Just halfway through Yuan Shao's army attacking Hu, the battle of Lu Ning's army in Youzhou was also in full swing. Gongsun Zan led a hundred thousand troops to station around the Shanggu border. He was waiting for the battle information between Lu Ning's army and the cavalry of the Xianbei Tartars coalition. However, the information that Gongsun Zan received was indeed that Yuyang City was captured by Lu Ning's army. Tian Yu, the guard general of Yuyang City, was killed in battle, Jicheng was surrounded by Lu Ning's army, and Jicheng could be lost at any time. This news shocked Gongsun Zan to be stunned and could not speak for a long time. At first, he thought he had heard it wrong, but later the guards repeated it and realized that it was true.

Gongsun Zan shouted loudly: "How is this possible? Isn't Big Xiong fighting a decisive battle with the 250,000 Xianbei army? He still has troops to attack us? How did this news come about? It's not fake information, right?"

Wangmen looked at Gongsun Zan and said helplessly: "Lord, the news is accurate. The deserters in Yuyang City came to report it. The information in Ji City was the personal guards sent by Gongsun Fan to report the news. This would be no mistake."

Gongsun Zan was still not sure, and he asked, "Where are the 250,000 Xianbei Tartar cavalry? Could it be that Big Bear did not fight with the Tartar cavalry?"

Wang Mendao: "Lord, Big Bear doesn't want to fight with the Tartar cavalry, so the Tartar cavalry will not let Big Bear go. The Xianbei Tartars and Big Bear have irreconcilable hatred. Could it be that the 250,000 Xianbei cavalry were annihilated by Big Bear?"

Gongsun Chan said, "How is this possible? Maybe they have not started a war yet? Even if it is a decisive battle, it is impossible to resolve the battle within a few days? Two hundred and fifty thousand cavalry, killing just takes time, let alone fighting."

Wang Mendao: "Lord, you don't have to think about anything now. Go and rescue Jicheng first. Once Jicheng is lost, we will only have two lonely cities, Youbeiping and Fanyang. The head and tail cannot be connected, and it will be cut off by the Big Bear Army from the middle. That situation will be even more troublesome."

Lu Ning was in Yuyang City. As soon as he had breakfast, Lu Ning said to Zhang He: "Second brother, I will leave Yuyang City to you. You will face the attack of Gongsun Xu, the son of Gongsun Zan of Youbeiping. You must defend it well."

Zhang He smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely keep Yuyang City as unbreakable as an iron barrel."

Lu Ning and Dian Wei rushed to Jicheng with more than a thousand "night eyes". It was a little later in the afternoon, that is, when Gongsun Zan received the information, Lu Ning had already joined forces with Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and Yan Rou. The general guarding the city in Youzhou City was Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Fan. He had sent several soldiers to ask for help from around him. Those soldiers could go out to report that it was Zhao Yun and the others deliberately letting them escape. Otherwise, how could they be allowed to escape?

After seeing Lu Ning, Zhang Liao said, "Brother, Gongsun Zan has begun to retreat now. He led nearly 100,000 troops to Jicheng. It is estimated that his army will arrive tomorrow afternoon. There are only about 40,000 cavalry among his 100,000 troops, and the rest are infantry."

Gongsun Zan still has 40,000 cavalry, which is not easy. Fortunately, his White Horse Yi Zong only has 5,000 cavalry. If all the cavalry reaches the level of White Horse Yi Zong, then strength should be the second thing. "What's the matter with Guan Jing, the prefect of Zhuo County in Fanyang? He has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hand? Originally, it was used to resist Yuan Shao's attack. There was a special geographical location and it was a must-pass place for attacking Jizhou."

Zhang Liao smiled and said, "With the reconnaissance report of our army's scouts, Guan Jing in the Zhuo County of Fanyang has not made any noise. I guess he is also inquiring about detailed information at this time. Once the news is accurate, his army should be able to mobilize his army out of the Zhuo County of Fanyang. By then, our army will have the final say."

The Lu Ning army is so tight. It would be much easier if it would be more than 20,000 more troops. Now it is difficult and there are no extra troops to be mobilized. "Why is there any news from Zitai? We all need more troops now."

Zhao Yun said: "Brother, Zitai has returned to Shanggu. It is estimated that it will not be possible to reach Shanggu tomorrow night. He cannot get faster. He is holding more than 100,000 prisoners and various materials seized."

Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "I informed Zitai that after he arrived at Shanggu City, he left five thousand soldiers to station in Shanggu, and asked him to lead the rest of the troops to join us as quickly as possible. The battle between our army and Gongsun Zan will not be solved by a battle, and it is probably still time to do so. After all, Gongsun Zan is not an ordinary person. He also made a name for himself in Youzhou. He still has a way of leading troops to fight, not like Liu Yu."

Zhao Yun said: "Brother, we want to burn all the food and grass from Gongsun Zan tonight, and give it to him by the way to scare his soldiers. This will be very helpful for the next battle."

Gongsun Zan's food and grass are not easy to burn. He has been fighting for so many years, and he is clear about the importance of food and grass. His defense must be tight. If you want to burn it successfully, you must use some tricks, otherwise there will be such a good thing to burn. "Let the scouts closely monitor the every move of the troops in Gongsun Zan. You can do it tonight, but it is not the problem of setting fires you want to set off. You have to make a long-term plan, otherwise it will be a waste of time."

Zhang Liao glanced at Lu Ning and asked, "Brother, what do you think you want to do?"

Lu Ning thought for a long time before saying, "There is no place to ambush on the Great Plain. If you want to succeed, you can only take a second chance. Wen Yuan led 5,000 flying Xiong Army to Gongsun Zan's camp to attack or set fire, but I guess the hope of success is very small. Wen Yuan must be very cautious when he goes there. Once you find that Gongsun Zan's army is prepared, you must retreat immediately and never force it. Gongsun Zan will definitely send 40,000 cavalry and Baima Yi Zong to chase you. There will be no problem with Wen Yuan running away with three cavalry. You must let Gongsun Zan's army chase you from a distance and not near. His cavalry are all one by one, and it is easy to be exhausted.

When Gongsun Zan's army was exhausted, Yu Ziman and Yan Rou each led 5,000 flying bear army to run towards Gongsun Zan's two flanks from a distance. Then Wenyuan, you changed the war horse and turned around and killed them to see if you could eat Gongsun Zan's cavalry. Zilong must make a big detour and go around the rear of Gongsun Zan's army. When Gongsun Zan leads the army to chase Wenyuan, Zilong can go to burn Gongsun Zan's food and grass. In this case, Gongsun Zan would probably not have thought that our army would burn and kill his camp in two waves. If possible, Zilong must burn all Gongsun Zan's food and grass, and then his army will be completely finished."

After hearing this, Dian Wei said, "Lord, there are no people around you. What should I do if there is any danger?"

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are more than a thousand 'night eyes' and five thousand iron armored horses. Who has the ability to do anything to me? Even if Gongsun Fan in Jicheng comes out, he will never come back."

Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Yan Judo: "Ode to the Lord."

The first emperor, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and Yan Rou, led the army to set off respectively. There was no need for the five thousand flying bear army led by Zhang Liao to do any secret marches. Anyway, the purpose was to lure Gongsun Zan's army to chase and kill, and it was getting closer and closer to Gongsun Zan's camp, but there was no reflection in Gongsun Zan's camp. This was strange and abnormal. The earth's shock did not wake up Gongsun Zan's soldiers, which was unlikely. Zhang Liao knew that Gongsun Zan had also prepared a large net for him, and was waiting for him to get in. Zhang Liao immediately asked the soldiers to change their war horses, and the back team changed to the front team, and was ready to evacuate at any time. When he led hundreds of cavalry to the shooting range of bows and arrows, he shot two waves of rockets into Gongsun Xian's camp.
Chapter completed!