Chapter 1,290: Shadow of the Shadow

The news of Handan's fall soon spread to Yecheng. This news shocked everyone in Yecheng. Originally, the cavalry sent by Luoyang had been in place two days ago, but both Zhao Yun and Lu Su felt that the time for the cavalry to attack had not yet come.

After all, although there are more than 30,000 cavalry this time, the only one that can really match the Bingzhou wolf cavalry commanded by Zhao Wang Lu Bu is the 10,000 white horse righteous followers led by Zhao Yun, and they can barely remain undefeated with the same strength, while the other soldiers and horses The difference is not small. If the more than 30,000 cavalrymen are trapped by Zhao Jun's cavalry and then surrounded by Yuan Shao's Hebei cavalry, the more than 30,000 cavalrymen will basically have little chance to escape.

It's just that no one expected that Handan City would be captured so quickly, which surprised everyone.

"Damn thing, don't let me catch him, otherwise he will be cut into pieces..." Zhao Yun looked at the contents of the pigeon letter and said angrily through gritted teeth;

"General, this news must be conveyed to Luoyang as soon as possible. At the same time, the guards of other cities must be reminded to be careful of the same situation happening again, especially in the cities of Yanzhou!" Lu Su said after pondering for a moment;

After saying that, Lu Su picked up the pigeon letter again and looked at it carefully. Suddenly he discovered something unusual: "Hey!"

Everyone around him looked at him, and Zhao Yun said: "Did the military advisor find anything unusual?"

"If Su's prediction is correct, the opportunity we want will appear soon." As he said that, Lu Su picked up the pigeon letter and pointed to one sentence and said to Zhao Yun;

"When the Zuo School Headquarters fled, Zhao Jun's cavalry did not appear outside the west gate. Instead, they waited for the sky to get bright and then hurriedly chased after them. The military advisor meant..." Zhao Yun did not think of the key at first and grabbed it by himself. After reading these sentences several times, he suddenly came to his senses and said, "What the military advisor means is that the relationship between the Wei and Zhao coalition forces is not as good as it seems on the surface."

"Yes, if the Wei army trusted Lu Bu, they should have informed Lu Bu of the matter before stealing the city. Then Lu Bu would have deployed cavalry outside the west gate. But when General Zuo led the Handan troops to break out, Lu Bu's cavalry did not He appeared outside the west gate, but waited until daylight before catching up in a hurry, so it must be because Wei Jun had no collusion with Lu Bu in advance. "

"With Lu Bu's character, even if he doesn't leave in a hurry, he will definitely not have as close a relationship with Wei Jun as he did at the beginning. So if the prediction is correct, Lu Bu will definitely abandon Wei Jun's infantry and act alone, so we The opportunity should come soon.”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

"Captain He Ruo, please closely monitor the movements of Zhao Jun's cavalry in the past few days. General Zhao is the prefect, Lord Yan, and General Chen. I am not very familiar with the environment around Wei County, so I would like to invite a few more Please teach me and introduce the surrounding terrain in detail!" After asking He Ruobi to arrange golden eagles to closely monitor the movements of Lu Bu's cavalry, Lu Su asked the people in Wei County for detailed information about the terrain in Wei County.

"The military advisor's intention is to lead Lu Bu's cavalry into a pre-set ambush? But Lu Bu is also a master of cavalry warfare. Didn't Qi Hui notice these things?" Zhao Yun asked doubtfully;

"There is no need to introduce it into an ambush. We just need to bring it to the battlefield arranged by us. The purpose is just to cut off its connection with Yuan Shao's Hebei. In this way, we can at least increase the chance of winning by 20%. ." Lu Su explained;

Zhao Yun immediately understood what Lu Su meant. More than 30,000 cavalry were fighting against Lu Bu's 30,000 cavalry. If they could cut off the connection with Yuan Shaojun's cavalry, at least their own cavalry would not have to face the flanking attack of nearly 60,000 cavalry. Even if This is unlikely.

Several people immediately gathered in front of the map and carefully searched for suitable terrain.

In Luoyang City, Xu Shu also quickly received the pigeon letter from Yecheng. However, at this time, Huangfu Chaobo had led 20,000 guards to Chenliu, so Xu Shu immediately forwarded the pigeon letter to Chenliu City. .

After Huangfu Chaobo received the news of the fall of Handan,

I was also surprised. You must know that the location of Handan is very critical to Tang Jun. Handan borders Fukou Pass to the west, Liangqi to the south, and Kuqiu and Wei County to the southeast. It is the most important point for the Tang army on the periphery of Wei County. For this reason, Huangfu Chaobo deliberately placed nearly 20,000 troops in Handan and the surrounding areas.

But everyone was so sparse that they never thought that Lu Bu would send 30,000 cavalry to support. In this way, the suppression of the Wei army by the Tang army's cavalry was broken, and the rest of the reinforcements did not dare to do so. Sending troops to support, if there is no protection from the absolutely superior cavalry, if the infantry army sends troops to support Handan City, it will basically be food.

For this reason, Huangfu Chaobo specifically agreed to the request to recruit soldiers sent by Zuo Xiao yesterday. However, the five thousand soldiers had just been recruited, and no one expected that an inconspicuous little song leader had been recruited and surrendered by the Wei army. As a result, Handan City was unable to wait until reinforcements arrived.

These are not the most important, but Lu Su's words gave Huangfu Chaobo a warning. In cities like Handan that the Tang army had occupied for several years, middle and low-level generals were infiltrated by the Wei army. So, cities like Yanzhou that had just been captured from Cao Cao could not A city that is one or two years old is even more dangerous.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. Knowing that the Tang Army now has such a large number of soldiers and horses, it is impossible for him to check everyone's loyalty: "Fengxiao, how should we deal with this?"

"There is no other way except to strengthen prevention." Guo Jia shook his head and said, "There are still traces of this matter, so it is not the most worrying thing. Zi Jing's words reminded me that now I am more worried about another thing."

"What is it?"

"Does the king remember the battle of Puyang a few years ago?"

"Well, Fengxiao refers to the fact that Puyang changed hands several times a few years ago?" Huangfu Chaobo asked;

"Yes, I remember that the army had already captured Puyang City at that time, but it was taken away by Cao Cao's army in just a blink of an eye..."

"Fengxiao means to take..." Huangfu Chaobo suddenly woke up.

Puyang had indeed been captured at that time, but because Cao Cao's army had been operating in Puyang for several years, and then there was a tunnel leading to the outside of the city, and then Cao Cao's army entered the city along the previously hidden tunnel, and then cooperated inside and outside to take the city back again. If it weren't for his army defeating Cao Cao's army outside the city at that time, it is estimated that Puyang City would be difficult to take back again.

For a moment, Huangfu Chaobo felt as if he was seeing something fishy.