Jia Xu hurriedly came in with Sun Ren, and when he saw Zhang Lang, he hugged his fists and saluted: "Lord." Zhang Lang stood up, walked up to Jia Xu, and handed Jia Xu the letter he had just received. Jia Xu took the letter with both hands and read it. frowned slightly, "Sima Yi is really not simple!" When he saw that we didn't have a heavy army to go south to Yuzhou, he guessed our intentions, so he changed his strategy! Hold a large army on the Ying, almost invulnerable! ”

Zhang Lang said: "I plan to lead the army to Dongjun and form a confrontation with Cao's army first. What does Wenhe think? ”

Jia Xu pondered: "It should be so. ”

Zhang Lang saw that Jia Xu agreed, and immediately passed down the order.

Two days later, Zhang Lang left the Pingnan Army to guard Luoyang, and he led the Long Tao Army, the Leopard Tao Army, the Pingnan Army and 300,000 barbarian troops, a total of 600,000 troops, to march towards Dongjun.

Cao Pi received the scout's report and hurriedly convened all the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures.

Xu You glanced at Sima Yi and said mockingly: "Mr. Sima's strategy is indeed wonderful, but now that Lu Bu's army is attacking, we can't deal with it!" ”

Sima Yi said lightly: "Lu Bujun's actions are completely expected," he clenched his fist towards Cao Pi, "My lord, the strong and well-prepared city defense of Yidong County is sufficient, and there is no problem in defending it for three or five months." We can wait for Sun Jian to be completely defeated, and then deal with Lu Bu with all our might. Although he didn't dare to say that he could defeat Lu Bu, he could definitely do it if he was forced to retreat. ”

Xu Yu snorted coldly, "This is a real gamble!" ”

Sima Yi glanced at Xu You and said lightly: "Which war is not gambling?" In any war, no one can be 100% sure. ”

Cao Pi nodded, "What Mr. said is extremely true! Then he said categorically: "Since Lu Bu is coming to attack Dongjun, I will stay here and live and die with the city!" All the civil and military forces were very excited, and they expressed their willingness to live and die with the city. Cao Pi immediately sent an order, ordering the general Xiahoudun to be in charge of the defense of the city, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the city without his Cao Pi's order; General Xu Chu is in charge of martial law in the city, during which Xu Chu can interrogate any pedestrian, and can search and arrest families that he thinks are suspicious; At the same time, he ordered the Zhuangding of the surrounding counties and towns to assemble in Dongjun.

After the order was issued, the entire Dongjun city and all the people were like a huge machine, every day from morning to night, from night to morning, the city wall was full of armor layers of swords and guns, Cao Jun soldiers were strictly guarded and did not dare to slack off; In the city, patrols patrolled back and forth, interrogating pedestrians on the road from time to time, there were not many pedestrians on the streets, and the occasional pedestrians were all in a hurry; There are constantly recruited strong men to enter the city after strict examination, and now there are 400,000 regular main forces in the city of Dongjun, and 400,000 strong men transferred from local and various places, with a total defensive force of more than 800,000.

Yan Xing, the deputy general of the Long Tao Army, led 10,000 turquoise cavalry to the hills near Dongjun, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves suddenly stopped. Yan Xing raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the light of ironclad soldiers in the Dongjun City in the distance. With a wave of his hand, Yan Xing led 10,000 turquoise cavalry to gallop under the city gate.

Yan Xing reined in his soldiers and horses, came out of the front of the battle, and shouted: "Cao Jun'er, do you dare to fight to the death with my Yan Xing?" ”

Immediately, the city gate was opened, and nearly 10,000 Cao army cavalry poured out of the city gate, with their backs to the city wall to open a formation, and at the same time, the Cao army crossbowmen on the city wall were also waiting for the battle.

A general of the Cao army galloped out and shouted at Yan Xing: "The general Wen hired under the command of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty to take your dog's life!" ”

Yan Xing sneered, and galloped out with a horse lance to get a straight appointment. Wen Ping everyone shouted, and raised their big knives with both hands to greet them. In the blink of an eye, the two horses intersected, only to hear a loud bang, the two fought a move, and the war horse staggered. The two hurriedly turned their horses' heads and rushed towards each other again, stirring up a big fight. Yan Xing danced a horse lance as if it was blowing the wind, only to see the shadows of gunshots sticking to Wen Ping's body and stabbing continuously; Wen Ping wielded a big knife, the tiger and the tiger were in the wind, like a splitting mountain, as fierce as a dragon. The two fought inextricably, and it was difficult to distinguish between winners and losers in more than 20 rounds.

At this time, another Lu Bu army came, also 10,000 war horses, with a big Xu character embroidered on the military flag, and it turned out that Xu Huang, the general of Leopard Taowei, led 10,000 war cavalry from his headquarters to meet Yan Xing.

Xu Huang led the army to the city and joined Yan Xing's soldiers and horses, and restrained the horses to watch the battle.

At this time, Yan Xing and Wen Ping had already fought to more than 60 rendezvous, and the two sides were still inseparable.

At this moment, the city gate opened again, and the general Wei Yan led 10,000 war horsemen to rush out, and formed a formation with Wenpin's soldiers and horses.

Wei Yan saw that Wen Ping couldn't fight for a long time, so he rushed out to help Wen Ping. Seeing this, Xu Huang immediately hit his horse to meet him. Wei Yan saw that Xu Huang was carrying a big axe and killing fiercely, so he had to turn around and face the battle. The two horses intersected, and the two sides fought, one made a big sword, and the other made a battle axe, both of which were as fierce as a tiger, and the loud sound of weapons colliding was like striking iron, and it resounded through the sky all at once.

The four generals caught and fought against each other, and the dust was rolling, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.

Vice General Wei Yan was worried that Wei Yan's appointment would be lost, so he discussed with Deputy General Wen Ping to drive the army to cover up the past and fight with the opponent. The lieutenant general agreed. Immediately, the two of them roared loudly, and each urged his troops to cover the past.

Seeing this, Adjutant General Xu Huang immediately waved his army to meet the battle.

The 40,000 horsemen on both sides immediately collided together like two Lang tides, and the scuffle began, with a shocking sound of killing, and the loud sound of colliding with weapons and the screams of people before death; Iron hooves were rolling on the ground, spears were stabbed, swords were slashed, and blood was seen flying all over the sky.

Cao's cavalry gradually lost its strength and retreated into the city with the help of the cover of the crossbowmen on the city wall. Lü Bujun chased under the city wall and was shot back by Cao's crossbowmen. Lu Bu's army retreated several miles and lined up.

Wen Ping and Wei Yan retreated to the city, and were summoned by Cao Pi and reprimanded, reprimanding the two of them for rushing into battle and not being conducive to the battle and dampening the military prestige. The two of them were depressed.

After being reprimanded by Cao Pi, the two came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Wei Yan couldn't help but said angrily: "I'm waiting for my life to fight, and it's just a matter of appeasing and praising me, and actually reprimanding you and me in front of so many people!" It's chilling! Wen Ping sighed, "The two of us are indeed a little reckless, and they failed to win, and it is natural for the lord to be annoyed!" Wei Yan smiled coldly. The two of them stepped onto their zama and headed towards the southern gate.

Cao Pi climbed the West City Gate Tower under the leadership of all the civil and military forces, and looked into the distance, only to see countless soldiers and horses coming overwhelmingly, with flags like clouds, swords and guns like forests, and cold light one after another. All the civil servants trembled with shock.