In the school field, Cao Ying watched with great satisfaction as Cao Ren led the tiger and leopard to train in the ice and snow. Today, all strong armies are based on peacetime training, although the tiger and leopard cavalry is not as good as Sun Ling's sword battalion, but it is precisely because they can continue to train in this weather, so they are definitely a rare strong army in the world.

It can be said that in the case of equal numbers, in addition to the sword battalion, the tiger and leopard cavalry are not afraid of the first dead soldiers of the light cavalry, because they are fast enough and fierce enough!

As long as Xiahoudun's side successfully completes the task, with Ma Teng joining forces with him, there is absolutely no doubt about the capture of Chang'an. And at that time, even if half of Sizhou is ceded, it doesn't matter. Because in this way, not only the original purpose has been achieved, but there is a way out. In the future, he will have a good relationship with Ma Teng, and he will be able to resist Sun Ling together.

As for whether Ma Teng would defend against Sun Ling with him, Cao Ying was not worried about this at all. After all, as long as you are not a fool, you will understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. And with Sun Ling's strength now, Cao Ying believes that no prince will not be wary of him.

Thinking of this, Cao Ying turned his head to look in the direction of Beidi County, and said to himself in a lost mind: "I don't know what happened to Yuan Rang over there, he should have arrived in Beidi County when he calculated the time, and saw Ma Teng, right?" I hope there won't be any accidents on Ma Teng's side! ”

"Although the lord is relieved, General Yuan Rang is thoughtful, if even he can't convince Ma Teng, there is no other suitable candidate. Besides, the lord is willing to give up half of Sizhou, as long as Ma Teng is not stupid, he will definitely not refuse! Seeing that Cao Ying was a little worried, Cheng Yu behind him spoke out to comfort.

"I hope so!" Although Cao Ying also knew that what Cheng Yu said was true, after all, this matter was related to the development of his future forces, and there was no room for any accidents, so he was still a little nervous.

Just when Cao Ying wanted to invite Cheng Yu to his camp tent, drink some warm wine to warm his body, and by the way, let himself not think about these things, a young general guarding the camp gate ran to his side in a panic.

"What kind of system is it that is panicked? Is there something new in the city? Don't worry, as long as they don't rush to camp, let them go! Seeing the appearance of this young general guarding the camp, Cao Ying thought that he had come to report the changes in Chang'an City again, and reprimanded him nonchalantly.

Seeing that Cao Ying had misunderstood his intentions, the young general of the camp swallowed the saliva in his mouth, and because of his emotional nervousness, he said very unfavorably: "Lord! No.. It's not that the city has changed, it's Xiahou. General Xiahou, he's back! ”

"Oh? Yuan let it come back.,It's pretty fast.。。 Hmm, that's not right! It will take three days to travel to and from Northland County at the earliest, and it has only been two days, how is this possible? Is something going on?! When Cao Ying heard that the young general said that Xiahoudun was back, he was quite happy at first, but after thinking about it, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a lingering haze.

Rushed out of the camp gate, and when he saw Xiahoudun covering his left eye, covered in blood, and supported by two soldiers, Cao Ying should have known that something was wrong.

"Something still happened, and something happened in the end。。" muttering these words to himself, Cao Ying's eyes darkened, and his body swayed for a while, fortunately he was supported by the young general of the camp who followed closely behind him, otherwise Cao Ying would have fallen directly on the snow.

But at this time, where can Cao Ying still take care of the image problem? waved his hand and pushed away the support of the young general, and while walking, his steps were very unsteady in front of Xiahoudun, who had a somewhat weak breath, and asked Ai Ai: "Yuan Rang, what's wrong with you?" What the hell is going on?! ”

"It's Ma Teng! He offered a bounty on our general, and a few of my guards and I were intercepted and killed by a very powerful killer before we could enter Northland County. When I was hiding, I also heard the killer say that Ma Teng would go south to deal with the lord soon! Xiahoudun, who was originally breathing, suddenly raised his head after hearing Cao Ying's voice, and roared with hatred.

It wasn't until Xiahoudun raised his head that Cao Ying realized that his left eye was gone! What kind of killer is he who can kill those guards while also injuring Xiahou like this?

Without waiting for Cao Ying to ask the reason, Cheng Yu, who came from behind, shouted in disbelief after hearing Xiahoudun's words: "How is this possible? When Ma Teng learned that we were besieging Chang'an, even if he didn't have the idea of joining forces, he would sit back and wait for our army and Li Xuan to lose both before making a move. How can you behave like this?! ”

As soon as Cheng Yu's words fell, Xiahoudun pushed away the two soldiers who were supporting him with great difficulty, pointed to the left eye that had lost its eyeball and looked very mad, and gritted his teeth and roared: "Does the military advisor think that this eyeball is dug out by me Xiahoudun himself?!" ”

Now that things are bad enough, Cao Ying naturally can't let Cheng Yu and Xiahoudun turn against each other because of this, so he can only suppress the anxiety in his heart and persuade softly: "Yuan Rang!" Zhongde, that's not what I mean, it's just that this matter is about the survival of our army, can you tell us what happened? ”

No matter how much he hated in his heart, Xiahoudun would not disobey Cao Ying's wishes. Forcibly endured the pain all over his body, and told the words that he and others met Meng Qin, how he escaped from the pursuit, and Meng Qin finally thought that he had escaped.

When he heard Xiahoudun say that the terrible killer was staring at his head, Cao Ying's already dark face was even more gloomy, and he almost wanted to drip water.

Xiahoudun's head alone was worth a thousand taels of gold, and Cao Ying couldn't imagine how much Ma Teng would pay to buy his head from the killer who even had Xiahoudun in his hands and only escaped by luck. Thinking that his life was threatened, Cao Ying couldn't calm down even if he wanted to.

Ordered someone to take Xiahoudun back to the camp for treatment, Cao Ying looked at Cheng Yu, who was silent after Xiahoudun finished speaking, and said in a cold voice: "Does Zhongde still think that this matter has nothing to do with Na Ma Teng?" ”

"This..." Regarding Cao Ying's question, Cheng Yu was obviously a little unable to answer.

Although Cheng Yu still didn't want to believe that Ma Teng would do such a stupid thing, according to Xiahoudun's situation and what he described, the spearhead of all this was pointed at Ma Teng. In this regard, if he said anything to refute it, I am afraid it would only arouse Cao Ying's dissatisfaction.

It can only be said that Meng Qin's play is too real, if he hadn't injured Xiahoudun so badly, and then did it so properly, maybe even Cao Ying would have doubted it.

"Let the army rectify first today, and tomorrow morning, we will withdraw to Yanzhou!" Seeing that Cheng Yu couldn't answer his words, Cao Ying said categorically.

When Cheng Yu heard Cao Ying say that he was going to withdraw the army, he was very anxious and persuaded: "Lord! Do you want to wait any longer? Even if this matter was really done by Na Ma Teng, as long as he knew that the lord was willing to give him half of Sizhou, he would still be willing to join forces with our army to attack Chang'an. ”

This expedition was not only his own opinion, but also mobilized all the available troops in Yanzhou and a large amount of grain and grass, and it was too much to pay, and Cheng Yu was really unwilling to return empty-handed.

Cheng Yu's thoughts, how could Cao Ying not guess it? He didn't want to just go back in vain. It's just that even if Ma Teng is here now and is willing to join forces, can he do this?

Not to mention his relationship with Xiahoudun, just with his position in the army, but now that he has been hurt like this, those generals and soldiers in the army will not be willing to join forces with Ma Teng. If Cao Ying forcibly asks for it, I am afraid it will backfire.

"Even if Ma Teng is willing to join forces now, does Zhong De think these soldiers in the army will agree? In the future, the relationship between our army and Ma Teng will be friend or foe! Pointing to the soldiers who were anxiously waiting outside the camp tent in circles after learning that Xiahoudun was injured, Cao Ying seemed to be explaining the reason for the withdrawal to Cheng Yu, and said as if reminding himself.

Looking in the direction of Cao Ying's finger, when he saw that those middle and high-level generals were all surrounded outside Xiahoudun's camp tent, Cheng Yu couldn't say anything in his heart, even if there were tens of millions of reasons to stop Cao Ying's withdrawal, he could only sigh abruptly: "Then withdraw!" ”

In Jia Yu's study, Meng Qin held a white piece in his hand, staring intently at the desperate white square on the table, until the end he still didn't know how to start, then he raised his head, glared at Jia Yu opposite very unpleasantly, and said angrily: "It's dead!" ”

Regarding Meng Qin's attitude, Jia Yu just smiled faintly, first separated the white and black sons on the chessboard, and then said with a smile: "Our people have sent back the news, the Cao army outside the city has begun to rectify, if nothing else, it should be withdrawn and left in the next two days." You've done a great job this time, and even if I was there, I wouldn't have been able to come up with such an idea. Everyone in the world has a rumor that the people of the Meng family can be literate and martial, and they really live up to their reputation! ”

Even if he did a good job this time, Meng Qin didn't believe that Jia Yu would boast about himself like this. After thinking about it for a while, thinking of Jia Yu's intention in saying this, Meng Qin sneered and said, "I have a few catties and a few taels, and I know it very well in my heart." When I have to send you to Yangzhai City, you and I will have nothing to do with each other! ”

Seeing that Meng Qin saw through his intentions, Jia Yu didn't beat around the bush with him anymore, and directly singled out: "I don't mean to let you have to serve the Hou Ye, I just want you to accompany me into Yangzhai City to meet him, if you are not satisfied, you can leave." ”

After the previous few failed persuasions, Jia Yu no longer mentioned Sun Ling's advantages to Meng Qin, because he knew that as long as he said this, Meng Qin would definitely turn around and leave. So instead, he retreated to the next best thing, hoping that he could accompany him to meet Sun Ling, and as for whether he was willing to be loyal at that time, it was up to him to decide.

Sure enough, this time Meng Qin did not directly refuse, but thought about it hesitantly.

In fact, Meng Qin was just disgusted that every time Jia Yu persuaded himself, he was talking about how powerful Sun Ling was. These may be the key to choosing a lord for most people, but this is not the case with Monchin.

"Maybe I should go and meet him, if he is really the kind of person my father said, even if I use what I have learned to serve him, it is okay!" After thinking for a moment, Meng Qin said secretly in his heart.

Thinking of this, Meng Qin said slowly in Jia Yu's expectant gaze: "Okay! I promise you! But if that Sun Ling is not the master in my heart, I will leave directly! ”

Seeing that Meng Qin finally agreed, Jia Yu said with some emotion: "Great! I'm sure Master Hou won't let you down! ”

After Yuan Shao and Liu Bei crossed the Yellow River, they quietly entered Yanzhou and established a county seat as a stronghold. At first, the two were afraid that Cao Ying would come in a big way, but after waiting for two days, they found that Cao Ying didn't make any moves towards their arrival.

When I knew from the mouths of those captured soldiers that the reason why this was the case was because after Cao Ying led the army to Sizhou, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei no longer entered the village with devils, and each took the only remaining elite, and the two rushed to the counties of Yanzhou, which originally belonged to Cao Ying.

In just a few days, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, who divided their troops into two routes, occupied most of Yanzhou with thousands of elites under their command, as well as those captured soldiers.

At this time, Cao Ying was also on the way back to Yanzhou, I really don't know what kind of expression he would have when he came back and found that most of his Yanzhou was occupied by Yuan Shao and Liu Bei. And because of Jia Yu's calculations, these three heroes reunited in Yanzhou again as Sun Ling wished, but this time it is estimated that it will not be as friendly as last time.

ps: Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, so I wish everyone a good time and a good rest!