Last time, after the Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling learned that the nearly 100,000 Bingzhou wolves left Yuzhou and entered the territory of Yanzhou, he couldn't help but let out a breath of turbidity, but he smiled a little gloatingly: "Hehehe, Cao Ying has taken the Tiger Prison Pass but is majestic, and now he is wantonly attacking the land of Xuzhou in the name of revenge, and I don't know what the expression on his face will be when he learns that Lu Bu's 100,000 army has entered Yanzhou."

Hey, that's not right. Since Lu Bu didn't go through the Tiger Pass, did his 100,000 army come from Wuguan? But doesn't he care about the safety of Wuguan? Yuan Shu has hoarded hundreds of thousands of troops in Nanyang, so he is not afraid that Yuan Shu will attack Wuguan and then go straight to Luoyang? Could it be that Kong Ling muttered alone in the Thorn Mansion.

Chenliu County, Yanzhou.

"Big brother, I see that all the counties in Yuzhou are defenseless, why don't you take Yuzhou with you?" After Zhang Liao experienced several battles with Yuan Shu alone, he gradually grew into a handsome talent who could stand alone.

Lu Bu slowed down the pace of the red rabbit horse, glanced at the Chen Liujun and civilians who were scattered and fled in front of him, and said with a smile: "Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling is not a big person, and I heard that he has been weak and sick recently, but I am afraid that he will die soon." As long as Cao Ying can defeat and capture Yanzhou, Yuzhou will fall into the trap of our army, one south and one north, which is exactly what our army is in the bag.

The most important thing is to take advantage of the fact that Yanzhou did not expect that our army would come from Yuzhou, take them by surprise, and take a foothold in Yanzhou before they react. Our army now only has a few dry rations, once Yanzhou gets the news from their meticulous work in Yuzhou, after they have taken precautions, if we want to capture a few cities and force Cao Ying to withdraw from Xuzhou and fight a decisive battle with our army, it will be like a moon in the well. ”

Jia Xu in the back suddenly asked, "I don't know how many defenders the lord left in Nanyang?" Jia Xu and Zhao Yun's East Route Army had just returned to Nanyang and set off immediately after only one night's rest, and Jia Xu and Zhao Yun didn't know anything about Nanyang.

"I mobilized 30,000 guards from Wuguan to station in Nanyang, and the Nanyang guard will be Wu Kuang, the general of the Guards, Wu Kuangsheng's surname is steady and cautious, whether it is Jingzhou or Huainan, he has no worries in Nanyang." Lu Bu was very sure of Wu Kuang's talent.

Jia Xu nodded, and fell silent again. Although the Eastern Route Army burned a lot of Cao Ying's military rations this time, it did not expect that Cao Ying would make dangerous moves and use internal response to raid the Tiger Prison Pass, which caused the entire battle situation to be blocked. It can be said that in this confrontation with Guo Jia, the strategist behind Cao Ying, although there were some objective factors such as insufficient intelligence and being in the enemy's situation, Jia Xu still lost a game after all.

Lu Bu also knows a little bit of what Jia Xu thinks, but this kind of thing is not what Lu Bu is good at handling, and he also knows that Jia Xu, the 'poisoner' who has left a name in history, will never be discouraged by the failure of a confrontation, so he simply doesn't think about it anymore.

"Big brother, less than thirty miles ahead is Chen Liucheng, should we directly attack Chen Liucheng while Chen Liu's defenders are unprepared?" Gao Shun shook the seven-killing spear in his hand and asked Lu Bu, he was confident that with his trapping camp (although it was an infantry army, but Lu Bu and Maduo were all riding horses), Chen Liucheng would definitely be able to take it.

"Chen Liucheng is the starting place of Cao Ying, although Cao Ying sent troops to conquer Xuzhou, but there will definitely be no less defenders in Chen Liucheng. Most of our army is cavalry, and only your thousands of traps are good at siege. Although Chen Liu is good, he is not the goal of our army. Wait for it to go directly through Chenliu and go straight to Puyang County!

Puyang is backed by the Yellow River and the Jinyi battalion has also found an internal response in Puyang, occupying Puyang, we are equivalent to inserting a knife in the heart of Yanzhou, so as to gain a foothold and then capture Cao Ying's Guandu camp by land, and open up the grain road with Luoyang from the waterway. In the steady capture of Juancheng, Dongjun and other places, (the map I found is indeed Dongjun, just next to Puyang~) We don't worry about Cao Ying's failure to retreat back to Yanzhou, as long as Cao Ying can't capture Xuzhou, and can't get the grain and grass that can support next year, the victory of this battle of Yanzhou will sooner or later fall into the hands of our army! ”

"Obey the orders of the eldest brother!" Gao Shun promised

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However, it is said that there is a rich Toda clan in Puyang City, and there are thousands of servants in the family, which is the most powerful in a county. But since a few days ago, Tian Zhong, the eldest son of the Tian family, and Tian Xing, the youngest son of the Tian family, were taken away when they were playing in the city, the Tian family's mansion has been gloomy, and the Tian family himself is not thinking about tea and food, and the black hair is full of black hair, but countless silver threads have been worried overnight.

This said, the Tian clan still sent almost all the servants in the palace as always, searching everywhere in Puyang City, and even the city guard of Puyang City heard the news, seeing that the Tian clan had also donated a lot of money and food to Cao Ying in the past, Yu Ban also sent some sergeants to help find it, and posted notices at the four city gates of Puyang.

"Sir! Madam! There is news of the two young masters!! Tian's housekeeper rushed into Tian's room.

Tian's eyes lit up, and an arrow stepped forward to support the old housekeeper's arms: "Tell me, where are my two children?" Will they suffer? ”

"I didn't see the two young masters, but someone sent a message and a brocade box, saying that if the lord and the lady want to see the young master, they must do what the letter says, if the master dares to have a different heart, this time it is the hair that is sent, and the next time it will be the hands of the eldest young master and the second young master!" The old butler said with a pale face.

"What did you say!!" Tian shouted angrily with a grim face.

"Old, sir, sir, sir! I'm just sending a message to that person. "The old butler is the means of his master, and there have been many cases of slaves who have angered their masters and even been beaten to death.

Tian took the brocade box in the old housekeeper's hand and pushed the old housekeeper out of the distance. I opened the brocade box violently, but I only saw two strands of hair in the brocade box, and a silk with the words recorded, "This is the hair of my two children!" My two miserable children!! Woo woo woo woo ~~~~~ "As soon as Tian's wife saw the two familiar strands of hair in the brocade box, she immediately remembered that she had just heard that her two precious sons might have their arms cut off, and immediately collapsed on the couch and cried to Tian.

'You take the two children and live well, but if you want your two children to continue to live, you must agree to our request, and after a few days, once you see a black brocade box placed in front of your house, you will go and keep Puyang City in the forbidden place and invite them to your home, and then no matter what method you use, you must be confined in your house for half a day. In this way, you will be able to see your two children alive and well the next day, who are not missing arms or legs. And once you dare to play tricks, the next day in front of your house will inevitably be the parts of your two children! ’

"Damn!!" Tian tore the cotton silk into two pieces, and his big eyes were full of murderous aura!

"Sir, sir! You are now in your fifties, and you will only have these two children in this life. Even if it's a concubine begging you, even if those people want a lot of money, the lord must not be stingy! Otherwise, if Zhong'er and Xing'er have something long and short, the concubine will not live! Woo woo woo ~ ~~~ "Tian's wife is the daughter of the Wei family in the city, and she has always been gentle and elegant, but after the accident of her two sons, she is like a different person, not only rolling and splashing all over the ground, but also crying and shouting all day long, which shows how much she loves those two baby bumps.

"Enough! Don't cry!! Look at you, wash your face with tears all day long, in case you collapse before the child comes back, what do you want me to do? Tian helped his wife to her feet and whispered as she wiped her tears.

"Woo woo woo ~ ~ ~ If the child is gone, what is the meaning of my life in this world? My two miserable children~~~~~" Mrs. Wei sat on the couch and began to weep again.

Tian sighed secretly, stroked his wife's soft hair, and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, those kidnappers just asked me to do something when I was asking, I think as long as I do what they say, Zhong'er and Xing'er will return safely." ”

Since receiving the silk sent by the kidnappers, Tian gradually collected the slaves sent to find people, and began to send people to the door every now and then to see if there was a black brocade box. Finally, one morning, when the slave of Tianfu opened the door, he unexpectedly found a black brocade box at the gate of Tianfu, and the slave did not dare to slack off, and immediately handed the brocade box to Tian.

"It's finally here! Come on, go and ask the garrison to come to my house for a talk, and say that my Tian family wants to discuss things again. Tian commanded in a loud voice.

"Yes!"

After the servant who had reported the news left, Tian took out a small white cloth bag from a red leather box. Under his wife's frightened expression, it slowly opened, but inside was filled with white powder.

"Husband, what are you holding in your hand?" Mrs. Wei asked with a worried expression.

Tian looked at the medicinal powder in his hand, took a deep breath and said, "Do you remember that your father often had trouble sleeping peacefully when he was alive? The powder in my hand was originally a pair of medicines that my father had obtained from a divine doctor surnamed Hua, and the effect of the medicine was that it could make people fall asleep quickly. But although my father got this medicine, he died of weakness and illness before he could take it.

Today, this medicine is once again our life-saving medicine. Those bandits told us to hold off the garrison for half a while, and then I would dissolve this medicine in the wine and drink it with the garrison. As long as the amount of medicine is enough, it will not be difficult to sleep until tomorrow morning. ”

Mrs. Wei frowned and said, "What if Yu Yu rises up in the second garrison and wants to blame us?" ”

Tian sneered: "I'm afraid that the second time he is the garrison of Puyang City, he may not be able to continue to be in charge." ”

"Why is that?" Mrs. Wei asked in surprise.

Tian put his head to Mrs. Wei's ear and whispered: "Today, I found that there are many men with Chinese accents in Puyang City, according to the servants, some of these people are tall and strong but claim to be rangers, while some are vendors, but I haven't seen them set up a stall to sell a single thing.

Now that Lord Cao is marching east to Xuzhou, Yanzhou is empty. In case Luoyang breaks through the Tiger Prison Pass, Yanzhou is about to change the sky! ”

Mrs. Wei's face turned pale: "Then according to this, isn't it the one who kidnapped Zhong'er and Xing'er?"

Tian nodded gloomily: "Ten ** are those people, the reason why they kidnapped Zhong'er and Xing'er is probably to force me to entangle Yu Garrison and take the opportunity to make trouble." But although I know who kidnapped Zhong'er and Xing'er, I have never found out where Zhong'er and Xing'er were hidden. In order not to annoy those people, I just did what they said, and I only hope that if they do it, they will be able to return Zhong'er and Xing'er as promised. Alas! ”

When it was said, Tian and Yu Ban, who drank mixed with medicinal powder, all fell asleep on the wine table, no matter how Yu Ban's subordinates shouted, Yu Ban also fell asleep there. The shouting outside the Tianfu became louder and louder, and finally when Yu Ban woke up, he saw a man who was more than nine feet tall and looked like a god sitting on the main seat in the city guard's mansion, drinking wine while looking at himself with a smile

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Pengcheng, Xuzhou.

"Hurry up and report it, just say that Fang Qiong asked to see Tao Thorn History." Fang Qiong held a cotton silk in his hand and whispered to the guards of the Assassin's Mansion.

A moment later.

"Lord Thorn Shi, please, Mr. Fang, please come with me."

"Ahem, Mr. Fang, does you have news from your lord?" Tao Qian was lying on the couch, looking terminally ill.

Fang Qiong gave a salute first, and then said: "I have received the news, my lord has now invaded Puyang, and now Cao Ying may not have gotten the news, these few days Cao Ying's offensive is getting stronger and stronger, and this Pengcheng has gradually become weaker." In my opinion, we should simply announce the news on the spot, first, to tell Cao Ying that there was a fire in their backyard, and second, to boost the morale of the city. ”

"Did Lu Hussar really invade Yanzhou? Also captured Puyang? It's incredible! Tao Qian's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous.

Fang Qiong smiled slightly: "My lord used almost seventy percent of the cavalry troops to pass through Yuzhou from Nanyang, avoiding Chen Liu, who was heavily guarded, and directly attacking Puyang City, the hinterland of Yanzhou, which was defenseless and lacked soldiers. Now according to the news, now the lord is attacking the Guandu camp from behind, as long as the Guandu camp is captured, the connection with Luoyang can be opened from the waterway, and the lord will have a firm foothold in Yanzhou. ”

Tao Qian was dumbfounded, originally Fang Qiong said that Lu Bu could attack Yanzhou and force Cao Ying to return to Yanzhou, he himself just held the mentality of trying it out, if it was done, the danger of Xuzhou could be solved, and if he was defeated, it would be nothing, anyway, he had already asked for help from Tian Kai, the Qingzhou assassin who was good friends with him, and Fang Qiong also proposed that he go to Beihai to invite Liu Bei, who is said to be a descendant of the royal family, to come to Xuzhou to rescue. With these two lines of soldiers and horses, Xuzhou can at least drag Cao Ying until this winter.

However, now Lu Bu not only invaded Yanzhou, but also unexpectedly captured Puyang City! After he captured Guandu and opened up the grain route with Luoyang, could Cao Yingguang really stop Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry with only a few months of grain? In case Cao Ying's Yanzhou is taken away by Lu Bu, in the face of Lu Bu, who is sitting on the land of Merge, Division, and Yansanzhou, what will happen to Xuzhou after his death?

Looking at Tao Qian's brows over there, Fang Qiong smiled slightly, and after saluting Tao Qian, he turned around and left.

On the second day, more than 100,000 Yanzhou troops strode out of the military camp outside the city in a military formation to the sound of drums that shook the sky.

"Although we got a lot of grain from the granaries of those Xuzhou counties, but distributed it to some Yanzhou refugees who followed us into Xuzhou, our army's grain and grass can only barely last until about next spring. And that's not even counting the Yanzhou border, where there are still hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of hungry people and more than 100,000 defenders' military rations. If you can't capture Pengcheng before the winter of this year, I'm afraid it will" Cheng Yu reported to Cao Yingyu on the side with some concern, since Xi Zhicai admonished each other to death, Guo Jia has been silent, and some of Cao Jun's affairs are now mostly handled by Cheng Yu to help Cao Ying.

Cao Ying glanced at the fortified Pengcheng, and said helplessly: "Since the beginning of the siege of the city, our army has suffered 20,000 casualties. But this Pengcheng still has Tao Qian's banner planted, hey, I don't know how many soldiers it will take to take this Pengcheng. ”

Cheng Yu was about to speak, when suddenly a black flag was erected on the head of Pengcheng, looking at the flag kept swaying, it was obvious that the people in the city tower had something to say.

"Could it be that Tao Qian'er still doesn't give up, and he wants me to retire from the army for the sake of the people of Xuzhou?" Cao Ying's face sank, and he obviously remembered what Tao Qian said to him when the soldiers were under Pengcheng.

"Hey, why do I feel familiar with that black flag?" Xiahoudun said with some doubts.

When Cao Ying heard this, he hurriedly looked at it carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "That's the banner of Lu Bu and the state army!" Could it be that there is Lu Bu's state army in the city? No way! When pigs fly!! ”

(To be continued)