"Wait! Take me to the Lord! ”

"Without the warrant of the lord, you can't leave the camp, the two military advisors should stay inside, and now how the military order is issued, it has nothing to do with the two of you."

"You!" Fu Zhu and Xu Yu were stunned at the same time, both of them were stunned with a little anger, but the next choice was completely different.

Xu You brushed his sleeves away, sneered and entered the military tent angrily, and Fu Yu directly pulled out the long sword at his waist, put it on the neck of the guard, and said in a deep voice with a cold face: "Take me now, the lord will definitely not blame you for such a situation, I forced you, don't worry." ”

The guard felt the coldness of the long sword, but he was not afraid, he understood that Fu Zhi would not really do it, but he sighed deeply, "Strategist, going to see the lord again like this is nothing more than being beaten back and driven away, why bother to go again!?" ”

"What if I am beaten out, I am a fair and upright person, I have something to say, as the lord and the monarch, I only need to judge right and wrong, and as a vassal, I should speak up righteously, and if I find bias, I will immediately correct it, regardless of the future."

"That frustrated gentleman is really righteous Ling Ran, and he is worried about the Lord, it's a pity! This lord coerced Ken to accept the love of the frustrated king! If it had been in a different place, it might have been a success. ”

Xu You's loud taunt came from the tent, but Fu Zhi didn't care, he had always been high-minded, and he didn't participate in the internal struggle between Tian Feng and Xu You, but he just kept staring at the guards in front of him, and his momentum didn't change at all.

The guard was in a dilemma, so he had to take him to see Yuan Shao with a wry smile.

In the big tent, after Yuan Shao got the report, he felt that he had worked hard and worked hard before, and he was very fair in character, and he was a celebrity, so his heart softened slightly, so he let him in.

Waiting for a little embarrassed, the hair was scattered and frustrated standing in front of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao raised his chin slightly, his face was still there, quite arrogant, this is the temperament of the superior cultivated by many years of brocade clothes and jade food, the rise of the hall, and the wind of celebrities, any time to see Yuan Shao, his sitting posture and appearance are the most luxurious, and his every move is full of majestic etiquette.

This time is no exception.

Even if he has been defeated several times, he has been a little difficult to be involved by Cao Cao and Xu Zhen, and he still has the temperament of gold and jade in his bones.

"So far, what else do you have to say?"

Yuan Shao said softly.

Frustrated cheeks puffed up slightly, took a deep breath, and arched his hand: "The lord can't march into the army to surround Xu Zhen, although he is a small city in Yangping, if he defends it, he may not be able to capture it for at least half a month, or even a few months." ”

"The lord should wait for Cao Cao's soldiers and horses to run out of food and grass, and he can't defend it, and then enter the military crossing to relieve the siege, how can he always be led by Xu Zhen's nose, even if he wants to divide his troops to Yangping, there must be a heavy army ambushed and stationed in Wuchao to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"Otherwise, the positive morale is already low, and Cao Cao's elite is here, how to guard against it?"

"Huh!" Yuan Shao lamented coldly, "Are you teaching me to use soldiers? From the very beginning, you were cautious, and several times I made a few comments that I could not fight with Cao Cao, which led to the instability of the army's morale, and now it is a critical juncture, and you still have to come to be alarmist. ”

"Not to mention that Cao Cao doesn't know that the grain and grass in our army are in the black nest, he is not familiar with the terrain, if he enters the black nest, he will inevitably be blocked inside, if I rescue him, I can kill him."

"On the contrary, it is Xu Zhen, this person is cunning, and there are too many soldiers under his command! Cao Cao's own soldiers and horses didn't have so many war horses, but he gave Xu Zhen a full 10,000 or 20,000! The real elite is actually in Xu Zhen! He used his frontal Chinese army to contain my military strength, and ordered Xu Zhen to use his spear to break into my territory and attack and plunder the land, don't you understand! What really needs to be contained is Xu Zhen's military momentum! ”

Yuan Shao shouted angrily, leaving Fu Zhi speechless, the root of the march is grain and grass, if the soldiers and horses of Wuchao are not enough, the danger and hidden danger are huge.

But when he wanted to elaborate again, he was immediately carried out by the guards on both sides.

Yuan Shao's military order has already been issued, and if the order is changed at this time, the prestige of the army will inevitably be damaged in the future, so he is not willing to talk to Fu Zhi at all and drive him away again.

And within the black nest, it was true that three thousand elite henchmen were added, and then the army still leaned eastward.

So far, within 15 days, the army came to the city, surrounded Xu Zhen impassable, Zhang He personally led the army to fight, and after knowing Xu Zhen a little, he knew that he was good at deploying troops to sneak attack and leave an ambush, so he had been paying attention along the way.

The surprise attack of the armored cavalry and the crossbow cavalry did not work, and he was extremely well guarded, but because the military strength displayed by these two soldiers and horses was too strong, the armored cavalry in Zhang Liao's hands was like a storm coming in the clouds, and the arrows of the crossbow cavalry were really invincible.

Although they had already seen through the surprise attack, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong could not completely prevent a surprise attack at night, and after losing thousands of people, they had no choice but to let them into the city.

But the siege is still there, enough to continue the siege and attack, with human lives to attack, several times have climbed the city wall, but they were killed by the sword and shield, and suffered heavy casualties.

After having no worries, Zhang He ordered the whole army to storm without leaving any room, so he broke through a city wall, and was killed and repaired, and after repeatedly seizing the city gate several times, he was killed and retreated.

Gradually, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have been paid, but Xu Zhen is not necessarily good, people are tired and sleepy, there are many casualties, perhaps the biggest casualty since Xu Zhen's battle, which makes Zhang He see the opportunity, as long as he is not chaotic, commands the soldiers and horses in an orderly manner, and the three armies attack with their lives, Xu Zhen's strategy can be useless, and now there is no help outside the city, and the city will be broken sooner or later.

It is precisely because of this that although the Yuan army under Zhang He lost the battle on the battlefield, but now he is reluctant to let Xu Zhen go, if he can be captured, everything will be solved, and the battlefield will definitely win!

Xu Zhen is still a heavy soldier under Cao Cao! It will inevitably make Cao Cao uneasy and go into decline! Therefore, the three armies almost all frantically slaughtered to the top of the city.

So on the eighteenth day, it seemed that Xu Zhen could be forced to run out of grain and grass, as if the lonely boat was in turmoil, the black nest was burned by Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao's army could not be rescued, and the grain and grass could not be supplied.

Zhang He almost fainted on the spot and fell off his horse.

Looking at the black-clothed Xu Zhen, who was standing on the top of the city and looking into the distance and checking the terrain, he fell into deep fear for no reason.

No wonder he hasn't been flustered, the generals in the army don't leave even if the city is broken, just to lead the troops and horses to continue to attack the city and attract attention, and then Cao Cao Jingcai coldly attacked the black nest, but the black nest has hoarded hundreds of thousands, almost a million stones, grains and grass, and it is all gone?

"Xu Bowen!"

Zhang He looked at it again with great sadness, there was only half a day of food and grass, and it was not easy to capture this city now, only by retreating, otherwise there would be no chance to escape.

He wants to bring the army back to Liyang and return to Wei County, otherwise the losses will be too heavy, and the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his hands will all become deserters and scatter without food.

There will even be a mutiny.

"Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops immediately, all withdraw to Liyang, and return to Yecheng for resettlement."

"The whole army retreats, the front army stays behind to set up, and all the posts along the way are guarded, don't mess up! Retreat and order! ”

After a moment of distress, Zhang He immediately returned to his original calm, several orders were issued, and the soldiers retreated in an orderly manner, gradually withdrawing from the sight of the guards on the city gate.

Until this moment, the generals and ministers gathered around Xu Zhen, these days, they are also suffering from the torture of perseverance, and at this moment they finally waited for Zhang He to retreat, otherwise according to their siege method of going forward and succeeding, maybe after seven days, it will really be impossible to hold it.

"Finally retreated."

"It seems that Yuan's camp on the Guandu side has been hit hard."

"The longer we hold out, the more troops will be invested over there, and to this day, Zhang He is afraid that he has lost more than 30,000 people."

Huang Zhong personally shot and killed no less than a thousand soldiers, horses and deputy generals, not to mention the soldiers who went forward to succeed during the siege.

Xu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard them, but his eyes were a little emotional, the city can be described as a river of blood, the moat ditch dug before, there is not much water in it, but now it is all blood-red mud, countless corpses of soldiers and horses, all stacked everywhere, the land in front of him is full of potholes, and the city wall is extremely broken.

"How many people have we lost?"

Xu Zhen asked back.

"It's still counting, but the armored cavalry battalion and the crossbow cavalry battalion are all damaged, and the brothers are not hiding from the battle, they are all guarding on the city wall."

Dian Wei sighed with emotion, in the past ten days, no one has slept well, if it is not for the continuous fighting, it will not be able to stand the city gates on both sides, fortunately, this city is not a lonely city in all directions, and the pass behind it has to be detoured for a while, otherwise it will really be surrounded to death.

"We don't have enough rations."

Zhang Liao said with a solemn face.

Xu Zhen sighed at this time, looking around at the people with depressed faces, his majestic wind, Han soul, martial heart, etc. were all in effect, and he obviously felt that all the soldiers had fought to the extreme, so he smiled bitterly: "There is no way to chase anymore, we are tired enough, if we are ambushed again when chasing, it will be really difficult to parry, and I ordered all the brothers to rest in the city, and after resting, tidy up the battlefield outside the city." ”

"Whoa!"

"That's the only way, I still feel a little pity."

Dian Wei scratched his head, "If I take the Qinghu Battalion out to chase again, since they have withdrawn, there will definitely be no way to fight for a long time, I only chase and fight, don't fight with them, at least grab a few hundred more war horses and come back." ”

Xu Zhen glanced at him deeply, and saw that Dian Wei's face was sincere, not like he was saying polite words, and immediately said unexpectedly: "Do you really want to go?" ”

"Go, didn't you already say that wealth and wealth are in danger, when will you go if you don't chase after it at this time?"

"Prince! I also led the troops, although the sergeants in our army are in difficulty, but the war horses and others have never been tired, and they can still continue to charge, and it is absolutely not a problem to chase the fleeing soldiers and horses! ”

Zhao Yun also hugged his fists and asked for battle at this moment, and for a while, the generals who had been deflated and were ready to rest became active again, and Huang Zhong also asked for war and refused to rest.

"Kong Ming, Wen He! What do you guys think? Xu Zhen turned to look at the two, and Jia Xu said, "Chase it." ”

"If Zhang He has a way not to retreat, he will definitely continue to attack the city, after all, the city has been ruined to such a situation, and the winner can be determined within a few days, and we will have to fight to the death at that time."

"Then why did he retreat willingly?"

Jia Xu smiled, "There is no need to think about it anymore, there is not enough food and grass, the rear Wuchao has been raided by the lord, and he has to retreat, it is to chase and not rush, not to kill, from here to Wei County There are at least two hundred miles of mountain roads, and it is more than 100 miles to Yangping County, and the direction of retreat is in the west, Zhang He should go to chase Yuan Shao's Guandu army." ”

"We can chase."

Jia Xu glanced at Zhuge Liang, didn't wait for him to speak, and continued: "But it's okay to chase, don't fight to the death, every time the mountains and forests must be checked in good condition before entering, you can always catch up with the cavalry chasing the foot soldiers, don't be greedy for war horses, and forcibly pursue." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded approvingly, and said to Xu Zhen: "The students also think so. ”

Xu Zhen nodded at this point, mainly because he didn't expect that in the past, he advocated the pursuit of strange schemes, and the rest of them were quite conservative, but this time he had begun to pity the casualties of soldiers and horses, and his heart felt a little painful, but he didn't expect them to be so enthusiastic and so rare.

I'm afraid, it's also the role of characteristics, after his charm reaches [100], he does have a special effect, plus characteristics such as heroism, when leading the troops, the soldiers and horses under his command will be fierce and forget to die, of course, this is not mandatory, but Xu Zhen's temperament is easier to be remembered after the change of his mind, and it will naturally produce such a change.

"Then chase! Remember Mr. Wenhe's words, chase the foot soldiers with cavalry, not cavalry. ”

"Be sure to chase slowly."

Xu Zhen said earnestly.

……

Zhang He's soldiers and horses set up sentry posts along the way, and slowly retreated, but after all, the morale of the retreating soldiers could not be high, and they were soon broken through by Dian Wei, and then began to chase.

The army chased the plains from the mountains and forests all over the mountains, killed Zhang He's troops on the marching road, and after losing a lot of soldiers and horses at the beginning, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong and other generals soon found great clues, although Zhang He retreated more soldiers, but more tired, as if there was no food at all before leaving, and there was not much dry food on his body.

At this point, after Dian Wei killed a few more small groups of fleeing foot soldiers, it was verified by the captives who surrendered, and Zhang He was no longer able to have food.

And because the military report came late, they were at a loss, and they were extremely flustered when they retreated, so that there was a huge mutiny in the army.

Deserters are everywhere and cannot be controlled at all.

Hearing this news, all the generals and soldiers chased after him even more fiercely, so in the narrow field in the north of Yin'an, he really broke Zhang He's soldiers and horses, so that he could not take care of the rear army, so he could only flee.

And Yuan Shao's Guandu camp was also broken, and the rest of the troops abandoned the black nest, fled, stationed the soldiers and horses in Liyang, and fled back to Wei County with his civil and military forces.

This battle ended in a big defeat, and he left the Guandu battlefield in disgrace, so that Cao Cao's army all entered the territory of Jizhou and began to really attack the city.

The military report of the war, spread all over the country within a few days, the north and south of the river can be known, shocking the world, the princes from all walks of life dare not make any more changes, Zhong Xiang held the festival to supervise the army, promised to give Ma Teng, Han Sui an official position, so Zhang Lu and others retreated to Hanzhong, no longer make trouble.

The lands of Jiangdong and Jingzhou in southern Xinjiang once again decided to trade with Lujiang, Jiujiang and other places, and sent Song Za to Xu Zhen to ask for friendship, but it has not yet been decided.

Sichuan and Shu are almost in retreat, and they originally planned to come to find out some news, but as soon as this battle fell, the Confucian students of the entire Sichuan and Shu were silent, praying for the lord to protect the homeland, don't provoke Cao Cao, and wait for the opportunity.

After more than ten days, the war in various places will stop, basically stable, Xu Zhen also came from Yangping County to meet with Cao Cao, preparing to take Liyang this year, take Wei County into the bag, and force Yuan Shao to the more complicated Youzhou!

(End of chapter)