When Yuan Shao heard Tian Feng's words, his heart calmed down a little, and he said slowly: "How can Yuan Hao be sure? ”

Tian Feng said respectfully: "King Hui, the minister has had some contact with Yan Rou, this person also has this ability, and if Yan Rou breaks through to Zhuo County, he may not suffer heavy losses, so the minister thinks that Yan Rou should have planned to evacuate to the right Beiping area." ”

Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao was still suspicious, and replied: "If the king is not worried about the war in Youzhou, how about the minister personally take a trip?" ”

Hearing that Tian Feng planned to go to Youzhou in person, Yuan Shao's face improved, and said: "With Yuan Hao going, this king will be relieved, and the war in Youzhou will be handed over to Yuan Hao." ”

Tian Feng bowed and left.

The words are divided into two ends, just when the war between Tang and Jin was deadlocked, the war between Wei and Lu had also begun.

The route of Wei's march was basically the same as Liu Bei's guess, the main army took Xiahoudun as the vanguard, led an army of 30,000 from Shanyang County into Xuzhou, and arrived at Pei County, but it was directly defeated by Lu Bu, who had already been stationed here, and the 30,000 army suffered heavy casualties, Xiahoudun could only retreat to a hundred miles outside the city, waiting for Cao Cao's main force to arrive.

On the other hand, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan, with 50,000 divisions, from Taishan to enter the Lang Evil Country, responsible for attacking Lang Evil and Donghai County.

Cao Bao, who was responsible for garrisoning Langxie, was not Xiahou Yuan's opponent, and he was beaten and retreated, and in just five days, Langxie had lost most of it, and Cao Bao's main force was forced to the Kaiyang area of Langxie's national governance.

As for Li Ru, who had always wanted to deal with Lu Bu, after the war began, there was no movement at all, as if he had disappeared.

Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao, who was wearing a black and red robe, sat in the tent, Xiahoudun was kneeling below to plead guilty, and all the civil and military officers standing on both sides pleaded with Cao Cao for him.

Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun with a cold face, they grew up together since childhood, for him, the two are not simply vassals, the relationship between the two is more like siblings.

However, the state has national laws, the army has military regulations, Xiahoudun is a pioneer, after a big war, countless soldiers have been lost, and Xiahoudun as a pioneer is naturally inseparable.

"Drag out the air and beat thirty military sticks." Cao Cao said coldly.

As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Xi Zhicai on the side came out and said: "The king temporarily rests the wrath of thunder, Lu Bu, and the tiger, I am afraid that no one in the army is his opponent, and it is understandable that Yuan Rang will be defeated by Lu Bu." ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly and did not speak.

Xi Zhicai saw Cao Cao's reaction, and also understood Cao Cao's intentions, and continued to persuade: "King, now that you are employing people, why don't you write it down for the time being, how about Ling Yuan let the general make meritorious contributions." ”

Xi Zhicai said, and the generals behind him also pleaded with Cao Cao.

"Get up, you have a lot of merit on weekdays, this time I will not be held accountable, and you will be ordered to make meritorious service for your crimes, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished severely." Cao Cao saw that everyone was pleading, so he simply found a step, which can be regarded as forgiving Xiahou for his mistakes.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiahoudun bowed down before standing up.

Cao Cao glanced around at everyone, skimmed the topic, and asked everyone: "Now that our army has been newly defeated, and Lu Bu refuses to defend the city, how do you think you should march in the next step?" ”

Xi Zhicai arched his hand and said: "King, this Pei County is the only way to enter Xuzhou, and there are such strong generals as Lu Bu in the city, it is not wise to attack it by force, and if our army crosses Pei County and directly attacks Pengcheng, the grain road will be disrupted by it, so this Pei County must be uprooted." ”

After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, everyone in the tent nodded, Pei County is related to the safety of the grain road, and it cannot be removed.

Then Xi Zhicai pointed to Feng County, which is dozens of miles away from Pei County, and said: "King, according to intelligence, Feng County has a force stationed in Feng County, about 30,000 people, and Pei County is a horn, and the way to break the city is in this city." ”

"Is Zhicai planning to storm Feng County and lead Lu Bu to the rescue, halfway to ambush?" Cao Cao looked at the two cities and asked with a frown.

The distance between the two cities is only fifty miles, and the terrain between the cities is flat, there is no mountain and water separation, it is not a suitable place for ambush at all, even if Lu Bu is lured out, at most there will be a big battle with Lu Bu, and the outcome is not yet known.

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "The purpose of this plan is just to lure Lu Bu out, not to fight with Lu Bu, but also to ask King Rongchen to elaborate." ”

"I want to hear about it."

Xi Zhicai sorted out his thoughts and said: "King, the general stationed in Feng County is named Cao Xing, this person has followed Lu Bu for more than ten years, and he is Lu Bu's descendant, if Feng County is in an emergency, Lu Bu will definitely go out of the city to rescue, Pei County has no Lu Bu, and if you want to take Pei County, it is relatively simple." ”

Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "Although this plan is wonderful, it seems that our army's strength is not enough to storm Feng County, and at the same time, we will attack Pei County here. ”

On this trip, Cao Cao led a total of 100,000 Ma Bu troops, but the troops in Pei County were not weak, otherwise they would not want to use tactics to uproot.

Xi Zhicai explained: "This is also a difficult point in this plan, if Lu Bu goes out of the city to rescue, all the soldiers and horses he brings must be cavalry, and it only takes two hours to travel between the two cities, so the king must take Pei County within an hour and a half, as for the problem of troops, the minister still has an idea." ”

"Hurry up." Cao Cao couldn't wait to ask.

Xi Zhicai said: "What our army has to do is to fight a time difference, first send generals to lead troops to besiege Feng County, and wait for Feng County Cao Xing to issue an alarm for half an hour, immediately stop the siege, lay down suspicious soldiers, and the whole army quickly returned to Pei County and attacked Pei County." ”

"As long as we can take Pei County before Lu Bu returns, this battle is decided."

"Good!" Hearing Xi Zhicai's strategy, Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed, and said, "I don't know who is willing to lead troops to Feng County?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes swept over the generals in the tent, and finally stopped on Xiahoudun, this battle was a great achievement, although it was a long-distance attack, but there was not much danger, it was the most suitable for Xiahoudun, who was guilty of meritorious service.

The generals in the tent were also shrewd, and when they saw Cao Cao looking at Xiahoudun, they all stopped the words they were about to blurt out, and were silent.

Seeing this scene, Xiahou on the side flashed a trace of emotion in his eyes, but his movements were not slow, and he immediately stepped out and said, "The last general wishes!" ”

Seeing that Xiahoudun was out of the ranks, and the other generals had no intention of fighting for merit, Cao Cao nodded and ordered: "All the war horses in the lone army are mobilized, there are about 70,000 war horses, and all the foot soldiers rush to Feng County on horseback to storm Feng County, remember, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, after Cao Xing asks for help, after half an hour, he must rush back to Pei County." ”

"No!" Xiahoudun received the order, bowed to Cao Cao, and then went out of the tent to start preparations.