"Oops!" Zhang Liao quickly reacted and exclaimed: "If they really retreat and our army is unable to attack, it will be really a big deal." ”

Dian Wei didn't understand at the moment, and asked in a daze: "Even if you retreat, it's nothing, let's go over, why is it a big deal!" ”

Zhang He took over the words and said with a wry smile: "General Dian, think about it, if Zhong Miao gives up Chang'an and retreats, where can he retreat?" ”

"Feng Yi in the north, Hongnong in the east?" Dian Wei said uncertainly.

"That's inevitable, most likely a small part of the army retreats to Feng Yi to contain us in the north, and most of them go east, first divide the troops to hold Tongguan, and then the rest of the army will go to the Lu clan to join Xu Rong, so as to concentrate the forces and get rid of the current situation where there is nothing to be done."

Zhang He's tone was heavy, and he shook his head and said: "If it really succeeds, then our army will be in trouble, enter Tongguan in the east, and there will be no one to guard this area of Chang'an. ”

"If we divide our troops to garrison this area of Chang'an and guard the rear, we will not have enough troops to continue to advance eastward."

"But if we withdraw to Shang County to fight the Lu family, wouldn't it be a return to the starting point, we worked hard and spent money, food and materials, but it didn't bring a real blow to the Cao army at all, but returned to the starting point, and even made the Cao army gather and become more and more difficult to overcome, which really makes the world laugh."

"Humph!" Wang Xu also had a wave of anger in his chest, and said coldly: "Zhong Xuan, this is clearly deceiving me with few soldiers, if I have another 100,000, no, even if it is 50,000, I will beat him down for the entire division!" ”

"But what now?" Yan Liang frowned, and then said, "Why don't you transfer General Xu Huang's Southern Army to the north?" ”

"No!" Xu Shu hurriedly waved his hand. Stopped in a loud voice: "Now the interior of Jingyi Erzhou is extremely empty. The Southern Army defended Jingnan. To guard against Jiangdong, we must not move, otherwise we will not open the door and let others in, and we would rather withdraw our troops than move the southern army. ”

"Yuan Zhi is right!" Wang Xu said in agreement, but then sighed helplessly: "But what should I do now, Zhong Xuan has been gone for a few days." If you march day and night, it will be too difficult to catch up. ”

"Wait for your subordinates to think about it for a while!" Xu Shu replied, and slowly fell into contemplation, and everyone did not bother, thinking about it separately.

"Husband can be in the house!"

Suddenly, Ling Wanqing's voice suddenly came from outside, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

When Wang Xu looked at him in astonishment, Ling Wanqing, who was dressed in light clothes, had already walked into the house, saw him, and approached a few steps at the moment: "Husband." Guo Junshi came to his senses five and a half days ago and immediately inquired about the situation of all parties. After learning about the battle situation of Si Li, he was very happy, and asked the slave to personally send a letter to the husband, saying that the sooner the better. ”

"Oh? Bonghyo woke up? Wang Xu took the secret letter and opened it while asking, "How is his condition?" ”

"I have been healed by the two gods Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, but I need to cultivate well, and I can't act too much for the time being!" Ling Wanqing smiled gently.

"Hmm!" Wang Xu nodded, didn't ask any more, and read the letter carefully.

But after a while, he put the letter away with a strange expression, regretfully, and sighed.

Seeing this, Xu Shu couldn't help asking, "Lord, what do you have to tell you about filial piety?" ”

Wang Xu smiled bitterly: "The first thing he said was, let me be vigilant, Zhong Xuan is likely to withdraw and retreat to Hongnong!" ”

"This ......"

Xu Shu was surprised, and the generals also looked at each other.

"Hey! It would be nice if Fengxiao was in Sili! Wang Xu sighed dejectedly, but then became happy again: "However, it is also written on the letter of filial piety that if there is an accident, how to deal with Zhong Xuan after retreating to Hongnong!" ”

Xu Shu also seemed to have thought of something at that time just now, and said at the moment: "But persuade the lord to retreat and take the three counties of Jingzhao, Fufeng and Feng Yi!" ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu looked at him in surprise, and then smiled: "Hehe, there is no filial piety, and there is Yuan Zhi by his side, which is more than enough!" ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for him to answer, but he said loudly: "Yes, Feng Xiao said that if Zhong Miao retreats to Hongnong, we must not follow his pace, otherwise we will return in vain." It is a foregone conclusion, then there is no power, but first try to stabilize Jingzhao, and then attack Fufeng further west, and then threaten the rear of Han Sui in Wudu, echo Hanzhong from afar, and strive to break Han Sui's soldiers and horses. ”

Xu Shu smiled a little and agreed: "What Guo Junshi said is very true. ”

"Then follow suit!" Wang Xu got up decisively and said loudly: "If we can't eat big fish, we will eat small fish, and some of them are better than nothing!" ”

"Zhang Liao, you immediately lead the headquarters of Xiaoyaojin and 10,000 foot soldiers, to Chang'an, sixty miles away in the northwest, if Zhong Xiang does not leave, don't move, report immediately, if Zhong Xuan's main army leaves, take Chang'an for me!"

"Zhang He, you lead five thousand foot soldiers to Baling County in the north, and immediately station!"

"Gao Shun, Xu Shu! The two of you stay in Duling in case of accidents. ”

"Dian Wei, Yan Liang, you two set off with me with five thousand guards and iron horses, we went to Chang'an to set up an ambush on the road to Baling, I estimate that after Zhang Liao dispatched, the generals who stayed in Chang'an and pretended to be in disguise will inevitably flee, we will block his way, catch the general, and we will know everything."

With the order, the generals who were holding their breath set off quickly, and at this time no one felt comfortable in their hearts, and the original good shape shì was reversed in an instant, and the main force of the enemy army ran away from under their noses, which was difficult for people to accept.

Wang Xu then wrote two more letters, asking Ling Wanqing to immediately dispatch the spy and shadow troops to Jizhou and Xiliang respectively, which was also instructed by Guo Jialai's letter.

After Ling Wanqing was ordered to leave, he chose a valley between Chang'an and Baling as an interception point from the map, and set off with Dian Wei and Yan Liang with five thousand guards and iron cavalry, first going north for more than 60 miles through Baling, and then turning west and running to the exit of the valley.

It took half a day for the sergeant to arrive on time, and after resting in place for only half an hour, he heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves coming from the valley.

"It's coming!"

Dian Wei roared and ordered the soldiers to quickly mount their horses.

Wang Xu reacted faster, and grabbed the fire dragon spear stuck in the ground. The body is longitudinal. Stepped on the BMW Blackhoof Frost Snow Beast. That is, on his hoarfrost back.

Five thousand cavalry lined up in a long column, blocking the exit from the valley.

Wang Xu, Dian Wei, and Yan Liang stood in front of the formation, and rode up, quietly waiting for Cao Jun......

Earlier, Li Yan was reported by spies in Chang'an, saying that Zhang Liao marched into Chang'an without heavy siege equipment, knowing that the matter of retreating from the army must have been exposed, and he did not dare to hesitate at all. Soon the soldiers were organized to retreat and chase after the army that had been marching east to Hongnong for several days.

Although he had a bad premonition, thinking that Jingzhou would not let the people and horses left behind in Chang'an run away, he still had a trace of luck in his heart, hoping to escape.

As for surrender, he didn't even think about it, not because he was loyal to the Han court or Cao Cao, on the contrary, he didn't have a good impression of the Han court, and he didn't have any entanglements with Cao Cao. He was not Cao Cao's retainer, but he was exiled to Si Li. After joining the army, because of his outstanding ability, he was promoted step by step, until he served under Zhong Xuan, and he never saw Cao Cao at all.

Even, there was some resentment in his chest.

He is a person with real skills, and he is also a proud person, and he is naturally not very comfortable with some people who are far inferior to him all the year round, but so far, he has no nameless ministers, and he has no opportunity to fully display his talents, how can he be promoted, and finally this Jingzhou invasion, when he had the opportunity, he encountered a strong attack, and he was powerless to reverse the situation.

Therefore, he refused to surrender because of his own temperament and his own dignity.

"Quick! Fast! ”

Li Yan's hands holding the spear were full of sweat, and he kept urging the soldiers.

"There is a big corner ahead, observe the mountains on both sides, you should only pass this corner, you can get out of this valley, fortunately there are no ambushes, otherwise you will definitely die."

Thinking so in his heart, he sped up his horse slightly.

But when he turned the huge corner excitedly and looked at the valley mouth in the distance, his face turned blue in an instant, and even began to turn white.

"It's over!" It was the only thought in his mind.

Li Yan and his 3,000 cavalry slowed down until they slowly stopped, and the two armies faced each other in silence.

Wang Xu was also stunned, Li Yan's appearance did not change much, he recognized it at a glance, although he already knew that Li Yan was serving in the Cao army, but he didn't expect that it would be this person who stayed in Chang'an.

"Li Yan!" He exclaimed slightly.

"Wang Xu!" Li Yan once fought against him personally, of course, he also knew him, and he remembered it very deeply.

After a while, Wang Xu reacted, overjoyed, and made up his mind that he must be captured alive.

"Zhengfang, I've been looking for you for years."

"Humph!" Li Yan had calmed down at the moment, accepted the status quo, and said coldly with an indifferent expression: "Today's crisis is a certainty, the general of the defeated army, died at your hands, there is nothing to say, only hate not to treat me, if I can have a bright future, why not be afraid of you Wang Xu." ”

"A bold thief, he dares to speak wildly!" Yan Liang was furious and spoke out angrily.

"Huh!" Wang Xu hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop: "Yan Liang must not be rude!" ”

"Hahaha......" Li Yan laughed when he saw this, and after a while, he mocked disdainfully: "Wang Xu, don't be that hypocrite, I didn't have a deep hatred with you back then, but I just wanted to stab you a few times on the battlefield, it was a battle on the battlefield, but after my old master Liu Biao surrendered, you actually mobilized the army and sent people to chase and kill me in Jingzhou, this kind of mind is really not as good as a villain, so what's the harm if you are rude now?" ”

"Chase?" Wang Xu was stunned: "How could I have sent someone to hunt you down?" ”

Li Yan was extremely angry, and asked in a loud voice: "Dare to deny it!" After your victory, I waited to remove the armor, but you didn't hate anyone, but you took a lot of trouble to find me in Jingzhou, an unknown person, if it weren't for my cleverness, with the help of some friends and fellow villagers, I hurriedly took my family to change my name and surname and fled, and I would have died in your hands. You really don't dare to compliment your mind. ”

"I'll send someone to kill you in Jingzhou?" Wang Xu was stunned.

After a while, he reacted a little, and suddenly couldn't stop laughing: "Hahaha...... Hahahaha......"

"Dog thief, what's so ridiculous!" Li Yan raised his spear and pointed at him and questioned.

"Positive, square!" Wang Xu really couldn't cry or laugh, and said with Li Yan's name: "Why do you say that I sent people all over Jingzhou to look for you back then, with the purpose of killing you?" Did I say half a word on my list? ”

"Humph!" Li Yan snorted coldly and sneered: "You have worked hard to find me, an insignificant person, why are you not jealous?" ”

"!" Dian Wei finally couldn't listen to it anymore, Yan Liang still didn't know what happened back then, but Dian Wei knew, and immediately complained about Wang Xu, and scolded bitterly: "You Li Yan, you really don't know what to do, the lord said to everyone back then, you are a talent, you should not be buried, you should be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, seeing that there is no you among the generals, I think you feel that you are not sincere enough, so I ordered people to inquire about your news, and I wanted to invite you in person." ”

"In the end, even I led the troops out to look for you, if not for anything else, but for Corporal Lixian. But it's good for you, forget it if you don't appreciate it, and you still live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and today you are even more out of your mouth to insult my father-in-law, which is really hateful, and I am afraid that it is you who are laughed at by the world! ”

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