The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 280 Chapter 279

The afterglow of the setting sun shone coldly on Puyang City, and in the vast sky, only a lonely goshawk was circling and soaring.

Outside Puyang City, there were Yuan Jun soldiers in full armor and bright armor, completely surrounding Puyang City.

At this moment, the inside and outside of Puyang City, full of murderous aura, seemed extraordinarily quiet.

In the tense air, the clash of weapons and armor rang out from time to time, and the howling of eagles in the sky and the restless neighing of horses in the distance could also be faintly heard.The soldiers on both sides held their breath, watching every move of the opponent.

Outside Puyang City, Yuan Shao was wearing a golden helmet and armor, and was riding a black horse. Under the refraction of the sun, the golden light shone so that people could not see his face clearly.

Yuan Shao grabbed the horse's reins with one hand and the whip with the other. Pointing to Puyang City, he said to the people beside him: "The enemy army is huddled in the city. Our army attacked for a day, but they were all repulsed by the enemy forcefully. This Yu Jin, He is also quite talented, and Puyang City is in his hands, I am afraid it will become a hard nut to crack. Apart from attacking by force, do you have any other ways to break the city?"

Tian Feng, the commander of the left army, offered advice: "My lord, our army is strong and strong. The 10,000+ army has completely surrounded Puyang City. However, Puyang City has enough food and fodder, and there are more than 1 elite soldiers. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we attack by force, I believe it will cost a lot." A very painful price. It is better to besiege and not attack!"

"Siege and not attack? Then what are our troops doing here?" Yuan Shao didn't understand the meaning of Tian Feng's words, so he asked coldly.

Tian Feng said: "My lord, besieging and not attacking is not inaction. Before the lord attacked the city, he sent a letter to Yu Jin to persuade him to surrender, but Yu Jin would rather die than surrender, and even scolded the lord severely. In the past, he relied on a strong city, held more than 1 elite soldiers, and had enough food and fodder to fight our army to the end. But in the eyes of his subordinates, these were not the main reasons why Yu Jin would rather die than surrender. The most important factor is reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements?" Yuan Shao asked suspiciously.

"Yes, it's the reinforcements, and it's the reinforcements brought by Zhang Yan himself. According to the report from the scouts, General Huben Xu Chu led his troops to Juyang and stopped advancing suddenly, as if he was waiting for something. His subordinates thought that Xu Chu must have been attacked by the army. What kind of edict made it stop in Juyang. And the only thing that can make Xu Chu stop in Juyang must be Zhang Yan's military order. Just imagine, my lord, my army is coming, and the lord is going to conquer by himself. Zhang Yan will definitely not Will sit idly by, and will inevitably lead the army to come to the rescue, and fight to the death with the lord. As long as the lord can destroy the reinforcements brought by Zhang Yan, it is best to kill Zhang Yan, and then tell Yu Jin in Puyang City the news, Yu Jin Will you still resist like this to the death? Not only that, but the rest of the world will inevitably fall upon hearing the news."

Yuan Shao laughed loudly after hearing this, and asked, "What tricks does the military master have?"

Tian Feng responded, and then said: "Forcibly attack Puyang, first destroy Yujin to relieve future worries, and then use all our strength to deal with Zhang Yan."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao hurriedly said, "This plan is very clever!"

Tian Feng laughed and said: "My lord, please be safe and don't be impatient. Although this strategy is good, it will cost a lot of troops to attack Puyang. It's just a bad strategy."

"Oh? The worst strategy? Could it be that a military advisor has a middle strategy and a better strategy?" Yuan Shao asked curiously.

Tian Feng nodded, and continued: "The best policy is to surround the ban, but not to attack. My lord dispatched elite soldiers and generals to set up an ambush on the only way to and from Puyang, and ambushed Zhang Yan's reinforcements by surprise. He is a loser. If possible, this battle may capture Zhang Yan alive, or kill Zhang Yan."

Yuan Shao asked again: "Then what is the best policy?"

Tian Fengdao: "The best strategy is to withdraw the siege of Puyang City. When Zhang Yan leads the reinforcements to arrive, just lead the army to hide and kill on both sides of the road, deliberately put Zhang Yan into Puyang City, and then encircle Zhang Yan with a large army. We were completely blocked in Puyang City, but our army still besieged and did not attack, and deliberately released the news that Zhang Yan was surrounded in Puyang City, waiting for the reinforcements from all walks of life to come to rescue Zhang Yan, and then set up ambushes one by one to annihilate Zhang Yan's subordinates. If you have a living force, wait until you have killed all of Zhang Yan's main force, and then attack Puyang with all your strength. This time, even if Zhang Yan puts on his wings, it will be difficult for him to fly away. He can only sit and wait for death. The other two armies can divide their forces to occupy the fortress. Once Puyang is breached, Zhang Yan's life will come to an end."

After Yuan Shao listened to Tian Feng's three strategies, Dang even chose Tian Feng's best strategy. In this way, it was saved for him to lead the army to search all over the mountains and plains.And he can also wait for work at leisure, lay an ambush on the road, and completely take the initiative in the war.

"Let's use the strategist's best strategy!" Yuan Shao said the strategy he wanted in his heart.

Therefore, Yuan Shao did as Tian Feng said, no longer sending troops to attack Puyang City, but surrounded Puyang City firmly, but his eyes shifted to the periphery, and sent out scouts to keep an eye on Zhang Yan's movements.

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The roads in ancient times were not as extensive as modern ones. When Cao Cao led the army to Hulao Pass, he also encountered difficulties, because he had to break through Hulao Pass if he wanted to capture Aocang. But now, Hulao Pass passed by Zhang Yan The repairs have become taller and more majestic, and it seems difficult to break through.

Cao Cao also thought about taking a detour, but the road was impassable, so Cao Cao had no choice but to give up. He stationed troops at Hulao Pass, and stared at Xu Huang who was on Hulao Pass every day.

At least, Xu Huang thinks so.

However, the actual situation is that Cao Cao does not want to attack Hulao Pass, he is waiting, waiting for the news of the Central Route Army led by Yuan Shao, and he is preserving his strength.

Now, for Cao Cao, Zhang Hong hid in Hangu Pass, Xu Huang defended Hulao Pass, and it is reported that Yique Pass, Dagu Pass, and Xuanyuan Pass in the south have all strengthened their defenses.

Cao Cao's army was blocked in Henan, starting from Hulao Pass in the east, reaching Hangu Pass in the west, reaching the Yellow River in the north, and connecting with Yique Pass in the south. He was in the middle. It felt good.

In fact, if Cao Cao wanted to attack the pass, no matter how tight Xu Huang's defense was, he could still conquer Hulao Pass with his own wisdom.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he ordered the army to station troops outside Hulao Pass, and then wrote to Yuan Shao to inform Yuan Shao that he was blocked in Henan by Xu Huang and Zhang Hong, begging for support.

That's right, praying for support.

There is nothing wrong with it.

Since Cao Cao joined Yuan Shao, he has been calculating every day. He has been in Bingzhou for five years. On the surface, he is polite to Yuan Shao's nephew, but in fact he is obedient and obedient, and has his own wishful thinking.

This time Gao Gan led an army of [-] troops to attack Hedong, which was Cao Cao's idea. On the surface, he asked Gao Gan to make contributions. .But in fact, Gao Gan became one of his pawns, a pawn that attracted Tai Shici to mobilize the army.

For the past five years, Cao Cao has been in secret contact with Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, often reciprocating courtesy and courtesy. This time Zhang Yan did nothing, and it was also Cao Cao's credit.

Cao Cao has already experienced Zhang Yan's strength. Although the army is small, it is very sophisticated.He had planned everything a long time ago, and deliberately let Yuan Shao's soldiers advance in three routes, so that he could benefit from the West Route Army.

Even without Xu Huang standing in his way, according to Cao Cao's original plan, after he occupied Aocang, he would stand still.Then sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, watching Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan go shopping in Yanzhou.

As the creator of the conspiracy, Cao Cao of course hoped that both Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan would suffer.Then he took the opportunity to send troops to wipe out Zhang Yan in one fell swoop.Then, with the help of the Black Mountain Army, he eliminated Yuan Shao, and he eliminated the Black Mountain Army. In this way, he became the only surviving one, whether in Hebei or Central Plains, let him gallop alone!
This is what Cao Cao wanted.Of course, we have to pay close attention to how the situation develops. Anyway, from now on, Cao Cao will not move.

However, although Cao Cao's plan is good, the reality is often cruel, and he also ignored the ability of one person, that is Tai Shici.

Tai Shici dug a ferry at Huqiu Pavilion in Dongyuan County and built ships. After several days of unremitting efforts, he finally built a thousand ships of all sizes. But it can be divided into troops.

Tai Shici took [-] soldiers and horses and sailed down the river in a boat, but let the deputy general Dai Xiong lead another [-] soldiers and horses to go to Jiguan again, and let him provoke in front of the pass to attract the attention of the guard Cao Xiu.

Tai Shici took a boat down the river and soon arrived at the waters of Hanoi County. He chose the nearest place to dock. He took this team and headed to Ouguan again.

Tai Shici had been in Hanoi County for five years, and he knew every plant and tree here very well. Under his leadership, five thousand soldiers and horses soon came to the outside of Jiguan.

However, Tai Shici did not act immediately, but let the army hide. He took a few agile men to climb the cliff, intending to climb the mountain on the south side of Jiguan, and took the opportunity to spy on the situation in Jiguan.

Tai Shici and others spent a lot of effort and finally climbed to the main peak on the south side of Jiguan. Standing on the mountain, overlooking the city, you can have a panoramic view of the situation in Jiguan City.Not only that, but even the situation on both sides of Jiguan can be seen clearly.

Although it was already the beginning of February, the weather was still severe cold, the mountain peak was still white, and the cold wind was howling, making people bitingly cold.

But Tai Shici had already gotten used to the severe cold, carefully looked at the situation in Jiguan City, and remembered everything in his heart, then he smiled and called his subordinates to go down the mountain. He had an idea to outwit Jiguan.

(End of this chapter)