Ye Zhao didn't know how long Liu Bei could support it, so after deciding to help, he sent people directly to Dongjun with an expedited amount of eight hundred miles, and at the same time a large amount of grass was transferred to Hangu Pass, as long as Cao Cao nodded, these grains and grass would be transported directly from Hangu Pass through Luoyang to hand over to Cao Cao's men and horses.

Luoyang area, now in a power vacuum, Ye Zhao and Cao Cao, did not rush to occupy, a year when Dong Zhuo moved the capital, a fire down, Luoyang has nothing left, no matter who takes Luoyang, want to rebuild this city, it is inevitable to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, Cao Cao is tight, now even to support a war, the military food in his hands is not enough, let alone rebuild Luoyang.

Not long after Ye Zhao took Guanzhong, he is now going to use troops on Hetao, and then there is Xiliang to develop, although there is money, it cannot be used indiscriminately, and now the resources accumulated in Shuzhong will be used in the construction of the west in the future, so there is no heart to rebuild Luoyang for the time being.

On the other hand, Luoyang is also a relaxation zone between the two families, whether it is Ye Zhao or Cao Cao, they are not willing to meet each other on the battlefield too early, the development routes of the two sides are not in conflict in the early stage, there is no need to fight indifferently, and therefore, Luoyang, now it is also the tacit understanding between the two sides, will not cross this line, if someone crosses, it means that the unwritten tacit understanding between the two sides has been broken.

"Lord, will Ye Zhao be so kind?" Sending the messenger out to rest, Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and frowned.

"Kind?" Cao Cao said with a smile: "That guy is a lord who can't afford to be unprofitable, how can he be kind?" He is afraid that Liu Xuande will not be able to hold on, if Liu Bei is defeated, Yuan Shao will occupy Youzhou, our army will have to face Yuan Shao alone, if even we are defeated, Yuan Shao will be sitting on half of the country, so this battle, this guy definitely does not want us to lose, or does not want us to lose too quickly, at least before he pacifies the Hetao and Xiliang, he does not want us to lose. ”

"So, is it true that food was sent to us this time?" Cheng Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"It's true, Liu Bei's side, I'm afraid it's not as good as us, if we don't have this batch of grain and grass to save the emergency, even if we can defeat Zhang He, we will be dragged to death by the grain and grass." Cao Cao nodded.

"So ......" Cheng Yu's eyes lit up: "Why don't you want more to solve the danger of our army's food and grass?" ”

"Don't think too much, with Xiuming's shrewdness, this batch of grain and grass, I'm afraid it's accurate, don't see if he took the initiative to send it, but it's impossible to ask for one more." Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Let's think about how to break the enemy, if it continues like this, I'm afraid that Xiu Ming's gang will take the lead." ”

Cheng Yu nodded and said no more.

Cao Cao had a decisive temperament, once he made a decision, he would not hesitate, and immediately ordered someone to inform Xuzhou Mi Zhu, open all the granaries in Xuzhou, and transport enough grain to Youzhou by sea to support Liu Bei, and at the same time met with the messenger sent by Ye Zhao again on the same day, and agreed to Ye Zhao's request, and on the same day, he packed the official seal of Liangzhou Mu and the Western Regions Protectorate for the envoy to bring back, and at the same time ordered Cao Ren to lead his troops to Luoyang to receive grain and grass.

From Xuzhou to ship grain and grass to Youzhou, it is necessary to take a certain risk, the shipbuilding technology of this period, in fact, can not reach the standard of going to sea, the so-called sea ship, is just a larger building ship, and it is only along the coastal area of sailing, once encountering strong wind and waves, that ninety percent of the loss.

From Xuzhou to Youzhou, there are more than 2,000 miles all the way, and this is still an adventure to go directly through the Bohai Sea, without detouring, even if the ship is faster and can sail day and night, more than 2,000 miles, it will take nearly a month to arrive.

But at sea, if you want to be free of strong winds and waves for a month, it is really God forbid.

Maybe it was really Liu Bei's life, although Mi Zhu's boat also encountered wind and waves, but there was no danger, and the grain and grass were sent to Youzhou without danger all the way.

Liu Bei at this time, is really a bit of a desperate end, 30,000 troops, the burden of food and grass brought by people eating horses and chewing is enough to make his hair gray, when Mi Zhu personally arrived at Yongnu with the fleet, Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao sent food, almost cried.

Cao Cao's family has a big business, and grain is used everywhere, these grains and grasses are not enough for Cao Cao, but Liu Bei is now less than 30,000 horses, these grains and grasses are not just as simple as an urgent need for Liu Bei, enough for him to support until the autumn harvest worry-free, when the time comes, the new grain and grass will be harvested, enough for him to fight the war until next year, but before the spring of next year, if he can't defeat Zhang He, then Liu Bei will have to consider running away, at that time, it will really not be able to support.

This time, Mi Zhu took great luck, sailed from the coast of Xuzhou to here, and did not encounter too much wind and waves, but the next time it may not be, and Cao Cao cannot be expected to support him all the time.

When he learned that this batch of grain and grass was in the name of Guan Yu and said that Ye Zhao would support him, Liu Bei's mood was complicated, and now Liu Bei has been tempered over the years, both his ability and human affection are no longer comparable to the past, he knows very well what this means, but now this batch of grain and grass can really save lives, so he can't care so much.

"Lord!" Just when Liu Bei was full of emotion, the strategist Yan Rou thought about it, looked at Liu Bei and said, "This is a heaven-sent opportunity for the Lord to break the enemy!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Bei looked at Yan Rou puzzled.

"That Zhang He knew that our army had no food, and he was superior to our army in strength during these days, but he has been avoiding and not fighting, just to wait for our army to run out of food!" Yan Rou looked at Liu Bei and said with a smile: "If you continue to defend Yongnu, then Zhang He will continue to delay, if our army withdraws at this time, Zhang He will think that our army has no food and has no choice but to retreat, why not plan it, pretend to withdraw the army, lead that Zhang He to attack, and then set up an ambush, ambush halfway, will be able to break Zhang He, take this opportunity to take away his baggage, then our army will no longer have to worry about food and grass, and will be able to attack the river!" ”

"Wonderful!" When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Mi Zhu and said: "Mr. is coming from afar, and I wanted to let Mr. rest for a few days, but the big ship is docked here, and it will inevitably make people suspicious for a long time, so I ask Mr. to ......."

"Xuande Gong rest assured, I can also help Xuande Gong in the next place, and use a boat to transport a group of soldiers and horses to Wen'an and Dongpingshu to cut off the retreat of Zhang He!" Mi Zhu smiled.

"It's a blessing to have the help of Zizhong!" When Liu Bei heard this, he was overjoyed, bowed to Mi Zhu and said, "In this way, I will bother Zizhong!" ”

"Xuande Gong can't be like this!" Seeing this, Mi Zhu hurriedly gave way, helped Liu Bei up and said: "Now that Xuande Gong and Cao Gong have formed an alliance, you and I should work together." ”

On the same day, Liu Bei ordered Chen Zhi to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to follow Mi Zhu away, not because Liu Bei was stingy, but now he has not many soldiers and horses, and he defeated Zhang He in a frontal battle, and it is not good if there are fewer people.

Everything was ready to stop, Liu Bei ordered people to secretly hide the grain and grass sent by Mi Zhu, first let the soldiers in the army have a full meal, and then retreat to Yi County overnight.

Early the next morning, Zhang He learned that Liu Bei had withdrawn from the army, and couldn't help laughing: "Liu Xuande has no food, this is the opportunity to break the enemy, all the generals will gather their troops and horses, and follow me to hunt down and kill that Liu Bei!" ”

To say that Zhang He is also stable enough, in the case of the advantage of troops, he still refuses to fight a decisive battle with Liu Bei, has been consuming Liu Bei, and wants to defeat Liu Bei at the smallest cost, thousands of calculations, I didn't expect Cao Cao's support to be sent at the end of Liu Bei's journey, according to normal calculations, Liu Bei's retreat at this time is very reasonable, so Zhang He immediately set up troops to pursue after confirming that the information is true, as long as this battle is won, Liu Bei's forces will be over, Youzhou will be owned by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will no longer have worries, And he, Zhang He, will also take a step forward with this feat, and become a famous general in the world.

Zhang He thinks so and does so.

After finding out that Yongnu had no soldiers and horses, only 500 people were left to occupy Yongnu, and he led the army to continue to pursue in the direction of Yixian, preparing to decide Liu Bei in a battle.

Just halfway through the chase, when passing through a forest, dense arrows suddenly flew out of the forest, and at the same time Zhang Fei led a team of soldiers and horses to kill back, and laughed loudly: "Zhang He thief, the plan is also, don't get off the horse and surrender!" ”

At the same time, Tian Yu and Liu Bei each led a group of men and horses from both sides to kill, and Zhang He's soldiers and horses were combined into three sections, although Zhang He had many men and horses, but under the sudden bad attack, he didn't know how many enemy troops there were for a while, although Zhang He and other generals knew that Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were only half of them, but in this case, ordinary soldiers could not care so much, and after being cut off by Liu Bei and Tian Yu, they began to rout.

"Don't panic, there are not many thieves and horses, and the soldiers will kill with me!" Zhang He may not be as ugly and brave as Yan Liangwen, but he has a good set of governing the army, at least the soldiers around him did not mess up because of this, seeing that the rear was broken, but he did not rush back to rescue, but led his troops to kill Zhang Fei directly, wanting to defeat Zhang Fei first, and then turn around to collect the soldiers and horses to clear Liu Bei.

"Good time!" Zhang Fei laughed loudly when he saw this, and with a slash of the snake spear, many Jizhou soldiers around him felt suffocated in their chests, but Zhang Fei had already led his troops to kill him.

Although Zhang Hezhi's army is good, but the soldiers of Youzhou are strong troops on the border, all of them are extremely brave, and there is such a fierce man as Zhang Fei taking the lead, and their morale is like a rainbow, like a sharp knife into the Jizhou army, and they tear a big hole in an instant.

Zhang He and Zhang Fei are facing each other, Zhang He's spear skills are not bad, but compared with Zhang Fei's top generals, it is a grade worse, just ten or so, he knew that he was invincible, and hurriedly avoided it, but his retreat did not matter, but it greatly affected the fighting spirit of the Jizhou army.

was already flustered, at this moment seeing that the lord was going to run back, the barely supported mentality completely collapsed with Zhang He's retreat, and then began to rout together, Zhang Fei roared excitedly when he saw this, and the horse chased after him, and the Jizhou army, which had been killed by Liu Bei and Tian Yu, saw that Zhang He retreated, and turned around and ran directly.

After running for a whole day and a night, it was only possible to get rid of Liu Bei's pursuers, only 50,000 troops, scattered a lot along the way, and now there are only more than 8,000 people left, seeing that they finally ran back to Dongpingshu, ready to restrain the defeated soldiers in entanglement with Liu Bei, who thought that Dongpingshu had been broken by Chen Zhi, Zhang He could only make a detour and run again when he saw this, and led the remnants to retreat to Lecheng, so he was slightly relieved, but the eleven counties in Hejian were also taken away by Liu Bei as many as six counties, and the baggage of the army was also robbed by Liu Bei before, although it was not much, But it was enough to solve Liu Bei's urgent need, and many Jizhou soldiers saw that there was no hope of escaping and surrendered to Liu Bei.

After Zhang He fled back to Lecheng, he collected the defeated army and counted it, and he was extremely remorseful in his heart, just this battle made her lose nearly half.