"Lord, let me stay!" Dian Wei was the first to step forward and say to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao shook his head, although Dian Wei was brave, he was not suitable for staying in the palace, not to mention that Cao Cao was really reluctant to leave Dian Wei.

Dian Wei is Chen Liuji's people. He is burly, powerful, ambitious, and chivalrous. At that time, fellow townsman Liu and Suiyang Li Yong were enemies, and Dian Wei avenged Liu's grievances.

Li Yong once served as the chief of Fuchun, and his home guards were very strict. Dian Wei drove a car, carrying chicken wine, pretending to be an idler waiting for others; When the door was opened in front of Li Yong's mansion and Li Yong went out of the mansion in person, Dian Wei went forward with a dagger to intercept Li Yong, and killed Li Yong's wife, and then slowly walked out, took out the sword and halberd on the car, and left on foot. Since Li Yong's residence was close to the bazaar, the entire bazaar was shocked. Although there were hundreds of people chasing after Dian Wei, no one dared to approach. Dian Wei traveled four or five miles, met Li Yong's partner, and soon after the two sides turned to fight, Dian Wei escaped, and has been appreciated by heroes since then.

During the early peace period, Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou was in turmoil, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao and Cao Cao formed an anti-Dong alliance army, and Zheng Dian Wei was a sergeant, subordinate to Sima Zhao Chong. The army's Yamen banner was so long and big that no one could lift it, so Dian Wei raised it with one hand. Zhao Pet was very surprised by his talent and strength.

During the Xingping period, Zhang Miao broke with Cao Cao, and waited for the opportunity to sneak attack Cao Cao, Dian Wei switched to Cao Cao, subordinate to Xiahou Dan, and fought everywhere with Xiahou Dan, killed the enemy several times, and was worshiped as Sima.

In the first year of Xingping, Cao Cao and Lü Bu fought in Puyang. Lü Bu's other troops were stationed forty or fifty miles west of Puyang, and Cao Cao went to attack his camp at night, and broke it the next morning. Cao's army has not yet returned in time, and Lü Bu's rescue has arrived, and the two sides will fight on three sides. At that time, Lu Bu fought in person, and the two sides fought fiercely from morning to sunset, and they were very anxious with each other. Cao Cao temporarily recruited candidates to break the enemy formation, Dian Wei took the lead to enlist, and led the rest of the recruits about dozens of people, all of whom were reloaded with two pieces of armor, did not hold shields, and only held spears and halberds. At the same time, the battle situation in the west was urgent, Dian Wei broke through to block the enemy, Lu Bu's army bows and crossbows were fired indiscriminately, arrows and arrows rained, Dian Wei ignored it, and said to his entourage: "When the thief army comes within ten steps, tell me." Soon the attendant said, "Ten steps." Dian Wei said, "Tell me in five steps." The attendants were frightened and immediately said, "The thieves have arrived!" Dian Wei held more than ten small halberds, shouted and threw the enemy with halberds, and those who threw them should not fall down. After a long battle, Lu Bu's army retreated. At this time, it happened to be dusk, and Cao Cao was able to lead the army away.

Cao Cao appointed Dian Wei as the commander and arranged it by his side, allowing him to lead hundreds of his own soldiers, often patrolling around the big tent. Dian Wei himself is strong and brave, and the people he leads are all selected elite soldiers, and every time he fights, he is often the first to capture the enemy formation.

Dian Wei was moved to lieutenant. He was loyal and cautious, often standing by Cao Cao's side during the day and resting near the big tent at night, rarely returning to his residence. He likes wine and food, eating and drinking twice as much as others, every time Taizu gives him wine and food, he always indulges in eating and drinking, and the people who are waiting next to him serve him wine and food one after another, and it takes a few people to supply, Cao Cao thinks he is very heroic. Dian Wei used weapons such as large halberds and long knives, and the army made up a military proverb for him, saying: "There is a strong man under the tent, and he carries a pair of halberds for eighty catties."

How could such a fierce general be willing to stay and die?

Cao Cao's eyes swept over the Yanzhou civil and military forces, and his cold gaze looked at some people whose heads were lowered even deeper.

The Xiahou Yuan brothers are not afraid of death, but for Cao Cao, they are still important, and Yu Ban is suitable for training soldiers and not for the queen of the palace.

Gao Ran had just joined the Yanzhou Army, and if he was allowed to stay in the palace at this moment, it would inevitably chill people's hearts.

"Lord, the last general is willing to stay behind the palace!" Xu Chu also spoke, Dian Wei and he were both Cao Cao's left and right guards, Dian Wei took the initiative to ask to keep him, how could Xu Chu fall behind.

"Good, good, good!" Cao Cao also has a trace of gloom, Dian Wei Xu Chu is his guard, is it difficult for Cao Cao to leave the palace in person?

"The lord or the last general should stay!" Zhang Yan took a step forward and said to Cao Cao over there,

"Lord, the last general is willing to stay and cover the retreat of the main army!"

"Zhang Yan?" Cao Cao was surprised, such an unknown little school, Cao Cao would not have paid attention to it at all, but now he has to admire this person's courage.

The troops behind this palace are dead or alive, not only must have courage but also have ability, both of which are indispensable.

However, looking at Zhang Yan's excited look over there, Cao Cao still nodded: "General Zhang Yan, this matter should not be underestimated, although Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses have fought during the day, after a night's rest, there will be no less than 80,000 soldiers to fight tomorrow, and I can only leave you 3,000!" ”

80,000 against 3,000, which is equivalent to 26 people fighting one is too much.

"Poof!" Zhang Yan knelt down for Cao Cao at once, hugged his fists at Cao Cao and said: "Lord, the last general is just a nobody, it's not a pity to die, it is a pity to be able to be the lord of your palace, it is the honor of the last general, as long as the last general is still alive, he will definitely not let Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses cross the pontoon bridge one step!" It's just that the old mother in the family may have to be taken care of by the father-in-law! ”

"Good, good, good!" Cao Cao is also a human being, people will be moved, and now Cao Cao was moved by Zhang Yan's words, "Hurry up, General Zhang Yan, I, Cao Mengde, promise you here, even if I Cao Mengde has nothing to eat, I will find food for General Zhang Yan and your old mother!" ”

"So please leave it to the lord!" Zhang Yan stood up.

Time passed quickly, Cao Cao had already made up his mind to retreat, naturally he would not let go of a minute or a second, regardless of fatigue, Cao Cao immediately asked his men to prepare pontoon bridges and boats, and first sent the most important grain and grass to the other side of Yanzhou, and after the difficulty, there were some elite soldiers, these elite soldiers were afraid that Huang Yi would not be able to think about it for a while, and he would really join forces with Yuan Shao to deal with him Cao Cao, or he Cao Cao was too lucky to be discovered by Huang Yi's soldiers and horses, and a big war would be inevitable at that time.

As for the wounded and sick, Cao Cao couldn't take care of it, except for the 3,000 troops allocated to Zhang Yan, the rest of the wounded and sick were all left by Zhang Yan, and he didn't tell these wounded and sick that they were abandoned, and when the time came, they would naturally fight to the death with Yuan Shaojun in order to survive.

Cao Cao's army was being transferred, but Yuan Shao sent a lot of scouts to pay attention to Cao Cao, and not long after Cao Cao acted, some scouts sent the news to Yuan Shao.

"Cao Cao's traitor wants to run away? How can it be so easy! Yuan Shao immediately jumped up and was about to give an order for his soldiers and horses to pursue, but he was stopped by Xun Cen.

"Slow down!" Xun Cen said to Yuan Shao, "The lord is now blind in the dark, if our army attacks, it is not beautiful, our army has many soldiers and horses, this is the advantage of our army, but once you can't see people, it will become a disadvantage of our army, not to mention Cao Cao's tricks and have to guard against it!" The lord might as well wait until dawn, so that our army can clearly see the layout of Cao Cao's army, and this can also be attacked halfway when Cao Cao's soldiers and horses retreat! Xun Cen gave Yuan Shao's advice.

"Okay, let the soldiers continue to recuperate, and attack early tomorrow morning!"

The next day, as soon as the sky was getting brighter, a great battle began on both sides of the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao, except for the wounded, sick and dead on the first day, the rest of the soldiers and horses were all thrown into the attack.

There were more than 80,000 men and horses, but Zhang Yan under Cao Cao only had an army of 3,000.

However, this Zhang Yan may really have the ability to counterattack, or he is dying, relying on the 3,000 army and some wounded and sick to block the attack of Yuan Shao's army again and again.

Both sides left countless corpses on the banks of the narrow Yellow River.

Some of the fortifications excavated by Cao Cao before were slowly filled in by these corpses.

But in this way, he, Zhang Yan, still blocked the attack of Yuan Shao's army.

"Damn, hateful, damnable!" Yuan Shao looked at the battle in front of him outside his military formation, and a nameless fire surged in his heart, the banner on the opposite side was Dahan Zhang, where did Cao Cao's subordinates have such a famous general surnamed Zhang?

Cao Cao's subordinates except Xiahou is a general surnamed Cao, Cao Ren's life and death in Yanzhou are unknown, Xiahou Chun Xiahou Yuan cannot use someone else's name, and other foreign surnames such as Yu Ban, Li Dian and others do not have a surname Zhang.

Then it can only explain one problem, that is, this military general surnamed Zhang is simply a nobody.

"Waste, waste, all waste, you can't even beat an unknown general!" Yuan Shao was going crazy, seeing that he was about to win Cao Cao and leave Cao Cao behind, but he didn't expect to be stopped by such a Zhang Xing general.

How can Yuan Shao not go crazy? After all, he Yuan Shao has been holding back for too long, too long.

"Who is the former cadet? Drag me out and cut it down! "Yuan Shao is going to kill someone, and Zhang He Gaolan was forced to rebel by him in this way.

And now Yuan Shao doesn't care about anything, he wants to kill someone, he is very angry.

cut three or two forward captains in a row, and this is the real progress.

Because several pioneer captains personally led the team to rush into battle, if they were cut down by Yuan Shao, it would be dereliction of duty and death would not be stable, but if they rushed to the front of the battle with soldiers and horses, if they won the battle, it would be a great merit, but if they died in battle, it was also a merit, and Yuan Shao could not have done more with a dead man.

It is precisely because of this initiative to take the lead in the charge that a gap was opened from Zhang Yan's stubborn defense.

"Resist, resist, resist!" Zhang Yan suddenly pulled out a few arrow feathers on his left arm and two arrow feathers on his chest, and blood splattered out, but fortunately, the arrows in his chest failed to penetrate, and only his arm was injured.

"General, let's retreat, we can't stop it!" The deputy general beside Zhang Yan said to Zhang Yan.

"Withdraw, where to withdraw? The main force of the lord has not yet completed the retreat, where do you want me to retreat? Zhang Yan stared at the deputy general in front of him and asked.

"But, but General, we, we!" Of the three thousand troops, less than one-third is now left, and everyone is still wounded, and the deputy general still wants to argue but what he didn't expect to get is Zhang Yan's blade.

"Poof!" A big man's head fell to the ground, and his eyes were still staring at Zhang Yan as if questioning something.

Zhang Yan pulled up the head of the deputy general, and his face was full of blood that had just burst out of the deputy general: "If you dare to retreat, you will be killed immediately!" ”