Yuzhou, Yingchuan County, Yanling.

In Duan Xuan's imagination, this persuasion would not go very smoothly, because Cao Cao did not show enough sincerity and only sent a stand-in to come.

But their situation at this time has far exceeded his expectations.

The Yellow Turban Army all over the mountains was waiting for them, and the 1,000 men and horses led by Duan Xuan and others were surrounded in the middle.

"Ladies and gentlemen of Yingchuan! I am Cao Cao's military advisor Xi Xuan Xi Zhicai, and this ......" Duan Xuan said this raised his hand and pointed to Qin Shao, "It is my family lord Cao Cao Cao Mengde." ”

In any case, in this case, it is better to report the name as soon as possible. In case the group of guys on the other side initiates a rush, with the few people around him, all the work of a cup of tea will have to be explained here.

"Whoosh!"

Duan Xuan didn't get the response he expected, but he received a cold arrow.

He hurriedly leaned over and flashed over.

"Don't do it! Yellow Turban heroes, you have something to say! We didn't bring many soldiers and horses, which shows the sincerity of this trip! Although Duan Xuan really wanted to greet the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the group of reckless men around him, he could only endure it at this time.

"Duan Xuan! Less! All the good things you did in Chang'an have all been heard about! That damn little emperor didn't die, but he affected tens of thousands of innocent people! Even if you die a thousand times or ten thousand times, you can't pay it back! A yellow turban commander on the slope scolded loudly.

What's going on! Yingchuan and Runan should no longer have Yefeng's commander-level figures, how did these rebel armies composed of peasants get this news?

It is unlikely that they will find out about it by themselves, because these people should only want to occupy the prefecture and county, and they have no big ambitions, and even if they have a detailed work, they will not be arranged to be so far away from Chang'an.

Then there was only one possibility - someone told them on purpose, and the purpose was to die here.

Qin Shao shrugged his shoulders at Duan Xuan rarely, and said with a smile: "It seems that this time the bad behavior is to blame on the military master." ”

Duan Xuan didn't have time to pay attention to his taunts, because if he didn't do something, everyone would all die here.

"Since you have some troubles with my military advisor, it is better to do this, if you are willing to surrender to me, this person will be at your disposal." Lord Yi Shuai suddenly put forward an "excellent" proposal that made Duan Xuan almost not fall off the horse.

"Lord, think twice." Even though Nie Hong was equally surprised, he didn't forget that Qin Shao was pretending to be Cao Cao at this time.

"I wonder what you think?" Qin Shao began to show his stubborn character again.

This bastard actually played for real! Duan Xuan's heart immediately scolded all of Qin Shao's relatives.

"We have been living happily in Yingchuan and others for many years, how can we return to the Han Dynasty again! Leave Duan Xuan behind, and you can leave. If you dare to say a word more, don't blame He for turning his face and not recognizing people! The Yellow Turban Commander was getting impatient.

"Nie Shuai, quietly pass the word to the brothers, get ready, and when the other party relaxes, he will rush out of the encirclement in one go." Qin Shao lowered his voice and said to Nie Hong.

Old fox! Only then did Duan Xuan understand Qin Shao's intentions.

Qin Shao just wanted to relax the other party, and when they were defenseless, he took the opportunity to get out. As for handing himself over, it's just a pretense.

If the person who used this trick was not Qin Shao, maybe Duan Xuan would have been able to guess it a long time ago. It was precisely because Duan Xuan always thought that Qin Shao would be unfavorable to him, so he believed what he had just said.

"That's good! We'll leave him behind and we'll be able to evacuate. Qin Shao deliberately raised his voice again.

Duan Xuan sighed helplessly and jumped off the war horse.

The wound on his body that was stabbed by Shen Rong was not as serious as Qin Shao's, but it had not yet healed. At this time, he was not sure if he would be able to get on the horse in time to keep up.

However, at this point, there was nothing he could do.

"Your Excellency should be He Yi and He Commander." Duan Xuan took two steps forward, but he didn't go too far from Ma.

"Not bad! I am He Yi. Duan Xuan, prepare to pay for the lives of the unjust souls of Chang'an! He Yi roared angrily and motioned to the brothers in the distance of the encirclement to get out of the way.

"Commander, do you know the troops behind you?" Duan Xuan suddenly put his hands on the pergola and looked behind He Yi.

The Yellow Turban Army around was shocked, and everyone looked behind him in unison. But there's no one there.

"What are you waiting for! Evacuate! ”

Duan Xuan didn't care about the identity of the military advisor, so he turned over his horse in pain, flicked his horsewhip, and took the lead in running towards the gap in the encirclement.

“…… Remove! Qin Shao and Nie Hong came to their senses after a while, and hurriedly ordered a retreat.

"Duan Xuan, your uncle!" Even Nie Hong couldn't help but scold. After all, he had already heard Jiang Xu and Ge Yao say this sentence when he was implementing the Puyang Night Fire before.

Duan Dashao didn't care about other people's "greetings" to him, and still rode his horse and galloped on his own.

However, the encirclement began to slowly close. Qin Shao's plan failed.

"Ah~~~~~h

Suddenly, from the place where it was about to close, the screams of the Yellow Turban Army were heard. Duan Xuan looked at it fixedly, and it turned out that someone was rushing in from the outside with a team of soldiers and horses, as if he was preparing to re-expand the gap.

Although I don't know who it is, it's certain that these are my own people.

It wasn't until he got very close that Duan Xuan finally saw the reason for the Yellow Turban Army's screams - a large stone that needed to be held with both hands was being used as a weapon by the reinforcement commander outside, constantly being thrown out and picked up and thrown again.

And every time the big stone is shot, at least two Yellow Turbans will be hit.

"Zhong Kang! Han Yun! Nie Hong also saw the true face of the reinforcements, and it was his two sub-commanders, Xu Chu and Wei Tao.

At this time, the two of them had already led the men and horses to join Duan Xuan and the others.

"Don't panic Nie Shuai, Xu Chu and Wei Tao are here!"

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Xuzhou, north of Xiaopei, coalition camp.

As if it were a matter of routine, Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao once again began a meaningless military discussion.

"As I said the day before yesterday, Brother Yide, this Cao Ren is really extraordinary." Zhang Liao pretended to be distressed.

Zhang Fei also cooperated and pretended to think, "Yes, if he keeps holding on like this, it will be really difficult for us to attack the city." I suspect that he must have at least 10,000 horses hidden in the city, and in the mountains and forests outside the city, there may be several times as many troops. ”

If Cao Ren knew that Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao were talking nonsense about him, it is estimated that he would have died of laughter a long time ago. 20,000 horses, they said it was more than 50,000.

"It's a pity that we have gathered so many elites here, but there is nowhere to show them, it's really frustrating!" Zhang Liao smashed the table exaggeratedly.

"Alas! This is indeed a hateful thing! Zhang Fei also stomped his feet pretending to be impatient.

Full of nonsense! The two sides cursed the opposite person like this in their hearts.

But there is one thing they don't talk nonsense, and this thing is also the reason why the two of them don't dare to attack casually - the other party really sent elites.

What Zhang Liao led was the real Bingzhou wolf cavalry camp and the Shenbow camp; On Zhang Fei's side, most of them are authentic Danyang soldiers.

In their hearts, they all have such a doubt: why didn't the other party use the recruited recruits to make up the numbers?

The situation in Xuzhou is now very dangerous.

In addition to the soldiers and horses brought out by Zhang Liao, Lü Bu ordered Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hao Meng to go out of the city and camp respectively, nominally to prevent Cao Cao's soldiers and horses from driving straight in, but in fact, the position he put forward was completely towards Pengcheng.

And Liu Bei's side also ordered Mi Fang to lead the army out of the city and camp in the direction of Xiaopei.

Not only that, but Chen Gong also received news that there was a mysterious army of soldiers and horses that had been wandering between Peng Cheng and Xiao Pei.

As the hidden soldiers and horses of both sides, Zang Ba has also been entangled with Zhao Yun in a roundabout way.

……

The tension came to an end after three days. Because after the joint discussion of Lu Bu and Liu Bei, it was believed that since Cao Cao had been prepared, the sneak attack was meaningless.

In this way, the two sides withdrew their respective troops, leaving only Cao Ren, who scolded after learning the news.

However, this seemingly farce-like "joint sneak attack" is just a trick by the coaches of both sides to deceive each other.

Just the day after the withdrawal, Lü Bu received a secret report from Cao Bao: Liu Bei took this opportunity to mobilize a large amount of baggage and money and grain from Guangling County.

was also surprised by the other party's move, as well as Liu Beifang's group of people. Mi Zhu's eyeliner was all over Qing and Xu, and he also reported an astonishing news to Liu Beimi: Lu Bu had transported all the materials from the Yellow Turban Grain Depot to Xiaopei, and also included the rest of Tang Zhou.

This also explains the reason for the disappearance of recruits on both sides - it is the recruits who escort these things.

Lu Bu and Liu Bei both had to admire each other's strategy and courage, because once the escort team was known by the other party, although it would not tear their faces openly, it was not impossible to secretly send someone to intercept and kill.

Both sides can send a thousand elites to deal with each other's transport troops.

However, the main forces of both sides were pinned down by the other.

At this time, both sides knew that the day when they would fight each other was getting closer and closer.

……

The discussion on this matter has come to an end, and Liu Bei is also very relieved: both sides have increased their chips, so it depends on who wants to tear their faces first.

However, this time it was not without success. The group led by Guan Ping, because they had never encountered the enemy, expanded the scope of their inspection. Perhaps it was a coincidence that he happened to meet the last of Lu Bu's recruits to carry grain.

Young Master Guan, who was already suffocated, finally found a place to vent, and started fighting without saying a word.

Where those recruits were his opponents, except for a few who escaped by chance, the vast majority were killed.

After Guan Ping intercepted the grain and grass, he ordered a few men and horses to escort it to Pengcheng, and he led his army to continue to patrol the south.

And just as he reached the south of Lu County, a group of suspicious people were caught by him. After some searching, Guan Ping uncovered a secret letter that shocked him.

After reading the contents of the letter, Guan Ping immediately ordered someone to go to Pengcheng to inform Liu Bei and others, and he led more than 100 people to rush forward to Xiapi.

Because, there is an urgent matter that must be told to his father Guan Yu immediately - Lu Bu and Yuan Shu have secretly communicated.