In less than half an hour, almost all the small battlefields that were divided were victorious, and the soldiers and horses converged on Liu Xun's location, and after killing the guards beside him, Dian Wei Yifu was killed in front of him, kicked over, and put his right halberd on Liu Xun's neck.

At this point, the battle can only stop, and there are still about 10,000 Liu Xun's soldiers who are blocked outside, but the terrain is narrow and cannot enter at all, the battle cannot be fought, and there is no retreat, so it can only be stalemate.

Zhang Han came out of the crowd and stood in front of Liu Xun, there was no trace of injury on his body at all, and he changed into a pair of silver armor, looking more heroic.

"Liu Taishou, offended."

"Zhang Bochang, the name is well deserved," Liu Xun sighed after being stunned, "From the very beginning, the patrol was to set me up, just to lure my Shucheng soldiers and horses out." ”

"However, you have too few soldiers and horses in your hands, and it is okay to set up an ambush in the field, and it is absolutely impossible to capture Shucheng."

"Hmph," the corners of Zhang Han's mouth twitched, "I know it's impossible, I'm walking on thin ice in my life, I won't take risks, I don't want to fight Shucheng." ”

"With your merit, it is completely enough, Shucheng blocked our way into Hefei, but my lord did not ask for Hefei to be captured."

Zhang Han said with a smile, his expression looking quite relaxed.

Liu Xun didn't know how to respond for a while, mainly because what Zhang Han said meant that he couldn't play a role in him anymore, so why did he have to stay alive?

Isn't it also a merit to kill directly on the battlefield?

Therefore, Zhang Han actually wanted to seize Shucheng in his heart.

"Zhang Bochang, I have heard for a long time that you are both civil and military, and now it seems that your eloquence is not bad," Liu Xun smiled and said: "You still want Shucheng, so you leave me alive, and you want me to persuade the brothers stationed in Shucheng to surrender." ”

"If that's the case, you should come up with a corresponding price."

Zhang Han and Cao Ang glanced at each other, and the latter arched his hand and said: "Uncle Shi, I have heard my father talk about you, I had a friendship with my uncle in Luo, Yan, and Yu, you and my Cao family can be regarded as old friends, and my brother left your life, not all for Shucheng." ”

"Shucheng is indeed very important, but we don't have to," Cao Ang smiled and arched his hand, and someone next to him immediately introduced: "This is the eldest son of the Cao family, Cao Ang." ”

"The eldest son?!"

Liu Xun stood up a little, his eyes were a little surprised, he hadn't seen Cao Ang, but Cao Ang's words were really good.

In the early years, Liu Xun and Cao Cao had a little friendship, although it was not called "mutual admiration", but it was also one-sided admiration, anyway, Liu Xun was able to catch the line of Cao's family.

"Yes, Uncle Shi originally knew my father, if he can still make meritorious achievements in Shucheng and take Hefei for me, he can complete the military strategy of encircling Shouchun and making Yuan Shu have nowhere to go."

As early as before the war, Cao Cao's "wine and wealth" spent a year collecting various information on Yangzhou Shouchun in advance, including more than 30 versions of the map, which was refined to various trails.

Therefore, they clearly knew that once Yuan Shu became emperor, if he could not withstand the attack of the princes' soldiers and horses in the early days, in order to avoid the soldiers of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, he still had a way out.

With Shouchun Jiancheng as a resistance, he led the people to retreat south to Huainan, relying on the moat of Hefei to defend the attack of the waterway, only a small number of soldiers and horses can be guarded against the south, and Lujiang and Huainan are each other's horns, and they can hold a large territory.

It's not that Zhang Han and the others thought of Yuan Shu's strategy because they expected the enemy to take the lead, but he only had one way, and no other way was considered a retreat.

Then, before capturing Shouchun, if he could occupy Hefei in advance, and then collect the entire Huainan, he would cut off his retreat, and even plunder its grain route.

It is precisely because of the mention of the words "collection" and "robbery" that Cao Cao also straightforwardly asked Zhang Han to take this road in the account, because he is too familiar with robbery, the great master-level robbery method.

From the moment Cao Ang appeared, Liu Xun had already fallen into deep thought, and he was thinking about the road ahead.

If it was only Zhang Han who came to lobby, he would have to take a lot of precautions, after all, Zhang Han's status, he didn't understand, he only knew that this person had a lot of merits and a very big reputation, but he had a lot of notoriety.

If Zhang Han really had a bright future in the future and was a pillar of the country, Cao Cao would not allow him to have so many bad reputations spread to the world.

Zhang Han is still so young, how can he do these things that are greedy for money and lustful, this belongs to the secret arrangement of the scholar clan or the enemy party, but Cao sits back and ignores it, and does not clear the secret trouble for Zhang Han, so his attitude is also intriguing.

However, Cao Ang is naturally different here.

He is the eldest son, and Cao Cao's great cause in the future will probably be in his hands, at this moment Liu Xun nodded: "What the eldest prince said is extremely true." ”

Cao Ang continued: "Yuan Shu usurped the Han Dynasty and became independent, it is really the first evil in the world, the alliance of the ancestors and white horses in the past is still passed on in the world, not the Liu family and the king, the world fights together, now, I hold the text of the Son of Heaven, to the southeast to rebel, I can't bear to see the Han Zhongliang dragged down by Yuan Shu, I hope you think about it yourself." ”

"At this time, we will get Shucheng, return to the Han, and return to our hometown in the future, live up to the glory of our ancestors, if we die on the battlefield, then the coffin will be finalized at that time, I am afraid that the reputation left in history is very different from the original intention, and the heirs of your clan, how should they deal with themselves? Your brothers in the army will be punished as a chaotic party. ”

"Taishou has been defeated, but I still entrust the choice to Taishou's heart, and I will make the best choice, whether to die or surrender, it is all up to Taishou to make his own decisions."

"I'll descend!"

Liu Xun had already made a decision when he heard it halfway, but he didn't dare to interrupt Cao Ang's words, patiently let him finish his words, and then nodded immediately, "All the soldiers left in Shu City are loyal soldiers of our department, as long as they bring my talisman and sword, and hand it over to the deputy general or join the army to send to the city, they will naturally open the city gate and surrender." ”

"I hope that the eldest prince will be kind to us."

Cao Ang breathed a sigh of relief, helped Liu Xun up with a smile, and personally untied him before holding his hand and saying: "Uncle Shi, rest assured, Brother Bochang is my brother-in-law, and he is also a member of the Cao family. ”

"That's right," Zhang Han also stood beside Liu Xun, and at this time he was already full of smiles, "The little nephew is also from the Cao family, and he has offended a lot before." ”

"Alas, the young hero, the back waves of the Yangtze River, Bo Chang and the eldest son, although they are young, they are already outstanding people, and their reputation for benevolence and virtue is broadcast in the sea, which is admirable," Liu Xun said with heartfelt emotion.

Although he has no outstanding merits and no monstrous fame, he knows some art of war, and although he is arrogant in leading troops, he has repeatedly reminded himself not to be impulsive when facing Zhang Han, and he must be calm and composed, and act cautiously.

But because of a thought, he fell for him.

The loss was not unjust, but as Cao Ang said, Cao's soldiers and horses have always been based on benevolence and righteousness, and in the battle of Xuzhou that year, the army was raised for the reason of harming his father, and he was able to do nothing to the people of Xuzhou.

There are even people in Xuzhou who say that Cao Cao is the living king of Wen, and Zhang Han leads Cao Cao's soldiers, of course, it is also the way of benevolence and righteousness.

"Thank you, the two of you have benevolence and righteousness, so that I can save my life, Shouchun's so-called Zhong family can't last long, and it is the right way to return to the Han Dynasty."

"It's easy to say," Zhang Han and Liu Xun walked together, and said: "Taishou, let your soldiers and horses put down their blades first, lead the horses over, remove the armor on their bodies, and first be wronged, and wait until they arrive in Shucheng, and then register and redistribute the armaments." ”

Zhang Han smiled kindly: "It's all for the sake of strict military discipline, unified distribution of armaments, and easy management." ”

"Well, very good, very good."

Liu Xun didn't suspect it at all, and let Zhang Han order, he immediately sent his cronies to the rear to inform the soldiers and horses that all of them would surrender to the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty and no longer work for Yuan Shu's usurpation.

Soon, the army like a long dragon unloaded its armor, laid down its weapons, and waited for Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to lead the crowd to collect them and return them to the pawns.

At this time, Zhang Han took advantage of Cao Ang to accompany Liu Xun forward, and the rest of the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, he pulled Dian Wei behind a tree, and said softly: "Liu Xun's soldiers and horses, although they are not elite, are also veterans, and there are many treacherous people who are born as thieves. ”

Dian Wei raised his hand to interrupt him, and said with a serious expression: "Go beyond these words, and directly say the purpose, what does the prince want to do?" ”

Zhang Han blinked and looked at him for a while, and then said: "Take all the war horses in his army as your own, and then in the name of selecting elite soldiers, first screen out a group of old and weak soldiers, and send them home." ”

Dian Wei leaned back, as if he wanted to be a little farther away and look at Zhang Han clearly, and said softly: "I knew that you would say this, I had already sent Bo Xiao to do it before, and my filial father and Wen Yuan, after counting the war horses and armaments, they would occupy it first." ”

"What are you doing?!" Zhang Han's eyes widened, "Pull them all back, pull them into our hands first!" ”

"Oh, yes!" Dian Wei quickly went.

When Liu Xun arrived in Shucheng, he ordered his subordinates to join the army with his sword seal and talisman, go to the city to explain the situation, and let Liu Xun show up under the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Han immediately sent troops to take down the ordnance of the original defending soldiers, disposed of them as pawns, and gathered them in a specially designated camp, which only provided flour cakes, wheat cakes and rice every day.

At the same time, let his cronies control the ordnance storage depot in the city, as well as occupy various key roads, beware of mutiny, after Zhang Han selected, dismissed thousands of soldiers, selected 5,000 elites into the camp, and enriched Cao Ang's account.

Finally, to Cao Cao's army camp, the flying horse passed a letter to inform the battle report.

A few days, get a response.

"Junhou, Sikong's reply has come, he has sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to march to Shucheng at night, and he also asks Junhou to stabilize Shucheng and not cause civil strife in these few days."

"Thirty thousand soldiers?"

After Zhang Han listened, he looked at Jia Xu in surprise and expressed his doubts, it's time for this, where to get 30,000 soldiers and horses to divide the troops over, is there no pressure on the frontal battlefield?

However, it was not appropriate to discuss it face-to-face at this moment, he hurriedly turned around and came back, and smiled at Liu Xun with his eyebrows fluttering: "Taishou, you can hear it, the lord's army will arrive in Shucheng soon, and then these brothers of yours can be relieved of their status as a soldier, and then they will be armed and go into battle to make meritorious contributions." ”

Liu Xun drank water on the side, nodded with a long sigh of relief, and now he had no choice but to come down.

The main reason is that during this period of time, the situation of these brothers is slightly different from what Zhang Han and Cao Ang said before, but in times of chaos, it is understandable to focus on seeking stability.

So today, he originally planned to talk to Zhang Han and let him fulfill his original promise to redistribute armaments.

A gentleman is a promise, although Zhang Han is good at using tactics, he should be quite generous, after all, young talents, his face should not be so thick.

"It's coming soon, Liu Taishou must not be in a hurry."

Zhang Han smiled lightly, and did not speak so fullly.

After Liu Xun left, Zhang Han called Jia Xu to come close and carefully inquired about the origin of the 30,000 soldiers and horses, "The lord has arrived at Xia Cai Fengtai, and it is estimated that he will soon be in Shouchun, and at this time, he should be fighting with Ji Ling's army." ”

"How did he get 30,000 soldiers?"

Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and his lips moved a few times, as if there was something unspeakable, but in the end he sighed and said: "Zhang Xiu, there are 30,000 elites in Runan, and they have never been dispatched, and now the prince has opened up the road to the Lujiang River, he can lead the army down the river, go straight to Shucheng, and then enter Hefei, and then he can be Pingchuan." ”

"The embroidered soldiers, day and night drills, morale is high, at this time is more energetic, can establish great achievements, in the next estimate, Huainan chaos, Yuan Shu must be difficult to take care of, and can take Hefei to block Sun Ce, so, Sun Ce must give up Yangzhou and return to Jiangdong to defend."

"This is the opportunity for a great victory."

"Oh," Zhang Han suddenly realized, an expression that seemed to be a smile appeared on his face, but there was some calm meaning in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "I worked hard to take Shucheng, and then let Zhang Xiu step on my shoulder and capture Huainan, right?" ”

"Yes," Jia Xu bowed his hand, and immediately changed his words: "Oh, no, it's not ......."

"Well, I think it should be Sikong who is worried about the fatigue of the prince and marquis, this is more than 400 miles of expedition, and the soldiers are already exhausted, so it's time to recuperate......"

"That's right," Zhang Han didn't think much about it, but felt that Jia Xu seemed to be too happy, so he stared at him deeply a few times.

Jia Xu could also feel Zhang Han's gaze, so he avoided it with a weak heart and looked at the letter on the desk.

……

Cao Ying at the foot of Fengbei Mountain.

Cao Cao garrisoned thirty miles north of Shouchun, and had almost completely uprooted the Yuan camp outside the city, and it was the time to rest for a while to celebrate his achievements.

In the main account of the army.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia had finished discussing the general's situation and talked about Zhang Han's plan in Shucheng.

"Lure the enemy out of the city, so make a contribution."

"Bo Chang is more cunning than before, and the use of soldiers should be like this, the truth is unpredictable, so that people can be unpredictable."

Guo Jia smiled when he heard this: "The lord has Zhang Xiu as a backhand, and he attacks alternately with Bo Chang, but it is easy to capture Huainan, but I am really not afraid that they will fight?" If I remember correctly, when I was in Wancheng, Zhang Xiu was looted by Bo Chang and left nothing. ”

"I'm afraid," Cao Cao's face changed and became quite serious, "But, this is a decision that has been considered for a long time, and I have heard Zixu say it a few times, Jia Xu seems to be afraid of Bochang, but in fact, his heart has long been no longer shaken." ”

"At this moment, I don't have enough troops, so I can only let Zhang Xiu go to help, and there are still nearly 10,000 elite soldiers under Bo Chang's command, he selected the elite from Shucheng, and also disintegrated Liu Xun's threat, the situation can be controlled in his hands, I believe he will never make a mistake."

When Cao Cao said this, he still sighed, "My son is also in Shucheng, if I have the heart to do it, how can I let him also fall into a deep crisis?" ”

"The so-called, don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people, I believe in Zhang Xiu, and I also believe in Bochang."

"My letter to Bochang is also sincere, and I don't set limits for him, he will naturally understand how to treat Zhang Xiu, with Zhang Bochang's intelligence and temperament, as well as a bunch of capable people under his command, I don't believe he will suffer."

Guo Jia was silent for a long time and nodded silently.

This last sentence makes too much sense.

It's you, my lord.

(End of chapter)