Lu Yi led his troops across the Yellow River and asked Cao Jun on the south bank of the Yellow River to surrender, and the guard general Shi Jian was suddenly puzzled by the second monk, and did not understand why Lu Yi suddenly came to surrender, and did not dare to make his own opinion. He was just a small general, and he was not qualified to make a decision on such a major matter, so he asked Koyi to temporarily station under the city and sent an envoy to report to Cao Ren, who was stationed in Chenliu.

"Lu Yi is a general under Yuan Shao, is he going to surrender after being beaten with a military stick? No wonder he turned against Han Fu and demoted Yuan Shao, it seems that this person and Lu Bu are all the way! It's just that, what should I do? ”

After receiving Shi Lian's fast horse report, Cao Ren thought about it, but he couldn't make up his mind, and sent a messenger of 800 miles to Cao Cao's base camp in Pengcheng to ask him to make a decision.

"Koji Yi suddenly led his troops to surrender, what do you think?"

Cao Cao pinched Cao Ren's letter, sat in the big tent and thought for a long time, and couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he summoned all his staff to discuss countermeasures. After finishing speaking, he glanced left and right, his eyes were sharp and bright, with a look of momentum, although his figure was not tall, and even a little short, but still showed a trace of decisive kingly spirit.

On either side of him stood Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai and others, as well as Jia Xu and others, who had just returned from Wancheng and were regarded as confidants and staff officers. In addition, military generals such as Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Li Dian, and Xiahou Shang also came to participate in the military meeting.

Cheng Yu is close to sixty this year, and most of his head is full of gray hair, and after listening to Cao Cao's words, he spoke first: "Lu Yi has followed Yuan Shao for many years, and there must be deception in coming here suddenly, in Yu's opinion." It can't be collected, it should be expelled from the country! ”

Yu Ban Lie said: "What Mr. Zhongde said may not be accurate, according to the spies, this spring, on Yuan Shao's birthday, Lu Yi almost killed Yuan Shao because of his disobedience to Yuan Shao and ridiculed Yuan Shang. This time, there was news from the scouts, saying that Lu Yi was scolded by Yuan Shao's fourth son, Yuan Shao, for defiling the people's daughters. Many soldiers and civilians have witnessed it with their own eyes. This is expected to happen. It is only natural that Koji was humiliated by this, so he surrendered in anger. Whether there is fraud or not, do not jump to conclusions! ”

Xu Huang also bowed his head and said: "Lu Yi is a good person who can use soldiers. At that time, Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteousness was so elite. The Battle of the Boundary Bridge. It was almost completely annihilated by Koji Yoshi, and it has since collapsed. Attacking Pi, our army is in need of such a capable army. If it is because it is suspected of fraud, it refuses to surrender, which is not necessarily the best policy, and this matter needs to be weighed again and again......"

Cao Cao's eyes were slightly closed, his hand stroked his beard and quietly listened to the debate under his command, and after a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at Guo Jia and said, "What does Feng Xiao think?" ”

"Ahem, cough ......", Guo Jia opened his mouth and was about to speak, but there was a feeling of discomfort in his throat, and he couldn't help coughing a few times, his condition has often flareed up in recent years, so he looked for a good doctor, but he couldn't completely eradicate it, which made Cao Cao very worried, lest he lose this number one think tank, but he was powerless. I can only send him some precious medicinal materials to nourish his body from time to time, so that he can live and maintain his body.

"Forgive me for being blunt, I haven't seen through this matter! For a moment, it is impossible to distinguish whether the koji righteousness is true or false, it may be true or false. If it is false, why did this deception come? Forgive him for having only 7,000 men and horses, and what can he do when he enters the Central Plains? ”

After Guo Jia's words were finished, all the people in the big tent fell into deep thought, yes, if this Yiyi came from fraud, what is the purpose? Going deep into the hinterland, with 7,000 men and horses in his hands, how much can he do? Neither can he raid the city, nor can he plunder the grain and grass, what did he do when he went deep into the Central Plains?

"In Jia's humble opinion, he should temporarily accept the surrender of Koji Yi and order him to be the flank and besiege Yecheng together. The army will attack the city, and there will be countless casualties, and Koji Yi will come to surrender, and it can be used as a precursor, for my use, cough cough ......"

Guo Jia coughed again and said his opinion, regardless of whether he surrendered or fake, first pushed his troops to the front line as cannon fodder, so that he could see the real chapter on the head of the city, and he would know whether it was a real surrender or a fake surrender.

Cao Cao's eyes suddenly widened, domineering, this was his reaction before making a decision: "Okay, then so, quickly pass the book to Zixiao, let Lu Yi lead his troops through Chen Liu, come to Xuzhou to help in the battle, and attack Yecheng." If it is a meritorious service, there will be a heavy reward! ”

Cao Cao's documents were quickly sent to Chen Liu, and Cao Ren repaired the book and Shi Lian again, and only then did he let Lu Yi and his party enter the customs, and after coming and going, half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

Lu Yi led his subordinates to shuttle all the way through Cao Cao's territory, and never encountered any obstacles, but the speed of the march was very slow, and he only walked fifty miles a day, and walked for half a month to reach the junction of Xuzhou and Chenliu. The angry Cao Cao came to urge him five or six times, and Koji Yi marched at his own speed, saying that the roads were muddy and the march was difficult.

On that night, the men and horses of Koyi entered the territory of Pengcheng and set up camp in the wilderness.

His henchman Zhang Wu came to him for a drink at night, and after drinking three rounds he asked, "General, do we really want to take refuge in Cao Cao and fight for him to attack Pi?" ”

While drinking, Lu Yi stroked his beard and said: "Phew, Lao Tzu will not surrender to Cao Mengde, this time I went deep into the Central Plains, it was Yuan Xianyong who begged me to come, we are here to surrender!" ”

"Surrender?" Zhang Wu was surprised, he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd by Lu Yi and Yuan Mai?

Koji Yi drank heavily, looking indifferent: "I don't know what evil Yuan Mai has fallen into, in order to recruit Zhang Liao, the cavalry captain under Lu Bu, let me bring people and horses to deceive and surrender." He had long expected that Cao Cao would let us attack the city as a precursor, so that we could get in touch with Zhang Wenyuan. As he expected. Cao Cao really transferred us to attack the city! ”

Zhang Wu was confused, and asked puzzledly: "The siege of the city is to kill people, we are surrendering troops, Cao Cao asked us to send us to death, this is a normal thing." I can expect it if I change it! What the last general doesn't understand is that if we go to attack the city, can we recruit Zhang Liao? Besides, even if Zhang Liao joined our army, how could our army retreat safely from Xuzhou, but there were seventy or eighty thousand Cao troops in Xuzhou! Can he Cao Mengde let us go? ”

"Yuan Mai has sent Zhang Liao's brother into the city to persuade Zhang Liao, if Zhang Liao really has the intention of surrendering, we will kill under Yecheng to respond. If Zhang Liao's heart is like steel, and he has to accompany Lu Bu to hell, let's turn around and go north to Qingzhou. From Xiapi to Qingzhou Langya country is only 200 miles, day and night, you can enter Langya in about two days, retreat to Qingzhou, we are safe. Koji ate the meat with a big mouthful, looking like he didn't care.

"Qingzhou is Yuan Tan's territory, will we be allowed to enter? Don't let Cao Cao's pursuers behind, and the Langya defenders in front won't let us in, won't we be wiped out? Zhang Wu was no longer in the mood to drink, and sighed with a sigh.

Lu Yi smiled: "You don't have to worry about this matter, Yuan Mai has already made arrangements for him." Langya Guoxiang is the son of Fu Zhu, who once worshipped Tian Feng as a teacher and was very respectful to Tian Feng. Yuan Mai had already asked Tian Feng to write a letter to him, informing Frustrated Hu that when our team came to the city, let us enter the city. Moreover, a war has not yet broken out between our Hebei Army and Cao's Army, and it is also unknown whether Cao Cao dares to wave his army deep into Qingzhou to pursue us. ”

Zhang Wu was still worried, and advised: "General, you only have these 7,000 men and horses left in your hands, don't get all of them to be surrounded and annihilated by Cao Cao in the end, then you won't have any belongings." In my opinion, if the general is not sincerely obedient to Cao Cao, let's take advantage of the fact that Cao Cao's army is still far away, and the defense in the area of Taishan and Dongjun is weak, and quietly retreat to Hanoi, right? ”

"Hmph, what's that called? There is a saying that there is no turning back when you open the bow, haven't you heard of it? ”

Ko Yi snorted coldly, reprimanded, and continued: "Among the seven thousand people, there are three thousand recruits, and the other four thousand are also left by Hao Zhao, and they don't have much combat power, so it's not a pity to lose them." I made a gentleman's agreement with Yuan Mai that if I could bring Zhang Liao back to Hanoi, he would have to allocate another 7,000 men to me; And in addition to this, give me back my 'first camp,' and give me half of the cavalry in the king's hand. Otherwise, do you think that General Ben has water in his head, he will be beaten with a military stick in vain, and he will have to go deep into the territory of Cao's army to take risks? ”

Zhang Wu finally understood that Lu Yi's fraudulent surrender turned out to be a transaction, and nodded: "If this is the case, if you can exchange it for the general, you can go to the camp first, and change another cavalry, and the strength is much more substantial than these seven thousand men and horses!" ”

"That's right, so this mission must only succeed, not fail. If the situation is not good, we will abandon our team, lead the light cavalry to surround that Zhang Liao and hurry to Langya, and turn back to Yuan Mai to ask for the troops he promised. Lu Yi drank the last sip of wine, and at the same time solved the doubts in Zhang Wu's heart.

When Zhang Wu was leaving, Ko Yi repeatedly told him to keep it a secret to prevent leaks. The next day, the team still maintained a speed of forty or fifty miles a day, while waiting for Zhang Kuang's news, and then made a countermeasure at any time, that is, the person sent by Yuan Mai to contact Zhang Liao.

This Zhang Kuang is Zhang Liao's brother, who was recruited by Yuan Mai from Ma Yi to serve as a military candidate, in order to accept Zhang Liao as a liaison. Yuan Mai promised him this time that if he could successfully persuade Zhang Liao to surrender, he would be awarded the rank of lieutenant. Zhang Kuang was moved after hearing this, and took a few clansmen, disguised as ordinary people, and rushed to Yecheng in advance, informing Zhang Liao of the fact that Koji Yi had come to welcome him in advance.

In the blink of an eye, it entered September, and Cao Cao's army gradually formed an encirclement around Xiapi City, and the day of breaking the city seemed to be not far away.

And Koyi's team was only a little more than a hundred miles away from Xiapi. In order to retreat faster into Qingzhou in the north, Lu Yi ordered the team to move closer to Xiapi from the north, and sure enough, he received Cao Cao's military order, ordering him to march at full speed, and rush to Xiapi City within two days, responsible for attacking the north gate, without delay. (To be continued......)