Nandaying, the tent of the general.

Zhou Liang's short and fat body was sitting in the seat at this time. After hearing Xu Huang and the two generals Zhang and Liao's voluntary apology, he suddenly became clear in his heart. It turned out that the second general had lost troops and lost their generals in Yecheng, and could not capture them for a long time. He thought that the General of the Cavalry sent him to urge him to ask for the crime. After all, the school affairs were famous there, and whether it was a high-powered civil servant or a general in charge, he could not help but be afraid.

Thinking of this, Zhou Liang was also a little proud, but he knew that his mission had nothing to do with this, so he laughed:

"The two generals need not be afraid. Liang came to the army this time not to be punished. Instead, he was ordered to inform the two generals that the General of the Cavalry had led 10,000 elite troops from the Ye Wang to set off and arrive in Yecheng soon."

"The General of the Cavalry actually led his troops to come here in person?"

Xu Huang and Zhang Liao looked at each other, with a look of shock.

Zhou Liang nodded, "That's right, General Cavalry said that the Yuan family in Hebei is a centipede, and he will never fall. Yecheng is the strong city that Yuan has worked hard to manage. The lieutenant generals must not underestimate the enemy, so he decided to lead the troops to command the army and conquer Yecheng."

"General Huo Cavalry is really aware of the enemy, and he expects the enemy to be like a god." Xu and Zhang compliments repeatedly, but their expressions are inevitably a little bitter. After all, the soldiers led by General Huo Cavalry are about to arrive soon, and they just lost the battle before this.

"Haha, don't worry about the two generals. As the saying goes, it's the same as the saying goes, but even if the attack in the army is frustrated, if you can siege the city and attack the reinforcements, you may not be able to lose your merits in front of the General of Cavalry. Besides, you will be able to take charge of the affairs of the people traveling in Guandong. This time, you can still use some use to attack Yecheng."

"Oh!" Xu Huang and Zhang Liao's eyes lit up when they heard this. Although they had been in the army for a long time, they had also heard of various powerful methods about the shogunate school affairs. At this time, they heard Zhou Liang's words quite sure, and thought that if they could use the power of the Kanto school affairs, Yecheng might be able to be broken, and their minds immediately became active.

"Then we will rely on Zhou Zheng's dedicated help!"

The two generals saluted together, with a smile on their faces.

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As the focus of the third northern war, Yecheng, Hebei, became the place where Yan and Yuan families must compete. In the past ten months, the two families increased their troops one after another. On the one hand, the General of the Cavalry Yan Xing, led 10,000 elite troops to command Xu Huang, Zhang Liao's generals besieged Yecheng, and on the other hand, Yuan Shang summoned the troops of various counties to rescue Yecheng and face the Western Liang army. The two sides refused to give in to each other and were tense. A two-army war that determined the next trend of Hebei was about to break out.

Compared with Yan and Yuan families, the pressure faced by Cao Cao was undoubtedly much smaller. With Yuan Shangjun attracting large troops from Guanxi on the front line, although Chenliu and Yingchuan were also attacked by enemy general Wei Xuan, the Cao army who remained behind Yu Jin and other troops could still resist it. In addition, the emperor had moved the capital to Juancheng, Cao Cao had no worries for the time being, so he made up his mind to destroy Yuan Tan first and occupy the entire Qingzhou area.

To this end, at Muling Pass, Cao's sword, which was dangerously blocked by Yuan Tan's troops on the Bukou Road, took a detour. It was supposed to take the lead by Yuan Shang from Hebei to cross the river north to enter the Pingyuan County, and launch a fierce attack from the north bank of the Dahe River to Yuan Tan's Qingzhou troops, and in reverse, it broke through the many lines of defense that Yuan Tan deployed heavily on the southern line to resist the invasion of Cao's army.

In just one month, Cao's army successively captured important cities such as Gaotang, Zhua and Lixia. If it weren't for the heavy rains recently, I would have been afraid that Cao's army's army's troops would have been directly aimed at Linzi City at this moment.

Inside Linzi City.

Yuan Tan and Guo Tu sat and stood with their monarch and ministers, with a gloomy face, and an atmosphere filled with depression and anxiety in the inner room.

They originally thought that they would withdraw their troops from Guanxi, and that the two armies of Yuan Shang and Cao Cao would definitely withdraw their troops and return to defense when they were attacked by the enemy, but they did not expect that they would be too happy too early. Although Yuan Shang's army hurriedly withdrew their troops to rescue Yecheng, they didn't even want the city of Qingzhou that had just been conquered, Cao's army was unwavering and was determined to destroy their own forces first.

As Cao's army crossed the river from the north bank to attack Qingzhou, the numerous defense lines set up by Yuan Tan in the south were unsurprisingly broken through, and the Qingzhou soldiers and horses were defeated one after another, so that when they arrived at the back, the Qingzhou soldiers and horses would turn around and flee as soon as they saw the flag of Cao's army from afar, and easily handed over many cities to the attacking Cao's army.

The people in Linzi City are in danger.

"I decided that I can't wait any longer, and I'll send him a command to do it."

Yuan Tan stared at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard in front of the case, suddenly gritted his teeth and opened his mouth to break the silence.

Guo Tu's expression changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Ming Gong, Cao Aman is treacherous and suspicious. If he takes action in a hurry, he may not be able to succeed. Instead, he will kill many righteous men in vain."

"Aren't they just dead? Why, when they are about to die, they are still afraid of death. Haha, if you wait any longer, I will be afraid of death."

Yuan Tan sneered frantically. He was in danger now and could no longer care about anything except his own life.

He would rather take risks than sit still and wait for death.

"Tell him that if I die, the evidence of their collusion with foreign enemies will definitely fall into Cao Aman's hands, and then they will not be able to escape death."

"...No..." Guo Tu saw Yuan Tan's appearance, dared not persuade him anymore. He quickly took the order and bowed and retreated.

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A few days later, Cao's army camp.

The Cao army swept through Qingzhou and attacked Qi was stationed in Xi'an, 30 miles away from Linzi. Due to heavy rains for several days and the camp was wet, Cao Cao's central army commander's tent moved into the city. He was about to wait until the weather cleared, and lead the Cao army to take advantage of the situation to go south and attack Linzi City in one fell swoop.

This time, Cao Cao attacked east and west, and pretended to attack Qingzhou bypassing Muling Pass, Bukou Road and other dangerous places. The army in the field crossed Henan and advanced south through Hebei and easily broke through Yuan Tan's numerous defense lines from behind. It can be said that he fully utilized the militant tactics of "the attackers move above the nine heavens, and the enemy does not know where they are guarding", which made Qingzhou's troops caught off guard and retreated step by step.

Now the Taishan troops of Zang Ba, Sun Kang, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others on the southern front have also successfully passed through Muling Pass, Bukou Road and other dangerous places, and divided their troops to attack Qi, Beihai and other counties, and won successive successes. However, Yuan Tan, who was helpless on the enemy side, could only bring the defeated generals to Linzi City, and saw that Linzi was not far from the fall of Linzi and his death.

This successive victory also aroused the endless fighting spirit of the Cao army soldiers. Many new soldiers from Yan and Henan provinces in the army quickly transformed into old soldiers who could be used in battle after the battle in Nanyang and Qingzhou. The entire army was ready to go south to capture Linzi City after the rain, and occupied Qingzhou.

Of course, there were a very small number of people in the Cao army who were excited about the crowd and were anxious and crazy, and Xu was one of them.

As a Chang Congshi of Cao Cao, Xu actually has another secret identity, that is, the secret of the Yuan clan in Hebei. In addition to guarding Cao Cao on the surface, he also secretly contacted pedestrians and reported Cao Cao's recent situation and Cao's army movements that he could know to the Yuan clan in Hebei from time to time.

This kind of two-faced man's affairs was not burdened by Xu, and even for a long time, he felt that this was a wise decision.

After all, the Yuan family was so powerful that he was the most powerful, and the armored soldiers were the most powerful. Secretly maintaining contact with the Yuan family in Hebei was a rational choice for civil and military officials of other camps. Many people even suffered from this secret way to follow the dragon.

But they could not have imagined that the seemingly powerful Yuan family in Hebei would decline rapidly under the strong attack of Yan Yan in Guanxi, and even Hebei Jiye was in a state of disintegration after Yuan Shao's death due to the Yuan brothers' struggle.

After Yuan Shao's death, the collapse of the Yuan Shao's shogunate made Xu's channel for Hebei interrupted for a long time. Seeing that the situation of the Yuan family in Hebei became increasingly embarrassing, after a brief anxiety, Xu was lucky to think that this secret would sink forever with the decline of the Yuan family in Hebei, and there was no possibility of being known to others.

As a result, after Cao's army invaded Qi, someone actually contacted Xu.

It turned out that when Guo Tu defected to Yuan Tan of Qingzhou, he also took away some of the documents and files before the General's Mansion, and the secret of Xu, who was lurking in Cao's army camp, was also in it.

Nowadays, Yuan Tan in Qingzhou is in extreme danger. He was trapped in Zibo and could only rely on his hopes for Bolang. So he secretly sent pedestrians to contact Xu and secretly asked him to find an opportunity to assassinate Cao Cao as soon as possible. Otherwise, his deeds of colluding with foreign enemies over the years and accepting bribes would be exposed. If he didn't do anything, he would still be unable to escape death.

Faced with the harsh words and forced by the visitor, Xu gritted his teeth in hatred, but he had no choice. He knew that if the deeds were exposed, he would definitely not be able to escape death, but if he succeeded by chance, he might be able to take Cao Cao's order and escape from Cao's camp while the chaos was in the chaos.

So, on this night, looking at the dripping rain outside the tent, Xu finally made up his mind. He brought two confidants, each with sharp blades, and rushed to the commanding tent set up by Cao Cao in the city.

The rain was still drizzling, approaching the heavily guarded handsome tent, Xu's heart was already in his throat without realizing it.

"Hey, Captain Ding is not here?"

Seeing that the captain Ding Fei, who was staying in the guards of Cao Cao tonight outside the hall, was missing, Xu, who was in his heart, his eyes lit up and down, and he was ecstatic. He suppressed his inner excitement and asked in a pretended tone.

"The captain was unwell and went to the toilet."

The personal guards who were armed with soldiers did not doubt that they had him, and answered directly.

God really helped me! After confirming that Ding Fei was absent from the Jiashi, Xu had already made plans in his mind. He winked at a confidant and signaled him to stay outside to support him and restrain other soldiers. He took another confidant and claimed that he had something to ask for. After asking the Jiashi to report, he took the initiative to remove the sword on his body and slowly walked into the inner hall.

Under the candlelight, Cao Cao, who was wearing his clothes, leaned against the squad, looked at Xu and another soldier who were slowly walking in, and frowned and asked:

"What's the point late at night?"

"Ming Gong, this person is Chen Wu, a soldier under his command. He accidentally obtained two letters from another soldier in the camp and came to report to the villain. After seeing him, the villain knew that it was a big deal, so he could only come overnight to ask for a meeting with Ming Gong."

"Oh, bring it up."

Looking at the nervousness and fear on Xu's face, Cao Cao's heart moved and waved to Xu and asked Xu to take two letters up. In the slightly dim candlelight, he quickly looked at it.

The beginning of the letter was as good as Cao Cao expected. It was indeed a secret letter to the enemy army in Qingzhou that leaked information such as the movements of his army, the station location, etc. to the enemy. However, after seeing the contents of the important decisions in the Cao army were vague. I was afraid that the person who wrote the letter himself would not know it. This part of the content was just a guess. This made Cao Cao suddenly wonder. He was about to ask who the soldier had obtained these two letters. When he looked up, he saw Xu, who was slowly retreating, stretching his hand behind him. He felt nervous and shouted immediately:

"Xu he!"

Xu was shocked by Cao Cao's shouting. He took out the short blade hidden behind him in panic and rushed towards Cao Cao. However, he was suddenly drunk and was inevitably a little flustered. Cao Cao, who was hastily blocked, raised it up and stopped a fatal blow.

Cao Cao, who was wearing a clothes, had no sword on his body. He was so agile that he could only push away his short blade with a few points, and stood up in a hurry.

"Come"

"Chen Wu!"

The two of them shouted out almost at the same time. The sergeant Chen Wu, who was also frightened, also took out a short blade and rushed forward fiercely. The two of them were attacked from left to right, and were unarmed by Cao Cao who was close to him. Although he avoided the sword of the sergeant Chen Wu, his right arm was stabbed by Xu's short blade. In pain, the one he used to resist was also dropped from his hand.

"kill!"

Xu, who was struggling to ride a tiger, became crazy at this time. He shouted with red eyes, holding a short blade in his hand and tried to kill Cao Cao again. Cao Cao was also stimulated in his potential. He fought against the danger of being stabbed by another soldier Chen Wu, avoided Xu's short blade, and pushed away Xu's right arm holding the knife, and kicked out with all his strength.

"Ah--" Xu could not stand Cao Cao's kick and was kicked a few steps away. His body couldn't hold back for a while and fell down on his back.

But Cao Cao was not feeling well. He was also hit by the swordsman Chen Wu's sword, and his body was covered in armor. He was bleeding suddenly. Cao Cao endured the severe pain and grabbed the short blade, and used all his strength to repel the soldiers Chen Wu.

"Catch him quickly, otherwise you will all die!"

Xu, who had already heard the footsteps outside the hall. He shouted and called on the sergeant Chen Wu to continue attacking. Cao Cao could only hold the snatched short blade in one hand and cover the bleeding wound with the other hand, staggeringly retreating to the side, while continuing to call on the guards outside the hall.

"Huhuhuhu--" Soldier Chen Wu was repelled and lost his weapon again. But when he heard Xu's shouting, he was also fierce and rushed up naked. When he was stabbed by Cao Cao's short blade, he grabbed Cao Cao's arms tightly like a bull, and refused to let go of it, which made the injured Cao Cao unable to break free for a while.
Chapter completed!