If the battlefield is not overwhelming, it will generally be fought for many years. Among the four route armies, the enemy encountered by the western route army was the weakest and the least strong, and there was no special ability, so it was easily bulldozed by the army led by the veteran Yang Xiu.

But the ease of the veteran does not mean the ease of the generals under Meng Li's command, Li Cunxiao's side fell into a war of attrition, and Zhang Liao's side was also worried because the enemy army could not shrink.

"General, it's been almost a month, and the Bocai Department can't shrink out of the camp like a turtle, what should we do?"

As a pioneer officer, Xie Xuan still couldn't change his young and active temperament and became the vanguard officer of Zhang Liao's department, but after the Bocai department and the Han army were defeated in a field encounter, it was really step by step, and they couldn't shrink back. It was impossible for the Han army to attack the city one by one for the sake of its own damage, so the battlefield was stalemate. Xie Xuan, who continued to go to the Bocai camp today and scolded a lot, came back and complained to Zhang Liao weakly.

"Bocai, this is going to die with us! Is there enough food and grass for them? ”

I thought that Bocai was just forcing the Han army to attack, so he put on a stubborn look, and Zhang Liao also relied on the supplies he brought to recover the supply of the city nearby, so he camped down and the Bocai department stalemate. Now, almost a month has passed, and there is no problem with the grain and grass in Bocai's department, which really makes Zhang Liao unable to touch half of his mind.

"Who knows! Obviously, there are no grain troops in the rear line, but the people's grain and grass are obviously not worried! Could it be that there is a lot of grain in Ge County in front of him? ”

Looking at the map in front of him, Xie Xuan was also a little confused after hearing Zhang Liao's question. It stands to reason that such a small county town has a maximum of several thousand deniers of grain and grass, but what is the situation when the 80,000 troops on the opposite side can't eat it for a month?

"Alas~, wait and see! We are only in the early 40,000s with the soldiers and horses we gathered all the way, and we can't compete with the Yellow Turban Army here, it's really not worth it! ”

A penny is hard to kill a hero, and a strategy is hard to kill Zhang Wenyuan. For the big hedgehog of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Liao, who wanted to eat him, obviously didn't find a good place to put his mouth down, and the light lower mouth would only be full of stings. Zhang Liao is really in a hurry.

"Alas, that's all there is to it! I don't know how the generals of the other roads are progressing? ”

Xie Xuan, who was in a hurry, was now also tempered by the turtle tactics of the Yellow Turban Army. Think about the ambitions before the expedition and look at the current situation. It's really sad. Thinking about the situation that the brother troops might have killed the Quartet and returned to the dynasty as a squad teacher, Xie Xuan complained about his incompetence for a while.

"It is estimated that it will not be smooth, at least General Li Cunxiao's side will not be too smooth. In the face of Zhang Jiao's witchcraft, we really lack a way to restrain him. ”

Zhang Liao thought about Li Cunxiao's situation there, and estimated that he was not much stronger than his own side. This also comforted my heart. The province's constant self-blame affected its own state and delayed the fighter.

For a moment, there was silence in the tent again, and the two generals stared at the map to see if they could find a hole in the Yellow Turban Army's defense line to make progress for their army.

……

"Report~, general, there is an urgent envoy from the capital Hongling to arrive!"

The two of them, who were staring at the map and worried, suddenly heard the sound of a messenger outside, and this news also interrupted their contemplative work of destroying the enemy for almost a month.

"Hongling is in a hurry?"

The two of them glanced at each other, and found that the faces on the other side were extremely ugly. You must know that one of the things that the generals outside are most afraid of is the intervention of the capital, although the two emperors who trust them extremely will not take the two of them because they have made no progress, but a scolding is indispensable. With the mentality of the two of them, they were already very self-reproachful, and now the emperor's letter will make them feel even more bad.

"Biography!"

Although I am worried about what kind of mental impact the content of the messenger will have on the generals below. But this is a Hongling urgent envoy sent by His Majesty, where do they dare not accept it~

"喏~"

The heralds who listened to the order hurriedly arranged manpower to bring in the Hongling envoy from the capital.

"Huh?"

The two who greeted each other were surprised to find that what this Hongling envoy had in his hand was not a Ming Huang holy decree, but an envelope. The two of them glanced at each other, and Zhang Liao stepped forward and asked.

"I wonder who sent this urgent report?"

You must know that the conditions for using Hongling Urgency are very harsh, so the message delivered by Hongling Urgency must also be very important. Since it was not used by the emperor, it must have been a minister who used him to transmit the report after obtaining the emperor's permission.

"Join the two generals!"

Seeing two generals dressed in Mingguangkai coming out, Hongling hurriedly made a salute without being humble or arrogant.

"This urgent report was sent by Lord Guo Jia through the procedures of the Privy Council."

Seeing the suspicious expressions of the two generals, Hongling hurriedly presented the letter with both hands after the salute. At the same time, he explained.

"Oh? Guo sacrificial wine? ”

After Guo Jia arrived in the capital, Meng Li directly hung him up in the Privy Council, and there was no major change in his position, so Zhang Liao, who took the letter, asked with some surprise.

Guo Jia's image in their minds is that he is a last resort. The image of a master who won a hundred miles away, so the reason why he used Hongling's urgent messenger to send a message at this moment must have come to help them break the enemy.

"Yes!"

After hearing Zhang Liao's question, Hongling replied without hesitation.

"Hmm!"

After throwing the envelope in the air, Zhang Liao, who slowly unfolded a stack of letters, lowered his head and began to read Guo Jia's letter word by word. Since it is Guo Jia's strategy, then he has to take a good look at it, and he can't miss a trace of the province to invalidate Guo Jia's thoughts.

looked at Zhang Liao looking at it here for a while, suspicious for a while, and happy for a while. Xie Xuan here was really anxious to scratch his ears and cheeks, he wanted to take a look at Guo Jia's letter quickly, so as to quickly order his troops and horses to defeat the damn Yellow Turban Army.

"Go down and rest for a while!"

Seeing that Zhang Liao was obviously not able to finish reading it in a moment, Xie Xuan paced back and forth for two steps, and then waved at Hongling.

"喏~"

His mission had been accomplished, so after giving the two generals a military salute, he turned back and strode back.

"The Gebei Trail at Gebeikou?"

Zhang Liao, who had finally finished reading, muttered about a terrain not far ahead, and then handed the letter to Xie Xuan casually. (To be continued.) )