Zhu Wei faced the combined forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in Luoyang, and gradually fell into a protracted war.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Yuan Shaojun continued to attack Zhu Weijun, but for several days, he still failed to touch the outer wall of Zhu Weijun's camp.

Although Cao Cao was also thinking of various ideas and various strategies that could affect the Battle of Luoyang of Zhu Weijun, he could not play any key role for a while.

As far as Zhu Wei's side is concerned, it is also a good thing that the frontal battlefield on Luoyang's side continues to drag on.

Zhu Wei now has to wait for the development of the peripheral war on the side of Bingzhou and Xuzhou, as long as the war on the peripheral side can have a good result, it can have a qualitative impact on the war on the Luoyang side.

At this time, the first battle to break out on the periphery was still on the Xuzhou side.

Since the news that Yuan Tan joined Zang Ba and Liu Bei to send troops together, Xuzhou Tai Shi Ci has made preparations to deal with it, and after Tai Shi Ci and Xu Shu discussed, he took the initiative to send troops north, preparing to put the battlefield outside his own territory.

As long as Tai Shici's Divine Arrow Battalion can intercept the combined forces of Yuan Tan, Zang Ba, and Liu Bei in Donghai County, the three counties of Pengguo, Xiapi, and Guangling, which are recovering people's livelihood, will not be affected by the war.

Therefore, Tai Shici first led the army to the county of Donghai County, Zhitan County, and strengthened the city wall here as the forward command center to meet Yuan Shaojun, and then sent Bao Long and Chen Ying to lead 3,000 troops to Lanling County, which was regarded as the assistance of Zhu Weijun in the face of Yuan Tan, Zang Ba, and Liu Bei's combined forces.

After that, Tai Shici found that the combined forces of Yuan Tan, Zang Ba, and Liu Bei had not officially sent troops, so he left 10,000 troops for Xu Shu and Zhang Shuo to garrison Tan County first, and he took Chen Wu and Ma Zhong to lead more than 15,000 troops to take the initiative to enter Langya County, but he was ready to attack Liu Beijun with a backhand first.

Of course, Tai Shici had also communicated with Huang Zhong stationed in Shouchun before, and at this time, Huang Zhong had also led the 20,000 troops of the Jingnan Battalion to the north and moved towards Peixian.

Huang Zhong left Lu Dai and Li Feng still stationed in Shouchun, and took Changshi Lu Su and Liang Gang, Chen Ji, and Le Jie to arrive at the temporary garrison of Pei County.

The internal identity of Che Zhou is now known to Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, Xu Shu, and Lu Su, and it was originally to facilitate their contact and cooperation with each other, so as not to have unnecessary internal friction when there is a real war.

Of course, now in the face of Yuan Shaojun's southward movement, after Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, Xu Shu, and Lu Su communicated, they felt that they should still repel Yuan Tan, Zang Ba, and Liu Bei first, so that they could attack Gunzhou with peace of mind.

At least after ensuring the stability of Xuzhou, Huang Zhong's Jingnan battalion can enter Gunzhou, and as for Tai Shici's divine arrow battalion, it can only be determined according to the situation.

Therefore, after Tai Shi Ci has Huang Zhong's Jingnan Battalion to assist in defense, he is also very relieved to dare to take the initiative, the best defense is to attack, after all, now Tai Shi Ci's Divine Arrow Battalion can also be regarded as the main field army in Zhu Wei's army, facing Yuan Tan, Zang Ba, Liu Bei's three coalition forces, it is not necessarily weak.

Of course, after the communication between Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, Xu Shu, and Lu Su on Zhu Weijun's side, they also thought that Liu Beijun was the weakest among the three soldiers and horses of Yuan Tan, Zang Ba, and Liu Bei, and now it is Langya County, which is relatively barren and has not received much development.

Therefore, if Tai Shi Ci attacks Liu Beijun now, he can completely drive Liu Bei Jun from Langya County to Taishan County, and maybe Tai Shi Ci can advance the battlefield from Donghai County to Taishan County at that time.

If you fight in the enemy's territory, you can use the enemy's possession, so even if the war is fought, it will only destroy Zang Ba's foundation in Taishan County, and it will not affect the territory controlled by Zhu Weijun in Xuzhou at all.

At the same time, directly advancing the battlefield to Taishan County will also be beneficial for recovering Taishan County in the future.

As for Liu Bei's side, after moving from Xiaopei to Langya County, he maintained a military strength of less than 8,000, of which the main elite was only 3 or 4,000, which was indeed not an opponent.

But Liu Bei's side didn't expect that Tai Shi Ci would take the initiative to fight him first, and after receiving the news of Tai Shi Ci's attack, Liu Bei hurriedly accelerated his preparations for war, but Liu Bei also knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would not be able to withstand Tai Shi Ci's attack.

previously received the order from Yuan Tan to send troops together, and Liu Bei also had to follow accordingly, but Liu Bei was a little reluctant, he originally wanted to follow and make a soy sauce.

Now Liu Bei had to think about how to preserve his strength, at this time Yuan Tan's troops had just come out of Qingzhou, but they were hindered by Zang Ba on how to march through Taishan County.

Originally, Yuan Tan wanted to directly lead the army through Taishan County and attack Pengcheng, but Zang Ba was worried that Yuan Tan would come to destroy Yu with a false way, and when Yuan Tan's army entered Taishan County, he would not be able to invite him away, so Zang Ba put forward some requirements on how Yuan Tan led Yuan Shao's army to enter Taishan County.

In this way, it took some time for the two sides to communicate with each other, so Yuan Tan did not lead his troops into Taishan County, but Liu Bei's side was attacked by Tai Shici first.

This made Liu Bei a little blind, and he saw that the current situation was wrong.

The coalition forces of Yuan Tan and Zang Ba don't know when they will be able to set off from Taishan County, but Kaiyang County, Langya County, where he is now stationed, is at the forefront of Zhu Weijun and their so-called attack on Xuzhou Coalition Army.

As a result, their so-called coalition army attacking Xuzhou has no shadow, but Tai Shici's soldiers and horses have already entered Langya County, and they will soon be able to hit Kaiyang County.

This can make Liu Bei feel as if he has been driven to the shelves, he can only let Guan Yu and Mi Fang lead the main force of 4,000 to Langqiu County, Langya County, to meet and block Tai Shici, but he himself took Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong to start cleaning up their homes in Kaiyang County, and they were ready to retreat to Taishan County first.

It can be said that Liu Bei didn't think that he could resist Tai Shici's attack at all, but just asked Guan Yu to delay time, and he could retreat to Taishan County safely.

In this way, the elite of more than 15,000 Divine Arrow Battalions led by Tai Shi Ci soon met the 4,000 Liu Bei Army led by Guan Yu on the side of Langqiu County.

Although the terrain of Langya County is mostly terraced hills, that is, a flat terrain with a large convex area and low altitude, generally speaking, the slope in the center of the platform is gentle, the surrounding area is steep, and it stands upright on the surrounding lowland hills.

But this Langqiu County happens to belong to the area with a gentle slope in the center of the platform, so although Guan Yu led the troops to garrison Langqiu County to put on a defensive meaning, this Langqiu County does not have many defensive advantages.

In addition, Langqiu County is an ordinary small county town, with low and dilapidated city walls, so in the face of the Divine Arrow Battalion led by Tai Shi Ci, whose strength far surpasses him, Guan Yu is really not sure how long he can rely on Langqiu County to resist the attack.

For this reason, when Tai Shi Ci's army arrived, Guan Yu took the initiative to lead the troops to invite the battle in front of Tai Shi Ci's army, saying that he wanted to have a one-on-one battle with Tai Shi Ci......