When Cao Ju's army drove to Yangzhai, Dong Zhuo's messenger arrived, bringing a reward for Gan Ning, Cao Ju calmly took it, and handed over a letter that had been written long ago to the messenger and forwarded it to Dong Zhuo.

Of course, Gan Ning felt guilty, and said to Cao Ju in private: "Lord, the last general will win first and then lose, the merit is less than the fault, and this reward will be really shameless to accept." ”

Cao Ju listened, laughed, patted Gan Ning's shoulder, and said: "Xingba, big husband, when you can bend and stretch, this is not a grievance, how can Xingba not bear it." ”

Gan Ning said: "My lord, the last general is grateful to the lord's heart, but this reward and punishment is unfair, even if the generals are the same, but the three armies are in danger, and the lord must not be cautious." ”

Cao Ju said with a smile: "It's okay, this reward will be sent for the time being, and after this crusade, we will discuss whether to return it to Dong Zhuoye." ”

Gan Ning didn't say anything anymore, retreated, and secretly decided in his heart that this battle of Yangzhai must win a big credit.

Since returning to Junyang City, Feng Yu has been in the carriage, and after recovering from his injury this time, he naturally refused to take the carriage again, rode back to the war horse, and hurried with Cao Ju.

On the way, of course it was very lonely, Cao Ju's guards were very interesting, and they didn't need Dian Wei or Shi A Branch, they obediently surrounded Cao Ju and Feng Yu in the middle, and they were three or four feet away from them.

How did Cao Ju and Feng Yu not know what these guys meant, Feng Ju was a little embarrassed at first, her face was slightly red, but it didn't take long for her to get used to it, after all, her current identity is one of the main mothers.

Cao Ju turned his head to look at Feng Yu and asked with a smile: "Ah Yu, the march is hard, and you will suffer along the way." ”

Feng Zhen smiled and said: "The concubine underestimates the concubine's body, although the concubine is an official eunuch lady, but she is not a pampered person, the concubine has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she has endured all the hardships, how can she be in the eyes of the concubine body with such a bumpy road." ”

Cao Ju nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, if there is a chance to go on an expedition in the future, Lone will let Ah Yu follow." ”

That's what Feng Yu meant, and said happily: "The horse's word is also fixed." ”

"Hahahaha...... Cao Ju laughed, "Lone naturally won't break his word." "I thought to myself, it's too lonely to march and fight, and with Ah Yu with me, it is definitely a wonderful thing to be able to move every day.

In Yangzhai City, the military situation of Yangcheng's defeat had been delivered, and Kong Ling immediately invited Liu Bei and Ju Yi over to discuss the matter.

Ju Yi sneered: "The defeat of Yangcheng is inevitable, then Cao Ju's soldiers are general, and there are no generals in Yuzhou, so how can they not be defeated." ”

Kong Lingden was a little displeased, and thought to himself, I invited you to come over to discuss countermeasures, and I don't want you to laugh at me Yuzhou No general, the erection is really hateful.

Liu Bei was smart, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Master Kong, Cao Jujia is victorious, its momentum is sharp, our army cannot be the enemy, when the strategy of clearing the field is adopted, the army will defend Yangzhai, and when its food is exhausted, it will naturally retreat." ”

I have to say that Liu Bei's method is still the safest.

However, Ju Yi sneered and said: "Our army is strong and strong, and the general is not inferior to Cao Ju, but he adopts the tactic of shrinking his head, Liu Xuande, if you are afraid of Cao Ju, lead your soldiers and horses back to the sour date as soon as possible." ”

Liu Bei was not angry at all, and said with a slight smile: "General Ju, Bei is not afraid of Cao Ju, but the morale of the Cao army is high, our army has the advantage of the city, why give up the city and fight against it." ”

Ju Yi sneered and said: "The new defeat of Yangcheng has reduced the morale of the Yangzhai defenders, and our army should raise the prestige of our army when the two armies are facing each other, if not, shrink the city, what morale does the Yangzhai defenders have?" ”

Liu Bei and Ju Yi both made some sense, Kong Ling was not good at fighting, and he didn't know which of the two of them was right, so he looked at Xin Bi and Xun Yu.

Xin Bi had already decided to leave Kong Ling after this battle and defect to Yuan Shao, but what he hoped was to defeat Cao Ju in this battle, not to Cao Ju, otherwise, the two different results would not be the same in Yuan Shao's position.

Therefore, Xin Bi was still very concerned about this battle, and he began to think about countermeasures a few days earlier, and at this moment, he saw Kong Ling looking at him, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Fujun, I think that what General Ju and General Liu said is reasonable. ”

Kong Ling was stunned for a moment, but he knew how wise Xin Bi was, and immediately asked, "George, what do you mean by this?" ”

Xin Bi stroked the beard under his chin and said with a smile: "Lord Fujun, that Cao Ju Xinsheng, the morale is not comparable to our army, if our army keeps shrinking the city, it will only hit the morale of our army." Therefore, he thought that he could first set up an ambush on the road that Cao Ju's army must pass, win a small game, and then retreat to the city, which would not damage morale. ”

"Oh." Kong Ling was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "George, I don't know if the plan will come out?" ”

Xin Bi stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the west of Yang Zhai, and said with a smile: "With the marching route of Cao Ju's army, if you want to march under Yang Zhai City, you must cross Kuishui, Lord Fujun can send an army to block the water upstream, and wait until Cao Ju's army crosses half of the river, and suddenly release the water, and then, ask General Ju and General Liu to lead 10,000 troops each, and suddenly kill, can Cao Juyan be undefeated?" ”

Kong Ling was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Xun Yu again: "What does Wen Ruo think of George's plan?" ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "This plan is very good, you can use it." ”

Kong Ling no longer had any doubts, and said with a smile: "Okay, just take George's plan, General Liu, General Ju, this battle depends on the two generals." ”

Ju Yi and Liu Bei are both people who understand the art of war, of course, they recognized Xin Bi's plan, and they did not oppose it, and hugged their fists together: "Kong Yuzhou rest assured, the last general will definitely do his best." ”

Let's say that Cao Ju's army marched all the way east, and soon came to Kuishui, and after passing Kuishui, it was less than ten miles to Yangzhai City, and the moat of Yangzhai City led to Kuishui.

After reaching the west of Kuishui, Cao Ju ordered the army to set up camp here and ordered the soldiers to build a pontoon bridge.

After the army rested for the night, the next morning, twenty pontoon bridges began to be built together, and Cao Ju took Yan Zhong and the generals to check the terrain here.

After turning around, there was no figure to be seen, and all the people nearby were all brought to Yangzhai City by Liu Bei's strategy of clearing the wilderness, Cao Ju and the others did not find anything unusual, so they walked along the river to the military camp again.

Kuishui is not very wide, only fifteen zhang wide, the construction speed of the pontoon bridge is very fast, it is estimated that by the time the sky is dark, twenty pontoon bridges can be built successfully.

However, when he had just returned to the barracks, Gan Ning suddenly screamed "oops", his face changed greatly, and he shouted urgently: "It's not good, lord, the other party has a trick." ”