Tai Shi Ci didn't expect Zhang Liao, as a martial artist who was qualified to challenge him, to run away without a fight, and couldn't help but be furious in his heart, and immediately put back the halberd, took out the bow and arrow, and shot at Zhang Liao is arrow.

It's a pity that Zhang Liao only turned to one side after hearing the wind, and dodged the arrow, but instead caused a Danyang soldier next to Zhang Liao to be killed by an arrow.

Tai Shi Ci snorted coldly, and took an arrow to shoot at Zhang Liao again, but saw that Zhang Liao had already broken out of the encirclement and left with his horse in the dust.

"Ah....... damn it, I let you run away like that!" Although Tai Shici was unwilling, he was helpless, who didn't expect that Zhang Liao would have such a mind, as a military general with super combat power, he didn't choose to fight, but to break through?

Of course, the reason why Tai Shi Ci is so angry is not because Tai Shi Ci does not choose to fight, after all, under the circumstances at that time, Zhang Liao is not necessarily his opponent, and even if he can fight, he may not be able to survive, so choosing to flee is the best choice, what he is angry about now is that Zhang Liao escaped, so that he could not get full credit, and did not capture Zhang Liao, but captured three useless generals, how can he explain to the lord Liu Qi?

Therefore, Tai Shici didn't give the three generals a good attitude, and said coldly: "Are you three willing to surrender?" If you don't surrender, you will die directly, Ben will not have the patience to talk to you. ”

Hou Cheng and the other three couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they heard each other's tone, they knew that their lives were all in one thought, if they surrendered, it would be fine, if they didn't surrender, they would definitely die. They were originally an unappreciated captain in Cao Ren's army, and if they died like this, they were really unwilling in their hearts, so they were no longer reserved, and immediately knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "As long as the general doesn't kill us, we are willing to surrender, we are all generals of the Bingzhou cavalry, although our own combat effectiveness is not high, but we are the best at commanding strange soldiers, and the general will definitely be useful if he leaves us with his life." ”

Tai Shici's complexion softened slightly, and said lightly: "Since this is the case, then you should get up, now I will be a captain in the camp, and if you make meritorious service in the future, you will be rewarded, if you don't do well, hehe." ”

The three generals couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard this, at least this life was saved, and hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Thank you for the general's grace of sparing your life, please rest assured that the last general and others will definitely do their best to be loyal to the general and will definitely make more military achievements." ”

"Well, it's just that you have to remember that although you are a captain, I don't have any extra soldiers to distribute to you here, you can gather the old troops on your own and lead them to fight, of course, you can also recruit troops locally, but you must obtain the consent of the general to achieve it."

"No. Thanks to the general, the last general wrote it down. "It's already an accident that the three generals can find a life, how can they pay back the accountant and not give the soldiers? What's more, Tai Shi Ci can still allow them to recruit troops by themselves, as a general who has recently surrendered, they are also very content in their hearts, so they immediately bowed down and thanked them again.

"Also, you remember that your allegiance is not to the general, but to our lord, who is now the general of Zhennan, the Mu of Jingzhou, the Marquis of Chengwu, the military governor of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou, don't be mistaken." Tai Shici's face was solemn, and he said to the three generals strictly.

"No, the last general remembers." The three generals couldn't help but glance at each other, and they all secretly wondered in their hearts, I don't know what kind of charm their new lord has, and he can make his generals so loyal?

After simply cleaning up the battlefield, Tai Shici ordered the army to return, because he learned before setting off that there were only a few hundred patrols in Lu'an City today, and if the enemy army led the crowd to attack the city, it would really be impossible to resist.

Tai Shi Ci didn't know that what he was worried about had indeed happened. After the defeat, Cao Ren collected the remnants and found that there were still more than 10,000 people under his command, and he was ready to lead the army to withdraw to Hefei, but suddenly heard the spies report that Hefei had been occupied by the enemy.

Cao Ren was shocked and thought that since the enemy army divided his troops to occupy Hefei, the strength in the city must be empty, so he decided to take advantage of Tai Shici's attack on his own camp, and immediately led the army to attack Lu'an City.

However, when Cao Ren's army rushed to the city of Lu'an, he suddenly found that the gate of Lu'an was wide open, and there were no soldiers guarding the gate, and all the lights in the city were extinguished, and the darkness made people feel panicked.

Cao Ren hesitated for a long time, but finally didn't dare to give the order to attack the city, because even a fool could see that there must be an ambush in the city, otherwise with the character of this traitor, how could he dare to open the city gate and not take his attack seriously?

"Withdraw, the army retreats to Junxuan, although our army is defeated, but we must also try to protect the three counties south of Jiujiang, which not only involves whether we can guarantee the safety of the eastern counties of Sun Quan Danyang, but also the safety of Xuzhou."

Cao Ren sighed and slowly gave the order.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing from the rear, Cao Ren couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and said with his forehead: "Fortunately, we didn't enter the city, and the enemy army really had an ambush." ”

Later, Cao Ren learned that there were only a few hundred city guards in the city, and he couldn't help but regret it, but that was a later story.

But Yu Ban, who was behind the city wall, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Cao Ren really retreat, and his heart looked up more and more at the young general named Lu Xun.

I really didn't expect that young general to be able to come up with such an unpredictable, but dangerous and dangerous strategy, if he made a mistake, I am afraid that he and these civil and military officials in the city will all become Cao Ren's prisoners.

He also understands the truth that the virtual is real and the real is virtual, and he has used a lot, but such a bold use is something he never dared to imagine.

"Bo Yan, your clever plan is really a trick of ghosts and gods, and people dare not peep into the mystery, Yu Ban said with palpitations while wiping his sweat.

"There is no way to do it, take a bold shot." Lu Xun smiled and said lightly.

"If you can come up with this method, it proves that you are indeed not simple, Bo Yan, first wronged you to let me join the army, and after I can see the lord, I will definitely recommend it to him." Yu Ban gently patted Lu Xun's shoulder, and said with admiration: "You can rest assured that the lord knows how to use people best, even if you are so young, you will definitely be reused." ”

"Thank you general, the last general naturally knows that the lord is the first master in the world who is good at employing people, but the last general does not seek to be able to do anything high, but only to be able to personally lead the army to break through the Jiangdong Sun clan one day and avenge my ancestor Lukang."

With a hint of hatred on his face, Lu Xun clenched his fists and said.

Yu Ban naturally knew that what Lu Xun said was actually that when Yuan Shu was in charge of Yangzhou, Yuan Shu borrowed grain from Lu Kang, who was the Taishou of Lujiang at that time, but Lu Kang did not borrow it, so Yuan Shu used the position of Lujiang Taishou as a bait to persuade Sun Ce to attack Lujiang, but Sun Ce broke through Lujiang and killed Lu Kang, and since then he has formed a grudge with the Lu clan in Jiangdong.

It is precisely for this reason that Lu Xun and Lu Kang's son Lu Ji gladly accepted Lu Su's invitation and came to Lujiang from Qu'a to Lujiang.

So Yu Ban gently patted Lu Xun's shoulder and said lightly; "Bo Yan, please rest assured, the lord will definitely wipe out the Jiangdong Sun family."

"The last general knows, so the last general is looking forward to this day." Lu Xun smiled and said to Yu Ban.

However, it was said that Cao Ren led the army to Jun Xuan, and met the soldiers who ran out of Jun Xuan on the way, and then he knew that the city had been occupied by Lu Su's army.

Cao Ren was shocked when he heard the news, he didn't expect that this time the traitor Yu Ban would be able to use this clever plan, even Hefei and Jun Yu were also able to get it, so I am afraid that the three counties in the south of Jiujiang can no longer be saved, and the most important plan at the moment is to retreat to Chengde in the north of Hefei to ensure Shouchun and other places in the north of Jiujiang. As long as Chengde is not lost, most of Jiujiang County is still in his own hands, if Chengde is lost again, I am afraid the situation will be even more difficult to control.

So in desperation, Cao Ren cleaned up the defeated pawns, so he had to pass the water and go straight to Chengde City from the path.

After finally seeing the Cao family's banner erected on the head of Chengde City, Cao Ren finally relieved himself and ordered the army to enter the city.

A day later, Zhang Liao, who had fought his way out of the chaos, finally came to the city, and finally met the old master after getting Cao Ren's permission.

When he heard that Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, and Song Xian were defeated in battle with the enemy general Tai Shici and were all captured alive, and now their lives and deaths are unknown, although they don't think much of these three generals in their hearts, Cao Ren can't help but sigh, no matter what, this time without the three of them sacrificing their lives to protect each other, he can't escape so lightly, so Cao Ren decided that even if the three generals surrender to Liu Qi, he will definitely protect their families.

"General, what are we going to do next?" The military advisor Zhao Yan didn't expect them to lose their advantage very unexpectedly, and then they turned into defeat, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart, and hurriedly asked Cao Ren.

"What else can I do? Since the south of Hefei has been lost, we are a new defeat, and it is impossible to recover it in the short term, so we can only defend the area of Chengde and Shouchun next, no matter what, we must not let Liu Qi's army take another step forward. And I should also rectify the soldiers and horses, go north to aid the prime minister, so, before I set off, we must actively expand the sergeants, at least 30,000 troops, and the 10,000 elite soldiers I brought are led by the general, go north to aid the prime minister, and the rest of the army is led by Wen Yuan, and the military division together to guard Chengde, Ben will ask the prime minister, let Wen Yuan serve as the Taishou of Jiujiang, the governor of Jiujiang County, all the soldiers and horses, but Wen Yuan must remember one thing, before the general returns, we mainly defend the palace, and do not go out of the city to fight without authorization. ”

"No, the last will understand." Zhang Liao nodded solemnly, clenched his fists and said, "General, please rest assured, as long as I Zhang Liao is in one day, Chengde will be in our hands." ”

"Hehe, with Wenyuan's words, I would have been relieved." After Cao Ren finished speaking, he gently patted Zhang Liao's shoulder, and then gave the order to lead an army of 10,000 to Xuchang.