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After November, the Yellow River begins to freeze, and it is not until mid-November that the ice surface of the Yellow River completely freezes and can walk on the ice. At this time of year, crossing the Yellow River becomes an easy task. There are often scattered merchants leading donkeys or mules full of cargoes passing by the ice.

However, this year, there were no signs of merchants on the ice of the Yellow River in Gaonu County. The clouds of war enveloped this land. The Han army added 5,000 troops to Gaonu County and strengthened investigations. There were also thousands of Cao troops in Xihe County on the other side of the Yellow River, and they were mainly guarding Lishi County.

That afternoon, a team of five thousand cavalry slowly arrived in Gaonu County. The cavalry was commanded by General Ma Dai. In the middle of the army, the military advisor Zhuge Liang sat in a carriage, holding a feather fan in his hand, and looked at the surrounding scenery with great interest. This was his first time to come to Shangjun, and the magnificent mountains and rivers feasted him.

Several miles away from Gaonu County, a team of cavalry rushed to the scene. The general was Zhang Yi, the commander of Shangjun. He led 5,000 soldiers to guard the area of ​​Gaonu County.

"I will meet the military advisor at the end!" Zhang Yi bowed his fists and said.

"Thank you, General Zhang, for coming to greet me from afar. Have you done what I explained before?"

"Report to the military advisor, everything has been done."

Zhuge Liang nodded, shook his feather fan and said, "Go to Gaonu County first!"

Everyone quickly headed towards Gaonu County. At this time, a large camp had been set up outside Gaonu County, and the cavalrymen entered one after another. In the central army's tent, generals such as Ma Dai and Zhang Yi were standing in front of a sand table. Zhuge Liang was carefully checking Lishi County on the sand table.

Lishi County is the capital of Xihe County and an important pass in the western part of Bingzhou to cross the Luliang Mountains. It has an important strategic position. It is known as the western gate of Bingzhou. If you take Lishi County, the army can pass through Luliang Mountain from here and directly attack the original.

Zhang Yi introduced on the side: "The scouts sent by Beizhi have investigated clearly. They can directly cross the ice surface of the Yellow River from Wangjiadu, which is located about twenty miles northwest of the stone. There are high mountains and dense forests there, and tens of thousands of troops can be hidden."

"How is the defense of Lishi County?" Zhuge Liang asked again.

"The city of Shi County is eight feet high. Cao's army was rebuilt last year. The city is tall and wide. There are 5,000 troops stationed in the city. They are the generals Kong Xiu and Deputy General Jiang Yan, all of whom are the former generals of Xiahou Yuan."

"What are the personalities of these two people?" Zhuge Liang asked without saying a word.

"Reporting to the military advisor, Kong Xiu is cunning and insidious, Jiang Yan has a bad temper, and the two have the opposite personalities."

At this time, Ma Dai next to him said, "Military advisor, we have heavy trenchers here, and we can directly use trenchers to smash the city gates, so why bother to do anything?"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and smiled and said, "Is it the act of Zhuge Liang, who is the enemy who is fighting and killing?"

He whispered a few words to the two of them, and both of them nodded, "The military advisor is indeed brilliant!"

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The focus of Cao's defense in Bingzhou was Hedong County. General Zhang He led 20,000 troops to station in Hedong County, confronting tens of thousands of Han troops on Pujin Pass across the Yellow River. In addition, the Bingzhou general Xiahou Shangze led tens of thousands of troops to take charge of the original city.

The Lishi County in the former west was not the focus of Cao's army's defense. However, due to the important strategic position of Lishi County, Xiahou Shang sent generals Kong Xiu and Jiang Yan to lead 5,000 troops to station in Lishi County.

That morning, Jiang Yan patrols back and forth at the city wall as usual. He was not very interested in defending Lishi County. Lishi County was far away from the main battlefield and it was difficult to have the opportunity to make contributions, which made Jiang Yan quite depressed.

At this moment, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, "General, they are here again!"

More than a dozen Han army scouts appeared outside the west city. They stood on a hill about two steps away from the city, holding charcoal pens in their hands. What was they painting? Jiang Yan had been unable to bear the Han army scouts. For half a month, he had been moving around the county town, drawing the terrain and exploring the mountains and rivers. Today, he was even more overwhelmed. He actually planned the city from outside the range of the crossbow. This was really a serious provocation.

Jiang Yan was furious and ordered his left and right to say, "Calling cavalry, go out with me and kill these rabbits!"

Jiang Yan had a bad temper, and several generals could not persuade him, so he rushed to report to the chief general Kong Xiu. The gate of Lishi County opened. Jiang Yan led the cavalry to chase more than a dozen Han army scouts. The Han army scouts turned around and fled. Jiang Yan led the army to chase him closely behind.

After chasing for more than ten miles, he bypassed a mountain. More than a dozen Han army scouts disappeared. Jiang Yan saw that the surrounding mountains were steep and the trees were dense on both sides, which was the best place for ambush. He immediately woke up, "I'm trapped!"

"Retreat quickly!"

As soon as his shout fell, a gong sounded, and ambushes rose up and thousands of cavalry surrounded them. At this time, the soldiers pushed out a wheelbarrow, and Zhuge Liang sat in the car, holding a feather fan in his hand and smiled: "I am Zhuge Liang, the Han military advisor, why didn't Jiang Yan surrender early?"

Jiang Yan was desperate and had to turn over and get off the horse and kneel down and say, "Jiang Yan is willing to surrender to the Han army!"

Zhuge Liang ordered his left and right to help Jiang Yan up and said with a smile: "Since General Jiang is willing to surrender to the Han Kingdom, why not help us take Lishi County?"

Jiang Yan said with a sigh: "Meng's military advisor is not killed, I am willing to persuade General Kong to surrender to the Han Dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang ordered people to let Jiang Yan go back, and Zhang Yi next to him said, "This person surrenders easily, and it must be a villain. Military advisors should be careful of their fraud!"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said, "How can I not know that I am not afraid of them surrendering, but I am afraid that they will not move."

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Jiang Yan returned to Lishi County and said to Kong Xiu: "I pretended to surrender to the Han army. Zhuge Liang asked me to persuade my brother to surrender. Can you have any good plans?"

Kong Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "Capture the thief first, capture the king. We can use the tricks to capture Zhuge Liang and the Han army general in one fell swoop. We can make great contributions!"

He whispered to Jiang Yan with his ears, and Jiang Yan nodded, "I'll make arrangements now!"

The next morning, Jiang Yan came to the Han army on the Yellow River again. When he saw Zhuge Liang, he knelt down and reported: "Report to the military advisor, my general is willing to surrender to the Han army and support the Han army together!"

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, "If General Kong is willing to surrender, I will report to His Highness the King of Han and you will make great contributions!"

The two discussed the details of the surrender again, and then Jiang Yan said goodbye and left. As soon as Jiang Yan left, Zhuge Liang ordered someone to find Zhang Yi and gave him a few instructions. Zhang Yi took the order and left.

At noon, the Lishi County Lord Kong Xiu, with his upper body naked, led thousands of soldiers to line up in front of the city gate, and various weapons filled the open space outside the city gate.

But on both sides of the county wall city, Kong Xiu laid a thousand elite crossbowmen, waiting for the Han army military advisor and chief general to enter the city.

Kong Xiu was very nervous. After all, he was gambled. If he failed, it might be the time for him to die. But once he succeeded, he would become the number one hero of Cao's army.

At this time, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, "General, they are here!"

An army of more than 10,000 people slowly appeared in the distance, and was heading towards Lishi County. Kong Xiu turned around and shouted: "Without my order, don't act rashly!"

Soon, the Han army arrived two steps away, which was the most critical moment. Once the Han army was forcing forward, Cao's army would immediately withdraw to the city. Kong Xiu shouted: "The General of Li Shi, Kong Xiu, is willing to surrender to the Han army!"

General Jiang Yan rushed forward and bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "My general surrenders sincerely, please ask the military advisor to accept the surrender!"

According to general etiquette, Cao's army surrendered. As the chief general of the Han army, Zhuge Liang should go up and help him up and comfort him a few words. This is the opportunity for Kong Xiu to launch a counterattack.

Zhuge Liang smiled coldly, "General Jiang, I seem to hear some strange noise in the city?"

Jiang Yan was shocked and listened carefully. Sure enough, he heard the sound of killing in the city and shocked the sky. He was stunned. What's going on? Zhuge Liang ordered: "Take it for me!"

The soldiers on both sides rushed up and pressed Jiang Yan to the ground. Jiang Yan shouted not guilty. Zhuge Liang scolded: "You are a little trick and dare to lie to me. Today is your death date."

Jiang Yan's face was ashes, his whole body was trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

At the same time, Kong Xiu and others also heard the shouts of killing in the city. They looked at each other and turned around to look at the city.

A soldier rushed from the city and shouted, "General, the Han army has entered the city from the south city!"

Kong Xiu was so scared that his heart was about to stop beating. Their ambush was all in the northern city. There were no defenders at the other gates, but they were ambushed by the Han army. At this moment, the Han army outside the distance suddenly burst into a shocking sound of killing. A cavalry came over the cover of the Cao army soldiers. At the city gate, countless Cao army soldiers were fleeing. The Cao army soldiers could not return to the city and had to flee everywhere.

Kong Xiu turned over and ran eastward, not long after running, a cavalry came up to him, and Ma Dai shouted, "Take your life!"

He slashed towards him with a sharp sword. Kong Xiu was caught off guard and was slashed away by a knife. Cao's army was in chaos and ran around, but the Han army was blocked from the surroundings. Cao's soldiers had nowhere to escape and knelt down and surrendered.
Chapter completed!