Qingzhou, Nanpi.

Yuan Tan, the word Xiansi, Yuan Shao's eldest son, was appointed by Yuan Shao as the governor of Qingzhou, responsible for Qingzhou's military affairs, when he first arrived in Qingzhou, Yuan Tan controlled only a small plain in Qingzhou.

Not long ago, Yuan Shao suddenly allocated Yuan Tan a batch of grain and grass equipment and 5,000 elite soldiers, so that Yuan Tan could step up to take Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan got so much grain, grass, equipment, soldiers and horses, he was naturally very happy, and he vowed to make some achievements to show Yuan Shao, otherwise Yuan Shao would die in the future, and this big family business would fall into the hands of that damn younger brother Yuan Shang.

After a "hard work" from Yuan Tan to Qingzhou, his territory was no longer a small plain, and half of the entire Qingzhou fell into his hands.

In addition to Qi County in the north is still in the hands of Tian Kai, only Beihai and other places in the east have not been taken, Tian Kai is the Qingzhou assassin appointed by Gongsun Zhan, since Lu Bu issued an edict, Gongsun Chan has been talking about the Son of Heaven all day long, shouting closer than his mother, and using what righteousness to coerce Yuan Tan to withdraw from Qingzhou.

Not only that, Gongsun Zhan also sent Shan Jing to lead 10,000 horses to Qi County to help Tian Kai defend the city, and there was a great tendency to counterattack Yuan Tan.

Fortunately, the black mountain thief Zhang Yan didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and led the army to attack Yecheng, but was defeated by Yuan Shao, and fled in a panic.

Gongsun Zhan had no choice but to give up letting Tian Kai and Shan Jing fight back against Yuan Tan, but he strictly ordered the two of them to defend and do his best to deal with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Tan also sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter Qi County. It was found that the city of Qi County was tall and strong. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, Tian Kaihe Shan Jing had 20,000 soldiers and horses, and there was plenty of food and grass, so it was extremely difficult to capture them easily, so Yuan Tan set his sights on Beihai.

Xin Ping said to Yuan Tan: "Son, I heard that Cao Cao captured Xuzhou not long ago. The momentum is shocking, and when he sits firmly in Xuzhou and frees his hands, he will inevitably capture Beihai, we can't sit back and wait for the opportunity, now Qi County is in a hurry to take it, we might as well rush in front of Cao Cao and capture Beihai. ”

Yuan Tan has long wanted to take Qingzhou all and be a real governor of Qingzhou, listening to what Xin Ping said. Immediately said: "Sir is right, we can't sit back and wait for the opportunity. Tomorrow I will be promoted to the rank of general and attack the North Sea with all my might. ”

In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Tan ordered people to beat the drums of war, and tens of thousands of soldiers gathered together in an instant, and Zhu Ling, Gao Ran and other generals sent by Yuan Shao to assist Yuan Tan were summoned together.

Yuan Tan was dressed in silver armor, a wide cloak was windless, and a sword that was sharpened like clay hung from his waist, and when he walked on the platform, Yuan Tan enjoyed it very much.

"Zhu Ling, I order you to be the vanguard general, lead an army of 10,000, cross the river first, and take Gaotang directly, and I will lead the army as the rear." Yuan Tan said loudly.

"The last general commands!" A burly man came out of the line to hug his fists

It was summer, the weather was hot, a round of red sun hung high in the sky, the ground was hot, and the green trees were listless.

Zhang Miao, one of the eight chefs, was the head of the famous party in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and his whole body was soaked like rain, and his old face was thirsty and hungry, and he was red and almost bleeding because of the scorching sun.

Chen Gong was no better, riding on a horse, dazed, if it weren't for a belief in his heart, he would have fallen long ago.

When he left the city, there were about a thousand soldiers following, and now there are less than a hundred people left, Xiahou Yuan occupied Chenliu, and did not pursue Zhang Miao, but fortified the city.

"Gongtai! What do we do now! I really can't. Zhang Miao asked Chen Gong weakly.

"Fu Jun, let's find a cool place to rest, after running so far, Cao Bing will definitely not be able to catch up." Chen Gong replied weakly.

"Yes, yes, find a cooler place, I'm looking for some water and food, or I'm going to die of thirst." Zhang Miao licked his chapped lips, incomparably reminiscent of the taste of water.

The remnants of the defeated army found a small forest, leaned against the big tree, fell asleep one by one, and ran so far as they could, they really didn't want to move again.

"Come on, go find water for this house, go find meat, this house wants to drink water, and you want to eat meat!" Zhang Miao lay on the ground and shouted at the soldiers beside him.

"The soldiers are tired to death, who wants to run to find water under the big sun."

"Ergouzi, damn, Lao Tzu saw that you were pitiful and took you in, what did you say?" Seeing that no one answered, Zhang Miao angrily yelled at a soldier.

Ergouzi slowly got up from the ground and replied cautiously: "If you are an adult, the small one is to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and you must do the same." ”

"Then don't go quickly, sir, I'm dying of thirst." Zhang Miao kicked the two dogs weakly.

The second dog reluctantly raised his legs and slowly walked into the distance, looking for water and food.

Chen Gong leaned against the big tree, although he was hungry and thirsty, he didn't want to move at all, his eyelids fell heavily, he starved to death, died of thirst, and couldn't be trapped to death!

"Gongtai, when will the army of Wen Hou arrive here! I will definitely take back Chen Liu, and let Cao Cao know how powerful I am! Zhang Miao thought of the abandoned city, and greeted Cao Cao's eighteenth generation ancestors in his heart.

Chen Gong did not answer Zhang Miao, in fact, he was unwilling to say a word more.

"Oh no, Cao Bing is chasing after me!" As soon as the second dog came out of the woods, he saw a group of elite soldiers passing by majestically, and he was so frightened that he ran and crawled back to the woods, and screamed.

"What? Cao Bing is chasing after him! Zhang Miao, who was originally weak, stiffened up with a carp and jumped up, and many soldiers also jumped up.

As soon as Chen Gong heard Cao Bing, he stood up with his body bracing and looked out with resentment.

"Run!" Zhang Miao shouted, and before he could run a few steps, he tripped over a small branch and fell with blood.

"How could Cao Bing's speed be so fast?" Chen Gong thought puzzled.

Just as he was puzzled, countless soldiers surrounded him on all sides of the woods, and the first lieutenant said, "Are you yellow turban thieves?" Hey? Is it an officer and soldier? What kind of brothers are you? ”

"Who are you?" Chen Gong looked at these soldiers and horses calmly, their costumes seemed familiar.

Zhang Miao also understood that this was not Cao Cao's army, which meant that he was saved, and hurriedly said: "I am Chen Liutai guarding Zhang Miao!" ”

"Chen Liutaishou? How could it be here! The lieutenant touched his nose and was puzzled.

"I was attacked by Cao and Cao Cao, and Chen Liu was captured by him." Zhang Miao said regretfully.

"What, Chen Liu was occupied by Cao thieves!" The lieutenant was shocked.

"You are a warm army!" Chen Gong pointed to the captain and said, he finally remembered that when he entered Guanzhong, he saw that the soldiers guarding the city were all in this kind of armor and clothing.

"Yes, in Xia Hao Meng, he is a lieutenant of Wen Hou's abduction." Hao Meng clenched his fists and said.

"Oh my God, we're finally saved." Zhang Miao cried bitterly, thinking that it was Cao Bing who was killed, but it turned out that the rescuers were coming, and this feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe made him very excited.

The remnants of the defeated generals also patted their chests and shouted for help.

A soldier had already gone to inform Lu Bu.

Lu Bu passed by here with his army, heard someone shouting, and immediately sent people to besiege the woods, but he didn't want to find Zhang Miao and the others.

After receiving the report, Lü Bu ordered to camp on the spot.

"Wen Hou, I'm sorry for you, I didn't complete the task and lived up to your expectations!" Chen Gong saw Lu Bu and said ashamedly.

"Brother Gongtai doesn't have to be like this, Cao Cao is very cunning, who would have expected him to strike first, besides, Cao Bing has been on the battlefield for a long time, and most of them are warriors of a hundred battles, it is not surprising that you are invincible." Lu Bu comforted Chen Gong.

Chen Gong sighed and bowed his head in shame.

Zhang Miao was brought over, he and Lu Bu had several relationships before, and they were old acquaintances, but he was more afraid of Lu Bu.

"Warm, warm!" Zhang Miao bowed in horror.

"Zhang is too hard!" Lu Bu comforted Zhang Miao.

Seeing that the Murder Demon King was talking to him so politely, Zhang Miao hurriedly rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

Lu Bu was very disappointed in Zhang Miao and Chen Gong in his heart, he thought that he could use Zhang Miao's strength to make up a large-scale army of soldiers and horses, but he didn't want them to be defeated, not to mention the loss of the city, and the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

And Lu Bu only brought 2,500 men, ten days of dry food, no food and grass replenishment and enough troops, and did not want to set fire to Cao Cao's rear at all.

The most important thing is that Lu Bu doesn't even have a place to stay, no stronghold, how to play a game with Cao Cao.

"Wen Hou, can you give us some food and water, I can't hide it, we ran all night, people are sleepy and tired, and we are really hungry and thirsty!" Zhang Miao said to Lu Bu embarrassedly.

Chen Gong's head was lowered, and his face turned red.

"Someone came to prepare food and water for Zhang Taishou and his brothers, but I brought dry food, I don't know if Taishou can get used to it." Lu Bu waved his hand, and Hao Meng hurriedly ordered someone to prepare.

Zhang Miao smiled bitterly, does he still have a pick? He was nothing but the name of a Taishou.

Seeing the dry food, Zhang Miao and the others had their eyes lit up, and they didn't care whether it was unpalatable or not, they grabbed it and put it in their mouths, gobbled it up, choked on it, and drank a sip of water.

Hao Meng quietly walked to Lu Bu's side and said cautiously: "Big brother, Chen Liu has been attacked by Cao Cao, we have no stronghold, no soldiers, horses, grain and grass, we can't beat Cao Cao at all, it's better to withdraw to Guanzhong." ”

"How can I return in vain like this, since I am here, no matter whether there are no soldiers or food, I have to play a game with Cao Cao." Lu Bu said coldly.

Hao Meng stopped talking, muttered a few words in a low voice, and retreated.

Chen Gong ate a piece of dry food, drank half a bag of water, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, stood up, and walked to Lu Bu's side.

"Brother Gongtai." Lu Bu smiled at Chen Gong and nodded, knowing very well in his heart that Chen Gong was going to discuss countermeasures with him.

Chen Gong arched his hand and said, "Wen Hou, can you take a step to speak." ”

"Good!" Lu Bu nodded, and the two walked towards a secluded place. (To be continued......)