The strategist wanted to continue to persuade, but Ding Yuan waved his hand impatiently and motioned for the strategist to retreat. The strategist sighed helplessly and retreated.

Although Ding Yuan did not take the advice of the strategist, he was a little uneasy in his heart. After all, it is not completely impossible for the Northern Army to attack the annexed states. So Ding Yuan still took some precautions.

A few days later, the main force of the Northern Army marched to Hanoi and was preparing to attack the city.

After getting this information, a big stone that pressed on Ding Yuan's heart couldn't help but fall to the ground. It seems that the Northern Expeditionary Army is really not fighting its own ideas.

"However, since the Northern Expeditionary Army intends to Hanoi, why should it occupy Keiguan first?" A strategist asked a question. This is indeed a problem, this Keiguan is the choke point of the southward movement of the state, and if the northern army wants to go north, it must first control this choke point.

Ding Yuan couldn't help frowning. At this time, another strategist smiled and said: "We are thinking about putting the Northern Army in a strong position, why don't we think about it from the position of the Northern Army." If the Northern Army wants to make a move against Hanoi, isn't it worried that the Lord will lead the army to take the opportunity to go south?

Ding Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes, the Northern Army occupies Keiguan completely to guard against us, but we are still suspicious here!" The

last question was solved, and Ding Yuan couldn't help but feel suddenly enlightened. His suspicions disappeared, and he stopped guarding against the south.

Things seem to be like this, but one of Ding Yuan's strategists is not in the same good mood as Ding Yuan, and he still feels that something is wrong.

Jizhou is located north of the Yellow River, which is basically the southern region of Hebei Province. With flat terrain, abundant water sources and fertile land, it is a rare and prosperous place on both sides of the Yellow River. The Yellow Turban Rebellion some time ago did not have a big impact on Jizhou, and Jizhou, which has plenty of money and food, is undoubtedly a big piece of fat.

On the official road from Luoyang to Jizhou, a team of 50,000 people was marching. There are two big flags on the head, one on the left is the word Yuan, and the other side on the right is the word 'general'. It turned out that this was Yuan Shao's team, and in the middle of the team, it was Yuan Shao who straddled the yellow horse in brocade clothes, wore gold armor, and wore a golden helmet on his head. On the left of Yuan Shao is the general Chun Yuqiong, and on the right is Liu Bei, the big ear who has just taken refuge in Yuan Shao, and both of them are embellished with the back half of the horse body to show respect.

Yuan Shao's expression was a little excited, and there was a hint of ambition in his eyes. Chun Yuqiong's eyes on the side were also bright and bright, but he heard that Han Fu had several beautiful concubines. Although Liu Bei was smiling on the surface, his eyes often flashed with depression and depression.

Yuan Shao led an army of 50,000 to Jizhou, which was invited by Han Fu. It turned out that after Yuan Shao decided to seize Jizhou a few days ago, Xu Youxian planned to borrow grain from Han Fu on the grounds of lack of grain in Luoyang, so as to deceive the gate of Jizhou. Yuan Shao immediately adopted this strategy and sent Gao Gan and Xun Kan to Han Fu. Under some lobbying, Han Fu, who was cowardly and unassertive by nature, agreed to Yuan Shao's request. Although some strategists strongly opposed it, Han Fu was unmoved.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao personally led an army of 50,000 to Jizhou. The accompanying love will be Chun Yuqiong and Liu Bei. The defense of Luoyang was handed over to Xu You, and it should be mentioned here that Liu Bei's 10,000 people were left in Luoyang by Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei only brought hundreds of followers to follow Yuan Shao, and it was obvious that Yuan Shao had a good intention in doing so.

On this day, when it was getting late, Yuan Shao led the army to thirty miles south of Jizhou City. It was impossible to rush to Jizhou today, so Yuan Shao ordered the whole army to rest on the spot for one night.

The terrain is flat, and there is a small hill opposite a gentle stream. Yuan Shao stationed his army between the hill and the creek.

This time he sent troops to Jizhou, Yuan Shao didn't think there was any danger at all, so he only set up a sentry on the hill.

Soon it was getting dark, and a bonfire was lit in the barracks. The soldiers sat around the campfire, drinking and eating meat and laughing loudly, and it was a lively place compared to the silence and darkness of the surrounding fields.

The soldiers on the hill were not treated badly, and wine and meat were brought up.

More than a dozen soldiers who stood guard sat around a campfire, drinking and eating meat while chatting nonsense.

Around the campfire was a thick black curtain, and there was an eerily silence, save for the sound of the wind and the occasional cry of an unknown beast.

Suddenly, something seemed to shake in the shadows. The sentry standing on the watchtower thought he was dazzled, and couldn't help but rub his eyes, and when he looked back there, there was nothing at all. The Sentinel couldn't help but laugh to himself, it seemed that he really had a dazzle.

Before the sentry could finish his thoughts, a powerful palm covered his mouth and nose from behind. The sentry was immediately horrified, and was about to struggle, when he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and then he didn't know anything.

A masked man in black gently lowered the sentry's body. Then I learned a few cuckoo calls. These few times are vivid, and if you are not a person who has an agreement, you will not know that these bird calls are imitated by people.

Immediately, black shadows flickered in the bushes, and hundreds of black-clothed men crossed the watchtower and silently entered the sentry camp. At this time, the dozen or so sentry soldiers around the campfire were not aware of it at all.

The soldiers were drinking and chatting, when suddenly dozens of men in black poured out around them, and the soldiers were caught off guard and were all dealt with without any resistance.

"Prepare, sneak attack Yuan Shao's grain and grass camp in the middle of the night." One man in black is humane to the other in black. The other men in black only nodded and dispersed without speaking.

Yuan Shao's grain and grass camp was located on the side of the hill of the big camp, and there were 5,000 people in charge of defense in the grain and grass camp. However, at this time, even Yuan Shao was paralyzed, let alone the sergeants under him. In the middle of the night, most of the sergeants fell asleep, only a few soldiers were standing guard, not even patrolling, and even those who were standing guard were constantly pecking their heads.

Two black figures silently appeared at the gate of the grain and grass camp at the same time, behind the two soldiers standing guard who were pecking at the head. The man in black expertly swiped the sentinel's neck, and the two sentinels never woke up.

The man in black put down the bodies of the two sentinels and gestured backwards, and hundreds of men in black rushed over.

The hundreds of black-clothed men who entered the grain and grass camp quickly divided into two teams, one team went to the place where the grain and grass were hoarded, and the other team came to the place where the war horses were kept. In ancient times, horses were usually kept near grain for the convenience of feeding horses.

Hundreds of uninvited guests sneaked into the grain and grass camp, but Yuan Shaojun was unaware.

A moment later, a flame suddenly rose from the place where the grain and grass were stored, and at the same time, the horse pen also made a commotion, and thousands of frightened horses rushed out of the horse pen and rushed madly towards the camp where the soldiers were resting.

Such a big movement quickly woke up Yuan Shaojun's soldiers, but everyone looked around blankly, and they didn't react for a while, and they didn't know what was going on.

"Oh no! The grain and grass are on fire! Suddenly someone shouted, and everyone looked at the granary, and they couldn't help but change color in unison. The most frightened of them all was the general who was in charge of protecting the grain and grass. If he runs out of food, his head will probably have to move.

"Quick! Save the food! General Grain and Grass shouted anxiously. Then he led more than 1,000 soldiers to the granary.

However, not far from rushing out, thousands of war horses suddenly galloped in. The sergeants who were caught off guard were suddenly rushed to pieces.

In the face of the crazy herd of thousands of horses, Yuan Shaojun's soldiers could not stop it at all, so the herd of horses raged in the crowd, and many people were knocked down by frightened war horses, and then died under countless iron hooves. Yuan Shaojun's soldiers fled in all directions in order to avoid the raging war horses, and the scene was chaotic.

Among the dozens of war horses in the lead of the war horses, there were dozens of black-clothed people wielding ring-headed knives and shouting, they relied on the strength of the war horses to crisscross among the soldiers of Yuan Shaojun, and there was always a sergeant of Yuan Shaojun who was cut to the ground at the beginning of the sword. Obviously, the reason why the well-circled war horses went crazy and rushed towards the place where the sergeants rested was entirely because of these men in black. The fire was not an accident, but a surprise attack by the enemy.

The general was trampled to death by thousands of iron hooves at the beginning, and the Grain and Grass Protector was dying in the frenzied herd of horses, unable to put out the fire. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and soon turned into a monstrous flame.

More than 20,000 troops from Yuan Shao's Chinese army camp were anxiously coming, but the Chinese army camp was a little far from the grain and grass camp, and it was impossible to arrive for a while.

By the time the Chinese army finally arrived, the fire had spread to the point of no return, and tens of thousands of soldiers could only look at the magnificent monstrous flames in a daze.

And those culprits in black had already withdrawn before the Chinese army arrived.

The grain and grass were burned, and Yuan Shao, who was originally in a good mood, couldn't help but burst into flames.

"Tell me, how can this be?" Yuan Shao roared with red eyes. The general in charge of guarding the grain and grass had died, and Yuan Shao, who had nowhere to vent, had no choice but to rage at everyone.

The generals looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. This fire was obviously the work of the men in black, but whose subordinates were those men in black?

Seeing that no one spoke, Yuan Shao became even more angry, so he roared at everyone. Everyone didn't dare to answer, and they all lowered their heads to avoid Yuan Shao's anger.

Liu Bei also lowered his head, but there was a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.

Yuan Shao cursed angrily for a while, maybe he was tired, he finally stopped, sat on the handsome seat and panted, obviously, his breath had not subsided.

At this time, Guo Tu went out and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, I'm afraid this matter was done by Han Fu."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be stunned, and then his eyes opened, "Han Fu! Yes, it must be him! He must have seen through my scheme, so he first attacked to forcibly burn my grain and grass, so that I had to withdraw from the army! What a sinister Han Fu! I'm going to let him die a good death!" "

Someone came, and ordered the craftsmen in the army to hurry up and make siege ordnance for siege purposes." Yuan Shao ordered fiercely. It turned out that Yuan Shaojun originally planned to use borrowing grain as an excuse to open the city gate and then seize the city, in order not to arouse Han Fu's suspicion, so the army did not carry heavy ordnance for siege, and now if you want to forcibly attack the city, you have to use local materials to make ordnance.

The herald was about to retreat when he received the order, but Guo Tu stopped him, "Slow." Then he hugged his fist at Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, although Han Fu is the most suspicious in this matter, it is quite strange. If it was Han Fu, he could have deployed more troops, and even if our army was not completely annihilated, it would definitely suffer heavy losses and have to retreat to Luoyang. Therefore, I think that this matter may also be done by the princes who do not want us to obtain Jizhou, so we have to guard against it! "

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