Liang County Administration, Suiyang City.

Liu Bei, who had just taken Suiyang, sat on the main seat of the Suiyang Mansion, and Guan Yu and other civil, civil, civil and military people stood or sat left and right. And in the middle, it is Mi Fang, who is kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Liu Bei frowned slightly, his face hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed: "Zifang, don't come to harm!" ”

"Lord, Mi Fang knows that he is deeply guilty, he used to take refuge in Cao Ying, and now he is cooperating with Cao Ying to design the lord. Fortunately, the lord is auspicious, otherwise Mi Fang will not be able to atone for his sins! Mi Fang knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice. Liu Bei sighed when he heard this, not only him, but Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and even Lu Su were all silent. Encountering Mi Fang at this time was really something that everyone could not have expected. What he didn't expect was that he would actually open the gate of Suiyang City and instigate the army to enter the city. This is really hard to remember for a while.

"That's it, for the sake of your surrender today, I won't kill you. But you have rebelled several times, and I will not tolerate you any more. From now on, you will go back to your hometown in Xuzhou, shut yourself up, and spend the rest of your life in vegetarian clothes! Liu Bei hesitated for a long time, thinking that his wife and Mi Zhu were not killers after all.

"Thank you for not killing!" Mi Fang escaped death with tears streaming down her face, and then walked away. Liu Bei sighed a few words, and then perked up and said to everyone: "Everyone, we have now taken Liang County, and we only need to take Jiyin and Dongjun again, and we can completely separate Cao Ying." ”

"Exactly!" Everyone was smiling. As long as Dongjun is taken, Yanjin and Baima can be controlled, and even if Cao Ying transfers troops from Guandu, it will be more targeted for the sailors to intercept them. This is also Pang Tong's strategy for Liu Bei to quickly turn around after learning that Guandu was lost, even if he concentrated superior forces, took advantage of the emptiness of Liangjun and Chenliu and other places, quickly took these places, and changed Cao Ying from being trapped in Xuchang to being trapped in Yingchuan.

Similar to what Tang Seng said in Journey to the West, Yingchuan is just a bigger cage for Cao Ying. At this time, he was close to the Yellow River in the north, Chenliu in the east, and Yiyang in the west. As for the south, Zhang Liao led an army of 50,000 in Runan to wait for his arrival at any time. Liu Bei thought about Cao Ying's current situation, and he was also proud.

"Tanmalai report, the defenders of Dongjun and Jiyin are only a few thousand, and the guard general Wang Zhong is even more unknown, brother is restless, wait for me to take down Wang Zhong's head!" Everyone laughed for a while, and Zhang Fei volunteered first.

"General He Lao San in this matter, I, Ji Ling, am willing to do it for me!" As a loser in blocking Zhang Xiu, Ji Ling had to find a chance to earn some face for himself. Similar Guan Hai, Sun Fu and others all took the initiative to ask for help. Liu Bei smiled and was about to order the general, but at this time, a junior colonel came in and reported: "Lord, there is a military horse under the city to challenge, and the leader is actually General Wei Yan!" ”

"What, Wei Yan?" Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly led everyone to the top of the city to see what was going on.

"My lord?" Wei Yan, who was showing off his might under the city, was also taken aback when he saw that it was Liu Bei, and hurriedly dismounted and entered the city to meet Liu Bei.

"Didn't Wen Chang confront Xu Huang in Qi County, why did he come here?" Liu Bei asked a little strangely after the salute.

"The lord didn't know, three days ago Xu Huang suddenly withdrew his army from Shanyang, retreated to Dongjun, after I led the army to occupy Shanyang, I remembered that the lord has been blocked by Liang County, so he led the army south to help the war. The Jiyin garrison is empty, and it has been captured by me, and I don't want the lord to have already captured Liang County! Wei Yan was also a little surprised.

"What, Xu Huang retreated to Dongjun?" Liu Bei's face also changed when he heard this, not only him, but the rest of the people were also stunned, and then regretted. "Xu Huang has 40,000 troops and horses under his command, and it is more than enough to guard Dongjun, I am afraid that it will be difficult to trap Cao Mengde and Henan in a hurry! Xu Gongming is really a good general in the world, and he immediately decided to retreat to Dongjun, leaving this retreat for Cao Ying! The designer Pang Tong thought for a while, but finally sighed. When Wei Yan heard this, he was completely confused, and hurriedly asked for clues, and Lu Su on the side hurriedly told him what had happened.

"Oh, if I knew this was the case, I should have waved my army to take Dongjun!" Wei Yan said with annoyance. Although the capture of Shanyang and Jiyin is also a great achievement, it is much smaller than blocking Cao Ying's retreat.

"In that case, in the opinion of the military advisor, what should we do?" Liu Bei was also a little anxious, and hurriedly asked Pang Tong. Pang Tong thought for a long time, but finally said with a wry smile: "Now it is unrealistic to split Cao Ying, with Xu Huang stationed in Dongjun, I am afraid that Cao Ying will withdraw to Hebei as soon as possible." If you want to trap Cao Ying in one fell swoop, it's not easy! ”

"That's it!" When everyone heard this, their hearts were a little heavy, and Wei Yan himself was even more annoyed. Liu Bei was also a little disappointed, but he still cheered up and said, "Why do you need to be annoyed? Although Cao Mengde was not trapped to death in one fell swoop this time, the counties of Shanyang and Jiyin had been taken by Wen Chang, and the Cao army under Xuchang City was annihilated by no less than 50,000, which was already a big victory, not to mention that Longxi Botao was also a big victory. Cao Mengde was arrogantly smart, but in the end, he lost his troops and lost his generals! ”

As soon as the leader's words of encouragement came out, everyone felt a lot better. However, at this time, Lu Su thought for a while, and finally spoke: "Lord, now that Cao Ying is still in Xuchang, even if he wants to withdraw from Dongjun to Hebei, it is not feasible in a hurry. Why don't we move north as soon as possible, or we may be able to intercept Cao's army and annihilate it on the banks of the Yellow River! ”

"Yes, lord, if you march as soon as possible, you may be able to catch up with Cao Ying!" Pang Tong thought about it for a while, and also agreed with Lu Su's opinion, but his tone was not very sure. Whether it can succeed depends on how fast Lao Cao runs. And according to experience, Cao Ying's ability to run away has never been bad. So whether to chase or not depends on whether Liu Bei is willing to gamble.

"In addition, Su thought that if Cao Ying withdrew, he would inevitably abandon Xuchang and ignore it, so General Zhang Wenyuan, who knew Runan, would lead his army north and take the opportunity to capture Xuchang!" Lu Su said again, Liu Bei nodded hurriedly, and sent someone to Runan to inform Zhang Liao to act according to the plan, and he and Guan Zhang personally led an army of 150,000, together with the Fengyun cavalry, to intercept Cao Ying's return route.

As Pang Tong expected, Cao Ying of Xuchang was originally as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but suddenly Xu Huang sent someone to report that he had returned to the army to defend Dongjun, and he was overjoyed.

"Xu Gongming abandoned Shanyang County, didn't he give Yanzhou to Liu Bei?" Cao Zhang said angrily, but as soon as the words fell, he heard his father snort coldly, knowing that Cao Ying didn't like it in his heart, and he didn't dare to say anything more. Seeing this, the strategist Liu Ye sighed lightly and stepped forward and said, "King Wei, now that General Xu Gongming has retreated to Dongjun, he has finally guarded a way back to Hebei for King Wei. At present, the army's grain and grass are only enough to support less than a month, so it is better to withdraw the army from Hebei first, and then make plans! ”

Although Liu Ye is a native of Huainan, he can be regarded as the veteran of the Yanzhou Group under Cao Ying. Now he proposed not to trap Xuchang, which basically means that the Yanzhou Group has silently abandoned Xuchang. Although it is unpleasant to abandon your hometown, it is better than dying here. Cao Ying looked at Xiahoudun and the others, and saw that everyone was opposed, and finally sighed and said: "Since this is the case, we will wave our army to the east and withdraw from Dongjun to Hebei!" Zixiao, you lead an army of 50,000 to stay in Chenliu and repair the ferry of Guandu! ”

"No!" Cao Ren responded. Everyone understands that this is because Cao Ying still wants to leave two footholds in Yanzhou, so that he can come back later. As long as Dongjun and Chen remain in their hands, they can ensure that the Yellow River crossing is not lost, and there will always be a way to come and fight again. After arranging all this, Cao Ying immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to Dongjun and prepare to retreat to Hebei.

Along the way, since leaving Xuchang, Cao Ying has been very silent. Riding a horse and galloping alone, although Cao Pi and Cao Zhang couldn't interject, Jia Xu and Xiahoudun and other important civil and military ministers also didn't go up to scold them. It is not unheard of being forced to flee in such embarrassment, but that was at least ten years ago. Now Cao Ying is the respect of the King of Wei, and being forced to be so embarrassed is really damaging his prestige. Under his influence, Cao Zhang and the others have also been silent, just trying to move forward at full speed.

"Slow down!" The people who were moving forward in a muffled voice were suddenly startled by a broken drink, but everyone looked at Xu Chu, who had always been silent.

"Zhongkang, what's wrong?" Cao Ying knew that Xu Chu would not play any cold humor without a purpose, and he must have something to do when he was furious, so he hurriedly asked.

Xu Chu didn't speak, but jumped off the horse and lay on the ground to listen carefully. Everyone knows that Xu Chu's ears are very good, and often no slightest sound can escape his ears, and everyone is silent at the moment to see if he hears something.

"How's Zhongkang?" Cao Ying waited for Xu Chu to get up and asked, Xu Chu frowned slightly, but he still replied honestly: "King Wei, there is a military horse coming here from the south, the number is no less than 100,000, it should be coming for us!" ”

"What?" As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed slightly. Such an army from the south could only be Liu Bei's people. There is still some distance from Dongjun here, so hurry up and let Liu Bei catch up. Excluding the 50,000 people who were left behind by Cao Ying, the rest was just over 100,000. Considering that Cao Ying had just experienced a major defeat and siege, the morale problem was not optimistic.

"Big brother, it's Cao Ying!" Seeing Cao Jun's brigade from a distance, as well as Cao Ying's banner, Zhang Fei shouted excitedly. Liu Bei didn't say anything, just nodded slightly. Beside him, Guan Yu's pair of Danfeng eyes also narrowed even smaller, but the murderous aura that shot out of them could still be clearly felt.

"Ready for battle!" Seeing that Liu Beijun had stopped and set up the formation, Cao Ying ordered softly. Behind him, Cao's army was also ready to go, under the command of various generals, ready for battle at any time. Cao Ying himself sat in the Chinese army, Xiahoudun was on the left, Li Dian was on the right, Cao Hong, Yu Ban and Cao Zhang were in the middle, and they were also on the tip of the needle.

"Rush me!" However, it was Xiahoudun who gave an order, first led the left wing of the men and horses to rush towards Liu Bei's army, and then Li Dian on the right flank also attacked, and Cao Chun, who was in the middle, waited for them to launch an attack before leading the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush Liu Bei's Chinese army from the front, but it was the last to come first. Cao Ying's strategy is obvious, that is, he wants to rely on the unparalleled impact of the tiger and leopard ride to defeat Liu Bei face to face. And then to achieve a complete victory in this encounter.

(To be continued)