The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

In this place of Handan, there are still many famous sayings and related idioms.

Many of them are catchy.

For example, learning to walk in Handan, riding and shooting in Hu clothes, etc.

Although Liu Zheng is quite interested in this place, he even wants to take a stroll in Handan city.

But now is not the time for him to come here to travel and visit the ancient city when he is free.

Handan is not far from Yecheng.

It's half a day's journey at most.

Although Zhao Yun's cavalry suffered heavy losses and was no longer a threat, they still existed after all. Now Liu Zheng only brought more than 3 people here.

It is not easy to start a big battle with Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses in Handan City.

After arriving in Handan City, Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to fight Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others.

Instead, they stopped the troops first, stationed soldiers and horses in Handan, and dispatched a large number of spies to find out the current situation in Jizhou before making plans.

After these two days passed, Liu Zheng finally understood the course of the battle that took place in Yecheng.

In fact, Yuan Shang's death is not wronged. Liu Bei buried the secret agent here a long time ago, and the ability of the secret agent gradually disappeared to the guard position next to Yuan Shang.

Originally, it was just one or two guards, and it really couldn't cause too much harm to Yuan Shang, but it happened to coincide with the recent major incidents.

For example, Wen Chou died in battle, Chunyu Qiong was seriously ill, and Ju Shou was transferred by Yuan Shang to Liu Zheng's tent to temporarily obey orders.

Some other generals were stationed in other places, which greatly weakened Yuan Shang's defense for a while.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei wanted to attack Yuan Shang, so they naturally found an opportunity.

He directly sent someone to find Yuan Shang for a wave of assassinations, but it was successful.

The lord Yuan Shang was assassinated, and the defense force of Yecheng was easily replaced.

The city gate was wide open, and Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses took Yecheng easily without any effort.

After taking down Yecheng, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were not in a hurry to take people to Xindu.

It was after defeating several cities near Yecheng, Puyang, Weijun, Chaoge and other cities in order to consolidate their own troops.

Only then did Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei take their soldiers and horses and began to prepare to attack Handan.

However, at this time, Liu Zheng's men also reacted.

After reaching Handan, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, who were about to move, temporarily calmed down.

In the past two days, Xia Houlan also returned to Yecheng from Yuan Xi's side, and Xia Houlan told Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei what Yuan Xi had said.

For a while, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others understood that Liu Zheng still had less than 4 troops in Handan City.

4 may not seem like a lot, but Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei only had [-] troops at this time.

Of the 6 people, many of them were recruits, the brave men recruited by Zhang Fei in Yanzhou for this attack on Jizhou.

These township warriors have no combat experience at all, and if they are really put on the battlefield, they don't have much combat power.

Apart from these, in fact, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were still in Yecheng, capturing and beating more than [-] prisoners of war in Yecheng.

These prisoners of war were originally Yuan Shang's people. After Yuan Shang was killed, Zhao Yun led his troops and took over Ye City. Those soldiers who originally belonged to Yuan Shang were also taken over by Zhao Yun.

It's just that these people have not been fully employed by Zhao Yun, and can only serve as coolies.

Zhao Yun would not be at ease if he really wanted to put it on the battlefield.

The government office of Yecheng.

Xu Shu, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun all returned to Xiahoulan after receiving Cong Xin.

"General, luckily, I'm back, and I've settled with Yuan Xi, and he agreed to cooperate with us in dealing with Liu Zheng."

After seeing Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others, Xia Houlan immediately reported the most important things of the trip.

As soon as Zhao Yun heard Xia Houlan's words, a hint of excitement appeared on his face.

"Okay, if this matter is done, the trip will be considered a success."

"In addition to this, generals, I have brought back two pieces of news."

"Two pieces of news, General Xiahou, tell me quickly. What kind of news is it?"

Xu Shu was not interested in asking Yuan Xi for help. In Xu Shu's view, as long as Yuan Xi was not stupid, Yuan Xi would agree.

Xu Shu was curious about what the news Xiahoulan brought back, so he was anxious and asked Xiahoulan.

"The first news is that General Ma Chao is not dead yet."

"Ma Chao is not dead yet! Great!"

Xia Houlan opened her mouth and immediately excited Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others. They were already worried about Ma Chao's death. They were still a little worried about Ma Chao's life and death. They also sent people to inquire at that time, but they never found out. News about Ma Chao.

Now that I suddenly heard it from Xia Houlan's mouth, I was naturally a little excited.

"How do you know that Ma Chao is not dead?"

Xu Shu was curious and asked a question.

"That Yuan Xi told me."

After all, Xia Houlan relayed the conversation with Yuan Xi.

With what he said to Yuan Xi before, the people present understood why Ma Chao was still alive.

It's just that, for a while, they were full of questions. They didn't understand why Ma Chao chose to help Liu Zheng at this time. Isn't this helping the evildoer? ?

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"Generals, my elder brother must have been confused for a moment. There must be something hidden behind this matter."

In the hall, Ma Dai, who participated in the discussion together, was very happy when he heard the news that his elder brother Ma Chao was still alive.

It's just that when he heard that Ma Chao was actually helping the tyrant and helping Liu Zheng deal with those Xianbei people and Yuan Xi, Ma Dai felt a little embarrassed for a while.

Although he didn't know what was going on inside, he still stood on his elder brother's side.

I don't think my eldest brother will break his promise and go directly to the enemy.

Seeing Ma Dai's agitation, Xu Shu quickly regained his composure, and immediately comforted Ma Dai.

"General Ma Dai, don't be impatient. We don't blame General Ma Chao now. As long as General Ma Chao is still alive, we can rest assured. As for the matter of General Ma Chao helping Liu Zheng, we will wait until we figure it out. The top priority now , How did you save your elder brother from Liu Zheng's grasp?"

"We'll discuss this matter later, General Xiahou, what is the second piece of news?"

Zhang Fei didn't particularly care about Ma Chao, as long as he knew that Ma Chao was not dead, it was enough.

What he cared more about was the second important news that Xia Houlan said.

Seeing Zhang Fei's questioning, Xia Houlan didn't continue to say more about Ma Chao.

Soon, he spoke again, telling everyone the second news.

"The second news is also from Yuan Xi. He said that Liu Zheng is leading an army of [-] to the direction of Yecheng. On the way back, I specifically inquired about it. Now Liu Zheng's troops are stationed in Handan City. .”

At the moment, Xia Houlan once again talked to everyone present about the battle between Yuan Xi and Liu Zheng's army, and Yuan Xi's loss of soldiers and generals, and the heavy loss of soldiers and horses.

After being ambushed, even the news that Karasuma leader Ta Dun died in battle was also revealed.

Everyone present had some expectations for Yuan Xi, but after hearing the news, they were shocked again.

"What! Impossible!"

"Did you die in battle?"

"Liu Zheng killed Yuan Xi's 4 cavalry with only 5 troops. How is this possible!"

Doubts echoed one after another in the hall, and everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces.

It was Xu Shu, the counselor who was relatively calm, and his expression was not affected by this exaggerated record. After the quarrel among the crowd, he spoke first to break the restlessness.

"Everyone be quiet, General Xiahou, please tell me about this battle in detail, I really want to know the details."

Although Xu Shu is just a counselor, his status is not high in front of many generals.

But after all, he was the only counselor present, and everyone respected him very much, so after he spoke, everyone calmed down quickly.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Xia Houlan recounted in detail what she had talked with Yuan Xi before.

This time I focused on the pursuit battle between Ta Dun and Liu Zheng.

After he finished speaking, Xu Shu, who was originally gloomy, finally understood.

And let out a long sigh.

"Liu Zheng has capable people under his command!"

"Yuan Xi's team did not deserve to lose."

Xu Shu sighed several times, which made the other people present immediately curious.

"Military division, why do you say that?"

Zhang Fei respected Xu Shu the most among those present.

After Xu Shu expressed his emotions, he immediately asked Xu Shu curiously.

"General Xiahou said just now that the battle between Liu Zheng's soldiers and Yuan Xi's army has just ended, and they rushed out of the city not long after. This is clearly a trick."

"The purpose is very clear. It is to attract Yuan Xi's army outside the city to pursue him, so that he can set up an ambush halfway to deal Yuan Xi a fatal blow."

Xu Shu gave a brief explanation to those present.

However, Xia Houlan was indeed a little puzzled, and immediately asked Xu Shu about her doubts.

"Military Master, how does Liu Zheng know that Yuan Xi's men will definitely pursue him?"

"It's also simple. Liu Zheng doesn't need to be sure that Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses will definitely pursue them. Even if Yuan Xi doesn't lead people to pursue them, they can still go south and directly lead troops to deal with us."

"I guess Liu Zheng must have heard the news of our attack on Yecheng, so he simply left the city. If Yuan Xi had a trick to pursue, then Liu Zheng could take advantage of the situation to defeat Yuan Xi. If Yuan Xi didn't get the trick, then Liu Zheng could also go south. Coming down to deal with us is simply killing two birds with one stone."

"I have to say that the person behind Liu Zheng's advice is a powerful person."

"Besides, he expected that Yuan Xi would definitely pursue him, so he didn't go directly south at all, but chose an imperceptible terrain to set up an ambush, defeating Tadun and others in one fell swoop is really clever."

Xu Shu's admiration for Liu Zheng's counselors made several other generals around him also become more jealous of Liu Zheng's men.

This can be seen from when they fought Liu Zheng before.

It wasn't the first time they had fought against Liu Zheng. They hadn't been able to take advantage of Liu Zheng's generals a few times before.

Naturally, he would have a high opinion of Liu Zheng's subordinates.

"This news is also very important. Now we know that Liu Zheng's men live in Handan City. Handan City is not too far from Yecheng. Once a fight starts, it will only take half a day's journey."

Zhao Yun said to Xu Shu that he was still very interested in defeating Liu Zheng and Zhao Yun. Now that he knew that Liu Zheng was in Handan, not far from Yecheng, Zhao Yun also felt eager to try.

It's just that Zhao Yun didn't show any urgency for Liu Zheng after suffering the loss last time. This time, I still want everyone to discuss it together.

"Liu Zheng probably thinks that Yuan Xi has been dealt with, and he has no worries about the future. Now he plans to deal with us with all his strength, but you don't have to worry. After the battle with Yuan Xi, Liu Zheng's 3 soldiers and horses are still [-] Everyone is fine."

"A mere 3 people is nothing. We now have an army of [-] here. As long as we plan well, it is not difficult to deal with Liu Zheng's troops."

"Now that Yecheng has been taken down by us, the top priority is not to deal with Liu Zheng, but to send people to cut off Liu Zheng's food supply."

"Cut off the grain road?"

When Xu Shu's strategy was spoken out, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others were immediately excited, and immediately became very interested.

"For Liu Zheng's army, most of the grain and grass were provided by Yuan Shang, and a small part was transported from Qingzhou and Xuzhou by ourselves. Now that we have killed Yuan Shang and occupied Yecheng, there is only one grain road for Liu Zheng. That is the route obtained by the Qinghe Bohai generation. .”

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"As long as we send a cavalry to cut off the Qinghe River and the grain road on the Bohai Sea side, then Liu Zheng's men and horses will be short of food and grass in a short period of time, and they will collapse without a fight."

At this place, Xu Shu is not particularly anxious.

Liu Zheng can only mobilize more than [-] soldiers and horses now. Even if Liu Zheng still has a lot of troops in Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places, after all, he cannot mobilize all those soldiers and horses to Jizhou in a short time.

What's more, at this opportunity, Xu Shu will immediately send a message to Liu Bei in Luoyang, asking Liu Bei to send troops here to support as soon as possible.

As long as Liu Bei sends some troops to support, even Liu Zheng can mobilize troops, and the balance of victory is still on Liu Bei's side.

Because of the superior geographical location, Xu Shu only needed to blockade the key cities, and Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses would be turned away by him, unable to enter at all.