Cao's army set off quickly, bypassing Jingcheng and making a surprise attack on Taiyuan.

Zhang Yan, as the person who led the way, led an army of 30,000 people, through the Black Mountain, and then through the Taihang Mountains, walked for almost nine days, bypassed many fortresses, and finally came to the west of the mountain.

Coming down from the mountain, Zhang Yan looked ahead and said, "Two generals, this is Taiyuan, you can reach Yuci and Jinyang by crossing the water along the cave, how are you going to fight?" ”

Zhang Liao was originally from Bingzhou, and he was also very familiar with the situation in the state, so he spread out the map and looked at it, thought for a while and said: "Our troops are divided into three routes, I will fight Yuci, Meng Qi will fight Jinyang, take these two places first, the east of Taiyuan is in front of us, and there is no barrier, and the remaining counties can basically only surrender, and then wait for the lord to come in, and you can occupy the central part of Bingzhou in one fell swoop." ”

"What does Meng Qi think?"

He looked at Ma Chao.

"Yuci or Jinyang, which place has stricter defenses?"

Ma Chao said, and said, "Of course I'm fine." ”

Zhang Liao said: "Of course it's Jinyang, it's far away from us. ”

Ma Chao said: "When Wenyuan takes Yuci, I should be able to reach Jinyang City and launch an attack, Wenyuan will come over immediately to assist me in fighting Jinyang, how about it?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

They all think it's feasible to fight like this.

"How to arrange the third way?"

Zhang Yan asked.

Zhang Liao said: "The third way, that is, General Zhang, you will lead, first, to answer General Xiahou and them, and second, to send troops into Jingcheng, and assist the lord to control Jingcheng and enter Bingzhou, how about it?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "I'm fine." ”

"Then act!"

Ma Chao also wants to make meritorious contributions, so he won't grind.

After determining the next strategy, Zhang Liao acted first and went directly to Yuci to kill, and Ma Chao set off after Zhang Liao.

They crossed the water along the hole, all the way to the west, the army moved quickly, not at all concealed, but marched quickly, the speed was very fast, the main thing was to hit the enemy by surprise, after all, most of the troops in the state were taken away by Gao Gan, and now they are either killed in battle, or surrendered.

Within the state, in each county and county, there are definitely not many guards in force.

Fight fast with speed, as long as the speed is fast, the enemy can't react, and their advantage is played out in this way.

Zhang Liao went to Yuci first, the whole army rested for an hour, ate some dry food to replenish physical strength, and then launched a direct attack, while Ma Chao continued to follow the river and set off to Jinyang, with the fastest speed, shocking the whole county of Taiyuan.

Zhang Yan stayed at the exit of Jingcheng, first sent 1,500 people into Jingcheng, and killed those passes, he himself stayed at the exit and waited for almost a day, and finally saw the banner of Cao's army appear in the mountains and forests, at this time, there was already turmoil in Taiyuan.

The news of Gao Gan's death and Yuan's defeat quickly spread within Bingzhou.

In addition, Cao's army rushed to attack Yuci and Jinyang, and they were all passing on a message to the locals, that is, the Yuan clan was almost gone, Cao Cao began to rise, and was about to annex and annex the state, if they were willing to surrender, maybe it would be fine, but they would die if they resisted!

The wider the spread of these messages, the greater the sensation they cause.

In particular, Zhang Liao is already attacking Yuci, which has shocked many people in Bingzhou.

"General Zhang!"

Xiahoudun came out of the mountains and met Zhang Yan first.

Zhang Yan bowed and said, "General Xiahou, General Gao and General Zhang, you go over there." ”

As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed in the direction of Shangdang County from the south, and continued: "I will arrange people to continue to lead the way for you, General Zhang Wenyuan is already fighting Yuci, and General Ma Mengqi should also be fighting Jinyang." ”

"They're so fast?"

Xiahoudun didn't want to fall behind, and immediately said: "Let's go to the party and set off immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers behind him responded in unison.

Zhang Yan said: "I still have to go to Jingcheng to take the lord into Taiyuan, so it is inconvenient to fight with you." ”

This Xiahoudun can be understood, and he will soon lead his troops south, and he will also play their merits and show it in front of Cao Cao.

After arranging everything, Zhang Yan felt that the pressure on his body relaxed a lot, and finally led his troops into Jingcheng, waiting for the opportunity to unite with Cao Cao and clear all the military fortresses and pass fortresses on Jingcheng.

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Cao Cao's actions were slower than those of Xiahoudun and Zhang Liao.

When Zhang Liao began to fight Yuci, Cao Cao entered Jingcheng, and soon encountered a military fortress, which was not particularly difficult to manage, and was directly pushed by Xiahou Yuan with his troops, and after taking the high ground, he continued to go deep into Jingcheng.

The army followed mightily, filling the entire mountain road like a long dragon.

On the march in this environment, countless scouts are constantly being sent out, fearing that something unexpected will happen.

They went all the way deeper, and there were not many military fortresses in front of them, so they pushed a few, and they came across a military fortress stationed according to the topography, this fortress was very tall, and the perimeter was built of hard stone, spanning the entire Jingcheng mountain road, and it was generally not easy to break it.

The guards of this fortress, seeing that Cao Jun suddenly killed, all stood up, and at the same time wondered, why was Cao Jun already here?

Normally, it shouldn't!

Unless the high-level cadres are gone.

They haven't received specific news from the outside yet, and they don't know if Gao Gan is really gone, and the Yuan family is also ninety percent, but they must stick to this place and rely on the terrain to confidently block Cao Jun, despite this, they are still very nervous and afraid of Cao Jun's strength.

"An is not waiting, go over the mountain and bypass here, and see if you can contact Wenyuan and them."

Cao Cao raised his head and glanced at the mountains on both sides of the mountain road, the mountains here are relatively steep, but they are not impossible to climb, but they are more difficult.

At this time, among the army, there were also some former Montenegrin soldiers.

The scouts couldn't climb over, so they chose a suitable person from among the Montenegrin soldiers and turned over.

They moved quickly and left the army.

Cao Cao calmly ordered to camp and rest, waiting for the results of the scouts, and did not attack the fortress immediately.

Chen Zhou followed the army, looked up at the fortress in front of him, and said: "Contact Wenyuan and them, our side will attack, and let the people on Wenyuan's side raid the rear of the fortress while we attack." ”

This is a more conventional way of playing.

Cao Cao and they all thought so, and after listening to Chen Zhou's words, they nodded slightly in agreement.

"Act according to Wataruyuki's plan."

Cao Cao nodded and said.

I arranged it right away, so I continued to wait.

They waited calmly, but the soldiers in the fortress couldn't calm down, seeing that the Cao army was pressing, they were nervous, and they were anxiously preparing for defense.

Cao Jun didn't wait long before the scout returned.

"Lord, I got in touch, it's Zhang Yan in Jingcheng, cooperate with us!"

"Good!"

Cao Cao understood that the plan was stable, and told Chen Zhou's suggestion to the scouts, and asked the scouts to climb over again, and told Zhang Yan to agree on the time of the attack, and at noon tomorrow, to take the strongest military fortress.