"How?" Yuan Xi asked puzzled.

The cavalryman lying in a pool of blood, after taking a few breaths, told the military situation in front at the moment.

"Suddenly, all of a sudden, the mountains were full of Xu Zhen's soldiers, foot soldiers with swords and shields, and soldiers and horses with crossbow arrows."

"They are dressed very strangely, their clothes are like bulging bags, and they run with ruddy faces, and they are not afraid of the cold at all."

"We, our soldiers, are all logging, digging rocks, fishing along rivers for water, and there is no reaction at all...... It's been hunted down everywhere like this......"

"As soon as the crossbow was raised, there were countless casualties in one round of shooting!"

"Tens of thousands of people, killed by thousands of people, can only flee into the mountains, the villain has a war horse, so he can escape!"

"But I was also hit by an arrow in the arm!"

The man covered his arm, and the blood from the wound clotted, and it almost rotted as the wound tore open.

"Major General, Major General go to the rescue, otherwise the 50,000 army will be trapped in the mountains and will all freeze to death!"

"Those people are afraid that they will not be able to come back, and it will be difficult for them to survive!"

These two sentences made Yuan Xi suddenly at a loss, and he still hadn't been able to accept the fact that Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses suddenly killed in Yuyang.

Seriously, if he cut down trees along the way and burned fires all the way to keep warm, Yuan Xi would still be able to set up an ambush and deal with it.

At least Xu Zhen came like this, and he was still like a person.

However, he secretly walked through the mountains and forests, and suddenly planted soldiers and horses into Yuyang County.

Here's how to do it.

How cold it was in the mountains, Yuan Xi couldn't be clearer.

Recruit and lead the military and civilians to fetch things and find materials, which is all for warmth, and the wind and snow do not come out.

It will take a few days to get something, and then go back to the city to rest, Yuyang is still like this, the right Beiping and Xuanwu County will be colder, the closer to the north outside the Saiwai, the more cold and frozen.

This is absolutely impossible, how can he do it, how can he let the soldiers and horses cross the mountains to my territory when such a plan cannot march.

Xu Zhen is by no means human.

He and his men are deadly demons.

I can't beat it, I definitely can't beat it!

"I can't save it!"

Yuan Xi's eyes didn't have time to blink, he shook his head and retreated, and the two tremors turned pale.

Ignoring the desperate eyes of the cavalry lying on the ground, he shouted in a deep voice: "I can't save it!" Xu Zhen must still have an army in ambush, once I go to the rescue, I will definitely be in the plan! ”

"Major General! The general is still trapped in the mountains, you have to go and answer it! ”

"Those are brothers who have made great achievements, and they have followed you for many years, how can they abandon them! Those 100,000 people are also the foundation of the present, and they must not be ignored! ”

"Major General!"

"Shut up!" Yuan Xi's beard was almost blown straight, and his eyes were bloodshot, "I can't save it!" ”

"For the sake of the remnants of the defeated army, do I still have to take the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that are still left? No way! ”

Yuan Xi's eyes were blood-red, and he retreated, his attitude was extremely resolute, this expression made the cavalry who came to report the news cry, he came with the expectation of the entire sergeant out of the city, but Yuan Xi didn't intend to care about their life or death at all.

That hope was dashed on the spot.

"Major General! The brothers are still trapped in the mountains and forests, waiting for you to rescue them! They all believe that you will come to your rescue! ”

"Can't be saved," Yuan Xi remembered the last time he was raided by Xu Zhen on the border of Youzhou, and it was not much different from now.

Last time, it was also 50,000 elites who went to chase and kill Xu Zhen's arson, so they were ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.

Almost only one or two thousand people followed him back, and the rest all died in ambush, although Xu Zhen also suffered casualties, but he couldn't afford it in comparison.

Now Xu Zhen is doing the same trick again, how can he be fooled! He first crossed the mountains and forests like an inhuman, so that the soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in Yuyang County, Youzhou, and took advantage of the fact that our army went out to work, and suddenly came out to attack the army.

caused them to be in disarray, and then ambushed the soldiers and horses in the mountains and forests to wait for me to come to the rescue.

"Can't go! Xu Zhen has already laid an ambush! If I go! The army will inevitably be completely destroyed, and the city will not be able to hold it! ”

Yuan Xi glanced back at the tall building in fear, in fact, it was possible that he would not be able to hold it now.

There are not many soldiers and horses left, and they still need to go out to fetch water and cut wood, etc., and if no one does these things, then the wear and tear in the city will also increase.

"Bastard Xu Bowen, he is really not a person."

Yuan Xi clenched his teeth, after the cavalryman was angrily reprimanded, he had already understood his intentions and knew that it was impossible to send troops to rescue, so he fell into despair, and no longer spoke for help, but he was lying in the wetland after the melting snow weakly, and he didn't want to move.

And Yuan Xi sent hundreds of sentry cavalry, along the feasible main road to poke out, first check the battlefield intelligence, and summarize into the city, at this time Yuan Xi was frightened, so he went directly back to the city tower and lived in the high pavilion, and did not plan to show his head again.

In this way, the camp pass outside the Yuyang city tower was slowly closed in one day, and then abandoned, allowing Xu Zhen to occupy it, but it happened that Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses did not approach the Yuyang city tower all day, and the camp and small town and township pavilion outside were full of refugees.

They also had no food, and they did not dare to go out in cold and wet clothes.

Moreover, because most of the people are poor, even their clothes are frozen, and the torn part is exposed to the inner clothes, so they can only use leaves and bark to resist, and they can't move around, and they can't eat or drink.

Within a day or two, starvation began to spread everywhere, people died everywhere, and the plague began to be uncontrollable.

But Yuan Xi, who was in the city tower, was still indifferent, and he didn't plan to come out to open a warehouse to release grain, as if he was leaving the people to fend for themselves.

The number of people who froze to death on the side of the road gradually increased, and even if the road outside the castle tower had not experienced a major battle, there were still corpses piled up horizontally, and the road was not smooth.

Somewhere in the mountains.

Xu Zhen was wearing a heavy and compacted cotton armor, and the whole person looked a lot bloated, with a slender Miao knife in his right hand at his side, and a white robe fluttering in the wind behind him.

Gao Shun stepped up a few steps down the hillside, walked in front of Xu Zhen, hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "Junhou, I have found out, Yuan Xi does not go out of the city, and he does not come out of the city tower, and the road is full of dead bodies." ”

"Those people can't run away, they can only die in front of the tower, we are all foot soldiers, it is not easy to attack the city."

"What about the soldiers in the col?"

Xu Zhen blinked his eyes a few times after hearing this, he didn't expect this Yuan Xi to be so calm.

More than half of his army was hunted down and killed, and the Jizhou soldiers continued to send troops to act, and then they were about to enter the vicinity of Yuyang County.

didn't come to the rescue, so many people, his heart was really ruthless, and he watched these brothers who had followed him die in the col.

"The 100,000 people who came out were sent to the refugee concentration camps outside Jizhou, and as for those outside Yuyang City, they couldn't be managed."

"It has been sent, and according to the instructions of the military advisor, this matter will be secretly publicized to demonstrate the benevolence of the prince."

"In this way, it shows Yuan Xi's ferocity."

The corners of Xu Zhen's mouth twitched, this kind of thing is usually thought up by Jia Xu.

"The military advisor said that he would spread this news to the mountains, so that those people in the mountains could also hear it."

"And when he was sent up the mountain just now, he met the military division, and after he heard it, he said that our army attacked and fought in the mountains and forests, Yuan Xi immediately closed the city gate and did not come out, regardless of life and death, and did not come to the rescue.

"The sky is cold, the people are freezing and cold, how can Yuan Xi's heart not be cold when he acts like this?"

"yes, it's like drinking ice and chilling your heart."

Xu Zhen couldn't help but agree with the emotion.

"What else did Jia Xu say?"

"The military advisor persuaded the prince and the marquis to persuade him to surrender in person, so he might come out of the mountains and drive the prince and marquis."

Gao Shun's face was sincere, and he also clenched his fists and bowed: "Moreover, it may be the best result to be able to collect his troops, attack his city, and let them persuade him to surrender the city tower." ”

The corners of Xu Zhen's mouth twitched, and he knew that Jia Xu was ruthless, but he didn't expect to be so ruthless.

persuaded these soldiers to surrender and let them lead the troops and horses to attack Yuyang.

It is equivalent to forcing them into a corner now, and their hearts are like ashes, and they have a grudge against Yuan Xi.

Then he came as a savior, and when he surrendered, he persuaded these soldiers and horses, and it was best to bring some soldiers who had already surrendered.

Let them say something touching and heartfelt to infect them, and when they are touched, place them in the vanguard army and let them go to work.

Jia Xu is afraid that he is also from Ruthless Town.

Three days later.

The battle report reached the Cao military camp in Zhuo County.

It was as if the boulder had been thrown into the calm lake, and suddenly a large ripple of water splashed and could not be calmed in an instant.

In the barracks, Guo Jia hurriedly stepped on the thick snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and his footprints creaked.

The figure was like the wind, and he opened the military tent and entered the main tent, seeing that Cao Cao was concentrating on the information sent, Cheng Yu also looked back at him with a wonderful face, and was slightly stunned.

"Sacrificial wine, you already know?"

"Win big!"

"The prince is like a divine soldier descending from the sky!"

Cheng Yu happily approached, "Gao Shun led the troops, more than 8,000 sword and shield soldiers, holding crossbows and crossbows, crossed the mountains and mountains to the battlefield, and drove the soldiers and horses out of the city to the mountains in less than half a day, and the army gradually advanced, has occupied all the main roads, separating the Yuyang troops, it is said that Yuan Xi is now less than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the city. ”

"With only 40,000 soldiers, it only takes a few days to attack, and the high-rise buildings in Yuyang are not a problem!"

"Nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses trapped in the mountains are estimated to starve to death in less than seven days! The prince also gathered more than 100,000 people, settled in refugee camps outside Jizhou, sent medical officers to treat epidemics, sent food to the refugee camps, and fed the people! ”

"Now his reputation is outstanding, but in contrast, Yuan Xi is in ruins, and he can't keep the hearts of the people."

"Remember that every great victory is preceded by the loss of the hearts of the enemy! In the next view, the prince has won this battle! ”

Cao Cao smiled after hearing this.

turned around and walked straight to Cao Ren, stretched out his hand to give him a placket of his robe, and said leisurely: "Are you satisfied now?" ”

Cao Ren smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister, at that time, I was really drunk at that time, and I didn't mean to say anything......"

"Xu Huang can testify."

Cao Cao snorted twice, "I'm not blaming you, I'm just lamenting Bowen's so-called strategy." ”

"What kind of bullshit is this."

He smiled when he said this, and glanced back at Guo Jia and Cheng Yu.

"You and I are still speculating these days, what strategy to use, who would have thought that Gao Shun under his command would dare to lead the sword and shield battalion through the difficult terrain of the snow-covered mountains and suddenly attack?"

"It is estimated that Yuan Xi himself couldn't think of it, so he would take it lightly and be easily defeated."

"Now that the city is being attacked, Xu Zhen's army has gradually entered the Yuyang category, taking materials and lighting fires along the way, with sufficient food and grass without worrying about cold and hunger, and there are absolutely no ambushes along the way."

"Amazing."

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were also confused, and now the question is, how did he do it?

"These sword and shield soldiers, even if they are dead, are too tenacious, how can they cross the mountains and forests."

"Hmph," Cao Cao snorted coldly, "When Bowen comes back, he will know by himself, and the next attack on Yuyang is Bowen's most familiar way of playing, Yuan Shao and Jun Yi couldn't resist it at the beginning, not to mention a Yuan Xi who has lost the hearts of the people?!" ”

"Humph!"

Cao Cao was obviously very happy, and he couldn't stop smiling at all, but this was also convincing, and the three major military advisors Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu all thought so.

Although I don't know how Xu Zhen will fight next, it is absolutely indispensable to lose it.

It depends on how to fight to reduce the damage.

"How did it pass? A sergeant who marched so far without casualties from the cold, if you were to march, could you really do this? ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "Bowen marches like this, he really wants to be famous, and the tactics he uses are so amazing and unpredictable that he thinks that it should be greatly publicized." ”

Cao Cao suddenly put away his smile, looked at Guo Jia intently, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Fengxiao, what does this mean?" ”

Guo Jia's face was sincere, his hands were folded in front of him, he bowed down, and said: "Except for the Yuan clan in Northern Xinjiang, the war has already attracted the attention of the princes of the world, and the people are equally concerned. ”

"Over the years, the great wars have risen one after another, and the people are not able to make a living, this war Bowen has used a surprising plan, and we all sigh like demons, but for the people, why can't they be said to be gods."

"Bowen is a person from heaven who helps Cao Fuhan, and he is a man blessed by God! God bless Cao! ”

"In this way, if the people are convinced, all the places in northern Xinjiang can be settled, even if they don't need too much military food expenditure, they can also settle people's hearts."

"Only by relying on the hearts of the people can the people be cohesively under the rule, this is the best time, the scholars, the people, the people, and the princes can be deterred!"

"Good!"

Cao Cao immediately clapped his hands, and his eyes lit up.

stared at Guo Jia approvingly, "What Feng Xiao said is extremely true!" ”

"Bowen, he is the one who came to help the Han from heaven!! Help me Cao's help Han! ”

"The people of Northern Xinjiang, foreign races, should be deterred by this name!"

"Retouch the battle report, send it to Xu Du, and show it to Wen Ruo!"

Cao Cao stared at Guo Jia with a smile, and after getting closer, his expression was serious, there is no need to say more between the two smart people, this record is completely worthy of special mention.

Even the edict of the Son of Heaven spread all over the world.

Let the people know the name of Bowen, and let the princes know that this prince from Bai Ding is like a demon, then his name alone can reassure the people!

Let the people no longer fear the recurrence of war.

God and man descend from heaven, and the sky helps Cao!

There is providence in the underworld, this is the will of heaven!

What is the will of heaven, it is enough to make the people believe in the divine will of the celestial phenomena, then it is easy to do whatever you want in the future, and you can control the hearts of the people!

Guo Jia's impatience surprised Cao Cao, and the two looked at each other and smiled, deeply pleased with each other.

……

Seven days later.

Led the Tun army in the mountains, hid and pursued, and led the army to break through the encirclement three times, but all of them were killed.

And the news kept coming that Yuan Xi had no intention of rescuing at all, and on the day they were raided, they closed the city gate and retracted into the Yuyang City Tower.

For a time, the morale of the army was lost.

People's hearts are depressed.

The soldiers and horses were tired and tired, and they were no longer able to fight.

Tens of thousands of people in the entire military camp were lifeless, and they had already begun to kill horses for food to survive and be satisfied.

At this time, Xu Zhen sent someone to send a letter to meet him in person.

(End of chapter)