This ambush was not someone else, but Zhang Yan of that year. At that time, Zhang Yan wanted to surrender to Cao's army, but Zhao Fei did not let him surrender to Cao's army directly, but let him ambush in Jizhou and develop in secret.
Zhao Fei has always been in contact with Zhang Yan. Although Zhang Yan kept trying to withdraw from Jizhou and return to Cao's territory, Zhao Fei has always been appeaseing Zhang Yan. However, now, the opportunity has finally come. As long as he defeated Yuan Xi in Youzhou, Zhang Yan would be a great achievement.
Zhang Yan received Zhao Fei's letter and finally showed a long-lost smile. She hid in this place where birds do not shit for so long. If she continues like this, she will be crazy.
After waiting for so long, he finally waited until Cao's army sent troops to Jizhou. Since he took office as a substitute for Zhao Fei, Zhang Yan led his soldiers to hide. According to Zhao Fei's instructions, he eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army, and left behind all the strong men.
There are two reasons for this. One is to narrow the target. After Yuan Shao unified Hebei and defeated Gongsun Zan, he was obviously very angry and helped Gongsun Zan attack his Zhang Yan, so he launched an attack on Zhang Yan's army. Fortunately, Zhang Yan had already hidden himself. Yuan Shao searched several times but did not find Zhang Yan.
And here, the combat effectiveness of Cao's army is obvious to all. Some elderly, weak, sick and disabled can only lower the combat effectiveness of the entire army and eliminate these people to fundamentally solve the problem of combat effectiveness. The combat effectiveness of tens of thousands of strong men is obviously stronger than that of 100,000 elderly, weak, sick and disabled.
Zhang Yan could also feel that now he has only 30,000 soldiers under his command, but these 30,000 are all powerful soldiers, and they are extremely fierce. Moreover, for so long, Zhang Yan led his troops to exercise in addition to training, so these 30,000 strong soldiers were also held back for a long time.
For so long, Zhang Yan has been leading troops to guerrilla wars with Yuan’s army, following the method taught by Zhao Fei to Zhang Yan, the enemy advances and we retreat, and we advances. Although there is no loss in this way, it feels quite bad to be chased by Yuan’s army.
Now, I can finally tell the world. Yuan Xi’s 30,000 Yuan troops were not taken seriously. His soldiers were no longer the same as before. With Yuan Xi’s old, weak, sick and disabled, I have the confidence to defeat him in a short time.
Cao's army looked at the world and his goal was the entire Hebei. Now Zhao Fei has led his army to land in Hebei and has successfully occupied Liyang, which has kicked off the prelude to Cao's attack.
Yuan Jun swore that he had a 100,000 army, but what could this happen? Yuan Shao also led a 100,000 army to attack Cao's army. As a result, the 100,000 army was defeated by Cao's army and fled back in a panic.
Although there are 100,000 people now, how can the soldiers who are pieced together be the opponent of the powerful Cao army? Before the Yuan army's 100,000 troops were assembled, Zhao Fei had already planned to solve the problem in batches. The 100,000 troops were just a joke.
Yuan Shang knew so much. When he learned that both Yuan Xi and ** would send 30,000 troops, he felt as if he was in a dream. He thought that he could lead a 100,000 army to conquer Cao's army, and he was like his father back then. He felt that he had recovered his father's glory. Of course, if he won this battle, Yuan Shang would obviously be happier, so he made a decision, that is, he personally led his army to attack in this battle.
On that day, his father Yuan Shao led an army of 100,000 to attack Cao's army, but due to the betrayal of the traitor, he was eventually defeated and defeated Guandu. Now, he wanted to let Cao's army know that the defeat was the betrayal of the traitor. Now the Yuan army wants to confirm that the Yuan army must be stronger than the Cao army. He wants to prove to the princes in the world that Yuan Shang would not let the Yuan family be shamed, and Yuan Shang wanted to rebuild the morale of the world's largest prince when Yuan Shao was alive.
In this battle, Yuan Shang had to do his best to mobilize all the strength of Jizhou. This battle cannot be lost. This battle is also a prover for the people of the world that he has the ability to take over his father.
Yuan Shang was actively preparing for the war, and Zhao Fei was not idle either. Zhang Fei led an army of 20,000 and had already attacked quietly. In order to confuse everyone, Zhao Fei did not let him lead his army to attack so blatantly.
He asked all the soldiers to disguise themselves and then left Liyang City in batches. On the walls of Liyang City, Zhao Fei arranged a large number of people at the top, wearing Cao's army's armor, and patrolling the city wall day and night. Of course, it was against the important point. Cao's army sent a large number of scouts to strictly prevent Yuan Shang's inquiries.
The various actions of Cao's army gave Yuan Shang a wrong message. Shen Pei and Feng Ji believed that Cao's actions were to defend Liyang City and wait for Cao Cao to lead a large army to aid. Of course, what made Shen Pei and others believe in this was that Xuchang City had already assembled nearly 50,000 troops. The only thing they lacked now is food and grass. As long as the food and grass are sufficient, they would launch a large-scale attack and troops entered Liyang City.
Although Cao's army has sufficient food and grass for the time being, it is unquestionable that there are merchants everywhere in Xuchang City. As long as Cao's army issues an order, a large number of merchants will buy their lives for it. Although merchants value profits, their status is low, so they will naturally try their best to improve their status.
Now that the knife is already on the neck, Shen Pei and others have no chance to consider anything else. Now ** and Yuan Xi have led their troops to send troops. If one of them delays for no reason, they may be rumored to the two of them.
Although Shen Pei frowned a little when Yuan Shang's lifeless attitude, Shen Pei didn't say much after thinking about it. Now it is a time for life and death, and it is understandable that Yuan Shang does this. Moreover, even ** and Yuan Xi have put in such great efforts. If Yuan Shang doesn't do anything, Shen Pei really thinks that the alliance in Hebei is just a bubble. Even if there is a 100,000 army, there is no stable alliance, and it will still be defeated.
Thinking about the eighteen princes who jointly fought against Dong, although they successfully won the Hulao Pass, because the princes of each fought each other, they all fought each other after they took the Hulao Pass, which caused Dong Zhuo to burn Luoyang City.
The princes originally united to deal with Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo had not yet been eliminated, but many princes died because of this. Shen Pei did not want the Yuan family in Hebei to repeat the same mistakes. As long as Yuan Shang can show sincerity, he believes that it can make ** and Yuan Xi believe it, and then the three brothers will fight against Cao together.
Yuan Shang led his troops to attack with confidence. In this battle, he would conquer Liyang City in one fell swoop. If possible, Yuan Shang would also want to capture Zhao Fei in one fell swoop. He used Zhao Fei's blood to prove that Zhao Fei is, he is the one who can disrupt the world.
Although Yuan Shang's army sent troops the latest, Yecheng was closest to Liyang, so Yuan Shang was the first to arrive in Liyang City. However, Yuan Shang, who had only a 40,000 army, did not dare to attack Liyang City like this.
There are 30,000 Cao troops in Liyang City, and the force of attacking Liyang City is useless except for death. Yuan Shang stationed his army twenty miles outside Liyang City. He wanted to wait for Yuan Xi and the two troops to arrive in Liyang together, and the three armies joined forces to launch an attack on Liyang City.
However, what Yuan Shang didn't know was that both the army of ** and Yuan Xi were under the surveillance of Cao's army. Zhang Fei led 20,000 soldiers to attack day and night, and they walked and rested at night, so as not to be discovered by Yuan's army.
Zhang Fei already knew that the process of the ** army was not slow, but he was faster than the ** army and arrived at Huguan faster.
The terrain outside Huguan Pass is dangerous and is extremely suitable for Cao's army to attack. Although this place is Bingzhou and is the territory of **, the more this happens, the more it can make ** relax and tighten its guards and arrive outside Huguan Pass as soon as possible to prepare for a surprise attack on ** army. The winning rate can be added to your own winning rate.
Of course, Zhang Yan, who is in Jizhou, does not have so much trouble. What Zhang Yan has to do is to wait for his work. After all, Yuan Xi's army will arrive here sooner or later. Moreover, Zhang Yan is best at guerrilla warfare, so Zhang Yan obviously has nothing to do but there is something to do.
Zhang Fei led his army to hurry up and finally arrived at Huguan before the ** army arrived at Huguan. The terrain of Huguan was dangerous. When Zhang Fei just arrived here, he was filled with emotion, but Zhang Fei didn't have so much time to sigh. He had to make enough preparations now to attack Gaolan.
After leaving Huguan, there is a very steep mountain road. There are towering cliffs on both sides of the mountain road, which is most suitable for sneak attacks, so Zhang Fei decided to attack ** here.
Zhang Fei's idea was to hide 10,000 soldiers on both sides of the cliff, and he led 10,000 soldiers at the gates, so as to prevent any Yuan army from escaping from here. This place is very close to Huguan. The so-called "thousands of troops withdrew from Huguan". Zhang Fei's primary purpose was to cut off the army and withdraw into Huguan.
Therefore, Zhang Fei ordered the army to look for two huge rocks on both sides, such as those that more than a dozen people could not lift. For these two huge rocks, Zhang Fei and his soldiers spent a lot of effort. In order not to be discovered, they had to act at night.
However, when two huge rocks were placed on the cliff, Zhang Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief. With these two huge rocks, the possibility of the ** army withdrawing from Huguan was blocked.
As time passed by little by little, the army finally arrived at Huguan. After arriving at Huguan, the army could have a good rest. The terrain of Huguan was dangerous. If you rest here for a night, the army would have to travel tens of millions of days and night to support Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang has arrived in Liyang. He has to wait until he arrives with Yuan Xi and starts to siege Liyang. Now he has arrived at Huguan, which is not very far from Liyang. In a few days and night journeys, he can reach Liyang and meet with Yuan Shang.
Feng Ji followed **. Although Feng Ji was very anxious and hoped that **'s army could arrive at Liyang City as soon as possible, Feng Ji also knew that **'s army was not idle, and the army here had always been in the army, and there was no clear separation.
Fortunately, the army finally arrived at Huguan. After leaving Huguan, it would take less than a few days to reach Liyang. At that time, the pressure on the lord's place would be reduced a lot, and he would be relieved a lot.
However, neither Feng Ji nor ** know that there are many crises outside Huguan Pass now. Zhang Fei has weaved a net of heaven and earth, and just waited for ** to lead the army to get in. As long as ** get in, Zhang Fei will protect him from coming out.