However, it is said that Hua Fei led the elite cavalry to wave the army to the west, and along the way, the troops of Xuzhou, who were uncommanded, were all defeated and fled one after another.

Hua Fei led the elite cavalry to chase all the way to the vicinity of Fuli County, only to catch up with the Xuzhou army, which was slow to move because of the need to escort property and baggage.

The troops in Xuzhou saw that Tai Shici should be killed first, so they hurriedly shouted and fled in all directions. Hua Fei recaptured as he wished, more than 2,000 war horses, and countless property baggage.

At this time, it was getting late, and the cold wind was getting more and more biting. Hua Fei led the elite horsemen, escorted a huge amount of property, and went to the west of Shansang County.

The Shansang County Order, which is weak, smelled that it was famous in the four states, and Runan Taishou Huafei personally arrived with thousands of elite horses. Those who hurriedly led people to open the east gate went out of the city to greet them.

Hua Fei comforted him with kind words, and entrusted Shansang County to arrange for the hiring of manpower overnight, so that he could help transport the baggage to Runan tomorrow. Then the cavalry, who were extremely tired, were temporarily stationed in the county town of Shansang.

It was night, the north wind was howling, the sky was cold and the night was cold. Tai Shi Ci was ordered to arrange for the troops to rest in turn, guarding the baggage.

He also sent people out of the city overnight to cross the whirlpool to the west, to meet the more than 2,000 elite horsemen behind, and to inform Chen Zhi's infantry to come to Shansang County to meet.

And Hua Fei refused to be treated with a banquet by the county order, under the protection of Xu Chu and his guards; Alone in the room where the torch burned warm, I thought about my future plans.

He turned the warm Buddha beads and thought to himself, now Tao Qian in Xuzhou has passed away, and he has been replaced by Cao Bao. Runan County, the county seat in the middle of the world, has not only cut off an important grain route.

Moreover, because of the loss of allies in the east, they will once again fall into an unfavorable environment where they are enemies on three sides.

If only one grain route is cut off, the current Runan, after more than three months of development, is already a soldier and has enough food. And to the west of Runan, there is still Jingzhou that can provide grain and other goods, but this is not a cause for concern.

Hua Fei was worried that if he attacked Huainan at this time, then with Cao Bao's character of retribution, he would inevitably take advantage of his internal emptiness to raise troops to retaliate.

If it was just Cao Bao who sent troops to attack Runan, Cao Bao had no generals under his command, but there were many fierce generals under his command. And the more than 40,000 tuntian soldiers under his command can also be used by ordinary county soldiers after training.

At this time, Runan will be fierce and proficient, and there are more resourceful people such as Lu Su to coordinate and arrange everything, which is still enough to resist the attack from Cao Bao.

If this is the case, it is still feasible to continue to attack Huainan Yuanshu according to the original plan. Thinking of this, he slowly turned the Buddha beads in his palm in the faint scent of sandalwood. I carefully thought about what I was thinking about again.

Time passed slowly on his rotating beads. Suddenly, Hua Fei thought of an extremely dangerous possibility.

If this happens, then Runan County will most likely face a huge crisis! He was ruthless, and grabbed the Buddha beads in his hand.

And when Hua Fei was planning things. Cao Bao has transformed into an "ant", and he is also an "ant" on a hot pot! ”

This is because Cao Hong, who fled with no life, has already run back to Xuzhou. Therefore, after getting the information that Hua Fei and Tai Shici led troops to come. Cao Bao was directly frightened, and he looked like he was spinning around.

He didn't blame Cao Hong, and fled before fighting. Because he pays for himself, even if he is himself, when facing Tai Shici's magic arrow, he will find a way to save his life first.

However, Cao Bao was able to get to this day in this troubled world and seek to seize the power of Xuzhou, after all, he is not a simple person. After panicking for a while, he gradually calmed down.

He knew that he was in terms of troops and finances at the moment. That's not worse than Hua Fei at all, and even much stronger. He felt that the only difference between the two sides was that he did not have a fierce general to help.

Therefore, he began to think about it quickly, who in this world can help him Cao Bao? Kaiyang's Zang Xuangao has long supported the army and stood on his own, but I am afraid that he will not buy his account.

However, in the case of rushing to the doctor, he still quickly made a heavy gift and went to Kaiyang to ask Zangba to come to help. He thought to himself that it was better to treat a dead horse as a living horse than to treat it as a dead horse.

On this day, Xuzhou's governance office Tancheng, a number of fast horses rushed out one after another. All of them rode alone and in pairs, braving the biting cold wind and snow, and ran separately in the direction of Yanzhou, Huainan and Xiaopei.

Cao Bao cast his nets and fished indiscriminately, inviting all the gods in the sky, and anyone who had some hatred or conflict of interest with Hua Fei; Anyone who has something to do with him Cao Bao; He gave a heavy gift and invited him to help him fight Huafei.

Winter, the third day of November. Chen Dao, who had already driven through the east of Yingshui, after receiving Hua Fei's order. According to the order, the Wu Xu brothers, He Yi, and Liu Pi were dispatched to return to Pingyu County to listen to the orders of Gong Cao Lusu.

And he himself led the rest of the army and hurried to the county seat of Shansang.

At the same time, Hua Fei dispatched 2,000 elite horsemen to protect the Minfu Brigade hired by Shansang County, and first escorted a large amount of property and baggage, and set off to Pingyu City.

After Hua Fei's elite riders were protected, they returned as soon as possible to obey orders. Another personal guard had written a letter from him, and one person and two riders had rushed to Pingyu City.

With the operation of Huafei and Cao Bao, Runan and Xuzhou have shown a situation of "night rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings".

On the third night of the first lunar month, Cao Bao of Xuzhou ordered Cao Hong to lead 20,000 elite soldiers from Danyang, set off on the starry night, and hurried to Fuli County, west of Xuzhou. Don't let it be strictly guarded, if it is a loss from the county, come and see it!

At the same time, Cao Bao ordered his henchmen to lead 20,000 troops to guard Lingbi County, preparing to resist Hua Fei to the west of Suishui.

On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Huafei of Shansang County ushered in reinforcements from Chen Zhi and other generals, and its total strength increased to more than 23,000 people, accounting for as much as half of its total number of elite soldiers.

And Lu Su, who was ordered to guard the county seat of Pingyu, was discussing the shocking changes in Xuzhou with the Cao people in the Taishou Mansion. Suddenly, Hua Fei ordered someone to send the letter quickly.

Lu Su opened the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help but "hiss!" He gasped. Bing Yuan on the side hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Su rubbed his chin with his hand and replied in a deep voice: "The lord orders to abandon the original plan and strategy of attacking Huainan. Instead, go east to Xuzhou. ”

When Bing Yuan heard this, his short-sighted eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Why is this so?" ”

Lu Su'Alas! He sighed, shook his head and said: "What the lord said is very true, this Xuzhou is connected to Yanzhou in the north and Yangzhou in the south, which is a transit place. Once, Cao Bao Pifu contacted Cao Cao in Yanzhou and launched a siege on our army with Yuan Shu in Yangzhou. Then Runan is bound to be in danger! ”

When the Cao people heard this, they all fell into deep thought, and the hall was silent for a while.

After a long time, Liu Zheng raised his head and asked, "However, this is just a one-sided speculation of the lord." I don't think the enemy forces will necessarily collude with each other, right? Don't forget, this Yuan Shu is known as 'Xuzhou Bo', and he has coveted Xuzhou for a long time in his heart. ”

Liu Fu, who pursed his lips and was silent, heard this, and his eyes were bright. Said urgently: "Yes! Not only did Yuan Shu want Xuzhou, but even Cao Cao also coveted the wealthy Xuzhou. How can they collude together? Don't forget that there is still hatred between them. ”

As soon as Liu Fu's words came out, all the Cao people felt that it made sense. Then there was a lot of discussion, and they agreed.

Lu Su shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The lord of this matter has long expected that if someone else is the Taishou of Runan, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu will not give up the rich Xuzhou and attack the poor Runan." ”

When Bingyuan heard this, he said, 'Shhh! He took a breath of cool air, and thought about it: "You mean, because Runan Taishou is the lord, so Cao Cao and them ......."

Lu Su nodded and said in a high voice: "Yes, that's because of this." The lord analyzed in the letter that Cao Cao was eloquent and strategic, and he must be extremely jealous of the lord after the battle of Pengcheng! Therefore, as long as he has the opportunity, he will not let go of the lord. ”

When Bing Yuan and Zhu Cao heard this, they both nodded in agreement. Lu Su said again: "And Yuan Shu is extremely narrow-minded, if he has the opportunity to repay the revenge of Jinfeng Crossing, how can he let it go?" ”

After listening to this analysis, the faces of the cao people in the hall all became extremely heavy. They know that the chances of this happening have become extremely high.

After a while, Bing Yuan patted the bamboo scroll with a 'snap', and asked with a frown: "If this is the case, my Runan has become an enemy on three sides, but why does the lord still wave the army to Xuzhou?" ”

Lu Su replied: "The lord considers that he himself is in Xuzhou and has a good reputation in Xuzhou. And Chen Deng and Lu Zhu are also the masters of Xuzhou, and their prestige in Xuzhou has a great impact on Xuzhou. ”

Saying that, he paused slightly, and then said: "Besides, Cao Bao seized the power of Xuzhou with a conspiracy, and his power is in an unstable situation. And there is no general under his command who is not capable of leading the army to fight, and there is no strategist with superior intelligence, and he is the weakest of the three forces. If the lord can win a big game with the fastest speed, Xuzhou will inevitably be shaken, but it can be drummed! ”

When Bingyuan heard this, "Smack! The fierce force struck the bamboo roll in the palm, and suddenly realized that he shouted loudly.

"Exactly! If our lord takes Xuzhou, it will inevitably be a big shock, and it will not only cut off the tripartite connection, but also deter the two armies of Cao and Yuan. Then I Runan County, I can rest easy. ”

Zhu Cao immediately came to his senses and expressed his approval.

On the same day, Lu Su ordered on the spot that the entire 37 counties of Runan should all enter the first level of wartime preparations.

At the same time, all counties were ordered to organize young and strong people to form a transport brigade as quickly as possible. began to continue under the protection of the elite soldiers, and went all out to Shansang County, transporting grain, grass and siege equipment.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the north wind is howling and the snow is falling. After Hua Fei let the army rest, he left Gong to guard the county seat of Shansang.

But he and the generals took advantage of Cao Hong, and did not dare to lead the army out of the city to defend the river. Quickly waved the army east to cross Suishui, and the troops left the county seat before the two mountains.

At this time, a hero in Xuzhou agreed to Cao Bao's request. is leading the tiger generals of the world, leading tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and rushing to Fuli County with great fanfare. (To be continued.) )