At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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After arriving in Yiyang County, Yuan Shao couldn't wait to send troops to attack Handan County. He wanted to show Guo Peng some color, but he was taught to be a man by Guo Peng's trap.

Emotional Guo Peng laid a lot of traps here, forcing Yuan Shao to eliminate the traps while moving forward, and at the same time, he had to be careful to guard against possible ambushes from Guo Peng at any time.

They may suddenly come out of the jungle on the side of the road in a wave of blows and then disappear quickly, unable to catch up.

A wave of attacks only took the lives of a dozen or dozens of people, which seemed small and could not hold up many times.

Yuan Jun marched all the way, facing countless various attacks from the Zhendong Army. In short, Yuan Jun's frontline generals and troops were very tired and very tired.

But roads must be repaired, food roads must be protected, and detours do not exist.

"Small skills, heresy! Guo Zifeng is a despicable villain! If you want to fight, why don't you fight upright!? You know how to use traps! Despicable! Despicable!"

Yuan Shao was furious and scolded Guo Peng in the barracks for being a villain.

He scolded Guo Peng for not having the guts at all. Taking advantage of his Northern Expedition to sneak attack on his hometown, all kinds of operations made him exhausted, and it was difficult to exert the oppressive strength of [-] troops.

He didn't think about how he played tricks and tricks to trap Guo Peng and Sun Jian back then.

And even if Yuan Shao scolded Guo Peng like this in front of his face, Guo would just laugh and say nothing.

Instead of weakening you by all means, how can you be driven into the abyss in the last wave of eruption?

I don't underestimate the heroes of the world, I don't think that my army is a professional army so I must be strong, I will still use all means and use all my advantages to kill you at the lowest cost.

Each of the elite soldiers I have trained contains my hard work, how can I be willing to use them to face the waves with you?

Good steel should be used wisely.

A certain Guo can't learn from Yuan Shao, let alone Cao Cao who defeated Yuan Shao.

The headwind is like a god, and the wind and waves overturn.

After all, Yuan Shao overcame all difficulties and dangers, approached Handan, set up camp a few miles north of Handan City, sent a letter of war to the city, and then began to order the army to prepare to attack Handan.

Guo Peng received Yuan Shao's letter of war, just smiled, and returned a letter of war to Yuan Shao, telling Yuan Shao to attack Handan, and he personally led the army to guard Handan to see who could win.

"Guo Zifeng is in Handan! I must kill him!"

After receiving Guo Peng's reply, Yuan Shao was furious, gritted his teeth viciously and looked in the direction of Handan, as if he could see Guo Peng's hateful face.

He wants to tear up Handan's defenses, catch Guo Peng, and then fry him in the oil pan until it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and then feed the dogs!

But the current Handan is not the same as the Handan before Yuan Shao left.

It took more than a month for Guo Peng to widen and heighten the city wall of Handan, repair the surrounding military defense facilities, widen the moat, and add a large number of horse-repelling and trap pits.

The city walls are equipped with various defensive weapons, trebuchets are pushed onto the city walls, and the army is fully loaded with bright armor, ready for battle.

Yuan Shao looked at the majestic Handan City after the transformation, and frowned, but he waved his hand without hesitation and ordered the army to attack the city.

Every minute and every second of hesitation means the loss of rations and the loss of fighters.

Yuan Shao couldn't procrastinate, he had to defeat Guo Peng as quickly as possible, defeat Guo Peng, and prove that besides the family biography "Meng Shi Yi", he still had enough force to protect everyone's interests.

The world is not safe, and if the lord is not strong enough, it is quite worrying.

Yuan Jun swarmed in, and the Zhendong Army on the city wall was waiting for it. When Yuan Jun walked forward with difficulty with a large shield, the soldiers of the Zhendong Army on the city wall began to launch trebuchets.

The huge stone bomb drew a beautiful arc in the sky, and then fell steadily into Yuan Jun's advancing formation.

Even with a shield, it couldn't stop the stone bullets weighing tens of kilograms. Yuan Jun's army formation was smashed to pieces immediately and screamed again and again. Many people were killed and injured. The army formation collapsed instantly. At that time, Yuan Jun's soldiers turned around and ran back screaming strangely.

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Seeing this situation, Yuan Shao turned pale with shock.

Looking at the counselors around him, the counselors were also very surprised.

"Why can their stones hit so far? Did they use any equipment?"

Yuan Shao asked.

Counselors, you look at me, I look at you, it seems that there is no way to deal with it.

It happened suddenly, Yuan Jun's attack had just begun, and they still couldn't think of a way.

But Yuan Shao did not stop the attack, but forced more troops to attack, asking them to speed up, fill the ravine, and attack across the moat.

But it is futile.

Facing the blockade of trebuchets, the dense and powerful army formation seemed of little use.

After a day's siege, Yuan Jun's losses were relatively large, and Yuan Shao had to order to stop the attack and withdraw his troops to camp.

In the evening, Jushou proposed to suspend the attack and modify the tactics.

"After observation today, my subordinates found that the stones used by the Guo thief army are large, but the firing interval is relatively large, and the firing speed is also very slow. If we attack our army formation, the effect will be great, because the soldiers are all gathered together.

So in order to prevent the soldiers from being hit, we have to disperse the soldiers and advance quickly with a relatively small army formation, so that they don't know how to fight or how to choose targets, which can also reduce the casualties of our army. "

Yuan Shao nodded and felt that what Jushou said was reasonable, so he ordered to change his tactics and use a small army to attack.

But in this way, the requirement for the number of shields is very high, and the small army array cannot accommodate more troops, and the attack power is somewhat reduced.

Yuan Shao felt that this was okay, because he couldn't just watch the army lose a lot.

Today, more than [-] soldiers were lost in the battle during the day, which made Yuan Shao very embarrassed.

If we lose like this every day, there will be no need to fight battles.

Ju Shou's suggestion is quite useful.

In the next few days, Yuan Jun's siege losses were smaller, but the progress was still not fast enough.

Watching the food being consumed day by day, even the gully outside the city of Handan has not been filled, and the long-range attack of Zhendong Army is still sharp, leaving Yuan Shao helpless.

At this time, Karasuma Zuo Shanyu Nanlou stepped forward and offered a suggestion to Yuan Shao.

"Although I am a savage outside the Great Wall, I also know that we should be more flexible when fighting. Now General Yuan has light cavalry like ours who can carry food and attack the enemy's rear. Why not use us?"

Yuan Shao was discussing strategies with Xu You and Ju Shou at that time, but he was a little surprised when Ting Nanlou said this.

To be honest, Xu You proposed more than once to use Karasuma's light cavalry to detour south and attack Guo Peng's rear.

The front line is tough, the casualties are too large, and the effect is not outstanding enough. If it becomes a protracted battle, it will be unfavorable to Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao felt that Karasuma people might not be willing to go deep into dangerous situations. It would be more risky to do so, and the entire army might be wiped out if they were not careful. Karasuma people are not stupid, will they agree?

Yuan Shao still wanted to try to make a frontal breakthrough. If the number of troops was large enough, it would also be a deterrent to the enemy.

He didn't expect Nanlou to propose it now.

Probably because of his eagerness to make meritorious service, seeing that Yuan Shao had not appointed him, he felt anxious, eager to make meritorious service, and wanted to go to war.

"Would Mr. Nanlou help me attack Guo Zifeng's rear?"

Yuan Shao walked up to Nanlou and held Nanlou's hand.

"If I don't want to, why should I go all the way south with the general?"

Nan Lou was very emotional: "We went south to make meritorious service to General Yuan, but now there is no meritorious service to be made, and I feel uneasy in my heart."

Really good!

Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and immediately took Nanlou's hand and said happily: "I can finally rest assured that Mr. Nanlou will help you!"

Then Yuan Shao asked Xu You to tell Nanlou his sneak attack ideas.

That is to start from the current position, return to Yiyang County, then start from Yiyang County to Quliang County, pass through Lieren County, and then turn south, heading straight to Puyang County.

Guo Peng's advance base in Yanzhou must be in Puyang County. Bypassing Guo Peng's defense and occupying Puyang County can attack Guo Peng's logistics, cut off his food supply, and cause the entire army to collapse.

Nan Lou said that although it is a bit difficult to do so, what he and his subordinates are best at is long-distance raids.

"I will do my best to accomplish this for the general!"

"Okay! If this is done, Mr. Nanlou will be the first to do it, and there will be rewards!"

Yuan Shao was very happy.

Then he gave a little warning to Nanlou, saying that the prefect of Dongjun appointed by Guo Peng was Cao Cao.

Nanlou nodded, expressing his understanding.

Seeing Nanlou going to prepare for battle, Ju Shou walked behind Yuan Shao and asked in a low voice: "Does the general think that Nanlou can do this? And is this person really trustworthy? I heard that Nanlou once fought side by side with Guo Zifeng , this may be a hidden danger."

Before Yuan Shao could speak, Xu You spoke.

"Today is different from the past, everyone is their own master. Nanlou is in the north. If he wants to survive, he must rely on Minggong, not Guo Zifeng. In order to get rid of such suspicion, he must fight desperately to show his loyalty, so I thought that Nanlou would definitely do his best."

Xu You smiled relaxedly: "And no matter whether it succeeds or not, it will be a help to us. It can weaken Guo Zifeng without using our own troops. Isn't that better? As for the Karasuma people, they will die in battle." More or less, what does it have to do with me?"

For this point, Yuan Shao and Ju Shou both agree with each other.

It's wonderful to drive tigers and devour wolves.

Hahahahaha!

On August 27th in the fourth year of Chuping, Nanlou left 5000 cavalry soldiers and handed them over to Yuan Shao. He took another [-] people in light clothes and set off under the banner of the Yuan family.

Nanlou himself was wearing the Han-style armor of General Yuan Jun, and most of the soldiers under his command were also dressed in Han style.

In this way, under the guidance of the guide, they officially set off with a food bag on their backs, arrived in Yiyang County, then went to Quliang County, then entered Lieren County, and then turned north.

Go to Chuzhang County.

"General, our goal is to go south into Wei County, not go north to Buzhang County."

Several guides felt strange and asked Nanlou about it.

Nanlou grinned, pulled out his own knife, swiped three times and chopped down the three guides, leaving only the last one who was the least courageous and scared to pee his pants.

"Take me to the north honestly. If you dare to point the wrong way, I will cut you into slices, cook them and eat them."

Nanlou's face was ferocious, and the guide almost fainted from fright.

The five thousand Karasuma cavalry did not go south, but turned north. On the early morning of August [-], they arrived in Guangping County, and then turned southwest.

He went in a big circle to ensure safety, and his goal was Guangnian County.

An important transit station for Yuan Jun's food on the front line.

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Yuan Jun's grain was transferred from the north of Nanhe County to Guangnian County, and then transferred in batches to Yiyang County, the front-line grain storage base in the south, and then supplied to the front-line Yuan Army.

Yuan Jun gathered a large number of civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers in Guangnian County, and a group of Yuan Jun cavalry protected this important transfer station to ensure that Yuan Jun's grain transportation was not under pressure.

Under the banner of Yuan Jun and wearing Yuan Jun's armor, Nanlou arrived in Guangnian County all the way.

It was noon at that time, and the officials, soldiers, and peasants in Guangnian County were still busy, but Qu Yi, the guard of Guangnian County, drank his sorrows in the room where he was doing business.

He originally thought that it was a good thing that he had snatched Gongsun Zan's head and took down the first meritorious service against Gongsun Zan, because this would prompt Yuan Shao to give himself a higher position and lead more soldiers and horses.

As a result, when the army advanced here, Qu Yi took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the army to open the way, but Yuan Shao left Qu Yi in Guangnian County to serve as the chief supervisor of grain transshipment, and by the way gave him the title of General Fenwu.

I am a general, a general who directs the army to fight in battle, not a grain transport officer who takes care of the food!

General Yuan, have you made a mistake?

No, Yuan Shao did not make a mistake.

Qu Yi was left in the rear, unable to go to the front to join the battle.

Qu Yi was very depressed, very puzzled, he just felt his heart go cold.

The battle situation on the front line is coming day by day, and every day is to urge the food to urge the food, which makes Qu Yi want to vomit when he sees the word food.

Depressed and unable to find a woman around, Qu Yi could only disobey the military order, drink away his worries, and leave things to his deputy to deal with every day, drinking until he was very drunk every day before giving up.

Now he has drunk two altars of wine, drinking and eating meat in large gulps, filling his stomach, then getting himself drunk, and then falling asleep, this is the happiest thing.

Anyway, Yuan Shao didn't let himself go to the front line, so what's the point of working hard?

Qu Yi's heart was full of resentment, and he felt very dissatisfied that he could only stay in this kind of place.