Lu Xun entered Xuchang City, led the soldiers to isolate the burning area, cleaned up the people inside, demolished the nearby houses, created isolation belts, and then rescued the property as much as possible. The fire was on fire for three days, and Lu Meng and others came with the army to help put out the fire, and after taking millions of barrels of water, if the moat was not close, they might have to go outside the city to get water.

After entering Xuchang, Lü Meng asked Xue Rengui to preside over a military meeting.

After Xue Rengui got the information from Lu Meng and Su Lie, he said to the full range of generals: "Your Majesty's plan is to start a war for three roads and five months this year to take the south of the river. Now we have completed most of the plan, and only one Yanzhou remains. Xuchang has gathered 100,000 troops here, the number is too much, next we have to divide the troops, I will lead the main force to directly attack Chenliu County, Lu Ziming and Su Lie led troops to attack Jiyin, and cut off the connection between Chenliu and Rencheng. ”

"I will go to the Wei clan to attack Chen Liu directly, Wei Yan is the vanguard, now order five thousand people and set off immediately."

"No!" Wei Yan immediately received the order, went to the camp outside the city to raise 5,000 soldiers and horses, and marched towards the Wei clan.

Ma Mengqi led 10,000 soldiers, went to Fugou and Yuxian to attack Yongqiu, and surrounded Chen Liu from the east. Lu Boyan led 10,000 men to Kaifeng and surrounded Chen Liu from the west. ”

"No!" Ma Chao and Lu Xun hurriedly agreed.

"Ziming, when you go to Jiyin, take down the three counties of Jiwu, Xiangyi, and Kaocheng. That way we can walk less in the future. “

"No!" Lu Meng nodded.

"Is it enough to give you 30,000 troops?" Xue Rengui asked.

Lu Meng and Su Lie glanced at each other, and both nodded and said, "More than enough." ”

After a few words about the strategy of attacking to the west, the meeting dispersed. Everyone began to prepare, and Xue Rengui led the remaining more than 30,000 troops to Wei's family.

Three days later, Xue Rengui arrived outside Chenliu City to join Wei Yan. He began to ask Cao Ren to fight, but Cao Ren avoided the battle.

Cao Ren had no way not to avoid the battle, when he withdrew to Chenliu, although Lu Xun did not pursue, Su Lie, Ma Chao, Wang Yanzhang and others were in pursuit, and he finally gathered nearly 30,000 soldiers. Because of the retreat, the morale is almost completely gone, and it has not yet recovered! Xue Rengui came to challenge at this time, how could he agree?

In the next few days, Lu Xun arrived in Kaifeng, and Ma Chao arrived in Yongqiu and surrounded Chen Liu.

Cao Ren also began to find a few brothers and nephews to discuss, "Now that the enemy is attacking from three sides, the morale of our army has not recovered, and it is impossible to resist at all." I intend to retreat, but I am afraid that if I retreat, I will be defeated. ”

Cao Chun said: "My brother's concern is indeed reasonable. It's better for my brother to lead the people to retreat first, and I will leave behind to break the rear, and with the elite of the tiger and leopard cavalry, I will definitely be able to stop the pursuit of the enemy. ”

Cao Ren nodded and said: "The tiger and leopard riding is indeed elite, but Ma Chao is in Yongqiu. ”

Cao Chun knew what Cao Ren meant, and Cao Ren was worried that Ma Chao might have a way to cause harm to the tiger and leopard rider. The tiger and leopard cavalry had already lost once when they killed Shang Shi's apprentice, and many of the old cavalrymen died in that battle. After the rebuilding of this tiger and leopard horse, the strength has decreased. When I was in Xuchang, there were some damages, and now there are only more than three thousand left, and if I lose more, I may really have to disband.

Cao Chun said: "I also know what my brother is worried about. It's just that if we lose Yanzhou again, it is estimated that we will not have the financial resources to raise tigers and leopards to ride again. “

Cao Ren was silent, Cao Chun's words were indeed very reasonable, the tiger and leopard ride needed too much financial resources. If there are only three states left, and there are still 100,000 troops to be raised, there is no financial resources to support tigers and leopards. There are not so many tombs in Hebei to rob, and it is estimated that it will be too late to rob tombs. As long as Yanzhou is lost, Hebei has no natural danger at all, and it is completely impossible to hold.

Cao Ren retreated from Chen Liu to Xiao Huang with apprehension, and Cao Chun broke off behind.

Xue Rengui immediately led his troops in pursuit, but the tiger and leopard cavalry was indeed elite, and he stubbornly blocked Xue Rengui behind. All the way from Chen Liu to Xiao Huang, Xue Rengui was stunned that he did not break through the barrier of the tiger and leopard riding.

Ma Chao rushed over from Yongqiu and directly inserted himself to the north of Xiaohuang, blocking the way for Cao Ren to retreat. Cao Ren had no choice but to retreat west to Junyi. As soon as he arrived in Junyi, he met Lu Xun who had arrived from Kaifeng, and Cao Ren could only go north to Fengqiu non-stop. Ma Chao chased after him again, and Cao Ren crossed the river and retreated to the sour jujube. Only by this time did he completely escape the pursuit, and then retreated to Yan County, took the white horse, and retreated to Puyang.

Cao Chun blocked Ma Chao in Xiao Huang for a while, but because there were too few troops, he still let Ma Chao escape and continue to pursue Cao Ren. After dozens of battles, there were only more than 1,000 tigers and leopards left, but Cao Chun had no idea of resting, and continued to rush to Fengqiu and continue to block Ma Chao. If he didn't stop Ma Chao's cavalry, Cao Ren would not be able to withdraw at all.

In the end, Cao Chun was surrounded by Ma Chao and Xue Rengui, who came later, and Xue Rengui and Ma Chao each led cavalry to attack the tiger and leopard horse, which was the easiest time to eliminate the tiger and leopard horse, and Xue Rengui of course would not let Cao Chun go.

Cao Chun was surrounded by the large army and fought until the last moment, and the whole army was gone, and none of them surrendered.

After solving the tiger and leopard riding, Xue Rengui and Ma Chao looked at the corpses all over the ground, and couldn't help sighing, "If these brave warriors can be used by His Majesty, they will definitely make the alien race frightened." ”

Ma Chao also said: "These people can definitely sweep Liangzhou." ”

Xue Rengui sighed and said, "It's a pity that we can only fight to the death." ”

After Cao Ren withdrew from Chenliu County, Xue Rengui divided his troops and began to attack other counties, allowing Ma Chao to attack Waihuang and Jiyang to the east. Let Wei Yan attack Pingqiu and Changyuan to the northeast, and finally go north with Ma Chao to Lihu to threaten Puyang from the south. He himself went north to sour jujubes, attacked Yan County, and then went east to Baima.

Lü Meng and Su Lie went to Jiwu, Xiangyi, and Kaocheng to enter Jiyin County. The two divided their troops, one to the north and the other to the east. Lü Meng went north to Juju, Dingtao, Chengshi, Chengyang, Juyang, Juancheng, and Liqiu, and finally stationed in Juancheng. Su Lie attacked his own clan, his father, and Chengwu to the east, and finally stationed troops to become a military force to intimidate Changyi, the seat of Shanyang County.

Zhang Yi received the news in Pengcheng and immediately summoned two more people. One is Liu Zhenghui and the other is Zhai Changsun.

"Liu Zhenghui, Force: 62, Strategy: 52, Strategy: 78, Internal Affairs: 88, Education: 80, Diplomacy: 84. Trait: Ruler. ”

"Zhai Changsun, Force: 90, Strategy: 88, Strategy: 72, Internal Affairs: 63, Education: 71, Diplomacy: 59. Traits: Darkarmor. ”

Liu Zhenghui and Zhai Changsun were both figures in the early Tang Dynasty, Liu Zhenghui was a person in the Lingyan Pavilion, while Zhai Changsun was the general of Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army.