Yuan Xi was taken aback when he heard it, in his memory, Yecheng was besieged in the eighth year of Jian'an, but it was not breached, and after Cao Cao couldn't attack it for a long time, he was persuaded by the strategists to give up, but he didn't know the exact time.

didn't expect to encounter this on the way back, Xu Shu was surprised when he saw him, and immediately ordered to explore again to find out where Cao Jun had arrived and then come back to report.

"Don't worry, the lord, even if the Cao army besieges Yecheng, it is not so easy to capture, and during the dry season in February, even if you want to attack by water, you can't do it."

Yuan Xi relieved himself, nodded again and again, and couldn't help but be glad that he had found a top strategist like Xu Shu, and Cao Cao would break Yecheng with water attacks in the future.

It can be seen that these powerful strategists have the same vision, if they didn't have a prophet to cheat, they wouldn't believe that Yecheng would be attacked by water, and they wouldn't even believe in the historical trial, so he lost.

Half a day later, the spies who hurried back tiredly reported that Cao's army had arrived in Anyang, and a part of the troops and horses were assigned to attack Neihuang.

Xu Shu immediately ordered: "Leave the foot soldiers to escort the female dependents and others to continue north, and the lord will lead the remaining cavalry to rescue Neihuang." ”

Fanyang and Neihuang are next to the county, separated by a white ditch, Yuan Xi saw that Xu Shu had given an order, and hurriedly shouted: "Hao Zhao listens to the order, the three hundred foot soldiers are commanded by you, don't wait for us on the road, go directly to Zhongshan Wuji Zhen's house." ”

"No!"

Eighteen-year-old Hao Zhao was Yuan Xi's unexpected joy, it turned out that he was actually his subordinate.

However, it is also true that Hao Zhao's deeds are not well recorded, only his great achievements in resisting Zhuge Liang and the deeds of the Battle of Hexi are recorded, and the others are not recorded at all.

Hao Zhao is a native of Taiyuan, and it is certain that he joined the army as a teenager, but when he was a teenager, he was Yuan Shao's territory, and it was normal to join Yuan Shao's army.

Yuan Xi guarded Youzhou, and the army Yuan Shao gave him was not all Youzhou people, but 30,000 people from Yuan Shao's army, and Hao Zhao went to Youzhou in this way.

Later, under the leadership of Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch, 30,000 people in Youzhou surrendered to Cao Cao without fighting, and it makes sense that he was later the general of Cao's army.

After being transferred to the Guards, Yuan Xi personally trained with Mulan, and accidentally discovered Hao Zhao, so he naturally vigorously cultivated him, but he was still too young to pull out the seedlings to help him grow.

This was an opportunity, and the appointment of him as the commander of the three hundred people was not only to trust his ability, but also to give him a chance to show his talent.

That night, Yuan Xi took 200 cavalry and secretly crossed Baigou, at this time the water potential of Baigou was not large, just because of a long waterway left by the diversion of the Yellow River.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao occupied Liyang and stabilized, in order to conquer Yuan Shang, he led Qi water into Baigou, dredged and expanded the amount of water in Baigou, so that it could be transported by ship to transport grain and grass, and Baigou was really formed.

Outside the inner Yellow City, the Cao army, which had been attacking for a day, set up a large camp outside the city, and the camp was connected under the moonlight, and it seemed that there were at least 5,000 men and horses.

But Xu Shu smiled after checking it: "This is the plan of Cao Jun's suspicious soldiers, I think the number of people in this camp is less than two thousand, can the lord dare to step on the enemy camp at night?" ”

Yuan Xi originally looked at the momentum of the company camp, and his heart was still uneasy, but when he heard that there were less than 2,000 people, he was bold when he was agitated again.

He opened his mouth and said, "Why don't you dare." ”

But Wei Yan was in a hurry, staring at Xu Shu with a bull's eye and shouting: "Don't come nonsense, military advisor!" How can the lord risk the arrow stone himself, Wei Yan should be the first to go in this battle! ”

"Okay, Wen Chang, you said this, then this battle will be handed over to you."

Wei Yan knew that he had been fooled by Xu Shu, but Yuan Xi was not happy, arguing that what he could do, but he was rejected by the two of them, how could he rush into battle.

"Okay, okay, then Yuan Zhi and I are watching here, Mulan will go with them, I don't need guards."

Xu Shu was surprised when he asked Mulan to go too, but he didn't speak, knowing that the five hundred people were originally led by her, and it might be better to have her, after all, Wei Yan had been replacing her for too short a time.

But then Xu Shu's eyes widened, he and Yuan Xi stood on a high place, watching two hundred people rush towards the Cao army camp, Hua Mulan is too easy to recognize, and the bronze mask is unique in the moonlight.

"Enemy attack!"

The shrill screams were extremely loud in the night, but the cavalry was fast, and the first to make a move was Mulan, the female general's best horse archery, and without waiting for others to do it, her arrows were shot.

"It's terrible archery, it's night, you can even point where to fight."

Xu Shu looked at the battlefield in horror, the first thing Mulan cleared was the guards at the height of the camp, and in the blink of an eye, ten arrows and arrows were not missing.

Soon a rain of arrows followed, followed by the bows and arrows of the two hundred cavalry, and then the torches were lit, and the fire began to be lit everywhere in the camp.

Cao's attack on Neihuang this time was only incidental, so only 2,000 soldiers and horses were sent, and less than 300 people were killed or wounded during the day, just because they didn't want to attack.

Who would have thought that there would be Yuan Jun outside the city, let alone such a strong cavalry.

The general who led the army was not a big general, but a member of Cao Jun's general called Niu Gai, who heard the shouts of killing in the camp, and hurriedly got up and rushed out of the camp tent.

"Steady! Steady! There are not many people on the other side, so don't worry about the grain and grass and the camp tent! ”

Niu Gai's choice is correct, and at this time, taking into account the grain and grass being burned to fight the fire, it is an act of looking for death.

But he was running and shouting, and was discovered by Wei Yan, only to see him clamping his legs between the horse's belly, and shouted: "Come here!" ”

A head flew into the sky, and suddenly someone exclaimed, "The general is dead", the Cao army was in chaos, and those who fled were dead, and more people knelt and surrendered.

This battle was fought very quickly, it ended in less than half an hour, and when the inner Huang City saw the battle outside the city, he knew that reinforcements were coming, and when they gathered to go out of the city to help the war, only the battlefield was cleaned.

"Why is the second son here?"

Neihuang Shou General Yan Jing is a veteran of the Yuan Shao period, although he is not famous, but he is also in the ranks of Hebei generals, and he asked in surprise after seeing Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi thanked with a smile: "There is General Lao Yan guarding the door, Xi returned from Ruyang, passed through Fanyang, heard about Liyang, came here to see." ”

"Thank you for the rescue of the second son, Neihuang only has 1,000 soldiers and horses, and the last general was trying to support Yecheng, but was blocked in the city by Cao Cao first......"

After some words, Yuan Xi understood why the Cao army did not storm the city, it turned out to be to contain the Neihuang defenders, so as not to prevent them from going to their own back roads to make trouble.

Although Neihuang went to Anyang some distance, there was no city in the middle, and the Cao army was stationed in Anyang as a logistics supply office, and the army had already chased to Yecheng.

After a review, Xu Shu suggested: "Neihuang left 500 people to defend the city, selected 500 from the surrendered army, plus 1,000 Neihuang's people, and went south to attack Liyang." ”

"Liyang?"

Yuan Xi and Yan Jing were both stunned, and Xu Shu said with a smile: "If you attack it, you will save it, don't seek to conquer it, just create panic." ”