This battle was not easy to fight.

If it weren't for Xiang Yu's reputation and bravery, the soldiers would have regained their confidence. If it weren't for the battle, it would have been resurrected from death. Even if there are more soldiers and horses, they may not be able to defeat the Qingzhou army.

At Xiang Yu's signal, the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield and found Zhang Xun from the pool of blood.

Zhang Xun was stabbed several times in his body, bleeding nonstop, and he was already dying.

Xiang Yu found a soldier who broke the barracks, claiming to be a military doctor, but in fact he didn't know anything, and forcibly treated Zhang Xun to death.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Xiang Yu gathered the soldiers.

"This battle made Cao Cao's elite lose and flee from the wind, which made me see your strength. Facts have proved that you are an invincible army, and only such an army is like my Xiang Yu's army. I'll just ask, are you willing to join me? ”

"Yes! Willing! ”

The soldiers raised their spears and shouted loudly.

At this moment, they had long forgotten Zhang Xun, and there was only Xiang Yu in their eyes. Only Xiang Yu is worthy of being their general, and only Xiang Yu can lead them to victory.

Nearly 20,000 soldiers, none of whom refused, all took refuge in Xiang Yu.

After winning the hearts of the army, Xiang Yu led the army back to Yuzhong County.

Cao Cao's army retreated all the way south, passing through four counties, more than 300 miles, and rushed to Pingshan.

His army, tired of dead dogs, endured hunger and cold, and marched forward step by step.

Seeing that the army was about to enter Pingshan, Guo Jia rushed from the rear army: "Prime Minister, wait..." ”

"What's wrong, Bonghyo?" Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia poked his head, looked into the depths of Pingshan, and said, "Prime Minister, let's go to Hefei." ”

"Isn't that a long way off?"

"As long as you pass through Pingshan, you will reach Yuzhang County. If you go to Hefei, you need to detour more than 2,000 miles. Cao Hong didn't understand, why should he go to Hefei when he could save time and get to a safe place as soon as possible?

Guo Jiadao: "We withdrew from the Yuzhong River, but Xiang Yu did not chase after us, which means that there must be ambushes on the way we withdraw our troops." ”

Cheng Yu said: "But Gao Shun and Luo Cheng's army is stationed in Hefei, if they pass through Hefei, will they be blocked?" ”

Cao Cao frowned.

Guo Jia said: "Zhongde rest assured, Gao Shun and Luo Cheng's army has been transferred by Lu Bu. ”

"Oh? How could Bonghyo know? Cheng Yu asked.

Guo Jia said: "Lu Bu is in urgent need of troops, attacking Shouchun, and will never let Gao Shun and Luo Cheng's army idle in Hefei." ”

Cheng Yu nodded.

"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable." Cao Cao said: "Pass the order, change the route to Hefei." ”

Immediately, more than 20,000 Qingzhou troops and 3,000 tiger guards abandoned the Pingshan trail and took the official road to Hefei instead.

As Guo Jia expected, Gao Shun and Luo Cheng's troops were transferred half a month ago, passing through the south of Danyang and heading to the Shouchun camp. At present, it has arrived in the north of Huainan.

Chen Gong and Zhang Liao are still waiting in Nanchang City.

Lu Bu, Li Yuanba, and Liu Bowen, with more than 1,000 soldiers, fought with Yuan Shu's army every day, or lured the enemy to go deeper, ambushed, or bluffed, and stubbornly blocked the attack of Pang Guangyan's 50,000 army.

But in the past two days, Pang Guangyan seems to have not moved.

Lu Bu was puzzled, and received a secret letter, and the content of the letter shocked Lu Bu very much.

In the military tent, Lu Bu was stunned after reading the letter.

Liu Bowen, Li Yuanba, and Zhang Feng were all puzzled.

"My lord, what does the letter say?" Liu Bowen asked.

"Yuan Shu is dead!" Lu Bu came back to his senses and said lightly.

"Huh? He's dead? How could he die? Zhang Feng couldn't believe it.

"Just the night before yesterday, a masked man in black broke into the Yangzhou Assassin's Mansion, beheaded Yuan Shu, and hung it at the door of the mansion. At present, Yuan Shu's army is searching everywhere to arrest the real culprit. ”

After Lu Bu was shocked, he already had a guess in his heart that Yuan Shu's death was mostly related to Nie Zheng.

Because the memory implanted by the system for Nie Zheng is that he has an enmity with Yuan Shu, the first thing Nie Zheng has to do is to assassinate Yuan Shu. As things stand, you can't go wrong.

It's just that I didn't expect Nie Zheng to succeed.

"It's really sad and lamentable, a prince was assassinated like this." Liu Bowen sighed.

"Yes, Yuan Shu is the biggest prince in the Central Plains, but he was assassinated in his own mansion..." Zhang Feng said.

"As soon as Yuan Shu dies, there will be chaos in Shouchun City, and it will be much easier for us to attack Shouchun. Berwyn, do you have a good plan to help me take Shouchun? Lu Bu put away the letter paper and found a seat to take a seat.

Regarding Nie Zheng's matter, Lu Bu didn't want to say much, and it was not too late to surrender after conquering Shouchun City.

"The art of war is cloudy: the first army is to fight, the second is to fight, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city. Shouchun City is surrounded by water on all sides, the city defense is strong, if it is attacked, even if it is 100,000 troops, it may not be able to break the city. It is better to write a letter to Pang Guangyan, promising heavy profits, and making him open the city and surrender. ”

"Well, it works."

Lu Bu thought that in the entire Yangzhou, his army was the most courageous, and he defeated Cao Cao one after another, even if Pang Guangyan was stupid, he should know that only by taking refuge in the strong can he survive. As long as Pang Guangyan is given enough benefits, it is possible to surrender.

"Please write a letter to Mr. and tell Pang Guangyan that as long as he opens the city and surrenders, I will make him a general and reward him with a thousand gold. In addition, the army under his command was still led by him, Yongzhen Huainan. ”

"No."

Liu Bowen found pen and paper and prepared to write.

When he put down the pen, Liu Bowen frowned, looked at Lu Bu, and said, "Dare to ask the lord, if Pang Guangyan opens the city to surrender, will the lord really allow him to take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters?" ”

"It doesn't matter. The important thing is Shouchun City. ”

"That being said, the lord doesn't intend to give Pang Guangyan military power?"

Lu Bu said impatiently: "What do you care so much about? Let's get Shouchun City first. Haven't you heard a saying that you don't get tired of deceit. Do you only allow others to surrender by fraud, and do not allow me to surrender? ”

"The lord is a benevolent king, and he should be true to his word."

"Hehe... Thank you, sir, for your compliment. But what the gentleman said was wrong, I am not a benevolent king, and I don't want to be a benevolent king. Governing the country is based on Confucianism, governing the army should be treacherous, treacherous people are changeable, and what they have said can be reversed at any time. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a soldier who never tires of deceit. ”

argued with Liu Bowen...

One crooked truth after another, Liu Bowen was speechless.

After the letter was written, Lu Bu sent someone to send it to Pang Guangyan.

Two days later, Gao Shun and Luo Cheng's troops returned to the camp.

In terms of Chengde, there is also good news. Xiang Yu personally led an army of 100,000 to engage Cao Cao at the Yuzhong River, inflicting heavy losses on the Qingzhou army and achieving victory. Cao Cao was defeated, and Xiang Yu led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and was quickly rushing back.

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