The unjust ju is about one hundred miles away from Ji's clan, sixty miles away from Changyi, fifty miles away from Chengwu, and fifty miles away from Dingtao to Chengwu, and one hundred and ten miles away from Ji's clan.

Now Yuan Shao has discovered that Cao Cao had transferred the defenders of Jishi and Chengwu. The two cities had only 10,000, and the rest were civilians, with a total of less than 30,000. This is a great opportunity to sneak attack Jishi and Chengwu. If Cao's army can succeed successfully, the morale of the army will be greatly affected. If he uses his superior forces to surround Cao Cao, he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop.

By then, Cao Cao's mobile troops will be destroyed. Not to mention attacking, it will be a problem whether he can defend Liangxian and Peiguo.

After repeated checking of the information, calculating the strength and distance again and again, Yuan Shao finally made up his mind to fight and attack Ji! At the same time, Wen Chou in Changyi suddenly attacked Chengwu to restrain Cao's army from returning to the rescue.

Time was tight, and Yuan Shao no longer hesitated after making up his mind. He immediately ordered the troops to set off overnight. The distance of more than 100 miles was just enough to arrive at Jishi tomorrow morning. The cavalry set out first, blocking the road surface and cleaning up the scattered soldiers of the opposing army. The infantry followed up and dispatched many carriages to transport large-scale equipment and supplies. Yuan Shao attacked hard this time, hoping to take Jishi in one fell swoop and cut off Cao Cao's return.

In the early morning, Wen Chou, who had calculated the time, took the lead in launching an attack on Cheng Wu. However, Wen Chou's troops were only restrained, so there were only cavalry and no infantry, and the attack was relatively weaker in the city. Therefore, Wen Chou had no choice but to resist the 20,000 to 30,000 stubborn defenders and civilians who were fighting stubbornly.

At dawn, Yuan Shao's large army reached the periphery of Ji. At this time, Yuan Shao's entire arrangement had been exposed and the battle situation had taken shape.

Along the way, Yuan Shao received various intelligence and war reports. Overall, the information he had obtained before was fine. The Yiren troops around Ji were indeed vulnerable.

"Lord, General Zhang He reported that a cavalry in Cao, with a number of 20,000, has already gone towards Chengwu's support. Cao's army has already set out to drive south, and the target is likely to be Ji. General Zhang He asks for instructions on whether to pursue and restrain!"

"After ordering Zhang He to confirm that Cao's army has indeed evacuated, then pursue and restrain it, and be sure to delay the pace of Cao's army's going south!"

"promise!"

"Report to the lord, the Yongyang occupants heard news that 20,000 Yongyang defenders were leaving the city and were moving north. In addition, infantrymen coming from Qiao County were accelerating their advancement in Yongyang."

"Well, okay! It seems that Jishi is indeed very empty!"

Yuan Shao said with a slight smile, his eyes full of desire for victory. Shen Pei frowned and thought. Judging from the current situation on the battlefield, it seemed that all the tricks of both sides had already come out.

Cao Cao was obviously doing remedial, but from a time perspective, Yuan Shao's army had already occupied an advantageous position. As long as he took down Jishi, which had not many defenders within one day, the situation on the battlefield would be frozen. Next, Yuan Shao could choose to go south to eat 20,000 reinforcements first. He could also wait for the ladder to defeat the main force of Cao's army. No matter what, the food and food of Cao's army will definitely be gone. The result of the battle will depend on how Yuan Shao fought.

After thinking about it, I really couldn't imagine that Cao Cao had any other means to turn the tables, so Shen Pei's brows gradually stretched out.

After a while, the top of Ji's city was already in sight!

Yuan Shao raised his horse whip and pointed at Jishi City and said, "Zhengnan, I will give you half a day to take Jishi!"

"promise!"

Yuan Shao's army arrived at Jishi and made some repairs. After eating dry food, they immediately launched an attack on Jishi City. The Jishi wall in the first-level town was not high or thick enough, but the defenders' will was quite tenacious, and the battle was very fierce.

What surprised Shen Pei was that these Cao troops were actually heavy infantry, but the proportion of Cao's heavy infantry was very high, and Shen Pei didn't find it particularly strange. Although Cao's army was very tenacious, the number gap could not be smeared. In addition, Shen Pei's large equipment began to be put into the battlefield more and more, and Ji Shi was already in danger.

"Oh! Wan Victory! Wan Victory!"

Yuan Shao sat on the war horse with a smile and watched. When he heard the cheers, he smiled and said to Xu You beside him: "The city is broken!"

"Report to the lord, our army has captured the city gate, but..."

"But what?"

"But there is a city wall behind the city wall, and the enemy only retreated for a while and then continued to resist stubbornly!"

"Hmph! Increase troops and continue to attack. I want to see how many walls this small city can have!"

"promise!"

Just as the city was hit by flesh and blood, suddenly, a muffled thunder sound came from the northeast, and Yuan Shao frowned.

"Report to the lord, a heavy enemy cavalry appeared in the northeast, with a number of 20,000, and was coming towards Jishi, ten miles away!"

"What? Where did the heavy cavalry come from? Did they fall from the sky?"

Yuan Shao was furious. How could a heavy cavalry suddenly appear on the battlefield? This is impossible!

"This... I don't know whether it's a small person, but from the direction the enemy came, it's probably from Shanfu City, which was originally a deserted city, maybe they've been hiding there before!"

"Bastard! Now I'm saying that there's something useless, send a command, immediately... No, step up the siege, the rear team formed a formation, ready to drag the enemy's heavy cavalry!"

"promise!"

"Benchu..." As soon as Xu You spoke, Yuan Shao raised his hand to stop him. Yuan Shao knew that Xu You, who had never advocated fighting, must now want Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops immediately. Judging from the current situation, this Ji family is likely to be a trap!

"Ziyuan, as long as we take down Jishi, we can rely on Jishi to fight Cao Cao, and have a good support. They are in the wild and have no logistics, but we are in the city, and there is still..."

"It's impossible. If it's a trap, there will be nothing in the city. Besides, Cao Cao's purpose is not us!"

"What? Not us?"

"Yes, Cao Cao's purpose is the two generals Zhang He and Wen Chou. I'm afraid it's also a trap in Chengwu. If the defenders of Chengwu deliberately let General Wen Chou enter the city and then block it in the back, General Wen Chou is stuck in the city and the power of the cavalry cannot be exerted, it may be bad!"

"Then, that jaw..."

"Cao Cao would definitely pretend to rush on the road, deliberately revealing flaws, and lure Zhang He to pursue him. Then he could use the gradual dispatch method to send ambush troops out in batches, looking for an opportunity to surround Zhang He and annihilate him."

"this..."

"If these two troops of our army are in danger, Changyi and Dingtao will be in danger. I think the food and grass of Cao's army must be in Chengwu now. Even if our army is trying its best to capture Jishi, as long as Chengwu's food and grass can last for a few days, Cao's army will definitely be able to capture Changyi and obtain food and grass supplies. As for Dingtao, it is hard to say whether it can be defended in the absence of a guard. Benchu ​​dared not ignore Dingtao and attacked Cao Cao, and he would have to return to support him. Cao Cao can also choose to intercept Benchu ​​in the field again. At that time, the power balance between the two sides will be reversed, and our army may..."

Xu You's analysis made Yuan Shao sweat in his back. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao used such a deep trick to trick Yuan Shao out of great difficulty. In fact, he wanted to eat Zhang He and Wen Chou, the two restraining troops, and then turn back to deal with Yuan Shao.

If this is the case, then this heavy cavalry that suddenly appeared in Ji will definitely be just a restraint. Just look at the way this cavalry is doing, and you will know the general idea.

Once things get worse, things always move in the worst direction!

After the Cao army's heavy cavalry appeared, they did not rush to attack, but slowly adjusted their positions to find loopholes in Yuan Shao's back team. When they saw that there was no chance, they were not rushing to attack. Instead, they watched Yuan Shao's army siege leisurely, as if they didn't care about the life or death of their comrades in the city.

Yuan Shao's heart completely cold. He looked at the worried Xu You and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say!

"Ziyuan...what should we do now?"

"If you withdraw, withdraw Dingtao and defend Dingtao first, you will have a chance to recover the overall situation."

"But what if Cao's army turns to attack Jiyang and Chenliu?"

"Then we can only let them do it. We can only defend passively and gain time to restore the forces on the front line!"

"But, how could Cao Cao give us time to breathe?!"

Xu You smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, what else can it be?"

Yuan Shao felt embarrassed and angry, and his face was black. It really made him feel very uncomfortable to lose to Cao Cao, especially when he was already in sight of victory, he suddenly found that he had fallen into a trap carefully arranged by Cao Cao. This feeling was really uncomfortable.

"Then...then you will withdraw, come, send orders to judge the captain, and withdraw the troops!"

Yuan Shao gave the order in a low voice, and his whole body looked a little decadent, and even his straight backrest shrank.

Yuan Shao's army retreated neatly, which made Cao's army very angry. The original plan was delayed for a day. Who would have thought that Yuan Shao would run away in just half a day. Cao Chun, who led the heavy cavalry, was very dissatisfied and attempted to rush forward and harass him several times, but they were all cautiously repelled by Shen Pei.

Not far, bad news came one after another.

Wen Chou indeed attacked Chengwu City. Who knew that the city was prepared for it. Cao's army, who was guarding the city, used the barricade building to drag Wen Chou down. Then they rushed to support not 20,000 cavalry but 40,000 infantry riding horses. These infantry blocked Wen Chou's rear route behind, but Wen Chou's troops were completely wiped out in the streets of the city, and Wen Chou was also killed by Cao Ang.

The same was true for Zhang He. Just as Xu You speculated, Cao Cao used this simple method to easily lure Zhang He into the ambush circle, and then surrounded Zhang He with heavy troops. He fought for half a day and wiped out Zhang He at a considerable price.

Once Yuan Shao's two mobile combat forces were destroyed, the battle situation immediately became passive. Cao Cao failed to block Yuan Shao on the road in time, so he had to return to Dingtao and asked Cao Ang to attack Changyi. Cao Cao attacked Dingtao fiercely while waiting for Yuan Shao to come to Luo.

Yuan Shao returned to the wrongful sentence safely. Seeing Cao Cao turn around and attack Dingtao, who lacks guards, Yuan Shao was confused. Dingtao is really dangerous now.

On the third day, Changyi was invaded, and Cao Ang turned to Dingtao with the power of victory. The breaking of Dingtao City seemed to be just around the corner. The battle situation in Yanzhou was extremely unfavorable to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's front line was broken and had fallen on the verge of complete collapse. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (. voting for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.. Read.)
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