"Yes, that's what we used to do. But the problem is that the grain and grass of my 40,000 army have been burned, and if the confrontation continues like this, I am afraid that the soldiers will go hungry after a long time. Hou Luo Hou said with some concern.

"It's okay, we still have some grain and grass here, turn around and squeeze some out of the tribe, and then notify Yuan Shao and ask him to support some over, presumably he really wants us to fight Zhang Chao to the death, and he won't refuse to accept such a request." Kebineng said confidently.

Hearing that the problem of grain and grass could be solved, Hou Luohou was relieved and nodded, "That's very good, let's do it." ”

The two armies confronted each other. Kebineng did not launch an attack, and Zhang Chao's troops could not move.

Now such a confrontation, the situation is still stable, but if Zhang Chao moves, it will be equivalent to revealing a lot of flaws, and at that time, the Xianbei cavalry may attack and fall, if so, it is likely to be defeated.

After Zhang Chao saw the situation clearly, he chose not to move. Guo Jia also agreed with this, but at the same time, he also raised the question of whether to send reinforcements, such as Zhao Yun's department in Jinyang City, or Jia Xu's department behind him.

In this regard, Zhang Chao gave a veto.

Jia Xu needs to face Gongsun Zhan, Zhao Yun needs to support the possible problems of the state at any time, they can't act casually, if there are problems in other places because of supporting themselves, then this battle will not be able to take advantage of the slightest advantage.

It is said that the Kobi Neng Department are all cavalry, and once they find their reinforcements, they can flee at any time. On the contrary, this is tantamount to falling for the other party's strategy, and Zhang Chao will never do such a thing to make the enemy happy.

"It's okay to be filial piety. Feng Xian had already burned the grain and grass of Hou Luohou, presumably under such a confrontation, Kebi could not take advantage of anything. Zhang Chao comforted Guo Jia while also comforting himself. Now that he really has no troops to adjust, all he can do is hope that good news will come from Jia Xu.

Jia Xu's department. After meeting with Tian Chou, the two sides reached an alliance, and they began to transfer troops to prepare for the march towards Liaodong County.

Originally, Jia Xu wanted to wait for the arrival of the lord and the two armies to merge into one, so that he would have an advantage in terms of troops, and he would have a greater chance of winning in the battle with Gongsun Zhan.

However, Kebineng's sudden attack completely shattered his plan. Now seeing that the lord's army was entrusted in Yuyang County, he decided not to wait and fight on his own.

Jia Xu made up his mind, so he called Huang Zhong and Tai Shici to discuss the march to Liaodong.

Huang Zhong and Tai Shici also learned about Zhang Chaoxian's situation. In their opinion, it was not a good time for the lord to attack Liaodong, so they told their opinions to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu knew very well that whether he could defeat Gongsun Chan or not was completely pointed to these two generals, and if he didn't convince them, it would be even more difficult to win this battle. This explained: "Two generals, I can understand your feelings, but I don't know if you have thought about it. Why hasn't the lord sent anyone to urge us to help us for so long? ”

"Ahh For a while, in the face of Jia Xu's question, Huang Zhong and Tai Shici didn't know how to answer.

The two generals couldn't answer, so Jia Xu asked himself and said: "Then I'll tell you the answer, what the lord needs is not our support, so it is equivalent to falling into Kebineng's scheme, what the lord wants is that we will solve the problem of Gongsun Zhan, so that we will have the strength to go west and support the lord." ”

Jia Xu's analysis made the two generals nod their heads constantly, and then the two said: "Even so, please also ask the military advisor to order, we must capture Gongsun Chan earlier." ”

The general is in a hurry, Jia Xu sees it in his eyes, why is he not in a hurry? It's just that this Gongsun Chan is not so easy to deal with. This person is quite cunning, and he is from a family, and he has a lot of influence and roots in the entire Liaodong County, and he does not have any advantage in fighting them here.

It's just that no matter what kind of difficulties there are, Jia Xu still has to fight. "Okay, the two generals will go down to rest first, and after I discuss a method of attack with Tian Chou, then the generals will have to use their lives on the battlefield."

"Please rest assured, for the sake of the lord, we will do our best." Huang Zhong and Tai Shi Ci hugged their fists and said.

Tian Chou and Xian Yu Yin and Xian Yu Auxiliary Department have a total of 5,000 soldiers, although the number is not very large, but the advantage is that they understand the environment here, with their help, it is equivalent to having a few more eyes, and they have a better chance of winning the battle.

After some discussion, Jia Xu and Tian Chou discussed a set of strategies to deal with Gongsun Zhan, and the battle of Liaodong began.

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At the same time, the Central Plains was still in the smoke of war, and the princes were doing their best to develop their own forces.

Among them, in addition to Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, who are still in full swing, it is Yuan Shao's attack on Hanoi that is the most huge.

Abandoning Youzhou to attack Hanoi is Yuan Shao's plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. He didn't believe that Zhang Chaobu would be able to solve the problem of Youzhou soon, so he took this opportunity to attack Hanoi in order to achieve the goal of completely encircling Zhang Chao's troops.

As far as Yuan Shao is concerned, the attraction of Youzhou is not very great. First, there is still the rest of Liu Yu's troops and Gongsun Zan are fighting, and there is no winner or loser, and secondly, there are strong foreigners like Kebineng who are robbing the local people, it is not an exaggeration to say that the current Youzhou is ten rooms and nine empty, the number of people is very withered, and a large area of wasteland is unmined, and it is impossible to mine, and no one can guarantee that once your grain is harvested, how much will it be in your hands. Third, Yuan Shaoji has recruited 200,000 young and middle-aged people from Youzhou, and his goal has been achieved.

Yuan Shao's goal was the Central Plains, not the cold north. He even thought that when Zhang Chao, Gongsun Zhan, Kebi and the rest of Liu Yu could fight a fish and break the net, he would just be able to take advantage of the fisherman.

And here, too much meddling in the affairs of Youzhou, if you don't get it right, it will make several parties fearful, even so, it is better to capture the rich Hanoi first, and it is best to occupy the rich Hedong together, so that he has a strong economic foundation, and there is no need to think too much about economic support in doing things.

Under all these circumstances, Yuan Shao is bound to Hanoi. To say that it is worthy of being born in the fourth world and the third duke, this move is a big move, and it actually mobilized a full 200,000 soldiers and horses to come to Hanoi. Among them, the military general Wen Chou is the mainstay, Zhang He is the auxiliary, and the military advisor is Fu Zhi and Tian Feng.

The 200,000-strong army pressed towards Hanoi, which made Taishou Wang Kuang very panicked, if it were not for the secret letter from Cao Cao that he would support him in terms of grain, grass and weapons, I am afraid that he would have surrendered without a fight.

The entire defenders of Hexi were only 30,000 people, with 30,000 to 200,000, a huge difference in strength, which made Wang Kuang give up other cities, but only held Huaixian, the capital of Hexi, and gathered all his troops here as a place to resist Yuan Shao's army.

Yuan Shaobu took most of Hanoi without much effort, and his troops were under the city of Huaixian.

If Hanoi is taken, it will be equivalent to occupying the north of the Yellow River, which will play a good role as a bridge to connect Sili and even enter Henan. Yuan Shao attaches great importance to it, and his request is to take this place in the shortest possible time, taking advantage of Cao Cao's integration of Qingzhou soldiers and Zhang Chao's army attacking Youzhou, to capture Hanoi and occupy Luoyang City.

Luoyang City, now there is no force to guard, in the final analysis, it is because everyone knows that there is no benefit in occupying this place, and it may become the target of public criticism. Therefore, this place has become a three-regardless zone, but it is nominally under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, after all, Emperor Han Xian is in his hands.

It's just that others are afraid of Cao Cao's influence, Yuan Shao really won't care so much, his goal is not to divide the general princes, but to unify the whole country, naturally all the princes are opponents in his eyes.

Yuan Shao was not afraid of the pressure and launched an attack on Hanoi. After Wang Kuang received Cao Cao's supplies, he defended the fortified city, but also repelled several attacks by Yuan Shao's troops, and the war entered a state of Jiaohe for a while.

Despite Cao Cao's material support, Wang Kuang himself did not have much confidence, and he hoped to get military and military support from others. For this reason, he set his sights on the state army.

Cao Cao said before that he would only support military supplies such as grain and grass, and it was impossible to send troops, he had just occupied Qingzhou not long ago, and the internal situation was not stable, and it was not easy to fight with Yuan Shao at this time. In this way, the world can be so close to him, and he dares to say no to Yuan Shao, or Zhang Chao of the state army.

Zhang Chao is now marching into Youzhou, which is tantamount to being an enemy of Yuan Shao. They didn't fight together, but they just had their own thoughts, but Wang Kuang believed that Zhang Chao absolutely did not want to see Hanoi also occupied by Yuan Shao, because this was tantamount to completely blocking the way for the Bingzhou army to enter the Central Plains in the future, and with this, Zhang Chao would definitely help himself.

Thinking like this, Wang Kuang ordered his henchmen to take the letter written by himself and go straight to Jinyang City, the seat of the state administration.

Lu Su, the Taishou of Jinyang City, was still in the study to review the documents sent by all parties, and someone reported outside the door that Cai Yong, the dean of the academy, had come to visit.

As soon as he heard that it was Cai Yong coming, Lu Su hurriedly stopped and said to his subordinates: "Hurry up, please." No, I'll go and greet it myself. ”

Cai Yong is not an outsider, he is not only a model for all poets and calligraphers at that time, but also Zhang Chao's father-in-law.

Cai Yong in history was no longer there at this time, and was killed by Wang Yun after getting rid of Dong Zhuo. But in this life, because of Zhang Chao's appearance, history has changed, he not only has no trouble, but also became the dean of Bingzhou Academy, and his daughter Cai Yan has also become Zhang Chao's wife, and she is still pregnant.