Yan Liang, who was pursuing the front army and the cavalry, was not disrupted by the enemy's raiders. He led his army to continue to move forward along the official road, and was full of confidence and no worries about the battle to pursue his infantry and cavalry and annihilate hundreds of enemy soldiers.

But soon, he received a report that the infantry and pursuing cavalry of the front army were blocked by the enemy soldiers on the other side of a small river. Several forced attacks on the river were on the shore, but they all failed. Not only were they driven out of the river again, but they also lost many people.

The poor performance of the infantry and cavalry under his command immediately made Yan Liang furious, but then the front military officers explained in a panic, which also made Yan Liang have other thoughts.

According to reports from the front army, although the number of enemy soldiers blocked by the shore was not large, they were extremely fierce, with excellent armor and even holding the enemy general flag. I am afraid that it was Queyi's first elite troops to climb.

This made Yan Liang, who was determined to dampen the morale of the defenders before siegeing the city, was revitalized and immediately ordered the army to turn and speed up towards the river.

He wanted to see if this elite enemy army, who could defeat the vast number of people, could resist the strong attack of the 20,000 infantry and cavalry under his command.

Soon, Yan Liang, who led the army to the small river, received a report that the enemy soldiers on the other side saw the rolling smoke and dust, knew that it was the army of infantry and cavalry coming, and they were already fighting and retreating, evacuating the river bank. The officers of the former army would not watch them escape. The infantry and cavalry had already set off together and wade through the water to chase them, preparing to catch up with them and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Yan Liang, who had already arrived on the river bank, was not idle. He rode his horse in front of the army to look at the battle situation on the other side, and saw that the enemy soldiers with less than a thousand people were very elite and fierce, fighting and retreating. He was killed by the soldiers who were chasing him and fighting. None of them surrendered. The soldiers who were still retreating retreated without being in chaos and continued to fire arrows. Many infantry and cavalry on their own who rushed ashore were shot and killed by the powerful crossbows in their hands.

It seems that the former soldiers and horses will have to pay a lot of money to wipe out the enemy army.

"Hmph, the mantis arm is used to drive a chariot, overestimate one's own ability, beat the drum, and the whole army crosses the river and attacks!"

When Yan Liang saw this annoying scene, he was furious, abandoned the whip on the ground, and shouted and ordered.

Seeing this, another military officer around him dissuaded him and said:

"General, these enemy soldiers are very elite and will not block the river for no reason. Look at the distance, there are many enemy flags, maybe the enemy's soldiers are ambushing-"

Before the cautious military officer could finish his words, the angry Yan Liang took it up like a baby and threw it into the river.

"I am as cowardly as a chicken, and I was scared by the suspicious soldiers of Tuo Yi all the way. Since I joined the army, I have been conquering cities and territories and fighting. How could I be afraid of a mere ambush of Tuo Yi? Do I have to let this general stand on the other side and watch these arrogant enemy soldiers escape?"

Seeing Yan Liang getting angry, the other military officials dared not say anything more. They quickly bowed their heads and obeyed the orders. In a moment, the 20,000 troops sounded the war drums of advancement. Under Yan Liang's personal leadership, large groups of Hebei soldiers and horses waded in the river and waded in water, and continued to move forward bravely and climb ashore.

At this time, the former soldiers and horses chasing suddenly discovered that the flags in the distance had changed differently, which was completely different from the various flags that were motionless before, and the straw men suspected of soldiers.

This time, the human figures that were originally erected would change and move, and the smoke and dust raised in the distance became heavier and louder. They even heard the sound of trumpets of enemy infantry and cavalry attacking.

"There are enemies, there are enemies!"

The officers of the former army shouted in panic, and a hoarse voice resounded on the spot.

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Taiyuan, under the city of Jinyang.

The camp of the Hebei army was so fierce that the camp was clear, and Yuan Shao, who was wearing a cloak, was carefully inspected most of the camp under the guards of civil and military officials, and finally arrived near a camp gate and slowly climbed to the nearest viewing building.

The night is vast and the fields are as beautiful as ink.

Looking at Jinyang City, which was standing tall in the night in the distance, it was like a huge monster confronting the Yuan army camp that was besieging it. The little bits of fire on the city wall seemed to be glaring at Yuan Shao fiercely.

Yuan Shao, who was in a high place, breathed a long breath and his heart was swelling.

Although Hebei was once faced with the dilemma of Yan and Cao's attack, he first lost the important land of Bingzhou, and later the city was almost attacked by Cao's army. Sixty or seventy thousand soldiers were lost in various places, and dozens of generals and schools were killed in battle, including his respected nephew, the senior chief of the Bingzhou governor.

But he finally managed to get back his disadvantages.

Under the planning of himself and Tian Feng, Xu You, Feng Ji and others, Yecheng took a multi-pronged approach and used Xuzhou's game to exchange for Cao Cao's mistakes. Instigating enemy general Ma Chao caused civil strife in Guanxi. With the assistance of attacking diplomatic relations and using methods such as the military, Kanto's military operations were launched smoothly as expected. Yuan Shao dispatched 120,000 troops and recruited 200,000 civilians, claiming to be a 400,000 army. It was a mighty and advanced in multiple directions to attack Bingzhou and Hanoi.

Among them, 30,000 soldiers were led by the general Yan Liang to attack Henei; 20,000 soldiers were led by the general Wen Chou to attack Shangdang; Yuan Shao personally led 60,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry to attack Taiyuan. The remaining soldiers were handed over to Ju Su, Chunyu Qiong and others who were stationed in the rear to transport and supply large army food, grass and supplies to prevent harassment and attacks from the black bandits hiding in the mountains and forests.

At present, all the troops attacked Taiyuan, Shangdang and Hanoi as scheduled, and good news spread frequently, and the victory of the army is just around the corner.

For example, along Taiyuan, Yuan Shao's army had already encircled the enemy general Cao Yuan firmly in Jinyang City. The enemy soldiers trapped in the city could not escape. Although they refused to surrender and resisted stubbornly under Cao Yuan's leadership, Yuan Shao had absolute confidence and could lead his army to capture the strong city of Jinyang.

After all, even the difficult towers and camps like Yi Jing were flattened by the Hebei army one after another.

"Listen! Have you heard the faint sound of flute?"

Yuan Shao, who was worried, suddenly heard a tidal sound of flute coming from a distance with the wind. At first glance, he thought it was the change of the mountain wind, but after listening for a while, he felt that it was the sound of the flute, so he turned around and looked at Feng Ji and others who were following upstairs.

Feng Ji had heard the sound of flute in the direction of the enemy wall in the distance long before Yuan Shao. He took advantage of Yuan Shao's time to climb up the tower to ponder, and had already asked other military officers on duty, and immediately answered:

"Ming Gong, I heard it from below. It was the sound of a flute and it was from the city wall."

"Oh, is it the sound of the flute on Jinyang City?"

"Yes, I heard from the military officials that in the past two days, at this hour of night, there was a sound of flutes on the enemy wall, sometimes excited and sometimes low. The scout who visited the night was returning, saying that a scholar on the city wall and his soldiers blew the flute, the sir."

"It seems that the guard in the city is worried that Jinyang will change his mind when he is trapped for a long time, so he came up with this plan to play the flute at night to boost morale and soothe people's hearts."

Yuan Shao was also the general in command of the army. Of course, he knew that he was in a dull and boring barracks with strict military laws. Over time, he was away from home for a long time and suffered from war labor. These angers would not only hurt others, but also hurt themselves. Generals who were good at leading troops to fight must resolve the extra anger in the soldiers in time. In addition to inspiring them with victory and military merits in the battle formation, they also needed to comfort and comfort them through many other ways.

Camp prostitutes, rewards, plundering, and massacre of the city are all one of many ways, of course, so are songs.

Sometimes songs are a romance that will destroy the morale of the army, but more often they appear with the inspiration of morale and soothing of people's hearts.

Yuan Shao looked into the distance, accompanied by the faint sound of flutes, he seemed to see the enemy soldiers who were wearing armor on the city wall smiling and falling asleep peacefully. He didn't know how many nights the soldiers in his camp would fall asleep listening to the lingering sound of flutes.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao sighed and frowned and said:

"You said, is this the plan that Xu Shu came up with again?"

Since the Hebei army marched into Bingzhou, there have been constant streams of people under their rule coming to join Yuan Shao, such as the Zongshang Shang Yao and the scholar Wang Ling. In addition to accusing the various atrocities of the Xiliang army, they also brought a lot of information about the enemy.

According to them, the enemy general Cao Yuan originally planned to rely on the dangerous mountain to block the depth of the Hebei army in Taihang Mountains, but a Xu Shu's aide offered advice and told Cao Yuan that the people in Taiyuan were in the hearts of Yuan, and that the army was outside, and the county would sooner or later change. At that time, Cao Yuan was in a dilemma and could not escape the defeat. It would be better to firmly clear the walls and clear the fields, gather grain and supplies, destroy crops and grains, drive out the old and weak, seize the young and strong, and preserve their strength to defend Jinyang Jiancheng to compete with Yuan Shao's Hebei army.

This was indeed a vicious plan, and it did have some results. At least, although Yuan Shao, who was invincible, successfully attacked Taiyuan, he had no chance to destroy Cao Yuan's large troops in the wild. It was also very difficult for Yuan's army to raise food and grass on the spot. He could only travel around Taihang and travel hard to transport the army's food and grass supplies through the people behind him.

"It's very likely."

Feng Ji, accomplice of the enemy general and aide who was a scholar from Yingchuan and studied in Jingxiang, knew very little about Feng Ji, a native of Nanyang. Even Guo Tu, who was from Yingchuan, heard the name of this person for a long time and kept shaking his head, saying that he had many correspondences with his old friends in Yingchuan, but he had never heard of this person in the county.

"When I conquered Jinyang, I want to meet him. Who is Xu Shu?"

Yuan Shao said with a grudge and a vicious look on his face.

After a while, Yuan Shao, who stretched his eyebrows again, thought of something and looked at Feng Ji and said:
Chapter completed!