Although Yuan Xi reorganized the people's army with reference to the modern military system, and absorbed and transformed the Montenegrin army, weakening the freedom of generals in decision-making and increasing fault tolerance, but on the battlefield, the clever tactics did not work, relying on the courage of the soldiers.

Thousands of troops are galloping, thousands of horses are together, in the cold weather of early spring, on the open ground east of Yecheng, a decisive battle is staged.

Cao Ren stood steadily at the rear of the troops, looking at the fierce battle situation in front of him, and his heart was complicated. If you lose the plains, if you don't win this battle, there will be no room for turnaround.

Chen Jiao also stood aside and watched the situation, with a serious face. The two whiskers on his face were nervously plucked off several by him.

"You say, where did Yuan Xi get so many good soldiers? You know, three years ago, he was poor and white, and he was chased by us. Could it be that this army can also create something out of nothing? ”

Chen Jiao heard Cao Ren talking to himself, so he said, "I heard that he has merged with the Black Mountain Army." ”

Cao Ren sighed and said, "If it's the Black Mountain Army, I'm not even afraid of ten." If those rabbles hadn't been hiding in the mountains, they would have been exterminated long ago. ”

Chen Jiao was taken aback and said, "What does the general mean?" ”

Cao Ren said: "I'm afraid we have looked down on this person since the morning." You still remember that in the Yangzhai area, it was he who led a light army of 500 cavalry to break through, and was finally repelled by me and Yuan Rang. At that time, the combat effectiveness of this cavalry was not trivial. ”

Chen Jiao joined Cao Renjun after Guandu, and he didn't know about it, but he had heard of it.

Cao Ren said: "There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the Guandu War, but his five hundred people left a deep impression on me. It was only later that the Yuan clan was defeated, and this impression was annihilated, and it was not until Meng De was defeated in Yuyang that he recalled it again. ”

Chen Jiao said: "Could it be that he retreated to Yuyang in a planned way, and went deep into the state in a planned way?" All this was planned? ”

Cao Ren said: "It's hard to imagine. But I'm afraid it does. ”

He saw that the people in front of him were on their backs, and his subordinates loved to hold Niu Jin with double hammers, and dozens of people were surrounded by hundreds of people on the other side, and they were fighting hard. At this point, everyone's formation is out of order, and a group of people grabbing a group of people is a fierce beating, and there is no order at all. However, it can still be seen that the people's army is more powerful in momentum, which is the advantage of waiting for work at ease.

Cao Ren suddenly grabbed his spear, turned over his horse, and said to Chen Jiao: "If you are defeated, lead the troops to Ganling and hand them over to Xu Gongming." ”

Chen Jiao stretched out his hand, and just wanted to stop his old partner from going into battle in person, Cao Ren had already taken the lead and rushed out.

Finally, the dust fell, and in the evening, a huge sunset appeared at the head of Yecheng, and a group of people came to the battlefield during the day and began to clean. A helmet was picked up and then sent to Yuan Xi's tent.

Yuan Xi got the helmet, and the blood stains on it had dried up and mixed with dust. He turned it over and looked at it, then handed it to Yang Xiu on the opposite side, and said, "If I have a general like Cao Ren who can defend one side, I will never let him take such a risk easily." Instead of waiting for others to save you, it's better to kill yourself and have fun. Cao Zixiao, the world's fierce general, you will bring his body back to Qian County together. ”

Yang Xiu's face was already pale, he stood up, didn't say a word after all, and staggered away.

The next day, Cao Zhi wore filial piety clothes and walked out of Cao Cao's coffin. A team of Cao soldiers, all dressed in linen and filial piety, drooped their heads listlessly, just dragged their steps, and under the gaze of Yuan Xi's people's army, they went south. Yecheng, a city that once symbolized the culmination of Cao Wei, was left behind.

The people's army entered the city, and Yuan Xi returned to his former "home". At this moment, he felt a lot of emotion, he once struggled to survive, but now he has returned to the original point. And around, from the situation of having nothing, and even being oppressed by his father and brother, to now having thousands of troops and horses, he has got the ticket to win the world. The situation is even better than before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, defeated Yuan Tan, defeated Yuan Shang, defeated the large and small wealthy families in Hebei, broke and then stood up, and had today's situation. On this piece of ruins, he has a lot to do.

returned to the Yuan Mansion, the mansion that was full of guests in the past has now become dilapidated, and the laughter is no longer there, and it has been replaced by crows and sparrows. However, it is the Tongque Terrace in the north of the city, but now there are many pavilions.

He touched the pattern on the screen wall of Yuan's mansion, and his hands were all covered with dust. Yuan Shang didn't know when he came up, and said: "Second brother, now that we have taken back Yecheng, it is time to break through the momentum and go south in one fell swoop, you give me a soldier and horse, and I will definitely fulfill my father's unfulfilled wish." ”

Yuan Xi glanced up at him, and Yuan Shang was immediately too frightened to speak.

Yuan Xi sighed. As he reinvigorated the prestige of the Yuan clan, he himself became more and more prestigious, and with one look and one movement, even Yuan Shang was afraid. Is this the price of success? In the future, I will be called a lonely man.

Out of Yuan's mansion, a beautiful woman came to him, and Zhao Yun, who was guarding him, straightened his eyes.

Diao Chan, who stayed in the city when the city fell, hid in the fireworks alley to pass on information, and rescued Zhen Ji with Gao Mian. Now she is dressed in simple clothes, but it is difficult to hide the bright color on her face.

"Brother Yi, I finally waited for you to come back." Diao Chan greeted him like a friend, with a calm face.

Yuan Xi said: "You have worked hard. ”

Diao Chan said: "It's not hard, you said that you wanted to defeat the Cao army, but now it's finally realized." ”

Yuan Xi said: "Not yet, Cao Pi is still in Xudu." ”

Diao Chan smiled: "So you deliberately let Cao Zhi go back and make trouble for him?" You're a bad guy. If the two brothers of the Cao family make such a fuss, the Cao family is afraid that they will be greatly damaged. ”

Yuan Xi said: "But if you want to bring down Cao Jun, you have to spend a lot of effort." ”

Diao Chan looked at Zhao Yun: "Zilong, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Zhao Yun's face turned red.

Diao Chan said: "The tombstone of the old man Yuan Fu has been made, and it is in the bamboo forest to the south of here. ”

Yuan Xi said: "I know. ”

"There's good news, there's good news." Tian Feng took a volume of letters and walked up noisily, contrary to his usual calmness.

Zhao Yun hurriedly asked, "Master Tian, what's the good news?" ”

Tian Feng said: "Zhang Bai rode in Huai County to break Xiahoudun, crossed Mengjin all the way, and now is stationed outside Luoyang City. ”

Yuan Xi was a little surprised, originally Zhang Baiqi was a partial army on this road, and he expected that there would be no more than Xiahoudun, so he only asked him to contain the other party, but unexpectedly he directly won a big victory. Xiahoudun was a fierce general in the world, and he once had a surprise attack in Yangzhai and almost killed Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi was still deeply impressed by this. Why did he lose to Zhang Baiqi all of a sudden?

Tian Feng said at this time: "He also recommended a talent, saying that thanks to this person, he won by surprise and defeated Xiahoudun." ”

"Who?"

"It's called Sima Yi, I heard that it's from the local Sima family."

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, even Sima Yi was unearthed by his subordinates. It's a complete mess.

Tian Feng said: "There is good news, Tian Chou and their troops will be able to get here today." ”

Yuan Xi said: "What is the good news here? According to the plan, this is also the time to come. ”

With Tian Chou's reinforcements, the next step of the plan can be implemented immediately. But now it seems to be going a little fast, and even Luoyang is about to be won. As soon as Luoyang is taken, Chang'an, which hangs alone west of Tongguan, does not seem to be a problem. And the next step is to take Chang'an first, or Xudu first? How will Cao Pi and Cao Zhi fight? Yuan Xi's head was like clockwork again, and he couldn't stop. In the past few years, he has been thinking and pondering like this, and it has become a habit.

Tian Feng said: "Mrs. Zhen will also come with Tian Chou and them." ”

Yuan Xi suddenly realized that this is really good news. Speaking of which, since Zhen Ji left Yecheng, she went to Ji County to find herself, and she happened to go to Jinyang, coming and going, the two were thousands of miles apart, but they never saw each other. Now, the husband and wife are finally reunited.

Diao Chan said: "Do you want to go outside the city to greet you?" ”

"If you want it, go outside the city and meet it." Yuan Xi asked people to lead the horse.

At this moment, a carriage stopped in front of the city gate, and the woman on the horse jumped down lightly, and looked up at the city, but the words above the city gate seemed so familiar.

A crowd poured out of the gates, and she found exactly the man she had been thinking of in the crowd, and smiled at him.

(End of book)