Fighters are not to be taken lightly.

This is the cruel historical experience left by the wonderful duel between Han Gaozu and the overlord of Chu to the people of the world.

Xiang Yu beat Liu Bang several times and won major decisive battles several times, but he was always so short of a breath, and repeatedly let Liu Bang, who was in a desperate situation, make a comeback with the assistance of Xiao He, Han Xin, Lu Ze, Zhang Liang and others.

Correspondingly, Xiang Yu was just a time of exhaustion, and he negotiated with Liu Bang to divide the world peacefully, and was peeped at by Zhang Liang and others, and then Liu Bang, who tore up the agreement, led the princes of the world to surround him, and came to see the Jiangdong father and elder without face.

Therefore, after winning the two fronts of Xiapi-Wuchao at the same time, without even waiting for the results of Neihuang, Gongsun Xun no longer hesitated, and immediately launched a comprehensive general offensive under the pressure of huge attrition, and on the morning of the sixth day of October, after nearly three days and nights of fierce attack, he successfully broke through the Guandu camp of the Central Plains coalition army, and then launched a strategic march.

However, it is said to be a march. In fact, with Liu Ye leading the remnants of Guandu to surrender, Cao Cao and Cao Ren each fled in a hurry with only a few thousand remnants, and Lu Su, who was close to Chenliu, also took the opportunity to lead the southern Huai people south to Pengcheng after perceiving the situation, and there was not much de facto military pressure on the way of the Yan army...... This march is more like a strategic pursuit.

Not to mention elsewhere, the soldiers and horses here in Guandu are basically divided into two, chasing Cao Cao all the way to Yingchuan and Nanyang; Chasing Cao Ren all the way, going to the direction of Chenliu and Chenjun, attacking cities and conquering cities along the way, it was like eating and drinking.

The war is like this, and the relevant information of the three battles of Xuzhou-Wuchao-Neihuang has completely spread with the advance and retreat of the two armies, and the people of the world have woken up - this battle, after all, Yan Gong won!

But it is not only a Cao Cao who fails, and what Yan Gong is about to gain is not just an official du, or Chen County, or even the Central Plains.

"It's already obvious!"

Nanyang Wancheng, the capital of the Great Han Dynasty that has been in peace for almost a whole year, instantly fell into unprecedented chaos, because everyone knows that in addition to annexing the Central Plains, Gongsun Xun has no chance of this battle, but if there is the slightest possibility, he must ask the Son of Heaven to 'go back and explain the situation'!

So for all of you in Wancheng, can there be a good one?

"It's already obvious and urgent! Cao Chengcheng is coming, and Xun Wenruo has also brought the well-dressed clan of the Central Plains who are willing to be loyal to the Han family to Runan, and the two of them mean to let us transfer from the emperor's hometown Caiyang to Jiangxia for continuation...... Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any opinions? "Above the so-called court, Yang Biao, who was speaking, seemed to be a teenager old, full of gray hair, cowering, and it was difficult to have the spirit before.

In other words, this is not only due to the blow of the cruel situation in front of us, nor is it only because of worrying about the future of the Han family, to a large extent, it is due to the hard work of its people after they really took on the responsibility for the rise and fall of the so-called Han family in the previous year.

Think about it, although Nanyang is a big county, Lu Bu, who was used by the small court of the Han dynasty to squeeze out Cao Cao's control of half of Nanyang County, is indeed a relatively easy person to coax, but there is a war in front, everything is based on military needs, and the small court can basically only be maintained at the minimum economic limit. And this is okay, the key is that Yang Biao, as the first important minister of the center, also has to contact the three princes in the center, dancing on the three eggs, today he wants to think of appeasing Cao Cao who is working the front line, and tomorrow he wants to persuade Liu Biao and his subordinates not to have capitulationist tendencies, and the day after tomorrow he will fight with Liu Bei in Runan next door to fight the autumn wind and ask for some funds for the Mid-Autumn Festival...... And there is a slight disturbance on the front line, and he still has to coax the frightened little man here!

In addition to this, it was necessary to do everything possible to maintain and expand the influence of the Han dynasty.

However, no matter how it was maintained, the situation was still unbearable day by day, and finally came to this point - Liu Bei, who was strong and seemed to have the most secure territory, lost Xuzhou first, and the whole territory was exposed to the Yan army; Cao Cao, who led an army of hundreds of thousands, was still defeated and could only flee here in embarrassment; The loyal Wujun tiger general Sun Ce is even more different; Liu Biao was simply ambiguous to an extremely dangerous point.

At this moment, that is, Lu Bu and his little 10,000 soldiers and horses may be able to rely on. In fact, Lu Bu had just hurried back to Wancheng from Yingchuan with four thousand soldiers and horses.

"What does Wen Hou think?" In a moment of silence, Yang Biao looked at Lu Fengxian as a matter of course.

"I can't believe Cao Mengde and that Xun Wenruo." Lu Bu, who had just withdrawn from Yingchuan and was standing in the lobby of the former Nanyang Taishou Mansion in military uniform, and now above the Ming Hall of the Son of Heaven, frowned slightly, expressing some kind of unmistakable doubt. "But in a place like Jiangxia, where is the Son of Heaven to go? It's all on the edge of the Yangtze River, and when you really get there, what do people in the world think of the imperial court? ”

That's a reasonable statement...... But the question is, where can you go if you don't go to Jiangxia?

"But if you don't go to Jiangxia, where will you go?" After Deng Yu, a native of Nanyang, a young Huangmen squire, and a famous minister of the Han Dynasty, Deng Zhi, who was very trusted by the Son of Heaven at this time, thought about it for a while, and sighed for a while. "After fighting for more than half a year in front, countless people died, and at this point, will Hebei still let us go? Moreover, even if we can abandon the official and not do it, and ask for a savage Antai, is there any other fate for the Son of Heaven in the hands of Yan Rebellion? Now, I can only go to Jiangxia with Cao Gong and Xun Wenruo. ”

As soon as these words came out, the court, which was already not many people, seemed even more deserted.

The logic is so simple, at this time, unless the small court of the Han family has the courage to burn the jade, it has no choice but to flee south. And once they flee south, it will definitely be extremely dangerous to go to the core territory of Liu Bei and Liu Biao. For today's plan, we can only try to gather the forces fleeing south, and go to the intersection of the two territories, that is, the Jiangxia region, under the banner of the Son of Heaven.

There was nothing to talk about, but after a long pause, as Xiao Tianzi also sighed, the matter was settled, Jing Ze and Deng Zhi were responsible for the relocation of the Son of Heaven's honor guard and palace ban, Yang Biao went to count the treasury, and Lu Bu went to prepare the army, but he was ready to wait for Cao Cao to come, and then go south together.

Others didn't mention it, but Lu Bu, who hurriedly returned to Wancheng, returned to his mansion, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved, and the more he thought about it, the more unacceptable he felt, and then he was alarmed.

"What is your husband's concern?" A fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman in Chinese costumes, who came in a curling manner, saw that Lu Bu was depressed, and her face was also melancholy, but it was Lu Bu's wife, Yuan Shu's eldest daughter.

As the saying goes, old husbands and young wives are naturally soft-legged, not to mention that Lu Bu is nothing else, he has always been particular about his wife, especially this wife, as the daughter of the Yuan family and a relative of the Yang family, makes him cherish it even more.

Therefore, Lu Fengxian was not angry when he heard this, but forced a happy face, quickly got up to catch the other party, helped the other party to sit in the hall, and comforted him a little: "Madame don't have to worry, it's just a court matter." ”

"Why should my husband hide it from me?" This Mrs. Yuan took advantage of the situation to sit down, but she was not afraid. "It is said outside that Cao Sikong lost the battle, and Nanyang will be moved to Jiangxia here...... Aren't we leaving? ”

Lu Bu sighed, but became more and more helpless: "I didn't expect it to spread so quickly!" ”

"Are you really going to Jiangxia?" Mrs. Yuan also frowned.

"Not bad." Lu Bu had no choice but to be honest. "Now, there is no other way but to go to Jiangxia...... Is Madame worried about the remoteness of the road? Don't worry, I will personally escort you to Jiangxia safely. ”

"I knew I couldn't." Mrs. Yuan shook her head again and again, but she remembered something for a while, and she was even more helpless. "Husband, you said that if we go back to Jiangxia this time, can we still live in the house where we were originally married? It's Huang Zu's house. ”

Lu Bu was slightly stunned, and then gloomy.

"I think so." Seeing this, Mrs. Yuan immediately forced a smile. "It's not the same as before, now I go to Jiangxia again, the Son of Heaven, my uncle, I heard that Cao Sikong is going to go, so where is the original house still our husband and wife?"

Lu Bu smiled more and more bitterly, and the wrinkles on his head became tighter: "Why do I want to go to Jiangxia for my husband?" You must know that I am a northerner, Nanyang is the hinterland of the Central Plains in the end, and I can still adapt, if it is not a last resort, there is a big mansion, where is I willing to go to Jiangxia? ”

"That's what the concubine means." Mrs. Yuan was also completely gloomy. "I grew up between Ruying and Wanluo, how could I be willing to go south? Moreover, since my husband came back from Luyang two months ago, I have not been able to get up for more than a month, and I can't say that I am pregnant, and I always feel that it is not worth it when I think of letting my children not know the Central Plains in the future. ”

Mrs. Yuan was sad here, but unexpectedly, Lu Bu on the side was already stupid...... He is now over forty years old, but only one daughter is in Chang'an, it is said that this year, when he was in Chang'an, he was promised to Jia Xu's son by Gongsun Xun, who happened to be in Chang'an, and it was already spilled water. At this time, Mrs. Wen may be pregnant, how can she not like it?

It's just that the current situation is like this, and this kind of happy event is particularly worrying.

What should I do if something happens on the road?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Feng first comforted the other party, and then asked about the other party's body, and after coming back to his senses a little, he could only become more and more indignant: "If there is a long-term peace and stability, why am I willing to take you around?" How good is it for a family to be stable and wealthy? ”

When Mrs. Yuan heard this, her face and heart moved slightly.

Lu Bu's eyes were outstanding, and when he saw it, he took the initiative to ask: "Madame, do you have words?" ”

"It's not me, it's that I happened to go to see my father in the backyard yesterday." Mrs. Yuan was cautious. "They all say that they are inseparable, although Cao Sikong and my uncle said that my father was guilty and did not allow my father to go out of the backyard for half a step, but now the situation is so chaotic...... Can my husband call the shots and take the opportunity to exonerate my father? ”

When Lu Fengxian heard this, he immediately got up and sneered: "What Madame said is very true, even Cao Sikong and they can't protect themselves, how can my father-in-law not be exonerated?" Let's go to the backyard and see my father-in-law now. ”

Mrs. Yuan finally showed her face slightly, and Lu Bu was instantly excited when she saw this.

Not to mention that Lu Bu went to see Yuan Shu, what a radiant spark would burst out of this pair of Weng sons-in-law, but it was said that the Yan army had made rapid progress in the past few days, not only Chen Liuquan, but also Chen Junquan, and Yingchuan was also advancing rapidly under the attack of Xu Rong and Guandu reinforcements, who had long been unable to hold back.

Cao Mengde originally wanted to wait for news in the area of Xu County, and by the way, gather some Yingchuan disciples who were willing to go south with him, but Xu Rongyan's Red Army skills from Yuyuan Pass had reached the extreme, how could Cao Cao have a chance to breathe? After his people and Zhang Liao joined forces to break through Yangzhai, they almost didn't stop, and led the crowd south to fight Xu County.

In this regard, Zhang Liao and other main forces of Guandu naturally did not say much, but Cao Cao was bitter, and as a last resort, the latter could only come non-stop, but he went south in embarrassment, directly gave up the entire Yingchuan, and went to Luyang City, the northern gateway of Nanyang...... There were some of the new troops under Lu Bu's command that had been withdrawn from the front line, but it made him take a breath a little, but he didn't dare to move lightly, for fear that he would not be able to get rid of Xu Rong's cavalry.

At this time, Gongsun Xun, who personally moved to Xu County, received letters from Lu Bu, Cai Mao, and many others.

Of course, this time these letters do not have to be burned, because all of them have put their posture to the lowest possible level, and they have really come with sincerity, and now, Gongsun Xun really hopes to avoid unnecessary casualties and use diplomatic means to obtain the greatest benefit possible.

Cai Deqi (Cai Mao) said in the letter that I don't need to be there in person, as long as I agree, he is willing to hand over all the places north of the water to Zhong Yuanchang in the direction of Wuguan before this year, except for Deng County...... What did the two military advisors say? In the hall of the Xuxian Guansi, after reading a letter, Gongsun Xun threw it directly to Lu Meng on the side, who hurriedly held the letter and handed it to Wang Xiang, who was sitting in the hall.

"This should also be the limit of Liu Biao's concessions." Jia Xu thought for a moment and came to a conclusion. "Deng County is the cover of Xiangyang City in the north, and he must defend this city from raiding Xiangyang by the lord; and asked Zhong Yuan to take over often, but persuaded the lord not to go to Nanyang, as if he was worried that the lord's army would be pressurized; As for handing over Nanyang before the end of the year, but not mentioning the Son of Heaven, it seems that he has acquiesced in letting the Son of Heaven go to Jiangxia, and is not prepared to make a countermeasure that violates the courtiers' festivals, and then hand over the territory......"

"If he's so sincere, what should I do?" Gongsun Xun smiled at each other. "Gongda!"

"It depends on the order of His Highness's next march!" Xun You was not in a hurry, calm and calm. "After this battle, the Central Plains, north of the Huai River, will inevitably arrive; And next, whether to stare at Liu Xuande first and take Jiangbei, or try his best to catch up with Cao Mengde and the Son of Heaven first, you have to make a little arrangement and distribution; And if you go further, the river is thousands of miles, from west to east, Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, which one should be taken first, or simply take it all at once, this has to be carefully considered...... Therefore, whether you agree with Cai Deqi's words or not depends on whether His Royal Highness has the heart to level first and quickly calm Jingzhou. If not, then how about promise? If you have the intention of directly entering Jingzhou, you naturally don't have to pay attention to it! However, what His Highness's plans are, he can't delay for half a moment. ”

Gongsun Xun sat in the chair of the captain in the hall, and was silent for a long time when he held his waist and broke the blade, and only after a long time did he speak in the expectant eyes of the full court: "Don't hide Wenhe, Gongda, in the past, there was a saying in Guangwu, 'If people are not satisfied, they will be peaceful, look back at Shu, and every soldier will be white...... The war is connected, the disasters are continuous, the people are in hardship, if there is spare strength, I naturally hope that there will be no stop and calm the world. However, after Guangwu became the emperor, he collected seven or eight out of ten of the world in six years, but spent six years in Long, Shu, and lost many troops to take down, and then dominated the world, but also left the bane of Longshang Qiangchao. Now, if you count from the Changshan oath after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, I also took seven or eight of the world in six years, so at this time, although I have the intention to annex thousands of miles like a tiger, I can't help but worry that those who travel a hundred miles will be frustrated on the Yangtze River, but will slow down the pace of advancing into the world. ”

All the faces were different, but they were speechless.

"So, I have the intention to make progress, but I am not ready to finish the battle...... Qingxu has a disaster this year, and the Central Plains has been hollowed out by the war, this battle I intend to go to the edge of the river first, and then let the Central Plains Hebei recuperate, and change to the three auxiliary and Liangzang land that did not work too much, to try to plot Shudi; And if Shu is down, the navy can threaten South China along Wu County and Huiji, and it is best to say that Jiaozhou Shixie Shiweiyan will surrender; In this case, it will be as simple as a ripe melon to take Jingzhou and Yangzhou...... In doing so, although it may take a year or two to dominate the world, there is absolutely no possibility of repeating! I can also deal with it calmly. "At this point, Gongsun Xun looked around and asked each other." What do you think? ”

"The minister has a question." Jia Xu thought about it for a while, but he was the first. "If the troops are divided into Pingshu, Pingwu, and Pingjianghan in turn, will the lord still come to personally lead the troops?"

"Those who know me are also Wenhe." Gongsun Xun laughed again. "That's the problem...... Since I have taken the world's seven or eight today, although I am not ready to enter the position again, in fact, I already have the reality of democracy in the world. And with the democratic body of the world, the overall situation, although victory, is not enough to strengthen the power, once frustrated, it will shake the world. That being the case, why not send the generals to take Shu, Wu, and Jianghan in turn? Victory and self-advancement, defeat without setback...... It's a big deal, change the general, and do it again. ”

"That being the case, the minister thinks it is very proper." Jia Xu bowed and saluted.

Immediately, the full hall of subordinates, righteous servants, and officers, from Xun Yu and below, also got up and saluted.

"Okay, then write back to Cai Mao and ask him to hand over Nanyang to Zhong Yuanchang before the arrival of Layue!" Gongsun Xun obviously didn't care about this, but while beckoning everyone, he took out another letter from the case, which was the letter sent by Lu Bu, and then shook his head for a while, and threw it to Lu Meng on the side as before. "There is another thing, Lu Fengxian said that he was originally ordered by the court to serve as the Taishou of Nanyang, and later he was only ordered by the Son of Heaven as a minister...... He didn't mean to go against me, but he was afraid that I wouldn't be able to tolerate him, so he gathered troops in Luyang and Luhun Pass. Now, he took the initiative to give up Yingchuan Banjun and return to Luyang, with a little sincerity, hoping to get my pardon and continue to be the Taishou of Nanyang, so that he will definitely keep the Son of Heaven to see me and make our monarchs and ministers harmonious. ”

"This is not something that Lu Bu can say." Jia Xu was immediately speechless. "Someone must teach him."

"He wants me to pardon his father-in-law, Yuan Shu." Gongsun Xun seemed to have thought of something funny, and he couldn't bear to laugh for a while.

Jia Wenhe became more and more speechless, and simply fell silent...... Speaking of which, his second son married Lu Bu's daughter, and Yuan Highway is still his elder Jia Wenhe!

"Can this really be done?" Xun You suddenly asked. Although he has thousands of soldiers, most of them are recruited locally in Nanyang, and half of them are still in Luyang, and now Cao Mengde has also retreated to Luyang. I really promised him, with the style of this pair of sons-in-law, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating and ruin the reputation of His Highness in vain......"

"Yes, so far, what is the Son of Heaven, in fact, there is no need to worry, why bother to make extraneous branches?" Jia Xu came back to his strength and clearly expressed his attitude.

Gongsun Xun bowed slightly, as if he had the same idea as the two military advisors.

In other words, this is the problem, not to mention Yuan Highway, who everyone is in love with, at this time and then, Gongsun Xun really wants to see the little emperor and the small court of Wancheng who have lost his prestige being sent, and then come to 'explain the situation' to further kill the last afterglow of the idea of the Han family, but the premise is that there can be no mistakes, let alone self-defeating!

It must be known that the current Nanyang, not to mention Cai Mao, who is impossible to get involved in this matter, as Cao Cao led the rout troops in, the remaining military forces were basically divided into two, and a small half of the four or five thousand troops were in Wancheng, which was controlled by Lu Bu; But more than half of the seven or eight thousand people were concentrated in Luyang, the northernmost gateway to Nanyang, and Cao Cao and the two generals under Lu Bu were exactly there.

In other words, it's really a mess, even if Lu Bu's strength is superior at first glance, Gongsun Xun doesn't think that this guy can play Cao Cao.

What's more, with Lu Bu's martial arts posture and his father-in-law's unscrupulousness, what if this trouble ends up and the little emperor is gone?

At this time, even if the Son of Heaven died in the fire of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, everyone in the world would definitely count it on his Gongsun Xun's head, okay?

In fact, it is true, this Lu Bu's letters have been sent, and the evidence is ironclad?!

At this time, Gongsun Xun really doesn't need to make extraneous branches, the Son of Heaven can die, but there is no need to die! The Son of Heaven can send a 'explanation of the situation', but it is quite appropriate to flee to the south, break away from the foundation of the Han family, and attract a group of diehard Han family loyalists by the way, and go to Jiangxia to be forgotten by the world, right?

Don't you see, didn't Gongsun Xun contact Jingze? You can't just forget, right?

"Then reply to a letter!" As soon as Gongsun Xun thought of this, he commanded Wang Xiang. "Tell Lu Fengxian...... His father-in-law's sins are unforgivable, and how can a man be a minister with the Son of Heaven as a bargain? By the way, mentioning Lu Yang, hinting that Cao Cao was in control of the soldiers and horses there, it would be impossible for him to succeed. ”

Naturally, the crowd had nothing to say.

In this way, the matter was roughly decided, and in the next few days, Gongsun Xun sat in Xu County, assigned various departments to attack the city, and waited for the Central Plains to be in the bag. And as Tai Shici brought tens of thousands of Liaodong and Yingzhou reinforcements to Lou Gui's tent, Lou Zibo also began to undertake a large number of advance tasks, and Gongsun Xun became more and more idle here in Xu County, just writing non-stop with Liu Biao, Cai Mao, and Lu Bu as a game.

However, nothing can be smooth sailing, especially since the level of communication is there, so it is only a few days later, no matter where you are thousands of miles away...... It is only said that Nanyang in front of Gongsun Xun had two more accidents.

First of all, without knowing that Gongsun Xun and Cai Mao had reached a factual agreement, Yongzhou Mu Zhong Yuan Chang took the victory of the decisive battle of Guandu as an opportunity to directly lead 5,000 troops out of Wuguan, and then attracted the surprise of all parts of Nanyang...... Of course, this is a good thing, I can't say that Cao Cao, who has always been difficult to get rid of the chasing soldiers and can only hold on in Luyang, and the small court that has to stay in Wancheng because of waiting for Cao Cao.

But soon, the second thing ruined Gongsun Xun's perfect idea of Nanyang - Xu Rong, who had been confronting Cao Cao in Luyang and did not let go, after hearing that Zhong Xuan had sent troops to the martial arts, probably in order to grab merit, he couldn't help but try to cross Funiu Mountain from the trail to achieve miraculous feats. As a result, Cao Mengde noticed it in advance, and then teamed up with two strong generals under Lu Bu who stayed in Luyang, that is, Wei Xu and Huang Yuan, to fight an excellent ambush in the mountains west of Luyang.

The mouth of the valley was sealed before and after, and the mountain was set on fire in the middle, and then the arrows rained down one after another, and the Yan army actually suffered a defeat at this time?!

And you must know that in this battle, Xu Rong's lost troops will be defeated for a while, the key is that Cao Mengde seized the gap after this battle, was able to get rid of the large number of chasing troops behind him, break away from Luyang, and calmly withdraw his troops, which can almost declare that Zhong Xuan's efforts in Cai Mao will be in vain!

In this regard, Gongsun Xun was of course furious, but he could only quickly let Cheng Pu personally lead the Chinese army resting in Xu County to march quickly to Luyang, while receiving Xu Rong's defeated troops, and on the other hand, he joined forces to continue the pursuit.

However, when Gongsun Xun was in a big hurry in Xu County because of Xu Rong, he would never have thought of what would happen to Cao Cao, who thought he was destined to escape.

"Don't mention the ordnance, why does Pheasant County have no food?" At noon on October 16, in the middle of Pheasant County, an important town in the north of Wancheng, Cao Mengde, who had just led seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses to retreat here, was stunned and asked Wei Xu and Huang Yuan, two generals. "Isn't this the logistics center behind Lu Yang?"

And Wei Xu and Huang Yuan's two generals just looked at each other, as if the two of them were also a little confused.

However, after a little questioning of the local officials, they still figured out the reason - Lu Bu ordered everything to be taken away!

Moreover, Lu Fengxian seemed to have guessed that Cao Mengde and his subordinates would have doubts, so he left a letter here.

Cao Cao opened it with his own hands and read it roughly, but the three of them suddenly ...... It turned out that Lu Bu claimed in the letter that the reason why this was so was because Cai Mao, who controlled the southern half of Nanyang, had an ambiguous attitude, and there were faint signs that he would directly sacrifice half of Nanyang to Yongzhou Mu Zhongyuan, who had arrived in Danshui. The situation was critical, and for this reason, the small court of Wancheng hurriedly set off for the south two days ago, that is, after Cao Cao had just won the battle, and the food and ordnance were sent to take away at that time.

Although Cao Cao was helpless about this explanation, he could only accept it with a wry smile, because the ambiguity between Liu Biao and Gongsun Xun was there, and this situation seemed to be very likely to happen.

Only......

"Only if the situation collapses so far, what else can it do?" Cao Cao worked hard for days, and he was already embarrassed by the previous defeat, and he was even more helpless at this time. "But Lu Fengxian is also a person who knows the soldiers, why can't he leave some rations so that the army can keep up? It must be known that the pursuers are two days away behind them, and the cavalry is afraid that they will be able to catch up tomorrow! ”

Huang Yuan heard Cao Cao's words still complaining about his own lord, and he couldn't help but be dissatisfied: "Cao Gong thinks too much, in such a situation, how can we really retreat calmly with the whole army?" Moreover, these soldiers and horses were recruited more locally in Nanyang, and it was impossible for them to really go to Jiangxia with us. Besides, my lord has written very clearly in the letter that the Yan army must be cautious if it was defeated before, and it must be that he has no intention of pursuing, and he just wants to take over the territory of Nanyang...... Cao Gong has the heart to complain, why don't you hurry up and ride with us to Wancheng to meet my lord, he is still waiting for us there! ”

Cao Cao was noncommittal, but looked at Wei Xu, who was speechless, and although the latter was expressionless, he instantly bowed his head: "That's the only way!" But you two might as well go first, I'll stay here to disband the soldiers, and then we'll meet up in Wancheng." ”

Cao Cao looked at this person, and then looked at Huang Yuan, and didn't care about Huang Yuan, so he immediately agreed.

In this way, Cao Mengde and Huang Qianjiu went first, and the two only brought two or three hundred henchmen, and because the hundreds of cavalry were brought back to Wancheng by Lu Bu in advance, they lacked horses, so they could only hurriedly find some horses in the army, and even the mules and donkeys were put together, and they barely got three hundred horses, and then hurried to the south, leaving only Wei Xuan.

And in the afternoon of this day, out of the county seat of Pheasant County to the south, along the water for only five miles, Cao Cao suddenly reined in the horse, on the road proposed, temporarily cross the river.

Huang Yuan only felt ridiculous, and immediately asked, "What is going on with Gong Cao today?" There was a pontoon bridge outside the city of Pheasant County before, but I thought you were going to cross the bridge in Bowang again, but it turned out that you had to cross it from the field...... Didn't the defeat of Guandu before make Cao Gong lose his mind? ”

Cao Cao sneered, but the situation was helpless, so he could only explain a little to this rammer: "Huang Sima, let me ask you, why do you think Wei Duwei wants to stay behind the broken queen?" ”

No matter how stupid Huang Yuan is, he is also a veteran general in the army, so he can't even hear this sensitive meaning, so he frowned for a while: "What does Duke Cao mean, Captain Wei wants to take the opportunity to surrender?" He's my father-in-law's brother-in-law......"

At this point, without waiting for Cao Cao to explain again, Huang Qianjiu himself stopped abruptly, as if he was reacting - it was for this reason that Wei Xu would surrender! Because of Lu Bu's two wives, Wei Xu's sister is in Chang'an, and even his niece is rumored to be married directly to Jia Xu's second son!

In fact, Wei Xu has always been a little angry because Lu Bu married the daughter of the Yuan family.

When Cao Mengde saw Huang Yuan wake up, he no longer paid attention to it, but crossed the river by himself...... In fact, Cao Cao has too much to say about today's affairs, but he is too lazy to say it.

For example, if he didn't expose Wei Xu just now, he was really worried that Huang Yuan would be in a hurry, and Wei Xu would jump over the wall in a hurry, and he wouldn't even have time to escape when the time came, so he would be confused and cause a rebellion and die there.

For example, Lu Bu took away all the ordnance, grain and grass in Pheasant County first, to be honest, Cao Cao believed that Wancheng was in danger, but he was really in a hurry to do this, so that he had to cut off the front-line military rations? Wouldn't it be good to take more troops south?

In other words, Cao Mengde had some suspicions at that time, this is because Lu Bu and Yang Biao were worried that they would lead the army south and easily control the situation in Jiangxia, so they did such a disgusting thing.

As for why Yang Biao is there, instead of Lu Bu doing it alone? Because Cao Cao knew that it was impossible for Lu Bu to be a martial artist alone, and there must be someone with rich political experience to teach him.

Of course, Cao Mengde would never say this kind of thing to a martial artist like Huang Yuan who was loyal to Lu Bu. Moreover, he is not worried about what will happen to Jiangxia, because Xun Yu, who has already arrived at the border between Runan and Jiangxia, must be prepared, even Liu Bei will not sit idly by and watch people like Lu Bu master Jiangxia, and when the time comes, he Cao Cao has 10,000 ways to easily master Jiangxia.

The situation collapsed, just in case, Cao Mengde and Huang Qianjiu were silent, and directly took advantage of the dry winter period to cross the water from Yedu in advance, and then continued south along the west side of the water......

What they don't know, however, is that their guard is pointless. Because even Wei Xu, who was about to surrender, was dumbfounded, he had just sent an envoy to Luyang in the north to find the Yan army to surrender and offer the city, and it was only half an hour before there were four or five hundred Yan cavalry with a chaotic formation coming from the north.

Obviously, this group of cavalry did not do anything at all because they received Wei Xu's surrender documents, but set off earlier, and they set off in an extremely hasty manner.

Interestingly, however, the cavalry did not seem to be surprised by Wei Xu's waiting, and after the leader, an officer named Xu Xing, asked Cao Cao a little about his whereabouts, they continued to gallop south to chase Cao Cao...... The whole process ignored Wei Xu and the county seat of Pheasant County.

Probably because of the outstanding horses, in the evening, Xu Xing and his pursuers found Cao Cao and Huang Yuan across the river, and then they were overjoyed, so they also temporarily looked for Yetan to cross the river, trying to arrest the two.

In fact, Xu Xing couldn't help but be so excited, after all, his unconscious clan brother had just done that kind of thing again, in fact, if it weren't for that, as a striker, he wouldn't have believed the unbelievable letter he received in Luyang yesterday, and then directly mobilized hundreds of cavalry from various sources to risk pursuing here.

And now it seems that he actually made the right bet!

On the other side, Cao Cao and Huang Yuan were both dumbfounded, they never imagined that the chasing soldiers would be so fast.

However, in the face of this crisis, people have their own decisions, not to mention Cao Mengde and Huang Qianjiu, a Central Plains hero, and a general in the North? The two saw that Xu Xing personally led the troops across the river, and looked at each other, but they did not flee, but Huang Yuan was in front and Cao Cao was behind, and Qi Qi led two or three hundred armored soldiers riding horses, mules and donkeys to rush in the opposite direction!

Poor Xu Xing had just come ashore, and he saw Cao Cao in front of him with his own eyes, but he was caught off guard, and he was actually attacked by the other party in a half-crossing, losing dozens of people in an instant.

Xu Zixin himself was shot by Cao Cao's arrow, fell under his horse, and hit his head on the river beach stones, and died on the spot!

Pity a general under the command of the Gongsun clan with a good future, but he died in vain when the overall situation was about to be decided.

Xu Xing died suddenly, and the remaining knights of the Yan army instantly hesitated on the east bank of the river, and then Cao Cao and Huang Yuan secretly shouted luck in their hearts, so they simply took the dozens of good horses of the Yan army, and then continued to flee south with all their might.

However, what they didn't expect was that the Yan army only had these hundreds of rushing cavalry to come here, and the leader Xu Xing was dead, and the rest of the people hesitated for a moment and did not continue to pursue...... The reason is very simple, they were not gathered according to the system, but were temporarily recruited by Xu Xing in the special capacity of Jun Sima after entering Luyang and getting that incredible information.

Among them, there is Xu Xing's headquarters, Xu Rong's Guanxi cavalry, and the Chinese army that Cheng Pu hastily brought from Xu County, and now that Xu Xing is dead, the two Qu military marquis accompanying him have a disagreement at this time.

A Qu Junhou is Xu Xing's subordinate, he took the lead, but he wanted to take the corpse of his own head official back to report as soon as possible, in this regard, Xu Xing's other subordinates and some of Xu Rong's subordinates naturally agreed, and at the same time, they also felt that now that the troops were damaged, since this best opportunity had been missed, it would be useless to chase it down, because there was no way to help Cao Cao, and the other party could calmly enter the West Echeng in front tonight!

And the other Qu Junhou is simply an infantry marquis on horseback, but Sima Yi, who has just been reinstated because of the meritorious officer, Sima Zhongda and some people seem to have seen Cao Cao himself, and they are reluctant to give up this credit...... Moreover, Sima Zhongda also thought that now only they themselves understood that the pursuers were only them, and it was impossible for Cao Cao to know, the latter would only think that there was a large force of cavalry behind him, and there were dozens of good horses, so he would not fight again!

Even, as long as he chased closely, Cao Mengde didn't dare to gather in front of Xi'e City and the sunset to hide in the city, because he would be afraid of being surrounded.

The two sides argued for a while, but in the end, it was Sima Zhongda's chess master: "Think about it, your Xu Sima chased after him in such a hurry before, as if he was eager for this great achievement, if he retreated at this time, your Sima would die in vain...... On the contrary, we are chasing after us now, no matter who takes Cao Cao, it is indispensable for Xu Sima to make a plan, and only in this way can we comfort his spirit in the sky. ”

This kind of moral oppression made Xu Xing's subordinates unable to refute, so after some discussion, everyone pushed Sima Zhongda as the leader and continued to cross the river to organize the pursuit.

And sure enough, as Sima Yi guessed, Cao Mengde and the others looked back and saw that the smoke and dust behind them were continuous, and on the evening of that day, they really didn't dare to enter Xi'e City to take refuge. In the early morning of the second day, the sunset was also not entered. It's just that he did his best, day and night, and went to Wancheng.

But even so, Sima Yi and his party pursued it extremely difficult...... Because Cao Cao's personal guards were extremely loyal and brave, Huang Yuan, who was obviously a general from the Northland, was also extremely experienced in combat, and he was fine during the day, but during the night, the other party kept dividing troops under the moon to block it, making it impossible for Sima Yi and the others to catch up at all.

Finally, on the morning of the second day, when they saw the Wancheng city wall on the horizon, they basically lost the confidence to capture Cao Cao - the reason was simple, they were too far away alone, and the Lu character banner on the Wancheng city wall was distinct, and the armor of the city soldiers was dazzling.

Obviously, the recognized tiger of the world is leading a sufficient number of soldiers and horses to meet Cao Cao in the city.

The north gate of Wancheng is tall and majestic, the whole body is white, this is after the arrival of the Son of Heaven in order to show the prestige of the special lime whitewash, but just brushed a north gate was rushed here Cao Cao stopped, because gradually was specially called the white gate tower, it is said that the white gate tower of Xiapi complements each other, and is called the world.

And just in front of the White Gate Tower, Cao Cao and Huang Yuan led the remaining dozens of horsemen to gallop not far below the city gate tower, and suddenly stopped, and many horses simply fell to their deaths. However, no one cared about it at this time, because Cao, Huang and others were already overjoyed when they saw that the city gate was closed, the soldiers on the city were Yaoyao, and they saw Lu Bu himself appear on the city in person.

On the other hand, Sima Yi and others, who were also exhausted to death, could only stay in disappointment at a place more than a hundred steps outside the city, and at the same time were temporarily worried because of the death of some war horses...... They already regretted chasing here, and no one knew if they would be able to get away with Lu Bu.

"Don't look at it first, open the door quickly!" Cao Cao fell because of the death of the war horse, his face was covered with dust, coupled with sweating all over his body, he was already filthy and embarrassed, but he still looked excited and cheerful, and when he saw Lu Bu poking his head out of the city, he sat directly on the ground and laughed when he was relieved. "There are only a few hundred chasing soldiers, just open the city gate and let us in, we don't have to put the hanging basket down!"

Lu Bu took a closer look at Cao Cao at the head of the city, and then looked at the Yan cavalry who did not dare to get close in the distance, but he also smiled slightly, first turned around and ordered, and asked hundreds of crossbowmen to come forward and set up their bows and arrows at the head of the city, and then hurriedly turned down the city...... Looking at him like that, it seems that he wants to go down to the city to pick up Cao Mengde in person.

Seeing this shape, the cavalry of the Yan Army, which was originally more than 100 steps away, retreated slightly under the leadership of Sima Yi, as if they were afraid of Lu Bu.

Interestingly, however, the gates, which could have been opened for a moment, did not open a moment later.

At the beginning, Cao Cao and others under the city could still meet each other, but after a full quarter of an hour, not only did the city gate not open, but Lu Bu did not appear in the city again...... Now, it's even more interesting.

Huang Yuan was furious for a while, and directly scolded his subordinates in the city, but the city did not have any explanation or response. At the same time, Sima Yi's heart moved slightly, as if he remembered the strangeness of Xu Xing's previous order to pursue this matter itself, and then with a slight conjecture in his heart, he took the initiative to move forward dozens of steps, still at a safe distance more than a hundred steps away from the city wall.

As for Cao Mengde, he sat motionless in front of the city gate and didn't say a word, just smiled and looked with interest at the young face that was still impressive more than a hundred steps away.

Huang Yuan scolded for a while, but there was still no movement in the city, which was not normal at all, so even Huang Qianjiu, a rough man, was flustered for a while, but he could only continue to scold and scold, there was no other way...... At the same time, Cao Mengde, whose sweat was washed away by the north wind, got up calmly and walked directly towards Sima Yi and the Yan army knights behind him. When the two sides were only one or twenty steps apart, Cao Mengdeli ignored the strange scene of the city behind him suddenly shooting Huang Yuan to death under the city tower, but he finally settled his body in the middle of the road outside the city gate tower.

Immediately, this big man Sikong proudly looked at these Yan soldiers who were so nervous that they drew their swords and retreated, and took the initiative to wave at Sima Yi, who was panting but always gritted his teeth and did not take half a step back, smiling as usual:

"Come on! Founding Marquis with you! ”

————I am the dividing line with you————

"And the defeat of Guandu, a few alone fled to Nanyang, chasing hundreds of soldiers, to Wan City, saw Lu Bu Xianghou Chengtou, did not dare to enter again. the horse and laugh to open the door, Bu Yi smiled and bowed his head, and went down to the city and disappeared. And after a while, the city was not opened, and the cloth was not returned. Cao Nai Wu Bu is not acceptable, and his own body is not avoided, but he turned around and raised his head and smiled and called out to the chasing soldiers: 'Come, with the Marquis of Erwanhu! The pursuer then beheaded him at the age of forty-two. Or said, Taizu Yu Xu Wenzhi, like losing his liver and gallbladder, was heartbroken. —The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note

The poem says:

You don't see the north wind blowing the river, the wind and waves are black, and the white horses are thousands of groups.

You don't see Qin Yan's soldiers strangle the upper class, and Ah Xun is all old and scheming.

It was the time when the summer was getting shorter, and the heroes were vying for the first place.

The horses shook the world, and the flame soldiers were ancient.

If you are a child in this state of war, you will be afraid that your name will never rest.

He hastily slammed the enemy when he first came, and everything collapsed overnight.

Woohoo, once the yellow dragon flew to the white building, where did the deceased sing the autumn?

End of this volume.

PS:Yesterday before 12 o'clock, I actually coded 5,000 words.,After thinking about it.,Or continue to code it for half the night.,And then repaired it for half a day during the day.,Wait for today's time to send it together to save trouble.,This chapter is not suitable for demolition.。

By the way, happy on the third and fourth days of the Mid-Autumn Festival!