Shouchun City.

The sound of killing outside the city shook the sky, the soldiers were shining, the drums were like popping beans, and the Cao soldiers and horses were like the tide, frantically climbing the city wall.

Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses had already been frightened, and they had been besieged for nearly a year, and the soldiers defending the city had already been demoralized and almost collapsed.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Yuan Shu looked up to the sky and sighed, "My life is over!" ”

However, at this moment, suddenly, a fast horse reporting the news galloped from a distance, and the newspaper soldier on horseback saw Cao Cao's banner of the Chinese army from a distance.

"Report ......"

The messenger pulled his throat, lengthened his voice, and shouted while galloping towards Shuai Qi.

The soldiers guarding Cao Cao's side were all taken aback, but everyone still consciously gave way to a passage, and the reporting horse galloped in, and it was too late to get off the horse, and the soldier who reported the news fell from the horse, "Lord, lord, something is wrong!" ”

"What's so alarming?"

Cao Cao glared at the soldiers who reported the incident, and saw that his face was panicked, his clothes were embarrassed, and his tired lips were chapped.

The reporter has not yet answered, in fact, Cao Cao has already vaguely guessed the answer in his heart, it must be something wrong with Yanzhou, it is not Yuan Shao, or Lu Zhuo!

"Just yesterday, the Xuzhou soldiers suddenly attacked, Tai Shi Ci Guan Hai each led his troops to break through the Black Tiger Ridge, Tai Shi Ci led the troops to seize Juye, and Guan Hai took Shanyang! The situation in Yanzhou is not guaranteed, Xun Lingjun asked me to inform the lord, and I hope that the lord will return to the army as soon as possible. ”

After Cao Cao heard this, he was struck by a thunderbolt, his body shook a few times, his face was bright and dark, the Venus in front of him was rising, and he almost fainted in fright, Cheng Yu hurriedly asked, "How many enemy soldiers are coming?" ”

"Guan Hai Tai Shi Ci, each with 40,000 troops, a total of 80,000 people, the Xuzhou soldiers are well prepared, suddenly attacked, caught us off guard, this will be kung fu, I am afraid that another city will be taken by them."

"Shhh

Cheng Yu and the others couldn't help but gasp in unison, I have to say that the timing of Lu Zhuo's dispatch was just right.

The blow was fatal, and it just hit Cao Cao's seven-inch vital point.

Cao Cao was like a poisonous snake, and when he was about to swallow Yuan Shu's fat whole into his stomach, Lu Zhuo gave him a blow from behind.

Is it to retreat or to advance?

Whoever changes this question will feel very embarrassed.

If you don't retreat, the 80,000 Xuzhou troops are like bamboos, and the trouble is not good, which is enough to turn Cao Cao's Yanzhou upside down, and even, it is very likely to threaten the emperor in Xudu, once the Son of Heaven is killed or robbed, this is not what Cao Cao wants to see.

However, seeing that he was about to take Shouchun, he retreated in such a hurry, and he was afraid that he would not be reconciled to anyone.

Cao Cao stared anxiously, and Cheng Yu and the others also racked their brains and thought hard about good strategies, but after thinking for a while, everyone sighed and shook their heads.

Cheng Yu reminded, "Lord, that Lu Zhuo is not simple, we have fought with him once before, don't forget, the last time the lord sent troops to Xuzhou, and did not get a bargain, and in the past few years, Lu Zhuo first sent troops to Jizhou, helped Yuan Shao to attack Gongsun Zhan, defeated the Black Mountain Army, and swept away the bandits in Qingzhou, this person, not to be underestimated, besides, in the past two years, Xuzhou soldiers have been recuperating and accumulating strength, and they have already sharpened their edge, the blade is out of the sheath, the edge is hard to beat, and in less than a day, even under the two cities, If you don't send a large army to help, I am afraid that you will not be able to resist such an offensive. ”

"Hmph, it's ridiculous, Zhongde, you are growing the morale of others and destroying your own prestige."

Xiahoudun snorted, glared at Cheng Yu dissatisfied, and then turned to look at Cao Cao, "Lord, without further ado, the last general is willing to ask for orders to return to help, forgive the Xuzhou rats, don't worry." ”

Although Xiahou Dun's tone was arrogant and conceited, he was also kind, at this time, Cao Cao urgently needed someone to give him a peace of mind pill.

After all, Shouchun is just around the corner, if no one stands up to take the lead, Cao Cao will be distracted, and it is even possible to withdraw his troops, so that Shouchun, a cooked duck, is afraid that he will fly away.

Cao Cao nodded, "Okay, Yuan Rang, in this way, I will give you 50,000 soldiers and horses, you are the main general, Li Dian is the deputy general, and return to Yanzhou as soon as possible, there must be no mistake." ”

"No!"

Xiahou and Li Dian, the two of them promised loudly, and they all stepped forward to take the arrow from Cao Cao's hand.

Xiahoudun turned around and was about to leave, but Cao Cao called out to him again, "Yuan Rang, remember, stick to it, and wait for me to return to the army to make a decision." ”

Cao Cao's implication is that losing a few cities is nothing, just hold on, and don't let the Xuzhou soldiers continue to advance and threaten the divine capital Xuchang, which is enough.

Xiahoudun nodded, hurriedly led the troops to leave, and then, Cao Cao continued to order a fierce attack, vowing to take Shouchun within three days.

However, after Xiahoudun and Li Dian left Shouchun, they soon had a dispute because of disagreement.

Xiahoudun advocated advancing at full speed, marching rapidly, and being sure to rush back to Yanzhou as soon as possible, while Li Dian was worried that he would encounter Lü Zhuo's ambush soldiers on the road, and hoped that Xiahoudun would be careful about the embankment, so as not to fall for the enemy's tricks.

Xiahoudun disagreed, repeatedly urged to speed up, a whole day, the road was unimpeded, and there was nothing abnormal, but, turned the day, when the day was about to be noon, Xiahoudun led the troops to arrive at the foot of Jiuli Mountain, there is a canyon here, the mountain road is long and narrow, the ground is slightly rugged, Xiahoudun did not think much, but, as soon as he entered the canyon, suddenly, the mutation suddenly appeared, on the slopes on both sides, there was a loud and deafening shouting of killing, followed by, the merciless rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun and shot into the valley.

"Not good, enemy attack!"

Xiahoudun just shouted, a series of three cold arrows shot at his face, Xiahoudun hurriedly waved his knife to resist, his knife skills were exquisite, and he was quite calm in trouble, although the cold arrows were menacing, they did not hurt him.

However, in just one face, Xiahoudun's side has already fallen, and this is just the beginning.

What surprised him even more was that it was not Lu Zhuo who ambushed him, but Tai Shici!

No one expected that Tai Shici, who had just taken Juye, would abandon the city and lead his troops to ambush Cao Bing's return to the army.

Jiuli Mountain, the mountains are dense, the scenery is verdant, although it has entered the autumn, but it is still full of green, verdant and picturesque, but in this boundless vitality, there is a deadly killing opportunity.

For archers alone, Tai Shi Ci has prepared five thousand people, and Ma Long and Ma Sloppy, these marksmen, are also among them.

Sou!

Xiahoudun dodged more than a dozen feather arrows in a row, and suddenly, three cold arrows shot out in the shape of a zigzag, Xiahoudun was not slow to react, and blocked two with a face, one of which was more tricky, and it hit his left rib.

This arrow was shot by Ma Long!