In a dense forest more than ten miles away from the white horse, the army of the open jaw was resting.

"General Zhang, it seems that the spies we sent have not returned!" Jiang Qi looked at Zhang Jaw anxiously, it has been three days here, in order not to be discovered by Cao Jun, he nested in this wood, he was not allowed to enter or leave, he didn't even dare to make a fire to cook, and the sergeant only used dry food to satisfy his hunger.

"General Jiang, don't worry, we have sent so many spies, there must be back!"

"Report! General, a spy has returned from injury! "At this time, Zhang Jaw's spies returned.

"Bring me quickly!"

"No!" Soon a sergeant with a wound in the left shoulder came to open jaw.

"See the general!"

"Don't be polite, quickly report the situation in the vicinity!"

"Yes!" The wounded soldier took a sip of water and began to tell the story of the neighborhood. Here is more than ten miles away from White Horse City, three miles away, there is a fortress of Cao Jun, the situation in the fortress is unknown, and the number of Cao troops is unknown.

"General Zhang?" Jiang Qi looked at Zhang Jaw, in the battle of Xudu, Jiang Qi's subordinates were basically killed, and Jiang Qi also wanted to be ashamed.

"It seems that we can't go to Yanjin, we change our goal to take the white horse, as long as the white horse is lost, Yanjin is isolated, and it will be a great achievement at that time!"

"What General Zhang said is reasonable, the white horse and Yanjin are interdependent, if the white horse is lost, it will be in vain to garrison Yanjin."

"Yes, then we first have to take the fortress in front."

"Please give the general an order!" Jiang Qi hugged his fists and asked for battle, a fortress, and the number of Cao's army was up to two hundred. Now there are more than 6,000 people in the Zhangjaw army. It's one to ten. You can eat it too! ”

"Good! Pass on our military order, the whole army will attack, and take the fortress in front! ”

"No!" Jiang Qi slowly approached the fortress with a thousand sergeants as the vanguard.

"Why stop?" Jiang Qi saw that the front army was not moving, and immediately asked his own soldiers.

"Wait a minute, General, I'll take a look!" The soldiers went to the front army in the dark, and soon returned.

"General, there is a puddle of water in front of you, and I don't know how deep the water is. The sergeant probed, half a knee deep, and the sergeant did not know the situation and did not dare to step forward. ”

"What!" Jiang Qi was stunned, the situation is not clear is a taboo for the march, it should be half an hour before dawn now, or hold the troops first.

"Order the front army, hold your troops, and attack again after dawn!"

"No!"

Time passed quickly. Zhang Jaw also led the army to the vicinity of the fortress. As the sky gradually cleared, Zhang Jaw and Jiang Qi finally saw the terrain near the fortress clearly.

The neighborhood is full of mud and sand. Creeks, rivers, criss-crossed, and to make matters worse, due to the rain, there were puddles in many places, which was a fatal blow to the siege.

The siege pays attention to the siege and attack at the same time, so that the defensive side can not concentrate a little defense, and the city is easy to be breached, but this kind of terrain, the Zhang Jaw army can not carry out the siege at all, if the defender concentrates a little defense, the price paid must be very high!

"General Zhang? Do we still have an offense? Jiang Qi was puzzled, even if he took this fortress, the loss would definitely be greater than expected.

"Attack! Be sure to attack! Cao Jun set up a fortress here in order to prevent our army from moving south, and if it could break a fortress, it would break a fortress. ”

"No!"

"Brothers from Hebei, rush with me!" Since the terrain was unfavorable to him, Jiang Qi and Zhang Jaw didn't talk about any tactics anymore, and attacked the city strongly.

Time passed quickly, and the siege of Zhang Jaw was over, there was no content, just piled up corpses, and then hit them with a positive attack, breaking the fortress, and all the 100 Cao troops in the city were killed, and Zhang Jaw also lost 2,000 soldiers.

After Zhang Jaw entered the fort, he looked around and asked, "Is there such terrain nearby?" ”

The spy replied: "Yes, General, and the defense of Cao's army seems to be very tight, and there is no sign of leaving the city!" ”

"What?" Zhang Jaw was stunned when he heard this, originally Zhang Jaw didn't understand why there were no cavalry scouting nearby, but now he understood that the Cao army in the fortress actually sealed the city gate with a boulder and swore to resist, which is why Zhang Jaw lost 2,000 people.

"General Zhang, what should we do next?" Jiang Qi saw that it was so difficult to attack a fortress, and if he attacked Baima again, I am afraid it would not be easy.

"Cultivate here, send someone to Hebei to send a letter to the lord, and listen to the lord's instructions, with such terrain, it is not easy for Cao Jun to recapture this place!"

"What General Zhang said is very true, Qi immediately went to arrange!"

Soon, Yuan Shao sent people to take over Zhang Jaw's army and continued to be stationed in the fortress, and Zhang Jaw, Jiang Qi, Tian Feng, and Xu You were taken to Yuan Shao's Hebei Front Army Barracks.

Yuan Shao sat on the main seat in military uniform, looking at the four people, both happy and annoyed, happy that the four finally came back, annoyed that the raid did not succeed but lost many soldiers, and the loss of soldiers was lost, but the morale and morale were not hit, and before the decisive battle with Cao Cao's main force, the Yuan army was defeated for a while.

"See the lord!" When the four of them saw Yuan Shao, they immediately bowed and bowed.

"Let's all get up first!"

"Thank you, lord!"

"Tell me about Xu Du!" Yuan Shao shook his head and sighed.

Then Zhang Jaw told the matter again, Yuan Shao listened and listened, his eyes flashed with fine light, and his brows wrinkled from time to time, not knowing what to think.

"Okay, I know everything, although Junyi has lost a lot of men and horses, but defeating the fortress near Baima can be regarded as meritorious, demoted to captain, and wait for retention!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhang Jaw knew that he was guilty and wanted to be punished, but Zhang Jaw just demoted himself, which can be said to be lenient.

"Yuan Hao, Ziyuan, the two of you stay, General Zhang and General Jiang go down!"

"Yes, my lord!"

"Yuan Hao, Ziyuan, do you still think that a surprise attack on Xu Du Cao Cao is the right strategy?" Yuan Shao's tone changed, and he asked the two sternly.

When Xu You heard this, Yuan Shao still liked the steady and steady tactics, although it took a long time, but the effect was still there. Although he felt that it was the lack of troops in the surprise attack that led to the failure, Yuan Shao opened his mouth, and Xu You went downhill.

"What the lord said is true! It's wrong! Please, the Lord punishes you! ”

"Ziyuan, get up, although Ziyuan's method failed, there is still merit, and it can be used as an experience for our army's future raids." Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, yes, Xu You is still very obedient.

"Thank you, my lord!" Xu You was happy in his heart, Yuan Shao didn't pursue himself, it's good!

"Yuan Hao?"

"Lord, please forgive Feng for being blunt, although General Zhangjaw and I are guilty of the raid on Xu Du, but my subordinates think that Xu Du is empty, please ask the Lord to allocate another 30,000 generals and elite soldiers, Feng will definitely be able to break through Xu Du and capture Cao Cao's whole family alive!" Tian Feng still supported his guerrilla warfare methods.

"Yuan Hao, don't be obsessed!" Xu Yu softened, Tian Feng, why don't you admit it!

"Lord, Xu Ziyuan will only flatter the lord, lord, Feng Zao suggested that the lord should not go south too early, since the lord should take advantage of the strength of the army when he goes south." Then Tian Feng talked about his strategy again.

"Bold! Tian Feng, you said Ziyuan would only flatter me? Am I a mediocre person? ”

"Come on, drag Tian Feng out and put him in prison!" Yuan Shao is not easy to mess with, he has already given a step, Xu You has come down, and you Tian Feng has not come down.

"Lord, lord! Listen to the words of Feng. Tian Feng was caught by the guards and dragged out of the barracks, admonishing Yuan Shao from time to time.

"My lord?" After Tian Feng was dragged along, Xu You asked Yuan Shao tentatively. Tian Feng is a rare person around Yuan Shao who has the same opinion as himself, and Xu You doesn't want Tian Feng to be snubbed by Yuan Shao.

"Ziyuan doesn't need to say it anymore, send someone to take good care of Yuan Hao, there must be no one in the army who speaks different words from me, and this is especially true for major military events!" Yuan Shao threw off his cloak, leaving Xu Yu alone.

"My subordinates have received orders, thank you lord!" Xu You understood that Tian Feng was convicted not because of Yuan Shao's strength, but because of the relationship between the monarch and the minister, Tian Feng was a strategist, and he mainly made suggestions. Yuan Shaodu has decided to use an iron wall to deal with Cao Cao, and you Tian Feng will implement it, why insist on your own opinion?

Thinking about this clearly, Xu You smiled, and also left the military tent and returned to his camp.

Seven days later, the battle report of Baima and Yanjin was also sent to Sikong Mansion. After discussion, Cao Cao decided to raise troops to rescue Yanjin and start the first battle of the Hebei battle with Yuan Shao! (To be continued......)

PS: (The second shift, busy, late, but the rabbit insists on the second shift.) Thank you again for your great support)