At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So far, the defenses of Jiyin County and Shanyang County have failed one after another, and Gao Shun led the army to advance, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and the reputation was greatly shaken.

After that, Gao Shun gathered more than [-] troops, but no one dared to fight wherever he went, and the locals surrendered one after another.

Some people were lucky and were not plundered after surrendering, but more people were not lucky enough to be robbed even if they surrendered.

Wubao was destroyed and the manor was robbed.

Money, food, ordnance, cloth, population.

These are what Gao Shun needs.

Gao Shun got everything he wanted smoothly.

Compared with Gao Shun's success, Lu Bu simply got stuck.

Chapter 284 Three Awakened Cao Ren

Although Cao Ren and Han Hao in Changyuan County and Yan County had few troops, they were able to defend the city effectively and defended actively, but they did not let Lu Bu and Zhang Liao succeed.

It can be said that Zhang Liao had few soldiers and horses, and he did not try his best. He had a lot of thoughts in his heart, so his attack was slow.

Lu Bu continued to attack fiercely, and sent his generals Cheng Lian, Song Xian, Hao Meng and others to lead troops to charge forward to boost morale, but they were unable to break through Cao Ren's defenses.

On July [-], reinforcements arrived.

Taking Guo Peng's military order, Xi Zhong arrived in Puyang with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and [-] elite soldiers.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately discussed with Xi Zhong, asking Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to take [-] troops each to support Changyuan County and Yan County, and then Xi Zhong and Cao Cao took the remaining [-] troops to defend Puyang and guard against Yuan Shao. trend.

So Guan Yu led [-] elite soldiers to Changyuan County, stationed in the county seat, and strengthened the defense force.

The addition of [-] fresh troops greatly boosted morale, Cao Ren ordered Guan Yu to lead his army out of the city, and destroyed the eight mounds cast by Lv Bu in one fell swoop, which frustrated Lv Bu's attack.

On the other side, in Yan County, Zhang Fei led an army of 5000 to arrive, which strengthened the defense of Yan County. Seeing that Zhang Liao had only [-] people outside the city, he led his army out of the city to challenge Zhang Liao.

Zhang Fei saw that Zhang Liao was quite mighty, and invited him to a one-on-one fight. Zhang Liao readily agreed.

For the next three days, Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao fought each other in the open space outside the city. Zhang Liao's personal guards and Han Hao in the city were very worried, but they couldn't stop the one-on-one fight.

Lu Bu couldn't move, Zhang Liao didn't have any fighting spirit, and the attack was blocked on all fronts, which was far less smooth and smooth than Gao Shun's side.

Lü Bu was very annoyed, and asked Wei Xu to recruit strong men and send them to the battlefield. The army expanded to [-], occupying an absolute superiority in strength, but still unable to break through Changyuan County.

Under Cao Ren's defense with almost no weaknesses, the mighty general Lu Bu felt a little powerless.

Lu Bu's powerlessness set off Cao Ren's awakening.

It seems that under such a high-pressure environment, Cao Ren awakened a certain will and awakened a certain feeling.

He only felt that with a city wall in hand, he would be invulnerable. No matter what method Lu Bu used to defend the city, as long as there were enough soldiers, he could counter it.

The rain of arrows was shot out round after round, the rolling wood and rocks were smashed down one after another, and the golden juice was poured down bucket after bucket. Various methods emerged one after another, making Lu Bu's superior force just like a decoration.

Cao Cao supervised the production and delivery of materials needed for the war in the rear, and there was no mistake.

Sufficient supplies and food gave Cao Ren enough energy to spend with Lv Bu, but Lv Bu felt that he didn't have enough time to spend with Cao Ren.

So Lu Bu personally went into battle with a large shield on his back to boost morale, and led his army to storm Changyuan County.

Just saw the dawn of victory, but Lu Bu was expelled away by the hot golden juice.

Cao Ren didn't know how much hot golden juice he had prepared, just waiting for the moment when Lu Bu's army rushed under the city wall, it would pour down in one go.

At that moment, the entire battlefield was filled with a strong atmosphere of reincarnation of grains.

Lu Bu couldn't take it anymore, so he had to retreat to the base camp, roaring in the barracks, incompetent and furious, scolding Guo Peng and his subordinates for being shameless.

Lü Bu was lucky, but he was smoked back, and quite a few soldiers of Lv Bu's army were scalded by the golden juice, and there was no medicine to save them, and they festered and died soon after.

Sufficient food and grass gave Cao Ren the confidence to use a lot of golden juice.

Every day, the rice fields excreted by the soldiers in the city were collected as strategic materials and used to defend the city. Anyone who dared to defecate anywhere would be whipped.

Although the smell is quite unpleasant, but you will get used to it after smelling it.

Cao Ren now feels that this thing is really a weapon for defending the city.

As long as this thing is emitting smoke on the city wall, the soldiers of Lu Bu's army will not dare to approach the city wall to build ladders, but only dare to hide in the distance and shoot arrows, which will not be able to really shake the city defense system.

As for the matter of digging tunnels, after Guo Peng told them in detail about the past battles, Cao Ren was very concerned about this matter. Listening urns were buried under the four walls of the city, and people were sent to monitor day and night. Once he heard strange sounds, he immediately reported to the he knows.

Fortunately, no strange sounds were heard.

Cao Ren's iron-walled defense made Lu Bu helpless. Gradually, Lu Bu's spirit was bruised. He stared at the not-so-tall city wall and began to doubt whether he could break through here.

If Gao Shun hadn't sent good news one after another, saying that he had successively breached Jiyin and Shanyang counties, Lu Bu really felt that he could pack up and go back.

If you can't even take down a city, what kind of invader are you?

Aggressor, aggression like fire!

But no matter how siege the city was, no matter how oppressed it was, the city just couldn't be taken down, and it just kept going.

Lu Bu's attack was completely frustrated, and he had to stay in the north of Chenliu County, making it difficult to advance.

At the same time, there was also a heated debate among Yuan Shao's camp.

The cause of the debate was naturally that Yuan Shao urged Lu Bu to go south to attack Yanzhou.

After Lv Bu really went south to attack Yanzhou, Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao immediately send troops south to attack Yanzhou's Dongjun in response to Lv Bu, and join forces with Lv Bu to attack Yanzhou.

Try to defeat Guo Peng, win Yanzhou in one fell swoop, and reverse the situation.

But Xu You and Feng Ji disagreed with Tian Feng's opinion. They just regarded Lu Bu as a pawn to restrain Guo Peng, and they didn't really want to help Lu Bu.

They suggested that Yuan Shao immediately lead his troops north to attack Gongsun Zan while Guo Peng was busy dealing with Lu Bu.

"Lv Bu went south to Yanzhou. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The general is worried about being attacked from the north and the south, so he must try his best to destroy it. Gongsun Zan is just a dead bone in the grave. The real threat is Guo Peng. If Guo Peng's power can be greatly weakened, Gongsun Zan will Vulnerable, I thought that was the right thing to do."

Tian Feng strongly advocated that Yuan Shao immediately send troops south to attack Dongjun, to support Lu Bu, and sweep Yanzhou, making it impossible for Guo Peng to defend himself.

Xu You and Feng Ji never liked Tian Feng and tried their best to dissuade Yuan Shao.

Xu You said: "The general asked Lu Bu to go south to attack Yanzhou, just to let the tiger like Lu Bu devour the wolf like Guo Peng. If the wolf and the tiger fight, the general will have the opportunity to attack Gongsun Zan and completely calm the rear. Gongsun Zan is trapped in the Fighting against the old sect members, this is the time to go north and advance."

Tian Feng was furious, and said, "You have missed the general's great cause! Guo Peng is the real obstacle to the general's great cause, and Gongsun Zan is just settled in a shabby frontier. Given the scarcity of Youzhou household registration, how can he compete with the general for Hebei?

Guo Zifeng occupies the two prefectures of Qing and Yan, backed by Yuan Road, and has no worries in the rear. Once the preparations are over, he will inevitably go north to attack the general's Jizhou.If we don't weaken Guo Zifeng at this time, when will we wait? "

Xu You was also very annoyed.

"The general's great cause is to conquer Hebei. With Hebei as his foundation, he will have no worries in the rear. Then he will look down on Guo Zifeng with the advantage of Hebei. If you let the general send troops to Dongjun, this is not the same as admitting that Lu Bu's actions were ordered by the general. What? Once Lu Bu is defeated, what will happen?"

Tian Feng pointed at Xu You, his face flushed red.

"If the general doesn't support Lu Bu, Lu Bu will definitely be defeated! Now that Lu Bu is sent to attack Yanzhou, we must use Lu Bu's blood and courage to join forces to attack Yanzhou and cut off Guo Zifeng's arm, so he will naturally have no time to go north and attack Jizhou!"

Xu You said contemptuously: "It's ridiculous! Gongsun Zan is staring at me behind me. Guo Zifeng's troops are elite fighters. If our army loses in a long battle, Gongsun Zan will go south as soon as he recovers. Jizhou will be the real danger!"

"Xu Ziyuan! You are delaying the general's career!"

"Tian Yuanhao stop talking nonsense! You are the one who is delaying the general's career!"

The two quarreled tit-for-tat, and the conflict between Yuzhou scholars and local scholars suddenly intensified.

Ju Shou couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to help Tian Feng, and Feng Ji also ended up confronting them. More and more people ended up arguing, which annoyed Yuan Shao.

Chapter 285 .280 Four If you don't stop it, it will be too late

At this critical moment, Yuan Shao's indecisive personality flaws were fully exposed.

He didn't know whether he should follow what Tian Feng said, and thought it was good, but thinking about it the other way around, he felt that what Xu You said was also reasonable.

To attack Guo Peng was to break his arm, so that he would not have the strength to go north and attack.

To attack Gongsun Zan is to destroy Gongsun Zan and stabilize one's rear.

Both approaches are meaningful and valuable, and both sound risky. This [-]-[-] situation makes Yuan Shao very troubled.

How exactly?

Attack Guo Peng, or attack Gongsun Zan?

Seeing Xu You and Tian Feng spitting at each other, and about to roll up their sleeves to fight, Yuan Shao was so irritable that he slapped the table and shouted, "Shut up!"

The counselors looked at Yuan Shao one after another, and suddenly realized that they had lost their composure, so they apologized to Yuan Shao together.

Yuan Shao waved his hands, sat down irritably, and took a deep breath.

"What Ziyuan and Yuan Hao said are both reasonable, you are all thinking about me, so stop arguing."

"Yes."

The counselors died down and sat back in their seats one after another, waiting for Yuan Shao's decision.

Yuan Shaosi thought about it, and felt that what they said was very reasonable, and it was really difficult to make a decision. After thinking about it, he couldn't think of what to do. The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became, and he finally made a decision.

Unbiased, each playing fifty big boards.

Qu Yi and Zhang He were ordered to lead [-] troops northward to station in Gaoyang County, Hejian County, and Yan Liang and Gao Lan were ordered to send [-] troops southward to station in Fanyang County. attack.

If you can't take advantage, defense is also good.

Neither Xu You nor Tian Feng understood Yuan Shao's "magic stroke".

Fighting on two fronts has been a taboo for military strategists since ancient times. We quarreled to make a decision, to ask which side you want, not to ask you to have everything.

But Yuan Shao just said - I want them all.

After Yuan Shao made a decision, he ordered the army to start action. The advisers had no idea how to persuade Yuan Shao.

I just feel that I can't understand Yuan Shao's operation.

Yuan Shao didn't know about this wave of magical manipulation of Lu Bu.

After Lu Bu's attack was blocked, he also wrote a letter asking Yuan Shao to go south to help him attack Dongjun. After Yuan Shao received Lu Bu's letter, it was difficult to make a decision, so he asked his advisers to hold a meeting to discuss.

Naturally, no results.

In the end, Yuan Shao actually decided to wait for Lv Bu to conquer Puyang before going south to help Lv Bu, otherwise he would not send troops, so as not to arouse Guo Peng's indignation, and then directly go north to attack Jizhou, which would be a big disaster.

From the number of soldiers and horses allocated by Yuan Shao, Xu You saw that Yuan Shao was inclined to attack Gongsun Zan, and tended to make soft persimmons, so he took the opportunity to persuade Yuan Shao to go to Gaoyang County to command the army to attack Gongsun Zan in the north.

Tian Feng urged Yuan Shao to cooperate with Lu Bu to attack Dongjun in the south, but Yuan Shao refused.

Tian Feng anxiously grabbed Yuan Shao's sleeve and forcibly pulled Yuan Shao back.

"General! The general's great enemy is not Gongsun Zan, but Guo Zifeng! Gongsun Zan does not practice moral government, and will not be popular, and sooner or later he will kill himself! Guo Zifeng occupies the land of two states, diligently cultivates moral government, and wins the hearts of the people!

Cai Bozhe ran the academy for him and praised him wildly, and Zheng Kangcheng's son also became an official under his command. These two people supported Guo Peng so much, it was as if Shangshan Sihao sat beside Emperor Hui in those days!Gaozu has no choice!His wings are about to become full, if he doesn't stop, it will be too late! "

Tian Feng's hoarse persuasion did not move Yuan Shao.

In fact, Yuan Shao didn't listen to it.

Yuan Shao was still willing to listen to what Tian Feng had to say, but Tian Feng grabbed his sleeve to prevent him from walking, and Yuan Shao was very annoyed by such a vicious behavior.

Yuan Shao tried very hard to shake off Tian Feng's hand, but Tian Feng held onto it tightly and refused to let go. Yuan Shao was really angry, and with a strong shake, his sleeve was actually torn by Tian Feng.

Looking at the torn sleeves, Yuan Shao glared at Tian Feng, his anger was high, Tian Feng realized what he had done, and realized that it would be impossible to speak up again.

Jushou hurried forward to apologize to Yuan Shao for Tian Feng, Yuan Shao snorted angrily and walked away.

So the possibility of going south to help Lu Bu capture Yanzhou was completely gone, and the army led by Yan Liang and Gao Lan was equivalent to a garrison army, and it was impossible to fight again.

Tian Feng was very annoyed, and repeatedly said that he didn't have to do that, and he was really impatient.

Jushou understood him, but Yuan Shao ignored him.

The foreign aid that Lu Bu had been thinking about was gone, but Gao Shun's progress was very smooth.

After driving the army to break through Changyi County, they looted everywhere to obtain food and grass, and forcibly recruited strong men to join the army to further expand the number of troops.

After he broke through Jinxiang County, wiped out those tyrants who relied on Wubao Manor for self-defense, and obtained enough food and fodder, he led his army into Rencheng State.

Hurry up, catch Guo Peng by surprise, and before he has time to organize an army to resist, directly take down Yanzhou, which has a weak foundation in his rule, and expel him!