Mu Fan broke out of the encirclement and galloped north non-stop, the Chu army only had a small number of cavalry, and he was not afraid that the other party would catch up, but the problem was that if he wanted to go to the slipway, he had to cross the Jishui. Li Weigong, the owner of the building under his command, was full of worries, and said: "Town lord, we don't have a boat, do you want to find a place to hide first, wait until it gets dark to cut down wood for a boat, and then find a time to cross the river?" ”

"Not necessarily!"

Mu Fan acted, always took one step and looked at three steps, as early as when the soldiers of Juzhou County and the people of Zhuzhou County were in Cangyuan, he was ready to retreat. More than 50 small boats were hoarded in Zaokou Village, near Dongming County, which was more than 20 miles downstream from Jishui, and the water war did not have much effect, but it was enough to cross the river. Immediately said to Li Weigong with a little pride, and Li Weigong admired the five-body throwing to the ground, and said: "Xu Gou couldn't have imagined that the town lord has such a trick......"

"Hmph, Xu You!" Mu Fan looked back at the invisible city in the distance, and said, "Yuzhou, I will come back, and cut him with my own hands!" ”

Before nightfall, the Wei army arrived at Zaokou, and Li Weigong said strangely: "What about the villagers here?" Mu Fan didn't answer, Li Weigong immediately understood, for the sake of secrecy, no matter how many villagers there were in Zaokou Village, they must have been secretly slaughtered, this is nothing to their Xianbei people, Han people, pigs and dogs are not as good as things, kill them, anyway, they can live better than pigs and dogs, and they can't be killed.

For the sake of prudence, Mu Fan led 3,000 cavalry to roam around the village to be responsible for guarding, and asked Li Weigong to bring 3,000 people, leaving horses and bows and spears, and only brought short knives into the village to fetch boats.

Along the path at the entrance of the village, you can see the traces of the original robbery and murder, the doors and windows of many villagers' houses are open, sundries are thrown all over the ground, and there are dried black blood stains on the white wall, but there are no corpses to be seen, and they must have been disposed of. Li Weigong did not have time to stay, let alone enter the house to check, they had to cross the water before dark, and went straight to the barn of the Tibetan boat according to Mu Fan's instructions. More than 50 half-old Mengchong ships were densely placed on the ground, and there were hundreds of rolled logs next to them, uncovering the wheat stalks and straw laid on the boat, beckoning the troops to place the rolling logs at intervals of several meters, and then carrying the boat flat on the rolling logs, just about to push, suddenly rushed out of those seemingly abandoned houses More than a thousand Chu troops, ignited rockets and shot overwhelmingly, and in an instant the barn was on fire, and the Wei army was in chaos, Li Weigong pulled out his waist knife, shouted in formation, lined up, but the sound stopped abruptly, and a stray arrow passed through his throat bone, A mist of blood sprinkled all over the back of his head.

Tang Zhijian's Zhenhai was in Liu Zhuang after capturing the Lou Dispelling Disease Department, and rushed to Zaokou non-stop, made arrangements in advance, and waited for work, and was fully equipped with swords, armor, bows and crossbows, compared with Li Weigong's group of dismounted cavalry, it was simply a big bully for the small, and there was no suspense in this victory!

"Look, town lord!"

Mu Fan, who was outside the village, turned his head sharply and saw the fire and smoke churning in the air, and his face became extremely ugly. The person next to him was about to rein in the horse and rush inside, but he slapped him and scolded: "Idiot! We've been tricked, let's go! ”

"But Li Gong is the master of them, ......"

"Horses stay, if they are killed, they will find their way back home!"

Mu Fan was not frightened by Xu You's ghostly spirit, he only felt that there were ambushes everywhere, if he really rushed in to save Li Weigong, I was afraid that everyone would have to die in Zaokou.

He took the lead, continued to run east along Jishui, and ran for dozens of miles, and suddenly saw that the river section here was narrowing, so he hurriedly stopped his horse, cut driftwood from the forest not far away, led a horse by himself, and swam across Jishui.

When he got to the shore, he was wet like a water ghost at night, and even he followed Yuanguang to sneak attack the Rouran Khan Court without being so embarrassed at this moment, Mu Fan took the mare's milk and dry food handed over by the guards, just took a bite, and his eyes shot a terrible light, and said: "No, there is a traitor!" ”

The guard was stunned and said, "Mole? ”

"Yes!" Mu Fan grabbed the horse's mane hatefully, and said, "Lou Dijian is ambushed in Liu Zhuang, why can Xu You be unpredictable?" Besides, I gave him two thousand fine horsemen, and he is a little grandmaster who has entered the fifth grade, even if he can't change the situation of the battle, there are hundreds of guards desperately protecting him, how can he break through, how can he be wiped out? He didn't know that Qingming had secretly calculated Lou's illness first, so according to common sense, the main general was indeed the most likely to break through.

The guards were dumbfounded for a while, and said: "Maybe the lord of the building is loyal and brave, and he fights the enemy to the end, and he is unwilling to break through ......the siege."

"In the bloody battle, you should die in battle, how can you become Xu You's guest? You also saw it during the siege before, he was sitting next to Xu You's fighting ship, neither shackled nor restrained, why didn't he take the opportunity to kill Xu You? ”

The guards opened their mouths, and they didn't dare to intercede for Lou Diji, just looking at Xu You's cultivation of shooting Bai Xu with an arrow, how could Lou Diji kill him? The owner of his own town is angry, probably trying to find someone to bear the blame for this defeat, he is no longer interested, and he may not see the sun tomorrow.

"Of course, based on these, it can't be determined that Lou Di is collaborating with the enemy!" Mu Fan raised his horsewhip and pointed in the direction of Zaokou Village, the fire over there had already been extinguished, and until now I haven't seen anyone or horse follow, Li Weigong and the fate of the three thousand people don't ask, and said: "Zaokou, it's the back road I arranged in advance, even you don't know, and the person who led the troops to slaughter the village was Lou Di's disease, after slaughtering Zaokou, he didn't go back to Cangyuan, he went directly to Liuzhuang to ambush, the military order is strict, it is impossible for officers and soldiers to go out, so the person who has the opportunity to contact Xu You can only be him!" ”

"Huh?" The guards suddenly realized, no wonder the town lord would suspect Lou Diji, in this way, his suspicion is indeed the greatest, and said: "Ambush soldier Liu Zhuang is the conspiracy of the town lord and Lou Diji, hiding the boat Zaokou, and only the town lord and Lou Dizhi participated, but there were problems in these two places......"

"Lou dispelled disease!" Mu Fan bit his lip and bled blood, and said, "No matter how powerful you are Knowles, I will also investigate your crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the master!" Walk! ”

After running for half the night, he finally arrived at the slip platform at the fifth watch, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that the slipway city wall collapsed in many places, and the black and gray after the fire, Mu Fan was suspicious, and stopped in a hurry, when he was hesitating, hundreds of flags were suddenly erected at the head of the wall, and in the darkness the shadow and shadow saw countless people crowded, Sima Lianzhi wore armor, pulled out a sharp knife, pointed to the city and laughed loudly, and said: "Mu Tingshi, according to the general's order, I have been waiting here for a long time!" Shoot the arrows! ”

Another dense rain of arrows roared, mixed with huge crossbow arrows shot from the gap in the city wall, the Wei army that was close at hand suffered more than 300 casualties, Mu Fan was tired and hungry, anxious and angry, looked up to the sky and spit out a mouthful of blood, turned around and ran again, the only difference from the last time, this time it was to flee downstream along the Yellow River.

But what Mu Fan didn't know was that Sima Lianzhi was also trembling, Qi Xiao and Ye Min only left him a thousand people after conquering the slipway, and the main task was to lead the people of the slipway to re-strengthen the city defense, while they led the main force to Xingyang to meet Zuo Yan. Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot left, Mu Fan's rout army arrived on the back foot, if the enemy found that the defense in the city was empty, the longitudinal horse attacked through the gap in the city wall, and the slip was in danger.

Therefore, Sima Lianzhi took the opportunity to make a decision, erected more flags and grass and trees, and then released arrows to scare Mu Fan away, and kept the slipway, which was the key to controlling the north and south, and his performance was very eye-catching, and he was specially cared for by Xu You, and ordered the whole army to commend him.

Fortunately, when the East Route Army came against the current, it only focused on conquering cities with strategic value, and there were several small counties of Wei in the lower reaches of the Yellow River that were shivering and hiding in the city.

But looking back at the grizzled and earth-faced subordinates who are comparable to beggars, and then thinking about how high-spirited they were when they went to Yuzhou to take office, they immediately came from the bottom of their hearts, and they fell down and fell unconscious.

In the battle of Cangyuan, Xu You captured a lot, and the grain and grass that Yuzhou had hoarded for many years did not have time to be damaged, totaling more than 350,000 stones, and the rest of the money and brocade treasures were converted into more than 20 million dollars, and more importantly, this battle allowed Xu You to get more than 8,000 well-trained military horses.

Although he got horses, it is not an overnight thing to form combat effectiveness, at least this western expedition does not have to think about it, Xu You left two hundred horses for the scouts and fillers of various armies, and the rest were all sent back to Jingzhou Horse Farm to be raised, this is all a treasure, if it is not for the war with the Northern Wei Dynasty, there is no place to buy it with money.

Leaving 5,000 people to guard the cangyuan, Xu You led the Chinese army to arrive outside Xingyang on the sixth day of the fourth month, Zuo Yan, He Wei, Shanzong, Qi Xiao, Ye Min and other Cuiyu Army, Chifeng Army, Youdu Army A total of more than 200 people all went out of the city to greet them, after a short greeting, Xu You officially entered Xingyang.

The castle lord's mansion, the inner hall.

"What about Tan Xiaozu?"

Xu You cleaned his hands and face, ate a few bites of rice to fill his stomach, and looked up and asked He Wei. He Wei's march with Zuo Yan's middle route army did not encounter much war, Xuchang fought down, Xingyang was conquered without attack, but it was unexpected.

"Tan Xiaozu is still outside Yiyun Pass, as if he has been deflated, I guess I am embarrassed to come to see Qilang."

"Oh?" Xu You put down his chopsticks, he hadn't read the military report of the Western Route Army, and frowned: "Lost the battle?" ”

Zuo Yan said kindly, and the wording excused Tan Xiaozu, and said: "It can't be said that he lost the battle, but he attacked Yique, although he smashed the gate with a thunderbolt, but the collapsed rockfall still blocked the road, and he fought a bloody battle for a day and night, and failed to knock on the pass!" ”

Yique is actually not a Xiongguan, but the victory is in the terrain is dangerous, the troops can not be spread out head-on, whether you have 10,000 or 100,000 people, each wave can stand on the ground, only the narrow river bank three miles wide, if the defenders are really desperate, the Jingzhou army really can't take them.

Xu You scratched his nose, the Thunder Cannon is not omnipotent, when encountering a special terrain like Yique, he can't do it, and in the end he has to fight for his IQ, and said: "Its wings, do you have a plan to break the enemy?" ”

He Wei smiled and said, "Is Tang Zhijian here?" ”

"What are you looking for him to do?" Xu You said: "This kid has made a great contribution this time, first covered Lou Di's disease in the lid, and then got into Mu Fan's stomach and bit him a large piece of meat, captured and killed nearly 5,000 Wei soldiers, and earned more than 4,000 horses. ”

"If you want to break Yique, only Tang Zhijian can do it!"

"Huh?"

"Qilang has not forgotten, in the twenty-second year of King Zhou, how did Bai Qi defeat the combined forces of Han and Wei in Yique?"