I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 441 All-out attack!

Zhao Yun rode up on his horse, followed by more than a hundred riders, all of whom came to greet Chen Gong.

"I am Zhao Yun, a general under the command of the King of Yan! I have come to meet you on the orders of the Grand General and the Military Advisor."

Chen Gong was overjoyed upon hearing this: "The General is back?"

"Exactly!"

Seeing the Wuhuan cavalry charging into the crowd, Zhao Yun, without even exchanging pleasantries with Chen Gong, said, "I'll be right back!"

Zhao Yun leaped onto his horse and charged directly at several Wuhuan cavalrymen.

The Wuhuan cavalrymen were laughing and joking as they raised their long swords and stabbed wildly at the crowd, as if they weren't there to fight but just to have fun!
With just a few casual swings, screams of agony erupted from the crowd. Hearing these screams, the Wuhuan cavalrymen only intensified their torment!

Just as a Wuhuan cavalryman was about to casually stab a child, a loud roar, like a tiger's howl, rang out from afar! The roar startled the man, causing him to flinch and look ahead in horror!
With a spear under his arm and a long sword in his hand, Zhao Yun charged forward alone, like a thousand troops! The Wuhuan cavalryman only saw a flash of light before his eyes, and then fell to the ground!
To outsiders, Zhao Yun was even more terrifying at this moment!
With a single strike, almost both men and horses were shattered!

Where did this monster come from?

"Are you Lü Bu?"

Zhao Yun did not respond, but instead brandished his spear, his body moving like a silver dragon, weaving through the enemy ranks!

The Wuhuan cavalry had never seen such a formation before, and immediately panicked.

Some even deliberately tried to slip into the crowd to avoid Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun was furious when he saw the Wuhuan cavalry's horses so brazenly ravaging the people.

"You're all courting death!"

Zhao Yun spurred his horse, abandoned his spear and sword, reached to the side of the horse's belly, and a bow and arrow appeared in his hand!

Zhao Yun was originally from the White Horse Cavalry, so riding and archery were child's play to him!

Several long arrows easily pierced the leather armor of the Wuhuan cavalry, causing them to fall off their horses and prompting the other Wuhuan cavalry to hastily turn around.

Zhao Yun, however, was relentless and chased after them, killing several more before returning to the camp.

Chen Gong stepped closer, which allowed him to examine Zhao Yun more closely.

Although Zhao Yun was physically imposing, his face was delicate and gentle. If one ignored his performance just now, which resembled the resurrection of Chi You, and the bloodstains on his body, Chen Gong would really think that he was just a Confucian scholar like himself.

"General Zhao!"

After exchanging names, Chen Gong inquired about Lü Bu's whereabouts.

"The strategist anticipated that Yuan Tan was very likely to have set up an ambush in Laizhou, so he deliberately went to Huangxian in the east to set up camp!"

When Zhao Yun dismounted and walked to Chen Gong's side, the overwhelming smell of blood made Chen Gong feel somewhat uncomfortable.

However, upon hearing the news that Lü Bu had returned to Qingzhou, Chen Gong finally burst into tears of joy!

"Just come back! Just come back!"

Seeing the state of the people who followed Chen Gong, Zhao Yun felt a pang of sorrow and placed his hand on Chen Gong's shoulder to comfort him.

correct!

Chen Gong quickly stopped sobbing.

"There is one more thing I would like to ask the general to report back to as soon as possible!"

"What's the matter?"

Chen Gong then shared his guess.

“Yuan Tan seems to be intentionally forcing us to move eastward. If he really wanted to annihilate the General’s troops, he should have done his best to surround and intercept us, preventing the General from receiving reinforcements! But now it seems that his actions are somewhat abnormal!”

Chen Gong still had tear stains on his face from sobbing, and snot was constantly flowing from his nose. He could only keep sniffling, which looked somewhat comical.

However, neither Chen Gong nor Zhao Yun had time to worry about this matter; instead, they both had solemn expressions on their faces!
Until now, everyone believed that Yuan Tan's target was Qingzhou, or the troops stationed in Qingzhou.

However, this clearly does not explain why Yuan Tan would take such a long detour to attack Linzi from Lu.

After all, even without Lü Bu, Yuan Tan, with the entire Hebei province as his backing, might not have failed to take Qingzhou even if he chose a direct attack. But according to Chen Gong's idea, Yuan Tan's unreasonable tactics suddenly became reasonable.

Yuan Tan never intended to annihilate Lü Bu's entire army from the beginning.

What he really wanted to do was to use Qingzhou's unique terrain to trap Lü Bu's troops in Jiaodong!
Jiaodong is poor in resources.

The weather is getting colder every day now.

With Lü Bu's large army trapped in Jiaodong, should Liu Miao rescue them or not?

save.

Even the most impregnable defenses will develop weaknesses.

No saving...

It's clear that more than just Lü Bu's troops are now trapped in Jiaodong.

Tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of Qingzhou people were also driven to Jiaodong by Yuan Tan!

Yuan Tan's indulgence of the Wuhuan cavalry in burning, killing, and looting was not without this reason.

Yuan Tan intends to use the lives of Lü Bu, the Han general, and countless people of Qingzhou to coerce Liu Miao into leaving Langya and coming to Qingzhou to fight him!
Chen Gong was now completely certain.

"Such a grand plan could not possibly have been devised by Yuan Tan."

In other words.

It was Yuan Shao who moved the battlefield from the Central Plains to Qingzhou!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun knew that there was no time to delay, so he quickly went east to find Zhuge Liang.

When Zhuge Liang met Chen Gong and heard his guess, his heart sank!
"According to Gongjin's strategic calculations, the battlefield for the contest with Yuan's army should be in the Central Plains, not Qingzhou!"

Moreover, Yuan Shao himself has indeed appeared in the Central Plains!
Surely Yuan Shao, as a father, wouldn't choose to serve as a flank for his son Yuan Tan?

Zhuge Liang was momentarily stunned by Chen Gong's extremely bold conjecture.

What if?
What if Yuan Shao really chose to cripple himself, abandoning the Central Plains, which was suitable for cavalry warfare, and instead chose Qingzhou as the main battlefield?
However, Zhuge Liang had been in Liaodong for a long time and was not familiar with the various aspects of the Central Plains battlefield.

At this point, he could only have Zhao Yun escort Chen Gong while he personally headed towards Pengcheng.

This intelligence is of paramount importance.

The intelligence on Zhuge Liang's own side alone was not enough to distinguish its authenticity, let alone to use it or participate in the formulation of a plan.

"Return to Pengcheng immediately! I am foolish and cannot understand this, but there must be someone in Pengcheng whose wisdom far surpasses mine, and I can discern their true nature."

Zhao Yun couldn't help but wonder: "Is there really someone more intelligent than the strategist?"

Many faces flashed through Zhuge Liang's mind.

Zhou Yu, Sima Yi, Liu Ye, Lu Su, Pang Tong...

In the end, however, Zhuge Liang's thoughts remained on that face that was always cynical, yet seeing him made him feel at peace even if the sky were to fall.

"His Majesty."

"Your Majesty will surely be able to distinguish between the genuine and the fake."

"..."

Zhao Yun and Chen Gong hurriedly took a side path to Pengcheng. Even if they occasionally encountered Yuan army scouts on the way, Zhao Yun was able to kill them easily and led Chen Gong forward.

Having finally arrived in Langya, Zhao Yun and Chen Gong were about to meet Zang Ba when they saw Zang Ba looking troubled—

“You may not know this.”

"Just three days ago, Yuan's army in the Central Plains launched a full-scale offensive!"

(End of this chapter)