The Yellow River has a thick layer of ice. As long as a layer of hay is laid on the ice as an anti-slip mat, you can quickly cross the river. The natural dangers of the past have now become a smooth road. Han Sui stood on the bank of the Yellow River and watched the surging river water become a solidified horse. He felt very qiguài in his heart.

The opportunities in life are really magical. Not long ago, I was worried about the Hu people and food on the grassland Gobi, but now I am in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and fighting in the heart of the Central Plains. Speaking of which, I don’t know whether I should hate Fang Zhiwen and let him leave his hometown, or should I be grateful to Fang Zhiwen for giving him a chance to participate in the battle for hegemony in the Central Plains."

Looking at the quiet river, Han Sui's thoughts floated. Perhaps he would have only been casually mentioned in future history books. Now, he is likely to leave a brilliant chapter in the history books. From this perspective, he should be grateful to Fang Zhiwen!

Of course, if he really had the chance to take charge of Jizhou, Han Sui believed that he would be grateful to Fang Zhiwen, sure!

The location where Han Sui crossed the river is located on a section of about fifty or sixty miles west of Yangping. The reason why he chose to cross the river here is very knowledgeable. On the one hand, although it is because of the water flow here, the ice layer is very thick, which makes it easy for a large number of cavalry to cross the river smoothly. On the other hand, it is an important geographical location here.

After crossing the river here, it is located in Dongping County, but it is close to Yanggu, so you can immediately launch an attack on Yanggu. Yanggu is the frontier of Wen Chou, but it is just a military fortress. With Han Sui's ability, it should be a big problem to capture this fortress.

Interestingly, Han Sui crossed the river here, basically under the eyes of the scouts in Yangping and Yanggu. Therefore, Han Sui's purpose was to kill two birds with one stone, and the clever changes were really hard to explain in detail. When Han Sui saw Pang Yuan's combat concept, he was also surprised, and Cheng Gongying immediately voted for it.

There is a problem if you don’t need such a good plan!

"Lord, the big army has crossed the river, let's go too."

Han Sui looked back at Yan Xing and nodded, looked at the quiet Yellow River again, and drove his horse toward the river.

"Yanming. This river is magnificent!"

"I can't tell, this has become a lump of ice, but it's still very large. Imagine that when the waves in the Yellow River are rolling in the water season, it must be very magnificent."

"Haha, if you have the chance, you will definitely see the turbulent waves of the Yellow River."

Yan Xingqiguài glanced at Han Sui. He didn't know what it meant to say about these things.

Han Sui smiled loudly, and did not expect this son-in-law to understand his complicated thoughts.

"Is there any news from the scout?"

"No, but there was news from Pang Yuan just now that Yangping's troops were gathering and should be mobilized to move south."

"Well, are you finally willing to move? I thought Wen Chou planned to give up Dong A!"

"No, Dong'a's position is important, it is an important node to suppress Dongping County. If it were me, I would rather give up Yangping than Dong'a."

"Haha. Is that right? Order the entire army to speed up and go straight to Yanggu. I will spend the night in Yanggu fortress tonight."

"promise!"

Han Sui's 40,000 cavalry went south to cross the glacier and raided the Yanggu Fortress. Although the defenders of Yanggu Fortress were also very tenacious, the number varies too much. In addition, they were not very suitable for Han Sui's quick siege and no generals were in charge of the defense. Yanggu, which had only two thousand defenders, fell very much.

Wen Chou's troops were not slow either. Although they could not arrive to support Yanggu in time, they passed the Yellow River in time and rushed to Dong'a, blocking Han Sui's way to continue the eastward.

After a night of rest, the next morning, Han Sui promoted his tent to order troops, and a large number of cavalry set out from Yanggu Fortress in batches and walked to the east in separate roads.

In Dong'a City, the police from Wen scandal arrived. The defenders on the top of the city had entered a high state of alert, and the cavalry in the city had gathered to prepare, and the scouts' information came one after another like flowing water.

"Jingshan, what is Han Sui's purpose? Why did he suddenly cross the river to the south?"

Xu Miao was sent to the Wen Chou Legion as a military advisor in the autumn. After leaving Yecheng, Xu Miao felt much more comfortable. After all, he was still too young and it was difficult to adapt to Yecheng's intrigue. In the army, it was relatively simple.

Hearing Wen Chou’s question, Xu Miao thought for a while and said, “It’s hard to say, Han Sui cannot be separated from each other. Although Han Sui and Lu Bu may not be in the same heart and virtue, they are nominal subordinates after all. Isn’t it reasonable to be transferred on the entire battlefield? It is even possible to be transferred to the southern line to deal with Cao Cao. In other words, Lu Bu was originally planning to use Han Sui as a gun envoy, so in the current situation, Han Sui’s southward transit has many possibilities.”

"Well, let's put it simply!"

"If we ignore the relationship between Han Sui and Lu Bu and only consider it from a tactical perspective, Han Sui's southward transition was to mobilize our army. Han Sui's troops were mostly cavalry, and the characteristic of cavalry was high mobility. Now our army's strategy is actually passive defense, passive defense with cities as the fulcrum. In order to break this deadlock, Lu Bu used Han Sui's high mobility to find our army's weaknesses. If our army reacted slightly slowly, Han Sui might take advantage of the situation to seize these weaknesses and tear open the defense line of our army. If our army traveled and helped, Han Sui might set up traps in the middle to eat our army's mobile troops."

Wen Chou nodded: "Jingshan and I have basically the same views, but even if we know that the other party's intentions are really mobilizing our army, we don't seem to have a good idea."

Xu Miao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Yes, the key is that our army is following Han Sui's pace. This is caused by strategic problems. If you blindly defend passively, this situation will be difficult to change. As the saying goes, one is a secret, and you will be afraid that Han Sui will eventually seize an opportunity and will cause a fatal blow to our army!"

Wen Chou frowned. It seems that this level of question is no longer possible to be decided by a Wen Chou Legion. But can Yuan Shao’s decision be changed?

"I think I'd better write to the lord to see if I can change my lord's mind."

"Disaster!"

Wen Chou paused and said, "Why did Jingshan say that?"

Xu Miao looked up at the flying eagle flying in the sky, and said with some help: "The lord's idea may not be wrong. The reason why the lord passive defense is not just against our army's front line, but to force Cao Cao to take action."

"Forcing Cao Cao to take action? What do you say?"

"Hmph, Cao Cao was entangled with Lu Bu in Dang County. Although he was defeated at the beginning, Cao Cao has basically not done much since then. Cao Cao's greatest contribution was to stick Lu Bu in Dang County. Originally, this was a great opportunity for our army to attack Dongping and Rencheng and Shanyang. Unfortunately, Lu Bu released Han Sui at this time. In this way, the situation that was originally beneficial to us in the battle situation has been restored to balance."

"Uh, that's true, but where should we start by forcing Cao Cao to take action?"

Xu Miao hesitated for a moment and said, "Why did Cao Cao take the initiative to attack at the beginning, and then just try every means to hold Lu Bu up and not fight with Lu Bu?"

"I'm afraid this was caused by the big defeat at the beginning?"

"Yes, Cao Cao originally hoped to defeat or weaken Lu Bu, thereby changing the situation on the entire Central Plains battlefield. Unfortunately, he lost a handful of rice without stealing chickens, and he suffered a crushing defeat. So Cao Cao changed his strategy and dragged Lu Bu to let his lord take action. This idea was also recognized by his lord, so the early war began like this."

"Well! So what about now?"

"After Han Sui appeared, the situation on the battlefield changed. In general, Han Sui and Ju Sui and Iron Army, our army has not had a strong advantage on the front line. If the strategy of attack is adopted, the losses may be relatively large. If our army let go and fight Han Sui and Ju Sui, or even defeat these two armies, it will cause serious imbalance on the battlefield. That is why Lu Bu will go north and fight our army to the death! And this ending will definitely be cheaper, so"

Wen Chou suddenly realized that from this overall perspective, the lord's choice made a lot of sense: "So, the lord means that our army would rather suffer some losses on the battlefield than force Cao Cao and Lu Bu to fight?"

"It should be this idea, of course, this is just my guess."

"It is possible, very likely, from the current passive situation of our army, such a passive situation was deliberately created. Perhaps, this is for Cao Cao to show it. When Cao Cao felt that the northern line had become unbalanced and even the lord might fail, Cao Cao might not be able to help but go barefoot. After all, Lu Bu is now a mountain above Cao Cao's head. If Lu Bu doesn't move Lu Bu away, Cao Cao would have no room for development at all."

Wen Chou's expression was a little excited, but Xu Miao's expression was the opposite. Even if Yuan Shao really planned this way, this choice was also a dangerous choice for Yuan Shao. Han Sui and Ju Su were not easy to save money. Yuan Shao was doing a show for Cao Cao to show him, and he might have to do it in a fake show. He fattened Han Sui's tiger, and it would be difficult to deal with it at that time!

"General, the enemy cavalry was found twenty miles north of the city, with a number of 10,000."

"Report! The enemy cavalry was found thirty miles east of the city, with a number of 20,000."

Wen Chou raised his eyebrows: "Here you come! But where are there 10,000 cavalrymen?"

Xu Miao thought for a while and said, "Maybe in the south, the cavalry on both sides wanted to bypass Dong'a and harass our logistics. Han Sui's cavalry always liked to fight like this!"

"Perhaps, maybe they hope that we will choose a partial division to go out of the city to pursue and then attack our army. They are still very confident in cavalry warfare."

Wen Chou waved his fist, and there was a hint of unwillingness in his tone. In Wen Chou's memory, his cavalry was not as good as the Youzhou cavalry, and now it seems to be quite inferior to the Liangzhou cavalry. As a cavalry general, Wen Chou must be very uncomfortable.

"What is the general's plan?"

"Haha, of course I am guarding the city. Isn't the lord really mean?" To be continued...)
Chapter completed!