Cao Cao continued to attack, his heart was also miserable, just by his forced crossing of the river all the way, Zhao Yun can calmly deploy, these days, Zhao Yun even used catapults, at once on the south bank of hundreds of catapults, Cao Cao's fleet suffered a painful blow, the number of casualties plummeted, but Cao Cao was sad, but at this time, the disaster is not alone, Chen Deng of Guangling sent people to Cao Cao for help, Sun Ce attacked day after day, although Chen Deng was well prepared, several times repelled the attack of Jiangdong soldiers, but Chen Deng's troops were too small, there are only five or six thousand people, and Sun Ce's strength is almost five times that of him.

Cao Cao was greatly annoyed, gathered people together, and discussed countermeasures, Guo Jia suddenly shook his head and stood up, "Lord, I have advised you before, Liu Bei must not be gullible, he has been in Xuzhou for more than half a month, but he has been standing still, indifferent to the war in Guangling, what kind of heart does he have, the lord must not be guarded." ”

Cao Cao was skeptical, "But so far, there is no evidence that Liu Bei has the intention to rebel, Fengxiao, are you too worried, didn't Liu Bei say it, he went to Xuzhou just to assist Che Guan, and Che Zhou is now good, it can be seen that Liu Bei has no dissenting intentions." ”

"Liu Bei is loyal on the outside, but treacherous on the inside, don't be deceived by him, he is also waiting for an opportunity." Guo Jia sneered for a while, "Now that the lord is on an expedition, he can't reach the war in Xuzhou, if Liu Bei really has the intention to rebel, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"It's better to rush Liu Bei's men and horses south to support Chen Deng, so as to test him." Cao Cao said to Guo Jia in a consultative tone.

Guo Jiadao: "That's the only way, but I'm really not at ease with Liu Bei in my heart." ”

Cao Cao shook his head, "If Liu Bei wasn't on my side, even if it was for himself, he would really resist Sun Ce, wouldn't he?" Otherwise, Chen Deng was defeated by Sun Ce, and the Jiangdong soldiers would drive straight in, and I really can't think of any benefit to Liu Bei. ”

Guo Jiazhi shook his head, he really wanted to personally lead the troops to Xuzhou, otherwise it would be difficult for him to rest assured, but Cao Cao had no soldiers to send.

"Lord, I think you should send someone to tell Che Zhou to be more careful, you must beware of Liu Bei, even if Guangling is lost, you must keep Xuzhou."

Cao Cao nodded and adopted Guo Jia's opinion.

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When Cao Cao was worried, Xiahou Yuan did not disappoint him, and unknowingly avoided the men and horses of Nanyang County, raided Taigu Pass, and attacked overnight, killing He Yi's men and horses by surprise.

Xiahou Yuan personally led the most elite tiger guards to climb the city wall, spears danced wildly, struggling forward, every step out, several Han soldiers would fall on the ground, the tiger guards followed, the fierce sword light of the tiger guards, instantly enveloped the panicked defenders, their bodies were crushed to pieces, blood rain splashed, and the flesh and blood of the killing flew sideways.

These Han soldiers never dreamed that Cao Jun would suddenly emerge from Taigu Pass, and more than half of the soldiers had not even woken up before death suddenly descended from the sky.

After He Yi woke up, he hurriedly climbed the city wall to participate in the defense, Xiahou Yuan's eyes were red, and he moved forward step by step, the spear was as fast as lightning, bringing up gusts of whistling wind, and the killing moves were exhausted, and the Han troops killed were killed one after another, and no one was his enemy.

Even if He Yi resisted in person, he was not Xiahou Yuan's opponent, in less than a dozen rounds, Xiahou Yuan pierced He Yi's chest with a shot, and when there was a loud bang, He Yi's blade fell to the ground, Xiahou Yuan looked at him with a cruel smile, lifted him high above his head, and then threw him down the city wall with all his might.

As soon as the main general died, the dragons were leaderless, and the remaining defenders had no fighting spirit, and fled in all directions in panic, Xiahou Yuan decisively ordered: "Don't leave any left, kill them all, so as not to leak the news." ”

After another half an hour of fierce fighting, the sound of the fight gradually listened, everything settled, Xiahou Yuan stood proudly on the city wall, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Han Tu, you immediately send a letter to the lord and tell him that we have succeeded."

Han Tu was one of Xiahou Yuan's lieutenants, and Han Tu promised to leave Taigu Pass immediately.

Time was pressing, Xiahou Yuan didn't care about cleaning up the battlefield, leaving 5,000 soldiers to guard Taigu Pass, and the remaining 23,000 people were all taken away and killed overnight to Luoyang.

Xiahou Yuan was not only cautious, but also very smart, seemingly running overnight, but he had been guarding against the Han army's sentry scouts so as not to be discovered.

Cao Cao soon got the news, and Cao Cao was greatly excited and immediately went to see Yuan Shao.

"At the beginning, I was overjoyed, Xiahou Yuan had already taken Taigu Pass, don't hesitate any longer, give an order quickly, and you must drag Zhao Yun down."

Yuan Shao was suspicious: "Xiahou Yuan really took Taigu Pass?" ”

Yuan Shao was worried that Cao Cao deliberately made up such an excuse in order to trick him into sending troops.

"That's a good fake, now that Xiahou Yuan has taken people to Luoyang, as long as we continue to cross the river together, Zhao Yun has no intention of taking care of him, even if he gets the news, there is no army to send, don't hesitate any longer."

Cao Cao was in an urgent mood, his eyes were full of expectation, Yuan Shao thought about it, and finally nodded and agreed.

At this time, it was already dawn, and Yuan Shao led his troops to the battle again, which surprised Zhao Yun, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly organized troops to strengthen the defense.

On the rolling river, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's men and horses actually crossed the river at the Mengjin ferry at the same time, and no less than hundreds of boats of different sizes covered the river, densely packed, and the flags covered the sun end to end and could not be seen at a glance, and swept over.

Tai Shi Ci stepped forward to Zhao Yun and said puzzledly, "Lord, don't you think it's strange?" Yuan Shao was obviously frightened by us, and he had ceased fighting for several days, why did he suddenly join the war again early this morning? ”

"There must be a demon when things go wrong, Yuan Shaoke doesn't have such courage, Jizhou has become a mess, his mind shouldn't be here." Zhao Yun couldn't figure it out in his heart.

Temporarily handing over the task of defense to Tai Shici, Zhao Yun hurriedly went to see Jia Xu.

Jia Xu was also awakened by the sudden attack, and was watching the enemy situation on a high slope, when Zhao Yun came closer, he heard the movement.

"What do you think, sir?"

Jia Xu shook his head, "It's hard to say, for Yuan Shao to suddenly make such a big determination, I think something must have happened." ”

Zhao Yun frowned, and his heart suddenly hung up, "Then what should we do?" ”

Zhao Yun's troops were mainly concentrated in three places, Chen Gong Lu Bu took 40,000 people, and there were 40,000 people on the south bank of the Yellow River, but after days of fierce fighting, there were many casualties, and in Tongguan, 20,000 were also stationed, commanded by Xu Shu.

"Don't worry, whatever happens, we'll just have to stay put." Jia Xu was surprisingly calm, and he seemed to have already made up his mind.

Even if Luoyang is captured, he is not worried.