In order to ensure that Yang Changshi could rush to Jiyang as soon as possible to recruit Lu Yi and the first camp, Deputy Director Tao simply dispatched the Junzi Army to escort Yang Changshi westward through Dingtao City, which was still controlled by Cao Jun Liu Dai's team - of course, for the sake of caution, during the escort of Yang Changshi, the Junzi Army used rope stirrups.

Deputy Director Tao may not have to make a fuss, because other Cao army generals are also counted, but Liu Dai, the general of the Cao army stationed in Dingtao, a city with a rather auspicious name, is a typical soy sauce character, and these days of confrontation with the Xuzhou army, even the ordinary Xuzhou team does not dare to provoke, let alone offend the notorious Junzi army, so when the Junzi army is still three miles away from Dingtao City, General Liu Dai, who received the news, has closed the four gates of Dingtao and sent all the defenders to the city wall to defend it, for fear that the Junzi Army would attack the city, and watched the Junzi Army hugging Yang Changshi from under the city, and he didn't even dare to take a breath of the atmosphere.

In any case, Yang Changshi, who has always been famous for caring for his life, is still very grateful to Deputy Director Tao for making a big fuss, and at the same time, for the sake of his precious life, Yang Changshi had to ask the Junzi Army to escort him as far away from Dingtao City as possible before leaving, and Tao Ji, who personally escorted Yang Changshi to the west, did not make it difficult for Yang Changshi, who had worked hard for the old Tao family, - it was indeed considered a high degree of hard work, so he asked for the surname to escort Yang Changshi to the territory of Yiju County, which had been abandoned in the war. Only then did Yang Changshi lead Li Lang and Wang Wu, two personal soldiers, and the three of them rushed to Jiyang to contact Yuan Shaojun's general Liyi.

Although the Junzi Army escorted Yang Changshi to the injustice sentence very righteously, it was only fifty miles away from Jiyang, but after waving goodbye to Tao Ji and the others, he just rode his horse to a place far away from the Junzi Army, and Yang Changshi, who has always been known for his insatiable greed, inevitably complained again, "This General Tao San really can't be a man, there are only forty miles left, how good is it for you to send Lord Ben directly to Jiyang City?" I have to ask Lord Ben to take risks, I have to ask Lord Ben to go to Jiyang City by himself, will I die if I walk more than 50 miles?! ”

"yes, yes, will you die if you walk another fifty miles? The three generals' personalities are really bad, and their character is even inferior to our lord, and they are extremely rotten. ”

Li Lang and Wang Wu echoed the voice, and accompanied Yang Changshi to accuse Tao Ji of being cruel and vicious, unkind, and not caring enough for his colleagues and subordinates. After echoing it, Li Lang salivated and asked curiously: "My lord, it was inconvenient on the road just now, the villain has a question that I have wanted to ask you for a long time, I heard that the lord has already spoken, my lord, if you can recruit the Liyi team of Jiyang for the lord this time, the lord will show your lord that you are Shuhou, and reward you with the rich county Shu County that Huainan can count on your fingers as a fief, is there such a thing?" ”

"Li Lang, what are you doing nonsense? Seeing adults laughing like this, can this thing be fake? Wang Wu scolded Li Lang for not knowing how to observe words and feelings, and then said with a salivating face: "My lord, the lord rewarded you with Shu County, you have to open a government in Shu County to build a marquis' mansion, and you have to form a family army to collect rent and taxes, the villains are the old people who have been following you, the captain of the family soldiers and the head of the dock fort outside the city, do you think about the villains?" ”

"yes, yes." Li Lang hurriedly nodded his head, and said with a flattering face: "The villain and Wang Wuke are both old subordinates who have followed you from birth to death for many years, collecting rents and taxes to take care of the manor, adults, you will never be cheap outsiders, right?" ”

"What's the hurry? Don't you have to wait for the lord to fulfill his promise? Yang Changshi really had a smile on his face, and said in a big way: "If Lord Ben can really become Shuhou Fengyi Shucheng, of course he will not forget you two subordinate old men." But don't be too happy, the lord wants this lord to recruit the Koji Yi team to succeed in this reward, if you run for nothing this time, no matter how much promises this Lord will give you, it will be useless. ”

"So, my lord, how sure are you that you will succeed in recruiting Koji Yoshi?" Li Lang hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, Lord Ben doesn't know Koji Yoshisu, but I heard that his temper is a little proud, and he doesn't like Ben Chugong very much, and he doesn't know anything else, so I really don't know how sure I am to bring him down." Yang Changshi replied with a rare frank and honest answer, and then comforted: "But don't worry, although Lord Ben and Liyi have no friendship, they don't have any grudges, and our Xuzhou army and Jizhou army have always been relatively friendly, so even if we can't succeed in surrendering, we won't be in any danger, it's just a trip for nothing." ”

"Really?" Li Lang was a little worried, and reminded: "But my lord, how did the villain hear that the two messengers we sent to meet Yuan Shao before were all beheaded by Yuan Shao?" ”

Yang Changshi reined in the war horse violently, and his head, which was carried away by Shu County, suddenly remembered, it seems that there is such a thing, the two messengers sent by the Xuzhou army to contact Yuan Shaojun before were all cut off by the bad-tempered Yuan Sangong! Thinking of this, Yang Changshi's little face turned pale all of a sudden.

"Li Lang, it's okay." Yang Changshi was still behind, and Wang Wu comforted Li Lang beside him: "I have also heard of that incident, our envoy was beheaded by Yuan Shao, but our envoy's entourage is fine, and they were all let go by Yuan Shao and came back with the head of our envoy - so we don't have to be afraid, just take the adult's head back to Changyi and send it to the main bus." ”

Li Lang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly patted his chest to congratulate himself that he didn't have to risk his life, but Yang Changshi next to him was furious, and when he lifted the horsewhip, he whipped two bad soldiers, and roared while pumping, "Two rabbit cubs!" Lord Ben was born and died for your glory and wealth, and you two rabbit cubs still dare to say cool things next to you?! Lord Ben doesn't want you to be a personal soldier, get out! Get lost! The farther you roll, the better! ”

Li Lang and Wang Wu hurriedly dodged and were both whipped by Yang Changshi a few times, so painful that the two unscrupulous soldiers who were greedy for life and afraid of death cried wolf howls, and hurriedly slapped the horse to escape, but Yang Changshi refused to relieve his anger, and roared and patted the horse to chase, while scolding the two pro-soldiers for their bad intentions, while beating these two old lackeys who have been cattle and horses for themselves since they beat Luoyang, until Li Lang and Wang Wu are crying father and mother, constantly begging for mercy.

Fighting and making trouble, Yang Changshi and others galloped out of five or six miles in one breath, Li Lang, who had made trouble without a mouth, estimated that Yang Changshi's anger should also disappear, so he strangled the war horse and waited for Yang Changshi, who knew that after Yang Changshi caught up, it was a horse whip head-on, and continued to scold Li Lang for being ungrateful, Li Lang was helpless, and even the horse's head did not fall to the west, and fled directly to the north, but Yang Changshi still refused to relieve his anger, and chased after him and scolded, "Run there, stop!" If you don't give you a little color today, you ....... ”

"Shh Li Lang suddenly made a silent posture, took a whip in pain, grabbed Yang Changshi's whip, and quickly whispered: "My lord, don't make trouble, there is a situation in the north, the villain just saw that there was a sentry horse turned to the back of the mountain!" There seems to be an enemy to the north of us! ”

"There's an enemy in the north?" Yang Changshi was stunned, hurriedly made a gesture to Wang Wu in the distance, and led Li Lang to rush up a dirt mountain not far away, condescendingly to check the situation in the north, it was okay not to look at it, Yang Changshi and Li Lang were pale together - on the Jishui River to the north, a fairly large number of troops were rushing to build pontoon bridges on the north and south banks of Jishui to prepare to cross the river, and it was still the Cao army banner of Cao Boss!

"When did Cao Thief's team come to the east of Jiyang?" Yang Changshi screamed.

Li Lang and Wang Wu were just veteran oils, and of course they didn't know that Cao Jun was planning to encircle Jiyang's Liyi team, so naturally they couldn't answer Yang Changshi's question. However, the Cao Army scout sentry horse who was accidentally seen by Li Lang before rang the gong at this time and alerted the self-army brigade. As soon as the gong sounded, the Cao army team that was building a pontoon bridge on the Jishui ferry suddenly moved, and hundreds of cavalry rushed out in one breath to rush to the direction of the gong, and the shouts of the Cao soldiers could be faintly heard, "On the mountain, on the earth mountain!" ”

"Spotted, run!" Yang Changshi was frightened and quickly turned around and ran, Li Lang and Wang Wu followed closely, but the more than 100 Cao army cavalry were also in hot pursuit, and Yang Changshi did not dare to slack off. But after running five or six miles in one go, Yang Changshi found that he had made a fatal mistake in his nervousness - he actually took Li Lang and Wang Wu, two stupid people, to run a few miles to the west, instead of fleeing to the east.

"It's in the wrong direction, turn back." Yang Changshi almost didn't cry, and when he was about to turn around, Li Lang next to him also shouted, "My lord, keep running, it's too late to turn around!" The enemy is already in pursuit! ”

Yang Changshi reluctantly looked back and sure enough, affected by his bad riding skills, he not only did not open the distance with the Cao army's pursuers in the escape, but was also shortened by those Cao army cavalry, the distance was less than four hundred steps, at this time, the horse turned around is tantamount to asking for his own death, and he wanted to cry without tears, Yang Changshi could only be desperately fast and whipped, and continued to flee to the west.

Yang Changshi, who was drunk in wine, was really not good at riding, no matter how fast he galloped, he couldn't speed up, and after escaping for more than ten miles, the cavalry of the Cao army was already less than a hundred steps away from Yang Changshi, and the shouts of the chasing soldiers of the Cao army were already clearly audible, "Stop!" Hold it! If we don't stand still, we'll release the arrows! ”

Everyone knows how brave Yang Changshi is, when the Junzi Army on the battlefield in Xiangxian County just shouted and released the arrow, Yang Changshi was scared to get off his horse and kneel, but this time Yang Changshi didn't dare to stop no matter how small his courage was, because the hatred between Yang Changshi and Cao Jun's team was too deep, so no matter how Cao Jun's cavalry shouted, they didn't dare to stop the horse's hooves, and they just slapped the horse and whipped it, but at this time, the war horse under Yang Changshi's crotch didn't know what it was tripping, and suddenly fell forward with a neigh. Yang Changshi himself was also thrown out by the huge habitual surname, "Ah————! ”

In the screams like killing pigs, Yang Changshi fell heavily to the ground like a broken sack, his nose was blue, his face was swollen, his head was bleeding, and he almost didn't knock out two of his front teeth, which frightened Li Lang and Wang Wu on both sides of the scream, and hurriedly rushed up to support Yang Changshi, but the Cao Jun pursuers behind laughed. But the sky has no eyes, and when Yang Changshi, who had done countless evil deeds for Deputy Director Tao and the tiger, was about to be punished, a new shout suddenly came from the front, "There is an enemy!" There is an enemy! ”

Raising his dizzy head, Yang Changshi suddenly saw that more than ten horsemen were also running in front of him, wearing Yuan Shao's military uniform, led by a young general in a white robe and white horse, and then the Cao cavalry behind also roared, "Exposed!" Fast! Kill these cavalrymen! ”

Roaring, the more than 100 Cao cavalry relied on the large number of people, and swarmed towards the Yuan Shaojun cavalry, at first Yang Changshi was still worried that the number of Yuan cavalry was too small and was not the opponent of the Cao cavalry, but after the two armies collided, Yang Changshi was pleasantly surprised to find that the white-robed young general was so powerful that it was not like he was raised by his parents, and in the Cao army crowd, it was basically a shot, and wherever the silver spear went, the Cao army cavalry all screamed and fell off the horse, Yang Changshi even saw it with his own eyes, The white-robed young general actually used a silver spear to provoke a Cao army cavalry to throw it out, and easily smashed over three or four Cao army soldiers, so easily that it was like throwing out a rabbit!

"Holy! Much more powerful than Xu Chu's dead fat man! Yang Changshi couldn't help but praise it, and also used the swear words he learned from Deputy Director Tao.

"Kill them all! Kill them all! ”

The Cao cavalry general who led the team seemed to be very afraid of letting the dozen Yuan cavalry escape, yelling and just urging the soldiers to come forward to fight, but unfortunately he shouted like this, and immediately attracted the attention of the white-robed young general, who was extremely good at capturing the thief and capturing the king first. The white-robed young general's silver spear had already hit his chest accurately, pierced the heart shield and went straight into the heart, and finally passed through the chest, and the action was so neat that Yang Changshi, who had also seen some battle formations, was simply dumbfounded.

The Cao Juntun general who led the team died, and the remaining Cao cavalry was timid, and the Yuan cavalry brought by the white-robed general took the opportunity to rush and kill, and soon dispersed the Cao army under the leadership of the white-robed general, forcing the remaining Cao cavalry to flee for their lives. It was also at this time that the white-robed young general trotted in front of Yang Changshi, turned over and dismounted and saluted Yang Changshi, and asked politely: "Dare to ask this gentleman, where did these Cao army cavalry come from just now?" ”

"About fifteen miles to the east." Yang Changshi pointed to the east and said: "Not only their more than 100 horsemen, but at least tens of thousands of Cao thieves are rushing to build a pontoon bridge fifteen miles downstream of Jishui, and it seems that they want to cross the river." ”

"Tens of thousands of Cao thieves? Crossing the river fifteen miles downstream? The white-robed young general was shocked, and hurriedly asked again: "Sir, are you sure you are not mistaken?" The stakes are high, please be sure to confirm it! ”

"Confirm!" Yang Changshi nodded and replied, "Don't worry, general, the general saved my life just now, and I won't lie to you." ”

"Mr. Xie!" The white-robed young general hurriedly thanked Yang Changshi, and then immediately turned to the soldiers next to him and shouted: "Send a signal immediately, gather the surrounding teams to join me, and go to a fast horse to return to Jiyang to report to General Koji and Mr. Gonghe, just say that the Cao thief is rushing to the downstream of Jishui, trying to surround our army on all sides, please come to their aid quickly!" ”

The soldiers brought by the white-robed young general sang their promises in unison, and one rode back to Jiyang to report the news, while the other soldier took off the horn on his back, put it to his mouth and blew it, sending a signal to urgently summon the neighboring team. It was also at this time that Yang Changshi, who was still confused, asked the white-robed young general, "General, why are you so nervous?" What happened? ”

"Sir doesn't know, the road for our army to break through to the north has been cut off, there is a Guandu blocking road to the west, and the news received in half an hour is that Cao Ren, the general of Cao Thief, is slowly moving north in the south, and our army has only left the east road in the lower reaches of Jishui." The white-robed young general quickly explained the situation, and thanked Yang Changshi again: "If it weren't for Mr. Warning in time, so that the Cao thief team could successfully cross the Jishui Dangdao Village, my 30,000 troops in Jizhou would be difficult to fly." ”

"Oh, I see." Yang Changshi, who knew a little bit about military affairs, suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "This general, then you go and do it, Cao Thief only has a few boats on the Jishui River, and the four pontoon bridges have not been completely built. ”

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

The white-robed young general thanked him repeatedly, and hurriedly took out the wound medicine and white cloth carried by the soldiers under his command, and handed it to Yang Changshi, who broke his head, to stop the bleeding and bandage, Li Lang and Wang Wu hurriedly bandaged Yang Changshi, the nearby Yuan army patrol soldiers had already rushed to the scene to assemble, the white-robed young general was worried that it was too late to stop the Cao army from crossing the river, and only gathered two or three hundred people and hurriedly led the army eastward, completely ignoring the origin and identity of Yang Changshi, leaving Yang Changshi moaning and wailing in place, until Li Lang and Wang Wu reminded Cao Jun that he might go and come back, Yang Changshi hurriedly got on Li Lang's war horse and hurriedly continued to move towards Jiyang.

When Zhao Yun led more than 300 people to rush to the Cao army ferry, although it did not completely stop the Cao army's smuggling action, it also delayed the Cao army's crossing speed, increasing the chaos when the Cao army crossed the river, more than an hour later, when Lu Yi personally led more than 3,000 Jizhou iron cavalry to the ferry, the Cao army who smuggled Jishui also fell into despair and confusion, and Xiahou Yuan, who led the army to smuggle the river, ordered the army to continue crossing the river on the north bank. The soldiers of the Cao army who had crossed the river rushed to the north bank to flee for their lives, crowded and trampled on each other, and countless people fell into the water and died, and a large number of foot knights were also wiped out by the team of Liyi and Zhao Yun on the south bank of Jishui.

In the evening of the same day, the news of the Jishui fiasco reached Boss Cao, who was leading the army south to Jiyang, Boss Cao couldn't believe his ears, and slapped the case in front of him like crazy and roared, "How is it possible? How can it be? Our army's internal line and meticulous work have long been proven, and the distance of the sentry of the Koyi Pifu is only 30 miles at most, why is it that our army is smuggling into Jishui 45 miles away, and it will be detected by the Koyi team, and it will be detected so quickly? How could my carefully arranged tactics of sudden encirclement and intimidation fall short at the last moment?! ”

"Prime Minister, you must start persuading you to surrender." Guo Jia next to him coughed and said: "Our army's three roads in the northwest and south surrounded on all sides have been exposed, and General Xiahou Yuan's smuggling of Jishui has failed again, and Liyi and Fuzhu and others must strengthen the monitoring of the lower reaches of Jishui, beware of our army cutting off their last breakthrough road, and it is even possible to find that Dingtao in the east is the only weak point of our army's encirclement. ”

"The momentum of the encirclement is still far from the east, so at this time, surrender and grasp the ......." Boss Cao was a little hesitant, but now Boss Cao can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, nodded and said: "Very good, send Zhang He and Gao Lan to immediately go south to Jiyang to recruit Liyi, it is just after the first shift, let Zhang He and Gao Ran must arrive at Jiyang City before the early morning of tomorrow, and persuade Liyi to lead the army to surrender to me." ”

"Prime Minister, although Zhang He and Gao Ran are former colleagues of Koji Yi, but the two are only military generals and are not good at words, I am afraid it will be difficult to recruit Koji Yi to succeed." Guo Jia reminded: "Please send a person who can speak well to act in the same way." ”

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty is willing to go."

Several of Boss Cao's advisors stood up, but after Boss Cao hesitated for a moment, he suddenly slapped the table in front of him again and roared angrily: "I'll go personally!" I personally led 3,000 light horsemen to the south overnight and went to Jiyang City to recruit and surrender to Koyi! ”

(To be continued)