However, it was said that Cao Cao led a team of soldiers and horses into the city, leaving two teams of soldiers and horses to ambush outside the city, thinking that they would respond. In fact, according to Xi Zhicai's idea, divide the soldiers and horses into three teams, and send one general and one team into the city. If there is no ambush, the Tian clan really wants to surrender, then the generals who enter the city will send a signal again, and the two teams of soldiers and horses outside the city will rush into the city again to completely control the city; if this is the other party's strategy, a team of soldiers and horses entering the city will be in the plan, and the two teams of soldiers and horses outside the city can also react. And Cao Cao, as the chief general of the three armies, naturally should not put himself in such a dangerous situation. It's just that what Xi Zhicai didn't expect was that Cao Cao was going to lead soldiers and horses into the city, but it was beyond Xi Zhicai's expectations.

At this time, it was the time of the first shift, and the bright moon had just risen high in the sky. I could only hear the sound of a conch on the west gate, but it was the slogan agreed upon in the secret letter between Tian and Cao Cao. Then, I heard the shouting of killing above the west gate, and the torches were messy, and then I saw the west gate open and the drawbridge down. Cao Cao waved his hand and rushed into the city first.

The army traveled for a while and arrived at the city mansion, but there was no one on the road, Cao Cao immediately knew that he had a plan, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!"

It's just that it's too late by this time.

I only heard the earth-shattering drums in the palace, and the four gates of the city were all on fire, the golden drums rang out in unison, and the shouts of killing came and went. A biao of soldiers and horses flashed out of the east lane, but Zhang Liao was the leader, and a biao of soldiers and horses also flashed out in the west lane, and the leader was Wei Xu.

"Kill! Take Cao Cao, the official will be promoted to the third level! Bounty of 1,000 taels!"

Zhang Liao and Wei Xu shouted at the same time, and the soldiers behind them also shouted loudly, and then rushed towards Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. If Cao Cao still had leisure at the moment, he would definitely yell angrily, "My Cao Mengde's life is so worthless, only a thousand taels of bounty, and ten thousand taels at all." Of course, at this moment, Cao Cao knew that he had been tricked, thinking about how to escape, where would he have such leisure to consider whether he was worth anything.

The team led by Cao Cao only has about 10,000 soldiers, and in the old nest of Lu Bu, where can they be defeated. Therefore, Cao Cao did not like to fight, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to open the way to the north gate to escape; however, the north gate was in front of him, and the two generals Cao Xing and Hao Meng flashed on both sides of the road, followed by thousands of soldiers and horses to intercept them; Cao Cao was of course confident that he would solve these thousands of soldiers and horses. However, now is not the time to fight hard with others, and if you are not careful, you will end up here. Shouting, the army hurriedly rushed towards the south gate, after Zhang Liao and other generals intercepted, Cao Cao more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, now only more than 5,000 remaining; seeing that the south gate is in front of him, Gao Shun and Hou Cheng led the troops and horses to intercept, Gao Shun's camp is the elite, mainly to trap the enemy and defense, Cao Cao wants to escape but it is extremely difficult. At that moment, Xu Chu roared angrily, brandished a big knife and attacked; after more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Gao Shun and Hou Cheng could not resist Xu Chu's bravery, and hurriedly led the troops to retreat, Xu Chu knew that now was not the time to kill the enemy, turned around to find Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was gone.

Xu Chu turned over and entered the city, and hit Li Dian under the door. Xu Chu asked, "Where is the lord?" Li Dian replied, "I can't find it." Xu Chu was anxious in his heart, and after a glance, he rushed into the city again: "You are urging the army outside the city, and I will go in to find the lord." "Li Dian went. Xu Chu entered the city, looking for it, and then killed out of the edge of the moat, bumping into Lejin. Le Jin asked: "Where is the lord?" Xu Chu said: "I went back and forth: I couldn't find it." The two of them went to the door, and the artillery of the city rolled down, and the Lejin horse could not enter. Xu Chu burst into smoke and fire, and then went in, looking everywhere.

said that on the other side, Cao Cao saw that Xu Chu had gone out, and Lu Bu's soldiers and horses came to intercept him, so he immediately turned his horse and ran towards the north gate. On the way, he found a no-man's land, took off his armor, and found an ownerless horse under his crotch to change, but this horse is not a red rabbit horse or something, otherwise, Cao Cao is really a little reluctant. Seeing that the gate was close at hand, Cao Cao was about to rush over on his horse, but saw Lu Bu riding towards him with a Fang Tian painting halberd. Cao Cao was glad that the flames were soaring at this moment, Ba looked at Lu Bu and couldn't see himself clearly, covered his face with his hands, and waved his horsewhip sharply, and was about to gallop past Lu Bu.

Cao Cao was glad that he was not discovered by Lu Bu, however, he suddenly found that his helmet had been knocked on, and at some point, Lu Bu had already ridden behind him. Cao Cao didn't dare to turn his head, he was already sweating behind him, and secretly said in his heart, is he going to die here?

"Where is Cao Cao?" Fortunately, Lu Bu didn't run in front of Cao Cao and inspect his face, otherwise, I am afraid that he would have been recognized by Lu Bu. When Dong Zhuo was rampant in Luoyang, Cao Cao and Lu Bu worked together, and Lu Bu naturally knew Cao Cao's face. Therefore, Cao Cao did not dare to move at the moment, for fear of arousing Lu Bu's suspicion.

Cao Cao didn't look back, pointed his finger down, and said, "The one riding the yellow horse in front is Cao Cao!"

When Lu Bu heard this, he didn't pay attention to him, and rode his horse away. Cao Cao did not continue to rush out from the north gate, but ran in the direction of the east gate. Not long after Cao Cao left, Lu Bu on the other side had already stopped, looking at Cao Cao's back, a light smile flashed on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know what he meant. The guy just now was Cao Cao, of course Lu Bu had already seen it. The two had worked together before, how could Lu Bu not know how Cao Cao looked. Moreover, Lu Bu is now in the realm of the sixth sense, and it is even easier to identify Cao Cao. It's just that because it was Yuan Chang's arrangement, Lu Bu didn't kill Cao Cao. In fact, Lu Bu was a little puzzled, and he didn't know what Yuan Chang was thinking in his heart, and he had to arrange so many plans. If according to Lu Bu's own thoughts, Cao Cao is the enemy, then just kill him. However, since Yuan Chang had his arrangement, for the happiness of his daughter and for Yuan Chang to be able to live with him, Lu Bu had to act according to Yuan Chang's arrangement. Doing that just now is nothing more than scaring Cao Cao and disgusting Cao Cao. The frightened look that Cao Cao showed just now, Lu Bu felt a little funny when he thought about it.

Cao Cao ran to the east gate, but he ran into Xu Chu on the way. Xu Chu protected Cao Cao, killed a bloody road, to the city gate, the flames were very strong, the city pushed down the firewood and grass, there was fire everywhere, Xu Chu used a big knife to pull away, and the flying horse smoked and burst into flames first. Cao Cao then came out. When he arrived at the doorway, a beam of fire collapsed from the city gate, and he was hitting the crotch of Cao Cao's war horse, and the horse fell to the ground. Cao Cao pushed the ground with a hand jocket, and his arm was burned. Xu Chu returned to Ma to rescue, and it happened that Xiahou Yuan also arrived. The two rescued Cao Cao and burst out of the fire. Riding the deep horse, Xu Chu killed a big road and walked. Straight melee until dawn, the party returned to the village.

The generals bowed and greeted him, although Cao Cao was defeated again and was injured, but when he saw the generals, he smiled on his back: "I will repay the mistake of the horseman's plan!"

Xi Zhicai said: "I think the lord has a plan in his heart!." ”

Cao Cao said: "Today, I will only plan and calculate: I am lying that I was burned and has died." Bubi led his troops to attack. I ambushed my troops in the Maling Mountain, and waited for his soldiers to attack them halfway, and Bu Ke captured them. ”

Xi Zhicai praised: "What a good strategy!"

In fact, Xi Zhicai also thought of this strategy. However, Cao Cao, as a lord with multi-faceted abilities, does not only know how to listen to the strategies of his subordinates, but also has a useful plan. So he ordered the sergeant to mourn with filial piety and lie ****. Someone had already come to Puyang to report to Lu Bu, saying that Cao Cao was burned by fire and died.

Lu Bu listened to the detailed report, chuckled, looked at the several generals under his command and said: "Cao Mengde's plan came quickly, but since he made a move, then Wen Hou will let him get what he wants!"

At the moment, Lu Bu only led Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and led more than 10,000 elite cavalry, and then killed Cao Cao's garrison at Maling Mountain. As soon as he entered the village, he heard a drum, and Cao Cao's ambushed soldiers and horses surrounded him from all sides. Lu Bu was just here to go through the motions, and he didn't plan to fight Cao Cao to the death, so he led the army to rush a few rounds, and then directly ordered the army to retreat. When he returned to the city of Changyi, he was thinking about how to let Cao Cao seize the city, so he could take advantage of the situation to lead the defeated troops to Xuzhou.

However, people are not as good as heaven, just when Lu Bu was thinking about how to defeat the battle, a locust plague broke out in the Kanto region, and all the rice was eaten up by locusts. Cao Cao had already attacked Xuzhou before, and there was not much grain and grass left, but after Lu Bu occupied Yanzhou, there was plenty of grain and grass. In desperation, Cao Cao could only retreat. And Lu Bu could only be angry in his heart, this locust plague came at a bad time, and at this time he couldn't run to Cao Cao to tell him, I will give Yanzhou to you, and you don't want to retreat. Come to think of it, at that time, it will be very difficult not to be noticed by Cao Cao.

However, it was said that Cao Cao retreated and returned to Juancheng, and Liu Bei's matter of leading Xuzhou Mu also happened to come, Cao Cao was immediately furious, and he wanted to raise troops to attack Xuzhou.

Xun Yu hurriedly came out to advise: "In the past, Gaozu Baoguanzhong, Guangwu based on Hanoi, are deeply rooted in the foundation to control the world, advance enough to defeat the enemy, retreat enough to hold on, so although there are difficulties, the end of the great cause." The first thing of the Ming Dynasty is Yanzhou, and the river and Ji are important places in the world, and they are also the Guanzhong and Hanoi in the past. If you take Xuzhou today, it will be useless to keep more soldiers, and if you leave fewer soldiers, Lu Bu will take advantage of the void, and there will be no Yanzhou. If Xuzhou can't, the Ming public security will be? Although Tao Qian is dead, Liu Bei has guarded it. The people of Xuzhou, since they have been served, will help prepare for a death war. Ming Gong abandoned Yanzhou and took Xuzhou, which was to abandon the big and go small, to go to the original and seek the end, and to be safe and vulnerable. May it be pondered. ”

Cao Cao frowned slightly, and sighed: "There is a shortage of food this year, and it is not a good strategy for the sergeants to sit here." ”

After thinking for a while, Xun Yu proposed: "It's better to go east and make the army eat Runan and Yingchuan." He Yi and Huang Shao of the Yellow Turban remnants plundered the prefectures and counties, and there were many thieves with gold and grain, and they were easy to break; and they took their grain to feed the three armies, and the court was happy, and the people were happy, which was a matter of good luck to the sky. ”

Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's words and felt that it made sense, so he didn't continue to insist. attacked Xuzhou before, but it was only because he spent a lot of effort not to take Xuzhou, but in the end he was taken by Liu Bei effortlessly, and he was not angry in his heart, so he had such an idea. After Xun Yu's persuasion, the anger was almost gone.

Cao Cao left Xiahoudun and Cao Ren to guard Juancheng, and since he led his troops to Chendi, he arrived between you and Ying the next day. Yellow Turban He Yi and Huang Shao knew that Cao Cao was coming to exterminate themselves, so they led the army to battle and met in Yangshan. Although the Yellow Turban Thieves have a large number of troops, they are just a group of rabble, and they have no momentum of soldiers at all. Cao Cao did not delay, and directly ordered the strong bow and crossbow to be shot and let Xu Chu get out of the horse. He Yi ordered the deputy marshal to fight, but he was cut down by Xu Chu with a knife. Cao Cao led the army to take advantage of the situation to kill the past, He Yi and Huang Shao saw that Cao's army was violent, and hurriedly led the troops to retreat, and Cao Cao was in the village of Yangshan.

The next day, Huang Shao brought his troops in. After forming a formation, one of them marched out on foot, wrapped in a yellow scarf on his head, wearing a green jacket, and holding an iron rod, shouting: "I am the Heavenly Yaksha He Manye! Who dares to fight with me?"

When Cao Hong saw it, he shouted, flew off his horse, and stepped out with a knife. Two times to the front of the battle, forty or fifty together, the victory is not divided. Cao Hong was defeated and left, and He Man rushed over. Hong used a drag knife to slash at the back, turned around and slashed He Man, He Man lay on the ground, but he was not killed, Cao Hong saw this, rushed over, and killed him with a knife. Li Dian took advantage of the momentum of Pegasus and went straight into the thief formation, but Huang Shao didn't have time to prepare and was captured alive by Li Diansheng. Cao Bing covered up and killed the thieves, and robbed them of countless gold and silks and grain. He Yi was lonely, leading hundreds of horsemen to run to Gebei, and it didn't take long for him to be captured by Le Jin. Since then, the Yellow Turban thieves in Runan, Yingchuan and other places have been wiped out, Cao Cao has seized the grain and grass and money of the thieves from the two sides, and the local people have also learned of this and sent a lot of grain and rice.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun met with him, and said that he had recently made a detailed report: Xue Lan and Li Feng soldiers in Puyang City were all out of captivity, and the city was empty, which could lead the victorious soldiers to attack it, and it could be launched with a drum. Cao Cao then led his army to Puyang, and Xue Lan and Li Feng took it by surprise and had to lead their troops out of the city to meet the battle.

Of course, Xue Lan and Li Feng's actions were also made by Lu Bu to make them do so, which was to give Cao Cao a chance to take Puyang City. And Cao Cao did not disappoint Lu Bu and took Puyang City. As for Xue Lan and Li Feng, they were not as unlucky as in history and lost their lives. According to Lu Bu's instructions, they "carelessly" lost Puyang City, and then returned to Changyi City, where Lu Bu was stationed.

Since Cao Cao captured Puyang City, the seat of Yanzhou, the next step was naturally to recover the entire territory of Yanzhou. The first thing to do is naturally to solve Lu Bu's problem.

At the moment, Cao Cao ordered Xu Chu to be the vanguard, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to be the left army, Li Dian and Le Jin to be the right army, Cao Cao led the Chinese army, and after Yu Ban and Lu Qian were combined, he killed Benchangyi City. The army led the army to battle, and was besieged by Cao Cao's generals, Lü Bu was defeated by the "invincible", and Changyi City was also closed by Tian, Lü Bu could not return to the city, so he led the defeated soldiers to Dingtao. After Cao Cao pacified Tian, he led his army to chase after him. Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others will protect Lu Bu's relatives, and Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao and others will follow Lu Bu and leave Yanzhou directly and run in the direction of Xuzhou.

After recovering Yanzhou, Cao Cao did not have much joy, and his doubts did not decrease, so he summoned Xi Zhicai to discuss. (To be continued.) )