The war in Hebei is now becoming more and more anxious. As time goes by, the Hebei army under Cao Cao and Qu Yi has begun to be unable to withstand the Han army's offensive.

This is also a matter of course.

The Han army surpassed the Hebei army in terms of morale, strength, cohesion and equipment. The biggest advantage of northern soldiers over southern soldiers is that they have horses and knights, but now Xiliang is also under Liu Qi's control, and Guanzhong is also under Liu Qi's control

The number of horses of the Han army is not less than that of the opponent, so the Han army has an absolute advantage in every aspect of this battle.

The morale of the Hebei Army has become increasingly low.

Not only was Yan Liang defeated in Bingzhou, Zhang He and Wen Chou were also defeated by the Han army on the battlefield in Wei County.

Liu Qi personally took charge, and the Chinese army continued to urge the three armies to attack Hebei. Although the front line deployed by Qu Yi caused great damage to the Han army near the Yellow River, they suffered considerable losses, and their own front lines were also constantly attacked.

With the shrinkage, the riverside battlefield gradually turned into an inland battlefield.

Generals such as Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, and Xu Rong have already rushed to the front line. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others also organized their own troops. According to Liu Qi's request, they gradually invaded the county seat of Wei County and moved towards the county step by step.

Attack the hinterland of Jizhou.

The progress of the Han army was not fast, but they fought steadily... their attack was very steady.

Even Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others could not find any flaws in each other.

The Hebei Army is already in a weak position, and their rear is still very unstable. Liu Qi's style of play will make many Hebei Army generals anxious.

The first person who couldn't hold on was Yuan Shao's general Jiang Qi.

As a lieutenant general, Jiang Qi had a staff team under him.

This staff team is composed of scholars from Hebei. Their levels vary. Some can come up with good ideas, while others can come up with bad ideas.

The key is that Jiang Qi himself has no discerning ability. He will use whatever strategies others come up with.

Facing his own retreat, someone gave Jiang Qi a bad idea. Let Jiang Qi lead his troops to sneak attack Liu Qi's royal tent. If he could behead Liu Qi, great things would happen.

Everyone understands the principle of capturing the thief first, but the key is whether he can capture or not.

Jiang Qi also felt that this method was a bit risky. After all, Liu Qi was the emperor of the other party. How could he say that he could capture Liu Qi by raiding his royal tent.

The staff officer under Jiang Qi was not stupid, and he designed a relatively thorough plan.

This person's advice to Jiang Qi was that, as the emperor, Liu Qi would attack Hebei together with the soldiers of the three armies. Every time he went to a major county, he would definitely go and station himself there. After all, it was about conquering the hearts and minds of the local military and people. Some things were left to others.

It cannot be replaced.

Jiang Qi's troops are now stationed near Handan, the main county seat of the Wei army.

The staff officer wanted Jiang Qi to move his troops to Handan.

After arriving in Handan, Jiang Qike dug a tunnel in Handan City, and then he was defeated by the Han army and withdrew from Handan.

Handan is a relatively large county in Wei County and has many scholars from Zhao. These people have greater influence in Hebei. As the emperor, if Liu Qi captured Handan, it would be impossible not to go there in person to appease him.

Once Liu Qi entered Handan, Jiang Qi secretly sent troops and horses to return to Handan City through the tunnel. By taking him by surprise and catching him off guard, he might actually be able to kill the emperor.

This method is not impossible, but it depends on who it is used on.

Liu Qi had Pang Tong, Sima Yi, Zhou Yu and other elites around him, so it would not be difficult to see through this plot.

Jiang Qi took the advice of his staff and sent troops to Handan to defend Handan.

Later, Liu Qi sent a heavyweight, the first general of the Han army, Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng.

After Huang Zhong's army arrived in Handan, they concentrated their troops and began to launch a fierce attack on the county seat.

Huang Zhong's soldiers were all the most elite soldiers in the Jingzhou army. Their combat power was extremely strong. They roared towards the county wall and stormed. There were crossbowmen below to assist with shooting, and Yuan's army was defeated.

Jiang Qi and Huang Zhong faced each other head-on, but they did not last long, and then quickly retreated.

In this way, Huang Zhong captured Handan City almost effortlessly.

Then, he sent the news to Liu Qi in the rear.

Handan City is an important military base in Hebei Province. After Huang Zhong captured it, Liu Qi naturally wanted to personally come to appease the people.

In addition, Liu Qi has been living in a tent during this period. As an emperor, it is time to find a county seat and set up his base camp.

If it hadn't been floating outside all the time, it wouldn't be such a thing after all.

The day before Liu Qi was about to move into Handan, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu came to see him.

Pang Tong advised Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, Handan City was captured too easily. There may be hidden secrets in it. Your Majesty needs to be careful and guard against it."

"Is it easy to capture Handan City?" Liu Qi repeated doubtfully, and then said: "However, in my opinion, the difference in ability between Jiang Qi and Huang Zhong is too great. It is not true that Handan City was captured by Huang Zhong in one day.

It’s against common sense.”

Zhou Yu said from the side: "Although Jiang Qi is not Huang Hansheng's opponent, he should not be an opponent that can be defeated with one blow. If Jiang Qi really wanted to garrison in Handan, he would have been able to hold on for at least ten days. But now he was defeated in one day.

Even though he left...and he still left without any damage, it doesn't look like he tried his best. There must be fraud involved."

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Liu Qi thought seriously for a moment.

"What you two dear sirs say makes sense. I know what to do."

…

After Liu Qi entered Handan City, he began to appease the scholars and powerful people in the city.

After receiving the news, Jiang Qi outside the city secretly sent his troops to the city one night five days later in order to assassinate Liu Qi.

But the problem is that Liu Qi has already been prepared.

During the day, he stayed in the city to appease the powerful and the people, pretending to know nothing, and at night, he quietly withdrew from the city, leaving only an empty shell in the county to lure the enemy.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu Qi originally thought that the enemy was attacking at night outside the city, but he never expected that Jiang Qi actually packed his troops into the city, and also used tunnels.

However, unexpectedly, Liu Qi's response was very sufficient. Even if the enemy troops suddenly appeared from the city, it would be easy to completely wipe them out.

As soon as Jiang Qi's troops showed up in Handan City, they were killed one by one by the elite soldiers who were ambushing in the city.

This really corresponds to the four words "catching a turtle in an urn".

There was a riot in Handan City. Jiang Qi, who was ambushing outside the city, thought that the matter was done. He immediately led his troops and went straight to Handan City to kill, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to gain more achievements.

Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong was waiting for him quietly outside the city. Seeing Jiang Qi running towards him, Huang Zhong immediately led his troops to meet Jiang Qi without saying a word, and fought with Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi held the position of Zhonglang General in the Hebei Army. Although he was a high-ranking general, he did have some abilities. But compared with Huang Zhong, he was really different.

Especially in terms of martial arts, there is absolutely no comparison.

Huang Zhong and Jiang Qi fought for twenty rounds. Huang Zhong roared, cut Jiang Qi in half, and sent him directly to see the King of Hell.

The defeat of Jiang Qi's army and the loss of Handan had a chain effect on Yuan Jun.

Chaoge, Dunqiu, Faqian, Dongwu and Handan are all county towns with a tripartite power.

These counties are now heavily guarded by Hebei troops, and there are also many generals.

Now, as soon as Handan was lost, the generals in other places panicked.

The general guarding Chaoge is Xu Huang, who has just been promoted by Yuan Shao.

Xu Huang is naturally brave and resourceful, and is not comparable to ordinary people.

But Liu Qi knew Xu Huang's reputation, so naturally he would not send ordinary people to deal with him.

The general who faced off against Xu Huang was Gao Shun. In addition to the elite Xiliang cavalry, the Liangzhou army in the trapped camp also expanded to a certain extent.

After experiencing countless deadly battles with the Qiang people, the strength of the trapped camp has become stronger than in the past.

Xu Huang had just established himself in Yuan's army. Although he was extremely capable, his status was not high.

Now being promoted to the rank of captain by Yuan Shao has made many people feel dissatisfied.

Therefore, Xu Huang's current soldiers are not the most elite of Yuan's army.

Compared with other famous generals, the quality of Xu Huang's soldiers and horses is indeed a bit poor.

As one thing goes down and the other goes up, the overall combat effectiveness of the army led by Xu Huang is not good, so Gao Shun is naturally given a chance.

Xu Huang, who was stationed here, was so suppressed by Gao Shun that he could not lift his head.

And it was at this time that Handan fell and Jiang Qi died in battle. Wen Chou, who was garrisoning troops, immediately ordered Xu Huang to lead his troops to Handan for rescue.

Xu Huang also wanted to lead his troops to Handan to deal with Huang Zhong. But the problem was that Gao Shun was too strong and he simply did not have enough ability to defeat Gao Shun.

Therefore, Xu Huang has been trapped here.

But the grumpy Wen Chou didn't know this.

Wen Chou clashed with Pound in Fagan and repeatedly gained the upper hand.

At this time, Tai Chang Quai Yue came to Pound's army.

He asked Pang De to lead his troops to retreat first and make way for Wen Chou.

Wen Chou took the opportunity to break through the siege and led his troops straight towards Handan.

At the same time, he once again urged Xu Huang of Brother Chao to quickly send troops to Handan to join him and jointly regain the lost territory.

Wen Chou was wishful thinking. The problem was that Xu Huang was now tightly entangled by Gao Shun and had no ability to send troops.

Wen Chou led his troops to Handan, but on the way they were attacked by two strong soldiers. They were Liu Bei and Guan Yu.
To be continued...