Chunyu Qiong, who had lost three generals in a row, had no intention of fighting again, so he withdrew his troops back to the city. Seeing thousands of troops retreating into the city in an orderly manner, Han Zhan couldn't help but sigh that Chunyu Qiong was also a very skilled military strategy, not as useless as described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

As soon as Chunyu Qiong retreated into the city, a small school came over and bowed to him: "General Chunyu, Prefect Chen is welcome!"

"Where is Prefect Chen?"

The little school pointed to the city tower and replied, "If you say the general, the prefect is on the city tower at this moment."

After hearing this, Chunyu Qiong snorted, turned over and dismounted the horse, threw the reins to the school, and carried his weapons up the stairs along the stairs.

Chen Zhen, the prefect of Guangping in military uniform, saw Chunyu Qiong coming, and hurriedly met him, bowed to the other party, and said, "General Chunyu, three generals of our army were unfortunately captured. Now the enemy is in the limelight. In order to avoid its edge, we should not stick to it!"

When Chunyu Qiong thought that he wanted to lead troops to meet the enemy, Chen Zhen advised him, but he insisted on going to fight, but he turned against the three generals of Yuanjin, Lu Weihuang and Zhao Rui. At this moment, he nodded and said with a red face: "What Xiaoqi said is very good. Guangnian's city walls are high and deep, and the bandits cannot capture it for a while. When the reinforcements of the lord arrive, we will cooperate inside and outside and kill them."

Han Zhan led Zhao Yun, Guo Jia and his civil and military officials to stop a distance from the city wall. He looked up and looked forward and saw that the city wall was two meters high and surrounded by a moat more than ten meters wide. The city wall was crowded with people, and looking in through the gap in the balustrade, you could clearly see piles of rolling wooden stones.

Although the walls of Guangping City are not very high, Han Zhan still feels frustrated. The bamboo ladder used in the army to attack the city was only more than four meters long, and the city wall was as high as six meters. Even if the ladder was placed on the wall, the defenders would not be able to climb up the woods and stones without rolling down the ground. Seeing this, he could only announce helplessly: "The army retreated ten miles, set up camps, and rushed to make siege equipment overnight, and wait for the city to attack again tomorrow."

Seeing Han Zhan's army retreating to the distance, Chen Zhen and Chunyu Qiong, who were standing on the city wall, finally breathed a sigh of relief. While Chunyu Qiong ordered people to be on guard, he sent people to Jizhou to ask Yuan Shao for help.

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After Dian Wei and others sneaked into Guangnian City, they scattered into many abandoned houses. He planned to wait until the night was late, and then he would take people to attack the South Gate, seize the city gate and then take the army into the city. In order to find out the reality of the defenders, when it was almost dark, he sent spies.

Unexpectedly, the spy hurriedly returned not long after leaving and reported to him: "Qi Bing Junhou, the city is heavily guarded, and soldiers stand at every important street entrance, carefully checking the passing pedestrians. The road to the city gate has been blocked, and no one is allowed to pass unless there is a pass token."

After hearing the spy, Dian Wei suddenly realized that the plan to attack the city gate could no longer be implemented, and now there is no other way except for a strong attack. However, the defenders have blocked the road to the city gate and must lead people to kill them all the way. Even after seizing the city gate, they will have to hold on for at least half an hour before the army outside the city will have enough time to arrive.

After careful consideration, Dian Wei decided to give up the plan to seize the city gate and continue to lurk in the city, waiting for the opportunity. When Dian Wei expressed his thoughts, his team led the Jiu Ge to say, "June, if we attack the city gate overnight tonight and welcome the army into the city, will the envoy blame him?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Guo told me before sending me here that he could do things cheaply. Now the guards are on high alert, and I cannot let my brothers die in vain." After saying this, he saw that Brother Jiu's face was full of worry, and he quickly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, if the lord blames me, I will take all the responsibility."

In the camp outside the city, just as the sky was dark, Han Zhan and Zhao Yun stood in front of the tent, looking at the city in the distance, waiting for the fire signal in the city. However, the first update passed, and there was no movement in the city; the second update passed, but there was still no movement.

Guo Jia walked to Han Zhan and whispered to him: "Little Marquis, it's late at night, go back early and rest in peace!"

Han Zhan shook his head: "Wait a little longer, maybe a signal will come in the city soon."

"It's already the third update," Guo Jia continued to persuade Han Zhan: "Before I sent Dian Junhou to infiltrate Guangping City, I told him that he could do things cheaply. Now I can't see the movement in the city for a long time. Maybe the city is well prepared and they have no choice but to take advantage of it. The little marquis should go back and rest."

Just as Han Zhan was about to turn back to his tent, Xun You hurried over and reported to Han Zhan: "Thank you, according to our detailed report in Jizhou City, Yuan Shao will send reinforcements to reinforce Guangping City tomorrow."

"What, Yuan Shao is going to send reinforcements?" The news that Xun You said scared everyone, because in this way, the army was in danger of being attacked from both sides. Han Zhan asked hurriedly: "How many people are there?"

"Two thousand infantrymen!" Xun You replied, "The second son Yuan Xi and the army's Sima Han Juzi will leave at the time of Mao, and you can arrive at Guangping City at about Wu."

There were only two thousand soldiers and horses coming to support at any time, but Han Zhan knew in his heart that if the reinforcements were allowed to enter Guangping City, would the number of his own attacks increase? The only way was to eliminate them on the way. Thinking of this, he waved his head at everyone and said, "Everyone comes with me!"

After entering the tent, he sat down after the table, looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, we must not let Yuan Shao's reinforcements enter Guangping City, so I plan to ambush them on the way."

"Ambushes, where are you ambushing?" Xun You asked curiously.

Han Zhan took a map and spread it on the table, allowing everyone to surround him. He pointed his finger between Jizhou and Guangping City and said, "Twenty miles north of Guangping City, there is a dangerous place with hills and woods on both sides. We can ambush Yuan Xi's troops here and kill them without leaving them."

Except for Xiahou Lan, everyone present had passed by the place Han Zhan said and learned about the terrain there. Therefore, after hearing Han Zhan’s thoughts, they all agreed.

Guo Jia asked, "Little Marquis, who are you going to send to ambush Yuan Xi?"

Han Zhan looked up at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, you and Gongda's cousin stayed in the camp. I took Zilong, Xiahou Lan and four thousand soldiers to set up an ambush overnight."

"Mr. Marquis," Xun You hurriedly advised: "You can leave the ambush Yuan Xi to Zilong, you don't need to take risks in person."

"My cousin Gongda, as the commander of the first army, I can be motivated by visiting the battlefield in person. How can I hide in the camp all day?" Han Zhan said in his heart that the reason I wanted to participate in the ambush was to see Yuan Xi die with my own eyes, so that no one would compete with me for Zhen Mi. However, in front of his subordinates, he still said seriously: "You and Fengxiao stayed with you to take good care of the camp, and you must not make any mistakes."

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After rushing to the ambush site, Han Zhan observed the surrounding terrain and ordered infantry and crossbow soldiers to hide in the woods east of the official road, while the cavalry led by Zhao Yun hid behind the hills west of the official road. He specifically reminded Zhao Yun: "Brother, when the powerful crossbows are shot in the forest and Yuan's army is in chaos, you will immediately lead the troops out and completely disrupt their formation. Then be responsible for blocking the battlefield and make sure that no one escapes."

At the time of Si, the two thousand infantry led by Yuan Xi and Han Juzi finally appeared in the sight of Han Zhan and others. At the front was Yuan Xi, a second young man in military uniform. Beside him was Han Juzi, a military sergeant. Behind them were a flag bearer riding a horse, holding a large flag of the word "Yuan" fluttering in the wind. Behind were Yuan's infantrymen of Chengwu Column.

Han Juzi accompanied Yuan Xi with a smile and said, "Second Young Master, we will be able to reach Guangping City in another twenty miles."

Yuan Xi had two goals this time to visit Guangping City. One was to lead troops to reinforce and strengthen the city's defense; the other was to take over Chunyu Qiong's military power. He heard that he could reach Guangping City in twenty miles. He couldn't help but feel a little excited. When he thought that if he defeated Han Zhan after taking over the military power, he would be even more respected by his father, he wanted to give up his wings and fly to Guangping City immediately.

Han Juzi was good at observing his expressions. Seeing Yuan Xi's absent-minded look and there was a smile on his lips, he guessed what he was thinking and quickly flattered him and said, "It's because my lord trusted Chunyu Qiong so much, and he asked him and Ju Su, Shen Pei and others to take control of the military power. As a result, he couldn't even deal with a yellow-mouthed child. In the end, he had to bother the second son himself."

Thinking that he would soon take control of military power, Yuan Xi was very happy, and he no longer had the arrogant expression he used to be. Instead, he smiled and said to Han Juzi: "When I take over military power, I will definitely kill the Han family's child without leaving any armor, and then hang his rank at the top of Jizhou City to show his public."

The two of them were talking and laughing, and led the team to get closer and closer to the ambush place arranged by Han Zhan. Han Juzi, who was chatting with Yuan Xi, suddenly felt something was wrong. Since entering this hilly area, except for the sound of their own marching, there was silence around him and there was no sound. His heart tightened for no reason, feeling like he was being targeted by some wild beast.

Yuan Xi noticed Han Juzi's strangeness and asked in surprise: "Sima Han, what's wrong? Why do I think you are absent-minded? What's wrong?"

Han Juzi nudes at the woods on the big dirt slope next to the road, and says nervously: "Second Young Master, I think there seems to be something wrong with that forest."

When Yuan Xi heard Han Juzi say this, he also felt that there was something wrong with the dense forest where Han Zhan and the others were ambushing. He quickly raised his hand and ordered the team to stop, and then called a leader to come over and asked him to take people to the forest to search.

Seeing more than ten Yuan army soldiers searching, Han Zhan sighed in his heart, saying that no matter how careful the combat plan was, the plan could never keep up with the changes, and there would always be some unexpected things to happen. He nodded to Xiahou Lan, who was standing aside, indicating that he could do it.

Xiahou Lan received the order and hurriedly trotted to the powerful crossbow soldiers Hou Chuge, and whispered to him: "Marquis of Chu, the Marquis of Chu, the Marquis is destined to fire the arrow immediately!"
Chapter completed!