Xu Huang in the official history is a person who is simple by nature and very strict with himself, he is not greedy for money and power, does not like to show off his personality, but can do things in a down-to-earth manner, so he was praised by Cao Cao as "having the style of Zhou Yafu".

Although Xu Huang has followed Liu He for a short time, since the feint attack on Jinyang, he has already shown extraordinary resourcefulness and skills, and he can always complete the tasks assigned by Liu He, and now he has become an indispensable and important follower by Liu He's side.

In the days when Zhao Yun and Zhang He led the army to fight outside, Liu He often took Guo Jia, Tian Chou, Xu Huang, and Murong Ping to hang around, and many things were finalized on the way, which gave Xu Huang the opportunity to participate and learn, so his progress can only be described as speed.

Xu Huang opened his mouth to ask Liu He if he really released Wen Chou, but he had his own thoughts in his heart, not for a while.

Liu He saw that Zhao Yun had not said anything, so he asked with a smile: "What does Zilong think about my preparation to release Wen Chou?" ”

Zhao Yun pondered some words and replied: "Childe's move has a deep meaning, if you really release Wen Chou, I am afraid that the effect will be better than subduing Wen Chou." ”

"Well, it's a bit interesting, why do you say that it is better to release Wen Chou than to surrender Wen Chou?" Liu He asked playfully.

Zhao Yun replied: "What Gongzi said to Wen Chou just now, every sentence is true, and there is no falsehood, but it is like a sledgehammer to the bottom of his heart, and now it has shaken Wen Chou's loyalty to Yuan Shao, if the time drags on further, he will become more and more suspicious that he has lost Yuan Shao's trust, so even if he can return to Yuan Jun's camp in the future, I am afraid that the gap in his heart will not be bridged." ”

"What's even more clever is that if Gongzi unconditionally releases Wen Chou this time, it will definitely make Yuan Shao suspicious of Wen Chou, and he will never dare to use him again in the future. Moreover, releasing Wen Chou will also make the generals under Yuan Shao's command more convinced of your reputation for treating generals well, and they will be more or less lucky on the battlefield in the future. will not fight to the end, which is tantamount to weakening the strength of Yuan Jun in disguise. ”

"Ha Luha, it is still Zilong's thorough analysis. Yuan Shao is the person who has the best face, this time he thinks Wen Chou has embarrassed him again, so he refuses to send someone to redeem him, which just gives me this opportunity to divide Wen Chou, if I don't make good use of it, I'm sorry for him! In the future, we will fight against Yuan Jun, if conditions permit. Try not to kill the generals of the Yuan army on the spot, release them back after a while, it won't be long, I'm afraid that Yuan Shao will have a toothache! ”

"Childe, please forgive me for being obtuse, our next strategy is to rest with the people, and try not to take the initiative to provoke a war on the border, so how can there be a chance to capture the soldiers of the Yuan army?" Xu Huang asked a little puzzled.

"Komeito is a good question. Although on the surface, we will not start a war lightly on the border. But the Xianbei people in the north of Bingzhou will not be polite to Yuan Shao, in the past, Yuan Shao always used to use knives against Youzhou behind his back, and now it's our turn to make a move! ”

Xu Huang said with a serious face: "I understand the humble duty!" We can have the Wuhuan cavalry pretend to be Xianbei people, often detouring from the north of Danhan Mountain to Bingzhou. Then attack the Yuan army and take the opportunity to capture their soldiers and generals! ”

Liu He nodded at Xu Huang with a "you know" expression.

When Youzhou began to expand its army excitedly, the atmosphere in Yecheng, where Yuan Shao was located, was depressed. There was always news that upset him from the direction of Bingzhou and Hanoi, which made Yuan Shao so angry that he lost his appetite and couldn't sleep at night.

Follow Tian Feng's suggestion. Yuan Shao withdrew all the troops from Jizhou to the south of the demarcation line agreed upon by all parties at the time of the original Xindu League, and then Lu Yi returned from Nanpi in vain, so he had to watch Liu He pocket the territory vacated by Gongsun Zhan. Yuan Shao, who was unwilling to give up, gave an order to his nephew Gao Gan, asking him to immediately lead 20,000 soldiers and horses from Jinyang south to Taihang Cheng to attack Zhang Yang in Hanoi.

Taihang Cheng ranks second in the whole Taihang Eight Mountains, the narrow valley road in the Taihang stretches for nearly 100 miles, since ancient times it is the throat road leading from Hanoi to the Shangdang region in the south of Jinnan, once the exit is cut off by the army, it is the situation of "one man is not open", even if the senior cadres come with 20,000 soldiers and horses, the same is to look at the pass and sigh, there is no way.

From Bingzhou to Hanoi County, either from the Tianjing Pass in Taihang to go straight to Yewang, or detour through Hedong to cross the Yiguan to enter, now Taihang is blocked by Zhang Yang sent troops, and Hedong County has Duan Xuan and Baibo Army north and south division, so Gao Gan can only come how to come and how to go back, and can not complete the task assigned by Yuan Shao.

Gao Gan's army couldn't get Zhang Yang, so Yuan Shao sent Gao Ran to lead 30,000 infantry from Yecheng to bypass Montenegro to attack Zhang Yang, but Zhang Yang personally led 15,000 people to set up an ambush in the area from Lugushan to Muye, and even caught Gao Ran off guard and fled back to Yecheng directly, directly crushing Yuan Shao's plot to occupy Hanoi and coerce Luoyang.

What Yuan Shao didn't know was that this ambush battle was a New Year's gift specially given to him by Zhang Yang after accepting the support and planning of Luoyang.

Hanoi County and Luoyang area are separated by only a gentle Yellow River, when Liu He led the Youzhou cavalry to leave Luoyang, Li Yan always paid attention to the movements of Yuan Shao's army, and often sent envoys to Hanoi to contact Zhang Yang, repeatedly reminding Zhang Yang to guard against Yuan Shao's sneak attack.

Zhang Yang has a relatively mild temperament, and it is recorded in "Heroes": "Yang is benevolent and peaceful, and has no coercion." The subordinates rebelled, found out, wept about it, and didn't ask. The meaning of this passage is that Zhang Yang's temperament is generous and gentle, and there is no majesty. His subordinates wanted to rebel, and after he found out, Zhang Yang cried to his subordinates, but did not ask these people why they wanted to rebel.

However, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, even if Zhang Yang is honest and benevolent, Yuan Shao's bandit practice of taking it without telling is still not acceptable to Zhang Yang, not to mention that he is now backed by Luoyang's good neighbors Zhu Jun and Li Yan, so his waist is straighter than before.

When Taihang's guard general Zheng Gu discovered Gao Gan's army, it was the enemy who was very red when he saw him, and he was not afraid of the intimidation of the Yuan army at all, and he was stubbornly guarding the steep pass, just commanding his brothers to the death to greet the attacking Yuan army.

At that time, he got in touch with some of Yuan Shao's newly recruited troops, and then united with tens of thousands of people in the Montenegrin army, and killed Yuan Shao's old nest Yecheng with great momentum, but was beaten back to its original form by Yuan Shao's general Liyi, who led more than 2,000 brothers to flee to Hanoi County and took refuge in Zhang Yang.

After Su Gu stopped Gao Gan, he immediately sent a message to Zhang Yang of Huai County to warn him, and Zhang Yang immediately sent someone to inform him of the direction of Luoyang after receiving the military information. When Li Yan received Zhang Yang's warning, he had accurately obtained important information from secret channels about the collapse of Gongsun Zhan's power, and he estimated that Yuan Shao would definitely withdraw from the battlefield on the northern front and concentrate on dealing with Zhang Yang in Hanoi in the future, and then threaten Luoyang, so he immediately sent Qu Meng and Chen Gui to lead 5,000 Shenxi troops to Hanoi to urgently rush to Hanoi to reinforce Zhang Yang.

Shen Xijun came from the Danshui Mountains, and what they were best at was using the mountains and jungles to ambush, and Qu Meng and Chen Gui had also experienced a lot of battle formations now, so although they only brought 5,000 people to Hanoi, it was enough to reverse the two major shortcomings of the limited strength and lack of combat experience of the troops under Zhang Yang.

Whether it is the choice of ambush location or the deployment of troops and ambush, it is handled by this young man who has not yet been weak, but the result is a complete victory, which makes Zhang Yang sincerely admire.

After Zhang Yang repelled Gao Gan's attack, he sent people to Hedong to contact Duan Xuan and remind Duan Xuan to guard against Yuan Shao's army from the Fenhe Ancient Road to Hedong. Duan Xuan didn't dare to be sloppy, and immediately sent someone to Baibo Valley to contact Yang Feng, asking Yang Feng to send someone to enter the state border and take a reconnaissance to keep an eye on the movements of Jinyang's high-ranking cadres at any time.

After Yuan Shao's two-way army failed in their plan to seize Hanoi, he sent Xin Ping to the Qingzhou Plain to contact Tian Kai, hoping to persuade Tian Kai from the lonely hanging plain to come to defect, but Tian Kai refused.

Tian Kai pointed at Xin Ping's nose and scolded: "If it weren't for Yuan Benchu's repeated persuasion of Jihou and others, the general would not easily lead the army north to attack the Liu family and his son in Youzhou, and end up with a defeated clan!" Even if someone Tian is homeless in the future, he will never take refuge in Yuan Benchu! ”

Xin Ping returned to Yecheng from the plains, and naturally did not dare to say Tian Kai's words of scolding Yuan Shao directly, but he could not change the outcome of the complete failure of lobbying Tian Kai. When Yuan Shao was upset, Yan Liang, who was stationed in the northeast of Bingzhou, sent a letter to Yuan Shao, begging Yuan Shao to send someone to Jicheng to negotiate with Liu He and redeem Wen Chou in time.

Yuan Shao, who was angry, attributed all his grievances to Wen Chou's head, and scolded: "Wen Chou's stupid man, he has been captured repeatedly, and it is a big thing for me, what's the use of keeping it?" ”

When the generals in front of Yuan Shao's tent heard this, they suddenly felt a slight chill in their hearts, and they looked at each other one by one, not daring to make a sound.

I think that when Yan Liang and Wen Chou came to vote for Yuan Shao together, what a scenery it was. Yuan Shao often praised the brave and extraordinary heroes of Hejian in front of the generals, and even didn't mind the appearance of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou were also loyal, hard-working, and made great contributions to Yuan Shao's southern and northern wars over the years.

Now that Wen Chou has been captured again, although it is a bit embarrassing, but after all, it is also for the Yuan family, Yuan Shao actually insulted Wen Chou so much in front of everyone, how can everyone not mutter?

Yuan Shao's top five generals, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lu Yi, Gao Lan, Zhang Xu, now there is only one Zhang Xu who has not suffered in front of the Youzhou army, who dares to guarantee that he will win when he encounters Zhao Yun, Zhang He and Tai Shici in the future? (To be continued......)

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