Qi Chun's Lei Bo fled, Huaiyuan's Yan Xiang defected to the enemy, and Ji Ling, who was far away in Qian County, also had a hard time.

On July 28 of the third year of Yong'an, Cao Cao's soldiers were divided into two routes. Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban and Cao Ren took Ku County directly, and the other way, under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and Xu Zhu, opened Song County, the gateway to the west of Qian County, in just two days.

The two armies waved their troops to the county of Qian, Ji Ling was defeated, and retired from the city father on the ninth day of August in the third year of Yong'an.

In the city father county, Yuan Lian, Ji Ling, Yang Hong, Liu Xun and He Man sat tightly under the county hall, frowning one by one, quite a bit of "beauty curtains rolled beads, sitting deep on the eyebrows".

Ji Ling threw the battle report in his hand to Yuan Lian, Yuan Lian hurriedly skimmed it, and said with a wry smile: "Most of the lord's territory has been encroached upon by Wang Deyu, Sun Wentai and Liu Xuande, and Cao Mengde is also in the city father, if the lord has no more measures or reinforcements, I am afraid that we will not be able to recover the defeat!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?"

Ji Ling nodded, glanced at Yuan Jian bitterly, and suddenly a personal guard hurriedly walked to his side and whispered a few words in his ear. Ji Ling was overjoyed for a moment, and hurriedly said to Yuan Lian, "Mr. Yaoqing, the lord ordered me to leave the city father tonight and go straight to the direction of Long Kang, he will set up an ambush and meet us in Bifeng Gorge next to the whirlpool twenty miles away from the city father!" ”

"The lord is here?" Yuan Jian and the others stood up in unison.

"Exactly!" Ji Ling looked at the generals and nodded heavily at Yuan Lian, "Mr. Yaoqing, it's better for you to assign the battle task!" ”

Yuan Lian got up and looked at everyone, pressed his long sword in his hand and shouted: "Since the lord will set up an ambush on both sides of Bifeng Gorge tonight, then we can't lose our face, we will fight with Cao thieves before the lord tonight, and then lead Cao Jun to Bifeng Gorge, and join the lord's army to annihilate Cao thieves!"

Order: Yang Hong, Liu Xun, and He Man led 20,000 troops and horses to ambush in Hanjia Village, ten miles away from the city father, at the beginning of the night tonight, and Fu Yi and I led troops to follow. You waited for the three of you, but when you saw that I had waited for Hanjia Village, you immediately waved your army to fight. Remember to retreat while killing, and be sure to lure the thief to Bifeng Gorge! ”

"No!"

……

A round of bright and delicate jade plates hung on the trees, and the dense moonlight sprinkled a faint light on every piece of land of the city father through the gaps between the leaves.

The Tang Dynasty poet Yin Wengui once said: "In Kyushu, where there is no cloud, the most reunion night is the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"On August 15 of the third year of Yong'an, it is another day of reunion. However, the county seat of the city is destined to be sleepless tonight, and it is also destined to be separated. or the difference between Ji Ling, Yuan Jian and other generals and the county seat of the city father, or the difference between the life and death of many soldiers.

At the beginning of the first watch, Liu Xun, Yang Hong and He Man had already taken advantage of the moonlight to lead an army of 20,000 out of the east gate of the county seat of the city father.

"Yaoqing, did you say that Cao Thief would be fooled?" Ji Ling and Yuan Jian were still standing at the head of the city father, looking at the tents that stretched for miles under the west city gate, with a trace of doubt on their faces.

Yuan Jian glanced at the city, patted Ji Ling and said with a smile: "Fu Yi, just put your heart in your stomach, I dare to bet with you with a human head, this Cao thief will definitely be fooled." The Han Emperor lost his deer, and all the heroes in the world wanted to win Kyushu. Now the big ones are none other than Wang Deyu, Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu, Sun Wentai and several lords.

Needless to say, Yuan Benchu owned the land of Jizhou, but he was unwilling to be satisfied, and now he is competing with Gongsun Bogui for the land of Youzhou. And after Gongsun Bogui killed Liu Bo'an, he swept Youyan with his whirlwind cavalry, and his momentum was even better than before, but this person was arrogant and stubborn, and sooner or later he would die in the hands of Ben Chu;

Wang Deyu sat on the two states of Si and Yongzhou, and went down to the two counties of Nanyang in Jingzhou, Yingchuan and Runan in Yuzhou. Sun Wentai's power is not as strong as Wang Deyu, but he skillfully took advantage of the power of the lord, and a gorgeous turn of Jiangdong land will be under his account, which should not be underestimated.

There is only one Cao Mengde left, and he just managed to regain Yanzhou two months ago. However, although Cao Mengde's power is far inferior to these three, his ambition is no less than theirs. With Cao Mengde's heart, how can he be willing to be subservient to others? And tonight, it is clear that this is the best opportunity for him to continue to expand his territory, how can you say that he is willing to let it go? ”

Ji Ling shook his head, and then asked, "Then according to Mr. Ling's plan, how should we lure him here?" You can't just open the gates, can you? ”

"Of course not! Although Cao Mengde is a good person but suspicious, if we are trying to seduce him, he will not believe it, and he will not be able to move forward. Yuan Lian laughed and walked slowly down the city, "Therefore, we don't need to open the West Gate in person at all, but go directly to Hanjia Village!" ”

"Huh? If the west gate is not opened, how can the thief chase after him? ”

"Don't worry, we don't open it, someone else will open it. Cao Mengderong has been handsome for many years, and he will naturally arrange a lot of fine work in my father's county, and even buy some big families, we

After a while, all you need to do is escape from the city father with great fanfare! ”

"Mr. Yao Qing really deserves to be the number one think tank of the lord, and he really listens to your words and is better than reading for ten years. With Ji's head, I'm afraid that even if I break my head, I won't get to the twists and turns! Ji Ling laughed, and quickly caught up with Yuan Jian and walked side by side in the city.

Sure enough, Ji Ling listened to Yuan Lian's words, but he was just out of the city, and he actually made it look like he had won a big battle, and it was mighty and vigorous. In less than half an hour, the villagers and elders in the city already knew that Ji Ling was leaving.

The moonlight gradually rose into the air, and it was about the hour, and the people in the city were still quietly watching the city gate that was still open in the east of the city, and they were reluctant to leave for a long time.

More than a dozen flexible shadows quietly appeared on the west city gate, and then scurried back and forth like a thunderbolt on the city head several times, and finally gradually converged, and several noisy voices also came from the crowd.

"Boss, there's no one here!"

"Boss, there's no one here!"

"Looks like they escaped!"

"Boss, then should we contact the lord immediately and dedicate the city father to the lord!"

"Of course I want to, this is the merit of the city, the lord took this city without spending an army and a horse, and I can't say that the lord will reward me with a knighthood or captain under the great joy! You say that if we don't sacrifice the city, won't we be a big fool! ”

"Okay, then listen to the leader, and strive for everyone to win a wife and a shadow together!"

Everyone roared in unison, rushed to the west gate, rolled up their sleeves and moved the winch and pulled it hard, only to hear the winch click, and the city gate in the west of the city had been hung high in the air.

Then the head took out another thing from his bosom and threw it into the sky, and a blue firework burst over the city gate.

……

"Enlightened Lord! When the last general was inspecting, he found that the signal of our army came from the gate of the city father! ”

As soon as Cao Cao fell asleep, he saw Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan and others coming together, and Cheng Yu and other strategists also followed. Hurriedly got up and walked out of the big tent, only to see dozens of blue starlights converging above the night sky at the head of the city in front of him, as if a blue hydrangea was blooming.

Suddenly ate the sweetness of honey in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "The Yuan thief in the city father has fled, and the army can enter the city!" ”