However, Guo Jia's reaction was not slower than Tian Feng's, as early as when Cao's army was still besieging Xuzhou City, Guo Jia had already received information from Linxianlou that Yanzhou would be in trouble, so he quickly made arrangements to send Xiahoudun, the general of Cao's army, out as a surprise soldier to rescue Yanzhou, and at the same time, prepared for the retreat of the army.

Now, Xiahoudun, who came day and night, found that the beacon tower in Yanzhou had been lit with wolf smoke, and they were still a step slower after all.

After discovering that Yanzhou had been attacked, Xiahoudun ordered his subordinates to speed up their pace and quickly rescue Yanzhou, and fight the invaders to the end.

Legend has it that after Yu ruled the water, the land of the world was Kyushu, and Yanzhou was one of them.

The emergence of the word "Yanzhou" began after the Spring and Autumn Period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended, wrote books and said, and named Kyushu in the Yu period, and Yanzhou was one of them.

The word "Yan" is also used as "沇" in ancient texts, and "Yanzhou" in "Historical Records Xia Benji" is called "沇州".

In ancient times, the division of administrative regions was often based on geographical conditions and restricted by geographical factors. The Xia, Shang, and Three Dynasties all have records of Kyushu or the Twelve Prefectures, and although the meanings are different, the three dynasties all have "Yanzhou" as a geographical conceptual term. Its place is about the northeast of present-day Henan, the south of Hebei, and the west of Shandong. After the Spring and Autumn Period, the vassal states gradually established their own administrative divisions, but because the synonym of the concept of geography was not well adapted to the needs of the term used as an administrative division, it was often confused. In the Qin Dynasty, the name of the state was abolished, and the county system was implemented throughout the country.

The official division of Yanzhou as an administrative division began when Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty established the Fourteen Prefectures.

The Han Empire expanded its territory due to the "opening of the land and the repulsion of the territory", and at the same time, in order to strengthen the centralized rule, the country was redivided into 14 states, and the 14 states were set up to assassinate the history department. Yanzhou is one of them, the governance office is located in Puyang, and it has jurisdiction over Shanyang (jurisdiction over Fangqiu, Luxian, Fang and ...... etc.), Dongjun, Chenliu, Jiyang, Taishan, Dongping six counties.

During the Wang Mang period, he believed that the Han Dynasty's "state names and boundaries should not be passed", so the names of the states were changed or merged, but Yanzhou remained unchanged.

In the eleventh year of the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shuofang in the Western Han Dynasty was incorporated into the annexation of the state, and the whole country was changed to thirteen states.

At this time, the Yanzhou administrative office was changed to Changyi, under the jurisdiction of Chenliu, Dongjun, Rencheng, Taishan, Jibei, Shanyang,

Jiyang and Dongping are eight counties.

Each county in Yanzhou has a county governance, and its middle county is Puyang.

Although Puyang is no longer Yanzhou County, its long history and developed economy and culture have made it prosperous.

Therefore, after Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, he set the center of his base in Puyang.

And Xun Yu, Cao Cao's important minister who stayed in Yanzhou, has also been providing money and food for Cao's army in Puyang.

Xiahoudun returned to Yanzhou this time in order to ensure that Yanzhou was not lost, and the key to Yanzhou's failure was Puyang.

It is said that the reason why Cao Cao was able to become the owner of Yanzhou is inseparable from the support of the local scholars, and Puyang is the place where these scholars gather the most.

Therefore, once Puyang is lost, not only will an important stronghold be lost, but more seriously, the Dashi clan in Yanzhou will also fall into the hands of the enemy.

This can be described as a blow to the princes who rely on the support of the scholars, so Cao Cao can't afford to lose such an important place no matter what.

As Cao Cao's confidant, Xiahoudun relied not only on the kinship relationship with Cao Cao and his courageous fighting style, but more importantly, Xiahoudun would judge the situation and judge the correct situation on the battlefield, which was the most valuable than other brave and unscrupulous brothers.

Therefore, when he rushed back to Yanzhou at this time, he found that the beacon tower was burning with wolf smoke, and he was most worried about nothing else, but the safety of Puyang.

Because he knew that in Puyang City, there were not only Xun Yu and them, but also the group of scholars.

Xiahoudun really cared about Xun Yu and them, but the life and death of those scholars was not what he wanted to care, but these people still had important use value for Cao Cao, so Xiahoudun had to ensure the safety of Puyang City and them no matter what.

Therefore, regardless of whether the counties in other places were in danger of being captured by the enemy, Xiahoudun's first goal was to protect Puyang from being broken by the enemy, so as soon as he arrived in Yanzhou, he led the tiger and leopard cavalry and rushed towards Puyang.

After discovering Xiahoudun's intentions, Cao Chun immediately blocked Xiahoudun's way.

Xiahoudun, who was in a hurry, was suddenly stopped by Cao Chun, and his eyes were blood-red with anger

, roared angrily: "Zihe, what are you doing?" ”

At this time, Xiahoudun wanted to fly to Puyang immediately to protect this important place, but Cao Chun suddenly stopped him for some reason, which is why he was so angry.

I saw Cao Chun ask with a serious expression: "Brother Yuanrang, where are you going?" ”

Xiahoudun was extremely impatient, if he didn't know that Cao Chun was shrewd and capable, he would never be unreasonable at such a critical juncture, and he would have started beating people at this time.

But it is precisely because he knows that Cao Chun is not a vexatious person, so Xiahoudun will stop to listen to Cao Chun at such a moment when every second counts, if it were someone else, maybe he would have been kicked away by Xiahoudun a long time ago.

But even so, in the face of Cao Chun's question, Xiahoudun still looked aggressive, and he replied loudly: "This doesn't need to be asked, of course it's to rescue Puyang!" ”

Seeing Xiahoudun's anxious look, Cao Chun looked very calm.

I saw Cao Chun say: "Brother Yuanrang, now you must not rush to Puyang!" ”

Cao Chun's words made Xiahoudun very surprised, so he hurriedly asked: "How can this be true, Puyang is the foundation of Yanzhou, and now it is in danger, how can we not save it?" ”

In the face of Xiahoudun's menacing questioning, Cao Chun was always able to remain calm.

I saw him reply: "Brother Yuanrang, please calm down and think about it, if these enemies can attack Yanzhou without the Lord Gong, the military advisor, and Xun Sima all noticing, will they not know that we are in a hurry to rescue Puyang?" ”

Cao Chun's words were like cold water, which immediately calmed down Xiahoudun.

Only then did he realize that things were as Cao Chun said, very unusual.

These enemies were not only able to quietly break through the defense line on the Yanzhou border under the nose of Xun Yu, who was famous for his strategy and intelligence, but also Cao Cao and Guo Jia were not able to detect it in advance, which shows that these enemies are by no means unusual.

After calming down, Xiahoudun looked at this young, but very assertive junior, and suddenly realized something, so he asked, "Say, what do you think?" ”