Cao Cao thought about it carefully, and asked casually, "Don't you want to row the river with me?" ”

Zang Ba nodded: "My lord's original intention was to exchange Jinan County and Le'an County for the nine counties of Dongjun north of the Yellow River under the rule of Marquis Wei. However, what I didn't expect was that the Marquis of Wei used his troops so quickly that he didn't give our army a chance to discuss with your army at all, so he surrounded the city of Jinan with a large army......"

"Nine counties in the eastern county?" Cao Cao felt shocked, thinking of the information that Lin Nan's movements were unknown, and immediately understood, and also knew where Lin Nan was going, he slapped his thigh, and shouted, "It's a loss, Lin Nanwei Wei rescued Zhao, he must have gone to Dongjun......"

After listening to Cao Cao's speculation, Zang Ba also felt that this was the most effective way, he stood up and sneered: "Thank you Marquis Wei for your hospitality, since you can't exchange Jinan County and Le'an County for it, you can only seize it by force." The lord encircled Wei to save Zhao's move very well, I think, now it should be in Puyang City. Just as Wei Hou surrounded Jinan City, Puyang City should also be surrounded by my lord, but Jinan and Puyang are more important, I think Wei Hou knows better than me, right? The task of my chess piece is completed, if Wei Hou wants to attack Jinan City, I will also accompany him to the end, if the army is withdrawn, I will not pursue, after all, my lord also wants to get along with Wei Hou amicably. ”

A hint of murderous intent appeared on Cao Cao's face, he finally knew Lin Nan's true intentions this time, the purpose was to row a river with him, and to send troops to occupy Jinan and Le'an counties was to exchange the nine counties of Dongjun with him. He suddenly laughed out loud and said loudly: "Lin Nan, Lin Nan, I knew this was the case, why did I need to use troops in Qingzhou?" ”

Zang Ba laughed when he heard Cao Cao, feeling a little confused about Cao Cao, but he didn't want to stay longer. Turned around and walked straight away.

"Zang Ba!"

Cao Cao suddenly shouted behind Zang Ba's back.

Zang Ba turned around, looked at Cao Cao sitting on the stool, and asked, "What else is the matter with Wei Hou?" ”

"You will lead your troops to withdraw from the south bank today, and after returning to Jizhou, you will tell your lordship, saying that I agree to row the river with him. In addition, after I am busy with a little bit of things in Qingzhou. A messenger will be sent to meet him and make a formal covenant with him, and I hope he will be ready soon. ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Zang Ba was slightly puzzled, but he remembered Cao Cao's original words, turned his head, and continued to walk towards Jinan City.

Cao Cao also stood up, turned around and walked back, and his own soldiers came to remove the table and stool.

Xi Zhicai, Cao Hong, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu waited in front of the walled gate. Seeing Cao Cao swaggering over, with a hint of joy on his face, they all looked at each other, but they couldn't say why.

Cao Cao stopped, stood in front of Xi Zhicai, and said loudly: "Military advisor, give the order to go down, and the whole army will set up camp." Go to Linzi, Qingzhou doesn't have to worry anymore. ”

Xi Zhicai hurriedly asked, "Lord." Didn't Zang Ba surrender? ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "The Yan army in Jizhou has always given me a headache, but now it seems that there is no need to worry about it anymore, at least in two or three years, I don't need to worry about the Yan army anymore, I want to do it in two or three years." Try your best to make Qingzhou and Xuzhou prosperous, and further lay the foundation in the Central Plains. ”

Xi Zhi is a smart person, and as soon as he heard Cao Cao say this, he asked: "Doesn't the lord want to make an alliance with the Yan army?" ”

Cao Cao nodded, and then said, "Send people to Dongjun non-stop." If you meet the Yan army, then you don't have to be so troublesome, and directly inform Yanhou Lin Nan of our army's desire to make an alliance with the Yan army, I think, he will definitely look forward to forming an alliance with me. ”

Xi Zhicai said "promise", and then asked: "Lord, Liu Bei and others are coming from Linzi on the road, how should we treat them?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Liu Bei? This big ear has no value to use, he has persuaded most of Qingzhou, and has already helped me achieve what I want, and it is useless to keep it. ”

After Cao Hong heard this, he said with his fists: "Lord, leave this matter to me, I will definitely take back Liu Bei's head and dedicate it to the lord." ”

Cao Cao said: "Xu Chu and Dian Wei, the two of you will go with Cao Hong and lead two thousand tigers and leopards to rob and kill Liu Bei, but you need to be careful of Liu Bei's two righteous brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." ”

Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Cao Hong hugged their fists together and said, "No! Subordinates understand! ”

"Go ahead!"

Cao Cao's orders reached each camp one by one, and all the soldiers pulled out the camp one after another, gathered at the north gate, and then Cao Cao led the team and began to slowly march towards Linzi City.

Xi Zhicai glanced back at Jinan City and asked, "Lord, is there really no need to leave soldiers to garrison here?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Zang Ba is a general, leaving the soldiers and horses, he will think that I will sneak attack him, after our army is all withdrawn, after Zang Ba withdraws, it is not too late to occupy it, the top priority is to rush to Linzi City to take up the post of Qingzhou pastor, and then appoint the officials of Qingzhou counties and counties, from top to bottom to gradually make Qingzhou stable." ”

Xi Zhicai said: "The lord is wise. ”

……

Wei Yan led his troops to rest fifteen miles north of Jinan City, Chen Shi's hand was cut off, twenty-three soldiers were killed, more than fifty people were injured, and he was looking at the wounded one by one.

Suddenly, Guo Ying rode over on his horse, and before he had time to dismount, he shouted at Wei Yan: "General, Cao Cao...... Cao Cao actually took the initiative to withdraw his troops......"

"Withdrawal? Why did he withdraw? What about General Zang and the others? Wei Yan hurriedly asked.

Guo Ying said: "General Zang is fine, but why Cao Cao withdrew his troops, his subordinates don't know, I only saw Zang Ba and Cao Cao talk alone for a while, and then Cao Cao retreated." ”

After Wei Yan heard this, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect Zang Ba to have such a good tongue, but he only said one or two words to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao retreated, I might as well too!" ”

"General, then we now feel that Jinan City and General Zang will meet, right?" Guo Yingdao.

Wei Yan stood up and shouted loudly: "The whole army has an order, the target is Jinan City, go!" ”

……

Yanzhou, outside Puyang City, East County.

Lin Nanqin led an army of 20,000 to attack Dunqiu with lightning speed, and Cai Yang saw that the situation was not good. led his relatives to run away casually, and the remaining more than 6,000 soldiers all became prisoners and were taken in by Lin Nan.

After taking Dunqiu, Lin Nan collected many boats from the banks of the Yellow River overnight, and led the army to cross the Yellow River south and besiege Puyang City.

In the city of Puyang. Dongjun Taishou Xiahoudun looked at the elite Yan army cavalry outside the city, and immediately frowned, and said slowly: "Why did this Lin Nan come so quickly?" ”

Cai Yang, who had just been defeated, said beside Xiahoudun: "General, Lin Nan commanded all cavalry, and the soldiers were still eating lunch, so they were served by the Yan army. ”

"The soldiers are very fast, it seems that Lin Nan is also an expert in using soldiers. But it doesn't matter. I, Xiahou Yuanrang, am not a vegetarian, and the Puyang city wall is strong and the grain in the city is sufficient, so he can surround it as long as he likes. "Xiahoudun is conceited.

Cai Yang said: "Then do you want to inform the lord?" ”

"No, there are 20,000 horse steps in the city, which is enough for me to defeat Lin Nan, but now that the Yan army is at its peak, it must be avoided. The order went down, and the gates were shut. Increase the number of night patrol soldiers, and ban alcohol in the whole city! Xiahou said.

In the Yan army camp outside Puyang City. Lin Nanduan was sitting in the big tent, still carefully studying the map, when he saw Zhao Yun walking straight in from outside the tent.

"Lord Qiqi, everything is ready, just wait for the lord to give an order." Zhao Yun hugged his fists.

Lin Nandao: "Huangzhong West Gate, Pang De East Gate." You go to the south gate, I am at the north gate, and the four gates will make a feint together, and the hearts of the enemy will be disturbed first. ”

Zhao Yun smiled and said "no", turned around and left.

Lin Nan immediately put on his armor and pierced his armor. Holding a dragon spear in his hand, a steel sword hanging from his waist, as soon as he lifted the curtain of the big tent, he went out of the big tent, and saw that the night was thick and the lights were bright on the head of Puyang City, so he shouted loudly: "The whole army is assembled!" ”

Just after the hour, Lin Nan, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Pang De gathered all the Yan soldiers and horses outside Puyang City, carrying war drums, horns, gongs and other tools for beating and drumming, and quietly came to Puyang City under the cover of night.

In Puyang City, most of the soldiers and civilians have rested, except for a few soldiers who patrol the night and patrol the streets of various cities, the entire Puyang City is like a dead city.

Xiahoudun was still asleep in the Taishou Mansion, when he suddenly heard the noise of gongs and drums outside the city, and the sound of shouting and killing resounded throughout the city, and the majestic shouting and killing sound came from all directions outside the city, and the sound was continuous, sounding as if tens of thousands of people were waving flags and shouting together. He suddenly woke up from his dream, jumped up from the bed, grabbed a saber at the head of the bed, and came out with a big stride to the door, but when he saw Cai Yang running over nervously, he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Cai Yang hurriedly said: "General Qiyu, Yan Jun...... The Yan army suddenly launched an attack from the four city gates at the same time, and the momentum was so monstrous that it was impossible to see how many soldiers and horses were coming in the dark night......"

"Could it be that the Yan army has reinforcements?" Xiahoudun didn't have time to put on his armor, so he said to Cai Yang with a long sword, "Follow me!" ”

Xiahoudun took Cai Yang to quickly gather all the soldiers and horses in the city, let Cai Yang rush to the south gate, he personally led the troops to the north gate, and when he arrived at the north gate, the shouts outside the city gradually dissipated, and the gongs and drums also subsided at the same time. He suddenly felt a trace of doubt, and after climbing the city tower, he saw a general wearing armor standing on the city tower with a sword in his hand, and the archers were extremely nervous, so he shouted: "Han Hao! ”

When the armor-piercing general heard Xiahoudun's shout, he immediately turned his head, his eyes were blazing, and he immediately clenched his fists and said, "See the general!" ”

Xiahoudun walked straight to Han Hao, stood on the city wall and looked out, except for a dark color, he couldn't see anything else, he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the Yan army is attacking the city?" ”

Han Hao wondered: "It's also strange to say, the Yan army originally rushed up, and the momentum was monstrous, but they only rushed to the moat and retreated on their own, probably because they learned that the general had arrived, and they were afraid of the general's divine might, so they retreated on their own." ”

Xiahou said with a smile: "Pay close attention, and in addition, tell the soldiers who defend the city, don't sleep anymore, the Yan army of the province will launch a surprise attack again." ”

"No, my subordinates understand!"

Xiahoudun looked up at the night sky, and saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds and moons, so he said: "Heaven is not beautiful......

Turned around and went down the city tower, left all the soldiers and horses he brought near the north gate, and handed them over to Han Hao's command, he went to the other three gates to inspect each other, and then returned to the Taishou Mansion to rest.

However, things were not as simple as Xiahoudun imagined. In the following time, the Yan army would carry out raids every once in a while, either for half an hour or for an hour. Xiahoudun didn't dare to sleep anymore, and he wasn't sure when the Yan army would attack the city.

After dawn the next day, Xiahoudun and all the soldiers in Puyang City put on panda eyes. Even the people in the city are panicked, and there is not even a single pedestrian on the street in the prosperous Puyang City on weekdays.

In the Yan army camp, Lin Nan set up a banquet, invited Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Pang De and many captains to his camp, and said loudly: "You worked hard last night, you can rest in the camp during the day today, and make persistent efforts tonight, as long as you keep harassing Xiahoudun for three nights." I guarantee that Xiahoudun will not be able to bear the patience to take the initiative to fight, so that our army will be able to start a field battle with him. ”

Huang Zhong said worriedly: "Lord, we rest during the day, what if Xiahou Tang leads his troops to fight and attacks our military camp?" ”

Lin Nandao: "Don't worry, Xiahoudun has been tossed by us all night, and he must be sleepy and tired at this time." But I am worried that our army will not know when to attack, and I will not be able to sleep. Therefore, the initiative of the war is in the hands of our army, and I have already asked Bian Xi and others to dig a trap last night, although it is not very deep, but it can also temporarily block the enemy from attacking our army camp. ”

After hearing this, the generals were relieved. Raising a glass together, he arched his hand towards Lin Nan and said, "The lord is wise and martial, and we will definitely do our best to assist the lord." ”

Lin Nan has seen a lot of movies about the Anti-Japanese War, and the anti-Japanese troops often use a "sparrow tactic", and this strategy he used. Although he learned it when he and Xun Yu attacked Yangle City, the purpose was to make the enemy unclear about his intentions and numbers, this tactic of attacking the enemy was not a "sparrow tactic".

After the meeting was adjourned, the generals returned to the camp one after another, and the entire Yan army's camp except for a few people who did not participate in last night's operation stood guard, and all the others fell asleep in the barracks.

On the tower of Puyang City, the Wei soldiers defending the city were sleepy and tired, their eyelids were fighting, many soldiers fell asleep with spears, and some slept against the city wall, staggering and not looking at all.

Han Hao just went down to the city tower to have breakfast, and after boarding the city tower at this time, he saw that his subordinates were drowsy, and shouted: "Get up for me, don't sleep, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

The sleeping soldier was awakened again, and he wanted to tie Han Hao to the pillar and whip him, so he could only barely support his body and stand guard with his spirits.

The morning passed, the Yan army did not move at all, and Xiahou saw that the soldiers were exhausted, so he ordered the soldiers to sleep well in the afternoon, which made up for the resentment in the hearts of the soldiers.

During the whole day, the Yan army and the Wei army in Puyang City did not move at all, and the soldiers on both sides were sleeping in the barracks, and even if the sun was shining, the scorching sun could not wake up these sleeping people.

At dusk, the soldiers of Lin Nan and the Yan Army woke up from their deep sleep one after another, stretching their waists one by one, feeling very energetic. Then he began to bury the pot and prepare food for the soldiers.

By the time the sun set, the soldiers of the Yan army had already eaten a full meal and began to prepare for the attack on Puyang City again. However, this time, Lin Nanxia's order was three points of reality and seven points of falsehood, which means that archers could be used to shoot arrows at the head of the city, so as not to make the Wei army think that the Yan army thundered and rained.

When the sun completely sank in the western mountains, the battalions of the Yan army were ready, and when the agreed time came, the Yan army of the four battalions began to wave the flag and shout loudly, and rushed to Puyang City together.

In Puyang City, the soldiers were all asleep, and the soldiers on the city tower were even more crooked, and suddenly heard the shouts outside, and they all woke up one by one.

The soldiers on the city tower had just woken up from their dreams, wiped the harazi that flowed out with their hands, and only showed their heads from the battlements, and an arrow under the city directly pierced the heads of the Wei soldiers, and the dense arrows shot up the city tower one after another, forcing those Wei soldiers not to dare to raise their heads.

The intense arrow fire continued for a while, and then then retreated, and there were hundreds of more corpses on the towers of the four gates of Puyang City.

When Xiahoudun learned of this, he was immediately furious, and immediately ordered: "All follow me out of the city to meet the Yan army......"

"General! Never! Han Hao immediately interrupted Xiahoudun's words, "If the general goes to war at this time, he will be in the arms of the Yan army, the soldiers of our army are not dormant enough, the people are sleepy, and the morale of the Yan army is strong." Going to war will only lose the troops, and I hope the generals will think twice! ”

Cai Yang also echoed and said: "Yes, General, the Yan army tossed our army all night last night, only attacking and disturbing, not attacking the city, and now it is really attacking the city." But after all, there is a moat as a barrier, if the Yan army wants to attack the city, it will inevitably be hindered, and our army should stick to the city now is the best policy. ”

Xiahoudun squinted at another general, Shi Lian, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Shi Jian arched his hand and said: "The two generals Han and Cai are reasonable, our soldiers are tired and not suitable for battle at all, and the Yan army is mostly cavalry, which is conducive to field battles." Our army should stick to the top. ”

It's not that Xiahoudun doesn't know the benefits of holding on, it's just that he is too lazy to be played like this, and he can't grasp the initiative of the war by sticking to the city, so he can only huddle in the city and wait for the enemy to fight, but the day is so long, he can't be sure when the enemy will attack. He thought about it carefully, and then said: "Divide the soldiers and horses in the city into two groups, and rest in one group." Defend the city once in six hours. Resting soldiers should not pay attention to any movement they hear, and must ensure that the soldiers sleep well. ”

Cai Yang, Han Hao, and Shi Jian said in unison: "No! ”

Xiahoudun turned around and went down the city tower, while Cai Yang, Han Hao, and Shi Lian immediately went to carry out Xiahoudun's order.

In the following night, the Yan army attacked a total of three times, one of which actually launched, taking advantage of the soldiers' ability to shoot arrows. The duel with the soldiers on the tower of the city was fought in an arrow array, and the result ended in the Wei army suffering thousands of casualties, while the Yan army only suffered a hundred wounds.

Another night passed like this, and Lin Nan withdrew with his soldiers, a smile on his face. I secretly thought in my heart: "Xiahoudun, you dead monkey, see if I don't play with you!" ”

"Lord-" Bian Xi galloped over, stopped at Lin Nan's side, and hurriedly hugged his fists, "Lord, I caught a spy, that spy claimed to be Cao Cao's person, and said that he wanted to meet the lord face to face, and there was something important to discuss." ”

"Oh? Where is that man? Lin Nandao.

Bian Xi said: "I have been escorted to the lord's tent and waited for the lord's fate." ”

Lin Nan said: "Let's go, let me see." ”

Lin Nan returned to the big tent and saw a man who was tied up with five flowers standing there, the person was slightly fat, looked a little fat, and looked like a scribe. He immediately pretended to reprimand a few of his own soldiers: "Nonsense, how can you treat the envoy of the Marquis of Wei like this? ”

Several of the soldiers hurriedly untied the ropes from the man's body, and stood aside and waited.

"Sir, forgive me, I have some rough people under my account, I neglected Mr., please don't blame Mr.!" Lin Nan strode forward and bowed to the scribe.

The scribe's face was magnificent, and his spirit was also very high, he glanced at Lin Nan, and then arched his hand and said: "Dong Zhao in Yanzhou under the tent of the Marquis of Wei, I have seen the Marquis of Yan. ”

Lin Nan was slightly stunned and asked: "It turned out to be Dong Gongren, Mr. is as famous as thunder, in my impression, isn't Mr. Yuan Shao's gall Tao Ling?" I don't know when Mr. ran to Wei Hou's tent? ”

Dong Zhaozi Gongren, Jiyin Dingtao people, was originally the order of the gall Tao County under Yuan Shao's account, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he asked Yuan Shao to send troops to support. Yuan Shao sent his eldest son Yuan Tan to lead troops into Qingzhou on the one hand, and sent the general Zhu Ling to lead troops to support Cao Cao, while Dong Zhao was appointed as Zhu Ling's chief secretary and went to Yanzhou with Zhu Ling. After he arrived in Yanzhou, he saw Cao Cao with his own eyes and felt that Cao Cao was a hero, so he took the initiative to persuade Zhu Ling to lead his troops to serve Cao Cao with him.

After Xuzhou was captured by Cao Cao, Yuan Tan occupied Qingzhou, learned that Zhu Ling and Dong Zhao had taken refuge with Cao Cao, and immediately reported to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was furious, but there was no way, so he listened to the words of the trial and asked Cao Cao to cede Taishan County, and Dong Zhao and Zhu Ling became the fuse of the dispute between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao Taishan.

Dong Zhao listened to Lin Nan's rather sarcastic words, only smiled casually, tidied up his clothes, and said loudly: "Yanhou, there is a way that good birds choose trees to perch, and good ministers choose their masters, and I just adapt to the times." ”

"A good bird chooses a tree to perch, and a good minister chooses the master to do things...... Lin Nan walked to his seat, and just sat down, he laughed and said, "Mr. answered well, and the answer was wonderful, if Mr. hadn't taken refuge in Wei Hou earlier, maybe when I captured Julu, I would definitely hire Mr. as a strategist." ”

Dong Zhao replied: "Gongren is just a frog in the well, short-sighted, he can only sit in the well and watch the sky, it is difficult to climb the elegant hall of Yanhou." ”

Lin Nan saw that Dong Zhao was obese, so he asked: "As far as I know, in recent years, Yanzhou has been fighting for many years. Many soldiers are not well fed or clothed, why are everyone so thin, but the gentleman is so rich? ”

Dong Zhao replied: "This is God's favor, I only have two meals a day, and each meal is just coarse bran herbal tea. In fact, it is the favor of heaven and the blessing of the gods. ”

Lin Nan saw that Dong Zhao's answer was fluent, and he was not surprised, and felt that Dong Zhao was a talent, so he secretly had the intention of accepting it in his heart, so he asked: "Mr. came here this time, I don't know what it is for?" Dong Zhao said: "I came here on the order of the Marquis of Wei, and I came here for the friendship between the two families. ”

"The two are friendly? What's the friendly law? Lin Nan asked.

Dong Zhao said: "Wei Hou has withdrawn the siege of Jinan, and I also hope that Yan Hou can withdraw the siege of Puyang." And the nine counties of Dongjun north of the Yellow River captured by Yanhou, my lord will not take it back, and the right should be given to Yanhou. However, Qingzhou was in the county south of the Yellow River, and Yan Hou was also asked to withdraw from all Yan troops, and the Yan and Wei armies got along amicably, rowed the river and ruled together, and sought a common alliance. ”

Lin Nan sneered: "How do I know if what you say is true? ”

Dong Zhao said: "Yan Hou can rest assured. I believe that the scouts sent by Zang Ba, the general of your army, to deliver the letter will arrive soon, and Yan Hou will know at a glance. ”

The voice just fell. Over there, Bian Xi entered the big tent with a letter, walked quickly in front of Lin Nan, presented the letter, and whispered: "Lord, Qingzhou is urgent!" ”

Lin Nan took the letter, opened it and read it. Seeing that it was indeed written by Zang Ba himself, and that what he said was roughly the same as what Dong Zhao said, he closed the letter again and asked, "Wei Hou sent you here, not just to report to me in advance, right?" ”

Dong Zhao said: "Yanhou is a smart person. Then there will be no more concealment. My father-in-law asked me to come, and there was indeed another thing I hoped to reach an agreement with Yan Hou. ”

"What's the matter?"

"My lord wants to make an alliance with Yan Hou and advance and retreat together, I don't know what Yan Hou wants?"

"The Covenant?" When Lin Nan heard this, he came to his senses, suppressed the joy in his heart, and deliberately asked with difficulty, "Why did I make an alliance with Wei Hou?" Our army has just captured Jizhou, if I will win the army south, with the strength of our Yan army, I will definitely be able to win the Central Plains, such a good shape, how can I give up? ”

Dong Zhao said with a smile: "What Yan Hou said is only on the surface, although the Yuan family was defeated, but the whole territory of Jizhou is not in the hands of Yan Hou, and Lu Bu is also a wolf ambition person, once Yan Hou sends troops to cross the Yellow River, I am afraid that Lu Bu will turn his face and not recognize people, and directly lead the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry to sweep behind Yan Hou, when the time comes, Yan Hou is my lord in front of me, and Lu Bu is behind him. In addition, Yanhou has just arrived in Jizhou, the people's hearts are unstable, and the soldiers are tired, if he insists on going south, he is afraid that it will be dangerous. My lord said that Yan Hou is a smart man, and he will definitely agree to this covenant without hesitation. ”

After Lin Nan heard this, he laughed and said: "Cao Cao is worthy of Cao Cao, and he can see so far-reaching." You say, when and where will the alliance be formed? ”

Dong Zhao said: "A month later, on August 15, it will be under Puyang City in Dongjun. ”

Lin Nan sneered and said, "No! I will decide the time and place! You can now go back and tell Cao Cao that I will withdraw the troops and horses that surround Puyang, and my Yan army will also withdraw to the north of the Yellow River, and we will row the river to rule. But I will have to reconsider the issue of the alliance, but I also hope that until the time and place of the alliance are given to you, our two armies will remain friendly. ”

Dong Zhao saw that what Lin Nan said was so categorical that he had lost room for maneuver, so he no longer refuted, and then said: "Then I will leave here." ”

Lin Nandao: "Mr. came from afar, tired all the way, it is better to take a rest in our army for the time being, and wait until our army retreats before leaving, I can also let Mr. feel the strength of our army by the way, if Mr. thinks of my account, I will definitely welcome it." ”

Dong Zhao saw that Lin Nan was deliberately trying to win him over, so he said: "I already understand Yan Hou's kindness, but Wei Hou is not thin on me, and I can't turn my back on him at will." In addition, Puyang City is close at hand, and it is the same for me to wait for Yanhou to withdraw from the city, and by the way, let Dongjun Taishou Xiahou know what my lord means, and when Yanhou of the province retreated, Xiahou sent troops to pursue him without knowing it. ”

Lin Nan saw that Dong Zhao had made up his mind, so he said: "Okay, then I won't force Mr. to stay, send off!" ”

The soldiers sent Dong Zhao out of the tent, and then sent Dong Zhao out of the camp, after Dong Zhao called to open the city gate. went straight to Puyang City.

Lin Nan had the orders communicated to the battalions, and gathered the four generals Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Pang De, and Bian Xi, and ordered them to prepare for the retreat.

"Lord, does our army really want to form an alliance with Cao Cao? If you besiege Puyang for another day, you may be able to force Xiahoudun out of the city to face the battle, once Puyang City is captured. It's not too late to discuss the alliance. Pound bowed.

Lin Nandao: "The defense of Puyang City is very high, and it is not suitable to attack. Our goal now is not Cao Cao, but the entire Jizhou, Lu Bu and Xianbei, if the rear is unstable, our army will not be able to fight peacefully on the front line. Jizhou has just been occupied, and Lu Bu is still in Bingzhou, so we must quickly get rid of the tiger of Lu Bu, and dominate Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou and part of Qingzhou. After a few years of recuperation with peace of mind, and then gather all the troops to go south, we will definitely be able to sweep the Central Plains with the iron cavalry of our army. ”

"The lord is in the camp step by step, the goal is clear, the old man has nothing to say, as long as the lord gives an order, let the old man beat whoever the old man wants, the old man will beat whom!" Huang Zhong bowed.

Lin Nan smiled: "The general doesn't have to be in such a hurry. The top priority is to clean up the Jizhou mess as much as possible and drive Lu Bu to the Central Plains. Wouldn't it be wonderful to let Lu Bu go to the various princes of the Central Plains, and our army watched the fire from the other side, and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight? ”

Zhao Yun hugged his fists and said: "The lord gives an order, what to do, the subordinates just follow the order!" ”

Lin Nandao: "Let's take a day off today." At night, they withdrew their troops to the north, went to Dunqiu to meet Xu Huang, and waited until they learned about Lu Bu's recent situation before acting. ”

"No!" The generals replied in unison.

After the order was given, the Yan army began to rest. And Lin Nan was worried about someone, he was worried about how Guo Jia was doing in Lu Bu's army, and whether he had successfully lured Lu Bu to Si Li.

In Puyang City, Xiahoudun met with Dong Zhao, knew what Cao Cao meant from Dong Zhao's mouth, and then asked: "Mr. Dong, did the lord know that the Yan army killed more than 1,000 people in our army?" ”

Dong Zhao shook his head and said: "I also just found out, the lord is far away in Linzi, Qingzhou, so naturally he won't know." ”

"It's okay to form an alliance, but I want Lin Nan to return more than 1,000 lives to my subordinates, and I also want to kill more than 1,000 Yan soldiers, so that I can be relieved, and my subordinates will not die in vain." Xiahoudun slapped the table and shouted loudly.

Dong Zhao immediately persuaded: "General, I just came back from the Yan army camp, the strength of the Yan army cannot be ignored, even the lord does not dare to underestimate it, how dare the general attack rashly." Moreover, the lord said first, only let the general defend the city, not let the general go to battle, if he disobeyed the order, he would be killed. ”

Xiahou said angrily: "Kill the head, kill the head, I will kill more than 1,000 Yan soldiers first, and then behead me before it is too late......"

"General-" Cai Yang rushed from outside, with a panicked face, directly interrupted Xiahoudun's words, and shouted loudly, "Oh no, Lu Bu's army has conquered Baima and is leading his troops in the direction of Chenliu!" ”

"Lu Bu? Where did Lu Bu come from? Xiahoudun hurriedly asked.

Cai Yang hurriedly replied: "Lu Bu led his troops to leave Yecheng, went south through Liyang, and suddenly attacked the white horse, and the white horse guard Liu Yan couldn't resist it and left in defeat. Lu Bu rested for a long time in Baima, and immediately led his troops in the direction of Chen Liu. ”

Xiahou grabbed Cai Yang's chest and asked loudly: "The Yan army surrounds Puyang, how can the scouts who came from the white horse get in?" Could it be that Yan Jun is playing tricks on it? How could that kid Lu Bu cross the river and attack the white horse at the expense of the near and far? ”

Cai Yang said: "The general is angry, the Yan army has withdrawn from outside the city, and now the army has all moved to the north gate, and Liu Yan, the commander of Baima County, personally came with the remnants of the army, and it was indeed the white horse that Lu Bu led the troops to attack." ”

Xiahoudun pushed Cai Yang away, stretched his hand forward, and shouted loudly: "Bring a knife, I'm going to intercept Lu Bu!" ”

Dong Zhao hurriedly advised: "General, that Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting, unparalleled in the world, and the general's soldiers are all tired, the white horse is still some distance away, and the Jin army is all cavalry, even if the general chases him, it will be useless." Chen Liu is guarded by General Cao Ren, I believe that General Cao will be able to guard the foolproof, the general only needs to rest here, and then repair a letter and send someone to the lord, please decide what the lord is. ”

Cai Yang also echoed: "What Mr. Dong said is extremely true, general. ”

Xiahou was angry, but he still had reason, he thought about it for a while, and felt that what Dong Zhao said was reasonable, not to mention that Cao Ren was in Chen Liu, and he would definitely not let Lu Bu run rampant, he immediately nodded and went to repair the book immediately.

……

Lin Nan was still sleeping in the camp when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent, so he asked aloud, "Who is making noise outside?" ”

"Lord, it's me, Lin Chu."

Lin Nan jumped up, jumped out of bed and came to the outside of the tent, and saw that Lin Chu was stopped by his two personal soldiers, so he hurriedly said, "Let him come in." ”

Lin Chu entered the big tent with Lin Nan, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qi, Lu Bu has moved, his subordinates got in touch with Guo Senjun according to the instructions of the lord, and got Guo Senjun's reply, so he rushed over non-stop......"

Seeing that Lin Chu was out of breath, Lin Nan hurriedly handed over a pot of cold white boil, and said, "Drink some first, and then talk." ”

As soon as Lin Chu took the pot of cold white boil, he immediately drank it, and after drinking it, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "Guo Senjun said that he had gained Wei Xu's trust, and he also arranged for Lu Bu to go to Si Li, but Lu Bu still had soldiers in Jizhou, and he had to find a way to let Lu Bu transfer the soldiers and horses from Jizhou, and then come back after fighting with Ma Teng." In addition, Zhang Liao took 10,000 cavalry to Shuofang County in Bingzhou, and Guo Shenjun said that this was a good opportunity to subdue Zhang Liao and let the lord do his best. ”

After Lin Nan heard this, he said lightly: "Fengxiao, Fengxiao, if you can get the merger, you will be the first merit." Lin Chu, where is Lu Bu now? ”

Lin Chu said: "I followed the Jin army all the way, and saw that Lu Bu had conquered Baima, and rested in Baima for a long time, and then led the troops to the west, and the road looked like the direction of Chenliu." ”

Lin Nan laughed and said: "Lu Bu is anxious for quick success, and instead of going to Hanoi, he will take Liyang to attack the White Horse, isn't this a provocation to Cao Cao?" It seems that I got Lu Bu to the Central Plains right, with him in the Central Plains for a day, the Central Plains will never have peace. ”

Lin Chu said: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord." ”

"Lin Chu, you take a rest in the army first, and then go to find Lu Bu, get in touch with Guo Jia at all times, and pay close attention to Lu Bu's movements. You don't have to work so hard to go back and forth, you can secretly protect Guo Jia, and come back with Guo Jia when the time comes, and I will handle the rest of the things. ”

"No! Subordinates retire! ”

Lin Nan saw that Lin Chu walked out of the big tent, so he continued to roll over and go to bed, and fell on the bed, he couldn't fall asleep over and over, with a little excitement, and he was also thinking about how to get Zhang Liao out of Lu Bu in his mind.

That night, Lin Nan's army evacuated from Puyang and temporarily stationed at the Yellow River ferry, asking people to find ferries and prepare to start crossing the river early tomorrow morning.

After a night of searching, the ferries were ready, and Lin Nan led the army to cross the Yellow River smoothly, and joined forces with Xu Huang, who was waiting on the north bank.

Xu Huang left his generals to guard the crossing of the Yellow River, and entered Dunqiu City to greet Lin Nan and others.

In the hall of Dunqiu City, Xu Huang ordered food to be served, and arched his hand: "Lord Qiyu, Zang Ba, Wei Yan and others have led their troops back to Gaotang in the plains, and brought back 30,000 people in Qingzhou, and they have now been placed in Pingyuan County. In addition, the military advisor sent someone to ask the lord to reply to the capital quickly, saying that there was something important to discuss. ”

Lin Nan said while eating and drinking: "Well, Xu Huang, I'm going to leave you to guard here, are you willing?" ”

Xu Huang said: "My subordinates will never give up!" ”

Lin Nan took a sip of water, and then said: "I will reply to the capital alone, these 20,000 soldiers and horses and the 6,000 soldiers are left here, and all of you generals will wait for my orders here, while training the soldiers, while reinforcing the ferry, and as soon as my order arrives, you will immediately lead your troops westward and collect all the ferries along the Yellow River along the way." ”

Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Pang De said in unison: "No! ”

Lin Nan continued: "Bian Xi, you also stay, responsible for investigating the affairs of Puyang, Xiahoudun is not a mediocre talent, although he is going to row a river with Cao Cao, but he must also know some of the other party's situation." If necessary, you can send someone to infiltrate Cao Cao's Wei state and set up a secret contact base to collect information about Cao Cao's territory. (To be continued......)