, fe Cao Jun sent troops and ordered Yuan Tan to lead the way for the vanguard.
After learning that Yuan Shang had withdrawn to Yecheng, Yuan Tan was overjoyed and immediately led his troops to kill him. After traveling for dozens of miles, they suddenly heard the roar of horse hooves on both sides, and the left and right armies rushed out to block Yuan Tan's path.
Seeing that they were his father's old generals, Yuan Tan stepped back and stared at the two generals: "Lü Kuang, Lu Xiang! I didn't treat you two badly when my father was here. Why did you kill me today because of my brother?"
Lu Kuang said: "This king inherits the throne as the last king's will!"
"Fart!" Yuan Tan was furious, "This is a match-making and righteousness plan. I am the legitimate son and should inherit the throne. How can I get his turn? Don't you understand the truth?"
Therefore, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang met Yuan Tan.
Yuan Tan said: "I am now a member of the King of Wei, and you can surrender to the King of Wei."
The Wei army then came to Liyang and entered the military stronghold.
Hearing that Yuan Tan said that the generals who had surrendered to Yuan Shang, he was happy and said in his heart: "With Yuan Tan opening the way, I will lose a lot of strength."
Guo Jiadao: "Yuan Tan wants to use our army to destroy Yuan Shang, so it is better to attack first, gather Yuan Tan's troops and horses, and then go north to attack Jizhou."
Cao Cao: "Oh~ please tell me about my filial piety!"
Guo Jia said: "Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang are the old generals of the Yuan family, but they cannot be reused. When they come to see the king, they can be entrusted with important tasks and given high positions. Yuan Tan must be worried that the king's move is to win over Hebei. People's hearts will definitely find a way to unite these two people as internal forces to attack our army from both inside and outside."
Cao Cao: "How to deal with it?"
Guo Jia smiled and said: "These two people were not reused in Yuan's army, but now they are valued by the king. How can they abandon them easily? They must sincerely come to join us."
Cao Cao put his hands on his hands and smiled: "Very good!"
When Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang came to surrender, Cao Cao personally came out of the village gate to greet them. He immediately made them marquises, serving as generals and following their orders.
Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang never expected that Cao Cao would take them so seriously.
The two dismounted and knelt down to worship Cao Cao, feeling very grateful.
This matter was noticed by Guo Tu. That night, after Yuan Tan came back, he told Yuan Tan about it. Yuan Tan asked in surprise: "Why does the King of Wei value these two people so much?"
Guo Tudao said: "Cao Cao may have some intention to break up. The reward to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang is just to win over the people of Hebei, and it will be a trouble for our army in the future. Young Master can engrave the general's seal and send someone to send it tonight to order them to do something." Respond internally, and after defeating Yuan Shang, attack him internally and externally."
Yuan Tan was a little worried: "What if they don't obey?"
Guo Tu said: "These two people have recently surrendered to Cao Wei. They will not be trusted by Cao Cao. If they do not obey, they will use the general's seal to falsely accuse them and kill them with Cao Cao's hands."
Yuan Tan nodded.
That night, Yuan Tan carved two general seals and sent them to Er Lu.
Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang are not brothers, but they have a very good relationship. It can be said that they are not brothers, but better than brothers.
After receiving the general's seal from Yuan Tan, both of them were shocked.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Tan pretended to surrender, but they actually surrendered. After thinking about it, he decided to tell Cao Cao about it. After all, Cao Cao treated them much better than Yuan.
Just as Guo Jia expected, Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw Er Lu telling Yuan Tan's plan in detail: "Yuan Tan secretly sent someone to send a seal, and I want you to be an internal correspondent. After I defeat Yuan Shang, I will take advantage of it. Hum! Yuan Tan thinks he is smart, who does he think he is?"
Erlu didn't dare to speak.
Cao Cao said: "You have the right to accept it, but I have a clever plan to defeat him."
Er Lu breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.
After Cao Wei settled in Liyang, he stayed there for half a month and made no move to attack Jizhou. Yuan Tan couldn't wait any longer and asked Cao Cao: "Your Majesty, now that Yuan Shang is at the end of his army, why not take Jizhou directly?"
Cao Cao immediately put on a look of helplessness: "Right now, food and grass are in short supply, and Jingguo has cut off its supply of food and grass. We should not rush to get it. It is difficult to transport food and grass. We can only advance the army when there is enough food and grass. You can lead the army to the plains first." And keep it.”
Yuan Tan had no choice but to lead his troops to the plain first.
After Yuan Shang returned to Yecheng, he learned that Cao Cao was stationing troops in Liyang to prepare for war, and that Yuan Tan was leading his army to defend the plains, so he went to the judge to discuss: "The rebel Yuan Tan surrendered to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao stationed troops in Liyang. He will come as soon as he has enough food and grass." What can I do if I attack Jizhou?"
Shen Pei had already thought about the countermeasures and said: "Your Majesty, Cao Cao is powerful and cannot be taken by force. You can order Yin Kai to garrison Maocheng and Ju Hu, the son of Ju Shou, to guard Handan to show off his momentum. Our army can march into the plains and rush to the plains. Attack Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan will be defenseless. You can defeat Yuan Tan first and then defeat Cao Wei."
Yuan Shang was overjoyed.
Shen Pei and Chen Lin were left to guard Jizhou, with Ma Yan and Zhang Kai as the vanguard and Yan Liang as the general. They raised 50,000 troops overnight to attack Pingyuan.
Yuan Shang's troops arrived suddenly. Yuan Tan was defenseless.
That night Pingyuan City was defeated, Yuan Tan fled Pingyuan in a hurry, and galloped all night to Liyang to report.
After Cao Cao learned about this, he was overjoyed and said: "This time Jizhou will definitely win."
Guo Jia smiled and said: "The two Yuans are fighting and Jizhou is empty. This is a God-given opportunity. Your Majesty can quickly raise troops to capture Jizhou."
At this moment, Xu You burst into laughter and entered the military tent. He glanced at everyone in the tent with disdain, then looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "The king is sitting here, is he waiting for the thunder to kill two Yuan Hu? "
Seeing that Xu You had no respect, Xu Chu glared angrily.
Cao Cao smiled indifferently: "I have ordered the army to rise!"
Then he ordered Cao Hong to be the vanguard and attack Yecheng. He himself led the army to capture Maocheng first. After the army arrived at Maocheng, Yin Kai led his army to greet him.
Yin Kai stepped out and shouted: "Thief Cao! Do you dare to fight me?"
Xu Chu had been holding back his anger for a long time. He held the knife and roared: "How dare you show off in front of someone, just a kid? Look at the knife!"
After drinking, ride your horse straight to take Yin Kai.
How could Yin Kai be Xu Chu's opponent? He was knocked off his horse by Xu Chu in just one round. Xu Chu's intention was still unfinished and he smashed it towards Yin Kai's body: "With this little ability, what are you pretending to do?"
Seeing how brave the Wei general was, the Jin army was so frightened that they surrendered one after another.
Subsequently, Cao Cao made great progress and soon led his army to Jizhou. At this time, Cao Hong had already approached Yecheng and surrounded it.
Yecheng is the capital of the Jin State. The city has high walls and thick walls. It is very difficult to capture Yecheng in a short time. The Wei army did not have Zhang Xiu's fast chariot, nor did they have spacious pipelines. With such a long distance, the Wei army could not quickly bring the trebuchet to the battlefield.
Guo Jia said: "Your Majesty, you can build a mountain of earth around the city as a lure, and secretly order the soldiers to dig tunnels to enter."
Cao Cao asked: "Who is the guard of Yecheng?"
Xun You said: "He is a native of Yin'an, Wei County. He is a judge in the south."
Cao Cao shook his head slightly: "I heard that Shen Pei is upright and strong, and would rather break than bend. It seems that Ye City can only be taken by force. So according to Feng Xiao's words, he built a mountain of earth as a lure and dug a tunnel to enter."
Therefore, the Wei army began to build earthen hills around Ye City and dig tunnels behind the earthen hills.
After Cao Wei besieged the city, Shen Pei personally went to the top of the city to prepare things to defend the city, designed the defense, and implemented strict military tactics.
The defense of the city was also carried out in an orderly manner.
