The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Anping City.

This is the nearest big city to Lecheng County, the seat of Hejian County.

Yuan Xi's first line of defense was also constructed from here.

The general stationed here is Zhu Ling, Yuan Xi's number one general.

When Yuan Xi's order was conveyed here, Xu Huang's soldiers and horses had already arrived here.

It's just that Xu Huang's men and horses are also cavalry, and they didn't initiate the siege battle immediately.

Instead, he stopped first, thinking about how to break the city with the least cost.

Zhu Ling was the earliest lesser-known general under Yuan Shao.

However, this person is upright, and he is a person who can give up small details for the sake of righteousness.

In history, Zhu Ling once made an astonishing move. Ji Yong from Qinghe betrayed Yuan Shao with Qicheng and surrendered to Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan sent troops to Qicheng to help Ji Yong defend the city.

Yuan Shao ordered Zhu Ling to attack, but Zhu Ling's family members were all in the city, so Gongsun Zan tied Zhu Ling's mother and younger brother to the city to lure Zhu Ling to surrender.

Looking at the city, Zhu Ling wept and said, "Once a man is born to serve others, how can he take care of his family?" So he captured Qicheng and captured Ji Yong alive, but Zhu Ling's family was killed.

However, later Zhu Ling, after knowing that Yuan Shao was not a wise master, voluntarily abandoned Yuan Shao and took refuge in Cao Cao.

Under Cao Cao's subordinates, Zhu Ling has not been reused for unknown reasons. He is capable, but he can't control the army alone. He can only be a deputy general, but he is also a marquis and has a long life in history.

He is a character who has some strategies and knows how to advance and retreat.

Yuan Xi sent him to guard the city of Anping, which was regarded as his trust.

The [-] soldiers and horses guarding Anping are considered elite, so just from the layout of the soldiers and horses on the tower, we can see some clues, so Xu Huang can only lead people around outside the city, not daring to attack directly. city.

As Xu Huang's lieutenant general, Pei Yuanshao saw Xu Huang's embarrassment, so he understood that Xu Huang must have encountered difficulties.

He hurried up and asked Xu Huang his own questions.

"General, have you encountered any difficulties?"

Xu Huang withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Pei Yuanshao.

"Old Pei, this Anping City is not easy to fight."

Xu Huang sighed, with some hesitation in his heart.

"It's a small town, let's not fight, how about just bypassing him and killing him in Lecheng County?"

Chapter One Thousand and Forty

Although Anping County is the only way to go to Lecheng County from Bohai Sea.

But it's not the only way.

Pei Yuanshao's idea was that since Anping County was difficult to fight, he might as well not hit him at all, and led the cavalry to bypass him and go straight to Lecheng County, the seat of Hejian County.

Anyway, the information Xu Huang and the others got was that Yuan Xi's camp was located in Lecheng County.

As long as Lecheng County is defeated and Yuan Xi is captured alive, the battle in Jizhou will basically be over.

Why bother to attack Lecheng County after attacking Anping County?

Such a round of attacks will only lose a large number of soldiers and horses.

After being told by Pei Yuanshao, Xu Huang also took a high look at Pei Yuanshao.

"Old Pei, there is nothing wrong with what you said."

Xu Huang looked at the Anping County.

But after thinking about it carefully, he still shook his head.

"This is the north, and the surrounding area of ​​the city is relatively empty. We can indeed bypass Anping and attack Lecheng County directly, but if this is the case, we will also fall into a situation where we are alone."

"Although we are not afraid of Yuan Xi's troops, once the lone army goes deep and the Anping troops cut off our retreat, we will be in trouble. Without follow-up supplies, the whole army will easily fall into panic."

Xu Huang told Pei Yuanshao his opinion.

Xu Huang wasn't afraid of Yuan Xi's soldiers, it was just that he killed all the hinterlands so hastily, and was likely to be ambushed.

Fortunately, when encountering an ambush, Xu Huang's soldiers and horses are all cavalry, which can easily smash through the traps set by the enemy.

What he was worried about was that after he led his troops to Hejian County, Zhu Ling, who was in the rear, could cut off his back.

It would be terrible if Xu Huang's food and grass could not be transported by cutting off the back road.

If Xu Huang only had a few hundred cavalry, or even one or two thousand people, and he could rob some small villages or kill a few horses, the problem would be solved.

But Xu Huang has [-] cavalry and [-] infantry under his command.

There are a total of 3 people here. With so many people, once the food road is cut off, it will be a big problem.

It didn't take long, just a few days, and it was enough to make Xu Huang's men panic.

Therefore, although the idea proposed by Pei Yuanshao was very good, it was not something Xu Huang could choose.

"What the general said was that I overlooked that."

"However, it's not completely impossible."

Xu Huang changed the subject and seemed to think of something.

Pei Yuanshao on the side was immediately interested and asked Xu Huang a question.

"General, please explain to me, what should I do?"

"Didn't we have exactly 3 horses? Some people were left to besiege Anping, and the rest of the cavalry quickly went to Hejian County. The cavalry is very mobile and can quickly reach Hejian and encircle the entire Lecheng County."

"Leave some soldiers and horses to garrison here to surround Anping County and open up the road for our grain roads. In this way, we can achieve our goal."

As soon as Xu Huang said, Pei Yuanshao immediately nodded in agreement.

"What the general said is very true. General Tai Shici's troops should arrive in a few days, and our people only need to besiege Anping County for a few days."

"As long as it is not broken by Zhu Ling's army within a few days, if you do this, you will have the chance to win. After all, you have to wait for a few days, and when Liu Zheng's army arrives, Anping County is nothing to worry about."

Pei Yuanshao can understand what he said.

"However, there is another problem. After all, the importance of Anping County is self-evident. There must be a trustworthy general guarding here. Otherwise, if there is a mistake, our teammates on the front line will be in a situation where there is no redemption. .”

Xu Huang frowned, and said what he was thinking about.

Having said that, Pei Yuanshao immediately understood what Xu Huang meant, and said while patting his chest.

"General, then you can leave this matter to me. You should trust me, Pei Yuanshao. Don't worry, as long as I'm here, the people in Anping County will never come out of the city. I will definitely keep it for you!"

Pei Yuanshao was originally Xu Huang's deputy general, Xu Huang's right and left hand, and ranked second in the army.

Naturally, he won Xu Huang's trust. When Xu Huang said this, he wanted Pei Yuanshao to propose it himself, so he followed suit and let Pei Yuanshao stay.

"Okay, what a good brother. If you are here, then I can rest assured. You lead [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to stay here to ensure that our rear can pass. Remember, if the enemy in Anping County If you dare to come out, you can lead our soldiers and horses to show him some color."

Xu Huang ordered Pei Yuanshao to guard Anping, but he himself would take Zhang Ying with him and lead [-] cavalry to directly enter Lecheng County.

If he could encircle Lecheng and trap Yuan Xi to death in Lecheng County, even if Xu Huang didn't kill Yuan Xi, breaking Lecheng County would still achieve his goal.

After all, Xu Huang only needs to wait for Liu Zheng's main army.

Once the army arrived, this mere Lecheng County could not be easily defeated.

After Pei Yuanshao and Xu Huang discussed the plan, they soon started to implement it.

Xu Huang and Zhang Yun went directly to Lecheng County, while Pei Yuanshao led a part of Tai Shici's troops and stationed in Anping County.

The movement of the army naturally cannot escape the eyes of Zhu Ling in Anping County.

Looking gloomyly at the rapid mobilization of soldiers and horses under the city, he thought at first that the army was about to attack Anping County. He was so frightened that he hurriedly ordered his troops to defend.

But looking at the mobilization of soldiers and horses, something seemed wrong, and it was only then that they could see clearly that these mobilized soldiers and horses were going straight to the rear of Hejian County.

They didn't come here for Anping County, Zhu Ling understood what the plans of these soldiers and horses were at this moment.

"No, these people don't plan to entangle us here, they want to go directly to Lecheng County, the lord is in danger!"

Zhu Ling thought of Xu Huang's cavalry going straight to Lecheng County, and immediately turned pale with fright. He understood that although it would be difficult to break through Lecheng County with the power of the soldiers and horses in front of him, it would definitely make Yuan Xi turn pale with fright. And it can only defend, disrupting Yuan Xi's offensive rhythm.

If this matter is blamed, Zhu Ling must be the first to suffer.

After all, it was a sin for Zhu Ling not to block Xu Huang's army and make mistakes in the rear.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ling's scalp became numb, and he thought about sending out troops immediately to fight these troops outside the city, dragging their footsteps.

The first thousand and forty-one chapters take the initiative to fight

But as soon as Zhu Ling saw the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, and then looked at his own [-] soldiers and horses, Zhu Ling's idea of ​​going out of the city to fight was immediately extinguished.

If he didn't leave the city to fight the enemy, but just defended the city, Zhu Ling would definitely be blamed by Yuan Xi for being unfavorable in sending troops.

But going out of the city to fight the enemy army, with the strength of the enemy army outside the city, Zhu Ling was not at all sure that he could repel them.

It's okay to defend the city, but to attack is an absolute disadvantage. It's good not to be attacked by the opponent immediately.

Zhu Ling could only look at the soldiers and horses in front of him, and left the city little by little.

After waiting for a long time, after seeing the soldiers and horses outside the city leave for a while, Zhu Ling looked at the soldiers and horses outside the city again.

At this time, half of the [-] troops guarding outside the city had already left here, and the rest of them should be the soldiers who stayed here.

Zhu Ling originally planned to wait for all these enemy troops to leave, so that he might still have a chance to cut off their retreat, which can be regarded as making up for it, but now when he sees that there are still half of the troops outside the city.

Zhu Ling knew that his little calculation in his heart was in vain again.

"These people are indeed the elite of Liu Zheng's subordinates. They advance and retreat in a certain way. They divide their troops and go. Some go to attack the Hejian county seat, while the other stay here to protect the grain road and guard us at the same time. It's a clever move."

Zhu Ling looked at these soldiers and horses under the city, and couldn't help but praise after realizing that these soldiers and horses under the city were all infantry.

Immediately figured out what the enemy's plan was.

But even though Zhu Ling figured out what the other party was going to do, he could only watch helplessly as he couldn't act at all.

Although there are only more than 2 soldiers and horses left outside the city.But there are only [-] Zhu Ling on the tower.

The difference in the number of troops is not particularly huge.

If Zhu Ling is determined to lead troops out of the city and attack the enemy, the chances of winning are not great.

If they attack forcefully, not to mention the loss of troops, there is even the possibility of losing Anping City.

This made Zhu Ling fall into deep thought for a long time after seeing these soldiers and horses under the city.

He wanted to do something, but there was no feasible way.

Over time.

Zhu Ling walked back and forth on the tower.

While observing the dynamics of these soldiers and horses under the city, on the other hand, he was thinking about how to deal with the more than 1 horses outside the city.

After all, he can't just sit and wait on this tower.

Since the enemy army was able to come out of Anping County, it naturally meant that they had the ability to lead more soldiers and horses here.

Not coming now doesn't mean that they don't have so many people, but that this army is just a vanguard.

Zhu Ling now has only two choices.

Either go out of the city and fight outside the city. Now the more than 1 soldiers and horses will show off.

Either continue to guard in this Anping County, but if this is the case.

It is very likely that Zhu Ling will wait for more reinforcements from the enemy.

At that time, Zhu Ling will not only have to face more than 1 soldiers and horses.

It is very likely that the enemy's headquarters has 2, 3 or even [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.

Such a huge number of soldiers and horses is definitely not something that Zhu Ling can stop.

So Zhu Ling wondered if he would lead the infantry in his city to fight hard while the enemy troops had left.

Maybe there is still a chance to repel these soldiers and horses outside the city.Take the opportunity to cut off the retreat of those enemy troops heading to Hejian County.

If it is so successful, Zhu Ling will be able to make great achievements in battle.

At that time, Yuan Xi will not only not blame him, but will add him greatly.