When Yan Liang led his army out of the Jingcheng Pass of the Fifth of the Eight Emperors of Taihang, he didn't know that his good brother Wen Chou had been taken prisoner again and was captured by Zhao Yun and returned to Gaoliu City. If he knows the way, it is estimated that he will definitely come to Jizhou this time.

Some time ago, Yan Liang and Wen Chou joined forces to attack the western front of Youzhou defended by Xu Rong, although the strength exceeded Xu Rong by more than double, but they couldn't break through the damn Great Wall defense line, although Yan Liang was invincible, but Xu Rong didn't fight with him in front of the battle at all, and he had been hiding behind the solid city defense to command the soldiers to defend, and he didn't give Yan Liang half a chance to take advantage of it.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou spent a month and a half under Gaoliu City, paying the lives of 8,000 soldiers, and finally understood Xu Rong's power. Just as the brothers were worried about whether Yuan Shao would blame them for their ineffective fighting, Yuan Shao's good nephew, Gao Gan, sent them an urgent report, claiming that Liu He's traces had been found in the southwest of Jincheng and asked them to send troops to besiege Liu He.

Yan Liang pondered for a while, and felt that catching Liu He or killing Liu He in the territory of Bingzhou was more than the credit for breaking through Gaoliu, and he could also temporarily evacuate from the quagmire of Gaoliu, and not die with Xu Rong, a difficult guy, so he simply led all the soldiers and horses back to Bingzhou with Wen Chou.

Liu He didn't give Yan Liang a chance to besiege him, and ran away with a false shot outside Jincheng, which made Yan Liang, who was rushing back to Bingzhou, a little annoyed, and he was worried that when he led his army north to attack Gaoliu again, he would be attacked from the rear by the cavalry led by Liu He, so he adopted Feng Ji's suggestion, and simply did not look for fighters on the western front of Youzhou, but directly came to cut off the connection between Youzhou and Jizhou.

Yan Liang is like this, and the effect is not seen for the time being, but it really pits two people, one is the good brother Wen Chou, and the other is Yuan Shao's ally Gongsun Zhan.

If Yan Liang honestly led the army back to Baideng City in the north of Bingzhou with Wen Chou, Liu He would not dare to sing the empty city plan on the Western Front, and transferred the troops under Xu Rong to Dai County to block Gongsun Zhan. Then Gongsun Chan would not have been destroyed so quickly, and the war in the entire Youzhou would not have ended so smoothly and quickly, and his good brother Wen Chou would not have fallen for Zhao Yun's scheme and was captured back to Gaoliu City.

Because of the speed of message transmission, Yan Liang didn't know the causes and consequences of Lu Dao for the time being, so when he passed through Jingcheng Road, he just wanted to rush to Jizhou as soon as possible, and then assist Yuan Shao in attacking Gaoyi.

Since Liu He had successfully broken through from the direction of Bingzhou, the arrangements of the lord Yuan Shao to ambush Liu He along the Yellow River were all nullified, so Yan Liang had reason to believe that Yuan Shao would definitely organize a large army to go north to besiege Gaoyi again.

As a matter of fact. Yuan Shao did the same.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, Yan Liang is not wrong to do this, if it weren't for the fact that Youzhou sent Xu Rong south to reinforce Jizhou, maybe Yan Liang's sudden black tiger heart-digging move would likely catch Lu Zhi off guard.

It's not that enemies don't get together, this is really appropriate to describe Yan Liang and Xu Rong.

After Xu Rong left Takayanagi some time ago, he almost never stopped. He first led the army to block Gongsun Zan in Dai County, then rushed to Jicheng Yin Gongsun Yue, and then led the army south to Jizhou to reinforce Lu Zhi. Although it has been very hard along the way, Xu Rong's exploits have also risen in an uproar. At present, even Zhao Yun's combat exploits are not as high as his.

Xu Rong marched, always cautious, after he led his army south through Zhuo County. He sent a large number of scouts and scouts to the front to reconnoitre, and when he walked to the Hanchang area, he received the news from the front scouts. It is said that a Yuan army was found and was rushing to Gengxiang from the direction of Zhending.

Xu Rong then quickened the pace of his march and rushed towards Xiaquyang, the northernmost part of Julu County, close to the Hutuo River.

During the march, he sent scouts and meticulous work to explore around, which was the basic skill of being the main general, since Xu Rong was able to discover Yan Liang's troops, it was normal for Yan Liang to discover Xu Rong's troops later. Don't forget, Yan Liang is followed by a military advisor.

In the history books, it is said that Yan Liang is "narrow-minded, although he is brave, he cannot be alone." It means that Yan Liangqi is relatively small, although he is brave and good at fighting, he cannot lead an army alone. Yuan Shao seemed to see Yan Liang's weakness that he could not be alone, so he sent his strategist Feng Ji to follow him to prevent him from falling into the traps and traps of the enemy army because of his momentary competitiveness.

Not to mention, when Yan Liang found out that the commander of the Youzhou army that went south to reinforce Gaoyi was Xu Rong, he wanted to take his men and horses to fight Xu Rong desperately.

Yan Liang thought to himself: Xu Rong, aren't you turtles good at hiding behind the city wall and releasing cold arrows, this time you came to the Jizhou Plain, where there is no village in front and no shop behind, and I can't clean you up with my superior forces?

However, the military advisor Feng Ji was not as simple as Yan Liang's mind, he smelled danger from Xu Rong leading the army south, so he stopped the impulsive Yan Liang.

Feng Ji said to Yan Liang: "Could it be that the general has forgotten the faux pas under Gaoyi City two years ago? Since Youzhou can send Xu Rong to lead 10,000 infantry south to reinforce Gaoyi, it means that the threat of Youzhou has been lifted, and the threat of Youzhou will be lifted? It must be that there is something wrong with the two troops of Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Yue! ”

Yan Liang was taken aback by Feng Ji's analysis, and hurriedly asked, "In this case, what should I do?" ”

Last time, Yuan Shao's army defeated Gaoyi, because he underestimated Xian Yufu, who was sent by Youzhou to reinforce Jizhou, and calculated to swallow other people's cavalry, but he didn't eat the fat, but broke several teeth. Yan Liang was in Bingzhou at the time, and only afterwards did he hear Wen Chou talk about this paragraph carefully, so he understood the power of this.

"For the sake of today's plan, first block this support army on the north bank of the Hutuo River, and at the same time send a fast horse to report to the Lord, asking him to decide on the follow-up action!" Feng Ji said categorically.

So, Yan Liang led the army to the area of Xiaquyang, set up a position on this side of the river, and waited for Xu Rong's arrival across the river.

Xu Rong saw that the road to the south for reinforcements was blocked by Yan Liang, and he was not in a hurry to launch a strong attack, so he sent people back to Youzhou to report to Liu He, while letting the somewhat tired troops rest in place. Yan Liang's appearance here was also beyond Xu Rong's expectations, Xu Rong would definitely not take the initiative to attack before he figured out the situation.

Just a few days after Yan Liang and Xu Rong confronted each other across the water, Yuan Shao received a secret report sent by Yan Liang and learned that the situation had undergone major changes, and at this moment, Yuan Shao was completely stunned.

Tian Feng's analysis is basically similar to Feng Ji, but because he can't rub sand in his eyes, he bluntly pointed out the mistakes made by Yan Liang. Tian Feng said: "If General Yan can continue to insist on attacking the western front of Youzhou and do not return to Jincheng for reinforcements without authorization, then it is impossible for Xu Rong on the western front of Youzhou to leave Gaoliucheng." I dare to conclude that the troops of Gongsun Chan who rushed all the way to Gaoliu to join him must have been destroyed, and the army on the Eastern Front where Gongsun Yue was located will not end well! ”

Guo Tu has always been unable to pee in a pot with Tian Feng, and at this time, seeing Tian Feng accusing Yan Liang, he said: "Mr. Yuan Hao is too harsh on General Yan, with the situation he was in at the time, the attack on Gaoliu was blocked, and the cavalry of the Liu family appeared behind him, if he did not return to the state in time to encircle it, would he sit back and watch the Liu family children return to the state with a swagger?" ”

Yuan Shao saw that the two military advisors around him were arguing, and his head suddenly became big, and he said: "Don't quarrel with the two of you, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to blame General Yan again, you still have to think about what we should do next." ”

Tian Feng adjusted his mood and said very calmly: "Immediately order General Yan to lead the army to withdraw from Jingcheng Pass and annex the state, send Lu Yi to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to quickly enter Bohai County eastward, and leave Gongsun Zan in Jizhou to seize as much as he can, and send someone to Jinyang to give Gao Gan an order, so that he can immediately lead the army south to Taihang Cheng to attack Hanoi Zhang Yang!" ”

"Mr. Yuan Hao, do you want to elaborate on the intention of such a deployment?" Xin Ping asked.

Yuan Shao also nodded, motioning to Tian Feng to tell everyone about the deep meaning of such a deployment.

Tian Feng frowned and said: "The war in Youzhou must have undergone a huge reversal, if my guess is correct, once the Liu family has digested the strength and territory of the Gongsun clan, the next step will be to gather a large army and soldiers to start a crazy counterattack in two ways!" Since he dared to send Xu Rong to lead the army to reinforce Jizhou, the defense of the western front was no longer a problem, and then he would send troops to take the initiative to attack Yanmen County. It is not easy to attack Youzhou from the direction of Bingzhou, but it is very easy to send troops from Youzhou to attack Bingzhou, so General Yan must immediately lead his army back to Bingzhou to ensure the safety of the northern part of Bingzhou. ”

"Xu Rong's support is only the vanguard force, if the Gongsun clan has been destroyed, then the Liu family will also send a large army south to receive Gongsun Zhan's territory, if we can't take Gaoyi before this, then we must be prepared for the Jizhou and Youzhou two ways alliance to attack Yecheng! The reason for ordering Gao Gan to attack Zhang Yang in Hanoi is because Luoyang is currently empty of troops and is unable to reinforce Zhang Yang, so he wants to take advantage of the fact that the Liu family is not in Luoyang to take Hanoi County, so that Luoyang can be coerced, so that the Liu family children do not dare to attack Yecheng easily! ”

"In the opinion of the military division, can we take Gaoyi before the reinforcements of the Youzhou brigade arrive?" Yuan Shao asked.

"If there is still Han Fu in Gaoyi City, there is eighty percent certainty. Now that it has been replaced by Lu Zhi, only Yicheng is sure. ”

"Issei sure?" Yuan Shao's face was a little ugly.

"Although Lu Zhi is old, he can get 20,000 male soldiers. The wisdom of frustration is not below me. Tai Shi Ci's bravery, the ugliness of the text cannot be resisted. After several years of reinforcement and heightening, Gaoyi City is stronger than two years ago. Tian Feng has always been direct when he speaks, but everything is the truth, and Yuan Shao, who asked, couldn't answer at all.

Guo Tu was a little unconvinced, he asked Tian Feng: "Even if Gaoyi is difficult to attack, do we really need to be so wary of the Liu family's children?" ”

Tian Feng was not angry, he just shook his head and said: "The children of the Liu family are no longer the time when they led the army south to Chang'an, in my opinion, if we can't unite Yanzhou Cao Mengde and Qingzhou Tian Kai and Liu Bei, we may not be able to stay in Jizhou!" (To be continued......)

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