On the banks of the Ba River, an army of pure cavalry was staring across the riverbank.

On the other side of the riverbank, there was an empty space, and there was no shadow of half a person at all.

The heavy rain seemed to have fallen specifically for Cao Jun, but it had only been overnight, and it had stopped early the next morning.

After a night of scuffle, the completely unsuspecting Huainan army lost most of them, and when they returned to the south of the riverbank, the embarrassed Ji Ling and Zhang Xun fled all the way to Huainan with less than 5,000 men.

The Huainan Army's northern expedition, after many days, finally ended with the victory of the Cao army.

Looking at the opposite side of the riverbank, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, who was standing beside him: "Fengxiao, most of the Huainan army has lost half of it, if you order the army to conquer Huainan, will you have a chance of winning?" ”

"Fifty thousand soldiers and horses is really a big loss for Yuan Shu!" Also looking at the other side of the riverbank, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's just that if Ming Gong waves his army to advance into Huainan, I'm afraid the chance of winning is not very great." ”

"Why?" Guo Jia said that the odds of winning were not good, Cao Cao frowned and asked him a question.

"The Huainan army is newly defeated, and when Ji Ling and Zhang Xun return to Shouchun, Yuan Shu must have known that the Ming Guild will wave the army to fight, and I am afraid that when our army arrives, he will have been deployed." Turning his head to look at Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to him: "Although our army is close to Huainan, once the Huainan army is in camp step by step, it will be difficult for our army to break it, but Ming Gong is crusading against Huainan, but this move is to do it!" ”

"Since you know that you can't win, why do you want to send troops to Huainan?" Cao Cao was a little puzzled by Guo Jia's statement, turned around and looked at Guo Jia, and said to him: "It is difficult to defeat Yuan Shu when sending troops to Huainan, so it is better to reorganize the troops and horses and advance to Xuzhou." ”

"Tao Qian is dead!" Holding his fists and bowing slightly to Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Duke Ming has sent troops to Xuzhou twice, but they have returned in vain. When I go out again, I am afraid that the morale of the soldiers will also be difficult to mobilize. And Lu Bu and Liu Bei did not act against Ming Gong. At first, the Ming Duke could send troops in the name of killing Tao Qian, and then marched eastward in the name of suppressing the Qingzhou army. If you send troops for the third time, it will be unknown and difficult to convince the public! If not, he sent troops to Huainan and engaged the Huainan army. When there is a change in Xuzhou, then march to Xuzhou and defeat Liu Bei and Lu Bu in one fell swoop! ”

"In this way, sending troops to Huainan is just a feint?" The brows were still slightly frowned, when he looked at Guo Jia, Cao Cao's face was dazed, and after a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, raised his hand and slapped it on his forehead, and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao's words, a certain party only thought through today!" ”

After saying this, Cao Cao turned his head and ordered behind him: "Order the army, prepare today, and march to Huainan in ten days!" ”

A personal soldier answered, turned around the war horse, and conveyed Cao Cao's order.

The days of truce pass quickly for anyone in troubled times.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since Liu Wei's military parade.

Although the Cao army went south and did not start a decisive battle with the Huainan army, there were several skirmishes.

In the Xuzhou area, when the fourth batch of war horses sent by the Qin army to Lu Bu arrived in Xuzhou, the Xuzhou soldiers who were responsible for taking over the war horses actually drove the war horses through the Xiaopei area.

What Lu Bu and Chen Gong did not expect was that the war horse passed through Xiaopei, and the men and horses under Liu Bei were not hijacked in the middle of the road, and the war horse was successfully sent into Xuzhou City.

The official mansion in Xuzhou City.

Lu Bu knelt in the study, and sitting opposite him was the Chen Palace that offered him a plan to break through Liu Bei.

"Gongtai, the war horse passed by Xiaopei, but Liu Bei didn't take it at all, how can I find a way to use troops against him?" Looking at Chen Gong, who was sitting opposite him, Lu Bu frowned tightly and asked Chen Gong.

"It's not the right time." Chen Gong pondered a little before he said to Lu Bu: "A batch of war horses will be sent from Luoyang next month, and Wen Hou will invite Liu Bei to Xuzhou for a banquet. ”

"It is said that Zhang Fei's calligraphy and painting are superb, even the King of Qin is full of praise, how can such a person be reckless?" Chen Gong put the hope of the war horse being plundered on Zhang Fei's body, Lu Bu frowned slightly, and said with some unease: "Why did Gongtai conclude that Zhang Fei would definitely rob our army's war horse?" ”

"Generally speaking, those who are superb in calligraphy and painting must have a calm temperament." Smiling at Lu Bu, Chen Gong said to him: "It's just that I don't know about it, but there is a kind of person who has an unstable temperament, but he has many attainments in calligraphy, painting, piano and chess." Such people are gifted and should not be regarded by ordinary people. ”

"A certain view of that Zhang Fei, seeing the sun and the warmth, there is always a look of resentment between the eyebrows." Lu Bu was still wrinkling his eyebrows and thinking about Chen Gong's words, and Chen Gong then said to him: "Wen Hou's martial arts are unparalleled in the world, even if there are two or three Zhang Fei, they are definitely not Wen Hou's opponents. But this person is dissatisfied with the warmth, which shows that this person has a floating temperament and is easy to be irritable. ”

"Temperament is not brainless." As soon as Chen Gong's words came to this, Lu Bu waved his hand at him and said to him: "That Zhang Fei probably also knows that once he robs a certain war horse, a certain will take the opportunity to use troops against Liu Bei." If Zhang Fei can't see something that can be seen so easily, then he is brainless! ”

"Zhang Fei is definitely not a brainless person!" Looking at Lu Bu, Chen Gong had a smile on his face and whispered to Lu Bu: "But what if he knew that Liu Bei was harming Wen Hou?" ”

When Chen Gong said such a sentence, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, looked at him and blinked his eyes twice, then sat up straight, stretched out his hand to Chen Gong and made a gesture of invitation: "If you have something to say on the public platform, just say it clearly, and listen to it!" ”

"Liu Bei came to Xuzhou for a banquet, and Wen Hou was secretly informed by someone to inform his guards, saying that Liu Bei had been ambushed." With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Chen Gong said to Lu Bu: "The place where I went to the banquet was the realm of warm waiting, and Liu Bei's guards definitely didn't dare to come to find out. When they escape from the city, they must inform Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei of the ambush! ”

"That Guan Yu doesn't say much, I think he has a city in his heart." Seeing that Lu Bu didn't open his mouth, just sat there and nodded, Chen Gong continued: "But Zhang Fei has a violent personality, and he knows that our army's war horses are passing by Xiaopei, and he will definitely lead the army to plunder the war horses. If he kills a few more of our soldiers......"

"What should Liu Bei do?" Chen Gong stopped talking halfway, and Lu Bu furrowed his brows and asked him, "Could it be that he will really kill him at that time?" ”

"Absolutely not!" As soon as Lu Bu's words were asked, Chen Gong hurriedly said: "Xiaopei City is low, Wen Hou can take more than a thousand soldiers before the military horses arrive at Xiaopei, change into the people's clothes and mix into the city, and wait until Wen Hou's army arrives under the city, the soldiers in the city will make chaos in one fell swoop, and open the city gate, so that the soldiers of our army will not be affected by the pain of climbing the city, and take Xiaopei in one day!" ”

"Good!" After listening to Chen Gong's plan, Lu Bu suddenly slapped his thigh and said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai is really a good look, if one day, a certain can tear the earth and seal the marquis, and Gongtai will be designated as a military division in front of a certain account!" ”

"Thank you for your wait!" Clenched his fists and bowed to Lu Bu, Chen Gong thanked Lu Bu, and the two glanced at each other, and then they both raised their heads and let out a smug laugh.

Ji Ling and Zhang Xun were defeated in the first battle, and although the Huainan Army did not hurt the roots, it was also unable to go out again.

The Cao army advanced into Huainan, and the Huainan army could not organize a decent decisive battle, so it could only sit in various places, respond to each other, and deal with the Cao army.

Yuan Shu was delaying the progress of the war in an attempt to recover from the war.

The Cao army, which had already advanced into Huainan, was also delaying its progress.

Everywhere the Cao army attacked, it was only the Huainan army's barracks in the field, or it engaged the Huainan army outside the city on a small scale with a small number of units, and it did not launch a large corps attack on the Huainan army at all.

Both sides with different goals are delaying the wheels of war, and anyone who watches this war from the side will think that it will be a protracted tug-of-war.

The Huainan army delayed Cao Cao, and Lü Bu was busy secretly designing to capture Xiaopei; Yuan Shu was recruiting troops and horses, trying to start a decisive battle with Cao Cao in Huainan in the near future.

Liu Wei, who was far away in Luoyang, was also calculating the date every day, looking forward to the time passing faster, and when the autumn harvest came, the Qin army could prepare grain and grass and go south to Huainan.

The appearance of the Wujia battalion relieved the responsibilities of the main force of the Luoyang Army, and the main army was also busy training all day long like the soldiers of the Three Guards.

Wearing armor and pressing the hilt of his sword, accompanied by a group of generals, Liu Wei walked in the barracks of the main army, watching the soldiers who were training.

"How's the recruit?" Looking at the soldiers who were busy practicing on the school field, Liu Wei asked the generals who were following him.

The generals first glanced at each other, and then Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness, the morale of the recruits is high, but there is no war at the moment, and the soldiers are really depressed ......and tight."

"That's not going to work!" Stopping and turning to face the generals, Liu Wei said to them: "Do you know why we want to go to the battlefield to fight the enemy?" ”

was asked such a sentence by Liu Wei, and all the generals looked at each other, but no one knew how to respond to Liu Wei.

After a while, Tai Shi Ci clenched his fists and arched at Liu Wei and said to him: "I waited to fight on the battlefield in order to restore the great cause of the Han dynasty and suppress the rebellion in the world!" ”

"Ziyi said it well!" Nodding, Liu Wei had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked again: "Then why do you want to suppress the rebellion in the world?" ”

This question was very brainless, but it stopped the generals, and all the generals present looked at Liu Wei with a stunned face, waiting for him to continue.

"To suppress rebellion is to have no rebellion in the world! Marching to fight is also so that there will be no war to fight in the future! Smiling at the generals, Liu Wei said to them: "Let the soldiers take advantage of the days when there is no war to fight, now it is a troubled time, and it may be difficult for them to have leisure if they want not to fight in the future." ”