Ji Ling roared unwillingly, holding Dian Wei's iron halberd tightly with his left hand, and then waved the three-pointed and two-edged knife in his right hand, wanting to pull Dian Wei on before he died.

However, Ji Ling was surprised to find that there was no panicked expression on Dian Wei's face, but a sneer.

At this moment, Ji Ling felt the wind in the back of his head, and knew that someone must be sneaking up behind him.

If it were in normal times, Ji Ling would have at least three ways to defuse this sneak attack behind him, but now, with a halberd in his heart, his life is on the line, where can he dodge!

With an unwilling roar again, Cao Ren's big knife had already slashed at Ji Ling's back, and after a sound of flesh cutting, Ji Ling fell from his horse and died under Cao Ren's knife.

As soon as the rest of the Huaiyang soldiers saw that Ji Ling was dead, the already chaotic military formation immediately gave up resistance and fled south one after another.

Dian Wei, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong naturally did not let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and the soldiers chased and killed, and most of the Huaiyang soldiers were killed and wounded.

After a period of fighting, Cao Bing began to clean the battlefield, and obtained a lot of weapons and armor, Dian Wei found Ji Ling's corpse, cut off his head, and walked in the direction of Pengcheng.

Entering Pengcheng, screams and shouts of killing still came from the streets from time to time, and there was chaos in the city.

This expedition to Xuzhou was Cao Cao's revenge war, so he connived at his soldiers and ordered "but if there is resistance, kill him".

Therefore, there were many robberies and insults to women among Cao's soldiers, and the people in Pengcheng died under the butcher's knife if they resisted a little.

Dian Wei and the others came directly to see Cao Cao, presented Ji Ling's head, and said: "Lord, Wei will follow the plan, break Yuan Shu's reinforcements, and with the help of the two Cao generals, kill Ji Ling!" ”

After Cao Cao saw Ji Ling's head, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Haha, the battle of Nanyang, this fight hinders my soldiers and horses, hateful to let them escape, today I was finally killed by General Dian, happy my heart!" ”

"Lord, why don't you take advantage of this victory to break through Picheng in one fell swoop, capture Tao Qian, and avenge Cao Gong!" Xiahoudun said.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said: "Xiapi City is not like Pengcheng, where the city is high and the grain is sufficient, and in a short time, I am afraid that it will not be able to be attacked." ”

"So what's next?" Xiahoudun asked again.

Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "We are coming from Yanzhou, and grain and grass are always a problem, so it is better to rest in Pengcheng for the time being, and by the way, send troops to the surrounding counties to borrow some grain and grass to relieve our army." ”

After the generals received the order, they went to the city to gather their soldiers, and some things could not be done too much, after all, they had to stay in the city for a while, and if it really became a dead city, it would not be of much benefit to them.

Cao Cao rested on Pengcheng's side, and some of Ji Ling's remnants fled back to Shouchun, met Yuan Shu, and told him all about the process of Ji Ling being killed by Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Cao Apu, you have killed one of my generals again, and I will raise Huaiyang's troops and fight you to the death!" Come! ”

Just as Yuan Shu was about to give an order, Yan Xiang immediately stood up and stopped: "The lord is angry, the lord is temporarily resting the anger of the thunder!" ”

"Master Yan, what do you have to say?" Yuan Shu is angry.

Yan Xiang sighed lightly and said: "Now that Cao Cao has captured Pengcheng, Tao Qian has retreated to Xiapi, and Yuan Tan's reinforcements have also returned to Qingzhou, if the Lord Gongxing troops attack Cao, wouldn't he have to face Cao Cao's army alone?" ”

"Is General Ben the one who is afraid of him Cao Cao?" Yuan Shu said nonchalantly.

Yan Xiang shook his head and said: "The lord is wise and powerful, and he is not afraid of that Cao Cao, but now that Cao Cao is a victorious army, when the army is at its sharpest, now to conquer, I am afraid it will only increase the damage." ”

"I agree with Lord Yan's statement." Yang Hong also admonished.

Yuan Shu saw that both of them were against him, so he asked, "What should the general do?" Is it just swallowing your anger? If you don't avenge the death of several generals who were killed by Cao Cao, wouldn't it make the soldiers of the three armies chill? ”

Yan Xiang continued: "The enmity between the lord and Cao Cao is not that it cannot be avenged, not now. ”

"When?" Yuan Shu asked.

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country should not be moved lightly." Yan Xiang said, "At least before sending troops, you must prepare food, grass, and military supplies. ”

Yuan Shu laughed when he heard this, and said: "Huaiyang is rich, there is no need to worry about grain and grass, and it can be raised in a short time." ”

"If that's the case, it's time to wait for the time." Yan Xiang said.

"When?" Yuan Shu asked.

Yan Xiang stroked his beard lightly and said: "Now that Cao Cao and Tao Qian are fighting, although Tao Qian has lost for a while, Xuzhou has a lot of soldiers and a lot of food, and Cao Cao may not be able to take Xuzhou in a short time." ”

"So what?" Yuan Shu asked.

Yan Xiang smiled slightly and said, "The lord only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for Cao Cao and Tao Qian to fight, and then it's not too late to act." ”

"What if Cao Cao wins?"

"Even if Cao Cao can win, when the time comes, he will be sleepy and lacking in horses, and it will be the lord waving his army to the north, wouldn't it be better than the current situation?" Yan Xiang said, "At that time, the lord will drive Cao Cao out of Xuzhou, then the lord's power will be more than doubled!" ”

Yuan Shu listened to Yan Xiang's words, and was a little moved, and asked, "What if Cao Cao is defeated?" ”

"If Cao Cao is defeated, then the lord will directly take advantage of the situation to crusade, so that Yanzhou can be obtained, and Tao Qian's Xuzhou is worth this battle, it is bound to decline, and sooner or later it will also be obtained by the lord."

"Haha, if it weren't for Master Yan's book, General Ben wouldn't have been able to break it." Yuan Shu was overjoyed.

So, Yuan Shu listened to Yan Xiang's advice and began to hoard grain and grass, reorganize soldiers and horses, and sit and watch the war in Xuzhou.

Lujiang County, Taishou Mansion.

Liu Bei was followed by Guan Yu, and in front of him was a dusty person.

After the man drank a few sips of water, he took out a handkerchief from his arms, handed it to Liu Bei, and said, "Uncle Huang, Your Majesty said that I will personally hand it over to you." ”

"Did Your Majesty say anything?" Liu Bei took the handkerchief with one hand and asked.

The man shook his head and said, "What Your Majesty should say is all on this handkerchief, and I don't know anything else." ”

Liu Bei nodded, ordered someone to take the messenger down to rest, and he opened the scroll to see it.

"Big brother, what's written on it?" Guan Yu asked, he saw that Liu Bei's face was becoming more and more solemn.

After Liu Bei finished reading it, he sighed lightly and said: "A few days ago, Cao Cao crusaded against Tao Qian in Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu was invited by Tao Qian to order the general Ji Ling to lead 20,000 people to the rescue. ”

Guan Yu nodded, he knew all this, it was not a secret at all, Liu Xie couldn't turn it into a person to talk about this.

"That Ji Ling fell for Cao Cao's tricks and is already dead, 20,000 troops, but more than 2,000 people came back alive." Liu Bei continued.

Guan Yu frowned, and asked, "Does the Son of Heaven have any orders?" ”