It's not just a matter of face, Yingchuan is the front line to block the Jingzhou army's attack, and after the Jingzhou army occupies Yingchuan, it can further threaten Yuan Shu's territory.

Therefore, Yuan Shu had a reason to send troops.

This is also knowing that Yu Fuluo is taking advantage of the fire to rob at such a time, Yuan Shu has to pay more for refining blades, just to get Yu Fuluo's help.

Wen Ping is a famous fierce general under Liu Biao, this time Liu Biao sent Wen Ping to attack Yingchuan County, but Cao Cao led 3,000 soldiers and horses to respond, that is to say, only the vanguard army of the Jingzhou Army, there are 9,000 people, mentioning Cao Cao, Yuan Shu will naturally not be unfamiliar.

Cao Cao's takeover of Yanzhou was not at the right time, not only failed to stabilize the situation in Yanzhou, but was driven out under the joint attack of Lü Bu and Yuan Shu, and then he was exiled to Jingzhou.

Being in Jingzhou, it must be a very bad feeling to be under the fence, but Cao Cao did not give up his original dream, he wanted to use his best efforts to save the Han family, especially seeing the princes fighting each other for their own interests, which made Cao Cao even more heartbroken.

The loss of Yanzhou was not terrible for Cao Cao, but the princes did not take the Han family in their eyes at all, and ignored the saint who fell into the hands of thieves, which was the greatest misfortune.

Now that Jingzhou has finally decided to attack Yingchuan County, this is a good opportunity for Cao Cao.

The reason why the princes are fighting endlessly is because Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, who are the most powerful among the princes, have no intention of attacking Dong Zhuo at all, and even now that Dong Zhuo is dead, it is only Dong Zhuo's former subordinates who are in charge of Chang'an, and these people still have no intention of attacking Chang'an.

When Cao Cao lost Yanzhou, it means that he was temporarily hidden in the rear from the stage of the princes' struggle for hegemony, as for what Cao Cao will do in the future, it depends on Cao Cao's own means.

The timing of the attack on Yingchuan was problematic in Cao Cao's view, if it was earlier, the Jingzhou army would enter the territory of Yingchuan, and it would be a sweep.

And the Jingzhou army's attack on Yingchuan County didn't give Lu Bu a chance.

This made Cao Cao feel worried, is the world of the Han family about to fall into the hands of this group of thieves?

Approaching Yingchuan, the news from the scouts made Cao Cao more vigilant, because there were a large number of Hun cavalry on the battlefield.

Judging from the situation of the scouts, the combat effectiveness of these Hun cavalry was extremely strong, and they even had the strength to not lose to the cavalry battalion under Lu Bu.

When Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou, the Hun cavalry accompanied him and made a lot of contributions to Yuan Shu.

In view of this, Cao Cao immediately ordered someone to inform Wen Ping.

At this time, Wen Ping wanted to attack Yuzhou at a faster speed, but he didn't expect that Ji Ling and the Hun cavalry set a trap for him.

Ji Ling is the first fierce general under Yuan Shu's account, but when he was the first fierce general to fight with the Xuzhou army, he was very aggrieved, and it was difficult for him to be powerful in front of the Xuzhou army with his martial arts, and under Lu Bu, more than one person could suppress him.

Now against the Jingzhou Army, Ji Ling can be said to be full of anger that needs to be released, and he wants to recover his prestige as the first fierce general from the Jingzhou Army.

Wen hired negligently, calculated for Ji Ling, and fell into Ji Ling's ambush.

This is nothing for the well-trained Jingzhou army, the key is that there is a strong force of Hun cavalry on the battlefield

After the Hun cavalry was equipped with stirrups, the combat effectiveness that broke out was extremely amazing, and there were a large number of hundred refining blades to equip the army, and the combat effectiveness of the Hun cavalry was even more terrifying than when they attacked Pengcheng.

The cavalry was criss-crossed, the Jingzhou army was unstoppable, the army was chaotic, Ji Ling led the army to rush and kill for a while, fortunately Cao Cao led the cavalry to respond, so he was able to escape, and Ji Ling led the troops to retreat into Yangzhai calmly.

When the news of Ji Ling's victory came, the Jingzhou army was shaken, and Yuan Shu was excited.

The vanguard army was frustrated, so that the Jingzhou high-level shocked, originally thought that after Yuan Shu failed on the battlefield in Xuzhou, the soldiers in the army did not have much fighting spirit, who would have thought that even in such a situation, the soldiers under Yuan Shu were still so fierce, although there were Hun cavalry participating in the war, which made Jingzhou have to pay attention to Yuan Shu.

Jingzhou also has a lot of discussion about this, and even there are two factions, some advocate continuing to attack Yuzhou, and some support the retreat, the defeat of the vanguard army will have a great impact on an army, but all the generals who lead the troops to fight understand the reason.

There is a lack of cavalry in the Jingzhou army, and it is definitely impossible to have a more detailed understanding of the situation on the battlefield, and Yuan Shu, with the help of the Hun cavalry, will have a very terrifying strength.

Wen Ping could only lead the army back and set up camp, and he regretted not following Cao Cao's advice.

Cao Cao is keenly aware that Lu Bu may make a move at this time, if he is put in Lu Bu's position, he will definitely not let go of Yuan Shu so easily, after all, the crisis in Xuzhou this time is caused by Yuan Shu leading the army to attack, although Yuan Shu said that he compensated Liang and Pei, but who would dislike too many cities under his rule.

By Lu Bu's side, there was also the help of resourceful people, and Jia Xu's strategy had already been reflected when Lu Bu raided Pengcheng and fought against the Yanzhou army and the Qingzhou army.

With such a figure by his side, Lu Bu will become a terrifying existence among the princes.

Just when the war broke out between Wenpin and Ji Ling, the Xuzhou army began to act.

There are 500 cavalry in the Yanzhou army, which is also an important force in the Yanzhou army, trained by Zhang Liao, the cavalry of Yanzhou is formed by borrowing the training model of the Xiao cavalry battalion, and even the generals in the cavalry are mostly from the Xiao cavalry battalion.

When night fell, Dingtao fell into silence, and there were no soldiers in the city, and many soldiers were resting against the city wall.

One by one, torches burned brightly, illuminating the situation near the city gates.

At this time, the commander Chen Dong led more than 500 soldiers to attack the east gate, and the soldiers guarding the city gate did not expect that their commander would make a betrayal act at such a time, and he was caught off guard, and the city gate was quickly captured by Chen Dong.

The city gate opened, and Zhang Liao led the cavalry into the city.

The shouting and killing in the city continued for a whole night, until the sky gradually stopped, and the people in the city did not dare to go out of their homes even after the sky was bright.

The fighting that breaks out in the city will have a great impact on the people.