Cao Zhen's sudden attack, not only Chun Yuqiong, but even Cao Cao was a little confused at first. Suddenly turned around, only to see Chun Yuqiong's army behind, a Cao character banner waving in the wind, only then did I think that it should be Cao Zhen's soldiers and horses to arrive. Although he had already made an appointment with Cao Zhen to answer the time, to be honest, even Cao Cao himself didn't know where Cao Zhen was at this moment and how he would come to answer. After all, from the place where they crossed the river to Yiyangju, the straight-line distance was more than thirty miles, and God knows where Cao Zhen's soldiers and horses would hide. Now Cao Zhen not only arrived in time, but also judged the situation, set up an ambush, and suddenly attacked, which made Cao Cao overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly shouted: "It's Zizhen's soldiers and horses have arrived, quickly counterattack!" ”

Chun Yuqiong's soldiers and horses are the same as Cao Cao's, they all fought all night, and now you are chasing me all the way, and Yuan Jun can only hold out until now by virtue of victory and military exploits. Although Cao Zhen only has 2,000 soldiers and horses under his command now, his combat strength is naturally far superior to that of Yuan's army. There was another beautiful ambush, which not only made the Yuan army panic, but even Cao Cao's army, which had been retreating, was also highly motivated for a while. Cao Cao ordered a counterattack at the first time, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Li Dian, and Le Jin were like tigers entering the flock. Han Juzi was slashed by Xu Chu with a knife, and Lu Weihuang and Le Jin fought for three or five rounds, and were also stabbed to death with one shot. Chun Yuqiong saw that something was wrong, and fled in a hurry. Cao Zhen, who was killed from behind, had been closely watching him for a long time, and he was even shot by Cao Zhen with an arrow in the crotch. Chun Yuqiong, who fell into a lot of meat, became a prisoner of Cao Jun in this way.

The main generals died on the battlefield one by one, and the already panicked Yuan army was even more defeated and fled in all directions. Only then did Cao Jun get rid of the pursuers. The battlefield was tragic, and although the battle ended quickly, there were still dead bodies left behind. However, the current Cao army could no longer take care of cleaning the battlefield, and Cao Cao urgently ordered the whole army to advance ten miles further to rest temporarily. The soldiers and horses that burned Yiyang gathered went first, and Cao Zhen's soldiers and horses set off immediately.

It wasn't until the army rested for a while that Cao Zhen hurriedly joined Cao Cao with the troops behind his palace. Cao Zhen asked his soldiers and horses to rest for a while, and he took Jia Kui with him to meet Cao Cao. As soon as Cao Cao saw Cao Zhen coming, he who was sitting on the ground immediately laughed, stood up and patted Cao Zhen on the shoulder and said, "Haha, my son has worked hard, this battle is good!" As he spoke, he pointed to Li Dian and the others beside him and said with a smile: "A few of us were still talking about you kid just now, whether it is the fighter plane or the layout, this battle is just right." It seems that you were left here to answer at the beginning, and it was really right, do you say yes! ”

Cao Zhen'er heard Cao Cao's praise, and his heart was also surprised and happy. And Cao Cao, who praised Cao Zhen, was really excited at the moment, although Cao Zhen was his righteous son, but all along, Cao Cao was like a parent and son to his righteous son, and today his righteous son has made such a great contribution, how can he, a righteous father, not be happy? Li Dian and Le Jin are also wonderful people, knowing that Cao Cao was happy in his heart, he praised Cao Zhen even more, which made Cao Zhen blush. Helplessly, he arched his hand and said: "Father and the generals have praised it falsely, in fact, this battle is thanks to Liang Dao," said Jia Kui, who was silent behind him, and continued: "Originally, I saw that Tianming's father's soldiers and horses had not yet returned, so I anxiously rushed to meet them, and then I received a military report from the scout that 'Yuan Jun is chasing our army to the death', so I wanted to kill it directly and respond to my father's army." How do you know that Liang Dao grabbed me......"

Cao Zhen said that he talked about the situation at that time as it was, especially Jia Kui's analysis and calculation, which was vivid, and Cao Cao listened to it and nodded frequently. Looking at Jia Kui's eyes, they are getting brighter and brighter. For Cao Zhen, although there is a little loss in his heart, he is quite satisfied with Cao Zhen's fact that he does not use the merits of others for himself. After all, you can learn if you don't have enough military strategy, but if you have poor character, you really can't do it.

Therefore, Cao Cao also opened his mouth and smiled: "Zizhen, it is very good that you do not hide the merits of others, and do not take the merits of others as your own." You still need to learn a lot about the way of military strategy. As he spoke, he looked at Jia Kui on the side, and his heart of pity rose. However, Jia Kui didn't care so much, and when he saw Cao Cao looking at him, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord, now is not the time to relax, the reinforcements of the Yuan army are only afraid that they will come in an instant, and our army needs to be transferred as soon as possible." ”

Cao Cao nodded, Jia Kui was right, now the army is still on Yuan Shao's territory, and it is only more than twenty miles away from Yiyangju, it is really not a safe place, and it is the best policy to leave as soon as possible. Seeing that the sergeants had rested for a while and regained some strength, he immediately ordered the whole army to set off immediately, move closer to the bank of the Yellow River, and prepare to cross the river. Gan Ning took advantage of the cover of night to send Lu Bu's soldiers and horses across the Yellow River, and it was only two hours before and after. After sending Lu Bu across the river, Gan Ning hurried back to the east of Puyang and waited for Cao Cao's army to return at the place he had agreed with Cao Cao. Gan Ning, who arrived ahead of schedule for fear of Cao Cao's accident, did not dare to stop for a moment.

Therefore, after Cao Cao's soldiers and horses arrived, Gan Ning's navy immediately started at full power, and brought Cao Cao's surprise attack of soldiers and horses back to the white horse camp after dark. As for Jiang Qi and the others who rushed to reinforce Yiyangju, there was only a bamboo basket to draw water. Not only was the grain and grass burned to the ground, but Cao Cao was also gone. After reining in the bodies of Zhao Rui, Han Juzi, and Lu Weihuang, after cleaning up the battlefield, the three of them had to slowly return to Liyang while giving Yuan Shao an urgent report. After all, the losses are so heavy, and we need to plan ahead for what to do next.

Now Cao Cao is happy, Yuan Shao is worried, and as for Gao Ye, he is at a loss at this moment. He divided the 20,000 soldiers and horses into 400 squads, and rushed to Yecheng in pieces, and now they are all hidden in the vast jungle more than ten miles northeast of Yecheng. Gao Ye was the first person to arrive, and he already had a certain understanding of Yecheng after more investigations. Yecheng is in the interior of Jizhou, far away from the battlefield, so although it is heavily guarded, there is no curfew, but pedestrians in the past need to be strictly checked. Now that it is winter, many people need to go out of the city every day to collect firewood, and the people of Gao Ye's spy department take advantage of this gap to go out of the city and into the city to deliver news. Gao Ye's subordinates either pretended to be ordinary people collecting firewood to infiltrate the city, or pretended to be ordinary pedestrians to enter the city, although they would be checked, but they had no armor on their bodies, and the soldiers who came to check also felt that there should be no enemy attack, so they casually entered the city. This went back and forth, but in just three days, nearly 300 elites successfully entered Yecheng. In fact, Gao Ye very much wanted to let the soldiers in the trapped camp sneak into the city, after all, even if there were only two or three hundred people in the trapped camp, it was definitely a force to be reckoned with in the city. However, the soldiers who are trapped in the camp are too murderous and will inevitably be suspected. Gao Ye was careful and not mistaken, so he let the ordinary soldiers in. The Espionage Division has also been operating in Yecheng for so many years, and it is difficult to equip 20,000 troops with weapons and equipment, but it is still possible to equip 300 swords. After they entered the city, they had only one task, once their dark line changed, they had to take on the heavy responsibility of opening the city gates and welcoming the army into the city.

Because it was a surprise attack, the soldiers only brought half a month's rations, and now they are under Yecheng, and it has taken seven days. Especially now that Gao Ye has received the battle report, Cao Cao took Yiyangju and burned the grain and grass of Yuan's army. If he didn't have a chance to move, the lack of military rations and Yuan Shao might retreat to Yecheng at any time, he was afraid that he could only order a retreat. Fortunately, there was finally news of the dark line in the city, and Gao Ye smiled even more when he received the secret letter, and then ordered Gao Shun to take two thousand men and horses to the north. The grain and grass provided by the Zhen family to Yuan Shao is coming, and it is necessary to win the Zhen family's grain transportation team. First, he can alleviate the food crisis, and second, whether he can enter the city smoothly depends on him.

Gao Shun set off at noon, and at noon on the second day, he brought back all the men and horses of the grain transport team and the grain and grass wagons. An ambush didn't let anyone from the Zhen family run away. Speaking of which, it was really because they were too careless, and they always felt that Jizhou was very safe, so they didn't take precautions. For these hands of the Zhen family, Gao Ye just ordered people to take care of them, and by the way, he pulled off all the clothes on their bodies. He immediately ordered the whole army to have a full meal, and he personally led 500 soldiers in the camp, pretending to be the Zhen family's grain team, and hiding the sword in the grain and grass, so as to blend into the city and prepare to seize the city gate. Gao Shun took the remaining soldiers and horses, and then responded.

As for the soldiers in the city, after Gao Shun left yesterday, Gao Ye arranged for Mi Xin to send a letter to the city, and all the soldiers who mixed into the city and the personnel of the spy department were all dispatched, and after the sky darkened, they set fire everywhere in the city, especially near the Taishou Mansion and the trial house, and they must be taken care of. On the one hand, this is to make the Yuan army in the city unable to figure out the truth and reality, and on the other hand, it is also to make it more calm in case of loss, whether it is attacking or retreating.

Now that everything was ready, Gao Ye immediately set off with a disguised grain team, and when the sun was setting west and the sunset was in the sky, he hurried to the north gate. Before the gate was closed, a figure was seen in the distance, with an anxious look, pacing back and forth in front of the city gate. Gorgeously dressed, brocade ayara, the guards on one side stepped forward from time to time to say something. Gao Ye saw this person, and smiled secretly in his heart, who else could this person be if this person was not Zhen Yao?

Gao Ye saw that Zhen Yao was here, and he didn't say much, but he still ordered the whole army to continue to advance, and only then did he turn over and dismount until he reached the gate. The soldiers guarding the gate saw a team of men and horses, but they were not prepared at all, but instead smiled and pointed at the food team, not knowing what they were laughing at. The uncle-looking person who accompanied Zhen Yao even said: "Zhen Sangongzi, take a look, is your Zhen family's convoy here?" I'll just say it's safe on the road. ”

Zhen Yao let out a sigh of relief and said, "Gao Guard, what's the matter with you, you came an hour later than the scheduled time!" ”