The battle at the mouth of the valley continued, but the intensity had been greatly attenuated, and the enemy seemed to be well aware that such an onslaught would only increase unnecessary casualties, so it only symbolically took some sporadic attacks.

Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang knew very well that the other party's command must have fallen into chaos now, after all, their backbone Zhou Yu is now uncertain, which will cause all kinds of troubles at many levels, if an army is commanded by one person, it is naturally the best, but with several commanders of the same level, the problem becomes extremely complicated.

Zhuge Liang didn't wait for Xiaoliu to burn the enemy's baggage, and after the night was shrouded, he began to gradually withdraw the baggage battalion, and Liu Yiyi was also very reluctant to leave at this time, even if she wanted to stay with Yuan Yun to the end, but the military order was not something she could control.

At the same time, Pasha's reinforcements also rushed over, led by Huang Zhong, who had a white beard and white eyebrows, but the new task he received was not to fight side by side with the Gunpowder Army, but to ensure the safety of the retreat road.

With this layer of security, the morale of the gunpowder army rose instantly, and everyone was holding their stomachs, after all, after the gunpowder army became an army, this battle was the most aggrieved, and it was almost always pressed and beaten by the enemy, and now it finally has the advantage of geographical advantages, and the route of retreat has also been guaranteed, so everyone wants to vent.

Looking at the gunpowder army in such an emotion, Yuan Yun naturally did not suppress them, so he directly issued an order for saturation attack, the so-called saturation attack is that there is no need to save ammunition, and each unit can play at will according to their preferences.

From this moment on, the small enemy at the mouth of the valley immediately turned into a hell, as long as it could move, it would be torn to pieces immediately, and even the scouts sent by the enemy could not survive.

At midnight, the flame that Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang were looking forward to finally burned, only to see that a mile behind the opponent's camp suddenly burst into flames, and the flames that spit out almost rushed into the sky.

After seeing this fire, Zhuge Liang immediately gave an order, and the gunpowder army laid mines on the spot, and then began to retreat slowly, and the entire valley was immediately full of soldiers digging and digging pits.

By the time the sky gradually brightened, there was no one in the valley, and the army had withdrawn for ten miles, and the cavalry led by Zhao Yun began to move towards the position of Pasha step by step.

Less than half an hour after the Gunpowder Army withdrew from the valley, there was an explosion in the valley, apparently triggered by the enemy who had planted the mines, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, and the entire valley was almost buried, and the enemy could only make a thirty-mile detour if he wanted to pursue him.

In this case, Zhuge Liang finally exerted his ability to be good at planning and arrangement, and the Hu cavalry led by Zhao Yun, under the deployment of Zhuge Liang, almost did not seem like a god, whenever the enemy felt that he was about to catch up with the tail of the gunpowder army, he would immediately be suddenly attacked by this group of cavalry, and after a few times, the enemy had to slow down the pace of pursuit.

In the afternoon of the second day, the reinforcements led by Huang Zhong finally converged with the gunpowder army, and Yuan Yun also saw this legendary veteran for the first time, although the other party looked very old, but the energy in his eyes was extremely vigorous, and he did not lose to those young people at all.

Huang Zhong's words are not very many, and even seem a little woody, and after symbolically saluting Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang, it seems that he can't find a topic, which makes the scene of the three meeting very embarrassing.

Seeing such Huang Zhong, Yuan Yun finally figured out why such a powerful old general would not be treated by Han Xuan, it was really that this old man was too unable to speak, which led to the feeling that people were always rejecting people thousands of miles away.

But Yuan Yun knew the details of history very well, and he was already very happy that he could accept Huang Zhong, a fierce general, and the three of them rode side by side all the way, and he kept praising each other.

"Yuan Hou seems to be seeing the old man for the first time, why he seems to know the old man very well, which makes the old man really puzzled." Huang Zhong asked suddenly.

Yuan Yun smiled and said: "Ben Hou has a skill, that is, the art of matching people is particularly powerful, and the person who is favored by Ben Hou has never lost his eyes, this is very famous in Luoyang, and I want to come to this news to some extent, I don't know if General Huang has heard of it?" ”

Huang Zhong was stunned when he heard this, and nodded in an instant: "I did hear it occasionally, but it was a joke when I was old, how could anyone know how powerful the other party was by looking at people, so I never took it seriously." ”

Yuan Yun didn't get angry when he heard Huang Zhong say it so directly, because now that he understands, this fierce general is estimated to be this style, and it is easy to offend people when he says it.

Zhuge Liang interjected at this time: "Old General Huang can be trusted from today onwards, Yuan Hou's ability has indeed never been missed, the person he is in love with, whether it is a young child or an adult man, without exception, has finally proved where it is, at this point, it can only be said that it is the ability of their immortal family, but it is a little miraculous." ”

Although Huang Zhong was a little unfamiliar with Yuan Yun, he was very clear about Zhuge Liang, after all, the other party's name was almost like thunder, and he had a high reputation in Jingzhou.

Yuan Yun looked at Huang Zhong who was still full of doubts, just shrugged his shoulders, and continued: "Since Old General Huang has joined his own camp, Ben Hou will definitely take his own life as a guarantee, so that you can have a great future in Luoyang when you are old." ”

Huang Zhong hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Yuan Hou doesn't need to say that he died like this, the old decay relies on ability, not on any whiskers and horses, since he has served the court, he will naturally serve the court, and whether he is a donkey or a horse in the future will inevitably have an explanation." ”

Yuan Yun nodded, then stretched out a thumbs up, and said: "Then Ben Hou depends on the realization of General Huang, what Luoyang lacks most now is generals, and it is really good to have General Huang to help." ”

Having said that, he didn't continue to do so, Huang Zhong's unkind words are really a headache, what the other party just said is to serve the imperial court, which means that he is not taking refuge under his Yuan Yunmen, which is equivalent to sitting on what he said, and he does not want to climb by nepotism.

At this point, the battle to invade Yangzhou was finally over, and the so-called Battle of Chibi was also harassed by the gunpowder army in the rear, and finally evolved into a complete rout of Zhou Yu.

After learning about the battle between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, Cao Ang immediately ordered the construction of a large number of fortifications in the Hanzhong territory, and made a posture of intending to trap Liu Bei.

Zhang Jaw returned to Luoyang, ready to deal with all emergencies, after all, Cao Pi's Xu Du is too close to Luoyang, and at this moment, Luoyang's troops are almost exhausted, and there is no veteran to guard it, I am afraid that Sima Yi will have some bad thoughts.

As for Cao Hong of Wancheng, just when Yuan Yun was thinking about how to coerce and lure him to Luoyang, the other party sent a messenger, which explained in detail that he wanted to look forward to Luoyang, and also repeatedly suggested that Cao Ang Shizi could consider it and include Wancheng in Luoyang's establishment.

Everything seems to be developing in a good direction, the only uncertain thing is the situation of Chibi Cao Cao, at this moment Zhou Yu retreated, if Cao Pi really had any premeditation, then this time is a good opportunity to launch, once missed, there will be no more chance.

When the Gunpowder Army first arrived in Paxia, Pang Tong also returned from Chibi almost at the same time, which made Yuan Yun very puzzled, it stands to reason why he shouldn't have been so fast.

Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang didn't even come to rest for a short time, and immediately greeted Pang Tong outside the Paxia Walled City, the other party was covered in dust, and it was obvious that he had been galloping for a few days.

After the three of them met, they didn't talk nonsense, Yuan Yun first spoke and asked, "How?" ”

Although there were only two words, Pang Tong still understood immediately, but he shook his head helplessly and replied: "It's a humiliating mission, I didn't even enter Prime Minister Cao's camp, and I was bombed out." ”

Yuan Yun was stunned and said in surprise: "Boom out? But Prime Minister Cao Cheng's personal order? ”

Pang Tong nodded affirmatively and said: "It should be the order given by Prime Minister Cao Cheng himself, and it is General Xu Chu who passed the word, except for Prime Minister Cao Cheng, it is estimated that no one can command him." ”

When Yuan Yun heard Xu Chu's name, his heart immediately became relieved, which at least proved that Chen Qun was driving Pang Tong away under Cao Cao's order, and it could also prove that Cao Cao was still very fine at this moment.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yun suddenly became puzzled, so he continued to ask, "What did General Xu Chu say?" ”

Pang Tong replied: "General Xu Chu only asked me to return to the Gunpowder Army quickly, and also added, let us be nosy. ”

When Yuan Yun heard this, he was stunned again, but he laughed out loud in an instant, and then shook his head and said, "It seems that we dogs are really nosy with rats." ”

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang are both wise men, and when they saw Yuan Yun say this, they already understood the key, and the latter said directly: "Could it be that Prime Minister Cao Cheng has already seen everything?" ”

Yuan Yun laughed for a while before replying: "We are indeed worried, even if Prime Minister Cao Cheng moved to live in Yecheng, but Xu Du is his foundation, and the court must be under the control of his old man, Cao Pi's every move, he has no reason."

We used to be concerned about chaos, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, the army led by Prime Minister Cao Cheng is all veterans who have been with him all the year round, how could these people turn a Chen Qun upside down.

General Xu Chu asked Shiyuan to bring us a message and let us be less nosy, in fact, it is a disguised warning to us, less involved in this kind of infighting, and take care of ourselves, it is estimated that General Xu Chu is really angry, because we are too worried, it seems that he is very useless, he is Prime Minister Cao Cheng's personal guard. ”

Just when Yuan Yun was happy, he suddenly saw Xu Yi hurriedly running over, still holding a flying pigeon biography in his hand, only to see that the epidermis of the letter was wrapped in blood-red straw paper, and he could know that this was a very urgent news.

After Yuan Yun took the letter, he casually opened the outer papyrus, and then began to read, Xu Yi wanted to stick his head over, but in the end he held back, after all, Yuan Yun is the handsome, and this kind of 100,000 urgent letters can only be seen by him alone.

Yuan Yun looked at it for a while, and finally frowned and said: "Earlier, Liu Bei gathered a large army in Jiangzhou, and at this moment he should have entered Yong'an County, and then he is likely to attack Shangyong or Yiling." ”