In time, the Cao army was defeated in a battle outside the city.

Cao Cao couldn't care about Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong trapped in the city, led the troops to withdraw, Luan Yi rose up to catch up, beheaded countless people, forced Cao Cao not even to return to Xiping Lingcheng, left Jinan with a disgraced face, and retreated to Dongping, Yanzhou.

As soon as Cao's army settled down in the east, he heard a Malay report that he had found signs of a large army marching outside the western city.

Cao Cao was like a frightened bird, "Explore again!" ”

The scout flew away, and when he returned half a day later, he fell to his knees in a hurry, and shouted, "My lord, it's not good." The soldiers and horses that were discovered just now were the defeated troops brought back by General Li Dian. Sanyo has fallen. ”

"What?" Cao Cao suddenly felt dizzy, "Nonsense." Luan Yi is obviously in the direction of Jinan, how could Shanyang, which is hundreds of miles away in the west, fall! ”

The scout replied, "My lord, what you said is everything. General Li Dian is ten miles outside the city, and he will know when he asks. ”

"This ......" Cao Cao had to accept this reality, waved the scout back, and sighed.

"My lord, I have been thinking about a word for a long time, not only should I not say it." Xun Yu is out of the ranks. Before, when Cao Jun captured Yanzhou in one fell swoop, he always felt that something was wrong. I can't tell what is wrong, and I always feel that the war is going too smoothly.

He really wanted to persuade Cao Cao not to attack again, but to fight steadily and steadily, step by step, and slowly advance the battle line. But at that time, Cao Cao tasted the fruits of victory after Luan Yi's death, and his self-confidence reached an unprecedented height. Under such circumstances, Xun Yu knew that groundless exhortation would inevitably be in vain. Not only is it ineffective, but it will also provoke Cao Cao's disgust.

In view of this, he had to keep his mouth shut and hold the words full of words in his stomach. But every time the night came, one question after another came back to his mind, and he always felt that there were many doubts about the war going so smoothly, but where was the suspicion, he always couldn't understand the essentials when he thought about it. He shall not be quiet.

Until this moment finally the truth was revealed.

"Lord, don't you think that since Luan Yi's death, this battle has been a little wrong?"

Indeed, like Xun Yu, Cao Cao also felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know the point. "I want to hear about it."

"Yu first asked the lord, do you believe in the theory of resurrection from the dead?"

"Of course I don't believe it, it's just Luan Yi's trick to sensationalize!"

In this way, Luan Yi is not dead at all. If you're not dead, why pretend to be dead? ”

In the past few days, only caring about escape, Cao Cao has never had time to think about this issue carefully. Yes, why did Luan Yi pretend to be dead? Why? "You mean?"

"That's right, he's paralyzing us so that we can think that he's dead, and that the head of the church is dead, and he's going to be thrown into chaos, so that he can use it as an opportunity to launch an onslaught. And he smoothly led us into the net that he had laid long ago. ”

"I didn't see through it!" Cao Cao angrily kicked Xiao Ji to the ground.

"Don't blame yourself, Luan Yi has been planning for a long time, and it is really difficult for me to see through the situation in the game. Moreover, now is not the time to blame, and the destruction of Shanyang is tantamount to cutting off the retreat of our army. The priority is to come up with a way to deal with it. ”

Cao Cao cast an expectant gaze and said, "I still hope Wenruo will teach me." ”

"To be honest, I don't know what to do. You might as well tell us what you guessed and let's discuss it together. Xun Yu walked to the map and rubbed his sweaty hands, "I don't know if you have found out, the fall of Shanyang and the defeat of our army happened almost at the same time." Is this a coincidence? Of course not...... Obviously, Luan Yi has long arranged a team of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses behind our army. As for the place where the troops are stationed, this is most likely the place. ”

Everyone looked in the direction of Xun Yu's finger...... It's actually a fish platform.

"Impossible! Didn't we burn down Yutai? ”

Cheng Yu shook his head, "What our army burned down was the Yutai granary. However, the Caoyun Wharf in Yutai is safe and sound, and it can definitely support tens of thousands of military horses to land on the shore. Luan Yi can send troops to oppose Rencheng first, and then board the ship from Rencheng Caoyun Wharf and go straight to Yutai. ”

Chen Gong added, "Since the burning of Yutai, our army has been most wary of the direction of Yutai. Luan Yi calculated this accurately, so he set the direction of the troops at Yutai. ”

"Besides, the lord doesn't remember the last time he met Guo Fengxiao?"

"Guo Fengxiao?" Cao Cao recalled for a while, "About half a month ago. You mean......"

"That's right. Those who captured Shanyang must be led by Guo Jia, Guan Yunchang, Zhao Zilong, and Huang Hansheng are also among them. ”

"It's them." Cao Cao suddenly felt that it was very tricky, "There is Guo Fengxiao in front and Luan Ziqi in the back, isn't it difficult for us to fly?" ”

Yiying was speechless and dejected. Xun Yu thought about it again and again, and said: "For today's plan, we have to temporarily defend Rencheng and Dongping two counties. Luan Ziqi has been operating in Yanzhou for many years, and the city defense of the cities in Rencheng and Dongping County is stable. There is also a large amount of grain and grass brought by our army in the city, which can support it for several months. During this period, he could send capable generals to break through the siege and return to Xuchang to move rescue troops. In this way, the dilemma can be solved. Of course, this is just an assumption, and it is necessary to listen to the details of General Li Dian's account of the defeat of Shanyang. ”

"That's all there is to it!" Cao Cao rubbed his face violently, "No matter what, it is inevitable to move the rescue soldiers, and there is no further delay." He glanced around at the civil and military forces in the hall and asked, "Who is willing to break out of the siege and return to Xuchang for help?" ”

"The last will go!"

Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, Le Jin, and Zhang Xiu were listed at the same time.

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun, shook his head, and said secretly: "When you encounter a major event, you still need to discuss with Zixiao and Yuan Rang." The two of them could not walk. He glanced at Le Jin again and shook his head again, "Wen Qian is familiar with military books and is good at the art of war, but his martial arts are a little worse." I'm afraid that there will be no return. He finally fixed his gaze on Zhang Xiu, fixed the time for a few breaths, and saw that he was going to move back in reverse.

Zhang Xiu saw a little doorway, shrunk his eyebrows, and said loudly: "Lord, but I don't trust the last general." ”

"What a thing!"

"Then why didn't the lord let the last general go to rescue the soldiers?"

To be honest, Zhang Xiu was imprisoned by Luan Yi for more than three months before escaping, how could Cao Cao not be suspicious of him. Now, being pointed out by Zhang Xiu straight to the point, it is inevitable that I feel a little embarrassed. But he said, "What is the matter?" You and I are like brothers, how can I doubt you. The reason for several hesitations was that no candidate was decided. This trip is extremely dangerous, and I can't bear to put you in danger. ”

"As a military general, you should be proud of the horse leather shroud, how can you spare your life like gold and be afraid of hardship. This time he asked for help, and the last general Mao recommended himself. If the lord does not trust the last general, the last general is willing to make a military order. ”

As soon as he heard the "military order", Cao Cao felt a lot more at ease, and he said falsely: "Who can I believe if I don't believe in Youwei?" The military order is still exempted! After speaking, he moved his gaze to Xun You.

Xun You read the underlying words from Cao Cao's eyes, and said: "My lord, General Zhang's journey is long and full of risks, in order to strengthen General Zhang's confidence and give him the will to break the cauldron and sink the boat, it is better to make a military order as the general said." ”

Cao Cao nodded, "What Gongda said also makes sense. How about Youweiyi? ”

"Listen to your orders!" Zhang Xiu didn't say much, tore off the placket of the robe, bit his finger and wrote casually, "Zhang Xiu, the word Youwei, swears that within a month, he will move to rescue the soldiers, if he violates this oath, he will not die." ”

Cao Cao saw that the military order was actually written in blood, and his doubts were greatly dispelled, and he said: "Youwei has this determination, and we can be safe." He put away the order of the general and immediately sent a hundred elite cavalry out of the city with Zhang Xiu.

Not long after Zhang Xiu left, Li Dian led the defeated army into the city. At this time, Li Dian was no longer as chic as before, his hair was scattered, his face was covered with dust, and the armor on his body was torn, and it was stained with a little blood. Obviously, he experienced a fierce battle, which made Cao Cao, who originally wanted to denounce him for defeating the army and losing the city, unable to speak.

Li Dian threw himself in front of Cao Cao's leg and shouted sadly: "Li Dian has the great trust of the lord, please punish the lord." ”

If the punishment of Li Dian can be exchanged for returning to Shanyang, Cao Cao will definitely scold him for being bloody. But the wood is already in the boat, and the matter has come to this, what is the use of punishment? "Manchester City must not blame themselves, first of all, how did Shanyang fall?"

Li Dian was greatly disappointed and told the story.

It is said that since Cao Cao handed over the entire Shanyang County to Li Dian, Li Dian did not dare to be careless at all. Carefully arrange the defense of each county in the county, arrange scouts to find out intelligence, and also set up sentry posts on several high mountains in the county, and immediately light beacon fires to warn when there is danger, and keep the mountains and suns solid.

At first, everything was fine, but on the day Cao Cao captured the city of Xipingling, things began to change.

First, the sentinel sent by Li Dian to the southeast of Shanyang County lost news, and then the beacon tower in the same direction also lost contact. In Shanyang County, Li Dian's military vision in the southeast fell into a blank.

He suddenly sensed that the situation was not good, and immediately sent a scout horse to investigate. But what makes people feel strange is that more than a dozen teams of scouts were sent to never come back. Only then did he remember that Cao Cao had told him that there was an object in the church army that increased the distance of sight for reconnaissance, and its function was somewhat similar to that of clairvoyance, which was called a telescope.

Obviously, the horses and outposts arranged by themselves were discovered in this way, and they were removed one by one.

"The soldiers and horses of the church are coming, shouldn't they be pressed in Jinan by the lord?" After a short period of doubt, Li Dian quickly strengthened the city defense, summoned his generals to arrange defense, and the soldiers were divided into shifts to defend the wall day and night, waiting for the heavy troops to attack.

But the left and other enemy troops could not arrive, and they still could not wait.

Just when he was suspicious, he was shocked to find that after the southeast sentinel and the outpost were lost, the east, west, north and south were ...... The sentry horses and outposts of the eight directions have been silent.

In an instant, Li Dian became blind, and he did not know the current situation in other county towns outside of Changyi City, where he was stationed, let alone the movements of the enemy troops in the county.

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