After Yuan Shao adopted the Juxu "dividing and joining attack" encirclement strategy reposted by Xinpi Package, he spent a little three or five days to dispatch the troops and adjust logistics preparations.

Starting from mid-July, Yuan Shao's army gradually moved into the new offensive rhythm of "Hanoi, Shangdang sent troops, and when the time was right, the Taiyuan army also took the opportunity to go south."

It was related to the adjustment of nearly 200,000 people, and the speed could not be very fast. Zhang Liao and Wen Chou only arrived at Kongcangling through the Qinshui and Danshui River estuary on the tenth day of July. They moved north along the Danshui River to the waterway attack position of this battle. Then they turned to Kongcangling by land. On July 12th, they successfully arrived at Kongcangling through the Guanglang City ruins.

To put it bluntly, during the Battle of Changping more than 400 years ago, Lian Po's three lines of defense went from west to east, from front to rear, and were the Kongcangling defense line, the Danshui defense line and the Bailishi defense line.

Lone Langcheng is located between the Danshui defense line and the Kongcangling defense line, guarding a relatively easy-to-go marching valley between the two places. It was first built by Feng Ting, the prefect of Shangdang of South Korea. It was to help South Korea resist Qin and ensure the land grain route on the southwest edge of Taihang Mountain.

Later, in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, Guanglang City had no military value and no people's lives around the Spring Military Fortress. There was no field to plant next to the deep valley of Taihang Mountain, so there was no county and the city wall gradually abandoned. However, now that Yuan Shao wanted to use this road to attack Guan Yu, he naturally had to re-garrison troops in Guanglang City and temporarily repair it.

The attack base before Qin State attacked the Kongcangling defense line was the Duanshi County town where Zhang Ren was now defending. When Qin State broke through the Kongcangling defense line and wanted to attack the second Danshui defense line, it moved the attack position from Duanshi County to Guanglang City.

Therefore, this time, Zhang Liao and Wen Chou went west of the Danshui through Guanglang City and then attacked Duanshi County, which was equivalent to walking the road of the Battle of Changping backwards, from attacking Zhao from Qin to attacking Qin from Zhao.

When the Qin general Wang Yi's troops could use this land route to ensure supply, Zhang Liao and Wen Chou could naturally ensure that unless he crossed Kongcangling, the Guanglang City behind him was captured by the enemy's crossing other steep and unpassable terrain areas of the Taihang Mountains, then Zhang Liao and Wen Chou's rear route and food route might be cut off.

However, the information obtained by Ju Su and Yuan Shao was "Wang Ping and the tens of thousands of Wudang Flying Army were in the Dabie Mountains on the border of Jingyuyang, thousands of miles away from the Taihang Mountains on the border of Sibingyong. It is impossible for Liu Bei's army to have troops able to cross the Taihang Mountains on other routes outside the Lang Valley", so there is almost no need to worry about this possibility.

Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu have always done a good job in keeping confidentiality. From the start of the war on June 22 to July 12, it has been twenty days. Yuan Shao and Xu You feel that Guan Yu only has a total force of 100,000 troops, and without 150,000, Guan Yu really only has 100,000 people to complete the defense.

Wang Ping and his 30,000 mountain soldiers, no matter how nervous the defense battles on other fronts were, they never invested in one soldier. Even his friendly troops thought that Wang Ping had been transferred.

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After Zhang Liao and Wen Chou arrived, they took a short rest and took a look at the current situation.

Zhang Liao observed that Guan Yu's troops did not set up defenses along the ridge of Kongcangling. At most, a beacon tower was set up every distance, thinking that they were attacked during war.

Zhang Liao actually has such defense facilities. After all, the two armies have been in stalemate for eight months, and the basic defense facilities and communication facilities that should be built have must have been built long ago.

Zhang Liao's cordon line is only a dozen miles apart from Guan Yu's cordon line, and some locations are even only a few miles apart. Basically, there are two parallel adjacent hills, looking at the distance there.

If Guan Yu wanted to cross Kongcangling to attack Shangdang's hinterland, Zhang Liao would still get an alarm in advance and be in place.

On this day, after Zhang Liao observed the enemy situation, he pointed to the beacon tower of Guan Yu's army and discussed with Wen Chou: "General Wen, although Guan Yu's cordon has always been like this, the war is now suddenly tight, and Guan Yu has not strengthened his defense. I always feel a little uneasy.

Although the lord ordered us to cut off Duanshi, Fuze and Qinshui grain roads in Guanyu, we should also be careful of our own grain roads. Before this attack, Ju Zongjun repeatedly reminded me.

It would be better to lead my troops to cross the ridge of Kongcangling and attack Duan from a high position with lightning speed. If Guan Yu really transferred all the "Wudang Fei Army" who climbed mountains and valleys and walked onto the Huainan battlefield, there were no elite troops guarding the pass here, and Duan's county could be successfully captured. Then you will chase after him with half of the troops in the rear army, and you will attack Wuze again.

At that time, we will be one in the south and one in the north, one in charge of blocking the return road of Guan Yu in the south, and the other in charge of blocking Wu Yi and Xu Huang and other people supporting Guan Yu in the north, forcing Guan Yu to starve to death in the Taihang Mountains.

However, if we cannot take the Duan clan, you should not act rashly. Half of the troops in the rear army are divided into two parts, and the main force stays in Guanglang City to ensure that the Guanglang Valley Grain Road, and a small part of the troops stay at the entrance of Guanglang Valley on Kongcangling, and guarding the ridge pass, can ensure that everything is safe."

Before Wen Chou attacked, he was not warned by Ju Su, mainly because Ju Su knew that Wen Chou was Yuan Shao's absolute confidant and was prone to inform him in front of his lord.

If Ju Su said too much and Wen Chou reported it truthfully, Yuan Shao would suspect that "Xin Pixian's plan actually did not come from Xin Pi, but Ju Su's idea. Ju Su knew that he was suspicious, so he changed his opinion to come forward to offer his advice." Maybe there would be more troubles that would affect the implementation of the plan.

In contrast, Zhang Liao was a surrendered general of the Lu Bu clan, a local general in Bingzhou, not a direct descendant of Yuan Shao, and would not talk too much about right and wrong.

However, the words of Ju Shu that Zhang Liao reposted made sense. Although Wen Chou only heard about it at the beginning, he also knew that he was good and bad, and would not be able to get along with his own safety and stability, so he agreed to the flow:

"Since that's the case, Wen Yuan and I will separate our troops and perform their duties. If there is any progress in Duan's side and the situation is clear, I will support you at any time."

Together, Zhang Liao led 30,000 troops in front of him, and Wen Chou left 40,000 troops, each performing his duties. Wen Chou's 40,000 people were temporarily stationed in Guanglang City, and temporarily camped at the entrance of Kongcangling Valley in Guanglang Valley.

Yuan Shao's army of 300,000 was killed after a series of bloody battles, and more than 20,000 were killed in other battles. The wounded soldiers who could not be fought were transported back to the rear. If they were not left on the front line, the deserters could only die.

Therefore, there are only 240,000 attacking soldiers who can be used. Currently, there are 110,000 people left in Hanoi, and 70,000 on Shangdang, which is 180,000. In the end, there are 60,000, which is in Lu Bu in Taiyuan. We have to wait until the two southern routes have made progress and mobilize Guan Yu's army, so that Lu Bu can seize the opportunity to cooperate.

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On July 14th, two days after Zhang Liao officially crossed Kongcangling, he finally arrived in Duanshi County, a major mountain road county on the banks of the Qinshui River Valley.

More than half a year ago, he actually came once in the winter of 197, but after playing for some time, he failed to break through Zhang Ren's defense. Later, because the weather in the cold winter was too bad, the Guanglang Valley grain road was about to be cut off by heavy snow. Zhang Liao had to take the initiative to withdraw the circumference before the grain road was cut off.

Because Guan Yu had the warning of staying beacon fire and there were also a small group of patrol troops on Kongcangling, of course it was impossible to wait until Zhang Liao's army besieged the city and the defenders of Duanshi County reacted.

Shortly after Zhang Liao's pioneer crossed the ridge of Kongcangling, Zhang Ren from Duanshi County was warned through the beacon. At the same time, Pegasus sent a messenger to Shimenxing to report the emergency and asked Guan Yu to divide his troops back to help. (Equivalent to the current Qinshui County to Jiyuan County)

The straight line distance between Duan and Shimen Xing was 150 miles. Considering that they had to wind and twist along the Qinshui River Valley, the cavalry actually had to run nearly 200 miles before they could report the emergency.

For the army dispatcher, especially the mountainous valley terrain, it would take three days to force the army without food, grass and supplies. But the fast horse messenger could arrive within half a day. Guan Yu set up many temporary posts for the messenger to replace the horse and relay.

In the middle of the night after the thirteenth day, in Shimenguan camp, Guan Yu was woken up by his subordinates in his sleep, and asked him to deal with Zhang Ren's request for help immediately. After Guan Yu saw it, he was not too surprised and asked someone to wake Zhuge Liang up and discuss it together.

Guan Yu asked cautiously: "It seems that Yuan Shao knew that 170,000 people were crowded in Hanoi, and the attack on the three Xings of Taihang in front was too much of a loss. The troops could not be launched, and the Shangdang in Hanoi was attacked together, and the food route was cut off.

However, Zhang Liao came over the Kongcangling and went against Wang He's march route that year, and his food route might not be absolutely safe. What if Zhang Ren came to ask for help?"

Zhuge Liang shook the folding fan and drank a cup of hot tea that the servant next to him had just cooked. He warmed up his brain, which was suddenly woken up in the middle of the night, and slowly analyzed:

"This is not beyond our expectations. They dare to come, which means that Wang Ping's Fuzi is still very secretive, otherwise they would not have the courage to do so.

The key to the present plan is to give Zhang Liao and others a chance to see it, and at the same time give them a sense of urgency, so that they feel that "has already tasted a little sweetness, but to do their best, you have to work harder." This will make you blind your mind, focus on the front and ignore the back, and completely enter our ambush.

They came from Kongcangling. As long as Wang Ping found an opportunity to surround him and attacked Guanglangcheng's grain road, it would turn into a "donkey meat fire". Zhang Liao seemed to have cut off our grain road, and Wang Ping and Xu Huang cut off his grain road.

Xu Huang and Yuan Shao are at the outermost, one is the northernmost and the other is the southernmost, and are burnt skins. We and Zhang Liao are both stuffed, both blocked in the Qinshui River Valley in Taihang, separated from our own friendly forces and grain supply land.

At that time, it will be up to us and Xu Huang to encircle and annihilate Zhang Liao first, or Zhang Liao and Yuan Shao to encircle and annihilate us first, but the Taiwei should be very confident.

These days, we have been using Yu to fight against the unlucky. We moved most of the stored grains from Duan and Wu Ze to Shimen Village, and we also let the rear attack and transported several more fleets of grains from the fleets. When we retreated from Qinshui County, we also withdrew all the stored grains (the Ye Wang's remaining grain cannot be withdrawn, it is too far away and there is not enough ships).

We are here, even if the food route is cut off, we can eat at least two months. But even if Zhang Liao occupied Duan’s family, as long as it is an empty city without food and the road behind is cut off, how long can he last?"

The reason why Zhuge Liang used donkey meat to make hot and not roujiamo was because the roujiamo had just appeared and was not very famous. The live dough bread that used yeast to make noodles was invented after Li Su entered Sichuan. The dead dough that was not fermented has existed in ancient times.

Liu Bei and Li Su both started their homes in Zhongshan County. The donkey meat dead noodles there were developed over the years and were eaten by the upper class of Liu Bei's camp.

The current situation is actually a bit like Meng Lianggu in 47 years later. The enemy is surrounded by me and I am surrounded by enemies. It depends on whoever eats the stuffing that lures the enemy on the opposite side first and rescues the piece of stuffing that is divided and blocked into one piece, and whoever can win the entire battlefield.

Zhuge Liang guided the situation to the emergence of this opportunity today because Li Su helped him show weakness and the enemy still doesn't know that Wang Ping and his 30,000 mountain soldiers have been on standby, so he has the courage.

After Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang finally confirmed it, he dictated it himself and asked Zhuge Liang to write an order.

In this order, Guan Yu has not yet fully revealed the real reason to his subordinates. He just asked his subordinates to execute it even if they don’t understand why.

You don’t need to know why, just do it, this is the most realistic.

"Tell Zhang Ren that Shimen Xing was attacked by Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops, and Shimen Xing returned to the Duan Family's 200-mile river valley road, and it was hasty and difficult to support him. He could defend Duan Family County.

If you feel unsure, you will decisively abandon the city and break through, move southward, and meet with the defenders of the Thunders. If the Thunders can't defend, you will continue to break through southward and meet with us at Shimen Village. However, whether you give up Duan or Thunders, you must burn all the food in the city when you abandon the city!"

There are two small mountain counties, each of which is only more than a thousand households. Many of the people have been transferred because of the continuous fighting, or those who are left behind are also conscripted for the people, and the government has distributed food for labor and transportation of grain.

Giving up these two small counties, taking away all the corvee workers and using empty cities as bait, it would be too cost-effective if Zhang Liao and Wen Chou could be wiped out completely.

Didn’t Yuan Shao like to listen to Xu You, and he was very fond of merit and made the restoration of the land. He didn’t care about the loss of the vitality?

Then let him give it to him, without having to worry about the gains and losses of one city and one place. In order to get back half of Hanoi County, he lost 60,000 in combat effectiveness. This time, he was allowed to "restore" several counties in the upper Qinshui basin in the Taihang Mountains, causing him to completely lose blood and collapse.

However, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang's strategy of "tempting the enemy to the end" is not completely risk-free. However, Guan Yu did not expect this level at the moment.

Because he did a very good job of confidentiality and his acting skills were very good, he also had a price to ensure that he had absolutely deceived the enemy. Even his tools may not have the overall information.

If Zhang Ren is smarter and decisively feels that he can't give up, let Zhang Liao taste the sweetness, and finally completely fall into the trap and call Wen Chou up, that would be the best.

If Zhang Ren is not smart, his acting will naturally be more realistic, but I don’t know whether Zhang Ren’s remaining members can break through.

If you accomplish great things, you don’t care about the details. In order to lure the enemy to succeed, Guan Yu can’t make any more explicit.

PS: It’s four thousand words. By the way, can Zhang Ren die in the next chapter?

Zhang Ren should be smarter and take the initiative to abandon the city and break through. He would still be trapped until he was surrounded by a group of people, and the ammunition was shot dead by Zhang Liao. You can leave a message to vote. (The big fish were killed, and the bait was not eaten, which seemed a bit fake)

I reflected in this update at night. I wrote on the side with more likes. (Write on which side with more likes before 5 o'clock in the evening, as there must be a deadline before update, and it is impossible to push down and modify it within one or two hours before update)
Chapter completed!