Liu Ye said: "The lord wants me to choose, I choose the west, Weihai Hou is too strong, we fight with him, and the whole army may be wiped out in the end, and let go of the east, Weihai Hou may not advance to the west, Youzhou is not down, Jizhou is not peaceful, the Yuan family is not destroyed, he will not force the lord too much." ”

Yanzhou is sandwiched between the two Yuans, and as long as Xu Ding swallows Yanzhou completely, he will inevitably start a war with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu at the same time.

In this way, he will have to go back to the back of the state, which is very undesirable.

And he persecuted too much, and when he hit the west, he not only had to fight Cao Cao, but also Lu Bu at the same time.

At that time, it will promote the Caolu Alliance.

With Xu Ding's strategy, it is unlikely that he would do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, giving up the east side can be used as a bargaining chip to negotiate peace with Xu Ding.

"Okay! Then protect the west, contact Bokang as soon as possible, I want to get his definite answer, and the four counties of Jibei Kingdom will give it to him. Cao Cao said bitterly.

Liu Ye went down and arranged for people to negotiate rebellion with Xu Ding.

It's just that the envoy came to Xu Huang and Guan Yu, and got a reply from Xu Huang and others: "I'm sorry, we just have to fight, and it's the work of civil officials to negotiate something, or you go to Qingzhou, my lord didn't come." ”

I also have to go to Qingzhou.

This was much delay, and the messenger returned immediately.

Liu Ye reported the results to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao said: "Bo Kang is a smart person, first, he is afraid that I will cheat, and second, his appetite is more than that, no matter which one it is, we must show sincerity first." ”

Liu Ye didn't say anything, basically agreeing with what Cao Cao said.

Then Cao Cao said: "Forget it, I believe that Bokang will not be killed, and there is no need for any agreement, just retreat, let's retreat to Dong'a first, and let Bokang's people enter the northern country." ”

Linyi is stuck on the main road to the north of Jibei in the south.

Cao Cao originally wanted to use this as a condition to talk to Xu Ding.

But Xu Ding knew what was going on in Yanzhou, so naturally he didn't meet Cao Cao, and he wouldn't make any promises.

Whether or not to eat Yanzhou in one go, he also depends on the development of the situation, so he will not negotiate with Cao Cao.

Because he has this strength and advantage now.

Cao Cao had no choice but to lead the army to retreat directly to the west, and not a single soldier went south to Jibei.

As soon as Cao Jun left, Xu Huang and others took over Linyi, and Guan Yu's fifth lieutenant army immediately went south to Jibeiguo.

Xu Ding did not chase Cao Cao when he arrived in Linyi, but first sent people to occupy the county towns of Dongjun in the north of the Yellow River.

In particular, the two cities of Bopyeong and Dongbuyang.

A city pinched Yuan Shao's right rear flank, and a city surrounded Cao Cao's Dong'a into a semi-encirclement posture, which had the intention of continuing to force Cao Cao to the west.

Cao Cao had to continue to return west with his army, and soon withdrew to Fan County, learning that Lü Bu did not advance eastward after taking Juancheng, and turned south to develop and control the counties, Cao Cao was relieved.

For this reason, Cao Cao immediately sent a general into the city of Chengyun, and the two cities formed a horn trend in response to Lu Bu's change.

At the same time, he actively sent people to Dongpingguo, Lu Guo, and Renchengguo to send troops and horses to assemble in Shanyang County.

Che Zhou, who was originally struggling to support in Dongping Kingdom, received Cao Cao's letter and the news of the accident in Yanzhou, so he led his troops to withdraw from Dongping Kingdom.

Zhao Yun pursued, Che Zhou was defeated, left a group of prisoners, and was chased to Ren Chengguo, where he met Cao Chun and others who returned from Xuzhou, so that they were able to save their lives.

However, Lu Zhao and Cai Yang, who remained in Snake Hill and Gang County, were unable to withdraw, and were besieged by the second lieutenant army and the sixth lieutenant cavalry, and were finally defeated.

Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen were also embarrassed to know that Yanzhou had changed dramatically.

In order to avoid a battle with the 6th Captain's Army and preserve the seeds of the tiger and leopard cavalry, after converging the chariots, they immediately withdrew from Renchengguo to Shanyang County.

After Cao's army withdrew, the Fifth Captain's Army soon entered and occupied the state of Rencheng and Lu.

At this point, Xu Ding's troops took the four counties of Yanzhou and half of the eastern county, and at the same time received an order from Xu Ding to suspend the pursuit.

Xu Ding's absence from advancing westward also allowed Cao Cao to breathe.

Cao Cao regrouped his troops and horses, immediately raised his army, and launched a three-way attack on Lü Bu, starting a counterattack to recapture Yanzhou.

The reason why Cao Cao launched the attack so quickly was that there was a shortage of food and grass, which forced him to start a war immediately.

The second is that Lu Bu first gained a foothold in Yanzhou, but his foothold was not stable, and the people's hearts were not attached.

Cao Cao's three-way attack was divided into the main force from Fanxian to Juancheng, and Yuncheng's flank cover and containment.

and the reconquest of Naoshima Huanglong from Sanyo Province against Dingtao, the capital of Jiyin County.

First of all, in terms of Shanyang, Shanyang County Taishou is the Yuan family's Yuan legacy, although Shanyang is the territory of Yanzhou, but Yuan's heart is to Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Cao was an alliance, so naturally Yuan Yi did not follow Chen Gong to welcome Lu Bu.

Therefore, he naturally supported Cao Cao to recapture Yanzhou, not only to provide money but also food, to help Che Zhou regain his military morale.

Although Che Xuan is not a fierce general, but he is also a capable cadre, who has done the history of Xuzhou in the original history and was appointed by Cao Cao to manage Xuzhou.

So the ability is there.

At this time, he took the soldiers and horses withdrawn from Rencheng and Lu State, plus the support of Yuan Yi, as well as a thousand tigers and leopards, a total of 8,000 soldiers, and directly attacked Dingtao.

Dingtao City only symbolically resisted, and then defected to Cao Cao.

Then the chariot attacked south and north, and the counties and cities of Jiyin fell again.

Soon, in addition to Juancheng and Yuqiu City, Jiyin County returned to Cao Cao's arms.

Cao Cao's 60,000 troops and 50,000 troops were led by him to directly attack Juancheng.

10,000 were led by Cao Ren to attack Yuqiu City.

The army drove to the city of Juancheng, and Cao Cao provoked Lü Bu and led him out of the city to fight.

Lu Bu got Chen Gong's advice and stubbornly defended Juancheng and did not come out.

Later, he couldn't stand Cao Jun's verbal ridicule, and took a thousand horsemen out of the city the next day.

Cao Cao immediately said: "Miaocai and Yuan let the two of you entangle Lu Bu." ”

Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan immediately fought with Lu Bu, and Cao Cao saw that the two could not win and sent Shi Lian, Wang Yao, Bao Xian, and Cao Hong to the field.

For a while, the six generals fought against Lu Bu, and Lu Bu was poor to deal with it, and gradually fell into defeat.

Hurried to the Chen Palace at the head of the city, and immediately said to Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, and Cao Xing: "Cao thief is cunning, don't you want to help General Lu Bu, do you want to watch General Lu be besieged and killed?" ”

Lu Bu has always liked heads-up, and he doesn't like others to interfere when fighting.

But now that Chen Gong has ordered, Lu Bu has lost the wind again, and the four generals have no choice but to rush out.

Cao Xuan rushed halfway to the distance and shot an arrow first, and the arrow aimed directly at Xiahoudun, one of the fiercest.

Xiahoudun felt that danger was coming, and with a slight side, the arrow deviated from the center of his eyebrows and hit him in the left eye.

"Ahh

Xiahoudun was in pain, urged the horse to leave the battlefield, and then pulled out the arrow on the spot.

The arrow directly brought out his left eyeball, and the bright red blood stained the arrow and eyeball.

Xiahou raised his head to the sky and howled: "How can the parents who are born and receive the body be abandoned."

Then he swallowed his eyeball.

The four generals who rushed up to help Lu Bu saw what Xiahoudun had done, and they were stunned on the spot, and they all bypassed Xiahoudun to rescue Lu Bu.

Xiahoudun couldn't bear the pain and didn't stop the bleeding in his left eye, and urged the horse to rush to Cao Xing, who shot him, Cao Xing was in a hurry, and even took two arrows to shoot Xiahoudun, but the arrows were not on the string, and Xiahoudun, who rushed over, picked up and killed the horse.