In winter, on the night of December 11, Xu Sheng sent someone to inform Hua Fei that he had been ordered to lead the navy to secretly follow Rushui to the north overnight, and stationed troops upstream of Yingshui.

After Hua Fei got the news, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he knew that all the armies were in place. As for it, will Yuan Shu jump into the encirclement he has set up?

The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven. All kinds of stratagems had been handed over to the commanders of the armies, and he didn't think much about it.

However, when he was calculating Yuan Shu, he didn't know that Cao Cao, who had taken advantage of the Runan Rebellion to pacify Yingchuan, was receiving his mastermind - Xun Yu overnight.

It was the cold and biting north wind over Xihua County at night, and the 'woo' howl blew across the dark night sky. As Cao Cao's temporary residence in Xiyang County, he was illuminated by the bright red torches, shining inside and out.

In the depths of the yamen guarded by the army, Cao Cao, who was not very tall, was diligently pouring a glass of freshly warm wine from the boiled wine pot to Xun You, who was relatively honest and honest.

Xun You hurriedly held the cup with both hands, bent over and nodded in thanks: "Thank you Lord for the wine!" Why does the lord need to be so kind, he is really ashamed to be ashamed. ”

In the fragrant aroma of wine, Cao Cao flicked his sleeves and waved his hand: "It deserves it, Gongda will work hard with me, and it will naturally deserve it." Come on, come on, you and I will drink this cup together in the cold winter night, and warm up your body first before you can continue. ”

Saying that, Cao Cao raised his glass and drank wine with Xun You. After putting down the cup, he asked, "Gongda!" Come to see you late at night, there will be a trick to teach me? ”

Xun You put down the cup in his hand and said, "Lord! Chen Dengzhi's main force was erratic, and his defense line was full of flags, so it seemed that this was a suspicious tactic. ”

Cao Cao leaned over, stretched out his arm and sifted another glass of wine for Xun You, and said, "Gongda!" Hua Fei uses soldiers like gods, and he should be the way to prevent fiction and reality! ”

When Xun You heard this, he knew that Cao Cao was reasonable, and after the last time Hua Fei's whole army was transferred south to attack Yuan Shu, no one dared to guarantee that Hua Fei would not suddenly go north to attack Cao Cao and be caught off guard.

Thinking of this, he lowered his head and replied in contemplation: "This matter must not be guarded against, but it is just a matter of getting information in the near future. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he leaned over hurriedly: "Oh? What is the information? ”

"Under the command of Chen Deng, the commander-in-chief of Huafei's northern line, there is a general who has been ordered to guard Ruyang County for a long time, and this general is called He Yi."

When Cao Cao heard this, he tilted his head and thought about it, but there was no trace of it, so he looked at Xun Yu in puzzlement.

Xun You saw the shape and knew the meaning, but introduced Cao Cao: "He Yi was originally born in the Yellow Turban, this person once followed Sun Jian and then followed Yuan Shu, and there were tens of thousands of horses under his command, which was originally a tyrant in Runan. Later, he was defeated by Hua Fei, and had no choice but to succumb to others. ”

Cao Cao's face showed disdain, and he squinted his eyes and pouted: "This kind of person is like the grass on the wall, and there is really no trace of loyalty at all. ”

Xun Yu clasped his fists at the table and saluted: "What the lord said is true, this kind of person really has no loyalty at all, but the lord must not forget that he is now under the command of Hua Fei, and is stationed in the military town - Ruyang County." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes widened, and he stretched out his right hand to Xun You and said, "Gongda means ......"

"My lord! At present, Hua Fei has assigned elite soldiers to garrison along the river, and they are stationed in Yingshui to block the momentum of our coalition army. This plan is good, but if there is a break, it is broken everywhere. This can be used by He Yizheng, why doesn't the lord use this point as a breakthrough to break through Huafei's defensive front? ”

Cao Cao covered his palms and looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha...... Gongda is really a clever plan, this Huafei boy, this time it is a big disaster! "It was night, Cao Cao and Xun You conspired for a long time, and they didn't disperse until late at night.

When the sky was about to dawn, Cao Cao suddenly led an army out of Xihua County and sent elite soldiers to cross Yingshui. Chen Dengde reported an emergency and ordered Xu Chu to lead the infantry army to resist the water and line up, and ordered Lu Zhu and He Yi to lead their headquarters to attack from the left and right ribs.

There was a small melee between the two armies, and Cao Cao saw that he could not cross the river, so he managed Mingjin to collect his troops and return.

Chen Deng only regarded Cao Cao as a test of his own actions, and Cao Cao had retreated. He only secretly raised his vigilance, but did not inform Hua Fei at the headquarters of this small battle.

On the morning of the 12th, after hearing that Yuan Shu had recaptured Shen County, Zhang Demei knew that Yuan Shu, who was quite jealous of Chen Dao, must have received the news that Chen Zhi was not in Yingshang County.

Pretending to be angry, he led 6,000 troops to build a bridge in shallow water and march eastward, directly outside the west gate of Shen County, and raised his voice to denounce Yuan Shu's shamelessness. And threatened him to withdraw to Huainan immediately, otherwise when Hua Fei led the army again, he would want him to look good.

When Yuan Shu heard the news, he hurriedly came to the city to watch. I saw Zhang Demei outside the city, wearing a black armor and a black robe, holding a sword on a horse, standing in the fluttering snow.

It's really a slight hair, a black robe fluttering, straight like a day of snow covering ink plums. All the defenders are straight-eyed, and their hearts are beating wildly!

Yuan Shu was lustful and undead to her, so he hurriedly sent Sun Ce and Ji Ling to lead the army out of the city secretly.

But he raised his voice and laughed from the city: "Little clam girl! What's the point of riding a skinny horse on such a cold day? If you dismount and abandon your sword and enter the city, how about I myself give you a horse to ride? Haha......"

Zhang Demei's face turned red with anger when she heard this, and she thought to herself: "You want to be beautiful, even if my aunt and grandmother want to ride a horse, they will ride my family Huafei." You look crooked, which onion, which garlic, which non-flowering narcissus are you? ”

Thinking of this, she pointed at the head of Shenxian County: "Yuan Pifu! If you think you are still a man, you will have to talk wildly, and if you have a kind of going down to the city to fight with your aunt and grandmother, you will fight for three hundred rounds. ”

Yuan Shu raised his hand and laughed: "Haha...... Do you want to fight three hundred rounds? Come on, come on, I'm only waiting for you on the couch, Hugh said three hundred rounds, even if it's six hundred rounds, nine hundred rounds. This wait, but also to accompany to the end. ”

"You...... Shameless puppet, if you have the ability, you come down, aunt and grandma, I will stab you with a sword and make you a big hole! ”

"Hey...... There's a kind of you coming up, waiting for Ben to stab you with a little hole with a gun! ”

Yuan Shuyi, speech, lewdness, and speech, only made Zhang Demei so angry that she almost vomited blood. She thought to herself that in this kind of thing, as a daughter, no matter how she scolded, she would suffer after all.

Just as he was about to summon the soldiers to scold the hateful horseman, he suddenly saw the opening of the west gate of Deshen County, Sun Ce took the lead with a spear and a prancing horse, and Ji Ling followed closely behind him.

Zhang Demei waved his sword and shouted: "Not good! It was Sun Ce who came, and the whole army listened to the order, and quickly withdrew with me to Yingshang County to hold on and wait for help! ”

"Where will the enemy go? Quickly dismount and be bound with Sun! Sun Ce raised his gun and shouted, leading the army to hurry over.

Ji Ling also waved his blade and shouted: "Little Beng Niang! You give me a stop! ”

The two generals rode their horses and led the army to chase Zhang Demei towards the Yingshui River in the west.

Zhang Demei ordered the troops to run and release arrows to resist the enemy, and stopped the war horses of Sun Ce and Ji Ling's two generals from charging into battle.

On the city tower, Yuan Shu saw that Zhang Demei had few troops, and it was clear from last night's battle report that Chen Zhi and Tai Shici both appeared outside Xinyang County.

He thought to himself: "At this time, the enemy army has no fierce generals to defend Yingshang County, and if you don't take advantage of this time to seize the city and grab the United States, when will you stay?" Nai" haha" laughed and led the army in pursuit.

Zhang Demei led the army to retreat, Sun Ce and Ji Ling were strong in martial arts, and swept away the sharp arrows while chasing after the horses, fortunately, this Shen County was on the edge of Yingshui.

Zhang Demei and his subordinates couldn't run a few steps, they had reached the bank of the Yingshui River, and hurriedly led the army across the bridge.

On the west bank of Yingshui, Wu Xu and He Man led the army out, and in the snowstorm, they each waved their knives and sticks to meet Zhang Demei, and the three generals tried to resist Sun Ce and Wu Xu on the side of the bridge.

Wu Xu swung his knife to fight Ji Ling again, and the two generals fought hard again; However, He Man, who was nine feet long, waved the iron rod in his palm, and only focused on Sun Ce's war horse; Zhang Demei, who was beautiful and white-skinned, went on the road with a sword, bent on fighting Sun Ce with the treasure gun in his hand.

The two generals cooperated tacitly, but they killed Sun Ce, who had never seen such a tactic, and it was difficult to take care of him. At this time, Yuan Shu, who was anxious to take the opportunity to seize the city and rob the United States, rushed to the scene with a large army.

"The whole army will attack together and rob the west of Yingshui for Ben Hou!"

Yuan Shu gave an order, and in an instant, thousands of troops roared, and thousands of soldiers rushed. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Demei had to order the army to retreat quickly, and led the elite of the army, the guard troops, with Wu Xu and He Man, to resist the bridgehead to cover the retreat of the army.

The battle did not last long, seeing that Yuan Shu's army crossed the river to prevent it from falling into the heavy encirclement of the enemy's army, Zhang Demei and other three generals led the guard troops, and forced Sun Ce and Ji Ling away, leading the army to flee to the county seat.

Yuan Shu waved his army to chase after him, but unexpectedly, due to the scattered battle array, a large number of soldiers were hit one after another, screaming or falling into the pit; or stumbling on a trap; There were heavy casualties at one point.

Yuan Shu was so anxious that he was behind, waving his sword and jumping to his feet and scolding: "Shameless thief army! How did he use such shameless and insidious means to trick people? ”

Sun Ce saw the tragic situation of the army on the horse, and he jumped on his horse and raised his gun and shouted: "The army obeys the order, and the whole army follows the path of the enemy army to pursue!" ”

The Huainan army obeyed Sun Ce's bravery, so they stopped the chaos and followed his orders to pursue.

Yuan Shu observed that there was no danger, but his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly grabbed a personal guard beside him, and ordered him to rush to Shenxian County to pass the order, ordering the guards to leave only 5,000 troops to defend the city, and the rest all crossed the river to attack Yingshang County.

At this point, Huafei's strategy of luring the enemy into the depths has once again taken a big step forward in the direction of success.

It was almost noon, and the guard of Gushi County urgently reported to Hua Fei: "Lord! Smoke rises to the sky in the direction of Yingshang! ”

Hua Fei stood up "Teng": "Order, Xu Sheng's water army will immediately go south along the river and cut off the enemy's retreat; Tai Shi Ci and Chen Zhi each led the essence to ride, and the two wings were outflanked; Gushi County originally arranged for the Qin army to immediately cross the river and smoke to confuse Liu Bei; The rest of the people will go south with me; Don't take the head of Yuan Shu for me in this battle! ”

"Yes!" All the generals clasped their fists and shouted.

Immediately the ministries acted urgently. Yingshui upstream, Xu Sheng Zhang Fan; In Gushi County, fine riding and horsebacking; On the east bank of Yingshui, thick smoke rises; Huafei headquarters was full of troops, rushing to outflank Yingshang.

At this moment, Chen Deng heard that the Yingshang War had begun, and urgently led the main force of the northern front to tour the area of Xiangcheng in the south to prevent Liu Bei's army from making any changes.

But he didn't know that the meticulous work sent by Cao Cao had taken advantage of the morning melee to smoothly blend into He Yi's army, and he was meeting He Yi at this time.

At the same time, Cao Cao's general Xia Houyuan and his brother Xia Houyuan all received Cao Cao's secret orders, and each ordered the army under his command to secretly set off and come to Ruyang County.

Cao Cao gathered more than 80,000 troops in the area of Xihua County, and when the time came, he wanted to seize Runan and kill Huafei. (To be continued.) )