Zhou Tai didn't stop Cao Jun, but Pan Zhang did. The entrance to the water village is originally small, and there are fixed railings on both sides, which is inconvenient to climb. Therefore, if Cao Bing wanted to rush out, he could only break through the camp gate.

Pan Zhang drove out the Cao soldiers who were guarding the camp, and at the same time guarded the Cao soldiers in the camp from rushing out. Archers were also set up on both sides of the road to contain Cao's soldiers.

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai led the troops to chase and kill behind, and Gan Ning said to Zhou Tai: "That Cao will be slashed by me, don't let him run away." ”

When Zhou Tai heard this, he fought harder, wanting to catch General Cao and make a great contribution.

After a moment of fighting, a large number of Cao troops suddenly appeared outside the camp, killing Pan Zhang by surprise. Cao Bing rushed over and fired arrows at the camp gate, and Pan Zhang was also shot in the shoulder by the arrow. Fortunately, the shot was not deep, and he saw that the casualties of the soldiers were a little heavy, and he must not be able to stop Cao Bing, so he had to get out of the way.

Cao Bing saw that the passage to the outside was opened, and he was immediately overjoyed and couldn't wait to rush out.

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai then covered up the killing, but Cao Bing, who ran out of the water village, did not resist at all, but just fled. After Gan Ning and Zhou Tai chased out four or five miles, they withdrew their troops.

It's too tired, there should be a layer of snow outside the camp, it's really exhausting. However, the results of this battle were not bad, and when they were counted after dawn, they killed more than 500 Cao soldiers who froze to death, and captured a lot of materials, including more than 20 sets of armor alone. Moreover, the loss of Shuizhai was not large, and less than thirty people died. It's a big win!

After cleaning the battlefield, Cao Bing's corpses were piled up and incinerated.

Gan Ning also took his leave, and after returning to the camp, he said to Lu Meng: "Ziming, your strategy is really useful. ”

Lu Meng said modestly: "It must be that General Cao is anxious, otherwise he will not be fooled." ”

Gan Ning waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter if he is anxious or not, anyway, this battle has gained a lot, and when it comes to repaying his merits, Ziming's will definitely be indispensable." ”

This strategy was Lu Meng's idea, but after this strategy, Lu Meng didn't know if it could be successful. Because he wasn't sure if Cao Jun would attack Shuizhai, and he wasn't sure if Cao Jun would be able to see through this plan.

But Gan Ning thinks it's worth giving it a try, anyway, there is nothing to lose, and the loss is only a hundred spies of wine. Although this wine is very expensive to sell outside, in the army, this wine is a special offering.

Alcohol was forbidden in the army, but it was during the war. Usually you need to drink, as the saying goes, wine is bold and courageous! Not every soldier dares to kill, Zhang Yijun has this training to practice courage, in addition to trusting back falls, there is also killing livestock.

Xu Huang was defeated and returned to the camp, and was sent back to the camp for treatment. Cao Cao came to visit in person, and Xu Huang, who was weak, said: "Lord, Huang has a negative trust." The enemy drank and had fun, and in a hurry, he fell for the enemy's plan. ”

After Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Not only Gongming is anxious, but I'm also anxious!" The snow melts today, and if we can't break through Ping'an City in the next few days, I will have to withdraw my troops. ”

However, it didn't take a few days, and the next day a warm wind blew from the east, and all the snow melted. According to the Malay report, the ice surface in the Yandu area has been civilized, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to pass the carriage and horses for three or five days.

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and ordered: "Notify the whole army and prepare to withdraw the troops." In addition, inform Chen Deng, abandon Sheyang, and go north of Huaishui with me! ”

At the end of January, Cao Cao officially retired from the army. The siege of peace was resolved, and Zhang Yi immediately opened the city to pursue, but because the snow melted and the roads were muddy, it was difficult to catch up.

Fortunately, there was a military report from Yandu, Huaishui has been civilized, although not all the ice has been melted, but the big ship can already break through the ice and enter Huaishui. I believe that in three or five days, the waterway to Hongze Lake will be opened.

But how can you stop Cao Bing for three or five days? Not at all! Even if the road is muddy, Cao Bing can withdraw from Huaishui in two days! If you travel day and night, you can evacuate Huaishui in a day and a half.

And it's easy to walk at night, the muddy ground will freeze again, and it will be much faster to walk than in the daytime.

Zhang Yi chased for a day, and arrived at Sheyang in the afternoon of the next day, only to find that the city gate was open. Wei Wentong took people in to take a look, and the big families, officials and soldiers inside had all run away, only some people and the looted granaries.

Zhang Yi didn't chase anymore, he sent a scout horse to check Cao Cao's movements. Then he asked Master Shang and Gan Ning to come to Sheyang overnight, and he wanted to deploy the deployment of Guangling.

Zhang Yi didn't call Li Jing, Li Jing had a cold half a month ago, and he didn't have a good chance yet!

Zhang Yi summoned everyone and said: "Li Jing is the Taishou of Guangling, leading 3,000 people to garrison Sheyang, Master Shang leading 2,000 people to garrison Yandu, Lu Meng leading 2,000 people to garrison Ping'an, and Zhou Tai guarding Hongze Lake Water Village. Bu Qi was the lord of Guangling, managing the government affairs of the southern counties, and Meng Liang led 1,000 men to inspect the counties to avoid rebellion. ”

Gan Ning and Pan Zhang returned to the port of Shanghai to test the sea boat, while Li Jun temporarily stayed in Huaishui to cruise in case Cao's army crossed the river.

When Huaishui Kaihua arrived at Hongze Lake, Zhang Yi took people to take a boat upstream, logged in Dongcheng County at night, and went straight to Shouchun non-stop.

Shouchun Xiahou Yuan was very fierce when he first attacked, but after losing more than a thousand people, he didn't dare to attack again. He felt that if he had fewer soldiers, he might be attacked from both sides, and he knew that Xia Cai could completely cut off his back road.

After not attacking, Xiahou Yuan did not dare to stay in the city for a long time, the supply line was too long. If he hadn't asked Cao Xiu to personally escort the supplies, his own supply line would have been taken by Xia Cai.

When Xiahou Yuan attacked Xiacai, Wang Jian and the others were thinking about how to calculate Xiahou Yuan, and finally discussed letting Xu Sheng take people to intercept the grain road.

This trick is very useful, if it weren't for Cao Xiu suddenly rushing over with cavalry, Xu Sheng would have succeeded. Although Cao Xiu is immature, it is still no problem to protect the grain road.

Xu Sheng tried several times, but only destroyed part of the grain, which only caused trouble to Xiahou Yuan.

When Zhang Yi returned to Shouchun, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no Cao Jun in the city at all. After entering the city, he just wanted to see his daughter and Da Qiao, but Fan Lihua handed him a military newspaper.

Zhang Yi glanced at it, then nodded and said, "Tell Wang Jian that it can be executed, and I will immediately go out of the city to pursue Xiahou Yuan." ”

Fan Lihua found someone to convey the order, and Zhang Yi asked Wei Wentong to pull out 10,000 people from the repaired soldiers in the city. If there are not enough veterans, let the new recruits make up, and this time is not very dangerous anyway.

After selecting the soldiers, Zhang Yi went out of the city overnight. He only brought three days of dry food, and did not bring any excess supplies, and went straight to Xiahou Yuan's camp. He wanted to buy Wang Jian three days and calculate Xiahou Yuan.