Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

"Report, Yuan Shao's vanguard, led by Yan Liang, is heading south, and the target should be Yecheng."

Liu Zhang immediately came to the hanging map, and with his fingers on the map, he found the approximate location of Yan Liang.

Yuan Shao is currently in Changshan County, and if he wants to come to Yecheng, the fastest route is Changshan County-Zhao State-Wei County.

As a vanguard, Yan Liang's main role is to open the way for the main force and investigate the enemy ahead, so the two cities he is most likely to pass through are Handan and Wu'an.

So which route will Yan Liang take?
Liu Zhang couldn't decide to pay attention, so he could only look at Fazheng and Liu Ye, "Xiaozhi, Ziyang, which route do you think Yan Liang will take?"

Fazheng and Liu Ye frowned as they looked at the hanging map.

"My lord, this minister can't guess that the distance is the same whether it passes through Wu'an or Handan." Fazheng said.

"Since we can't guess, why don't we immediately send people to investigate the north of Wu'an and Handan, and set up ambushes on the main roads in the north of the two cities. No matter which route Yan Liang takes, we can ambush him." Liu Ye said.

When Liu Zhang thought about it, he felt that this was still the case.

If you want to ambush, you must choose the ambush location in advance, and then set up an ambush. If the scouts find out that Yan Liang's marching route is going to ambush, it will be too late.

Liu Zhang immediately ordered Li Fang to send scouts to go north to investigate the terrain in the north of the two counties of Wu'an and Handan.

Wu'an faces the Taihang Mountains in the west, and the west and north are mountainous. On the pipeline in the north, there are several places where ambush can be easily set up. Handan is different.

As the capital of the Zhao family during the Warring States period, the city was surrounded by plains for twenty miles, and there was no place to set up an ambush. There was only a river forty miles away, but you could lay an ambush on the south bank of the river, and suddenly attack when the enemy army crossed the river. .

After counting the casualties, out of Liu Zhang's 6 people, only 3 were left to go to the battlefield immediately, and another 1 were seriously injured and could not go to the battlefield for a short time.

He knew the truth of all-in-one effort, and he absolutely couldn't leave Yuan Shao with the chance to take back Yecheng. He had already sent a messenger to return to Guanzhong to dispatch troops, and at the same time sent Hanoi prefect Liu Zhang to lead another 1 people for reinforcements.

Moreover, he also contacted Zhang Liao and others in Taiyuan. If Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou, he would send a partial division to recover the lost land in Yanmen County and Taiyuan County, and then lead the main force to follow them closely.

Liu Zhang ordered Ma Teng and Ma Chao to lead 1 people to set up an ambush on the official road north of Wu'an City, and Gan Ning and Zhang Qin led 1 people to set up an ambush on the river bank [-] miles north of Handan City.

After the four of them arrived at the predetermined location, they spread out scouts to investigate the movements of Yan Liang's troops.

The route chosen by Yan Liang was to go to Handan. After his [-] troops reached the north bank of the river, he ordered the troops to cut down trees to make rafts, and then crossed the river.

It's just that 3000 people have just arrived on the south bank of the river, and Gan Ning and Zhang Qin immediately led their troops out.

One of them was on the left and the other on the right, flanking the [-] Yuan troops who had reached the south bank. Before these men could form their formation, they were defeated by Gan Ning and Zhang Qin.

The three thousand yuan army on the river bank died and surrendered.The rise of Gan Ning's killing even ordered the archers to shoot and kill Yuan Jun who was still on the raft.

Yan Liang was still on the north bank of the river. Seeing that his defeat had been decided, he had no choice but to abandon those soldiers and take the soldiers who were still on the north bank to retreat. Gan Ning and others did not pursue them. They just cleaned the battlefield, counted the casualties, and escorted more than a thousand prisoners back to Ye city.

Gan Ning returned victorious, and Liu Zhang praised him well. The generals felt that Yan Liang had been ambushed in Handan, and Ma Teng could withdraw.

Liu Zhang smiled and said, "No, they can't come back. Not only can they not come back, but the two generals Gan Ning and Zhang Qin should lead their troops to set up an ambush on the south bank of the river."

"Why is that, Yan Liang was ambushed there, how could he not pay attention?" Zhang Qin asked curiously.

Liu Zhang raised his mouth and smiled confidently: "Of course they will pay attention, and they will send people over to investigate before crossing the river. You must let Yuan Shao's scouts find out that you are ambush on the south bank of the river!",

"Please help me, my lord, to clear up my confusion?" Not only did Zhang Qin not understand, but all the generals also did not understand, but Fazheng and Liu Ye showed a look of understanding.

However, they didn't speak, because now is the time when their lord Liu Zhang is acting aggressive, how dare they open their mouths to steal the limelight at this time.

"They will leave Wu'an with peace of mind when they see you setting up an ambush on the south bank."

In this way, some generals will understand.

There was an ambush on the south bank, and the Wu'an route was relatively safe, so they wouldn't investigate so carefully, so the monster had to let Ma Teng come back.

However, there are still some generals who look like they don't understand anything. I don't know whether they really don't understand or they have excellent acting skills. Liu Zhang really explained it to everyone.

After Liu Zhang's explanation, these generals who didn't understand finally showed a look of understanding, and then kept flattering Liu Zhang. "My lord is brilliant!"

Not to mention that Gan Ning and Zhang Qin led 5000 people to set up an ambush on the south bank of the river 5000 miles north of Handan, but that Yan Liang led [-] people away from the river bank, and then found a safe place to camp.

After losing half of the soldiers and horses, the deputy general Lu Wei persuaded: "The general is newly defeated, it is better to report to the general and let him send more soldiers and horses over!"

Yan Liang was silent for a while, then raised his head to look at the lieutenant general, and said: "If you ask the lord for help at this time, the generals will not be effective. Let's rest for one night today before making a decision."

On the second day, Deputy General Yan Liang was in his tent, and Yan Liang said to him, "I have sent scouts across the river from the upper reaches to investigate the situation on the other side, and we will know the result in the afternoon."

In the afternoon, the lieutenant general was recruited by Yan Liang. As soon as he entered the tent, he heard Yan Liang furious. The lieutenant general was puzzled, and Yan Liang said: "Liu Zhang deceives people too much. They really think I, Yan Liang, are fools."

Without waiting for the lieutenant to inquire, Yan Liang then explained the reason, "The scouts just came back. They said they found the enemy's traces at the place where they ambushed us yesterday. The scouts were not too close to avoid the enemy's discovery, but the number of enemy soldiers they observed was thousands Thousands of people. In the same place, would I, Yan Liang, be fooled twice!"

Only then did the deputy general know why Yan Liang was angry. If he were the chief general, he would be angry too.

"Then what should I do?" the lieutenant asked cautiously.

"Let's go to Wu'an County instead," Yan Liang thought for a while, and said to the lieutenant general, "Tomorrow three shifts will cook, and five shifts will set off."

The deputy general naturally obeyed Yan Liang's order, so he immediately went down to make arrangements.