Xu Shu rode his horse to Wei Yan's approach, flew off his horse, hesitated, reason still prevailed over emotion, he bowed and saluted: "I am not talented, I deeply feel the grace of the general's knowledge, and I am willing to do my best to assist the general." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Xu Shu still called Wei Yan a general in his speech, and it seems that this favorability of 110 has not triggered Xu Shu's active participation.

Wei Yan turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Xu Shu, helped him up, and asked with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, why did you go and return?" ”

Xu Shu said with a solemn face: "General, I suddenly thought that with the general's current prestige, he is famous all over the world, and the general has come from the army, and has won many battles, has defeated Zhang Xiu, and defeated Caiyang 10,000 horses, although there are only a few counties, but the combat power is strong, it is no less than Lu Bu, who is now defeated and attached to Liu Bei (at this time, Lu Bu temporarily stationed troops in Xiaopei, and will soon attack Xuzhou), how could Cao Cao only send Cao Hong, Manzhong a group of men and horses to crusade, and he must have secretly sent another team of men and horses to come, and attacked in two ways, Cao Cao has always liked to deceive with soldiers, and he used this trick to defeat Lu Bu in the past, and the general must not be on guard! ”

Wei Yan's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you Yuan Zhi for reminding me!" Fei Yuan directly reminds me that I will definitely be defeated by Cao Cao! ”

Xu Shu offered advice: "The general might as well withdraw his troops and return to Yiyang, relying on the terrain near Yiyang, to resist the ...... step by step."

Wei Yan nodded and said, "Let's follow the Yuanzhi policy." ”

Xu Shu gave his hand again: "I still have to go to the three thieves and persuade them to surrender, whether it is for them to break the pampering strategy or help us defend against other Cao troops, it will be beneficial!" ”

Wei Yan nodded: "Yuan Zhi is careful here." ”

Xu Shu, under the protection of twenty elite guards led by Wen Yang, went to persuade the three thieves to surrender.

Wei Yan and Chen Zhi returned to Langling City, thinking about how Cao Cao would use his troops.

As soon as he returned to Langling City, Wei Yu, the commander of the Wind Shadow Organization, received another order sent to Cao Jun and reported it to Wei Yan: "In addition to Cao Hong and the 10,000 horses on the bright side, Cao Cao also sent Cao Ren back to Xudu to replace Xiahou Yuan to garrison Xudu, and Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban secretly led 15,000 men and horses to kill Runan. ”

When Wei Yan heard the information, he suddenly changed color: "Xiahou Yuan! Forbidden! Cao Cao really thinks of me, and he actually sent 25,000 men and horses, four generals! ”

He immediately ordered all the soldiers and people to be ready to retreat from Langling early tomorrow morning.

At that time, Chen Zhi was a little puzzled: "Lord, Xu Du is more than 300 miles away from Langling, and it will take at least seven or eight days for Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban's men and horses to arrive at Langling, so why should the lord let everyone retreat early tomorrow morning?" ”

Wei Yan smiled bitterly: "If it's just Yu Ban, your speculation is valid, but Xiahou Yuan is a fast marcher, known for his ability to travel 500 miles in 3 days and 1,000 miles in six days, which should not be underestimated!" ”

Chen Zhi looked dazed: "Lord, the last general has never heard that Xiahou Yuan has such ability. ”

Wei Yan then remembered that Xiahou Yuan's reputation for being good at long-distance raids was only available in the eleventh year of Jian'an, when Changfeng rebelled, Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to attack, but he did not resist, and then sent Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban to attack Chang Feng together, and captured more than ten of its strongholds. After Xiahou Yuan returned to the army, he worshiped as a military captain, at that time, the army often surprised the enemy because of Xiahou Yuan's strange illness with soldiers, and there was a saying that "Xiahou Yuan, the military captain of the army, can travel 500 miles in three days, and can go to thousands of miles in six days".

And this year is only the first year of Jian'an.

However, Xiahou Yuan's ability to run long distances should not be underestimated.

In that life, Xiahou Yuan attacked Han Sui's Xinggu battle, and most of Han Sui's subordinates were Di and Qiang, which were very elite. Xiahou Yuan made a long-distance attack and attacked Han Sui's rear, Han Sui came to the rescue, and immediately made a decision, defeating Han Sui in one fell swoop with a tired army that did not have a quality and quantity advantage, and Han Sui was defeated from then on, waiting to be destroyed.

Wei Yan analyzed that the reason why Xiahou Yuan was able to run long distances, so that he could travel 500 miles in three days and 1,000 miles in six days, was definitely not infantry, and it was difficult for the armored infantry in this era to achieve such a speed, so it can be seen that Xiahou Yuan led the elite cavalry of the Cao army.

Facing Chen Dao's doubts, Wei Yan smiled bitterly: "It won't be long before there will be a rumor." ”

In the evening of this day, Wei Yu's meticulous work sent information: "Xiahou Yuan led 5,000 cavalry first, and it has been two days, and now it is less than thirty miles away from Langling City. ”

Chen Zhi was shocked: "The lord actually expected the enemy in advance, and the last general admired!" How could it be that Xiahou Yuan's cavalry came too quickly, even if the information from Fengying's side was sent out at the same time, it would be too late. ”

Wei Yan thought for a while, and now it was too late to retreat, so he smiled faintly: "Xiahou Yuan's cavalry came to surround Langling City, so that we could not escape back to Yiyang City, so that it was convenient for Yu Ban and Cao Hong's follow-up infantry to attack the city, he thought that I didn't dare to confront his cavalry, and I wanted to take advantage of his lone army to go deeper, to encircle and suppress his cavalry!" ”

Chen Zhi was surprised: "Lord, the other cavalry of our army has not yet gathered, and now there are only two thousand cavalry in Langling City, how can they confront Xiahou Yuan's five thousand cavalry, and how can they encircle and suppress his cavalry."

Wei Yan knew that Chen Zhi had been commanding the infantry all along, and he didn't know how his cavalry fought, so he said with a smile: "Uncle Zhi, don't worry too much, you just need to guard the city and don't let Xiahou Yuan's deserters cross the line of Langling!" As for how the cavalry fought, you'll see it later. ”

Wei Yan left Chen to lead 5,000 infantry to defend the city, and he himself led 2,000 cavalry out of the city to meet Xiahou Yuan, and at the same time sent people to Liao Hua and Guan Hai to give orders to prepare for ambushing Xiahou Yuan's cavalry.

At that time, it was almost twilight, and Xiahou Yuan's cavalry was already quite tired after two days of rapid marching, and they wanted to set up camp thirty miles away from Langling City, waiting for tomorrow morning to block Langling City.

As soon as they set up camp and were about to go to bed, Wei Yan's two thousand cavalry came to kill, with gongs and drums and a huge momentum.

Xiahou Yuan saw that the night was falling, and couldn't help but scold: "Wei Yan'er, if you are sick, even if it is a night attack, can you come quietly?" It's so open, and the gongs and drums are noisy! ”

Wei Yan naturally knew that Xiahou Yuan had followed Cao Cao for a long time, although he didn't have any resourcefulness, but he also learned some real skills, at least the camp was built as solid as gold, and he couldn't take advantage of the night attack, so it was better to use this kind of tactics more before Cao Cao knew the secret of the cavalry three-piece suit, and eliminate a little more of Cao's cavalry.

Xiahou Yuan originally wanted to ignore Wei Yan completely, but Wei Yan ordered people to beat drums and scold outside his camp, and he couldn't bear it.

Moreover, the target of this time is Wei Yan, as long as Wei Yan is captured, Wei Yan's forces will definitely collapse, and there is no need to attack Langling, Yiyang and other cities at that time.

Moreover, Wei Yan only brought 2,000 cavalry, all of which were short Hun horses, and the knights were not wearing heavy armor, in Xiahou Yuan's opinion, Wei Yan's 2,000 cavalry were like 2,000 lambs.

Xiahou Yuan only left 500 men and horses to guard the camp, and the other 4,500 cavalry all lit torches and killed Wei Yan.