"If Cao Cao fights like this, I don't know how many ambushes there will be when he reaches Dongjun all the way," Xu You, Fu Zhu and others naturally saw the clues in this battle.

Cao Cao must have planned to put it, and the cities and passes obtained in this area will not be guarded, but they will be fully defended and the defensive place will be returned to Yuan Shao.

However, before he could return it, the population of this large territory would be gone.

There are probably more than 100,000 people on the record, and judging from the waves of fleeing merchants and soldiers I saw along the way, as well as some bones, most of them were captured and plundered by Cao Cao.

This loss is really huge.

I'm afraid that the reason for such a violent anger is also here, in this troubled world, how important people are, the civil and military forces present naturally know in their hearts.

I am afraid that there are more than 10 million people in the entire Han Dynasty now.

Of course, it's not that it's really just such a few people, those who are not in the register are the "livestock" that Zhang Han has been ridiculing, and Zhang Han loves to ridicule "We have a population of 10 million and 20 million livestock" when they are around the fireplace, and they can't cry or laugh when they drink together.

This witty and sarcastic remark can be heard in Zhang Han's mouth, which is unique in the world.

Yuan Shao stood on a high place with his hands behind his back, and the whole person was in a calm thought, and at the same time, he could also feel the anger gathering in his heart.

Obviously, this successive unhappiness has almost exhausted all his patience.

"You all know the importance of this battle, one of me and Cao Apu will be defeated, no matter how many troops are consumed, my soldiers and horses must recapture Baima and Yanjin within ten days, and enter Dongjun."

"Cao Cao, Zhang Han and the like, it's not as terrible as you think, just let go of your hands and feet to fight, fight until they can't afford to confront them, and take out all our family resources to fight!"

"Respectfully!"

……

Three days later, Yuan Shao broke through the three passes, and advanced one after another, allowing Cao's army to retreat several times, although the loss of more than 8,000 troops, but fortunately, morale has rebounded.

On the fourth day, Yuan Shao's army of 100,000 people entered the territory of Liyang, relieved Xiahoudun of the threat to Liyang City, released Wen Chou from the city, and advanced all the way to Guandu, forcing into Dongjun.

Cao Jun's old tricks were repeated, burning Yanjin, destroying more than a dozen bridges, blocking Yuan's army's road, and separated them in Guandu.

At this point, the two armies settled in camp to resist forty miles, Yuan Shao had occupied the higher ground, and after surveying the terrain for a day, he immediately set up camp, built an arrow tower on a high place, urged the rear to be supplied, gathered the armament on the high slope, and issued arrows, bows and crossbows.

He wanted to force Cao's army back to Puyang City again with continuous strong attacks, and then he could drive straight in, besiege the city, and seize all the ferries except Dongjun.

In this battle, we will be able to get it all back.

……

Cao Ying.

It has rained a little in the past few days, and the road is quite muddy, Dian Wei came back to the tent from outside, took off his wide robe and threw it on the weapon rack on the side, and said to Zhang Han: "Junhou, as soon as Yuan Jun comes, he will run up the slope to build a wooden frame, this is to build a platform, right?" ”

"That's the Arrow Tower," Zhang Han raised his eyelids, lifted a piece of light and rough paper, and said with satisfaction, "Come, take a look at my latest calligraphy." ”

"I don't look at it," Dian Wei naturally looked away, and sat straight on the case in front of Zhang Han, with an excited face, "What is the use of this arrow tower?!" Could it be that Yuan Shao wants to shrink here? ”

"The more arrow towers, the farther he can look, the more clearly he can see the condition of our camp, isn't this that I can be seen by them every day when I drink? Why don't we drink and sing every night? to confuse Yuan Shao. ”

Dian Wei said in a tone of voice, and the whole person revealed an aura of joy, and was glanced at fiercely by Zhang Han.

You look ugly and think about beauty, Zhang Hanxin said that you are a dignified captain, and you don't think about how to win a battle for a day, but think about how to pry and drink.

"Are you there to confuse the enemy? I'm embarrassed to break your ......" Zhang Han glanced at it again in disgust, suddenly remembered something, and looked at it contemplatingly, "Hiss...... I'm afraid this arrow tower is not used for defense. ”

"If you want to monitor the situation of the enemy camp, then you can just build a watchtower."

Zhang Han got up as he spoke, pulled Dian Wei out, and said as he walked, "I'll see it with my own eyes." ”

"What's the point of seeing this," Dian Wei strode behind, full of impatience, and kept babbling, how could this prince still talk about it.

I knew I wouldn't tell him.

"While I'm on the road, I'll tell you something," Dian Wei caught up, gloating: "In the past few days, I've gone to Guan Yunchang's camp to hang out, and I really know a few fellow villagers." ”

"There is a Wu Chang who is my own, I chatted with him for a few words, and during the meal, I heard that other people in the camp said that Guan Yunchang has been quite angry recently, and he seems to be a little annoyed with the prince."

"What's annoying?" Zhang Han turned his head curiously.

"That's it, the strategy," Dian Wei said as a matter of course, "these fires and the strategy of destroying the bridge made Yuan Shao lose nearly 10,000 people, and the loss of troops and generals returned to the confrontation, which invisibly frustrated his spirit, which is a merit." ”

"The entire Cao Ying is talking about your intelligence and bravery, but the prime minister has been boasting about a foreign general, and he doesn't even have a reputation for credit, but being able to get such a generous favor has caused many people to be dissatisfied."

"As you expected, this time you made a meritorious contribution again, which probably made him angry."

"It's also suffocated, and you will definitely have to rob it later, except for him, the rest of the clan relatives will definitely have to rob it, and many people say that you are not authentic."

"Fart!" Zhang Han turned his head angrily, with a look of resentment, "When did I say it, did they work with me Zhang Han on the first day?" ”

"What's not an authentic law?"

"Your credit has been offset, but you have fought well, your prestige is the greatest, and the limelight is all given to our black-robed army."

"My fellow said," Dian Wei came to the front mysteriously, "I listened to it, I was so happy, I had to have meritorious service with the prince, not only meritorious service, but also the limelight by the way." ”

"The entire Cao Ying, who doesn't envy our black-robed riders, but what about ......" Dian Wei turned his words and rolled his eyes a few times, "Now they are all holding back their strength and preparing to grab merit." ”

"If the prince can't get it later, then he has to be a little more restrained, this is not what I said, this is what Jia Wenhe said."

Jia Lao'er started again, Zhang Hanxin said, but there is still room for this, if you can't make meritorious contributions, you should restrain a little, which means that I don't want to make trouble.

Isn't that enough to be able to make meritorious contributions?

It is not surprising that the clan relatives and the generals with foreign surnames who came to the front line are holding back to grab merit and surpass me in prestige.

Everyone wants to be as free as I am, but they ignore a very important key condition.

Father-in-law.

My Father, above them.

Besides, who said I don't have merit, isn't that now going to see?

Zhang Han's heart moved, and he could see the panel of the system's father-in-law, and saw his current various abilities.

【Body】

[Force: 98]

[Intelligence: 75]

[Internal Affairs: 86]

[Charm: 95]

……

【Heart】

[Luck: 30]

【Small Luck Plus Body】

……

【Technique】

[Five Steps and Thirteen Guns (Ascending to the Peak)], [Horizontal Practice (Ascending to the Peak)], [Inch Strength (Ascending to the Peak)], [Strengthening Memory], [Eager Wisdom]......

As for archery, horsemanship, and spearmanship, they have all temporarily reached the peak level, and it is naturally not so easy to improve.

Zhang Han touched his chin, puzzled.

Now that I have studied it, it is actually a bit wrong, because after the ability increases, the merits of the people that are needed will also increase significantly, and Zhang Han's ability cannot all increase at once.

That's coming little by little.

If you want a certain ability, the rest of the estimation needs to be abandoned, after all, it can't always be counted as merit, the strange thing is that why did you treat so many homeless people this time, but there are very few merits?

Until now, Zhang Han suddenly understood the reason, merit, or merit.

The homeless people and refugees who are admitted are meritorious, but they kill and displace people by themselves, and these are not counted.

Therefore, so many people were treated, hundreds of thousands of stateless slaves were taken away, and the registered people, merchants, and local leaders of the Qian, in the end, those refugees may be counted, and the rest are not considered merit.

Not even a single force can rise.

"If you increase your force a little now, isn't it too much merit to ask for......"

I have to continue to make meritorious contributions, and I can't do that kind of thing that hurts heaven and reason, let the people suffer and then save them, this kind of merit is not considered merit......

His wishful thinking once again failed.

It's time to find someone to carry those pots that are suspected of hurting the heavens and reason, Zhang Han thought.

I need to aspire to be a clear stream in the world, a body of benevolence, compassion and compassion.

Phew, it can't be said that it hurts the heavens and harms the reason, those are the sins of the troubled times.

Not long after, to the battlefield outside the barracks, far away across a river, Zhang Han can explore the arrow tower on the opposite bank to build, side by side, several zhang high, the corridor on it is connected, can go left and right, there are wooden planks in the back to make a warehouse, should be able to store.

There can be five or six people standing every three steps, which is quite close, and Zhang Han understands this by looking at it, "Sure enough, the arrow tower is not used to defend against enemy attacks, but to shoot and force us to retreat and seize the ferries on both sides of this river." ”

"Yuan Shao wants to use arrows as dense as rain to shoot over, he only needs to wait for a favorable day, but hundreds of thousands of arrows can be laid out, and then the entire camp will be shot through."

"The two armies are separated by a river, and Yuan Shao's army is on a high slope, our army is not allowed to enter, and he can use this watchtower to attack at any time."

"If you fight for armament, how can you compare to Yuan Shao's army now?"

Zhang Han touched his chin and thought for a long time, clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, go back and see the lord first." ”

……

Just arrived at the barracks main tent.

Cao Cao's tent has gathered several civil and military personnel, Guo Jia and Guan Yu are also here, Xiahoudun said hello to Zhang Han in front of the door, and left.

Zhang Han came in, Cao Cao frowned and was looking at the nearby map, Baima was in the northeast, and Yanjin was in the northwest.

If you want to retreat now, it is natural to completely retreat to Guandu and give all this area to Yuan Shao, but if you don't fight a tough battle, let Yuan Shao advance like this, and it will be much more difficult to gather strength to resist in the future.

It is necessary to let the soldiers have full confidence, and then retreat strategically and drag out the grain transportation route of Yuan's army.

"This Yuan Shao, building so many watchtowers, I'm afraid it's not just about defense, it's about attacking."

Cao Cao thought of those watchtowers and arrow towers, and understood their power very well, and they could shoot arrows in a large area from the high slope, and even fire arrows, making it difficult for Cao Cao to move an inch, and compressing them in a small camp, was a mess in his heart.

Arrows, Yuan Shao has too many arrows, which can be shot one after another, and there are more than millions of arrows left this year.

Now I only hope that Yuan Shao is making up this trick, just to prevent deterrence, and will not attack day and night.

If you want to find a way, you can control the initiative, during this period of time, Yuan Shao's arrow tower formation has not yet become a climate, and you can raid to obstruct it, but this section of the road, there is no bridge in front, and the speed is slow when crossing the river, once Yuan Shao finds out, he will immediately send troops to suppress it.

I'm afraid that this fortification was built with great fanfare in order to wait for Cao Cao to sit still, so he sent troops to raid so that he could shoot the cavalry and reap the results of the battle.

"It's not going to advance, it's not reluctant, the confrontation here is a little helpless......" Cao Cao sighed a little in his heart, but he didn't show it immediately on the surface.

After groaning for a long time, he looked up and saw Zhang Han, looking elated, and smiling a little honestly!?

"Where are you going, Bo Chang? What's so stupid about this? ”

"Hey," Zhang Han greeted the others with idle eyes, and walked quickly to Cao Cao, "I just went to see Yuan Shao's watchtower arrow tower fortifications, it was really huge." ”

"If you give him another half a year to build it carefully, I am afraid that the surrounding high slopes will be connected into a few miles long arrow corridor pavilion, and I can't wait to directly cross a pass on the other side of the river."

"But from the next point of view, it seems that this is not for defense, but more like after it is completed, we will smash our camp with flying arrows, stones, fire oil, etc., to force us to retreat, if we go to obstruct the surprise attack, I am afraid that we will lose as much as we go, and it will be difficult to just cross the river."

Everyone nodded, and Guo Jia chuckled: "What Bo Chang said is extremely true, just now I and the lord have already analyzed this reason." ”

Tsk, it means that I don't talk nonsense and hurry up, Zhang Han complained in his heart.

Cao Cao asked, "Then what are you happy about?" ”

If his fortifications were built, he would lose control of the river and would have to retreat.

The flatlands of these rivers were equivalent to being given to Yuan Shao, so that his army could better gather here and attack together.

Why can't I be happy in such a situation?

Although Yuan Shao's army is large, the battlefield during the battle is exquisite, if the battlefield cannot accommodate so many people, no matter how many soldiers and horses come, they can only stand by at a distance, that is, in echelons wave after wave.

At the beginning, Yuan Shao was afraid that the army would not be able to fight here, but if Cao Cao kept retreating, the territory became more and more spacious, and he could continue to build up company camps.

"Bo often has a plan?"

Cao Cao glanced at him suspiciously, usually this kid laughs like this, maybe he has a ghost idea.

Zhang Han hurriedly looked left and right, and said with a puzzled voice: "Don't you think that these fortifications are time-consuming and laborious, and it has cost many people the effort, Yuan Shao likes to dig the ground when he fights Gongsun Bogui, so he breaks Yijing and wins, and now he goes to Dongjun to start a war, and builds a large number of wooden fortifications, he is suitable for civil engineering." ”

"However, civil construction is easy to build, but it is also easy to destroy, the soil roots are unstable, the slope excavation can destroy a piece, and the throwing stones can also smash countless people."

"Below, as a black-robed cavalry division, in the midst of hard thinking and meditation, if you want to set up a plan, the lord can listen to it."

Zhang Han bowed his hand, the etiquette was good, and his expression was leisurely, and he went to the front line to see the conclusion that this is the case, although Yuan Shao looked heroic after building the huge fortifications of the watchtower and arrow tower.

However, when it was destroyed, it was also as enjoyable as flowing water pushing sand, and in order to facilitate the delivery of bows and arrows, some of these wooden buildings and arrow towers were even connected, and once they collapsed, the second and third floors collapsed one after another.

Definitely, it's quite decompressing.

Cao Cao's face relaxed, he waved his hand calmly, and said: "Go to your own duties, you don't have to wait here, Gongda, Fengxiao, and Bochang can stay." ”

"Only," the rest of the generals secretly glanced at each other a few times, and then turned Zhang Han's back and side face a few times irritably.

Sick of it! There was also a plan, and he actually smiled lightly, as if he wanted to discuss going into the mountains to hunt.

What a chicken feather you are.

Shaking and cold, I also want to pretend like this, but there is no water in my stomach, and I can't shake it, or he has a lot of water.

(End of chapter)