Although Qingzhou has been relocated twice by Cao Cao and Sun Ce, it has become a wasteland, but in terms of strategic significance, this is an important part of completing the clamping of Cao Cao, Qingzhou, the entire power of the Cao army is like being clamped by pliers, now Ye Zhaotun troops Kunyang, Xu Rongtun troops in sour dates, Ji Lingtun soldiers in Chenliu, plus the Qingzhou army, this time, Ye Zhao in the Central Plains battlefield, invested nearly 200,000 troops, this is Ye Zhao since becoming a prince, the largest bet.

Guo Jia's task is either to attack or contain Sun Ce, so that Ye Zhao has enough time to swallow Cao Cao.

"Sir." Ding Li walked over, bowed to Guo Jia and said: "Sun Ce's soldiers and horses are stationed in the area of Ju County, and the general Tai Shici is stationed, which is located in the area of Jiwu Mountain, the terrain is mountainous, and there is Shushui surrounding, our army's equipment is difficult to exert its power, and it is difficult to conquer it by relying only on soldiers and horses. ”

"Tai Shici, General Jiangdong, I heard that this person has the courage of ten thousand people." Guo Jia knocked on the table and said with a smile: "Now that the lord and Cao Cao are in a decisive battle, if Tai Shi Ci is here, Sun Ce can mobilize a large army to support Cao Cao!" Is there any other road that can detour and hit Xuzhou directly? ”

"Yes, you can make a detour to Langxi, cross the sea, walk the Zhengrong Valley, and go directly to the rear of Ju County." Ding Li nodded and said, "However, this place is mostly in the mountains, and it is difficult for the army to pass. ”

If the army wants to leave, the baggage will naturally have to keep up, otherwise what will the soldiers of the three armies eat?

"In that case, you will lead a group of men and horses to go away from this evil spirit!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Go to the Zhengrong Valley and occupy Mutai and Yang first." ”

"Huh!?" Ding Li looked at Guo Jia in amazement: "But sir, this evil place ......"

"Do what you are told!" Guo Jia put a Ling arrow in Ding Li's hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the rest of the things, please ask General Fang Yue to come and see me." ”

"Whoa!"

Ju County, county government.

"General!" A junior colonel came in, bowed to Tai Shi Ci and said, "The scouts sent by our army have found out, and the Ye army has sent a detachment of men and horses to Langxie. ”

"Lang Evil?" Tai Shi Ci was stunned when he heard this, he was originally from Qingzhou, so he naturally knew that the road in the land of Lang Evil was difficult, so he hurriedly looked at the map, and then sneered: "I heard that Guo Jianai is a Ye thief think tank, and now it seems that it is just so, seeing that Ju County is difficult to attack, he wants to make a detour to cut off my back road?" ”

"So what should I do?" The generals were shocked when they heard this.

"If you want to attack the rear of our army, you must go to the Zhengrong Valley, where the mountains are treacherous, wait for me to break this brigade of strange soldiers first, and then break the Guo Jia army!" Tai Shi Ci said with a smile.

Three days later, Ding Li led the army to Zhengrong Valley, and was about to enter the valley, but was stopped by a young general and said: "General, before the military division goes out, hand over this letter to the last general, and order the last general to hand over the letter to the general before the army arrives in Zhengrong Valley, and the general must follow the order when he sees the letter!" ”

Ding Li was stunned when he heard this, took the letterhead sent by the young general, opened it, and saw that there were only two words in the letter: "Withdraw the army!" ”

Withdrawal?

"What does that mean?" Ding Li looked at the young general in confusion.

"I don't know!" The young general shook his head, he was just acting on orders, what did he care?

Ding Li frowned and glanced at the direction of Zhengrong Valley, but felt that the mountain was treacherous, and this kind of place was the easiest place to ambush the ambush soldiers, so after thinking about it, he decided to follow the order, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the three armies to withdraw the same way.

In the Zhengrong Valley, the original probe horse found that Ding Li had arrived in the Zhengrong Valley, Tai Shi Ci had prepared an ambush, intending to eat Ding Li's men and horses in one fell swoop, who knew that the other party turned around at the mouth of the valley, and withdrew the same way, which made Tai Shi Ci a little puzzled, did not understand what was going on, and was hesitating whether to pursue, but saw a defeated general staggering from the rear.

Seeing this person, Tai Shici was shocked and said sharply: "Ma Zhong, why are you here!?" ”

"General Taishi, Juxian has been broken!" When Lu Meng saw Tai Shici, he fell to his knees with a pop and wailed.

"What!?" When Tai Shici heard this, his brain went blank, and then he picked up Ma Zhong and said sharply: "How can Ju County be broken? ”

This time to ambush Ding Li, in order to avoid Guo Jia taking advantage of the situation to attack the city, Tai Shici only brought 2,000 men and horses to ambush, there are 10,000 troops stationed in Ju County, so many soldiers and horses, how can Ju County say that it will be broken?

Ma Zhong said astringently: "General, last night from the south of the city came a rout army, about two or three hundred people, said that the general was ambushed, the army was scattered, the general was trapped in the Zhengrong Valley, came to ask for help, they wore our military uniforms, and the words they said were also Wu language, the last general did not doubt him, and immediately led the army out of the city to rescue, who knew that just out of the city, there was a leaf thief soldiers and horses to kill, and our army was defeated, and those rout troops took the opportunity to occupy the city gate, so that the leaf thief army directly entered the city, and Ju County was broken like this!" ”

"Ridiculous!" Tai Shi Ci said in disbelief: "I have a beacon tower in Keiwu Mountain, and there are even scouts to explore the Quartet day and night, how can the thief army suddenly kill Ju County?" ”

The defense of Ju County, but Tai Shici personally laid out, not only set up a beacon tower in Keiwu Mountain, but also countless probe horses along the way, so Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses, is it possible to fly?

Ma Zhong was speechless, he still couldn't figure it out, obviously there were no different sentinels everywhere, so why did Ye Jun suddenly appear in Ju County? But the fact has already happened, and even if you don't understand it, it's useless.

"How many soldiers and horses are there among the thieves?" Tai Shi Ci asked.

"It was the middle of the night, and it was too dark to see clearly, but there were a lot of people, and there were torches everywhere." Ma Zhong shook his head, at that time, he only knew that he had been ambushed, as for how many ambushes there were, the night was dark and the wind was high, how could he see clearly.

"The thief army came quietly, failed to alarm the horses, the number must not be many, follow me to kill back!" Tai Shici now, how can he still take care of Ding Li, now it seems that this Ding Li's soldiers and horses are clearly luring him out of the city, and he directly withdrew the ambush soldiers from Zhengrong Valley at the moment, and went all the way to Ju County.

On the other side, Ding Li walked back with the soldiers and horses for two hours, and was stopped by the young general.

"What's the matter?" Ding Li looked at the young general and felt that this guy was a little annoying.

"Back to the general!" The young general looked at the sky and said to Ding Li: "The military advisor still has a book!" ”

Ding Li: "......"

Suppressing the urge to hit someone, Ding Li said with a dark face: "Why didn't you present it together before?" ”

"The military advisor has an order that after the first book is handed over to the general, this letter will be handed over to the general in two hours." The young general bowed.

Ding Li took the letter and opened it with a depressed face, but when he saw the content of the letter, he asked him to lead the army to capture Yangdu!

Ding Li was a little confused, but the letter was printed with Guo Jia's handsome seal, which means that this order must also be executed, although Ding Li has resentment in his heart, but the military order is like a mountain, Guo Jia is the marshal appointed by Ye Zhao, he Ding Li must listen to others, he can only wordlessly order the army to turn the horse's head and march to Ju County, yes, Guo Jia's order is to let him rush to Ju County as quickly as possible.

When crossing the Zhengrong Valley, Ding Li was a little apprehensive, after all, this place was too easy to hide ambush soldiers, but along the way, Ding Li, who had already planned to retreat, was stunned and didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, but the scouts who were responsible for probing the surroundings found traces left by a large number of troops in the mountains, and they had just been left behind, that is, not long ago, there were indeed ambushes here, but now they are gone.

Ding Li was a little confused, but he believed a lot in Guo Jia, and he didn't care about these at the moment, and according to Guo Jia's order, he led the army to Yangdu.