Cao Cao took a deep breath. He knew that Yuan Shao loved face and did not express his thoughts.

Yuan Shao's plan seems to be impeccable.

but.

He knew that Taishi Ci was in Qingzhou, and was brave and good at fighting. He had 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and had a large number of soldiers wearing iron armor, with a wide range of supplies and food.

The people of Hanoi County have been in favor of Zhang Xiu, and the people must have helped Taishi Ci.

Taishici guarded the city of Huai County. Although they had an army of 500,000, they could only use the strength of 100,000 people. How long does it take to attack to capture Taishici?

Let's take a step back.

Even if you immediately capture Taishici, or even Taishici surrenders now, the 500,000 army arrives in Hanoi County, and it will take time to cross the Yellow River south again?

Zhang Xiu still had 60,000 Qiang, Hu and Han cavalry in Chang'an, commanded by Hu Cheer and Hua Xiong. Once these 60,000 cavalry reached the south bank of the Yellow River, they would join forces with Zhang Xiu's Yellow River Navy and General Hengjiang, and cooperate with Luoyang infantry.

Is it that easy for them to cross the river?

Take a step back, the people from the south side Xi Zhicai, Chen Gong, and Jia Xu are all garbage and don’t know how to dispatch people.

The 400,000 army successfully crossed the Yellow River and besieged Luoyang. The people of Luoyang surrendered to Zhang Xiu, the soldiers, officials and people guarded the city. Can they win without fighting for three months?

Cao Cao would never believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Zhang Xiu is now a spirit. You can only slow down your mind, but not too rush, and you can't attack and destroy it in a delusional battle.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao sincerely raised his head and bowed to Yuan Shao, "The General is really resourceful, and this plan is very wonderful."

Yuan Shao was happy, but saw Cao Cao turn the subject and say, "It's just that I have a better plan, I can win all the best."

Yuan Shao was a little unhappy, but Cao Cao was too good at speaking. He couldn't be angry and had to ask kindly: "What did Meng De teach me?"

Cao Cao exhaled again, corrected his posture, and said sincerely: "Our army of millions (still exaggerated) will be useless to attack Taishici. It is better to divide the troops across the Taihang Mountains, attack Xu Huang, and then divide the troops to Pinglu. Pinglu is a heavy city in the north of the Yellow River. If we are guarding Pinglu, we can curb Zhang Xiu's reinforcements from going north. Make time to slowly eliminate Xu Huang and Taishici. After killing them, we will manage the two counties of Hedong and Henei. Echoing north and south with General Sun, grinding beans, slowly eroding Henan County."

Xu You immediately bowed and opposed it: "Caocheqi. Your plan is indeed stable. But you forgot. There is another Zhang Yan on the Taihang Mountain. If the army divided its troops to Bingzhou and headed south, it would not only be extremely dangerous, but the grain route could not be guaranteed. If Zhang Yan cut off the connection between Jizhou and Bingzhou and was alone, wouldn't it be swallowed up by Zhang Xiu?"

Cao Cao turned his head to look at this old friend.

He and Xu You and Yuan Shao had a friendship when they were young, and this man was very wild. When Emperor Ling of Han was still alive, Xu You connected with heroes and planned to abolish Emperor Ling of Han and make Hefei Marquis the Emperor. As a result, the plan failed and a large number of casualties were killed and injured. The man fled alone and hid his name.

Although Xu You is very good at making trouble, he does have some tricks. He can see through the flaws of his plan at a glance.

Zhang Yan, Heishan, cut off the Taihang Mountains, which can cut off the connection between Jizhou and Bingzhou.

"The general can send 50,000 troops to Huaicheng to confront Taishici. We combine one million troops and go deep into Taihang Mountains to eliminate Zhang Yan. In this way, the food route will be clear and the general will have no worries. We can divide the troops and attack Hedong and the two counties of Henei at the same time."

Cao Cao raised his head and said to Yuan Shao sincerely.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao were both moved by the civil and military officials present.

In order to defeat Zhang Xiu and support the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao really had no selfishness at all. Eliminating Zhang Yan's efforts to eliminate Zhang Yan had no benefit to Cao Cao, but it was greatly beneficial to Yuan Shao.

But for the sake of the overall situation, Cao Cao still insisted on doing this. His loyalty is really moving the sun and the moon.

Of course Yuan Shao would not object, this is a great thing. How can there be no such thing in the world to recommend such a good thing?

In order to destroy Zhang Xiu, Zhang Yan was sacrificed to the sky first.

"Okay. Xu You. I will order you as the military supervisor, with Yan Liang, Han Guang, Zhang Tuo and Li Ning as generals, and 50,000 soldiers to Huai County to confront Taishici."

Yuan Shao agreed immediately and looked up and said to Xu You.

"No." Xu You and the generals whose names were pointed out all agreed with the promise, clasped their fists and strode out of the tent.

"How do we defeat Zhang Yan?" Yuan Shao withdrew his eyes, turned his head and asked Cao Cao with great enthusiasm.

"Divide the troops. The army turned into a team of ten thousand people, went deep into Taihang Mountain to cooperate with each other. Zhang Yan was arranged in various valleys on Taihang Mountain and attacked and destroyed one by one."

Cao Cao's expression was as usual.

The power of Zhang Yan is that he relies on the Taihang Mountain to manage various valleys and guard the dangerous situation. He can still escape if he cannot defeat it, which is at the guerrilla level.

His biggest problem is that he cannot concentrate his troops, population, and strength.

Their millions of troops went deep into the Taihang Mountains from the east and west, and they captured and destroyed them inch by inch of land. Zhang Yan would undoubtedly be defeated.

It is difficult to defeat Zhang Yan if Zhang Xiu is not defeated.

The heroes confronted Zhang, and Zhang Yan sacrificed to heaven.

"Okay." Yuan Shao nodded, and then discussed the details with Cao Cao. An hour later, including Liu Bei, the prime minister of Pingyuan, the generals and the generals were all over the mountain roads and deep into the Taihang Mountains.

A million troops encircled and suppressed the bandit Zhang Yan.

.............

The Black Mountain bandits operated various valleys in the Taihang Mountains, respected Zhang Yan as the commander, and the other leaders of the valleys were actually an independent bandit.

On the morning of that day, the weather was clear. Liu Bei led his troops into a valley and killed a small coach of the Black Mountain Army named Li Niu.

On the mountain peak on one side of the valley, Liu Bei sat on a stone. Behind him were a group of fat and strong soldiers wearing iron armor, and his fellow townsman Jian Yong stood beside him.

Liu Bei looked at the mountain village ahead and was broken by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and couldn't help but smile. He turned to Jian Yong and said, "Xianhe. The reason why these bandits are thieves is forced by life. Let Yide and Yun Chang not hurt innocent people. He will stop killing the evil ones. He will take his strong spirits and soldiers as soldiers, old and weak for the people. He will send troops to escort the old and weak, wealth and supplies back to the plains."

Liu Bei had a strange intention and did not forget to farm when fighting. This is a good thing for developing plain counties and developing troops. Where can I find such a good thing?

"No." Jian Yong responded, turned around and took a team of Liu Bei's personal soldiers down the mountain to explain to Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei went.

"Brother is really. My second brother and I are not a killer. We have long killed the culprit, and we have been recruiting the elite and treating the elderly and weak well." Zhang Feixian complained when he saw Jian Yong.

"Don't be angry with Yide. The lord doesn't worry about you, you only worry about your soldiers." Jian Yong said with a smile.

Zhang Fei suddenly turned angry and became happy, then became furious again, and his eyes widened: "With me here, I see which bastard dares to kill innocent people."

"Hehe." Jian Yong smiled, pinched his beard, and went to find Guan Yu.

.............

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others were all elite soldiers and had no one million troops, but they had 500,000 troops. They were commanded by fifty generals and went deep into the Taihang Mountains from various intersections and cooperated with each other.

The Black Mountain Army, which Zhang Yan had been running for many years, collapsed immediately. Liu Bei was kind and righteous and foresighted, and collected strong soldiers as soldiers, while the elderly and weak were the people. Many generals simply sent troops to rob and burn them out.

The valley where Zhang Yan is located is in the big tent of the village.

Zhang Yan sat on the handsome man, with Sun Qing and Wang Dang's second general underneath. Zhang Yan's head seemed to be attacked by a hundred thousand brains, and it was like a ball of mud.

The buzzing sound was gone.

He wanted to watch the world and watch the heroes fighting. When the dawn of victory is clearer, he would lead his troops to surrender and win, so that he could be invincible.

But unexpectedly, the fire burned to him first.

His power was too scattered to effectively gather. Now many valleys in various places have been broken and have lost contact.

He's finished.

"Master, now you can no longer hesitate. You may beg Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to surrender, or go south to join Zhang Xiu. If you stop, you may die without a place to bury yourself."

Sun Qing was a little anxious and bowed his hand and said.

Zhang Yan took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Going south soon, we will go to join General Xu Huang, the North."

Not long after, Zhang Yan and his generals Sun Qing and Wang Dang led 5,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of strong people to the south along the mountain path they were familiar with, and took their families to the south.

Zhang Yan's heart was in bleakness.

The person who watched the fun was destroyed first, and the plan to sell the price was vacancies. Now, with his team, I wonder if he will be valued by Zhang Xiu?

Why.

............

The weather was clear that morning.

Anyi City. There are flags with the word "Xu" hanging on the city, flying in the wind, making it look imposing. Armored soldiers may hold spears or bows and arrows, waiting for battle, and murderous auras will soar into the sky.

In the study of General Zhengbei's Mansion, Xu Huang sat in the main seat and quietly watched the military books. His sitting posture was calm, making him look like a sculpture.

Xu Huang is much calmer than Taishi Ci. He is a local and has more supporters. Moreover, he does not have to face Yuan Shao's "million-soldiers".

Suddenly, a minor official hurriedly walked in from outside and saluted Xu Huang and said, "General Ming, Zhang Yan, sent an envoy south to pray for the king's army."

Xu Huang was not surprised, but he still sighed. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army of hundreds of thousands of troops encircled and suppressed Zhang Yan. How could Zhang Yan survive?

He was willing to help, but he was powerless. After thinking for a while, Xu Huang said to the minor official: "Send someone to tell General Zhang and ask him to go south directly to Pinglu City. The court will provide him with food and weapons."

"No." The little official replied, turned around and went down.

Xu Huang exhaled, stood up and took a map and sat down. Now Wu Kuang and Chen Gong were 15,000 infantrymen on the south bank. It is estimated that Huaxiong and Hu Cheer were 60,000 Qiang, Hu Han cavalry were about to arrive in Henan County.

There are generals of Hengjiang on the Yellow River that are bound by thousands of people.

He guarded the city of Anyi in Hedong and had 20,000 soldiers.

Taishici defended Huai County, Henei, with 20,000 soldiers.

Zhang Yan led his troops to guard Pinglu, and the troops were unknown, but there should be no less than 5,000 people. The court made a move and had already completed it, just waiting for the commander to arrive.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have also eliminated the confidant Zhang Yan. The army is suspected to be 500,000 to 600,000. They can divide their troops to attack Hedong and Henei, and even divide their troops south to attack Pinglu.

To the east of Hulao Pass, Xiahou Dun and other elite soldiers were 50,000.

Sun Jian from the south raised 150,000 troops.
To be continued...