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From June to August, in just two months, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, and Ren Jun divided into three routes, and each captured Qianjun, Liang State, Chen State, and Runan.

The largest and most important county in Yuzhou is Runan, and Runan is set by Yuzhou Ping. And it was Zhang Liao's iron cavalry that captured Runan.

Cao Cao's troops in Runan exceeded 5,000, but most of them were miscellaneous soldiers, and under the double blow of Zhang Liao's iron cavalry and the dragon and wolf army's black pursuit division out of the pass into Yingchuan, Cao's soldiers quickly collapsed, or fled into Yanzhou, or fled into the mountains to become bandits.

Qian County is Cao Cao's hometown, but Cao Cao has already relocated his people. Without the Cao clan's forces as a stumbling block, Qian Jun naturally took it lightly.

At this point, Henan Yin, which was controlled by Ma Han, had been connected with Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and formed a great encirclement of Cao's Yanzhou.

Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Cheng Lian were not only grateful to Ma Han for being a hussar general, going thousands of miles to help, but also having a deep hatred with Cao Cao, plus they had nothing to rely on, only to take refuge in Ma Han There was a way out, and their surrender was sincere.

As for Ren Jun, this person is a native of Yinzhongmu, Henan, and he is just within the control of Ma Han's forces. In the past, each was his master, and naturally it would not cause disaster to his family, but now that Ren Jun has surrendered, it is different. If he dares to rebel, what awaits him is the disaster of destroying the door and leaving his relatives. You must know that Ren Jun's subordinates are all sect soldiers, that is to say, almost all the family members of this army are in Zhongmu. If Ren Jun dared to surrender and rebel, Ma Han gave an order to search for the Zhongmu Ren family. can make this army collapse in an instant.

In fact, there is no rebellion after Ren Jun surrenders, for a clan general like him, the interests of the clan will always come first, whoever controls his clan and can bring benefits to his clan, he will follow whom, it doesn't matter loyalty, just interests.

This is the same for Lu Qian. Whoever controls Yanzhou, or whoever controls Ren Chengguo, he Lu Qian will mix with whomever he wants.

These people don't have a single character Cao written on the top of their heads, and it is also the trend of the times to change the court and belong to the imperial court.

The battle in Yuzhou, as Ma Han expected, steadily advanced. But the situation in Yanzhou is a bit unexpected. Cao Cao did shrink his forces significantly, but he did not shrink all of them to the old nest as Ma Han expected, but concentrated his forces in four places: Puyang and Chenliu. and Kang's father and Gao Ping in Shanyang County.

The first two places were expected, but the last two places were very unexpected. This Kang's father and Gao Ping are the main roads from Xiaopei to Yanzhou. When Cao Cao fought Xuzhou for the second time. was stabbed in the back by Lu Bu, and hurriedly returned to the division to return to Yan, passing through this place. I sighed. If Lu Bu led the army to hold here, stop its way back, and confront each other for a long time, Cao's army was tired and lacked food, and it would be difficult to escape defeat. Lu Bu's strategic mistake, how could Cao Cao make it again?

After Cao Cao fled into Xiaopei, he first asked Liu Bei to intercept it in Surabaya to form the first line of defense; Then Xiahou Yuan was left to lead the army to hold Kangfu and Gaoping to form a second line of defense. Cao Cao, on the other hand, returned to his mentor Chen Liu, urgently recruited troops, and was determined to fight to the death.

But Cao's first line of defense was quickly breached. After the defeat of Xiapi, Liu Bei originally did not have many men left, how could he stop the 8,000 army of Li Dian and Lu Qian? After a little resistance, he withdrew from Xiaopei, fled north, retreated into the second line of defense, and joined forces with Xiahou Yuan.

Liu Bei fled north, the first line of defense of the Cao army was self-defeating, and the 8,000 army was under the city of Gaoping, and the Cao army was depressed. In mid-July, Cao Hong and Zhu Ling, who had been sent by Cao Cao to attack southern Xuzhou, transferred to Liangguo in Yuzhou, and joined Xiahou Yuan from Jiyin to Shanyang.

Cao Hong and Zhu Ling's attack on the south of Xuzhou was quite smooth, not only did they not suffer losses, but they also annihilated Liu Xun's 5,000-strong army, obtained a lot of heavy grain and straw, and captured nearly 1,000 prisoners. As soon as this new force joined, it immediately injected a dose of vitality into Cao Jun.

As a result, Xiahou Yuan's blocking force jumped to more than 6,000 people, which was no longer something that Li Dian and Lu Qian could gnaw.

In August, Gao Shun led 5,000 soldiers and horses who had completed the training to enter the Wutang Pavilion and confront Xiahou Yuan.

At this time, Cao's army was 6,000 and the Xuzhou coalition army was 13,000, which could form an offensive and defensive confrontation, and both sides were looking for a way to break the enemy.

Cao Cao once sent troops to attack the Cheng clan and Juye in Jiyin, wanting to hunt down and kill the Li clan in order to threaten Li Dian. It's a pity that Cao Cao's strength is no longer what it used to be, and there is basically no mobile force at hand that can be used, and most of the soldiers sent are new soldiers, while Li's dock wall has been built for many years and has a strong defense. As a result, they surrounded Yueyu and could not attack, but instead broke their troops and lost food, and finally had to give up.

As for the Lu clan of Renchengguo, I don't know if Cao Cao understood that Lu Qian had done his best, whether surrender was a last resort, or whether he hoped that the Xuzhou army would not be able to enter Yanzhou, and Lu Qian still had the possibility of being anyway...... In short, Cao Jun did not make a move against the Lu clan.

And Lu Qian obviously also appreciated it, and the other troops led by him were not active in attacking Cao's army.

Gao Shun, because of his highest military rank and being ordered by Ma Han to take full command of the battle, unified the three armies and launched six attacks on the two cities, but except for the loss of more than 1,000 soldiers, there was not much progress, and the two sides reached a stalemate.

At this time, those who can break the deadlock can only hope that the Dragon Wolf Army will come out.

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"Lord, the dragon and wolf army will definitely go out and take Chen Liu, in order to deal with the army of Xuzhou. And for now...... Ahem...... They didn't move for a long time, just to wait for the horses...... cough cough ...... "Xun Yu was lying on the bed, his face was pale, his forehead was tied with a blue belt, and his eyes were covered with red tendons.

"Wen Ruo rested, I just came to see you, the state government's affairs, please don't take it to heart." Cao Cao sat cross-legged in front of Xun Yu's couch, holding the slender hand of this friend who was also a friend, and his eyes were so sad that he wanted to drip.

Xun Yu coughed for a while, his pale face showed a touch of flush, and sighed: "Zhongde died, Bo Ning was separated, and Yu ended up in such a situation...... Yu has been in good health recently...... Ahem, it's not very convenient to speak, but it's still feasible to worry about the Lord and the heart...... But if the lord has an inquiry, he can show it. ”

In addition to being moved, Cao Cao was even more grieved. After Cheng Yu was seriously injured, he tossed and turned all the way, and the injuries were repeated, and he couldn't hold on before he reached Chen Liu...... Cao Cao made the three armies re-clothed for this reason.

Why do you say the word "heavy"? Because this is the fourth time in recent times that Cao Jun has been a vegetarian in the whole army. They are Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, and Dian Wei. In the end, it was finally Cheng Yu's turn.

As the saying goes, "three armies are easy to get, but one general is hard to find", in Cao Cao's view, three generals are easy to get, but one soldier is hard to find. This soldier is a national soldier, just like Cheng Yu. At present, Cao Cao's side, most of the generals have been adjusted to zero, and the clan generals are the generals. There are only two left, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong. The strategist is even more miserable, the mastermind of the plot died the year before last, and Cheng Yu died again this year, and the only plotter Xun Yu injured his internal organs again, and he had to stay in bed for at least half a year to recuperate, and he couldn't look at things.

At this time, Cao Cao was still a decent strategist, and only Mao Jue and Xun Yan were left. And in Cao Cao's eyes, these two people really can't be compared with Xun Yu. Just like this difficult matter right now, Mao and Xun. None of them could come up with a countermeasure that satisfied Cao Cao.

"The matter of the Dragon and Wolf Army, I have sent an envoy to contribute again, please old friends, it can be delayed for a while. Presumably before the horseman returns. The Dragon Wolf Army will not be out of the customs for the time being. However, there is a matter that is difficult to solve at the moment...... Cao Cao hesitated, and after coming into contact with Xun Yu's firm eyes, he finally explained the reason.

After Cao Cao's defeat and retreat to Yanzhou. It has faced three major troubles, or three pressures. The most direct pressure is naturally from Xuzhou in the southeast. Maybe there will be a Yuzhou in the future. The west of Luoyang also made Cao Cao stab in the back, and I don't know when this quick knife will be cut down.

The pressure in the east, south, and west directions was enough to make Cao Cao upset, but there were still people making trouble in the north.

Who? Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang originally only supported Lu Bu, that is, shouting slogans and exerting pressure, but did not dare to really do anything to Cao Cao. But when the news of Cao Cao's fiasco and Lu Bu's death came, Zhang Yang was furious.

If, as in history, Lü Bu died and Cao Cao won, then Zhang Yang would only dare to be angry and dare not speak (move). But the current situation is that Lu Bu died, causing Zhang Yang to be angry; Cao Cao's defeat made Zhang Yang emboldened.

Well, whether it is from the perspective of avenging his friends, or getting some benefits for himself to send troops this time to appease the dissatisfaction of his subordinates, it is necessary for Zhang Yang to give Cao Cao a little color. In this way, I can give an explanation to my old friend in the spirit of heaven and his subordinates.

So Zhang Yang crossed the river, attacked Baima, surrounded Puyang, sacked Lihu, and even hit Juancheng, harvesting the half-ripe wheat outside the city. And Cao's army was newly defeated, and Mao Jue, who stayed in Puyang, did not dare to make a mistake, and closed the city. As a result, the Hanoi army had a great harvest, and they were happy to see the hunt, and they were even more troubled.

Many of the Hanoi soldiers came from the side of the White Polish Army and the Black Mountain Army, and they were used to looting, and they did not rob for a long time, and they could hardly stop doing this. In the end, even Zhang Yang was a little frightened, hurriedly gathered his subordinates, hurriedly crossed the river, and returned to Hanoi, leaving behind a messy and smoky mess in Dongjun.

When Cao Cao came back and saw it, he was so angry...... The tiger was in trouble, and even the rat dared to bare its teeth. Xu Chu shouted to him on the spot for a thousand men, and he went to screw Zhang Yang's head off. Cao Cao almost wanted to agree, but as soon as he thought about it, he still held the handle in his hand when he cleaned up a mere Zhang Yang, only scruples about the "behemoth" that is close to Hanoi. If an army were to attack Hanoi without authorization, would it cause a strong backlash from that person?

The answer is, definitely.

Cao Cao hesitated, and in his heart, he really wanted the demoralized army to win a battle and reinvigorate the morale; He also had to give an explanation to the soldiers and civilians of Dongjun; In the defeat of Xiapi, his heavy grain and straw were lost too much, and the materials and population looted by the Hanoi army became more and more important...... But in this eventful season, do you want to fight, can you fight it?

Cao Cao was in a dilemma, and Mao Jue and Xun Yan couldn't come up with a good solution, so Cao Cao couldn't help but come to Xun Yu.

Finding Xun Yu in case of indecision is already Cao Cao's habitual action.

After Xun Yu listened, he closed his eyes and said nothing for a long time, and suddenly opened his eyes: "Fight!" ”

"Hit?!" Cao Cao was surprised, "That Yuan Benchu ......"

"There is only one, we must wait for Ma Han to return to Luoyang before we do it."

"This ......" Cao Cao was both surprised and confused, and almost blurted out that this is not asking for trouble? If you want to fight, you should take advantage of Ma Han's absence, if the evil wolf comes back, how can Cao Jun be allowed to fight on the other side of Luoyang?

Xun Yu barely supported his body, coughed in a whisper, and said something to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's eyes grew brighter and brighter...... (To be continued......)