In front of the court under the drizzle, in the courtyard, Zu Zhao was wearing a velvet mink cloak, wearing a chain mail, and standing in front of the court with a sword, "Is it raining?" He said to himself as he looked at the gray sky.

"Yes, my lord. Let's go back to the house," Chen Gong replied from the side.

"It looks like this day is going to change." Zu Zhao's eyes contained fine light, as if he saw the fate of the world through the dense clouds, and also saw the trend of the wind and rain coming to the city.

"Let's go back to the house, you go and call all the generals to the state capital, go." Zu Zhao turned around and returned to the room thoughtfully.

On the other side of this time, an old man stood in the military tent, with a military map spread out in front of him, "Fengji, I am a general, Yan Liangwen and Chou will fight, and now I can only believe you, you will help the widow analyze and analyze the current situation." "This person is none other than Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, Yuan Benchu.

"General, the subordinates are fallacious," Feng Ji knocked his hand and continued, "Lord, please see, such as today, there are a few powerful people, the lord has been in Hebei, it is better to leap forward again, and level Youzhou, isn't it happy, the minister has heard that the people of Youzhou are rich, the city is taken into account, it is a good land, and the Zu Zhao group of martyrs stationed in Youzhou is a generation of heroes, seeing that it is now becoming more and more powerful, the future may not be a good thing for us, the lord, your majesty, it is recommended that although our army has just finished the battle Gongsun Zhan's vitality is greatly injured, but the morale of our army is still there, If there are no troops, it will be difficult to deal with Zu Zhao when his wings are full. "The analysis of the set makes sense.

"Guo Tu, what do you think," Yuan Shao was obviously moved, and only symbolically asked his first army division, Guo Tu.

"The minister thinks, no, Youzhou is lackluster, it's not what Fengji said, in addition, Qinchuan and Zhongshan are all cities of our army, so the minister thinks that there is no need to send troops, just defend the city." Guo Tuyi kowtowed and glanced at Fengji fiercely, this is jealousy and ruthlessness.

"Chen Lin, what do you think?" This Chen Lin is no one else, it is Guo Tudi's protégé, because he showed great talent at a young age, he was recruited by Yuan Shao to be a staff member.

Chen Lin hurriedly kowtowed as if he was frightened, because as a staff member, he was standing by the door, and it was not his turn to speak on such an occasion, "Yes, my lord, the minister thinks that what Mr. Guo said is reasonable, and in terms of reason, defending the city is the best choice for our army. Guo Tu smiled when he heard Chen Lin's words, and Fengji was still calm and natural as if he hadn't heard it. Guo Tu couldn't figure out what kind of medicine he bought in the gourd.

"Ha Lu Ha," Feng Ji suddenly laughed, "You two masters and apprentices are in the same stream, the spy I have been looking for for a few days turns out to be the two of you, you two together to meet and not let you attack Youzhou, it must be a spy sent by Zu Zhao." Feng Ji pointed at Guo Tu and scolded angrily.

"Fengji, you don't want to spew blood." Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao in panic.

"I'm spurting blood, can I fake this letter, Chen Lin, do you say you are a spy." Fengji took out a letter from his sleeve and the official seal of Youzhou City. Fell in front of Chen Lin, who was already so frightened that he fell to his knees.

"Chen Lin, what's going on, you say," Yuan Shao looked at Chen Lin, looking at the young man he had trusted very much.

"Lord, the minister is wrong, the minister is willing to make up for it, all this was forced by the teacher to do it, not my own volition." Chen Lin looked aggrieved.

"Hmph, Guo Tu, you are so bold, you dare to betray the country." Yuan Shao slapped the table case angrily, "Someone dragged Guo Tu and the others down and beheaded them"

"The lord has wronged, Fengji, you have trapped me in injustice," Guo Tu shouted. "Yuan Benchu, you will be defeated if you send troops to Youzhou,"

A scream outside the noon gate ended Guo Tu's voice.

"Report, Yuan Shaobu asks to see the general every gathering!" The herald was on the way.

Cao Cao raised his eyes and saw that this person was not the first strategist under Yuan Shaoxian's account, who designed Guo Tu to death yesterday.

"General Cao's contempt is Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu's military division has gathered and seen the general." The number of etiquette in the gathering is not inconsiderate. The reason why he didn't call him Prime Minister Cao Cheng was because the general trend was undecided today, and a sentence of Prime Minister might have ruined his survival weight in other camps.

"I don't know what Mr. came to my Cao Ying" Cao Cao didn't know the purpose of his coming, there is no doubt that Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Zan were both defeated in a battle, and now there are Zu Liechen next to Yuan Shao, Cao Yuan is undoubtedly the upper plan, but to what extent the union is, Cao Cao has already had a certain number in his heart, how can Yuan Shao's generation of heroes lead the troubled times, this person is incompetent, let alone the master, can only chat with him, not deep friendship.

"General, I have been ordered by my lord to discuss the way of unity with the general." Fengji's answer is neat.

"Oh, I see, but in these troubled times, you and I are each our own master, what is the purpose of our union?" Cao Cao asked knowingly.

"General, you should know that Zu Zhao of Youzhou, Zu Liechen has become a certain climate, if you let it develop, I am afraid that even you and I will not be able to contain the two major forces. So I came in to unite with General Cao in order to fight against Zu Zhao together. ”

"Hahaha," Cao Cao looked up to the sky and smiled, "Benchu, Benchu, you will never be a hero, you will always be a bear" Cao Cao turned around and told Fengji, "You go back and tell Benchu, I know about the union, but I am now restrained by the war in the Central Plains, and I can't get out." I'm looking for him for tea after a while. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao turned around and left. only left a cozy gathering, saying to himself, "Cao Mengde is really a traitor"

In 195 AD, 200,000 advance troops of Yuan Shao's headquarters arrived in Zhongshan, and 100,000 arrived in Qinchuan. and Youzhou City are horns and become a confrontation. However, neither side dared to take the lead in attacking, because those who knew military affairs knew that when the military strength of the two sides was equal, the other side would take the lead in attacking, and the losses would be irreversible until the end of the war.

It must be said that Yuan Shao really made great efforts, originally Zhongshan was only a second-level defensive city, but now the city wall has been raised to a full 5 feet high, and countless wooden fences have been laid down in the moat, which is enough for the entire army to hold on to it for 1 year. It can be said that today's Zhongshan City is a huge fortress, if you want to knock it down, it is impossible to have dozens of times the army, and Qinchuan, which is the closest to Youzhou, is even more exaggerated, it was originally just a small town built between the two states to promote the circulation of goods, and now it has long been changed to a huge military camp, the original residents have all been moved, and the huge siege equipment built up, the catapult for defense, the bow and ballista carts, etc., 400,000 people in the original town, the town was changed into a steel city composed of soldiers. And sitting in this steel city is Yuan Shao's subordinate general Zhang Jaw, this person is brave and powerful to win Yuan Shao's camp, and let him sit here is also this purpose, this place must be the location of the first stop, so victory is very important, only victory can not worship, the contest of cold weapons, morale is the foundation of everything.

"Chen Gong, you said that Yuan Shao is so heavily armed here, how can he break it?" Zu Zhao looked at Chen Gong who followed him.

"Lord, I think too much, this jaw Weichen is the one who has heard of this jaw martial arts bravery, but the resourcefulness is insufficient, yesterday, I and a few soldiers Liaodong City found that this person built the city not according to the military book, built at will, the road is narrow and inconvenient for the cavalry, the action of the heavy armor soldiers, and it is reported that the main troops stationed in Qinchuan this time are Yuan Shao's elite soldiers, which are heavy cavalry and heavy armor soldiers."

"I see, we are determined to win this city," Zu Zhao said with a smile.

The next day, the Chinese army battalion, "all the generals listened to the order, Zhang Yuan listened to the order to lead the heavy infantry to meet the enemy head-on, but not to attack, Zhao Meng listened to the order, and ordered you to lead the elite cavalry on the road from Qinchuan to Zhongshan, remember, be sure to meet the enemy head-on, not to pursue the battle." Yu Ban, Zhao Qi, the two of you each bring a fine horse to outflank from the side, and you can't fight. Finally, Zhang Ying, Zu Ping, and all the staff, please go up to the city wall to see how the mattress and Zhang Jaw were defeated. ”

"My lord, you are in charge of the Chinese army, the handsome and elite cavalry only grasps the open jaw, and everyone takes the drums in the city as the trumpet. Let's all go and prepare. "Chen Gong commanded, everything was under control.

At noon, the gate of Liaodong City was opened, and a group of heavy infantry carrying Changge walked out with neat steps, and the silver armor shone with the most dazzling glory in the sun. One person stood on a horse, walked in front of the silver helmet and silver armor, holding a 5-foot-long sword of chopping horses, and then followed by the upper X general Zhang Yuanzu Ping Zhangyu, the incomparable faith, the belief of victory condensed on everyone's face. A team of the most elite horsemen followed.

The Qinchuan camp on the opposite side also reacted immediately, as soon as the city gate opened, a big man stood on the horse with a spear in his hand, a black horse and a burly man in gold armor, and then the same heavy cavalry and infantry.

"Does anyone on the other side dare to fight against me with open jaws?" The black-faced man shouted roughly.

Zhang Yuan was about to put the knife on it, but he saw a long sword in front of the horse's head. That's right, Zu Zhao had already galloped forward on his horse, saying that it was too late, it was fast, in the blink of an eye, the horses on both sides were desperately running, colliding in a few seconds, between lightning and flint, regardless of victory or defeat, and then returning to the horse, in this collision, the long sword grazed the edge of the long robbery and cleaved, drawing a fierce white mark and rows of scattered sparks, and there was no difference between victory and defeat, and the two fought without winning or losing. This is a burst of drums from the back of the city wall, and then look back at the city has launched a huge catapult, a number of as many as ten, there is a burst of thunder drums, all the soldiers shouted to the sky "Shenwei, Shenwei"

That's right, Zu Zhao has not been idle these days, he didn't care about the tactics of the battle, but went to gather all the craftsmen of Quancheng to jointly develop these Shenwei catapults.

The two generals were also tired of fighting for dozens of rounds without winning or losing, and then they each returned to the front of their own troops, of course, they could not show weakness, and immediately sent people to invite them to attack the city, and one by one huge catapults were launched, and for a while the two sides were tense.

There was another drum beating, Zhang Jaw was shocked, I don't know what kind of tricks there was on the other side, but how could he not think of Zu Zhao's IQ, this is the catapults on both sides have begun to accumulate, Zhang Jaw is just ignorant of military affairs, but not stupid, so he ordered all catapults to aim at the city wall of Liaodong City and directly break the city, but I have to say that Zhang Jaw is still weak-hearted, because he can't understand the opposite side at all. Because catapults have always been a weapon for siege, and now the defenders have taken out catapults, what are they doing? Zhang Jaw thought that the ground was big, and he didn't know what the road was for.

But immediately, Zu Zhao gave the answer, "Give me to their barracks." "The barrel as big as a stone was pushed onto the catapult and slowly ignited, and then one by one the huge barrels flew into the enemy barracks, and for a while Yuan Shaojun was stupid, what 1 year of baggage, is it really going to be burned?

Yuan Jun immediately ran back to the camp to put out the fire, but the problem had already come out, it was still possible to come out of the street with a regular lineup, but at this moment it was already chaotic, crowded with people, spears in front of horses' feet, and a mess, and behind the flying wine barrels, there were patches of arrows and huge stones that broke through the air. Just when everyone was in chaos, there was a burst of thunder drums, and the drums at this time were not at all pleasant, and it seemed to be a life-threatening charm in every Yuan Shaojun's ears.

On the left and right is a team of elite cavalry outflanked, Yuan Shaojun, who was already anxious, was even more at a loss, holding his head and running around, "Shangah" A roaring heavy infantry rushed towards the Yuan army, and within a few hours a suppressed war was over, at this time, one by one Yuan generals were tied up and knelt on the ground, led by Zhang Jaw. The soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield while talking and laughing about the tragic situation of Yuan Jun's escape.

"The next step is to march into Zhongshan, the city of Zhongshan is very strong and difficult to fight." Chen Gong was not happy about the victory in front of him, but worried about the battle ahead, which is exactly the courage that a great military advisor should have.

"Ha Luha, I've already arranged this." Zu Zhao looked relieved. Those who know him must know that when Zu Zhao is full of confidence, then he must have made full preparations.

"Well, I'll just wait for the good news from the lord."

"Tomorrow, the whole army will go straight to Zhongshan City, surround Zhongshan City, and within a month, Zhongshan City will be broken." Zu Zhao said confidently.

A month later, in Zhongshan City, "the lord and the minister still don't know why Lu Dao has a year-old heavy and dangerous city to guard, why Han Fu's old department will turn to open the city gate." Chen Gong really couldn't see through the young lord in front of him, who was so young, but he won all battles, and was known as General Shifei.

"Actually, there are a lot of things you don't know about behind this, but now is the time to tell you, do you know who Mrs. Yuan Shao is in Yuan Shao's camp now," Zu Zhao said without mentioning it.

"According to my investigation, it's Empress Wu," it can be said that Chen Gong has checked everything about Yuan Shao's camp, but he still doesn't know what medicine he bought in the gourd of Lu Dao Ancestor Zhao.

"That's right, do you know who Empress Wu's lover is. That is the greatest hero of our campaign, that is, the one who provoked this campaign. ”

"Could it be...... Be...... Fengji: "Chen Gong can't stay calm.

"That's right, it's him, 4 months ago, I went to Zhongshan to visit and met Fengji who was about to rush to the battlefield of Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao, so I made a plan at that time and kept in touch secretly."

"And what is his purpose?" Chen Gong looked at Zu Zhao with a puzzled expression, as if listening to a story.

"The purpose? Chong Guan was angry, and the ancient plot was also useful to the current people, so he secretly contacted me and framed Guo Tu and the others, who were also members of the staff but did everything possible to obstruct his plan."

"But if it's a false accusation, no one will believe it," Chen Gong questioned.

"That's right, although it is a false accusation, it is not a complete false accusation, because before this I wrote a letter and an official seal of Youzhou to Guo Tu's apprentice, so it is a general false accusation." After Zu Zhao finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and cleared his mouth.

"And what about the surrender of this city?" Chen Gong listened to a story like a child, and listened to one after listening to another,

"This is very simple, Fengji as the only few remaining large military divisions in Yuan Shao's army, it is too simple to think about not transporting food to Zhongshan City, you think about it, how can the baggage of 300,000 people in 1 year be transported in a month, and there are still large machinery, so the baggage in Zhongshan City only transported a small amount of grain this month under the supervision of Fengjidi, and all the machinery, so when we besieged the city, the grain could not come in, so under pressure, the old Han Fu in the city would turn against and open the city gate and surrender." The war, which seemed to be his own work of art, ended like this. Chen Gong looked at the person in front of him stupidly, not only respect, but also more fear, step by step, a battle involving millions of people was completely in his hands, and he was even more ashamed of himself for this courage.

"What, Zhongshan was surrounded and surrendered, for what?" Yuan Shao slapped the table like a madman, his eyes bloodshot.

"I told you because there was a shortage of food and grass," reported Fu Zhi, who had fled from Zhongshan.

"What? Who is responsible for transporting the grain and grass? ”

"It's a ...... of the gathering," he whispered back.

"What...... Arrest him......" Yuan Shao has reached the peak of his rage.

"Report ...... Someone saw that Fengji fled from the south gate with Empress Wu this morning, in the direction of Youzhou City. "The herald Pegasus came to report.

"What?! I mistook every episode. A mouthful of blood gushed out, spurting across the map. There seemed to be that Guo Tu's words in his ears. "Yuan Benchu, if you send troops to Youzhou, you will be defeated."

"Guo Tu, I recognize people from time to time...... Guo Tu! Yuan Shao threw himself on the table.

After the battle, Zu Zhao once again organized the men and horses to be stationed in Zhongshan to continue to confront Yuan Shao's army, after breaking through Yuan Shao's first line of defense. It has become an encirclement and faces Yuan Shao's base camp. And Cao Cao, who had reached an alliance with Yuan Shao, turned a deaf ear to Yuan Shao's defeat.

"Prime Minister, I heard that Yuan Benchu's attack on Youzhou was defeated!" The herald prayed to Cao Cao.

"Ha Lu Ha!" Cao Cao laughed: "Idiots dare to make the sky, and Yuan Benchu is also mediocre"——