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The land of Shenzhou, the snow falls, and the city of Runan is covered in silver.

In the darkness of the night, the infantry troops quietly approached the city, and the defenders at the head of the city were not aware of it at all.

The team consisted of about 3,000 people, all dressed in white robes, and walked very stealthily in the snow. The first member of the general is eight feet tall, with a leopard head and eyes, and a spear in his hand, which is Zhang Yide, a Yanren.

After Yuan Cao broke out in the war in the Liyang area, Liu Bei has been coveting Runan, how can Cao Cao have already taken precautions, not only sent his clan brother Cao Hong to sit in Runan, but also arranged two capable deputies for him - Man Chong and Zhang Xiu.

Although Cao Hong is a reckless man, he is full of favorites and resourceful. The heart is as delicate as a hair; Under his advice, Cao Hong defended steadily, not trying to make merit, but seeking no fault.

For the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in the territory, Liu Bi, Gong Du and others, let them run rampant in the territory, but just stick to the Runan City Governance Office and not come out, so as not to give Liu Bei a chance to take advantage of it. Wait for the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to end, and then settle accounts with these thieves.

A few days ago, the favored father was infected with the wind and cold and died, and the pet ran thousands of miles to mourn and returned to his hometown in Shanyang.

This news was obtained by the scouts placed by Liu Bei in the city, and it was quickly passed on to Liu Bei in Lujiang; Chen Gong's eyes were like torches, and he keenly felt that the time had come to take Runan, so he asked Liu Bei to secretly prepare men and horses to attack Runan.

Liu Bei now owns two county seats, Huainan County and Lujiang County. The number of soldiers and horses under his command has expanded to 50,000, dozens of good generals, and dozens of staff. It has become a force that no prince dares to underestimate.

Huainan is the land of four wars, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, surrounded by strong enemies. Liu Bei adopted Chen Gong's advice and ordered Guan Yu, Guan Ping and his sons, Liao Hua, Liu Xun, Li Feng and others to lead 15,000 men and horses to sit in Shouchun and fight with Lujiang.

For Chen Gong's strategy, Liu Bei deeply admired. Since getting his assistance, he has gone from sending stray dogs under the fence everywhere to a broad road. Therefore, Chen Gong's advice was followed.

Since Chen Gong said that the time has come to take Runan. Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei and Wei Yaner to lead 20,000 horses to follow Chen Gong to Runan. And Liu Bei himself, Chen Zhi, Mi Fang, and Mi Zhu led 20,000 horses to defend the Lujiang River to prevent the Sun family in Jiangdong from taking the opportunity to attack.

More than 300 miles from the Lujiang River to Runan, the mountain road is rugged, and most of the roads are withered grass and trees on both sides. Hidden whereabouts. It is very beneficial for marching in.

After the full pet is gone. The weather gradually turned colder, and Cao Hong felt that in this cold winter, a fool would use soldiers. So let your guard down.

Until Chen Gong and Zhang Fei led their troops into the territory of Runan, which was only eighty miles away from the county seat of Pingyu, Cao Jun's scouts still did not find Liu Jun's whereabouts.

When it got dark, snow fell from the sky, and the sky and the earth were white.

Chen Gong ordered all the soldiers to smear pine oil and other cold-proof materials on their hands, marched to Pingyu City overnight, and sent people to contact Gong Du and Liu Pi, who had been secretly supporting Liu Bei.

Liu Pi and Gong have been entrenched in Runan for many years, and they have gathered more than 5,000 Yellow Turbans under their command, and have been secretly in contact with Liu Bei.

In the middle of the night, Liu Jun had already approached Pingyu City, but only twenty miles away.

Chen Gong was worried that if he went forward again, he would be seen by the defenders at the head of the city, so he ordered Zhang Fei to select 3,000 elite soldiers to put on the white clothes prepared before, and march to the city of Runan under the cover of snow.

The sky and the earth were white, and large snowflakes fell, and the defenders at the head of the city took turns to avoid the snow, and the number of patrols was reduced by at least half.

It wasn't until Zhang Fei led his army across the moat and put the ladder on the city wall with his own hands that Cao Jun, who was defending the city, exclaimed: "It's not good, there are enemy troops!" ”

There were only a few dozen patrolling soldiers on the city wall, and they were shot by the dense rain of arrows of thousands of people under the city, and they died instantly, and Liu Jun easily climbed to the top of the city.

"Hu'er hey......"

Zhang Fei roared, swung out the spear in his hand, cut down the drawbridge with his own hands, and then captured the city gate, and ordered people to raise fire on the head of the city to meet the army of Chen Gong and Wei Yan.

Cao Hong and Zhang Xiu were awakened in their sleep, and hurriedly organized the men and horses in the city to meet the enemy, and under the command of the second general, the 15,000 men and horses defending the city launched a counterattack on the city gate.

Zhang Fei brandished a Zhangba snake spear and led 3,000 elite soldiers to desperately block the city gate, like a rock, standing still.

Cao Hong and Zhang Xiu led their troops to attack desperately, but they were unable to recapture the city gate.

However, in an hour or so, Chen Gong and Wei Yan led a large army to kill, and Liu Pi and Gong Du also led more than 5,000 Yellow Turbans from the north to surround Runan on three sides and attack, Cao Hong and Zhang Xiu could not resist, so they could only lead their troops to break through to the west.

At dawn, the flag of "Liu" floated at the head of Runan City, but in one night, the owner changed.

It is only 200 miles from Runan to Xuchang, and if Runan is lost, the south of Xuchang will lose its barrier.

Cao Hong collected the defeated soldiers, counted the number of people, lost more than 4,000 people in this battle, and there were more than 10,000 troops under his command, so he retreated north to Shangcai and Ancheng to arrange a defensive line to prevent Liu Bei from driving straight into Xuchang. and sent people to hurry up and rush to Guandu to report to Cao Cao.

The banks of the Yellow River were particularly cold, with a thick layer of ice on the surface of the river, and the soldiers' hands could barely stretch out, the armor was cold and piercing on their bodies, and the scabbard was stained with frost, and it was almost impossible to pull it out without force.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both had the intention of retreating, but the enemy did not move and I did not move, and neither of the two sides was willing to take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield.

Rao is Cao Cao has experienced a hundred battles, and he has long been overjoyed and angry, but when he received Cao Hong's letter for help, he was still shocked into a cold sweat.

The case was angrily scolded: "Raising tigers, raising tigers...... I really regret letting Liu Bei, the ungrateful big-eared thief, go! Runan is lost, Xuchang is not at peace, and the troops are retreated! ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei's combat power was so amazing, Cao Cao's staff were all surprised, and after thinking for a while, it was still Guo Jia who came out to offer advice.

"Cao Gong, Liu Bei's power has become large, and it may be difficult to exterminate it for a while; There is a large army of the Yuan family in the north, we are attacked by the enemy on the back, if it is attacked from both sides, our army may not be able to support, when the relationship with Jiangdong Sun Ce is further deepened, and the Jiangdong army is drawn to contain Liu Bei, in order to resolve the crisis in Xuchang! ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement with Guo Jia's statement.

ordered Dong Zhao to go to Jiangdong instead of himself, canonized Sun Ce as "Wu Hou" in the name of the Son of Heaven, and married his niece to Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Kuang as a concubine. This is not the end, and in the name of the imperial court, he added officials to Sun Ce's civil and military officers one by one, and tried his best to win over.

Dong Zhao received the order, took a dozen followers, stepped on the snow and headed south, heading towards Jiangdong.

"Retire the army, wait until the spring is warm, and then go back to Guandu to fight with Yuan Shao!"

With Cao Cao's order, 60,000 Cao troops retreated to the south.

When passing through Zhongmu County, Cao Ren and Le Jin were left to lead 30,000 horses to garrison, so as not to prevent Yuan's army from driving straight into the county later.

Cao Cao himself returned to Xuchang with Xu Huang, Li Dian, Xu Chu and all his staff members Starry Night, preparing to plan a counterattack on Runan.

Hearing that the Cao army eighty miles away suddenly retreated, the strategist Xun Chen hurriedly came to see Yuan Shao: "Lord, the Cao army suddenly retreated, nine times out of ten there is a military situation behind the back, if it is not Liu Bei or Liu Biao threatens Xuchang, please order the army to march and capture Chen Liu in one fell swoop!" ”

Yuan Shao shook his head and rejected Xun Chen's suggestion: "The weather is so cold, how can there be a war?" It's only October, and the ice on the Yellow River is as thick as a foot. ”

"Father, it's so cold, I'm shivering just by staying in a tent, let alone fighting! Retire from the army, the child's wind chill is getting worse and worse? Yuan Shang, who had been baking the fire next to him, was wearing thick cotton clothes and said with a pale face.

Because Yuan Shang was accidentally infected with the wind and cold, Yuan Shao was anxious to sleep and eat in the past few days, and he had already had the intention of retreating, but Cao Jun did not retreat, and he couldn't pull his face to take the initiative to retreat.

The Yuan family has already suffered two major defeats in a row in Baima and Yanjin, and if they take the initiative to withdraw this time, they will inevitably feel that they have lost again, so Yuan Shao hesitated. But since Cao Cao took the initiative to withdraw from the army, then there will be no more such gossip!

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Seeing his son's pale face, Yuan Shaolian said three retreats, got up and walked in front of Yuan Shang, reached out and touched his hot forehead, and said worriedly: "Why is it getting hotter and hotter?" The medic in the army is really useless! We immediately returned to Yecheng and found the best doctor to treat my son! ”

Looking at Yuan Shao's fatherly appearance, Xun Chen had nothing to say, shook his head and withdrew from the tent.

Yuan Shao immediately convened the civil and military staff to discuss the strategy of retreating.

After some military discussions, Yuan Shao made a decision, led by Zhang He and Gao Lan, the second generals, 30,000 people, to the north to the Yuanwu county town fifty miles northeast of Guandu to garrison, and confronted Cao Ren of Zhongmu across Guandu.

Yuan Shao led the rest of the horses to retreat to Jizhou, and when the spring flowers bloomed in the next year, he would march into the Central Plains and hunt with Cao's army in Guandu to fight each other.

Three days later, Gao Shun led his headquarters back to Huai County, set up the team properly, and went into the city to meet Yuan Mai.

Due to the heavy snow and inconvenient transportation, Yuan Mai's intelligence was much slower, and he did not know the news that Yuan and Cao had suddenly withdrawn their troops from Guandu, and they were very surprised by Gao Shun's sudden return.

After listening to Gao Shun explain the ins and outs of the retreat, Yuan Mai smiled wryly and said to himself in his heart: "Alas...... It seems that this cheap father's indecision can't be changed, and he doesn't think about it, with Cao Cao's character, will he suddenly withdraw from the army? This is a good time to take the opportunity to advance the front, and even retreated because of Yuan Shang's wind and cold, it seems that the wings of my butterfly still can't flap you! (To be continued......)