Yuan Shao really didn't think it was strange, in his opinion, this matter was very simple.

Ma Chao has been defeated in successive battles, and the imperial army has lost its edge, and at this moment he personally led an army of 70,000 to come, if the scouts of the imperial army were not blind, they must have discovered all this.

Cao Ren has no more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, and he will definitely not dare to confront him head-on, so he can only hold on to the city.

What's so weird about this?

After listening to Yuan Shao's reasoning, Xu You opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time before he said quietly: "General, do you think this is not possible Cao Ren's plan to lure the enemy in?"

Hearing this, Yuan Shao instantly smiled and leaned back, "You mean that Cao Ren is going to take more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to lure the enemy deep into ambush me?"

Xu You nodded.

But in fact, he didn't really want to respond, Yuan Shao said this, as if he was mocking him.

"Ziyuan, your conjecture can help the wine." Yuan Shao laughed and said, "Come, sit, and have a few drinks with me!"

Xu You: ......

Damn, he's really being ridiculed.

Get on the party.

If it weren't for the frustrated barrier tactics, Shangdang County would have completely returned to the embrace of the imperial court as early as last year.

The current Shangdang is like a big dye vat, gathering people from all over the world, and caravans come and go closely and frequently.

The scouts of the imperial army and the Jizhou army were also densely sprinkled on almost every piece of land in Shangdang.

Here, even in a small village, it is not uncommon to encounter skirmishes between scouts on both sides.

Huguan, the most important node of the western Hebei defense line arranged by the Fu Professor, is also the place where the Shangdang forces gather.

A few days after Yuan Shao sent someone to dismiss the official and take him to Yecheng to be imprisoned, Xun Chen and *** arrived here and took over the power of supervising the army of the western Hebei defense line.

After inspecting the city walls, he joked with Xun Chen with a smile: "This is to treat yourself as honest, the strong wall stubbornly blocked the imperial army, but did not block the villain's mouth."

Xun Chen was a little surprised, "General Gao also feels frustrated and wronged?"

said casually: "I don't know if he was wronged or not, I just can't get used to it. I don't know if his so-called imperial edict is true or false."

"True or false, who can tell clearly, but I admire this stubborn strategy." Xun Chen muttered, and then asked, "I don't know how General Gao is going to fight this battle?"

"You are my lord and my deputy, and I can listen to you. If you want me to say something, then I'll try to attack, and you're in charge of the guard, what do you think?" Said.

Xun Chen was overjoyed and said with a smile: "It's really the same thing that heroes see, and I think the same way. If there is a plan to fight, we should still try to take the initiative to attack and defuse the danger of the party."

"If there is a crisis in the war on the Eastern Front, we can also dispatch troops and horses to help in time. Otherwise, with Gai Xun's troops and horses outside, even if there is a great crisis on the eastern front, we will not be able to move an inch, unless we completely abandon the western defense line."

With a smile of surprise, he said, "I just said it casually, I didn't expect Xun Jian Jun to really think so? That's a perfect fit. All you have to do is make up an auspicious number with me five thousand, no, six thousand."

"All you need to do is give me 6,000 soldiers and horses, and I'll do the rest. I will definitely ask him to get a good night's sleep from today onwards, and he will be waiting for him every day!"

Xun Chen sighed with joy on his face: "I said why General Yuan sent you and me here, it turns out that General Yuan has already seen it. It's a coincidence that we just came up with the tactics of holding on to the wall and attacking the harassment."

"That's what you think, too? Oh, this can't be celebrated with a bowl of wine!" Happy shouted, "Come on, serve wine!"

"Hurry up, get the wine up!"

The guards quickly brought in two jars of wine.

waved his hand to order the soldier to retreat, opened the wine jar with his own hands, poured a bowl for Xun Chen, and said, "Why didn't I see that I and Xun Jianjun were so like-minded earlier, if I had known about this, I must have been close to Xun Jianjun."

Xun Chen took a sip of wine, put the wine bowl down, and said with a smile, "It's not too late at this time."

"Although it is not necessarily like-minded, today's events must be the same as the heroes."

Haha laughed and said, "That's exactly, but in my opinion, you and I are also like-minded."

Xun Chen bowed slightly, smiled and watched *** dry three bowls of wine like drinking cold water.

Comfortably, *** said, "I will lead the troops out of the city today to find Gai Xun's bad luck."

"Okay, I wish the general a victory in the first battle, and a success." Xun Chen raised the wine bowl and said.

"Borrow the auspicious words of the prison army!"

In the evening of the same day, *** took 6,000 soldiers and horses out of Huguan.

Xun Chen stood on the city wall and watched the soldiers and horses slowly walk into the night, lighting torches between the foothills.

他转身对身后的亲兵问道：「盖将军应当可以让这一支兵马彻底留在壶关外吧？」

The soldiers standing behind Xun Chen had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and they were quite heroic, but because of the long-term wind and sun, the skin on their faces was red and black, and there were many cracks.

He smiled lightly and said, "Xun Jian Jun doesn't have to worry about this matter, General Gai's troops are steady and ruthless, and before the tactics are decided, he may be merciful, but once the tactics are decided, there will be no changes."

Xun Chen bowed his head, "This is a self-disciplined person."

The soldier nodded, "I've learned a lot from following General Gai. His fame probably comes from his own excellent ability and self-discipline as a person, and the self-discipline of the royal soldiers."

Xun Chen asked with some curiosity, "Han Sui is also quite good at using troops, so he didn't teach General Yan something?"

This personal soldier was none other than Yan Xing, the deputy general of the imperial court stationed in the state.

With a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, he said, "Naturally, there are things to learn, but I am not very willing to learn those skills of Han Sui. At that time, although I was a thief, there were some human things that I didn't want to completely abandon."

Xun Chen nodded and sighed, "General Yan is also a man of temperament."

After saying that, he looked up at the sky and said, "It looks like even the night is killing tonight."

Yan Xing looked up when he heard this, but the sky and the earth were foggy, and there were circles of miserable white light lingering around the moon that had just risen, and the people who watched it felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts, and suddenly felt a sense of desolation.

"I'm going to take care of the soldiers and horses in the city?" Yan Xing asked.

Xun Chen shook his head and said, "There's no need, I'll just do it." Let the general secretly lead his army into the city, just in case. Not surprisingly, these soldiers and horses in the city can also turn against each other without swords."

Yan Xing was still not very relieved and said, "I will lead my troops to be on guard, so as not to have a camp roar and affect His Majesty's plans!"

「…… It's fine." Xun Chen didn't insist anymore, nodded and said.

He and Yan Xing had only met for the first time, so they were not familiar with each other at all, and it was not good to force Yan Xing to obey his opinions.

Immediately, Xun Chen ordered the drumming to gather all the soldiers in the city.

On the stage, Xun Chen mustered all his strength, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty's dictation, Yuan Shao treasoned against the country and rebelled, and committed trespassing, and everyone in the world will be punished......

Yan Xing, who led his soldiers and horses and hid around, couldn't help but be stunned when he listened to Xun Chen's impassioned lecture.

It turned out to be a fake oracle of the emperor, this can also work?

But what Yan Xing didn't expect was that it was really ...... It works.

Because Xun Chen moved out the Xiyuan Army of the imperial court.

said that their military salaries, and that they were treated well by the imperial court after they were wounded and died in battle.

Then the conversation shifted back to themselves.

said that the fate of the rebels would be punished by the nine clans for the generals, and the descendants of the thieves would not live in peace.

Although it is a simple comparison, there is no harm without comparison.

Before Xun Chen's words were finished, several generals expressed their defection on the spot!