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In fact, Zhang He's judgment was not wrong. He suspected that the main force of the Han army had quietly evacuated Jingxing Pass and killed Yuan. If that was the case, Yuan would be in danger. However, he would only send a small number of soldiers to inquire, and he would inevitably be intercepted by the Han army's patrol.

After Zhang He observed for a day, he had confirmed that his judgment was correct, so he personally led his army to the Han army camp. Although his judgment was correct, he still fell into Zhuge Liang's plan. Zhuge Liang divided tens of troops to kill Xiangyuan, but left 10,000 troops. He ambushed the woods on both sides of the pass. Zhang He led his army out and fell into Zhuge Liang's trap. He was eventually surrounded. Zhang He was desperate and forced to surrender.

When Zhang He surrendered, Cao's army at Jingxing Pass also surrendered, causing the Han army to occupy Jingxing Pass without bloodshed.

But Jingxing Pass was just the first link of Zhuge Liang's plan, and the real highlight was in Yuan. From the beginning, Zhuge Liang knew that the original was short of food, so he concentrated his troops to attack Jingxing, laying a trap for Cao's army in Yuancheng, and then used the heavy snow to cover the golden cicada's shell. Ten thousand troops quickly returned to Yuan and joined the 10,000 northbound troops led by Guan Yu.

Xiahou Shang indeed fell into Zhuge Liang's trap. According to Mao Jie's plan, he personally led 10,000 troops north to seize the cattle and sheep of the Huns, but in half, he was ambushed by 40,000 troops led by Guan Yu. The two armies fought overnight. By dawn, Cao's army was finally defeated on the whole line.

On the vast snowy field, there were running Cao's soldiers everywhere, but the Han army laid a net of heaven and earth from all directions, and Cao's soldiers had nowhere to escape. Under the pursuit of the Han army, Cao's soldiers knelt on the ground and surrendered.

Xiahou Shang was covered in blood. He led Yu's personal soldiers to kill him and fled to the west in a panic. Teams of Han soldiers surrounded Cao's deserters, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky.

It was not yet bright at this time, and the morning light was hazy. With the cover of the morning light, Xiahou was able to continuously break through the Han army's net and was about to break through the siege. But at this moment, an army rushed forward, with about a thousand people, and a large flag that was flying and fluttering, with the word "Guan" written on it.

Xiahou Shang secretly complained. He knew that he might have encountered Guan Yu, the chief general of the Han army. He turned his horse and ran south, trying to escape the attention of the Han army opposite.

The army that came from the opposite side was Guan Yu's team. Although Guan Yu followed his elder brother Liu Bei to surrender to the Han Kingdom, he was always in a state of ill condition and refused to serve Liu Jing. Liu Jing did not force him and asked him and Zhang Fei to go to Hexi and Hehuang to inspect the Han army in various places.

But as Guan Yu gradually deepened his understanding of the Han army, his prejudice was gradually eliminating. He finally realized that the Han army would unify the world sooner or later. This was not only the strength of the Han army, but also a spiritual atmosphere.

All parts of the Han Dynasty were thriving, production was restored, people lived and worked in peace, and soldiers were trained enthusiastically. A new soldier who had just joined the army could become an elite soldier after a few months of hard training. This was not a training method, but a soldier with high morale and fighting spirit allowed the new soldier to quickly transform.

It was the prosperous weather of the Han Dynasty that finally changed Guan Yu's mentality and began to try to re-enter the new career. However, Guan Yu did not expect that from the beginning, Liu Jing appointed him as the chief general of Bingzhou and fought alone with Zhuge Liang. This trust made Guan Yu feel inexplicably moved.

But he was not happy and angry, and he would not express his emotions. Instead, he went all out in Bingzhou to cooperate with Liu Jing's overall strategic layout. Liu Jing demanded that the Bingzhou Battle be completed by the end of the year and open up the strategic road to Hebei.

Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang agreed on the plan to seize Bingzhou, and took advantage of the weakness of Cao's army's lack of food and grass to attack Jingxing, and lured the former Cao army out of the city to plunder grain. Zhuge Liang's plan was indeed successful.

Just as Guan Yu led his army to patrol the battlefield, they accidentally ran into the Cao army's chief general Xiahou Shang. Although Guan Yu did not know that the other party was Xiahou Shang, there were several cavalry following him, and he realized that this must be an important figure in Cao's army.

Guan Yu activated the war horse and chased Cao's army with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand. The Thousand Han troops followed closely behind. Xiahou Shang certainly knew Guan Yu's power, so he became even more panicked and kept whipping the war horses. But at this moment, another Han army intercepted, about a thousand people appeared in front of him.

Seeing that Cao's army refused to stop the war horse, General Weiya was furious and ordered: "Straighten the spears and stop them!"

A thousand soldiers quickly listed a spear formation on the snow and stopped Xiahou Shang's cavalry. On the left was a drought ditch that was seven or eight feet wide, and the war horses could not cross it. Xiahou Shang had to turn his head and run to the right, but was stopped by Guan Yu.

Guan Yu waved the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and said coldly: "Dropping off the horse and surrender, you can avoid death!"

Xiahou Shang was not willing to surrender. He gritted his teeth and urged his horse to rush towards Guan Yu. He was distracted and shot him. Guan Yu was furious and waved his sword to greet him. Although Guan Yu was over fifty years old, his courage was not inferior to that time. He was not in a fight. Guan Yu slashed Xiahou Shang's neck with a backhand. With a "punch!", Xiahou Shang's head flew up one foot high, blood spurted out from the neck, and the horse ran a few steps, and the body fell from the horse.

Guan Yu killed Xiahou Shang, waved his hand and said coldly: "Kill!"

Thousands of Han soldiers rushed forward and surrounded Xiahou Shang's personal soldiers. After a while, all the personal soldiers were killed by the Han army, and no one was alive.

Guan Yu used the tip of a knife to lift Xiahou Shang's head, looked carefully for a moment, and couldn't help but sneer, "With this head, how long can Yuancheng be guarded?

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Shortly after Xiahou Shang led his army to the north of Yuancheng, military advisor Mao Jie felt uneasy. This uneasy feeling came from the scout's report, and no abnormalities were found around Yuancheng.

If his scout found a Han army patrol nearby, he would not be worried. This is normal. Even if the Han army attacked Jingxing with all its might, it would not turn a blind eye to the original city. There was no Han army monitoring the original city. This was a bit abnormal. There was only one possibility that the Han army deliberately left the original city.

All night, Mao Jie was worried. After dawn, defeated soldiers began to appear under the city of Yuan. Mao Jie was almost collapsed, and the thing he feared the most finally happened.

On the northern city wall, a fleeing general cried to Mao Jie and said, "At the fourth update last night, we were surrounded by tens of thousands of Han troops in Yushugang, ten miles north. Although General Xiahou led his brothers to fight fiercely with the Han army, he was outnumbered. He was finally defeated by the Han army at dawn. The brothers broke through in all directions and pretended to be dead before they escaped the capture of the Han army."

Mao Jie felt that the eyes were dark. After a while, he calmed down and asked, "Where is General Xiahou?"

"I only heard that he was chased by Guan Yu's army. I don't know what the final result is."

Mao Jie was worried that Xiahou Shang was actually chased by Guan Yu, could he escape? At this moment, the sound of "dong!dong!" war drums suddenly came from afar, like muffled thunder, as if above the clouds in the distance.

Mao Jie's face was pale and he stood up and walked towards the battlements. The Cao army soldiers on the top of the city were alarmed and rushed to the top of the city. A black line appeared in the distance, gradually approaching the city, getting closer and closer. The black line turned into a huge black carpet with flags waving and covering the sky. Behind were black soldiers, with spears like forests and shiny armor, which was particularly murderous intent on the snow-covered field.

Mao Jie took a breath of air. There were at least 50,000 troops, and there were only 10,000 defenders left in the original city. If the Han army attacked the original city, could they defend it?

The life and death of the chief general Xiahou Shang was unknown. Deputy General Guo Huai followed Xiahou Dun to Yedu, and another deputy general Zhang He was sent to guard Jingxing. There were only famous lieutenants in the city, and they were not the only general who could stand alone. Only Mao Jie could lead the overall situation. But after all, he was a strategist and was in charge of making suggestions. If he asked him to lead his army to defend the city, his ability was far inferior to Xiahou Shang.

Mao Jie had to bite the bullet and ordered: "General Yang and General Lu's troops defended the northern city, General Zhao led his troops to defend the southern city, and left people to patrol the east and west cities, and there was no need to set up defenses for the time being."

With direct command, Mao Jie did not have much military force in the Han army, so he would definitely concentrate his troops to attack the north city and the south city, but due to the influence of terrain on both sides of the east and west, it is estimated that the Han army would not attack.

At this time, the captain Yang Lin ran to Mao Jie and said, "Military advisor, what if the catapult is deployed?"

Mao Jie was stunned and looked back at the tall catapult behind him. He suddenly felt powerless. He knew what the problem was. There were forty heavy catapults on the top of the north city. Each catapult needed one person to pick up the hair, which would cost 4,000 people. But he only had 10,000 defenders in total. How could he send troops? Even if it was temporarily requisitioning civilians, it still needed training to use it. It was too late.

Mao Jie thought for a moment and said, "Only twenty catapults were used to launch huge rocks. After the Han army made progress, they gave up the catapult."

"Abide by the order!"

Yang Lin bowed and turned around and hurried away. At this time, a soldier next to him stepped forward and whispered: "Military advisor, the Han army sent an envoy, do you want to see him?"

Mao Jie pondered for a moment, nodded, "Bring it up!"

Soon, a soldier was led up by a soldier. The soldier stepped forward and bowed and said, "The Han army military chief was in charge of Zhang Hong coming to see Military Advisor Mao under the order of General Guan."

"What do you have to say?" Mao Jie said coldly.

Zhang Hong looked back at the Cao army soldiers behind him. The soldiers quickly handed a sword to Mao Jie. Mao Jie's heart jumped in a hurry. He recognized the sword. This was Xiahou Shang's sword, which was actually in the hands of the Han army. Could it be...

Zhang Hong did not hide it and said frankly: "Xiahou Shang is dead in the chaos of the army. There is no more Cao army outside the original city. General Zhang He also surrendered to the Han army, leaving only Yuancheng. General Guan hopes that Military Advisor Mao can see the general trend clearly and not let innocent soldiers die. He surrender as soon as possible, so as to gain the reputation of being behind him."

Mao Jie smiled bitterly, and Xiahou Shang was indeed killed. He said slowly after a while: "You go back and tell Guan Yu that the loyal ministers will not serve the second lord. Although I, Mao Jie, have no power to tie a chicken, at least I still have dignity and integrity. He is willing to fight him to the death!"
Chapter completed!