Zang Ba, Wu Dun and others led their troops all the way west to Yuzhou.

In order to prevent them from suddenly returning home, Yuan Tan personally led his troops to follow and monitor.

was about to reach the junction of Qingzhou and Yuzhou, and was leading the army to walk, and a fast horse came from behind.

"Childe!" Catching up with Yuan Tan, the scout on horseback reported: "Qi Yu Gongzi, Lu Bu led Cao Jun 1,000 from Mount Tai into Qingzhou, and is rushing in the direction of Cangting. ”

I had long known that Sima Yi and others were stationed in Mount Tai, and Yuan Tan also sent a lot of scouts to monitor, but Lu Bu still led troops into Qingzhou under the noses of the scouts he sent.

"Quick, pass the order down, intercept all along the way." Getting the news, Yuan Tan was taken aback and hurriedly ordered.

The scout who reported the news was ordered to leave.

Xin Bi, who was following Yuan Tan, asked: "Childe, when Lu Bu enters Qingzhou, Sima Yi's army will definitely come later, according to me, it is better to return to the army to defend and wait for Yuan Gong to lead the army to come." ”

"What about Zang Ba? In case he turns around and kills and coordinates with Sima Yi, it will be difficult for our army to resist the enemy. Yuan Tan said worriedly.

"They have retreated to the border of Yuzhou, and Gongzi thinks Cao Zirong will let them come back?" Xin Bi said: "Cao Zirong wants Qingzhou, and Cao Cao also plans to give Qingzhou to him." This time, what the Yuan family dealt with was just Cao Zirong. ”

"Wouldn't it be too risky for our army to retreat back to defense?" Yuan Tan was still a little worried.

"If the son is not at ease, he can leave a small number of soldiers and horses to follow Zang Ba." Xin Bi said: "Even if Zang Ba comes back and there are our troops defending along the way, they will not advance too quickly. ”

After thinking for a while, Yuan Tan said: "That's the only way." ”

"Pass the order." He shouted loudly: "The whole army retreats and rushes to Cangting." ”

Lu Bu led a thousand cavalry, and after entering Qingzhou, he drove straight into Cangting without staying for a moment.

The speed of the cavalry was originally extremely fast, and by the time Yuan Jun reacted along the way, they had already galloped over.

Yuan Tan led the soldiers and horses all the way, and when they were still far away from Cangting, Lu Bu had already arrived at Cangting Ferry.

Standing in front of the ferry, Lu Bu shouted to the soldiers who came here with him: "Soldiers, hold the ferry, if there is an enemy army behind you, just rush with me to kill." ”

"Roar!" A thousand Cao troops raised their weapons and cheered loudly.

Although there were only a thousand of them, they were all cavalry.

Going deep into the hinterland of Qingzhou, there were enemies everywhere, but the soldiers did not feel panic or even hectic at all.

The one who led them here was Lu Bu, who was known as the world's number one fierce general.

And Yuan Jun was once a defeated general under Cao Jun.

always thinks that he is the most elite Cao Shuo in the Cao army, where will he look at Yuan Jun.

Lu Bu led a thousand cavalry of Cao's army to set up defense in Cangting, and a cavalry galloped from a distance.

Approaching the front, the cavalry jumped off the horse and ran quickly in front of Lu Bu: "General Qiyu, Yuan Tan is leading the army and is rushing to Cangting." ”

"He's not chasing Zang Ba anymore?" Lu Bu asked.

"Yuan Tan left a small number of soldiers and horses to monitor Zang Ba." The cavalry replied: "He led the army to Cangting, and it seems that he wants to encircle and annihilate our army here." ”

"Encircle and annihilate our army." Lu Bu smiled contemptuously and shouted to the soldiers: "Yuan Tan is leading a large army to come, trying to encircle and annihilate our army. Soldiers, you say, will we let him succeed? ”

"No!" The 1,000 Cao soldiers first let out a burst of laughter, and then shouted in unison.

"I know that you look down on Yuan Jun, thinking that they were beaten by our army in Guandu before, and the veterans of Hebei suffered huge losses, and now they are all newly recruited soldiers and horses by Yuan Shao." Lu Bu shouted: "But don't forget, Yuan Tan's soldiers have been fighting with Zang Ba for many days. They're not recruits who have never been on the battlefield. And there are far more of them than us, although we only need to hold the cangting is a great achievement, but this credit is not easy to get, it is necessary to exchange our lives! ”

The soldiers were silent.

What Lu Bu said is that these are the realities that exist.

Yuan Tan had far more soldiers and horses than them, and they were all veterans who had fought with Zang Ba and others for many days.

In the face of such an enemy, the soldiers were really careless.

Lu Bu led all the cavalry, and although Sima Yi and Zhao Yun then led the troops into Qingzhou, the distance between the two sides was getting farther and farther.

The vanguard had already arrived at Cangting, and Sima Yi's army had not gone far from entering Qingzhou.

When the two soldiers and horses entered Qingzhou, Yuan Tan did not dare to slack off, and also urged the army to speed up the march.

After Sima Yi and Zhao Yun led their troops into Qingzhou, they did not be able to gallop all the way to Cangting like Lu Bu.

Halfway through, they were intercepted by Yuan Jun.

Although the scale of the battle was not very large, it delayed the days of the march.

After leading the troops to camp in Cangting for two or three days, watching the soldiers finish the fortifications, a captain ran to Lu Bu: "General, Yuan Tan led the army to come, and it was only twenty miles away from Cangting." ”

"How long will it take?" Lu Bu asked.

"It's only half a day." The lieutenant replied.

"How many men do they have?" Lu Bu asked again.

"At least, there are 20,000 people." The lieutenant asked, "General, what should I do?" ”

"Twenty thousand." Lu Bu smiled contemptuously: "The officers and soldiers of our army are all elite, although Yuan Tan's subordinates are all veterans, with one enemy and twenty, our army should still be able to do it." Besides, we don't want to annihilate them, but we just can't take Cangting. ”

The lieutenant clenched his fists and bowed his head without saying a word.

Lu Bu then instructed: "If you probe again, you must find out the enemy's movements clearly." ”

The lieutenant stepped back.

At the same time, Yuan Tan led a large army that was already approaching Cangting.

Walking at the front of the army, Yuan Tan saw a fast horse galloping in front of him.

On horseback was a Yuan army scout.

Coming to Yuan Tan, the scout reined in his horse, clasped his fists and said: "Young Master Qi, Lu Bu is on the front line of Cangting, and now it has been properly deployed, just waiting for our army to go." ”

"So fast?" After getting the news that Lu Bu rushed to Cangting, Yuan Tan rushed to lead his troops non-stop, but Cao's army still completed the deployment in a short period of time.

"Two Xin Gong, what do you think should be done?" Yuan Tan asked Xin Ping and Xin Bi.

"The number of our army is more than twenty times that of Lu Bu." Xin Bi said: "Even if it is attacked, Lu Bu will not be able to hold it for long. ”

"What does Gong Xin mean to storm Lu Bu?" Yuan Tan asked.

Xin Bi nodded: "Sima Yi has already led the army into Qingzhou, and although our army has some interceptions along the way, it is impossible to stop him." If he couldn't defeat Lu Bu before Sima Yi arrived, Cangting would have fallen into the hands of Cao Zirong. ”

Looking ahead, Yuan Tan clenched his fists, and gave an order to the whole army with a somewhat bad face: "The whole army listens to the order and moves forward as soon as possible!" ”

(End of chapter)