In the tenth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shang pacified the rebellion in Guanzhong, subdued the Qiang people, deterred the Western Regions, and settled the Xianbei and Xiongnu relocation plans in Hebei.

In this campaign, Yuan Shangbing was divided into two routes, the main road was based on his brother Yuan Xi as the main general, Tian Feng, frustrated as the supervisor and joined the army, crossed the river head-on, and ordered the main force of Hebei to fight against the main force of the Cao army in Zhongzhou on both sides of the Yellow River, and he himself led 70,000 elite soldiers as a partial division, passing through Qingzhou, going to Xuzhou to seize land, intending to cut off the right wing of Cao's army and seize the important town of Xuzhou.

In the battle of Xuzhou, Yuan Shang took himself as the middle army, and sent the generals Ma Chao, Gao Lan, and Zhang Yan as the vanguard officers, each leading an army, and went to Xuzhou to fight first.

And at this moment, Guo Jia led the Biao army has arrived in Xuzhou, and took over Xuzhou's overall military and political affairs, in the face of the pressure of Qingzhou, Hebei, Xuzhou's Cao army can be said to be panicked, can't even eat every day, can't sleep, at this moment to see Guo Jia coming, all the Cao army generals stationed in Xuzhou are cheering, in their opinion, there is Guo Jia, not to mention the army of Hebei, that is, all the warlords in the world are coming, they are not afraid, after all, in the Cao group, Guo Jia's resourcefulness and means may be second only to the dead Cao Cao.

Yuan Shang did not rush into Xuzhou in this campaign, he ordered the vanguard generals of the three roads to be the advanced army, and he himself was stationed in Linzi City to formulate a deployment for attacking Xuzhou.

In the Linzi Mansion, Yuan Shang walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, walking to the sand table for a while, but immediately denied it, and after a while, what ideas did he have, and he went to the sand table for a while, and overturned it all.

This time Yuan Shang went on the expedition, there was a person who also followed him, and this person was none other than his wife Lu Lingqi.

looked at Yuan Shang and thought for a long time, but he couldn't make a decision. Lu Lingqi shook her head helplessly and smiled, and said, "Isn't it just Guo Jia, husband, why are you so nervous?" At the beginning, you led 30,000 troops and horses straight into Guanxi, and Yan Xing and Song Jian's rebels ten times your size were wiped out. ”

"Hehe......" Yuan Shang showed a wry smile, shook his head and said: "How can Guo Jia be Yan Xing, and someone like Song Jian can compare?" This person is resourceful, ruthless, and looks at the world. No one can match, when he fought Cao Cao in Guanzhong, if he hadn't been sick and had never been with Cao Cao, I was afraid that I might not be able to defeat Cao Cao, the only deficiency was that this person had no experience in commanding troops, but there was also a Zhang Liao to assist him, that Zhang Liao You also know the way, can be civil and martial, and is good at arranging troops. Leading people to fight is also first-class, a rare all-rounder, these two people work together, and they want to bargain under their hands. I don't know how much trouble it takes. ”

When Lu Lingqi heard Zhang Liao's name, she couldn't help but snort heavily.

Lu Lingqi didn't wait to see Zhang Liao, and Yuan Shang was not surprised, and pondered: "Fortunately, we have a lot of soldiers. When it comes to actual strength, they are much stronger than them, otherwise, this battle will be really difficult to fight......" said here. Yuan Shang looked up at the strategist Xiao Ji on the side and asked, "Ma Chao, Zhang Yan, Gao Lan Three Pioneers have attacked Xuzhou, what is Guo Jia's movement?" ”

Xiao Ji heard the words: "The spies reported, Guo Jia heard that the lord personally led the troops south to Xuzhou, and did not stick to the city, but sent the soldiers and horses north, facing Mount Tai in the west, looking at Beihai in the north, and rejecting Changping in the east, and resisting our army in the north of Xuzhou and Qingzhou. ”

"Clever." Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, and said: "Although the realm of Xuzhou is covered by the city, how can it endure a horse and a flat river, it is extremely difficult to defend, but it is better to fight against our army in Taishan, has Guo Jia personally gone out?" ”

Xiao Ji shook his head when he heard this: "It is rumored that Guo Jia is sitting in Pengcheng at the moment, and he has never personally gone north to supervise the battle, and the soldiers and horses he sent are led by Zhang Liao. ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but smile.

"He's afraid that Sun Quan will attack from behind. Guo Jia is not coming, so it is a good opportunity. ”

Xiao Ji nodded hurriedly and said: "The subordinates also think so, the top priority, the lord should urgently issue an order, Zhuo Zhangyan and his army blocked Zhang Liao, and Zhuo Ma Chao, Gao Lan and the vanguard army of the two roads quickly captured Langxi and Yangdu in the north of Xuzhou, and used it for our army's rapid attack, pacified Xubei, and then the army set off from Linzi to encroach on its soil, Xuzhou and Pingchuan, as long as it enters, Guo Jia is clever and clever, and it is difficult to hold on. ”

Yuan Shang glanced at Xiao Ji appreciatively, nodded and said, "Yuan Tu, I've been making a lot of progress recently!" Is there no shortage of evil soldiers? ”

Xiao Ji proudly straightened his chest, and said with a smile: "That's, that's!" If your subordinates learn without thinking, you will be reckless, and if you don't learn, you will die! Every day is diligent to make up for the clumsiness, and half of the tired hair has fallen out. ”

Yuan Shang looked Xiao Ji up and down, nodded and sighed: "Well, after you said this, I found out that you are really a bit Mediterranean...... Catch up with the Ming and ask someone to buy you two catties of ginger slices to make up for it, otherwise a monk suddenly popped up in the think tank under my command, which is really a bit too unusual. ”

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Mount Tai, the front camp of Zhang Liao.

"Everyone!"

Zhang Liao stood on the commander's seat, quietly looked at the generals below, and slowly spoke: "This time, we sent troops to Mount Tai, but Guo Xijiu never came with the army in person, do you know the reason for this?" ”

Below Zhang Liao, the general Sun Guan hesitated when he heard this: "Before leaving, didn't Guo Xianjiu say that he was afraid that Dongwu would attack Xuzhou by taking advantage of the gap, and he needed to sit in Pengcheng to prevent Dongwu?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "That's just a superficial article, with Guo Saijiu's speculation, with Sun Quan's personality, until we and Yuan Shang are in the middle of the war, he will never easily send troops to Xuzhou, Guo Saijiu's move is just to paralyze Yuan Shang and slow down the attack of his Chinese army, and we will take the opportunity to face Ma Chao, Zhang Yan, and Gaolan Three-Way Vanguard Army, defeat it for a while, in order to increase morale, so that we can carry out the future strategy smoothly." ”

Everyone suddenly realized when they heard this, but they saw Zang Ba think about it, and said: "Although Yuan Shang has never been there in person, Zhang Yan is known as Feiyan, and his ability to command troops is very, Ma Chao is brave and crowns the three armies, and his courage is no less than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Gao Ran is the pillar of Hebei with Zhang He's name, and if you want to defeat these three people, I am afraid that it will be difficult." ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Xuan Gao's words are reasonable, but now it is not as usual, Xuzhou is the rainy season now, the time is in me, Guo Xijiu once asserted, don't look at the stability of the east now, within a few days, there will be a downpour of rain in the east, and it will also enter the wind, then it will be a good opportunity for us to defeat its three-way vanguard army!" ”

Zang Ba was stunned when he heard this, but after thinking for a while, he said: "But Guo Saijiu can expect it, but Yuan Shang can't expect it?" ”

Zhang Liao smiled when he heard this, and said: "Guo Xijiu said, in the northern border today, the only people who know the time of the day are frustrated and himself, and the frustrated professor is not in Xuzhou, although Yuan Shang is treacherous and good at strange doors, but he does not pass this way, this battle is a good opportunity for us to take advantage of loopholes, you will definitely win according to my orders!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all bowed their hands and said in unison: "I am willing to listen to General Zhang's orders!" ”

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The two armies had their own calculations, Yuan Shang and Guo Jia did not move, but the generals below started the first round of battles.

According to Yuan Shang's orders, Zhang Yan led an army to block Zhang Liao's headquarters and horses, while Ma Chao and Gao Lan each led a vanguard army to attack Langxi and Yangdu.

Ma Chao, whether in leading troops or martial arts, is mainly based on rapid advancement, and after getting Yuan Shang's general order, he goes straight to Lang Evil day and night.

The land of Lang evil, located in the southeast coast, in the Xuzhou land, is a very lame and remote place, but there is a connection between the east sea route and the mainland of Xuzhou, the geographical location can not be ignored, when Ma Chao led the troops here, the land of Lang evil is in a period of high alert, the four gates are blocked, the curfew is strict, and the city with a small number of people seems to be quiet and dull.

After Ma Chao's soldiers and horses arrived at Langxie, they just rested for one night, and prepared to attack the city on the second day, Ma Chao summoned four partial generals and eight captains who came with him to the account, and said: "At noon today, I will take a part of the soldiers and horses to feint to attack Langxie, and then defeat, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are ready outside the city, and after I lure them out, you will go up together, destroy all their people, and seize this place, do you understand?" ”

"Understood!" The four generals and eight lieutenants nodded in unison, and their voices were like a bell.

"Who wants to lure the enemy with me?"

The crowd looked at each other, but no one spoke.

To tell the truth, it's not that they don't want to go, it's really Ma Chao's plan to lure the enemy is a bit too shallow, too direct, you are here to attack the city, but in the end you want to lead people out of the city, you are the head of the Cao army guard, I am afraid that I didn't lead the other party out after the worst, but I am easy to be tricked, this kind of tiger thing is better to hide as far away as possible.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Ma Chao frowned, a little unhappy, he glanced at everyone out of the corner of his eye, and asked suspiciously, "What?" Isn't there anyone who dares to go with Ben General? ”

When he asked, everyone lowered their heads. After a long while, a lieutenant named Yu Cheng said cautiously: "General Ma, we are here to attack the city, but you want to lure them out with a trick of defeat, isn't it too stupid to do so?" ”

"You fart!" Ma Chao's face suddenly rose with anger when he heard this: "Ben Jiang has been with the lord for so long, and he has learned a lot of conspiracy and conspiracy, how can you understand it?" ”

Everyone was so frightened by Ma Chao that they stopped talking.

"You individuals, on the day of peace, how majestic and majestic should you be, and now when it comes time to make your true abilities, all of them have become wastes? The last chance, does anyone dare to go with me? Those who don't go, they are all denounced as pawns, and go to the back camp to wash my horse's buttocks! ”

was provoked by his words, and everyone was red-faced, ashamed and ashamed. As soon as he finished speaking, five lieutenants immediately stepped forward and said, "General Ma, we are willing to go with you!" ”

"............" (To be continued......)