kind of military discussion, and asked with some puzzlement: "Childe, please forgive me for talking too much." If the Gao cadres who stayed in Jinyang could not defend it, and did not send an order to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who attacked Gaoliu, to return to the reinforcement and annex the state, but waited until our army marched to Yanmen County and then chased after the tail, and formed an east-west attack on our army with Yan Liang and Wen Chou, how should we deal with it? ”

Liu He was satisfied with Xu Huang's caution of not thinking about victory and defeat, and nodded and said: "The point mentioned by Gongming is indeed very fatal. Fortunately, Feng Xiao has already considered and arranged, and today he will let him tell you about the overall plan for our entry into the state. ”

Xu Huang listened to Liu He's words, his heart was shocked, and he understood the problem that he could think of on the spot, and Liu He's advisers seemed to have predicted it long before they left Luoyang.

Guo Jia told everyone in a calm tone: "We came to Jinyang this time, but it was actually a false shot!" No matter how the Yuan army around Taiyuan County calculated and arranged, their plan could not be realized at all in the end, because as long as we transferred Yan Liang and Wen Chou back to Bingzhou, we would immediately enter Xihe County westward, and then go north along the east bank of the Yellow River all the way to Dingxiang County, and return to Macheng from the area controlled by the Xianbei people! ”

Tian Chou then added: "At the behest of Lord Taifu, I and General Xian Yu Minghui went to Chang'an via the north, and I am familiar with the terrain and roads in the north of Bingzhou. ”

Zhang He, who had never spoken, asked Tian Chou: "I don't know if Zitai can be sure to avoid the main force of the Xianbei people?" Since he wanted to make a detour to Dingxiang and Yunzhong, he was unwilling to consume troops with the main force of Yuan's army in Bingzhou, and if he was entangled by the Xianbei people, it would backfire and go in the opposite direction. ”

Zhang He's worries are not unreasonable, after all, the situation in the north of Bingzhou has been changing year after year, in case the "living road" that Tian Chou walked at the beginning turned into a dangerous "dead road", and as a result, Liu He crashed headlong into the place where the Xianbei people gathered, it would be really sad.

Zhao Yun repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and finally said affirmatively: "I think the deployment of the detour to Dingxiang is feasible, even if we really encounter danger at that time, we just need to abandon the carriage and other baggage, with the assault ability of the Youzhou cavalry, even if there are 30,000 or 50,000 Xianbei people, they will not be able to stop us!" ”

Zhao Yun, as the chief general of the Youzhou cavalry, has always acted steadily and has no lack of bold and radical actions, since he dares to say so, it means that at least seventy percent of the certainty, the generals will not argue more on this topic, but discuss how to toss Gao Gan hard before going north to Dingxiang, and get some benefits easily.

Liu He set a principle for everyone, that is, it is okay to make small fights, but it is absolutely not allowed to cause excessive damage to the main force, and at the same time, it must not bring trouble to the people of Bingzhou.

Eager to prove himself, Xu Huang, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, hurriedly used his brains, wanting to earn a performance during his stay in Jinyang. (To be continued......)

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