The Jin army who entered Yecheng was still a little happy at first, thinking that Yuan Shao's Yecheng would have a lot of treasures for them to rob, but who knew that the gap between him and his heart was so big that he couldn't even see a figure. However, for Lu Bu, these are minor problems, what he wants is not this city, nor the people, but the treasure buried under this city.

Wen Chou knew where the treasure was buried, so he led the soldiers to dig under the Zhao Hou Mansion, pried open an underground passage, and asked people to bring out all the gold, silver and jewelry hidden inside.

When Lu Bu saw these gold, silver and jewels placed in front of him, he felt very happy, and he was even more grateful to Wen Chou.

"I didn't expect that there were so many gold and silver treasures buried under Yuan Shao's Zhaohou Mansion......" Guo Jia followed Wei Xu's side, and after witnessing these treasures with his own eyes, he secretly thought: "But looking at Lu Bu's insatiable face, this treasure can just be used as his funeral goods...... With this treasure, Lu Bu's heart will definitely swell, and in this way, my plan will be easier to implement. ”

Lu Bu happily hugged these gold and silver treasures, the greed on his face rose, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Jizhou is really a rich place, far better than Bingzhou, it is the first time I have seen so many gold and silver treasures. ”

Wen Chou and his people were still transporting treasures underground, Wei Xu and Guo Jia were standing beside Lu Bu, after Guo Jia heard what Lu Bu said just now, he had an idea, and pulled Wei Xu aside and asked, "General, do you want to get more gold and silver treasures?" ”

Who doesn't like money, not to mention that Wei Xu is a person who sees money, he nodded heavily and asked, "Do you have any way?" ”

Guo Jia asked: "These gold and silver treasures are visible, why didn't Wen Chou keep them for himself and dig them later, but took the initiative to give them to the lord?" ”

Wei Xu shook his head: "He's stupid." If I had so much gold and silver, I wouldn't have ......."

Only halfway through his words, Wei Xu stopped, hurriedly covered his mouth, and glanced back at Lu Bu, seeing that Lu Bu was ecstatic and indulging in the joy of getting a huge fortune. So he secretly thought: "It's so dangerous, if the lord hears it, then my little life will be over." Guo Jia knew that Wei Xu was greedy for money, so he said: "Actually, there are not only these gold, silver and jewels buried under the ground of this Yecheng, but there are more, it depends on whether the general has the courage to take them." ”

"Mother's Hippie! I don't have anything, I have guts. You say, "Somewhere, I'm going to dig too." Wei Xu roared in a low voice.

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No, the general can't ask for these treasures, you have to dedicate these treasures to the lord, try to win the lord's trust in you, as long as the lord is willing to listen to you, don't you have what you want." Those who are officials still have to stammer you every day? In this regard, Wen Chou is much better than you...... Wen Chou is not stupid. He knows what he needs, so he can give up something, there are gains and losses, and the general must think clearly. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Xu said, "You're right, if I have more money than the lord's." The lord will not tolerate me. Then you tell me, can I really dig up more treasure than these? ”

"Well, these are all tangible, and what I want the general to dig up is intangible. The bodies of many large households, merchants, literati, and military generals were buried in the Yecheng area, and they all had funeral goods. As long as the tombs can be opened, then all their funerary goods will be gathered, and they will definitely be able to surpass this wealth, and they will also be able to dig up rare treasures. ”

Wei Xu thought about it and felt that this job could be done, so he said, "Then what should I do?" ”

Guo Jia said: "First of all, the general went to the general to make a statement, on the grounds of digging up treasures, digging up the graves of celebrities, and then obtaining wealth, as long as you offer more treasures than Wen Chou, the lord will definitely trust you." ”

Wei Xu thought about it for a while, and felt that this method could work, but he didn't think about it, so he went to think about Lu Bujinyan......

Lu Buzheng fell into the eyes of money, and as soon as he heard that Wei Xu also had treasures, he ordered him to dig them.

Wei Xu was fortunate not to be dishonored, and directly led the soldiers to dig graves around Yecheng, and sure enough, he got a lot of treasures, which made him even more crazy to dig pastureland, and even Yuan Shao's pasture was pried open by him. Many soldiers were afraid that digging other people's graves would be cursed, so they didn't dare to dig anymore, so Wei Xu pressed them to dig graves under Lu Bu's orders, and those soldiers had no choice but to continue digging, making the corpses around Yecheng like a mountain.

For a time, Lu Bu robbed the tomb to get money in the Jin army's barracks, although the soldiers did not say it, but their hearts were a little frightened, plus Yecheng was empty, when the wind rose at night, they would always hear the sound of cranes chirping, like ghosts crying, and many soldiers began to be afraid in their hearts. Only one night later, rumors of haunting rumors circulated in the army.

The haunting of Yecheng spread quickly among the soldiers like a plague, making everyone panic and dare not live in Yecheng anymore......

Lu Bu had just received a large amount of wealth yesterday, and loaded dozens of carts in horse-drawn carriages, and today in the face of the requests of the generals, he was furious when he heard it, and after killing the three military horses with his own hands, the generals who came to ask stopped talking.

After the public withdrew, Lu Bu glared angrily at Wei Xu, who was standing aside, and reprimanded loudly: "It's all the good things you did, and now it's making people panic, a good Ye City, only spent one night in it, and it became a haunted city." You're so mad at me......"

Wei Xu was speechless, but he was not angry, he took the opportunity to say to Lu Bu: "Lord, it's okay like this, anyway, the people of Yecheng have been moved away by Lin Nan, what's the use of us getting an empty city?" In my opinion, our army might as well move to another place. ”

"Elsewhere? Where else can a city be stronger than Yecheng? Lu Budao.

Wei Xu was already ready to say in the words that Guo Jia taught him: "From the perspective of his subordinates, it is better to go to Sili, although Luoyang was burned down by a fire by Yuan Shu, but the city wall cannot be burned, our army has now absorbed a lot of money, enough to build a new city, and Luoyang is the land of Longxing." The century-old foundation of the Han Dynasty is there, and it is located in Zhongzhou, which is the place where the eight wildernesses converge, and the lord is not also the Central Plains, so it is better to cross the Yellow River south and occupy the surroundings of Luoyang. It can be regarded as the first step to win the Central Plains...... In addition, Ma Teng's subordinates Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were stationed in Hongnong, and I heard that Ma Teng had instructed him to prepare to go east to Luoyang. Rather than let Ma Teng occupy it, it would be better for our army to send troops to occupy it. ”

After hearing Wei Xu's words, Lu Bu was very surprised, because he knew this brother-in-law very well, and it was impossible for him to say this. He smiled. Then he asked, "Did you get some guidance from someone superior?" ”

Wei Xu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, these are all things that I came up with alone, and they are what I think in my heart." ”

Lu Bu sneered and asked, "Really?" ”

Wei Xu saw the look in Lu Bu's eyes looking at him, and said, "Yes, it's really me who thinks about it." ”

Lu Bu didn't ask, and said slowly: "Since you don't want to say, I won't ask more." But whether to go to Si Li, you have to ask Chen Gong to ......"

"No need to ask. He will definitely object. Besides, he is an outsider, how can I say that he is also a relative of the lord, if you can't even trust me, why should you trust an outsider. Besides, the spy who framed Chen Gong has not been caught yet. In my opinion, there are no spies at all, and what Chen Gong said is just to excuse himself. Otherwise, why can't Chen Gong remember where that wax pill came from? ”

Lu Bu frowned, and there was indeed a trace of doubt in his heart. Immediately said: "Okay, you go and order the whole army, pack up, let Hou Cheng stay in Yecheng, Song Xian stay in Handan, Chen Gong temporarily assassinate Jizhou, and command Wei County, Zhao County, Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu and other places, and the rest of the people will go to Luoyang with me, and I will rise in the land of Longxing." ”

Wei Xu said happily: "Lord, if you want to occupy Luoyang, you must first take Hanoi, isn't Wen Chou brave and good at fighting, it is better to let him take 10,000 troops to take Hanoi, Hanoi is Wang Kuang's old land, after Wang Kuang's death, our army has not occupied it, but Wen Chou can be appointed as the Hanoi Taishou on the spot, stationed in Hanoi, the south can support Luoyang, the north can be merged with the state, and the Jizhou can be reached, and he is there to be the middle rock, I believe that no one will rush to invade." ”

After hearing this, Lu Bu felt that it made sense, so he smiled and said, "It seems that you have really met a master, when will you please come out and let me meet you too?" ”

Wei Xu said with a smile: "When I get to Luoyang, I will definitely introduce him to the lord, I think he is no worse than Chen Gong, and he can be the minister of state." ”

Lu Bu smiled slightly and said, "Then let's talk about it when we get to Luoyang, pass the order, and the whole army will go to Luoyang!" ”

Wei Xu said "promise" and ran out of the camp happily.

The scorching sun was high, and Zang Ba stood on the tower of Jinan City, looking at the military camp outside the city full of banners with the word "Wei", and his heart was extremely ashamed.

"Big brother, it's been three days, Cao Cao only besieged the city, but didn't attack the city, what is the purpose?" Standing beside Zang Ba, Chang Xuan glanced at the banner of the Wei army fluttering in the breeze outside the city, and he asked puzzledly.

Zang Ba sighed heavily, turned his body, and looked at the five sworn brothers Chang Xuan, Yin Li, Wu Dun, Sun Guan, and Sun Kang standing beside him, and said with a little guilt: "Cao Cao is quite good at using soldiers, I am ashamed of myself, but I have caused you to be surrounded with me, and I always feel ashamed of you in my heart." But with one of our brothers outside, how dare Cao Cao be so rampant? ”

Chang Xuan, Yin Li, Wu Dun, Sun Guan, and Sun Kang didn't speak, but they scolded Cao Cao in their hearts I don't know how many times.

Just a few days ago, Cao Cao's pursuit of Yuan Tan was intercepted by Zang Ba at the crossing of the Yellow River, and led his troops back to the south bank. What Cao Cao didn't expect was that Zang Ba led his troops to the south and frantically seized the counties of Jinan County, while Wei Yan, who crossed the river first, also occupied Le'an County.

Cao Cao didn't need to ask to know that this was Lin Nan's secret instructions, he immediately made a decision, immediately sent troops to Jinan City, besieged Zang Ba with only 1,000 people in Jinan City, and deliberately released the news that the soldiers and horses stationed in other counties in Jinan came to support Zang Ba, and in just one day, more than 10,000 Yan soldiers came from Jinan counties to support Zang Ba.

Cao Cao asked his subordinates to deliberately let these soldiers into the city, and after all the Yan soldiers entered the city, he immediately took action, set up a camp at the east, west, south and north gates of Jinan, and built an earthen wall, surrounded all the Yan army in Jinan City, but only surrounded it. He also asked people to pretend to be Yan Army scouts. went to Jizhou to send a letter to Lin Nan, the purpose was to force Lin Nan to take the initiative to give up Qingzhou.

Just when Zang Ba, Chang Xuan, Yin Li, Wu Dun, Sun Guan, Sun Kang and others were still abusing Cao Cao in their hearts, but they didn't know how to deal with it, they saw a fast horse galloping out of the camp of the Wei army, and on the back of the fast horse was a heavyweight with a large and sturdy body. The horizontal flesh on his face is Xu Chu, Cao Cao's personal guard.

Xu Chu sat on the horse's back, his arms were crossed, his legs were tightly clamped between the horse's belly, and his body fell with the horse's running, and he did not carry any weapons on his body. When he galloped forward on his own until he was still some distance from the moat, he stopped, took a deep breath, and then shouted in his voice like a bell: "I am Xu Chu, the captain of Xuanyi under the account of the Marquis of Wei. Zang Ba in the city told me, Wei Hou has always been generous to people and cherishes talents, as long as you are willing to come out and surrender, Wei Hou will definitely reuse you, and the previous grievances with our army will be written off. You are already surrounded by our legions, and there is no hope of breaking through, so why bother to fight uselessly? ”

Zang Ba stood on the city tower and listened carefully. When he saw Xu Chu coming to persuade him to surrender, he raised a smile. Lang Sheng replied: "Please tell Wei Hou that I, Zang Ba, have already chosen Yan Hou, so I will not turn my back on him, and you will not waste your tongue, I will not surrender, if Wei Hou has the ability." You might as well come to the siege city to try, I, Zang Ba and more than 10,000 soldiers of the Yan army, are willing to live and die with this city! ”

Xu Chu heard Zang Ba's answer, frowned, turned around and rode away, riding slowly back to the Wei army's camp.

In front of the gate of the Wei army's camp. Cao Cao waited there quietly, and when he saw Xu Chu coming back with a depressed face, he didn't ask any more questions, turned around and walked into the barracks. As he walked, he said to Xi Zhicai, who was following behind: "Zang Ba is a good general, but it's a pity that he is not used by me." Did the scout sent to Jizhou inform Lin Nan that he had returned? ”

Xi Zhicai said: "I haven't returned yet, the lord still needs to wait for a while, there is not much grain and grass in Jinan City, just need to surround it for a few more days, and the city will naturally run out of food." In addition, the scout came to report that Wei Yan led his troops from Le'an County to come to Zang Ba's aid, how is the lord going to deal with this person? ”

"Wei Yan?" Cao Cao asked, "Who?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "It's the entourage who followed Xu Yu to Changyi a few days ago, and I heard that he is also one of Yanyun's eighteen hussars......"

"It turned out to be him, that kid looks a little mighty, if Wei Yan comes, use the old way, let him enter the city, and then surround him, no matter what he is capable of, let him starve to death in Jinan City with Zang Ba." Cao Cao understated the authenticity.

Xi Zhicai said: "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will go and order Li Dian and Le Jin." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "It was Lin Nan who was unkind first, and said that I would take Qingzhou, but he sent Zang Ba to stir up trouble, so don't blame me for being unjust." Military advisor, send someone to Linzi City, let Liu Bei come here, and capture Jinan City with me. ”

Xi Zhicai smiled: "The lord is wise! ”

……

The smoke and dust were billowing on the official road, Lin Nan rode the dark clouds and stepped on the snow horse in front, and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De and 20,000 cavalry followed closely behind, the scene of ten thousand horses galloping was so spectacular, everyone avoided it everywhere he passed.

"Where are our troops now?" Lin Nan asked as he rode his horse and galloped.

Zhao Yun's hometown is in Changshan Zhending, he is a native of Jizhou, and he is familiar with the geography of Jizhou and surrounding prefectures and counties, so he immediately replied: "Lord Qiqi, our army has just passed Fanyang County. ”

"How far is it from Dunqiu?" Lin Nan asked again.

Zhao Yun said: "Less than a hundred miles, you can arrive in the afternoon." ”

Lin Nan glanced back at the cavalry following behind him, and saw that there was a trace of tiredness on their faces, and immediately said: "Send the order down, let the army temporarily stop on the side of the road to rest for a while, after running all night, they should be tired." ”

"No!"

At the sound of an order, the whole army stopped advancing, and the 20,000 cavalry hugged each other and stopped on both sides of the official road, took out the shade of the trees, and took out the water bladder they were carrying and drank water.

Lin Nan sat under a big tree, looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, and felt a little dizzy, so he hurriedly lowered his head, took out the water bladder, and drank several sips of water with a "coo-dong-goo-dong", which slightly relieved some of the heat on his body.

Last night, Lin Nan received an urgent report from Zang Ba, and after learning that Cao Cao besieged Zang Ba in Jinan City, he immediately made a decision and ordered the whole army to retreat overnight, and he took Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De and 20,000 cavalry alone, and handed over all the remaining soldiers and horses to Jia Xu. Let Jia Xu return to Xindu with soldiers and horses, and rest in Xindu City.

After a night of traveling, Lin Nan and his army had approached Dunqiu, preparing to attack Cao Cao's nine counties in Dongjun north of the Yellow River with lightning speed. He originally wanted to exchange the two counties of Jinan and Le'an occupied by Zang Ba for Cao Cao's nine counties of Dongjun, but he didn't want to receive the news that Zang Ba was surrounded by Cao Cao in Jinan City just one day after the signal was issued.

Lin Nan thought about it for a while. It was decided to adopt the strategy of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao, and instead of directly rescuing Jinan City, he led his troops down from Yecheng to the southeast and directly attacked Cao Cao's Dongjun. Dongjun is located in Yanzhou, and Yanzhou is the foundation of Cao Cao, compared with Jinan City, which is more important, he thinks Cao Cao should be able to measure it.

Just as everyone was resting, a fast horse galloped from the official road ahead. The man on horseback was still wrapped in bloody bandages, and it was Bian Xi, whose injuries had gradually improved.

As the leader of the entire scout system under Lin Nan's account, Bian Xi's cousin is very active and prominent, he was seriously injured when he heard the news of Julu Ze, after more than a month of recuperation, his injury gradually improved, and he was completely able to ride a horse and gallop, so he got out of bed. I immediately threw myself into the enthusiastic work.

Bian Xi rode his horse and galloped to Lin Nan's side. Then he turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qiqi, the situation ahead has been discovered, Dongjun Taishou Xiahoudun stationed 20,000 troops in Puyang City, and it is Xiahoudun's subordinate general Cai Yang who guards Dunqiu, and this person is extremely powerful. The sword skills are exquisite, and he is a powerful general of Xiahoudun's subordinates. ”

After Lin Nan listened, he smiled undeniably: "There is only one husband, there is no need to worry." How many soldiers and horses does Cai Yang have in Dunqiu? ”

"Dunqiu is the north gate of Dong County, and Puyang is across the river. Therefore, Xiahoudun gave Cai Yang 8,000 horse infantry and asked him to defend this place with heavy troops. Bian Xi said.

Lin Nan asked again: "Can the rest of the counties on the shore of Huangji Prefecture have Wei soldiers and horses?" ”

Bian Xi said: "Dongwuyang, Fagan, Liaocheng, Boping, Yangping, Leping six counties are sparsely populated, and Jizhou in the north and Qingzhou in the east, except for Dongwuyang, there are 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the counties have no soldiers and horses, and the counties are wavering, sometimes obeying Yuan Shao's orders, sometimes obeying Cao Cao's orders. ”

Lin Nan immediately shouted: "Xu Huang! ”

Xu Huang was resting under a big tree, and when he heard Lin Nan's shout, he immediately stood up, walked quickly to Lin Nan's side, and hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

"I'll give you 5,000 cavalry, you go to collect the six counties of Dongwuyang, Fagan, Liaocheng, Boping, Yangping, and Leping, and if necessary, you can let Qinghe Taishou Zhang Nan send troops to help." Lin Nan commanded.

Xu Huang said "promise" and said, "The subordinates will definitely live up to the high expectations of the lord." ”

Lin Nan said to Bian Xi: "Go and inquire about the news of Dunqiu, our army can rush to Dunqiu at three o'clock in the afternoon, you just need to take your subordinates to wait for me there, you don't have to go back and forth, after all, your injuries have not healed." ”

Bian Xi said movingly: "Thank you for your concern, this little injury of your subordinates is nothing, and it is already a blessing for your subordinates to be able to serve your lord." ”

Lin Nan smiled: "Okay, I've rested enough, it's time to leave." ”

Subsequently, Bian Xi left first, and Xu Huang said goodbye to Lin Nan after ordering 5,000 cavalry and marched eastward, while Lin Nan led Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Pang De and 15,000 cavalry along the official road to Dunqiu. Prepare to break Dunqiu first, and then attack Puyang, forcing Cao Cao to withdraw his troops from the city of Jinan.

Qingzhou.

On the official road on the bank of the Jishui River, Wei Yan rushed all the way from Le'an to West Jinan with only 2,000 cavalry. As soon as he occupied Linji City in Le'an County, he received the news that Zang Ba was surrounded by Cao Cao's army, and without thinking about it, he immediately mobilized 2,000 cavalry to support.

From Linji City to Jinan City, Wei Yan took Guo Ying, Chen Shi, and two thousand cavalry along Jishui all the way to the west, and ran for a long time before gradually approaching Jinan City.

Wei Yan quickly whipped his horse and rushed to the front, and when he saw a scout galloping on the opposite side, he slowed down, and when he saw the scout, he directly ordered his subordinates to stop, and asked loudly: "What is the movement ahead?" ”

The scout replied: "General Qiyu, Cao Cao's army has blocked the water in the siege of Jinan, and there are camps at all four gates, and an earthen wall has been built to block the moat. ”

Wei Yan hurriedly asked, "Is there anything suspicious?" ”

The scout thought for a moment and replied, "There is nothing suspicious, it's just that the Wei army is besieging the city, but it doesn't attack the city, it seems that what are you waiting for?" ”

After Wei Yan heard this, he thought about it in his mind. Coupled with the news he inquired along the way, he pondered: "Cao Cao besieged but did not attack, whenever someone came to support, he deliberately put it into the city, and then carried out the situation of encirclement, which is to besiege all the people who came to support in the city." I, Wei Wenchang, won't fall for you like this. Once you enter the city, it will be difficult to break through, so it is better to stay on the periphery. ”

Guo Ying saw that Wei Yan was in thought, so he said in unison: "General, this place is less than thirty miles away from Jinan City, if our army sneaks up on Cao Cao's back, it will definitely be able to cause chaos, and General Zang will definitely bring troops out to meet him when he sees him in the city." Our army is attacked inside and outside, and Cao Cao will definitely be defeated. ”

After hearing this, Chen Shi also felt that this method was feasible, so he arched his hand and said: "General, what Captain Guo said is very true, please give the general an order." ”

Wei Yan shook his head and said slowly, "No! I have seen Cao Cao, this person is very deep in the city. He will definitely not expose his weaknesses lightly, he will besiege but not attack. It's just using Jinan City as bait, trying to lure the lord to come here to help relieve the south. And the lord once said that Cao Cao's use of soldiers has its own uniqueness, and I want to observe it again. ”

"General, General Zang is surrounded by regiments, if our army is still dragging its feet. I'm just afraid that General Zang will ......" Guo Ying saw that Wei Yan didn't use his strategy, so he hurriedly said.

Wei Yan said: "Don't worry, Zang Ba won't have anything to do for the time being, if Cao Cao was really for Jinan City, he would have led his troops to attack the city a long time ago." In the case of the tiger and leopard cavalry led by him and the elite Cheng Dù of the Qingzhou soldiers, as long as they keep attacking day and night, they will definitely be able to capture Jinan City within a day. But he didn't do this, but chose to stay where he was, which shows that his purpose is not Jinan, nor Zang Ba, but the lord. ”

Chen Shi and Guo Ying stopped talking, and just waited there quietly.

Wei Yan immediately said: "The whole army is scattered, with 500 people as a team, go to the four gates of Jinan City to walk around, if the enemy takes the initiative to attack, lead the soldiers to retreat quickly, if the enemy waits in place and waits for our army to attack, then circle around the city gate, and then follow my orders." ”

Chen Shi and Guo Ying were confused, not knowing why Wei Yan did this, but they didn't say anything, they could only obey the order.

Wei Yan's subordinates did not have enough generals, so he temporarily selected a military Sima and asked him to temporarily serve as a captain, leading five hundred cavalry to disperse with him, Chen Shi and Guo Ying, and go to the four city gates.

……

Cao Cao sat in the big tent, there was a teapot and four teacups on the table in front of him, he placed the teapot in the middle, the four teacups were placed in four different directions, east, west, north and south, and took a spoon from elsewhere and put it in the east direction, and began to close his eyes and recuperate, but his mind was constantly thinking about things.

At this moment, a general dressed in heavy armor and wearing a bronze helmet walked in, the general had a kind face, a smile on his resolute face, a strong and burly figure, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he shouted with joy: "My lord, here you are...... Wei Yan is here! ”

Cao Cao's closed eyes suddenly opened, and two rays of light shot out of his eyes, and after glancing at the general, he asked, "Zilian, how many soldiers and horses did Wei Yan bring?" ”

The general who was called Zilian by Cao Cao was none other than Cao Hong, Cao Cao's clan brother, Cao Ren's younger brother, and when Cao Cao raised his army, he followed Cao Cao with Cao Ren, won Cao Cao's trust, and was also a general under Cao Cao's account. He walked straight in front of Cao Cao, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, Wei Yan only has 2,000 cavalry, and his subordinates are willing to ask for orders to kill him to boost the morale of our army." ”

Cao Cao said: "Kill chickens with a knife, I have already handed over this matter to Li Dian and Le Jin, instead of killing Wei Yan, it is better to let Wei Yan enter the city." There should be little grain and grass left in the city of Jinan, and if there are two more thousand people, without the help of our army, they will starve to death in the city in a short time. ”

After hearing this, Cao Hong gave a thumbs up and complimented: "The lord is wise and resourceful, and his subordinates admire him." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Zilian, you can't always fight and kill, if you have time, you should also learn student filial piety, specialize in the art of war, as a general, if you don't know how to use soldiers, you will only blindly rush to kill, then what's the difference with a puppet?" ”

When Cao Hong heard Cao Cao's preaching, he nodded impatiently and hurriedly said, "Well, I know, the lesson of the lord is that if I have time, I will definitely go to read the book of soldiers." ”

Cao Cao sighed when he heard Cao Hong's answer. Said slowly: "What I'm most worried about is you and Miaocai, you don't practice the art of war, you only know fearless killing, how can you become the only general in my Wei army in the future?" Miaocai is anxious, five hundred in three days, and one thousand in six days. Although there are often unexpected moves, if he blindly rushes forward, he will inevitably suffer. After the trip to Qingzhou is over, the two of you will temporarily resign from the military power and cultivate yourself at home. ”

When Cao Hong heard this, the boss was unhappy in his heart, and immediately said: "It's okay if the lord wants to dismiss my military power, but please depose all the generals' military power together, the lord is both wise and brave." It can be called unparalleled in the world, but not everyone is like the lord, there are countless people like me, why don't the lords depose together, and then command all the soldiers and horses to fight? ”

Cao Cao heard Cao Hong say angry words, so he smiled and said: "Zilian, don't be surprised, I'm also for your good." Don't forget it, you saved my life. If you hadn't given me your seat in Aocang, I would have died at the hands of Li Ru. No matter how brave you are. It's just one person, and you can kill a thousand people? The so-called way of using troops is to teach you how to win more with less and defeat the strong with the weak. Our army is 20,000, and Zhao's army is 50,000, if Yuan Tan can use soldiers like me. Our army will definitely be wiped out, how can it be defeated by our army? ”

Cao Hong heard Cao Cao say a great truth, so he hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates have been taught, I will learn the art of war." ”

"Well, go ahead. Guarding the camp tightly, without my orders, it is not allowed to move casually, and scouts are sent to closely monitor Wei Yan's every move. ”

"No! Subordinates retire! Cao Hong left the big tent in a huff.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong's departing back, shook his head, sighed softly, and said slowly: "I hope you can listen to it, and you will understand in the future that my words are absolutely enough for you to use for a lifetime." ”

"Lord-" Another general came in from outside the tent, the general had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face and long beard, and a burly figure that looked very majestic when he walked, "Wei Yan's subordinates suddenly divided into four teams, with five hundred people as a team, and galloped to the east, south, west, and north four different city gates, and they were very close to our army, just galloping on the periphery, but attacking side by side, Li Dian and Le Jin didn't know what to do, please let the Lord publicize!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at the teapot, teacup, and spoon placed in front of him, and then took three more spoons and placed them in three different positions. Raising his head, he glanced at the general who walked in and asked, "What is Wen Ze's opinion?" ”

This person's surname is in the name of the forbidden word Wen Ze, is a native of Juping County, Taishan County, first followed the Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin to conquer the Yellow Turban, after Bao Xin died in battle, he followed Bao Xin's old department to Cao Cao, and was appointed by Cao Cao as a military Sima. Later, when he followed Cao Cao to conquer the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, he made many meritorious achievements, and was soon promoted to general by Cao Cao, and was a rare member of Cao Cao's account with a foreign surname general, and Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong were in charge of Cao Cao's five soldiers and horses, which shows that Cao Cao attaches great importance to it.

When crusading against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao led half of his soldiers and horses to stay in Chen, leaving Yu Ban and Xi Zhicai to guard Yanzhou, which shows that Cao Cao also trusted him very much.

Yu Ban heard Cao Cao ask him, and glanced at the teapot, teacup and spoon placed in front of Cao Cao, and immediately understood, took a few steps forward, and arched his hand: "Wei Yan divided his troops into four gates, and showed off his might in front of the soldiers, just to test our army and want to know the intentions of our army." The subordinates thought that they could order the four soldiers and horses to come out together, pretend to attack and kill, drive away Wei Yan's soldiers and horses, and then wait and see what happens, and then make a final decision. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Wen Ze has the same idea as me, you can go and pass the order, you and Li Dian, Le Jin, and Cao Hong each take a thousand soldiers to hunt down Wei Yan's subordinates, since you want to do it, you must be realistic and foolproof." ”

Yu Ban hugged his fists and said: "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will go to give orders." ”

The words fell, and Yu Ban turned around and left the big tent.

Cao Cao turned his head to Xu Chu, who was standing behind him, and said, "Didn't you want to kill Wei Yan last time in Changyi?" ”

Xu Chu clenched his fists, his face was happy, and asked, "Lord, can I kill him this time?" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "You go and try his skills, if he can reach Cao Hong's level, leave him behind." ”

Xu Chu smiled and said, "No, my subordinates understand." ”

Wei Yan came to the east gate with five hundred cavalry, and when he saw that Le Jin was waiting with the soldiers, he approached Le Jin step by step, and at the same time asked the soldiers to make a show off their might.

However, Le Jin was very quiet, he did not dare to move without Cao Cao's order, and when he saw Wei Yan and his subordinates shouting not far away, he neither refuted nor attacked.

Wei Yan saw Le Jin's unusually calm, and he already knew it in his heart, he sneered, and said to his subordinates: "I roughly know Cao Cao's intentions, withdraw ...... for the time being."

"Wei Yanxiu go!" Xu Chu interrupted Wei Yan's words with a shout, and galloped towards Wei Yan with a big hammer.

Wei Yan turned his head and saw Xu Chu coming, so he frowned, and thought to himself, "Why is this dead fat man here?" ”

He knew that Dian Wei and Xu Chu were the two fierce generals under Cao Cao's account, so he only glanced at Xu Chu, then turned around and left, and quickly left the battlefield with his subordinates without looking back.

In Xu Chu's body, the average war horse is okay with him, but with the big hammer in his hand, it will be very difficult to run, and from a distance, it seems that the war horse is walking slowly. Seeing that Wei Yan didn't even pay attention to him, a trace of anger suddenly appeared in his heart, and he shouted and asked: "Wei Yan Pifu, no guts and bandits, don't leave if you have the ability, and have a big fight with your grandfather and me!" ”

Wei Yan listened carefully, but only a faint smile appeared on his face, and he ignored Xu Chu's words at all, as if there was no such person.

Xu Chu was so angry that he finally ran to the front of Lejin's camp, he felt that riding a horse was not as fast as him, so he turned over and dismounted, and was about to chase Wei Yan away with a sledgehammer.

Seeing this, Le Jin hurriedly rode out, blocked in front of Xu Chu first, raised his spear, and shouted: "General Xu, don't be impulsive, then Wei Yan is deliberately provoking you, and you will be ambushed when you chase him." ”

Yu Ban rode a fast horse and galloped over quickly, seeing that Xu Chu and Le Jin were there, and Yan Jun had disappeared without a trace, he asked, "What about Wei Yan?" ”

Le Jin replied: "Wei Yan ran away early, what is the lord's order?" ”

Yu Ban sighed and said, "I'm a step late." The Lord ordered us to take the initiative......"

"It's a step too late......" Le Jin sighed as well.

Yu Ban squinted at Xu Chu and asked, "Fat Xu, why are you here?" ”

"Humph!" Xu Chu twisted his face, glared at Yu Ban, and said angrily, "It's all you, you came out one step ahead of me, but you arrived one step later than me, if you arrived earlier, Wei Yan wouldn't be able to run away." ”

Yu Ban's face was embarrassed, and when he saw Xu Chu carrying a sledgehammer and leading the horse to swagger away, he said to Le Jin: "What's wrong with him?" ”

Le Jin said with a smile: "He fought against Wei Yan, and Wei Yan ignored him, probably angry." ”

Yu Ban said: "Forget it, just run, the other three gates have already sent troops, and the purpose has been achieved, the rest depends on you and Li Dian, you must be real, after getting Wei Yan into the city, it will be easy to do." ”

Lejin's position was not as big as Yu Ban's, and he immediately hugged his fists and said: "No! ”

Subsequently, the defense of the east gate was restored to normal, Yu Ban rode his horse away, and Lejin stayed behind to guard the camp, on the one hand, to prevent the soldiers in Jinan City from breaking through, and on the other hand, to guard against Wei Yanlai's sneak attack, he had to strengthen his vigilance.

On the tower of Jinan City, Zang Ba saw it very clearly, and he saw it very clearly, and when he saw Wei Yan coming and returning, he secretly thought in his heart: "Wei Yan seems to have seen through Cao Cao's trick to introduce him into the city, so it's okay, the province was served by Cao Cao, with him outside, if our army breaks through, it shouldn't be difficult." (To be continued......)