"Capture the flag, Xiliang Ma Meng Qiye!"

The Hebei army was defeated on all fronts, and Chun Yuqiong's general banner was also taken by Ma Chao with cavalry.

It's just that Chun Yuqiong, who originally swore to die, was still pulled by his own soldiers, abandoned the army first, left the battlefield, and began to flee on the road when he came and went.

"It's Chun Yuqiong who is wearing a red robe, and Chun Yuqiong is captured alive!"

The injured Ma Chao was unwilling to give up, he pointed to the direction of Chun Yuqiong's escape and shouted, leaving the command to Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and others, regardless of the arrow wound on his leg, he only brought a few light cavalry guards, and continued to chase in the direction of Chun Yuqiong's escape.

The two groups of men and horses were small in number, and after leaving the battlefield, they chased one after the other, and ran all the way to the remote hilly path.

Although Chun Yuqiong took off the conspicuous hood and general robe on the way, Ma Chao still led the cavalry to chase all the way, and the personal guard cavalry guarding Chun Yuqiong saw that the enemy cavalry behind him was chasing after him, so he had to give up his life and turn back to fight, trying to delay the pursuing enemy cavalry and buy time for Chun Yuqiong to escape.

But when Ma Chao's light cavalry brought by him was stopped by Chun Yuqiong's personal guard cavalry, he still refused to give up the pursuit, but rushed through the interception alone, and continued to chase Chun Yuqiong, who was rushing wildly.

After killing the last two guards cavalry who rushed up to intercept along the way, there was no other horse's obstruction between Ma Chao and Chun Yuqiong, and they were still chasing one after the other, Chun Yuqiong looked at the fierce enemy general Ma Chao, who had been pampered for many years, and he did not have the courage to turn back and fight with him, so he could only spur the mount fiercely, hoping that the war horse under the crotch could get rid of Ma Chao behind him.

It's a pity that the reality often backfires, and the war horse that Chun Yuqiong whipped hard failed to speed up the horse, but instead lost his front hooves on the rugged mountain road, and threw Chun Yuqiong on the horseback down like a revenge, and directly threw Chun Yuqiong to pieces, and his face was covered with blood.

But at the critical juncture, Chun Yuqiong, who was injured in the fall, still broke out a strong desire to survive, he couldn't care about his injury, struggled to get up, and wanted to see the war horse, but unfortunately the war horse had fallen into the mountain stream after the horse lost its front hooves, broke the horse's hooves, and was stuck in the quagmire at this time, making the last sorrow.

Looking back again, Ma Chao, who was chasing relentlessly, was already approaching, and the frightened Chun Yuqiong hurriedly drew his sword in his hand, staggered back, ready to resist the impact of the war horse, but accidentally stepped on the fragmented rocks, a center of gravity was unstable, and he fell to the ground again, and Ma Chao's war horse had rushed to the front.

"Duh, if you pass me, I can be rich and noble."

Chun Yuqiong was frightened, and could only subconsciously shout out words that didn't even react to herself, but as if the ghost was a god, the other party came to him with a spear, but did not stab this fatal spear, but looked at Chun Yuqiong with a playful sneer.

Chun Yuqiong was no longer half arrogant and angry at the moment, he looked at the enemy cavalry general in silver armor and white robes, and the hand behind him quietly groped and grabbed a handful of dirt, while salivating and repeating with a wry smile:

"Let me go, I can give you wealth, you are from the Xiliangma family, right, I can really give you wealth!"

Ma Chao, who was sitting on horseback, sneered and stabbed out the spear in his hand again······

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Five days later, Liyang.

In Cao Cao's tent, Guo Jia, who came in a hurry, brought the latest military information of the Great War of Merging States.

"Ming Gong, the intelligence from Anyi, the general Cao Yuan under the command of Yan Xing ambushed the Hebei soldiers and horses galloping to aid Taiyuan in Yuci, and defeated Chun Yuqiong. Nearly 10,000 beheaded, captured and routed, captured countless baggage, Hebei generals Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang were killed in battle, the generals were captured, Zhang Yi and Ma Yan were captured, the main general Chun Yuqiong fled and disappeared, and Hebei's 30,000 elite soldiers were wiped out in the territory of Bingzhou. ”

This battle report from the side of the "friendly army" made Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and other generals who were also in the tent dumbfounded and looked at each other, and the book knife in Cao Cao's hand also slipped and fell on the bamboo book.

"Has this information been confirmed?"

"Yan Yanming has arrived in Anyi, and according to the news we sent back from the dark, Yuan Shao's army was indeed defeated in Bingzhou."

After Cao Cao confirmed the authenticity of the information from Guo Jia's mouth, his expression was complicated, he stroked his beard for a long time, and was silent.

Hebei's 30,000 elite soldiers were completely annihilated in Taiyuan, and Jiang Yiqu's attack on Hanoi was repelled by the defender Lu Yi, so that Yuan Shao's two troops to rescue Taiyuan and Shangdang failed miserably.

Obviously, Bingzhou is about to fall into Yan Xing's pocket next.

This result, in Cao Cao's expectations, was not unexpected, and Bingzhou was originally a battleground for the Yuan and Yan families, but the process changed too quickly.

Originally, Cao Jun thought that the soldiers and horses of the Yuan and Yan families would fall into a long and cruel tug-of-war around Jinyang and Huguan in Bingzhou, just like the Battle of Changping in Qin and Zhao, and the stalemate would force the two families to continue to send troops and horses to reinforce and merge with the state, and then the Cao army, which was watching from the wall, could strike backward and reap the benefits of the fishermen.

But now that the victory or defeat of the battle has been divided, Yuan Shao, who has divided his troops in four directions, will definitely not be able to put together an elite army to counterattack and merge the state, so the Cao army, which has crossed the river to the north and entered Hebei, must have a clear attitude and stand in line to start fighting for the fruits of victory.

"Yan Yanming has arrived in Anyi, what else is in the battle report?"

"Yan Yanming wants Ming Gong to fulfill the previous agreement, wave his army to attack Yecheng, defeat Yuan Shao as soon as possible, and divide the land of the four states equally between the two families."

"Haha, it's really a jackal ambition, a Kansai hero with hidden plots, and he is not satisfied with swallowing a state, so he has watched the rest of the three states."

Cao Cao laughed, completely forgetting that he had sent his own envoy to conclude the covenant, and his ambiguous attitude was incomprehensible.

"Meng De, then should we attack Yecheng next?"

Xiahou Yuan didn't understand Cao Cao's intentions, so he could only ask.

Cao Hong also waited for Cao Cao's statement.

Cao Cao smiled and returned to his seat, just as he was about to give the order, there was a hurried sound of footsteps outside the tent.

Everyone followed the sound, and saw Dong Zhao, who was slightly chubby, trotting into the tent out of breath, and glanced at everyone, and then came to Cao Cao and said:

"Duke Ming, Yi Jing has been captured!"

During the Great War of Bingzhou, the Hebei generals who besieged Yijing, such as Fu Zhu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, also led their troops to launch the final general attack on Yijing.

Seeing that the hundred-foot-tall building he relied on was constantly being dug up, Gongsun Zhan, who knew that his future was at an end, was unwilling to be humiliated by Yuan Shao, killed his family, and set himself on fire, ending the life of the "White Horse General" who was in the north of the country.

The remnants of Gongsun Zhan, Guan Jing, Tian Kai and others also died in battle, and only the eldest son, Gongsun Xu, contacted the various departments of Montenegro outside and survived.

After learning of the death of Gongsun Zhan and the defeat of another force in the troubled times, Cao Cao, who sat back in his seat, inevitably sighed and recited his new work on the way to the north and march again.

"There are righteous people in the Kanto region, and they raise troops to fight against the murderers.

In the early days, the alliance was in Jin, and the heart was in Xianyang.

The forces of the army were uneven, and they hesitated and walked wildly.

Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs fight each other.

The title of Huainan brother is engraved in the north.

The armor is full of lice, and all surnames die.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines. ”

After the Kwantung Righteous Army that crusaded against Dong Zhuo fell apart, it has been killing each other all these years, the world has changed, and among the people who used to be high-minded in the alliance, now only Yuan Shao, himself and Yuan Shu who survived are left.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the chaotic scene of "white bones exposed in the wilderness, and no rooster crows for thousands of miles".

"Ming Gong, Yijing has fallen, the Gongsun clan has been destroyed, the Hebei army will go south soon, whether to fight or defend, we need to make a decision as soon as possible!"

Dong Zhao, who was in charge of collecting information on Hebei, saw Cao Cao distracted and hurriedly reminded.

Cao Cao, who came back to his senses, bowed slightly, thought for a while, and immediately said:

"Well, since the Gongsun clan has been wiped out, and the Hebei army will go south in the near future, then it is no longer suitable for our army to stay in Hebei and confront the Hebei army head-on. The order was quickly passed down, and the army packed up and retreated to the south bank to stand by. ”

Hearing Cao Cao's order to withdraw his troops, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were a little stunned, the battle situation changed too quickly, they didn't expect that there was a great opportunity to march just now, and now Cao Cao changed his attitude and wanted to retreat to the south.

And Guo Jia, Dong Zhao and others quickly understood Cao Cao's intentions, and now that Yuan Shao had solved Yijing's Gongsun Zhan, and after having no worries, he was able to free up his hands to deal with Yan Xing's soldiers and horses in Bingzhou and Cao's army in Tunzha Liyang.

In view of the fact that the soldiers and horses of Hebei were defeated on the battlefield of Bingzhou one after another, Yuan Shao, who was fighting on both sides, was likely to use his troops cautiously and no longer divide his troops into battle, but formulate a strategy of first Cao and then Yan, and concentrate superior forces to first solve Cao Cao's soldiers and horses near Liyang and peep into Yecheng, and then lead his army westward to regain the lost land of Bingzhou.

Therefore, at this time, it is no longer suitable for the Cao army to stay in the enemy territory to provoke the Hebei army to take advantage of the victory to go south, but to retreat to the south of the river, make preparations in advance, and wait for the next movement of the Hebei army.

The best way to deal with it is, of course, to let the troops of the Hebei army advance westward, and continue to aim at the Yan Xing army in Bingzhou, only when Yuan and Yan and the two tigers fight, there is a chance for Cao Cao, who is waiting for the opportunity, to stab the two tigers with a sword.

If Yuan Shao insisted on going south, then Cao Cao could only rely on the river to maneuver with the Hebei army, find fighters to defeat the enemy army going south, and closely contact Yan Xing's soldiers and horses in Sanhe to flank Yuan Shao's army on both sides.

However, the reason why Cao Cao issued the order to withdraw the army was another consideration, that is, out of his own understanding of Yuan Shao and his judgment of the battle situation, Cao Cao felt that as long as he pretended to be cowardly, Yuan Shao would most likely deploy defenses on the north bank of the Great River to prevent his own attack, and then the whole army would march west and attack Yan Xing's soldiers and horses.

After all, he and Yuan Shao are still separated by a big river, as long as the ferry Hejin is not lost, it will not be able to threaten the heart of Hebei for a while and a half, and Yan Xing's soldiers and horses can merge the state, but they can go through the Taihang Mountain at any time and anywhere, through the Taihang Mountain, condescendingly, and storm the two states of Hebei and Youzhou in multiple ways, threatening the entire land of Hebei.

East and West, South and North, which comes first, that's a real question!