"Feng's ineffective behavior has caused the lord to be trapped for a long time, and it is a blessing that the lord does not punish him, how dare he take credit?" Zhao Feng looked at Lao Liu, who had escaped death and smiled, no matter what he thought now, he still had to say this polite word. Otherwise, who knows if he will? Even if he doesn't mind, others will be unhappy. Just listening to this sentence, I felt as if Lao Liu had a little relationship with himself, and Zhao Feng also felt that he was too spoofed when he thought of this, so he quickly suppressed these strange thoughts.

But now Liu Bei is obviously in a good mood, and after greeting Zhao Feng, Liu Bei looked at the people around him again. When he saw Li Yan, Liu Bei was also a little stunned, and finally said with a little emotion: "Zhengfang, you are here too!" ”

"Poof", Li Yan immediately knelt down on the spot and said: "The lord forgives the sin, Li Yan was confused for a while, and was coerced by Pang Shiyuan to make trouble together, although Xuchang, but only now that he came to the rescue, please ask the lord to surrender, Li Yan will never dare to have half a complaint!" ”

Liu Bei hadn't said anything yet, but Wen Ping couldn't stand anymore; hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord, Li Zhengfang is not to blame for this matter." He was coerced by Pang Shiyuan and Liu Shuye, and it was only now that he found an opportunity to come to the rescue. Moreover, in the past month or so, Xiahoudun has repeatedly invaded Yanzhou, but he has been repelled by the positive side. Today, if it weren't for Li Zhengfang's timely reorganization of the army and my rescue together, I am afraid that if he wants to repel Cao Hong, General Zhao will need to work harder. Wen Ping said this, and hurriedly glanced at everyone.

Li Yanping said that the popularity was not bad, and at this time, as soon as Wen Ping took the lead, everyone persuaded one after another. Liu Bei waved his hand to signal everyone to be calm and not to be impatient, and then personally helped Li Yan up and said, "I can't help myself, don't I know?" Now being able to wave the army to save is enough to say everything. After a pause, Liu Bei also diverted the topic and said: "Lonely is trapped in Xingyang for a long time, but I don't know what the situation is now?" ”

Everyone knows that Liu Bei has forgiven Li Yan. At the moment, everyone tacitly agreed not to discuss this topic, but the most well-informed Ma Tan recounted some recent events to everyone. From the murder of the Son of Heaven, Cao Ying's retreat, until the later Sima Yi's incident, Hanzhong was lost. Not to mention that Liu Bei and the others don't know a lot about all this, there are many things that even Zhao Feng has just heard about.

"Your Majesty!" As Zhao Feng expected, as soon as Liu Bei heard that Emperor Han Xian had a hiccup, he immediately cried, he was a fifty-year-old man, and these tears came when he said it. It was not particularly strange that Zhao Feng had known him for a long time, but Ma Jian and the others were shocked. Fortunately, Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei are used to seeing this scene, and the latter has given up on his own, and the former is already familiar with how to persuade. At that moment, he hurriedly spoke: "My lord, if Your Majesty is killed, it is natural to take revenge." How can the lord be so sad and self-harming his body like this, even if His Majesty knows about it under the Nine Springs, it is difficult to look at it! ”

"Bo Tao is right!" Liu Bei wiped a handful of tears and stopped crying for the time being. After a pause, Liu Bei asked hatefully, "I don't know what strategy you have now to deal with the current situation?" ”

Zhao Feng looked at everyone, mainly Chen Gong and Xu Shu, but saw that they also signaled themselves to speak first. At that moment, Zhao Feng sighed slightly: "Now that the lord is out of danger, plus the people brought by Li Zhengfang and Wen Zhongye, the sailor who is also Xingba has also entered the Yellow River waterway. The superiority of our forces with Cao Hong has been reversed. If he sees the opportunity quickly and quickly retreats to Hebei, he will give up. If you stay in Henan, you will inevitably be surrounded and annihilated by us. As for Xu Huang and Zhang Jaw's two partial divisions, they are all in the hinterland of Songshan Mountain, and they are all entangled in the quilt, and we will definitely be able to annihilate them when the army turns around; On the other hand, Zhang Jaw's army stationed in Yongning could quickly join Cao Hong and flee back to Hebei if he saw the opportunity quickly. If you go slowly, you will be annihilated by us. ”

"It's just that now although Li Zhengfang has pacified Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Pang Shiyuan and Liu Shuye have fled back to Jingnan, plus Ma Jichang of Ba County, they still have 50,000 or 60,000 horses under their command. If you count Shi Guangyuan's 40,000 Jiaozhou troops in Jiaozhou, there are even nearly 100,000 troops. If they cause trouble in the hinterland, they will be in trouble. Moreover, now that Hanzhong has been lost, Sima Yi may invade Hanzhong at any time. Xichuan has few soldiers, but I am afraid that the situation is unfavorable! After listening to Zhao Feng's words, Chen Gong was a little worried. Although he didn't say this too clearly, everyone understood the meaning of his words, that is, under the premise of unstable defense, it is better not to stay on the front line now, or to return to the army quickly and pacify the place. Liu Bei was hesitating when he heard this, but he heard someone report it, saying that Gan Ning wanted to see him.

"Please!" Liu Bei was a little surprised, and hurriedly preached. After a short time, Gan Ning entered the tent, and after greeting everyone, Gan Ning said with some frustration: "Lord, in the end, according to what Li Zhengfang said, he will go to the Yellow River waterway to block Cao Hong's retreat." I didn't want the ships to march to the area of Hanoi County, but dozens of thick iron chains were pulled up along the Yellow River, and there were soldiers on both sides of the river, which immediately blocked the entire waterway, and the ships were not allowed to move. The last general had no choice but to come first to report to the lord and ask the lord to forgive his sins! ”

"Big chains?" Liu Bei was also stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect Cao Ying to use this kind of trick to deal with his own sailor. In this way, at least the upper reaches of the Yellow River will be unimpeded. In this way, if Cao Hong really wants to run away, Liu Bei really can't do anything about him.

"That being the case, my lord, I think we should go back to the army first, soothe people's hearts, and swallow Xu Huang's partial division by the way." Zhao Feng thought for a while. Now it seems that it is indeed unrealistic to want to completely annihilate the Cao army south of the Yellow River. As for Zhang Jaw's deviation all the way, if he ran fast enough, it is estimated that he would have to pull it down.

"That's all there is to it!" Liu Bei thought about it, and finally sighed. After thinking about it, in addition to escaping death, he was able to easily kill the other party all the way, and this ending was already very good. Thinking about it like this, Liu Bei's mood was much more relaxed. was about to send someone to assist Wang Ping in cleaning up Xu Huang, but he heard Ma Yan say: "In fact, as long as the allocation is appropriate, even if you can't eat Cao Hong, but if you eat Zhang Jaw, you are seventy or eighty percent sure." ”

"Huh? Do you have any plans? Zhao Feng had always known that Ma Jian sometimes had some whimsical ideas, so he hurriedly asked him. Ma Tan looked at Liu Bei, and after getting permission from the latter's eyes, he spoke: "Now the Lord, General Zhao, Li Tingshi, General Gan and other soldiers and horses from all walks of life add up, there are already 1450,000 horses. At present, General Zhou Tai is using the water division to rely on Luoshui to block Zhang Jaw, if he can let Zhang Jaw over, with the advantage of our troops, it is very easy to eat Zhang Jaw. ”

"This is true, but young man, Cao Hong has already retreated, and he will send someone to inform Zhang Jaw to retreat as well." Liao Hua frowned when he heard this. Ma Jian shook his head, then pointed to the map and said, "Everyone, please see, Zhang Jaw was originally stationed in Yongning, and now he is facing off against General Zhou and on both sides of Luoshui. Even though Cao Hong sent someone to inform Zhang Jaw to retreat, but hundreds of miles north and south of Luoshui, how did the herald know where Zhang Jaw was facing now? If you look slowly along the bank of the Luoshui River, it will inevitably be delayed. Therefore, this herald must have gone to Yongning first, and learned from Zhang Jaw's subordinates where Zhang Jaw was now, and then went to inform Zhang Jaw. ”

"That's right!" Liao Hua nodded, but then asked, "Even if that's the case, so what?" Chen Gong and Xu Shu on the side listened to Ma Yan's analysis, and they already had an understanding.

"So at the moment, the key for us is how to intercept Cao Hong's communication troops, since he must go to Yongning first, then we can send a hundred people to cross Luoshui, cruise near Yongning, and kill the enemy's communications soldiers when they see them. Cao Hong sent a herald from Hujiao Pass to Yongning, the road was farther than ours, and if he crossed the river to intercept at this time, he could catch up. At the same time, General Zhou withdrew his troops to the north, and when he saw it, he naturally thought that General Zhou wanted to evacuate to Wancheng, and then thought that the battle situation in Xingyang was unfavorable to our army, so General Zhou withdrew his troops from Wancheng, and he didn't know what was going on, so he would inevitably lead the army across the river to Xingyang as soon as possible to participate in the battle, and we could take the opportunity to eliminate the enemy army along the way. Ma Tan spoke eloquently. His strategy is somewhat novel, and when everyone hears it, they all feel a little refreshing. Even Xu Shu and Chen Gong, who have always been resourceful, also felt that this strategy was quite ingenious.

Ma Yan's strategy is complicated, but the reason is actually very simple, that is, before Zhang Jaw knows the exact news, he will deceive him to the east of Luoshui, and then surround and annihilate him. The key to concrete implementation lies in whether or not the communications troops sent by Cao Hong can be intercepted. Liu Bei looked at the map, and unexpectedly praised: "Youchang's strategy is quite ingenious, I think even if you can't fool Zhang Jaw, at most you just let him run away." Bo Tao, you go to arrange manpower, and act according to the usual strategy! ”

"No!" Zhao Feng agreed to it, and suddenly felt a little weird: Liu Bei looked down on Ma Jian in history, but now he is full of praise, and the deviation of history is too great. At that moment, Zhao Feng sent a hundred of the most clever and capable cavalry to intercept Cao Hong's messengers on several roads east of Yongning. He is mobilizing people and horses, ready to wipe out the open jaw. Historical experience tells him that Zhang Jaw is definitely the top escape master in the Three Kingdoms. It's not hard to defeat him, it's not easy to capture him alive. Zhao Feng also tried his best to make the encirclement tighter, so as not to let this big fish escape.

More than 100 people left Xingyang one after another, some to rob and kill the signal soldiers, and some to inform Zhou Tai. At this time, on both sides of Luoshui, the angry jaw and the arrogant Zhou Tai were confronting, and the mood of the two was in stark contrast.

Zhang Jaw knew that the Jingzhou military sailor was sharp, and he was not an opponent. But he also knew that the Yellow River had already been blocked by his own big iron chain, and the Jingzhou sailors did not want to drive into this Luoshui. Without the warship, could Zhou Tai still be able to stop him?

The answer is yes. It was also on the confiscated ordinary civilian fishing boats, merchant ships, and even the rafts that had just been built, and Zhou Tai, the 5,000 sailors, was stunned and opened his jaws in a daze, and he couldn't cross Luoshui for the past two days. Although these Jingxiang sailors in leather armor did not have warships, these civilian ships still rowed quite smoothly. On the other hand, on the side of Zhang Jaw, the Northern Army was stunned and couldn't find a few people who could row, so they had to recruit fishermen from both sides of the strait to come rowing. But even so, these fishermen, who had never experienced a warship, panicked when they encountered the sailors coming to intercept them, and most of them jumped into the water and fled for their lives on the spot. Zhou Tai's sailors, on the other hand, could shoot crossbow arrows while rowing boats. If Zhang Jaw dares to send someone to cross the river on a bamboo raft, then there will be skilled sailors who have the surname Shui diving under the water and cutting the rope of the raft. After the raft was scattered, these Cao soldiers were left to drown. All in all, it took two days of hard work, more than 2,000 casualties, and Cao Jun was stunned that he could not survive a single soldier. On the other hand, on Zhou Tai's side, there were less than 200 dead and wounded. Looking at this posture, unless the 40,000 horses and horses of Zhang Jaw are familiar with the surname Shui, they will not want to cross Luoshui.

"Damn, this damn Luoshui!" After another failed river crossing, Zhang Jaw was already angry. Several lieutenants around him were silent, and in the end, it was his clan brother Zhang Chao who accompanied him and said carefully: "Brother, do you think you can cross the river in another way?" ”

"What can you do about it?" Zhang Jaw said angrily. Zhang Chao was thinking to himself, but he saw Zhou Taifa on the opposite side shouting, for some reason, everyone gathered and then retreated south. This evacuation is so fast, it's like a lost dog.

"What's going on?" Zhang Jaw and the others looked at each other. After a while, Zhang Chao asked: "Brother, what kind of fame is Zhou Tai doing, and he actually ran away?" ”

"Could it be that General Zilian and General Gongming defeated Zhao Botao and have already waved their troops south?" Zhang Jaw muttered. Everyone summed it up, and felt that this might be the biggest surname. Zhang Jaw thought about it, but he really couldn't think of any other than why Zhou Tai suddenly ran away. Naturally, he would not have thought that because of Li Yan's backlash, the comparative advantage of Cao and Liu's armies in Henan had been reversed. He would never have thought that the five heralds sent by Cao Hong to inform him had all been intercepted. At this time, it was not Cao Hong, who was about to join him, who was about to join him, but Zhao Feng, who was about to kill him.

"Quick, cross the river and fight!" Zhang Jaw was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered someone to hurry up the time to cross the river. Without Zhou Tai's interruption, it didn't take long for Zhang Jaw's 40,000 troops to cross the river. Just as he was thinking that he would be able to cross the river almost tonight, a fast horse suddenly came to the east.

"General Zhang, quickly, quickly withdraw. Liu Bei has escaped from Xingyang, General Cao was defeated and returned to the Tiger Prison, and now Liu Bei's army has been killed! The knight on the fast horse was already screaming before he could get off his horse. Zhang Jaw was also stunned when he heard this, but at this moment, he heard the sound of killing in the lower reaches of the east bank of the Luo River, and then countless military horses killed him. Even if Zhang Jaw was unresponsive, he knew that he was ambushed today.

"Retreat, retreat!" Zhang Jaw hurriedly commanded, and the first to jump on the boat and retreat to the west bank. Ao Feng, who led the army to kill, saw this situation, and hurriedly ordered to outflank it, and quickly surrounded and annihilated Zhang Jaw. But at this moment, a Biao army horse also arrived in the east, and the banner on the first battle flag was "Zhendong General Xu".

"Why did Xu Huang kill him?" Seeing this banner, Zhao Feng was also stunned, but there were not too many people in this place, and Zhao Feng ordered the battle at the moment. As his order was issued, Zhang Liao and Gao Ran led their men separately and rushed up from both sides to intercept Xu Huang and fight.

(To be continued)