With this military heart, Zhang Han was not too embarrassed to continue to live with wine and meat, so he also sent someone to contact the outpost stationed in Jizhou before.

Another day later.

Zhang Han military camp, in the main tent.

"Junhou, the news from Jizhou has arrived, our brothers have been suppressed several times, and now most of them are hiding in the mountains, and only more than ten people are pretending to be traders and have taken root in Yecheng."

In the barracks, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun have gone to practice, and Ji Boxiao, as the commander of the guards, is in charge of a lot of outposts.

At this moment, when he got the news, he immediately returned to Zhang Han and reported it to him.

"The news sent should not involve military aircraft," Zhang Han pondered for a moment, and immediately smiled, "Let's hear it." ”

"I can't listen to other news for the time being, but there is one thing that I have to pay attention to, Yuan Jun hoarded grain and grass in Gucang Mountain south of Wei County, which should be used for marching."

"And I heard that the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou are also gradually mobilized, and the elite is drawn to the vicinity of Wei County."

"It should be after the autumn harvest, and then we will transport grain along the land and water, ready for war at any time."

Zhang Han smiled and nodded after hearing this, most of the news analyzed by Ji Boxiao should be true.

The gathering of military strength and grain and grass is naturally to start a war at any time, and the previous situation was already tense, and they fought several times with each other on government decrees, tribute, and public opinion, and they always had their own victories and defeats.

Both sides got the results they wanted.

On the Jizhou side, naturally, after stabilizing the people's hearts and minds in the territory, they can start a war with confidence.

Xu Du has the Son of Heaven in charge here, and the edict issued is justice, and there is no need to be so troublesome.

"Get ready to build a bridge," Zhang Han immediately decided, not only to pass the order, but also to go out of the camp himself, and not long after found Jia Xu and Dian Wei in the quartermaster's office, the two were counting the materials sent by Cao Cao and stepping up the construction of military spare equipment.

Zhang Han informed the information sent from the front, and after Jia Xu heard it, he also understood what Zhang Han meant, put down the affairs in his hand, and entrusted it to others to investigate.

"Now that we are in Hanoi, how to act should be to talk to General Zilian, and let him send troops to attract the attention of Yuan's army for us."

"Our black-robed horsemen should all change into ordinary military robes and march quietly."

Jia Xu twisted his beard in the carriage and said: "Have you ever remembered that as early as a year ago, you had been disliked by His Majesty and the Prime Minister because of the division of Jizhou, and seized the military power in your hands. ”

"Now it's time to inherit the layout of the year and strike decisively."

Zhang Han felt that this matter was not feasible, after all, a long time had passed, and he had recently made meritorious achievements in Jingzhou, which could be said to be famous in the south, if Yuan Shao could not receive the news, then he would be too closed.

"Sir, don't you think they won't guard against me? The war in the south should have spread to Jizhou. ”

Jia Xu chuckled, and then said: "The prince doesn't have to worry, Jizhou has been strong and strong in the past year, winning all the way, and has not tasted defeat. It's okay to take my permission, as long as you cross the river, you can be flat. ”

"Moreover, Jizhou is proud of its civil and military affairs, and despises the heroes of the world, and Yuan Shao is even more proud of the world's masters gathered under his door."

"Imagine if you have thousands of generals, hundreds of celebrities, 300,000 armor, more than 10,000 cavalry, and millions of stones, grain and grass, what will you do?"

Zhang Hanshen nodded approvingly, and sighed: "Then I can't go to heaven yet, I will sell it all and exchange it for gold, and I can use it for a few lifetimes." ”

"This," Jia Xu smacked his lips, the prince's thinking has always been different from ordinary people, this kind of thing can be said, it is difficult not to say a word.

"Therefore, it is common for Yuan Shao to have such a family background and be quite proud, and he is already very introverted, but it is still impossible to perceive the subtleties, thinking that the prince and the prince will arrive in Hanoi in advance and use troops on the ferry."

"According to the previous layout, we have to give up the official crossing, so that Yuan Shao's army gradually crosses the river, and after crossing the river, then attack, once they can be defeated, it is difficult for them to escape with their backs to the river, if they can burn the grain and grass, they can disperse their troops crossing the river in one fell swoop."

"Now, it is the time when the prince is currently disturbed," Jia Xu said solemnly and excitedly.

Zhang Han frowned, and said suspiciously: "What does Mr. mean is that if they confront each other, Yuan Shao may not cross the river immediately, but if I go to fight for the ferry, he will make a decision immediately and send troops to rob him, so he can be introduced into the strategy step by step?" ”

"That's right, the prince is getting smarter and smarter," Jia Xu nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, then according to your plan, follow me to see Uncle Zilian immediately."

Zhang Han got up and left, took Jia Xu into the car together, and went to the city.

At the same time, he also ordered in the army first, and ordered the black-robed armored cavalry to prepare for the expedition, and gather in the city tonight, which is the city where the white rabbit garrison was at the beginning.

At this time, in the government office in the city, Cao Hong had a hangover last night, and it was when he had a headache, Zhang Han even hurried in without being informed, and saw his dying appearance at the door, and immediately said: "Uncle Zilian, why do you drink day and night, so lazy, seeing that the big war is imminent, how to command the three armies!?" If the prime minister knows about this, how can I persuade him!? ”

Cao Hong's scalp was numb, and the whole person was not good, his lips kept opening and closing and squirming, and he didn't know what to say.

Are you embarrassed to say that?!

Didn't you make me drink the wine?

After you came, you sang and sang night after night, slept day and day, and you were drunk and dreamed of death, and now you came to blame him for drinking day and night, and he said.

It's excessive.

"Zhang Bochang!" Cao Hong's temper was slightly explosive, and he got up when he slapped the table when he felt uncomfortable, and when he got up, he was stunned, and said with a sigh of relief: "Aren't you drunk?" I remember you drank a lot of bars last night? ”

"I drink a good amount of alcohol, and I don't delay things as much as I drink, but Uncle Zilian, you can't, you are the Taishou of Hanoi, with a heavy responsibility, guarding the military defense in the north of the capital, how can you not know your own amount?"

"Tell me!" Cao Hong patted his head, roared angrily, and hurriedly asked Zhang Han to come closer, "Won't you come to arrest me for neglecting military affairs and resting in the government office?" ”

"No," Zhang Han informed Cao Hong of the information he had obtained, and after saying that, he woke up with a lot of wine, and immediately thought that fortunately, the army's spirit was cohesive and morale was booming at this moment, and even if the soldiers went out immediately, they would never be able to catch it.

Then he immediately asked: "Bo Chang has a plan?" ”

"Yes," Zhang Han said happily: "I will personally lead the army to seize the ferries on both sides of the river, and first set foot on Yuan Shao's outpost camp. ”

"I'm here to ask my uncle to borrow cavalry and run around the night."

"Overnight? So suddenly? "Cao Hongren is numb, and he always asks Zhang Han to take him with him when he makes meritorious contributions on weekdays, but he didn't expect that he really came now, but he was a little afraid to accept it.

Suddenly starting a war at this moment can be said to be nameless, so it will be blamed by others, and I am afraid that I will become a sinner who started the war.

Cao Hong has been stationed in Hanoi for many years and is all too clear about the friction of these situations.

"Bo Chang, we can't be so impulsive, we must let Yuan Shao do it first," Cao Hong said earnestly, "otherwise we will fall into the danger of being condemned by the scholars." ”

"The scholars of Jizhou, all of them are current celebrities, big clans from all over the country, they should be able to criticize and denounce my Xu Du, and then my Cao people will be very passive......"

"That's not right," Zhang Han raised his eyebrows, quite displeased, and immediately said: "Uncle Zilian's speech is too biased. ”

"Who says we can't take the initiative? As long as it is found out that he Yuan Shao has the intention of guarding against garrisoning troops in the south, he can mobilize troops, don't forget, isn't the order of the Son of Heaven important? ”

"Why did he dare to garrison troops in Xudu? Couldn't these soldiers and horses be said to be plotting against each other? ”

Cao Hong seemed to be hesitating, Zhang Hanli got up and lowered his voice slightly, and said: "Uncle Zilian, if you don't make a move at this time, you will be controlled in the future, and the lord will not blame you on the face, but in fact, in his heart, he is accusing you of not being decisive and ruthless enough." ”

"If you strike first at this moment and take the lead, the lord may blame him on his face, but he will definitely remember Uncle Zilian's decisiveness and resoluteness in his heart."

"So, drinking these days is heroic and proud, not a corpse vegetarian meal and a passive treatment, are you right?"

Cao Hong's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he nodded silently, feeling from the bottom of his heart that Zhang Han's words made sense.

Because as far as he knows, Cao Cao is indeed such a character, and he is naturally different from ordinary lords, often moody and difficult to guess.

Sometimes it is diametrically opposed to what people think, Zhang Han continued: "Besides, if I lead the troops to a surprise attack, what can my uncle lose?" ”

"Makes sense," Cao Hong suddenly smiled, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Then, why did Bo Chang come here at this moment?" ”

"I have very few cavalry, only 1,000 and 5 elite soldiers, I need my uncle to hand over the elite cavalry of Hanoi to me to command, I went to raid the ferry at night, and captured the road to the other side of the river, and then my uncle laid an ambush, after we crossed the river, we swept all the camps south of Liyang."

"Even, all the people can be accepted, if they refuse to follow, then take advantage of Yuan Shao's failure to react and bring them across the river first."

"I intend that after plundering, we will retreat to the river bank, garrison Hanoi, give up the big river crossing to Yuan Shao a little, and march to Guandu."

"In this way, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou will cross the river and fight, and the decisive battle with our army in Guandu will be fought with their backs to the big river, and this battle will be won again, I dare to assert that Jizhou will suffer heavy losses and gradually lose the strength to fight back."

"Well," Cao Hong didn't occupy the terrain in his heart, and listening to Zhang Han's words, he could naturally understand that the strategy was feasible.

At this time, it is necessary to gradually lead Yuan Shao's army across the river, and then find an opportunity to gain insight into the changes in the battle situation.

I am afraid that this battle is inevitable.

"Well, then, you go!" Cao Hong clenched his fists and smacked the case, as if he had made up his mind.

And he also understands that Zhang Han doesn't need to ask him for instructions at this moment, and Zhang Han can actually move freely with any military order.

After all, the two of them are both Taishou, in fact, they are now on an equal footing, and Zhang Hanken came to discuss, it was because of respect.

After all, he is still his elder.

"Good!"

Zhang Han got his approval, took the talisman from Cao Hong, and asked him to assign a cronie to go with him to transfer troops.

Not long after, in the Hanoi camp, Zhang Han led 2,000 elite cavalry, followed the black-robed cavalry to set off in Haishi, headed towards Baimadu, and galloped across the territory of Dong County overnight, crossed the narrower river with a raft, followed all kinds of maps collected in the early years, crossed the mountains and mountains to find the valley and marched, it took a day and a half to reach the opposite bank.

See Yuan Shao's military camp in Liyang.

On the hillside, Zhang Han poked his head out to explore the road in the distance, there were many convoys, pedestrians were sparse, and it was peaceful at a glance.

Those people were on the north-south avenue, while Zhang Han and the others were looking into the mountains and forests in the distance.

He held a scroll of cloth in his hand and drew a map of the area.

"Here, this is what Zhang Li said about the Gongshan Collection, where Yuan Shao's Hui Zheng is mostly located," Zhang Han looked left and right, and pointed to a place on the map, his heart was very clear.

The scouts sent by the outpost also sent back the news that there were roughly three roads passable, and there were two camps nearby, both of which were Yuan troops stationed at the ferry.

If they stay for a long time, they will be exposed.

"There are still more than a thousand war horses that have not come, the prince, how to decide?"

When crossing the river, there weren't actually so many rafts, so some people were left guarding the horses, and Dian Wei was worried that the riders would be broken here.

"It's okay, I asked Uncle Zilian for so many war horses, isn't it just for now, if there is a loss, it will be replaced."

"Merit is given to them, and natural sacrifice is also theirs," Gao Shun said quite bravely, and did not feel sorry for this, leading the troops to charge, and people who are accustomed to life and death are quite hard-hearted.

"That's right," Zhang Han's face turned cold, and he said with a smile: "Brother Dian, you ask these soldiers, who is willing to attack in the vanguard, I have three times the pension, and five times the reward when I come back alive, if you don't want to, you don't answer." ”

"Huh! Yes! ”

Dian Wei turned around and went into the mountains and forests, and asked one by one, until he reached the foot of the mountain, and heard the echo of the undulating waves, all of them were eager to be the first, a few people did not speak, but their faces were also eager to try.

After Zhang Han came down, he asked the soldiers present, and was pleased to get a response that all the staff were willing to charge.

So the order was given to move troops.

Waiting for night to fall, Zhang Han led his army out of the trail and went straight to a camp in the southwest, killing 2,000 people in one night, solving the battle in an hour, and plundering a large amount of military funds and money.

During this period, he did not report his name, and he did not rest for long, and immediately rushed to the next camp.

Overnight, they swept the ferries in the north of Dongjun and south of Liyang, and after occupying them, they immediately opened the openings and arranged ferry ships to prepare to take Cao's army across the river.

But he waited all night, but he didn't wait for news of Cao Hong's army, so he could only send a sentry to investigate and find it.

Until the early morning of the third day, Zhang Han rarely got up early and waited, looked at it for a long time, and saw the scout cavalry come back, dismounted and galloped towards him.

Zhang Han hurriedly frowned and went up, and the scout clasped his fists and said loudly: "Junhou! Oh no, the Taishou soldiers and horses were intercepted and ambushed by the Jizhou army on the way, and they have been repulsed, and it is said that the Taishou was hit by an arrow in the arm and has retreated to Hanoi to recuperate. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Han suddenly paused, speechless, and then asked in a deep voice: "Who leads the army, how can they intercept the soldiers and horses of Taishou?!" ”

Cao Hong walked from west to east, along the direction of the big river, and there would indeed be a section of the road, stepping into the territory of Jizhou, and it was easy for people to find out the marching information.

Jizhou is so well guarded and sent troops so decisively?! Who leads the army with such courage?

"According to General Zilian, he is a well-known general in Hebei, named Zhang He."

(End of chapter)