Eighteen days after the fall of Yutai, a horse detective reported that Cao Cao had retreated. Luan Yi led the troops to withdraw from Dingtao, Guan Gong withdrew from Dianyang, Huang Zhong withdrew from Chengwu, and the three armies retreated more than 200 miles, assembling most of Yanzhou in the area of Shanyang County, putting on a posture of defending the state and governing Changyi.

As a result, nearly half of the territory of Yanzhou west of Changyi has become an undefended place. Cao Cao immediately guessed that Luan Yi's retreat had nothing to do with the burning of the Yutai granary, and it must be that the grain ran out and could not support long-distance transportation and large-scale operations, so he had to retreat inland and barely support it.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he landed, and seized the fighter plane to divide his troops into Yanzhou in three directions. Dingtao, Dianyang, and Chengwu fell successively. In just ten days, half of the cities of Yanzhou were planted with the banner of Cao. Cao Jun's morale was greatly boosted.

In November of the 4th year of Shengyuan, Cao Cao decided to continue to advance eastward, fought to the death with Luan Yi in Shanyang County, captured Shanyang in one go, annexed the entire Yanzhou and then invaded Jinan.

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu both advised Cao Cao Luanyi, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu that the war would not be as easy as expected, and in the southern direction of Yuzhou, the Xuzhou army led by Lu Zhi was still in the war between southern Henan and Yuan Shu's eldest son Yuan Yao, and always had the upper hand. Once Yuan Yao is destroyed, the rear of his family will be in danger!

In this regard, it can be seen from the fact that Lu Zhi has not led troops back to Yanzhou so far, Luan Yi has sufficient confidence in Yanzhou's defense.

Therefore, they suggested that Cao Cao should accept it when he saw it, take the fortified cities of Dingtao, Dianyang, and Chengwu as the front, stick to the western part of Yanzhou, and confront Luan Yi. When Yuan Shao pacified Hebei, he waved his army south, and the two armies attacked from two roads, jointly putting pressure on Luan Yi, and then seeking a future plan.

Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, Li Dian and other generals had different views on Xun Yu and Cheng Yu. They believe that the reason why Lu Zhi is still unwilling to return to Yanzhou does not mean that Luan Yi has a full grasp of sticking to Yanzhou. Instead, Luan Yi calculated that Lu Zhi didn't have time to rush back before the fall of Yanzhou. Therefore, the soldiers made a dangerous move and used the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao. In order to use Lu Zhi's Xuzhou army to restrain our army. Forced our army to stagnate.

At this time, at the time when Luan Yi's grain and grass were cut off, the opportunity could not be missed. If he hesitates and refuses to move his troops, he falls for Luan Yi's tricks. You should take advantage of this natural opportunity to ignore Lu Zhi, who is attacking in the south of Yuzhou, for the time being. First mobilize all the troops, and make a drum of gas and food to cut off the army in Jinan. Jinan fell, Lu Zhi's rear was chaotic, and he was defeated without a fight. At that time, Yanzhou, Jinan, Qingzhou and even Xuzhou will become the territory of the lord.

I have to admit that this statement put forward by Cao Ren is exactly what Cao Cao wants. But he was suspicious, and he was jealous of Luan Yi in his heart.

Did he really make a mistake this time? But in his memory, Luan Yi has never suffered such a big loss or fought such a big defeat! Don't...... Is it because he is in the maze, and he has no other plans?

Cao Cao tightened his eyebrows and paced back and forth in the hall, his mind flipping non-stop, "March, not marching?" ”

Seeing Cao Cao's hesitation, Cao Ren said, "Lord, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again!" ”

Cheng Yu persuaded: "My lord, 'Soldiers, the country's affairs. 'Don't get carried away for profit, you need to be cautious, and take every step of the way. ”

Xiahou replied, "That's right, the battle needs to be fought steadily, but sometimes it also needs to be won by surprise, and it needs to have bold courage. If you have doubts about everything, the relics and fighters will not be able to win the battle no matter how big they are. Now, Luan Yi has run out of food, his soldiers and horses have empty stomachs, and their combat power has plummeted. The fighter plane has arrived, and if you don't enter at this time, when will you wait? Lord, don't hesitate and send troops! ”

Cao Cao's footsteps stopped abruptly, and he turned to Zhang Xiu, who was silent, "Youwei, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment. His mind raced, thinking about whether Cao Cao had any purpose in asking him. After a long time in the officialdom, he gained something. Obviously, Cao Cao still did not fully trust him, a general who had returned from the enemy camp, and the reason why he asked was to find out his tone. If he decisively suggested that Cao Cao send troops to Shanyang, Cao Cao would have more or less misgivings about sending troops eastward. Suspecting that Luan Yi was in a maze, he asked Zhang Xiuyu Cao Cao to send troops, and then besieged it. On the other hand, if he earnestly suggested that Cao Cao be conservative, Cao Cao would increase his trust in him, and at the same time strengthen his belief in sending troops.

In the same way, Zhang Xiu organized some language and suggested: "My lord." I've had a fight with Luan Ziqi. I know very well that there are many generals and strategists under that gang, and they will never be defeated so easily. The reason why we fought and retreated again and again must be because of something else, leading us deep into Yanzhou. Take advantage of the opportunity for us to divide our forces and defend the city, and divide and annihilate them. In this way, it will be very disadvantageous to our army. I hope that the lord will take more precautions and make a decision. Don't send troops easily, but be swallowed by Luan Yi! ”

Undoubtedly, Zhang Xiu's words that he has thought about for many days are consistent with Luan Yi's plan to introduce Jun into the urn. If Cao Cao listened to his advice, he would be safe and sound, and his own power would be as stable as Mount Tai.

It's a pity that Cao Cao's desire for victory at this time has exceeded his doubts, he laughed for a while, and said: "This is the words that will destroy his own prestige." Youwei has just been defeated, and it is understandable to say this. But...... Although Luan Yi, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu are talented, millions of stones of grain on Yutai were burned, and after all, it is 'difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice', and his great ability cannot resist my tens of thousands of strong troops. He glanced at Wenchen, then at the generals, and said, "What Zixiao and Yuan Rang said is very reasonable. Luan Yi is in trouble, but God helps me. If you don't send troops to meet the head-on attack, you will waste a God-given opportunity. ”

"Lord, think twice!" Cheng Yu came out and persuaded again.

Cao Cao said in a loud voice: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade again." The three armies were ordered to immediately raise troops and send troops to Shanyang. ”

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu knew that it would be useless to persuade them again, so they had to act according to the order and go to the army rations on the hour.

In the afternoon, Cao's army of 35,000 men and horses went out and rushed straight to Shanyang County. After traveling more than 50 miles in a day, he arrived at Zhichangyi in Shanyang County in the early morning of the fifth day and set up camp in Wuli in the west of the city. At the end of the day, the mighty army formed a formation at a thousand paces in front of the city, waiting to attack the city.

In the face of the surging Cao Cao, Luan Yi, who was stationed in Changyi, personally led his troops out of the city to meet the battle, and 10,000 brightly dressed church guards gathered under the city and discharged a horizontal and vertical phalanx. Five thousand guards were stationed at the head of the city, the crossbowmen clutched their longbows, and the quivers at their waists were full of crossbow arrows, and they were majestic and glaring at the Cao army outside the city.

"Knock knock knock......" rumbling war drums sounded, and "Boom Boom ......" piercing horns sounded for a long time.

Cao Cao glanced at Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu jumped on the horse with a spear, and came out of the scolding array, "Where is Zhao Zilong?" Zhang Youwei is here, dare to fight me again. ”

"Why don't you dare!" Zhao Yun spit out the silver light spear in the dragon spit out in the sunlight, sat down and roared, "sigh and ...... law" as if he was out of control, and frantically moved his four hooves to rush out. "Zhang Youwei, look at the move!" The coiling dragon spits pearls and silver light spears and silver dragons generally leap left and right in the void, virtual and real, and the trajectory is difficult to find, and Cao Renzhu is dazzled by it, and secretly sweats for Zhang Xiu in his heart.

"Hmph, this trick won't work for me!" Zhang Xiu, who has been practicing marksmanship for more than 20 years, constantly recalled the process of fighting with You Long and Phoenix marksmanship after losing to Zhao Yun last time. Under the continuous speculation, I figured through the routine of playing the dragon and the phoenix gun, and found a way to deal with it. "Hey......" he yelled, and made a move according to the law, swinging his spear, "snap...... Bang ......" actually blocked the spear head in the way of the coiling dragon spit pearl silver light gun. The barrel of the gun was then flicked, and the return hand was a type of "Don't Crane Lonely", and the head of the gun went straight to Zhao Yun's backhand.

Zhao Yun attacked with a forehand, suffered the enemy with a backhand, and parried extremely awkwardly. In the face of the offensive that swept his side, he had to force the pistol to block, "knock".

"Sigh the law ......" screamed. Zhao Yun shook the horse a few times.

Stabilizing his body, Zhang Xiu's offensive resumed, and he stabbed out more than ten shots at high speed in a very short period of time, and the speed was so fast that the spearhead left a cluster of phantoms in the void, like a peacock with the screen open.

Zhao Yun was not in a hurry, reversed the flip to block the killing move in the peacock screen, the spear was erected, up and down, and a flying dragon immediately disrupted Zhang Xiu's offensive in the sky, followed by a sharp sweep of Zhang Xiu's temples.

The dragon and phoenix gun in this type of dragon tail swing, Zhang Xiu has also seen it before. Leaned forward decisively to dodge the barrel of the gun, and at the same time held the iron spear horizontally behind his back, blocking the barrel of the gun that Zhao Yun slashed later with the ordinary Su Qin's back sword. The waist arch exerted force, and the coiling dragon spit pearl silver light spear was opened, and the spearhead was reversed, stabbing directly into Zhao Yun's chest.

At this time, the coiling dragon spit pearl silver light spear swung in the air, Zhao Yun didn't have time to recover the block, kicked the white crane in the lower abdomen, urged the war horse to move right, and narrowly avoided Zhang Xiu's attack. Immediately after that, he rounded his arms, and the spear walked in a full circle in the air, stabbing Zhang Xiu's lower abdomen from the bottom up.

Seeing the snake-like coiling dragon spitting pearls and silver light spearhead, Zhang Xiu was shocked, the center of gravity of his body shifted sideways, grabbed the horse's mane, hid on the right side of the war horse, and dodged the killing move at the last moment of the crisis. He was so frightened that he broke out in white sweat. I was shocked and thought to myself: "Senior brother, what's the matter, we are now a family, and we are working under the sect leader's account." This pre-battle battle, it's good to play on the spot, how to move the real thing! ”

He didn't know that he had surrendered to the church for a while, and he was still in a state of high secrecy for the time being, and only Luan Yi, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu knew about it in the whole church, and Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei didn't know about it at all, and thought that Zhang Xiu really escaped and returned to Cao Cao's account.

In this regard, Zhao Yun has always felt very guilty. always complains about himself, he shouldn't have begged Luan Yi to spare Zhang Xiu's life. If Zhang Xiuge was killed on the spot before the battle, it would not have caused the consequences of letting the tiger return to the mountain now.

Therefore, today he fought with Zhang Xiu again, but instead of keeping his hand, Zhao Yun changed his usual elegant and humble attitude, and his eyes were full of murder. Ruthless, never leave a hand, killing moves constantly, guns and guns go straight to the point.

At this time, Zhao Yun made a fatal move and made a ruthless move. And Zhang Xiu's side still regarded Zhao Yun as his own person, and he had scruples, so the offensive was half soft. was overwhelmed by Zhao Yun's stormy offensive and couldn't raise his head, and his eyes were ineffective five times, and he was so anxious that he broke out in a hot sweat and cold sweat.

In order to save his life, he can't care about any senior brothers and younger brothers, and he works in the same account. I had to let go of the hesitation in my heart, and I tried my best to fight with Zhao Yun for my life.

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