Xiao Qiao snorted coldly, "Men are all the same!" Sun Ren frowned and shook his head, "When Cai Yan was taken away by the Huns, Lu Bu led the army to fight thousands of miles to rescue him!" It's a well-known thing! Lu Bu is different from his father and brother. Father and brother said that Lu Bu's three surnames were slaves, ruthless and unrighteous, but I thought he was the real lover. He can do whatever it takes for the people under his rule, or he can go to a desperate situation for the women around him. He wants the country, but he will not give up his relatives, for the sake of his relatives, he can give up the country! He's like Xiang Yu! ”

Xiao Qiao showed a thoughtful look.

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Zhang Lang suddenly made a big owe in the big tent. Rubbing his nose, he muttered, "Who is talking about my Huaihua behind my back?" He smiled and shook his head. took a piece of stationery, wrote a letter, sealed it, called Yang Kun, handed the letter to him, and gave him a careful order. Yang Kun took the letter and made a promise, and left in a hurry.

The scout officer didn't come in quickly, and hugged his fists and said: "General, the city is very noisy and noisy, and the scouts under him have found that many people and officials' families are leaving the city from the east city gate in a hurry, and they are all dragging their families with them!" ”

Zhang Lang touched his chin and frowned.

Xu Huang said excitedly: "Cao Pi Xiao'er must be scared, so he wants to abandon the city and flee!" Wu Yi stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "General, please let me lead the cavalry to raid the east gate!" Xu Huang hurriedly said: "General Wu Yi should stay in the camp, let the last general lead the Leopard Tao Army to assault!" Wu Yi was greatly dissatisfied, "General Xu, why do you want to rob me?" Xu Huang said confidently: "This matter is not about robbing or not robbing, it is all up to the general to decide!" The two looked at Zhang Lang.

Zhang Lang muttered: "If Cao Pi wants to give up Xuchang, things will be simple. ”

Just then, a dusty herald rushed in. Seeing Zhang Lang, he knelt down and said: "My subordinates sent a letter written by the military advisor on the order of the military division!" Then he took out a letter and held it above the top with both hands.

Dong Ying, who was standing next to Zhang Lang, immediately went down to take it and handed it to Zhang Lang, and then returned to Zhang Lang's side and stood with her sword again.

Zhang Lang opened the envelope, took out the stationery, shook it open, read it, frowned and nodded. Raising his head, he said to the generals: "The whole army is marching and approaching Xuchang." The cavalry of each legion stayed in Yingchuan for the time being to wait for orders. The generals clenched their fists and promised.

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Since the defeat of the Xianbei people, the main force of Cao's army in Youzhou has withdrawn to the Central Plains, but in order to prevent the Xianbei people from entering the army at any time, Cao Cao still left a considerable number of troops and several generals in Youzhou before retreating. The Daijun battalion has a total of 50,000 cavalry, and the leader of the army is Zhao Yun.

On this day, Zhao Yun was discussing with the generals in the camp, and suddenly received an urgent military information from Cao Pi's envoy. Zhao Yun took the paperwork and looked at it, and was taken aback. He raised his head and said to one of the generals beside him, "Take the messenger down to rest." The general answered the promise and led the messenger out of the tent.

Zhao Yun glanced at everyone and said, "Lu Bu's 600,000 troops are coming to the city, and the lord wants me to lead the army to help, what do you think?" The generals exchanged heads, and one of the generals clasped his fists and said: "Since it is the lord's order, we can only follow it!" Zhao Yun frowned and said, "I'm only worried that the Xianbei people will take advantage of it." Although the Xianbei people are already in the house, their strength should not be underestimated. If our army leaves, only one or two hundred thousand Xianbei troops will be able to turn Daijun upside down! At that time, the people will be displaced and poisoned, and our generals have the responsibility to defend the land, but they can't protect the people, how can we be at ease! ”

A general came out and hugged his fists and said: "What the general said is certainly reasonable, but since the lord has given the order, we can only follow it!" The generals chimed in.

Zhao Yun frowned and was silent for a moment. raised his head, glanced at the generals, and said categorically: "Our army will not move!" ”

The generals were stunned, and one of them hurriedly reminded: "General, if you disobey the order, what if the lord is held accountable?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "When the time comes, I will do my best!" The generals looked at each other and felt that this was really inappropriate, but since the Lord had made up his mind, they said no more.

Zhao Yun glanced at the generals and ordered: "From today onwards, the border patrol will be intensified!" The generals clenched their fists and promised.

At the same time that Zhao Yun received the order to transfer troops, almost all the generals received similar orders. As a result, there were signs of large-scale military movements on official roads in Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou and other places, and the direction was directed to Xuchang. Cao Pi and his advisers had already made a plan. With Cao Ren and Cao Hong's surprise troops raided to seize Nanyang, and at the same time relied on Xuchang Jiancheng with 150,000 soldiers and horses to defend it. As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they counterattacked in an all-out way to annihilate the attacking Lü Bu army as much as possible. The key to victory or defeat in this battle was whether Xuchang could hold out until reinforcements arrived, and secondly, whether Cao Ren and Cao Hong's army could capture Nanyang along the way.

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After receiving the order from Xuchang, Cao Ren and Cao Hong were greatly excited, and immediately reorganized their troops for battle, and at the same time sent a large number of meticulous troops to explore the situation of the large camp in Shuishui.

A day later, he reported one after another: "The Pingnan Army and the Leopard Tao Army of the Lu Bu Army are all in the barracks, as usual, and there is no special transfer. ”

Cao Ren immediately said to everyone: "The enemy thinks that the army is approaching Xuchang, and we must have no time to take care of anything else, so we are not strictly prepared, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is the providence of heaven that allows us to achieve great achievements!" I intend to use cavalry to cross the river from the downstream to attack Nanyang, Nanyang is defenseless and has no defenders, and it will definitely be able to go down with a drum. Once the enemy heard that Nanyang was lost, he would inevitably return to the army, and at this time, the main force of our army would kill from behind, and the army that had captured Nanyang would attack from the west at this time. The east and west flanks will surely wipe out the enemy in one battle! If this battle is successful, it will definitely turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop! The generals nodded excitedly.

Cao Ren saw that all the generals had no opinions, so he ordered: "Cao Hong, you lead 50,000 war cavalry to cross the river and take Nanyang directly." Cao Hong clenched his fists and promised.

Cao Ren glanced at the other generals and raised his voice, "The rest of the generals will wait for news with me. As soon as you get the news, you will start an all-out attack! The generals clenched their fists and promised.

That night, the 50,000 Cao army horsemen who had eaten a full meal quietly left the barracks under the leadership of Cao Hong. In the middle of the night, the army came to the shallows more than 20 miles downstream of the camp of the Shushui River, and 50,000 war horsemen waded across the Shuishui River and rushed towards the west. In the early morning of the third day, the army marched out of a dense forest, and a large city of considerable size immediately came into view. The tall walls enclose the city, surrounded by fertile fields, reflecting a delightful golden glow in the morning light. The city walls were carrying banners, three or five patrolmen were walking back and forth, the city gates were open, and the people and traders were coming in and out under the gates.