Compared with the lost Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Liu Biao on the side looked a little excited, and Liu Yan's arrival greatly strengthened the strength of the clan relatives surnamed Liu in the coalition army.

The reason why Liu Biao would obey Cao Cao's words before was because he was afraid of Cao Cao's power, so he was forced to obey Cao Cao's orders.

Now there are eight princes in the entire coalition army, among which the clan relatives surnamed Liu have four roads, the Yuan family has two roads, and the rest are Cao Cao and Zhang Lu.

Liu Yuan's guess was not wrong at all, when he was just about to lead people to attack Cao Jun, Liu Yan and Zhang Lu had already arrived not far from the battlefield.

It's just that because they arrived too suddenly, not only did no one find Liu Yuan's men and horses, but even their nominal allies didn't find their traces.

Liu Yan and Zhang Lu were fighting in the Hanzhong region before, and it was at this time that they heard about the war between Liu Yuan and the princes of the Six Routes.

Originally, Liu Yan and Zhang Lu didn't take this matter to heart.

However, soon they heard that the Jizhou army was strong, and in the face of the siege of the princes of the Six Routes, the Jizhou army could still perform so easily.

This had to make Liu Yan and Zhang Lu more vigilant against the Jizhou army.

Subsequently, with the unremitting efforts of Jia Long, a strategist under Liu Yan, and Yang Bai, a general under Zhang Lu, Liu Yan finally chose to temporarily cease war with Zhang Lu.

Just when the two of them had just ceased fighting, news came from Jizhou again that shocked them.

Jizhou Liu Yuan only relied on one of the generals under his command, Ma Chao, to beat the Sixth Route Alliance Army unspeakably.

Such a strong strength is almost beyond their imagination.

Although Liu Yan himself doesn't have much ambition, he just wants to be in a safe corner.

But the Jizhou army is so powerful, once the Jizhou army annihilates the princes of the six routes, then his Shuzhong will definitely not be safe!

Zhang Lu is not as ambitious as Liu Yan, he is a person who is very similar to Zhang Jiao, and his ambition is to spread his Five Dou Rice Sect throughout the Central Plains.

The Jizhou army has become the biggest obstacle in front of him at this time, if he can't take this opportunity to defeat the Jizhou army, then his Wudoumi Sect will definitely be in danger of being destroyed.

In this way, Zhang Lu and Liu Yan, after the two of them turned their faces, reached a consensus for the first time, that is, they must contain the Jizhou army, or even directly eliminate the Jizhou army.

Subsequently, Zhang Lu led 80,000 troops, and brought his generals Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yang Bai.

Liu Yan personally led 150,000 troops, and his generals Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Pang Xi, and Deng Xian, and strategists Huang Quan and Zhang Song joined forces in one place.

After they left Hanzhong, they went straight to Qingzhou, and when they first arrived in Qingzhou, they heard that the coalition army was in Jizhou at this time, and the Jizhou army was fighting.

At that time, Liu Yan and Zhang Lu discussed it, and immediately decided to take their troops and rush to Jizhou in the starry night to support the princes' coalition army.

When they just arrived, they saw Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Dai, and other people and horses of the five princes retreating in a hurry.

This made Zhang Lu and Liu Yan feel cold in their hearts at that time, but they were still a little bold, and they did not directly turn around and evacuate with the people.

Instead, he chose to meet the army of Liu Bei and others on the way.

After a while, they came into contact with Liu Bei and others, and when Liu Bei and others saw Liu Yan and Zhang Lu, they felt as if they had seen a savior.

At that time, Liu Bei and others came to Liu Yan and Zhang Lu, which was called a thousand thanks, and just when they didn't say a word, Liu Bei's military advisor Xu Shu came over.

Just when Liu Bei and others retreated, Xu Shu showed his attitude, he resolutely opposed Liu Bei and others, and abandoned Cao Cao to retreat.

It's just that all the princes except Cao Cao were evacuating at that time.

Although Xu Shu is Liu Bei's military advisor, he seems to be light-hearted in the face of such a general trend, and he is powerless to stop it.

He could only be a little disheartened and retreated with Liu Bei.

However, I didn't expect that when they had not yet withdrawn from the ten miles, they met Liu Yan and Zhang Lu, who came to support.

At that time, Xu Shu's heart once again ignited the flame of hope, and at this time, he no longer cared about any etiquette, and came directly to the princes from all walks of life to quickly expound his views.

Xu Shu thought that now was definitely not the time for everyone to sweep the snow in front of their own door, if they abandoned Cao Cao like this, then they would immediately face a strong threat from the Jizhou army.

When Xu Shu finished speaking, Liu Bei and the others fell silent at that time.

The main reason is that the Jizhou army was too fierce just now, and each of them suffered a lot of losses, so they were shocked by the Jizhou army for a while.

Now after such a buffer, their mood has been calmed down, and every word Xu Shu said, they think it is a golden and jade good word.

So after a short rest, Liu Bei and the others decided to go back to support Cao Cao, who may have fallen into a bitter battle.

Before they left, Huang Quan, under Liu Yan, proposed a plan.

At that time, this strategy was strongly approved by Xu Shu.

That is to let Liu Yan's men and horses mix with Liu Bei and Liu Biao's men, which can not only improve the strength of the rescue force, but also confuse Liu Yuan.

Once Liu Yuan was carried away by the impending victory, he did not choose to retreat immediately, but rushed forward to continue killing Cao Cao's men.

Then the princes of all walks of life behind them immediately detoured up from the flank and surrounded all of Liu Yuan's cavalry.

This may be an excellent opportunity to deal a blow to Liu Yuan's strength.

As long as Liu Yuan's cavalry can be severely damaged or even annihilated, it doesn't matter if Liu Yuan and his generals are allowed to run away.

The loss of Liu Yuan, who was in the cavalry, was equivalent to the loss of the sharpest minions.

In this way, when they fight against the Jizhou army in the future, they do not need to worry about the threat posed by the powerful cavalry of the Jizhou army, and they can concentrate on dealing with the infantry of the Jizhou army.

And if the cavalry of the Jizhou army is completely annihilated, then the blow to the morale of the Jizhou army will be fatal, and it may even make the Jizhou army immediately on the verge of collapse.

When they heard Huang Quan's plan, Liu Bei and the others were in the spotlight, and they immediately adjusted the rescue lineup and wrapped Liu Yan's men and horses in the most central place.

When they were about to rush behind Cao Jun, Liu Bei and the others couldn't help but keep muttering in their hearts, for the first time, they hoped that Liu Yuan would not stop attacking.

However, it was obvious that they were going to be disappointed, and as soon as they appeared in front of Liu Yuan's eyes, Liu Yuan discovered the Yizhou army hidden among them.

In the extremely disappointed eyes of Liu Bei and others, Liu Yuan took his men and horses away, and Liu Bei and others could only protect Cao Jun, who was almost alive, and left this place silently!