It's already winter.

Lihu City, Confederate Army Camp.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, the smell of meat and wine overflowed, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.

Yuan Fang and his generals and counselors gathered around the stove and were eating steaming hot pot.

"My lord, this hotpot mutton is so damn delicious. My lord, how did you come up with this novel way of eating it?"

Wen Chou devoured it, drooled, and gave thumbs up.

The other generals and warriors were also full of praise, with hot sweat rolling down their foreheads, but they were still fighting for it.

Yuan Fang smiled and said: "I also thought of it in a flash. You can eat as much as you want. Come on, cut me another ten pounds of meat rolls."

Yuan Fang was a northerner in his previous life. Eating boiled mutton in the winter was the most satisfying and enjoyable meal.

A few days ago, when the temperature dropped sharply, Yuan Fang had an idea and asked the blacksmith in the army to make a shabu-shabu according to his request.

Although many of the ingredients for the mutton-shabu-shabu were not available in this era, Yuan Fang had to find some substitutes, but after eating it today, it tasted really good.

"Hot, hot, it's so hot, give me some wine." Guo Jia accidentally burned his tongue and used wine to cool it down.

The generals couldn't help but laugh when they saw that he was suffering from cramps due to the heat, and the atmosphere was heated.

Just as the atmosphere was getting heated, pro-army troops rushed in and delivered a piece of intelligence from Hebei.

"Read it." Yuan Fang chewed the hot meat and was too lazy to reach out to see it.

The pro-soldiers loudly shouted: "Hebei reported secretly that not long ago, Zhang Yan led 3,000 Black Mountain cavalry and burned 100,000 pieces of enemy grain and grass south of Yecheng."

After hearing this information, everyone who was eating enthusiastically was excited and the atmosphere became even more heated.

"Okay, Fengxiao, the second step of your plan has been completed. Zhang Yan was finally persuaded by Sun Qian and started to attack Yuan Shao." Yuan Fang said excitedly.

Guo Jia was also so happy that he even forgot about the pain on his tongue.

Wen Chou was so excited that he grinned and said excitedly: "Xu You defected and disappeared. Yuan Shao must have been very angry. Now that Zhang Yan has burned his food and grass, it would be strange if the old thief Yuan Shao doesn't go crazy with anger. The Hebei Army knows this news.

The morale may also be shattered, Lord, the time has come for us to launch a full-scale counterattack!"

The word "counterattack" aroused the enthusiasm of the generals. They put down the meat in their hands, shouted angrily, and generously asked for battle.

However, Yuan Fang suppressed the enthusiasm in his heart and said with a faint smile: "Counterattack is necessary, please be patient for a while. We must first get rid of Yuan Shao's cavalry, and then we can launch a full-scale counterattack without any scruples."

With that said, Yuan Fang turned his eyes to Guo Jia.

In the big tent, all the generals were holding bowls, and they all looked at Guo Jia as if they were staring at a piece of fat meat.

Guo Jia had a large piece of meat in his mouth, and he didn't even have time to chew it. He swallowed it alive with a slurp.

"It choked me to death..."

Guo Jia put his hand on his neck and took a long time to catch his breath. He said: "I have been thinking hard these past few days and I have finally figured out a plan. Let's see if Yuan Shao will be fooled."

It is indeed my conspiracy!

Yuan Fang's eyes flashed, and he laughed and said: "I knew it would be hard for you Fengxiao. No matter if Yuan Shao is fooled or not, I'd better tell you your plan first."

Guo Jia took a sip of wine, moistened his throat, and slowly told his plan.

After hearing this, everyone nodded and agreed with this strategy.

Tian Feng frowned and said: "Guo Jiugui, the bait of your plan is big enough, I believe you can lure Yuan Shao into it, but have you ever thought about it, Yuan Shao has more than 17,000 cavalry, the number is so huge, even if we lure

If it takes the bait, how can we eliminate it?"

"Well..." Guo Jia scratched his head, as if he didn't have a foolproof plan.

In the big tent, the atmosphere calmed down again, only the broth in the shabu basin was still boiling excitedly.

Yuan Fang was silent, his eyebrows deep in thought.

Although Guo Jia is his chief adviser, Yuan Fang himself is extremely resourceful, so how can he rely on Guo Jia's advice for everything? When necessary, he must stand up for himself.

After pondering for a long time, Yuan Fang's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold and strange look.

"That's it!"

…

The main camp of the Northern Army and the main tent of the Chinese Army.

"Zhang Yan led 3,000 Black Mountain cavalry and burned 50,000 bushels of grain and grass the day before yesterday. The soldiers protecting the grain were killed and wounded more than a thousand."

"The governor of Zhuo County urgently reported that Zhao Yun, Gongsun Zan's old army, had defeated two thousand soldiers from the county. Fan Yang was threatened by the military front. Gongsun Zan's remnant party in several counties raised troops to respond. They have already rebelled."

"There are rumors in the army that the fourth son who stayed in Yecheng has a desire to be independent. The soldiers are frightened and soldiers have fled in several battalions."

…

Yuan Shao sat with a livid face, listening to his subordinates reporting all kinds of unfavorable information. His old face became more distorted, and traces of anger burned in his eyes.

"Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Xu You, if you ruin my good deeds, I will kill you~~"

In anger, Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and banged the table to vent his hatred.

The civil and military personnel in front of the tent lowered their heads, their moods were low, their expressions were gloomy, and they did not even dare to speak out loud.

The original ambition of the 200,000-strong army marching south has now disappeared, leaving only the awkward dilemma of riding a tiger and being unable to dismount.

"Lord, why not..."

Feng Ji wanted to persuade Yuan Shao to retreat, but he thought of Jushou's fate and stopped talking.

Seeing that Feng Ji had something to say, Yuan Shao thought he had a plan, so he said anxiously: "Yuan Tu, now you are the only counselor I can rely on. If you have any plan to defeat the enemy, please come quickly."

Jushu was imprisoned and Xu You fled. Among the counselors, the only one who could still be trusted by Yuan Shao was probably Fengji.

Feng Ji rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly thought of something, he cupped his hands and said: "Master, don't be anxious, from now on Fang Qun will cause trouble, just to see the stalemate between us and Yuan Fang's traitor, as long as we can defeat the traitor, all problems will be solved

It will be solved naturally.”

Feng Ji's words seemed to have a plan to defeat the enemy, and Yuan Shao's gloomy expression immediately showed a hint of excitement.

"My subordinates remember that a few days ago, the intelligence came back from the detailed report. It is said that there was a fire at Yuan Fang's rear ferry, which burned more than a hundred grain ships. Yuan Fang's water grain channel was temporarily blocked. The rebels had to mobilize cavalry to escort them.

Hundreds of thousands of grains and grass were transported from the dry road to Lihu."

"This is definitely an opportunity for us. Why don't your lord send a good general to concentrate the superior cavalry to attack the enemy's rear and destroy this batch of food and grass in one fell swoop. By then, the enemy's military morale will be greatly boosted. At that time, we will have the ability to defeat the enemy with one strike.

Chance."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded repeatedly: "This is indeed an opportunity. The traitor incited the gang to cause chaos and burn my food and grass. Now I will burn his food and grass to see how long he can consume it in competition with me."

With his spirits high, Yuan Shao immediately ordered Zhang Jaw to lead 13,000 cavalry to bypass the Southern Army's defense line and plunder Yuan Fang's huge batch of grain and grass.

"Lord, this battle is of great importance. Ji is willing to accompany Zhang Zha and can serve as a staff member at any time." Ji unexpectedly took the initiative to ask for the battle.

It's no wonder that Feng Ji is deeply jealous of the failure of Xu You and Ju Suo. This time's suggestion is not only related to Yuan Shao's fate, but also to Feng Ji's future. He must personally come up with it.

Take action to ensure the success of the strategy.

Yuan Shao was very pleased to see Feng Ji asking for the tassel. He praised Feng Ji and immediately fired his arrows, ordering Feng Ji to accompany Zhang Jiao and lead the cavalry to attack.

After sending Feng Ji away, Yuan Shao's old face finally regained some composure, and said coldly: "Gui Zi, if you want to compete with me, then I will keep playing with you, hum!"

…

Two days later.

On the avenue on the north bank of Pushui River, more than a thousand oxcarts, loaded with bags of grain and grass, moved along the avenue toward Lihu in the northwest direction.

More than 4,000 elite infantrymen and nearly 2,000 mounted guards escorted this huge grain team.

There were nearly 6,000 grain escort troops, more than 1,000 ladies, and a team of 7,000 people, which shows the importance of this transportation.

In the grain team, Yuan Fang was sitting with a red rabbit on his crotch. As he was marching slowly, his distance eyes were quietly opened, and his razor-sharp gaze searched the northwest line.

Dusk is approaching, and the setting sun is like blood.

Suddenly, in Yuan Fang's field of vision, a line of black lines appeared on the other side of the horizon, and flying dust storms convolved in the sky above the black line.

The distance pupils narrowed and the image in his field of vision was magnified again. Yuan Fang quickly saw clearly the real scene a few miles away.

They were countless cavalry, overwhelming like a torrent of black steel, rushing towards the direction of the grain team.

Looking at the world, apart from the Xiliang people, only Yuan Shao can possess such a mighty cavalry force.

Yuan Shao's cavalry has arrived!

"Fengxiao is really good at predicting things. It seems that those hundreds of grain ships were not in vain..." Yuan Fang sneered in his heart, and a trace of cold murderous intention was igniting in his heroic face.

In fact, there was no fire at all at the downstream ferry. Yuan Fang deliberately set fire to the hundreds of grain ships by instructing his subordinates.

The purpose of doing this is to have a reasonable excuse to transport this huge amount of grain and grass via dry roads.

Hundreds of thousands of grains of dendrobium were enough to induce Yuan Shao to use all his iron cavalry, bypass Lihu's defense line, and come to rob and burn.

In a moment, several rangers rushed over and shouted: "Lord, a large number of enemy riders were found in the northwest, numbering at least 10,000, and among them were fully armored and heavy cavalry, running towards us like this.

Come."

Ten thousand cavalry, and heavy cavalry!

When the soldiers on the left and right, even the fierce generals like Xu Huang, heard this number, a chill ran down their backs.

In this wilderness, with no cover and no terrain cover, more than 10,000 cavalry launched an attack. Its powerful destructive impact could not help but make people's hair stand on end.

Moreover, the enemy army is also equipped with heavy cavalry, which means that even if the crossbowmen are here first, it will be difficult to stop the impact of the heavy cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, the dust storm came, and more than 13,000 Northern Army cavalry came galloping in mighty force.

Three thousand heavily armed heavy cavalry led the way, followed by more than 10,000 light cavalry. The enemy wanted to use brute force to roll over them in one go.

The thousands of soldiers who were protecting the food all gasped when they saw this scene.
Chapter completed!