The situation in Jizhou suddenly became tense.

With Guo Yuan conquering Bohai County, Yuan Tan could no longer sit still in Qinghe Country.

He dispatched troops and generals, and stationed troops on the south bank of Jiangshui. At the same time, he hurriedly asked Cao Cao for help and begged Cao Cao to send reinforcements.

Cao Cao did not give up on Yuan Tan. After receiving the news of Yuan Tan's request for help, he immediately ordered Xu You to lead Yan Liang and Wen Chou to Qinghe Kingdom for support.

Yuan Tan was also very happy at the beginning.

However, when Xu You arrived in Qinghe Kingdom, he immediately took away military power from Yuan Tan, which made Yuan Tan very dissatisfied.

He suddenly realized that asking Cao Cao for help was clearly a way to lead the wolf into the house.

"Mr., am I wrong?"

In the Ganling King City, Yuan Tan looked depressed and looked at Guo Tu and asked with a wry smile: "I thought I could join forces with Cao Cao to get rid of Xianfu. But I didn't expect that if Cao Cao was cheap, I now became a puppet in his hands. Every time I think about this, I regret it. Although Xianfu took away my position, I was still brothers and sisters after all... What should I do now?"

A trace of fierceness flashed in Guo Tu's eyes.

He and Xu You have always been not very harmonious. After Xu You defected to Cao Cao, he even did the matter of putting in trouble.

Now that Xu You comes to Qinghe Kingdom, he will definitely not give him good fruits. That guy is a narrow-minded person. After he stabilizes his position, he will definitely come to take revenge. Guo Tu is really a little scared. How should he face Xu You's revenge at that time?

“What the eldest son said is very true.

But now, there is no chance.

Now the third prince is in Handan and fights against Cao Cao. As long as the eldest prince counterattacks with the right opportunity, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao and ease your relationship with the third prince.”

"Do you and me?"

"Just relying on you and me alone, I'm afraid it's not Xu You's opponent.

But the eldest son, don’t forget that Cao Cao’s current opponents are not only the eldest son and the third son, but also the Uncle Liu is eyeing Youzhou. Uncle Liu has seized Bohai County and is in full swing. If the eldest son joins forces with Uncle Liu at this time, he will definitely be able to regain his advantage. Moreover, if the eldest son can get the support of Uncle Liu, I believe that once Cao Cao is defeated, the third son will not dare to compete with you again."

Yuan Tan's eyes lit up when he heard this.

After he thought for a while, the smile on his face gradually increased.

"What Gong Ze said is very true. I will send someone to secretly contact Uncle Liu."

Yuan Tan's idea was very beautiful, but the change in the situation made him dizzy.

In October, he secretly sent his confidant to Hejian to contact Liu Chuang, but before Liu Chuang could reply, Cao Cao took Xu Huang and Cao Hong as the pioneer and crossed the river to station in Yecheng. In early October, Cao Cao personally led an army of 80,000 to cross the Yellow River and face Jizhou. The strong army was frightened by the strong. Not only that, Cao Cao also ordered Xiahou Yuan and Zang Ba to send troops from Qingzhou and stationed in Leling...

The situation suddenly became even more nervous.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Tan was a little scared again...

Cao Cao was so aggressive that he obviously wanted to sweep Hebei.

Is it wise to join forces with Liu Chuang at this time? His fear and all the previous plans were also shaken.

Seeing this, Guo Tu couldn't help but feel regretful.

He finally realized the feelings of Tian Feng and Ju Su, but compared to Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan was obviously even more unbearable.

In this case, how could Yuan Tan be the opponent of Cao Cao and Liu Chuang? He was not told about his talent, but he was still timid and afraid of things and hesitant.

After thinking repeatedly, Guo Tu quietly left Ganling with his family on a snowy night, and there was no news since then...

Yuan Tan did not give advice from Guo Tu, which made him even more confused.

He was worried that Cao Cao would notice his abnormal movements, and he was afraid that Guo Tu would report to Cao Cao.

Feared and frightened, he couldn't get sick... At the end of October, Yuan Tan learned that Cao Cao sent someone to visit him, but was so scared that he couldn't catch him and died on the sickbed.

"Xian Si, have you gone?"

When Cao Cao learned that Yuan Tan had died of illness, he was also shocked.

He heard that Yuan Tan was sick, so he sent someone to visit him. Unexpectedly, Yuan Tan had a ghost in his heart and was scared to death. But his death caught Cao Cao a little off guard. He also thought that playing Yuan Tan's card would naturally take Anping Kingdom before he could tell. Now that Yuan Tan died, the garrison of Anping Kingdom was a member of the Yuan clan. Without saying a word, he joined Yuan Shang and sent troops to station in Jijin City.

If Xu You hadn't been prepared for it, he would have been beaten to Jiangshui if he didn't do it well.

On the one hand, Cao Cao was amused and laughed, but on the other hand, he had a premonition that the situation seemed not as simple as he imagined.

He immediately ordered Cao Hong and Cao Peng to attack Handan fiercely.

In November of the seventh year of Jian'an, the Battle of Handan began...

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Hejian, bow high.

Liu Chuang sat on the elephant dragon, looking up

The sky is filled with wind and snow, and the empty fields are covered with white space.

A group of soldiers were moving in the snow in the wind and snow, slowly approaching Jiangshui.

Liu Chuang had a windshield covering his face. He watched the soldiers slowly moving forward in the snowy field, and he couldn't help but frown.

"Boyan, can there be a way to help the children speed up?

Once the wind and snow stop, we will be exposed. If we want to attack Xiu County, Xu You will be wary of it and it will be even more difficult."

Lu Xun urged him to go forward and was about to speak when a gust of wind blew towards him, causing him to cough repeatedly.

"Master, this is the fastest speed."

Lu Xun smiled bitterly and said, "I never expected that the wind and snow were so fierce that the men had tried their best to march. It is unlikely that they would try their best to increase their speed.

However, with such heavy storms, it is unlikely that Xiuwu would send a reconnaissance cavalry.

As long as we can arrive at Jiangshui before dawn, we can launch an attack on Xiuxian... I think Cao Cao would not be careful of such a heavy wind and snow."

Liu Chuang nodded and stretched out his hand.

He was wearing a pair of wolf-skin gloves with a view, and he didn't feel the cold at all.

This glove was also made by Liu Chuang when he was in Youzhou. The craftsmanship of this thing is actually not complicated at all. But it is extremely useful. Especially last year, Jiaozhou's cotton harvest was a bumper harvest, which allowed Liu Chuang to equip the army with a large number of cotton coats, which could keep soldiers from getting cold.

Cotton coats, gloves...

Two inconspicuous items were enough to increase the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers in the cold.

Li Yifeng handed over a skin bag, and Liu Chuang had just put a plug on the skin bag and sipped a few sips of strong wine.

The north is cold, and strong wine is needed to keep the cold. It is just the wine of this era. There is no distillation process, and the entrance is too soft. In the sixth year of Jian'an, Zhuge Ling got Liu Chuang's tip and began to experiment with the distillation process... It was not until this summer that the distilled liquor was truly released.

Liu Chuang took a few sips of the strong wine and his body became warm.

He threw his skin to Li Yifeng, waved his hand immediately, and shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go, we must arrive at Jiangshui before the snow stops."

Zhuge Liang went to Jiangdong, and Xu Shu went to Liangzhou.

Liu Chuang’s two major think tanks were not around. Sima Yi and Lu Xun also began to stand out.

After repeated discussions with Xun Chen, Liu Chuang decided to use Yuan Tan as a breakthrough point to force Cao Cao to suspend his offensive against Yuan Shang... But who expected that after Liu Chuang took over Bohai, Cao Cao didn't care at all. He only strengthened the defense of Qinghe Kingdom and concentrated his strength again to launch a fierce attack on Handan. For this reason, Yuan Shang had sent people to ask Liu Chuang for help several times, begging Liu Chuang to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

But the problem is that Liu Chuang doesn't want to face a head-on battle with Cao Cao at this time.

After all, Liu Chuang has not yet made the arrangement for a decisive battle with Cao Cao...

He had to hold Cao Cao up and wait for the time to come.

For this reason, Liu Chuang had already ordered Xun Chen to take charge of the overall situation, while he himself led a large army and troops to the Hejian.

Yuan Tan sent someone to contact Liu Chuang, hoping to fight back Cao Cao with the inside and outside. However, Liu Chuang did not expect that Yuan Tan would suddenly die of illness. Yuan Tan's death not only caught Cao Cao off guard, but even Liu Chuang was surprised. The arrow was on the string and had to be fired... Yuan Tan had sent a map of Qinghe Kingdom before. After discussing with Lu Xun, Liu Chuang decided to take dangerous moves and sneak attack Xiuxian and occupy Qinghe.

If Qinghe Kingdom is taken down by Liu Chuang, Cao Cao's flanks will be completely exposed to Liu Chuang's nose.

At that time, Cao Cao will certainly suspend his offensive against Handan...

This was also the best solution that Liu Chuang could think of. It happened that the snow fell from the sky, which gave Liu Chuang enough cover. He personally led a large army of 3,000 people and set off from Gonggao overnight to Xiuxian. However, he did not expect that the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier. Although it could provide excellent cover for Liu Chuang, it also caused great trouble for him. It was extremely laborious to march on the snow. Under Liu Chuang's supervision, the Han army marched 120 miles overnight and finally arrived at the north bank of Jiangshui at dawn, and quickly ambushed according to the initial arrangements.

The temperature is estimated to be below minus ten degrees Celsius, and the surface of Jiangshui River is frozen.

Liu Chuang glanced at the exhausted soldiers, and made a fuss in his heart. He then passed the order: "I ordered the three armies to attack... If I capture Xiuxian, I will be in charge of the troops for one day."

There is no way. If you don’t order like this, your morale will inevitably fall to freezing point.

Just imagine, if you walk 120 miles in the wind and snow, you will have to fight continuously.

Without enough excitement, the soldiers could not cheer up. Liu Chuang suddenly understood why there were so many massacres in history. In this year, there were no professional soldiers. Most of the soldiers were recruited. If they were not so exciting, how could they be willing to strive for the first place?

Professional soldier?

This is an era when families are bigger than countries, and there is not enough supplies for Liu Chuang to squander.

The cost of training a group of professional soldiers is extremely amazing... At least in Liu Chuang's opinion, he does not have this ability yet.

Since this is the case, only Xiao Gui and Cao Sui can be followed.

After the order was passed on, the Han soldiers were indeed excited.

Before the sky was completely dawn, Liu Chuang led a large group of troops to quietly cross Jiangshui and came outside Cao Jun's camp.

The Cao army camp was silent.

After a night of snowstorm, Cao's soldiers hid in the camp to rest, and even the soldiers on duty were missing... From the back camp of Cao's army, smoke rose up. The Huotou Army had already started cooking. After a while, the Cao's soldiers were about to start eating... (To be continued...)
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