Cao Ren, the general of the Yanzhou Army who crossed the Yellow River south in the dark night, was really relieved, and he felt especially bad these days.

Cao Ren liked archery when he was young, and later gathered thousands of evil teenagers in Huaisi, and he was a famous ranger. When it comes to the time to control soldiers and horses, he is not as good as Cao Cao, but if he talks about leading troops to kill, then no one in the Cao clan can be stronger than him!

Although his official position is no more than Captain Li Feng, he is the most important to teach Cao Cao. Therefore, when Cao Cao drove Guo Gong from Yuzhou to the south, he handed over the mission of laying down suspicious soldiers to him, which was almost acting on behalf of Cao Cao.

Before this, whether it was confronting Zhang Yan or occasionally going out to challenge the two subordinates of Jizhou Mu Hanfu, these battle formation matters were like games in Cao Ren's opinion, and they were extremely easy. It wasn't until half a month ago that Tanma reported that Yanbei had arrived, which made Cao Ren cheer up and prepare to deal with Yanbei with twelve points.

It's not that Cao Ren is afraid of Yanbei, it's just that Yanbei's momentum is really monstrous. Since Dong Zhuo, the people of Liangzhou have been making trouble in Guanzhong for nine years, and no one dares to touch their edge. At the beginning of this year, Yanbei entered Guanzhong, but in just four months, it was reported that the princes of Liangzhou had died one after another...... The most damn thing is that there are so many Xizhou warlords, Fan Chou, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Duan Xuan, and Zhang Ji, all of whom died during the time when Yanbei went to Guanzhong, but none of them were killed by Yanbei!

Fan Chou died in the infighting, Li Wei was killed by Guo Yan, Guo Yan was killed by the rebel army, Duan Xuan was killed by the Xiongnu, and Zhang Ji was killed by arrows in the siege of the city.

It's amazing.

Cao Ren is worried about Yanbei, not worried about anything else, he is just afraid of bad luck!

Speaking of which, Cao Hong has to blame for this bad luck. Cao Hong, who had withdrawn from the eastern part of Xiuwu to Yanxian to gather troops with Cao Ren, returned to Yanzhou, and in the blink of an eye, he entered Cao Ren's camp with a babbling spirit, chattering about the rumors he had heard in Hanoi.

In the eyes of some people, it is a sure thing that the death of the generals of Liangzhou has some inevitable relationship with Yanbei. But judging from Cao Hong's rhetoric, he seems to insist that the death of the generals in Liangzhou has an inexplicable relationship with Yanbei's fate. A few days ago, he also heard that in Youzhou Jundu Mountain, he went to Yanbei to fight the battle of the Xianbei people, and when the Yanbei Army rushed into battle, there were immortals on the top of the Jundu Mountain to drum music, and the envoy said that it was mysterious, and now there are civilians praying for the blessing of the immortals there, and the miracle of dancing is reproduced or something.

Cao Ren didn't believe in these things, but Cao Hong muttered in his ear until midnight, which made Cao Ren's heart burst out, and he only felt that he was also contaminated with Yanbei's bad luck.

"Zilian, don't always worry about those ghosts and gods, it's just the lies of farmers who don't see land in the countryside." Cao Ren frowned and paced in the tent, looked at the map and asked without looking back, "What other useful information have you found?" ”

Cao Hong sat cross-legged on the chair, grabbed the fruit and took a bite, waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "Why should Zixiao be worried, Meng De didn't say it, Yan Zhongqing will attack the countryside if he doesn't come, if he crosses the border, we will let go of the way and withdraw to Yanzhou." Meng De is so smart and foolproof, you don't have to worry! ”

In fact, if Yanbei had known more about Cao Cao, this battle would not have been fought. Cao Cao went south and took away all the elite soldiers and strong generals under his subordinates, and although the three people who stayed in the north were all cronies, it could be judged that Cao Cao did not want to go to war with Yanbei because of this. Cao Ren Cao Hong was the Cao brother of Cao Cao's contemporary, while Xiahou Dun was Cao Cao's own cousin.

This is equivalent to Yanbei sending Jiang Jin, Wang Yi, and Yandong to guard Cao Cao on the Yellow River, could this be the appearance of a war?

Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan, and Li Quan, which one does not have outstanding skills, they have all made great contributions to the fight against Lu Bu, why did they only leave Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Dun as brothers? It was because Cao Cao didn't think in his heart that Yanbei would really pour troops south to fight.

But who let Yanbei not guess Cao Cao's strategic intentions!

"I'm afraid it's not foolproof, our ship was burned down nearly half, and many scouts in in Yanxian County were killed, and the villagers said that they had seen a large number of soldiers and horses...... And just yesterday, 1,700 stones of grain and grass were burned down on the road, and 600 soldiers were besieged and killed by the official road, and not a single one escaped. Cao Ren said, his face becoming more and more stiff, "Zhang Yan in the north couldn't hold back a few days ago, and repeatedly sent generals to challenge, and all the enemy troops were connected. Imagine what it would be like if I didn't return tonight. ”

"Zilian, I feel that Yanbei is getting closer and closer." Cao Ren said, looking outside the tent, the wooden door of the camp was opened, and a rider entered the camp under the escort of dozens of riders, Cao Ren walked out of the tent and shouted: "Yuan Rang, wait for you for a long time...... Injured? ”

Xiahoudun lost an eye in the battle between Yanzhou and Lu Bu, and his vision was a little blurred at night, and he nodded to Cao Ren when he got closer, and then shook his head and said: "I was not injured, I encountered a small group of enemy scouts on the way back, and the Jizhou army had already touched the Yellow River?" ”

The camp of the three of them was separated by more than ten miles, and they jointly choked the road from the Yellow River crossing to Yan County, and Cao Ren's camp was in the northernmost part. At night, Xiahoudun led his troops back to Yanzhou from Hebei, and wanted to lead a team of foot cavalry to discuss matters with Cao Ren, but unexpectedly met more than ten soldiers from Jizhou on the road.

"It's not from the north, the ferry has been very good, I think it should be the enemy army behind us who are plundering the grain road." Cao Ren said that he led Xiahou into the account, but Cao Hong had already patted open the lid of a jar of sake by himself, and smiled at the two of them in the fragrance of wine: "Two brothers, come and drink some wine?" ”

Xiahoudun hurriedly waved his hand, pulled the two of them to sit down, and said solemnly: "I'm afraid that Meng De is different, let's set up a camp on the riverbank, I think the Hebei soldiers may not continue to advance eastward after discovering that we retreat south, but cross the river south to fight with us!" ”

"Don't continue eastward!" Cao Hong suddenly came to his senses, and suddenly sat up straight and looked at Xiahoudun with wide eyes, he was very convinced of Xiahoudun, and asked with difficulty with a light saliva: "Yuan Rang, do you really think so?" ”

Cao Ren looked at Xiahoudun with a clear look, and did not speak. In his opinion, what Xiahou Yuanrang said was exactly what he thought in his heart, and they were confirming each other.

"The soldiers and horses behind us, with a Hedong accent, they are the white wave thieves who entered the customs with Yanbei, and they fought with the Taishan soldiers of Yu Ban in Xingyang before, they should have come from the Tiger Prison Pass." Xiahoudun took Cao Ren's picture and raised his hand to sweep down Cao Hong's wine bowl, spread it on the table, and pointed in several directions: "The enemy who burned the warship at sea is not Yan Zhongqing's subordinate sergeants, they swept the war profits of the soldiers on the ship before burning the ship, and even swept the two villages by the river, it should be the Haikou under Tianyu in Qingzhou." As for the Hebei army on the shore, a two-way blockade of grain has been formed, and if we had not returned to Henan tonight, we would have been driven to the edge of the Yellow River tomorrow and defeated...... Zixiao, let's defend the shore, right now! ”