In order to cover Gao Ran's attack on Runan, Yuan Xi led an army of 100,000 to attack Qian County, and Cao Cao would never do anything about Qian County, so Yuan Cao's two armies began the battle of Qian County. Cao Cao faced Yuan Xi again and asked, "Yuan Xi, I let you go last time in Puyang, but you still want to send you to death without knowing whether you are alive or dead?" ”

Yuan Xi laughed and said: "Cao Cao, don't put gold on your face, it's only a matter of time before Hebei wants to destroy the Central Plains, do you know why I didn't do it for a long time?" I put the overall situation first, and I will deal with you after getting rid of the external troubles of the big man. Otherwise, we will fight to the death, and we will be cheap barbarians for nothing! Therefore, I advise you to surrender as soon as possible, ask the emperor for your guilt, and maybe spare your life. ”

It was impossible for Cao Cao to surrender to Yuan Xi, so he sent Xu Chu to fight, and Yuan Xi was not to be outdone, and sent Pang De to fight Xu Chu. Pang De is also a master of using a knife, it is Xu Chu's opponent, the two fought for dozens of rounds without winning or losing, Cao Cao was secretly frightened, but he didn't expect Yuan Xi's subordinates to have another general Pang De in addition to Zhao Yun.

Although Xu Chu and Pang De were inseparable, Cao Cao was not at ease and sent Xu Huang to help Xu Chu. Although Pang De was strong, he couldn't deal with Xu Chu and Xu Huang, and Yuan Xi ordered Huang Zhong to fight.

Huang Zhong's father and son were deeply taken care of by Yuan Xi, and they were worried that they didn't know how to repay their kindness, so they finally had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and stepped forward to fight Xu Huang. Xu Huang originally thought that Yuan Xi would send Zhao Yun to fight, but he didn't expect it to be an old man who was nearly fifty years old, although he was disappointed in his heart, Xu Huang was not careless, and held his Xuanhua axe towards Huang Zhong. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong didn't dodge, and he also used a lot of strength to catch Xu Huang's big axe.

With a loud bang, Xu Huang only felt that a huge force came, and his big axe was almost knocked away, this person's strength was definitely not under Guan Yu, the most powerful opponent he had ever encountered, but the opponent was powerful, the more he could stimulate Xu Huang's fighting intent, and he swung the big axe towards Huang Zhong again.

Huang Zhong took Xu Huang's first axe, and he was not comfortable, knowing that Xu Huang was not simple, he swung his knife again to block Xu Huang's axe. After a few rounds of fighting, the two also figured out each other's paths, and the two were equal in force, and it was not easy to distinguish the winner from the loser. However, in Huang Zhong's opinion, Xu Huang's axe is extremely heavy, and it shouldn't last long, and the more he fights, the more courageous he becomes.

Cao Cao saw that Xu Huang was not fighting Huang Zhong, and sent Yu Ban to help in the battle, and Yuan Xi ordered Zhao Yun to fight in Yu Ban. Cao Cao also knew that Zhao Yun was strong, and although Yu Ban was also a first-class master, he couldn't last long in front of Zhao Yun, so he ordered Cao Hong to fight Zhao Yun together.

Zhao Yun is worthy of being a peerless general, with no pressure on one against two, and he is still pressing Yu Ban and Cao Hong. Cao Cao saw that the two of them couldn't fight Zhao Yun, so he sent Le Jin, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen to help the three. Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of his own strength to suppress Pang De, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, Yuan Xi would not show weakness, and immediately sent Han Meng, Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang to fight Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen.

Han Meng vs. Le Jin, Jiang Qi vs. Cao Xiu, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang vs. Cao Zhen, Cao Cao saw that his generals were suppressed, and if he didn't think of a way, he would be defeated, Xun You reminded: "Lord, our army will not be able to fight against the generals, it is better to lead the army to assault, and then order Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to cut off the grain and grass of the Yuan army, and the Yuan army will be chaotic." ”

Cao Cao followed his plan and ordered the army to attack, and Yuan Xi had already prepared, so Gao Shun led the trapping camp to fight Cao's army. Because the most important generals of the Cao army and the Yuan army were still fighting, both sides were afraid of injuring their own people by mistake, and did not use heavy weapons, and the trapping camp led by Gao Shun obviously suppressed the Cao army without the main general, Yuan Xi saw that the Cao army was frustrated by Cao Cao but did not panic at all, and asked Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, I don't panic when I watch Cao Cao, I'm afraid there is a back-up move!" ”

Xu Shu also felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't see what other conspiracy Cao Cao had, so he said to Yuan Xi: "Lord, Cao Cao occupies a favorable position, although our army has an advantage at present, we must not be careless, especially not to be rash." Yuan Xi nodded, and actually ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops when he had the advantage.

Cao Cao saw that Yuan Xi was so cautious, and guessed that Cao Chun's action should be successful, so he also called in to withdraw his troops, and the two sides cleaned up their battlefields separately and fought again another day. To Cao Cao's surprise, Cao Chun led the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry to defeat Yuan's grain transport team.

Yuan Xi knew that he would lead a large army deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, and Cao Cao would definitely fight his own grain route, so he ordered Pang Tong and Hao Zhao to be responsible for transporting grain. Pang Tong learned that the two armies of Yuan and Cao were already facing each other in Qian County, and the Cao army would definitely send elite soldiers to sneak attack his team escorting grain and grass, so he discussed with Hao Zhao and deliberately hid the flammable materials under the grain and grass and waited for Cao's army to rob the grain.

Cao Chun didn't know what the plan was, so he easily grabbed the grain cart, and was about to watch, but he heard a large number of people and horses coming in the distance, Cao Chun knew that he couldn't bring back these grain and grass, so he ordered the grain cart to be burned. In the middle of Pang Tong's plan, the grain cart exploded one after another when it caught fire, and the tiger and leopard rode in shock, knowing that he had been scheming, he hurriedly retreated, and was shot and killed by Hao Zhao's ambushed archers halfway, and returned defeated.

Cao Cao saw that Yuan Xi was prepared, and did not cut off the grain and grass of Yuan's army again, and began to build fortifications near Qian County, using thunderbolts and well-fence bows and arrows to resist Yuan's army. Yuan Xi saw that Cao Cao no longer took the initiative to fight, and he couldn't capture Qian County for a while, and he could only confront Cao Cao, the 100,000 army consumed huge food every day, and it was far away from Yecheng to transport grain, and Yuan Xi was deeply worried about the lack of grain and grass.

Fortunately, good news came from Runan, and Gao Ran, with the help of Yuan's family in Runan, defeated Li Tong and successfully captured Runan County, so that he could send troops to attack Xuchang at any time. On the other hand, Yuan Xi's eldest brother Yuan Tan led the troops of Qingzhou to attack Shouchun together with Zhang Yan and Zangba in Xuzhou, and Yuan Xi's third brother Yuan Shang, with Ma Chao as the vanguard, led 100,000 troops, sent a letter to Guguan, attacked Chang'an, and made Xiahou Yuan unable to support the Central Plains.

This strengthened Yuan Xi's determination to eliminate Cao Cao, and Yuan Xi sent someone to inform the trial to escort grain and grass to Qianxian, and ordered the senior cadres in Jizhou to join the army with frustration, and ordered him to raise another 100,000 troops to attack Chenliu. The Hebei army sent a series of troops, which made Cao Cao a little hurried.

Guanzhong Xiahou Yuan and Han Sui still have 100,000 soldiers and horses, there should be no problem in fighting against Yuan Shang, Shouchun has Xiahou Tang in charge, although isolated by Yuan's army, it will not be a problem in Shouchun City, and it will not be a problem in a short time. The only thing that worried Cao Cao was the 100,000-strong army that attacked Chen Liu, and if Chen Liu missed, Xuchang would be in danger. Cao Cao had to order Xiahou Shang, the defender of Wancheng, to lead his troops to Chen Liu.

Wancheng's army was mainly to prevent Liu Bei's army in Jingzhou from going north, and now the Central Plains war, Hebei's strength is too strong, and Cao Cao has no choice but to draw Wancheng's troops. The battle between Yuan Xi and Cao Cao in the Central Plains naturally attracted the attention of the rest of the princes, especially Liu Bei and Sun Quan, who were also planning carefully.

Liu Bei also discussed with Zhuge Liang to take the opportunity to seize Wancheng, but Zhuge Liang thought that after eliminating Cao Cao, the Hebei family was dominant, which was very unfavorable to him, so it was better to take Nanjun first, and Cao Cao had no time to take care of himself now. Sun Quan is the same, waiting for the results of Yuan Xi and Cao Cao, and then seeking the greatest benefits, but now what Jiangdong wants to do most is to take Jingzhou, and he must take Jiangxia, the gateway to Jingzhou, so Sun Quan sent Lu Su and Liu Bei to hand over Jiangxia.