Cao Hong, the general of the Eastern County, has been having a hard time recently, and he is almost about to run out of cooking, and the urgent document urging Cao Cao to urge food has already been sent, but it is like a mud cow into the sea, and there is no response. He had no choice but to send his lieutenant general Lu Xiang to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also has a hard time, since the beginning of spring, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou has encountered a major drought, Liu Bei's Xuzhou reserves for many years are still okay, Yuzhou because of relying on Jiang Sheng's Jizhou and Zhou, not worried about the problem of grain and grass, that is, Yanzhou is too difficult.

Yanzhou was originally the place of the four wars, Jiang Sheng was a little weaker back then, and he didn't dare to take it over at all, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao raised troops to support Jiang Sheng to take over Yanzhou, Jiang Sheng refused, and specially sent a letter to Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to take Yanzhou, now it seems that Jiang Sheng is relatively wise.

Huainan is rich in products, is Yuan Shu's granary, Yuan Shu said that the emperor just gave Liu Bei a justifiable excuse, Liu Bei concentrated superior forces to storm Jiujiang County, is to take this granary as his own.

Yuan Shu was lonely and difficult to support, and the surrounding heroes all took a fancy to this piece of fat, so they sent troops to divide it. Cao Cao also wanted a piece of the pie, but Jiang Sheng's army of nearly 300,000 was eyeing him, and Cao Cao didn't dare to make any moves at all.

Sun Ce was strong, first took a few counties in Danyang County, and then stood still and waited for the changes.

Liu Biao lost the first battle of his troops, and was defeated by Zhang Ying half of the fleet, and his plan to attack Lujiang was frustrated and the attack was temporarily stopped.

In this way, the pressure of Yuan Shu was relieved, and the pressure faced by Liu Bei doubled, so he personally led the main army of Xuzhou to attack Jiujiang County.

Lu Xiang looked at Cao Cao with a blank eye, looking forward to Cao Cao allocating some food and grass for emergency, but Cao Cao was silent, Cheng Yu was anxious, so he said: "General Lu, please go back, the lord will not give up waiting for you, hold on for a while." ”

Lu Xiang looked at Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Mao Jue, Liu Ye and other civil and military officers in turn, everyone was sad, knowing that Cao Cao's life was not easy, sighed, and said: "Dongjun is the foundation of Yanzhou, and I hope that the lord will support it as soon as possible, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of people in Dongjun will be grateful!" ”

Cao Cao turned his back to Lu Xiang and did not react, so Lu Xiang had to straighten his clothes and retreat.

There was silence in the big tent, and after a long time, Cao Cao asked, "Where is Jiang Sheng's main force?" ”

Cao Ren said: "Back to the lord, Jiang Sheng took Jibei and went west. ”

"So, counting the time, you have already entered the territory of Dongjun?"

Cao Ren nodded.

Cao Cao said again: "Are Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan in a hurry to rescue Dongjun?" ”

Mao Jue said: "From the perspective of distance, it is impossible to assist in the defense of Dongjun, and there is only one strategy that can be tried." ”

"How?"

"Xu Huang's 30,000 soldiers and horses are guarding Taishan County, which has the implication of attacking Xuzhou, and Jiang Sheng is now waving his army westward, thinking that he will not use Xu Huang's army to fight Dongjun. Zhang Liaotun defended our army on the other side, and he would not attack Dongjun on the other side, so from this point of view, Jiang Sheng's attack on Dongjun was only 100,000 soldiers and horses led by him, General Xiahou Yuan had 30,000 soldiers, General Li Dian had 20,000 soldiers, and the defenders of Dongjun also had 50,000 people, the total number could be equal to Jiang Sheng. ”

Cheng Yu said: "If Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan's whole army goes west, Rencheng and Shanyang are in danger, and if Xu Huangsheng attacks the west and suddenly attacks Rencheng, they will lose everything." ”

"How is Rencheng Shanyang than Zhidong County?"

Cheng Yu stopped talking, it is impossible to take care of both ends at present, and he can only keep an important place.

Cao Cao said: "In this case, let Li Dian Xiahou Yuan's whole army go to copy Jiang Sheng's back road!" If Xu Huang made a move, Xiahou Yuan would guard Shanyang, and Li Dian would support Dongjun. ”

The plan was decided, and the messenger hastened and dispatched his troops.

In Jiang Sheng's opinion, Dongjun was already in the bag, so he was not in a hurry to enter the army, and he stopped and stopped, and the army of more than 100,000 people walked like a walk, advancing only a few dozen miles every day.

Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan received the military order, but they also muttered, although Xu Huang said that he intended to attack Xuzhou on the surface, but the 30,000 army did not move.

Xiahou Yuan is a more resourceful general, and he has a clear view of the current situation, Liu Bei's main forces have gone to fight Ji Ling, and the rear is relatively empty, if Xu Huang really wants to take Xuzhou, he should have done it a long time ago, and the reason why he has not acted for a long time is to deal with Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan thought about it again and again, and decided to hand over the cavalry of the whole army to Li Dian, and bring Li Dian's infantry army under his command, so that he could defend with all his strength, and Li Dian led the cavalry to support Dongjun, and the combat power was stronger.

Li Dian also knew the current situation, so he led more than 20,000 cavalry to kill Jiang Sheng's rear road. At the same time, he sent an 800-mile fast horse to inform Cao Hong and agree on the matter of the attack.

Jiang Sheng's tactical intelligence quickly grasped the movements of the Cao army, and he stopped and went in the past few days just to wait for the reinforcements of the Cao army to take the bait.

Li Dian is the fish that is about to be baited, and the more than 20,000 cavalry are not even as good as the Xuanjia cavalry, not to mention that Jiang Sheng still has three field armies?

Li Dian marched around Dongping Lake for several days and went straight to Juancheng, while Cao Hong, who received the news, left Puyang to the east and went to meet Jiang Sheng's main force.

Jiang Sheng immediately smiled after receiving the news of Cao Hong's dispatch, "The fox is dispatched, and the hunter should be on the field." ”

The second, fourth, and sixth armies under Jiang Sheng quietly pressed over from three directions, while the first army, under the leadership of Jiang Sheng, stood still and bluffed, posing for an attack on Puyang.

Li Dian's scouts quickly detected Jiang Sheng's traces, and Li Dian ordered the whole army to rest for a day, and then marched lightly to ensure that they could attack at the same time as Cao Hong.

As soon as he was in a hurry to think about the problem, it was simplistic, and Li Dian's more than 20,000 cavalry swaggered into the big pit that Jiang Sheng dug for him.

Zhang He, Yu Ban, and Zhang Xiu came out together, first with a heavy bombardment from the trebuchet, followed by a saturation shot from the bed crossbow, Li Dianjun was suddenly blinded, and after the long-range shooting, the three-way army shouted and surrounded and killed.

Li Dian hurriedly organized a defense, and when he saw that Zhang Xiu's troops were a little weak, he gathered troops and horses to try to kill Zhang Xiu's side.

Zhang Xiu is nicknamed "the king of guns in the north", and the soldiers and horses under his command are also good at using guns, looking at not many people, but they are neat and uniform, twisted into an awl, and the advance and retreat are a whole.

Li Dian's first echelon rushed in front of Zhang Xiujun and was killed in seconds, and the follow-up troops saw that a large area suddenly fell in front of them, and they were being covered, and the two armies of Yu Ban and Zhang He had also been killed.

Li Dian secretly shouted "It's over", and hurriedly led the team to break through from the side, and the three generals under Jiang Sheng led the soldiers and horses to chase and intercept them, and they must not run away Li Dian!

Some of the cavalry under Li Dian were veterans of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and their combat strength was still good, protecting Li Dian and rushing out of the encirclement and going straight to Puyang.

The messenger was ordered by Li Dian to rush to Cao Hongjun and Xiahou Yuanjun to deliver a message to prevent greater losses.

Xiahou Yuan seemed to feel the abnormal atmosphere of the battlefield, Jiang Shengjun's slow movement must be deceitful, not long after Li Dian left, Xiahou Yuan secretly waved his army to the east, entered Shanyang County to defend, and gave up Ren Chengguo.

Don't eat the fat meat delivered to the door, this is not Xu Huang's style.