When the father city was in shape and Wang Xu was distracted by other things, Xiahou had already taken the remnants of the defeated army and rested on the way to Xiangcheng on the way to Xiangcheng in the father city.

Xiahoudun and Li Tong's two generals also leaned against the big tree, staring at the sky quietly, not knowing what they were thinking!

Sixty miles to the east of them, on a hill not far from Xiangcheng, an earth-shattering cheer suddenly sounded, giving full vent to the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe. The person who made the voice was none other than 1,500 Cao Army foot soldiers who were trapped in the hill.

Xiahou Yuan received three quick horse reports in succession last night. The first letter was a letter full of favors for help. The second letter was that Man Zhong informed the Jingzhou army to attack Yingyang. The third letter was a detailed report from the lurking Yellow Turban, confirming that He Man and He Yi had surrendered.

This shocked him half to death, and he almost cut off the details of the report on the spot, and scolded why he didn't report the Yellow Turban earlier.

If it weren't for Cao Hong's quick hands and holding him to death, I am afraid that the fine work would have died in vain. Later, I learned from the mouth of the fine work that the matter was carried out secretly, and only a few old brothers at the top of the Yellow Turban knew about it, and they didn't tell anyone at all, and the subsequent material transfer was only thought to be a normal transfer.

By the time the potential Yellow Turban camp had painstakingly discovered the rumors, a day had passed, and the city had been completely blocked, making it difficult to spread the news. It was not until the night that they got together, laid down the rope from the city at great cost, and secretly left the city, and it took a long time to travel, so that they could repay.

After such a while, Xiahou Yuan also calmed down. I know that the tide is turning. Resolutely give up rescuing Yingyang. for now he has only five thousand men in his hands. The Yellow Turban has surrendered again, and if it comes out, I am worried that I will not even be able to keep Linying.

At that moment, Cao Hong was left to lead 2,000 foot soldiers to guard Linying, and personally led 3,000 horse infantry to rush to Xiangcheng. He also deserved the praise of "traveling 300 miles a day, 600 miles in two days", and led his subordinates to arrive this morning.

Zhang Jing led the Flying Dragon Army to launch several charges, but it was not very effective. Worried about being attacked by Manzhong and him, he followed Gao Shun's earlier instructions and withdrew to Xiangcheng.

More than 1,000 people joined Xiahou Yuan, did not stop at all, and quickly retreated towards Linying. At the same time, Xiahou Yuan also sent fast horses to the direction of his father city to find Xiahou Yuan's department, wanting to inform him that the yellow turban had descended and ordered him to retreat quickly.

When retreating, Man Chong immediately rode his horse to Xiahou Yuan's side and hurriedly asked: "General Xiahou." Can you know about Yingyang's emptiness? ”

"I already know!" Xiahou Yuan said with a dark face.

"Did the general send troops to help?" Full of favor and anxious, after all, he and Xiahoudun are Yingyang's guards. Responsibility.

More importantly, Yingyang is the material concentration of the entire Yingchuan County, and there is a huge amount of money, grain and materials in storage, and it is unimaginable once it is lost. Originally, Yingyin, more than 100 miles northeast of Yingyang, was the Yingchuan County Government, and it was said that the treasury should be located there.

But because of the Yellow Turban bandits, Xiahoudun led the troops to Yingchuan and stationed in the strategic place of Yingyang to resist the enemy. Considering the emptiness of Yingyin, all the money, food and materials were transferred to Yingyang so that the army could protect it, who would have thought that there would be so many accidents.

Of course, this qiē Xiahou Yuan knew, and looked back at the anxious full favor, and finally showed a trace of helplessness on his face, and sighed: "Hey! The yellow turban has surrendered to Wang Xu before you send troops, my troops are insufficient, in order to avoid the loss of Linying, the army is like a rootless wanderer, I can only give up Yingyang, come here to save you! ”

When Man Zhong heard this, his face immediately flushed, because he was worried about the overall situation, and he didn't have time to think about it before he said angrily: "General Xiahou, how can you worry about the safety of the contemptible people, Yingyang is the top priority, the lord has thousands of instructions, how can you fall?" Why did you abandon the big things and save me, the general of the defeated army? ”

A kind heart came to save him, but he was scolded by this, and Xiahou Yuan was not angry, but very calm. After looking at the full favor for a long time, he said softly: "You are the pillar of the country, as early as when the troops set out to Yingchuan, the lord told me that no matter how much Yingchuan is won or lost, several lives will be saved, and you will be the first to be protected!" Now it's as it should be! ”

After speaking, Xiahou Yuan didn't say more, suddenly sped up his horse's speed and rushed to the front, obviously not wanting to be scolded again! No matter how much he appreciated Man's favor's actions, but with a good heart, he galloped to the rescue in the starry night, but was scolded miserably, and it would not be too comfortable.

Man Zhong was stunned, his eyes flashed with tears in an instant, and he shouted at Xiahou Yuan's back: "Thank you General Xiahou for saving your life!" ”

"Hahaha......" Xiahou Yuan couldn't stop laughing, and replied heroically: "You and I are ministers with the master, this is a matter of course!" Besides......"

Speaking of this, Xiahou Yuan paused, turned around and showed a hearty smile: "You are worth it!" ”

The two led the army back to Linying It was late at night, and they had appeased the soldiers, and before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they had a meal to suppress the shock, but they suddenly got a report, Li Dian took hundreds of soldiers to enter the city, and because the sky was too dark, the city gate guards could not distinguish the real from the fake, and did not dare to open the city gate.

Xiahou Yuan and Man were horrified, threw away the rice bowl they had just picked up, and rushed to the city to check, and after a conversation, they confirmed that it was Li Dian, and then opened the city gate. But there was no joy in either of them, and a very ominous feeling arose.

As soon as Li Dian walked through the city gate, Xiahou Yuan had already rushed forward, but as soon as he ran two steps, he suddenly slowed down, and his steps trembled! Because the sky was too dark, he could see more clearly by the light of the fire at this time, and saw that the soldiers of the Cao army were all banners and their armor was not in order, and even Li Dian's own armor was broken.

As a famous general, his reaction was very fast, he guessed the possibility in an instant, his eyes widened, and his voice trembled and asked, "Man Cheng, is this ...... Is this the fall of Zhaoling? ”

"Hey!" Li Dian sighed heavily and turned his head away in shame. "I got an order from the lord Kuaima in the afternoon of the day before yesterday, contacted Huang Shao, and used the position of Zhonglang to induce Huang Shao to surrender!"

Then he and Huang Shao ran to Shangqiao Village overnight, but found that it was already empty, Xu Sheng didn't know when to lead the troops to evacuate, I expected that he would take a lot of property and couldn't go too far, so he chased after him. Who knows......"

Speaking of this, Li Dian took a deep breath to calm down his fluctuating mind, and then continued: "Who knows that it is on the bank of the Lishui River." was ambushed by more than 1,000 elite horsemen of Guan Hai. Failed miserably. Huang Shao was beheaded by Guan Hai on the spot, and the Yellow Turbans surrendered in an instant. ”

"I led my troops to break through the siege and galloped all the way back to Zhaoling, but when I arrived yesterday evening, I found that Zhaoling had changed hands, and Xu Huang of Jingzhou took advantage of the emptiness of Zhaoling, and I don't know when to take away the city, and there were only three or four hundred people left behind me at that time. Then he fled to Linying. ”

When the words fell, Xiahou Yuan's eyes instantly turned black and he fainted directly!

"General!"

"General Xiahou!"

For a while, everyone around him was in a hurry and hurriedly carried him back to the county government.

The importance of Zhaoling is more important than that of Yingyang, which is located in the northwest corner of Runan County, next to Yingchuan County, and its strategic position is quite important. More importantly, guard against Yuan Shu further southeast.

The original plan was to wait for the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan and Runan to settle down. Then it is necessary to mobilize materials directly from Zhaoling and go directly south to the banks of the Huai River, so as to avoid the transportation of Dingtao from thousands of miles away, which consumes a lot of time and manpower.

But now, Zhaoling has fallen into the hands of Jingzhou, and you can imagine how much of the materials are left.

Soon, Xiahou Yuan came to his senses, and did not say a few words to Man Chong, Li Dian, and Cao Hong, and a bad news came again, Xiahou Yuan did not get notified and withdraw, but was defeated and came to Linying, with only more than 1,000 cavalry in his hands.

Since then, Cao Cao has stationed more than 20,000 soldiers in Yingyang and Zhaoling, of which only more than 4,000 foot soldiers and more than 3,000 cavalry remain. This is not the most unacceptable, more importantly, the two strategic places of Yingyang and Zhaoling have fallen one after another, and the loss of money, food and materials is hundreds of millions!

At the same time, the soldiers of Cao's army were defeated everywhere, their morale fell, their soldiers had no fighting spirit, and they did not have sufficient supplies in Linying, so they were unable to launch a large-scale counterattack. The critical shape forced several generals to jointly write a letter to Cao Cao of Dingtao for help......

Just when Cao Jun was anxiously waiting for dawn, Wang Xu of his father's city was sleeping soundly, dreaming!

In the early morning, just after opening his eyes, getting up and washing, and before he had time to eat, he was shocked and received reports from all parties one after another.

"General Qiyu, General Gao Shun has taken advantage of Yingyang's emptiness to capture Yingyang and seized countless money, grain and materials!"

"General Qiyu, Xu Shu joined the army and skillfully used a series of schemes, united with General Guan Hai who went south, ambushed on the bank of the Lishui River, defeated Cao General Li Dian, and killed Huang Shao, the Yellow Turban General."

"General Qiyu, General Xu Huang adopted Xu Shu's construction of joining the army, took advantage of Li Dian's troops, staggered with it, and made a detour to attack Zhaoling, and now he has completely occupied Zhaoling and seized a huge amount of materials, money and grain!"

"General Qiyu, Xu Shu joined the army and General Guan Hai took advantage of the situation to capture Yun County and seized a large amount of money, grain and materials!"

The good news came almost one after another, Wang Xu was so shocked that he almost thought that he was still in a dream, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth when he ate, and he didn't calm down until the meal was finished.

After thinking about the battle report, I understood how the whole battle situation was formed, and I was very pleased that the generals were able to adapt to the situation and adopt the best strategy to attack Cao Jun. Not only because of the result of this battle, but suddenly found that the generals in Jingzhou had the characteristics of being unique and formed their own styles, which was the general he longed for, the famous general he longed for.

Subsequently, the money from He Man's side was also slowly delivered, and Wang Xu decisively ordered Su Fei to lead his troops back to Luyang first, while he personally led the Xiaoyaojin dead soldiers and sharpshooters in his father's city to set off immediately!

An order was also sent to all parties, because of the lack of troops, and too much was captured, so the two generals Gao Shun and Xu Huang were strictly ordered to distribute all the grain from Yingyang and Zhaoling to the people, and the military equipment and materials that were not easy to transport were all burned with fire.

The rest of the money, armor and weapons were sent to the father city by half of the men and horses, and then the two counties of Zhaoling and Yingyang were abandoned in due course, and each led the remaining troops to Linying City.

Xu Shu and Guan Hai of Yun County also got the same order, and they emptied Yun County, and when the grain was distributed, they led their troops to Linying!

At the same time, Wang Xu also strictly ordered all soldiers and horses, no matter what they were busy accomplishing, to arrange a good time, and arrive at Linying City at noon three days later, not to be early, nor to be late.

Although the generals of the Cao army in Linying received a detailed report and knew that attacking and snatching the materials in transportation at this moment was the best opportunity to recover some losses, the Cao army had no morale at all, and had no ability to attack, and even the shape of Linying was in danger, how could they dare to make another large-scale sortie, if even Linying was lost, it would really be a decisive battle.

Three days later, the soldiers and horses arrived at Linying on time, only Xu Sheng was half a day late, because he rushed over again after transporting all the money and property from Shangqiao Village to his father's city.

Although the number of people assembled in this way is still small, only more than 3,300 people, less than half of Cao's army, but it is enough to scare Cao's army. Because it was these people who made all the Cao Jun in Linying City experience what terror is.

More than 400 camps, more than 400 big axe knights, more than 600 sharpshooters, more than 400 mad sword guards, more than 900 flying dragon soldiers, and more than 400 Xiaoyaojin dead soldiers, which are strong enough...... (To be continued......)